Roses are red, violets are blue, here's a poetry thread, from me to you! (TW)

[Jynx]

Oh my stars @avant-garde you have a way with words. Thank you for sharing hun. And this is a little more context re: the bracelets?

[avant-garde]

@Jynx yeah

[Sparky79]

[Dreamy]

I haven't written any poetry for years up until recently when in my darkest moments and when sleep would evade me words started to fill my head. So this is what came out last night. It takes so much courage to share this here knowing that it's written in my most vulnerable times. But I hope it helps others to not feel so alone, through the good times and the bad we will stand together and find a way through ❤️.

Forgotten 

In a world that's full of chaos and everything moves so fast, we are the ones that are forgotten. 

We've told our stories, we've shared our pain but we've been dismissed and showed no care.

We reach our limits, it's all too much, we scream out for help but still we are ignored. 

How do you survive in a world where you don't belong, a world where you don't exist. 

We are left behind, pushed aside, tossed away like trash. 

Insignificant, unimportant, not welcome anywhere. Shamed and blamed, bruised and battered, broken beyond repair. 

We are forgotten. 

But here we stand with one another determined to make a change. 

To show the world we are more than the trauma we've endured.

Never forget the pain that others made you feel, but don't let it define you, let it empower you. 

Stand tall and proud, hold your head high, you are a warrior, you've fought throughout your life. 

We fight to be seen, to be heard, to survive with each and every breath we take. 

We will never be forgotten for we make our voices heard, we will scream and shout and tell the world that we are here. 

[Sparky79]

[Sparky79]

[avant-garde]

I wrote this yesterday...

I'm sorry my life isn't yours

with the job, partner, house

I'm sorry my life isn't yours

without my dark past

I'm sorry my life isn't yours

with the success you've had

I'm sorry my life isn't yours

with the kids that aren't dead

I'm sorry my life isn't normal

the way you would expect

I'm sorry my life isn't normal

and I don't have your regrets

I'm sorry my life isn't normal

that I don't have your typical job

I'm sorry my life isn't normal

but I deal with the life I've got

I'm sorry I don't walk your path

so you don't know how to relate

I'm sorry I don't walk your path

but what makes your life so great

I'm sorry I don't walk your path

or have your lessons to learn

I'm sorry I don't walk your path

and that I struggle to have a home

I'm sorry you see me differently

like I haven't done it right

I'm sorry you see me differently

that my life doesn't look bright

I'm sorry you see me differently

that somehow I'm unfortunate

I'm sorry you see me differently

that somehow I'm what's wrong

my life may not be perfect

but my life is God's design

my life may not be perfect

but at least my life is mine

you don't know my battles

or the fears that I still face

you don't know my battles

so less judgment and more grace

[Ru-bee]

What a beautiful way to express your thoughts and feelings @avant-garde I love the message. These lines stuck with me in particular

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my life may not be perfect

but at least my life is mine

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[Shaz51]

@orez , this is @avant-garde tread 

or you can start a new one 

@Dreamy , @Sparky79 , @Jynx , @Ru-bee , @tyme 

[orez]

@Jynx I have received this via a question asking about if there was such a place....fan*TAS*tic.