Stepped Poems | Examples

He Stepped Up

He Stepped Up

In the quiet after heartbreak,
When the echoes of the past still stung,
You arrived not demanding,
Not to conquer, but to heal.

You saw the tender places in me,
The parts I didn’t trust,
Wounds carved by another’s hand,
And you stepped up when you didn’t have to.

My children, my loves,
They came with my scars, my fears
Yet you wrapped them in your kindness,
Taught them laughter,
Held them close when I was weary.

I watched you take it all:
The jagged pieces of my past,
The weight of my worries,
The never ending what ifs
That kept me awake in the dark.

You never flinched.
You carried them with me,
Turned burden into belonging,
Showed me how love can rebuild
From the rubble of what came before.

You gave me everything I’d ever wanted 
A home not just in bricks,
But in the comfort of your arms,
A love that listens, that steadies,
That stays.

In you, I found the softest place to fall,
The truest heart to trust,
And though the scars still remain,
They are no longer mine alone.
For you stepped up,
When you didn’t have to,
And in doing so,
You became everything I ever needed.

before voices stepped in


I can’t remember who I was,
before voices other than mine stepped in.

I think I wanted to be
a movie director, a script I read in kindergarten—
a line or two still hums when I dream.

I think I wanted to be
a fashion designer, my first sketches—
heels like daggers, dresses stitched with thunder.

I think I wanted to be
a writer, during math class in middle school—
a girl with powers, betrayed by her lover.

Now I tell people I want to be
a marketing executive, a product manager—
since when, I can’t remember.

Before voices other than mine stepped in,
I think, I think—

I wanted to be
the hand behind moving dreams.



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Note: Inspired by a line I saw on Pinterest 'Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?'


Premium Member bison stepped on my foot today

Brutish bison stepped on my left foot today
Making me less merry, forcing me to delay
It weighed a ton, so what could I do?
I yelled “Get off of my tennis shoe!”

Skittish bison got startled and galloped away
My toe is broken, bleeding, its nail is turning gray.
So, I cannot come over for my play date today.
Maybe you should invite my cousin Jay.

You Stepped Into the Garden

You stepped into the garden
arrived the Bougainvillea of the spring
stanzas of poetry

You're putting on the big eyeglasses
lips on bouquet get concealed behind
the maze of metaphor

In the nest of deep green leaves
the bud is in a swell
waves of poems rhythmic

In the flute, the serotonin circuit 
igniting the flames of an orange
the flavour of a sonnet

The chiselled shadow of your face 
on the light brown tea
my lips for the poetry

____________________________

25 January 2023

Premium Member Many Heroes Stepped Up On 911

The heroes ran in as others were booking out.
Those of us who are not selfless do not understand.
We watch in disbelief.
Who would run in there?

The building seemed to implode.
It was like there was a bomb placed in the middle.
Not like it had only been hit by a plane.
People jumped to their deaths. Did they die before they hit the ground?

We had our TVs on, because we were terrified.
And fascinated. But why? What is fascinating about death and sorrow?
What is fascinating about murder and suicide?
We still have many questions and not so many answers.

The twin towers. New York City, September 11th, 2001
Many heroes stepped up that day. Heroes in New York and in the sky.
Heroes took US Airline Flight 93 down,
so it could not kill more Americans.
Those who are not selfless cannot understand


Premium Member Ohh Man I Juz Stepped N Sum Poo-

Walking across the yard I fell I fall
 And on my pants I saw fresh manure
But at the park I sat on the bench
And when I got up
On the bottom of my foot
Sculpted I saw and looked a mound of manure
Oh! Man I just stepped in
Someone's doggy- doo
Ahh! Man I just gotten these new Air Jordan ™shoes

1/24/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022

Premium Member I Stand I Stepped In An Aquatic Spillway of a Dream Lake-

I STAND I STEPPED IN AN AQUATIC SPILLWAY OF A DREAM LAKE

Dream lake head waters
Thing of lacquer
Engaging lacquering
Full of shallows
Silent lac

I stand I stepped in an aquatic spillway of a dream lake

Out by the thought of lakes
Of my dreams, rivers streams
A body of waters
Cumulating waters gathering together,
All those rivers streams

