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292 · May 2014
It Was You
Simpleton May 2014
I wish I could hold us both together
For as long as it takes
Whatever the weather
Through every endeavour
As your foundations shake
My arms ache
Like joints in our bridge
And heavy though they may be
It makes me happy to see
That you're still here with me
My feet firmly implanted
I am your shock absorber
Won't let you fly away
And disappear
Get crushed to the ground
Or lose yourself
As tornado winds swirl around
Let me repay the favour
Of a life you saved
I remember those rebellious days
Hell bent on self destruction
And there you were
Carefully constructing
Putting me back in place
Anchoring me down
As everything became a mess
I don't think you ever understood
The importance
Of what you did for me
You saved me from
Deliberate mistakes
I wanted to make
A revenge that would
Only bring my own end
So I want to be there
Forever and always
To pay back the repair
You did
As I despaired
Against all odds
Somehow I turned out right
From a generation of wrongs
You don't know this
Or maybe you do
Maybe you don't believe it
But it was you
292 · Jan 2015
11w
Simpleton Jan 2015
11w
confined to the pleas of tomorrow
the sorry that won't work
292 · Jun 2014
Like a Bullet
Simpleton Jun 2014
You came like a bullet
Meant for me
So I looked into the barrel of your gun
And saw my paradise

To die in the arms of love
Is every lovers dream
But I would settle
To die by your hands
291 · Sep 2014
Untitled
Simpleton Sep 2014
Meeting you was like 
I was meeting myself for the first time 
And I want you to know that 
I would do anything 
Go anywhere
For your smile
291 · Feb 2018
Construction of a future
Simpleton Feb 2018
I can still see our work boots lying
Exactly where we left them
Gates with padlocks unsure of what to guard
Windows gazing out for our return
The front door stiff in its opened position
Yearning to be slammed shut
But neither of us go back
To tell them it's over
In time
The bricks will grow tired of waiting and crumble
The crane will droop its neck in sorrow
The shovels will rust
Do you think the flowers will grow here
When you and I are off
Building something new
With someone else
290 · Apr 2013
Hell
Simpleton Apr 2013
We're all in the same game;
Just different levels...
Dealing with the same Hell;
Just different Devils.
This is not mine... just something I read somewhere and liked. ^_^ (Sorry can't reference original author, its unknown)
289 · May 2014
Victims of Love
Simpleton May 2014
Since when did love
Become a thing to fear
But the victims of love
Fear people who love
The bearers of this knowledge
Creep cautiously
Fearing opposition
They step sensitively
Each relation becomes fragile
Trust is hesitant
Its like how we fear enemies
But once we know them
We fear friends
288 · Mar 2021
Summer
Simpleton Mar 2021
I feared that Summer would remind me of you
The sun on my skin would torture me of the warmth I felt with your lips on mine
And here is summer that came before I forgot you
287 · Sep 2017
Goodbye Summer
Simpleton Sep 2017
Sat in a room full of leaves
On the verge of something terrible
I can feel my blue fingertips
And grazed knees
Time is pulling me unwillingly
My neck cramps from looking over my shoulder
I'm crying cider tears
I dream the sun remembers my name and comes to eat me
I've never wanted so little and so much in my life
Moss is growing over my starved soul
I look out the window to the traitorous earth
Howl at the moon that's in its prime
My heart folds
Not like gentle origami
It's scrunched
It feels like ripping the scabs off before I'm done healing
Eventually I'll slump into the wind
Even though it only speaks of bad things coming
286 · Jun 2021
لفظ
Simpleton Jun 2021
لفظ ہے ہزار
لیکن کہنا تو ایک بھی نہیں چاہتی


خدا حافظِ
284 · Apr 2013
My Only Wish
Simpleton Apr 2013
All your armies
All your fighters
All your tanks
And all your soldiers

Against a boy
Holding a stone
Standing there
All alone

In his eyes I see the sun
In his smile I see the moon
And I wonder
I only wonder,

Who is weak?
And who is strong?
Who is right?
And who is wrong?

