The poem spot

Sian321 · June 21

Hey @Distraction, I just wanted to say thank you so much for all the ways you've shared yourself here with us over the years. Your poetry has always felt incredibly moving, and it feels really powerful that going forwards you will always have your words and your skill and ability to express with them.

I wish you the very best going forwards. May you be well and shine.

Take lots of care.

Sian321 · June 21

@Loz , thank you for sharing your poetry here too.

This line in particular really rang through me - "where do you go when nowhere feels like home?". It captures so poignantly that feeling of homesickness for a place you can't quite pin-point.

How does poetry help and support you, would you say? What it is about writing that you most value?

eylah · August 2

a hidden hater.

sitting wondering why hater's hate so much
makes it really hard to tell who you can trust
where strength and fear often collide
a talk with my heart through my mind

why..
when im doing great i feel they're reserved
with hard times they sing i knew it often heard
there are times i swear i feel lies
glimpses of something not right in thier eyes
they say we're cool but it's not what i see
and i often feel they don't even like me

my heart wants to know why i feel like i do but my mind is telling me the hardened truth

because...
unable to stand they will stay by your side
even if it's you they don't really like
those fooling lies hide those eyes
that watch you fall in helpful disguise
even if. you're not really their choice
left with their pride that's plenty annoyed

ok…
i think my heart understands it's about what i do and what i have but strength through struggles
made me who l am

yep...
and that's when hater's hate when they can't be what you can

eylah · August 2

dear you.

who cried and thought it'd end

who broke and didn't know you'd mend—

i see you now so full of grace

still breathing in that sacred space.

you didn't fail you didn't fall-

you carried mountains through it all.

you held on tight when none could see

the storms you fought internally.

so thank you for not walking out

for staying through the hurt and doubt.

bc of you i stand today-

still growing in my own brave way.
.

this is my fav one i’ve done.

eylah · August 2

hard to Explain

i try to speak but lose my voice
like silence is my only choice.
the words i mean don't match the sound
and no one seems to turn around.
you see the smile i wear all day
but miss the things i do not say.
i wish that someone truly could—
hear quiet pain and call it good.
so here i sit still not quite seen —
wrapped in the space that lies between.
its not that i don't want to show—
its just too hard to let you know.

The poem spot

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