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Are we forgetting the true meaning of poetry,
Just like an older child might forget his/her favourite toy.
Well you know what they say a toaster toasts toast
And a poet posts poems.
Unless they don't in which case it isn't Tuesday but moonday because what are we all if not butterscotch pudding.
Yeah that's what I thought now you tell me what we do when we're not doing anything other than that something.
I don't get it either
416 · Nov 2013
Stop Hating Satan
Why do people hate Satan
just because someone told them he was evil.
You want to find my hope
Well you won’t find it here
You want to find my joy
Well it’s been dead for years
You want to find my passion
Well it’s lost it’s glow
You want to find my mind
Well if you do don’t let me know
You want to find my heart
Well look deeper into yours
Cause I don’t work without you
Cause I’m like a puzzle
But I’m missing half my pieces
Cause its like I’m an intricate mechanism
You can’t unlock me
Oh no you can’t cause I’m too (complicated)
You want to find my smile
Well its too far twisted, I’d be surprised if it wasn’t dead
You want to find my spark
Well lets look for yours instead
Cause you’re a fire
You gotta burn
How else are you gonna learn
That I’m scattered across the wind
Cause I’m like air
You need me to keep you going, but I don’t need you
But now you need to learn how to burn without (me)
You want to find what I can’t live without
Well I’ll tell you honey it’s definitely not you
But when you want to find me
Well… don’t act like you know me…
To my fire girl, You don't know me so stop acting like you do.
411 · Aug 2014
Maybe
You tell me to sit down
But I'm gonna stand right up
I don't want to hide what I'm all about
I gotta let the words flow out
No I don't care what they say about me
This is who I am, now can you see

Maybe I'm not good enough
Maybe sometimes life's just tough
Maybe I don't have anyone to care about
Maybe that's because I can trust no one

You had such a warm touch
I don't understand why you hurt me so much
Yeh you unfroze my heart
Just so you could burn it
Just tell me something...
Are you happy now...? Cause maybe I'm not

Maybe I once meant something
Maybe I should just stop thinking
Maybe you should take a bow
Maybe I should give up now

Maybe I want to get my words out there
Cause maybe I want to know someone cares
Cause maybe I want people to know my name
Oh yes I'm talking about fame
Maybe I want to make a scene
Or maybe I don't because being famous is too mainstream

Maybe my words not worth much
Maybe I'm not either
Maybe I should just stop writing
Maybe I'll never achieve anything

But maybe I will, cause I've never loved anything as much as I love...

Maybe I'm not that bad
Maybe people do care
Maybe there are people I can trust
Maybe tears won't make me rust
But I'm not fussed
Cause maybe I care about you all too much
And I know I say it a lot
Because maybe I don't need all this fairytale stuff
Cause maybe you all make me feel ok
And maybe it's because I could never love one person as much as I love all of you...
A word to my followers:
Go with the flow, but don't be afraid to escape it.

A word to my friends:
What is wrong with you all, why are you still my friends.

A word to my haters and enemies:
Rock on guys, you're doing a good job :)
411 · Apr 2015
I'm Taking A Break.
Hey I know a lot of you guys won't care but for those of you that do, I have something to say.
I've been thinking about this for a while and now I've made my choice.  I'm taking a break from writing for a while. For no reason other than cause i feel like my heart isn't really in it anymore,  I'm sick of the cheesy tacky poems and songs I've been writing,  so yeah... I really want to make a difference with my writing and that's not gonna happen right now.
I need to take some time to rediscover my inspiration, my passion, and my definition of love. And yes I know I have promised many people I'd write for them, but truth is I just can't handle it all right now.

So go on put your party hats on and start the celebrations, cause for a while you won't see me posting anything ("quit forever" you say, well no, I just need time to think and rediscover all that stuff I mentioned before)
I'll catch you later, message me sometime or whatever, "Call Me Maybe".

From Me, Him and Her.
To my misunderstood fans and my Dark Alliance of Magikarp
410 · May 2014
My Favourite Name
When asked what my favourite name is
my answer will always be the same
yet it will always be different
because my answer to the question will always be
the name of the one that I love.
410 · Sep 2014
Untitled 10w
To write a ten word poem, I don't know how
409 · Aug 2014
Bad News (10w)
For you it's bad news
Because I'm not gonna lose
How can you explain colours to someone who can't see?

