#semicolon poems on Hello Poetry

Semicolon Jul 2018

Purple Tulips

And when I planted
Your best loved flowers on your grave,
I knew I missed you.

And every time I see a bouquet of tulips, I secretly hope it's from you to me.

© Semicolon

#purple #tulips #grave #death #haiku #miss #flowers #love #loss #semicolon

Semicolon Jun 2018

Hope (10w)

I hope that one day,
I would be myself,
Again.

There's this feeling,
That I'm happy,
But I'm not,
That my mind is a healthy place,
But it's not,
That I am good enough,
But I'm not,
That I'm still myself,
But I'm not.
There's this feeling,
And it's eating me up.

©Semicolon

#hope #old #self #thought #ten #word #story #semicolon

Semicolon Jun 2018

Suicide

There's more to suicide than what we think it is.
It's not just unanswered questions,
sometimes, it's unasked ones.

For all those out there who self harm, please don't do it. Please don't do it, for me. For your family, for your friends, for all those who care, for yourself. You're not alone in this, trust me❤
For all those out there who are battling self harm, I'm so proud of you, keep going. I love
you, and I'm always here for you if you need me❤
For all those out there who help people that self harm, you're doing a great job. You're beautiful and you're going amazing❤
For all those out there who know people that self harm, please help them out. Tell them they're brave. Tell them they're not alone. Tell them you care. Tell them you love them. Give them your hand, they need it❤

©Semicolon

#self #harm #suicide #thoughts #questions #care #love #sympathy #empathy #semicolon

Semicolon Jun 2018

War

The war ended,
The pain stayed.

My condolences to all those who've lost their lives, literally or proverbially.
Unfortunately, all I can do is offer my condolences. I do hope to help in the best way possible, I believe in the power of the pen. Today, if across the globe, pens scribble about the war, I am sure that we'd be able to help.
©Semicolon

#six #word #story #war #pain #syria #semicolon

Semicolon Jun 2018

BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS

Come, let's
Take a walk down the street
Where the troubled hearts go,
To hush their insecurities;
Stroll along the roads
Where the broken souls go,
To take a breath of life;
Wander around the avenues
Where anxious minds go,
To find solace;
Saunter in the crossroads
Where ripped consciences go,
To heal where they were pricked;
Amble in the places
Where people like us go,
To mend their dreams.
Come, let's take a walk down the
Boulevard of broken dreams,
Shan't we?

I was listening to Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day in the afternoon and got this idea.

©Semicolon

#boulevard #of #broken #dreams #green #day #semicolon

Semicolon Jun 2018

BURN

You are made of stardust;
Your skin sparkles the way those stars do.
Your veins are made of the earth;
Your blood blooms flowers and leaves and trees.
Your breaths are made of the air of this planet;
You blow life into this world.
Your mouth, your lips are made of words;
You speak tales that nobody else feels.
Your eyes contain the universe in them;
They have stories to tell and stories to bury.
Your scars are made of the chronicles your life has lived;
They're constant reminders that you've felt emotions nobody has.
You are infinite.
How'd you think it's okay to burn yourself down?

~Semicolon

#self #love #infinite #infinity #universe #body #semicolon

Semicolon Jun 2018

Please listen

Hey mom-dad, listen.
Hit me, hate me, throw me out,
But don't shut me up.

My dear mom, my dear dad,
Please listen to me talk.
You're the place where I can unveil myself and be true to who I am.
You're the place where I can pour my heart out and expect to be heard.
You're the place I want to spend my life talking and being heard.
Please don't tell me to shut up
Because I talk too much,
Because no one likes what I speak,
Because I talk *******,
Because no one would listen to me,
Because I need to stay silent sometimes,
Because nobody likes the stories I have to tell,
Please don't tell me to shut up,
Just because that's what I need to do.
Listen to me.
Please.

#parents #please #listen #talk #shut #up #express #sad #haiku #semicolon

Semicolon May 2018

Again

It's one of those nights,
When I take off from Netflix,
Dump all those excuses,
Give a break to my life,
And sit down to write
About
Those little daisies
Tenderly flickering in the air,
About
Those specks of dust
Warmly mingling with the sunlight in my room,
About
That last particle of confetti
From the party popper to land on the earth,
About
That hushed tick tock
Of a forgotten clock on the wall,
About
That breathy crackle
Sung by a fire under the moon,
About
The stardust
Enveloping all of us,
About
Me.
It's one of those nights again.

Breathe every little fragment of the entirety that surrounds you, and let it drip through your fingertips on the paper.
Semicolon;

#spilled #ink #thoughts #my #post #night #writing #semicolon

Semicolon May 2018

Our In-betweens

Somewhere between
Our stolen glimpses,
Our avoided phone calls,
Our empty inboxes,
Our overflowing diaries,
Our false excuses,
Our truthful lies,
Our passionless conversations,
Our emotional poems,
Our unkept promises,
Our treasured secrets,
Somewhere between us,
We lost each other,
And found ourselves.

One day, you'll realise that all the pain made sense. It was here not to break you, but to make you.
Don't lose faith in love. Find yourself, and fall in love.

#in #between #love #heartbreak #poetry #semicolon