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The poetry corner - post your poems in here

Chris_B
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member

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. 

 

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hellohi
Valued Contributor
Valued Contributor

Hi emcaljoe,

Welcome to BeyondBlue!

You write so beautifully! I loved your poem!

You are an amazing poet!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for sharing your phenomenal poem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JacintaMarie
Community Member
Hi, your poem was lovely! 😃 You have talent.

TheBigBlue
Community Member

Danielle

I lost an important piece of me,
I’m no longer sure who I’m supposed to be,
I’ve forever misplaced my identity,
I can’t remember the original me.

I don’t fit in with my family,
I don’t feel part of my community,
My remaining pieces are a mystery,
I now live life on the periphery.

No one understands my rationality,
Or how my emptiness fills with toxicity,
I’m drowning in this bitter sea,
Yet no one knows to rescue me.

Everything now is contradictory,
And overshadowed by trickery,
Life shoots me down with her artillery,
And I aid her with my complicity.

I search for me so wistfully,
For the pages torn from my history,
This loneliness, I can never be freed,
Because I don’t know what it means to be me.

Guest_1643
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member

I can’t remember the original me.

Such a powerful line... this is a wonderful poem

please sure more, i found it really touching

TheBigBlue
Community Member

Anxiety

No place that I can call my own,
No place where I can be alone,
No place where I can hide away,
From the forever too bright, too crowded day.

Too many people, too much sound,
All this noise I don’t want around,
Too many eyes & a path unclear,
All I want is to disappear.

Please don’t look at me, it makes me ashamed,
Don't stand too close, it makes me afraid,
Don’t confront me, get angry or raise your voice,
It all terrifies me, I have no choice.

This place is a nightmare, it preys on my fears,
Cowering at night, I drown in my tears,
I don’t belong here, I never will,
A world for myself? A wish unfulfilled........

hellohi
Valued Contributor
Valued Contributor

Hi TheBigBlue,

I love your poem! I love how you ended, it A world for myself? A wish unfulfilled........

It is so beautiful, touching, powerful and deep.

Thank you so much for sharing your poem!

hellohi
Valued Contributor
Valued Contributor
I wrote this poem today, its called What they say

They say when you grow up, you will understand
They say when you grow up, you will go through times where you will be shattered into fragments
They say when you grow up, you will be out of your wonderland
They say when you grow up, you will need to learn your balance
They say when you grow up, you will find the answers to your questions
They say no one is perfect, yet they are the ones who expect perfection
They say no one is alone, yet you still feel lonely
They say they are with you on your mission, yet they leave you during tension
They say that you should be yourself, yet they find flaws in your personality
They say you should listen to others, yet they don’t listen to you
They say that you should be yourself, yet when you do there is no acceptance
They say that you will never be able to do it, yet when you do, they say they always knew you could
They say that you should do you, yet there are judgers all around you, making you wonder if you are in court. Having with conflict yourself and others, where forgiveness and happiness is out of reach, in your surrounding is repentance

They say life is a gift, yet you wonder how to return this gift
They say that you have a pencil for your life, you can draw your goals and your purpose, but you end up not coming up anything, erasing that little hope
They say that there are people always there, yet they are islands which drift
They say that we are all running on the same path, yet it feels like you are in the wrong race
They say they care about what you feel, yet you end up suppressing your emotions, putting a smile on like it is makeup

Feeling vulnerable like walking on a tightrope
Feeling like there is no hope of getting out of the cage of limitations
Feeling like that there is no control on your emotions like there is someone else with the remote control, changing the channels on their desire
Feeling like there is no future
Feeling like there is no one that likes the real you, except the person you pretend to be
Feeling like you are worthless with no purpose
Feeling like the things you thought was stable, crashes

As you grow up, you still don’t understand
As you grow up, you feel as though you are always shattered into fragments
As you grow up, you miss the days of being in that wonderland, you miss the feeling of being loved
As you grow up, you lose your balance
As you grow up, you find more questions than answers

Guest_1643
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member
this poem itself is a gift Neerja. Thank you for sharing it.

hellohi
Valued Contributor
Valued Contributor
Thank you Sleepy21, for your kind words 🙂

This describes me exactly since my son became estranged from me 2 years ago. Thankyou for putting it into words