And I wish
I only wish,
That the truth has a tongue.
This Poem belongs to Sami Yusuf, I am just reblogging it :)
283 · Dec 2014
Own it
Simpleton Dec 2014
Step out into the depths of the night
Do it often
And watch yourself own it
Develop the ability to overcome fear
Night vision
You got this
Or stand back
And double lock your front door
Let it ******* you
Fear the dark
And all the monsters in it
283 · Nov 2016
When to worry .II
Simpleton Nov 2016
When you're tired of dreaming of a new start
You don't even want one anymore
You don't want anything anymore
You don't care
You don't even dream anymore
282 · Mar 2015
I write...
Simpleton Mar 2015
I write because it's the only way out of that bubble everything is trapped inside
I write all that I feel to a blank page
And it's like hugging silence
You'll never understand
It's the only sentimental lust I'll allow myself to feel
Confined to the flat black and white letters
Each word healing yet exposing hidden wounds
I've written too many things I've never said
Strangers know more about me than my own friends
I write myself to happiness
Set my soul free
I write my conversations with God
All my hopes and dreams
I write about the past I can't remember
The things I never want to forget
Each and every poem
Shows my life in progress
I write so I can breathe
Its my way of doing things
I write out forgiveness
To live, laugh and believe
I write out the love I couldn't give
I write my fears so I could face them
About all that I never knew yet miss all the same
I write about loss and it takes away the pain
I spill my secrets to the world
Yet whisper lies to the tides
But it keeps returning for the truth
That I promised to hide
282 · May 2014
After Today
Simpleton May 2014
After today
I will no more tread this path
I stand defeated
I won't come to meet you again
After today
You should consider
This all a dream
Now that you've found your own
Someone
Think of me as gone
I don't exist for you
After today
I will embrace my fate
281 · Sep 2014
A mothers love
Simpleton Sep 2014
You only realise the value of someone when they are no longer there
But he was lucky and had the chance to see it as she was leaving 
So he cared and nurtured 
Loved and cherished
With all his might he begged and pleaded 
Because a mother is one you can't live without
And suddenly you regret not spending time 
But a mother's love is quick to forgive
If only you could give her your life to live
But true as something always been 
An end must come to beautiful things

All she left him with was good wishes 
And prayers 
That turned mud to gold
A shade that sheltered 
From all troubles ahead
But as success fell right before him
All he wished was that she could see it 
And be proud 
He felt empty without her smile 
And missed the comfort 
Like a rose without fragrance
281 · Jan 2015
Winter blues
Simpleton Jan 2015
I will bottle it up
And ***** the lid on tight
Bite my fingernails to oblivion
And slow dance to death
I can't help it
Every once in a while
It hurts like a new type of pain I've never felt before
And pushes me deeper into the pits of hell
I just want to lay down
And watch the cloud of smoke make a sky above my head
I want to fly away
But I run instead
Turn around and pretend it never happened
I practice stopping my heart beating in my chest
Paralyse my limbs from the toes upwards
Hold my breath and count to ten
Twirl like a madman until I'm dizzy and sick
I want to walk forever
Just me and the music
Let the cold take me
Numb and blue
I don't belong here
I don't know what I'm doing
In my head is where God lives
He has angels and they'll come to visit
I'm grieving for the sun
That does not miss me
I'm dying to be burned by its embers
279 · Jan 2015
The End
Simpleton Jan 2015
I wish to greet you in peace
Hands up in surrender
Smile on my face
Leaving love to remember

Come and take me
Where my soul dwells
I've overstayed my welcome
A guest amongst travellers

Beyond what the mind can imagine
Lies more than the heart could ever believe
Nothing could make life so insignificant
As He who called me

I submit!
Glory be to Him the most high
The merciful
The supreme

I pray I plead
This world be a pleasant diary
That contains all wants and needs
To Your decree

