lizzy-sharples - Hello Poetry

Pen in hand poised Anticipating as though it might spill some wisdom onto these pages It hovers there for ages And only bumbling babbling fills each line Fine line between the two I dare say I’m so tired at the end of this day Maybe I will just keep scribbling sleepy silliness Really I’d like to be less demanding To need less from every word. It’s not as though these mindless notes will be heard by masses Don’t need to fill the spaces My glass is empty I have no profound notions I’m dry of emotions I just wanted to write And let the ink spill until this little page was full Of nothing but rambling rhymes It’s passed a little time And I’ve made a silly something that’s mine No pattern That’s fine Not defined Just mine

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Sep 29, 2020

Sep 29, 2020 at 4:45 PM UTC

lizzy-sharples

Pen

Pen in hand poised Anticipating as though it might spill some wisdom onto these pages It hovers there for ages And only bumbling babbling fills each line Fine line between the two I dare say I’m so tired at the end of this day Maybe I will just keep scribbling sleepy silliness Really I’d like to be less demanding To need less from every word. It’s not as though these mindless notes will be heard by masses Don’t need to fill the spaces My glass is empty I have no profound notions I’m dry of emotions I just wanted to write And let the ink spill until this little page was full Of nothing but rambling rhymes It’s passed a little time And I’ve made a silly something that’s mine No pattern That’s fine Not defined Just mine

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My thoughts never rest And in them she nests She’s so comfortable there Stealing my air So I’m breathing her essence Always feeling her presence I think I feed her too well She can feast and dwell In premium space Consuming all trace Of my sanity Insanity She creeps I’m not really insane But don’t we all play this game? We keep her at bay But know she could have her way If given the chance We all let her dance And toy with our thoughts We enjoy her taunts Tease our sanity But insanity She creeps

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Sep 17, 2020

Sep 17, 2020 at 7:44 AM UTC

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Insanity creeps

My thoughts never rest And in them she nests She’s so comfortable there Stealing my air So I’m breathing her essence Always feeling her presence I think I feed her too well She can feast and dwell In premium space Consuming all trace Of my sanity Insanity She creeps I’m not really insane But don’t we all play this game? We keep her at bay But know she could have her way If given the chance We all let her dance And toy with our thoughts We enjoy her taunts Tease our sanity But insanity She creeps

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If I could just escape the sticky binds, the glue Take new shape above landscape to find a birds eye view But I’m buried so deep in this riddle Mind enslaved to keep me in the middle In a haze I circle lost in endless maze Fear breeds so easily in confusion From in here It appears there’s no solution How easy it would be To plot a route and be free If a bird would just lend me its eyes Or if, for a moment, on its wings I could fly Then how this maze would loose its enchanting grip No longer crazed From it’s vicelike hold I could slip. How assuring it might be to know the outcome of each turn But then how boring to move forwards with never anything to learn Each corner holds an untold story Though torn we choose Towards loss or glory Never to know what might have been Never shown the paths we haven’t seen We face doubts Regrets We place our bets Can’t be certain Can’t go back Don’t know what’s lurking What might attack But of one thing we can sure We’ll never find a cure For the condition of the human mind Causing it to always find the time To question our every action Sending ourselves into distraction Over all the things that can’t be changed It’s just the way we’ve always behaved!

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Jan 31, 2020

Jan 31, 2020 at 5:32 AM UTC

lizzy-sharples

Birds eye view 🦅

If I could just escape the sticky binds, the glue Take new shape above landscape to find a birds eye view But I’m buried so deep in this riddle Mind enslaved to keep me in the middle In a haze I circle lost in endless maze Fear breeds so easily in confusion From in here It appears there’s no solution How easy it would be To plot a route and be free If a bird would just lend me its eyes Or if, for a moment, on its wings I could fly Then how this maze would loose its enchanting grip No longer crazed From it’s vicelike hold I could slip. How assuring it might be to know the outcome of each turn But then how boring to move forwards with never anything to learn Each corner holds an untold story Though torn we choose Towards loss or glory Never to know what might have been Never shown the paths we haven’t seen We face doubts Regrets We place our bets Can’t be certain Can’t go back Don’t know what’s lurking What might attack But of one thing we can sure We’ll never find a cure For the condition of the human mind Causing it to always find the time To question our every action Sending ourselves into distraction Over all the things that can’t be changed It’s just the way we’ve always behaved!

