#role poems on Hello Poetry

neth jones Mar 24

i've bin wilting in the wings of half life
some kind of tinsel of decay
making chattering bids for attendance         but lack and fail
pimpling   and then deflating

    tiny chasms visit me
chittering little wheezy ******* of creativity  spazzing
and then weary organisms spatter on the micro lens
gutted    they were shoddily made    they're to be  examined
                   (after all that genetics..... what did go wrong ?)
a probing at discussion and decisions
tend    now     to a humiliating life
then  a step up   ; a weak and easy one
    followed by     ambition !         one to lift and give life
reactors in the gut with macerated heavings gunged our way
incisors and incisions rudder me
and  together with my nouveau umbrella family
betrayed from our hammocks, hummocks and  nooks
we queue on up   for 'the things'
           in accord    with good society
self reprimanded   in defeat ?

#lifeline #life #society #depression #role #expectations #quashed #family #creativity #loss

Grey Mar 1

Psychic?try reading me I dare you

I'm eccentric

An enigma

Very flappable

Stoical sometimes

Rowdy

Quiet to a fault

I've been told

I love all shades wrong

You can't pin me down to a particular category

Notoriety you could say

Beign lambasted comes with the title

Embracing?maybe

But that had me covered in blotches

But I'm happier embracing that

Socially constricted

But my cycle love deeply in ways that is freeing to some

I'm exceptionally jumpy some days

Emotions ?lets say they are tasking

Let's say they are OK

I show them by helping out,reducing their burden

I know I'm strong physically

But I've learned recently

My mind is stronger

Being me is daunting

But no one else could play that role
Better than I do.

The power of being individual

#self #power #strong #role #learningcurve #accepting #selfawareness #emotions #embracing

Kaiden Jan 1

People

Some people are born to be succesful,
Some people are meant to be losers
Some are born to recieve everything the others give them
Some are born to give
Some people get love
Some people give it away
Some people take it as granted
Some people would do anything to get it
Some people have everything
While others are meant to have nothing.

You don't choose the life you're born in. Everyone here has a role. Sometimes your role is being broken.

#people #role

Vi Jun 2024

They Call Me Names

They call me
A...
Mummy
Partner
& Love

They call me
Friend
Lover
Playmate

They call me
Sister
Daughter
& Auntie Iva

They call me
Mother Dearest
When they're feeling
Cultured
& Refined

Or Mummylumps
When feeling
Content
Shiny
Or snugly

They call me
Hey you
Miss
& Ma'am
When I'm just another body
In line
In traffic
In their way

They call me
Vivi
Vi
Or by my full name
When they know my mom and dad

They call me
Student
Client
Patient
Or User
When they want my money

They call me
With tears, sometimes
Or with ire
With confusion
Joy
Or small triumphs
When I have the privilege
Of being their person

They call me names
These are their names
They are not mine

Written on silent solo retreat spring 2024

#identities #identity #roles #role #parenting #motherhood #friendship #self

Jeremy Betts May 2024

~•§•~ Like a Geyser to a Grease Fire ~•§•~

This entire empire of dirt and manure is about to expire
I'm not gonna lie, between you and I, I wish I was a lier
My mind though is compulsive when lighting it's pants on fire
Nose long as a telephone wire, front and center like a town crier
And the shiit that I get from myself and the public stacks higher and higher
I know exactly what's about to transpire
Yet I always make it worse, never better
Like a water geyser to a grease fire
I'll forever be a fumblin', bumblin' reality denier
Faced with a situation that can only be described as dire
When you've only ever been able to hire a blind get-a-way driver
There's no chance of escaping this hell, life organically becoming satire

©2024

#role #emperor #empire #expire #manure #transpire #worse #better #never #dire

Jellyfish Feb 2024

Hopeless

I don't want to be helpess anymore,
It was easier, I'll no longer ignore-
How I always asked your thoughts,
How I vented and never stopped.

The things I regret now feel more real,
I wish we just could've hung out;
Been normal friends,
but I was afraid to be myself.

I learned to stay down and not get up,
I'd pace my room in fantasies
Until I learned to que up
Validation felt like a drug

But now what I regret most
Is not giving you a hug,
Spilling my every thought,
And betraying you

Now you're gone

#friendship #loss #regret #validation #pain #dysfunction #family #role #lost #child

Ren Sturgis Jan 2022

Erasing Mistakes

It takes time to erase
the mistakes
that I've put in my soul.
But to take one mistake at a time
is to make me whole.
To play a part in this game
is to play a role.
But to remove all my mistakes
is my ultimate goal.

I am aware now that making mistakes allow you to be human and to learn and grow.

#mistakes #erase #soul #whole #role #game #goal

Anemone Mar 2021

Street Smart

it used to be that royalty
treated everyone like peasants
not much has changed
though it has been re-arranged
he who holds the money holds the power
now listen kid, cause I know you've read the books and gone to school,
but you must learn a new set of tools
you have to be street smart
if you want to survive
the fact is
if you practice
we might just make it out of here alive

#street #smart #role #work #play #quick #short #kid

Mane Omsy Mar 2021

And Only I Fear...

I confiscated many things
That don't belong with me
I tried to return my sins
Even now, they haunt me

I seeked the better life
People posted on their stories
All illusions makes memories
For always what I thrive

Legacies where heroes die
And pass on through centuries
I shot one to the moon and sigh
One day, as I die, leave memories

#fear #life #death #legacy #inspiration #role