#25 poems on Hello Poetry

Carlo C Gomez Mar 2020

You bloom so bright for me
in each & every season

be it the intense heat in summer
or the frosted chill of winter

then there are days when
you are the only thing that shines

you're a strength
I greatly need & admire

you're an endurance
so priceless, so vast

I long each day
to nourish you in return

love is a gift
& you're the kindest one
imaginable to me

together we are firmly rooted
& so we shall remain
for all time to come

For Mrs Timetable.
Happy 25th anniversary, my love.

jolie fleur is French for 'pretty flower.'

#marriage #love #anniversary #flower #priceless #timetable #25

Vic Apr 2019

Note 25: Let me make something clear

My poems are not me
My poems are not how I feel
My poems are just a simple constellation of words that my brain created, and my fingers wrote down for the reading pleasure of others
I'm fine

A poem every day.

#note #25 #clear #poem #me

Amanda Kay Burke Apr 2019

25

I am so glad you were born
So happy you're alive
Today is the day
You turn twenty-five!

For one of my best friends in the whole world Jessica for her birthday card. Short and sweet.

#love #bestie #friendship #sweet #cute #short #25 #glad #born

Tamara Walker Sep 2018

Asexual Love

Ridiculous thoughts
Of
Warm embraces

Futile hopes
Watching others
Find love

Enough with questions
I Refuse
To answer

I don’t give heart
The
Same way

I challenged myself to make a poem with only few words that would be indirect but straight to the point. This is about how I never had a desire and never felt the need to love anybody.

#love #emotional #asexual #25 #simple

Lvice Jun 2017

Vl-XXV-XVll

I never believed
that a little care could heal the wounds
but
when I almost wrote to you
I thought about the first scar
I've ever gotten
As you take off
your shoes
and strip your worry
and then slide into the aisle
right into
the clothes rack.
Your forehead bleeding
but she holds you
You do not cry.
I almost hoped that you were doing okay
And then
You fall into your grandfather's lap
He makes you laugh
and says the pump was
for lighting the firework
and that your head must be about to burst
I almost missed you
but then I thought back
to the fireworks bursting from my skin
leaving burns in its wake
And you-
you-
No I gathered myself up and cared
for the love of leaving heart behind
in the form of scars

#25

ThoughtsofaYoungAdult Oct 2016

Adult-ish

25...
When you were a kid you thought that you would be married by now
Have it all figured out
The career
The home
The car
The kids
Now you're here and *******...
Do we ever really figure it out?
Adulting is hard
Your Facebook feed is filling up with engagements and baby announcements
but your reading the newsfeed in the liquor isle of Safeway
Beer or wine tonight? Hmm maybe *****?
"Psh who wants to be a boring married couple"
That's what you think to yourself
Trying to convince yourself that it's okay
Drown out that little voice in your head saying "you're gonna be alone forever"
It's like walking on a tightrope
One side you have it together and the other side you still might as well be that 21 year old college student ordering shots at the bar
If someone has this figured out- hit a homie up
Until then, I'm just doing me and I guess I'm doing fine

#growingup #25 #adulting #adultish #thoughtsofayoungadult

Thanatus Angel of Death Aug 2016

Juliet's Poison

A burning sensation is building up in my chest
I feel my heart burning as it pumps as fast as the fastest train.
My body is ready to blow and make the night glow.
This is an illness I acquired ten years ago,
I went to see the smartest doctors and not even them can let it go.
As time pass this feeling is somehow disappearing
or so I think
When I saw you in another woman's arms, when I see you go
I feel my soul being burn in the pit of hell,
My body ready to die and my mind realize.
You are the poison which caused my illness
But you're also my cure.

I am alright now. Such lies I said to everyone but they know that I still am suffering from the pain that my first love brought.

#love #go #pain #poison #suffering #cure #romeojuliet #25 #iwantyouback

Laura May 2016

25.

Wednesday 18th:
Should I be working?
University at 25 seems
so redundant when I stare
at the soft skinned babes,
who skirt the car park
in drunken bliss.

Should I quit?
Get a job? Maybe retail or
office work.
Some say I could seek stability
between the pages of spreadsheets,
sipping coffee with Susan on the
9-5.

Should I marry?
Set a date? They're all engaged.
Stones glaring back at me
like Polydectes eyes
from Facebook pages.
25 is the 'right age',
or so I've been told.

Should I?
I suppose I could.
Maybe I should. Or I could
perhaps
just do something else.

#university #ambivalence #25 #existentialism