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#onward
Tall glass towers; on mountains of golden lakes. An island of ten million dreams; blinded by the lights of life. Heaven is a time like no other, as nothing has an end. But all of it's residents have met their end. Phased by the breath of tens of labours; the works of my hands. I built glass memories, so fragile of remembering a tragic past. All that is wasted; wasting away in thoughts. ****** as my hairs in the morning. Some on my neck, of having their rest on my pillowcases. A heavy throat, and it's husky voice. _Mmh mmh;_ clearing it to speak into a day. This morning is a timeless piece of whisky; strong as the first swallow of belief. Do I... _believe of any goodness ahead of me for today? A chance of better wealth to add some weight to a wallet? Meeting my potential love; as they're waiting out there?_ But when, and how far are all of these things? Who are the fools to know; all of the wisdom of ancestors of where they should go? My forefathers have been at this place before. I do suppose; that I am progresses living words. Onwards, forward, towards, heading, advances, going to the places of what progress asks of me to go.
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Apr 9, 2022
Apr 9, 2022 at 3:47 PM UTC
Progress
I'll sing a song of Sophie and the life I've left behind I've kept all your love notes but I never found the time to write you back I lost track it always slipped my mind until the day I lost you and I could no longer call you mine.
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Sep 7, 2020
Sep 7, 2020 at 11:33 AM UTC
A Sonnet for Sophie
Onward I go without an idea of what's to come. Just bringing along the things I've learned and keeping time with the forever shifting pace of onward...
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Sep 7, 2020
Sep 7, 2020 at 8:24 AM UTC
onward
Knocking on your door But no one's home today I brought a cake and iced champagne It was supposed to be a special occasion I call and get no answer I get no explanation I'm just standing here by myself But I guess that's how it goes So, oh well Songbirds Lovebirds What difference does it make? It's all a dance to be danced The end result is the same Everything that happens winds up in the grave Still wide awake at 2 My palms sweat in a motel room See you again? Maybe the next time Maybe someday soon
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Aug 18, 2020
Aug 18, 2020 at 3:18 PM UTC
Nobody's Home
The toll of Angers tide - Compels us on, and forward Forward: Satisfaction, it never comes! Forward; the only direction left to go, Onward- We stumble. Forward- We're pushed. The toll of Angers tide - Compels us on, Pushing Pushing us further, pushing us forward... the tolling of angers tide- the unrelenting force.
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May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020 at 2:53 AM UTC
Push
You said I was the only step, but you always took one back.. Never walking us forward, excuses, like I had to tie my laces, or my feet ache you walk on. But I never looked back, and you never moved forward. We were a distance apart but I'd only took one more step than you. But one can equal more when its not synchronized with your heart. The next day, you had walked off, we weren't even walking in the same postcode... I took of the shoes I wore when we walked, and now I'm bare foot. But you know what I'm walking further without you. My perception isn't clouded by your backward footing. I'm free to walk without the pleasure of having to look backwards.. Just walking onward without pausing to see who cares how far my footsteps have wondered,. I'm strolling at my own pace passing with no goodbyes.
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Mar 27, 2020
Mar 27, 2020 at 6:08 PM UTC
You Never Walked Beside Me...
What turn did we make what branch of the road with so much at stake we shouldered the load The troubles ahead much like those behind we made our own beds though deaf, dumb, and blind It's simple to point assigning the goat but hard to pinpoint for no written notes No plans on the map no route we could name ending caught in the trap with no one too blame
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Jan 20, 2020
Jan 20, 2020 at 5:06 PM UTC
Quagmire's conclusion
the thing about Grace, is that She doesn't demand to be known. There are no threats, no shame, no fear. It's me, and Her. and She normally comes by when I least want Her there. when I'm sobbing, locking the door, and sprinting as fast as I can in the other direction. She says nothing, asks nothing, demands nothing. My heart, my wounds, my guilt, my shame, my fears, my anger, my doubts, my past. She keeps pace with me. Stride for stride. She can keep up. it's funny how She reminds me of hope, and of what was. And what will come again.
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Oct 25, 2019
Oct 25, 2019 at 12:58 PM UTC
unrequited Grace
like two banks of the same river sharing a stream but never meeting like two heads on the same pillow sharing a dream but always sleeping like two heads of the same coin when one shows face the other will hide like two beats of the same drum one heart out of place one hardened inside like thoughts on the tip of the tongue a predictable sentence never put in to words like lines on a ******* tightrope this addictive tension will never get cut a spark in the darkness forming filaments of fire a centennial light of ever burning desire
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Jun 3, 2019
Jun 3, 2019 at 1:19 PM UTC
Stark, Lost Lovers
I wish at the time I had told you how I felt But I guess my guilt is stronger than I meant You made my heart melt my love But I couldn’t keep it safe Like a bird taking flight it flew through empty space And no matter how fast I ran I could never catch your wings So now I train every day through the sun and the rain to catch up to the things I lost when you left The only theft was me robbing myself of you by letting you go and repelling you slowly I didn’t mean to push you away I just want you to stay but it gets easier by the day getting over you Maybe it wasn’t mean to be but honestly I would gladly blindly follow you for eternity Something about you tugs at my soul and I can’t seem to feel whole without you I know it will never be you and me but I’ll chase the wind daily until just maybe I can catch a glimpse of your soaring wings above me
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Apr 10, 2019
Apr 10, 2019 at 12:59 AM UTC
Onward
I've begun to summon a voice of my own but it still falls short when I need it the most. I still have so much left to learn and yet it just feels like I should already know all of it. I have only just begun to dig my own place in confidence and wonder and transparent faith. but every time I look up it seems I'm always losing my grip on more than I keep. I am not hopeless, but a little out-of-world, I spose. it's been a while since I've had a glimpse of where my path goes. (stay by my side, Lord, lend me Your hand. together we'll walk upon the dry land.)
