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POEM STARTER

Write a poem exploring mistakes and redemption.

Humans are fallible, and often the best stories come from our errors. What might you discuss in this poem?

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Mine To Bare

If i were to write you all my intentions

behind every miss-taken

If all my lies

were organized

placed inside pages for you to find


The rotten parts of me

drenched in ink

And we need not speak

But run our fingers along the lines

silently mouthing sentences


If I could grasp that pen steady

ready to spill it all on the empty white spaces left behind

If I could be as strong

Would I be reborn i...

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Mistake

I’m sorry I wasn’t enough

I’m sorry I’m not like your other daughters

I’m sorry I don’t have a perfect body

I’m sorry you don’t love me

I’m sorry I was a mistake


**_ Im sorry….



_**I wish you didn’t body shame me

I wish I was strong

I wish I was smart

I wish I loved myself

I wish I didn’t look like this

I wish the voices weren’t so loud

I wish you cared

I wish I was...

Reboot

oh,

did i say something wrong?

Er,

i must have surely...


no,

it can't be that!

but,

i am still at fault surely?


your hand on my shoulder,

quells all my nerves.

my mind an open folder,

with no more reserves.


your empathetic silence,

a boon to my heart.

this will all make sense,

so lets restart.


...


i love you Baby ...

Mistake

When I look over at you,

you’re already smiling at me.

I can’t help but freak out-

I want you to like me,

but if you do,

you’ll only be let down.


I’m not your soulmate-

not your best friend.

I don’t take away your frown.

I’ll only let you down.


Instead of admitting,

that I have a silly, stupid crush,

the moment he shows the signs,

I don’t look at him, but I blush,

I refuse to talk to him,

I don’...

What Did I Do…?

What did I do wrong?

I’m sorry. I know I did… something.

Isn’t this just me though?

I don’t understand,

It doesn’t make sense.

I’m acting strange, I assume.

But why?

And why are you acting even stranger?


Why are you all treating me like I’m insane,

Like I can’t be trusted,

Like I’m falling apart at the seams and you can just stuff me full of cotton to fix me,

But only one person has actually aske...

Second Chances

Second chances,

Oh, I wish it was easy

To give someone

A second chance.


You hurt my heart,

Left me in the dust,

Alone to die,

Stuck in the dark.


I though we were friends,

But I guess I was

Wrong…

We never were.


I cherished our bond,

But the more I tried to

Hold on,

The more you pushed me away.


Someday, I hope

I’ll be able to

Forgive you,

But…


Sometimes goodbye

Is a second chance....

Failure

Success is hard to achieve

When failure comes so naturally

My existence is cursed

Never being good enough

Love is not gifted but earned

So I’m in short supply

But redemption is possible

Falters not permanent

All I need is to try harder...

Mistakes And Redemption.

Mistakes happen, we all make errors.


We often think of mistakes as something that should be outlawed.


Mistakes happen, humans are fallible but often, the best stories come from our errors.


They say to leave room for error but what does that mean?


It means that we are bound to make mistakes, it is natural and often times that is where we learn the most.


The toughest lessons are often the o...

The Big Black Ink

As I look up at the sky.

I wonder why they can fly so high.

If thou stars can not stay,

How do I keep my mind at bay?


So, as I shall lay face up.

I relive every snippet to the top.

Cause if I fall along the way,

Isn’t it just how the stars sway?...

I’m Sorry

I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I hurt you; I’m sorry.


Up here, the sky’s like your eyes, just so endlessly starry.


You’re perfect, so perfect, in every single way.


And I’m hoping, just hoping, you’ll remember me always.


I’m longing, longing, longing for your love.


But that’s something I cannot have up above.


If there was any, any, any way that I could have your face.


If there was any, any, any way I...