Shawnakat's Poems
I realized that I was posting a lot of poems on my blog and so I decided to make a separate blog specifically for my poems. This way I can keep them all in one place and they don't clog up my other blog...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Streaming Nonsense
Thundering Mountains across the sky
My thoughts alight and begin to fly
Chaos, nonsense, gibberish too
I can make no sense of me or you
I'm swimming but drowning in my mind
I'd like to leave these thoughts behind
What does the morning bring?
Do the robins and jaybirds sing?
Do my thoughts make sense to you?
If you could see the things I knew
About myself, about the world as a whole
It would take your breath, take your soul
I make no promise, no explanation here
Just my thoughts that I hold dear
Random nonsense that's what this is
My thoughts are going I do not miss
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Inside Me
It starts small, and then grow stronger
First a little sadness, then a small tear
Soon I am weeping, can hold back no longer
The thoughts come, I'm paralyzed with fear
Feeling unloved, unwanted and more
Trying to fight it, they say they care
Yet deep down inside, my heart has been torn
Trying to hold on, becomes hard to bare
Feelings of loneliness, like no one is there
Rage deep inside me, I'm feeling so lost
The true thoughts inside me, I cannot share
I want to let go, though I cannot pay the cost
Shawna K Whaley
10-13-01
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
I'm here, but I'm not here
I'm here, but I'm not here
(8/19/15)
As I drift away into my own thoughts
Voices get farther away
Once more trapped within my own mind
Unaware of my surroundings
The world around goes on without me
As conversations continue unhindered by my absence
In my head is nothing but silence
Then my thoughts begin to penetrate the fog
In my mind I am alone
Don't try to talk to me 'cause I won't hear you
I'm somewhere else now even if you still see me
Lost within myself
Consumed by my own thoughts
So far away
Only half aware when you say my name
I'm daydreaming yet it's unclear
As I sit here thinking
I'm here, but I'm not here
~Shawna K. Whaley
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Don't Look
Don't Look
(7-13-17)
If eyes are the windows to the soul then do not look into mine
The things you'd see aren't meant to be seen
The pain I hide is mine alone
The fears I fear are not for you to know
You look at me and I look away
Too afraid to show you what's inside
If you knew the thoughts I think you'd run from me
I'm broken, damaged, beyond repair
I can't show you how broken I am
You can't see the darkness inside of me
I'm screaming but you can't hear
I'm cut off and so very alone
There's no one here that wants me around
I'm just one person in a sea of many
Used, abused, mistreated and then thrown away
Left to pick up the pieces on my own
There's a struggle inside my soul
It's mine alone I will not share
Put on a smile but won't look you in the eye
If eyes are the windows to the soul then look away from mine
~Shawna K. Whaley
(7-13-17)
If eyes are the windows to the soul then do not look into mine
The things you'd see aren't meant to be seen
The pain I hide is mine alone
The fears I fear are not for you to know
You look at me and I look away
Too afraid to show you what's inside
If you knew the thoughts I think you'd run from me
I'm broken, damaged, beyond repair
I can't show you how broken I am
You can't see the darkness inside of me
I'm screaming but you can't hear
I'm cut off and so very alone
There's no one here that wants me around
I'm just one person in a sea of many
Used, abused, mistreated and then thrown away
Left to pick up the pieces on my own
There's a struggle inside my soul
It's mine alone I will not share
Put on a smile but won't look you in the eye
If eyes are the windows to the soul then look away from mine
~Shawna K. Whaley
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