Love Self Poems | Examples

These Love Self poems are examples of Self poems about Love. These are the best examples of Self Love poems written by international poets.


Premium MemberAbsolute Self

resting in subjective awareness pure
one without a second, we alone are
living light eternal and heart demure
all worlds are within, not somewhere afar

we dwell in space-time as also beyond
our pristine essence is subtler than space
we are the gong Om to which we respond 
we’re both giver and receiver of grace

we are the darkness, we are the sunrise
untouched by contrasts, we alone exist
we conceal then reveal to feel surprise
all hearts pulsate in us as a bliss mist 

not this or that, we’re consciousness itself
both the stillness and movement kinetic
we’re the undivided non dual Self
we are love and light, our heart magnetic

know as false, all worlds that are manifest
the pulse dual is but an illusion
thought forms swirl around but we are at rest
as luminescence free from delusion


UNSEEN IN PLAIN SIGHT


I am not quiet,
Not easily forgotten,
Yet somehow
Still unseen.

I feel it,
In the bones of my being,
This weight of being
Unappealing.

Not the kind
You’d walk toward.
Not the kind
That draws eyes or hearts.

It’s not like me
To say, “I hate myself,”
But sometimes,
That silence speaks louder.

Strangers
Faces I’ve never met,
Mouths that never called my name,
Eyes that never really saw me
Still, they judge.

They know me better than I do,
They say.
They define my shape,
My walk,
My worth.

And so, I wear it.
Their truth becomes mine.
And you
You’re beautiful,
Unique,
Undeniable.

You can see me.
I cannot.

And though it’s not like me
To admit this ache,
This shadow inside,
It is still me.
Still here.
Still hurting.

Premium MemberBackwards

The wind blasts from the sea, a paper cup falls down
I’m gazing at the sand beneath my feet
Why should I listen to these noises on the background
Is there another small cafe around to sit
Time heals but it remains unclear what 
The pain subsides, then it evolves into the new
And that new pain is just exactly like the old
Time’s not a goodwill paramedic in my view 
Self-deprecation is a healer free of charge
A tunnel vision tunes the optics of the heart 
Troubles diminish, and small pleasures look enlarged
The view clears up and there we are, never apart
Sometimes I’m able to perceive the memories
As if I’m living backwards, sit and wait 
Just yesterday, I smelled your roses in the breeze
You said you’d called me, but I called you back too late.

Premium MemberMy Mind

(“I of the Beholder”, 2014, original pen and ink)

My Mind

My mind is a labyrinth
Organic with its tendrils 
Flowing like a stream
Following every which-way gravity takes
Clearly without a mind of its own!

It leads me through dark places
And into the light
Yet it never lingers
As any rise in my emotion
Just causes it drop off a cliff

And then I am soaring again
Or plunging as the case may be
It matters not if it is day or night
Above or below ground, in fact 
I’m not sure anything matters on its twisted way

But I can’t fault this fickle friend
It doesn’t really mean me harm
As it pushes my buttons and pulls my chain 
I know, like an exuberant child or pup,
It just wants to show me what it sees with love.

(9/6/25)

Premium MemberWhat My Ego Said To Me

“You must stop this ruling of me,
Please let me go, I must be free.”
Smiling, Ego said mockingly,
“It’s you who chooses what you’ll be.

It’s quite simple for all to see,
All my power doth come from thee.
In myself, that’s where I invest.
I have no say in your request.

You’re free to go, to rule your own ship,
Give to me the old pink slip.
Find the passion that’s within you.
Do whatever you love to do.

Make life an adventure, a quest.
Earn an “A” on life’s biggest test,
Live everyday as if your last,
Show your real self, take off the mask.”
© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.


Man deprived of dream

Love-lost, deprived of dream appears,
Like life-adrift- in-stream appears. 

On wooing, winning his life’s love,
Full of vigour and vim appears.   

As success, past string of defeats,
Like a triumphant team appears.

Man’s real Self as comes to light, 
Nigh like up-rising cream appears,

Till then his pretending ego, 
Non-Self, proper and prim appears.
_________________________
Ghazal |01.09.2025| dream, love, success, Self

I Am Nobody for You

I am nobody for you.
You don't know I exist, too.
I'm a simple, shy girl
with some sixteen-year-old fantasies, too.

You don't know me, 
and I either, too -
but there's something 
I feel, too.

Wanna step up, 
getting high with you, 
scared to fall
in the images, too.

How say hi? 
How say bye? 
I'm here, 
watching you 
side of my eye.

I'm stressed out, 
how to say you...
I'm that nobody 
for you,
'cause we are
in our own cage, too.
© Moon Kaur  Create an image from this poem.

