#choose poems on Hello Poetry

Olivia McCann Jul 2014

She chose him.

She chose him to be
A pertinent aspect
Of her forever
Full sum of forever.
He who had shown her
New songs to glitter her
Sweeping thoughts,
Green flowers to dust
Such thoughts.
So when she chose him,
really,
She chose herself
She who had become
Thought broom,
Greens,
Stony welcomer
Of new.

He'd changed her
In a manner
In which she liked,
The outcome
Worthy of self pride.
She chose
Songs
She chose
Leaves
She chose herself
Which
He'd made her become.
And why not stay with him-
The man who had
Coaxed out
Someone deeper, older within herself,
Someone who
She herself had been searching for.
This lazy thought
And that
Made her choose.
Him.
Because he was the leaves and
Nothing more.

#love #self #boyfriend #thoughts #him #realization #indifference #choose

Helsy Flores May 2014

Choose Wisely

One belongs in the past,
The other is meant to last.
Choose wisely between one another,
Because you will lose the other.

2014

#love #triangle #decisions #choose #wise

R Daniel May 2014

What the World Has to Offer...

it's unbelievable
this world we live in
is filled with people
is filled with experiences
we are constantly growing
learning
loving
crying
struggling
but most importantly living
this world challenges us
it makes us believe that there is a tomorrow
that hope exists
these people
these moments
we cherish them
we write them down
we create stories of them
they move us forward
and they give us strength
sometimes we forget
but somehow
we always remember
this world
with its people
and these tiny moments
because
once was small
now is infinite
just like our lives
anything is possible if we choose to live

Petals and Thorns May 2014

You

You are worthless
You are amazing
You are hideous
You are ravishing
You are plain
You are stunning
You are stupid
You are witty
You are fine
You are broken
You are happy
You are choking
You are you
*You are beautiful

You are what you make of yourself. Choose wisely.

#feelings #broken #sad #happy #beautiful #people #believe #choice #bent #fix #fine #choose #witty

Clindballe May 2014

Choose

You fight or surrender.
You win or lose.
You do or don't.
You can't do both so we have to choose.
Will you give all that it takes to win
and fight the battles that comes sneaking up from behind
or will you do nothing
and get beat up till you can't do anything.

*Or can you actually do both?

Written: May 6. - 2014

#fight #win #lose #choose

amber May 2014

a life changing choice

I feel as if there is no end to this life
I know there may be many choices
Openings, endings
But I am stuck wondering which one is for me

#suicide #life #death #choice #choose

SM Feb 2014

Sad But True

No one will be there save you
whenever you please
or listen
with sympathy

They smile when you fall
Hidden by masks
they laugh
but hide away
should you choose
to stand again

And you will stand again
because no one can ever hurt you
as long as you are there
to save yourself

#pain #alone #hurt #smile #laugh #loneliness #scars #sympathy #masks #hidden #stand #choose #branded #ave

Daylight 4U2C Jan 2014

Erstwhile

A wicked woman told my love, "**** him and you will be free."
My love paused, and the wicked woman's old twig of a finger pointed off to me.
Love walked to me with tearful eyes, as if she had no choice.
I smiled wryly and told her in the softness of my voice, "Let it be done, and be free.
No sword is long enough to show my love for thee. No dagger, short enough to match my heart's beat.
So please my love, take your choice of my death. Choose what would be fit."
She didn't hesitate, just cry. She, slowly lifting a mirror from the dust.
I don't know why I felt I must, but I wiped the tears away just to savor her touch.
I looked into her sad blue eyes, just for one more glance. Then I shut my own.
I could feel her lift the mirror, this was her chance, let it be known.
A crashing blankness came down on me, soon after the last things I heard.
"I'm moving up, and you're moving down." These were her last words.
I didn't understand them then, but now I think I know.
She will one day be in the warm light, while I'm still stuck in the cold indigo.
I'd always run up the down escalator, like a crazy kid.
She always said, one day I'd trip.
And now I finally did.

