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*He’s no musician. He doesn't make melodies through violin and guitar strings. Yet he composed, haunting ballads in dramatic tempos, Rhyming every lyric, Harmonizing, making it dance in a musical euphony. He’s no seamster. Yet he cuts and he traces, plain words and printed phrases; Then he sews and he weaves it skilfully, into a lovely concrete poetry. He’s no painter. He just has a palette of pigmented letters, splashing colorful lines on his blank canvass. A blast of contained evocative memories, Streaking and shading mixtures of kaleidoscopic imagery. He’s no storyteller. Yet from him, I heard the most romantic tales- One, of the moon and its lover sea. Reciprocating shy glances, whispering I love you’s, while kissing behind the sprawling mountains. Though the dawn will come, they do not fear. For after the majestic tribal sun leaves his stage, There’ll the lovers be once again reunited. He's no poet. Yet he writes-- stanzas and verses. And oh! it revives, every strand of emotion, every sense of intuition, Inside me. A lyrical perception, Sheer perfection, Arousing perpetual reactions, From me.*
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Mar 30, 2015
Mar 30, 2015 at 6:47 AM UTC
He's no Poet
Who threw the silver dollar up into the tree? I didn’t said the little lady who sews and grows every day paler-paler she sits sewing and grow- ing and that’s the truth, who threw the ripe melon into the tree?you got me said the smoke who runs the elevator but I bet two bits come seven come eleven mm make the world safe for democracy it never fails and that’s a fact; who threw the bunch of violets into the tree?I dunno said the silver dog, with ripe eyes and wagged his tail that’s the god’s own and the moon kissed the little lady on her paler-paler face and said never mind,you’ll find But the moon creeped into the pink hand of the smoke that shook the ivories and she said said She Win and you won’t be sorry And The Moon camelalong-along to the waggy silver dog and the moon came and the Moon said into his Ripe Eyes and the moon Smiled ,so
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Who
I am a master seamstress I sew on a grin every day You can never see my seams Careful little stitchings All across the surface At the end of the day I cut every little string I let my sewn smile fall weak I could smile without it But it wouldn't be true Because my cute little smile Is merely a façade The real me hides behind seams She sews to be a survivor The little seamstress I become I am a master seamstress I sew thoughts onto papers The ink could never bleed through My strong tight stitchings Gliding across the blank paper At the edge of the sheet I find myself stopping My stitches want to unravel I have to let them out Because they look so caged So I exterminate my thoughts They never come back to visit I set them free for a reason And it was for them to survive This little seamstress has a heart I am a master seamstress I turn colors into thoughts The thoughts I turn to material The material I turn to beauty The beauty I turn to stitches The stitches heal broken hearts My work is so well known But then they go and leave I do my part and they are pleased I stitch their hearts up They cut some stitchings Right off my patched heart The little strings I use On my seamless tiny grin fray The seamstress I was works no wonders I am a master seamstress I sew the strings onto the puppets They act a lot like I do So I admire their tough hearts They are controlled by another Little hands lift them up And make them walk through life They have their grins plastered on Just like my seamless little smile They prance and fly among us But we never seem to notice them It's like they are invisible Falling upon deaf eyes But I keep them alive Because a seamstress always saves I am a master seamstress I sew what some call impossible I prove them wrong with one stitch Still they see right through me I sewed myself invisibly Don't let them see the real me Don't let them know the seamstress I've sewed their eyes to know Not to look upon me As I fix as I repair They think of me as a fairy Patching up their cuts I'm just a small little figure They never really see That's just the way a seamstress likes I am a master seamstress I sew my wings of thread Wear them proudly like a trophy Every stitch is always perfect They fly up off the wings They soar when I fly up high Drooping when I try to walk My wings are seamless grins They pretend to be when I'm not Just like the little grin of everyday Fly away all you little seams All the little frayed strings Gather up in all my stitchings They look upon the air with care But the seamstress can't fly away anymore I am a master seamstress Sewing up what cannot be fixed by man
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Sep 12, 2017
Sep 12, 2017 at 2:35 PM UTC
Seamstress
I am a master seamstress I sew on a grin every day You can never see my seams Careful little stitchings All across the surface At the end of the day I cut every little string I let my sewn smile fall weak I could smile without it But it wouldn't be true Because my cute little smile Is merely a façade The real me hides behind seams She sews to be a survivor The little seamstress I become I am a master seamstress I sew thoughts onto papers The ink could never bleed through My strong tight stitchings Gliding across the blank paper At the edge of the sheet I find myself stopping My stitches want to unravel I have to let them out Because they look so caged So I exterminate my thoughts They never come back to visit I set them free for a reason And it was for them to survive This little seamstress has a heart I am a master seamstress I turn colors into thoughts The thoughts I turn to material The material I turn to beauty The beauty I turn to stitches The stitches heal broken hearts My work is so well known But then they go and leave I do my part and they are pleased I stitch their hearts up They cut some stitchings Right off my patched heart The little strings I use On my seamless tiny grin fray The seamstress I was works no wonders I am a master seamstress I sew the strings onto the puppets They act a lot like I do So I admire their tough hearts They are controlled by another Little hands lift them up And make them walk through life They have their grins plastered on Just like my seamless little smile They prance and fly among us But we never seem to notice them It's like they are invisible Falling upon deaf eyes But I keep them alive Because a seamstress always saves I am a master seamstress I sew what some call impossible I prove them wrong with one stitch Still they see right through me I sewed myself invisibly Don't let them see the real me Don't let them know the seamstress I've sewed their eyes to know Not to look upon me As I fix as I repair They think of me as a fairy Patching up their cuts I'm just a small little figure They never really see That's just the way a seamstress likes I am a master seamstress I sew my wings of thread Wear them proudly like a trophy Every stitch is always perfect They fly up off the wings They soar when I fly up high Drooping when I try to walk My wings are seamless grins They pretend to be when I'm not Just like the little grin of everyday Fly away all you little seams All the little frayed strings Gather up in all my stitchings They look upon the air with care But the seamstress can't fly away anymore I am a master seamstress Sewing up what cannot be fixed by man
