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231 · Nov 2020
Antihero
Dereaux Nov 2020
Our antihero,
has now won something.
A real consolation prize.
222 · Oct 2020
Tensile wings
Dereaux Oct 2020
Her tensile wings
grew larger and larger
trying to reach
the end of the world.

Just to find out
she was only
circling around.
218 · Nov 2016
Warrior
Dereaux Nov 2016
It is a tough fight,
to find peace in your heart.
But I'm a warrior.
202 · Aug 2021
In denial
Dereaux Aug 2021
Looking for your love
I am hiding under
shades of blue

With a scarred heart
that keeps on beating
and memorizing you

My true thoughts
are hidden behind
a cloaked smile

To give myself
a bit of peace
I must live in denial
197 · Aug 2016
Bad poet.
Dereaux Aug 2016
You know you are a bad poet,
when the comments are more
impressive as the poem itself.
195 · Apr 2017
Time to end
Dereaux Apr 2017
Please, stop your crying
and let me tell you
that the end is near

Don't believe the truth
over the lies, cause you
will lose all of the fear

Roads to escape are closed
bridges are pulled up
I guess they all are wrong

My ink is running out
paper is getting to an end
It's time to finish our song.
181 · Sep 2020
Play
Dereaux Sep 2020
Go out and play Son!
That won't work anymore, Dad
the battery's  empty.
174 · Sep 2020
Ending
Dereaux Sep 2020
I remember
something vague
from a distant past
which I can't place yet
here in the present.

A story in my head
filled with fun
and intense happiness
not a scratch on my crystal ball
everything healthy,
nothing broken.

An era has passed
a love perished
the piece has been written
but I don't like the ending.
173 · Oct 2016
Imagination
Dereaux Oct 2016
When your ink runs out
before the story is done.

You have your imagination
to rely upon.
157 · Jul 2016
Write
Dereaux Jul 2016
here in this game
we’re all the same
we write about love
we write about pain

but whatever you write
just follow the light
that’s lit in your soul
to make the world bright

cause a candle will burn
any way you will turn
go, write on my love
make my heart yearn
152 · Oct 2021
Blossoms (Haiku)
Dereaux Oct 2021
sweet blossoms of plum
on moonbeams you float thru air
drifting in my dreams
146 · Aug 2020
Cloud
Dereaux Aug 2020
I don't know
what it is all about
but someone is
sitting on my cloud.

I try to scare him
so he goes away
but nothing helps
he's gonna stay

Looking in magic books
for some kind of spell
to put on him and
send him straight to hell
144 · Oct 2020
My old desk
Dereaux Oct 2020
O my desk,
a daily friend you are
leaning back I can trust you
stuck by my side all these years.

legs firmly pressed into carpet,
sleek gray blade, leveled,
every poem is written here
made with your support

The passing of the years,
will not escape you.
I will never forget you
even if I have to replace you.
143 · Sep 2020
Sit still
Dereaux Sep 2020
Quite a task,
to sit still
in a rocking chair
143 · Aug 2016
Searching.
Dereaux Aug 2016
If there was something
in the near future
that would be worth to find.

There would be no need
going back in time to see
what I have left behind
139 · Nov 2020
Goodbye
Dereaux Nov 2020
You gave the words
I used my ink.

I wrote the lines
that made you think.

You became speechles
I waited for reply.

You ended the story
but there was no goodbye.
135 · Sep 2020
Dark plans
Dereaux Sep 2020
Morning dusk looms
and hunts furiously
across the whole earth
chasing the dark.

In conflict together
for the upcoming light.
Night is soon
succumbed to dawn.

But already makes
dark plans again,
to banish the light
once more
before nightfall
124 · Sep 2020
Our path
Dereaux Sep 2020
I came into this world
where I couldn't see
cause the bright light of life
was blinding me

I made a choice
and had to strive
cleared lots of rubble
before I could thrive

But this was my path
that I had to go
sometimes it went fast
and other times slow

It was trouble and pain
but I have no regret
cause this was the way
how we two could met
115 · Oct 2020
Love Language
Dereaux Oct 2020
Your love,
has many dreams
in which I am not included
dancing anxiously
on still water
afraid that I will disturb it.

My love,
bright and sincere
clear as an open book
you don't want to read it
but left it
in a dusty corner.

