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 1525ยฐ 
silvervi
Itโ€™s not happening as you expected? So what? How do you know that what you wanted to happen was for the best?
Embrace the challenges. Embrace the unexpected. That way, youโ€™re unstoppable.
I know it's hard sometimes. But we can grow so much! ๐Ÿ’“
 1221ยฐ 
Sherri Woodman
Today I got a hug, out of the blue                                                             ยญ     
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and it even came with an "I love you''                                                            ยญ    
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Such a simple kind gesture                                                          ยญ                                                  
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  It brought me such pleasure                                                         ยญ                     
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It picked me up when I felt down                                                             ยญ                       
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  turned my day totally around                                                           ยญ                 
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  Just when I thought no one cared                                                            ยญ            
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someone loved me, someone shared
 706ยฐ 
Nat Lipstadt
how odd, how rare. eyes connect,
and the irrelevant falls away, so,
to the end of the beginning we go,
how odd, how rare, she tired of
players, gamers, inevitable disappointment,
so she assays his
approach, snd speaks first:

What are you after?

no hesitation no guising, no uncertainty, he states with surety,
product of grace added to sadness of series of serious accumulations of
disappointment,

"A shared understanding..."

Equals in their shocked surprise,
both stare, hard, then harder,
examining faces and rising heat,
suppressing the intriguing intensity,
imagining outcomes, not endings,
futures, not casualties, and the
assessing silence, not uncomforting,

indeed, the silence soothes, the
attraction stirring and they answer
the overhanging questioning answered simultaneously, with a
yes, a simple supposition, an agreed upon proposition, a mutuality
calming, and the ending of a
shared understanding...
may 5/25
 534ยฐ 
Phia
Desperation leaks from my words
As I beg the universe for life
Happiness
And you
 464ยฐ 
FrenchHornNinja
It wakes me up now

I spilled it on my t-shirt

Tea spills from mouths too
 402ยฐ 
Grace
The pool's swirling
and the fish,
swimming in the dappled light,
have found me.
 317ยฐ 
Yonah Jeong
Stars aren't forgotten
they just fade
because they're nothing

Your shadows
give to us

What our Hudson River
take out
With FDR

Stars don't fade
they are just forgotten
because they are not nothing.
 287ยฐ 
My Dear Poet
thereโ€™s always two sides to a story
yet there is no shape with just two sides
so when you shape your story
youโ€™d need to tell another lie
 267ยฐ 
Sunamin Tamang
Life yea
itโ€™s beautiful
wow & Iโ€™d hate
to crack it open
just to feed
someoneโ€™s curiosity

what a beautiful
wreckage

(or)
what a beautiful
weight

~~
what a beautiful
Life.
the most beautiful life I've ever lived
 258ยฐ 
Varg
Oh, darling,
When will you understand?
My heart beats only for you,
and if one day I cease to love you,
then I shall cease to be.
For our love floats in the air,
in every drop of gentle rain,
in every sunbeam of a beautiful dawn.
My love for you is my entire life.

This unreturned love
will never feel like a punishment.
That you are part of my mind and heart
is my greatest blessing.
And if I must gaze at you from afar
for the rest of my life,
I will do so proudly.
To see the woman of my life for eternity?
It will be my greatest pleasure..
 252ยฐ 
Michael Rudelich
The rain ends.
All is lush,
and glistening,
and verdant
and a
beautiful
young girl
yawns from
boredom.
 241ยฐ 
Bekah Halle
Baths are a curious thing,
That I would lie in one, serene,
For hours.

The water, once clean
Washes off all that was mean
Then I wrap myself up in towels.

Itโ€™s a place where I dream,
Of far-off traces, I would see
And poetry inspired.

It's also a pool where I can grieve,
Catching all my tears for reprieve
And leave relieved.
Bath is also a town/city in the UK, baths are a fluid cocoon from the world and my happy place.
 231ยฐ 
Kylprin
After all these years
I still feel so cold
If I only listened to you
Then I wouldn't be wishing for you
So long
So far
Too late to retain all I learned
Too late for this date not to change
All I have left
Is just manged remains
 189ยฐ 
Austin Meehan
18
sometimes
the dark is too loud
the light too quiet
im used to the storm
and not sunshine
 160ยฐ 
Kai
"Respect your elders!"
"Respect your elders!"
"Respect your elders!"
"Respect your elders!"
"Respect your elders!"
"Respect your elders!"
How about respect my boundaries
Respect your place
Mind your business
Stop cyber stalking me, Ryan
Before I figure out where you are and smack you in the face
NO???? IM NOT GOING TO RESPECT MY ELDERS IF THEY DONT RESPECT ME AND THATS FINAL.
 159ยฐ 
Stardust
A cool breeze in the early morning
Pastel blue sky, with light rain humming
Songs of birds and insects rise
Nature greets with whispered sighs.
 154ยฐ 
Whit Howland
The pallet and paints
that came

out of nowhere
may have been freaky

Was it an accident?

could be
could be not

YOU ARE THE JUDGE
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN

THE JUDGE

But what came after the paints
brushes, easel, and canvas

Was  The cornucopia

The repository
argosy

The treasure trove
That was

THE BOMB

an explosion of poetic
colors

red orange greens
Like a candy flake daydream

Of lush beuaty and Art

And art is truth, and truth comes
from the heart

And it's the heart
That gives your truth

its power
Some Beatnik Jazz Poetry

 149ยฐ 
Lyle
I think it's safe to say
that right now I'm doing okay
I don't feel sad
I'm not even mad
I'm not yet happy
but then again, I don't think I ever will be
I just think that right now I can truly say
I'm just doing okay.
 145ยฐ 
Dr Peter Lim
This moves me so deeply:
   a flight of birds on wing
   across a clear blue sky
   at the first flush of morning

  or upon the in-setting
  of a soft tender evening
  as through my window, watching
  my poem in completing

  with the last lines impending  
  in beauty enriching -
  time I forget, lost in reverie
  with my heart in throbbing

as for my love I'm waiting-
hush, I'm wondering
where the birds are heading
and feeling they and I are in happiness-sharing
 139ยฐ 
John Edward Smallshaw
Well,
I've come to terms with coming to terms,
terms and conditions apply.

