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369 · Aug 2021
Not your achievements
putiira Aug 2021
It’s not your achievements that define your success;
it’s the authenticity of your actions
and the character of your soul
368 · Feb 2019
the voice of the rains
putiira Feb 2019
You embrace the rain
and the voice of the rains opens one day...
367 · Oct 2019
You only exist
putiira Oct 2019
You only exist
when others breathe life into you,
and that is no existence at all.
putiira Nov 2021
When no more tears spill for ink
and there's no hurt to put into verse
leave poetry the pages and words
and live poetry in your beautiful world
362 · Oct 2021
In the shadows
putiira Oct 2021
Sometimes I am still the child who
found safety in the shadows
361 · Sep 2021
It's warmth
putiira Sep 2021
Smile and feel it’s warmth,
and if you can’t, absorb someone else’s
into your soul
359 · Sep 2021
A little crazy
putiira Sep 2021
You gotta have a little crazy if you’re going
to love someone the right way
359 · Jun 2019
Intense conversations
putiira Jun 2019
Love is not always
about intense conversations.
Sometimes it's all about a simple
"how are you feeling today"
358 · Aug 2021
A paper candle
putiira Aug 2021
A flash of lightning
holding in the darkness
a paper candle
358 · Apr 2019
Basking in the glow
putiira Apr 2019
Basking in the glow
from the light
of your soul
358 · Dec 2021
Softness found
putiira Dec 2021
Softness found as
I curl into your love's angle
355 · Dec 2021
To just breathe
putiira Dec 2021
I gather myself in daydreams,
a space to just breathe
351 · Nov 2018
before and after
putiira Nov 2018
don't try to be who you were before,
be the after...
349 · Jun 2019
The silent river
putiira Jun 2019
You have to listen for the music
that flows beneath the words,
then let go and drift on the silent river of longing
that flows between hearts.
348 · Jan 2019
a delicacy
putiira Jan 2019
It is a delicacy of the heart,
to make you feel
that you are valuable to a person...
348 · Oct 2018
build a dream
putiira Oct 2018
build a dream
and then you dream about it
build it...
343 · Sep 2019
Consume me
putiira Sep 2019
You captured my attention.
Consume me
with a heart abandoned.
342 · Jul 2019
Naive
putiira Jul 2019
Life simply isn’t about positivity and kindness.
That’s naive.
We have to be prepared to negotiate suffering
and deal with dark times and difficult people.
342 · Aug 2021
Argue
putiira Aug 2021
Some of you would argue
with a brick wall
just so you could keep arguing
339 · Jan 2019
see the way to fly
putiira Jan 2019
Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you.
All they show is limitation.
Look with your understanding.
Find out what you already know
and you will see the way to fly...
338 · Apr 2019
shared poems
putiira Apr 2019
Life is alive as they live,
happiness is shared poems...
putiira Jul 2021
Sometimes I’m the entire universe
and other times I’m just an odd collection of silences
and screams strung together with an honest heartbeat
337 · May 2019
Replace
putiira May 2019
Replace
“ What is happening to me” ?
with “ What is this trying to teach me “?
336 · Apr 2021
You are everything
putiira Apr 2021
People that go out
of their way to be good
to you are everything
336 · Sep 2019
You are the one constant
putiira Sep 2019
You are the one constant
in an ever changing course.
You are the sunrise.
336 · Sep 2021
A poetry tree
putiira Sep 2021
Watching autumn leaves
fall gently
from a poetry tree
I smile catching the one
that spoke your name
336 · Dec 2018
they are the bravest
putiira Dec 2018
Hearts which heal the hurting
and restore the broken aren’t the strongest,
they are the bravest...
333 · Jan 2019
Longing
putiira Jan 2019
Longing for the burning of the fire in the path of love,
the rains are always grown...
333 · Sep 2021
Sweet
putiira Sep 2021
Sweet smell
of poetry coffee
332 · Apr 2021
In you
putiira Apr 2021
Whatever you're looking for,
you'll not find out there.
It is in you
331 · Aug 2021
Meet you in the morning
putiira Aug 2021
I race to fall asleep with you
to meet you in the morning
a little more in love each day
329 · Dec 2021
Walk away
putiira Dec 2021
If you make them feel irrelevant,
don't be surprised when they walk away
329 · Jan 2019
unfinished sentences
putiira Jan 2019
For as long as I write,
I can hear the sadness
of unfinished sentences,
unexplained feelings deeply...
326 · Nov 2021
It’s still everything
putiira Nov 2021
Sometimes
you can just sit with someone
and do absolutely nothing
and it’s still everything
324 · Dec 2019
Gorgeous
putiira Dec 2019
By the way,
you're so gorgeous
322 · Jan 2019
a little Milky Way
putiira Jan 2019
Come inside,
and bring a little Milky Way with you...
320 · Jan 2019
digging gold
putiira Jan 2019
finding a pure heart
is like
digging gold...
320 · Dec 2021
In hidden places
putiira Dec 2021
Touch me again
in hidden places
only your soul can reach
320 · Sep 2019
My favorite kind
putiira Sep 2019
Rain hitting the roof
is my favorite kind
of poetry.
318 · Sep 2021
You're beyond worthy
putiira Sep 2021
You're beyond worthy
of the love you desire
315 · Dec 2018
let's get lost in the sky
putiira Dec 2018
let your eyes rain in my eyes,
embrace me with your love,
let's get lost in the sky...
314 · Jul 2019
Letting go
putiira Jul 2019
Life isn't as easy as letting go of those who make you sad,
it's about letting go of those who once made you the happiest
313 · Dec 2020
Refuse to believe
putiira Dec 2020
If you refuse
to believe in yourself,
you can’t expect anyone else
to do it for you
312 · Dec 2021
You believe in you
putiira Dec 2021
The best kind of someone
is the someone who makes
you believe in you
310 · Oct 2019
Weave you
putiira Oct 2019
You make it easy
for me to weave you
into my words
308 · Sep 2019
Every day I open
putiira Sep 2019
Every day
I open up my window
to the weather
whatever it may be.
Every day
I open up myself
to possibility.
308 · Mar 2021
Miles apart
putiira Mar 2021
We are many miles apart
there are moments
we feel so close together
307 · Mar 2019
Every flower that opens
putiira Mar 2019
Every flower that opens,
every heart that is of born is a hope...
306 · Feb 2021
Unfamiliar place
putiira Feb 2021
One genuine connection can make
you feel home
in unfamiliar place
putiira Aug 2021
Let's talk about rain,
you be the raindrops,
and I'll be the tree
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