The Poetry Project

By Damien Ruiz
#1 - Book Spine Poetry - It’s Us

It Looks Like Us.

The Silence That Binds Us,
The State of Us,
What Stalks Among Us.
When You Look Like Us,
The Sound of Stars,
Defy The Worlds,
Defy The Stars.
#2 - Blackout Poetry - Blank Stare

He was standing there, in Despair.

Abandoned, he snapped out of his mind.

After a long pause, he’d made contact

again,

Can you hear me?

 #3 - Free Verse Poetry
Why Do I Overthink So Much?

It’s always been a problem for me.

My mind ihas thoughts and memories constantly going through it whenever and wherever I go.

I try and distract myself from them but they never go away and it’s almost like they’re stuck in my head.

I get so scared and anxious every time the bad scenarios play in my head.

I want it to stop but they’re all stuck with me.

No matter how mard I try to forget it, they’re always gonna be in the back of my mind.

They affect the way I think of people and affect the people closest to me.

They get in the way of my relationships with others and it makes me look ike a bad person what can’t trust or believe
anyone and what they tell me.

And everytime my thoughts get in the way, they always ask me….

Why do you overthink so much?

#4 - Creative Free Verse Poetry - True Love
 #5 - Found Poem - Her
Everytime I look at you, you make my heart dance.
For you it wasn’t love at first sight it was love at first glance.
You are pure art and beauty like the Eiffel Tower in France.
I’m so in love with you, baby, yeah you got me in a trance
I turned into a loner.
I been looking for your heart like a donor.
All I need is closure.
I play my part and wait my turn,
But I always wonder if i’ll get the same love in return.
“Klosure”
Taken from lyrics by D. Savage
 #6 - I Don’t Understand Poem
I don’t understand why the people I love and care about so much don’t give me that same love and appreciation back.

Why it’s so hard for me and i’m so scared to communicate about how I feel when it’s something that bothers me.

Why people choose to appreciate others more than me after all the good things I have done for them.

I can never wrap my head around on why people are so mean and rude to me and I let them treat me so poorly and make me feel
like I can never be enough for them.

I try os hard ot be polite and treat overs with the upmost respect but they always take it for granted and never reflect that saem
respect back to me.

I will never understand why people are so mean to others who did nothing to them and are just minding their own business or
were never the problem.

Whenever I try and speak my mind about something that bothers me, I never get the type of communication I would like and
end up becoming the problem in the end

But I do understand that not everyone thinks the same as me and have their own opinions and POV’s about people

I understand that many people have different ways of expressing their feelings and love ot another person especially when they’re
close with someone.

I eventually will have to understand that everyone has different and I have to learn to respect how they feel about certain things.
#7 - Hand Poem - The Dream Reacher

This hand knows me best.

And this hand is what I trust.
And with this hand, I can do my best.
I walk around with high hopes & a high chest.
In hopes of reaching my dreams &
completing my quest.
The completion of my goals is a must.
And I hope to get closer & closer to my
dreams and plan to never rest.
#8 - A Picture In Words - Cloud 9
The clouds are soft and the sky is filled with little light.
I want to ask the ones above, “what is it like?”
I bet it’s quiet and calm with nothing to bother you.
I bet there’s nothing more peaceful than the sky filled with
blue.
But I always wonder when i’ll be up there too
I wonder when i’ll finally get to see if what I heard is true.
I can’t wait til I can feel that same blissfulness as everyone
too.
I don’t know when my day will come but when it does,
I’ll be up above watching the ones below who gave me my
light.
#9 - Artwork Poetry - The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Waves like anger and water like tears.

Those are two things that are a constant.

I can never get away from this problem and can only accept it.

The littlest things can turn turn into big things just like the
waves.

I try and try calming down but it can never stay.

I don’t know how to deal with it except letting the

Waves of emotions hit me until they slowly fade away.

I don’t know why sadness and anger hit so hard for me.

But whenever they do, they come crashing down like the great
wave.

I’m waiting for the moment when the waves finally calm down

And I can finally rest.

 #10 - Reciting Video Poem - Sonnet 18
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fLnUJrkR1cB_K2ybmPfni-E1DKXwOmMI/view

Sonnet 18
By William Shakespeare