Since I received a few encouraging words on my poetry yesterday, I decided to contribute a few more. This first one is a HUGE emotional response. Like many poets, my poems thrive on heartbreak and forsaken love.
Power Over Me
My hands are tied
Bound to your will
Though I stand firm
For your hand I bow
My heart is chained
To a fence of despair
Ready and waiting
For you to release me
Like a caged animal
I sit here waiting
For my love
To be set free
In your shining eyes
I see the agony
My thoughtless action
Has befallen my beloved
All the worldly treasures
I would hand over
Just for you to
Be in my arms once more
The past fades away
As you take my hand
Reaching for a future
Together
The next poem takes a mythological spin with my take on Atlas’ myth.
Inspiration According to Atlas
How did Atlas find the strength
To hold the heavens on his back?
When I struggle every day
To carry the earth over me.
The weight crushes my spirit
And grinds my shoulders down.
My feet falter beneath me
As I push my will forward.
In a world where good deeds
Are repaid in friendly malice,
I fall under the pressure of
Judgment from my loved ones.
At the end of the day I find
I’ve made it through the pain,
But one memory still remains
I must do this again tomorrow
Happy reading and writing!
Oh, the power of love and lost love! The longing can be so painful. And poor Atlas. What a burden he must bear! You did a great job with both poems. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
thank you so much everyone! I’ll update more soon. The Atlas one is from his perspective if he was alive today. My poems have always been a fun way of handling my homework…a.k.a. philosophy and Greek mythology class.
I particularly like the Atlas poem – often it does feel exactly like that! 🙂