Remember where you came from,The trials and troubles.Take each of your days,Make it drip outevery secondLike golden nectar.Or make it a seed from whichYour world will grow. Remember when you laughedWith friends, at them, together.Take each memory,Make it shine and shimmerLike every star that shoneOn those cold nights, from whichYour imagination flew. Remember who you…
Read moreThe most valuable thing I own
I have a hundred books,Whose leaves, like confetti in the wind,Have kept me sane at timesIn a mad, mad world. I have pennies by the thousand,Whose tarnished copper, not goldHave bought me bread at timesIn an impoverished world. I have scores of clothes,Whose threadbare patterns, not silkHave kept me warm at timesIn the coldest night….
Read moreSomething Missing
Despite having everything materially, there is a feeling of deep emptiness and despair. Their soul feels incomplete, plagued by dark thoughts and an aching void that material possessions can’t fill. Ultimately, the speaker realizes their heart needs repair to overcome this profound sense of desolation.
Read moreThe Draw
A poem about ‘The Draw’. Sometimes full of mess, but often filled with memories.
Read moreNight time thoughts
Night time thoughts can haunt our mind as we try to sleep, sometimes we see and hear and feel our memories. It is always the night that is the hardest.
Read moreGrieving
A poem about supporting during grief
Read moreBody Dysmorphia
A poem inspired by a tragic news story
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