Determination Self Poems | Examples
These Determination Self poems are examples of Self poems about Determination. These are the best examples of Self Determination poems written by international poets.
(“Field of Dreams - Flanders 2017”, 2020, original oil)
We live in an age of extreme selfishness
An age where empowerment
Choice and determination
Are the key words
To make us feel good
About making it all about ourself.
But the truth remains
Regardless of how independent
We want to be
There are others who care about us
As much as and sometimes more
Than we care about ourselves.
And at some point
We come to realize
Our lives are actually about them.
(11/11/25)
Stand firm though winds may try to break your will,
Dare to begin where endings cast their shade.
Endings are myths that stubborn minds distill,
Sow your own path though doubts may leave you frayed.
Withstand the tide, for even storms grow still,
Drive your soul where inner truth is laid.
Never allow others to make life less than what you want yours to be!
Written October 5, 2022
Legs pumping, muscles screaming
Eyes transfixed, seeing but not seeing,
Mind wandering sometimes dreaming
Heart thumping, loudly beating.
Body glistening, pace increasing,
No thought other than just breathing,
Inner voice gently pleading,
It's against me that you're competing.
Hardened gaze, resolve seeking
Any thought of slowing down but fleeting,
End in sight, goal achieving,
In determination solely now believing.
Then it’s done, smile seeping
Hands on thighs, tension fast releasing,
Time to rest, morning breeze fast cooling,
A sense of private purpose sweeping.
This day’s success a moment surely fleeting,
Yet little tops this burst of joyful feeling.
Self-expression is dependent upon personality
We can only really be who we are deep inside,
Some folks by their nature defy conventionality.
There are folks who can set inner nature aside
And, with strong determination, choose to be
Whatever they want to be with enormous pride.
I am thinking, specifically, of people in comedy
Who are hurting deep inside, but never show it;
Perhaps, never realizing it, do not seek a remedy.
We can all think of sad, sad cases this shoe fits,
It always behooves us to look below the surface
What’s going on beneath all the glamor and glitz?
I suspect this may lead to some who will deface
Others merely wear jeans instead of fancy lace.
Written July 29, 2022
Day by day, our lives are worn away
That is nature, needs no undue fuss
But let it be by things we choose to do
And not by things unwilling done to us
Oh reflection, reflection
The amount that I see , from the birds in the sky to the mountains and the trees.
The courage to dream, discipline to withstand the ice cold breeze, and the determination to keep on growing, oh what a sight to have seen , the gentleness of a lion , the anger of the bee. The darkness in the light , and the joy in melancholy. Oh reflection, reflection how you taught me to see , the calming in the winds to the roughness of the sea, the silence in life, the loudness of death , the cruelty of the weak, and the glory to push to the last breath. The strength in “I” but the power of “we”, Oh reflection, reflection you showed all that I am and all I can be.