Reaching Out Poems - Poems about Reaching Out

Tossing electronically-bottled messages into the wild blue sea yonder will they float like a boat or sink like a stone it only makes me ponder as optimistically-inclined I often wonder why some say, 'Send me an email,' but then never reply do my bottles circumnavigate the globe or stay in the Sargasso for ever and a day are they wrecked on the rocks of spam while...

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feelers extend from the heart reaching out toward kinetic energy an energy that emanates distant in the universe far and free from terrestial vibes feelers striving to link in to its celestial harmony AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on February 22, 2025...

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Scissors Cut cords in half, Tethers binding gone, poof… I do float through life reaching out As new. ...

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No You are not alone Take my hand I am reaching out to you Through the darkness that seems to lock you in Know that there is light That you hold a greater fight Can you feel my hand Pulling you away from the darkness Closer and closer Towards the warmth Towards the light ...

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When I'm in doubt You'll see me reaching out It's not for clout It's words that I tout I'm afraid of the debtor But I try to do better I want to be a record setter Like a real go getter When everything is falling My lines are inane and sprawling But this was my calling And the rush I get is enthralling And if I chew...

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Can I ask you, Lord...why is there Cancer? And Lord, why did you ever make this exist, And... No disrespect, but this should Never Come to anyone. Please Lord, if you Can... End this, end this disease now, for-Ever Reaching out to you, Lord...Respectfully...

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A baby in a stroller pointed, Giggling, at me. I waved and then he laughed some more And grinned delightedly. I also had the sweetest kisses Blown my way from far. My brother’s year-old grandson Raised the FaceTime cuteness bar. The urge to thus communicate Begins when very young, With smiles the currency employed, Since words are yet unsung. As children grow and fear kicks in, That need...

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I am reaching out to you Why can't you see my hand I know it doesn't look like the others Why can't you see my hand Please Look at my hand I'm begging you See my hand Please Please See my hand...

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the sun sweeps across the land caresses hills and valleys and all i see is the breadth that separates me from you i can't help but wonder what lies beyond the horizon AP: 3rd place 2022 Posted on August 2, 2022...

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wanting so bad to tell you just keeping it a secret in my heart one day will be too late and you'll be taken by another right now all tied up confusion runs through my veins my head pounding wanting to reach out...

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Reaching out for you in that unconscious sort of way awakening loudly in the moment of this night traces of presence called you were no longer as though you had erased yourself from the bed seen or felt...feeling loss of your touch, laughter kindness, irreverence...teasing me... connecting with you is Awakening...

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she made a desperate leap but once more missed the boat had to absolve her failure by swimming in ablution creek the water was murky and viscous but therefore she floated the sheen on her skin blessed her strokes in polluted disguise distant proximity posed a new challenge as she sifted the debris of her sad heart punctured by thrash...

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Captured In the moment When darkness erases our reason We lose ourselves in the quietness Deafened to the song of living We drown ourselves with tears Bent in two as we release the dread Our heart in conflict with our soul Buried In the lightless nightfall In the arms of empty hearts Unearthing a hollow hopelessness Stifling The possibility within ourselves As we are numbed by fear Frozen...

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A screaming baby hanging by the rock, Amidst the splashing turbulence of angry waves, I am running downhill to rescue the child, Over slippery stones with my shaken nerves, Time is ticking, ticking fast, between me and the scream, I wipe my glasses to clear the mist, to see where screaming baby lies! Between the rock at the very edge, It’s shirt held...

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In the midnight clouds, I reach out to hold you near Covered by sheer shrouds Without you by me Lying down, so wide awake How can I be free? You approach me now But, you spread your precious wings You begin to soar Must let go, I guess I will smile away my frown Hide away distress Above lament's lake Soaring below the surface... You felt low and...

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