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"stake" poems
The mother is first— she is for all and down to earth. She, the mother Fathima, descended from uncharted Heaven— that pivotal frontier only the Prophet of all prophets has seen. Then, there was no Adam, nor Eve, nor even Jibreel. Every star across the seven skies wishes to kiss that golden dust. Not to mention the Moon at the center, waning and waxing—openly and secretly— unleashing its longing to rub this non-sublunary piece against its forehead. She knows—only then the rough seas beneath her will calm, bathed in the soft raining moonlight, rubbing off upon a lucky, blossomed forehead. Oh, if only— scarcely could they ever see it! The galaxies, since their inceptions, have longed for it. The bliss of the eyes—tucked away from the scene. Paradise lies beneath the mother’s feet! It finds its core, its resonant lore, in the shadow of the original feminine—Fathima. There, the original matter explored; Paradise breathed beneath her— but she touched down at the heart of the Earth without stepping or touching on Paradise, only to give her stake away to others. No land she would take on her way back, indeed. Not in her name. Do you know where Fathima’s grave is?
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Dec 28, 2017
Dec 28, 2017 at 4:01 PM UTC
Fathima Hailed From Pivotal Heaven
You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which I have lived like a foot For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breathe or Achoo. Daddy, I have had to **** you. You died before I had time ---- Marble-heavy, a bag full of God, Ghastly statue with one gray toe Big as a Frisco seal And a head in the freakish Atlantic Where it pours bean green over blue In the waters off the beautiful Nauset. I used to pray to recover you. Ach, du. In the German tongue, in the Polish town Scraped flat by the roller Of wars, wars, wars. But the name of the town is common. My ****** friend Says there are a dozen or two. So I never could tell where you Put your foot, your root, I never could talk to you. The tongue stuck in my jaw. It stuck in a barb wire snare. Ich, ich, ich, ich, I could hardly speak. I thought every German was you. And the language obscene An engine, an engine, Chuffing me off like a Jew. A Jew to Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen. I began to talk like a Jew. I think I may well be a Jew. The snows of the Tyrol, the clear beer of Vienna Are not very pure or true. With my gypsy ancestress and my weird luck And my Taroc pack and my Taroc pack I may be a bit of a Jew. I have always been scared of you, With your Luftwaffe, your gobbledygoo. And your neat mustache And your Aryan eye, bright blue. Panzer-man, panzer-man, O You ---- Not God but a ******** So black no sky could squeak through. Every woman adores a Fascist, The boot in the face, the brute Brute heart of a brute like you. You stand at the blackboard, daddy, In the picture I have of you, A cleft in your chin instead of your foot But no less a devil for that, no not Any less the black man who Bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when they buried you. At twenty I tried to die And get back, back, back to you. I thought even the bones would do. But they pulled me out of the sack, And they stuck me together with glue. And then I knew what to do. I made a model of you, A man in black with a Meinkampf look And a love of the rack and the ***** And I said I do, I do. So daddy, I'm finally through. The black telephone's off at the root, The voices just can't worm through. If I've killed one man, I've killed two ---- The vampire who said he was you And drank my blood for a year, Seven years, if you want to know. Daddy, you can lie back now. There's a stake in your fat black heart And the villagersnever liked you. They are dancing and stamping on you. They always knew it was you. Daddy, daddy, you ******* I'm through.
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Daddy
You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which I have lived like a foot For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breathe or Achoo. Daddy, I have had to **** you. You died before I had time ---- Marble-heavy, a bag full of God, Ghastly statue with one gray toe Big as a Frisco seal And a head in the freakish Atlantic Where it pours bean green over blue In the waters off the beautiful Nauset. I used to pray to recover you. Ach, du. In the German tongue, in the Polish town Scraped flat by the roller Of wars, wars, wars. But the name of the town is common. My ****** friend Says there are a dozen or two. So I never could tell where you Put your foot, your root, I never could talk to you. The tongue stuck in my jaw. It stuck in a barb wire snare. Ich, ich, ich, ich, I could hardly speak. I thought every German was you. And the language obscene An engine, an engine, Chuffing me off like a Jew. A Jew to Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen. I began to talk like a Jew. I think I may well be a Jew. The snows of the Tyrol, the clear beer of Vienna Are not very pure or true. With my gypsy ancestress and my weird luck And my Taroc pack and my Taroc pack I may be a bit of a Jew. I have always been scared of you, With your Luftwaffe, your gobbledygoo. And your neat mustache And your Aryan eye, bright blue. Panzer-man, panzer-man, O You ---- Not God but a ******** So black no sky could squeak through. Every woman adores a Fascist, The boot in the face, the brute Brute heart of a brute like you. You stand at the blackboard, daddy, In the picture I have of you, A cleft in your chin instead of your foot But no less a devil for that, no not Any less the black man who Bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when they buried you. At twenty I tried to die And get back, back, back to you. I thought even the bones would do. But they pulled me out of the sack, And they stuck me together with glue. And then I knew what to do. I made a model of you, A man in black with a Meinkampf look And a love of the rack and the ***** And I said I do, I do. So daddy, I'm finally through. The black telephone's off at the root, The voices just can't worm through. If I've killed one man, I've killed two ---- The vampire who said he was you And drank my blood for a year, Seven years, if you want to know. Daddy, you can lie back now. There's a stake in your fat black heart And the villagersnever liked you. They are dancing and stamping on you. They always knew it was you. Daddy, daddy, you ******* I'm through.
