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"dam" poems
Great tragedy suffered, Impossible circumstances conquered, The warrior walks upon the field flanked path. The wanderer's armor tells a tale, Battle scarred and partially rent asunder, A face of stoicism that hides the haggardness underneath, Peeking out beneath the mask of a hardened soldier. The clouds clap ahead, preceded by flashes of light brightly illuminating the world, Accompanied shortly after by the rainfall. A trickle becomes a downpour, The battered individual trudging along as the road becomes a bog of mud and slop, The message firmly planted within their mind. Coming upon the dark outline of the castle ahead the warrior picks up pace, Reflecting upon what would happen to those that the Warrior helped. The pace is now fueled by a different kind of urgency. The rain is cold upon the face's of those that it falls on, The torn edges of metal digging in at places, Some already wounded and tender, As the final hilltop between them is crested. The gates are closed, And this loyal soldier is for the moment shut out, A fist is raised, The declaration of allegiance given, An angry detailing of the warriors achievements and adventures shouted, And a challenge of one's path, Building in anger and fury as the dam finally breaks and gushes forth, Threatening to shatter the gate and doors to splinters and twisted metal. A long ago promised gift to be rewarded, For all the things endured, Things that could be considered so cruel, The storm picks up in force until it's akin to that of a hurricane, As if brought forth by the warrior's grief and pain finally being released, For the first and only time. These things ringing out despite the storms roaring wind, Gathering force, Perhaps in affirmation of the warrior's words. After a pause the gate begins to lift, It's metal screeching, The doors groaning as they begin to swing outward, and the battered soldier is bathed in light, Taking the weight from the warrior's shoulders, As the threshold is finally crossed.
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May 12, 2018
May 12, 2018 at 9:22 PM UTC
Threshold
Great tragedy suffered, Impossible circumstances conquered, The warrior walks upon the field flanked path. The wanderer's armor tells a tale, Battle scarred and partially rent asunder, A face of stoicism that hides the haggardness underneath, Peeking out beneath the mask of a hardened soldier. The clouds clap ahead, preceded by flashes of light brightly illuminating the world, Accompanied shortly after by the rainfall. A trickle becomes a downpour, The battered individual trudging along as the road becomes a bog of mud and slop, The message firmly planted within their mind. Coming upon the dark outline of the castle ahead the warrior picks up pace, Reflecting upon what would happen to those that the Warrior helped. The pace is now fueled by a different kind of urgency. The rain is cold upon the face's of those that it falls on, The torn edges of metal digging in at places, Some already wounded and tender, As the final hilltop between them is crested. The gates are closed, And this loyal soldier is for the moment shut out, A fist is raised, The declaration of allegiance given, An angry detailing of the warriors achievements and adventures shouted, And a challenge of one's path, Building in anger and fury as the dam finally breaks and gushes forth, Threatening to shatter the gate and doors to splinters and twisted metal. A long ago promised gift to be rewarded, For all the things endured, Things that could be considered so cruel, The storm picks up in force until it's akin to that of a hurricane, As if brought forth by the warrior's grief and pain finally being released, For the first and only time. These things ringing out despite the storms roaring wind, Gathering force, Perhaps in affirmation of the warrior's words. After a pause the gate begins to lift, It's metal screeching, The doors groaning as they begin to swing outward, and the battered soldier is bathed in light, Taking the weight from the warrior's shoulders, As the threshold is finally crossed.