Why do people bother telling them what colour their hair, clothes and eyes are?

Whose voice does a mute person hear in their heads?

Do they hear their own voice or the voice of someone close to them?
406 · Oct 2013
Time
This Christianity
Is insanity
Madness for humanity
Everything will fade away
403 · Jul 2014
What The Music's All About
"Suddenly I See" (KT Tunstall)
Just how "Heartless" (A Day To Remember)
You are cause, "I'm The Best Thing That Never Happened" (We Are The In Crowd)
To you, all you wanted was my "Attention" (We Are The In Crowd)
Now that's gone so "What Do You Want From Me" (Adam Lambert)
And I bet "If I Leave" (A Day To Remember)
Then you'll start to "Breakdown" (Tonight Alive ft Benji Madden)
Cause you're such a "Lonely Girl" (Tonight Alive)
So I'll "Stay, Stay, Stay" (Taylor Swift)
If you'll "Kiss Me Again" (We Are The In Crowd ft Alex Gaskarth)
I have two other poems like this, I think they're titled What Was The Name Of That Song, and  What Was The Name Of That Song Again
401 · Aug 2014
If I Could Write...
If I could write until the inspiration left me
For you I would
If I could write to change your mind
We could go back and it’d all be fine
If I could write to make your smile stay
Oh you know me I’d be done already
If I could write about the sparkle in your eye
You know I’d try

If I could write until I can no more
I know you’d make me
If I could write until I lose my mind
So far gone that I can’t be fine
Would that make you smile
Or are you not yet that twisted
If I could write about your eyes
If I write about how empty they are now
To show you how much you’ve changed
Would you let your curse break…
Original:

If I Could Write...
by Bryson Flegg

If I could write to make you stay
I'd be done today
If I could write so you don't leave
I'd write it on my sleeve
If I could write so you don't go
I'd already know
If I could write to keep you here
I'd write something else, because it shouldn't be up to me
She sent me and some other guys weird/creepy messages on here yesterday.
397 · Apr 2014
Why Can't We Be
People say to just be yourself
and when I am they tell me that
guys aren't meant to be pretty
but what if being pretty is me...
394 · Sep 2014
Is It Simple
Let's not hide ourselves away anymore
(If only it were that simple)
393 · Sep 2013
Something in Your Heart
When I went to the beach
It seemed like there was something missing
Just out of reach
I wished I could just take to the sky
Like a bird I wanted to fly
Searching for that something that just wasn't here
Maybe I was searching far instead of near
For that thing that perhaps I just can't see
Deep inside you and me
I can only dream of when I might start
To find that something in my heart.
391 · Jan 2014
If Only To Make You Smile
All this time I've been writing poetry to make people smile
so why do I feel so sad?
390 · May 2014
Another Quote...
"I believe that the only stupid people are those that feel the need to call others stupid."

Karl Franssen
389 · Nov 2014
Untitled
Hi how are you doing?
*(Why do I always have to be the one to start the conversation?)
Feel free to answer the question if you want to.
388 · Apr 2014
See The Truth
I know it won't mean much to you
And you won't admit that the love I once felt was true
But I never gave up trying
Even though I knew each day my heart would still keep dying
For my heart you see should never be thawed
But it was for you, no matter how flawed
Each day though it seems
You'll keep chasing her among other dreams
Some will be wrong
But others belong
I just hope you'll see
You shouldn't love her
Because she'll never love you as much as me...
383 · Jan 2015
Untitled
Hey dudes and dudettes. So I haven't been on here in a while so  If you want me to check out anything that you've posted and I've missed, then let me know.
378 · Aug 2014
Hanginaround
Spinning didn't help so the next logical thing to do is
Hang upside down














Who wants to hang with me?
373 · Dec 2014
(This isn't a poem)
Hey does anyone want me to read anything of their's?
373 · Aug 2014
The Flower
It was one of those times
So caught up in the moment
That I don’t even know
I don’t know where I am
But I know exactly where to go
It was one of those moments
Where everything’s in slow-mo
And then I found what I was looking for

