Each year, on my birthday, I release a poetry collection as a way of celebrating new age and releasing of emotions. This year, I chose the title ’23’ because it is the new age I have embraced today. I hope you enjoy each word written, I hope you open your hearts enough to let the words fill in. Happy Reading!!
Contents:
- Pisces
- Birds
- Prideful Hearts
- Empty Sheets
- Dancing
- Hide
- Drowning
- Hardest Thing
- Moments
- Hills
- Cigarette
- Bad Religion
- 23
Contents
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Pisces
I am a dreamer Often living in the clouds Fantasizing I get lost in my own world Sometimes, most times I am a lover I speak the language of passion Of wants and needs An understanding of what my body craves Of its weaknesses and strengths I am One who is very aware of my emotions My heart needs so much security For it is made of glass And one fall could break it all I am two fish Often divided by my fantasies and reality Often dreaming Often seen as crazy I am a Pisces
Birds
To be free as the birds And fly across the sky With no care of the world beneath To sing out pure harmonies In different octaves and ranges And have others envy To be marveled as a beauty Of golden wings And sultry eyes To live in the woods And enjoy the freshest air I want to be a bird
Prideful Hearts
We are two filled with pride We have watered our egos Seen them bloom With so much beauty We grew our hearts To curse vulnerability To curse feelings We are two in love But we will never say it We will never accept it Such barbaric act We rather hurt in secret We rather smile through the pain We rather pretend These our prideful hearts Will be the death of us
Empty Sheets
They are cold They feel so void They used to be your favorite Where your body once laid Is still neatly tucked Hoping you’d sneak in in the middle of the night Hold me tight And all would be fine I hate empty sheets With my empty heart Longing for you to come home
Dancing
Right by the dance floor My hand finds yours Locked While the other grips your shoulder And yours rests on my waist Our faces just inches away Eyes locked on each other As we sway We allow the music to flow Our bodies slightly rubbing Settling our lust
Hide
This cave I live in Is where I hide From all the emotions I carry Scared to love you This cave I live in Provides my heart’s safety From all the hurt and pain Scared you’ll hurt me This cave I live in Is my sanctuary From you For you not to come in This cave I live in Has made me miss out on you Made me miss out on love Loving you
Drowning
So many try To grasp moments of smiles And sheer happiness Chasing the clouds For moments of love And joy Going up hills Praying for peace And acceptance While many try So many of them Lose themselves to their demons Forget to smile Forget to love Forget joy Forget peace And just drown in the many faces In their mind I’m drowning
Hardest Thing
The hardest thing I ever did Was let you walk out the door And not make you come back The hardest thing I ever did Was never apologizing When all you needed to hear was “I am sorry” The hardest thing I ever did Was let you cry and not hold your hand I let you self pity, made you feel inadequate I made you feel like shit The hardest thing I ever did Was not to fight for you Never gave you reasons to stay I was never ready for you to stay But when you walked out the door And the house was filled with silence Your laughter and joy gone I realized The hardest thing I ever did Was never tell you I loved you Even though I did with all my soul
Moments
In this very moment I feel lost In this very moment I feel my heart tightening I feel tears well up in my eyes I feel completely shattered In this very moment I write this poem A reminder of the pain Of the sadness In this very moment I wish you were here
Hills
Serene The evergreen Spread towards the country Offering a scenery on a postcard They ease my mind Calming it of all vultures With birds chirping Flowers blooming And the air singing I love the hills Their tranquility Their calmness
Like a cigarette
Like a cigarette I want to be Between your fingers I want you to slowly Inhale and exhale Feel me as I Intoxicate your mind Like a cigarette I want to feel your lips Tightly held on mine Sweet and rusty To feel your pinch them In a sweet embrace Like a cigarette I want to be your addiction To always be on your mind During the good and bad times I want you to always have me near So I can feel your love
Bad religion
You are a bad religion Had me on my knees Swinging my head back and forth Asking for forgiveness You are a bad religion Had me choking With tears in my eyes Asking for forgiveness You are a bad religion With the power in your arms Easily flipping me over As I ask for forgiveness You are a bad religion With your naked lies And sculpted body I ask for forgiveness You are a bad religion Making me praise two gods Wild and loud screams as I let loose Finally being forgiven
23
I’m at the age where Everyone expects me to be stable Have a good job and be independent Where I get asked about marriage Plans of babies and growing a family Where I get asked about money Having to support family Where I get judged for still being odd It was meant to stay with my teens Yet here we are I’m an at age where I suddenly feel so old My eyes have bags underneath from all the stress Happiness still seems a myth Or a fairytale I once believed I still never want to get married But each day passes and my baby fever grows stronger I’m at an age where It all doesn’t make sense Yet makes so much sense
Thank You!
Lovely and soulful words and I really enjoyed the poems a great deal!!
This is commendable!
so much soul, enjoyed it !