Leila The Kiwi

Leila The Kiwi Nov 2018

Temptation

When things feel
Both so very wrong
And so very right
At the same time

It becomes
A fight
Within yourself.

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Leila The Kiwi Oct 2018

One Step at a Time

Following the Sun's guidance,
I pick myself up
And fill the world
With light.

Today,
I will rise.

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Leila The Kiwi Sep 2018

Toxic People

When you show
Your true self,
Silence will be
Your only reply.

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Leila The Kiwi May 2018

Out of Sight

Trapped under
A thin
Black spider

A bird
Carried it away
Far out of sight

Only to return
And hold me in
The warmth
Between
Its wing and breast

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This probably won't make sense without an explanation so I'll put it as simply as possible. This is a random image I had in my mind, I referred to my ex as a spider because he would craft his webs of manipulation perfectly to suit each person. At the time a memory had affected me and my current partner helped me through it, so I guess you could say he's the bird?

Jan 2018

Melodie Fowles

I Write

When i write poetry i am stripping for you
Exposing my inner self
And laying it bare for all to see
Sharing my innermost thoughts and feelings
So i am fragile and naked before you
So you can gaze upon my words and understand
How i see the world and who i am deep inside
This act is a sharing of my soul
An open unashamed expression
Of trust between me and you
And i offer it to you with no expectations.

#poem #poetry #strip #soul #expression #naked #trust

Leila The Kiwi Dec 2017

Free Me (old and unfinished)

Free me, from this loneliness
sitting here in the dark
with nothing but emptiness in my heart
I ask myself, where have you gone?

Free me, for I am afraid
Perhaps you don't want to stay?
I require urgent aid
I'm locked in this cage

Free me, I am smothered in sorrow
Life is currently one huge obstacle
I tell myself there's always tomorrow
You're bound to come back
Like a hound with a bone,
You can't resist

I was writing some poems into my book when I realized the name of a poem on the list of dates (showing when they were posted on my old website/written) which wasn't on Hello Poetry. So I went on a little mission to find it and it was hidden on my laptop. It's from the 23/1/16 and it was written between 'hidden corners' and 'aggressive wind.'

Leila The Kiwi Nov 2017

Reduction

It's not that they
Can't accept you;

They want you
To fit in a box
That suits their
Little lives
And their
Minuscule minds.

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