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"You just need to prove that every path has its own scope and worth." Not all journeys look the same, and not all success comes in one form. Some paths teach patience, some build strength, and some quietly shape you into who you’re meant to become. Stop measuring your direction with someone else’s destination. What seems small to others might be everything to you. What looks slow might be steady growth. In the end, it’s not about choosing the “best” path— it’s about believing that the path you choose is capable of becoming meaningful, because you chose to walk it with purpose.
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Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM UTC
Every Path Has Its Own Worth
Cry. Realize. Change. That’s all you need — instead of staying stuck in the same place.
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Apr 16
Apr 16, 2026 at 9:19 AM UTC
Feel It. Face It. Fix It
I built my days with clocks and measured sand, Each hour a brick in walls that scraped the sky— Productive. Flawless. Tightness in my hand From gripping plans that never learned to fly. The canvas mocked me, white as winter’s breath; The keyboard glared with judgment’s sterile light. I starved the words, afraid of messy death, And killed the blooms before they saw the night. Then rain fell hard—a rhythm wild and wrong— On roofs that drummed a truth I couldn’t write: Some seeds need storms to teach them how to belong. I dropped my tools. Watched chaos kiss the tight Control I’d nursed like scripture. Saw the cracks In every perfect lie I’d stacked so high— A liberation in the things I lacked: The grace of weeds that thrive where structures die. Now when the fear creeps back (a cold, old ghost), I touch the moss that grows on broken things— The beauty in the lines that hurt the most, The ballad that imperfect progress sings. I leave the page half-empty. Let the brush Stain walls with blooms that bleed outside the frame. This freedom tastes like dust and dew and hush… And all my art is breathing through the shame.
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Apr 1
Apr 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM UTC
Permission to Pause
"failure" is human not learning from them — ↓ less than human.
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Mar 12
Mar 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC
after the fall
Easy days Don’t build strong people. Storms do. The setbacks. The sleepless nights. The moments where quitting Feels easier than trying again. That’s where strength is forged. Anyone can smile When life is perfect. But real power Is standing tall When everything feels like it’s falling apart. Every storm you survive Leaves something behind. More wisdom. More patience. More strength than you had before. So don’t curse the rain. Let it shape you. Because one day You’ll realize The storms you hated Were the same storms That made you unstoppable. — Itz_All_True ✍🏽🔥
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Mar 5
Mar 5, 2026 at 9:34 AM UTC
Built Through Stormz
Not every victory is loud. Some wins Happen in silence. Waking up when you don’t feel like it. Trying again after you failed. Staying kind when life isn’t. That’s strength. You don’t need the world To validate your progress. The fact that you’re still here Still fighting Still believing Is proof enough. Growth doesn’t always look glamorous. Sometimes it looks like Crying in private And coming back stronger in public. Sometimes it looks like Deleting old habits. Outgrowing old mindsets. Walking away from what once felt comfortable. That’s not weakness. That’s evolution. You are not the same person You were a year ago. And that’s something to be proud of. Even if nobody claps. Even if nobody notices. Even if nobody understands. Keep building. Because one day The quiet work Will make loud results. And when they ask how you did it You’ll smile. Because you remember The nights nobody saw. — Itz_All_True ✍🏽🔥
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Mar 4
Mar 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM UTC
Quiet Wins
Our dancing feet misstep to the off-beat rhythm of life’s chaos — a mysterious thing; living our days as mortal houses; camping in the thin tents of wild emotions; children become parents, become grandparents made complete here – why compete to be better than someone else. Be the better version of your past self. This is when the going is best, without any sad clinging or hunger; whatever illusions you might arrive with, shut your eyes and reminisce on your dreams. Underline this truth twice: you deserve to stand where your dreams place you.
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Feb 20
Feb 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC
Underline This
You look so much better now — “I was always better, You just didn’t stay long Enough to finally see it.” _Personal Growth_.
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Dec 11, 2025
Dec 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM UTC
Personal Growth
Sometimes, staying in the same place means staying small. To move is to bloom.