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The swallow of summer, she toils all the summer, A blue-dark knot of glittering voltage, A whiplash swimmer, a fish of the air. But the serpent of cars that crawls through the dust In shimmering exhaust Searching to slake Its fever in ocean Will play and be idle or else it will bust. The swallow of summer, the barbed harpoon, She flings from the furnace, a rainbow of purples, Dips her glow in the pond and is perfect. But the serpent of cars that collapsed on the beach Disgorges its organs A scamper of colours Which roll like tomatoes Nude as tomatoes With sand in their creases To cringe in the sparkle of rollers and screech. The swallow of summer, the seamstress of summer, She scissors the blue into shapes and she sews it, She draws a long thread and she knots it at the corners. But the holiday people Are laid out like wounded Flat as in ovens Roasting and basting With faces of torment as space burns them blue Their heads are transistors Their teeth grit on sand grains Their lost kids are squalling While man-eating flies Jab electric shock needles but what can they do? They can climb in their cars with raw bodies, raw faces And start up the serpent And headache it homeward A car full of squabbles And sobbing and stickiness With sand in their crannies Inhaling petroleum That pours from the foxgloves While the evening swallow The swallow of summer, cartwheeling through crimson, Touches the honey-slow river and turning Returns to the hand stretched from under the eaves - A boomerang of rejoicing shadow.
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Work and Play
The swallow of summer, she toils all the summer, A blue-dark knot of glittering voltage, A whiplash swimmer, a fish of the air. But the serpent of cars that crawls through the dust In shimmering exhaust Searching to slake Its fever in ocean Will play and be idle or else it will bust. The swallow of summer, the barbed harpoon, She flings from the furnace, a rainbow of purples, Dips her glow in the pond and is perfect. But the serpent of cars that collapsed on the beach Disgorges its organs A scamper of colours Which roll like tomatoes Nude as tomatoes With sand in their creases To cringe in the sparkle of rollers and screech. The swallow of summer, the seamstress of summer, She scissors the blue into shapes and she sews it, She draws a long thread and she knots it at the corners. But the holiday people Are laid out like wounded Flat as in ovens Roasting and basting With faces of torment as space burns them blue Their heads are transistors Their teeth grit on sand grains Their lost kids are squalling While man-eating flies Jab electric shock needles but what can they do? They can climb in their cars with raw bodies, raw faces And start up the serpent And headache it homeward A car full of squabbles And sobbing and stickiness With sand in their crannies Inhaling petroleum That pours from the foxgloves While the evening swallow The swallow of summer, cartwheeling through crimson, Touches the honey-slow river and turning Returns to the hand stretched from under the eaves - A boomerang of rejoicing shadow.
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The tiny town's talented tailor swiftly sews silken suits, in his shop he plays the Wailers, Bob Marley fills his boots. Beside his shop sits Susie's Sushie, she serves him lunch every Tuesday, he leaves a tip because she treats him well, he's got a crush and she can tell. After lunch it's back to work, measuring here and stitching there, everything is done just savoirfaire. All the town folk say he is the master, he smiles at this and works all the faster. Then on the corner the clock strikes five, with the last suit hung he says enough of this jive. He shuts the light and locks the door, nine bells tomorrow he'll be back for more.
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Jun 16, 2012
Jun 16, 2012 at 8:33 AM UTC
Talented Tailor
“She toddled in the mighty Duck And almost never was” Whether by design or luck Or maybe just because Summertime in Tennessee So scorching hot and dry The family thought a swim could be Relief so we would try While swimming came so easy For most of us that day But Mom was water queasy So on the bank she lay My friend and I, we swam like fish In the deep Duck River A day that would make you wish This fun could last forever My baby sister was so small She could barely walk She toddled and then down would fall And jabbered with her talk So Dad had moved into the deep That’s when I saw it well My sister ran without a peep Into the Duck she fell Momma screamed and I just froze And out of sight she went The muddy Duck would now propose Another life be spent My Dad had sprung to action On hearing of the scream He dived as a reaction Into the muddy stream . . . And many years would pass us by She studied hard and long Nothing was too tough to try She never got it wrong A Ph.D and drug design She makes the pills you need If you were really in a bind And needed meds indeed She plays piano and reads the books And knows so much inside She sews and cleans and then she cooks With logic as her guide Accomplishments on every level Complete and tried and true But humble, never would she revel In all that she could do . . . He came back up and looked around His eyes began to beg He dived again and there he found And grabbed her by the leg Upside down he pulled her up And water did pour out And soon we heard her cry startup Relief without a doubt . . . Remembering that day and so A blessing to repay That was sixty years ago But feels like yesterday I sometimes think of all the luck That happened just because “She toddled in the mighty Duck And almost never was”
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Nov 1, 2022
Nov 1, 2022 at 5:18 PM UTC
Almost Never Was
