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"retired" poems
Gaze on that woman by the train. With curves like gunpowder that will shoot fireworks again. As her and I once were. Since then, of women, I've abstained. My chest is a pyre to the damsel I couldn't retain; fondness that won’t expire. You say I could never attain and imply I'm a liar!? Or you think either me insane or least she's miswired? The evidence on my brain - melancholy, ire - the despondent husk that remains, need you more enquire? ...True, of her, no displays of pain; eyes that jolt not tire, poker voice tipping no disdain, legs that feed desire! For her, gone love is not a chain hidden by attire or flushed down a forgotten drain. It merely retired. Love like hers was the wind and rain to my earth and fire.
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Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018 at 6:09 PM UTC
Elemental Love
I'll be eaten alive one day: one day, i see it in my mind so close to closure along an empty street late at night (owls just retired and birds not yet up), orbs of light tethered to tall electric poles cast dappled circles on cracked pavement; illumination and safety (for that two metre radius). Stepping between them like a girl child on stones across a garden, I anticipate each missed step as sinking into sand or frightful waves. Singing drunk back-alley lullabies i'll soothe the skelebabies in their sleep, their poor crusted noses snuffled against a cold shift of air (their private torment plastered over billboards with corporate logos and dim colours, suggesting the city's lights have gone out and the local government is in frantics. That is, after all, what you'd focus on) Girl child games were so tipsy and magic (and so close to real coldness); between two orbs of light i'll slip through the cracks in the pavement. THE END. (eat me alive, eat me alive, eaten alive by the wolf at the door)
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Sep 25, 2014
Sep 25, 2014 at 6:36 PM UTC
Cautionary Tale
These streets are home to countless rodents emerging for a moment to feed or breed or just to breathe the sun One by one line up for the chance to make something out of nothing Who are they and where do they go while the city refuses to sleep ___ Doors to endless lands line the avenue each its own portal to the unimagined A family of four with the yapping mutt or a lonely cat lady whose entryway wreaks of ***** a drug dealer door slamming every hour on the hour or an empty snowbird's nest On the surface everyone pretends they don't have a hole to crawl back to or walls that know every night But below the sewer grate a world filled with the stench of what could have been a good day Many a barkeep can shed some life on these drunkards' rat king or at least a story of those who made it out Once or twice it'd be grand to see the bottom of a martini glass left with a sip or two instead of the casually tipped lipstick-clad cocktail, drained of doubt and despair until morning warms the frozen dreams of those retired to a paradise unknown
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Oct 25, 2015
Oct 25, 2015 at 1:45 PM UTC
Rats
The emus formed a football team Up Walgett way; Their dark-brown sweaters were a dream But kangaroos would sit and scream To watch them play. "Now, butterfingers," they would call, And such-like names; The emus couldn't hold the ball - They had no hands - but hands aren't all In football games. A match against the kangaroos They played one day. The kangaroos were forced to choose Some wallabies and wallaroos That played in grey. The rules that in the West prevail Would shock the town; For when a kangaroo set sail An emu jumped upon his tail And fetched him down. A whistler duck as referee Was not admired. He whistled so incessantly The teams rebelled, and up a tree He soon retired. The old marsupial captain said, "It's do or die!" So down the ground like fire he fled And leaped above an emu's head And scored a try. Then shouting, "Keep it on the toes!" The emus came. Fierce as the flooded Bogan flows They laid their foemen out in rows And saved the game. On native pear and Darling pea They dined that night: But one man was an absentee: The whistler duck - their referee - Had taken flight.
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Fur And Feathers
gurgle, gurgle, groundcurrent unsettled, moon unseen like stars fever dreamed, dissonance for the melody maker, dissonance for the retired risk-taker, dissonance for the hips of homewreckers. civil, civil, no minutes can afford the divide, aside, to the crystal buildings and the sky's sputtering cries, compliments to your forehead's **** compliments to your forefather's rash, compliments to your aforementioned crash. the current, the current rides hot and merciless along thigh, dribbles down chins and nightgowns, dries--a permanent badge of scattered life, electroshock seeps from self-made holes, electroshock seeps from smoldering bowls, electroshock seeps from typecast roles. volcano, volcano, grumble and moan. volcano, volcano, clear cord and stroke. volcano, volcano, grieve me in ash. volcano, volcano, I've been awful bad. I've been awful bad. I've been awful bad.