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You’re always there in the darkest part of my eye Giving meaning to all I behold On the earth and in the sky All light and colour pours in on to the shape of you, through you Before the minds eye Can form an image that’s true What sense can be made of life Without you dwelling there I keep you and cherish you And so find you everywhere There you live in my eye I wonder at how you magnify what might be so small How you atomise what might have made me fall All things at once- intensified and simplified Whilst there you live Whilst there you abide

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Jan 30, 2020

Jan 30, 2020 at 2:20 AM UTC

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Apple of my eye 🍎

You’re always there in the darkest part of my eye Giving meaning to all I behold On the earth and in the sky All light and colour pours in on to the shape of you, through you Before the minds eye Can form an image that’s true What sense can be made of life Without you dwelling there I keep you and cherish you And so find you everywhere There you live in my eye I wonder at how you magnify what might be so small How you atomise what might have made me fall All things at once- intensified and simplified Whilst there you live Whilst there you abide

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What we think we know Will only go to show - we don’t We shrink every time we think we’ve grown We’re simple and slow Submit to an illusion and in the confusion feel taller True growth is an intrusion and only makes you feel smaller Can’t expand nor extend To infinity’s end But we stand and pretend To understand and comprehend But all that’s discovered Reveals even more uncovered The abundance proposed Makes us redundant, exposed We like things enclosed So our minds stay closed We’re merely superimposed Into small worlds we’ve composed We want to believe we’ve understood Never conceiving all we should Can’t see the trees - for the wood We imagine we’re building something good Loose our childhood Pursuing a livelihood Our blood is only coded with part of us Our life force is loaded with more than this. Line after line is written in rhyme Lyrical magicians have tried to define In rhythmic patterns sublime We try, we try An immense power moves through our essence Ever reduced and cleverly condensed I feel incensed by the pretence We abuse without recompense Virtue is compressed True beauty suppressed We feel less, and less! So self absorbed. We want to be adored We cut the cord and can’t be cured We fail to ever really be whole We impale, even sever our dreary souls Needlessly faking what’s ours for free Forsaking true power We cower and flee We think our humanity weak We don’t even want what’s real Can’t afford to feel Don’t see the price of ‘care-free’ We simply can’t bare To truly care So we stare into space And don’t know how to face The sheer vastness that we effortlessly fail to embrace

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Oct 2, 2018

Oct 2, 2018 at 6:24 PM UTC

lizzy-sharples

Humanity

What we think we know Will only go to show - we don’t We shrink every time we think we’ve grown We’re simple and slow Submit to an illusion and in the confusion feel taller True growth is an intrusion and only makes you feel smaller Can’t expand nor extend To infinity’s end But we stand and pretend To understand and comprehend But all that’s discovered Reveals even more uncovered The abundance proposed Makes us redundant, exposed We like things enclosed So our minds stay closed We’re merely superimposed Into small worlds we’ve composed We want to believe we’ve understood Never conceiving all we should Can’t see the trees - for the wood We imagine we’re building something good Loose our childhood Pursuing a livelihood Our blood is only coded with part of us Our life force is loaded with more than this. Line after line is written in rhyme Lyrical magicians have tried to define In rhythmic patterns sublime We try, we try An immense power moves through our essence Ever reduced and cleverly condensed I feel incensed by the pretence We abuse without recompense Virtue is compressed True beauty suppressed We feel less, and less! So self absorbed. We want to be adored We cut the cord and can’t be cured We fail to ever really be whole We impale, even sever our dreary souls Needlessly faking what’s ours for free Forsaking true power We cower and flee We think our humanity weak We don’t even want what’s real Can’t afford to feel Don’t see the price of ‘care-free’ We simply can’t bare To truly care So we stare into space And don’t know how to face The sheer vastness that we effortlessly fail to embrace

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I’m a semi schooled fool Who got given a few tools Got sold some ideals And taught what to feel I unraveled a few reels To find something more real I hear - ‘tread carefully’ And we learn to step warily Each step is new And we only get a few We seek unfounded stability Till we’re grounded to futility Everything that’s still Is just something to fill With endless crap that we’re told Will make us feel whole But life’s teaching me While society’s cheating me I’ve learnt to behave So that I live as a slave This vast universe Moves like rhythm and verse Like music it flows Beautifully composed We can learn to be mobile But the balance is fragile Gain stability and loose mobility Gain mobility at the cost of stability Start making new rules Compose your own life’s tune Give yourself a stable beat One that forces you to move your feet

