No matter how others treat you, you must cherish yourself and live up to the pride in your heart. Be self-sufficient in your own world and go with the flow in the world of others.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing8 months ago in Poets
Slip into silence without a sound, Let the world keep spinning around. Leave behind what aches and bends— The need to prove, to please, to mend.
By Annie Edwards 8 months ago in Poets
A trigger on a gun never tells it to calm down It fires it I tell you my thoughts And get told to calm down Its not that I am too emotional
By L.I.E8 months ago in Poets
inhale Fall below the surface Weightless Far below the surface Flying free From life’s three ring circus Undersea
By Amos Glade8 months ago in Poets
I. The Elder's Gaze Beneath the elder banyan tree, Where roots run deep in silent plea, An ancient gaze beholds the land—
By Jacky Kapadia8 months ago in Poets
The words cling like dew to the edge of my tongue, Too heavy to speak, too light to be flung. I gather them close in the cage of my chest,
By Just One of Those Things8 months ago in Poets
We were a brushstroke shy of bloom, A melody just out of tune. A clock that stopped at not quite now, A handshake made without a vow.
Yesterday sighs with a voice like old rain: "You’ll stumble where I did—I know it’s in vain. The cracks in the pavement still trip me, you’ll see,
To Save a Fleeting Moment: Reach quick with hands of spider's silk, The kind that tremble, soft as milk. Don't clutch too tight—just cup the glow,
The sky didn’t shudder, no cosmic alarm— just a flicker, a sigh, then the absence of warmth. I search the old maps where your light used to be,
When morning breaks with just a glitter, A shiny, sparkling spot reveals a dawn. Then birds call out a chirp, "It's ok to move, little critter!"
By Shirley Belk8 months ago in Poets
I Rachael am a quiet soul, I am enraged with anger because “I’m Prideful”, I know, Since the age of 7 and thirteen troubled Past,
By Rachael Frazier8 months ago in Poets
