Inspiration by Sue Ellson
Authenticity Poem By Sue Ellson On the path to authenticity I stumble and I fall As I conquer the expectations Of society’s rule for all This bumpy path I tread So ready to trip me up It smirks and it laughs As it tries to empty my cup But I grip that cup …
Unravel Poem By Sue Ellson UnravelBy Sue Ellson As I pause And wait a while I feel my heart Start to file The thoughts and dreams I can’t forget The hurts and harms I must process I want to moveLet the moment pass byIt’s uncomfortable to unravelWhat I’ve held with pride If …
Sleep Poem By Sue Ellson I sleep now and then Because my body pleads It needs a break from life To get the rest it needs I sleep now and then When my mind finally stops It often reaches capacity And feels exhausted and cross I sleep now and thenIf I pause from …
Pain Alert Poem By Sue Ellson Pain created an alert To my body’s suffering and hurt I didn’t know what I was missing Until I realised what I was losing My brain sees fantasy and reality But my mind converts either into pain My emotions may drive my behaviour To move forward I …
Agony Poem By Sue Ellson In agony clarity In agony grief In agony awareness That time is a thief It steals our memoryOf joy so sweetIt leaves us hungryTo feel complete In agony we awakenTo our own imperfectionIn agony we loosenOur grip on perfection But here in this placeWhere control has …
Post Traumatic Growth Poem By Sue Ellson As the trauma builds Beneath the surface I wonder how I can escape the furnace The fire, the fury The hurt, the worry The fear, the mire I feel so sorry Intensity rising Anxiety spiralling Depression sickening Stress increasing But at some pointI make …
Hoping Poem By Sue Ellson I hoped I prayed I wished For the day I tried In faith I cried For the way A dream A desire A longing So dire In truth A fantasy Nowhere near Reality But caught Contained Somehow Restrained Limited beliefs Sorrowful weeks Ignoring the …
Domestic Violence Poem By Sue Ellson In relationship I thought I would find true love After all it had such A wonderful start I connected deeply In heart and mind Their touch, their word Was all I wanted to find Then one day A trigger occurred The hurt began My soul was stirred …
Joyfully Me Poem By Sue Ellson As I live Joyfully me I stop pleasing people So I can truly be As I live Truthfully me I stop pretending So I can truly be As I live Authentically I stop adjusting So I can truly be As I live Unpredictably I stop …
Reasons Poem By Sue Ellson How many reasons Over so many seasons Do I carry on this journey That challenge my destiny What right do I have To make my excuses I’ve overcome so many Unjust abuses My hard fought freedom Has been won through loss My eternal soul Can bear any cross …
By Sue Ellson If only I’d known The strength within To walk alone To begin again If only I’d felt Just good enough I’d have had a go And not beat myself up If only I had been Aware of my truth I’d have done so much more Way back in my youth …
By Sue Ellson By the seaside I sit a while I pause to reflect I cry and smile For here I am Lost in reverie Of times gone past Cast out to sea As the tides wash away My troubles and cares Eternity lives on My soul still dares In a moment’s …
Solitude Poem By Sue Ellson Free of drama Free of angst Free of chaos Calmly chaste Thoughts swirl Skin curls Heart aches Soul twirls Freedom is As freedom is Time is As time is In these momentsReflections occurRelief surfacesRumbles stir Like cleansing rainIt clears the painThe darkest hourReleases my cower …
A Sudden Passing Poem By Sue Ellson On the fateful day We lose a soul Their sudden passing Takes its toll Of memories past Of lost opportunities Of regretful choices Of sad communities How do we go on Without their love How do we reach Their star above How do we replace …
Lipstick Days Poem By Sue Ellson Remember the days When lipsticks were the craze Stockings and heels And in person deals Regular visits to the salon Various suits to match and put on Fragrant wafts of perfume On trains where you squeezed for room After work drinks at the pub Saturdays at the …
Happy New Year Poem By Sue Ellson Another year ends Another year begins Another year of dreams Left floating in the wind Another year of fears Another year of love Another year of triumphs Which ones will you keep hold of The small The big The ones so easily forgotten The felt The …
Courage Poem By Sue Ellson If I had courage What would I do Would I speak my truth And listen too If I had courage Would I give up the fight Could I truly forgive And release my plight If I had courage Would I trust in more Could faith support me To …
Half Poem By Sue Ellson Do I do things by half And regret never finishing Do I reflect on the past And realise I am half living Do I have complete faith And include the divine Do I run every race And forget to really shine Half baked Half lived Half cried …
Rejected Poem By Sue Ellson Rejected Ejected Dejected Forlorn No longer Needed Wanted Desired Or warned Just left Abandoned Waved goodbye Lost, lonely With tears in my eyes Hurt deep within Angry and sad Wondering why The hurt is so bad Forced to move onWith a push not a prodReluctantly lurchedFurther …
Faith Poem By Sue Ellson An inside belief Of something bigger than me A hope, a dream Of potentiality A nurturing A care For my tender heart That’s been hurt And torn Even broken apart Faith ever present Silent but sound Faith ever lasting Close and all around In my shadow hours …