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Feb 21, 2011
Feb 21, 2011 at 11:19 AM UTC
volectric
In a time, when men were the superheroes, born in an unconventional location, a young girl, unknown to the future she was destined to, was born with a uniqueness unfound in all people, a superpower of empathy and as she grew, the world knew she was imbued as a living embodiment of legends: Athena's wisdom, beauty that surpassed the goddess Aphrodite, conversational skills that made Hermes envious, and strength that Hercules could never attain. As she approached an age, when her parents would trust her to be guardian, her powers manifested. This incredible child was now a woman. With the ability to heal those in need: she could expunge poison that had afflicted a person, even their hearts, a God-given gift for those most sacred; her correspondences exponentially developed, able to connect in all languages, fueled by her empathetic nature, this allowed all who interacted with her to trust her for she radiates sincerity. Now, fully grown, this super-no- This Wonder Woman had retired her duties to save the world, not forsake it, but, to train Wonder Girl, her daughter, to unlock the latent abilities her mother had passed on to her. She still looks up at the Higher Power and realizes her duty to provide the world justice is not over but only beginning. Her holy spirit was not unacknowledged and was gifted a bulletproof bracelet, forged by the most skilled craftsman by direction of all that is wise and healing. Given to her to wear so that nothing could halt her as she continues her fate to provide the world a humanity that could only come from an intrinsically true dear heart.
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May 10, 2015
May 10, 2015 at 12:17 AM UTC
Ode to Mama
In a time, when men were the superheroes, born in an unconventional location, a young girl, unknown to the future she was destined to, was born with a uniqueness unfound in all people, a superpower of empathy and as she grew, the world knew she was imbued as a living embodiment of legends: Athena's wisdom, beauty that surpassed the goddess Aphrodite, conversational skills that made Hermes envious, and strength that Hercules could never attain. As she approached an age, when her parents would trust her to be guardian, her powers manifested. This incredible child was now a woman. With the ability to heal those in need: she could expunge poison that had afflicted a person, even their hearts, a God-given gift for those most sacred; her correspondences exponentially developed, able to connect in all languages, fueled by her empathetic nature, this allowed all who interacted with her to trust her for she radiates sincerity. Now, fully grown, this super-no- This Wonder Woman had retired her duties to save the world, not forsake it, but, to train Wonder Girl, her daughter, to unlock the latent abilities her mother had passed on to her. She still looks up at the Higher Power and realizes her duty to provide the world justice is not over but only beginning. Her holy spirit was not unacknowledged and was gifted a bulletproof bracelet, forged by the most skilled craftsman by direction of all that is wise and healing. Given to her to wear so that nothing could halt her as she continues her fate to provide the world a humanity that could only come from an intrinsically true dear heart.
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I'm on the run And not for fun The police are chasing My heart is racing When my life is at stake My morality I'll break The police release the hounds I can hear their deadly sounds They want to maim me I want to stay me I decide to fight the charging canines Because I just snorted a ******* line My judgement loses length To my influx of strength I break the dogs' legs Until they beg That's not enough Sorry Scruff The steel gun I fire A furry cop retired The police attack me For defending myself They refuse to see The danger to my health They chose to use crazy canines So I feel the fault isn't mine That doesn't change their decision For me to die slowly in prison I am in the teeth of the government Much to my human wonderment This is the way I'll spend the rest of my life For the decisions I made at the end of a knife The irony is cops **** dogs all the time Yet they obstruct their vision of the line Where it ceases to be man versus society And becomes man versus nature When a man is in peril He must turn feral But in a country that blindly idolizes aggression The police don't acknowledge this discretion They dig their teeth into our skin While draining us financially The only way we'll ever win Is if things change substantially Sadism fervently fuels the flames of conflict With an exasperated public sick of being kicked Cruelty is what they witness To lose their mental fitness How can they protect their babies When the police have rabies? The police relationship with the effected public will never shift When there's a Cereberus between them maintaining the rift
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Oct 24, 2017
Oct 24, 2017 at 5:35 AM UTC
Canine
I'm on the run And not for fun The police are chasing My heart is racing When my life is at stake My morality I'll break The police release the hounds I can hear their deadly sounds They want to maim me I want to stay me I decide to fight the charging canines Because I just snorted a ******* line My judgement loses length To my influx of strength I break the dogs' legs Until they beg That's not enough Sorry Scruff The steel gun I fire A furry cop retired The police attack me For defending myself They refuse to see The danger to my health They chose to use crazy canines So I feel the fault isn't mine That doesn't change their decision For me to die slowly in prison I am in the teeth of the government Much to my human wonderment This is the way I'll spend the rest of my life For the decisions I made at the end of a knife The irony is cops **** dogs all the time Yet they obstruct their vision of the line Where it ceases to be man versus society And becomes man versus nature When a man is in peril He must turn feral But in a country that blindly idolizes aggression The police don't acknowledge this discretion They dig their teeth into our skin While draining us financially The only way we'll ever win Is if things change substantially Sadism fervently fuels the flames of conflict With an exasperated public sick of being kicked Cruelty is what they witness To lose their mental fitness How can they protect their babies When the police have rabies? The police relationship with the effected public will never shift When there's a Cereberus between them maintaining the rift
