Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 3

Seeing Ourselves Clearly
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

It’s difficult to take in the entirety of something
when you are standing inside of it.
Valleys are best seen from peaks.
Mountains from their bases.

It’s difficult to take in the entirety of something
when you are standing inside of it.
Valleys are best seen from peaks.
Mountains from their bases.
The ocean from the shore.
Perhaps this is why we rely on other’s eyes
to see ourselves clearly.
Perhaps this is why we struggle to wholly view
who we are.
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The Comfort Of Pain
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
As a poet, I’ve grown used to embracing pain; to treating it as the fuel I need to create. These days I hold sadness to my chest like it’s another organ, something I’m terrified to be without. This doesn’t mean I’m always depressed or continually sad, but it does mean that I’ve learned to rely on pain I’ve already experienced. Sometimes, I wonder if I’ve begun to seek it out, to find new ways to shatter this thing behind my ribs.

Live this way long enough and, eventually, the heartbreak begins to feel comforting; like an old friend. If I’m honest, i can’t help thinking it’s the only thing I can rely on not to leave. It’s the closest thing I have to home.

in Poems about Sadness

Live with it
long enough
and pain begins
to feel familiar,

Live with it
long enough
and pain begins
to feel familiar,

even comforting.

I guess when
it’s the only constant
even heartbreak
can find a way

to feel like home.
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Bright Light
- By S.C. Lourie
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Hope Poems

I see you, darling.
Holding on to your hope with both hands.
Feeling exhausted with all the turbulence.
But not letting go.

I see you, darling.
Holding on to your hope with both hands.
Feeling exhausted with all the turbulence.
But not letting go.
Shedding and bending
and growing and trying. So much trying.
And you are right,
your old life is a bad fit for you now.
There is more for you out there.
There is more for you inside too.
Keep holding on to your hope.
The world needs more of that right now.

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The Strength In You
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
I’ve spent my entire adult life struggling with anxiety, always worrying about the worst case scenario. Even now I don’t know how to love something without being terrified of losing it. If I’m honest, some days I feel like I’m built entirely of glass.
But I think there may be something profound in suffering; in the realisation that you’re stronger than you thought. I think back to the things I’ve been through, and while those experiences left their mark, I take solace in the fact that I’m still here; still pulling breath into these lungs. Maybe strength is a label that’s only earned from resilience; from enduring.
The truth is, I had no idea how much I could take until the world showed me. There is strength here, even if I never wanted to find it.

in Poems about Life Struggles

There is
a strength in you
you haven’t even
begun to find.

There is
a strength in you
you haven’t even
begun to find.

And that’s often
how life works.

You won’t know
how strong you are
until the world
forces you
to look.
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So true in that we really don't know how one will react until one has been there and has done it! Suffering is an important life experience. Great poem, thanks.

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Every Day Changes You
- By Vic Lejon
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

every day changes you
sometimes a lot
sometimes barely
but life never stops

every day changes you
sometimes a lot
sometimes barely
but life never stops
it evolves
and you are growing
even when you can’t see it
you’re doing the best you can

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Keep Going
- By Kirsten Robinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.
It's Never Too Late

in Inspirational Poems

Strong people can
feel weak and
brave people can
feel afraid and

Strong people can
feel weak and
brave people can
feel afraid and
light people can
feel dark

Lost people can
be found and
hopeless people can
find faith and
helpless people can
be helped

Keep going
keep going
keep going

It is never too late
to turn things around
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Exhale Anxiety
- By Raquel Franco
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
Take a deep breath and exhale all that anxiety. I wrote the poem I needed to hear. My anxiety is still high. I’m going to write my way out. I hope this helps someone else dealing with it. Sending you peace and calm.

Embracing Calmness: A Poem For Anxiety Relief And Serenity

in Courage Poems

I send anxiety
a cease and desist letter.
I close her mouth.
Unbind her gnawing disquiet,

I send anxiety
a cease and desist letter.
I close her mouth.
Unbind her gnawing disquiet,
slow my train track heart.
I manifest settle,
a steady river in my veins.
I proclaim calm,
a relentless hymn on my tongue.
I end the riot in my chest
and exhale.
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Just Us Two
- By Amy O Connor
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
For all the hopeless romantics and eternal believers in love, empaths and dreamers, poetry lovers and soft souls. Never change - you bring a vital compassion to this arduous world.

in Passionate Love Poems

Pull away the world
so that it is just us two.
Silence the chaos
inside and outside our heads.

Pull away the world
so that it is just us two.
Silence the chaos
inside and outside our heads.
Let us follow the purity
of our foolish hearts
if only for right now.
Search my eyes
for who we used to be.
And when you find us,
kiss my lips so hard
that I believe
the poetry is real again.

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Take Me To The Center Of Your Soul
- By Caroline White
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Falling in Love Poems

take me
to the center of your soul
show me where you hide
lead me to the forgotten wounds

take me
to the center of your soul
show me where you hide
lead me to the forgotten wounds
show me the other side

show me your broken pieces
and where it hurts the most
show me all of the scariest parts
introduce me
to your ghost

take me to all of the pain
let me dive into your darkest seas
take me to your secrets
let me walk through memories

take me back to desire
and lose me there forever
swallow me inside your heart
for I will leave there
never

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The Strongest Part Of Me
- By Ashleigh Rayl
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
This poem is from Ashleigh Rayl's poetry collection, A Beautiful Difference.

in Inspirational Poems

Even in my darkest moments
I still have that little voice
encouraging me to go on.
To stand up and keep fighting.

