Submissions by Poetryman
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Goodbye Drips from Your Lips
How can I explain without offending you?
I want to be alone in a place you will not go
Somewhere you cannot see or hear me
I just want you as far away from me as possible
So long as I suffer the life I experience
Inside
I feel as though I will soon explode
And I don’t want you to get caught in the fall-out
Of my demise, and the icicles that fall from my sky
That I was holding in dungeons dug deep
To keep hidden what I was forbidden to expose
That I had no power to conceal when speaking to your eyes
Or typing softly in your ear what you did not...
I want to be alone in a place you will not go
Somewhere you cannot see or hear me
I just want you as far away from me as possible
So long as I suffer the life I experience
Inside
I feel as though I will soon explode
And I don’t want you to get caught in the fall-out
Of my demise, and the icicles that fall from my sky
That I was holding in dungeons dug deep
To keep hidden what I was forbidden to expose
That I had no power to conceal when speaking to your eyes
Or typing softly in your ear what you did not...
134 reads
6 Comments
Secret Sins
She floats like a dark radiant mist
Above and around me she prowls
Although I cannot see her
I know that she is there
I sense her gaze upon my flesh
Peering through her gown of mesh
Sewn of thread died black in ancient darkness
Collecting secrets of the unsuspecting souls
Who waltz past her shadow, secure within their thoughts
Unhidden from her eyes as they whisper in her ears
Their most intimate thoughts and cherished desires
And worst of all their deepest fears
Her fate to reveal them is woven into the tapestry of her soul ...
Above and around me she prowls
Although I cannot see her
I know that she is there
I sense her gaze upon my flesh
Peering through her gown of mesh
Sewn of thread died black in ancient darkness
Collecting secrets of the unsuspecting souls
Who waltz past her shadow, secure within their thoughts
Unhidden from her eyes as they whisper in her ears
Their most intimate thoughts and cherished desires
And worst of all their deepest fears
Her fate to reveal them is woven into the tapestry of her soul ...
254 reads
2 Comments
ACA forum debate post
There is no debate as far as I am concerned. To debate who should live and who should die based on political orientation is a device of Republikills who hate anyone not like themselves. They take food from the mouths of those they hate so they will starve to death by cutting food stamps and other nutritional resources. They don't want the poor and minorities to have health care so that when they get sick they die. The wealthy already have food and health care so they feel insulated from them. If you give away these things, not only does it make them feel less special, it threatens their own...
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Jealousy is such a bitch
Nowhere feels like home and this home is only walls with a roof
Threads that stretch into the past are frayed and flutter in the breeze
Blowing from a drafty dark corridor that smells of decaying dreams
Or is it my dirty laundry i keep hidden in cloak rooms and trash bags
Hoping no one notices the dust covering the stories i polished with lies
Or the lies i painted to distract you from the truth i never told
About the jealousy that rages within me for the love i cannot have
Because you give it to a pig undeserving of your heart
As my lips form...
Threads that stretch into the past are frayed and flutter in the breeze
Blowing from a drafty dark corridor that smells of decaying dreams
Or is it my dirty laundry i keep hidden in cloak rooms and trash bags
Hoping no one notices the dust covering the stories i polished with lies
Or the lies i painted to distract you from the truth i never told
About the jealousy that rages within me for the love i cannot have
Because you give it to a pig undeserving of your heart
As my lips form...
103 reads
7 Comments
How Far We Have Not Come
Five months and fifty years I have breathed the air of freedom
Behind my shroud of white comfort and grade
With all our laws of equal rights and equal pay
And actions to affirm that we mean what we say
With Supreme Court decisions we can always make undone
Another man declared “just look how far that we have come”
What a joke the trembling words of ignorance!
When the lines become blurred between hatred and romance
Stay sick when you’re unwell, then die and go to Hell
And if you’re in the mood to buy I got a bridge I wanna sell ...
Behind my shroud of white comfort and grade
With all our laws of equal rights and equal pay
And actions to affirm that we mean what we say
With Supreme Court decisions we can always make undone
Another man declared “just look how far that we have come”
What a joke the trembling words of ignorance!
When the lines become blurred between hatred and romance
Stay sick when you’re unwell, then die and go to Hell
And if you’re in the mood to buy I got a bridge I wanna sell ...
133 reads
6 Comments
Blue Horizons Bleed Red Mist
Wish I could fly my way to Mars
Escape the gravity of reality
And the hopeless blue of skies and seas
Pushing down and drowning me
The heavens glow with points of light
Calling minds too weak to learn
The stars that shower down hold no magic
To make wishes on or guide lost souls
To secret destinations on distant worlds
Where tears are recycled to quench the thirst
Of lips that long for a kiss to wet them instead
For the salty taste of one’s own tears
Inspires the craving for more tears to fall
And who am I to reject the truth...
Escape the gravity of reality
And the hopeless blue of skies and seas
Pushing down and drowning me
The heavens glow with points of light
Calling minds too weak to learn
The stars that shower down hold no magic
To make wishes on or guide lost souls
To secret destinations on distant worlds
Where tears are recycled to quench the thirst
Of lips that long for a kiss to wet them instead
For the salty taste of one’s own tears
Inspires the craving for more tears to fall
And who am I to reject the truth...
137 reads
16 Comments
Dark Star
Am I the only one who can see you?