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By Janis Ian I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth... And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say "come dance with me" And murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems at seventeen... A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Whose name I never could pronounce Said: "Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve" The rich relationed hometown queen Marries into what she needs With a guarantee of company And haven for the elderly... So remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain In debitures of quality and dubious integrity Their small-town eyes will gape at you In dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received at seventeen... To those of us who knew the pain Of valentines that never came And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball It was long ago and far away the world was younger than today when dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me... We all play the game, and when we dare We cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say: "Come on, dance with me" And murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me, at seventeen...
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Oct 25, 2012
Oct 25, 2012 at 3:34 PM UTC
"AT SEVENTEEN"
By Janis Ian I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth... And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say "come dance with me" And murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems at seventeen... A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Whose name I never could pronounce Said: "Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve" The rich relationed hometown queen Marries into what she needs With a guarantee of company And haven for the elderly... So remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain In debitures of quality and dubious integrity Their small-town eyes will gape at you In dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received at seventeen... To those of us who knew the pain Of valentines that never came And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball It was long ago and far away the world was younger than today when dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me... We all play the game, and when we dare We cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say: "Come on, dance with me" And murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me, at seventeen...
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At the end of the day when I'm spent and expired, and all energy has clocked out and retired. I long for your warmth and tender embrace, my weary eyes to rest upon your face. A caretaker that without I cannot thrive. I don't need you to live, but to make me alive. Alive I can change the world with what you help me to feel. You are fuel and rest, rejuvenation, zeal. When my strength is gone and my mind is drifting to sleep, know that my last few thoughts my mind struggles to keep, are of you and my family that share my name, and lastly, how soon they will be one and the same. I love you. Goodnight.
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Aug 28, 2015
Aug 28, 2015 at 2:41 PM UTC
The rest of me
She danced through the seasons Wearing and tearing her heart, Which she wore and showed off proudly, Awaiting her prince to come ad dance. The girl had danced before but being as clumsy as she was, Often fell And astonished at her lack of grace and feminine manner Her prince would leave her halfway through a song. Alone. As the year's brilliant colors began to fade, Her hope of finding a prince fell Along with the dead laves blowing in the wind. In the deep days of winter Her dress, the beautiful garment she poured the essence of her being into, Was ragged and tired. A reflection of her efforts. She retired to her seat. The year was coming to its end, Like the sands in an hour-glass There was no time left to give. But just as the sands were over-turned to start the year anew This quiet boy asked for her hand to dance. He loved every tear in her dresses seams Accepting her scars and showing her similar burdens he carried. The two tripped on their words Laughing, on the ground they fell upon, at the other couples around them. While they tried to fit societies accepted definition of lovers, The two enjoyed each others company and got lost in each other's eyes Neither of the two were good at dancing anyway. The two ragged lovers thought on this as they held each other Long past the ending of the ball While the other picture perfect people ran out of time. This year was new This year was theirs
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Mar 4, 2013
Mar 4, 2013 at 7:33 PM UTC
The Year Long Ball
My flesh crawls, and my blood flows As I attempt to turn to marble True stasis Homeostasis Oh to maintain beauty to be gawked by muses And to never have been alive, merely beings of retired faith But unsurprisingly, just as pointless I sigh… I may parish in mind and finally body But marble will diminish slowly ****** All while watched and attemptedly preserved I breathe. Homeostasis
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Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018 at 1:56 PM UTC
Homeostasis
I've been thinking it's time I retired, acquired a rucksack to strap on my back and returned to the slow track. Hitting the road and taking the load off my mind, with many needles to thread and a hay stack for my bed I'd be content with it all, to drift into the colour of fall and ever so slowly disappear, never here for long,never there or anywhere but everywhere I would be, free from the trap laid by polite society.
