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You are
a brass framed
feather bed
in the middle of
a dilapidated forest
white
waxen
cadaverous
arms and metacarpals
outstretched
screeching praise to
Father Fumigated Sky
a tie dyed atmosphere
embodying the ambiance
of some apocalyptic rose garden
bled gold, wine,
& liquid ecstasy
and leaked through chemical clouds
or the coagulated tears of
God...

my strange,
creaky comfort.

may we

watch it all
crash down
in peace.
It came to me in a dream. For my manbeast. <3
Inori Kimimoto Feb 2021
I still recall the minutes spent;
Every kiss and moment — hands intwin’d,
Days with thee, thy interest fully lent.
Sitteth I and ponder sober mind’;
Of thy gaze and grace and lovely face,
Of thy voice tuned sweetly like the lark.
Tho’ time apart hath drawn a pace,
Riseth I, with heavens eye to hunt the snark.
Seeketh I in places dark and sullen grim
With naught but hope and love equip’d,
Plungeth I to caverns gull and dim
Void of joy and weary grip’d.
    I trace the beast and find it’s lair,
    To my surprise: a maiden fair!

~ Inori
A ballad writ for a maiden fair
Heleli Jan 2016
Upon your trust I built a castle
Blinded their eyes for my own sake
I am mad, I am a genius
That is, on my glorious days

I am a liar by profession
And I will ****** your conviction
I took a guarantee for life that shines with blood and cyanide

From a young age, I was a winner
Born with a secret taste for guns
I was afraid, I was so sick
I was promised to the sun

I knew right when I first saw you
We'd be two in my fiction land
I kept you there, under my spell
Walking slowly towards the end

I am a liar by profession
And I will ****** your conviction
I took a guarantee for life that shines with blood and cyanide

Pardon my fear that dragged me down
I did what no one can forgive
My love just couldn't bear the thought
To lose yours or to outlive
You

We'll all go out in a blast
I knew it from the start
Oh, my old soul is torn apart
Oh, my children, oh my god
No, they couldn't know I failed the test
So I put a weight to their chest
My dream has been alive
I made them all so proud
When the time came on Judgment day
I made them look the other way
Finally then the truth could rise
I finally burned off my disguise
But the fire for me was a bore
So throw me there now and please never unlock this door
Written in July 2015
Jon Shierling Feb 2016
That day near Mazatlan you suddenly turned to me
and declared,"You were a romantic once, when I loved you."
Janielle Mainly May 2015
De verdad pienso en ti,
extraño tu cariño, tus frases exageradas,
tus miradas y ese beso que se convierte en varios...
Cuanta dulzura, pero ala vez , que amargada soy!
Cuando te tengo bien, me cambias de humor,
cuando no estas te tengo rencor, pero te amo,
de verdad, y quiero ser romantica, pero realista,
no se si se puedan los dos....
JP Goss Jun 2014
I can’t sit here and pretend I’m seeing a person
Who’s
Not you: the genuine spell, the real self-starter,
The Devil’s in my hands
In the drag, on my forked tongue
That’s full of emotion;
Do I play with his fire? Do I dance with his devils?
I’m putting my words through Hell, darling
To get to Paradise.
A lunch-moneyed fist pulls fame towards you
I walk
With something that’s significant of
Romantica
And so important in the first draft
So raw.
Experimental/drunk poetry #1
Delton Peele Aug 2022
Lush romantica ,
Ambrosial
A thirst only you could quench
drenched
In honey milk and vanilla
Each dulcet syllable
Suggests a persuasive silhouette
The sweet seduction
I'm un-stable in pursuit
Anticipation laced with preview
Ethics and morals fall to the way side
Passion burning so hot I cannot hide
Accelerating I'm chasing you.......
reckless
I couldn't care less
About collateral damages
Territorial
Nostrils flare ..........
I'm.primal.
Prime objective
instinct governs reasoning
Programed this is what I do......
Imprinted infatuated
Impassioned  no boundaries
I can't breath untill you love me too
Delton Peele Sep 2022
Dive ....
Continually into
What life has given me ....
Stay my life ....
Designing blame ...
And damning it ,
As my cause of latency!?

Or ...
Should I lead a life of mediocraty
Anguish in believing success ....
Is something I can only see ...
Never feel.....
Randomly I find opportunity
Then err .....
Till I'm on my knees...


Or ... ..
shall  I be insatiable ,
Chase my dreams    ,
Love knowing .....
Me .....
The miracle that is Me ..
I can't just wait .....
And try it differently next time ...
There is not even enough this time..
I am . ... Therefore I think,
I shall blush in Romantica
Run naked to the cliff ...
Leap without looking   .....
Share my meals with the poor...
Sleep with the homeless ...
Be someone I would adore,
Be a jester and a mentor......
Cry with the broken hearted
Laugh with the children till our
Stomachs are sore    ......
Marvel once again at the wonders of the world
Want more    
Search out
And take everything
Life has to offer .....
And not know the differences
Between fate and destiny?

All it takes is you . .....


All that holds you back ....


Is only you

— The End —