I knocked on the door
I entered the room
I walked to the flower
To watch her bloom
And then she said:

“Oh paint me a picture
But don’t use colours
Just use words
Please paint me the prettiest thing
I’ve ever heard”

I opened my mouth to speak
But my voice wasn’t strong
It was just too weak
What I wanted to say
Was how beautiful she looked
In the light of the day
But instead
I said
“I’ll be back soon”
So I rushed from the room
Right back into the gloom

So I rushed to my house
All I grabbed was a pen and some paper
Before I went away
Off to return to her

When I re-found the room
I entered it
And the flower she looked up
And I could’ve sworn she smiled a bit

Seeing I was back
She asked if I’d found what I’d lacked
I nodded and she said:

“Oh draw me a drawing
But don’t use lines
Just use letters
Oh please draw me something
Anything and I’ll feel better”

I handed her the piece of paper
And she read what it said:

“There’s nothing wrong with you my dear
Don’t let your feet anchor you to the ground
There’s nothing for you to fear
So come with me and we’ll escape this town
We’ll get outta here
If we let ourselves outgrow our bindings then we won’t be held down
There’s no need for tears
So…”

The flower asked me why
What was it meant to say
Then came my reply
“So just take my hand”.
372 · Aug 2014
People, Huh
Every human is haunted.
What's your curse?
367 · Sep 2014
Untitled
Don't ever dip a Mars bar into one of those Le Snak cheese dips.
EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
366 · Sep 2014
Happy Memory
You want a happy memory
I'll tell you now there's no such thing
Maybe we should all just go...








*die
Something I said to a friend when he asked me to write about a happy memory.
366 · Sep 2013
Goodbye
Goodbye can mean a lot of things, like goodbye i'll see you tomorrow.
But sometimes it can mean goodbye forever.
It's like pulling a lever,
Seeing someone everyday and then their gone,
And you feel like you're all alone.
Some people you want to leave,
But others are friends and you just can't believe.
When friends go you start to cry,
But its not always the end, so just say goodbye.
365 · Jul 2014
The Thing About Me
The thing about me you see
Is I'm afraid to be me
So held down by these chains I wear
Cause I'm afraid to be free

Free your mind
Free yourself
Free your hands
Then free everyone else

The thing about me you see
Is I fall in love to easily
So caught up in a fairytale
Cause I'm afraid of what I won't find

Find your muse
Find your love
Find your friends
Then find ascension above

The thing about me you see
Is I'm blind to my own problems
So afraid to see what's right in front of me
I'm a victim of my mind's judgement

Judge your perfections
Judge your flaws
Judge your reflection
Then judge no one else cause...

The thing about me you see
Is I have troubles accepting the truth
Cause when everything I know is false
I'm afraid I can't trust a word you say

Say what you want
Say what you need
Say anything you want to say
Then say you'll no longer make yourself bleed

The thing about me you see
Is I've forgotten who I am
I'm no longer ok, I don't know how to get away
Cause I've abandoned all my plans

Plan your future
Plan your past
Plan what's next
Then plan what's last

The thing about me you see
Is I don't know what to do
I'm lost inside my sorrow, still hanging on til tomorrow
Cause I'm afraid of what you'll do to my heart if I let myself forgive you

You set me free
You're what I'd always hoped I'd find
You know there's no way I can judge you
Then you know I'd mispronounce every word I'd try to say

The thing about me you see
Is I've given up my plans
Cause they all involved you know who
And that's fine, cause who needs her
When I'm happy being with you...
362 · Apr 2015
Untitled
I want to know what's bad about my writing.
I never get criticism,  and that's boring.
I want to know what people really think.
So let me know.
360 · Jun 2014
People Are Strange
I think it is really funny that one poet could hate another poet so much.
354 · Aug 2014
Tell Me
What's worse:
Having love and losing it
or
Never finding it in the first place?
"Never rule out the ridiculous possibilities, because if you do then you're unprepared."