“She toddled in the mighty Duck And almost never was” Whether by design or luck Or maybe just because Summertime in Tennessee So scorching hot and dry The family thought a swim could be Relief so we would try While swimming came so easy For most of us that day But Mom was water queasy So on the bank she lay My friend and I, we swam like fish In the deep Duck River A day that would make you wish This fun could last forever My baby sister was so small She could barely walk She toddled and then down would fall And jabbered with her talk So Dad had moved into the deep That’s when I saw it well My sister ran without a peep Into the Duck she fell Momma screamed and I just froze And out of sight she went The muddy Duck would now propose Another life be spent My Dad had sprung to action On hearing of the scream He dived as a reaction Into the muddy stream . . . And many years would pass us by She studied hard and long Nothing was too tough to try She never got it wrong A Ph.D and drug design She makes the pills you need If you were really in a bind And needed meds indeed She plays piano and reads the books And knows so much inside She sews and cleans and then she cooks With logic as her guide Accomplishments on every level Complete and tried and true But humble, never would she revel In all that she could do . . . He came back up and looked around His eyes began to beg He dived again and there he found And grabbed her by the leg Upside down he pulled her up And water did pour out And soon we heard her cry startup Relief without a doubt . . . Remembering that day and so A blessing to repay That was sixty years ago But feels like yesterday I sometimes think of all the luck That happened just because “She toddled in the mighty Duck And almost never was”
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So seeing at the feet of the cross was Mary Magdalene looking for one last time in her soul lover's eyes before the death of love (Eros?) But in the distance is the Gnosis Knight Jason watching this scene of utter Substituted Love - (Bearing one another's burdens) this Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) in action? The death of duality and the unitive power and wisdom of God; yes the bringing together in the bridal chamber of the groom and bride in loves Eros type death in cosmic reality? The Gnosis Knight Jason comes close to the cross smiles at Mary Magdalene and whispers do you see by my eyes Mary? I see two Christ's becoming Unitive in Jesus and his body, male and female? I see Chokmâh (Wisdom) also on the cross in death with her husband part of Christ? This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ, This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ, This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ, So I see Chokmâh with a full Red Rose Crown on the temple of the Christ; this is on the blessed head of Jesus, the son of humanity? Then Jesus gives up the Eros (Romantic Love and Passion ) and dies? The sky turns black to say is LOVE (Eros, the Romantic Love and Passion) really dead? Then they take the body of Jesus to the garden tomb to plant the Rose Bush Seed of Love (Eros, Romantic Love and Passionate Love) in the earth for three days to grow into the fullness of Agape (Universal Love?) Then Mary Magdalene waits in the bridal chamber (human heart) she keeps the hope and knowing Love's Passion is stronger than death itself? The Gnosis Knight Jason is waiting to see his Queen Chokmâh (Wisdom) come from the garden tomb as well? Then on that blessed morning Mary Magdalene says the blessed words my Teacher? The rest of the story is known. But Gnosis Knight Jason sees a woman caring for a budding Rose bush and she turn's and smiles; yes Knight Jason; It is I the Queen part of Christ; Chokmâh (Wisdom) Herself? So The Queen Chokmâh (Wisdom) says to the Queen's Hand; the Knight Jason; it is I, Chokmâh (Wisdom) Herself Again? Because Her Knight Jason was shocked and never answered the first time? Because he thought she really is apart of The fullness of Christ Itself? Then the good Knight Jason answer's; I am not worthy to be your blessed hand my Queen? But the Queen lets her Knight give her a sweet kiss on her Blessed and Holy lips to make Knight Jason's unworthy lips clean again? So this sweet holy kiss to make his lips worthy and clean in Cosmic Reality? The Knight Jason replies - "Thus from my lips by thine my sin is purged."  Then the Knight Jason asks my Queen am I also begotten and reborn by the sweet loves holy kiss in Cosmic Reality? The Queen Smiles and says that is how the children of Wisdom are begotten in Cosmic Reality.  Then he kneels and she crown's her knight; a king of her unitive gospel of Wisdom and Life? Then Chokmâh (Wisdom) says She will give you a Red Rose Garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious Red Rose crown. The Bridal Chamber is now open for unitive Wisdom to enter into the blessed garden of the groom and bride once more in Cosmic Reality? Now the Knight Jason And King rides from that garden tomb with Chokmâh (Wisdom) before all time in Cosmic Reality? You see Knight Jason sees Red Rose Petals falling from Heaven before her blessed feet in Cosmic Reality bringing The Love, The Passion Of The Love, Friendship and True Life before Her everywhere She goes in Cosmic Reality? The Rose Fragrance of Chokmâh (Wisdom) fills Cosmic Reality Itself with the Sweet Fragrance of Love and Life and The Fragrance fill's The Groom's And The Brides of Cosmic Reality Itself? This adds the sweet Rose Fragrance to the bridal chamber of bridal chambers in Cosmic Reality? The Knight Jason's symbol of love and romance is a single Red Rose to give this single Red Rose to his sister bride in Cosmic Reality? But Christ's Passion is this Romantic Love And Passion Overcomes death; this death is not to stop the anger of God falling on humanity from The Father and The Mother parts of God? But it is a unitive Substituted Love to bring unitive power and wisdom to craft together groom and bride again in Cosmic Reality? This is to bring unitive power and wisdom and craft together the duel flames of Adam and Eve in the bridal chamber again in Cosmic Reality? So Chokmâh (Wisdom) Crafts and Sews together The Wedding Garments of the Male and the Female Knights of the Unitive Kingdom of The Single One in Cosmic Reality? So human wedlock in the flesh is a symbol of a higher Cosmic type wedlock? So romantic love and human wedlock is the door way to the garden and the bridal chamber of chambers in Cosmic Reality? So the Romance and Passion of Christ is this, This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ, This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ, This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ.
