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#unbothered
Once, I wore a costume stitched from someone else’s dream, Threads of “should” and “must” wrapped tight around my seams. Your voice wove cages round my spirit, soft but stern, Insisting who I was, dictating how I’d learn. You pressed your mold against me, shaping edges I had grown, Told me love meant sacrifice—till I was flesh and bone Carved to fit your vision, a sculpture not my own, Smiling through the silence, pretending I’d not known. But freedom grows in secret cracks, in whispers, hidden sparks, In midnight thoughts that dare to blaze like lightning in the dark. I broke your cage wide open, let my true wings unfurl— I soared beyond your borders, reclaimed my vivid world. Now I dance in sunlit streets with laughter in my chest, I paint my days in colors you forbade me to possess. I’m wild wind and open sky, my spirit unconfined— Free as a bird and loving every moment of my life.
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Jul 18, 2025
Jul 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM UTC
Free as a Bird
I got a good day today— a jab, they’d say, wrapped in silk and shade. Too unique, too bold, both fashionably and workwise—they said. I simply rolled my eyes, chin lifted to the sky, and answered, cool and flat: “I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that.” Which really meant, I don’t give a crap— not now, not ever, no space in my mental map. Still, it might echo an hour later, not from pain, but as a compliment wearing satire. Ask me at dusk if I remember— Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. My subconscious filters waste, like silk through a comb. It’s how I am, how I stay sane, a mind that lets go, without needing to explain.
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Jun 4, 2025
Jun 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM UTC
Echoes i don't keep
Laissez-faire and free, Nothing bothers me in Bohemian living. Fruit fresh plucked, On the grass with the bees Relaxing and eating. Read a play, finish a novel See what's up with sister See what's up with father Laissez-faire and free, Why are you so worried That I'm not worrying?
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Aug 28, 2023
Aug 28, 2023 at 3:18 PM UTC
Mexicali Blues
Like a red-crowned crane, she is not bothered by the cold She chases the last tints of autumn She hums as she hears the sound of the leaves under her feet She has not forgotten all her dreams she has in her heart She continues to live
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Dec 29, 2022
Dec 29, 2022 at 7:55 PM UTC
Life Continues
I had forgotten how it feels to be touched by you You left my heart broken and mind askew The longingness to see you For eternity and eternally, or just seconds, few I, henceforth remained unbothered and sad, Even in a gala milieu! You came back by a whisker and feelings, see through And asked me to gather something new and old , something borrowed and  blue I felt some jitters and saw love inked hues I felt so lost when it should've been good in lieu Then one day you woke up and away you flew You told me it's over, out of love, you grew I then remembered how it feels to be hurt by the cruel, I then learnt, love leaves you unscathed and glad, if true And seems precious than any material, money or jewel You will find it in the world, first find it in YOU.
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May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022 at 11:57 AM UTC
YOU
All you can do is watch As she pries the light from your eyes Your breath now clambering in and out of your chest She lifts your feet so far above your head that you shake You can't breath You can't ******* breath No time to think You have to get out There is nothing left that you can feel As she sits a weight on your chest you fall asleep Seconds later you wake up Panicking you squirm around like a maggot underneath her As she stands so far above you that you can't even see her You can't see her She is the omnipotent sky above SO ******* FAR ABOVE It's not the fact you can't see her But that she doesn't care to look at the mess she's made She is god And she is unbothered She is untouchable
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Sep 7, 2019
Sep 7, 2019 at 4:48 PM UTC
Unbothered
Will be a good day No trouble will come me way Today my humanity will be unscathed Today I will sit and watch kids play running freely, without a care in the world Today I will let my inner child free, so I too may be carefree Today I will smile and let my inner light shine Today will be a GOOD DAY
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Mar 28, 2019
Mar 28, 2019 at 8:54 AM UTC
TODAY
im not scared of death, at all. i dont broadcast that statement as much i used to because it always seems to put people off. like not being terrified of the inevitable makes me some kind of rare specimen. im not scared of death, at all. i guess that makes people scared of me because i dont feel the same as them. i must be some kind of freak after all.
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Feb 4, 2018
Feb 4, 2018 at 11:40 AM UTC
death
She says it like I'm meant to hear it She writes it like I'm meant to read it She makes it solid like I'm meant to touch it but its too late cause she is at the side of the road with a sign that says notice me, that I drove past a while back. I'm letting you go sweetheart. I'm letting you go is all I say and **** I let her go
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Feb 21, 2016
Feb 21, 2016 at 8:52 PM UTC
I'm Letting Go
You are a certain type of something You left empty picture frames and broken glass when you disappeared On Sunday mornings your drowned yourself in liquor and honey, never giving a **** what anyone had to say. Intimacy to you was a soft spoken poem that you wrote half drunk in the middle of the day. Dancing around the living room in the middle of the night, singing the words to the song at the top of your lungs Jesus Christ you're so ******* beautiful Being with you was like driving right into oncoming traffic.
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Dec 26, 2015
Dec 26, 2015 at 9:15 PM UTC
Radiant girl