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paul-jackson
Canadian
We traded honesty for everything A promise that we made The pain we feel, this disconnect Nothing but a shade. Inside our hearts Held in our hands Our dreams reside Our lives to plan. The love we share This pain we’ve shed Is but a simple truth No longer left unsaid. Despite the fear Despite the sorrow The Love, the laughter Will come tomorrow. Of all the jealous stars In every single sky None are brighter, none are more forever Than the stars of You and I.
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Sep 27, 2010
Sep 27, 2010 at 5:01 AM UTC
Disconnect
my life so fragmented like these passing highway lines foot to floor the coalescing neon of this dark city - a beautiful place for a ceremony. my best man beneath the hood - my most trusted, honored friend assures me that this ceremony will be memorable, it will be the best thing i've ever done. i look down the aisle and i can see her... my beautiful bride shimmering silver along side the pavement parson waiting for our vows dearly beloved we are gathered here today among the congregation of shattered glass - til death do us part i do.
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Aug 8, 2010
Aug 8, 2010 at 4:07 PM UTC
marriage with a guardrail.
when we three were parted and tears had been shed i, cast into shadow, a husk in my stead the language you speak the syntax of lies a shrouded deceit cloaking your spies no vengence i seek no pain i demand insted of your blood just taller I'll stand in secret you met in defiance I wait my love shall be forfeit and my hate shall never abate.
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Aug 5, 2010
Aug 5, 2010 at 4:57 AM UTC
Byron's Whispers
the first shovel-full wasn't that bad i thought the swirling stars above me tiny silent witnessess watching me as i lay just beneath the surface of the earth the second shovel-full landed on my chest a slight choking plume of dust contained in this shallow hole fills my lungs and steals my breath the third shovel-full felt so heavy my struggling sluggish heart fights to beat in my dirt covered chest i can taste the soil now - unmistakably betrayal lines my lips and coats my tongue all thanks to that fourth shovel-full these two determined shovels erasing the sky from view one after the other pile after pile no longer do i see the stars no longer can i breathe no longer do i feel the pain i am no longer
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Aug 4, 2010
Aug 4, 2010 at 2:56 PM UTC
two shovels
i am drowning in your undertow my stone heavy heart sinks me into your depths drowning me in you now i know how it feels to drown struggling makes it worse now i know how it feels to drown struggling makes it worse i can see the shipwrecks the rotting of the lost pulling, dragging currents drowning me in you now i know how it feels to drown struggling makes it worse now i know how it feels to drown struggling makes it worse your underwater city fallen my bones live there
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Aug 4, 2010
Aug 4, 2010 at 2:19 PM UTC
Undertow
i can't see a thing suffocated by the darkness i taste the oil of your gun you thrive on my fear i always gave you what you wanted my eyes tell you to shoot but you'll never give me what i want. incapable of anything undeniably defeated sweet sorrow comforts my weary head it is all i know i deserve this it is my destiny my design. you hold 15 messengers of mercy but deny me all never again shall i see your beautiful eyes sewn shut by lies when will it end my broken knees forced to kneel i hear the hammer this is the best thing you have ever done for me finally i will get what i want i have never felt so alive in my end.
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May 26, 2010
May 26, 2010 at 8:25 AM UTC
in my end.
The light has come for me My lungs fill with Your breath I dream in colour again How can this be? My Turkish prison crumbles I do not recognize the sun But it remembers me I follow Your voice the binding chains turn to dust The light has finally come You take my hand so hard Your smile dries my tears My sadness breaks like water on Your rocks You wash it all away I am bathed in light I see Your face Just as I dreamt it would be I smell salvation on Your skin I taste hope on Your lips I am home, and free at last
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May 12, 2010
May 12, 2010 at 5:19 PM UTC
Salvation
impaled by your words with gasoline in my veins i wait to die in the wreckage of this life drop the match... just burn me down and walk away time slows down past tense never looked so beautiful how could it have ever come to this? everything i am is what we were let the fires of your lies take me i dare you to watch me burn walk away forget my name remember my ashes walk away
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May 12, 2010
May 12, 2010 at 5:17 PM UTC
Wreckage
give me the light my folded arms across my chest hold me down these crippled wings can't fly i got more than i bargained for take it all the burning is more than i can take clutched in aching hands i dream of long dead heroes i have let them down shrouded in sorrow i reach out to the shadows i can feel my dreams are dying my own purgatory the faithless live here all i have is this shroud of defeat bitter and forever how i long for new wings and new intentions please give me the light
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May 12, 2010
May 12, 2010 at 5:15 PM UTC
Purgatory
today destroyed my yesterday, moment by moment, forced to kiss the knife that cuts I forever bleed regret. the promised touch that never comes the strangled heart struggles the kiss never forgets, as the knife never forgives. a silent scream falls from my tired lips as if underwater, breathless enduring shapelessness bowing to agony, defeat. with all the wasted thoughts, ripped from useless dreams all that's left, all that's whole bereft of hope, loss is all.
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May 12, 2010
May 12, 2010 at 5:14 PM UTC
Wraith