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641 · Feb 2016
Con-tentment
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
Too many seek out all,

Wanting more than they have got,

Happiness is not volume,

It's being content with your lot
634 · Feb 2016
Ever Near
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
For a moment I thought it had gone,

My mind it seemed quite clear,

But no, it sat just waiting there,

My companion, ever near.
603 · Apr 2016
Charmed
Peter J Thomas Apr 2016
The sickened sight of death befalls,

Catching each alarmed,

Yet in the turmoil of excess,

We all are grotesquely charmed.
588 · Mar 2016
I have no clue
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
Curse my age,

My twisted bones,

My failing sight,

And broken home,

Curse my luck,

In all I do,

When I got old,

I have no clue.
587 · Mar 2016
Toastie
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
I'd like a tasty toastie,

Filled with scalding hot cheese,

The sort of food that burns your mouth,

Yet somehow continues to please.
573 · Mar 2016
Locked down Pound
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
My puppy is imprisoned,

To be kept in solitude,

Her crime involved a postman,

And her incredibly bad mood.
568 · Oct 2016
candle
Peter J Thomas Oct 2016
Flickering

wick,

Burning

quick,

Candle

light,

Versus

night
554 · Feb 2016
Cause of Course
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
What does it mean to be mean,

I mind, my mind tells me,

So I read, I read, I write, I'm right,

I'm all at sea, you see.
542 · Mar 2016
The End
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
My path goes slowly forward,

One way, that we all send,

As steps grow stifled, slower,

We all approach the end.
537 · Mar 2016
Belt
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
I'm glad today that I wore my belt,

Oh the shock that I would have felt,

Imagine the shame,

With nobody to blame,

From what I'd shown in Church when I knelt,
532 · Feb 2016
1. Wish
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
I looked upon a darkened night,

A star, it cut the sky,

A granting of a lonely wish,

My loneliness to die...........
519 · Mar 2016
Than
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
Fed up with criticising souls,

In all I see or do,

It's easier to criticise,

Than do right, over to you.
518 · Mar 2016
Door
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
As days knock upon April's door,

Soon March, my friend, will be no more,

We cannot stop the shifting sands,

As time we cannot so command.
517 · Feb 2016
Just Fine
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
The flowers lose their fresh picked looks,

Like I am losing mine,

As time ticks on, the smile's gone,

Where once I was just fine
On days when I question my mind
516 · Jul 2016
My
Peter J Thomas Jul 2016
My
My name is tolerance,

Your name is fear,

Stoking up hatred,

Of things I hold dear



My name's acceptance,

Your's bigotry,

Insulting of everything,

That's true to me



My name is hopefully,

Your's there's no way,

Yet I still hold hope that

You find truth one day
513 · Apr 2016
Broken Man
Peter J Thomas Apr 2016
A broken man,

Sits idly still,

Lacks happiness,

A broken will,

No hope, no chance,

No reason why,

The broken man,

Just waits to die.
513 · Nov 2016
Bludgeoned
Peter J Thomas Nov 2016
Clubbed to death

bludgeoned,

Life suddenly cut short,

The motive well

is unknown,

Perpetrator still not caught.
507 · Mar 2016
Surprise
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
Tired limbs,

Tired eyes,

I'm tired again,

That's no surprise
507 · Mar 2016
There's a
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
There's a person who lives 'cross the way,

What she does I could't say,

But men come round there every day,

Last time I'm sure I saw one pay.........
497 · Mar 2016
Polar Bear
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
I'd like too be a polar bear,

And wander round the Pole,

Hunting seals and eating meals,

It doesn't seem a toll.
493 · Feb 2016
Love I'm Told
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
Love I'm told is in the air,

Yet such a thing I cannot see,

Perhaps I'm looking up not down,

Or simply waywardly.
491 · Mar 2016
Worm Food
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
After but a moment,

Regardless of your mood,

Deep down, underground it is,

Served up as worm food.



It isn't that I'm worried,

But I find it rather crude,

That no matter what I do,

I'm served up as worm food.



So live life and be happy,

For in the end we are all *******,

Before you know, it's off you go,

You'll end up as worm food.



If only it were easy,

To live ideas our minds have chewed,

But in a box, and on the rocks,

You're served up as worm food.
470 · Mar 2016
St P
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
I'll raise a pint of Guinness,

There's little else to say,

Let's drink, dance and be merry,

On this St Patrick's Day.
462 · Mar 2016
La la laaaaa
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
I simply will not listen,

To anything you say,

I'll sit and drink,

Try not to think,

Of what I did today.
461 · Oct 2016
Rewind repeat
Peter J Thomas Oct 2016
I don't like

you

this

conversation,

My mind

flits

away

like a disturbed

fruit

fly,

Then I miss

your

comment,

Trouble returns,

Rewind

repeat.
450 · Oct 2016
Abyss
Peter J Thomas Oct 2016
Stare downward, keep on looking,

Be sure you do not miss,

The silent thoughts and secrets

of my mind, in the abyss
449 · Oct 2016
Transformation
Peter J Thomas Oct 2016
Nature's transformation,

As the hills

woods,

and glens

are shepherded into

their seasonal

changing rooms,

each coming

out

entirely

unrecognisable.
445 · Mar 2016
Deeper
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
Inside a peaceful, quiet still,
A hush to quash the noise,
But deeper down, and inner will,
Kills silence, with hate's toys.