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Sep 9, 2018

Sep 9, 2018 at 8:01 PM UTC

lizzy-sharples

Illusions of stability

I’m a semi schooled fool Who got given a few tools Got sold some ideals And taught what to feel I unraveled a few reels To find something more real I hear - ‘tread carefully’ And we learn to step warily Each step is new And we only get a few We seek unfounded stability Till we’re grounded to futility Everything that’s still Is just something to fill With endless crap that we’re told Will make us feel whole But life’s teaching me While society’s cheating me I’ve learnt to behave So that I live as a slave This vast universe Moves like rhythm and verse Like music it flows Beautifully composed We can learn to be mobile But the balance is fragile Gain stability and loose mobility Gain mobility at the cost of stability Start making new rules Compose your own life’s tune Give yourself a stable beat One that forces you to move your feet

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Some anniversaries Don’t stir good memories It’s just another day No different in any way Than all the others that have past Since that day that was your last It’s just a date Why does it hold such weight? Time spins it’s wheel How can I know what to feel When a portal is opened To all that hateful emotion As if I’ve gone back in time - Time ticks on in a straight line But my head moves through space Taking me back to that place Reliving dark memories On this anniversary But I won’t hover here Won’t linger too near To fury’s fierce grasp I’ll pause to raise a glass I’ll lift it high Try not to drown in the ‘why’ Find space to remember you Leaving darkness less room

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Aug 6, 2018

Aug 6, 2018 at 3:36 PM UTC

lizzy-sharples

Anniversary

Some anniversaries Don’t stir good memories It’s just another day No different in any way Than all the others that have past Since that day that was your last It’s just a date Why does it hold such weight? Time spins it’s wheel How can I know what to feel When a portal is opened To all that hateful emotion As if I’ve gone back in time - Time ticks on in a straight line But my head moves through space Taking me back to that place Reliving dark memories On this anniversary But I won’t hover here Won’t linger too near To fury’s fierce grasp I’ll pause to raise a glass I’ll lift it high Try not to drown in the ‘why’ Find space to remember you Leaving darkness less room

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Life after limb loss ‘I want to walk again’ they say ‘I haven’t walked in 40 days’ And this is the goal I’ll help them achieve But it’s not as easy as they might believe They’re in grieving Numb - denial - and bargaining ‘It’ll all be okay on the day I walk again’ They’ve lost so much Butchered Now first I teach them to touch To clutch To poke and **** I know it feels odd Got to desensitise It’s sensitive but try Press into the scar line Scar tissue can’t be allowed to entwine Keep it subtle It’s brutal ‘What’ll happen if I don’t?’ ‘I can’t cope’ ‘It doesn’t feel very nice’ Inside i’m thinking Please heed my advice In time They’ll need to cope with pressure like a vice I hope we make it that far ‘Bla bla bla’ ‘How can I drive my car with only one leg’ ‘I just want to walk and drive’ they beg. We start at the start Long way to go before we get that far. I have such admiration For the shear determination they show Can’t imagine even loosing a toe Whether to trauma, cancer or disease Limb loss below or above the knee Come to me It’s my profession But my confession Is I really care I really will be there for them Any way I know how We’ll plough through the technicalities Gait training Draining their energy Learning to use a prosthesis But there’s more to this I want to teach you more Than how to get up off the floor There’s life after limb loss Only they know the cost I’ll be there for you I swear to you I’ll truly care for you.

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Apr 8, 2018

Apr 8, 2018 at 9:59 AM UTC

lizzy-sharples

Life after limb loss

Life after limb loss ‘I want to walk again’ they say ‘I haven’t walked in 40 days’ And this is the goal I’ll help them achieve But it’s not as easy as they might believe They’re in grieving Numb - denial - and bargaining ‘It’ll all be okay on the day I walk again’ They’ve lost so much Butchered Now first I teach them to touch To clutch To poke and **** I know it feels odd Got to desensitise It’s sensitive but try Press into the scar line Scar tissue can’t be allowed to entwine Keep it subtle It’s brutal ‘What’ll happen if I don’t?’ ‘I can’t cope’ ‘It doesn’t feel very nice’ Inside i’m thinking Please heed my advice In time They’ll need to cope with pressure like a vice I hope we make it that far ‘Bla bla bla’ ‘How can I drive my car with only one leg’ ‘I just want to walk and drive’ they beg. We start at the start Long way to go before we get that far. I have such admiration For the shear determination they show Can’t imagine even loosing a toe Whether to trauma, cancer or disease Limb loss below or above the knee Come to me It’s my profession But my confession Is I really care I really will be there for them Any way I know how We’ll plough through the technicalities Gait training Draining their energy Learning to use a prosthesis But there’s more to this I want to teach you more Than how to get up off the floor There’s life after limb loss Only they know the cost I’ll be there for you I swear to you I’ll truly care for you.

