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Sammy 5d
When the words
"I am a poet"
escapes from my lips,
people claim how full
of emotions I must be.

They seem to be shocked,
when they get to read me,
my poetry, my work,
how little emotional I am.

I am a poet,
because once upon a time
I chose to write
instead of dying.

Only when I let my thoughts be free,
I allow myself to feel,
and only when I write
I get to know some version of me.
Only when I'm a poet
I am me
Sophia n Feb 4
A soft light shined through the stained mirror,
The mirrors that were once shattered,
Their magic and reflection are long gone.
The light filled me with warmth,
And the mirror beside me reflected it.

My shadow had transformed into a graceful silver reindeer.
I followed it, but it went hollering by into the distance.
It didn't gather with the herd of its kind,
It sought neither validation nor company.

It galloped and galloped into the shadowy woods,
The woods that day whispered songs of reverence
For the silver reindeer,
Rarely seen, rarely found.
Hey there! Lovely reader, thanks for reading this poem.
Background to the poem?
This poem is inspired by the moment hope reached my heart after long struggles to live and the pain passed by. The shattered mirror that I was once, the wandering stag; that once I was, no longer walked beneath the shadows. After the trials, it found its place and taught me one thing: "Being your unique self is sufficient."

Never think your company would increase your value, the silver reindeer is part of every person's life when they get to know that they are the only person themselves who are sufficient to survive in the world without external reassurances.
always value your dear soul, dear reader.
Always.
dead poet Jan 5
they say, 'it's all in your head...'

i ask, 'where else is it supposed to be...?'
One persons can be called crazy
For their observations on society
When other people conform to
It
At the risk of selling their souls
dead poet Dec 2024
'loneliness is a tax you have to pay to atone for a certain complexity of mind.'

                                     - Alain de Botton.
Pax Dec 2024
Never blame me when it was your choice in the first place.
a quote.
dead poet Dec 2024
'writing's like mass -
God gets mad if you don't show up.'

- earnest hemingway
i sea.
thanks for the nightmares, old man.
dead poet Dec 2024
a quote of wisdom
makes it to school bulletin;
janitor reads it.
Pax Dec 2024
i can never change what was  
i just move forward to what is
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