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.
Stay Strong
This Poem is dedicated to my friends Stephanie & Travis...
Seeing them raise there family reminds me that there is still Light...amongst the darkness of Life....
Stay Strong...
She is...a mixture of Roman Queen
and Greek Goddess
a striking beauty that is seeded
from her soul...
A smile that shines into the heart
and lives in the eyes of her children...
A hedge...her Love is Like a hedge
around those she cares for...
A nurturing spirit resides within her
Early rising like the sun...
her steadfastness is the root
Her...
Seeing them raise there family reminds me that there is still Light...amongst the darkness of Life....
Stay Strong...
She is...a mixture of Roman Queen
and Greek Goddess
a striking beauty that is seeded
from her soul...
A smile that shines into the heart
and lives in the eyes of her children...
A hedge...her Love is Like a hedge
around those she cares for...
A nurturing spirit resides within her
Early rising like the sun...
her steadfastness is the root
Her...
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Acting Like You Crazy....
If there's one thing I've learned....
In this Life...
It's that...Most folk
who claim they're crazy...
Usually ... are not
They are just ...
In some way shady...
But real crazy...
OOh Baby
Real crazy...
Never says a damn Word
and when you even suggest that
that something is ...
A little off
Real Crazy looks at you
like YOU are the one whose absurd
Im so tired of Loud Mouths
selling Wolf tickets about all
The crazy shit they do...
Truth is...
Real Crazy is quiet..
Real...
In this Life...
It's that...Most folk
who claim they're crazy...
Usually ... are not
They are just ...
In some way shady...
But real crazy...
OOh Baby
Real crazy...
Never says a damn Word
and when you even suggest that
that something is ...
A little off
Real Crazy looks at you
like YOU are the one whose absurd
Im so tired of Loud Mouths
selling Wolf tickets about all
The crazy shit they do...
Truth is...
Real Crazy is quiet..
Real...
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(From the Not quite a love poem collection) So Over You
I feel ...
that its time...
To Enlighten my mind
as I get ready for round two
Soul floatin through
Notes of Indigo Blue
As I lick my wounds
theres one thing thats true...
I've chosen Verbs instead of Vodka
to get over you...
You... a venomous deciever
Moving through my Veins
Like Niteshade...with
Hints of Belladonna
Which makes it impossible to forget you
bad as I WANT TO
Stalking my cerebral core
Sneakily stealthily scratching
at my souls door ...
that its time...
To Enlighten my mind
as I get ready for round two
Soul floatin through
Notes of Indigo Blue
As I lick my wounds
theres one thing thats true...
I've chosen Verbs instead of Vodka
to get over you...
You... a venomous deciever
Moving through my Veins
Like Niteshade...with
Hints of Belladonna
Which makes it impossible to forget you
bad as I WANT TO
Stalking my cerebral core
Sneakily stealthily scratching
at my souls door ...
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Wicked Dreams
In the dream...
I saw a young girl
wandering through this forlorn dark place
a house of some sort...
I was looking for a dress I left there
she... was helping me find it
She told me as we walked that she was a slave
A slave to those she worked for...and
A slave to those who forced her to have sex
I cried...and she just smiled at me...
In this dream
I cried and she just kept walking...
In this dream
I told her I was taking her out of that place
I told her to forget about the dress
and to just...
I saw a young girl
wandering through this forlorn dark place
a house of some sort...
I was looking for a dress I left there
she... was helping me find it
She told me as we walked that she was a slave
A slave to those she worked for...and
A slave to those who forced her to have sex
I cried...and she just smiled at me...
In this dream
I cried and she just kept walking...
In this dream
I told her I was taking her out of that place
I told her to forget about the dress
and to just...
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SOUL Soldier
Wading...
wading through the deep of me...
as I turn the lights of my soul on bright
High beams are now nessesary...
so I finally get this shit right...
Moving slow...following my subliminal signs
Listening to my internal radar...
SO I dont loose...
the rest of my mind
Got life lessons
spinning on rewind
as the harshness of my journey
forces me to take my time
As I just keep moving
on this recon mission
I fortify my spiritual weapons
and plant myself in position
To shoot to kill...
wading through the deep of me...
as I turn the lights of my soul on bright
High beams are now nessesary...
so I finally get this shit right...
Moving slow...following my subliminal signs
Listening to my internal radar...
SO I dont loose...
the rest of my mind
Got life lessons
spinning on rewind
as the harshness of my journey
forces me to take my time
As I just keep moving
on this recon mission
I fortify my spiritual weapons
and plant myself in position
To shoot to kill...
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ALexis......Lives....Again (from the Dark Side of Erotica)
Did you know...
that inside Mirrors
lie the keys to Alternate Universes....
I know...
because that's where Alexis lives.
My Doppleganger... of sorts
She pulled herself right out of my skin
and jumped head first...
Into the Mirror
Into the place where
her... deprived dreams
can be made real
When I stare into my eyes in the Mirror
I see her...
Laughing .. sneering at me
from behind a beautifully ornate Red Door
Telling me she had to get
her own place
She told me I was crowding her space...
that inside Mirrors
lie the keys to Alternate Universes....
I know...
because that's where Alexis lives.
My Doppleganger... of sorts
She pulled herself right out of my skin
and jumped head first...
Into the Mirror
Into the place where
her... deprived dreams
can be made real
When I stare into my eyes in the Mirror
I see her...
Laughing .. sneering at me
from behind a beautifully ornate Red Door
Telling me she had to get
her own place
She told me I was crowding her space...