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Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 6:20 AM UTC
Railway blues
it was the Cubist who created the space and color that everywhere today assails our eyes in    uniform architecture and monotonous design; the various branches of modern art through tedious & exhaustive experiment      & research creating a massive cultural sinkhole whose banal discoveries unveil for all the sameness of form, line and color; Quote from Gorky's 'Camouflage', 1942: I like the heat; the tenderness; the edible; the lusciousness; the song of a single person in a bathtub full of water.                            I like Ucello, Grunewald, Ingres, the drawings and sketches for paintings    of Seurat and that man Pablo Picasso;                I measure all things by weight.                In text for MoMA, describing the 'Garden in Sochi' - series,                26 June 1942 I love Mougouch, Gorky's wife.                What about papa Cézanne; I like the wheat fields, the plow, the apricots, those flirts of the sun.    And bread above all. My lever is the purple; About 194 feet away from our house in Armenia on the road to the spring my father had a little garden with a few apple trees which had retired                              from giving fruit; this garden was identified as the _'Garden of Wish Fulfillment'_ often I had seen my mother and the other village women exposing their naked bosoms, taking the soft, dependable ******* in their hands & rubbing them on the rocks; above all this standing an enormous tree all bleached under the sun, rain & cold,  deprived of leaves. This was the Holy Tree [quoted in 1942] In text for MoMA, describing the 'Garden in Sochi' - series, 26 June 1942 I don't like that word 'finished'.     When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness; I never finish a painting –   I just stop working on it for a while. I like painting because it's something I can never come to the end of; sometimes I paint a picture, then I paint it all out.    Sometimes I'm working on fifteen or twenty pictures at the same time; I do that       b/c I want to – b/c I change my    mind so often; The thing to do is      always to keep starting to paint;      never finishing the painting [quoted in 1948]
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Aug 20, 2018
Aug 20, 2018 at 4:39 PM UTC
Արշիլ Գորկին, տանիքի այծերը
it was the Cubist who created the space and color that everywhere today assails our eyes in    uniform architecture and monotonous design; the various branches of modern art through tedious & exhaustive experiment      & research creating a massive cultural sinkhole whose banal discoveries unveil for all the sameness of form, line and color; Quote from Gorky's 'Camouflage', 1942: I like the heat; the tenderness; the edible; the lusciousness; the song of a single person in a bathtub full of water.                            I like Ucello, Grunewald, Ingres, the drawings and sketches for paintings    of Seurat and that man Pablo Picasso;                I measure all things by weight.                In text for MoMA, describing the 'Garden in Sochi' - series,                26 June 1942 I love Mougouch, Gorky's wife.                What about papa Cézanne; I like the wheat fields, the plow, the apricots, those flirts of the sun.    And bread above all. My lever is the purple; About 194 feet away from our house in Armenia on the road to the spring my father had a little garden with a few apple trees which had retired                              from giving fruit; this garden was identified as the _'Garden of Wish Fulfillment'_ often I had seen my mother and the other village women exposing their naked bosoms, taking the soft, dependable ******* in their hands & rubbing them on the rocks; above all this standing an enormous tree all bleached under the sun, rain & cold,  deprived of leaves. This was the Holy Tree [quoted in 1942] In text for MoMA, describing the 'Garden in Sochi' - series, 26 June 1942 I don't like that word 'finished'.     When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness; I never finish a painting –   I just stop working on it for a while. I like painting because it's something I can never come to the end of; sometimes I paint a picture, then I paint it all out.    Sometimes I'm working on fifteen or twenty pictures at the same time; I do that       b/c I want to – b/c I change my    mind so often; The thing to do is      always to keep starting to paint;      never finishing the painting [quoted in 1948]
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we play with a retired professional but none of the other kids mind— his alcoholism has gotten the better of his muscle memory and god doesn’t he look bad the ball is an old piece of garbage made from a kind of industry plastic half-flayed alive by loving kicks that expose the moldy gray rubber inner- sphere like some soft eyeball and, behind one of the goals, the boy who plays goalkeeper only on Wednesdays lounges like a pimply Greek sculpture— unable to move as an epileptic fit lazily puppeteers his body while the players pass the ball into his gut and I step aside, too— my stomach aches so badly for the crispy joy of cold cereal I can’t play— some days are like that—shed of their seriousness because it’s more fun to play without a defense even though we’re always losing **** it I just scored a goal!
