Submissions by trouble8me
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
since before I can remember, I have been writing the thoughts that only a pen and paper want to say....... I am quiet, reserved, very particular and observant. I am a Scorpio.
Subliminally
If I could choose to cosmetically
change some things
on the outside of me
I would be somewhat, technically
and observationally
a different being
for all to see
If I could choose to theoretically
change my needs
on the inside of me
I would be somewhat, miraculously
always offering
whatever you need
If I could choose to wear your shoes for a day
of course, fashionably
and rationally
I would be in debt to the fantasy
that in all actuality
what we call reality
is just a deformity
from the inside out
change some things
on the outside of me
I would be somewhat, technically
and observationally
a different being
for all to see
If I could choose to theoretically
change my needs
on the inside of me
I would be somewhat, miraculously
always offering
whatever you need
If I could choose to wear your shoes for a day
of course, fashionably
and rationally
I would be in debt to the fantasy
that in all actuality
what we call reality
is just a deformity
from the inside out
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Dishonest Man
The mind thinks of so many questions
Do you really want the authentic answer?
I use to believe I needed to know
Now I believe in my intuition..
A man gives himself away
He cant hide, completely, - extramarital affairs
He will lie unto the heavens,
to disappear when she's sleeping -as if nobody cares
No burden has he
who finds agreement with his conscience
shifting on to each new day
as if his sins just float away
The disappointment fades
without any confirmation
What remains is numb and unaffected ...
Do you really want the authentic answer?
I use to believe I needed to know
Now I believe in my intuition..
A man gives himself away
He cant hide, completely, - extramarital affairs
He will lie unto the heavens,
to disappear when she's sleeping -as if nobody cares
No burden has he
who finds agreement with his conscience
shifting on to each new day
as if his sins just float away
The disappointment fades
without any confirmation
What remains is numb and unaffected ...
49 reads
4 Comments
R. W.
The bells of tomorrow ring for your spirit
In an instant
Life is over
You brought us joy
a midst your lows
A soldier for the masses
Everyone knows your name
Strangers will be grieving
as your family bares their pain
On screen,
On stage,
In our hearts
-You learned to know
The words that made us think
of not ourselves
of not our wants
You gave us imagery in a picture
we need only envision to be real
keeping a hold on our attention
while we relish in suspense
The bells of tomorrow ring...
In an instant
Life is over
You brought us joy
a midst your lows
A soldier for the masses
Everyone knows your name
Strangers will be grieving
as your family bares their pain
On screen,
On stage,
In our hearts
-You learned to know
The words that made us think
of not ourselves
of not our wants
You gave us imagery in a picture
we need only envision to be real
keeping a hold on our attention
while we relish in suspense
The bells of tomorrow ring...
32 reads
4 Comments
Regina
When you left in Winter
I thought I might die
not from the freeze but from your sweet goodbye
We were the heavens
together as a lullaby
interlocking emotions illuminating the darkest sky
Sewn in the fabric of who you are
is an obligation to a promise you weren't willing to breach
I offered an avenue to escape your suffocation
but her destruction took a shot-gun and aimed it at me
I am unwilling to die for you
if you are a puppet - a dancing fool
Fighting her off gave back the freedom you deserved
but her threats on my...
I thought I might die
not from the freeze but from your sweet goodbye
We were the heavens
together as a lullaby
interlocking emotions illuminating the darkest sky
Sewn in the fabric of who you are
is an obligation to a promise you weren't willing to breach
I offered an avenue to escape your suffocation
but her destruction took a shot-gun and aimed it at me
I am unwilling to die for you
if you are a puppet - a dancing fool
Fighting her off gave back the freedom you deserved
but her threats on my...
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Sometimes
Let me find my way around
I tend to watch then decide what to do
I may seem like I'm not paying attention
It might be part of the big deception?
I've seen sunrises after drinking a well
of alcohol
and kiss and tell
I've made compromises with my own hell
I've not seen it all
I'm the one to rebel
Not in a competition for any kind of prize
I never get vacation - but I know it would be nice
My pace is not predictable
Sometimes I'm like the wind
I try for irresistable...
but then I think again
sometimes
Absent...
I tend to watch then decide what to do
I may seem like I'm not paying attention
It might be part of the big deception?
I've seen sunrises after drinking a well
of alcohol
and kiss and tell
I've made compromises with my own hell
I've not seen it all
I'm the one to rebel
Not in a competition for any kind of prize
I never get vacation - but I know it would be nice
My pace is not predictable
Sometimes I'm like the wind
I try for irresistable...
but then I think again
sometimes
Absent...
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Admirer
He sees her from accross the room
She pretends she doesnt know
He would see her from accross the world
If he thought she sought him so....
Invisible he seemed to always be
She barely knew his existence
The miniscule amount of hope on his face
kept him barely as a witness
to her laughing and planning
lavish trips to explore-
the world from the eyes of
a young lady at shore.
Soon, the sails would surely whisk her away
to a new land with some new man
and that was ok..*
He only wanted a moment '
just once,...
She pretends she doesnt know
He would see her from accross the world
If he thought she sought him so....
Invisible he seemed to always be
She barely knew his existence
The miniscule amount of hope on his face
kept him barely as a witness
to her laughing and planning
lavish trips to explore-
the world from the eyes of
a young lady at shore.
