EllPoet Emotionally Raw Poetry.

  • It’s been awhile between drinks.

    It’s been awhile between drinks.

    I have been absent for awhile, my life just seemed to speed out of control, I was not in the drivers seat, I was watching, nervous, full of anxiety, biting my nails, tears constantly flowing & no ability to grab the wheel again. That’s how my I was recently, it’s been building up for the…

  • Is it selfish to put yourself first?

    Is it selfish to put yourself first?

    I have this issue, I find it almost impossible to put myself first, I will always put my daughter, partner, wife & mother ahead of myself, if not friends as well. If I do put myself first I feel selfish, my mind goes into guilt mode. Berating myself, if I really love them surley I…

  • Crestfallen.

    Her scars are so well hidden, tied up with a ribbon They have pushed her to be driven, easy street never a given She looks at them often, to remind her of what can not be forgotten Her childhood forsaken, the reality was disillusion, her fate unchosen She is the very definition of a self…

  • Layers of me.

    Layers of me.

    I started to peel off the final layer, hands shaking, what would I find Would I be disappointed yet again, would I finally have to admit to total failure Thoughts in my mind, telling me I would find only misery, nothing unique I would not be able to face the truth, I would be finally…

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