Hello everyone. I come to you all today with some poetry I have created over the past few years that are some of my favorites. Poetry is an amazing form of self-expression, and it can take place in any form. Many people say that they physically “can’t” do poetry, but all it is is combining words together to tell a story, or even just to communicate emotions. So, take some time to debrief and read some of mine!
Make sure to leave some of your own poems or your analysis of these poems in the comments! I love you all!
Disclaimer: None of these poems are based specifically on my own life, just me writing down words without really thinking about it.
Of the White and Black
He surrounds me
Lurking
Always trying to get a grip through
My head
My voice
My throat
Clinging on tight to
My chest
My stomach
My hips
Crawling through
My legs
My calves
My feet
I raise my hand up
Hoping his soul will leave me
And join the darkness above
I think about all of the pain
And terror
He’s caused me
And I try and I try and I try
But my eyes fall to pitch black
Gleaming only with the moonlight
My skin feels suffocated,
Turning a slightly darker shade
Of purple by the second
My hair turns to ash, falling down
From my head
Crescending onto the floor below me
I can’t see anything
I can’t hear anything
But I can feel my heart racing
Fast as a strike of lightning
I can feel my body making
The earth tremor and shake
Like it’s a child afraid of the storm
I can feel the blood cease to flow
Through my body, like the cold
Of an ice storm
“Let me go!”
I shout
My voice swallowed out by
Pain, Agony
Wishes that I could be free
And tears stream down my
Nonexistent face
Like a waterfall with
No destination to fall down to
He’s lurking inside
He never dared to come out
He said I’ll set you free
But he never heard my shouts
He’s lurking inside
He made a promise with me
“Be mine forever-
And then you’ll be free”
It was a promise that was wrong
It had no ending
I can’t be both free and trapped
My heart won’t be mending
But I felt no emotions
His words echoed in my ears
I shook on it with him
And then he disappeared
But whenever I’m afraid
Or angry, or sad
He comes screaming out
Pissed off and mad
He takes control of my body
Of the body I don’t know
And finally my body
Collapses in the snow
I’m free, I think
As I look around
The sky is white
As is my surroundings
I realize that
I never was trapped
I was stuck inside my head
Of the white and of the black
Eyes Tell Stories
In your eyes I’ve seen stories
Of heartbreak and pain
In your eyes I’ve seen stories
Of joy of the day
And they burn like fire
On a wood-burning stove
Shades of amber and red
Like warm winter gloves
In your eyes I see flecks
Of happiness and friends
In your eyes I see family
Of love that ends
I see how he left you
And how he tore you apart
Yet you still try to smile
Each day, every start
Your face has wrinkles
And pimples and moles
Each tell a story of your life
From being born to being old
Each crevice, each crack
That I see on your skin
Every blemish, every texture
Leans me in
You’re perfect as you are
Discolored and all
In your eyes reflects me
With you, standing tall
I see shades of brown
From hazel to chesnut
Deep shades of bark
And I never want to give up
Chasing after you
And you’re beautiful flaws
You are the one for me
Without you, I’m a lost cause
Can’t you see that your imperfections
Lead me to you
You may think you look ugly
Yet I adore all about you