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Nov 29, 2010
Nov 29, 2010 at 5:14 AM UTC
Soccer Game
© 2009 (Jim Sularz) Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, by wagon, train or foot. Days not all that long ago, in tall ships made of wood. “A gold rush struck in’49, all quite by accident. A burning fever that cut men to bone, in a sea of dingy tents. Day and night, they toiled and tolled, many headed home without a cent. But some packed out bags of glistening gold, and made a stop at "Buzzard’s Breath." "The town’s mud logged street, deep with horse manure, bubbled like a shallow grave. With a Sheriff’s office, a livery stable, and a church for souls to save. And a fancy house, on a grassy knoll – sign read, “Madam Lil la **** With soft, curvaceous ladies who mined for hearts – and gold of a different sort. Didn’t take long before easy gold, was extremely hard to find. And burly miners, tough as steel, moved in to hard rock mine. With bloodied knuckles, dented hats, they blasted at a furious pace. To find the gold, called the Mother Lode, yellow blood coursing through their veins! The mine they worked was called “Long Shot”, the men thought that name a curse. But the miners hankered for the handle, "Buzzard’s Breath”, and the mine’s name was reversed. As luck would say, they held a royal flush, when they hit that horse-wide vein. Of the purest gold, yet to be found, this side of the Pearly Gates. Eyes wide as saucers, they were all in awe, everyone was filthy rich. The miners should have all retired and should have cashed in all their chips. But a man’s hard to figure, when his blood is yellow, and he’s stricken with a gold fever. “Eureka! Boys, *** the dynamite and a whole lot more mining timbers!” They mined that vein to the bowels of the Earth, and the heat increased by day. "Buzzard’s Breath" became the hottest place, to Hell – the shortest way. And then one day, the men never came back. – Hell must have jumped that claim. Of the purest gold, yet to be found – that’s where the Devil mines today!” Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, died a slow and quiet death. Along with days of tall wooden ships, and the ghosts of Buzzard’s Breath.
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Jul 8, 2012
Jul 8, 2012 at 5:46 PM UTC
Ghosts of Buzzard’s Breath
© 2009 (Jim Sularz) Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, by wagon, train or foot. Days not all that long ago, in tall ships made of wood. “A gold rush struck in’49, all quite by accident. A burning fever that cut men to bone, in a sea of dingy tents. Day and night, they toiled and tolled, many headed home without a cent. But some packed out bags of glistening gold, and made a stop at "Buzzard’s Breath." "The town’s mud logged street, deep with horse manure, bubbled like a shallow grave. With a Sheriff’s office, a livery stable, and a church for souls to save. And a fancy house, on a grassy knoll – sign read, “Madam Lil la **** With soft, curvaceous ladies who mined for hearts – and gold of a different sort. Didn’t take long before easy gold, was extremely hard to find. And burly miners, tough as steel, moved in to hard rock mine. With bloodied knuckles, dented hats, they blasted at a furious pace. To find the gold, called the Mother Lode, yellow blood coursing through their veins! The mine they worked was called “Long Shot”, the men thought that name a curse. But the miners hankered for the handle, "Buzzard’s Breath”, and the mine’s name was reversed. As luck would say, they held a royal flush, when they hit that horse-wide vein. Of the purest gold, yet to be found, this side of the Pearly Gates. Eyes wide as saucers, they were all in awe, everyone was filthy rich. The miners should have all retired and should have cashed in all their chips. But a man’s hard to figure, when his blood is yellow, and he’s stricken with a gold fever. “Eureka! Boys, *** the dynamite and a whole lot more mining timbers!” They mined that vein to the bowels of the Earth, and the heat increased by day. "Buzzard’s Breath" became the hottest place, to Hell – the shortest way. And then one day, the men never came back. – Hell must have jumped that claim. Of the purest gold, yet to be found – that’s where the Devil mines today!” Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, died a slow and quiet death. Along with days of tall wooden ships, and the ghosts of Buzzard’s Breath.
