Change Poems

Change Poems

Self Transformation Poems about Finding Inspiration in Life's Changes

All of us experience change in our lives. Change is the one constant in our lives. There are changes that we look forward to and change that we fear. However, one thing is for sure. Things will not stay the same no matter how much we would like them to. When a life change occurs, we have two choices in how to respond. We can despair that a change has come and assume that things will be worse, or we can look with excitement at the new possibilities for personal growth and change in self that the change presents.

46 Poems about Personal Growth

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  1. 1. Destined To Fly


    • By Ashley N. Hyder
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2015 with permission of the Author.

    I remember the day we met.
    Too young to see the danger.
    I didn't know the devil you were,
    That you'd fill me with so much anger.

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    • Rating 4.60
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    I'm rather inspired to witness a "rotted, dead flower" regaining his or her smile and faith in life. Drugs are illegal here in China, and we all know the anguish caused by drug addiction and...

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  3. 2. Starting Over

    • By Tatum
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2008 with permission of the Author.

    I'm trying to find something to base my life upon,
    Something in this strange world that goes on and on.
    As the years go by and time fades away,
    What used to be "good days" are now filled with dismay.

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    • Stories 16
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    • Favorited 181
    • Votes 1995
    • Rating 4.38
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    This poem touched me as well. I really don't want to go back in time, but I want to start my life again and change things around and do what I want to do. I want to live somewhere else and...

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  5. 3. My Life With Heroin

    • By Erin
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2008 with permission of the Author.

    Thinking back on my life, when I was a little child,
    So outrageous and bubbly doing things that were wild.
    Thinking back on my life, all those wonderful years,
    Not a care in the world, no worries, no fears.

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    • Stories 10
    • Shares 879
    • Favorited 94
    • Votes 617
    • Rating 4.41
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    My daughter is a heroin addict. FOUR rehabs. In jail so many times, I can't even count. She lost custody of both kids. There hasn't been a day for 7 years that I have not lifted her up to...

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  6. 4. The Ghost Of My Past

    • By Lee W. Barker
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2018 with permission of the Author.

    Fumbling, stumbling,
    around in the dark.
    Fighting, igniting,
    flames from a spark.

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    • Stories 5
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    • Votes 229
    • Rating 4.44
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    I love your poem. It has so much depth. I am using it in a speech I am giving for The New Opportunity school for Women on Berea KY. Thank you for your poetry.

  7. 5. Before I...


    • By Insiya K. Patanwala
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2017 with permission of the Author.

    Before I became strong, I knew what it was like
    To be weak,
    How difficult it is to love yourself,
    To find the wholeness that you seek.

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    • Stories 4
    • Shares 13122
    • Favorited 327
    • Votes 1363
    • Rating 4.49
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    Very moving. Always good to read that someone has found light at the end of the tunnel. It's a bit like my poem Brighter Skies - knowing that when things are bleak and dreary there will be...

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  8. 6. All The World's A Stage

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    All the world's a stage,
    And all the men and women merely players:
    They have their exits and their entrances;
    And one man in his time plays many parts,

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    • Stories 4
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    • Favorited 35
    • Votes 771
    • Rating 4.31
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    He gets tired of his childhood and hastens to grow up; then he becomes nostalgic about his childhood. To gain wealth, he would endanger his health; then to regain his lost health, he spends...

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  9. 7. Equality

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    You declare you see me dimly
    through a glass which will not shine,
    though I stand before you boldly,
    trim in rank and marking time.

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    • Stories 3
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    • Favorited 22
    • Votes 345
    • Rating 4.47
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    Truely inspirational poem. This is the cry of present time that it is the 21st century and people are still struggling for equality, which is far from reach for many.

  10. 8. Addiction Is Deceiving

    • By Harold
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2008 with permission of the Author.

    You,
    You are so deceiving.
    When you come into my life,
    You make me feel the best I can,

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    • Stories 2
    • Shares 631
    • Favorited 126
    • Votes 561
    • Rating 4.39
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    I was going through emails and I saved all the poems of the week so I could go back and read them when I was done. I read kinda fast through them because I usually don't reply or really give...

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  11. 9. New Year

    • By Sandra Hearth
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2018 with permission of the Author.

    Another year is coming to a close.
    We can forget our troubles and woes.

    For me, this year was tough.

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    • Votes 329
    • Rating 4.32
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    It was very true what you stated about this past year. My new relationship was complicated, but with my new man, the love of my life, we will strive and move on with this special relationship...

