#decisions poems on Hello Poetry

Melodie Fowles Feb 2018

So much
Is far and gone from me
And still I fight
For my soul to be free

I've taken chances
Walked a dark road
Advice I never took
And in my mistakes it showed
Now here I stand
At this forked crossroad

I can drop all my fears
Look this new future in the face
Or forever run in darkness
While my demons I chase

I close my eyes
Open my thoughts
And nothing makes sense
The splinters dig deeper
The longer I stand on this fence

My legs are tired and broken
From these circles I've paced
While these voices in my head
Leave me to sigh in disgrace

If the decision I make
Is to go forth and succeed
It may be what will
Set my soul to be freed

Or it could bring more darkness
Leave me worse than before
This is why my mind
Is constantly at war
I need to make this choice
So my soul can finally soar.

#poem #decisions #decision #darkness #dark #crossroad #crossroads #fears #change #free

E A Spain Feb 2018

Siren

Your energy is like a siren's tune
You bring me into your realm with your soul
And embrace me with your ruin
I'm so swept away I don't even realize what you're doin'..
Your clenching around my neck and through the ins and outs I feel whole..
Your darkness and melancholy could fill a room, but whatever happened to that glow?
Signs of the uncalled for and unnatural... I've been seeing them in the moon
You always seem to cross my mind in the afternoon
I've come to know and love you, hope you'll see that soon
We've taken a pause for quite some time but will it ever resume?

Written SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2017

#love #lost #twisted #fate #siren #bad #habits #unrequited #decisions #exes

CA Smith Feb 2018

Time Machine

If I had a time machine,
I'd have done this, I'd have done that
Taken that job, worn that goofy hat

If I had a time machine,
I'd save the world, and rescue those in need

If I had a time machine,
I'd live each day different

Never being afraid of what others might think,
I would undo any mistake in a wink
If I had a time machine,
I would be who I really wanted to be
A person of respect and stature,
People would finally look up to me

Or at least,
All this I tell myself, but it's not really the truth

Because if I actually had a time machine,
I would go back to my youth,
And instead of what I chose the first time
This time,
I'd choose you

#time #love #decisions #regret #life #choices #romance

HoneyPotter Feb 2018

The road I have taken

Here I am slowly walking
Down the road I have taken
Have passed through the two roads
Diverge in a yellow wood
The choice has been made
I chose to take this road.
But I was defeated
my mind is a traitor
The thoughts of “could have been”
Have started to win me over
“It would have been better
if I have chosen the other.”
I feel so hopeless and helpless
sadness, regrets and pain
I don’t know when
I’ll be able to reach the end.
I looked to the direction
Of where I came from
I closed my eyes and saw again
reasons why I’ve traveled this far
I started to feel again
The same feelings i have
When I’ve taken my first step
It was a desperate feelings
Of excitement, untainted and pure.
And then I remembered a poem
That says to not regret
and make a big difference
With the choices we made.
So I have managed to continue this journey
with no turning back,
Looking forward to the end
Regardless of what’s waiting
Despite it being unknown
I have to make this choice
A successful decision.

I was in the middle of war with my own mind before I wrote this. Thoughts of "what if" are slowly eating me inside. My career is going downhill lately and things are not going according to my plans.

And then I saw Robert Frost's the road not taken and it cheered me up and inspired me to keep going.
It helped me not to regret my choice. It boost my confidence that my chosen path is the right one for me. :)

#roadnottakeninspired #regrets #choices #lifechoices #inspiration #decisions

Atomika Feb 2018

Limitations

Each man has its duty, everyone may envision
A person with a wish, a man in a mission
Though each set of us, has a standard and condition
In each a task handed to us will create a result and fruition

We can take all of what needs to be done and finish it all
Even though it’s a big feat, you may think of it as small
However, burnout will happen and falter like the rest
Whereas you could’ve took one and made it the best

Take a small one, it should be really easy
A simple task which you can think may be measly
But will you be happy with a small scope like that
Why not challenge yourself with a bigger cap?

So you see my friend, we do have options about our limitations
It’s either we got one to finish, or take on a mountain of duty
Although each one may lead us in a treasure or *****
Think of yourself before you make a final decision

Another spur of the moment poem for our project in Humanities :)

#limitations #duty #task #something #to #think #about #personality #choice #decisions

Midnight Feb 2018

Decisions

I want you
And you want me
So tell me,
What's taking so long
For you
To decide
Do you want her
Or do you want me

Did I say or do something
To cause you to hesitate
Did you prefer her all along
Am I just a second choice

You said I'm cute
You meant it right
Is this a game
I can't decide

Am I not enough
Is something missing
Am I too loud
Or too quiet
Tell me
Why can't you decide

#decisions #poetry #decide

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

rainsidecisions - a minimal haiku

rain inside, decisions

At times life is always this type of pressure.

#minimal #haiku #ku #rain #decisions

Paul C Jan 2018

Crossroads, Dirt Trails (An Ode to Monumental Turning Points in Life)

You—
Beautiful life-form, or abomination—
Are a culmination,
Agglomeration of a life’s worth of
Experiences thus far.
All of them,
The good and the bad,
Have resulted in you—
And here you stand,
A unique entity of the atomic form,
A breathing, living creature
At the height of the current moment.
You have
The power—
Whether it be to trust fate,
Or to follow your intuitions—
To ultimately
Forge a path of your own.

#life #experiences #moments #choices #decisions #rumination #motivation #ode #joy #sorrow

Ethan Jan 2018

The Garden of Ethan

Seeds I feel I should plant, tho dubious at best, I can almost taste fruits of the labour. The sweet and the sour, bitter and salty to some, for now not all would enjoy the harvest. But some seeds need to flower and others weeded out at the root. My already beautiful garden could suddenly go kaput, or emerge and flourish better than it ever could. To take the risk? I’m not sure if I should.

#life #decisions

Jessica Lima Jan 2018

In Motion

Here I sit,
Looking at you
But pretending no to.

Lending a hand
Every time you fall,
But not recognized at all.

Is this all there is to life?

I stand.
For once you notice me.
But is too late now
Today, You mean nothing to ME.

#love #pain #decisions