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Oct 2010 · 1.5k
Old House
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
Well this old house
It moans and creaks
And quite frankly darling
It gives me the creeps

Upon the wood floors
You hear no strides
The middle of the night
Is where the footsteps reside

No one awake
For a step to take
The ghosts and ghouls
Cause my soul to shake
Not finished, not sure what to do with the end. I'm stuck. Haha
Oct 2010 · 578
Night Terrors
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
These dreams I dream
They come
They go
These dreams are dreams I can't control
The evil visits when my eyes are closed
They do things to me that are horrible
They make me silent, I can not scream
They paralyze my body, all I can do is think
The beings that come to me when I sleep
I wish they would not
When they leave, I feel crazy
The balance between visions and reality
Blurred and hazy
It makes me scared
When they decide to let go
I spring from sleep
Tears and tears stream down my face
I want out of my bed
And to a safe place
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
It can't see you if it has no eyes
Reach in your skull and remove them

It can't bite you if it has no mouth
Enter you imagination and erase it

It can't hear you if it has no ears
Trespass in your cranium and take them away

It can't smell you if it has no nose
Drift to your mind and make it disappear

It can't grab you if it has no arms
Storm your brain and ****** them away

It can't chase you if it has no legs
Hop into your head and sweep them away

Relax,
The monster that plagues you is now
Powerless

Now,
Turn things around and terrorize
**IT
A method I would use as a child to rid myself of the fear of monsters.
Oct 2010 · 618
Childhood
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
When I was young
I saw
I smelled
I tasted
I touched
Felt
And heard

I truly lived

                                    I saw
                                    My grandma Francis
                                    Fallen bridge, and
                                    Bright green, wonderful trees

                                    I smelled
                                    Sweet Jell-O cookies
                                    Vanilla, and
                                    Fresh, Crisp laundry
      
                                    I tasted
                                    Horse treats
                                    Coarse dirt, and
                                    Spinach

                                    I felt
                                    Excitement
                                    My dog, and the
                                    Cool, soaking rain
                              
                                     I heard
                                     Days of the New
                                     Nirvana,
                                     And Rage Against the Machine

I continue to truly live
Oct 2010 · 665
Alice...
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
Silly Alice
Why do you insist on chasing...
That rogue white rabbit?
It never ends.
It's only begun!
You'll fall deeper and deeper
Down the hole.
Your infatuation,
Will be the death of you
Join the greats.
Janis, Jim, Kurt
They welcome you.
Wave and cheer
Congrats! you're finally here...
Whose next?
Love this metaphorical trip
It only lasts so long.
Will you be reborn?
Alice...?
Oct 2010 · 873
Half a Wold Away
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
The kiss of the wind
It's like being born again
The orchards trees
swaying in the breeze

Atop this hill
The smell of nature
Soft and sweet
Gentle and calm

Impossible to notice
A war in progress
Half a world away

The leaves of autumn
Forever Changing
Is like the time
Never waning
Oct 2010 · 647
Puppets of Darkness
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
The army of darkness
The night's minions
Marching above me
Their combat boots creating
Silent thunder

They come in droves
Covering my ceiling
With shadows of guilt
Shadows of unknown

They know everything I've done
They hide, waiting, watching
For something to report
To the darkest depths
Of my mind
They do the same to you
And the rest of mankind
They feed off our secrets
The dark ones fight for your mind
To take over, to claim

Don't get enthralled in their games
Puppets of darkness
They will hold you hostage
To your own psyche
Your cranial cage
Will be your home

Soon enough
The shadows will pass
The thunder will stop
The guilt will never subside

But,
A new day will dawn
Oct 2010 · 904
Odds and Ends
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
Sleeping with scissors
The comfort of their contour
Bring me sweet dreams
Of vivid, cutting edge scenes

Sleeping with keys
Keep the scissors at bay
Lock them together, lock them away
Keys, the insurance of my steel
Keep me safe, straight to the first meal

Sleeping with pins
Sharp, straight to the point
They lever lead me astray
Wit of a jester in a courtyard
Jesting
And jesting away

Sleeping with inanimate objects
Cold and dull
Keep me safe
They fill the null
Inanimate objects
Keep my bed full
Inspiration: Fell asleep on my floor doing crafts, fell asleep on my scissors and pin cushion as well as the key necklace that I took off.
Oct 2010 · 773
Kaleidoscope Eyes
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
Look into your kaleidoscope eyes
See visions change
Colors blur 'round
Reality twists and fades
With every shake of our lives
Seasons change
Slur into oblivion

I reach out and turn the hands of time
Back to when we were young
The summers long
Winters cold
Our minds ablaze
With ideas of revolution

Now we're old
Wise
With hindsight in hand
Not a thing I would change
All those fights we had
I would go through again
Just to be with you

The autumn breeze now blows
Carrying leaves across our feet
Chilly with the thought of winter
Halloween nears
The ghost of you
That's all I hear
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Funny Men In Tall Chef Hats
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
Funny men in tall chef hats
Marching about so wildly
Stone soup and humble pie
Main course and dessert delight

Give me a dose
And that girl two
Vanity, her dream come true
Narcissistic uncaring and cold

A mid-evil blunder
So daring and bold
Spoiled brats
And rotting Brauts

Sugared too sweet
Not telling the truth
The gossip
And all

The Court jester
The village idiot
He sinks to the bottom
She cheers to the top

It's amazing the wonder
The high school scene
The many things
That relate to its sheen

The short stout bakers
Making profit from weakness
Some goods so smooth
Some just the opposite

The geeks and nerds
Hackers and slackers
Jocks with jerseys
And rebels with rock

Serve up course two and three
Let's make it a festival
Just you and me
Vanity and sheen

Were just getting started
This is high school
This mid-evil concert
For four years we live it

A new melody
A new song
It's not the end
But the struggle

Is on.
I wrote this my freshman year about 4 years ago now.
Oct 2010 · 654
What Is Love?
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
Love is...
Love.
Love?
What is Love?
Love is...
This is love.
Speechless.
My writing teacher put this up as a prompt. I had to idea what to write so I just put down some BS...She ate it up, loved it and hung it up on the wall. :D Haha
Oct 2010 · 1.7k
Lift Me High
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
If I were a dragonfly
        You would be the wings that lift me high
        The eyes that help me see
Oct 2010 · 1.4k
Pyramid
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
P
Pants
Pants Perplex
Purple Pants Perplex
Purple Pants Perplex People
It's true
Oct 2010 · 2.4k
Circus
Haley Vlietstra Oct 2010
Come one, come all
We together, create the greatest circus of all
You. You. and you as well
Stop by and see it happen
All of the glitz and glamour
They're fighting, over center ring
Silence please.
For the performers concentration
Come together and stop the fighting, please.

— The End —