I am not saving my best poems for a competition
I can't afford to enter and will never win.
I am not hiding my worst poems
for fear that someone will have an opinion.
I am steadily working my way through
and shredding the scraps
of doodled paper in my bedside table
on which my thoughts have been scattered.
Bringing it all together, I tell myself.
Although I know that hidden in the process
is the same old
clasping hope in which they were written,
months or years ago or yesterday:
this one, this one
this will clear out my heart.
(So far, nothing.)
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Comments (14)
Excellent! Glad you're just writing poems for you, as it should be. Clearing out your heart though - that's a deep metaphor for a poem that started out quite whimsically.
Very relatable! Well done!
Ooo I like this one! Very authentic. Congrats on the top story!
congratulations!
yup.
Nicely done!
Beautifully said. well done and congrats on the ts.
FEEL you! This poem needed to be top-storied, so I am appreciative that it was. Sending you BIG write vibes!
Oh yes, I hear you. Great poem.
This really spoke to me. For as much as I would like to be a successful writer...writing is much more than that for me. Well done on a beautifully written poem and congrats on Top Story. Also...just subscribed to you!
Always keep writing for it is very therapeutic. Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️
I need to start writing mine on paper again, then I wont delete them permanently. Just write, like a flower. it will bloom brighter and brighter. You are doing great. Happy holidays.
Every heart-felt poem will find its reader. Merry Christmas!
Thank you for reminding me why I write 🫶