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Meri aankho ka tara hi , mujhe aankhe dikhata hai Jise har ek khushi de di , wo har gam se milata hai Jubaa se kuch kahu , kaise kahu , kisse kahu maa hu Sikhaya bolna jisko , wo chup rahna sikhata hai || Sula kar soti thi jisko Wo ab shab bhar jagata hai Sunai loria jisko , wo ab taane sunata hai || Sikhane me usse kya kuch kami meri rahi sochu Jise ginti sikhayi galtiya meri ginata hai || Tu gahri chao hai gar zindgi ek dhoop hai Amma Dhara pr kab kaha tujh sa koi swaroop hai Amma Agar ishwar kahi par hai usse dekha kaha kisne Dhaa par tu hi ishwar ka koi roop  hai Amma || Naa ucchai sacchi hai naa ye aadhar saccha hai Maa koi cheej sacchi hai naa ye sansaar saccha hai Magar dharti se ambar tak yugo se log kahte hai Agar saccha hai kuch jag me to Maa ka pyar saccha hai || Jara saa der hone par sabhi se puchti Amma Palak jhapke bina darwaja ghar ka taakti Amma Har ek aahat par uska chouk padna fir duaa dena Mere ghar laut aane tak barabar jaagati Amma || **|| Puchta hai Koi Dunia me Mohabbat hai kaha Muskura deta hu mai or yaad aa jati hai Maa ||** Sulane ke lie mujhko to khud jaagi rahi amma Sirrhane der tak aksar meri baithi rahi amma Mere sapno me pariya phul titli bhi tabhi tak the Mujhe aanchal me apne le ke jab leti rahi amma || Badi choti rakam se ghar chalana jaanti thi maa Kami thi par badi khusiya lutana jaanti thi maa Mai khushhaali me bhi rishto me bas duri bana paya Garibi me bhi har rishta nibhana jaanti thi maa Laga bachpan me yu andhera hi mukaddar hai Magar maa hausala dekar yu boli tumko kya dar hai Koi aage niklne ke lie rashta nahi dega Mere baccho badho aage tumhare saath hai amma Kisi ke jakhm ye dunia to ab silti nahi amma Kali dil me ab to preet ki khilti nahi amma Mai apanapan hi akshar dhundta rahta hu rishto me Teri nischal si mamta to kahi milti nahi amma Gamo ki bheed me jisne hume hasna sikhaya tha Wo jiske dam se tufanoo ne apna sar jhukaya tha Kisi v julm ke aage kabhi jhukna nahi bete Sitam ki ummr choti hai mujhe maa ne sikhaya tha || ||
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Feb 17, 2017
Feb 17, 2017 at 12:39 AM UTC
Humari Soch Aur MAA
Meri aankho ka tara hi , mujhe aankhe dikhata hai Jise har ek khushi de di , wo har gam se milata hai Jubaa se kuch kahu , kaise kahu , kisse kahu maa hu Sikhaya bolna jisko , wo chup rahna sikhata hai || Sula kar soti thi jisko Wo ab shab bhar jagata hai Sunai loria jisko , wo ab taane sunata hai || Sikhane me usse kya kuch kami meri rahi sochu Jise ginti sikhayi galtiya meri ginata hai || Tu gahri chao hai gar zindgi ek dhoop hai Amma Dhara pr kab kaha tujh sa koi swaroop hai Amma Agar ishwar kahi par hai usse dekha kaha kisne Dhaa par tu hi ishwar ka koi roop  hai Amma || Naa ucchai sacchi hai naa ye aadhar saccha hai Maa koi cheej sacchi hai naa ye sansaar saccha hai Magar dharti se ambar tak yugo se log kahte hai Agar saccha hai kuch jag me to Maa ka pyar saccha hai || Jara saa der hone par sabhi se puchti Amma Palak jhapke bina darwaja ghar ka taakti Amma Har ek aahat par uska chouk padna fir duaa dena Mere ghar laut aane tak barabar jaagati Amma || **|| Puchta hai Koi Dunia me Mohabbat hai kaha Muskura deta hu mai or yaad aa jati hai Maa ||** Sulane ke lie mujhko to khud jaagi rahi amma Sirrhane der tak aksar meri baithi rahi amma Mere sapno me pariya phul titli bhi tabhi tak the Mujhe aanchal me apne le ke jab leti rahi amma || Badi choti rakam se ghar chalana jaanti thi maa Kami thi par badi khusiya lutana jaanti thi maa Mai khushhaali me bhi rishto me bas duri bana paya Garibi me bhi har rishta nibhana jaanti thi maa Laga bachpan me yu andhera hi mukaddar hai Magar maa hausala dekar yu boli tumko kya dar hai Koi aage niklne ke lie rashta nahi dega Mere baccho badho aage tumhare saath hai amma Kisi ke jakhm ye dunia to ab silti nahi amma Kali dil me ab to preet ki khilti nahi amma Mai apanapan hi akshar dhundta rahta hu rishto me Teri nischal si mamta to kahi milti nahi amma Gamo ki bheed me jisne hume hasna sikhaya tha Wo jiske dam se tufanoo ne apna sar jhukaya tha Kisi v julm ke aage kabhi jhukna nahi bete Sitam ki ummr choti hai mujhe maa ne sikhaya tha || ||
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Dripping wet Feeling weak Need a healing It's you , I seek They way you smell They way you speak But ....Dam your eyes Penetrate my soul come here now let's play hide & seek Oh yes Oh now Mmmm now you know Now you feel it you can't hide tantalizing & teasing till your deep inside and healing me © Jennifer Delong 1/2019
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Jan 23, 2019
Jan 23, 2019 at 7:57 AM UTC
Needing a healing
PROLOGUE The Flame, aflicker, licks and flays, illuming evening’s negligees With braided curls she swirls and sways, and flits and floats in light ballets APOLOGUE A Flame, to conquer creeping fog, flew dancing towards a random log Her flight perplexed a leery frog beside a silent somber bog The Flame, a ripple, all alone alit on leaves where birds had flown The aching twigs began to moan A rising breeze began to groan The Flame arrayed an ancient oak with torrid tongues and veils of smoke A ****** bailed, the dam had broke The leery frog soon ceased to croak The Flame uncoiled and lashed midair, consuming crowns with utmost care A crazed coyote fled her lair, left in the lurch bewildered bear The Flame, unfurled, went wild and grew, enkindled cats and caribou Remaining... not a residue, as reeking vapors bade adieu The Flame revealed her strength unshackled Flora, fauna crisped and crackled Fire Witches clucked and cackled One more forest stripped, then hackled EPILOGUE The arsonists were well aware the Flame would travel everywhere The weirs are gone, the land is bare, and soon you’ll find a city there
