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187 · Oct 2021
MIA
Ashly Kocher Oct 2021
MIA
Hi y’all!
Sorry I’ve been MIA
We are packing up and moving away
But have no fear
I have much more to write here
Stayed tuned after we settle down and are safe and sound!

Much love,

Ashly
187 · Jan 2019
Cry
Ashly Kocher Jan 2019
Cry
I
Cry
A
Little
Less
Everyday
But
Everyday
My
Heart
Breaks
A
Little
More
Missing
You
Even
Though
I
Cry
A
Little
Less
Everyd­ay
Catching
Teardrops
Trying
To
Mend
My
Broken
Heart
187 · Jun 2018
High Wire
Ashly Kocher Jun 2018
Walking on a high wire
Fear of falling off
If you don’t take that chance
Then you’ll never know
If you had the chance to make it across
Take those chances when you can...
186 · Nov 2019
Time of Need
Ashly Kocher Nov 2019
When you need a moment for yourself
Take It

When you need to just relax
Do It

When you need advice
Ask For It

When you need friends and family
Surround Yourself

When you need change
Make It

Don’t be Afraid  to ask for help or take time for yourself and your spouse
Do what you need in the moment and all will fall into place

The right people will support and help you no matter
Lend a listening ear
Give a helping hand
Be a shoulder to cry on
Help you in time of need

Always remember that...
186 · Aug 2019
Breath and Relax
Ashly Kocher Aug 2019
Life is turned upside
Feeling like we’re going round and round
Please make it stop
When will this end
My dear, it’ll happen
When your new journey begins
Be patient with life
Dodge the curveballs that are thrown at you
Breath and relax, it’ll get better
When it’s all suppose too
186 · Apr 2017
Growing up
Ashly Kocher Apr 2017
My head Spins
Emotions run wild
Everythings changing
I'm not longer a Child
People expect the best of you
and growing up just makes me blue
I wonder how I will be able to make it through
But growing up it what you have to do
I found this poem I wrote many years ago. Even though I'm older now sometimes these words still feel true.
186 · Aug 2021
What it Seems
Ashly Kocher Aug 2021
It may not always be what it seems
But what is seems is suddenly changing the way to follow your dreams
Inevitably floating down stream
Setting sail for a new journey to believe…
186 · Nov 2018
Million Things
Ashly Kocher Nov 2018
I could write about a million things
But the one in a million things I write about is
               You
186 · Jan 2018
Daddy’s Little Girl
Ashly Kocher Jan 2018
When your young and look up at your dad
You never were thinking “I miss you” and “I’m sad”
His little girl I always was and continue to be
I hope he is proud of what I’ve become and hope he’s watching over me
I never thought I would have to say goodbye so soon
But to Heaven I release this balloon
In honor of you and all you did for me
I close my eyes and transport back to younger me
To see your face
Look into your eyes
It’s so hard to say goodbyes
But in the end it’s see you again
When I close my eyes and see you whenever I can....
Missing my dad a lot today. It’s been 3 years since he’s passed away. 8-14-14
186 · Oct 2018
Becoming a Mother
Ashly Kocher Oct 2018
With each passing day
The feeling of becoming a mother
Is slipping further away
This saddens me that my chances are slim to none....
185 · Nov 2017
Chapter
Ashly Kocher Nov 2017
Each day you awake from sleep
Is another chapter written in your life’s  
S
   T
     O
        R
          Y
             BOOK...
185 · Oct 2018
Cold but Warm Heart
Ashly Kocher Oct 2018
I may be a semi cold girl
But my heart is warm as ever
Ashly Kocher Dec 2020
The invisible energy from the sun and moon
Allows you to recharge within yourself
Manifesting your aspirations, hopes and dreams
Shedding the negative weight off of me
Center yourself
Relax your soul
Good things await
For then, Your heart will be full
185 · Nov 2017
Electricity
Ashly Kocher Nov 2017
Electricity illuminating through the air
Small fireworks paint colors into the dark sky
Pure bliss for us to deliver our ideas
To light up the sky for everyone to see
185 · Jun 2020
Letter from my unborn child
Ashly Kocher Jun 2020
I’m sorry I had to leave
I’m sorry you blame yourself
I’m sorry the timing just wasn’t right
I’m sorry I left you in pain
I know you feel broken inside, you just won’t admit it
Something wasn’t right, I had to go
Leaving you feeling helpless
Broken and confused
Not understanding why
Saying hello and right away goodbye
I’m sorry I had to leave
Don’t blame yourself
The time wasn’t right
But I will see you one day
When I get to look into my mothers eyes, for the first time...
185 · Nov 2017
Freezing
Ashly Kocher Nov 2017
Temperature dips below freezing
Feels like ice shards are cutting your skin
Jumping into a scolding hot shower
Feeling like 1000 needles piercing your skin
                As it hurts so bad
                        It feels so good
It’s like a drug,
                Warming your body,
Putting you on cloud nine,
            Making you feel oh so good....
185 · May 2019
Yet I am Tough (repost)
Ashly Kocher May 2019
Being torn down
Ripped apart
Like a piece of paper
Blowing in the wind
Seeing your confidence being tossed away
Constantly being put down, shamed and causing blame
Who do you think you are, causing so much pain, what do you have to gain?
It only makes you look weak, picking on me
Maybe it’s you that you should speak too and take the shame
Look back at yourself and see what went wrong
I did nothing, I am just me, but here I am singing this song
A sad song, not just for me, but thousands of people who get put down, just like me