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I stare across the room at you, And get turned on by the sumptuous view. Thoughts of us together makes my pulse quickly beat, My body tingles as I feel your heat! I close my eyes when we touch tongue tips, Drawing me yet closer, as we join our wet lips. Your gentle whisper teases in my ear, Getting us ready to remove our gear! Thoughts of your body make louder screams, As wild fantasies erupts from our lustful dreams. Deep moans of pleasure echo within our love den, Where we make love, again, again and again. You quake as I hold you and feel your beating heart, Melting, as hugs ignite ****** sparks to start. Your touch allows flames of passion to be inspired. Normal inhibitions are long since retired. Each long kiss rockets us higher and higher, Staying as one to fulfil each wanton desire. And as we are approaching the end of our lives, We'll know love's embers for the other never died.
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Mar 17, 2013
Mar 17, 2013 at 6:00 PM UTC
Passion
Like truthless dreams, so are my joys expired, And past return are all my dandled days; My love misled, and fancy quite retired— Of all which passed the sorrow only stays. My lost delights, now clean from sight of land, Have left me all alone in unknown ways; My mind to woe, my life in fortune’s hand— Of all which passed the sorrow only stays. As in a country strange, without companion, I only wail the wrong of death’s delays, Whose sweet spring spent, whose summer well-nigh done— Of all which passed the sorrow only stays. Whom care forewarns, ere age and winter cold, To haste me hence to find my fortune’s fold.
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Like Truthless Dreams, So Are My Joys Expired
Cold, unforgiving. My soul froze in time. I gave love its last chance, And clocks stopped. The big hand contorted, To mock my closing veins. The small just pointed And laughed in my face. So I shattered all the timepieces, Forbidding me to count the seconds alone. In an hourless world, I lost faith in hope. The walls as my best friend. My bed the only lover. I'm content in waiting For my torturous life to be over. But you found me Wrapped in passing seconds. Prisoner to tic tic Pacing in my head. Where my skin Tasted of decay. And my claws retired From scratching at the gates. Given up on fighting, Satisfied with thousand pound lungs. A half timed beating, Beneath my hollow ribs. My souls began to thaw, Clocks began to move. All from your touch, All from your air. The big hand straightens. And the small silences itself. Opening my veins. No more comically mocking my pain. Your gentle hands piece together, All the pieces I shattered. Back to counting All the seconds I'm alive. My walls become acquaintances. You replace my bed. I'm not waiting, This life won't end. No longer bound By the song of passing time. Free from "tic toc", It's a little less crowded in my head. Warmth returns to my skin. My hands click awake. Not ready to scratch, But to create. There is no fight to give up. Air quickly lifts my lungs. There's a full paced beating, Inside my glowing chest. All because you touched me. You kissed me. With a calm fear, You woke me from my sleep.
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May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015 at 2:26 AM UTC
A touch
They said just one, and you'll fly, Free forever, never to die, A little dust, and into the sky, Second to the right, straight on all night. There you'll find freedom, there you'll find life, Never to age, never to cry. But all my happy thoughts flew away. Now I'm just lost, Still acting like a little boy, still running from pirates. Know why they call it Neverland? Because it's never coming back. It was never there at all, And it never will be. Wendy started nursing school, The Captain died from cancer, The Boys left town, the pirates retired, The fun is over, the thrill is gone. John's a lawyer, Michael's a drunk, Tinker bell's taking selfies from her new Mercedes, The crocodile's chewing the fat off tourists in his nature preserve. You know why they call it Neverland? Because you never should have left. Now we're all just shadows. We grew up, when we swore we'd rather die. They caught me, now I'm just a shadow. They made me a man.