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Old Enemy
I felt it...when it returned
Kicking in the door
of my subconconscious
While I slept...
creeping into the soul of me
like a wretched sickness
Collapsing into my dreams
weaving them into...
all to familiar nightmares
That insidious pang...
dead center of my solar plexis
bringing silent tears to my eyes
as I slumber...
whimpering in my sleep
like some cornered wounded animal
The fear... is sickening to me
As my old enemy...
Lays upon me like some
Tangible entity...
Living unto itself...
A...
Kicking in the door
of my subconconscious
While I slept...
creeping into the soul of me
like a wretched sickness
Collapsing into my dreams
weaving them into...
all to familiar nightmares
That insidious pang...
dead center of my solar plexis
bringing silent tears to my eyes
as I slumber...
whimpering in my sleep
like some cornered wounded animal
The fear... is sickening to me
As my old enemy...
Lays upon me like some
Tangible entity...
Living unto itself...
A...
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Smoke & Revelation
So..
Many days have past in a haze
Perhaps because Ive been overwhelmed
In my other worldly daze..
Taking long tokes
of my lovely green smoke...
Just so..
I dont choke...
on another days bullshit
Cause some days...
Shit.. gets thick
So I have to think quick
about my next move...
As I strive to improve
the current state of my mind
See sanity , and maddness
have always been a thin line
A thin line that
I've always balanced
Like a gymnist on a beam
As I fight demons when I sleep
I...
Many days have past in a haze
Perhaps because Ive been overwhelmed
In my other worldly daze..
Taking long tokes
of my lovely green smoke...
Just so..
I dont choke...
on another days bullshit
Cause some days...
Shit.. gets thick
So I have to think quick
about my next move...
As I strive to improve
the current state of my mind
See sanity , and maddness
have always been a thin line
A thin line that
I've always balanced
Like a gymnist on a beam
As I fight demons when I sleep
I...
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Queen Adultress
She was...
Ample..Supple &
Regal in her mind...
Mixing Mysticism Of the Ancients
With the Divine...
Stepping in & out of her soul
through the ages of time
Posing like a ballerina
On multi-dimensional Paradigms
AS her voice became the consciousness
of men...
Forsaking the Love of there own souls...
to chase after the world...and
all its sin...
Hers was a power
to bend mens will
whispering secret things
when the nights were still
Queen Adultress...
Queen Of Lies...
...
Ample..Supple &
Regal in her mind...
Mixing Mysticism Of the Ancients
With the Divine...
Stepping in & out of her soul
through the ages of time
Posing like a ballerina
On multi-dimensional Paradigms
AS her voice became the consciousness
of men...
Forsaking the Love of there own souls...
to chase after the world...and
all its sin...
Hers was a power
to bend mens will
whispering secret things
when the nights were still
Queen Adultress...
Queen Of Lies...
...
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Angels...Demons...and Heros Among Us
I saw him...
slide out of the shadows
unseen...so it would seem
As he made his way...
to the sound of... her voice
Dispair...has a certain tone
that pierces the soul you know
and right before her abuser took that
last swing.... that final blow
that surely would have killed her
He came
and changed everything.
I saw it
I know
Then I saw her...
appear... in the middle of a crowd
near the busstop...
where two children were playing
not paying attention, and sure
as I...
slide out of the shadows
unseen...so it would seem
As he made his way...
to the sound of... her voice
Dispair...has a certain tone
that pierces the soul you know
and right before her abuser took that
last swing.... that final blow
that surely would have killed her
He came
and changed everything.
I saw it
I know
Then I saw her...
appear... in the middle of a crowd
near the busstop...
where two children were playing
not paying attention, and sure
as I...
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No More Sorry's
The word Sorry...
should be banned from the English dictionary.
Its worth... so diminshed over the centuries
used like a salve on wounds that need... much more
Sorry...the word itself
slithers like a camaflouged snake
biting into the tender spots of our souls
I cant use another sorry
I have sorrys spilling out of my closet
overflowing my drawers
and hampers....
I ... have a house full of sorrys
Echoing down the hallway of my soul
Sorry... never fixed a damn thing
Sorry... has never made me feel better...
should be banned from the English dictionary.
Its worth... so diminshed over the centuries
used like a salve on wounds that need... much more
Sorry...the word itself
slithers like a camaflouged snake
biting into the tender spots of our souls
I cant use another sorry
I have sorrys spilling out of my closet
overflowing my drawers
and hampers....
I ... have a house full of sorrys
Echoing down the hallway of my soul
Sorry... never fixed a damn thing
Sorry... has never made me feel better...
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Happy New Year one & all
This past year
has been a test...
a challenge...
A heart felt
Mountain to climb...
With all its death..
disgrace & debauchery
I am glad to be rid of this year
2013....
yet I've been humbled by it.
brought deep & low
to a place I didnt think
I would recover from
I feel awakend in a way
I never knew was possible
because I survived the pain
this year brought me
Now...
I look humbly into the eyes
of 2014...
Worthy of the joy it is sure to bring
I usher it in
I call it down...
has been a test...
a challenge...
A heart felt
Mountain to climb...
With all its death..
disgrace & debauchery
I am glad to be rid of this year
2013....
yet I've been humbled by it.
brought deep & low
to a place I didnt think
I would recover from
I feel awakend in a way
I never knew was possible
because I survived the pain
this year brought me
Now...
I look humbly into the eyes
of 2014...
Worthy of the joy it is sure to bring
I usher it in
I call it down...
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