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matthew-nichols
American In poetry we write with structure to shorten our thoughts and allow us to say only what really matters. I have only a lifetime to tell you how amazing you are so I will have to choose my words wisely.
Beauty crawls into the rage Gnawing it's way to center stage Closing my eyes to see your face I know why it is I've come to this place My lips are drawn behind my teeth As I walk with shadows far beneath The only light I see at the end Is that from your room where you lie in bed My curse is as well my greatest gift For there is only silence from the window I lift Belly to the ground like the beast I am I approach my prey, an innocent lamb Moonlight flows across skin so soft Taking my breath but I just can't stop Your eyes so deep, blue and wide Full of fear because I'm finally inside You've never seen me like this And I've never had even a kiss I suppose we're both breaking new ground Just trust me and please don't make a sound Oh, when you start to cry Quivering lips releasing a sigh Clenching my fist in your hair Why can't you ever play fair Your fear makes you so delectable A pounding heart so strongly detectable Your lips are hot and streaked with tears The pink in your cheeks draws me near Your slender neck so pale, so exposed Leaving all my logic fully desposed My hands wander down your collarbone Full of wonder as I'm sure you know The first prize is better than I hoped Warm and soft, they gently slope Encased in pleasure from ears to nose Pressing softly I feel at home Your skin is sweet or so I imagine  Across my tongue soft as satin Firm but giving I can't help but squeeze Maybe a nibble if I please But there is more work left to do So many places exciting and new The bones of your hips hard as stone Guiding my love to it's tender home Your breathing has slowed as I work my way I plant a kiss only to hear you say Something of please, something of don't But your body argues as you're far from cold All the coddled advances Ambiguous stances Wasted chances Intentional glances Dead romances Only enhances Overwhelmed couldn't describe my senses Having finally broken through your defenses An end to unnecessary suspense I will be sure to spare no expense Like a fire amidst winter snow I taste of your inner glow All the want begins to flow Seems like you're enjoying the show Now it is time to see eye to eye Leave your soul bare for I know your lies I can see the need in your eyes And you can see the rage in mine Of all the things I ever deserved I never spoke a single word But now we know it's finally time As we join together deep inside Soon the sun begins to rise Though I am left in eternal night I wish I could stay by your side But I know better of this life Bruises will fade and minds will clear And the noises you made will leave my ear The sheets will dry and you will sigh For I am gone with no goodbye Because my world is what I've done and what I receive But for you, who couldn't so much as believe The world will be lonely and empty, as you are Because it is our choices that leave the worst scars
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Nov 9, 2014
Nov 9, 2014 at 3:27 PM UTC
A Poem About A Girl
Beauty crawls into the rage Gnawing it's way to center stage Closing my eyes to see your face I know why it is I've come to this place My lips are drawn behind my teeth As I walk with shadows far beneath The only light I see at the end Is that from your room where you lie in bed My curse is as well my greatest gift For there is only silence from the window I lift Belly to the ground like the beast I am I approach my prey, an innocent lamb Moonlight flows across skin so soft Taking my breath but I just can't stop Your eyes so deep, blue and wide Full of fear because I'm finally inside You've never seen me like this And I've never had even a kiss I suppose we're both breaking new ground Just trust me and please don't make a sound Oh, when you start to cry Quivering lips releasing a sigh Clenching my fist in your hair Why can't you ever play fair Your fear makes you so delectable A pounding heart so strongly detectable Your lips are hot and streaked with tears The pink in your cheeks draws me near Your slender neck so pale, so exposed Leaving all my logic fully desposed My hands wander down your collarbone Full of wonder as I'm sure you know The first prize is better than I hoped Warm and soft, they gently slope Encased in pleasure from ears to nose Pressing softly I feel at home Your skin is sweet or so I imagine  Across my tongue soft as satin Firm but giving I can't help but squeeze Maybe a nibble if I please But there is more work left to do So many places exciting and new The bones of your hips hard as stone Guiding my love to it's tender home Your breathing has slowed as I work my way I plant a kiss only to hear you say Something of please, something of don't But your body argues as you're far from cold All the coddled advances Ambiguous stances Wasted chances Intentional glances Dead romances Only enhances Overwhelmed couldn't describe my senses Having finally broken through your defenses An end to unnecessary suspense I will be sure to spare no expense Like a fire amidst winter snow I taste of your inner glow All the want begins to flow Seems like you're enjoying the show Now it is time to see eye to eye Leave your soul bare for I know your lies I can see the need in your eyes And you can see the rage in mine Of all the things I ever deserved I never spoke a single word But now we know it's finally time As we join together deep inside Soon the sun begins to rise Though I am left in eternal night I wish I could stay by your side But I know better of this life Bruises will fade and minds will clear And the noises you made will leave my ear The sheets will dry and you will sigh For I am gone with no goodbye Because my world is what I've done and what I receive But for you, who couldn't so much as believe The world will be lonely and empty, as you are Because it is our choices that leave the worst scars
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Aren't we proud of ourselves Now that we won't go to hell And our products will sell Because our nation excels Just ignore the smell Cause it's **** Blood, tears, and violence Admit That you can hear the silence Bodies fall from flaming towers As pigs strip the bones hungry for power Grind them up into pretty white powder Shove it up the nose of the poor black  doubter Put on a show and call it an election Sprinkle blow on their wrinkled white ******** Keep our ignorance and bestow the reigns Upon those who hear dollar signs at our pain Swallowed all their lies now we're allergic to truth Rather dump all our problems on the uneducated youth Rather stack the bodies than speak, it's cold But with our help they can pave the streets in crimson gold When everything you love is gone And you're trapped in the desert chasing a mirage I want you to look at everyone you hate and all your friends  And tell me as you die what makes you better than them?  The man who has your back through hell and more Is he republican or democrat? Rich or poor? The woman who looks to you with loving eyes Would you put a bullet in her head if the price was right? Before we sell our souls for oil and sin We might look at ourselves and think again Because if you open your eyes to peer underneath All it takes is a mirror to set you free
