Shelbibennett27's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by shelbibennett27  —  There are currently 8 poems total — keep up the great work!

I can't be Pandora

When wanting the best for me
Means the end of you
Trying to try up all my loose feelings
Into a bow
Instead of this knot in my chest
Into a box
That stays shut...

by Shelbi Nicole Bennett

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Grief cocktail

And then I loved a man
Who forgot his mother's love
And we matched our grief
Drink for drink...

by Shelbi Nicole Bennett

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Night gale

Standing in this wind
Whipping from every direction
Howling with the tides
And it smells like salt and smoke
And all the places it's been
It humbles...

by Shelbi Nicole Bennett

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Probably always will

I wish things could be different
That you'd understand my heart
But you don't really see me
You haven't from the start

I have always wanted
And probably always will
To be the one to heal you
And be the one to fill
The hole inside your...

by Shelbi Nicole Bennett

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Leaving on Tuesday

I'm sorry baby
The drinks won't change the facts
I'm leaving here on Tuesday
And I ain't coming back
I tried so hard for so long
And you won't try to meet me
Even close to half of what's the middle
I just can't keep playing the whole band
...

by Shelbi Nicole Bennett

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My lonely

I wear my lonely
Like a weighted chain around
My outlook on...

by Shelbi Nicole Bennett

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Haiku for Alex

It's November 1st
Another day grief comes back
You should still be here

I still write for you
You understood that I had
To write my feelings

Your dad wrote that you
Struggled with every day life
I dont think that's true

I think you...

by Shelbi Nicole Bennett

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Seagless version of myself

My hair has gotten curlier as I've gotten older
I like to think that
Time is finally wearing down the sharpness,
The cracks of this heart
And I'm becoming softer,
A seaglass version of...

by Shelbi Nicole Bennett

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added 4 months ago
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