Karl Franssen
351 · Mar 2014
Not That Great
I know you think I'm great
and I know you don't see
the fact is I'm not that great
and I don't think you should fall in love with me...
350 · Nov 2014
Untitled
I don't want to only see things if they're popular...
So show me something else.
349 · Oct 2014
I'm Sorry (2)
Say Sorry
*I'm so sorry that I can't help you
349 · Aug 2014
Why?
Why is it we change our views as soon as we meet certain people.
Why?
338 · Aug 2014
Untitled
You know what I don't like?
People that have over 500 followers and follow less than 10.
But you know what annoys me more?
When these 'popular' people ask us little people to check out something of theirs.
And yet they're too good to check out our work.
333 · Apr 2014
A Song For Us All (Lyrics)
A Song For Us All Lyrics

You see me now
You see I’m nervous
You see how
This isn’t how I want to be
But you just keep telling me
Yeah you just keep telling me
That I’ll never be anything
Because I’m not as confident as you

[Chorus]
But I won’t let it bother me
Cause someday I’ll find out where my voice is
Someday, somewhere
Oh too many choices
Someday I’ll say
This is the place, this is the time
This is day
For me to shine
I’ll be singing my song
And I’d hope you all could start to sing along

Suddenly I’m up on stage
My eyes skim the crowd
And I see them all looking back at me
And suddenly I don’t know why
But my legs feel weak
And here come the butterflies
The words just sort of leave my mouth
And I try to sing
But no more words come out
I just want to run and cry
Because now
I’m feeling super shy

[Chorus]

I know we’re not all the same
But if you can let your confidence shine through
I promise I’ll never forget your name
Because if you can do it, then we can too
So don’t ever let them bring you down
No matter what they say
Your confidence can be found

So why should you let them bother you
Cause someday we’ll find our voices
No matter when, no matter how
Life’s so full of choices
So let’s all shout it out loud
This is the place, this is the time
This is day
For me to shine
And soon the whole world will be
Singing your song

And you might say that
I’ll never be anything...
330 · May 2014
Requests
This isn't a poem although it could be if you thought about it, but whatever right.
I know we're all poets here but does anyone want me to write a poem or song about anything in particular?
(As long as its appropriate)
If you do I'll dedicate it to you.
323 · Sep 2014
Untitled
Another new day
Time to put that mask back on and act like everythings ok.
Why don't we have a holiday to celebrate all the great things that Satan did for us.
Maybe then we could all realise that he's not quite as evil and wicked as we believe.
Oh no your phone's ringing
even though its off the hook
but that's probably because its a mobile
why can't you seem to find the answers in any book
if you're walking down the street
could you even spare a look.
What would you be without us
We are what made you what you are
but what do you care
now that you're a rising star.
So what are you going to do
when your fans abandon you.
Don't abandon the little people who helped you get to where you are.
This is a poem about all the celebrities that believe they are above us normal people.
"Do you even know who I am"?
"No, do you"?
What the hell
Why do I care so much
Why?
I don't know why, I never used to be like this.
314 · Jul 2014
Criticism
Who are you
A poet he says
Just because you string a line of words together doesn't make you a poet, you're not even very good at it, and I know you know it.
Maybe he says
I don't get you
I'm complicated he says
I hate you and you're a terrible poet.
I know he says.
Just giving myself  a bit of criticism.
314 · Nov 2013
A Non-Magical Wish
You can't wish for magic in a world without magic
because to make a wish work would require magic.
313 · Aug 2014
What's Real
Why is it that some dreams seem so real
and some memories so false
Does anyone else have fake memories?
311 · Oct 2014
Untitled
Am I not popular anymore
Oh well
I'll be fine
309 · Jan 2014
My Life
No matter what happens
just look life right in the eye
and shout as loud as you can
"I won't be beat, you can't make me cry
I'll always be a step ahead
whether I'm awake
or sleeping in bed
you can't stop me
you can't hurt me
you can't see
that you're my life
and I'll live on
for as long as I can.
298 · Apr 2014
You Break it, You Buy It
You can keep my heart
It's already broken
So I no longer have any need for it.
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