Submissions by Firebyrd
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
My spoken word name is Phoenix Firebyrd I am a Poet, writer, singer, dancer, and theatrical presenter. I enjoy writing erotica, introspective pieces, community activism pieces, and not quite a love poem pieces.
Statement Of Fact
Here is a statement of fact.
Just because I'm nice enough to
smile through certain types of bullshit
DOES NOT mean I have a welcome mat
on my back
Some folks mentality sets me back...
and makes me feel like they need to be slapped
But... I'm better than that
SO here's what I do...
I just smile and shake my head
instead of saying FUCK you... and YOU
Oh and FUCK you too!
DO you know how hard it is to be a
civilized lady
When someone is walking and talking bullshit
ALL over you...
Trust... there is a...
Just because I'm nice enough to
smile through certain types of bullshit
DOES NOT mean I have a welcome mat
on my back
Some folks mentality sets me back...
and makes me feel like they need to be slapped
But... I'm better than that
SO here's what I do...
I just smile and shake my head
instead of saying FUCK you... and YOU
Oh and FUCK you too!
DO you know how hard it is to be a
civilized lady
When someone is walking and talking bullshit
ALL over you...
Trust... there is a...
160 reads
8 Comments
To Be Seen
To be seen
From your soul
Complete and whole...
And.... he still smiles
I want...
To be seen
As beautiful from
The core of my being
When he looks at me.. .
I Long to be seen...
In my naked skin...
Being adored as he
Worships .. . At my temple
Drinking the Life of me in.. .
His eyes...
I ache.. .
To be seen
By his lips ...
Discovered...
In shades of Nirvana
Embraced by his adoration
Breathless...
I Long to be....
I Long
To be seen
Where is he ...
A passion filled...
From your soul
Complete and whole...
And.... he still smiles
I want...
To be seen
As beautiful from
The core of my being
When he looks at me.. .
I Long to be seen...
In my naked skin...
Being adored as he
Worships .. . At my temple
Drinking the Life of me in.. .
His eyes...
I ache.. .
To be seen
By his lips ...
Discovered...
In shades of Nirvana
Embraced by his adoration
Breathless...
I Long to be....
I Long
To be seen
Where is he ...
A passion filled...
80 reads
5 Comments
ALL Rolled Up
Today...
I'm... all rolled up ...
into me...
Vibrant shades of...joy...
like silk rolling over me...
I feel so..
so...
so...
Free
Deep...
Like Oceans be
That...is where you'll find me
Today...
Sunsets..and sweet sunshine
is all that's on my mind
Like Jazz notes... float
Like caramel coats
My favorite treats...
Sweet... is resonating
on the inside of me...
And Laughter...
Like 5 year olds
eatin ice cream
You know...
how they eat..
then...
I'm... all rolled up ...
into me...
Vibrant shades of...joy...
like silk rolling over me...
I feel so..
so...
so...
Free
Deep...
Like Oceans be
That...is where you'll find me
Today...
Sunsets..and sweet sunshine
is all that's on my mind
Like Jazz notes... float
Like caramel coats
My favorite treats...
Sweet... is resonating
on the inside of me...
And Laughter...
Like 5 year olds
eatin ice cream
You know...
how they eat..
then...
60 reads
9 Comments
The rain is gone
I found a part of myself today ...
that I hadn't seen in quite a while
While looking in my bathroom mirror
For the first time in years...
I did not have tears...
As I examined my personal interior
Amazing... that I actually
have laughter lines appearing
around the corners of my mouth
Amazing that I'm not feeling like a piece
of shit today....
Finally... I'm seeing some sun
come from underneath those rain clouds
that used to be my eyes...
Finally...
I am speaking positivity from my...
that I hadn't seen in quite a while
While looking in my bathroom mirror
For the first time in years...
I did not have tears...
As I examined my personal interior
Amazing... that I actually
have laughter lines appearing
around the corners of my mouth
Amazing that I'm not feeling like a piece
of shit today....
Finally... I'm seeing some sun
come from underneath those rain clouds
that used to be my eyes...
Finally...
I am speaking positivity from my...
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Believe
I believe...
I believe that no child should go to bed hungry
even though many of them do ...
I believe in seeing people from
more than one angle...
or... more than one hue...
I believe that rapist should be castrated
and rape victims should get to do
the cutting...
I believe that cats should be the dominant animal
and let the dogs do a little strutting
I believe that dreams should be cultivated
inside the rich soil of someone's heart
I believe certain people should go to jail
for tearing other peoples...
I believe that no child should go to bed hungry
even though many of them do ...
I believe in seeing people from
more than one angle...
or... more than one hue...
I believe that rapist should be castrated
and rape victims should get to do
the cutting...
I believe that cats should be the dominant animal
and let the dogs do a little strutting
I believe that dreams should be cultivated
inside the rich soil of someone's heart
I believe certain people should go to jail
for tearing other peoples...
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8 Comments
IN the Shadows....
In the shadows...
I sit... and wait
my time is when the sun goes down
under the light of the moon
is where my soul can always be found
Cause sometimes the Sun...
shows me too much of a persons soul
Sometimes things are so ugly
that I'd ... rather not know
So I sit by the lake watching
waves roll in
Hoping that my guardian angel
can erase all of my sins
Hoping that one day
In daylight to be seen
Wishing that shit was easy
instead of hard.. and mean
Wanting to be held
all my acid tears...
I sit... and wait
my time is when the sun goes down
under the light of the moon
is where my soul can always be found
Cause sometimes the Sun...
shows me too much of a persons soul
Sometimes things are so ugly
that I'd ... rather not know
So I sit by the lake watching
waves roll in
Hoping that my guardian angel
can erase all of my sins
Hoping that one day
In daylight to be seen
Wishing that shit was easy
instead of hard.. and mean
Wanting to be held
all my acid tears...
