Wow...just wow poems - Hello Poetry

Oct 2014

eunsung aka Silas

whisper

a quiet whisper
of truth

really love before
you *die

Gentle whisper in the silence of early morning

#love #life #death #10w

Oct 2014

Pradip Chattopadhyay

When I'll be ninety

If at all I reach that age

would I retain my faculty
my vision to read a book’s page!

If and when I reach that time
would my mind be still that keen
could this hand pen a few more rhyme
this ink could some tales spin!

Would you still surround me
light my path like north star
or leaving me with my poetry
you would be then gone far!

How would I feel at ninety
contented fully fulfilled?
or sitting alone and empty
only death each breath would will!

Oct 2014

Jack

Forgotten combinations

~

Chalked up to experience
erasers pounding in a sea of dust
     white marks on black thoughts
over and under the text book meanings
  torn pages litter lost feelings
     and no one cares what the teacher’s name is
as the bell rings and hallways fill
  with empty stares and blank expressions
          dialing forgotten combinations
*of locker stashed dreams

Oct 2014

Jack

Moonlit Dreams ~ A Collaboration with Ana Sophia

~

I sit on this lonely hillside,
a faint crescent moon smiles
in the silent sky
Gazing across the valley,
finding darkness as the village sleeps
Yet as if a beacon of hope,
a lone light in your window glows
and I wonder if your midnight thoughts ~
are of me
~
Standing at my window,
gazing at the stars
I see new constellations
lining up like arrows in the night sky,
all of them point to you
The crescent moon is smiling
as though it too knows where my heart belongs
My eyes follow the river outside my window,
as it flows in your direction,
carrying thoughts of you
~
I fade off as my imagination
floats me atop a slumbering tree line
soft branches guide me
along the curves of a shadowed river bank
Gently I come to rest outside your window,
mesmerized by beauty as your enchanting eyes
reflect the star laced heavens
An autumn chill finds me and I long to fold
into the comfort of your October caress
~
The wood in the fireplace
cracks and sizzles
I feel its ribbons of warmth
gathering, wrapping around me
like a lover's warm embrace
stirring those feelings in my heart
the longing for you,
to stop and to stay
the next time your journey
brings you my way
~
Enchanting flames flicker, illumining my path,
a nervous sensation engulfs my body
as only a heart deeply in love can,
when the door opens, you smile,
melting me where I stand
Soothing arms pull me in and we kiss,
passion evolves in star dust shimmers...
My eyes again open...I still sit this lonely hillside,
imagination fading with the light in your window
and I wonder if your midnight dreams ~ will be of us

Gently I close the curtains and
move away from the window
I stoke the fire,
its soothing heat
settling upon my face
my face, a smile flickering
as the embers of my heart glow anew
with thoughts of you, us
I glance deeply into my longing dreams
All things I need,
lead to you and me,
*together

A collaboration with my beautiful and talented friend Ana Sophia. She sure does make me look good.

Oct 2014

Xan Abyss

It's All Gone

Once upon a time I would have given you the world
Would have sailed the seven seas to tear the north star from the sky
Once upon a time I'd steal the fire from the gods
Just to keep you warm in the frozen morning so you could stay with me
Because once upon a time
I thought you were the one and
Once upon a time you were my center
But slowly over time I see
The monster you've become and I
Resent the fact we ever coexisted
Now it's all gone
The love I had, the flame inside
The way your gaze lit up my life
It's all gone, your once proud name
Poisoned, and burning away with the blaze
I would say that I want you to die, but in truth
I just can't seem to care
I should feel betrayed at your lack of faithfulness
But really, I'm just glad you're not here
By all means, be free from me
Keep my shirts and keep your money
Forget all of the memories
Of you, and me, and this travesty
Go find someone else to be your dad and
Go find someone else to raise your kid
Go find someone else's soul to desecrate
Infect them with madness, pollute them with hate
Go sink your fangs in someone else and
Fill them with your lies
You used to be the woman I loved, but now
You're just some ***** I despise.

I used to have an abusive ex girlfriend. This was my breakup song to her.

#***** #breakup #song #abusive #****** #exgf

Oct 2014

Poetic T

Heaven Burns Hell Drowns

Heaven* was ablaze the
Foundations Were pure
White,
Scorched,
Blistering,
The supports of heaven
Were smouldering,
The pillars of white
Collapsing under the strain,
So little believed
In a place of white
That sins were purged, turned away
Utopia,
Paradise,
Eden,
As heavens were purged with flame,
As all became dust
Raining upon the earth below.
The sinful were drowning
The pillars of
Hades,
Purgatory,
Underworld,
The habitation of fallen angels
Were floating upon a
Cleansing water,
The eternal pits
Were but vapours of steam,
Rocks of molten torment
Were washed away,
The flames were
Extinguished
For so few believed
In a place of repeated torment,
The earth did seep
The waters of below
All sinful washed away.
Just water and cold rock
The World had moved on from
Superstition.
It was a new day, when we
Took responsibility
For our actions,
Good
&
Bad
Learning with eyes wide open,
A the heavens burned pure
And hell had drowned in sin..

Oct 2014

Xan Abyss

The Nightmare Whispers Beauty

Wandering these darkened hallways
The shadows faintly murmur hymns
Of solitude and sadness, loss and misery
The paintings on the wall stay silent
But the sorrow in their eyes
Cuts into my lonely soul
And freezes me inside....

Memories of love and joy begin to fade away
As the darkness wraps its hands around
My ever-sinking heart
In tragedy she spoke to me
On that day so long ago
She graced my lips with hers once more
On that day so long ago
One last time....

