r/poemsandchill

Hi, I’m just here to share 2 poems that I wrote. I have no experience in writing poems but I hope people appreciate this. I wrote them when I was on a low.
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Souls unveiling,
warm blanket of the day-star
encased our fleshy-prison.
Further sailing, drifting,
out on the whale-path.
The feeling of earth’s breath
tickling my fingers.
The beat of drums building,
thunders and echoes.

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Dark eyes, starry-eyed.
my phone, a source of light.
If eyes are windows to the soul,
Souls are like stars.
Pure, gleaming with light.
Phone so bright yet a void.
A void deep and dark,
A black hole eating stars.

Hold my hand
Jumpstart my heart
Let it go
I fall apart
Kiss me slowly
Renew my soul
I need you here
So I feel whole

Trust betrayed,
Innocence erased.
My past still hunts me in my sleep,
Old wounds pretending to be memories.
No one really stays long enough to care,
Still I wake up, work, survive.
Still I give whatever love I have left,
Even with a tired soul inside.

Sometimes I’m scared of myself.
I’ve hurt people too.
Not always out of cruelty,
Sometimes just confusion, pain, survival.
And now this softness returns sometimes,
Like rain in a long dead city.
I don’t know if I should trust it,
Or kill it before it leaves again.

Can broken people love gently?
Can guilt become something human?
Can a man outgrow his own shadows?
Or do we just learn to carry them quieter?

I don’t know.
But somewhere between regret and hope,
I’m still here.
Still trying.
Still not completely gone.