Of how I prayed when it rained
And always put my right foot first
A hand extended in giving to the needy
In Your remembrance I breathed

Although I wandered
I was not lost in the crowd
Along my journey
I kept my true destination in mind

Armed with knowledge
I dealt in respect and tolerance
I stood in defence of Your creation
And humbly served what You asked of me

To forgive like it was the only answer
The way I hoped You would forgive me
And love for Your sake alone
Not expecting anything in return
278 · Jul 2017
What I tried to hide
Simpleton Jul 2017
When you said I looked sad today
I stood in front of a mirror
Analysing my expression
And what gave me away

Was it my downcast eyes
Or the droop in a fighting frown
Perhaps my slumping shoulders
Maybe it was my betraying tongue that stilled at the wrong time

I practised looking happy
Put a hop in my step
A tinkering in my laugh
Hooked the corners of my lips to my ears

I stared at my new reflection
Full coverage makeup
Yet I still couldn't put a twinkl in my eye
I couldn't decieve myself
278 · Apr 2014
Open Sky
Simpleton Apr 2014
In the open sky
Amidst the colours of life
There is harmony
Between you and I
276 · Mar 2018
Cold feet
Simpleton Mar 2018
When push came to shove
The time came for action
Life was moving forward
I held myself back

Tongue frozen
My words swallowed
Eyes closed
To the future before me

Was this what I wanted?
Would it fit who I am?
Would I go through the hardship
And find glitz and glam

Am I being blinded?
I second guessed
And over thought it
Doubts peeled away the excitement

To reveal fear
From all the changes
I hid from all the questions
Wallowed in contemplation

As I untangled from confusion
Found ration and reason
The time came and went
To make a decision
275 · Oct 2014
Always yours (10w)
Simpleton Oct 2014
Whether you remain or not I will remain
always yours
275 · Oct 2017
Humour me
Simpleton Oct 2017
Mankind your manner amuses me
Commit the sin by your very hands
And rue the devil
Curse he who led you astray
Not your intent
Nor your will power
Or the weakness within you
The illness you fed
For at one point
Even the devil must have given up on you
275 · Oct 2019
I let you
Simpleton Oct 2019
Yes
You were here
Yes
You were with me
Yes
I could see you
Love you, hug you, kiss you, feel you
So I imagine this world a prison
My fingers the cell bars
Clamped in a fist
I imagine it was my choice
That I saw the suffering
Which I could not stop from touching you
That I allowed it
I let you go
And that makes it just a little bit more okay
I pretend that I wasn't heartless
That my heart is not stubborn
Selfish
I remember it
Like I was the guardian gone rogue
That you escaped
And I turned a blind eye
Letting you go
Secretly, silently
Like the breaths
                           you
                                  let
                                        g
                                        o
274 · Sep 2014
I want you
Simpleton Sep 2014
I want you to be my destiny
I want you to be what's best for me
274 · Dec 2018
Too Much
Simpleton Dec 2018
You see
I have never faught for myself
When it came to me
I always just bore it
Until I became immune
But for you
I will fight
For you I could ****
For you I feel
Too much
Too much emotion
Too much damage
Too much everything
274 · Apr 2014
Something Old
Simpleton Apr 2014
My
funeral
   procession
     will parade
       behind the
         horse and
           carriage of
              your life
                solemn
             and respectful
            even as I leave
           it will be in silence
           like the smothering
             of my dreams
                 your life
      she hides behind her veil
    as my face is placed by the
    window            for all to see
     wrapped in the white cloth
    as your life adorns her hands
   with something blue and gold
                                   you are that
  something
     she borrowed
       and I followed
behind
           like
                 something
                                   old
272 · May 2014
I wish
Simpleton May 2014
I wish to decorate
Your eyes
With happy dreams
That twinkle when they're open
My fate I want to
Make you laugh
In a way that would
Melt a cold heart
With its warmth
If only you would
Let life surround you
Like the welcomed
Soft whispers of cool wind
On a warm spring day
I'd make you calm
Like the sun
Glistening on the horizon
Of the bay
271 · May 2013
Where is life?
Simpleton May 2013
I am here
   You...                               are there
         Where is life?
Sleep never comes and memories never go
              It is like time has stilled
Staining all with a
L
   I
      n
        g
       e
      r
       I
         n
           g
            Sadness
An impatient wait for your presence
Days and nights may be spent in loneliness
But not life.
Despite wanting to I am unable to tell you,
How do I express my pain.
There was a time when we were always together
and when I am alone I remember the past,