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May 22, 2017
May 22, 2017 at 4:30 PM UTC
Shadows
We create our own stories, our own gods and reshape our own peoples We also create our own demons and enemies. An old retired fighter once said to a traveler, "we learn not run from the enemy, but go towards them." In learning, his new pupil destroyed his heart and his lovers. And them, destroyed their own in turn. The traveler sits with piles of stories of all kinds now, from all over the world, in a library shelf like a white elephant of impotent rage in his room. For decades the populations of the world have been subject of mass experimentation by its overseers. In other stories, a people's Creator has gone mad working for his human creations which required using toxic chemicals to turn their raw materials into life, while working to reveal our own gift of growth from attachments and into self-knowledge, compassion. For decades also, populations of the world are kept apart from their own full living potential not because of some evil or mad Creator or some insanely depicted required competition towards reproduction or respect. Rather, because we continue to face our tasks through our mistakes and failures, knowing our deadly blows from through those we reject, shame and escape from, as our teachers of compassion if not more than those that we gravitate to or already belong and accept as our own. Thus continues perhaps the stories of people's potentials outside of their fear's many perverted versions. #
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Sep 8, 2018
Sep 8, 2018 at 2:42 AM UTC
Friendly Deadly Until We Get It Right
Don’t let the last name fool you of Greene As you continue to read, you will understand what made him structured lean Mr. Greene was a man who won International Federation of Bodybuilders of MR. WORLD title twice There were times when Mr. Greene called Joe Weider and asked for advice It was intensity with the weights Then taking in food protein and drinking protein shakes Mr. Greene is a personal friend of mine He used to tell me stories of bodybuilding ways Also stay away from drugs and go astray Yet he was every bodybuilder’s friend But on the Bodybuilding stage, it was about the win Mr. Greene’s muscles were his voice on stage In the audience, it was the posing that did amaze It left the audience and Judge’s in a daze It was his proportion being the fine line Then it was the repetitions that contributed being combined Under the spotlight, Mr. Greene was the terminator But it was his posing being the illustrator Franklyn Greene was focused down to the finish This is what makes him distinguished A Bodybuilding champion who was meant to be The world witnessed and was able to see Mr. Greene made Bodybuilding everything that it should be He is now retired from competition, but continues to train Bodybuilding in his heart still remains His motto, “Train with focus and eye on detail” Franklyn Greene who did achieve and many bodybuilding awards he did receive. Accomplishments with many wins, and with a past being a milestone, but the name of Franklyn Greene who is still known.
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Feb 20, 2016
Feb 20, 2016 at 12:21 PM UTC
FRANKLYN GREENE, FORMER COMPETING BODYBUILDING MAN
Don’t let the last name fool you of Greene As you continue to read, you will understand what made him structured lean Mr. Greene was a man who won International Federation of Bodybuilders of MR. WORLD title twice There were times when Mr. Greene called Joe Weider and asked for advice It was intensity with the weights Then taking in food protein and drinking protein shakes Mr. Greene is a personal friend of mine He used to tell me stories of bodybuilding ways Also stay away from drugs and go astray Yet he was every bodybuilder’s friend But on the Bodybuilding stage, it was about the win Mr. Greene’s muscles were his voice on stage In the audience, it was the posing that did amaze It left the audience and Judge’s in a daze It was his proportion being the fine line Then it was the repetitions that contributed being combined Under the spotlight, Mr. Greene was the terminator But it was his posing being the illustrator Franklyn Greene was focused down to the finish This is what makes him distinguished A Bodybuilding champion who was meant to be The world witnessed and was able to see Mr. Greene made Bodybuilding everything that it should be He is now retired from competition, but continues to train Bodybuilding in his heart still remains His motto, “Train with focus and eye on detail” Franklyn Greene who did achieve and many bodybuilding awards he did receive. Accomplishments with many wins, and with a past being a milestone, but the name of Franklyn Greene who is still known.
