#behind poems on Hello Poetry

NostalgicFeeling May 27

If I weren't me, who would I be?
If the world hadn't shut down, would I still
be lost?
Like blisters on my feet, I carry my doubts,
Mistook burnout for discipline, wore it as
a badge.

Baggage heavy with memories,
I drag it through the mud-
Versions of myself, deeply buried in a suitcase.

If I stop and leave it behind,
Will the old me burn in ashes?

23/5/25
If I stop and leave it behind,
Will the wind carry my old
self away?

#time #love #lost #baggage #suitcase #behind #stop #doubts #burnout #pride

Ione Mar 31

Abandoned

They say go with the flow-
but I'm just a stagnant water.
Not a beauty, nor a worth-
all the fishes have left the water.

#abandoned #lake #left #behind #longing #imagery

Hanzou Oct 2024

Bittersweet Truth

I hope she finds the love she deserves,
A hand to hold when the world unnerves.
If someone else can give her peace,
Then maybe that’s where her heart can cease.

But deep inside, it breaks me still,
To know it won’t be me who fills
The spaces in her soul, once mine,
As she moves forward, leaving me behind.

unspoken words.

#left #behind

maria Oct 2024

Behind the Edge

I've always stayed behind
never up front and confident
unlike my friends...
always high and mighty

up front they stay
always leaving me behind
never waiting
at some point they keep me at the edge

instead of being at the edge,
be behind that edge.
fall even
if it means always being there with someone

someone cares.
care? who will care for me?

#care #friends #edge #fall #mighty #high #confident #behind #leaving

Jeremy Betts Sep 2024

~•§•~ Farewells and Goodbyes ~•§•~

An unwanted prize
That's what lies
Beyond the reflection of skies
Behind these blue eyes
Past this gentle disguise
Child like but wise
Keeping from view what would give rise
To a litany of farewells and goodbyes

©2024

#behind #general #disguise #wise #youthful #vast #painful #surprise #hiding #cried

Jeremy Betts Jul 2024

~•§•~ Look Closer ~•§•~

Behind deep blue eyes
Like deep blue tides
Is a mystery
Somehow even to me
Behind bright blue eyes
Like bright blue skies
Is not a safe place to be
Not even for me
Behind faded blue eyes
That prove time flies
There's been too much tragedy
Far too much for me
Behind closed blue eyes
That've seen their last sunrise
Is where I'll find tranquility
That's where you'll find me

©2024

#behind #blue #eyes #deep #tides #safe #mystery #proof #time #flies

Jeremy Betts Jun 2024

~•§•~ Behind the Scenes ~•§•~