#selfish poems on Hello Poetry

empty seas Mar 2018

While walking my dog
I passed by a dead frog
s q u i s h e d f l a t
like the world had finally
fallen on it
I almost mistook it for a leaf
and jumped away at the last second
to not step on its disfigured body
more concerned about my shoes
and whether my dog wanted to eat it
then the frog's death
so I left it
on the road
not even bothering to bury it
or push it into the ditch
I didn't want to get my shoes *****
I would go back
but it's probably decayed by now
so I just sit in my regret
and how easily we dismiss
the little tragedies all around us

#tragedy #animals #frog #story #nature #selfish #guilt #shame

Ki Marie Mar 2018

Let me be selfish just this once

Let me ignore the galaxies
forming inside of me
and focus on the star
exploding in you

#selfish #galaxies #star

vanessa ann Mar 2018

this is how you say no

flatten your tongue
slip it between your teeth

n.

your little lips
forming an elipsis

o.

put them together
and may you declare
a word you’d so carefully deny—
no.

you spell it out
on table tops
shout it
from the rooftops

and when cursed hands
seek to defile your shrine
may you exclaim
"i am mine"

for my precious friends with hearts too soft to say no. may you be a little more selfish.

#self #love #life #no #motivate #youth #selfish

empty seas Mar 2018

Annoying

What do your friends describe you as?

Annoying

”Close your mouth”
“Don’t say a word”
“Whatever you were going to say
doesn’t matter anyway”
These thoughts have run
through my head
around and around
for so many years
Hurtful words I took from
good people:
my friends

I talk too much
just won’t SHUT UP
even when I drill it my head
again and again
that people have left me
because I was too selfish
too open
too ready to tell a story
I just can’t stop
I just keep opening up
I hate myself for making this
pitiful poetry account
there’s nothing worse than
complaining to strangers

I’m sorry
I’m so sorry
I complain too much
I talk too much
I just can’t help it anymore
I want to be heard
and I’ve tried to be quiet for too long

so

I’m annoying
so ******* annoying
always has been
always will be
spilling words and emotions
at any chance I get
By now
everyone around me
just wants me to shut up
they say that they don’t
that like what I say
and conversations with me
are actually really fun

But

That’s what they all said before

I’m gonna regret posting this and complaining again. Look here, the annoying kid posting about her feelings again, what a surprise

#annoying #fake #friends #hurt #lies #selfhate #thoughts #selfish

Bashar Abou Hawili Mar 2018

Selfishly Selfless

If you must leave,
Do it now.
Without telling me why.
Without telling me how.
Go.
Leave.
And never come back.
But stay.
Stay and make memories with me.
Stay and tell me how much you love me.
Don’t go.
Don’t leave.
And stay with me forever.

#leave #stay #selfish #selfless

She Writes Mar 2018

Divorce

Sitting in uncomfortable silence
No longer husband and wife
From this day forward
Both starting a new life

Reminiscing
Brings me to tears
We have so many good memories
Over the years

The safety I feel
Makes me want to stay
When I see the hurt in your eyes
I have to look away

I love you so ******* much
But I can’t hurt anymore
I wish we could turn back time
To the way things were before

I will miss you
But it’s better this way
My heart is aching
But I know I cannot stay

You say I’m being selfish
And maybe it’s true
I keep trying to make it work
But I cannot forgive you

Our life together
Is ending here today
Going our separate ways
With nothing left to say

You lay in a separate room
Im crying and were both alone
Nothing left but memories
Of our family and our home

This one was really hard for me to write.

#divorce #heartbreak #crying #alone #memories #life #selfish #hurt #leave

Ruby Mar 2018

More

Show me the stars
Show me the universe
Show me more than this field of green

The world is your oyster
But I want the stars
Give me all that you can give

#more #selfish #future