I’ve always liked writing as a way to express my emotions. It has always been a way for me to avoid bottling up my feelings while still being able to keep them to myself. Many of the pieces I have written that touch my soul the most are my poems. My collection of poems from within the past year is reaching 15. These five poems are my favorite ones. They are all free verse, and they are all works in progress, so please don’t judge them too much!
An Inevitable End
The way I ache for you
Is the way the Earth aches for gravity.
Your arms around me
Are like oxygen around the trees.
Our lips touching
Is the sun setting over the sea.
The way your hands send shocks across my body
Is the way the wind sends ripples across the oceans.
Our bodies together
Are as natural as the elemental forces around us.
But like all the forces in the universe,
We will come to an inevitable end;
We don’t know when,
But we will.
Scared of Heartbreak
I have always
Been scared
Of at least one thing.
When I was 5,
I was scared
Of the dark.
When I was 10,
I was scared
Of high school.
When I was 18,
I was scared
Of adulthood.
But, now, I’m 20,
With my head
On your chest.
And you ask me
What I am scared of.
I tell you
I am scared
Of heights.
But that is a lie.
Because now I am 20
With my head
On your chest,
Listening to your
Heart beat.
And I am scared
Of you stopping mine.
Us.
Us.
You and me.
Me and you.
Together as a unit.
It sounds nice, doesn’t it?
To be inseparable
Would be easy for us.
We could be what they call
A power couple.
Meeting was a
One in an infinity chance,
But the stars aligned
Just right
For us to see
Each other’s souls.
We let
Each other in.
We don’t give others
The opportunity often,
But the walls
Came down naturally
Between us.
To watch
Our souls
Grow old together
Every day
Would be
A dream come true.
It sounds nice, doesn’t it?
Together as a unit.
Me and you.
You and me.
Us.
World Gone Amiss
Humanity is fighting against one another.
Body against body.
Mind against mind.
Arbitrary borders
Creating a divide.
Personal beliefs
Become a need to dominate.
The urge to be in control
Clouds the vision
We once had to be united.
Indivisible was once inside
The made-up lines.
But even now,
Within those scribbles on a map,
The unfortunate dichotomy takes hold.
Minds blocked by barriers
Of bias and hatred.
Love was once a way
To break the walls down,
But now love seems nonexistent
In this world gone amiss.
If I Could Go Back And Change The Past
If I could go back and change the past,
I don’t know what I would do.
Would I make myself available for you sooner?
If I could go back and change the past,
Would I be able to steal your heart before she did?
Could my love overwhelm and capture you?
If I could go back and change the past,
Would I decide to meet you altogether?
Maybe I could avoid our happenstance.
If I could go back and change the past,
I could take away all the pain.
I could take away all the memories.
But if I had the chance,
I think I’d leave it all be.
For your mind has been made up,
And you’ve chosen your path,
So I must let you be free.
And along the road that went through
The rolling hills and serene breeze,
I found every step with you
Was worth the jagged journey.
While I was pretty sad while writing most of these poems, I still like the result. As I said, these are works in progress, but they truly describe a lot of my feelings throughout particular situations that have happened in the last year. Whether you are a poetry-loving reader or just a loyal reader of mine, I hope you enjoyed my poems!