Rite of Passage & Identity Poems

Rites of Passage
	Rite of Passage & Identity Poems In learning to live, and learning who we are, you may be able to relate to others' struggles with finding themselves, growing up, and learning life's important lessons. That's what these poems are about.

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Edge of the Cliff, Before the Fall
About how happiness is deceiving...
Do You Love Me Daddy?
Do you love me Daddy? It's all I used to want...
Haunted Houses
What is a haunted house?
The Grail
Searching for one's soul.
As Time Goes On
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Still Frame
I don't want to be me today.
Sheep
Follow the crowd, sheep.
Divinity
Faith, Hope, Love, Destiny... Divinity. Hope you like.
This Land is Yours
What hope for the youth of today?
To Change It All
Us humans, we think we're so smart. But here we are, killing our future... A poem against child abuse... and abuse of any sort. Hope you like.
Keep That Smile
I'll get through this. Negativity isn't getting me anywhere. If I keep smiling then I know it'll be ok. Nothing can bother me at this point... I'm too giddy about the future! Hope you like it!
Fading Friendship
I just have a feeling it's going nowhere. I stayed here, through thick and thin... but it seems we got in a rut and the only way out is through separate ways... on our own. Hope you like it.
If It's My Fault, Let Me Sink
I need to make my own decisions and mistakes. If those mistakes drown me, so be it, but they're mistakes I have to make. And sometimes, you can get close, but you never really get past those mistakes.
Interest
Ever heard "You owe it to yourself"? Sometimes I feel like I owe a debt to myself.
To Forgive
It's been years and a dream showed me that I still hold old hurts. I'm not sure how to go about it... but I must right a wrong. I must learn to forgive, no matter how difficult. Hope you like it!
The Key to Growing Up
About how great you thought growing up would be as a child, but once you actually grow up, it's never quite what you expected.
Path of Choice
Making decisions is what life's all about, which is why we can't ever seem to figure out the meaning of life.
I Am What I Hate
A poem about self-discovery.
Older
Questions about the future.
The Lament of the Depressed
A poem that reads the full details of true emotions of a depressed young man. He is confused in life and is looking for a new beginning. I believe that this is how many depressed people might feel,...
Dark Thoughts
A somber struggle with depression.
Where I'm Going
I don't know where I'm going. I hope I figure it out soon.
Just Wanna Scream
How I feel right now because I got no one anymore, my family hates me. I'm always fucking up so why can't. I just be taken away from this world.
The Want and the Right
Another Buzzle Author, Dream Walker, emailed me asking me to write a poem about being stuck on a decision, between what one wants, and what's right.
What is Wrong With Us
Life upset and problems with all that life gives us. Let me know what you think.
A Thought of My Life
A response to Ashlie Norup's poem, "A Thought That is My Life". Hopeful.
What I Am
A shadow. A breeze. A ghost. A whisper. A glimmer. A stone.
Colors of Us
Colorful emotions.
Mother's Love
We have all heard the saying before, "there's nothing like a mother's love."
Not Over
It just keeps on, keeping on.
Someday...
Someday I'll watch the world crumble around you.
Shadow of a Cheshire Cat
Just some thoughts, but I'm not as angry as it sounds.
Happy in My Skin
Allow yourself to shine.
All Out
Tell someone who cares.
Here I Am
We all have ups and downs, but it's what inside us that defines our ability to bounce back and be the best we can be.
Perfection Vs. Realization
The truth with perfection and the need to find true identity.
Resurfacing
The regaining of ones' self from darkness.
Caught in my Mind
Some thoughts and conclusions, caught in delusion.
Die a Little... Live a Lot
Not mine. This is one of my friend's poetry... I do not own this.
Complete
Not sure how to be. Overcome by all, and show none.
The Blinding of Darkness
This is a poem about a girl I knew called Ella.
I'm Getting By
I'm doing just fine.
Heart Beats Alone
I'm just here.
A Daughter's Thought...
A state of topsy-turvydom in my mind....
Woken
"Is it written? Is it spoken? I was smitten. I had woken."
I'll Get What I Want
This was Random!
Diary of Wanderlust - Me Against Myself
A glimpse of a few things that cross my mind, when I seek solitude and silence..
The Victory
From being homeless, to the battle with depression just to name a few... Here I stand stronger and better which means victory.