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Jan 30, 2022
Jan 30, 2022 at 11:01 AM UTC
The Knight Of The Red Rose Crown!
So seeing at the feet of the cross was Mary Magdalene looking for one last time in her soul lover's eyes before the death of love (Eros?) But in the distance is the Gnosis Knight Jason watching this scene of utter Substituted Love - (Bearing one another's burdens) this Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) in action? The death of duality and the unitive power and wisdom of God; yes the bringing together in the bridal chamber of the groom and bride in loves Eros type death in cosmic reality? The Gnosis Knight Jason comes close to the cross smiles at Mary Magdalene and whispers do you see by my eyes Mary? I see two Christ's becoming Unitive in Jesus and his body, male and female? I see Chokmâh (Wisdom) also on the cross in death with her husband part of Christ? This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ, This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ, This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ, So I see Chokmâh with a full Red Rose Crown on the temple of the Christ; this is on the blessed head of Jesus, the son of humanity? Then Jesus gives up the Eros (Romantic Love and Passion ) and dies? The sky turns black to say is LOVE (Eros, the Romantic Love and Passion) really dead? Then they take the body of Jesus to the garden tomb to plant the Rose Bush Seed of Love (Eros, Romantic Love and Passionate Love) in the earth for three days to grow into the fullness of Agape (Universal Love?) Then Mary Magdalene waits in the bridal chamber (human heart) she keeps the hope and knowing Love's Passion is stronger than death itself? The Gnosis Knight Jason is waiting to see his Queen Chokmâh (Wisdom) come from the garden tomb as well? Then on that blessed morning Mary Magdalene says the blessed words my Teacher? The rest of the story is known. But Gnosis Knight Jason sees a woman caring for a budding Rose bush and she turn's and smiles; yes Knight Jason; It is I the Queen part of Christ; Chokmâh (Wisdom) Herself? So The Queen Chokmâh (Wisdom) says to the Queen's Hand; the Knight Jason; it is I, Chokmâh (Wisdom) Herself Again? Because Her Knight Jason was shocked and never answered the first time? Because he thought she really is apart of The fullness of Christ Itself? Then the good Knight Jason answer's; I am not worthy to be your blessed hand my Queen? But the Queen lets her Knight give her a sweet kiss on her Blessed and Holy lips to make Knight Jason's unworthy lips clean again? So this sweet holy kiss to make his lips worthy and clean in Cosmic Reality? The Knight Jason replies - "Thus from my lips by thine my sin is purged."  Then the Knight Jason asks my Queen am I also begotten and reborn by the sweet loves holy kiss in Cosmic Reality? The Queen Smiles and says that is how the children of Wisdom are begotten in Cosmic Reality.  Then he kneels and she crown's her knight; a king of her unitive gospel of Wisdom and Life? Then Chokmâh (Wisdom) says She will give you a Red Rose Garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious Red Rose crown. The Bridal Chamber is now open for unitive Wisdom to enter into the blessed garden of the groom and bride once more in Cosmic Reality? Now the Knight Jason And King rides from that garden tomb with Chokmâh (Wisdom) before all time in Cosmic Reality? You see Knight Jason sees Red Rose Petals falling from Heaven before her blessed feet in Cosmic Reality bringing The Love, The Passion Of The Love, Friendship and True Life before Her everywhere She goes in Cosmic Reality? The Rose Fragrance of Chokmâh (Wisdom) fills Cosmic Reality Itself with the Sweet Fragrance of Love and Life and The Fragrance fill's The Groom's And The Brides of Cosmic Reality Itself? This adds the sweet Rose Fragrance to the bridal chamber of bridal chambers in Cosmic Reality? The Knight Jason's symbol of love and romance is a single Red Rose to give this single Red Rose to his sister bride in Cosmic Reality? But Christ's Passion is this Romantic Love And Passion Overcomes death; this death is not to stop the anger of God falling on humanity from The Father and The Mother parts of God? But it is a unitive Substituted Love to bring unitive power and wisdom to craft together groom and bride again in Cosmic Reality? This is to bring unitive power and wisdom and craft together the duel flames of Adam and Eve in the bridal chamber again in Cosmic Reality? So Chokmâh (Wisdom) Crafts and Sews together The Wedding Garments of the Male and the Female Knights of the Unitive Kingdom of The Single One in Cosmic Reality? So human wedlock in the flesh is a symbol of a higher Cosmic type wedlock? So romantic love and human wedlock is the door way to the garden and the bridal chamber of chambers in Cosmic Reality? So the Romance and Passion of Christ is this, This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ, This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ, This is Eros (Romantic Love and Passion) of The Christ.
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from      time        to      time there is     a romance      of being       alone    the     imaginations       she  powdered                                  generously    upon the   colorless  reality.       metaphors   that she sews    upon the   sleeves                          of     melancholy. her girlfriends   and she    roamed                  the    ups  and     downs of the  earth, while their        mothers screamed                                     for   them      to be ladylike.      saturday afternoons, they   procrastinated    upon   pastries and     honey                  crystallized           fairy      tales courteous     animals                                  riding on the      coattail of      dreams       a lighthearted                feeling    others tried to      snooze. they    observe things         through glitters    of their vapor.     they dote on the    humor of ice    creams                        and sunlight       of   scarlet pink.     as we    laugh    with charm,                                             what a    way   with words,                  a   lopsided    smile, a      head    of   curls,                                         a    flock     of  girls.
