Submissions by DexstaRay
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Never limit yourself to anything. Only we decide how far we'll go.
Truth Serum
First things first
Call it what you want but love is a curse
A fated expiration date
And no escape from the hurt
And it's sad cause' some people do deserve it
Duplicity's resurgent
Staying faithful wasn't working
So the people who were hurting made a vow
It'd never happen again
No one they came in contact with now
Would surpass being a friend
Welcome to the end of laudable behavior
The closest ones betray ya
Rendezvous then see you later
And it's true they weren't as grateful
Everlasting grief
Fill in the void
With trivial...
Call it what you want but love is a curse
A fated expiration date
And no escape from the hurt
And it's sad cause' some people do deserve it
Duplicity's resurgent
Staying faithful wasn't working
So the people who were hurting made a vow
It'd never happen again
No one they came in contact with now
Would surpass being a friend
Welcome to the end of laudable behavior
The closest ones betray ya
Rendezvous then see you later
And it's true they weren't as grateful
Everlasting grief
Fill in the void
With trivial...
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No Point In Hiding It
While I'm sittin' in my room
Kickin' it to old school
Having thoughts from the past
Sorta sad
We're both fools
Although it's old news
I've been thinkin' a bit
The time it took me to convince you into taking a risk
We could've made it but we faded due to trivial things
I'm feeling jaded
Contemplated even giving you rings
The reason we fell apart
Too many people involved
And you'd always like to scream how I was leaving you scarred
But relationships go both ways
So peep the issue
But I really do miss...
Kickin' it to old school
Having thoughts from the past
Sorta sad
We're both fools
Although it's old news
I've been thinkin' a bit
The time it took me to convince you into taking a risk
We could've made it but we faded due to trivial things
I'm feeling jaded
Contemplated even giving you rings
The reason we fell apart
Too many people involved
And you'd always like to scream how I was leaving you scarred
But relationships go both ways
So peep the issue
But I really do miss...
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First-born Girl
I pass a word to my first born
a light in the sky
to shine upon the lost souls in the night
and I cry because you'll never get to fly
heard you died before birth
now picture hearing this news as a father
it hurts
but I'll remain optimistic
keeping it real
even though you didn't make it
I believe in you still
and no words could explain the way I feel
I couldn't save a life
I fight to keep the pain concealed
just disgust and injustice
I'm kinda glad you wasn't here
and be born into lust
this place where people...
a light in the sky
to shine upon the lost souls in the night
and I cry because you'll never get to fly
heard you died before birth
now picture hearing this news as a father
it hurts
but I'll remain optimistic
keeping it real
even though you didn't make it
I believe in you still
and no words could explain the way I feel
I couldn't save a life
I fight to keep the pain concealed
just disgust and injustice
I'm kinda glad you wasn't here
and be born into lust
this place where people...
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Another Person
Another person died
Murder murder
A mother had cried
They sent her baby to the burner
There's no way to hide
This genocide is eternal
I would've been lying if I had said it never hurts
Open your eyes
Another person in a box
Blood flooded the streets like jealousy on the block
Outlines in chalk in every place you try and walk
Say it's out of control
A close community now bitter and cold
And wasn't hip to packing weapons but the fear made them bold
Corrupt cops in the streets
Activists get the heat
Anyone who speaks...
Murder murder
A mother had cried
They sent her baby to the burner
There's no way to hide
This genocide is eternal
I would've been lying if I had said it never hurts
Open your eyes
Another person in a box
Blood flooded the streets like jealousy on the block
Outlines in chalk in every place you try and walk
Say it's out of control
A close community now bitter and cold
And wasn't hip to packing weapons but the fear made them bold
Corrupt cops in the streets
Activists get the heat
Anyone who speaks...
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Another Massacre
Picture a place so full of treachery
no one escapes
the limpid sun shines bright another day
and even though they pray
every third week the calvary comes
and set the whole entire village ablaze
where are the better days?
The shallow graves are a constant reminder
please take this baby and hide her
I shed a thousand tears, aimless hate
they've been at it for years
I mean a person shouldn't have to stay in fear
another massacre
horrid screams
Lord this wasn't a dream
not even babies were allowed to breath
this really gets to me...
no one escapes
the limpid sun shines bright another day
and even though they pray
every third week the calvary comes
and set the whole entire village ablaze
where are the better days?
The shallow graves are a constant reminder
please take this baby and hide her
I shed a thousand tears, aimless hate
they've been at it for years
I mean a person shouldn't have to stay in fear
another massacre
horrid screams
Lord this wasn't a dream
not even babies were allowed to breath
this really gets to me...
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Level Headed
In search of fortune and fame you're bound to lose your privacy
So introverted and quiet
That obviously applies to me
Well I can see what I could be if I would leap out on faith
To take a chance and advance to a marvelous place
The only thing I ever wanted was a million
Yet I couldn't get a dime
Still I tried to keep from stealing
And I don't really know
With no one to even tell me
If there's a real reason why I'm bent on failing
A natural propensity
Bewilderment won't get to me
I don't want to be waiting all of life to get to see...
