Candid Heartstrings

If My Poetry

I write poetry to pour my feelings when they're banging my body to get free, to give atleast the "bare minimum" that my feelings deserve maybe?- to be listened to patiently without being judged, without a thought, just poured into words on paper, meant to be just said and felt out and then moved on and forgotten, only to come back to remind myself of what it feels like, what I went through. Letting the memories affect me only when I chose it too. My poems are my feelings with memories poured into lyrics that soothe me when times are dire. They aren't written for an audience. They're written for me at that moment, for my feelings, for me to escape the chains of thoughts that bind me. The image I paint isn't meant to make sense to anyone but me. I paint them for me. .......so that I could feel felt... for once in my life I could feel felt...that someone can feel and understand me and what I have gone through... that I can be held with a comforting silence as I bawl my eyes out. So that I can truly feel....before those feelings get lost in the forgotten ocean of memories and importance

Sorry if my poetry

can't melt your heart

touch your soul

nor hug your tears unknown

Because I write poetry just for me

When my beating heart couldn't be strong

When no one's there

to hug it

and provide warmth

I only write poetry for me

Sorry if it can't touch your soul

It is meant to touch mine