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Aug 15, 2017
Aug 15, 2017 at 1:47 PM UTC
Girlhood
from      time        to      time there is     a romance      of being       alone    the     imaginations       she  powdered                                  generously    upon the   colorless  reality.       metaphors   that she sews    upon the   sleeves                          of     melancholy. her girlfriends   and she    roamed                  the    ups  and     downs of the  earth, while their        mothers screamed                                     for   them      to be ladylike.      saturday afternoons, they   procrastinated    upon   pastries and     honey                  crystallized           fairy      tales courteous     animals                                  riding on the      coattail of      dreams       a lighthearted                feeling    others tried to      snooze. they    observe things         through glitters    of their vapor.     they dote on the    humor of ice    creams                        and sunlight       of   scarlet pink.     as we    laugh    with charm,                                             what a    way   with words,                  a   lopsided    smile, a      head    of   curls,                                         a    flock     of  girls.
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little girl, you better hold on hold on tight to the charcoal sturdiness of a railing, to the warmth emitting from the barrier of your father's arm, for the bus would bring you there once, twice, a hundred times to the first turbulence of a flight you are onboard from the very start, and like that tedious twenty-two hours to america like the cousins who followed the eldest, coolest brother up hanging on an escalator track turbulences come one, another until the odyssey sews to a close along with your shredded dreams your corrupted perceptions, your wrinkles, your bruised, weary heart which would thus lay within your burnt, soulless corpse
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Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013 at 1:07 PM UTC
toddler in black with the tiny ponytail
She sews..her needle hot Stitching her words Into my thoughts Repairing a tear Here and there A knot drawn tight Nimble and quick Thimble silver Her verse sharp A rip in the heart Stitched in time To stop the flow My lips sealed with silken gold Threading gently Into the night. r ~ 8/21/14
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Aug 21, 2014
Aug 21, 2014 at 9:30 PM UTC
She sews
Overwhelmed is a term tossed around to the point of underwelming. I am a depressed person in a glass cage, with no way to hide my fear. Like a million little cuts across my body, and not a **** one distracts me from myself. I feel like I'm pounding on the glass screaming, "I wish you would just be happy!" I'm a depressed person wanting telling a depressed person the worst things to say to depressed people. The irony is a silent needle that sews the lips shut. Pretend you're alseep while pretending to be alive. I sacrifice myself for others worthy of the life. Exhausting to carry their burdens, and the tears they can't actually cry. Faces rest in palms as if hands are any sort of shelter. Inability to let things go makes me feel like I have to rip them apart. Living like this makes you ill beyond belief. All I want is a good night's sleep.
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Feb 2, 2019
Feb 2, 2019 at 7:37 AM UTC
Glass Cage
His gaze veiled in a layer of clouds, he looks down upon us with such contempt A perfect being, driven by such flawed emotions A jovial comic, or an angry father A split-personality sadist with a hell of a sense of humor We gathered any words that he might have said And transcribed them into our own human jumble Every syllable uttered, down to a trace of a sigh Molded to yield to our instincts Dominance and glory, all in the name of “love” His favorite son walks on water, did you know? But the naughty children have a special place to go If they dare disobey their strict father It’s in every breath within us, shining in every ray of light The human will to be, spawned from hands not our own? It pillages towns, and takes innocent lives Of those who chose against The word of the “wise” It sews our eyes shut from the ugly world of enlightenment And guides the sheep away from the forbidden trail The heathens reside on the other side of the river And only the sinners dare to build a boat
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Jun 12, 2010
Jun 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM UTC
A Cynic's Enlightenment
Back home, There is a boy With red hair, freckles, And eyes the shade of blue His mother calls "lady killers." He's colorblind; At least enough to believe In jellyfish. His father builds houses With a rib-less heart The boy calls home. His mother, Sews trust with her spine. And thirty years later They still find love In the lonely isles of The local Laneco. His teacher says He needs a pen pal, So after school He writes to me: "Hi, how are you." "I'm fine, thanks, and you?" And then he asks me What it's like to be "Grown up" And just how many Stars I've scarred With nothing but the rusty Edge of my name. So I fold the Envelope of this Crinkled heart into a letter Of tattered Bibles From hotel drawers of Lost loves and dead friends And find the courage To tell him what Being a man means. I tell him: We call it growing up Because boulders Always roll down. It's refusing CPR For every time you drown In your own pride. It's loving a girl For every time she tried. Tried to Convince your tunnel vision That her body is not a cave. That respecting a woman Is more important Than how well you pave Your parking lot heart. Shallow like a baking pan. This is an apology. For every man Who ever thought a woman's body Is the only temple worth praying to. Making four leaf clovers From petals of roses Trying to get lucky. I know it's not lovely, To kiss someone who Is so constantly Full of ******** And I'll admit it. I'm not yet Where I need to be But I thank God That I'm no longer Where I use to See I'm used to Smoking way too many *** scenes to know that There is not enough Alcohol in the world To ever clear my mind. And I have caused way Too many Prozac commercials To know that there is No effective dosage For this disorder Of indecency. To know that it is No measure of good health To be well adjusted To a sick society Of mechanical men Always worried about Who and when they're going To plug into. So I tell him: You are not a robot, A computer, or a program. And your choices are the only Thing that will ever make you a man. So strap up your boots, Bury the ashes, Shake the dust, And dandelion your Heart in every Direction of home. But most importantly, Go easy on the ladies; Because The older I get and More I learn about myself The more I'm writing With my eraser Than with anything else.
