Best Poems Written by Kay Seif

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The Flame In Me

I have been stuck
In the hole that has been dug for me
My fire was snuffed
In the efforts to diminish me

I conceded 
The despair overbore
The darkness shadowed over 
Agony prolonged
Who am I

Are the lost gone forever
Or can it be found

When you look -
Pure intentions in mind
Then it’s reflection
Peaks through

Is this little ray of light
Enough to reignite
That spark that I’ve been missing
In my stormy night

For this search will strike
For them 
For you
For me
I hope this flame can burn again 

So I can be me

Copyright © Kay Seif | Year Posted 2025


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Anger

She is a nightmare,
she is the shadow that follows you on a sunny day
She is the monster under the bed your parents told you didn’t exist 
She is the clouds that cover the night sky
She is the depths of the mountain no one dares to climb
She is the aura of the world

Everyone is a victim of her
Although some more gruesome than others
She can overcome you and possess you to obey her 
She can attack you through the people you hold close

she always wins,
You can try to manage her
You can try to suppress her
But in the end she will not stop 
Until she triumphs
She will make you cry
She rejoices in your pain 
She will cause you hurt for as long as she can
As if a deadly disease 
She never truly leaves you
Until the day you die

Copyright © Kay Seif | Year Posted 2025

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To Exist Or To Love

Every day of our lives is filled with uncertainty
It’s easy to exist 
When everything else fails 
We default our existence
But with love 
We learn to live

Love is music
Love is dance
Love is art
Love is books
Love is whatever lights up your soul

Our souls are more important 
Than the infinite universe that surrounds
When facing the things we turn away from 
When facing the unknown
Love is constant
Love brings you back 
from the depths of the dark
Love helps our souls to grow 
Our souls define 
whether we are living or existing
I chose to live
I chose to love

Copyright © Kay Seif | Year Posted 2025

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The Storm

A storm is coming

The sun is shining 
The birds are singing
The grass is green
That's when you know
A storm is coming 

You can feel it
The tension in the air
You can sense it 
The anxiety it brings

Nothing lasts forever
The high of happiness 
Always brings a storm

You start to notice
The shaking in your hands
The race running through your mind
The loss of your appetite 
The mess in your room
The self-isolation 
A storm is coming

Darkness clouds your every thought
Everything comes raining down
As your tears flood your home
Your life thundering with anger
Hoping soon the lightning strikes you 
The storm is here

Everything is destroyed 
The damage is permanent 
But no one seems to notice
The pain of what you’ve lost 

You call for help
No one answers 
Your alone
You search for safety 
But you can’t escape yourself

The storm is never-ending 
Until you decide to end it all

Copyright © Kay Seif | Year Posted 2025

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My Sensible Heart

My sensible heart
It keeps me alive
My head commands me - 
There’s no other way out
When everything crumbles 
When I'm lost 
I think I’ll never be found 
My sensible heart
It keeps me alive
My life starts to unravel 
My head starts to spiral 
My faults start to surface 
I want everything to - stop
but
My sensible heart 
It keeps me alive

Copyright © Kay Seif | Year Posted 2025


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To This Day

To this day

Their words still haunt me

I’ll never forget
The duplicity of their friendship
As little by little they tore me apart
The people I trusted were the people I shouldn’t

I was just a little kid

Surrounded by the cruelty of the world
I didn’t understand the worth of my soul
Now time has run out
I’m broken and scarred 

I’ll never forget 

I’m a three-dimensional being
created by the shadows of their pain
Their words were false
But to me they rang true

I’ll never forget
The tears that I cried 
I’ll never forget 
How my spirit died

Copyright © Kay Seif | Year Posted 2025

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Dance

Moving, passionately 
Feeling your emotions deep into your bones
Letting your soul release
Giving up a piece of yourself
In order to create

Reaching into the depths of who you are
Pouring yourself out
The audience watches
But no one sees 

Profound, immeasurable
The comfort 
The anguish
Your heart beating out
Taking it all in 

Every count
Every breath
Every dance
Telling your story

Copyright © Kay Seif | Year Posted 2026

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