Just like me
I get bullied and ripped apart
Just because I’m different
This is me from the start
I am who I am
Isn’t that enough
I guess I’m just worthless
Yet I am tough

People like you should get love from the start
Then maybe we wouldn’t feel like world’s apart
If it was up to me, I would stick up for myself
But here I sit in a puddle of my own self pity
Wondering why you pick me, telling everyone that I’m not pretty
So what if I’m not, so what if I’m fat, so what if you don’t like that
I done with it all
I’m not gunna lie
Sometimes I just wanna die

Just like me
I get bullied and ripped apart
Just because I’m different
This is me from the start
I am who I am
Isn’t that enough
I guess I’m just worthless
Yet I am tough

This is where I change
Stand up for myself
Stop feeling deranged
Grab hands with those around
Like a childhood game
Let our confidence be found
Let us stand up to the bullies
Let our voices be heard
Once and for all
This is just absurd

Just like me
I get bullied and ripped apart
Just because I’m different
This is me from the start
I am who I am
Isn’t that enough
I guess I’m just worthless
Yet I am tough

Yet I am tough

Yet I am tough

Yet I am tough

Yet I am.......
Reposting this because people were saying they couldn’t find it. Hopefully this piece will be seen now.
185 · Nov 2019
Same Bright Sky
Ashly Kocher Nov 2019
The only thing helping me get through
Is knowing that we look at the same bright sky that’s big and blue filled with constellations at night turning my sadness into light
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
The fog is dense
The sky is crying
Little droplets of sadness
So dark and dreary

Find the light
Through the darkness

As I hear singing in the distance
I look up and see a cardinal
Singing sweet music to me
I found my light through the fog
And the darkness....
Even through darkness there’s always a light that will shine through when you need it the most.
184 · Apr 2020
10 Year Wedding Anniversary
Ashly Kocher Apr 2020
10 years, how can it be
The day “You and Me” became “We”
I love you more with each passing day
Happy 10 year wedding anniversary!

I love you always and forever baby 💜
I married my best friend and true love 10 years ago today!!
184 · Jun 2019
Latest Post
Ashly Kocher Jun 2019
Sad that my latest post didn’t get more attention that it has..... I’ve fallen in love with the piece. It’s called, “ lay next to your grave”
184 · Jan 2022
No Pressure
Ashly Kocher Jan 2022
The pressure you find
Immense at times
Carrying the weight
Your whole life
Seems to be just fine
Because that’s who you are
99% of the time
184 · Oct 2021
Holding Heart
Ashly Kocher Oct 2021
A major work of art is showing how much love your heart can hold…
184 · Apr 2018
Some People
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
Some people who have kids
            Love them
Some people who have kids
         Can’t stand being a parent
Some people who have kids
            Don’t care about them
Some people who have kids
       Would do anything for them
Some people who have kids
       Shouldn’t be parents

