Standalone1421

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Standalone1421
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After going through one of the toughest times in my short life being a break up with my best friend. I dedicated myself into writing poetry expressing myself through pain and trauma. Im currently 30years old i have a son whos 6 and the two writing and him are my life

  December 2021     3 months ago

Submitted Poems 4 total

Freely written

Free verse

The struggles I face are real,
My depression goes unnoticed,
These so called friends are more than fake,
And apparently I'm the only one who knows this

I listen when they speak to me,
watching as they think of what to say,
...

– by joseph shelton

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added 2 years ago
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Unforgiven

To endure feelings
Of insecurities, and hopelessness, carries a burden within oneself,
Mindful of imagination an disbelief, paints a perfect picture of this created hell,

This time to shall come to an end,
No matter how long or hard it may...

– by joseph shelton

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added 2 years ago
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My pain

My pain

I hurt More than
you know,
I cry more than
you can see,
Unable to let the
past go,
Thanks to the grip
it has on me,

my body aches,
I'm down on my
knees,
I don't know how
much more I can take,
Dear god help me
...

– by joseph shelton

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added 2 years ago
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Forever

FOREVER

Closing my eyes
Images of you I begin
to see,
Taken back to a time
when you once needed
me,

A time when i thought
love couldn't possibly exist, but it was with one touch of your hands that reminded me it did,

Standing...

– by Joseph shelton

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added 2 years ago
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