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  12. 10. The Way It Is

    • By Jocelyn
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2013 with permission of the Author.

    I can feel my heart beating beneath my chest.
    Why do you scream at me? All I do is my best.
    My life is a nightmare, only I am awake.
    Why was it my fault? Where was my mistake?

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    • Favorited 69
    • Votes 175
    • Rating 4.29
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    I get it. It's the same for me except it's my mom that hates me. I'm afraid of her, and you literally just described what goes on in my house with her.

  13. 11. The Will To Win

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    If you want a thing bad enough
    To go out and fight for it,
    Work day and night for it,
    Give up your time and your peace and

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 2833
    • Favorited 15
    • Votes 248
    • Rating 4.44
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    I like how I became motivated to proceed with caution concerning my worldly desire. I do not want my faith and hope to be misplaced. When my will is invoked by deep feelings of want for...

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  14. 12. The Olden Days

    Back in the day, life was so clear
    Families gathered and shared in the cheer
    We spent our Pounds, Schillings and Pence
    A time when our society had more sense

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    • Stories 1
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    • Votes 34
    • Rating 4.44
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    Wow, a telling reminiscence. Looks like we've come a long way. But there is hope, especially with poems like this to remind and encourage us towards better living.

  15. 13. Simpler Times

    • By Ayush Sharma
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2019 with permission of the Author.

    Take me back to those simpler times
    When all I sang were nursery rhymes,
    When stealing chocolates was my only crime,
    When sleep used to come early, at nine,

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 1114
    • Favorited 50
    • Votes 240
    • Rating 4.42
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    This poem is very relatable. I remember always wanting to act like an adult and dressing up like one. Looking back, I should have enjoyed being a kid for as long as I could. Let this remind...

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  16. 14. Butterfly Wings

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.

    We all need
    some measure of comfort,
    the safety of a cocoon,

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 140
    • Favorited 8
    • Votes 29
    • Rating 4.38
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    Great job. I really like it. Putting on our wings and taking another chance could be the very best thing for us.

  17. 15. My World With Love And God

    • By Michelle Strattis
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2008 with permission of the Author.

    My future is coming alive.
    All tomorrows will be mine.
    It's just around the corner,
    Just a pause in time.

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 767
    • Favorited 43
    • Votes 266
    • Rating 4.35
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    This poem has really touched me. I am so lonely after my girl dumped me just because I have no good money. However, I have struggled with the truth and managed to move on by myself hoping...

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  18. 16. Change

    • By Connie Davidescu
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2008 with permission of the Author.

    Scared, confused, mindless clone,
    Delving deeper into the unknown,
    My heart is bruised, my soul crumbled.
    The deep despair of lovers rumbled.

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 944
    • Favorited 90
    • Votes 659
    • Rating 4.29
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    I am in a dreadful situation, too. I am in love with a guy. It has been 4 years now, but I can't marry him, not now, not ever. His family and mine are against our marriage, but I can't stop...

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  19. 17. Second Chance

    • By ADEAGBO SAMUEL
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 8, 2023 with permission of the Author.

    In the realm of time's embrace,
    A second chance, a newfound grace.
    When paths once crossed, missed by chance,
    Destiny presents a second dance.

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    • Votes 16
    • Rating 4.19
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    A lovely thought to put in a poem. I know many of us, myself included, could do with a second chance. Best wishes, Ann.

  20. 18. Seeds Of Growth

    • By David Rivera
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2006 with permission of the Author.

    Water the seed, and a plant will grow.
    Feed the plant, and a tree will grow.
    Give a tree room, and it will bloom.
    A seed to a plant,

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 741
    • Favorited 10
    • Votes 183
    • Rating 4.14
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    I had an idea of what being a father was. But, as I had my own children, becoming a father made me reflect and change completely my relationship with my parents and what I conceived as being...

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  21. 19. I Want To Change The World

    • By Allyson Bogan
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2008 with permission of the Author.

    I want to change the world
    I want to impact it so deep
    That I reach the core
    I want to change the meaning of peace

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 442
    • Favorited 9
    • Votes 141
    • Rating 3.97
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    Incredibly vivid, I can create images in my mind. People would also agree with you, like me. Good job, well done!

  22. 20. Change Is A Beautiful Thing

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

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

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 85
    • Favorited 8
    • Votes 59
    • Rating 3.95
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    Good job. It's funny how change can be the thing we need the most but want the least.

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