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Best Poems Written by Lani Meaney

Below are the all-time best Lani Meaney poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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The Setting Sun

A crimson sky breaks the distant shore,
The village Elder telling a story of folklore,
The children laugh and play joyfully,
Their laughs echoing happily,

The mothers hold their babies close,
Families sitting by the fire, with the ones they love most,
Nearby owls listen in a tree,
“Cloaked by the night, they’re not scared, they’re free”,

A distant howl, travels to their ears,
They ought to be frightened, but they haven’t in years,
They know they are safe, they respect the wildlife,
They no longer sharpen the blades of their knife,

The moon is high in the sky,
The feast is over for that night,
The villagers have a smile upon their face,
Excited for the next gathering in a few days.

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A short breathless moment

For a moment your vision become blurred,
Until you blink again and the tears stream down your face,
Your shoulders are shaking from the force of your sobs,
Your breath feels stuck, as if it’s just out of reach,
Just take a deep breath, your going to be okay,
I know that for so long, you’ve kept your sadness at bay.

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Humiliation

Humiliation
I look at the ground, my cheeks flushing red,
I don’t need to look at them , I can feel their gazes fixated on me,
My breath is as shaky as my hands,
The lights are blinding, and I can barely see the crowd, but maybe that’s a good thing,
 I hope I wiped away the tears completely, the hurtful words of that message still lingering in my mind,
True panic sets in, when I realise, I couldn’t remember the lyrics of the song, 
Now I will just have to act and mouth along,
The message is the only words I can think of,
 I learned these lyrics so many times, yet one hurtful text made it seem like I didn’t,
I see a camera flash in the crowd, and my breath becomes quick,
The conductor shoots a stern look in my direction, 
Suddenly, I can remember the lyrics,
Relief numbs out the panic, and I can finally sing,
I place a smile upon my face,
Just breathe, relax it will all be okay.

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Water

Raindrops pelted against the window, rolling down the paned glass like tears,
Not unlike the way tears were rolling down my pained face,
The sky was crying with me,
As the plants drowned in the rain,
It felt like I was drowning in my worries,
There was a restlessness within me, and I knew I couldn’t just sit there,
I knew I couldn’t just allow my anxiety to take over,
I stepped into the rainstorm, just for a moment,
And let it wash away all the negativity, all the overthought thoughts,
And as I stepped inside once more,
I could take a proper breath,
I was calm once again, everything was okay.

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Getting Over You

It’s been a year now since we were like family,
We talk sometimes now, but are so far from how close we use to be,
When I drive by your estate, the one I spent so many nights in,
I think of when we were just two inseparable kids,

It shouldn’t hurt this much to see you moving on,
But when you left it hurt enough to write this song,
You’re making inside jokes,  just like we use to do,
In June 2024, I thought I’d never have to miss you,

We said going to different schools, wouldn’t change our friendship,
Yet the moment we left that classroom, your tone began to shift,
I thought I’d found my maid of honour for my wedding day,
But you were just another lesson, the hardest one I had to face,

It shouldn’t hurt this much to see you moving on,
But when you left it hurt enough to write this song,
You’re making inside jokes just like we used to do,
In June 2024, I thought I’d never have to miss you,

Opened, delivered, texting dry,
Until you left without a goodbye,
You will never know about the tears I’ve cried,
Each one hitting the pillowcase, shows how much I have tried,
I tried to keep our friendship, you were just like family,
Now a year later, you still mean so much to me,

It shouldn’t hurt this much to see you moving on,
But when you left it hurt enough to write this song,
You’re making inside jokes just like we use to do,
In June 2024, I thought I’d never have to miss you,
In June 2024, I thought I’d never lose you.

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Confronting Shadows

I’m scared of the dark
When it’s dark our minds can wander
Creating objects and people that don’t exist
Anything or anyone could be hiding behind and object that we can’t see behind, waiting
Waiting to creep up to our bed and attack
The moment a floorboard creaks or a shuffling noise is heard we climb under the duvet 
The duvet is like a shield, a safe place away from the danger,
We reach for the light switch or a torch, our heart beating like a drum in our chest and our stomach twisted into a knot,
We fumble with the switch and shine the light around the room,
Praying what we fear isn’t there,
We take a sigh of relief when we see we are alone,
It was just a mouse between the floorboards, or the wind whistling through a semi-open window,
But sometimes if the torch isn’t there, or the light switch is beyond the battlefield we’ve created in our head,
We have to confront our shadows,
We have to confront our fears,
We can’t waste our life worrying about something that isn’t there,
A situation that isn’t happening,
We can’t waste opportunities because we assume the outcome will be terrible,
We have to take a deep breathe, put the torch away and know everything is as dangerous and frightening as we think.

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Gaslighter

She gaslighted me until my self worth had been burned,
She held her torch tightly in her hand, 
Prepared to blow up our friendship once more,
A flame flickered in her eyes, a flame only I could see,
She victimised herself, and everyone believed her,
No one sees the flame of vengeance she holds in her heart.