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#onlyhuman
today, I'm a leaf clinging— on a morning branch swinging long stretched evenings
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Apr 16, 2025
Apr 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM UTC
Hours & Minutes
Resentment hits in the middle of a good day demanding you let it creep in like the grimy spiders spinning their web of lies & those slithery snakes with their venomous bites the ones that killed you & made you die about a hundred times Resentment is by far the hardest lesson of all Rising above it setting it to the side & out of your mind so you can continue holding your breath moving on with a smile
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Apr 6, 2025
Apr 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM UTC
Rising Above Resentment
i write because i am upset and since when has writing become a form of exploitation of the human condition ?! this will all be over soon he said over? can that be replaced by fixed? i don't want it to be over i want my expectations to become real i don't want you to go that steady decline you've been in you made me hope for too many things we talked about starting a business suceeding in business starting a charity building communities we planned out my wedding my family your new house with a swimming pool you said you'd give me away watch whether i decide to be a stay at home parent or pursue a career you're still convincing me to take on a responsibility im not yet ready for i need you...i still want to need you to be my support at some point i'm not so certain of my intentions before i met you i was taught to value money to build a reputation to keep up appearances above all else with you all i had disappeared before i met you i learned to do what was convenient to be invisible to myself to have less than what was due does it stop there? maybe you taught me the better part of me maybe you showed me the other side of things but there is so much more to hope for now the just will have a cause worth fighting for things are at an end all these will be done it shall be finished soon enough
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 9:37 AM UTC
i write
a snippet of a memory still tries to pick lock my thoughts. leaving me with a jealous sea of unwanted, played emotions. it's all a paradox. a senseless act. its like a bipolar mechanism that my mind plays and sets to record. there's nothing more than what I extremely hate on those memories, or what i like to call them. "the hurtful files". why does my brain punish me this way, no matter what i do, they always find ways to come back, like magnets.
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Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018 at 4:59 PM UTC
Snippet
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Feb 20, 2018
Feb 20, 2018 at 9:25 PM UTC
a human, not an object
With yesterday slung over one shoulder And tomorrow slung over the other Today saw the comfort of emotion Today showed me that I am only human .
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Jan 23, 2018
Jan 23, 2018 at 5:51 AM UTC
Only Human
What if I told you to get out of your head? If I said humans don't love for methodical reasons. Your husband is not won by quadratic formulas. Put down your glossy magazines, they're rewriting who you are. take off your clothes and be naked, be one with everything you are. I'm not saying that everybody is beautiful. Of course, they're not! The multi-billion dollar beauty industry wouldn't allow for that. I'm saying everybody id here, and human, and present. No anti-ageing cream can do that! So shake off your insecurities about the world, for they're manufactured too!
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Apr 4, 2017
Apr 4, 2017 at 5:03 AM UTC
Only Human!
I will paint a sky of stars in our room away from burdening lights, fill the road with laughter even as the sun sets behind a shadowy treeline The city across the lake will stay quiet as ripples make their way to shore lather the sand beneath our feet wiggle our toes close our eyes look up and taste the scent of manna everyday for the first time.
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Jun 5, 2016
Jun 5, 2016 at 1:08 PM UTC
If I could (only human)
Grant me forgiveness. For my mouth had acted prematurely and erred. Acrid words my tongue can't retract. My lips quiver, pursed and scared. Grant me relief. For my ego had lunged. Fueled emotions that strayed. Sensible thoughts in mind that my heart had betrayed. Grant me strength and courage. Let the next morn's sun, illuminate the dark obstinacy of my heart. Allow this bitter turbidity to pass. So I could walk the hard road, to a brand new start.
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Mar 27, 2016
Mar 27, 2016 at 9:29 AM UTC
Forgiveness
We are all in the same game just different levels dealing with the same hell just different devils crying the same rain just different clouds feeling the same pain just different falls failing the same humanity just different classes we have the same lies just different truths same mind just different body same stars just different universe same start just different ending
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Jun 9, 2015
Jun 9, 2015 at 6:45 PM UTC
Human
We are selfish Why? Well, Because we think this world is ours. It is ours to run It is ours to cherish It is ours to ruin Why? Because we think that flowers are beautiful We pick them, we pluck them As if they bloom for us Why? Because we think birdsong is charming We imitate it We sell it, we listen to it As if they sing for us Well we are selfish I am selfish You are selfish Don't deny it We are all selfish We are all human We are all the same
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May 11, 2014
May 11, 2014 at 4:50 PM UTC
Selfish?