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Nov 27, 2013
Nov 27, 2013 at 5:15 AM UTC
The Flame
Later at the same address A storm of words reaches flood stage A couch is bobbing in the currents towards its mangled ruin-nexus of matchsticks in cyclonic flow among the renegade trash hanging from the limbs like tinsel Meanwhile chair heaved through her door Like the river I am not above my rage at this stage of more than enough.... Clever daughter's got my goat Turns my words on dimes Lays into me her score of blame Each blow to drop me further presses all my buttons at one time despite the flashing Warning! Warning! “Fine! Fine!” She blows-out through the afternoon right past me in a torrent of curses A stubborn perfect storm of words has taken out parental dam and blown out toward the Bay of Freedom to the sorrows of her day The river may crack its whip But its got nothing on her nothing is left standing in her way
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Jun 6, 2018
Jun 6, 2018 at 9:24 PM UTC
Flood Stage
I lost the ***** that held my world together There is no finding it now And yes, I looked between the cushions of the couch I prepare to run because Like water through a busted dam it is coming Like the pain of a stubbed toe it arrives in a furious instant That asks for select curse words to be shouted But so unlike pain in my toe, it does not fade My world comes crashing down The clouds in the sky fall As dust onto my outstretched fingertips (They hope to catch a bit of my falling world) The atmosphere caves in The air pressure intensifies Until it has wrapped me In a straight-jacket and I Am Paralyzed I Search for your comforting eyes as you Distantly ask me if I am okay I’m not Okay but I cannot Open my mouth For the words to say because I cannot move an inch to save you Let alone myself I couldn’t even save a Word document right now I try to scream but I Can’t Speak And my world is crashing down The water from the busted dam Hits me like a concrete wall My useless straight-jacketed body Is swept away The water washes away all emotion I Can’t Feel The sound of my demise is so loud In my ears I cannot hear you any longer I Can’t Hear The lack of oxygen In my brain Turns off the light I cannot see the stars I Can’t See Water everywhere World crashing down I Am Drowning My heart beats too Fast Fast Fast I don’t have enough air to Last Last Last World Crashing Down I Can’t Move Can’t Speak Nor Feel Hear See, I (Gasp) Can’t (Gasp) Breathe.
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Mar 26, 2014
Mar 26, 2014 at 4:22 PM UTC
Anxiety
I lost the ***** that held my world together There is no finding it now And yes, I looked between the cushions of the couch I prepare to run because Like water through a busted dam it is coming Like the pain of a stubbed toe it arrives in a furious instant That asks for select curse words to be shouted But so unlike pain in my toe, it does not fade My world comes crashing down The clouds in the sky fall As dust onto my outstretched fingertips (They hope to catch a bit of my falling world) The atmosphere caves in The air pressure intensifies Until it has wrapped me In a straight-jacket and I Am Paralyzed I Search for your comforting eyes as you Distantly ask me if I am okay I’m not Okay but I cannot Open my mouth For the words to say because I cannot move an inch to save you Let alone myself I couldn’t even save a Word document right now I try to scream but I Can’t Speak And my world is crashing down The water from the busted dam Hits me like a concrete wall My useless straight-jacketed body Is swept away The water washes away all emotion I Can’t Feel The sound of my demise is so loud In my ears I cannot hear you any longer I Can’t Hear The lack of oxygen In my brain Turns off the light I cannot see the stars I Can’t See Water everywhere World crashing down I Am Drowning My heart beats too Fast Fast Fast I don’t have enough air to Last Last Last World Crashing Down I Can’t Move Can’t Speak Nor Feel Hear See, I (Gasp) Can’t (Gasp) Breathe.
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Her thoughts and I, we stay awake waiting for someone, hoping for somethings for the heart in pain needs no tending just a pinch of the divine and that silver lining. I think of the moments we gently stole from the curious eyes of tired souls our driving the distance to escape our own and finding the universe in our palms, unfold. There in the coffee shop she stares at me from the helpless tea bag in scalding water. In the bottle she would get to quench her thirst I find her asking if my need's greater than hers. The empty seat of car, in front is taken in her absence by her memories warm The gear shaft without our fingers twined is stripped bare of our naked thoughts The rains when they come, they flood my heart for a stormy noon is still parked within when the highway was lost behind a sheet of rain and in lights all turned on, our tongues were mating. Her breath is all over this gluttony of a glass half filled with wine, half consumed by need Now, the dam opens, blood rising to the lips flooding me with her thoughts she can never read...
