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468 · Mar 2019
Nothing Better
Masha Yurkevich Mar 2019
There's nothing better
than
in the evening,
thinking about you.
At night,
dreaming about you.
In the morning,
waking up
and
remembering you.
468 · May 2019
Evolution
Masha Yurkevich May 2019


If evolution really works,

then why do mothers only have


two hands?


Dealing with us, they need a couple thousand of them. :)
468 · Jan 2019
Deadline
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
I have a deadline
that was set.
I probably won't meet it,
I bet.
But that's fine with me,
because I know
the person
who set that deadline,
and I know
that they won't mind too much either.

Because it was me.
Setting deadlines for myself by myself never really worked for me...
:)
466 · Apr 2019
You know you shouldn't
Masha Yurkevich Apr 2019
You
reach
for
more,
as inside
of you is
a war. You
know you should
stop, but you simply
c   a   n   n   o   t   .
You take the needle,
and what's inside of it
is lethal. Your hand is
s   h  a   k  i   n  g   ,
you know you shouldn't be
taking. But you just can't wait
for that sensation, one that is beyond
explanation. You push it in, into your vein
and through your skin. You sit back,
relax and pray that someone
will find you before
it's too
late.
454 · Jan 2019
Animals and Hearts
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
I find it surprising  
that animals can sometimes
understand us
better than people.
Their eyes;
full of love and hope.
Their attitude;
showing care and gentleness.
Words are not needed
for them to tell us their love for us.
And yet we,
humans,
cannot love each other
the way animals can love us.
453 · Jan 2019
All day I wait...
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
All day
I wait,
and I wait,
and I wait.
Just so that I can come home,
to sit down
and play.
To touch those silky
black and white keys,
and to play the music
that comes out a piece of me.
All day I sit through school, work, homework...
All day, I just wait and think to myself about what a reward I will get when I get home. I always know that my beautiful piano will always be there, waiting for me, and that is my reward.
453 · May 2019
Spider
Masha Yurkevich May 2019

Seeing a spider in my room isn't scary.

It's scary when it

disappears.


Anyone else with me on this one?
452 · Nov 2018
We Worry
Masha Yurkevich Nov 2018
With everyday, we worry too much.
We worry during breakfast, we worry during lunch.
We worry about what we’ve done,
we worry about the things to come.

We worry about wealth,
we worry about health.
We worry about tomorrow,
we worry about our sorrow.

We worry about time,
we worry about crime.
We worry about the past,
and the things that happened last.

But nothing is in our hands at all.
The world will end when God says it shall.
Everything will go when God say so,
water will not flow; trees will not grow.

Just enjoy your life while you still can,
and love everyone; woman and man.
Thank God for the time that he gives you.
For friends, family, and your health, too.
Worrying is like walk around with an umbrella, waiting for it to rain. We spend so much of our lives worrying, and I am guilty of that, too. Yes, it is hard to stop for a moment and thank God for all of the things that he gives us; health, roofs over our heads, food, clean water, everything that we need and much more. So many people around the world are not as lucky as we are. Often we complain  that we don't like something, when some people around the world will take it without even a second thought.
451 · Feb 2019
Bad Day
Masha Yurkevich Feb 2019
Breathe.
It's a
bad day,
not a bad life.
Gather yourself
together
and go
on.
Keep on going!
448 · Dec 2018
Why do we always want more?
Masha Yurkevich Dec 2018
Why do we always want more?
Do we not have enough?

Why do we need

a bigger house,

a newer car,

more money,

more beauty,

more fame,

more control,

more perfection,

more confort?

Do we not have enough of it already?
Why do we always want more? Do we not have enough of it already? Because in this world, there are people who don't have any.
442 · Dec 2018
i cried today
Masha Yurkevich Dec 2018
i cried today.
i cried so hard i couldn't stop in any way.
i cried;
because she died.
i cried;
but she wan't going to come back.
i cried;
but things won't change.
i cried;
but she's in a better place.
In honor of Mrs. Lee LeRoy.
One of my favorite teachers who passed away due to a heart attack in her sleep. May she rest in peace.
441 · Mar 2019
Untitled
Masha Yurkevich Mar 2019
▶️ Play the   moments   

             ⏸ Pause the    memories  

                        ⏹ Stop the   pain               
  
                                       ⏪ Rewind the   happiness
439 · Jan 2019
I miss you
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
I miss you
in the morning;
I miss you
late at night.
Just thinking about you
gives my tears that I have to fight.
I can't wait
to see you again.
Please come back soon.
I will be waiting for you.
Without you
I will always live in this doom.
Please come back...
438 · Nov 2019
Child, Oh Child
Masha Yurkevich Nov 2019

Child,
oh child,
sitting by the window.
How long have you been there,
watching the snow?

