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Best Poems Written by Kayla Griggs

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Alliteration Poem About Love

A love that lasts never reminds me of my past,
I always knew I wasn’t made of glass

Still, I was so sure that I could never be more;
Then the tears spilled, deluging the floors

Despite this truth, my love for you
still blazes through my bodily core 

I feel it on the worst nights when there's a gnawing in my chest
And on my finest days, I still can't forget

The ways you've embraced, me for all that I am
All my pain, all my flaws, and all my sins,

I could never repay you for what you've done
Or for the person, you've helped me become

I promise to love you, even on the cloudiest days
So you can see yourself in all these admirable ways

I know we can make it, don’t lose faith yet 
I’ll love you forever until I breathe my last breath

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A Cruel World

The world is ending, I see it in my dreams while I sleep

Homeless people fill up the streets, looking for a buck to eat

Only feelings of despair and defeat



There are drug filled streets only a few will meet

Some that kill, some that heal, and others tend to leave

The world is ending, I see it in my dreams while I sleep



The world used to be, sort of technicolor to say the least

Now, there's a price to pay in order to be free

I see, only feelings of despair and defeat

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The Girl Who Cried Wolf

Hoping for attention, it’s a game she played
Resented by her grandfather, all he knew was shame
She was lonely, broken, and bruised -
Comparable to rotten fruit;
She was always picked over, left to rot in that shame too

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My Father's Ghost

The man whose supposed to love me the most;
has hurt me the most, isn’t that funny?
Was it because I resembled you, 
Or was it that I reminded you of the innocence once stolen from you?
Maybe it was the resentment that built up,
Due to the lies you sold yourself as an excuse to keep drinking
Why was it though, that you’d rob me of any opportunity to believe someone could love me?
Was it too much to imagine,
a life where I received the unconditional love which was absent in yours?
Whatever it may be, I forgive you 
Because I cannot fathom existing another day with this anchor in my heart
I tried my best to save you, but I learned there is no saving
And that’s when I knew, the problem didn’t lie in me;
It was always you
See,
I don’t blame myself anymore, and I don’t place blame on you
I’ve chosen to accept you, all your broken pieces to
I only hope there’s a chance for us, to finally, heal our wounds

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The Outsider

Living in an altered state, how did things become this way?
Raise your hand if you would like to speak;
And keep your butt glued to that seat
Many others live this way, but I can’t keep my mind at bay
Conforming to the rules they’d speak, like little puppets on a string
Passion growing in my feet, the fire burning takes my seat
As I’m standing, they say “sit down”
But all I ever hear are sounds
I never raise my hand to speak, disrespectful to say the least
I wonder if they’ll notice me;
A child who struggles with ADHD
I know I’ve always been this way, an outsider in a way
But look at me, I’m living free
And becoming what they never thought I’d be

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My Fathers Addiction

In all my years of living, I’ve been afraid of love
I was taught that it would leave me, and never stay for long

I learned that it would take until there's nothing left 
Then I’d be left with pieces from broken promises and regret

Although this may be true and long past overdue
There’s still a fire burning in me, longing to be loved by you

I can’t say I forgive you since it hasn’t happened yet
But I see the difference in you and that I can’t forget

You’ll always be my dad and I’ll always be your little girl
And your battle with addiction won’t always keep the score

I see the fighter in you, it’s engraved into our core
Please don’t give up yet, there’s a world be explored

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Time Heals All Wounds

Predictable advice, the only kind that’s ever given
I mean, is it true? Does time really heal all wounds?
Because my wounds are still covered in scabs,
Cracking around the edges
And I’m still waiting for time to come and save me, 
But it hasn’t 
How could it be true,
If time’s supposed to heal all wounds why haven’t mine healed yet?
By now;
My body should be covered in scars
And my bones;
Filled with bruises 
But instead, my wounds are still gaping - fluently bleeding around the surface 
So I guess it’s true, time hasn’t been in my favor 
Nor on the darkest days, the friendliest neighbor 
But time did teach me, the key to patience 
And how to be my own savior
Time may not heal all wounds or even any at best,
But it can still teach you, how to accept

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Confessions

I thought I knew what love was,

What it meant, how it felt, and how to contain it without absorption

But I could’ve never been more wrong

The idea was foreign to me until our paths crossed,

Until our eyes met between shimmers of light in a crowded room,

Our hearts between microphones, consoles, and television

And our souls between the familiarity of being a victim in the past

The truth is and I’ve said this before,

But know now I’ve never meant it more - 

I never knew what love was until I met you

You show me patience when mine is thin,

You show me compassion when my heart has gone cold, 

and the world numb

You love me with intention

The intention to be more than superficial 

I can only promise to love you the same in return,

Until I breathe my last breath,

And the dirt overturned

I love you, always 

xoxo

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Toxins

I once compared myself to black mold;
the toxic kind that spreads
Contaminating surfaces, only feelings of regret
What used to be a room full of people, now has no one left
Wondering if I’ve caused this, was it something that I said?
Questions go unanswered, that’s when it starts to spread
Like a ball of yarn unraveling;
from a single thread
I’m not sure how to stop it, I’d rather just forget
And let the toxins take me until disease has set
Spores will start to germinate, maybe mushrooms next
Consuming every part of me, only black mold was left

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Grandpa's Tribute

I remember my phone ringing loudly
The sun had only just begun to peer across the horizon

There was a familiar voice on the other line,
“It’s grandpa...”

I knew what that meant, even barely awake at 7 AM
But still, all I could say was “what do you mean”?

I’m not quite sure what I expected her to say, anything other than;
“He’s gone, honey"
But that's all she said

Although we didn’t say goodbye before you laid to rest
I’m positive now, that I could've never guessed; 
All the words I might have said, while you laid there dead

All you are now is a memory, a fragment in time at best
But you will always be my grandpa, my hero

The man who saved me from the dangling edge