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Submitted by TheQuillPen
Write a poem about giving up.
It doesn’t have to be negative, it can be about giving up something or someone that’s been holding you back.
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I want to please everyone
Sometimes that’s just not the way things go
If I can’t please them I run
I avoid them and try to lay low
I never want anyone to be less than happy because of me
I only want them to be happy
That’s just who I want to be
I want to be someone who lifts people up instead of tearing people down, okay I know that sounds sappy
But my friends and my family constantly point th...
Small sips of delightful bitter coffee
Sharpen my gaze on a summer morning
Stories filter through my mind
In an attempt to stretch my patience
Like a well-watered planted near a window
With leaves turning, a crispy brown.
Waiting is a test that I seem to fail at
Ungracefully.
A plan is in motion, they say.
It will happen at the right time, they say.
I exhale like a stuttering old AC vent
Staring ...
It is time to learn how to give up.
I was taught early on that giving up is unacceptable.
Whether it’s a job, a dream or a relationship.
Maybe this is why I find it so hard to give up
I fight against myself to let go of things that disrupt my inner peace.
Like a wrestling match but my opponent is myself.
A friendship that I’ve outgrown, a job that brings no fulfillment or an item that holds no val...
We all know that life is unfair
Sometimes we question ourselves
_Is this worth fighting for? or should I give up?_
Letting go is the easiest way to do
But fighting for it is the hardest way to do
We have no choice but to give up on our dream
And be practical in our lives
Exhausting, drained, burnout
That’s what I feel right now
_Fighting for my dream is like a candle melting itself away_
All of ...
**I loved you uncautiosly **
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**I’m not sure if that’s a word but a feeling it must be **
**I loved you the way someone loves family **
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**No fears **
**No regrets **
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**No boundaries **
**But then the world ruined us along with our maturity **
**I see why people say young love is dangerous because that first true love hits differently **
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**You love like nothing could go wrong an...
I am tired.
A smog has been filling my chest for years,
A poisonous cloud—a metaphoric second-hand smoke.
I inhaled too much of the world,
And coughed up all the effort I could give.
My eyes blink blearily with mourning and grief.
Mourning for a girl I no longer am,
And grief for the woman I grew to be.
I'd like to apologize to my mother
Whom I promised I would try to heal.
I'm sorry,
B...
I haven’t been a child for a while,
those tiny little boots
now in that donation pile.
I’ve buried those roots.
I never walked away,
and I watched the growth.
I waited ‘til it faded gray,
and I could never learn to loathe.
I’m pivoting away from it.
I don’t want to leave,
but I can’t commit
to something that makes me so naive.
It’s stupid, honestly,
I held onto it for him.
Guess it was subconsc...
I can say that I’ve lived a decent life
One filled with both laughter and tears. ,
I’ve experienced the sun, the rain, and everything in between
I have been tried and tested
I have loved and i have lost,
But lately the losses outweigh the love,
The sun, too often turned into storms
And it has been too long since we’ve laughed
So i am laying down,
Prepared to succumb to my injuries,...
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