#familiar poems on Hello Poetry

Diána Bósa Aug 2017

Estranged from the familiar
you made me by unmaking me
for getting tired too soon
of fostering
like I was
an unwanted child,
yet still you are the one
who have become unparented;
an Orphan King
in a Borrowed Land,
always
halfway to a
hallway of
all ways.

#freeverse #orphan #estrange #familiar #love #lost #child #unparent #unmake

Trinity Jones Jul 2017

Too breezy

head to pillow
just staring blankly at the floor.
This feels all too familiar
I thought to myself
as waves of fear rippled back.
hours pass.
head to pillow
that familiarity unknowingly lingering in the back of my head
body freezes as it makes its way forward
until it’s all I can feel.
Waves crash yet no salt streams down my face
No matter how calm
the winds and waters will find a time to collide

#ocean #sea #pillow #bed #familiar #thoughts #fear #waves #feeling #tears

luq Jun 2017

played

i am fathomed by the cold
a slow fatigue by the unknown
i wish i was brave enough
to face the challenges
but i plague myself with my own words
will this be another wasted night?
what will i do when i'm sober?
even a zephyr blows me down
i will now stay idle and stay disenchanted
even if my desire acts like dynamite
my heart will keep wailing for help
but a silent voice is never heard;
and will never be, until expiry.

why am i here again?

#theend #challenge #dejavu #familiar #silence #voice #crying #help

Desolation Jun 2017

Familiarity (Senryu)

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Foes aren't to be feared.
The deadly stab? Unforeseen.
Twist. So familiar.
≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈

#depression #senryu #haiku #familiar #betrayal #depressing #lonely #sad #friendship #empty

Hollow Jun 2017

Is this familiar?

Darkness envelopes the thoughts of carefree living.
Darkness sets in and we turn to the light.
Don't worry it's taken years to reach this point.
Each battle leading us higher, I can see over the clouds.
Each battle pushing us further below, don't think there's a way out.
Does this sound familiar to you?
Forget the contradictory remarks and thoughts intended to belittle.
Belittle, what?
Belittle the heart.
Does this sound familiar to you?
Thoughts racing like the beat of a drum, droplets of sweat present to accompany the stress.
Hide yourself, they'll never know.
Keep eye contact, they'll never know.
Keep nodding yes, they'll never know.
Does this sound familiar to you?

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#hollow #help #halo #familiar #anxiety #depression #therapy #therapist #abuse #contradictions

Gabriel burnS May 2017

Note to Self

sugar is bad for you
especially sugary thoughts
you cannot afford

like June is majestic
undulating ozone
from cumulus bones
in its flesh of light blue
masquerading airborne
around the skin
that breathes with beats
progressively arrhythmic
high from the feeling

but beware
for June hides its predators
beneath those waves
elating charm, its Siren song;
Because deadlines,
blood thirsty words
like “expiration”,“elapsing”,
and “due in”,
lurk with sharpened teeth
stalking the smallest of joy-fish

And all of this contrast
is masked with such skill
it remains underrated,
only frustrating to Juners,
for they know its extremes
and how smiles
cover anxiety

#beware #magnetism #familiar #feeling #perception

Stephen Rutledge Apr 2017

A Familiar Place

A walk to a known place,
I cannot help but glimpse the mirage of your face,

Finest of hair and the brightest of eyes,
It's here you caught me by surprise,

Serene moments like these were made to please,
Casted aside was our unease,

Yet, every moment predated,
If only you could have waited.

#context #familiar #heartbreak #love #memory #moments #past #place #present

elowen morey Apr 2017

(please leave)

I need to get the feeling of you
off my skin
it’s been so long
but yours is the only touch
I’m familiar with
//

#time #leave #skin #feeling #touch #familiar

Eman Feb 2017

Synchronicity

She caught a glimpse of him,
her senses paused
Her heart starting beating so loud,
it muted the world.

Those visions, recollections, dreams, flashes and sudden insights both overwhelm and confuse me.
All we ever do is exchange glances,
like only we can see each other in crowds and masses.
Like the sun, the moon and the stars, you and I are lost in the bizarre. (Inspired by a dream I had)

#world #odd #soul #sense #stranger #familiar #connection #mute #pause #peculiar