Unheard
I had no idea what this was going to be when I started.
All Return to Rubble
Well, there's a whole story behind this but I erased it all because I thought it was too long. So instead I'll say that my cousin OD'd 2 months ago (but is still alive) and I'm kind of mad at the...
Diary of Wanderlust - Crying Out For Freedom
It's a song I have been working on... Another addition in the diary of Wanderlust... Hope you enjoy it, take a second and associate with it, and given a chance, get back with your own thoughts on...
Do You Know Why...?
Cute, obedient, delicate, shy, modest... next time any of you ladies get any of these compliments, remember, there are two sides to all coins... and allusions.
Why Do I Have to Survive?
A few questions resonating in my mind...
Nonsense
I actually gave this a little bit of meaning at the end... Score.
Broken Trance
My mind is reeling.
Two Sides, Two Stories
Each person has multiple personalities, but it all depends on which personality will take the victory.
Why Depressed...
Read if you are depressed, and let me know if it works.
Not Just a Girl...
This poem is an abstract conversation between a girl and her inner self "me". Her inner self is trying to tell her that she is not just a girl but a "life" indeed. This poem...
How Do You Think I Feel?
A point of view of what some of my friends feel about the rape exams.
My Mind's Eye!
Thoughtful conflict!
Lost
Some things just driving me crazy I guess.
The Nights
He showed me the way.
Maybe
This goes out to Kelly :) p.s I hate you a lot.
Long Before Our Heart Forgot
Notes: This was a lot of fun to write. Who is it? What is it about? To answer is to render the poem insignificant when the poem itself leads you to the only thing of value.
The World in My Head
Stuck in thought for the first time in a long time.
Drained
Some thoughts on my life at the moment.
Stanzas for Slavery
This is about slavery. The first stanza is about a field slave. The second a house slave. The third a mixed race child.
Our Fears
What really is the cause of people failing in life. The answer to that is nothing but FEAR. People are afraid of doing what they can.
She is Me
A poem about finding yourself, and acknowledging there's always going to be a part of you that hates you.
I'll Never Escape
I don't want to think, but you can't escape your own mind.
A Dot in the World
I just don't care about a lot of things. How is that so hard to understand?
Am I Broken?
A few thoughts. Personal meaning for me, but what does it mean to you?
Empty World
o_o
Cracks Make Me Whole.......
About me trying to get past all the depression and hard times in my life and just live....
Fake
A perspective of What I think my friend is going through she is having a hard time.
Something I Need To Do??
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Living So Large
Comparisons of everyday life.
Two Faces of Me
Two different things intertwined into one.
Time May Heal...
Time has a way of healing most of our problems, but the scars remain imprinted into our being.
Taken for Granted
I'm not always gonna be there for you. You gotta realize this is a two way street, as best friends you should know this and be there for me.
My Sublime Corrosion
I feel like I bounced all over the place on this one. I started with the self, then my thoughts, back to my self, and then ended up on you. Of course I did.
Live
Just keep trucking, and you'll get there.
Don't Talk, Speak
Annoying people who think I care about their gossip..guess what? I don't!
Dreaming
Just a dream I had with a lot of truth in it. Let me know of what your interpretation of this is.
Home
A place to call home =)
I Miss
Some recent thoughts.
Nameless Faces
Ending up alone, in a sea of Nameless Faces.
What Nobody Knows
My sister wrote this. What do ya think.
Breaking Free
A short poem I wrote about the relationship between my mother and me. Please keep in mind that I'm only 14 and this is my first poem.
Black and White
Some people can't give things at face value. I just wanted the whole picture.
Falling for a Cliff
The cliff and me.
Hell of a Time
Things have been looking up recently.
Would You
Just a poem about life and all the crap, and friends in it. By Bobbie Peoples. Let me know what you think.
My Girl
My bf wrote this to me I think it sweet like all man should be like.
Graveyard In My Heart
This poem deals with the feelings of a boy suffering from depression. he was never wanted. being talented he didn't got any opportunities to prove himself, his dreams were crushed. his healthy...
Laughter
What I can't say in person.
What If
I'm stuck between my feelings and my convictions. I don't know which to be true to.
This is Mine
BLAH.
True Friends
My friends were there when I needed them and this is how I felt.
Unbelieve
Just a poem about life and all the crap in it. By Bobbie Peoples. Please let me know what you guys think.