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Dec 3, 2015
Dec 3, 2015 at 12:39 PM UTC
Lady killer
Back home, There is a boy With red hair, freckles, And eyes the shade of blue His mother calls "lady killers." He's colorblind; At least enough to believe In jellyfish. His father builds houses With a rib-less heart The boy calls home. His mother, Sews trust with her spine. And thirty years later They still find love In the lonely isles of The local Laneco. His teacher says He needs a pen pal, So after school He writes to me: "Hi, how are you." "I'm fine, thanks, and you?" And then he asks me What it's like to be "Grown up" And just how many Stars I've scarred With nothing but the rusty Edge of my name. So I fold the Envelope of this Crinkled heart into a letter Of tattered Bibles From hotel drawers of Lost loves and dead friends And find the courage To tell him what Being a man means. I tell him: We call it growing up Because boulders Always roll down. It's refusing CPR For every time you drown In your own pride. It's loving a girl For every time she tried. Tried to Convince your tunnel vision That her body is not a cave. That respecting a woman Is more important Than how well you pave Your parking lot heart. Shallow like a baking pan. This is an apology. For every man Who ever thought a woman's body Is the only temple worth praying to. Making four leaf clovers From petals of roses Trying to get lucky. I know it's not lovely, To kiss someone who Is so constantly Full of ******** And I'll admit it. I'm not yet Where I need to be But I thank God That I'm no longer Where I use to See I'm used to Smoking way too many *** scenes to know that There is not enough Alcohol in the world To ever clear my mind. And I have caused way Too many Prozac commercials To know that there is No effective dosage For this disorder Of indecency. To know that it is No measure of good health To be well adjusted To a sick society Of mechanical men Always worried about Who and when they're going To plug into. So I tell him: You are not a robot, A computer, or a program. And your choices are the only Thing that will ever make you a man. So strap up your boots, Bury the ashes, Shake the dust, And dandelion your Heart in every Direction of home. But most importantly, Go easy on the ladies; Because The older I get and More I learn about myself The more I'm writing With my eraser Than with anything else.
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Congratulations on your victory it’s a shame the blood got on your clothes, but each blade and pin you stick in me will stain each and every thread anyone sews. I hope that you are feeling proud that you still have the power to wound, as you want it known and shouted loud “look at another thing I successfully ruined” Go on and paint me as the villain, just make sure that you’ve shaded well. Every inch of the canvas is filled in, express that story and scene that you wish to tell. I’m not going to beg for mercy, I’m not going to call you a hack. I’m just sorry you see the worst in me, if I was a mirror I’d be reflecting it back. Well done on your gigantic win I know the scene isn’t set exactly right, ignore the blood, the guts and the skin, we’ll have it cleaned by tomorrow’s first light. Continue to embrace your golden moment, though you didn’t have to work too hard. Good fortune and a carefully picked opponent; one who was already stressed and scarred. Go on, cast me as an antagonist but make it believable in each line. Illustrate my hand holding a demand list, but my other one has a white flag hidden behind. I’m not going to plead for forgiveness and I’m not searching for approval, because when something is as vicious as this sickness it’s a quick call for it’s removal. This isn’t an invasion it takes two sides to fight a war, and you’ve given every clear indication this is what you’ve been waiting for. We don’t need bullets or guns, we don’t need forces in the air or sea, ‘cause we’ve both got our mouths, and our tongues, and a lot of repressed ancient history.
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Aug 28, 2021
Aug 28, 2021 at 8:37 AM UTC
War Games
Congratulations on your victory it’s a shame the blood got on your clothes, but each blade and pin you stick in me will stain each and every thread anyone sews. I hope that you are feeling proud that you still have the power to wound, as you want it known and shouted loud “look at another thing I successfully ruined” Go on and paint me as the villain, just make sure that you’ve shaded well. Every inch of the canvas is filled in, express that story and scene that you wish to tell. I’m not going to beg for mercy, I’m not going to call you a hack. I’m just sorry you see the worst in me, if I was a mirror I’d be reflecting it back. Well done on your gigantic win I know the scene isn’t set exactly right, ignore the blood, the guts and the skin, we’ll have it cleaned by tomorrow’s first light. Continue to embrace your golden moment, though you didn’t have to work too hard. Good fortune and a carefully picked opponent; one who was already stressed and scarred. Go on, cast me as an antagonist but make it believable in each line. Illustrate my hand holding a demand list, but my other one has a white flag hidden behind. I’m not going to plead for forgiveness and I’m not searching for approval, because when something is as vicious as this sickness it’s a quick call for it’s removal. This isn’t an invasion it takes two sides to fight a war, and you’ve given every clear indication this is what you’ve been waiting for. We don’t need bullets or guns, we don’t need forces in the air or sea, ‘cause we’ve both got our mouths, and our tongues, and a lot of repressed ancient history.
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These eyes of mine Have seen Beyond the imaginary lines of being, A broken heart mend over the written word shared by those whose wisdom has surpassed time, Beautiful sunsets painted over gray lines by poets who know that you'll never know the true meaning of joy without a little pain paving the way. I have wandered in the caves of those who dare to etch their souls on paper, and shun their thoughts to wondering eyes, To give meaning to the lives of many, direction to the gypsey, and a mender for the torn, Walked more than a mile in shoes of so many to find the quintessence of broken glasses, the epitome of troubled souls, and the essence of being, Beautiful melodies that soothe the soul through the ears of a deaf man, The rhythm of a heart in love that sickens the soul, invades the thoughts and leaves every inch of the body longing, A memory of a love so precious, unforgettable that it's fragrance lingers still from a distant memory, And when all is lost and plundered, Your words are like a thread that sews patch after patch across my torn silhouette It's a pleasure To have read so many inspiring, beautiful and heartfelt poetry in here.
