Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 4

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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The Healing Power Of Mother Nature
- By Shelby Ensign
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.
The weight of life is much too heavy for us all at times. I’ve found nature to be one of the best healers for anxiety.

in Short Poems

maybe the answer is simple,
and all along
there's been relief--
if the strands of your soul

maybe the answer is simple,
and all along
there's been relief--
if the strands of your soul
feel frayed and withered,
sit within the arms
of Mother Nature
and her quiet love
will mend them
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Let Them Miss You
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Moving On Poems

Let them miss you.
Let them wonder what wild joy you’re chasing,
why you didn’t think to invite them along.
Let them hear your laughter from afar,

Let them miss you.
Let them wonder what wild joy you’re chasing,
why you didn’t think to invite them along.
Let them hear your laughter from afar,
watch as it pulls the sun from the sky,
marvel at how easily you become that light.
Let them yearn to be your moon,
long for a chance to reflect the warmth you provide,
admire how you can be so vibrant and alive
without them beside you.

Let them miss you.
Let yourself learn how okay you are
on your own.

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There Will Be Days
- By S.C. Lourie
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Meaningful Poems

There will be days
when your heart will break.
And there will be days when
your heart will soar.

There will be days
when your heart will break.
And there will be days when
your heart will soar.
There will be days when
your heart will doubt.
There will be days when
your heart will believe.
There will be days when
your heart fatigues.
There will be days when
your heart pulsates thunder.
You just keep going.
Keep walking.
Because that’s how we find
beautiful places.

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You're Not Alone In This
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Poems about Life Struggles

You’re not alone in this; you know that, right?
There are others like you.
Hiding. Running. Wishing
for a desire they keep hidden

You’re not alone in this; you know that, right?
There are others like you.
Hiding. Running. Wishing
for a desire they keep hidden
(but terrified of it coming true)
Swaying. Hoping. Begging
for change.
(but terrified of something new)
Hesitant but leaping.
Whole but looking for what they’ve lost.
Wanting the world to see them
but unsure of who they are.

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It Takes A Certain Courage
- By S.C. Lourie
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Courage Poems

It takes a certain courage:

Just to be,
to fight for your happiness

It takes a certain courage:

Just to be,
to fight for your happiness
and sense of calm in this world,
to get out of bed and meet the day,
to choose to be openminded
rather than clinging to your beliefs,
to set boundaries,
to say yes,
to say no,
to try again.

You are made of that kind of courage.
Chin up buttercup and go make some
beautiful moments with your bravery.

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We All Need A Safe Space
- By Liz Newman
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Short Friendship Poems

We all need
a safe space
to rest our tired feet
and set down

We all need
a safe space
to rest our tired feet
and set down
our weary hearts.
We all need
a friend who
welcomes us in
and reminds us that
we don’t have
to be perfect
to belong.

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Winter Lullabies
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Winter Poems

Winter speaks
in blusters
and lullabies fall
with the snow.

Winter speaks
in blusters
and lullabies fall
with the snow.
Some float
through the air
like flecks
of magic,
and some
settle like dreams
that didn't want
to be caught.

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Even Though I Could Drown
- By Gemma Troy
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Love Poems

There's something about
how the sea draws me in
much like your eyes
even though I know I could drown

There's something about
how the sea draws me in
much like your eyes
even though I know I could drown
I'm always going to try to swim
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It's About The Journey
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Meaningful Poems

How about sad but hopeful.
Lonely but looking inward.
Resting but planning your next step.

How about sad but hopeful.
Lonely but looking inward.
Resting but planning your next step.

How about fumbling but trying.
Anxious but learning patience.
Questioning but at peace with not having
an answer yet.

How about unsure but trusting.
Scared but overcoming.
Lost but knowing it’s about the journey
in the end.

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When You're Next To Me
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.
Whenever you were next to me, there was no rest of the world. There were no stars painting light to the darkness, no wind at our backs, no birdsong in the trees. To me, there was only ever you.
Even now, things slow down and pause when I think of you. There are still those little sections of lost time, where everything is drowned out by those unanswerable questions about what might have been.

in Short Love Poems

The world seems
somehow slower
when you are
next to me.

The world seems
somehow slower
when you are
next to me.
As though my senses
cannot focus
on anything
but you.

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Change Is A Beautiful Thing
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

let autumn be proof that
change is a beautiful thing
even though it can be
hard to see at first.

let autumn be proof that
change is a beautiful thing
even though it can be
hard to see at first.
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The Time Between
- By Amy O Connor
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

Somewhere between
hello and goodbye
a whole life happened.
And now, I am left to wonder

Somewhere between
hello and goodbye
a whole life happened.
And now, I am left to wonder
just how long
I will be
grieving its death.
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What Healing Is Meant To Look Like
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
I’ve been holding on to little fragments of you for a long time, because I could never bring myself to let you go all at once.

But deep down, I know I need to let go of these pieces. I can’t move on when I’m living next to these reminders of the people we were - the way we wrapped ourselves in each other. I don’t know what healing is meant to look like, but this feels like a good place to start.

in Short Poems

I don’t know
what healing
is meant
to look like,

I don’t know
what healing
is meant
to look like,
but washing
the smell of you
from my hoodie
feels like
a good place
to start

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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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I Can Be Anything You Want And Need
- By S.L. Gray
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Love Poems

I can be the silence
when the world around you
gets to be too loud.

I can be the silence
when the world around you
gets to be too loud.

I can be the rain
pattering on your rooftop
when you need that lullaby.

I can be anything
you want and need
to make this life settle in
and be at ease.

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Put Heartbreak To Rest
- By Harpreet M. Dayal
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

Put heartbreak to rest.
Untangle your soul
from its tight grip.
Say goodbye to the

Put heartbreak to rest.
Untangle your soul
from its tight grip.
Say goodbye to the
parts holding on.
Move forward in peace
and discover the new,
evolved you.
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This Is My Strength
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Moving On Poems

When you left,
I immediately deleted your number and pictures
and pulled our memories from the wall.
This is my strength.

When you left,
I immediately deleted your number and pictures
and pulled our memories from the wall.
This is my strength.
This is how I know I’ll survive.
I cried as I erased you,
but I erased you anyway.
I wished you back,
but I still opened my hands
and let you go.

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This Is Your Time
- By Tanya Markul
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
From Tanya Markul's first poetry collection, The She Book

in Inspirational Poems

This is your time
to no longer be who you were,
to rise from the embers,
to be guided by Her.

This is your time
to no longer be who you were,
to rise from the embers,
to be guided by Her.

This is your time
to be carried by Grace,
out of the matrix
and away from the race.

This is your time
to forever change the rest,
to untame, to shift, to lead,
and live blessed.

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You Are Enough
- By Bethny Ricks
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2021 with permission of the Author.
Along the way I have learned a tough lesson: even in my imperfection I am still worthy of love, someone’s time, and a consistent feeling of wholeness.
My value is not connected to perfection, strength, or my ability to weather a storm. Which means that even on those days when I struggle to show up or feel ill-equipped, I am still a woman of worth and value

in Inspirational Poems

You are enough
You have always been enough, and
You will forever be
Enough

You are enough
You have always been enough, and
You will forever be
Enough

no matter what you see
how you feel, or the lies you may
believe

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Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 4

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

The weight of life is much too heavy for us all at times. I’ve found nature to be one of the best healers for anxiety.

From Tanya Markul's first poetry collection, The She Book