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He lived down the street from us, And came to be known as, The man whose wife left him. We speculated and surmised. None but two knew the reason why He became The man whose wife left him. He stopped cutting the grass And weeding the beds. He won’t play his uke On the porch like he did. From all accounts, He was a good Dad, None ever heard him Explete a foul word. He worked till retired, Never was fired. I'm told he lived a gentle life; Never started a fight, Or ran from strife. That's what I heard About the man whose wife left him. Left to his own devices, The man whose wife left him, Left.
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Jun 2, 2023
Jun 2, 2023 at 8:28 AM UTC
The Man Whose Wife Left
I always pictured this one girl I drew her out to have this gentle twirl She would have long brown hair Running down her back, so fair She would have pale white skin One hundred and one hair pins She would wear the prettiest yellow dress And she would be perfect for me But she would tease you with what you could only see She whispered funny things in your ear You’re the only one who could hear While we spend these times in your car Everything parked and night afar She would have these lovely curls Wearing these hidden white pearls She was what I could only imagine The thought of her was my one true passion We would run around with these engaged hands And land at the beach into these old sands You said to me, “Stop thinking of me, silly” I never known what she meant Until it came to me sent She kneeled next to me Gave me this long lasting sad smile with her perfect green eyes Giving me these last sighs “You’ll be happy one day, just wait a little longer” I never had to make such a long ponder My yellow dress girl vanished from me Leaving me all alone with this open sea Those last words took a great toll Feeling like I was falling down this hole All my love is genuine Just love for me is in this pen I write all these love poems Hundreds of words for you my dear I never meant to be so unclear It’s true I lost you when I needed you the most Creating these thoughts to stay as my mind host Distracting these retired emotions Setting these feelings with inventive motions Erasing that flower dancing yellow dress I will not be your tossed away mess I've always cared for you my sweetheart I’m just sorry that I broke your gentle heart
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May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013 at 2:16 AM UTC
Yellow Dress
I always pictured this one girl I drew her out to have this gentle twirl She would have long brown hair Running down her back, so fair She would have pale white skin One hundred and one hair pins She would wear the prettiest yellow dress And she would be perfect for me But she would tease you with what you could only see She whispered funny things in your ear You’re the only one who could hear While we spend these times in your car Everything parked and night afar She would have these lovely curls Wearing these hidden white pearls She was what I could only imagine The thought of her was my one true passion We would run around with these engaged hands And land at the beach into these old sands You said to me, “Stop thinking of me, silly” I never known what she meant Until it came to me sent She kneeled next to me Gave me this long lasting sad smile with her perfect green eyes Giving me these last sighs “You’ll be happy one day, just wait a little longer” I never had to make such a long ponder My yellow dress girl vanished from me Leaving me all alone with this open sea Those last words took a great toll Feeling like I was falling down this hole All my love is genuine Just love for me is in this pen I write all these love poems Hundreds of words for you my dear I never meant to be so unclear It’s true I lost you when I needed you the most Creating these thoughts to stay as my mind host Distracting these retired emotions Setting these feelings with inventive motions Erasing that flower dancing yellow dress I will not be your tossed away mess I've always cared for you my sweetheart I’m just sorry that I broke your gentle heart
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Dream Catchers, egg hatchers, baby Snatchers, **** wackers, lip smackers, online hackers, ***** slappers, hand clappers, exotic flappers, lazy slackers, suitcase packers, & back stabbers. Hate & defeated, cheat & feel the heat. Too weak & petite. Tales of hell, wishes on a well, thoughts are things you can't always sell. Sometimes words can be lies liars tell. One day to your death to you fell. Pass it on. I don't belong. Some people are wrong. Die. I won't cry. Pakrat hoarders, pro choice aborters, two faced home wreckers, voodoo curses, retired lazy old nurses. Deaf & Blind, racist & unkind, poor & unemployed. Broke & exploited. Dumb, old, ugly, & fat. ***** stinking rat. Piles & piles of crap. College professors, real estate investors, coaches, cockaroaches, poachers, perverts & ****** meat eatting caravores. Bums & addicts drunks & fanatics, obsessive compulsive, stalkers too possessive, insane aggressive. Author Notes : Partially true, could be your family. © Harmony Sapphire . All rights reserved,
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Jan 11, 2015
Jan 11, 2015 at 3:34 PM UTC
Family Values