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Ellen Joyce Jun 2013
My memory beats in rhythm with my heart.
Spilling out snapshot flashes of life like a flick book's muffled cries.
Controversial plastic shell, elastic strap, stick insect mattel covetted for months
until Santa dropped it down the chimney,
almost as fast as she sprogged and regained her figure
- the original scrummy yummy mummy set to spread low self esteem.

My daddy said anyone can crank out a kid like she did,
as my mother ground her teeth to protest on behalf of her traumatised frame.
Strange, I almost became one of the lost - before I grew cells and self,
another fragile foetus swinging on a noose
from gallows where once a ****** failed to stayed closed.
Little life curled tight self soothing sings al na tivke iredem bim'nucha

My memory beats in rhythm with my heart
as I lie beneath my shroud of sadness filled with down shrinking from the light of day
I want to tell you that I love you,
that my heart brays, beats, bleets, breaks, aches for you.
My soul, spirit, self thrice chorus al na tivke iredem bim'nucha
as waters flow from deep to deep
where danger dances and solace is sought
from beyond the fruitless orchards and willows weeping
branches reaching out for you.

My memory beats in rhythm with my heart
surrounded by madonna, ***** and all betwixt
spheres of life protruding, pronounced, announcing themselves;
in streets where bundles, terrors, cherubs, banting, brat and bairn alike
shriek, scream, squeal, shout, squalk, squabble, sing
in a cacophony that makes my heart weep and ache in longing
to sing to self in solitude al na tivke iredem bim'nucha.

My memory beats in rhythm with my heart
pulsating thoughts, dreams, hopes of you through the whole of me.
Brought to my knees I seek wisdom, guidence, strength to let you go.
The river is waiting for you, you who I hold tight in my caul
trying to trust, seeking strength to hakshev le'ivshat haga'lim
holding the thought of you,
the love of you,
the hope of you
tight in my arms crooning my lullaby of lament
al na tivke iredem bim'nucha
Translations
When I wrote this poem to express the letting go of the babies much loved but never to be I thought of a song actually from the Prince of Egypt, a film I first watched in Hebrew, so I looked it up.
al na tivke iredem bim'nucha
hush now be still love my baby dont cry
hakshev le'ivshat haga'lim
sleep while you're rocked by the stream
Kieran Messer Apr 2021
Sat before a cake, I ponder
What life has stored me yet:
Trains delayed;
A mortgage repaid;
Perhaps a holiday, or two.

Entrapped by colourful balloons,
But certainly not grounded,
I look forward,
Though seldom back.

I look forward,
In pleasure;
In fear;
Nonetheless in hope.

Hope that we all emerge
From behind closed doors,
Safe as the houses in which we have stayed;

Hope that there's a role for me
In a company,
In my society,
In our world;

Hope that love embraces me
And shows the way
To a better love,
A better life;

Hope...
That this cake actually
Tastes rather nice.

I should probably start on the cake.
It looks scrummy.
Wait... I'm 21 now? ****.
andy fardell Feb 2011
I feel it as I sit I feel it when I lay ...
The itchines inside me is fighting me today
stomach fightin pain thats always here to gloat ... yet itchiness takes over
a grin and not do bear ............

Carbs are overloaded yet count away we go
sugar fix awaiting to pain my bigger toe
spots are so a wantin on way to sprout my skin
the ******* even get me where!!!
privacy begins

Dia ..Dia ....betes leave me well alone
pick on someone evil
and make a happy home

Dia ..Dia ..Betes ...let me have some fun
maybe just a choccy bar or scrummy apple crum!!
dip a stick to 6.9 after loads a buns
Dia ..Dia ..Betes got ya on the run
****** it is the Brisbane bowling trip day 9