These lonely corridors of shame
Seem to speak to me at night
Seem to whisper loving words
Assaulting every thought
And in the nighttime, all alone
Wandering the dusty halls
It would seem those loving words
Aren't imaginary....

Do I hear footsteps in the distance?
Wandering these quiet halls?
In the bleak december moonlight
I can see nothing at all
But I hear breathing, Is that laughter?
It's too far away to know
Round the corner, getting louder
Can't ignore its siren call....

Tears, 'twould seem, have fallen here
On the old, expensive rugs
Underneath my naked feet
Not laughter, but tears....

I begin to run towards the sound I can't ignore
My heart pounds with unknown terror, but I have to know
Who is here? What do they want?
My God, are they even real?
I dare not turn on the lights
For fear of losing them again....

I stop.

Poetry whispered in her angelic voice
I collapse onto my knees and weep
My angel has returned, to save or torment me
Returned from eternal sleep
Still she speaks, ever so softly
Her words tear through my fragile mind
Whispers to me of her longing,
Of her wish to still be mine....

"Stop! Please! I beg of you!"
I plead with tears in my eyes
She continues whispering
Words of undying love
Rage, a sudden rush of blood
How dare she continue this?
Jumping to my feet, I swing my trembling fist

Suddenly I realize
What has happened all along
And in the light of the new dawn I see my bleeding wrists
Lying on my back I see the face of my beloved
Radiant with icy death she reaches out for me....

I close my eyes
And then I die
"Forever mine", my final words
Smiling weakly
Spirit leaves me
She is mine
And I am hers.

Written unexpectedly at 4 in the morning 6 years ago.

#love #death #loss #dark #romance #prose

Oct 2014

r

falling days

she writes of the falling days
- knows them well, one can tell

simple things like string
and wrappings
autumn and swallows -
hollow places she has seen
in boxes and photographs

and so it is - the falling days
the number of birds at my feeder are fewer
no more humming, no painted buntings
-only my homies come now, my vato birds, my mijas

the cardinal, both red and green
the nuthatch and chickadee, the titmouse-
all three
the wrens and finches, too-

and the blues still like to bathe
in the pyrex baking dish sun warmed
on a sunny day-serenaded by the mocking
one hopping from grub to worm below

- my usual feathered friends
not caring about the weather-fair or foul
and in the pale blue, a gull still laughs
at the folly of it all-

leaving goes slowly-
a spiraling, a gust of wind-
days slowly graying
shorter, lightly fading
- friends, they go

the falling days, change and leavings
leave me - well, you know...

i see the simple things
that soothe, like string
and wrappings, swallows -

- autumn, you know?

r ~ 10/6/14

inspired by the writing of Sonja Benskin Mesher

http://hellopoetry.com/sonja-benskin-mesher/

#autumn #sonjabenskinmesher #fallingdays

Oct 2014

The Girl Who Loves You

Ghost Of Raven ~~~ Collaboration with The Incredible "r" :)

The ghosts in the trees,
They're all staring at me.
I'm out here alone and lost,
Can't they just let me be?

The ghosts in the trees,
They seem to be scared.
I just want to go home,
But I don't know my way there.

A ghost of a raven
shrieked from the tree.
You may hide in a ravine
You may jump in the sea
You can run to the mountain
Pray to the craven
But I will find theeee!

That ghost in the tree,
It knows my name!
Turning, I start to run,
I don't like this game!

That ghost in the tree,
That shrieked my name.
It's starting to follow me,
Does it know I'm in pain?

Raven, Raven
Stark and mad
No safe haven
To be had
Yellow beak
Upon your back
For evermore,
Forever more.

Ghostly raven in that tree,
Why do you wish to torture me?
I'm simply lost, I don't want trouble.
Can't you just go to hell already?!

Ghostly raven in that tree,
I didn't really mean that.
I'm already so afraid,
I can't stand your beak upon my back.

Flee, fly, foe, crumb
My claws in your hair
Till your heart grows numb
-Begone or your'e done

Evil black bird I can see,
With your mocking and taunting.
I see a glowing light ahead
Your ghostly image is fading

Evil black bird I can see,
With your hatred and torture.
The glowing light is within reach,
I'll be gone and you have no future.

*Begone, begone
The night is long
I fear your fear
Unbidden here
Forever more
Forbidden.

Thank you to r, his fantastic poetic abilities really brought this collaboration to life.

#poetry #life #scared #ghost #light #torture #poe #raven #collaboration #evermore

Oct 2014

Jack

You…it has always been you

~

My entire life, days I didn’t even know I existed,
hours I sat in the window staring out
Moments spent walking along empty highways
exhaustedly scanning the horizons
Gazing into the night sky, dreaming beyond the moon
Pacing a weakened floor, counting the creaks
Peering behind shadow coated tree lines,
reaching for that which has eluded me

spent looking for you, not even sure who you were
Just knowing that you were out there
you…it has always been you

Sitting on a curb, head in my hands,
lost within the thoughts of my fate,
dreaming of the darkness which seems to follow me,
I feel a warmth, the cold wind changes
Soft hands upon my shoulders rest
and I look between crossed fingers,
seeing that smile, those eyes, realizing
I have not found you…you have found me

You lift me, I feel light, weightless,
as your lips meet mine, and I see
you…it has always been you

Suddenly it all makes sense,
while feeling time was wasted,
remembering footprints mounting the many faded trails,
sunlight opens a new chapter
proving I was not wrong
Love has found me and it is
you…it has always been you

Oct 2014

K Balachandran

Not even her image would relish it, one bit

Her mind is a thicket, never once pruned,
her heart is in turmoil, weeping blood
she puts on thick makeup, artfully smiles
her mirror image laments,"Are you relevant?"

#confused #pretension #decline #irrelevance