Submissions by JTD (Jonathan Tyler Duncan)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Write about anything that will come to my mind.
Demons and Angels
This guy asked me a question,
He said, ”Is there a god? Is there a Heaven? A hell?”
He told me that he prayed
And prayed every night to the lord
And he said “I have always been a follower of the lord, But each year I lose my faith
In the lord.”
“Have my prayers been answered? No…”
Then he said,
“Do you believe?”
I answered with
Yes sir I do believe.
Just you have to look at it a certain way,
To understand it sir.
He Laughed
And said,
“What do you know your just a boy.”
I told him
The lord allows all ages
Of his...
He said, ”Is there a god? Is there a Heaven? A hell?”
He told me that he prayed
And prayed every night to the lord
And he said “I have always been a follower of the lord, But each year I lose my faith
In the lord.”
“Have my prayers been answered? No…”
Then he said,
“Do you believe?”
I answered with
Yes sir I do believe.
Just you have to look at it a certain way,
To understand it sir.
He Laughed
And said,
“What do you know your just a boy.”
I told him
The lord allows all ages
Of his...
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Where'd You Go?
I wonder where you are?
When I look up at the sky
I try to search in the stars,
But can never find you
When I go somewhere
I look around to see if your there.
Where’d you go?
You left me behind
And left me alone.
Where’d you go?
Left me broken
And un-fixable.
When I awake
Everything around me just feels fake
Because your not there to be found.
In my dreams
They ain’t what they seem to turn out to be.
Where’d you go?
Left me here on my own
You were my words when I couldn’t speak
Where’d you go?
You got me high...
When I look up at the sky
I try to search in the stars,
But can never find you
When I go somewhere
I look around to see if your there.
Where’d you go?
You left me behind
And left me alone.
Where’d you go?
Left me broken
And un-fixable.
When I awake
Everything around me just feels fake
Because your not there to be found.
In my dreams
They ain’t what they seem to turn out to be.
Where’d you go?
Left me here on my own
You were my words when I couldn’t speak
Where’d you go?
You got me high...
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Come Back.
I wish I had the courage
To come back
And tell you about me
The things that I say
Aren’t always true
I just say them to see if your listening
I torture myself
With my pain
I just wish I could come back
As the real me
So that you can see
What lies behind my eyes
My face is getting clearer
Year after year
Each time it gets harder for me to go on
I have a good life ahead of me
The only thing that’s making it bad
Is me.
The truth is hard to tell
Tired of telling these fake tales
That people think is me.
My...
To come back
And tell you about me
The things that I say
Aren’t always true
I just say them to see if your listening
I torture myself
With my pain
I just wish I could come back
As the real me
So that you can see
What lies behind my eyes
My face is getting clearer
Year after year
Each time it gets harder for me to go on
I have a good life ahead of me
The only thing that’s making it bad
Is me.
The truth is hard to tell
Tired of telling these fake tales
That people think is me.
My...
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Me
Shy as a bird
I get lost in words
I’m just guy
Who likes to get high
every once in a while
People say I have a nice smile
I write poetry
Because it helps me
Describes things I can’t say
In my own way.
I’ll listen to this and that
I like to drink a bottle of Jack
I smoke cigars and hate cigarettes
And that’s a fact
To me love and forever
Are more then just words.
Sometimes I’ll be lazy
Every now and then
I’ll get pretty crazy.
My anger is locked up deep inside
Because it’s hard to find
I love my family with...
I get lost in words
I’m just guy
Who likes to get high
every once in a while
People say I have a nice smile
I write poetry
Because it helps me
Describes things I can’t say
In my own way.
I’ll listen to this and that
I like to drink a bottle of Jack
I smoke cigars and hate cigarettes
And that’s a fact
To me love and forever
Are more then just words.
Sometimes I’ll be lazy
Every now and then
I’ll get pretty crazy.
My anger is locked up deep inside
Because it’s hard to find
I love my family with...
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Take It All Away.
Intro
Take it all away
So I won’t feel the same
There’s nothing more for me to claim
My sky is turning gray
There’s nothing left to do
Nothing left to say
You took it all away
Verse 1
You took my heart
Broke it in two
I was always true
Time after time
Try after try
You took it away
With all your
Lies.
Chorus
Take it all away
So I won’t feel the same
There’s nothing more for me to claim
My sky is turning gray
There’s nothing left to do
Nothing left to say
You took it all away
...
Take it all away
So I won’t feel the same
There’s nothing more for me to claim
My sky is turning gray
There’s nothing left to do
Nothing left to say
You took it all away
Verse 1
You took my heart
Broke it in two
I was always true
Time after time
Try after try
You took it away
With all your
Lies.
Chorus
Take it all away
So I won’t feel the same
There’s nothing more for me to claim
My sky is turning gray
There’s nothing left to do
Nothing left to say
You took it all away
...
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You
Every time I see you
My words get stuck like glue
My heart skips a beat
Every now and then We’ll meet and greet
When I’m around you I get shy
Every time I see you I never wanna tell a lie
It hurts me to see you cry
Every time I try to think
I think of you
I can never get you of my mind
Because your one of kind
You
Make my sky turn blue
One day I wish to be with you
Although your happiness
Is my suffering
I do not want to take it away.
