#clean poems on Hello Poetry

Lyn-Purcell Aug 2017

Tend to your garden, and pull
out the weeds. Bid goodbye
to the toxic, so you can
finally breathe.

I've gotten rid of ALOT of toxic people. And these were the people that I've know since high school. It did hurt, but trust me. You'll never be more free when you're away from the endless drama.

#short #lesson #learned #garden #metaphorical #growth #toxic #rid #clean #pure

Elise Jackson Jul 2017

Clean

Sanitization sounds terrifying, now doesn't it?

Day 27/31 of my "Six Words A Day" Challenge for the whole month of July, the whole collection can be found on my page on the first of August.

#clean #july #august #six #words #day #challenge #sanitization #terrified #terriying

Paul Jones Jan 2016

Dyad - 9 -

The storm has passed. Its surrender was swift
as chalk wiped away from a wet, slate board.

02/01/16

#alliteration #couplet #dyad #storm #passed #surrender #wet #chalk #clean #slate

Scarlet Niamh Jul 2017

Clean

I am sinking deeper,
beyond possibility,
into the grime.
Sloshing, dark waves are washing
over my body,
pale and thin,
and cleansing me.
I will treat it like I would the water
and bask in its horror,
metallic and harsh.
I will allow the copper flavour of blood
to rinse my mind.
Purity.
Feel the dry sandpaper skin
and the gravel in my eyes
as the rending of metal
tears my mind from itself
and I resurface,
gasping for air.

~~ Ablutophobia, the fear of bathing. ~~

#fear #clean #***** #gore #blood #dark #death #pain #depression #evil

Elliott Jun 2017

I Should Clean This Up

Tears dropped with my name inked on,
they fall to the ground with pieces of your heart.

I’ll get the broom.

Another fight

#heartbreak #hurt #fight #tears #clean

Hailey Paige Jun 2017

*****

I feel ***** because of what you did to me
and no matter how many times I clean myself.
The image of your hands on my body
Never seems to fade away...

#hands #clean #***** #sad #assault #me #you #image #fade #myself

Poetic T May 2017

Little White Outline

Colour by numbers,

crimson shades are bleached.
To much went over the lines

#****** #clean #death

Lost Apr 2017

2 Years

For those who don't know,
And for those who do,
I have something
I'd really like to share with you.

Today marks 2 years,
Today marks 730 days,
Today marks 1,051,200 minutes,
Since I last took a blade to my skin.

I've come a long way since I was 15,
And even though I still have a lot of life left,
I'm thankful for every minute I've been alive.
And I want to thank those who have helped me get to this point.
Without you,
I'd be lost.
I'd be down.
I might even be dead.
But I'm not.
I'm stronger now than I will ever be.
And there's no one who can take that from me.

I never thought I'd make it...

#clean #selfharm #cutting #proud #happy #depressed #strong #brave #empowering #suicide #suicidal #suicideawareness