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Sep 2, 2018
Sep 2, 2018 at 3:51 AM UTC
Her, her everywhere
Judai ~~♥~~ Suno jaana Mujhse kai logo ne pucha hai. judai kaisi hoti hai. judai kaisi hoti hai. Me kehta hu Zara thehro batata hu. judai kaisi hoti hai. judai aisi hoti hai. bhari mehfil me bhi kahi tanhai me kho jana. Kirchi kirchi kanch ke tukdo sa bikhar jana. Or un tukdo me ek hi bas ek hi chehere ka nazar ana. Judai aisi hoti hai. Simatna chah kar bhi khud se na simat pana. Har kisi ke samne muskan chehre par le ana. Dard saare chupane ki ek nakaam si be-matlab koshish kiye jaana. khud apne aap se us lamhat me nafrat si ** jana. Judai aisi hoti hai. Mulakato ke naam pe milna u to kai logo se har chehre me usi bas Usi chehre ko dhundte jaana. Naam uska apne lab pe saja lena. Us ki kahi koi baat yaad ane par rote hue thahake mar ke hans dena. Or hans kar ke ek dam se khamosh ** jaana. Naam uska le kar gir padna. kai raato tak aansuo se takiyo ko bigo dena. Duao me usi ke liye haatho ko failana. khwabo or khayalo me usi se wasta rakhna. na mil pane ka ghum is dil ko satana. Or fir tut kar bikhar jaana. Judai aisi hoti hai.   Jhukaye gardan fir kabro me apni lout aa jaana. Jise ham ghar bhi kehte hai. Use Suna sa dekh kar kadmo ka theher jaana. fir na utha pana. Ye sab kya hai judai ki nishani hai. Na mil pana, satana, or har kadam har moud par tut'te bas tut'te jana. Judai aisi hoti hai. Jaise andheri si gufao me  talash roshni ki ** jaana. jaise kisi apne ke haatho se haatho ka bichad jana. Fir na mil pana. kisi apne ko jata dekh kar Dur se aawaze laga kar rokna. Apne haatho ko jhatak na or diwaro pe patak dena. Or bas kuch na kar pana. bhari aankho se use dur hote dekhte jana. Palkey tak na jhapkana. Fir aansuo ka jaise sailab aa jana. judai ki aag me jalna,jhulasna or zinda reh jana. judai aisi hoti hai. Judai aisi hoti hai. Nk Sairam :)
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Jan 13, 2019
Jan 13, 2019 at 5:20 AM UTC
Judai
Judai ~~♥~~ Suno jaana Mujhse kai logo ne pucha hai. judai kaisi hoti hai. judai kaisi hoti hai. Me kehta hu Zara thehro batata hu. judai kaisi hoti hai. judai aisi hoti hai. bhari mehfil me bhi kahi tanhai me kho jana. Kirchi kirchi kanch ke tukdo sa bikhar jana. Or un tukdo me ek hi bas ek hi chehere ka nazar ana. Judai aisi hoti hai. Simatna chah kar bhi khud se na simat pana. Har kisi ke samne muskan chehre par le ana. Dard saare chupane ki ek nakaam si be-matlab koshish kiye jaana. khud apne aap se us lamhat me nafrat si ** jana. Judai aisi hoti hai. Mulakato ke naam pe milna u to kai logo se har chehre me usi bas Usi chehre ko dhundte jaana. Naam uska apne lab pe saja lena. Us ki kahi koi baat yaad ane par rote hue thahake mar ke hans dena. Or hans kar ke ek dam se khamosh ** jaana. Naam uska le kar gir padna. kai raato tak aansuo se takiyo ko bigo dena. Duao me usi ke liye haatho ko failana. khwabo or khayalo me usi se wasta rakhna. na mil pane ka ghum is dil ko satana. Or fir tut kar bikhar jaana. Judai aisi hoti hai.   Jhukaye gardan fir kabro me apni lout aa jaana. Jise ham ghar bhi kehte hai. Use Suna sa dekh kar kadmo ka theher jaana. fir na utha pana. Ye sab kya hai judai ki nishani hai. Na mil pana, satana, or har kadam har moud par tut'te bas tut'te jana. Judai aisi hoti hai. Jaise andheri si gufao me  talash roshni ki ** jaana. jaise kisi apne ke haatho se haatho ka bichad jana. Fir na mil pana. kisi apne ko jata dekh kar Dur se aawaze laga kar rokna. Apne haatho ko jhatak na or diwaro pe patak dena. Or bas kuch na kar pana. bhari aankho se use dur hote dekhte jana. Palkey tak na jhapkana. Fir aansuo ka jaise sailab aa jana. judai ki aag me jalna,jhulasna or zinda reh jana. judai aisi hoti hai. Judai aisi hoti hai. Nk Sairam :)
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today i couldn;t hold it in any longer i said my piece it didn't go well Now I'm facing the Chill i knew would arrive like ice on fire Frozen Lump in throat Peering over the abyss Shattering All illusion of Peace Or  security Or civility Like A dam giving way But instead of bursting forth this water is jagged ice. For now, Suspended in descent we are in Deep Freeze
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Nov 30, 2014
Nov 30, 2014 at 3:34 PM UTC
DEEP FREEZE
#*Sun rolls down Weaves a multicoloured carpet Fades away in the fringes It’s dark Towering Amused Being placed At such a height Overlooking the majestic Sarovar Dam Musing at the distant past Hands by the sides Never forgotten The Iron Man For the world to see Statue of unity*#
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Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019 at 2:48 PM UTC
Statue Of Unity
i am like a cactus hard needle like and difficult to touch on the outside but once you cut me open i ooze like a dam exploding from the river top the emotions im soft gooey and i hold life but once you cut me open you cant put me back i will eventually wither away and im okay with that but like i said i am difficult to touch but once you break me open i hold life
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Sep 20, 2013
Sep 20, 2013 at 12:37 AM UTC
Cactus