Our love.
speaks several languages
but not one you understand
how for God's sake
do I make clear
that I love you very much.
103 · Nov 2020
My Nature
Dereaux Nov 2020
Peering across fields
looking to the horizon
creating images in my head
before the day even started

Snakes hide quickly
under the grass
exaggerating fens
feel like a big puddle

Storks nest together
on top of high poles
fox and marten watch
you can hear them sneak

Rabbit happily hops
from one hole to another
sheep looks on woolly
how do they keep it up

Frogs make paths
in the drifting sand
handy for the ants
marching across
the sandy path

Highlander grazes hairy
grass for grasshopper away
Woodpecker breaks bark
Cuckoo goes insane

A deer shoots away
is looking for a safe pasture
There is space enough
for a whole pack
all come along
99 · Sep 2020
Writing pains
Dereaux Sep 2020
My head is weary
my thoughts are gone.
do I make a short poem
or does it need to be long

What is the point,
why is there all this thinking.
is it true that writing is easier
after I have been drinking.

The paper is too white
and the ink is too black
but once the first word is written
there is no way going back.
95 · Nov 2020
Light
Dereaux Nov 2020
Please, bring me relief
I don't want to see the dark.
Illumination.
90 · Oct 2020
Vacuum
Dereaux Oct 2020
In a vacuum
you were trapped

I jumped a hole
in the air

In infinite space
we fled together.
89 · Sep 2020
Money
Dereaux Sep 2020
Money is no problem,.
we don't have it anyway.
Our life is our wealth.
88 · Sep 2020
Loved too little
Dereaux Sep 2020
Ticking time
sliding by
painfully slow

The future
in front of me
lies miles
behind me.

The present
unfortunately
no longer favorable
for me

I feel
a timeless remorse
now I may
have loved you too little
86 · Sep 2020
Spring
Dereaux Sep 2020
I look up
I look down
I looked behind and all around

I seek
and I’ve searched
but nothing could be found

I stop
and I stared
but there is nothing there

So why
do people say
that spring is in the air
84 · Sep 2020
No good start
Dereaux Sep 2020
A book with a good plot,
is on the table in front of me.
It won't open.
72 · Oct 2020
Heartshine
Dereaux Oct 2020
The bright light of life
glistens
in my dark
and lonely heart
70 · Aug 2020
Gettin' lucky
Dereaux Aug 2020
I wrote
a sensual poem
naughty and corny.
Praying that
when she read it
it would make
my wife *****

She read
and she read
she read a bit more
I'd hoped when she was done
to take her right on the floor

I looked at her
and asked
so what do you say?
Did my passionate writing
soak your ******* away.

She gave a short moan
and I thought I had luck
But she quickly
answered to me
I don't give a ****.
please correct my English when it's written the wrong way.
63 · Oct 2020
Blanket
Dereaux Oct 2020
Dry colored leaves fall
making earth a warm blanket.
Nature takes a rest
50 · Dec 2020
Bounded together.
Dereaux Dec 2020
Love runs
like a
bounded thread

complicated in-sync
with sweet dreams

we stay
woven together

never ever
we unravel
48 · Oct 2020
Tick Tock
Dereaux Oct 2020
The storyteller said
"I don't have time to tell you a story"

The time teller replied.
"I can tell you sometime"
36 · Aug 2020
Before.
Dereaux Aug 2020
Before
I had even
met you

You
were already
in my mind.
35 · May 1
Morning Sun
Dereaux May 1
Dawn breaks
over the horizon
you can hear
the song of a lark
golden sun
paints the sky
a new day
begins to spark

I arrive at time
in this kingdom
singing on fields
covered with green
strolling under seagulls
high in the sky
floating with a
breezing serene

Sun beating hot
fountain of rays
showering down
on the meadow
fueling nature
bringing life
and caresses
all that we know
35 · Sep 2020
Common ground
Dereaux Sep 2020
If you both cannot
agree on certain issues.
That is common ground.
33 · Aug 2020
Peace.
Dereaux Aug 2020
Peace
can be found
right in your
heart.

unfortunately
only a few people
are looking
for it.
peace love
32 · Sep 2020
Crime
Dereaux Sep 2020
Much reading
in my prison cell
kept me fascinated there.

Problem was however
that what is offered
was a mere crime
28 · Aug 2020
Heavy
Dereaux Aug 2020
If your life
is getting
too heavy
for you.

Find someone
who cares
and willing
to carry it too.
28 · Sep 2020
Time
Dereaux Sep 2020
Without realizing
time is an eternity
to achieve your goal
26 · Aug 2020
River of love
Dereaux Aug 2020
your love
feels like a river
gracefully flowing by

I cannot seem
to find a grasp
and keep you
by my side

— The End —