Best Only Human Poems
This won't be a pretty picture, but I'm going to use this paper to put my art on
I'm not heartless, let me show you where my heart's gone
Should I be ashamed? Should I hide my scars?
Some were gave to me, others inflicted from self-harm
The weight of the world on my shoulders, is easy to carry compared to the pain in my heart
I fell so many times and had no one helping me up
How could I be alone when I have depression telling me I suck
I wanted to get close to you Chantal, but depression was right there
It made me push away my dream girl and continued to be my nightmare
Age 13 I lost my virginity to a girl called Meg
I grew up quicker than I should have
I wonder if she ever thinks of me? Do I pop into her head?
It wasn't her first time, so I doubt it was as special for her
If she reads this, I hope I can make her feel special with words
There I go, Putting out stuff about me the world doesn't need to know
I'm probably wrong for putting my heart on display when I write this
I just hope people who give this a read will grow
Even if they judge me, I don't think I can hide this
I battle suicidal thoughts daily, so a lot of people consider me weak
I can rhyme my pain perfectly, but I'm unable to deliver a speech
When my ex cheated, was the guy richer than me?
Was he bigger than me?
I don't need to know, tell the bartender it's a hard liquor for me
All of my mistakes came with a lesson attached
I've never touched drugs, even though my brother and sister are injecting smack
Who am I to judge, when I used to pick up blades and made myself start bleeding
Depression makes me tired, anxiety prevents me from sleeping
I was bullied at school and made to feel worthless
I can't be a good poet, because I don't know how to word it
Got told I shouldn't love hip hop cause I'm a white dude
You don't have the right to listen to Rakim, Nas, Big Pun and Ice Cube
I was confused as to why they cared so much about what's playing in my earphones
Dealing with my fears alone
Bipolar so a lot of people label me weird
Sometimes I wish I wasn't able to hear
I find it hard to open up to new people who come close
I hide my feelings to the best of my ability from people I know
I'm only human, I hope you can learn from my mistakes
This is my real life pain, but to you its just words on a page
I often wondered why it is that so many people don't believe
Life's a test, each day a quiz and yet themselves they deceive
I could never even imagine where I would be without His Grace
He paid the price for all sin as you define your heart in this place
I often thought long and deep oh how good the Lord's been to me
How good it is to just steep and why can't all these others just see
I myself unable to understand what came so easy to one as such
The Creator of all that is grand yet capable of an individual touch
I felt it in my heart, seen it with my eyes so clear I could not miss
But as satan goes about and tries, many people succumb to this
Yet I did nothing different than you no this was not of my own
All of your sins will come due since it's Jesus you've never known
I did do one thing though something you might want to also do
I started to praise His Name, but I did it in sincerity, it was true
His eyes are on the sparrow but His Love is always there for you
The path will be narrow yet He will always be in all that you do
Calm and Happiness of Hearts
only Human right and Peace
I'm sorry that i am not this perfect little angel that you want me to be
I am only human i can not please you all the time
I am no ones fool or there property to be played with
I am the wrong person to mess with when it comes to my heart
I am only human there is things i can and can not do
I'm not you're little demon nor am i you're little angel
I am my own person and i must love myself before loving anyone else.
You asked me important questions yesterday
And wanted me to answer them in December;
But I’ve offered to answer you this very day,
Before the end of the month of September.
Hope my honest answers will make your day
As you prepare to walk through November.
“What makes you always happy and ever strong?
Even when like tilapia you’re thrown in deep sea?
Though you can’t swim, you sing a favorite song!
What indeed changes your agony into glee?
What calms you down amid a hostile throng?
Why are you positive like an evergreen tree?
“You do not seem to fear summer or severe winter
The winds may blow like death across your soul;
Unfairness may rain on you like the el-nino rains;
And thrust you down; almost fainting to the floor;
But you bounce right back to the top of mountains
Are you made of sponge that absorbs every blow?”
Well, well, listen to me O friend of my heart
I am not an angel but a mortal human being,
Just like any other person, I feel pain and I do hurt.
I have tons of tears to shed but also a song to sing;
I can agonize as I carefully organize a music concert
And on rough days my rare favorite songs I sing.
You want to know the reason why I keep positive?
Positive because I’ve got an altogether positive Savior.
When the tempest raged, the sea became negative,
It was deadly dark and the fog didn’t want to clear—
For even the skies were gloomy and utterly negative.
But Jesus; my positive Savior took away my fear!
Through the pain, I have learned to love Him more.
Now I know His voice better; twice He spoke to me;
I know His footsteps in battle; thrice He went before
He gives me joy and peace and hope—at stormy sea.
Yes, I am only human but my Savior is in control.
That’s why I’m happy-all my being goes aglow.
This is a pop quiz.
Please answer these quick questions
Very carefully.
Take a look at me.
What do you see besides the
Color of my skin?
I'm talking to you!
Now tell me in your own words
How you'd define me.
Do you see me as
A hard-working, positive
Individual?
Or do you really
Think that I am just a joke,
Nothing but garbage?
You have no answer.
But let me tell you something:
Hatred WILL NOT WIN!!
Now keep this in mind:
The Bible says to judge not,
Unless you be judged.
We aren't perfect;
We make terrible mistakes,
And we learn from them.
It's time to spread love.
Do not look the other way:
We're only human.
If I don’t say hi,
Or instead of talking, I sigh,
Don’t ask me why,
I’m only human.
When you look at me then I shy,
Or when you inquire from me I lie,
Don’t ask me why.
When I leave without saying Bye
Or when I live as if I want to die,
Don’t ask me why.
When I quit without giving it a try
And my face swells like that of a pie
Don’t ask me why.