I am quiet. The silence I favor, but not the one that dams every thought that bubbles around our heads. I'd like to rip it apart, but I'll drown from the ripped quiet dam. That silence I don't favor. I am quiet again.
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May 16, 2015
May 16, 2015 at 9:09 PM UTC
Quiet
Mature my Mirabelle. Fill my senses with your rich commences. Yellow and blue, you are majestic like Malibu. A royal color growing in nature like summer. Discover emotions never felt before. Sweeten me, Mirabelle. Touch me with your gentle skin, send a shiver down my spine. Catch my soul as it follows your trails. Jump in the dam, destroy the walls. Accept my body, Mirabelle. Give birth to our energy. Mirror our synergy in the purple glass. Yellow hair hovers across heated beaches, presses my heartbeat as I am within her reaches.
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Jul 25, 2021
Jul 25, 2021 at 8:00 AM UTC
Mirabelle
I bite my lips, to build a fortified dam, that prevents my true feelings, from flowing forth, like a catastrophic flood and drowning you. But my cheeks betray me, and as a forest fire, a deep blush blazes across my features, reducing all my defenses, by allowing you too see, exactly how you affect me.
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Mar 28, 2014
Mar 28, 2014 at 11:18 AM UTC
Flood and Fire
Our heart burns broken at the ends, they fail us, keep building my lungs are wax inside my ribs, you’re burning, well I’m breathing this back breaks walked on from carrying friends, can’t stop now, still working your life’s like rain drops on my tongue, I believe you, keep raining and it’s alright, it’s alright, we are not right now complete and I’m alright, you’re gonna be alright, we might never be complete but the water keeps rising, it’s rising, everybody get into the water and hold each others hands and lives, let’s all push our hearts together.... we’re gonna leave these shores right now, be everything we’ve never been but you gotta swear to promise that we’ll never go back again, ever again and we’re not just islands lying beside each others shorelines we’re all bound with veins and hopes, we are not each others ghosts our hearts are abridged, let's build bridges to each other so this river won’t take us under filled with monsters and goblins, they keep dragging the bottom our life is a bridge, let’s build bridges to each other and pray we don’t go under, oh these careless waters I’m trying not to confuse: being used, with giving all I am by: being used, and giving everything I have, all I am so I’ll build a bridge with hollow bones filled with hollow teeth inside a hollow heart, with the insides carved and let the blood in these veins freeze let the water in these veins freeze and break and flood the dam we are all we have, this is all we need, hold on it may never end and I might have to drink my teeth again if I wash up on the coast so I’ll build a bridge with all that’s left, & not make any more new ghosts show me your life, wide and bright, I hope that patience fills the seams keep what’s inside, dry and right, you arch the frame I’ll span the beams our lives are a bridge for us to give, I want to build a better bridge from every wrong we’ve done to each other, if I forgive will you forgive? cause one day we’re gonna close our eyes for death or rest and abandon ourself, this weak mind and breath and the columns we made, and roots we grew down deep will be pulled and gathered in to firewood, and burnt for heat but when the tension shifts, and these braces turn I’ll try and build a better bridge and when all our piers burn, and the hinges miss I’m gonna build a better bridge our hearts are abridged, let’s build bridges to each other so we don’t take ourselves under Our heart burns broken at the ends, they fail us, keep building my lungs are wax inside my ribs, you’re burning, I’m still breathing this back breaks walked on carry friends, can’t stop now, still working your life’s like rain drops on my tongue, I believe you, keep raining our lives are a bridge for us to give, I want to build a better bridge from every wrong we’ve done to each other, if I forgive will you forgive? our hearts are abridged, let’s build bridges to each other so this river won’t take us under, so we don’t take ourselves under our lives are a bridge, let’s build bridges to each other and pray we don’t go under, oh these careless waters our lives are a bridge for us to give, I want to build a better bridge from every wrong we’ve done to each other, if I forgive will you forgive? our lives are a bridge for us to give, I want to build a better bridge from every wrong we’ve done to each other, if I forgive will you forgive? our hearts are abridged, let’s build bridges to each other so this river won’t take us under, so we don’t take ourselves under
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May 12, 2012
May 12, 2012 at 3:26 PM UTC
BUILDING BETTER BRIDGES (the silver city)