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Feb 20, 2019
Feb 20, 2019 at 2:47 PM UTC
voice
With tenacious tread I seek the dawn Like urban trees drink deep Of lake water and clear skies, I plant my feet Only to stumble through The arid wasteland of my wound. I walk off the pain Though each step draws the flames higher Each breath becomes an act of will My own heel my pyre. I set my eye, with rigid strides Press toward the gold horizon line. Maybe a fool: I am my own fuel As forward motion consumes, I'm vaporized And my sparks skyward fly. Ashes To ashes, dust To dust. Each searing step I take alone Then in the coals see marks Of other feet, upward look and meet Eyes ember bright, fearless Fingers tracing filaments against the night. Fire walkers give off the light By which we find a way A note or rhyme, a guiding flame As forward motion consumes, refines And our sparks skyward fly. Ashes To ashes, dust To dust To gold.
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Feb 16, 2019
Feb 16, 2019 at 12:23 PM UTC
Fire Walkers
Burn it to the ground alight with fire and energy all the places we have found all of what we failed, too be Easy and mellowed traces what we thought would lead us through in and out of places things we thought, were true Onward and ever upward we'll put it all behind no matter hard or awkward following the signs
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Jan 21, 2019
Jan 21, 2019 at 12:12 AM UTC
Tracking the wrong path
Dream, like Martin Luther King Jr. once dreamed. Hope, like our ancestors once hoped. Live, not passively as if privileged, but live determined to make these dreams reality, as if your life depends on it, because it does. By God's mercy and grace freely given, march ahead and MOVE FORWARD!
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Jan 17, 2019
Jan 17, 2019 at 12:30 PM UTC
MARCHING ONWARD (PART 4): DREAM FORWARD
Changes are life-transforming, and they all start with the renewing of the mind. You need change to make change. You need change to bring change. To renew your mind is to change your mind. Change it. By reading different books, listening to different podcasts or music; Feed it with life-sustaining and culture-cultivating material and influences. It matters. All of it.
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Jan 17, 2019
Jan 17, 2019 at 12:27 PM UTC
MARCHING ONWARD (PART 3): CHANGE OF MIND
Change in legacy. Change in living conditions. Change in action and behavior. Change in habits. Change in mentality and in spirituality. Change in income. Change in social class. Change in education. Change in self. Change in others. Change in opportunity. Change in setting up the next generation to surpass the successors of our own. Change in heart, mind, and soul. Change in health and in wealth. Change in attitude and gratitude. Change in generosity and prosperity. Change in how we treat our neighbor. Change in love. Change in life.
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Jan 17, 2019
Jan 17, 2019 at 12:18 PM UTC
MARCHING ONWARD (PART 2): CHANGE
In the midst of uncertainty for tomorrow or even today, there's a confidence and courage found within that forces us to win. - This grind. This grit. This goal-oriented, goal-achieving, gift-cultivating, courageous and confident, bold, brave spirit, comes from a place of hope, and that hope being for change.
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Jan 17, 2019
Jan 17, 2019 at 12:12 PM UTC
MARCHING ONWARD (PART 1)
White puffy clouds Soft and bright blue in the background Greens rushing by Rain sprinkles Never fully dry Not today Turn after turn Up up up To the top Turn after turn Back to the bottom Farther and farther Whisking by Town after town People living their lives As I rush on by Going to go somewhere To learn about me But this world still is happening People and their routines Day in and out Same clouds Same temperature Same constant dampness But I go Leaving lovers behind Wanting to give them one last piece of me But I go The greens all blur Trees become brush Mountains in the distance Start to fade behind I keep going Moving forward Upward and onward
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Oct 23, 2018
Oct 23, 2018 at 4:18 AM UTC
Going
Today's goal, mimic all those unfortunate souls met. Meat, another use, all those unfortunate souls. Draw them in a pen, consuming energy, eating. *Hungry             hungry                      hungry                           Hippos* * *...games. *Hungry             hungry                      hungry                           Hippos* *
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Nov 30, 2016
Nov 30, 2016 at 1:04 AM UTC
On Ward
Maybe someday we'll be better than we imagine right now
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Sep 27, 2018
Sep 27, 2018 at 12:29 AM UTC
Behold the future (10w)
Eventually he just faded away Like the bruises he left me Nothing seems to add up When everything is laid out on a spread sheet He says the words, I love you Everything feels like a run-through Next thing he tells me is to **** off The sudden drop of his ***** made me chaff Find somebody to worship me he said Go build yourself and find a place to break bread. I could yell and I could scream But my time is far to valuable to be wasted on somebody so mean.
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Aug 28, 2018
Aug 28, 2018 at 8:35 AM UTC
What a ****