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Aug 18, 2014
Aug 18, 2014 at 4:46 PM UTC
Call 911! There's been a terrorist attack on the World Masquerade Center
Oh how I wish I could be Like those birds I often see But I lack their weightless wings I am too heavy to be free I am filled with longing, nothing more Like the anchor that sinks ,ship to floor I no longer remember the shore Only the sea of nevermore As I drift on endless waves Currents pulling me like a slave I wonder what it's like to be brave And what it's like to dig a grave I start to sink, as heavy as can be The sea has begun to swallow me Then my weight is taken, it slowly bleeds And now like the birds I am free My wings catch air and I can see All the world I could never believe Opening to my final reprieve As the shore of nevermore sores towards me
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May 21, 2014
May 21, 2014 at 2:07 PM UTC
The Shores of Nevermore
Once all I knew was night Every day was fight or flight Then from dark I saw so bright A glint of hope at the edge of sight So I ran as a cold heart pounded Warmer as the rising beat sounded Haste had time I could not waste This was nothing I had ever faced But I noticed as I poured in It had no effect on what I saw begin The more I gave the more was lost But I gained no reward for the cost Instead it rose above my head Out of my reach high instead So I basked in its glow All my troubles fell below But soon it came, a turn of tables I had to accept it, if only I was able You began to fall away again My feet soon knew the speed of men But my heart knew the harder truth There was no way to get to you A thousand light years away Is where you would always stay Now as you grow dimmer still I feel the dark begin to chill Maybe I'll be fine without your light Maybe I'll never see anything so bright I still think of how hard I ran That joy that had began I think of you as you fade away And hope to again see the day I wonder why I write these words My dreams have always been absurd Like a man chasing the sun I fight a war that cannot be won
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Apr 23, 2014
Apr 23, 2014 at 1:18 AM UTC
Dawn to Dusk
I can't find my words When I always could It feels absurd But it feels so good And then I awake And you weren't there The dream was fake But I still feel your hair You're still in my head I can't deny That what you said Wasn't goodbye
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Apr 14, 2014
Apr 14, 2014 at 11:31 AM UTC
Royal Langnickel
4 years old, I found her Silence surrounded her She wasn't moving, still as stone After all the soothing, I went home I asked my father if it was normal That her death meant nothing to me I had to bother, he was too formal But finally he set it free No The only words he said that day Echo in my head on endless replay Romance and smiles we shared But all the while I was prepared The hollow monster of endless regret Had followed me as it will till death I felt nothing for her as I knew I would I did everything for her as best I could Only a show, a beautiful dance Nothing true ever came from that romance After all was done and we parted ways I asked if it was normal, only to hear her say No The only words she said that day Like I didn't deserve what she had to say A fun game, not to be played often A game that never softened To be or not to be, was the goal And tonight I finally have the answer As this torture took its toll And sadness spread like cancer I watched the world from 35 feet up And wanted so bad to jump I made my choice and was finally free It's a beautiful world for the last to see An angel found me as I slipped away I took a moment just to say Is it normal, to feel only sadness and hate She only stood silent, then, hand in hand, we walked away
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Feb 9, 2014
Feb 9, 2014 at 5:45 PM UTC
Normal
I still think about you often, sometimes the idea of you I never had a chance to love your words or your touch But I love the idea of you Part of me knows this life means nothing to time Part of me wants to live every moment But I can't decide It's not because of you I promise Just the demons and angels inside me Sometimes I look over the edge of the barn 35 feet To freedom So I drink, every day And I smoke until my brain is a fog And sometimes the pain Goes away Sometimes the fear Is kept at bay Sometimes I sleep 14 hours But I never dream Someday I hope I know why And I found a new game To keep my mind distracted from my mind I think you would like her I do But not as much As you
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Feb 5, 2014
Feb 5, 2014 at 9:50 PM UTC
Burn After Reading
It seems I've found my calling Maybe unsound and appalling But it's got you down and crawling Like that gown you're falling I love catching little flies Hatching from their little lies Flying straight to the spiders web Love and hate spinning the threads I love the moves of the pieces A game, it soothes and releases I love clawing to the top Gnawing till you drop I love a little work for the mind And you're not above a little work for my time I love the little words that mean so much Floating like little birds till you crave the touch I love to dance to the piano slow A lovely trance within your soul Soften your stance with every note Just a chance I'll take you home I love a trembling whisper But don't detest a shout Above what's within her She's dying to get out I'll set fire to this town Get me to higher ground Bet a liar you're going down Forget to aspire and you'll surely drown This is where I belong Hands in your hair, soft as a song Eyes everywhere so don't stay long But remember, All is fair when you play god
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Jan 31, 2014
Jan 31, 2014 at 1:04 PM UTC
Working In Mysterious Ways
Fight fire with fire Flame with flame Ignite my pyre And curse my name Throw a gift away And burn my throat Maybe if they stay They'll never know Maybe if I see It'll never show And if you knew me You would wish it so
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Jan 27, 2014
Jan 27, 2014 at 2:43 PM UTC
Controlled Descent
The first time I kissed you And looked into your eyes It wasn't real I knew Just ghosts in my mind And when my twelve hours were done And I got out of bed I couldn't wait to leave the sun And fall back into my head
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Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 at 12:02 PM UTC
I Have a Dream