Our heart burns broken at the ends, they fail us, keep building my lungs are wax inside my ribs, you’re burning, well I’m breathing this back breaks walked on from carrying friends, can’t stop now, still working your life’s like rain drops on my tongue, I believe you, keep raining and it’s alright, it’s alright, we are not right now complete and I’m alright, you’re gonna be alright, we might never be complete but the water keeps rising, it’s rising, everybody get into the water and hold each others hands and lives, let’s all push our hearts together.... we’re gonna leave these shores right now, be everything we’ve never been but you gotta swear to promise that we’ll never go back again, ever again and we’re not just islands lying beside each others shorelines we’re all bound with veins and hopes, we are not each others ghosts our hearts are abridged, let's build bridges to each other so this river won’t take us under filled with monsters and goblins, they keep dragging the bottom our life is a bridge, let’s build bridges to each other and pray we don’t go under, oh these careless waters I’m trying not to confuse: being used, with giving all I am by: being used, and giving everything I have, all I am so I’ll build a bridge with hollow bones filled with hollow teeth inside a hollow heart, with the insides carved and let the blood in these veins freeze let the water in these veins freeze and break and flood the dam we are all we have, this is all we need, hold on it may never end and I might have to drink my teeth again if I wash up on the coast so I’ll build a bridge with all that’s left, & not make any more new ghosts show me your life, wide and bright, I hope that patience fills the seams keep what’s inside, dry and right, you arch the frame I’ll span the beams our lives are a bridge for us to give, I want to build a better bridge from every wrong we’ve done to each other, if I forgive will you forgive? cause one day we’re gonna close our eyes for death or rest and abandon ourself, this weak mind and breath and the columns we made, and roots we grew down deep will be pulled and gathered in to firewood, and burnt for heat but when the tension shifts, and these braces turn I’ll try and build a better bridge and when all our piers burn, and the hinges miss I’m gonna build a better bridge our hearts are abridged, let’s build bridges to each other so we don’t take ourselves under Our heart burns broken at the ends, they fail us, keep building my lungs are wax inside my ribs, you’re burning, I’m still breathing this back breaks walked on carry friends, can’t stop now, still working your life’s like rain drops on my tongue, I believe you, keep raining our lives are a bridge for us to give, I want to build a better bridge from every wrong we’ve done to each other, if I forgive will you forgive? our hearts are abridged, let’s build bridges to each other so this river won’t take us under, so we don’t take ourselves under our lives are a bridge, let’s build bridges to each other and pray we don’t go under, oh these careless waters our lives are a bridge for us to give, I want to build a better bridge from every wrong we’ve done to each other, if I forgive will you forgive? our lives are a bridge for us to give, I want to build a better bridge from every wrong we’ve done to each other, if I forgive will you forgive? our hearts are abridged, let’s build bridges to each other so this river won’t take us under, so we don’t take ourselves under
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may isang natutulog sa kalye walang sala, walang detalye walang makain, walang tirahan ngunit ikinulong tila'y makasalanan "mahirap maging mahirap" said ng mga matang nagpapaki-usap nang gayo'y makahanap ng pagkain sa pamilya'y maiharap at ang isa'y pinaiimbestigahan dahil umano sa ilegal na pamamaraan ng pagtulong sa kanyang nasasakupan kailan ba ito naging kasalanan? o, Pilipinas, ika'y binabantaan patagong tinatangay ang iyong kayamanan mga anak mo'y pinahihirapan sa kalagitnaan ng krisis, ika'y pinagsasamantalahan o, Pilipinas, naliligaw ang iyong landas ika'y inaapi, inaabuso nang marahas waring pinaglalaruan ang batas ng isang nag-aanyong taong hudas halika't iyong ipaglaban ang bansang ating sinilangan basagin na ang iyong katahimikan at h'wag hayaang manaig ang kasakiman pakinggan, dam'hin, at tignan h'wag ka munang lumiban sapagkat kailangan ang iyong katapangan sa umuusbong na digmaan
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Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020 at 9:10 AM UTC
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There’s a menacing chill on the air this evening. “Had I the wherewithal I’d leave this place,” I think to myself as the first warning is issued by that unfriendly cloud hanging low and dark over the mountain. While once I thought that the rain would fall with purpose, I’ve come to understand that floodwater has no manifesto except to place the scumline as high as it can. We can stack these sandbags tall around our hearts without regard for what’s on either side of the dam. They’re only transient monuments to ineffectiveness anyway. An assassin stands at the corner wondering if I’ll ever leave my house and its warmth. I have news for him, though… There’s nowhere to go, and the weatherman thinks we’ll have a storm.
