#selfish poems on Hello Poetry

areadingwriter Jul 2017

sometimes i am a
relentless, untiring, wave that
ebbs and flows to the
shore, back and
forth, back and
forth.

but today i am
transforming and
evaporating from the
sea to the sky, yes, i
have surrendered and
turned myself into
a possessive sun.

kindness and
love are now my
rays that i won't let
you kiss and have
anymore for
i am tired, tired, tired,

of going back
and forth, back
and forth without
receiving what i
always give.

#poem #poetry #tired #life #selfless #selfish #thoughts #inkedthoughts #personal #love

Rianna Jul 2017

Selfish

Sometimes it's heartbreaking
to look the woman
who gave me life
in the eye,
because I don't want this life
anymore.

Getting personal

#depression #anxiety #suicide #heartbreak #pain #poem #poetry #hard #selfish

timestopper Jul 2017

Selfish

I wore my three piece suit
combed my hair back
after wearing my wrist watch.
I had my phone book ready
to go to the neighborhood telephone,
500 meters away.
In 5 minutes I shall reach.
Here I am, at the phone booth.
Phone book opened,
quarters and dimes ready
spinning the dial, number by number.*
Ringing...

No answer.
All you had to do is swipe your finger on a screen.

Maybe it's I who's selfish
because I never stayed, to find out if you ever called back

#telephone #selfish #excuses #lies #benefitofthedoubt #othersideofthestory

BSeuss Jul 2017

its them. not you.

You can give away 100 dollars, as a dollar each to anyone who asks you for change, for a week straight.

When you go broke, you can ask 10 people for a nickle, for three days straight. And when they all say no, remember that that's their character, not yours.

That's not your karma.
That's their intention.

Keep your intention while receiving their treatment. God forbid you have to deal with a selfish man's karma.

Give when you have.
When you can or when you want.
Let them be selfish.
And give when you have.

#karma #trearment #bad #good #giving #selfish

Jules Jul 2017

Pain of the Heart

I've never felt a pain so sharp
It makes breathing
Sleeping
Eating
The hardest part
To have someone make you believe
That you are worth more to them
Then you actually are
Swallowing the smoke
That builds a thick layer of tar
As I take one more drag of this cigarette
Close my eyes and try to forget
I picture the image clear as day
Of two bodies close together
One yours and the other which is not me
No way
Pain of the heart
Is the hardest part

#pain #selfish #loss #heartbreak #betrayal #anger #sadness #emotions

Snizzlefish Jun 2017

Image 6.25.17

Being cast in Your image,
We thought ourselves gods.

#gods #image #selfish

Cait Mae Jun 2017

drowning in solitude

thats all we are isn't it?
a collection of words we learn as we go
story after story intertwining with our inmost being
we could be original if we stopped listening
but the closing of our ears leads to the closing of our hearts and is it really worth it to never feel again
i me myself
i me myself
i me myself
i hear the others drowning until my ears pop and I'm submerged in the water around me
still
voiceless
and all i can think as i struggle to breathe is that i wish i had listened when you told me how to swim

#selfish #solitude #alone #drowning