1. Starting Over
I'm trying to find something to base my life upon,
Something in this strange world that goes on and on.
As the years go by and time fades away,
What used to be "good days" are now filled with dismay.
Change Poems
Self Transformation Poems about Finding Inspiration in Life's Changes
All of us experience change in our lives. Change is the one constant in our lives. There are changes that we look forward to and change that we fear. However, one thing is for sure. Things will not stay the same no matter how much we would like them to. When a life change occurs, we have two choices in how to respond. We can despair that a change has come and assume that things will be worse, or we can look with excitement at the new possibilities for personal growth and change in self that the change presents.
46 Poems about Personal Growth
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Featured Shared Story
This poem touched me as well. I really don't want to go back in time, but I want to start my life again and change things around and do what I want to do. I want to live somewhere else and...
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2. Destined To Fly
I remember the day we met.
Too young to see the danger.
I didn't know the devil you were,
That you'd fill me with so much anger.Featured Shared StoryI'm rather inspired to witness a "rotted, dead flower" regaining his or her smile and faith in life. Drugs are illegal here in China, and we all know the anguish caused by drug addiction and...
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3. Before I...
Before I became strong, I knew what it was like
To be weak,
How difficult it is to love yourself,
To find the wholeness that you seek.Featured Shared StoryVery moving. Always good to read that someone has found light at the end of the tunnel. It's a bit like my poem Brighter Skies - knowing that when things are bleak and dreary there will be...
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4. All The World's A Stage
Famous Poem
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,Featured Shared StoryHe gets tired of his childhood and hastens to grow up; then he becomes nostalgic about his childhood. To gain wealth, he would endanger his health; then to regain his lost health, he spends...
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5. Change
Scared, confused, mindless clone,
Delving deeper into the unknown,
My heart is bruised, my soul crumbled.
The deep despair of lovers rumbled.Featured Shared StoryI am in a dreadful situation, too. I am in love with a guy. It has been 4 years now, but I can't marry him, not now, not ever. His family and mine are against our marriage, but I can't stop...
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6. My Life With Heroin
Thinking back on my life, when I was a little child,
So outrageous and bubbly doing things that were wild.
Thinking back on my life, all those wonderful years,
Not a care in the world, no worries, no fears.Featured Shared StoryMy daughter is a heroin addict. FOUR rehabs. In jail so many times, I can't even count. She lost custody of both kids. There hasn't been a day for 7 years that I have not lifted her up to...
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7. That's Life
This life is a wonderful gift .. accept it, embrace it.
It starts with a new day .. wake up and greet it.
Life is a challenge .. take it head on and meet it.
Full of opportunity .. use it, don't waste it. -
8. Addiction Is Deceiving
You,
You are so deceiving.
When you come into my life,
You make me feel the best I can,Featured Shared StoryI was going through emails and I saved all the poems of the week so I could go back and read them when I was done. I read kinda fast through them because I usually don't reply or really give...
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9. Love Is Better Than Hate
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Love is better than hate.
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10. Equality
Famous Poem
You declare you see me dimly
through a glass which will not shine,
though I stand before you boldly,
trim in rank and marking time.Featured Shared StoryTruely inspirational poem. This is the cry of present time that it is the 21st century and people are still struggling for equality, which is far from reach for many.
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11. New Year
Another year is coming to a close.
We can forget our troubles and woes.
For me, this year was tough.Featured Shared StoryIt was very true what you stated about this past year. My new relationship was complicated, but with my new man, the love of my life, we will strive and move on with this special relationship...
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12. The Will To Win
Famous Poem
If you want a thing bad enough
To go out and fight for it,
Work day and night for it,
Give up your time and your peace andFeatured Shared StoryI like how I became motivated to proceed with caution concerning my worldly desire. I do not want my faith and hope to be misplaced. When my will is invoked by deep feelings of want for...
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13. My World With Love And God
My future is coming alive.
All tomorrows will be mine.
It's just around the corner,
Just a pause in time.Featured Shared StoryThis poem has really touched me. I am so lonely after my girl dumped me just because I have no good money. However, I have struggled with the truth and managed to move on by myself hoping...
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14. Simpler Times
Take me back to those simpler times
When all I sang were nursery rhymes,
When stealing chocolates was my only crime,
When sleep used to come early, at nine,Featured Shared StoryThis poem is very relatable. I remember always wanting to act like an adult and dressing up like one. Looking back, I should have enjoyed being a kid for as long as I could. Let this remind...
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15. The Ghost Of My Past
Fumbling, stumbling,
around in the dark.
Fighting, igniting,
flames from a spark.Featured Shared StoryI love your poem. It has so much depth. I am using it in a speech I am giving for The New Opportunity school for Women on Berea KY. Thank you for your poetry.
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16. All Because Of You
My life is changing.
The life that I've had,
It's changing forever,
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17. Seeds Of Growth
Water the seed, and a plant will grow.
Feed the plant, and a tree will grow.
Give a tree room, and it will bloom.
A seed to a plant,Featured Shared StoryI had an idea of what being a father was. But, as I had my own children, becoming a father made me reflect and change completely my relationship with my parents and what I conceived as being...
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18. The Way It Is
I can feel my heart beating beneath my chest.
Why do you scream at me? All I do is my best.
My life is a nightmare, only I am awake.
Why was it my fault? Where was my mistake?Featured Shared StoryI get it. It's the same for me except it's my mom that hates me. I'm afraid of her, and you literally just described what goes on in my house with her.
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19. Rainy Days When I Was Young
When I was young on rainy days,
Alone on my front porch I'd play.
I'd lose myself in another time
That I could create with my toys and my mind. -
20. Winter Stars
Famous Poem
I went out at night alone;
The young blood flowing beyond the sea
Seemed to have drenched my spirit’s wings—
I bore my sorrow heavily.
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