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Apr 30, 2014
Apr 30, 2014 at 5:36 PM UTC
Hello Poetry
I want to talk. I need to talk to you. But this distance sews my mouth. I want to eat greasy African food with you. While you remind me to eat my greens too. But this distance keeps me starving. I want to touch your chest While you grab my face and grace my lips. But this distance wont let us graze upon each others skins. I want to laugh with you, at me, at you. But there's nothing funny about this distance. How is this ideal? I can't deal With detachment My already loose heart. Swings and ties around you Not to keep you locked But to swing to universes that you thought your gravity kept you from. Yet you cut my chords And pick it up every now and then When you supposedly can. We can't be friends. Not now at least. Love me This distance feels like you hate me. How can you call this intimacy?
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Feb 21, 2016
Feb 21, 2016 at 9:39 PM UTC
This distance feels like you hate me
I stand naked in front of the mirror. It looks back at me, its eyes don’t seem to follow myne. I can hear it’s thoughts as it says, “you ugly fool, why do you even bother with me…” It whispers every single one of my flaws to me and darkness fills my peripheral vision and they are all I can see. A strange, black being enters the empty, dark room and shoves a sewing needle into my ugly, skinny, white arms and then sews the rest of the string into the arms in the mirror. The beast shoves the needle into my ugly, brown eyes and connects the string to the ones in the mirror. Once every one of my flaws has been connected to my reflection I stand there stuck. The beast watches me scream in agonizing pain for hours, days, years. I think to myself, “this is no way to live,” and I go to throw my arm back, then hesitate, then I do it. I throw back my arm and I watch as the string gets ripped from my flesh. The searing pain hits me and then almost immediately the wound heals itself but it leaves a scar. I throw my head back and the strings rip from my face. The beast watches and cries, it seems to be in pain as I pull out my strings. Each missing string makes it weaker and weaker. It tries to fight me, to stop me. I resist and continue to pull out the strings. Once I get all of the strings out the beast bursts into light and the once dark and eerie room becomes bright and white. I now wear heavy, thick, soft, white robes all over my body. I turn to look at the beast and it is a beautiful pink light. The mirror had a golden frame and when I look into it I see me. I see my perfect imperfections. END
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Sep 5, 2018
Sep 5, 2018 at 7:55 AM UTC
The Mirror's Thoughts
I stand naked in front of the mirror. It looks back at me, its eyes don’t seem to follow myne. I can hear it’s thoughts as it says, “you ugly fool, why do you even bother with me…” It whispers every single one of my flaws to me and darkness fills my peripheral vision and they are all I can see. A strange, black being enters the empty, dark room and shoves a sewing needle into my ugly, skinny, white arms and then sews the rest of the string into the arms in the mirror. The beast shoves the needle into my ugly, brown eyes and connects the string to the ones in the mirror. Once every one of my flaws has been connected to my reflection I stand there stuck. The beast watches me scream in agonizing pain for hours, days, years. I think to myself, “this is no way to live,” and I go to throw my arm back, then hesitate, then I do it. I throw back my arm and I watch as the string gets ripped from my flesh. The searing pain hits me and then almost immediately the wound heals itself but it leaves a scar. I throw my head back and the strings rip from my face. The beast watches and cries, it seems to be in pain as I pull out my strings. Each missing string makes it weaker and weaker. It tries to fight me, to stop me. I resist and continue to pull out the strings. Once I get all of the strings out the beast bursts into light and the once dark and eerie room becomes bright and white. I now wear heavy, thick, soft, white robes all over my body. I turn to look at the beast and it is a beautiful pink light. The mirror had a golden frame and when I look into it I see me. I see my perfect imperfections. END
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Into his heart she wished to peer To glimpse a shade of his crippling fear. These feelings she claimed as just a murmur to sense Of deep loss, unknown sadness, and loneliness. From where he came baggage weighed him down To where she found him toiling around. Listing and rolling on an open sea A broken man he was, so sure was she. A place to pile pity, sadness, and sorrow high To fill a hole in her own mind's eye. A project, a task, a falcon with clipped wing; Perfect - for a broken man can only be a summer fling. A date written in sand to bring the curtain down Leaves nothing to invest; nothing to lose in a waning town. Help she will not, 'tis not her place For when summer sets - off to another race. What does one do when magnificent marble cracks to its core? Take on the mantle of repair as their chivalrous chore? For when one finds a thing more broken than they Pious self-righteousness illuminates their way. Always the better a thing that is broken For it leaves that which lies beneath always unknown. Talents and treasures in a life yet to live Are the things that a broken man has yet to give. For broken is mended through time and reflection And then is when she might make a connection. Yet a connect is impossible when hubris abounds For painted already is a picture that confounds. Perception turns to reality as mud turns to stone; A broken man always is as she chooses to be shone. Just as a broken plate, glass, or jar are easily discarded A broken man is one who is also easily departed. As fracture turns to crack and crack turns to decay That which is broken knows only one of two ways. To stay broken forever discarded as dust Or to mend, heal, and repair the broken man must. As the swift needle of time sews shut his ripped heart The broken man realizes in this play he still has a part. Realization that his role does not intertwine with her Sets the broken man looking for what can only be a cure. With grout, cement, and epoxy he sets to piece himself together The broken man works diligently to fill in each fissure. And as his new form takes shape he can confidently say A broken man is not forever - only a detour off life's highway. Lost in that summer was opportunity for more. Voices and laughter fading with no encore. A sadness swells in the throat behind the tongue A song left to sing, but no song is sung. The broken man mended whole once again, He'll always look fondly where whence he has been.
