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I lost it all
at that table, that night
dreams, hope,
maybe even a bit of myself.

But that
didn’t make me a loser.
You lose
only if you stay.

I stood up,
quiet,
broke,
but free.

I didn’t come
to chase luck
I came to face it.

And when luck
turned its back,
I turned mine too
on that room,
that game,
that lie.

I walked out
to find a better way
to win.

One not built
on cards,
but on steps
I take outside.
I aint playing it anymore...
She is kindness wrapped in warmth,
a quiet calm in my storm.
With just a look, she makes the world slowdown.
With just a word, she turns my worries into nothing.

I can't explain her She is
not just one thing,
not just one feeling.
She is peace, She is home.

She is the softest place my heart has ever known.
And the way she laughs, she talks,
The way she just is
That's what make her special,
That's what make her mine.
SirNoobiee May 16
Although it may seem like I'm consumed by the sadness of the world, I still see beauty in the simple things.

The soothing touch of wind on my face while appreciating the view in front of me.

Looking up to see birds in the sky, flying in sync and unison.

Enjoying the peaceful quietness while sitting in the dark along with my thoughts and presence.

Sitting down and writing thoughts and poetry while busy people chatter.

Simply enjoying the calming feeling of hot water flowing down my body.

And best of all, at the end of the day, lying down to enjoy the simplicity in resting.
I'm feeling peaceful today. Anyways, I hope this was good for you, and that you're fine as well.
149 poems later, one can still trace you in my poems
I wrote you carefully in metaphors and words that scream
In the anagram that holds your lovely name

149 poems later I’m still stuck in this hedge maze life
I try to cut my wrist and let my tears speak the unspoken
I’ll try to cut the ones who surround me and be a new version

149 poems later, my feelings remain unspoken
For the most part, they’ll forever haunt my existence
Even if I bleed them out on paper

149 poems later, I wish to be left alone
i'm afraid to walk into the future
I'm taking my leave here, soon I'll be 20
Freedom is somewhat limited
In a so-called democratic society
At times, people cannot truly tell it like it is
People cannot vote freely
Without some restrictions or some stupidities
In order to weaken the disadvantaged
Even though the US first amendment guarantees
Freedom of speech, freedom of expression
To assemble peacefully, freedom of religion
Freedom is not what it is
It is not how it is articulated in the glossary
Freedom is relative, please
Do not say fire vociferously
Or yell gun in the theater
At church or in the street corner
You will be prosecuted
Freedom is not what it should be
It is not what the US Constitution intended
It to be
Freedom is somewhat controlled and limited.

Copyright © 2016 Logerie Hebert, all rights reserved
Hebert Logerie is the author of several books of poems.
RRey May 13
I walk where echoes do not call,
Where wind and hill in hush do fall,
No voice, no crowd, no need to speak,
Just me, the earth, the mossy creek.

My face—no smile, no tear, no frown,
A still mask in a ghost-white town.
But peace... it hums within my chest,
Like songs unsung, like dreams at rest.

I crave no stage, no burning light,
Just starless skies and rain at night.
I do not chase the world’s loud fire,
But rest beneath its ash and wire.

The music plays—my hidden friend,
It speaks the words I never send.
And in its notes, my soul takes flight,
To forests soaked in silver light.

I do not know what name to give
This quiet way I choose to live.
Not joy, not grief, just something deep—
A gentle ache that dares not weep.

So let me fade into the green,
Where I am still, and still unseen.
Where I am whole in being less—
A lone heart's strange and soft success.
A poem on my peace of mind 🕊️
Linden Lark May 13
They say pressure makes diamonds.  
Fine.  

But here’s my truth:  
My peace was forged under  
every ******* ounce
of what came before.
A little excerpt from something I’m working on today.
RRey May 13
BY A BOY WHO CHOSE SOLITUDE

I never craved penthouses kissing the clouds,
nor mansions where silence feels cold.
I worked through storms,
not to rise above the world—
but to step away from its roar.

All I ever wanted
was a wooden hut in the hills—
where rivers laugh like children,
where the wind hums forgotten songs,
where rain feels like the sky washing off
what hurt the most.

The sun…
a father’s hand on my shoulder.
The moon…
a mother watching over dreams.

In cities, I wandered,
craving their lights,
but never their noise.
I loved them—
the quiet ones, the old ones,
where people moved like whispers.

But even there,
I couldn’t find the silence
that lets you hear yourself think.
So I built it—
in my mind first,
then in the earth beneath my feet.

Why?

Because I needed a place
where my voice echoes back to my ears,
so I know I still exist.
So I know I still feel.

I am tired of competition.
Of proving.
Of performing.
I want a life like a straight line—
not because it's boring,
but because it's honest.

And love?
I stopped chasing it.
Because no one holds hearts like I do.
And mine—
it’s not made for games.

It's fragile.
Like sunlight on still water.
It breaks quietly.

So I gave it back to the only hands
that never dropped it—
my own.

In solitude,
I found my teacher.
My shelter.
My self.

Now I know what I want.
Now I know who I am.
And when I sit, alone, under the rain,
I don’t feel empty—

I feel home.
It's a poem about my desires, my dream...
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