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 Nov 2016 Gaffer
nivek
monster
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
nivek
you have to admit the monster under your bed
now climbed in your head
is the one you crafted
and all its monster acts haunting you, you were guilty of.
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
Sirenes
Is some years someone will say
That Lily, she sure was a riot.
There's something to be said
About the vague mocking
I cast upon myself.
If it wasn't for my misfortune
I would not have had
Such dark sense of humor.
I'd rather put myself on the spot
Than give you the pleasure.

If there was a statue
For all the broken women
Would she smile?
I'm sure she would.
I guess I would, if it was me.

There's gratitude in the peace
That resides in my so called
Lonely home.
I'd rather kick back
On my own
Put my feet on the table
Than spend another minute
With a man
Who needs a trophy wife.
For I'm certainly no trophy.

So unpredictable
I can't tell what I'll do next.
My lips tear apart in speech
At the first sight
Of flawed logic
If not of you, then of me.
I'd smile, laugh and mock myself.

But the wounds are on the mend.
In the midst of the process
I'd only wonder
"Is it a witch burning or a burning witch?",
Is there love to be found
To cast upon my abusers
And how much suffering can I take
Before my mind collapses on itself
And I'm introduced to the padded room.

At fear of losing my mind,
I can only work harder
To regain my mental states
And hope that someday
I'll be free of the streams
That pull me away
For thinking straight.
I spill my guts
Sit through the cold sweat
And grind my teeth
Knowing, that someday I'll understand.
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
Sirenes
I forgive myself
For shamelessly staring
I can forgive myself
For the missing years
That pile on
Between us
I could forgive myself
For falling in love
And having my heart
Torn out once more.
Indeed I could tear out
My very own heart
As long as yours is safe and warm.
Such is Love in Sacrifice
Or Sacrifice in Love.
Whichever way you put it,
You're one of those Light Bodies.
Visibly imperfect and somewhat lost.
Maybe not entirely but certainly in some way.
How could my Light guide you home
When you shine so bright
I can't tear my eyes off you,
Hell I couldn't see home if I tried.
In some way you became
The missing Sun ray
And I became the troll
That wanders in the night.
Alas, such is life
All the good ones
The missing puzzle pieces
Are hanging on another woman's arm,
Or are gay as ****.
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
Morning Star
Life a stage

If i can take the stars out from the sky
If my poems can make the audience sigh
I can take a forest hillside wake
I can be a super moon
Or just a fools snowflake
I don't want to melt away
I want to fly swift brave
Be the best version  of myself
And not be second for someone else
Cry another tear of hope
Or fight for a new chapter
Doors open every turn
You're breathing now your turn
Leading lady take a dance
Its your stage to flow
Come  take a chance x
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
Morning Star
Hopes strand takes its turn
His deep eyes his gentle light
Opened windows to your soul
His loving smiles his gentle words
Helping small let go
Into waters crimson creep
Into shallows deep
Through the times erased creased
Holding on the till horrors cease
Helping forests undecide
Making room to fall behind
Scared shell tip the state or call
Still not sure of presence tall
Tries to speak but silence captures all
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
Morning Star
"Morning Star:

How art thou fallen, O bright of dawn—
Myself, once cast in silver fire, now torn
From heaven's height to earth's embrace,
My wings—forgotten, torn, displaced.

They named me lost.
They called me shade.
But soft! The silence—'twas the price I paid.

The stars did watch, yet not with scorn,
They waited long since I was born.
The moon, my mother in the sky,
Did mourn me not, but held her eye.

Beneath the soil, where roots entwine,
The earth remembered I was mine.
The fire, though gone from outward sight,
Still breathed within, a buried light.

I am not fall, nor am I fear—
I am the hush when dawn draws near.
The stillness 'fore the thunder's cry,
The breath that parts the darkened sky.

This crown I wear—no golden thread,
But woven deep with what was bled.
Of ash and thorn and starlit scar,
I rise again—thy Morning Star.

Not fallen, no—
But risen from another sky.
A sky of mine.
A self—reborn.
Unshamed. Undone.
And now… adorned.
Nature’s witness: The moon, stars, and soil don’t pity you—they wait, honor, and remember. That’s a stunning reversal of loneliness
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
chris
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
chris
"love is like playing with fire"
but my heart burns for your love
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
Denel Kessler
midnight, floodlights
purse seiners packed in tight
anchored on the fragile shoal
shadows play on the white wall
dune grass, needle, leaf of tree
gallows rising from the sea
back and forth the tenders run
salmon gathered one by one
                                      
                                 the struggle and the toil
                                                                      
                                                         the silver flashing fins
                                                                                          
                                                                            leaping from the net

                                                                                            slipping back within
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
iambruised
//
 Nov 2016 Gaffer
iambruised
//
i passed by you today
seems like i could never escape you
the radio tells me
that nothing has changed in this old town
we seem to keep running
into each other
for we are in a circle
where's the stop sign?

for all these times
nothing has got me quite worried
as much as the thoughts
of not being able
to love another soul
like you.
of the thought that
it would take me years
to move on
or
would i even be able to do that?

but nothing fears me the most
than
not being able to feel the same
emotional attachment
with any other soul
like we do.
what if i grow up
and ended up
not loving someone who i got married with?

*what if there is no one else quite like you
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