I’m over here (as so many others)
        Wishing I have ONE kid.....
Working in a restaurant I see many parents who don’t discipline their kids, roll their eyes, just don’t care or the complete opposite... love them, couldn’t be happier and they are respectful.
Wishing that could be me... just had to get that off my chest.
184 · Mar 2019
Trickle Down Effect
Ashly Kocher Mar 2019
The trickle down effect
Like filling a jar full of loose change
Hoping one day to pave the way
Making a statement, taking the stand
Different perspective, being a better (wo)man
Glass half empty, glass half full
Some superstitions, breaking the rules
Whisper down the alley can be fun
But remember the consequences, you’d better run
Some things good, some things bad
It’s all about the life you create and have
Be that one to make a change, stop the cycle, or you could be detained
Fill the jar of that loose change
For someday you’ll save enough
To stand up and be happy with the way you have changed
Your life.....
Ashly Kocher Dec 2018
I’m dreaming of a warm Christmas
Just like the one two years ago
Where’s the waves were crashing
The palm trees swaying
The smiles and laughter filled the air
I’m dreaming of a beach filled Christmas
Just like the one two years ago
Where the sun was shining
The little lizards were roaming
Surrounded by our Florida family
I’m dreaming of a warm Christmas
Just like the one two years ago
I’m dreaming of a warm......
Sing to the tune of “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
184 · Jun 2018
Up in Flames
Ashly Kocher Jun 2018
Apparently
Whatever
I
Do
Isn’t
Good
Enough
For
You
So
Close
Yet
So
Far
Apart
Love
Hate
Relationship
Coming
Lose
Like
A
Fire
Under
A
Corse
Thick
Rope
One
Shift
Of
The
Wind
And
It
Will
Go
Up
In
Flames
Ever feel this way about a friendship or relationship of any kind? Love each other so much yet nothing is going right?
184 · Jan 2022
Grounding
Ashly Kocher Jan 2022
Suddenly, you realize that grounding yourself, makes the center of gravity, less rocky…
184 · Apr 2019
Family Time
Ashly Kocher Apr 2019
Family time
Is just divine
Making memories
Having an amazing time
183 · Oct 2018
Should I keep writing?
Ashly Kocher Oct 2018
Should I keep writing
Should I give up
Am I wasting my time
It’s just never enough
People read to much into my work
Some is real
Some is fiction
Some is just a play on words
I don’t think I’m great
I don’t think I’m grand
But hey, I love it and I do the best I can
Almost 1000 poems in a little over a year
I don’t want to pat myself on the back
But I want to cheer
Thank you to all
Who have followed me and liked my work
It is much appreciated
So I guess I’ll continue to write
183 · May 2019
Sweetness (Haiku)
Ashly Kocher May 2019
It’s bittersweet when I take a bite  
The juices are a delight
Your sweetness quenches my thirst for love
183 · May 2018
Monster-Lover
Ashly Kocher May 2018
One side                One side
M                             L
O                             O
N                             V
S                              E
T                             ­ R
E
R
When both sides connect
         M            L
                 O    
       V                 N
            E                    S
               R           T
        
     You can create many different words to express yourself and how your mind works

Monster and lovers are one in the same
Great big heart either way
A carnival of rides moving vastly though your heads
Making the decisions to stop unexpectedly or smooth sailing through the bumps and cracks
Either way monster (which is not a bad thing)
Can be connected to lover ( also not a bad thing)
And create something spectacular and beautiful
183 · Aug 2018
Hiding in the Spotlight
Ashly Kocher Aug 2018
Always in the background
           Never to be found
Yet always seem to be in the spotlight
           Standing on solid ground...
We all know someone like this....
183 · Jan 2019
I try, You need
Ashly Kocher Jan 2019
I wish I could understand you
I wish I could help you
I wish I could give you happiness
BUT
I try to understand you
I try to help you
I try to give you happiness
BUT
You need to understand, help, and find happiness yourself first
BUT
Always know...
I am always here for you...
183 · Jun 2018
Photograph
Ashly Kocher Jun 2018
Taking a photograph of an inanimate,              
             but tangible object
                  Can bring you more joy then you know....
183 · Sep 2019
Power of Poetry
Ashly Kocher Sep 2019
The power of poetry
Powerful words
Can transport you to a different world
It takes you on a journey through our minds
Letting your imagination run wild
Even if it’s for a short time
Allowing your inner feelings and workings to surface and be free
Accessing the true me....
183 · Jan 2019
Come alive
Ashly Kocher Jan 2019
........I come alive.....





