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tom_2020
23/M/Missouri Just a guy that likes to write poems about my life
I only wish I could ever love myself the way I've always loved you If I Loved Myself the way I loved you maybe by now I would of realized you don't love me back maybe I would have noticed your facade crack that you weren't the you I thought I knew and that the only you I could of ever fallen in love with is the version of you I sculpted in my head The version of you that's kind and caring not judgemental for me sharing my thoughts and writings The you that supported me no matter how far I had fallen the version of you that would help me find those silver linings as if the dark would never swallow me whole like a black hole swallows all the lighting around If I Loved myself the way I loved you maybe tonight I wouldn't be sitting here on the edge of the bed silently sobbing as sadness seeps from every pore wondering if I could of done more to make you love me Maybe it's time I accept I need to quit loving you more than I love myself maybe it's time I start to see all the things in me you never did the me that is kind the me tries desperately not to judge the me that supports my friends and loved ones even when I can't support myself the me that knows my thoughts matter and that my writing can be the voice of those with a noose tied tight around their vocal cords No…no more maybes it's time I start to love myself the way I love you
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May 10
May 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM UTC
If I Loved myself
Where do you go When dreams of the future become fragments of the past When aspirations of what could be become regrets of what has been Who do you talk to when your best just simply isn’t enough When like a broken mirror the words you say don't reflect the surging emotions running rampant Ravaging the city of progress you've worked so hard to build brick by brick Crumbling completely and cataclysmically within seconds Where do you go when you want to give up
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Mar 19
Mar 19, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC
Where do you go
They say you can't fill from an empty cup That you need to take time to replenish But what if one day The one that inspires you to take that time Is no longer there Because they didn't replenish their cup They reminded those around them to fill their cup up But They kept pouring so much of themselves into other Down to the very last drop But even then they didn't stop But they aren't the only one filling from an empty cup In a vicious cycle A whirlpool of sadness and sorrow You were their inspiration for filling their cup However one day you had so little in your cup You got sick and without warning wound up in the hospital Without enough time to tell anyone before they took your phone You were isolated from the outside world While on the unit you counted the days till you could see your inspiration once more But alas That day never came For while you were on that unit Your inspirations cup ran dry For months you blamed yourself for being sick For needing help For reaching out Thinking if there was more you could of done But how could you When you can't fill from an empty cup
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Feb 24
Feb 24, 2026 at 3:29 PM UTC
An Empty Cup
I've always wondered how the earth was made I've wondered how living people truly came to life I realized that they're one in the same Just as water flows through the earth Blood runs through our veins Just as the earth is covered in dirt and grass We have skin and hair But unlike the surface of the earth Our wounds heal even the ones below the crust Just like the earth we change with time We grow We learn
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Feb 24
Feb 24, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC
The Earth
At last I know how to describe the way I feel Why I always kneel when I'm in fear It's honestly quite simple A single word will do But alas the word that describes my pain is Atlas But unlike him this punishment isn't one placed upon me by some God No not even Zeus himself It's one I placed upon myself These burdens that way upon my shoulders Just like Sisyphus I'm gaining no head way with this boulder My body weak and exhausted My mind not far behind As I push this boulder and hold these stars so none are collapsing I simply wonder who's the one going to hold me Or is this pain everlasting
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Jan 20
Jan 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM UTC
Atlas
Tik One second gone Tock Another minute off the clock Drip Another bottle down Drop Feeling like I'm going to drown Click These thoughts keep coming back Clack My heads all out of wack Tik Tock My time is up
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Sep 16, 2025
Sep 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM UTC
Tick Tock
I'm the sculptor of my life Except I've run out of clay Not knowing where I'll go next Please someone tell me what is my next play
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Sep 16, 2025
Sep 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM UTC
Sculpture
I've wasted so much time Time that's Impossible to recover Wishing I had one more moment
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Aug 27, 2025
Aug 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM UTC
Wasted Time
When you were younger you imagined nations Conjuring entire new worlds in your mind Hoping to escape the real chains that bind Holding you restricting you subjugating you to days already passed. Now you sit lacking fuel to make new creations You write you listen to music you game you do anything you can to protect yourself from future pains One day you'll look back on all the progress you have gained
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Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM UTC
Past present future
When God meets me he will look down and say "Why" nothing else just one simple word "why" It just happens to be something I ask myself too Why do I believe every lie that gets sold to me Why do I waste my time trying to form bonds Why does every solution I come up with fail Why can't I express myself with my voice it's as if God's hands are wrapped around my voice I try and try but can't seem to make any noise Why do I write to heal only for those words to escape me too like a convict on the run Why do I keep trying Why Just why Why God These are the questions I will have When I meet God
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May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM UTC
When I meet God