You set my sky ablaze with shadows
Cast your phantom over me and allow me to be
Your Black Knight in shining armor
Shoot your dark glow all over me
Illuminate my night with your spray of black-light
Penetrating the flesh with shafts of ultra-violet
Swords, sharper than steel, invisible
Intangible yet cutting into my heart
Filling every thought with embers of desire
From the first look that pierced my mind
Clenching my hands to hang onto your scent
Wishing on Perseid’s cast-aways
As they drop to their fiery...
You set my sky ablaze with shadows
Cast your phantom over me and allow me to be
Your Black Knight in shining armor
Shoot your dark glow all over me
Illuminate my night with your spray of black-light
Penetrating the flesh with shafts of ultra-violet
Swords, sharper than steel, invisible
Intangible yet cutting into my heart
Filling every thought with embers of desire
From the first look that pierced my mind
Clenching my hands to hang onto your scent
Wishing on Perseid’s cast-aways
As they drop to their fiery...
101 reads
4 Comments
Deathright
I live in fear of the future
Because soon enough I won’t be in it
Alone in life is only one step away from nothing
Will anyone notice when I am gone?
Will anyone miss the look in my eyes?
When ears can no longer hear the sound of my voice
And my words reach out in silence from the pages of books unopened
Is there anyone there to care or remember my heart?
Or will I be as forgotten as the children I never had?
My DNA will die with me
No one longs to pass on
The debt of life to generations alive in my imagination
If only, if only, if only
But...
Because soon enough I won’t be in it
Alone in life is only one step away from nothing
Will anyone notice when I am gone?
Will anyone miss the look in my eyes?
When ears can no longer hear the sound of my voice
And my words reach out in silence from the pages of books unopened
Is there anyone there to care or remember my heart?
Or will I be as forgotten as the children I never had?
My DNA will die with me
No one longs to pass on
The debt of life to generations alive in my imagination
If only, if only, if only
But...
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9 Comments
Lay My Ground
Yes your honor, I had to lay my ground. You see, she started to get the best of me and then she threatened my life. What choice did I have but to snap her neck? I know I started it by attacking her, but that’s the law now. Look at the president set on the Zimmerman case. It’s ok for an adult to kill a teenager, as long as it is self-defense. Just look at all my injuries. She scratched me, bit me, slapped me, tried to gouge out my eyes and then she said she was gonna kill me. But I had to stand my ground. I had to show her who was boss. After all, I knew she was up to no good. She was standing...
109 reads
7 Comments
Scratch Your Mark on My Tree
I gaze upon your pearl white skin
As you lay yourself down exposed to me
Opening your gate with an invitation of smiles
A kiss through the air brings your lips closer
Closer I stretch mine to your fluff covered nest
The taste of your glaze just inches away
Your scent fills my head as my nose caresses your flesh
While my fingers dance around your button of love
Running them through your sexy curled hair
My tongue reaching out to meet your moist lips
Your hips pushing closer to feed the flames you inspire
A storm of thunder and lightning...
As you lay yourself down exposed to me
Opening your gate with an invitation of smiles
A kiss through the air brings your lips closer
Closer I stretch mine to your fluff covered nest
The taste of your glaze just inches away
Your scent fills my head as my nose caresses your flesh
While my fingers dance around your button of love
Running them through your sexy curled hair
My tongue reaching out to meet your moist lips
Your hips pushing closer to feed the flames you inspire
A storm of thunder and lightning...
320 reads
9 Comments
Rusted Rainbows
Another trip to nowhere
Falling Down the same old steps
Taken then taken for a fool
Sold for artificial feelings
And broken like the promises I regret
There isn’t a place I can hide
From myself or your memory
There isn’t a thought I can conjure
In my aching mess of grey
That will change the stupidity it contains
Even when I thought that I was smart
My brilliance was just a reflection
Of the light you sparkled onto me
Now the rust creeps from my bleeding wounds
Where the sting of your bite lingers
Like fire beneath the veil of sin...
Falling Down the same old steps
Taken then taken for a fool
Sold for artificial feelings
And broken like the promises I regret
There isn’t a place I can hide
From myself or your memory
There isn’t a thought I can conjure
In my aching mess of grey
That will change the stupidity it contains
Even when I thought that I was smart
My brilliance was just a reflection
Of the light you sparkled onto me
Now the rust creeps from my bleeding wounds
Where the sting of your bite lingers
Like fire beneath the veil of sin...
116 reads
4 Comments
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Sown
Nobody knows the trouble I've sown
Nobody sees darkness in one so alone
Will I be forgiven if her heart turns to stone?
Or will I die lonely and burried unknown?
Oh No! Death
Don't come for me now
Before I end up six feet under the ground
My soul needs forgiveness before I lay down
Where eternities waiting to make ashes of me
Oh No! Death, I'm not ready to descend below
While she still has the power to set my soul free
Nobdy knows but Jes's
Nobody knows the sorrow I feel
For the love I pretended that never was real ...
Nobody sees darkness in one so alone
Will I be forgiven if her heart turns to stone?
Or will I die lonely and burried unknown?
Oh No! Death
Don't come for me now
Before I end up six feet under the ground
My soul needs forgiveness before I lay down
Where eternities waiting to make ashes of me
Oh No! Death, I'm not ready to descend below
While she still has the power to set my soul free
Nobdy knows but Jes's
Nobody knows the sorrow I feel
For the love I pretended that never was real ...
107 reads
9 Comments
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