Poetry
Alone. That’s all I want to be Except it’s not. I’ve just learned to make the best of what I got- Which is nothing. I...
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The only time we had Was the time we stole In between the monotony of the day. Now you are on a new path I...
You were supposed to be my rockAnchoring me against the storm Instead you became a waveWashing me up on the shore. The hollowness of your promises Rings...
Sadness permeates my bones For I am truly alone. Did you ever love me Or was it an alternative reality? Memories spin and twist Was...
Another week Come and gone Another reminder That I am alone Funny how they need you When their world is falling apart Funny how they...
I curse the day I met you I am haunted by your lies You left me with a hollowness That eats away at my insides...
This old soul Rattles around inside my bones Full of wisdom of its own The willows weep As the sky cries Begging me to listen...
How do you deal with goodbye How do you live with never again How do I get through The day without you? This surrealistic nightmare...
Autonocron Working tirelessly in the machine Of your oppressive reality Do not shine Your light in here Do not breathe A sigh of relief For...
I find it odd now That I ever loved you I find it odd now That I ever knew you I find it odd now...
Pasting my life on paper pages Flashes of all that we were invade my mind Was it all that happy? Was it all the way...
When you are out having fun You don’t give me a second thought Or even a sideways glance Until you need something Then I suddenly...
What if our now Is just echos of someone’s yesterday? What if our present Is just someone else’s past? What if the world has already...
I fall for your lies Every single time Honied words trickle to my ears Making me swoon and sway But how they burn the next...
Am I invisible to you? Just another voice in a crowded room- Or do you purposely ignore me? Am I the friend That you are...
I see the way you look at me When I speak to you. But if you only knew~ The me of twenty-two. My eyes were...
I know you don’t think I am worth a second of your time But if you just stop to listen A surprise you may find...
You claim to be all grace and faith But I can see your smile is fake I hear the words you utter in the dark...
I can shoulder The responsibility For your unhappiness If that is what you want. Broken promises Broken minds Broken hearts Are we ever the person...
The wind changes direction The weather acts wild Fear of change lingers on the lips But not everything is an omen The skies may darken...
Beauty is only skin deep Puncture it and we all bleed In the end we all die Just like Jesus did for you and I...
Awoken by tragedy Sleep refusing to return Eyes heavy with the morning sun The nights run together The days fade away And you disappear like...
Waking up With the hollow feeling of disappointment Rattling around in my heart It gnaws at my happiness And slowly eradicates it Maybe I should...
When every day Is a struggle to create Mired down in the muck Of self loathing and hate My creativity sometimes just suffocates Nobody will...
I understand you can’t make time for me. But could you just hear my plea? My heart is breaking you see I’m drowning in misery....
When I broke away from you It broke me inside Severed me in two. But little by little I forgot our love And all its...
I crafted the story That I wanted to tell With no thoughts of final sales. I poured my soul Into the pages of these tomes...
Feeling like the ocean Opened up and swallowed me Drowning in a waveless sea Nothing but anxiety. The gravity of reality Weighing me down Chains...
I recently received some pieces of art that I had “loaned” out to my mother. I had completely forgotten about them. I rediscovered I was...
I live in my mundane little town With no sites to be seen Yet I keep coming back Because it is home to me. Keep...
What was life like Before car seats And dance recitals What was life like When it was just me Wandering aimlessly What was life like...
I am not a lemming I refuse to color in the lines you provide I am not the type to fall in line Or lay...
All I see Is the eye is too big The arm is too long All I see Are the flaws I can never see the...
Unfinished poems and stories Lie in wait For a time when I can again create Broken promises And lies Seem to leave me paralyzed Add...
I was never your kind of beautiful I was never your kind of smart But still you insisted On breaking my heart If I wasn’t...
The rules do not care For right or wrong Only if you follow along. The rules are impartial They do not see Pain or suffering....
I’ve given up on everything There is no point to this endless pain To care is to bleed And from this lesson I take heed....
I was not born of sludge I came from above Full of light and love When I die I will not dissipate As so many...
I am tired of raging Against the relentless sea Oblivion come wash over me Take me away To a dreamless sleep Where I will no...