Child,
oh child,
sitting by the window.
What is it that you want
to know?

Child,
oh child,
sitting by the window.
How long will you be there,
and will you ever go?

Child,
oh child,
sitting by the window.
Will you ever be loved,
or have a home?

Child,
oh child,
sitting by the window...


This Sunday is the day of Orphans.

I have seen orphans sitting by the window like this before, and it felt like a knife went through my heart when I did.
All who have a family, a house, food; don't take it for granted.
Because there are so many who don't have it...
438 · May 2019
Manual
Masha Yurkevich May 2019


Life doesn't come with a manual...


it comes with a mother.


435 · Jan 2019
Can't Sleep
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
At
night,
I can't sleep.
In the
morning,
I can't wake up.
What is wrong with me?
I think that
my mind is a little
messed up.
It's true about me
434 · Dec 2018
Today
Masha Yurkevich Dec 2018
Today, I started my day in a very bad way.
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
I was angry,
I was mad,
I was upset.
I woke up with a terrible headache.
And I didn't have any breakfast,
which was clearly a mistake.
I put on socks that didn't match,
and I absolutely forgot that I had a bus to catch.
I was angry and mad with everyone.
I was so annoyed I thought I was done.
But the realization kicked in later.
When I remembered that I hadn't said goodbye
to my wonderful mother.
434 · Jan 2019
Shattered
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
Picking up the pieces;
slowly,
one by one.
This time,
it will take me quite
a while
before I am truly done.
My life
has been shattered
once again,
but I write my life in pen.
What happens,
just happens;
life doesn't go back.
You
just have to
keep on going,
even if you do crack.
431 · Apr 2019
After a while
Masha Yurkevich Apr 2019
After a while,
I start to forget.
From the last time I saw you,
to the moment we met.
Now,
you're just a blur;
and I don't want to remember
everything
we once
were.
The past is in the past.
431 · Nov 2019
Long Lost Dreams...
Masha Yurkevich Nov 2019

Dear child,
sitting by the window sill.

Someday it will happen,
someday it will...


Long lost dreams...
428 · Oct 2019
Fall Apart
Masha Yurkevich Oct 2019


It's ok to
fall apart.

Tacos fall apart
and we
still love them.


Right?

Also, I'm just a bit hungry...
426 · Mar 2019
Best Possible Time
Masha Yurkevich Mar 2019
I want
to believe that
you left
at
the best
possible time.
When you and
the
big man upstairs
had talked
about
what would
happen after your
lifetime.
And I truly hope you did.
422 · Mar 2019
Overflowing
Masha Yurkevich Mar 2019
U n t i l   h e   p r e s s e d   t h o s e

s i l k y   k e y s ,

I   n e v e r   k n e w   t h e

e m p t y   s p a c e

i n s i d e  o f   m e .

T h e  m o r e   h e   p l a y e d ,
t h e   m o r e
F
U
L
L

I became.
The space in me
was no longer hollow
and soon began
to
overflow.
His music filled my soul like air fills my lungs.
422 · Dec 2018
True Friends
Masha Yurkevich Dec 2018
Sometimes
in the toughest of times,
you find out
who your true friends are.
422 · Dec 2019
Clear
Masha Yurkevich Dec 2019

A

t
a
l
l


clear

glass
of
water.

Crystal clear,
smooth and cool,
it's standing there,
waiting for you.

You take a sip,
waiting for the
moment...


You wince.

What happened?

Where is the cool, crispy, smooth sensation?

Who knew that such an attractive, cool, and clear
glass of water
could be so nasty?

From the outside,
it had looked so good,
so ready.

But it was unknown
that the water
was full of salt.