Today we went to Australia zoo
We all were given yummy treats to eat there
Some people walked around in groups
And others like me chose walking around the zoo single handed
We saw crocodiles and and tortoises and dingoes
And 1 dingo jumped up when I was taking his photograph
While the other dingo just lied there relaxing in the hot sun
And I saw some wallabies and kangaroos
Walking around us, and I walked around the cute koalas
Got some photos, because my iPhone doesn’t have a flash
And then I walked up amongst a sleeping snake
And a sleeping tiger, really awesome😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
And then I walked around to the zebras and giraffes
They were totally radical dude
Then I walked back to the crocaseum to see the show
Fun animal sounds and one guy lifted his arms out
And caught the bird, once in just one hand
And then it was two hands, awesome 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
And then they brought more birds as well as a snake
And Robert Irwin and his brother in law, chandler
Came out to have a play with a crocodile
Which I put on my YouTube channel (Aaron clayton)
Santa in top hat photo, it already shared 10 views AWESOME
It was the most fun I have ever had
Then as I went out of the crocoseum
I bought a rainbow ice cream in a cup
It was scrummy, and I bought a cuddly crocodile
With Steve Irwin’s autograph on it, cool
Then I bought a wildlife warrior cap
As well as a few fridge magnets of koalas and the Irwin’s
Then I walked around to other koala tree
And one of the koalas had a little baby with her
Hooooooooowwwwww. Cccccccuuuuuuutttttttteeeeeee❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
And then I saw a tortoise and an echidna
And many more, after that I bought a rock Lea road chocolate
And we got in the bus to go back to Brisbane
And when we got back to the pacific hotel
We had a shower and went to the 10 th floor
For a pizza night, and some garlic bread
Which was also scrummy
And I took many photos of the view of Brisbane from up there
And I am putting them on my Brian Allan Facebook page
And Brian Allan 6 Instagram page
And after the pizza was eaten up
We went around the table to hear people’s best moments
Of the trip and today
Like it’s the donnellys YouTube page saying
‘What made you happy today’
It was fun listening to everyone saying happy things
About the trip and then after that, I went home
Do my things and off to bed ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️😁😁
I'm fed up being treated like *****!
Why do men think it's their god given right?
Saying "do you wanna go out on a date?"
Oh... and they never turn up , or just very late...
Which is something I really do hate
" you're gorgeous" " you're scrummy"
" you're **** -and yummy"
It pours out their mouths
Like treacle or honey
" you're really special"
" l wanna know you better"
Which is " boys" code for...
" get yer kit off luv"
" let's get down and ***** together"...
Abhishek Arora Dec 2017
WHY, IS THERE A LIFE IF THERE HAS TO BE A DEATH?
WHY DO WE START KNOWING IT’S GONNA END?
WHY DO WE PONDER? WHY ARE WE SCARED?
WHY ARE WE HAPPY? WHY DO WE DARE?
FOR ALL THE PIECES WILL GET DESTROYED ANYWAY,
BODY OF SAND, I AM, WILL COLLAPSE ONE DAY!

WHY, IS THERE GREEN IF THERE HAS TO BE BLUE?
SAFEGUARD MYSELF KNOWING ONE DAY, I WILL GET BLOWN AWAY?

A BIRTH, NEW LIFE, NEW HOPES AND BRIGHT LIGHTS,
MY PARTIES, MY FRIENDS, THE PLACES I WENT,
A JOB, SOME MONEY, TO RAISE MY FAMILY,
THIS NATURE, THE FALLS, THE MOUNTAINS I CRAWLED ON,
ARE’NT THEY ENOUGH TO COMPLETE A LIFE?
IF YES, THEN WHY IS THIS END COMPLEMENTARY TO LIFE?
THOSE GLITTERY EYES, ALL THAT DAZZLES,
DON’T KNOW WILL STARVE ONE DAY,
FOR THE ZING WILL BE GRASPED SOON FROM THEM SOMEDAY.

WHY, IS THERE LIGHT IF THERE HAS TO BE DARK?
WHY TO LIVE LIKE A DIAMOND KNOWING YOU WILL LOSE THIS SPARK?

A DEATH, A LOSS, DARK DAYS AND GLOOM,
THE TEARS, THE FROWN, THE SADNESS THAT CROWDS,
THE WORKS DONE, THE FAMILY, THE FRIENDS ALL GONE,
AND THEN ONE DAY YOU WILL GET SUCCUMBED,
BY YOUR TEMPTATION TO ASK WHAT AM I HERE FOR?
THEY SAY DEATH IS THE FREEDOM FROM CONNECTIONS,
AND A PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT,
WELL IF THIS IS THE CASE THEN WHY THIS TORPORIFIC LIFE?
WHY THESE HYPOCRITICAL RELATIONS?


AND THE THY KEPT QUIET,
THE MYSTERY OF LIFE, DIED IN A MYSTERY!
THY GRANTS LIFE, THY TAKES IT BACK,
THE UNSPOKEN TALES OF MY DYNAMISM ARE STATIC IF YOU COULD SEE THAT,
FOR I SUSTAIN TILL I AM ALIVE BUT WILL GO OFF SOON FROM WHERE I DIVED!

SO, BY THE WAY, IS IT RIGHT? OR IS IT WRONG?
BOTH LIFE AND DEATH COMPLEMENTS EACH OF THEM A LOT?
MAGNIFICENT IS LIFE AND SCRUMMY IS THE END?
DOES THE LIFE PREVAILS OR PREVAILS THE DEATH?
PONDER OVER IT WHILST SOMEONE TRANSIT FROM HIS FIRST BREATH TO HIS LAST BREATH.

— The End —