The latest poems on Hello Poetry

girlinflames Aug 11

My natural hair is
curly
but when I look in the mirror
I feel ugly
I grew up hearing my hair was
beautiful
so I shouldn’t do anything to it—and I
believed
that it was sacred
even if it made me unhappy today
Yes, my hair is sacred
but because I decide
when it will be straight
or when it will be curly

#poetry #woman #hair #identity #freedom #selflove #beauty #shortpoem #empowerment #truth

girlinflames Aug 11

6PM

I think my favorite time of day
is dusk
It feels as if something important is happening
Yes, the death of a day seems
reasonable
In that moment
I turn off all the lights in the house
sit on the couch
put on some good music
pour myself a glass of wine
and consecrate that moment
A toast to me
I am alive

#poetry #life #dusk #wine #celebration #shortpoem #selflove #introspective #beauty #mindfulness

girlinflames Aug 11

Yes and No

How many times have I said yes
to so many things, thinking
I was doing the right thing
when in truth
I was saying no
to the most important person
on the face of the Earth

#poetry #selflove #boundaries #truth #life #shortpoem #selfdiscovery #healing #growth #introspective

girlinflames Aug 11

Tulips

When I was younger
I loved tulips, but it was
because
there was a girl
holding a tulip on the cover
of a book
I loved that story
But now
I like daisies
Maybe one day my daughter’s name will be Daisy
I like them
because they are simple
they bother no one
they have their own sun at their center
and around it, many angels
make harmony
dancing to the most sublime songs

#poetry #flowers #daisy #tulip #life #nostalgia #beauty #simplicity #shortpoem #nature

girlinflames Aug 11

Goddess

Understand this once and for all!
Within me, I am as many as I choose to be
Don’t get me wrong
I’m not sick
I’ve never been as sane as I am today
But the strength of a single woman is not enough for me
I need to be many
I need to be Athena
But I also need to be Persephone
At times I’ll be Hera
But most of the time, Aphrodite
And, strangely enough, I’ll be Hestia, Demeter, and Artemis
All at once, or in their rightful time
Because this is me—unique
Goddess of myself

#poetry #goddess #strength #mythology #selflove #femininepower #identity #shortpoem #freedom #empowerment

girlinflames Aug 11

Because I Am a Garden

I was scrolling through Pinterest
when I saw a drawing
of a girl with flowers sprouting from her head
watering herself
I felt the scars on my thigh—
the ones only I can see—begin to itch
So I decided
I would tattoo that drawing over
my war marks
so I’d never do something like that
to myself
again

#poetry #healing #selflove #tattoo #scars #growth #mentalhealth #shortpoem #recovery #flowers

girlinflames Aug 11

Horsewoman

I need to take the reins of my life
and live

#poetry #life #freedom #strength #selfdiscovery #empowerment #shortpoem #courage #growth