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UA Slam Aug 2020
Creature mother referred to as benevolent to salvage his miscarried stride, brother said his wingëd arms were ordnance and that was the workings of a good man (rather a tool I suggested), father thought his wide ego was equitable, a trait lacking in most boys, and I thought they felt like the hands of someone who grappled with your body in pool water, the exception to “pool boy” was that you had every right to elbow them hard in the windpipe, you close-lined his smirk with the same forearm that you used to cradle your niece, your arm was stuck to your hip bone -- by now you’d supposed it hard as cement and requiring the effects of a jackhammer, all night you underwent the pain and once the adults getted and got together the world came to a closing -- you got a slap to the spine indicating “job well done”. But. For this irritatingly foolish“pool boy” you faked flustered when he botched his cries with a surprised expression and you never got in trouble -- it was an accident, and their mothers needed them to learn anyways; for their interest in curves was now only game for the land sharks and you ruled the riptides. You made it clear that if you couldn't take a bruised lip then you should learn to drown in other places, and his webbed chest soaked up the minty fresh breath that your throat excreted when you dealt to the devil a hard “no”, and got back humor, and you both with your red skin, each burning the other amidst many. short. touches. Decided you had no choice but to laugh.
William A Poppen Aug 2020
Let me be who I really am with you
My eyes directly train upon what’s true
My realness experiences your realness
Avoiding deceit or pretense
Authenticity unimpeded
Open heart, sharing my opened mind
The real thing unadulterated
My words and feelings unalloyed
Let me be who I really am with you
An undisputed portrait of me
Meaning what is said honestly
Frankness displayed in every word
Candid truth is what you have heard
I’m the legtimate and upfront article
Let me be who I really am with you
Daisy Hemlock Aug 2020
I'm tired of impressing people, or trying to I mean.
But once I win someone over, I'm bored of them
Heavy Hearted Aug 2020
Spencer
Beautiful Baby
my boy, and my lover,
silently glowing with hope.
He reminds me
that through worry, although tonight-
I may still sleep.
My Spencer,
always so ready
to hear & see
but only ever
in our blue dreams.
Eager to know; Understand
Eager to help, desperate; to heal.
To fix-
to carry.


Spencer. Spencer. Spencer.
A name, a question & an answer,
a Silent Singer's basement dancer-
a Simple, magic, modern-romancer.

so it's him with these words,

that I choose to now smother,
as I write precipitously  , yet another..
Prayer that his truth & love uncover,
Pieces of me as memories recover,
a new way to yearn & then rediscover,
sincerity's truth within one and other.
Love you all the time.
Big Virge Aug 2020
This Poem RELEASES.........................
Some TRUE... Self ADMISSIONS... !!!

Sometimes I DON'T Listen...
To Those Who Have WISDOM... !?!

Sometimes YES I'm RUDE...
But... What Can I Do... ?!?

CHANGE Who I AM... !?!
To Simply PLEASE YOU... ?!?

SURELY YOU Have Things...
You Must ADMIT Too... !?!?!

But Let's NOT Confuse...
We've ALL Got ISSUES... !!!

THIS Poetic Piece Is More About ME...
And The Things That I SEE...
That FUEL... " My Beliefs "... !!!

I Believe In Relating...
My Views On Our Nation...
WITHOUT Separating...
My Heart From CREATION... !!!

The Words I Now Use...
Are Simply... MY TRUTH... !!!

They're NOT To INCITE You...
To... Dish Out ABUSE... !!!!!

My Poetic Scripts...
Are Simply... " A GIFT "...
From WAY UP ABOVE...
So Come With MUCH LOVE... !!!

But SOMETIMES They Come...
Like... BULLETS From GUNS... !!!

So... Here's An ADMISSION...
That Needs NO PETITION... !!!

Some Things That I Write...
Are REALLY... NOT NICE... !!!

But It's MY BELIEF...
Sometimes We MUST SEE...
The Things In Our Lives...
That Make Us ANGRY...
Before We Can Find...
A Place FILLED With PEACE... !!!

But We ALL MUST Admit...
This Will Be SOME JOURNEY... !!!!!!!

One That Will LOSE Some...
Whose Views AREN'T Worthy...
of Being A Part of... " Our Society "... !!!!!

ADMITTING THAT Feeling...
Is... CLEARLY REVEALING...
A NEED For ACCEPTANCE...
DEEP INSIDE... " My Chi "... !!!

Because EDUCATION...
AVOIDS... Separation...

But I DO Admit THIS...
Schooling Right Now...
Has MUCH That Is FOUL...
ALL These Internet HITS...
Teachers NEED To... DISMISS... !!!

