The power of poetry

I can truly say poetry has changed my life. I found my heart when I found poetry. I was in a very dark place, disconnected from myself and not knowing what it is I should be doing when one dark and lonely night I wrote a poem that summed up everything that was inside me. It was like a switch had been turned on and for the first time I could see myself. I met myself that night between the lines and the words and the ink that bled out onto the page before me. I was alive. I was real and I wanted to hold onto the feeling and never lose it so I continued to write. 

Some of my poems have had a bigger impact on me than others and I wanted to share those with you now. These are the poems that I can still feel deep in my bones when I read them. They say everything that needs to be said about my heart. 

This first poem made me realise I had something inside me that was worth sharing. I felt like a comet flying through the sky, not belonging to this word and this piece of writing made me see that I was beautiful regardless of feeling unseen or abrasive or not belonging. 

This next poem is one of my favourites it speaks of the wonderment inside. I have always been fascinated wth nature and I have always found it so magical, so this poems really speaks about the positivity I have inside of me even on the days when the sun doesn’t shine.

This last poem is one that hits deep in my gut. I’m a deep thinker but more than that I feel deep. My heart is often on the bottom of the ocean floor and I’m there lying right next to it. This is an acknowledgement to my strength. I won’t give up a fight easily, even if it’s with myself. 

Has poetry made a difference in you life? what is the one poem that really speaks to your heart?

Gemma x