Something I found

So, I was going through some of the documents on my PC, and I found a poem I wrote a year or two ago. It had to do with what I was dealing with inside as far as being Trans, and where I wanted to be. Since it applies, I thought I'd share it.

Please be kind

Bound by my heartstrings
Safe, close to my chest
Away from the danger
This creature finds rest

Battered and broken
Beaten and worn
It waits to find peace
It waits to be born

Alive without substance
Existing apart
Without form, still feeling
I end with its start

Bound by my heartstrings
Kept from life’s dance
It must remain dormant
I can’t take that chance

Desperately clawing
It seeks to be freed
It fights and it battles
In weakness it pleads

It siphons my life force
The spirit grows cold
It clashes, still fighting
The conflict grows old

Bound by my heartstrings
Was this the right way
Waging this war
Acting this play

A secret once kept
A story untold
A path through the mountains
With no hand to hold

North and South have no meaning
There’s no West or East
Just me on my own
Confronting this beast

Bound by my heartstrings
Once, but no longer
As it flows out
The spirit grows stronger

Where once there were peaks
And fear-clouded doubt
The sunlight, so calming
Begins to peek out

The battle has ended
We walk hand in hand
Out in the world
Together we stand

I don't write poetry very often, but on occasion the mood strikes me. I remember what I was feeling pretty vividly when I wrote this though and wanted to share it with the rest of you. Hope you enjoyed. :dry:

 

You're making me blush here

Thank you. I was able to post it a while back elsewhere for my friends to read because it can be related to on different levels. When they asked me what it was about, I simply told them it was about duality and depression (not a lie ) but didn't go any deeper with it. I thought it would be nice to post it here where I could be completely honest with what it meant to me and what it's about.

 

Thank you. It means a lot to me that people like it. I tend to write more in the fiction area. On the occasions that I do write poetry, it's because I'm in a very specific mood and emotional place. Although the fiction I write is important to me, and a very real part of me. My poetry though is a much more personal part of me, and it makes me feel extremely good when people can connect on that level.

I do promise though that when or if I write anything else that's relevant, I will post it here.

 

Thank you very much.

 

Thanks. I like to think my fiction is fantastic as well I do appreciate the compliment though. Writing and publishing are my dream.

 

Thanks so much guys. It's been a rough day, but your kind words have lifted mu spirits Thanks for reading!

 

I haven't been around much lately but I noticed more responses on this thread and just wanted to add another extremely heartfelt Thank you. Your responses on this really do mean a lot to me I may also be looking into publishing this soon. Thank you so much again.