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Nov 16, 2018
Nov 16, 2018 at 1:36 PM UTC
The Broken Man
Into his heart she wished to peer To glimpse a shade of his crippling fear. These feelings she claimed as just a murmur to sense Of deep loss, unknown sadness, and loneliness. From where he came baggage weighed him down To where she found him toiling around. Listing and rolling on an open sea A broken man he was, so sure was she. A place to pile pity, sadness, and sorrow high To fill a hole in her own mind's eye. A project, a task, a falcon with clipped wing; Perfect - for a broken man can only be a summer fling. A date written in sand to bring the curtain down Leaves nothing to invest; nothing to lose in a waning town. Help she will not, 'tis not her place For when summer sets - off to another race. What does one do when magnificent marble cracks to its core? Take on the mantle of repair as their chivalrous chore? For when one finds a thing more broken than they Pious self-righteousness illuminates their way. Always the better a thing that is broken For it leaves that which lies beneath always unknown. Talents and treasures in a life yet to live Are the things that a broken man has yet to give. For broken is mended through time and reflection And then is when she might make a connection. Yet a connect is impossible when hubris abounds For painted already is a picture that confounds. Perception turns to reality as mud turns to stone; A broken man always is as she chooses to be shone. Just as a broken plate, glass, or jar are easily discarded A broken man is one who is also easily departed. As fracture turns to crack and crack turns to decay That which is broken knows only one of two ways. To stay broken forever discarded as dust Or to mend, heal, and repair the broken man must. As the swift needle of time sews shut his ripped heart The broken man realizes in this play he still has a part. Realization that his role does not intertwine with her Sets the broken man looking for what can only be a cure. With grout, cement, and epoxy he sets to piece himself together The broken man works diligently to fill in each fissure. And as his new form takes shape he can confidently say A broken man is not forever - only a detour off life's highway. Lost in that summer was opportunity for more. Voices and laughter fading with no encore. A sadness swells in the throat behind the tongue A song left to sing, but no song is sung. The broken man mended whole once again, He'll always look fondly where whence he has been.
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Thou no work can in truth be done Ye may count hours had of fun Ye may think that tbou hast won Yet it goes and goes Lest long hours make ye sad Try in earnest to be glad I forbid thee from feeling bad Nature sews and sews Like lions roaring shiny pelt Your noble actions are well felt Pride young one is how its spelt Worship of the Jos Know in you we'll not forget it Singing high from every pulpit Have your celebration biscuit Abandoned are all woes Joyful joyful those around you Praise and adoration on cue Blazing celebrations for you In happiness' throes.
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Mar 31, 2015
Mar 31, 2015 at 5:32 PM UTC
Proud
She sews her wounds with silver thread Not all storm clouds bear silver linings, you were mislead Silver scars shimmer in the sun Beautiful reminders of the battles that she's won
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Sep 14, 2017
Sep 14, 2017 at 6:47 PM UTC
Silver Lining
From within a blackened heart spawns madnesses twisted Invictus, a severed head sat atop a plinth, filled with decaying thoughts of cyanide and citrus, completely crazy, inverted, perverted, infected with an insanity that dances from the eyes - pouting lips tempestuous and alluring from the tip of a tongue he sews insidious lies, roosting upon the bleeding emotions of others a vile disassociation sanity can't pertain, charred lips from suckling the ******* of Hell the back-broke miracle nature refuses to explain, exhaling noxious fumes, a pyro-manic incense, one soul re-arranged, deranged and blisteringly intense; so much so, it disgusts me beyond words - so kick the rotten apple, watch the maggots writhe within thou sour curds.
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Apr 21, 2015
Apr 21, 2015 at 5:56 PM UTC
Dreams Of Cyanide And Citrus
as rain brusquely clears a window's record, and a screen grays the glinting heads of drops. as the bacon-brittle bars of a fire escape press against the dully scratched green of distant trees. melancholy skims the ears, sews shut their fetal-shaped holes.
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May 5, 2017
May 5, 2017 at 12:02 PM UTC
Rinse Carefully
One Reaps what he sews Working hard to be granted the brighter way. Such ingredients add up To a better product. Something created on a brighter day... .Threads are made of strands of despair's tears or strands of true love's strands Sew with the lesser of these two strengths Your life's fabric rips apart One must resew the parts of life's broken cloth Once sewed with the wrong thread One must refinish the quilt of life to mend together one's self If one doesn't succeed and fails to strengthen a mend such actions will lead him to a colder day. Through hard travels, work, and ways in which to obtain the brighter strands The seamstress inside of you must find the right spool Though against all odds, to the more evilest of another, you win by making a true hearten stand. Against what he stood for. You knocked his energy down. You earned his golden threads of truth and love. You go back to your quilt and sew back together the pieces Warming up the nights as you sleep under a well made Cover, upon your chilled body, that you earned to Cover your weakness under and down.
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May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016 at 11:29 PM UTC
The Quilt of Life