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Oct 16, 2025
Oct 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM UTC
To Bloom, You Must Move
Once, they were everything to you— the family you never wanted, the friendly shoulder that listened, though perhaps it went in one ear and out the other, because their lives always mattered more. College adventures, laughter and memories, the thrill of first love, the marriages, the secrets shared in circles of music, as if drunk together in some bar. The victories, the illnesses, the heartbreaks— all of it left behind. Because you asked for growth. You asked for maturity. You asked for expansion. You asked to be well. And the universe, far wiser than you, took you away. Because to grow, to expand, to finally be well— you had to leave them behind.
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Oct 13, 2025
Oct 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM UTC
What the Universe Took Away
When you remember of your old friends the friends who didn’t stand by you— when all you needed was space and safety to face your own fears and mistakes, remember the ones who did. The ones who fought for you. The ones who believed in you. Not by excusing your failures, but by handing you back the responsibility to live fully. Not stuck in the same routine— house, work, church— but alive, awake, choosing something more. Yes, some friendships ache. But it’s better to walk with those who lift you out of victimhood, than with the ones who would rather keep you right where you are.
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Oct 11, 2025
Oct 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM UTC
Those Who Stayed
You had your chance to tell your side of the story. They listened. They understood. They saw how, unknowingly, they were pulled into a web of manipulation— spun by him, the true betrayer. And yet, after everything, the one still standing is him. The one smiling freely is him. The one allowed to shine— is him. There isn’t much you can do, my love. Keep healing. Keep being that seed. Water yourself each day. Bathe in the sunlight. When you finally bloom, they will regret not standing beside you.
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Oct 11, 2025
Oct 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM UTC
The One Who Remains
"TRUST yourself and move forward rather than longing for people to trust you."
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Jul 8, 2025
Jul 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM UTC
Trust Yourself First
We are seedlings, Needing a little nudge to the earth Where precipitation is rife For newfound birth. Not choking in a bag, deprived of life Whilst the storm can shine our worth.
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Nov 28, 2024
Nov 28, 2024 at 3:11 AM UTC
Nurtured by storms
The Knot-The Noose Withering like the leaves on the tree Falling down to the ground they too Thought they were to be free. I climb through the hurt I run through the dirt A deep breath in I scream, you won't win! Three knots tied together like a noose One knot for the mind One knot for the body One knot for the soul Dissembling, letting them go Of those things that influenced me so. No longer have their hold The noose of hatred let's me go. It's grasp no longer there. A deep breath in I scream, is this what it's like to finally win? As within So without These walls are crumbling I believe in myself That there is no doubt.
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Feb 23, 2023
Feb 23, 2023 at 10:18 PM UTC
The Knot-The Noose
I am of the past, the present, and the future; reminiscent reflections of incomplete potential. Never satisfied with the present, I seek a brighter image. A confident black woman fulfilled.
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Jun 29, 2020
Jun 29, 2020 at 1:44 AM UTC
Who Am I?
Through the chaos, amongst the rummage, with crammed up efforts, toiling towards the certainty, was my happiness boulevard to success. I had it all figured, or, so I assumed. I wasn’t far from the complacency, or, so I believed. How often do things go as planned? Yes, It was just a matter of time, until, I was panned. My fixed-mindset renounced failure, I loathed my passion, I decided for myself-“It’s not how it’s meant to be”. Was I looking for an easy way out? Did I interpret success as “never failing”? Was I scorning the fact that I still had a chance? What if I entered the growth-mindset? Give it another shot to change things around, pick-up from my past gaffe, endeavour, or absorb from the failure again. The journey might be arduous, the goal might be too ambitious, the path chosen might seem dubious and, the success might never seem duteous. Success is not the end, neither is a failure. If success opens the door for a new goal, Failure instills that- frustration is temporary, the experience is forever.
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Mar 14, 2018
Mar 14, 2018 at 6:41 PM UTC
Frustration is temporary, the experience is forever