Even in my darkest moments
I still have that little voice
encouraging me to go on.
To stand up and keep fighting.
To wipe my tears and pull it together.
To never give up.
That quitting is not an option.
That it will be ok no matter what.
Without that voice I would be lost.
I couldn’t make it in this world.
That is the strongest part of me.
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Your Mindset
- By Leeza Jayde
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2022 with permission of the Author.
Reverse Poem

in Inspirational Poems

I am broken
don’t tell me that
I am healing

I am broken
don’t tell me that
I am healing

I am weak
don’t tell me that
I am strong

I am empty
don’t tell me that
My heart is slowly filling

(now read this poem in reverse)

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Dear Diary
- By Bethny Ricks
- Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.
When the cares of this life overtake me, these are the words I choose to remember and say. As the tears roll down my face, leaving their imprint on overworked paper, and my fear wrestles with my breath, I remind myself of who fuels my strength and the beauty of my faith. For through it all, no matter what I have faced, or the length of the waiting, my God is still good and will do exactly what He says.

God Is Still Good

in God Poems

in my weeping, He is still good
in my fear, He is still good
in my weariness, He is still good
in my pain, frustration, hurt, and shame

in my weeping, He is still good
in my fear, He is still good
in my weariness, He is still good
in my pain, frustration, hurt, and shame
He is still good
and when hope seems distant, my God is still good
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I Am Free
- By Samantha Camargo
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2022 with permission of the Author.
Memories No Longer Rush Back

in Moving On Poems

Your name is just a name now.
Memories no longer rush back,
pouring through my body,
flooding my mind, drowning my

Your name is just a name now.
Memories no longer rush back,
pouring through my body,
flooding my mind, drowning my
senses, when I hear your name.

My heart no longer wants to
jump out of my chest to escape
the string. And it’s no longer
hard to breathe.

Your name is just a name now.

And I am free.
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Fighting For Their Affection
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Life Lesson Poems

If they make you
work for their attention
fight for their affection
beg for their love

If they make you
work for their attention
fight for their affection
beg for their love

realize

you will spend a lifetime
yearning
wanting
chasing

something

that was never yours
and never will be.

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The Hero Of Your Life
- By Kirsten Robinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Meaningful Poems

You are the only one
who can save you
no one else can
do it for you

You are the only one
who can save you
no one else can
do it for you
no matter how
hard they try

You deserve to be the one
who sees your own light
you deserve to be the love
that holds you in the darkest night
you deserve to be the hero
of your own life

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The Little Things Mean More Than Anything
- By Gemma Troy
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Meaningful Poems

It’s the little things
isn’t it
that mean more than anything
and the simple pleasures

It’s the little things
isn’t it
that mean more than anything
and the simple pleasures
that make a heart beat
it’s the smell of a flower
and a deserted beach
that fills lungs
and makes pain obsolete
it’s the sky and an ocean
and the touch of someone’s skin
that turns the world upside down
and makes it worth living
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Slow Down
- By Vic Lejon
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Inspirational Poems

slow down when your world
is spinning too fast
when day and night are stuck in dusk
make sure to enjoy life

slow down when your world
is spinning too fast
when day and night are stuck in dusk
make sure to enjoy life
soak in the sunshine
admire the moonlight
witness how the clouds gather
and disperse
how the wind chases the leaves
across the street
treasure the little moments
that world will still spin
but you won’t fall off for taking
a well-deserved break

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Read It Again
- By Alexandra Michelle
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2022 with permission of the Author.
Reverse poem.

Backwards Poem

in Meaningful Poems

I hate people who’ve hurt me
so you’ll never hear me say
I must love them harder.
I know that

I hate people who’ve hurt me
so you’ll never hear me say
I must love them harder.
I know that
people are cruel
and that
isolating myself will make me happy
I refuse to believe that
people do love me.
I’m ashamed of loving so deeply.
No longer can I say
I deserve abundant love.

now read that again,
start from the bottom.

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I Want To Tell You
- By Lorelei
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in I Miss You Poems

There’s so much I want to say to you,
words I buried in my mind
but when it’s time to sing the verses
the melodies come out wrong.

There’s so much I want to say to you,
words I buried in my mind
but when it’s time to sing the verses
the melodies come out wrong.

I want to tell you
that I still miss you
even though I know I shouldn’t.
I want to tell you
that I wish to hold you
even though I can’t.
I want to tell you
you are the one
even when you couldn’t be.

But most of all
I want to tell you
that I love you
and I never stopped

But maybe one day
you’d keep telling me, instead.

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Someone To Walk With Me
- By Raquel Franco
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
You are whole all on your own. Forever love is finding the one who will walk alongside you.

in Short Love Poems

I was never looking
for another half
to make me whole,
just someone

I was never looking
for another half
to make me whole,
just someone
who was willing
to walk with me
no matter how far
I strayed.

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Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 3

Take a deep breath and exhale all that anxiety. I wrote the poem I needed to hear. My anxiety is still high. I’m going to write my way out. I hope this helps someone else dealing with it. Sending you peace and calm.

For all the hopeless romantics and eternal believers in love, empaths and dreamers, poetry lovers and soft souls. Never change - you bring a vital compassion to this arduous world.

This poem is from Ashleigh Rayl's poetry collection, A Beautiful Difference.

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You are whole all on your own. Forever love is finding the one who will walk alongside you.