Submissions by maggot1148
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Poetry keeps me semi-sane.
Purpose
My thoughts are smeared across this empty page
Little scrollings and symbols represent the very essence I breath
The paper bleeds as I scratch my pen across it
The ink spreads as my thoughts begin to bloom
My purpose is unclear, but my motives are crystal
I write to remember, I write to forget
Venting hatred and rekindling compassion
Wonderfully exposed and at the same time secret
My life is seldom perfect, but then again no one's is
We try to make the best of it but rarely succeed
In the end, its my writing that keeps me sane
I work to...
Little scrollings and symbols represent the very essence I breath
The paper bleeds as I scratch my pen across it
The ink spreads as my thoughts begin to bloom
My purpose is unclear, but my motives are crystal
I write to remember, I write to forget
Venting hatred and rekindling compassion
Wonderfully exposed and at the same time secret
My life is seldom perfect, but then again no one's is
We try to make the best of it but rarely succeed
In the end, its my writing that keeps me sane
I work to...
74 reads
0 Comments
Knocking
I realize your real eyes are deserted and dead
But humor me and pay attention to what is rarely said
Something important. What is it you ask?
Shut your fucking mouth and then you would know
Listen please, to what I have to say
There you go again, you just threw it away
Why should I even give you a chance?
Your cruelty is proven by this circumstance
I won't give you satisfaction for your ignorance
I'll laugh at your pitiful attempt at masochistic penance
Tell yourself you've done good, opened my eyes to your faith
But you've only...
But humor me and pay attention to what is rarely said
Something important. What is it you ask?
Shut your fucking mouth and then you would know
Listen please, to what I have to say
There you go again, you just threw it away
Why should I even give you a chance?
Your cruelty is proven by this circumstance
I won't give you satisfaction for your ignorance
I'll laugh at your pitiful attempt at masochistic penance
Tell yourself you've done good, opened my eyes to your faith
But you've only...
136 reads
4 Comments
Campaign of Fear
Plaster faces painted on fragile features
Arrogant, ignorant smiles mask secret fears
Motives are obscured by promise of healing and hope
Feed hate and preach fear, like maggots they writhe
Wrung out brains are beaten against the altar
Like drugs they numb the thoughts, rendering the mind useless for logic
Kept in line with hollow, meaningless threats
Their congregations are no place for reason, only for blind faith
Mindless and numb they roam like sheep, herded by an abusive shepherd
Clumsy and feeble, they stumble with no spine to...
Arrogant, ignorant smiles mask secret fears
Motives are obscured by promise of healing and hope
Feed hate and preach fear, like maggots they writhe
Wrung out brains are beaten against the altar
Like drugs they numb the thoughts, rendering the mind useless for logic
Kept in line with hollow, meaningless threats
Their congregations are no place for reason, only for blind faith
Mindless and numb they roam like sheep, herded by an abusive shepherd
Clumsy and feeble, they stumble with no spine to...
75 reads
0 Comments
Leave Me Alone
I lied again
I lied so that I could be hurt
So that I could continue to live
So that I could feel something... anything.
You see
Happiness isn't everything
Sadness is often better
Because sadness is true
It doesn't fade.
It's always there.
Repressed but always waiting.
Happiness is a cheap emotion.
It doesn't fuel itself in the way sadness does.
It burns out like a dying flame
With nothing to rekindle the ashes.
I lied so that I could be hurt
So that I could continue to live
So that I could feel something... anything.
You see
Happiness isn't everything
Sadness is often better
Because sadness is true
It doesn't fade.
It's always there.
Repressed but always waiting.
Happiness is a cheap emotion.
It doesn't fuel itself in the way sadness does.
It burns out like a dying flame
With nothing to rekindle the ashes.
107 reads
0 Comments
Mistress Misery
The smell of the perfume you wear
The color of the ribbon in your hair
The way you laugh
The way you smile
These are the things that I force myself to love
You are perfect, but only in my tainted eyes
Only on the surface
I can not force myself to look deeper
In fear of uncovering a hidden flaw
On the surface, you are beautiful
Beneath, you are ugly
But these are the nuances that I will never notice
Every part of you, every fiber, I only ever obsessively fixate upon.
Your body is an ocean
Your mind is a black hole.
I am...
The color of the ribbon in your hair
The way you laugh
The way you smile
These are the things that I force myself to love
You are perfect, but only in my tainted eyes
Only on the surface
I can not force myself to look deeper
In fear of uncovering a hidden flaw
On the surface, you are beautiful
Beneath, you are ugly
But these are the nuances that I will never notice
Every part of you, every fiber, I only ever obsessively fixate upon.
Your body is an ocean
Your mind is a black hole.
I am...
139 reads
2 Comments
These Thoughts of Mine
Swimming through the darkness in my mind
Searching in the crevices for something sane
Just a fleeting thought, in an ocean of lies intertwined.
Never wandering, always waiting, perpetually in pain.
One thought, one emotion, one glimpse of reality.
Tortured, weak and feeble, how am I supposed to cope?
Overcome with madness, consumed by brutality
Strangled by the hangman's rope.
This blackened shell has only just cracked
It sends shadows across the void that is my heart
Never before has my sanity been so plagued
In my mind, reality has no...
Searching in the crevices for something sane
Just a fleeting thought, in an ocean of lies intertwined.
Never wandering, always waiting, perpetually in pain.
One thought, one emotion, one glimpse of reality.
Tortured, weak and feeble, how am I supposed to cope?
Overcome with madness, consumed by brutality
Strangled by the hangman's rope.
This blackened shell has only just cracked
It sends shadows across the void that is my heart
Never before has my sanity been so plagued
In my mind, reality has no...
165 reads
4 Comments
DU Poetry : Submissions by maggot1148