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Tied to you by gravitational force Bound together soaring through outer space Your core the axel of my spinning course Your darkness brightened by my sunlit face Ever close by as we journey through time Yet out of my reach so I feel alone Your surface a vision ever sublime The life you hold makes my barren land groan Ever close, ever distant, never stilled My path keeps only half of me on view The face you see lit leaves another chilled Dark mysterious face hidden from you This part of me you shall not ever see And so you shall never have all of me I long to know your hidden mystery My deep blue oceans ever yearn for you Entwined we wrote all of our history And all the while this deep desire grew In perfect harmony we ever glide I will forever pull you in my love You stay away from me, we can’t collide Or else destroy all you see from above From there you see life, abundance and grace Closeness would reveal darker things unknown Distance protects me from shameful disgrace On my lands fear and foul hatred are grown To you I shall always appear unmarred You’ll only ever know my fake facade

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Apr 2, 2018

Apr 2, 2018 at 7:05 PM UTC

lizzy-sharples

Dark mystery

Tied to you by gravitational force Bound together soaring through outer space Your core the axel of my spinning course Your darkness brightened by my sunlit face Ever close by as we journey through time Yet out of my reach so I feel alone Your surface a vision ever sublime The life you hold makes my barren land groan Ever close, ever distant, never stilled My path keeps only half of me on view The face you see lit leaves another chilled Dark mysterious face hidden from you This part of me you shall not ever see And so you shall never have all of me I long to know your hidden mystery My deep blue oceans ever yearn for you Entwined we wrote all of our history And all the while this deep desire grew In perfect harmony we ever glide I will forever pull you in my love You stay away from me, we can’t collide Or else destroy all you see from above From there you see life, abundance and grace Closeness would reveal darker things unknown Distance protects me from shameful disgrace On my lands fear and foul hatred are grown To you I shall always appear unmarred You’ll only ever know my fake facade

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Crouching low Suffocating Searching skies For liberation A bird flies by Speaks freedom to his soul Awakened, revived He emerged from dark hole Sweet melody Resuscitating Reverberates Incapacitating Lost all inhibition To rhythms sweet sound Heated submission To quaking ground Fused with tune All consuming Embodying song Willingly subduing Beautifully enchanting Like a puppet on tempo strings Physically romancing With every word she sings Intensely absorbed Deeply connecting Harmonious movements Captivating Waves of sound take control With redeeming release Music takes hold Bringing sweet inner peace He escapes the rush Surrendering To pounding tones That send him in Unwavering To a beautiful trance Never faltering In movement and dance Angles and shapes Mesmerising His body contorts Melody inspiring His physical form Symbiotic with sound Seamless motion performed As if floating above ground See his spirit fly Unrestrained Lifted high Without refrain Floats above towering cityscape No longer in it’s bind In music finding his escape Leaving it’s troubles behind

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Mar 19, 2018

Mar 19, 2018 at 12:21 PM UTC

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Escape

Crouching low Suffocating Searching skies For liberation A bird flies by Speaks freedom to his soul Awakened, revived He emerged from dark hole Sweet melody Resuscitating Reverberates Incapacitating Lost all inhibition To rhythms sweet sound Heated submission To quaking ground Fused with tune All consuming Embodying song Willingly subduing Beautifully enchanting Like a puppet on tempo strings Physically romancing With every word she sings Intensely absorbed Deeply connecting Harmonious movements Captivating Waves of sound take control With redeeming release Music takes hold Bringing sweet inner peace He escapes the rush Surrendering To pounding tones That send him in Unwavering To a beautiful trance Never faltering In movement and dance Angles and shapes Mesmerising His body contorts Melody inspiring His physical form Symbiotic with sound Seamless motion performed As if floating above ground See his spirit fly Unrestrained Lifted high Without refrain Floats above towering cityscape No longer in it’s bind In music finding his escape Leaving it’s troubles behind

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