......when your by my side......




Because with us....


....There’s nothing to hide....
183 · Apr 2018
You Around
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
Life has its up and downs

     but with those ups and downs

          I always have YOU around!
183 · May 2018
You put the happy in....
Ashly Kocher May 2018
Searching for the lost hope
Covered in pain
You keep me grounded
You keep me sane
Loving me for what I am
Standing with me hand in hand
You put the happy in
“Happily ever after”
Always making me smile
You fill my heart with laughter
Even in those darkest days
You remind me to stay strong
Baby there will be brighter days
You keep me grounded
Always giving me hope
Guiding me and teaching me
We are stronger then we both really know....
Ashly Kocher Oct 2018
Time does not heal the open wounds
Time simply sews up the wounds
With black, thin string allowing your feeling
To spill out from time to time
But never allowing time to heal the wounds fully
Time does not heal wounds
As time goes on, the scars get covered up
But the wound will always be open...
183 · Jan 2018
Mother Nature’s Tease
Ashly Kocher Jan 2018
What kind of evil play was that Mother Nature
Bitter cold, freezing temps
Turned into a beautiful warm spring day (in the middle of winter)
At 12:01 the next day it was a high of 63
In less then 5 hours the temps drop below freezing again
The wind is howling, it’s freezing again
When will spring come back
Warm our bodies
And shed light on us...
For now the fireplaces will burn for some time
Until the temps rise again in due time
High of 65 yesterday and today is 30 with real feel of 8 ugh! Stay warm y’all!
182 · Feb 2021
In the Distance
Ashly Kocher Feb 2021
In the distance
Through the dense fog filled path
She see’s her dreams
Approaching fast
182 · Nov 2017
Look at me...
Ashly Kocher Nov 2017
Do you look at me
              and
Think happy thoughts
              Or
Do you see pure regret
In the choices you made...
Ashly Kocher Feb 2019
Feeling of being surrounded by friends on Hello Poetry
Even though we’ve never met in real
Life
Y’all  understand and accept me for me
For that reason, I’m truly blessed as can be
182 · Oct 2017
THE END
Ashly Kocher Oct 2017
Why now?
Why all of a sudden?
I don’t understand your logic or thinking about what is happening
It doesn’t make sense
Take back everything you once gave us
And tell us you’ll get the items promised to you in future...
We have had these items for many years
And just like that you want them back
Tearing us more apart and making us shed more tears
What’s your logic?
What’s your motive?
Can you explain?
Take back everything I don’t want it at all
I want to disengage myself from this negativity you bring within me
Anxiety and stress levels rise high but now I’m Focusing on my husband and I for once
Forgetting about untold stories written in this books ending...
Now it’s time to say ...


THE END
182 · Apr 2018
Losing Control
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
Losing touch
      within yourself
          While trying to
               help others with
                     their insecurities

Learn to put yourself first
       Before helping others
        That maybe don’t want to
                help themselves
Always put yourself first especially when others don’t want the help they need or want.
182 · Oct 2017
Dance
Ashly Kocher Oct 2017
The rhythm of the musics flows through your veins
Portraying a character when you take the stage
Emote the feeling through your breathless movements
Feeling the emotion pour out of your body
****** expressions are the most beautiful thing...
Telling the story through the eyes of
                      DANCE
182 · Feb 2021
Destination
Ashly Kocher Feb 2021
You don’t think

You know

The uphill battle is rough

Yet, the climb to the top will be

EVERYTHING

When you reach you destination
182 · Apr 2018
Gravity
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
If the earth is constantly spinning
We could be right side up
Or upside down right now.....
        Gravity keeps us grounded...
182 · Mar 2019
Say it Loud, Say it Proud
Ashly Kocher Mar 2019
Say it loud
Say it proud
Do whatever you feel
Say it loud
Say it proud
Let’s go and make a deal
Say it loud
Say it proud
No regrets
No mistakes
Say it loud
Say it proud
It’s all give and take
Say it loud
Say it proud
Let’s all make a change
Say it loud
Say it proud
Let’s band together and exchange
Say it loud
Say it proud
Stand up and say your name
Say it loud
Say it proud
Well all rise to fame
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