Silence speaks for itself,
It has been a long time since I last
smiled
Now there is distance between us.
I am here
   You...                                  are there
          Where is life?
271 · Oct 2016
Your name
Simpleton Oct 2016
He will ask you for your name
Then say it back to you
In a voice like gravel and honey
He'll make the mornings a forgiveable thing
When you think of him a war will end
When he reminds you of his dark
You'll swallow his shadows whole
But when he leaves you
The birds in your blood will stop mid flight
And when you search for a word for the end of missing someone
Every language will come up empty
You'll make new mistakes to forget the old ones
Until one day you'll wake up missing who you were about to become before he came along
But by then it will be too late
The memories inside you won't leave room to remember your own name
270 · Jan 2017
White
Simpleton Jan 2017
Cursing in an empty room
Praying in a full one
Heart in my stomach
I'm keeping it inside

Bite on my tongue
Anger on the brain
Hatred in my knuckes
A frown on my face

Quiet in the dark
Chest swells in the day
Impatient eyes
Days of doubt

Weakness in my legs
A dream at arms length
Regret at my heels
Sorrow in my soul
269 · May 2014
Wishes
Simpleton May 2014
I remember when
We used to secretly
Blow our wishes
On dandelions
Dispersing seeds in the process
Releasing them
Like our whispers to the wind
You would ever so gently
Pick up the fallen eye-lash
From my cheek
And make me wish on that too
Before placing it in my hair
And everytime I sneezed
When the hay fever got to me
You would say
It's because someone
Is missing you
And I'd passed through their thoughts
On some occasions we'd stay
Up till late
And at exactly eleven minutes
Past eleven 'o clock'
Nearly 11 seconds too
We'd make more wishes
That all our wishes come true
268 · May 2013
Untitled
Simpleton May 2013
Stare at the sky
Wish I could fly
Tourist the moon
Play tag with the stars until noon
268 · Apr 2015
Untitled
Simpleton Apr 2015
I don't know what I'm doing with my life
Just that I need to fix it
I wonder if you could help
Show me where to start and how to do it

Where do I need to be?
What am I supposed to be doing?
They say every life has its calling
I think I've lost direction
268 · Jun 2014
Untitled
Simpleton Jun 2014
Like shadows that glow in the faded night sky