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Jan 25, 2017
Jan 25, 2017 at 3:49 PM UTC
Mind The Bathos
‘You’re so wet for me baby’ they say ‘You’re not saying no’ Rinse repeat It hurts I say ‘That’s normal ‘ It is what it is what it is what it is My words stop ‘You’re so quiet’ they say If I unzip my abused vocal chords I won’t be able to stop the noise Keening screaming bursting like a dam It’ll fill up my head My ******* bone marrow Where do I begin and where do you end flush against me I am good at being quiet I am good at being small I am good at being needed I am good at pleasing others I am good at saying yes when I mean; Stop Get me out You are choking me I can’t breathe There is blood on my teeth On my hands I held you after you assaulted me for the first time and you told me about what was plaguing your mind So I comfort you Rinse repeat Tell you I’ve got you through gritted teeth Is that so bad is that so bad I am needed so why is it so ******* bad You fill my lungs acrid and burning Inhale exhale Inhale exhale Wd and vcka coat your lips like a gaudy lipgloss Wash away the taste of you Clean my teeth with dettol Empty my veins clean the dirt and grime away   Trying to forget the way you coat my teeth Your mouth is so good baby’ you say It is bad honey and expired milk It is not being touched since It is not sleeping It is wanting to be held but being terrified of the thought To be held is to be vulnerable Split me open Look inside
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Apr 25, 2023
Apr 25, 2023 at 8:45 AM UTC
ON ****** ASSAULT
All year the flax-dam festered in the heart Of the townland; green and heavy headed Flax had rotted there, weighted down by huge sods. Daily it sweltered in the punishing sun. Bubbles gargled delicately, bluebottles Wove a strong gauze of sound around the smell. There were dragon-flies, spotted butterflies, But best of all was the warm thick slobber Of frogspawn that grew like clotted water In the shade of the banks. Here, every spring I would fill jampotfuls of the jellied Specks to range on window-sills at home, On shelves at school, and wait and watch until The fattening dots burst into nimble- Swimming tadpoles. Miss Walls would tell us how The daddy frog was called a bullfrog And how he croaked and how the mammy frog Laid hundreds of little eggs and this was Frogspawn. You could tell the weather by frogs too For they were yellow in the sun and brown In rain. Then one hot day when fields were rank With cowdung in the grass the angry frogs Invaded the flax-dam; I ducked through hedges To a coarse croaking that I had not heard Before. The air was thick with a bass chorus. Right down the dam gross-bellied frogs were cocked On sods; their loose necks pulsed like sails. Some hopped: The slap and plop were obscene threats. Some sat Poised like mud grenades, their blunt heads farting. I sickened, turned, and ran. The great slime kings Were gathered there for vengeance and I knew That if I dipped my hand the spawn would clutch it.