Be still my mind, my soul, and heart,
Just let me idly be,
Yet in my head, I'm torn apart,
Bring forth insanity
445 · Sep 2016
Night
Peter J Thomas Sep 2016
Day follows night,

Follows fear,

Follows fright,

Follows you,

Follows right,

Fear the day,

Dread the night.
444 · Mar 2016
Eyes Down
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
A crippling,

Disabling,

Fear,

Facing others,

Even myself,

Eye contact,

Impossible,

My gaze,

Elsewhere,

Throwing off,

All who engage,

Eyes down,

Downed.
437 · Feb 2016
Dispensed
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
A broken heart,

A shattered will,

No happiness,

From dispensed pill.
435 · Feb 2016
A Time
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
A time to sit, reflect, be still,

Let the world slide by,

Contentment it is worth a lot,

And I intend to try
425 · Feb 2016
Validation
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
I seek only validation,
For everything I do,
Yet expectations's crippling,
In my pursuit of you.
419 · Oct 2016
Local
Peter J Thomas Oct 2016
I'm off to my new local,

I'll likely have a drink,

Perhaps I'll grab some food too,

Or perhaps just sit and think,

I love having a local,

A place where I belong,

Where I'm happy just to be me,

At the local, nothing's wrong.
416 · Mar 2016
Lawn
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
Who on earth is up this hour,

It's barely even dawn,

And what's worse, I start to curse,

They're out mowing the lawn.
415 · Apr 2016
Fate
Peter J Thomas Apr 2016
Cold blooded, quite reptilian,

He slithers, coils and waits,

The inner beast a killer, now,

Beware, he holds your fate.
412 · Mar 2016
Britiish
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
Today a young chap asked me,

Are you having a nice day,

I lied and said "delightful",

In a very British way
402 · Mar 2016
M.I.
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
My mind just wont be quiet,

My brain is never still,

It's just one of the many things,

Of being mentally ill.
387 · Feb 2016
From Happiness
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
Ideas that fall from deep within,

Appear upon the page,

The need to write, to speak to feel,

From happiness to rage.
387 · Feb 2016
Wispy
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
A frozen chilly morning,

The grass all white and crispy,

My ears are blue, the sky is too,

With clouds of white and wispy.
386 · Mar 2016
Bleed
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
Internally, unstoppable,

Yet you fail to see me bleed,

Must red stain my clothes and more,

For you to see my need.
384 · Apr 2016
Bon-sigh
Peter J Thomas Apr 2016
I bought myself a bonsai tree,

But little did I know,

Whilst it started off quite little,

You should have seen it grow
384 · Feb 2016
Bereft
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
She stood, she smiled, I melted,

Then suddenly she left,

My heart could barely beat again,

My life, my love, bereft
381 · Apr 2016
Begun
Peter J Thomas Apr 2016
I'm no longer taking poison,

The ingestion had to stop,

But all the hurt that I have felt,

Is enough to make me drop.

There is no quick solution,

To the harm that has been done,

Though I'm heading down the right path,

The journey's just begun
380 · Feb 2016
Vet
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
Vet
A need to see a doctor,

Not me, my poorly pup,

I guess it beats the worrying,

To find out just what's up
371 · Feb 2016
Sunday
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
On Sunday I find myself cursed,

By the drink I had last night,

My head it pains, like frozen rain,

My eyes adverse to to light.
typical
367 · Feb 2016
Rue
Peter J Thomas Feb 2016
Rue
She stood, she smiled, I melted,

Then suddenly she left,

My heart could barely beat again,

My life, my love, bereft
365 · Mar 2016
Whiskey
Peter J Thomas Mar 2016
My best friend is called whiskey,

I think he's really neat,

When I'm out with whiskey,

My whole life seems complete.
361 · Apr 2016
Several
Peter J Thomas Apr 2016
A little glass,

Red wine's the cure,

There's time for one,

Then several more.
348 · Oct 2016
Black
Peter J Thomas Oct 2016
Cuts in the clouded sky

reveal flashes

blue,

Like moth riddled bed sheets

I see the world beyond,

and it me.

Am I looking out

or they in?

Such silken threads,

bare like my

skin.

Before long,

too long

grey returns

and my mood

as night

darkens.

It was never meant to be

so

black.
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