#love #short #words #sad #eyes #death #tears #cry #why #im #up #in #be #please #of #away #always #if #i #had #the #crazy #day #blue #and #her #what #this #him #could #you #me #one #on #*** #run #think #woman #my #own #no #last #slowly #old #was #it #**** #she #free #let #must #for #crashing #down #to #but #more #dust #light #like #now #choice #voice #is #cold #warm #touch #hearts #still #mirror #dagger #know #feel #done #so #were #just #understand #chance #did #enough #stuck #dont #long #would #walked #from #things #will #moving #kid #take #with #then #finally #off #sword #show #into #felt #them #savor #match #soon #youre #trip #lift #told #shut #your #while #thee #as #beat #wicked #these #choose #said #known #came #looked #heard #id #paused #womans #twig #finger #pointed #tearful #smiled #wryly #softness #fit #didnt #hesitate #lifting #wiped #glance #blankness #after #indigo #escalator #erstwhile

Daylight 4U2C Apr 2014

Thoughts Petrifying

My hand and gripped hair
The threats?
"I CAN rip you out, I just CHOOSE not to."
Is is fear, despair, madness, loathe?
The answer is empty of meaning.
What is known would be ignored,
as all said seems true,
but fake.
Boundlessly vain.
silly,
worthless;
doubtful.
What am I looking for in this effort?

I know.
I see.
I hear.
I believe.
One thought twigs into another.
I even wonder if the ocean can breathe.
Breathe life into me.
Aliens don't exist,
but nightmares and demons do?
A problem,
unwanted.
A result,
unwanted.
An answer,
only a lie,
....
unwanted, unwanted, oh so unwanted.

I scream inside,
and every inner glass is shattered.
I yell,
"Notice of Insanity Uprising!"
They yell back,
"That's Life."
Upon those words I numb my mind,
I release my grip.
I let go of everything.
MY face: gone
MY body: gone
MY hope: gone gone gone
Anything and everything that was me leaves,
and my body becomes a cadaver.
Drifting side to side,
in and out.
It's more calm now though.
My mind is no longer driving me crazy.

For we have reached our destination.

#go #words #fear #life #hope #fake #not #in #thats #be #empty #of #hear #true #demons #mind #if #i #the #insanity #crazy #scream #and #what #this #you #thought #me #one #*** #my #wonder #madness #no #breathe #was #am #hair #body #its #let #do #only #even #for #to #but #out #more #have #gone #believe #now #is #face #ocean #numb #despair #leaves #exist #lie #shattered #driving #know #answer #back #ignored #we #problem #everything #all #oh #so #just #glass #inside #meaning #they #calm #that #hand #see #rip #an #dont #our #nightmares #would #unwanted #silly #inner #looking #effort #worthless #into #notice #those #every #vain #though #loathe #longer #release #as #can #upon #choose #said #side #gripped #threats #known #seems #boundlessly #doubtful #twigs #another #aliens #result #yell #uprising #grip #anything #becomes #cadaver #drifting #reached #destination

Kevin Hawkins Apr 2014

Decisions

3/5/2014

Decisions,
Directions,
Conflicts,
Connections.

Who's to say I know best?
Everyday is just a test.

To move or to stay.
To breathe or decay.
To love or abate.
To rebel or obey.
To commit or to stray.

Every kiss begins with K,
but then you factor in fate.
I lead a life of ambition,
with no room for indecision.
But I just don't know what's next.
All I do is try my best.

I can't complain or compare,
The results would be unfair.
I have lots, and others little,
yet life, still gets fickle.

I have little family and fewer friends,
who stay until the end?
I'm not worried or sad.
I just wish that I had:
stayed,
prayed,
paid,
or given away.

You live and you learn.
You decide and get burned,
but thus is life.
Everything happens for a reason.
We'll see what happens next season.

Time.
Time to pick.
Time to choose.
Time to stick.
No time to lose.

Compare.
Contrast.
Pro vs Con.

"Decisions, decisions."
I knew all along.

The first thing I've written this year that wasn't for work. Just venting the typical thought of a 20 something, "What's next?" Having more opportunities doesn't actually make it any easier. "But I digress..."

#life #path #reflection #decisions #fate #destiny #indecision #decide #choose

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