i cried openly tears felt wet moments though i excelled in the moment i was lost in myself falling that standing nothing i had was upheld picking up pieces teardrops in streams believing in self is the only thing that hold me afloat and also faith i promise to not fall for more mistakes i need to stay lifted
lately the world is too busy no connection tried to call got rejection maybe time is now lagging you created more to use or waste people loss time living life in haste you are available hands raised classroom volunteering missing quality time time flies quit waiting on so long cut ties maybe they return but you have already left
cooking up new flows and new sounds that make the place bounce no releases until you paying for a round then it’s a toast then we start doing the most no need to boast i am on the scene i am the host
Some people crave the crowd; I crave quiet corners. This poem is for the ones who protect their peace, keep their circle small, and stay low-key while the world gets loud.
if you know me you know ain’t about the crowd people screaming loud people asking for too many favors they attitude has too many flavors i am type specific i define my space if I roll over two times i am buying the space somewhere to lay my head and live or me sitting in place looking into space staying low key
A young boy enjoys a quiet moment reading while overlooking a beautiful beach.
This unfiltered piece pulls back the curtain on curated timelines and borrowed joy, calling out fake smiles, staged lifestyles, and the quiet chaos hiding off-camera. Through sharp, honest lines, it reminds you that life moves in seasons, that not everything “perfect” you see is real, and that your real work is loving yourself through the mess. Read on if you’ve ever felt behind, less than, or lied to by the feed; this poem was written to bring you back to you.
first of all everybody ain’t happy sadly but life comes in seasons gladly all those posts you see ain’t true these people lying to you fake bags, fake smiles so traffic can drive but hell is hotter on the inside than out beauty is not always surface level as we are drawn to the inside and when others ain’t looking so if you heated and cooking watching people post their lives they got roaches and i know this don’t neglect loving you time heals wounds and shall heal you work on you and your reality so pay attention to your feels stop comparing highlight reels you will be much happier than most
A woman tearfully reflects on a lifetime of cherished memories appearing in a glowing ethereal bubble.
Sometimes fear clings like fog to the hills of our hearts. Remember, too, that luck can vanish like morning mist. Yet in handcrafted in imperfection, we uncover veins of gold running through our trials. The screams and call-outs we once cast into the dark may linger on the air, but sooner or later, an avalanche of change must descend.
who said perfection was symmetry clean lines quiet emotions a simple life edited before release impossible margins to coffee-stained mornings we tend to live life in disbelief are there clean sheets in the morning new spreads to get ahead life unfolds the clothes we once folded can we still operate with a wrinkled shirt?
A woman finds a moment of quiet reflection while folding laundry in her sunlit bedroom.
Sunlight has a way of telling the truth. It shows us that nothing grows without being seen, without stepping out of the shadows we’ve carefully constructed. This piece is a quiet meditation on how time, experience, and vulnerability carve their signatures into us, turning our cracks into pathways for light instead of evidence of failure.
sunlight reminds me that nothing grows without exposure
time writes differently onto everyone as experience edits without a guilty conscious just an unpretty art with a honest texture
our cracks were never errors they were entry points for light to be guided
coded by moments compiled by feeling
perfectly us only because we were never meant to be
A man in a hat walks through a sun-drenched park during a beautiful autumn afternoon.
Life is sharp, and the cuts are deep. Handcraft in Imperfection is a poem about how life doesn’t need to be perfect to live it. We wait too long at times to express ourselves; we pose beside truths we don’t believe. We don’t need permission to change; we can just do it.
i lost you in the flow you were moving too slow i enhanced the glow hoping you would be shining in how long until perfect leaving it longer in the oven to bake i took the right amount of time and effort i love what i have created
Some absences don’t arrive as we want them; they arrive as pure lessons. withholdings explores the tension between hunger and awakening, between being denied direction and learning to walk without it. We find ways to break in to where we need to be and break out to save ourselves.
withholdings | poem
withholding unholy and bold so unknown not thrown not cold but heated over throne not held simply unfed had to beg until i was undead living my life even though withholdings i was un-led finding my own diamond until i was on bed resting my eyes imagining what god would have said
***This poem moves through isolation, endurance, and quiet spiritual questioning, tracing the moment when survival turns into self-discovery. It is about what happens when nothing guides you and you are forced to become your own compass.
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