#handle poems on Hello Poetry

bymslu Jul 2018

still
i sat and watched him
try
to lift the heavy pieces of me
then try to break them up into smaller portions
but he couldn't
so i offered him my strength
as he does, he rejected it and swapped me with

"it's fine, i can handle it"

rubbing the tolerance onto his hands

"it's fine, i can handle you"

his pain? he thought he knew masculinity

#masculinity #strength #handle #lone #tolerance #unassured #rejection #him #hispain

stargazer Jul 2018

Young Heart, Old Soul

I have an old soul,
But my heart is still young
Treat it with care
It has not loved for very long

#handle #with #care

Solitude Man Jun 2018

Genesis

'The door’s locked
I’m flying off the handle
   she fettered the grenade to my feet
     My heart’s catatonic and lips paraplegic
    I shut my eyes, turn back the clock
and escape my sins'

-  Jack Frost

#clock #sins #door #handle #catatonic #paraplegic #fetter

Elizabeth Squires Mar 2018

Working For His Spot

the puppet man
the puppet man

pulls on the prompting
strings
he makes good use of the
things
them dolls answering to his
rings
how well he handles the
strings

the puppet man
the puppet man

oh yeah he's got a tight
*****
influencing what the dolls do on his
pew
all of them dancing along in
review
ever he'll call with the strong
*****

the puppet man
the puppet man

manipulating the dolls every which
way
he has them co-opted by his
sway
coercive the show's tugging
display
so he'll obtain his own
way

the puppet man
the puppet man

a
stellar
hotshot
all
the
dolls
working
for
his
spot

#puppet #man #dolls #strings #handle #coopted #spot #rhyming #repetition

Lydia Feb 2018

How to handle divorce

take care of yourself
and know it's ok to have different feelings
reconnect with doing the things you like to do without your spouse
give yourself a break
don't go through this alone
establish new relationships, hang out with your friends and make new ones
don't put yourself in emotionally hard situations
pay attention to how you feel
don't include your kids in the conflict
things will go back to normal, even if it's a new "normal"

things I've been googling lately

#divorce #facts #how #to #handle #pain #heartache

spacewalker Nov 2017

spacewalker

Leave the past behind,
If only for tomorrow

Sprint through the stars,
Shatter the void with your soles

Reality is to much to handle,
            Let go
                      Escape
Fall out of gravity's grasp and nothing can hold you back

Scream into the void of space
nothing will carry the sound

Don't go back to earth
I'm not
                                                                     I'm done spinning around

#space #free #reality #love #time #stars #spin #handle

ClawedBeauty101 Oct 2017

Could You Handle My Heart?

You would think my heart was a diamond, pure and white.
Because though many are cruel to me, I love them despite.

My kind words of encouragement you'd swear came from an innocent soul
But if you could read my mind and crack open my heart, the truth would be told.

Could You Handle My Heart?

When my heart is frozen and I give you a frost bite kiss?

Could You Handle my Heart?

When I feel so alone that my lips refuse to smile for a lovely bliss

Could You Handle My Heart?

When I feel on drowned in the darkness that I have embraced?

Could You Handle My Heart?

When my soul is bleeding and I laugh in insecurity and disgrace?

Could You Handle My Heart?

When I reject your warm soft glow, and pierce it with my shadow?

Could You Handle My Heart

When I create a puddle of sinful tears and scream because I am determined to grow?

COULD YOU HANDLE MY HEART AT ALL!?!

Could you even handle my heart...if it were to fall?

Answer the Question... Could You Handle My Heart?...

The Lord has put up with my pride and my insecurities and my disobedience and all of my lies... He can handle my heart... what an amazing God we have....

#handle #cold #frost #heart #question #pierce #god #turht #screamdisgrace

Sha Aug 2017

I did not come with a warning

I did not come with an instruction
Like a box that says,
"Fragile, handle with care."

Most of the time,
I am quiet and alone with my thoughts.
Sometimes, I am louder than the trucks honking in the freeway.

I am the calm in the middle of chaos.
I am also the storm itself.
I like logic,
But live to defy it.

My stories may not be all rainbow slinkies and polly pockets,
But I know,
I am made of miracles and chilly Sunday mornings.

#warning #tag #handle #with #care #life #miracles #self #sunday #mornings

Jayantee Khare Jun 2017

Poem.. 10w

Be the poem which the paper and pen couldn't handle

#poem #paper #handle