When I look at you and feel to cry
Though my eyes are as dry,
Still don’t ask me why,
Because I’m only human.
I’m only human
known to have put
my foot in my mouth
more than a few times
it’s why I hesitate to speak up
I fear regretting things I might let out
funny thing ~ I don’t remember once
ever needing to apologize
for saying something nice
AP: 2nd place 2021
We're Only Human
Moments of weakness + physical attraction causes pain
A chance meeting not planned look out for the rain
It shouldn't be done but so many people do
I was once a coward, but that's long past, I am somewhat new
This age old problem, what humans know & see
not content with one love, don't want 2 set free
Another arises one should do the right thing
But no cowards we are, so heartache it brings
Sneaking around, making that excuse for a moment of pleasure
Connection is worse, just sex is much better
Cos to meet on a level,to connect with ones mind
Arises to complications, something one will find
Cheating is cheating, well yes all the same
But different reasons one finds to get into this game
Neglecting from him, makes her lonely & insecure
So attention from another, is so hard to ignore
He wants to empty his loins, it is said mans aim is spreading his seed
So different to women, another they're less inclined to need
So it's more a mans sin, hmmmm! is it natures way?
Or is that an excuse for a bit of play
Well as I said once I was a coward, but that now ain't me
I'm glad for who I've become and how I'll always be
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The Urban poetry collection august 2011
I have so many emotions caught up inside of me,
There are times they overflow and push me to my knees.
However the part that truly bothers me, is when
I am roughly pressed by others, sometimes they
take control and I say things that I honestly regret.
When this happens I strive to apologize and make
it right. However there are times that no forgiveness
comes forth and this is when deep in my heart and
mind I am trapped and fret.
I feel such shame for the words I spoke in anger and
the sting of pain they brough to a brother or sister,
as well to myself. Sometimes I want to rip the heart
that betrayed me out of my own chest. To purge
the emotions from it that caused me to fall.
To erase all the words from my mind that could
ever cause me to repeat such offense. However
I realize I am only human and that
it is impossible.
Her: Whatever I've done,
whatever I"ve said
to cause you to be
screwed up in the head,
I'm sorry.
Him: Whatever I didn't do,
whatever I didn't say
to make you feel
lonely and gray,
I'm sorry.
Her: Tomorrow may come
and it may not.
Time is something
we don't know we've got.
Him: Don't give up
on goodness and light
cause it's still there
though out of sight.
Her: Think of the times
we cried and we laughed
and said things
that made us feel daft.
Him: Remember the kisses, the hugs
and the love
shared with our children
sent from above.
Her: Then when they look back
and remember me and you
they'll know that
we were only human too.
By: Carole O'Terry Duet
Copyright: Aug., 2016
"All Rights Reserved"
I know your face,
Your familiar eyes,
You pass by my window,
Each morning rise.
Your weary bones,
Covered by clothes soaked from last night's cries.
Each time I wanted to say hello,
And ask if things are fine,
But your sadness,
Hidden by your brittle hair,
Makes me forget my line.
Through thin walls,
I hear your silent fragility,
And the monster who comes late at night,
Who takes advantage of your vulnerability.
My heart bellows,
Your painful yelps echoes,
Yet still I lay in bed,
So many sorrows running through my head.
I feel your stare,
Your window eyes,
Each morning rise.
Ashamed of the clothes I'm in,
Which hide my pain within,
I hoped each day.
You might have something to say,
But I guess someone like me,
Even a hello,
Just cannot be.
With just these walls between us,
I press my hand upon,
I would call your name if I knew,
To get me out of this dungeon,
From the monster who imprisons me.
Will my reaching tears,
Be loud enough to hear?
A waling siren woke me,
I peer through the window and see,
A linen covered stretcher rolls pass,
And I dared not to ask,
Have I waited too long?
And heard your final song.
I walk out and to my surprise,
Glancing at me are those same eyes,
As they take you away,
I felt you had something to say,
But no words could leave your shivering lips,
Like a ghost ship,
Abandoned long ago,
An empty vessel,
Drained of life,
Just a shell of a battered wife.
The power of love ignites a flame
Inside the heart I take over
Both in substance and in name
Though the four leaf clover
I tender surrenders only the lust
Flowing through me when I claim
I love you and deserve the trust
That can shield me from the blame
You pour on me in return
When your seething heart revolts
At the way your heart I spurn and burn
At thirty three thousand volts
Without an iota of remorse
For the egregious evil I perpetrate
Playing your heart in code Morse
As your purity I desecrate
When another woman steals the love
That rightly belongs to you
But I feel so mighty above
Blame for seeking someone new
Shutting down my conscience in a cocoon
Of selfish celebration
While you cry all night long like a monsoon
Poured tears into your deprivation
As though you didn’t deserve better
Than the puny attitude
I couch in every little letter
I send you without any shred of gratitude
To express the regret
Conscience forces on me
In the open and in secret
I’m only human after all, you see.
coward
fierce countenance
fowl personality
yellow by any other name
afraid
Help.
Wish for it all you want, its not coming, you are all alone.
Ache.
The feeling inside your heart you can do nothing about with the fear you've shown.
Scream.
Is what you feel like doing but no noise comes out, 'cause the pain is too much, isn't it?
Helpless.
You've made yourself this way. Painfully anxious about what is ahead of me. . . I am this.
Myself.
Is who I have to blame for everything I have done.
Mirror Me.
It is my own refection I look to when searching for whose at fault when everything goes wrong.
I.
Do not hate myself but I am close to who I'd hate to be.
Human.
Someone who isn't me and will never be the same as me.
A break.
Give me one, I make mistakes, I'm just one person in a world of hate and I'd rather just be happy.