#battles poems on Hello Poetry

Karoline Oct 2017

Within

To the demon inside me who tries to break me,
the one who laughs at my dreams mockingly.

To the demon inside me who tears me down,
the one who’s behind my every frown.

To the demon inside me who tells me I’m fat,
and whispers no one will ever love me like that.

Where did you come from, and why are you here?
Why do you insist on filling my heart with fear?

I thought I outgrew you, had you defeated,
but on my right shoulder you’re comfortably seated.

Luckily for me, shoulders come in two’s,
and every day between you and my Angel I choose.

She sits on my left one, loving and calm,
Her strength vibrates through me like a church with a psalm.

The battle between you seems never ending,
though slowly but sure I feel my soul mending.

Your claws may be sharp, but Her wings are strong,
and she will uplift me through this journey however long.

20-25.06.2017

#growth #battles #demon #love #angel #strength #struggle #inspiration #motivation

AJ Vicario Sep 2017

Lightning

It comes and goes when i blink while i sleep,
The cloud veins crack over there up down across,
Drums of war sound and gunfire pounds the ground,
Clear the battlefield arise the smoke,
Black with snap of white,
Shove the stars to eclipse my day and night.

#weather #lightning #thunder #battles #war

Lyn-Purcell Sep 2017

Lesson Learned #34

You'll lose your battles if
you don't fight it.
Naturally.

We all have our own battles. Don't expect to get anywhere if you don't try.

#lesson #learned #battles #fought #war #conquer

Dark n Beautiful Jul 2017

Letter by Letters Word By Words

I lift my aching body from the bed
Liked an elder from the wheelchair: rigid

Looking at the mirror, I saw an unfamiliar face
a bad taste in my mouth, brought tears to my eyes

Oh God!
this old familiar hidden pain throughout my body
The light in my eyes dims, throughout this ordeal,
One foot move slowly, the other dragged along
Should I close my eyes, and listen' to it?

Could move on and fight this battle,
Or visual the pain with patience, a caption poem

The pain is rising up, the words began to unscrambles
Letter by letters, words by words
a needed password is required to block or reset
Every sinew of my anatomy

I lift my aching body from my bed: I got to win
This downhill battle called chronic pain

#chronic #pain #battles #killers

Kelly Jun 2017

Sabotage

Elation with no regard to the reason. I just let it roll over me when it comes. Living in it because I know it’s fleeting and I am grasping at the rays of sunshine like they will dissipate any second. This feeling of pure joy and happiness. Oh, how I wish you could stay for just a moment longer.
My mind actively searches for intruders ready to wipe them away in an instant before they come to the forefront of my mind. How dare you try and ruin something so pure and full of joy. It's like you can’t allow yourself a glimpse of heaven. As if you have tasted the forbidden fruit and you are quickly trying to cover the evidence with despair.
Despair that you have already buried and mourned over, but you bring it to life again, like it secretly comforts you. How can despair be comforting? My mind decides at this instant my happiness can be ruined at any moment so why not on my terms?
Throwing at the forefront already buried land mines knowing exactly how they will explode. Now the fog rolls in, rays dissipate, warmth gone. I allowed it to leave, allowed it to no longer warm my face and thoughts. Oh well, until we met again sun, I will embrace the beauty of the fog

#sabotage #happiness #thoughts #despair #elation #inner #battles

Gabriel burnS Jun 2017

That Kind of Reward

sometimes you enter the maw of the beast;
severed heads lie around still watching,
and you march forth into the bowels of hell
fighting off fears, horrors and demons
own and foreign
for the ultimate prize
taking home the devil

#battles #reward #pyrrhic #victories #not #what #it #seems #loot #spoils

unnamed May 2017

Battle Scars

Have you gotten to that point
That you can’t see the end?
When that one little razor
Has become your closest friend
And the comforting sting
Of that sharp piece of metal
Is as beautiful and warm
As a single rose petal

The little red lines
Scarring your wrists and thighs
Helping you cope
Like an addict’s highs
And all the nights you laid awake
Never sleeping only crying
You wake up tired but can’t tell
Because inside you’re slowly dying

And as you watch the red flow down your wrist
You grab the pills from your stash
And prepare for the pain
A short fire before burning to ash
But you don’t have the strength
Not tonight
You sigh and replace them
You won the fight

And you look up at the sky full of stars
And forget about your battle scars

#cutting #selfharm #win #battles #scars

Carolina Dec 2016

Christmas Wish

The snow drifts from the roof tops,
Lights shine in the brisk evening.
Cheer is spread,
Joy follows behind the winter winds.

Letters are sent North to Saint Nick,
Children dream of what might come in the early morn,
Prayers are shared around the dinner table.
Memories are created to be never forgotten.
Stories being shared with those you love.

Tears fall upon my pillow,
While bellows of laughter echo,
From the other side of the bedroom door.
Life seems to be coming to a stop.

My only Christmas wish is to be by your side,
Surrounded by the most welcoming family,
The warmest love,
The family I always hoped to be apart of...
Yet it still isnt feeling like Christmas.

The joy, cheer and laughter being stolen away,
The pain hiding behind a fake smile..
The words echo "it could be worse."
If its true I dont want to know what it is.

My only prayer is that I wake up by your exciting yells.
All my letters to dear Saint Nick saying one thing.
"Please bring him home."
All go unanswered.

My only Christmas wish is to hear you say,
"Im home Mommy."
Hold you in my arms as we see what Santa has blessed you with.

#depression #son #christmas #tough #battles #comehome #custody

Jessa May Dec 2016

Meh

Stop crying I tell myself
The clouds continue to rain
He still loves me and he will
It says in every card
I read them to keep me sane
I will see him in the evening
He will come, for sure
But something in me tells me
I gave him more than he can endure
The pain in my chest is killing
This anxiety is all I'm feeling
I'm losing him

Christmas eve blues

#love #sad #depression #anxiety #lost #bf #battles

Mosh Microbiomes Dec 2016

Tomorrow maybe.

Couldn't reach for the horizon today
Conscious but in a deep slumber
Jabbed by my mistakes refusing to fray
Calmed the chaos down to eery silence

I woke again with the loudest chaos
And the now demonic deafening silence
Gnaws at me from far far across
Consuming my horizon in defiance

#war #depression #life #depressed #daily #thoughts #horizon #consciousness #struggle #battles