So introverted and quiet
That obviously applies to me
Well I can see what I could be if I would leap out on faith
To take a chance and advance to a marvelous place
The only thing I ever wanted was a million
Yet I couldn't get a dime
Still I tried to keep from stealing
And I don't really know
With no one to even tell me
If there's a real reason why I'm bent on failing
A natural propensity
Bewilderment won't get to me
I don't want to be waiting all of life to get to see...
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Nature's Pity
Take a walk along the coast and watch the ocean
Acknowledge it's motion
The setting sun's rays are floating
Surrender your thoughts
The beauty witnessed here was more than I sought
We ought to start toward the shore before the storm is in route
I have a minute to escape the cursed city
I mustn't return
I'd rather stay at nature's pity
Here the streets aren't paved with envy
Suns up
Taking flight with the clouds
Appreciate the windbreaks and looking down at the towns
The kind of picture that you'd only see in paint
I do...
Acknowledge it's motion
The setting sun's rays are floating
Surrender your thoughts
The beauty witnessed here was more than I sought
We ought to start toward the shore before the storm is in route
I have a minute to escape the cursed city
I mustn't return
I'd rather stay at nature's pity
Here the streets aren't paved with envy
Suns up
Taking flight with the clouds
Appreciate the windbreaks and looking down at the towns
The kind of picture that you'd only see in paint
I do...
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Still Caught Me
I hug a wall in the darkest alley way
I'm scared like hell
I couldn't tell which way to face
I looked to my left
I heard it coming from the right
I ran so fast and turned a corner sorta tight
And one bright light came up behind
I caught a glimpse
It had two wings
A bow and arrow made of steel
This wasn't my plan
I guess we fear things we don't understand
But still I just can't let it catch me
I'd be less of a man
And while I'm running there's an unexpected stress on my leg
And while I'm trying to see what's wrong ...
I'm scared like hell
I couldn't tell which way to face
I looked to my left
I heard it coming from the right
I ran so fast and turned a corner sorta tight
And one bright light came up behind
I caught a glimpse
It had two wings
A bow and arrow made of steel
This wasn't my plan
I guess we fear things we don't understand
But still I just can't let it catch me
I'd be less of a man
And while I'm running there's an unexpected stress on my leg
And while I'm trying to see what's wrong ...
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My Mind
Sometimes I feel trapped in my mind
Endless stream of thoughts and anxiety combined
I yearn to escape but then I tell myself I'm fine
Delusional drifts
A perpetual decline
In mental distress over things I can't control
Melancholy
Can't help but keep and carry on
I struggle and strive
Can't help the person who's inside
So I try to help others through conversation I provide
Stuck all the time
If I escape where would I go?
Will I lose my mind?
I'd hate to say but probably so
There's no way to hide ...
Endless stream of thoughts and anxiety combined
I yearn to escape but then I tell myself I'm fine
Delusional drifts
A perpetual decline
In mental distress over things I can't control
Melancholy
Can't help but keep and carry on
I struggle and strive
Can't help the person who's inside
So I try to help others through conversation I provide
Stuck all the time
If I escape where would I go?
Will I lose my mind?
I'd hate to say but probably so
There's no way to hide ...
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Come With Me
Ever since the first approach, I peeped the mirrors and smoke, we’re having secret conversations over Jäger and coke, it’s obvious the way he treats you can’t compare, and what told me you cared, is how I saw you change your hair, now you watch what you wear, it’s obvious he wasn’t there, may I take you to the fair? Spend time, get acquainted a bit, didn’t want to leave his side but you’ve been thinking of it, really, I don’t think you should stay if unhappy, take a chance with me, we can see just what may happen, a beautiful face, you don’t have to stay and do what he say, kick this person...
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When I'm Alone
When I'm alone, I sit and visualize a perilous past, just a finger-breadth away from going mad, a constant recollection, does it trouble me? The audience guessed it, I think dishonesty is pretty pathetic, it's not always this dark, push my mind aside and think from the heart, while I embark on a mission through the park, wait until night, when everything became a shade out of sight, where my accomplice is the limpid star light, look towards the far right, there's a person dressed exactly as me, the shady hue makes it really hard to see, get wind of white noise, I had to fight for a peace of...
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Tears of The Dying
A heavy feeling in the air, see I couldn't prepare, what was I meant to witness there? Shrouded in dark, disinclined, heads down as they marched, working for a stalemate can taste particularly tart, keep the faith, see fatalities galore, death stepped in a home and then politely locked the door, dropping bodies on the floor, emaciation is a typical thing, here the circumstances couldn't be explained, I see a walking skeleton, placing grains and praying for change, only to pass away the following day, leaving families behind, the little children couldn't handle her dying, nobody's there to...
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