Please wait in line,
the firing squad is experiencing delays

and we'd all like to delay
but the inevitable is generally the rule.

Making breakfast
enough to last
until supper,

not the last supper, I pray,
that's already been done to death.
 117ยฐ 
Sacrelicious
I dont know who I'm supposed to be anymore.
Like the weather,
I'm indecisive and moody.
Looking for reasons to be gloomy.
You can catch me sulking.
In the sunlight.
Always wanting what I can't have.
I am only human.
 114ยฐ 
Christa Ziegler
Some day it will not
hurt so much and we only
have to make it there.
 98ยฐ 
Lostling
I try
And try
And try
And try
And try
And try
And try
And try
And try
And try
And try
And try
But still
I'm not
Enough
Sometimes I catch a glimpse of the person in the mirror and wonder what anyone sees in them
 98ยฐ 
Amethyste
You are the smile on my lip
You are the verse on the paper
I panick not to loose your number
There will be no poetries anymore.
 88ยฐ 
Taru Marcellus
71%
I am plugging in my tech
   for the night

   In darkness
I feel for outlets to fill me
   up

Your outline is a weighted impression
   the far side of bed remembers well

I trace edges of faded color
   empty for a spark of you

On the other side of a dream
   it is 3:54 am
   I am at 71%
 84ยฐ 
Mariana
I don't want this to be
Like a movie I'd see
I want the good, the bad
And all the boring in between.
 84ยฐ 
Christopher Hendrix
I feel the world at
   times conspires to make true my
basic discontent.
Inspired (or more aptly directly drawn from) โ€œThe Pillow Bookโ€ by Sei Shลnagon
 83ยฐ 
Masibulele Ntsepo
I tried to love,love
Love didn't love me back
 80ยฐ 
T R Wingfield
I will not fear death
When death here comes for me
For death is the release
And Death is heavens key
A good death is ideal
Quiet and at peace
But any death will do...
At least for me.

Death is near even when death is far
Never more than a raven away
At any time waiting, night or day
Despite whether or not you feel safe
You are but one bad decision
Away from destruction
Not But a moment from oblivion
Which is always at hand
if you want it or need it to be

So do not fear death
for death fears not you
Await it with patience
Without anxiety
Forgive it's intrusion
And rest
Peacefully
 72ยฐ 
Victoria
---

Depressedโ€”fighting silent wars,
Demons whisper through the pores
Of my thoughts. I try to stand,
But the weight won't leave my hands.

I'm not done. I'm not yet through,
But it's hardโ€”what can I do?
Iโ€™ve got to fight for sanity,
But it's draining all of me.

Only midday, yet Iโ€™m bare,
Empty lungs and vacant stare.
This is more than tired breathโ€”
This is what depression says.


---
 70ยฐ 
Robert Vasile
Tantas mariposas en mi estรณmago que podrรญa volar lejos de aquรญ
Pero no puedo irme si sus alas no me pertenecen a mรญ
Tรบ mirada las dirige, sin tener en cuenta las consecuencias
Rompes todo tipo de barreras, sin pizca de benevolencia
Aunque los รกngeles te adoren, y no seas uno de ellos
Aunque tu amor me ciegue y no pueda ver, el dolor que me causas me sigue pareciendo bello
Podrรฉ liberarlas? Que no tengan dueรฑo ni yo heridas
Que vuelen lejos aunque sea por un dรญa
 70ยฐ 
Layla Mariam Shafiq
"The whole world become nothing in front of you because it can never replace your place"
 67ยฐ 
Elena Vale
When itโ€™s pouring outside,
rain disturbing windowsโ€“

When afar,
my mind is restless;
sleepless and insane.

I proceed to scream your name
like a sinner prayer.
Sunrise comesโ€“
and still,
you are not near.

I remember our time,
vivid picture on my mind;
In one man bed,
we lay squished together.

Young and naked, naked souls,
we enjoy
our time together.
Oh I wish we had foreverโ€ฆ

Your gentle touch all over me,
your eyes as well,
as we become together.

You roughly fill me with your love,
not worrying about the sleeping neighbours.

You brush my golden hair,
slowly after,
before we head back to the bed.

I fall asleep,
mind blank,
because Iโ€™m by
your side,
and nothing else compares.
a little poem because memories is all I care about.
 65ยฐ 
Jayami
If you ever cared to look back,
you would have seen me miserable,
falling far behind you on bleeding feet,
at each monstrous step you take,
screeching for you to stop;
begging for you to spare me.
But you never did, nor ever heard me.
And you will never know when my cries fade out,
finally, into the solace which forbids your haunt.
time never stops for anybody.
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