Soon, the sails would surely whisk her away
to a new land with some new man
and that was ok..*
He only wanted a moment '
just once,...
51 reads
4 Comments
Breaking Point
I have not found that breaking point
where the wave just begins to curve
at its highest reach before the decline...
No, I have not been there yet.
I guess my anxiousness is obvious
I know it shouldn't be..
Patience is on my list "to do"
It might take an eternity
I've tried marriage
Iv'e tried without
20 years in
I'm happier out
Still, I don't know what I'm looking for
Maybe its something I choose to ignore
Unsteady like the ocean, I look for a wave
to pick me up and take me away
where the wave just begins to curve
at its highest reach before the decline...
No, I have not been there yet.
I guess my anxiousness is obvious
I know it shouldn't be..
Patience is on my list "to do"
It might take an eternity
I've tried marriage
Iv'e tried without
20 years in
I'm happier out
Still, I don't know what I'm looking for
Maybe its something I choose to ignore
Unsteady like the ocean, I look for a wave
to pick me up and take me away
40 reads
2 Comments
Your Conscience
Take her
Put her in your pocket
Don't let strangers watch you talk to her out loud
Save her
Entertain her
Dont let your face give way to any doubt
Persuade her
Dress her up in lights
Remind her that a smile could be as good as gold
Feed her
Her appetite is waiting
It helps her to remember to do as she is told
Love her
For she is all you'll have
Genuine emotions find a passion only grown
Protect her
And she will do the best she can
She will give you purpose you never could have known
Put her in your pocket
Don't let strangers watch you talk to her out loud
Save her
Entertain her
Dont let your face give way to any doubt
Persuade her
Dress her up in lights
Remind her that a smile could be as good as gold
Feed her
Her appetite is waiting
It helps her to remember to do as she is told
Love her
For she is all you'll have
Genuine emotions find a passion only grown
Protect her
And she will do the best she can
She will give you purpose you never could have known
39 reads
2 Comments
Bliss
Bathing in lavender petals
scented mildly similar to you
It is comfortable to be familiar
It is magical to finally be here...
At that place we bonded wholely
you graced my skin with lips to die for
Showing a man that my body should have
holding my tongue in the palm of your hands
Awakening in a blistering sweat
to him who is absent next to me in this bed
like a ghost in a dream - the image has vanished
He only existed when I had imagined...
bliss
scented mildly similar to you
It is comfortable to be familiar
It is magical to finally be here...
At that place we bonded wholely
you graced my skin with lips to die for
Showing a man that my body should have
holding my tongue in the palm of your hands
Awakening in a blistering sweat
to him who is absent next to me in this bed
like a ghost in a dream - the image has vanished
He only existed when I had imagined...
bliss
46 reads
4 Comments
Driver
red light
I run it sometimes
take chances
advances
stay one step behind
your shadow
your next turn
your progress
its all a test
that heart beat gets crazy
when you're running
and stumble
in presence
feeling reborn
sipping coffee
alone
green light
resembles my eyes
getting caught up
with passerby's
intimidated
resorting to Sunday
it use to be fun
out on the highway
gun fire
I run it sometimes
take chances
advances
stay one step behind
your shadow
your next turn
your progress
its all a test
that heart beat gets crazy
when you're running
and stumble
in presence
feeling reborn
sipping coffee
alone
green light
resembles my eyes
getting caught up
with passerby's
intimidated
resorting to Sunday
it use to be fun
out on the highway
gun fire
35 reads
2 Comments
We Are Us
Held preciously close
a diamond
a rose
sadness sees all from your tired eyes
Relief in a fashion
of something you choose
what would you like?
tell me the truth
Not like a mother
but an equal of content
softly my whispers
fuse with yours *
You are strong
You are famished
I hear the heart beat
Tell me if there's more *
Never let go
little sparks-
midnight stars-
To resist is invitation to delight.
I am the left to your right
Never taken for granted
Thank you
Thank me...
a diamond
a rose
sadness sees all from your tired eyes
Relief in a fashion
of something you choose
what would you like?
tell me the truth
Not like a mother
but an equal of content
softly my whispers
fuse with yours *
You are strong
You are famished
I hear the heart beat
Tell me if there's more *
Never let go
little sparks-
midnight stars-
To resist is invitation to delight.
I am the left to your right
Never taken for granted
Thank you
Thank me...
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Walk along....
Walk along the shore with me-
Lets remember to look beyond-
the immediate sand right here we see
and look toward the mountain tops.
I looked up to see his shining eyes
so blue, staring down at me.
He held my hand and began to jog
running through history....
Where the shore line faded into subtle stones,
we settled for walking and collecting shells.
The places he's been are all he knows.
He is the decision wherever he goes.
He was a father, a captain at sea,
guiding a crew on a journey off course..
He left far too soon and...
Lets remember to look beyond-
the immediate sand right here we see
and look toward the mountain tops.
I looked up to see his shining eyes
so blue, staring down at me.
He held my hand and began to jog
running through history....
Where the shore line faded into subtle stones,
we settled for walking and collecting shells.
The places he's been are all he knows.
He is the decision wherever he goes.
He was a father, a captain at sea,
guiding a crew on a journey off course..
He left far too soon and...
28 reads
2 Comments
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