I stand I stepped in an aquatic spillway of a dream lake

They which are perfumed from unseen scoter
In there within themselves lakeshores
Warming were those ground waters
Some sandy beaches pearl aqua clear blue
The soft shoreline shallowing

I stand I stepped in an aquatic spillway of a dream lake

Demersal, demersal ponding
In fact that it was swishing
A landlocked loch lacquering
So there I stand stepped in an aquatic spillway

Dream lake head waters

I stand I stepped in an aquatic spillway of a dream lake 


7/21/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©

Premium Member Day I Stepped On Back of a Chair

I stepped back onto the back of the chair, not the seat.
Began screaming when I realized I was going down hard.
My foot landed in six different directions.
I yelled “Get the boss! Get co-workers! Get everybody!”

Ambulance came to get me. EMTs were very nice.
Gave me medication that kept me from going into shock.
I had torn my meniscus, and my ACL and I had bruised a leg bone.
Valium and morphine got me through it; I was singing songs now.

I Stepped Outside To Sniff the Night

And gazed a hump shaped cloud
afront a winking moon

Premium Member She Dainty Stepped - Lei

I saw her first on windswept plain
Her gold hair shone like sunlit grain
Her skin as fair as cloud above 
A form that spoke to me of love...  

She dainty stepped; I held my breath
My heart did gasp, a gasp of death
For she was lame, as lame could be
Would love still fain join her with me?


         December 29, 2019
 LAY It On Me - 8 x 8 Poetry Contest
       Sponsor: Charles Messina

 + STRAND SELECT 5 Contest, any theme any form
               Sponsor: Brian Strand

Premium Member He Stepped On My Finger

He stepped on my finger,
So I bit off his toe.
He screamed and threw fits
And told everyone I know.

He tripped on my knee,
So I gave him a welt
He was shocked beyond shock
That I used a big belt

He hushed me but once
For the repercussions were not pretty
We married one night
In the bright town of New York City

He knows what he’s got
For I have hid nothing from him
He rarely touches me,
Knowing I will not take it as any kind of a whim

He stays in his place,
On his side of the bed,
He barely breathes sometime,
Full knowing my stead

He once raised his hand
As if to give me a slap
But then he remembered 
And pretended to clap

Stepped On a Bee

I stepped on a bee
That I didn't see
Screamed in pain like I'd been shot
Holding my foot that's fire hot

And this shouldn't be any news
But its a good idea to always wear shoes
People are poking me with tools in their fingers
Trying to dig out that bloody stinger

You would have thought that someone died
With all the noise and the tears I cried
But what I have failed to see
Is the fate of that poor honey bee

Premium Member The Cow Who Stepped

In Russia there lived a white cow,
A rare albino female sow.
  She stepped in some poo,
  And let out a big moo---
Modesty's turned her bright red now.

Premium Member When She Stepped Into My Life

When she stepped into my life





Wished always to have a sweet little sis,
I could taste heavens in her tender kiss.

My tiny heart throbbed for her love,
as I saw my friends live in that treasure trove.

God must have answered my prayers,
soon she was running up my thought stairs.

Her bubbly being and chubby cheeks,
She would teach me love and all Greek,

Her friends getting onto my nerves,
soon she was young with perfect curves,

Her wedding brought her still closer to me,
Evenings were cozy as we roamed in glee,

She migrated far and I was happy for her,
yet in memories of past, vision is blurred,

Staying afar, wish she achieves her goal,
deeper to my heart she is my twin soul .





For contest "When older or younger siblings step in" 
Sponsor- Eve roper    
Dedicated to my younger sis Jyoti who is now staying in Australia.
God as if has bestowed His blessings upon me by sending her into my life. 

Awarded 1st place win

James Stepped In

Needed to read, just myself, 
So James stepped in unexpected, 
Not hesitantly, but with ardour, 

Physically disabled, 
Well aware of my rights, 
To read and consider on my own. 

Mum wished to angle, 
My thoughts towards god, 
To a religious seat. 

But my chair was an intellectuals, 
My vision was unity and oneness, 
Not some to hell, others to heaven. 

James repelled them harshly, 
Said I had my own mind, 
Which could be secret to me. 

Rhoda Monihan 


17/12/2015

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