1 reason why

I am the rot beguiling the saccharine summer hue
I am the self in selfish sorrow, sullying the morning dew
Sickened with the mortal blips of emotion
To fall with the fragility of flesh hipped erosion 
Hipped bone beneath browned bandage
Honed the hand hither, 'ncase fickle flesh cannot manage
T'stand aground the mortal vantage 
Health t'sickness, worn to wear, not to manage, thy
Breath be dragged'n rancid acid, lipped from the dazed haze of exhaustion 
She who had not a gun to brandish, but the naval blade o'self-famish
She who chose to awake, who awoke'n self-loathing 
Whose body is irate with the dawned dam break of bile
T'overflow mine own organs, and hinder the words of hungered mind
Breaking the tide of the thrum drum pendulum heart 
Shalt th'tounge twist rue th'bile duct of recovery 
Drool the drivel of a mere reason 'why?'
And retract the bile of thy sickened mind.

I am to drool the drivel, of love from human kind
Im so tired'f this mortal mortuary
In place of mortal mind.

I am the mind that threatens to die.
And i am the mind, prepared to fight.

Premium MemberIf we would know

If we would know God, know the Self,
glowing in heart, His spark.
As life flows gently by itself,
truth banishes the dark.

With love as our mainstay,
staid silence paves the way,
to see God, clear as day.

Let soul’s light grow,
if we would know.

Premium MemberI Hope She Hearts Me

This could be..."True Love"

If she only knew me, well...

It would be..."True Hate"

I Remember

I remember! I recall how good– no,
how great it feels to feel so good!
I remember the bright colours 
in the rainbows after a storm.
I remember the trees, the rivers, the critters, 
the peace of our world.
I remember how to get excited, 
to have goals and plans– fantastic dreams!
I remember the love I feel from my friends, family, pets, 
loved ones, who I’m lucky to have.
I remember that I can be grateful for all of 
the simple things that I am graced with in this life.
I remember to create, to write, and to draw, 
to bring about something new.
I remember the stars as they twinkle overhead, 
specks of light in the dark of night.
I remember that I can care for myself, 
love myself as much as I do for others.
I remember the joy I find in a good book,
in getting dressed up, in delicious food.
I remember flowers and rocks and bees, 
all of the tiny things I love to notice.
I finally remember how to live vicariously, 
how to enjoy and embody the free spirit inside.

Premium MemberSutra 15-16 from The Holy Science

“Just as the objects seen in our dreams are found, when we awake, to be insubstantial, so our waking perceptions are likewise unreal—a matter of inference only.”

~ extract from ‘The Holy Science’


Being the dreamer and the dreamed,
how may we in the dream awake
as long as thought spirals are streamed?
Let’s make our mind calm like a lake!

With thoughts rested, poised in the void,
we as awareness self-aware,
reclaim light of Self unalloyed,
whence ego cravings we outstare.

Thought cessation is then the way,
for us to see and recognise
our true essence as clear as day,
beheld only when ego dies.

Let’s be with love and light aligned ~
We’re living light, not body-mind

Premium MemberClear sight

Depending upon words as symbols employed,
we may label the absolute Self as God,
the substratum of existence unalloyed,
recognised in staid silence when heart has thawed,
that pristine presence, no longer by thoughts toyed,
dissolves all opposites, giving love our nod.
Everything that exists, is but God’s heartbeat,
mirrored as bliss heat that makes us feel complete.

In meditation space and time disappear,
where all that exists is the Self as God’s flame,
renewing itself in itself without fear,
Absolute Self motionless, always the same,
highly dense bright darkness and as we draw near,
we see the ultimate truth in life’s end game.
Obtaining clear sight, the mind of our heart knows,
that we are all in the boat God Himself rows.

Echoing Silence

Echoing Silence

I

Isolated  in an echoing unending room
Where loud noises destroy the silence
Breaks the confidence into million pieces
Nobody wants to pick the entire brokenness 


II

Drowning under the shallow regrets
Unable to go further, not even a single step
Both hands are tied up and mouth is covered 
No time to think clearly, nobody wants to listen


III

Loud voice, breaking the unbearable silence
Digging the root of uncontrollable violence
Crying from the distance, not once, twice, but till hundreds
Looking for hand to hold, and someone to be with


IV

But sun never kissed the sea, even winter never meets the fall
One mistake in life delivers an affliction
Both cry and laugh, the value is a gemstone
But echoing the truth, still silence holds the dominion

Premium MemberWhen My Life Changed

Remembering what she used to be. 
How she could light the world ablaze without a second thought. 
Her words like daggers, always ready for a fight. 
Always wanting and waiting for the thrill of the adrenaline. 
Her feels numb, not even feeling the hurt of being used anymore. 
Was it the constant state of depression, anxiety, or self-hate? 
She never stopped, always full speed, like a wildfire burning, until she couldn’t burn anymore. 
Crashing down to rock bottom was the only way to find healing.  
Healing was the only way to find the hidden path to the life she was destined to live. 
Who knew a setup would turn into that long-awaited feeling after one meeting. 
Knowing from the first date this was her yin to her yang, when her life changed.
Loving all of him, even the pieces in the dark corners with cobwebs. 
They have fought each other’s battles and loved each other at their lowest. 
Their love still ablaze to this day. 
She didn’t think she would have this kind of love, her past self would never have let her have it or think she deserved it. 
She’s living a life she only dreamed of.

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