Hello PoetryVoting

Vote

Voting-Boards

Home

HomeFollowingInboxNotifications

Read

ReadLiftedFeedsHeartedHistoryMy poemsNew poem

Explore

ExploreOrbitsWordsTagsClassics
Log in
0
Stars
0
Embers
0
Alerts
0
Inbox

Vote

Voting-Boards

Home

HomeFollowingInboxNotifications

Read

ReadLiftedFeedsHeartedHistoryMy poemsNew poem

Explore

ExploreOrbitsWordsTagsClassics
Log in
0
Stars
0
Embers
0
Alerts
0
Inbox

"An Emotional Journey"

I feel a little confused

Like I have something to figure out

A little twisted up and chewed

My mind is racing on doubt.

 

I'm trying to put my thoughts

Into words in this writing

My hand it jots

The nails on my fingers I am biting.

 

It's hard to say how I feel

But I definitely know that I am feeling

Everything inside is real

I just have to find it by peeling.

 

My skin it itches from nerves

I look sallow and wrecked

I've stretched myself thin and over all the curves

I can no longer object.

 

I had to cry today

Because I drove myself up a wall

Repressing things I've wanted to say

Has somehow made the mountain I have, to climb, very tall.

 

It's not like my problems are anything important

But I guess they tend to wear me ragged

It's sometimes because I can be expectant

Of people and things that are jagged.

 

I have some things I still need to learn

But I'd rather be learning then at a stop

Like how not to expect and sometimes not to yearn

And when to skip, rather than to hop.

 

I try to keep my heart open wide

But that leaves it to be bruised

I have to let some things subside

And not let myself feel used.

 

I'll learn to be compassionate

But still protect myself

Though somehow I feel like I'm in debt

To all the dolls on the shelf.

 

I conclude this work of emotion

Still upside down and withered

At least I've crossed further, the ocean

But I have yet to meet the blizzard.

Request permission to use this poem
Written by
valerie-3
Published
Mar 24, 2011
Lines·Words
40·273
Notes

SSK<3 AKA: Valerie Garcia

Permission

Request to use this poem

Tell valerie-3 how you would like to use it. We review requests before forwarding them.

AboutBlogFAQPrivacyTermsContact
© 2009-2026 Hello Poetry/v27.0 by @eliotyork
Explore
Hello PoetryVoting
Write