You bring out the darkness

With whispers of verses unknown
carrying unyielding hope

Reeling in the emotions, which were once lost….long ago

Slowly

            Slowly

I find my way

An awakening deep within

Stirring the senses of the forgotten heart

Pumping the elixir of life, within

The shadows of the unseen are fading away…

Replaced by soft skin a body now finally on display
268 · May 2014
Silence of your eyes
Simpleton May 2014
The silence of your eyes
Lacks lustre for life
Like you could win the lottery
And it would not matter
That you just would not care
Because your heart does not lie
In content with money
And that my friend
Is why money can't buy you happiness
Because it's often those
Without two cents to rub together
Who can laugh and joke
Skip down the street
And be kind to others
These eyes I see
Yearn for something more real
Something that can't slip
Through your fingers
An investment that can't be wasted
Something like
Belonging and loyalty
A person to come home to
267 · Mar 2015
What love does
Simpleton Mar 2015
A past that will not pass
A distance so far
That clings to the heart
Hope that the dead
Will come back to life
This is what love
Does to you heart
266 · Nov 2014
Living Dreams
Simpleton Nov 2014
Lord you know my state
The driver of my fate
Bestow your blessings upon me
Make me an icon of living dreams
266 · Apr 2014
Non-fix able
Simpleton Apr 2014
It pierces my heart
And a sharp pain
      Erupts
As memories forgotten
      Emerge
And I realise it still hurts
That feeling meant
I still cared
Buried regrets
      Surfaced
Only to be haunted
By moments
That are too late to fix
265 · Nov 2016
The sun made me happy
Simpleton Nov 2016
I wish there was a way I could capture
The light and the warmth
Inside my body
And in the winter
Let it slowly emit from inside me
263 · Jun 2014
Best Wishes
Simpleton Jun 2014
I have found old letters
Burnt like a lamp
Burns oil
Only to get lost in these memories
Oh insane mind of mine
Where love and hurt
Went hand in hand
Getting lost in the crowd
Of coincidences
Re-surfaced dreams
Of one more chances
For you whom I find excuses
Console myself
Only to leave us
At best wishes
262 · Aug 2014
Life
Simpleton Aug 2014
Drive to the gym
To run on the treadmill
Switch on the t.v
To keep you company

Neither too young nor too old
The perfect age to enjoy life and explore
But there is no job
And no money to be social

So you buy your freedom 
Through education
But tie a noose of debt around your neck
Then get a job worth so much less

And fill your life with stress
You finally earned some money
But have no time to spend it
And this is the cycle of life
Simpleton Jul 2021
اگر مذہب کا کھیل نہیں ہوتا
تو ہمارا پیار مکمل ہوتا
261 · May 2014
Peace be upon him
Simpleton May 2014
How do I return the favour
And thank you my saviour
The relief you bestowed upon me
Took my grief
And gave me an answer
Engraved the path of my Lord
In my heart
Put the shine to the
Star of my fate
How do I compare
To the mercy you took
And the times you stood
Battled for my freedom
Mocked and ridiculed
Yet you strode forth
With love for me
Because I was amongst your people
The miracle of your gifts
Called upon to
Remove the blindfold of ignorance
Peace be upon you
260 · Jan 2019
The Art of War
Simpleton Jan 2019
It was like they played by a different rulebook
The same board but different games
We were playing checkers
In a world of chess
Where we were from
Everyone mattered
Every piece was the same
Equally important
Equally capable
But they turned this land into a battlefield
Where the king hid in his fortress
Behind a moat of humans
Same board
Different moves
Classified pieces
Licenced with allowances
Monsters made of power
260 · Oct 2022
My love
Simpleton Oct 2022
Your
prayers
are
mine
15.11.22
259 · Jan 2016
Untitled
Simpleton Jan 2016
Every once in a while
Will you make sure I'm alive
That I'm going to college
And not wasting my life

I'll never tell you how
Every once in an hour
I want to quit
More than once a day my life is sh*t

But I miss you
I miss life a year ago
And a year before that
And all the years I lived

Counting.
I'm counting
Days and weeks
When this will be over

And a fresh start will begin
The doors will open
And lead to somewhere
Across the oceans

I wont miss the past
I wont miss anything
Life will be good
In the moment
258 · Jun 2019
5w
Simpleton Jun 2019
5w
You are my granted prayer
257 · Nov 2013
Don't let it stop you
Simpleton Nov 2013
Because baby I can tell
When your in that little world of yours
When your eyes glaze over
And reason just don't work no more

Logic don't make no sense
And you analyse everything
Think till you can't no more
Close the path off to before

Take your memories
and close your freedom
Let them take you
But you don't need them

Nothing should stop you dreaming
257 · Nov 2014
Good is good enough
Simpleton Nov 2014
Good is good enough 
It means there is room for improvement
And when is there not
Perfection does not exist 

But good is good enough 
If you are not below average 
It's a breathable space to be 
Standing comfortably away from the edge

Good is good enough 
Where you could be happy
Yet still want more 
Complain yet still be grateful

Good is good enough
When it's not the be all and end all

Good is good enough
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