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Death Of A Naturalist
and        just like that I am falling unfolding in your eyes layers of shadows unraveling in polar-laced               spirals of hunger deep freeze melting upon tongue an icy build-up thawed in seconds for my very cells burn           beneath your gaze as you take in the fullness                  of my presence      despite the smoky, glass-paned haze My presence-      suffused with           the darkness of silk-           I want it to graze your skin the most gentle feather   stroking emotion        coaxing out the         delicately-wrapped           firestones in you            spinning them into     a frenzied lava-slaked ocean      and then those unexplained, flurried lattice flakes that somehow soothe and cool within this inferno of just-missed proximity My essence              is cast like a net over you as we dive into          the volumes as I pull the heated visions out of your mind              feel your heart's closest   most tiny reverberations            little beats barely heard yet in some unlikely way pump blood into mine Undo me as my wet blue pools dissolve into yours my trussed-up implosions flowing out in air-spun tempest Unwrap my defenses           a soldered-up dam breaking                  a glass tubular bell                    hairline fracture quaking Strip me bare no need to even touch me for the vapors of your voice remove the layers of debris like the steam of earth irons out the blackened quilt of sky to reveal the altar            of our stars
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Apr 29, 2017
Apr 29, 2017 at 4:07 AM UTC
the altar of our stars
and        just like that I am falling unfolding in your eyes layers of shadows unraveling in polar-laced               spirals of hunger deep freeze melting upon tongue an icy build-up thawed in seconds for my very cells burn           beneath your gaze as you take in the fullness                  of my presence      despite the smoky, glass-paned haze My presence-      suffused with           the darkness of silk-           I want it to graze your skin the most gentle feather   stroking emotion        coaxing out the         delicately-wrapped           firestones in you            spinning them into     a frenzied lava-slaked ocean      and then those unexplained, flurried lattice flakes that somehow soothe and cool within this inferno of just-missed proximity My essence              is cast like a net over you as we dive into          the volumes as I pull the heated visions out of your mind              feel your heart's closest   most tiny reverberations            little beats barely heard yet in some unlikely way pump blood into mine Undo me as my wet blue pools dissolve into yours my trussed-up implosions flowing out in air-spun tempest Unwrap my defenses           a soldered-up dam breaking                  a glass tubular bell                    hairline fracture quaking Strip me bare no need to even touch me for the vapors of your voice remove the layers of debris like the steam of earth irons out the blackened quilt of sky to reveal the altar            of our stars
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Rivers are wet Dams are hard. Dams slow and block rivers. Everyone knows BUT Other times Dams make the rivers flow and flow. It doesn't take much to to evoke a dam Once its raised There is no way of stopping the course But who would want to stop it anyways? Night after night Day after day river keeps the dam working. dam keeps the river flowing. Never running dry Never growing weak but occasionally reaching a peak. This is something very few people see This poem isn't about water and concrete
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Jun 13, 2015
Jun 13, 2015 at 4:13 PM UTC
Rivers and Dams
And here's how I see it: We lay hand in hand Until the dam far, far away Cracks, Until the blades of grass Tickling your nose Wither, Until the clouds above Rain inky substance like Oceans, And when the sun shines Memories mellow on Wavering waves waving Willows in the wind, Up to our nostrils, Your eyes like the moon Straining to see those last Blades of grass curl in on themselves, Here's how I see it: We drown.
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Oct 14, 2014
Oct 14, 2014 at 9:45 PM UTC
All The Blades Of Grass
Your childish lies have nothing of a true meaning because you never saw what truly went on inside my mind. The cogs were turning, but the wheels got stuck in the muck that you had left behind when you decided that it was time to bid me adieu. That child inside me broke Like the Bay Lake dam that came crashing and tumbling down, the waters swirling into the ever after. Leaving me behind, alone, with the lonely company of the silt and the sand. And then, I wept.
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Feb 10, 2014
Feb 10, 2014 at 3:02 PM UTC
Like a Child, I cried
We drop a bomb here we destroy a forest there why should we even care. We scar our precious lands we blacken our waters who cares about our sons and daughters. Lets take what we can, here it lies and again mother earth cries. We can build a dam there we will drain this lake here it's okay the animals have nothing to fear. We cut through a mountain we pave over a field but it's okay the earth heals. The *** of gold, there it lies and again mother earth cries. We've hurt her so bad we've really torn her down and yet she let's us stay around. She doesn't ask for much all she can do is give and give but the human race won't let her live. Here's our lady, we don't hear her cries instead mother earth slowly dies. Available in UNFINISHED SONGS on Amazon.com
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Nov 25, 2009
Nov 25, 2009 at 10:24 AM UTC
MOTHER EARTH CRIES
Corny Hornbutt went to town, looking for relations ran right into Celibut, who flees from fornication. ***** cornbutt, keep it up leader of the nation make the ladies loose their lunch and squirm with indignation! Corny went to fellowship to woo his lovely Celi mortified was Celibut, who punched him in the belly. Corny Hornbutt, keep it up leader of the nation make the ladies loose their lunch and squirm with indignation! Corny saw his life flash by and knew the end was nearing asked for pardon from his sin, as hell-fire he was fearing. Corny Hornbutt, keep it up leader of the nation make the ladies loose their lunch and squirm with indignation! Corny saw his wretched ways and in this revelation The Lord Almighty heard his cry and saved him from damnation. Corny Hornbutt, keep it up leader of the nation Reached for Love, received the Grace was made a new creation! Corny Hornbutt was renewed and now he's Pastor Corny Celi married Hornibutt and named their first-born Forny. Corny Hornbutt, keep it up lead us from dam-nation Help the ladies serve the lunch to all the congregation!
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Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013 at 11:34 AM UTC
Corny Hornbutt