Parents NEED MORE Time...
To Relate With Their Kids... !!!

SURELY That's Something...
WE ALL MUST ADMIT... ?!?

See SOME Self Admissions...
Will Make Some Start Thinking...
That SOME Things ADMITTED...

ARE BETTER Off... "hidden"... !!!

Well CLEARLY They're WILLING...
To Hide From What's In Them... !?!?!

Well That's A Position...
FAR FROM..... Self Admissions.... !!!!!

Now THIS Is A Subject...
DEFINING... Complex...
Because It's BOUNDLESS...
Or... Infinite YES...
Wth... NO Simple End...

See Some of My Text...
ADMITTEDLY Sends...
Some... Back To Their Beds...
With... QUITE A COMPLEX... !!!!!

Because Their... Poor Heads...
Can't Deal With GOOD SENSE...

Now WE ALL Keep Things Hidden...
Instead of Enlisting...
OUR WILL To Be FREE...
With The Things That WE FEEL... !!!!!

But...
STILL Have The Cheek To Say...

"Hey, KEEP IT REAL !"

Well Check Out THIS DICTION... !!!
You BEST BE Admitting...
The Things In YOURSELF...
That DAMAGE Your Health... !!!

And KEEP You From GRIPPING...
MORE... " Knowledge of Self "...

MORE... " Wisdom with STEALTH "... !!!

MORE Feelings INSIDE You...
To... REACH OUT And HELP...

Instead of JUST Living...
Your Life For YOURSELF... !!!!!

Well It's MY Self Admission...
I DO These Things TOO... !!!!!

But Here Is MY VIEW...
Sometimes It Is Cool...
To DO This For YOU... !!!

Because EVERYBODY...
CAN'T Deal With THE TRUTH... !!!

Like Seeing RACISM...
That... ALL Of Us USE... !!!

My Own Self Admission...
Is... I DO IT TOO... !!!!!

But NEVER SUBMITTING...
To Walking THAT Route...
Is Where Self Admission...
Can Make It Seem Cool... ?!?

By This I'm ADMITTING...
A WEAKNESS of MINE... !!!

But Such Self Admissions...
TOO MANY Are... MISSING...
About THEIR OWN MINDS... !!!!!

We AREN'T ALWAYS Right...
We AREN'T ALWAYS Strong... !!!

Sometimes We NEED Time...
To SEE.............. What is WRONG................

It's REALLY NOT Weak...
To Admit That You Weep...
Or... ADMIT Sometimes...
That You FEEL Incomplete...

I Guess Some Would Say...
That My Words Are REAL DEEP... !!!

When All They Are Doing...
Are... Moving And Soothing...
As Well As IMPROVING My Mentality... !!!

So That My Poetry Can Hopefully REACH...
A Part of... " My Psyche "...
That HELPS Me... BE FREE.....................

FREE With... My BEING...
Now THAT's DEEP To ME... !!!!!

Now I Have To ADMIT...
That THIS Poetic Script...
HASN'T Been Hard To Do... !!!

Because It's Through LOVE...
That THESE Words Come To YOU...

So.... I Hope....
Now YOU Have Listened...
Or Just... READ These Words...
You Will Now Have Learned...

How DEEP I Can Be...
Through Rhyme Driven Prose...

And A Few...

.... " Self Admissions "....
The Poem says it all ......
Leah Aug 2020
I can’t trust my heart because she betrays me.
I can’t trust my brain because it won’t tell me what I need.
They go back and forth.
The only thing I have constant in my life is a pen and paper.
They never let me believe something else.
Everything in front of me is black and white.
I trust my pen and paper.
Myrrdin Jul 2020
Honesty is not the same as truth
When we remember things so differently
mace Jul 2020
What happened with me and poetry?
I haven't written in so long.
I feel a little dead inside let's say,
when I have to be opening up.

Do I have trust issues?
I do sometimes trust and have faith.

It's the intimate thoughts and emotions that I'm scared to uncover.

"Control".

I talk a lot about it, yet I don't have any.

So I strive to carry it out on myself.
It's not such a terrible thing in my eyes.
But to others,
I'm a ticking time bomb, primed to explode.

Although I don't have that explosive self-hatred gunpowder anymore.

Everybody's a critic.
And I guess I'm just scared of the judgment?

And I do to an extent!

I leave for one year and come back,
Completely different in all body and mind.

To be fair, it might be a little overwhelming
but. Why should I care?

and pick up the pieces for those who have fragile incentives?

It isn't my problem.
This is who I am, albeit being primed to destroy.


nobody can fix me but myself.
Written on July 13, 2018, at 8:56 PM
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