Similar to water,
we humans are too.

We can look kind and sweet,
but be rude untrue.


Inspired when I unknowingly drank a glass of salty water.
417 · Jan 2019
Please tell me...
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
Please tell me
that you'll never
leave me
even if I'm about to
leave you?
Please tell me
that you'll
stay with me forever
even if I think
that's not true?
416 · Jan 2019
i wanna talk about me
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
We talk about your work,
how your boss is a big ****.

We talk about your hair
and your head when is hurts.

We talk about you brother
and your mother and your father.

We talk about your friends
and the places that you've been.

We talk about your dreams
and that new moisturizer creme.

And of course we're gonna
talk about you clothes.

Yes, talking about you makes me smile,
but every once in awhile...
I wanna talk about me!
What i like,
what i want,
what i think,
what i see!
I like talking about you usually,
but occasionally...
i wanna talk about me!
I got inspired from a song I heard
415 · Dec 2018
Kind to Kindness
Masha Yurkevich Dec 2018
What is the point
being kind to those who are kind to us?
What is the point
being mean to those who are mean to us?
What is the point
hating those who hate us?
What is the point
loving those who love us?
For those who hurt us are those
who need our kindness the most.
Questions that really make me think about the answers...
and yet I still do them.
413 · May 2019
Three Sides
Masha Yurkevich May 2019


I have three sides:

1. The quiet, sweet, and shy side.
2. The fun, loud, and crazy side.
3. The side you never want to see.


I think we all have side Nº 3.
412 · Mar 2019
We are poets
Masha Yurkevich Mar 2019
We are
poets
no matter what others say.
Race,
language,
or age
does not
come in our way.
We will write
what we feel
and sooner or later,
these wounds
will heal.
We are
poets.
We are poets! Write on! :)
410 · Dec 2018
Grandmother's Hands
Masha Yurkevich Dec 2018
It's been a while since I've seen
my Grandmother's hands.
Tough and rough,
some rest they demand.
Those talented, caring hands of hers.
Pretending to be so much, even a nurse.
Her hands have been so long on this Earth.
And they've done much more than their whiles worth.
410 · Feb 2019
There was
Masha Yurkevich Feb 2019
There was
light,
we made dark.
There was
beauty,
we made ugly.
There was
warm,
we made cold.
There was
good,
we made bad.
There was
love,
we made hate.
Let us always be
kind,
and take the bad things
away.
Think about it, there really is no dark, is it s word that we made up for when there is no light. And it is the same for the others.
409 · Jan 2019
A Better World
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
I dream of a better world
where chickens can cross
the road and not
be questioned
about their motives.
Just somethings to hopefully brighten your day...
:)
409 · Dec 2018
New Year
Masha Yurkevich Dec 2018
I don't want this
new year to come.
It's gone by just to fast.
But sadly,
these few days are its last.

We'll all be one year older;
some growing taller,
others shorter.

And 2018 will never come back.

This year has gone
by way to
fast.
I don't know; maybe its just me. But I feel as if it were just yesterday that I was welcoming 2018, but now its gone. Now its 2019. I think that's kinda crazy.
407 · Mar 2019
A Great Listener
Masha Yurkevich Mar 2019
She sat

right down


and listened to everything
I had to say.
Not once did she
show any sign of wanting to
go away.
She sat there and listened not making
            a noise. And when I was done              
                   talking, I knew that talking                  
                               to her, I had made                                  
                          ­                    the right                                                
choice.
Turns out my dog is a great listener! :)
404 · Feb 2019
Perfect
Masha Yurkevich Feb 2019
No one is
perfect;
everyone has
troubles and struggles.
You just need
to learn
to rise up from the
rubble.
402 · Jan 2019
Anniversary
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
Yesterday
was my parents'
anniversary.
May they always
be together
and happy
forever.
Dedicated to my parents; mother and father.
400 · Nov 2019
Once
Masha Yurkevich Nov 2019

We see each other everyday,
we live our own lives.
Neither of us ever say a word,
but once we have met eyes.

The world had stopped
for what seemed like years,
and everyone around me
seemed to disappear.

We looked at each other's eyes
for so long and yet so little.
And everything that was once so complicated
became ever so simple.