Because I love to see you smile everyday
My words get stuck like glue
My heart skips a beat
Every now and then We’ll meet and greet
When I’m around you I get shy
Every time I see you I never wanna tell a lie
It hurts me to see you cry
Every time I try to think
I think of you
I can never get you of my mind
Because your one of kind
You
Make my sky turn blue
One day I wish to be with you
Although your happiness
Is my suffering
I do not want to take it away.
Because I love to see you smile everyday
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Running In A Circle
Time keeps on drifting away from me
Nowadays I’m not who I used be
Every time I cry
My vision isn’t so clear like it used to be
It just gets harder and harder to see.
My life has always been crooked
There’s never been a straight line
Set out for me
I still try to make the best of it though
Day by day
Old friends
Are starting to leave
My family is going down
One by one
It’s feels like I’m running in a circle
I keep going back to the same ending
But there’s always a different beginning
My lord is listening every time
I...
Nowadays I’m not who I used be
Every time I cry
My vision isn’t so clear like it used to be
It just gets harder and harder to see.
My life has always been crooked
There’s never been a straight line
Set out for me
I still try to make the best of it though
Day by day
Old friends
Are starting to leave
My family is going down
One by one
It’s feels like I’m running in a circle
I keep going back to the same ending
But there’s always a different beginning
My lord is listening every time
I...
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Slow Agony
The end is drawing near,
Things nowadays ain't so clear,
My only friend has been my fear,
Tear after tear,
I feel the same,
Nothing will ever change.
My range of thought has reached
Tired of rehearsing for my speech,
I feel a need to breach.
Time after time,
Climb after climb,
I keep falling back to the bottom,
Family is fading away
And friends are going away,
No one left but me here to stay,
The days end in grey,
But for me, that's the way.
Tired of hanging on to the rope,
No need for the drugs and dope.
It's time to...
Things nowadays ain't so clear,
My only friend has been my fear,
Tear after tear,
I feel the same,
Nothing will ever change.
My range of thought has reached
Tired of rehearsing for my speech,
I feel a need to breach.
Time after time,
Climb after climb,
I keep falling back to the bottom,
Family is fading away
And friends are going away,
No one left but me here to stay,
The days end in grey,
But for me, that's the way.
Tired of hanging on to the rope,
No need for the drugs and dope.
It's time to...
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Lookin Forward
Day by day a piece of you is going away...
In my mind the thoughts I had for you are fading away...
When my world was in gray,
Seeing you always lightened up my day,
Every chance I got to talk to and see you,
The shades of...GRAY
Turned in to SKY BLUE
The memories are starting to unglue,
Second by second,Minute by minute....
Never had the time to show how I really felt....
Now in my soul,
There is a hole needing to be filled....
But it's already healed,
The stress is no longer a thrill,
I guess it wasn't ment to be......
Oh...
In my mind the thoughts I had for you are fading away...
When my world was in gray,
Seeing you always lightened up my day,
Every chance I got to talk to and see you,
The shades of...GRAY
Turned in to SKY BLUE
The memories are starting to unglue,
Second by second,Minute by minute....
Never had the time to show how I really felt....
Now in my soul,
There is a hole needing to be filled....
But it's already healed,
The stress is no longer a thrill,
I guess it wasn't ment to be......
Oh...
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Drugs Put Me In The Mood
Drugs put me in the mood,
There is no reason to be crude nor rude,
No reason to intrude or to start a feud.
Drug put me in the mood.
I feel unglued,
Even though I'm high,
I'll still be true,
I feel like getting a tattoo.
Oh! Drugs put me in the mood,
I feel renewed,
But once it is gone,I'm screwed.
I've done my review,
Now it is time to conclude...
I have said it before
but I'll say it again,
Drugs put me in the mood.
By Jonathan Tyler Duncan
There is no reason to be crude nor rude,
No reason to intrude or to start a feud.
Drug put me in the mood.
I feel unglued,
Even though I'm high,
I'll still be true,
I feel like getting a tattoo.
Oh! Drugs put me in the mood,
I feel renewed,
But once it is gone,I'm screwed.
I've done my review,
Now it is time to conclude...
I have said it before
but I'll say it again,
Drugs put me in the mood.
By Jonathan Tyler Duncan
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Wall of Faces
Sitting in this room,
Nothing but the walls,
Surrounding me,
The wall of faces,
Are not my friends,
There are my enemies,
They speak to me in my mind,
The voices speak to me.
The faces on the wall,
Stay there and stare at me,
Some are high some are low,
Some talk fast,
Some talk slow…
They just stare at me,
Looking at me like i'm a freak,
Looking at me like i'm some kind of creep.
They think I don’t belong,
Well I proved them wrong,
No one should hold a grudge,
No one should be judged,
For being who they are,...
Nothing but the walls,
Surrounding me,
The wall of faces,
Are not my friends,
There are my enemies,
They speak to me in my mind,
The voices speak to me.
The faces on the wall,
Stay there and stare at me,
Some are high some are low,
Some talk fast,
Some talk slow…
They just stare at me,
Looking at me like i'm a freak,
Looking at me like i'm some kind of creep.
They think I don’t belong,
Well I proved them wrong,
No one should hold a grudge,
No one should be judged,
For being who they are,...
117 reads
2 Comments
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