The poetry corner - post your poems in here

[Chris_B]

Hi everyone,

This is a thread for sharing your creative works. 

Please bear in mind our community rules before submitting your work.  

This thread is located in the BB Social Zone, so the primary purpose here is entertainment.

We will not publish poems containing dark or disturbing content, including themes of suicide, self-harm, death, dying, abuse or other forms of trauma.

Thanks for your understanding. 

[CMF]

Hey kitkat,

thank you sooooo much  I too don't read poetry and haven't written any before but I find this poetry corner a great way to randomly get things off my mind with out having to start or add to another post.  It's writing freely, just clearing your mind with words that express how you feel in a moment..

if I can help at least 1 person then I've achieved something. I hope it's helped you.  You should try , it's a great feeling and no one will judge your ability.  It's just freedom of expression  

CMF

[CMF]

I'm know I'm not perfect, but neither are you

You make me feel bad for the things that I do

I get angry, i yell, , I get upset and I curse

i cry and I scream, but it could be worse

you were once the same, a few years ago

you would yell and carry on, but now you know

what it's like to be sick, to be anxious and blue

when I felt like that, it was because of you

i know I'm not good enough for anyone now

but I dontcare anymore, I'm not a clown

because I know I'm not perfect, and I don't pretend to be

So what you get in the end is 100% me

[CMF]

I know I shouldn't yell and carry on like I do

but I'm raising 3 kids on my own, not you

you want to be a family, you want to help out

but where were you when I needed you, you weren't around

its not as easy as stepping in whenever you like

ive gotten used to it now, living my own lfe

how can I be with you, when you hurt me so

at times I wish I could pack my bags and go

somewhere far, far far away

where no one cares or has anything to say

i can't just sit back now and let you in

our relationship is rubbish, good for the bin

i can't forgive and I can't forget 

sometimes I wish we never met

[CMF]

I'm depressed because of you

im sad, I'm anxious, I'm angry too

nothing I ever do is right

you always correct me, and so we fight

its frustrating to feel I'm always wrong

but I sit and take it and before to long

i can feel my anger building up inside

till it gets to a point where it cannot hide

and the smallest thing will set me off

before i know it my temper's lost

then I feel sad and anxious too

and it is all because of you

[CMF]

Sitting, thinking, dreaming

wishing there were a way

for life to be bright and happy

not always sad and grey

sitting, thinking, wondering

how my life would be

if I hadn't met you

if it was just me

standing, growing, moving

looking for a way

to make life bright and happy

to get through every day

standing, growing, struggling

i don't know how to do it

sitting, thinking, dreaming

guess theres a lot more to it

[CMF]

I hope I'm not hogging the poetry corner but I wrote these recently , I wasn't feeling great but a sense of calm overcame me and so I put pen to paper.

i plant a tiny seed, i want to watch it grow

into a beautiful flower, in the garden where I go

to sit and think and wonder, how my life should be

is it really all that bad, or is it just me

i have much to be thankful for, I have more than others do

but circumstances make me sad, make me feel so blue

so maybe I'll just sit here, and watch my flower grow

growing in the garden, where I like to go

[CMF]

Round and round and round they go, when they'll stop I never know

so many thoughts, please go away

come again another day

or better still just leave me be, my mind is bursting at the seams

with thoughts of how and why and more, so now I'm walking out the door

to get some air and have a rest, and I will try to do my best

to put my thoughts to bed at last

and move on forward from the past

[WideAwake]

Awake

Awake at last, my mind no longer soft and slow

Alone with me, I see someone I barely know

I see myself, with eyes no longer dull and red

I see my fear, the truth of what it is I dread.  

I ask myself, which is it that I value more

The path I choose, or one which I have walked before

I see myself, without judgement or despair

I value me, the pieces I find foul and fair.  

I sit with me; I find the eye within the storm

I look within and see the paths my thoughts have formed

I search within, to find the strength to change and grow

I find within, the paths down which I wish to go.  

I love myself, the child I am within my mind

I hear myself, and to myself my words are kind

I give myself, this chance to change my habits grown 

I find within, the strength and love I’ve always known.  

I start to walk, this path which I now choose to tread

I choose a life, of love and joy and fear and dread

I choose to feel, all of that which comes to me

Let me be clear, my life will now belong to me.  

I choose to love, and with my love I choose to live

I choose new joy, and with that joy I will forgive

I choose new life, with friends and love and peace of mind

I choose this path, and all upon it that I find.  

My time is now, and every day which is to come

This choice is mine, and though past deeds are not undone

This path is mine, and I will walk it clear and free

This life is mine, and I commit the best of me.

[CMF]

Hi WideAwake,

Absolutely stunning poem.  I can picture and feel what you are saying. 

I hope the path you are walking IS clear and free, I wish I was able to do as you are doing.

All the best

CMF

[WideAwake]

Hi CMF, my life is getting better and better thanks. 

I've been doing work on mindfulness and this poem was written in  moment of decision to value myself and my life rather than just continuing to live as I had been living.  I have since started to get fit, have given up drinking and am moving ahead with my life.

I hope you are doing well too.

Keep smiling