But will our eyes
ever meet again
or will we ever talk,
have a conversation?


I don't know...
400 · Feb 2019
Calling your name
Masha Yurkevich Feb 2019
I'm
                           screaming,
                              
yelling,
          
                         calling

your name.
But either I
have lost my voice
or you
do not want to hear me
no more.
400 · Mar 2019
No one should have to
Masha Yurkevich Mar 2019
No one
should have to
live to

hear your arguments,

see you hurting others,

feel the pain you give,

see the results of your yelling,

cry themselves to sleep,

feel like their voice is no enough to be heard,

feel like they are not good enough to be noticed.

Everyone
should have the same chances
to be who
and what
they want to be.
And everyone should experience and remember a great childhood.
400 · Nov 2019
We Count
Masha Yurkevich Nov 2019

Everyday,
we count.

We count likes,
we count follows.

We count steps,
we count calories.

We count minutes,
we count hours.

We count weight,
we count days.

But we don't count what really counts...

the time we spend together.


398 · Nov 2019
Lessons Through Others
Masha Yurkevich Nov 2019


Slowly,
he closes his eyes.
He looks so relaxed;
s o   w i s e .

His body,
feeling cold against my skin;
his his fingers,
c o o l   a n d   t h i n .

His skin,
scaly and smooth,
he looks so perfect,
nothing to add
o r   r e m o v e .

Slowly,
he opens his eyes.
Looking at me,
I think I see him
s m i l e .

He looks
so small,
so delicate,
in my hand.

Yet his every move
is so majestic,
s o g r a n d .

His bright green color
is so appealing;
his thin tail
like a
s t r i n g .

He sits there,
looking up at me;
and we both just sit there,
w e   s i t  a n d   w e   s e e .

No matter who we are,
we all need
love,
we all need
affection,
we all need
s o m e o n e .


My new best friend, a green little Anole lizard, has taught me some things:
we all need someone
and someone need us.

I know the beginning of this poem could have sounded a little like a love poem,
but it's a little of both love and my typical poetry.

Regardless,
I hope all enjoyed it. :)
394 · Jan 2019
Forgiving
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
Let me be forgiving
if someone is unkind.
Let me forgive them
and not keep it in my mind.
Let me smile to them
and send the anger right away.
For angry thoughts can darken
the brightest of the day.
392 · Dec 2018
Desperate
Masha Yurkevich Dec 2018
He smiled.
She smiled.  
She fell.
He didn't.
She was the truth.
He was a lie.
She loved.
He liked.
He left.
She stayed.
He was whole.
She was  b  r  o  k  e  n.
386 · Feb 2019
Fingers
Masha Yurkevich Feb 2019
Roses are red,
violets are blue.
I have
ten fingers,
and so do you.
Use them well and be useful.
Use them for good deeds.
Use them to
plant
kindness
out of a small seed.
386 · Dec 2018
Erupt
Masha Yurkevich Dec 2018
I
can't
live behind
a mask for much
longer. I think I'm gonna
blow. All this anger and fear,
It'll come out of me like a volcano.
384 · Jun 2019
Love Language
Masha Yurkevich Jun 2019

LOVE

is a language that the

blind can see

and the

deaf can hear.

A quote I heard from somewhere and absolutely loved.
383 · May 2019
Too hard. Too easy.
Masha Yurkevich May 2019


I tried so hard,
and your heart wasn't soft.

But you gave up too easy,
and left me so lost.


I don't know; just something that was gnawing at me until I shared it.
382 · Apr 2019
Every time...
Masha Yurkevich Apr 2019
Every time
you kiss my nose
good-night.
Read me stories at night.
Hug me in your arms.
Keep me safe from harm.
You are so special to me,
you mean more than anything.
I love you,
yes,
I love you so much.
380 · Jan 2019
But then...
Masha Yurkevich Jan 2019
But then
when things seem
to get so good,
I just want to forget
all of those painful
things that you said.
But then
when things get rough
and tough
and I don't feel any love,
I remember all
of those painful memories
that filled my life with
fear and worries.
I remember
those words
that stained my life;
those words
that stabbed me
like a knife.
I remember
all of those painful things
and what you did
to cut off my wings.
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