91 reads
3 Comments
Somebody Else...( It didnt Happen To Me)
These days...
I take a look
in the mirror
and I see me much clearer...
From the look in my eyes
I can see my many lives
I can see all the days I cried
and felt... Inferior
Now... its about..
workin on my Interior...
Cause see... once
I broke everything down
Some pieces to my puzzle
were found
And I discovered a way to be
Brand Nu
I took the pieces from my past
Like all the Love I never had
From My parents on down...
A Nu Identity was found
Cause If Im somebody else...
I take a look
in the mirror
and I see me much clearer...
From the look in my eyes
I can see my many lives
I can see all the days I cried
and felt... Inferior
Now... its about..
workin on my Interior...
Cause see... once
I broke everything down
Some pieces to my puzzle
were found
And I discovered a way to be
Brand Nu
I took the pieces from my past
Like all the Love I never had
From My parents on down...
A Nu Identity was found
Cause If Im somebody else...
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8 Comments
Wounded ... and Bound
Wounded...
Deep...inside the fabric
of ones soul...
Where soft tissue is
interlaced with emotion
in the core...
Wounded....
Root deep...
Where painful memories
Bleed into the lining
Of ones Mind
Like Henna Tattoos
Marking the Heart...
Staining It...
To Forever be recognized...
As Broken...
How to fix it...
How...
What can bind
One together...
After being so
torn Apart
What can Bind
The Broken Heart...
I Bound my heart
with anger...
enough to consume
me...
Deep...inside the fabric
of ones soul...
Where soft tissue is
interlaced with emotion
in the core...
Wounded....
Root deep...
Where painful memories
Bleed into the lining
Of ones Mind
Like Henna Tattoos
Marking the Heart...
Staining It...
To Forever be recognized...
As Broken...
How to fix it...
How...
What can bind
One together...
After being so
torn Apart
What can Bind
The Broken Heart...
I Bound my heart
with anger...
enough to consume
me...
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11 Comments
Desire ......Your Touch
I want to feel
the heat of your hands on my skin....
I want to close my eyes and loose
myself in the essence of your touch...
I need this.
I... ache for this...
With winter's end my
entire soul unthawed too...
Now every inch of me
aches... with need...
for you...
So far away
yet so near...
I need to feel your warm breath
whisper in my ear
I want to wake up to
your body smothering mine
as you cover every inch of me
with the heat of your tongue
I want to yeild to you
Submit...
the heat of your hands on my skin....
I want to close my eyes and loose
myself in the essence of your touch...
I need this.
I... ache for this...
With winter's end my
entire soul unthawed too...
Now every inch of me
aches... with need...
for you...
So far away
yet so near...
I need to feel your warm breath
whisper in my ear
I want to wake up to
your body smothering mine
as you cover every inch of me
with the heat of your tongue
I want to yeild to you
Submit...
562 reads
16 Comments
Applications Now being accepted
I don't need
a man child
I need a grown ass man
One that doesn't run
from life
One that knows how to stand
A man that can sense
when my day hasn't been right
Instead of talking
he kisses and holds me tight
A man that can see what ails me
and immediately proceeds
to fix it
He moves quick
To him I am Queen
not some random chick
He sees me knows my worth
and deems me Priceless
through & through
When it comes to what
I need
There is nothing he wont do
Instead...
a man child
I need a grown ass man
One that doesn't run
from life
One that knows how to stand
A man that can sense
when my day hasn't been right
Instead of talking
he kisses and holds me tight
A man that can see what ails me
and immediately proceeds
to fix it
He moves quick
To him I am Queen
not some random chick
He sees me knows my worth
and deems me Priceless
through & through
When it comes to what
I need
There is nothing he wont do
Instead...
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13 Comments
Deep Blues....
Feeling Blue...
Like raindrops
Falling from an Indigo sky
Swimming in this
melancholy state of mind
Only gray clouds...
floating in my eyes
I'm in A Blue...
State OF Mind
Feels like Midnight
Wrapped n Deep Blue Skies
As Ink instead of tears
pours from my eyes
Spilling over the pages
of my soul...
Flooding through my words..
before my thoughts run cold
Not looking for sympathy...
Some days are just this way
Just feel like Floating
Into a deep Blue Haze...
A soul...
Like raindrops
Falling from an Indigo sky
Swimming in this
melancholy state of mind
Only gray clouds...
floating in my eyes
I'm in A Blue...
State OF Mind
Feels like Midnight
Wrapped n Deep Blue Skies
As Ink instead of tears
pours from my eyes
Spilling over the pages
of my soul...
Flooding through my words..
before my thoughts run cold
Not looking for sympathy...
Some days are just this way
Just feel like Floating
Into a deep Blue Haze...
A soul...
68 reads
7 Comments
Dreams
In Dreams...
I saw him painting pictures by
a lake ...all sunset
and pristine...
He said...
He was painting
the essence of me...
In Dreams I tumbled down
into a valley ... and landed
in his arms
As he covered my face in kisses
It seemed ... almost Holy
The pure Love that flowed
from this Being...
No Malice only Tenderness
as I became light as a feather
each Kiss he gave took
something .... dormant and dark
out of my soul...
In Dreams...
He knew me
Beyond my flesh
beyond...
I saw him painting pictures by
a lake ...all sunset
and pristine...
He said...
He was painting
the essence of me...
In Dreams I tumbled down
into a valley ... and landed
in his arms
As he covered my face in kisses
It seemed ... almost Holy
The pure Love that flowed
from this Being...
No Malice only Tenderness
as I became light as a feather
each Kiss he gave took
something .... dormant and dark
out of my soul...
In Dreams...
He knew me
Beyond my flesh
beyond...
83 reads
12 Comments
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