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I Dreamt a Dream! what can it mean?
And that I was a maiden Queen:
Guarded by an Angel mild;
Witless woe, was neer beguil’d!

And I wept both night and day
And he wip’d my tears away
And I wept both day and night
And hid from him my hearts delight

So he took his wings and fled:
Then the morn blush’d rosy red:
I dried my tears & armd my fears,
With ten thousand shields and spears.

Soon my Angel came again;
I was arm’d, he came in vain:
For the time of youth was fled
And grey hairs were on my head
 Oct 2017 Altered Perception
Rumi
I’m drenched
in the flood
which has yet to come

I’m *******
in the prison
which has yet to exist



Not having played
the game of chess
I’m already the checkmate



Not having tasted
a single cup of your wine
I’m already drunk



Not having entered
the battlefield

I’m already wounded and slain



I no longer
know the difference
between image and reality



Like the shadow
I am

And

I am not
 Oct 2017 Altered Perception
Rumi
Love is the cure,
for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain
until your eyes constantly exhale love
as effortlessly as your body yields its scent.”
 Oct 2017 Altered Perception
Ray
"You look so tired"
I mean I guess
I've been drinking enough caffeine
To fuel a crack head or three
But I'm fine I'm really fine
Minus the breakdowns on the busrides
But I'm fine I'm really fine
I mean my dead dad talks to me now so I guess
Maybe I'm not alright in the head a little
But it's ok right now I swear
It's okay right now I swear
 Oct 2017 Altered Perception
Ray
Happy drunk stumbles on downtown streets
back to your place.
Eat me whole, leave me bare;
Is what I expected at least.
Your eyes looked at me and gleamed,
big arms pulling me in,
and slowly Gambino's jazz tunes turn to
soft snores of defeat.
 Oct 2017 Altered Perception
Ray
One day you'll wake up
With a text goodbye
And I'll be in the tub
Bleeding out
Wrists jarred open
With a can opener
Because really at this point
Who am I to disappoint
 Oct 2017 Altered Perception
CNM
One summer night
warmth of the moon on my face
glitter from stars above my head
One summer night
laying naked in my bed
magic seeps from my pores and creates light
One summer night
on the streets that flicker with power
its twenty past four
I'm breathing in flower
until this night is no more
 Oct 2017 Altered Perception
CNM
im like a rose bush
it'd be better if you'd just stay away
a beautiful scent attracts noses
people come for a sniff
and grow even more fond
but it'd be better if they'd just stay away
a cute girl wont leave my side
enticed by my aroma and appearances
but once she tries to touch me
my thorns ***** her finger
blood running down her hand
tears running down her cheeks
it'd be better if she'd just stay away
because now more people are stopping by in admiration
but she wants me to be her rosebush
but i cannot belong to anyone
my roots run deep into the earth
so it'd be better if you'd just stay away
There is a certain Beauty in Brokenness
And Purpose in Pain.
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