"coastguard" poems - Hello Poetry

*Now floating up and down I spin, colliding into sound Like whales beneath me diving down I'm sinking to the bottom of my Everything that freaks me out The lighthouse beam has just run out I'm cold as cold as cold can be be I want to swim away but don't know how Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean Let the waves up take me down Let the hurricane set in motion... yeah Let the rain of what I feel right now...come down Let the rain come down Where is the coastguard I keep looking each direction For a spotlight, give me something I need something for protection Maybe floating junk will do just fine the jets have sunk, I'm left behind I'm treading for my life believe me How can I keep up this breathing Not knowing how to think I scream aloud, begin to sink My legs and arms are broken down With envy for the solid ground I'm reaching for the life within me How can one man stop his ending I thought of just your face Relaxed, and floated into space* LET THE HURRICANE SET IN MOTION

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Feb 23, 2015

Feb 23, 2015 at 9:32 AM UTC

Xyns

Blue October

*Now floating up and down I spin, colliding into sound Like whales beneath me diving down I'm sinking to the bottom of my Everything that freaks me out The lighthouse beam has just run out I'm cold as cold as cold can be be I want to swim away but don't know how Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean Let the waves up take me down Let the hurricane set in motion... yeah Let the rain of what I feel right now...come down Let the rain come down Where is the coastguard I keep looking each direction For a spotlight, give me something I need something for protection Maybe floating junk will do just fine the jets have sunk, I'm left behind I'm treading for my life believe me How can I keep up this breathing Not knowing how to think I scream aloud, begin to sink My legs and arms are broken down With envy for the solid ground I'm reaching for the life within me How can one man stop his ending I thought of just your face Relaxed, and floated into space* LET THE HURRICANE SET IN MOTION

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On the night you left It was a clear, dark sky But inside my car it was raining And the engine rolled into a storm I saw the lights off a coastguard's boat Heat from my ring, your name engraved with mine An icy welt melting against my skin Then you ask me where I've been, I've been in the hail of Seattle Throwing tantrums in front of speeding cars Kissing the railings off every tall bridge Lifting myself high in the rigging and tipping back- I've been teaching myself to breathe where the air is thin

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Feb 12, 2015

Feb 12, 2015 at 4:16 AM UTC

DarkSeaMaiden

You Stole Every Breath

On the night you left It was a clear, dark sky But inside my car it was raining And the engine rolled into a storm I saw the lights off a coastguard's boat Heat from my ring, your name engraved with mine An icy welt melting against my skin Then you ask me where I've been, I've been in the hail of Seattle Throwing tantrums in front of speeding cars Kissing the railings off every tall bridge Lifting myself high in the rigging and tipping back- I've been teaching myself to breathe where the air is thin

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I sit and watch the walls Of loneliness slowly closing in Drawing in like a cold Windy, rain-filled night I can't ever remember feeling So utterly alone So completely adrift From everything And everybody I think of all The opportunities untaken The abilities wasted People shrugged off, blanked Nonchalant With all the flaming arrogance Of one who thinks that He is born lucky Special To whom the rules do not apply The kind who thinks he will Win the lottery Without even buying a ticket But I wasn't born lucky And I'm not special Failure hits me just as hard As anyone else And it keeps on hitting I'm like the boy who cried wolf I pushed people away Not thinking that one day They would take me at my word And now it's like I'm on a ship Condemned to drift Upon a sea of nothingness Unable to dock at any port Whilst food and fresh water Steadily run out Holes appear in the sails Water slowly seeps into the hull I have to choose, either A sad slow lingering starvation Or swiftly and sadly Walk the plank I sit and pray Up in the crow's nest I keep watch and hope Someone please calls The coastguard

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Sep 23, 2017

Sep 23, 2017 at 7:56 PM UTC

ian-lewis-copestick

S.O.S.

I sit and watch the walls Of loneliness slowly closing in Drawing in like a cold Windy, rain-filled night I can't ever remember feeling So utterly alone So completely adrift From everything And everybody I think of all The opportunities untaken The abilities wasted People shrugged off, blanked Nonchalant With all the flaming arrogance Of one who thinks that He is born lucky Special To whom the rules do not apply The kind who thinks he will Win the lottery Without even buying a ticket But I wasn't born lucky And I'm not special Failure hits me just as hard As anyone else And it keeps on hitting I'm like the boy who cried wolf I pushed people away Not thinking that one day They would take me at my word And now it's like I'm on a ship Condemned to drift Upon a sea of nothingness Unable to dock at any port Whilst food and fresh water Steadily run out Holes appear in the sails Water slowly seeps into the hull I have to choose, either A sad slow lingering starvation Or swiftly and sadly Walk the plank I sit and pray Up in the crow's nest I keep watch and hope Someone please calls The coastguard

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coastguard pebbles I wish for a robin to trick the daffodil

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Jan 15, 2021

Jan 15, 2021 at 3:29 PM UTC

NancyMay

Winter Talon

coastguard pebbles I wish for a robin to trick the daffodil

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