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Trying my best To progress There is only do Or do not Yoda thought So most of the time We fought I’ve got anger Issues Many birthdays I’ve wished you In all my hearts pain I miss you You’re not quite Who I knew We used to Chill with brew Remember the time We flew? We argued then too Across the country And it’s all we could do Here I go again Trying to scrape this **** off my shoe My heat is turning For flight I’m yearning The sun is hot My wings are burning I’ve got warrior feet At the road ahead I’ll be turning Run or fly I’ll chase the sky Metaphorically Astrophysically My physical being seems to limit me This fool in my bed won’t Give me matrimony If this was Salem I’d burn at the stake No matter what era You take pride In the hearts you break The years you take The lies you make The least you can do Is own your **** 2 woman gone mad there’s a pattern  here You’ve got to admit Wait where did the charm go Where’s that wit? Even Letty said She couldn’t trust your *** for **** Apparently you ****** her sister And ****** some old lady’s **** Even when he’s got it made Angel turned demon throws his shade Should you call you the devil From hell you came I’ve stooped to your level And only I’m to blame
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Jun 28, 2018
Jun 28, 2018 at 1:54 PM UTC
What a *****
Hey lets start this thing and gain a little mnemonic Cuz the teachers always explaining things so dull and robotic But you got it, just trust this rhyme and I promise you'll have it Let me teach you the equation for the function quadratic It goes A, X and a 2 up high Add that to a B multiplied with a Y Put a plus sign and add the third term, the C And set all that equal to a 0 bee It's that easy, with that you can plot the graph That will show you where the ball went and its flightpath See the value of X shows where the line hits the axis To illustrate where the ball was caught and where it was passed It's cuts of cake to find this data with a formula rap So keep in mind these fresh rhymes to the beat of the clap You set X on the left, follow with an equal sign Put the next little sect about a dividing line And that little piece starts with a negative b Add and subtract square root of B high 2 minus 4AC Then divide what you get by 2 times A If you forget this part man, your whole answers at stake But if you follow my rules, and do all of this rap's math I guarantee the next reports gonna say that you passed
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Dec 5, 2010
Dec 5, 2010 at 3:42 AM UTC
The Quadratic Function Conjunction
In the morning, old becomes new Birds sing as black slowly turns blue In the morning, my fears are taken My faith is stronger, I am not shaken My fears are taken by morning's rebirth Fresh as the dew clinging to my feet In the morning, there is a new me to meet Whom the blinding night has deemed fit to birth In the morning, my flaws are still the same Like the yellow sun, everyday like flame In the morning, I remember yesterday's mistakes And I know better what is at stake In the morning, I let go of the night I let go of the dark, I embrace the light In the morning, my eyes are brighter My dance is better, my laugh is lighter My smile is warmer, my kiss is softer My hug is tighter, my speech has no stutter In the morning, I am all I want to be Awake, refreshed, hopeful, free
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 8:12 PM UTC
GOOD MORNING
In some sense is our identity at stake? Is friendship a relationship of knowledge, self knowledge, or has it to do with the imaginary, meaning in some sense who we are is imaginary, and we just construct ourselves through other people..? are we knowing the other, or producing ourselves in that relation through our continuous phases of knowing ? 'Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.' Maybe friendship is an imaginative task that has to then meet reality in some way- as a child hallucinates first what they might be, we have to own who we are first, own ourselves, and then meet reality so we can land somewhere- so that it becomes real, in order to own it, so that we can take part in life. FRIENDSHIP – fragility of friendship Is any friendship real? What is real friendship? Sincerity, genuine concern, legit interest – Friendship is everything and fleeting at the same time
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Jan 17, 2021
Jan 17, 2021 at 10:46 AM UTC
Thoughts on Friendship and the Human Condition
"We can't afford to be wrong on this issue."   ~ Francis Chan With holy anguish hearts are crying through feeble language urgently trying to summon the sleeping now to wake for souls' eternities are at stake
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Nov 30, 2016
Nov 30, 2016 at 8:24 AM UTC
"Erasing Hell"
Totally useless Infinite universe Exploding before us I am one I am holy I am yours The one and only Forever and glowing So steady in stirring The moving of your heart Melting your spirit Confusing what is real Abusing all you feel Lie to their faces Sigh no more Sink the places That you have since forgotten This is a place that I Will not forget The holy sighs and cries During your pitiful lies All because you set aside The energy at rest Hello there Welcome back Get this drink Of A’s exile elixir Go off to a distant land Find a distant face Nothing can be said I did you wrong You ****** me over This is goodbye ......|……|XXXXXXX Undress Unleash the emptiness I’m so glad that I brought this This beautiful red safe The keeper of My ****** up mental state About my mental state… Don’t ask me about my holy stake That I pierced into the heart Of a special white vampire One of those holier than thou types One **** up And then Onto the next line The next word that you speak Might be a mistake What do you think? About me… Do you think that you could Stand on your own two feet? With me, Without me. Alone like we are I’ll crash the car To flip our worlds around Venture away today Go away Come as you were Another day But not today You might be okay I’m not okay… Holy one Grant me a kiss of happiness You know I need it I need her Whoever she is Wherever I am Someway, somehow I’ll find the day To rewind the times That I forgot about Last night, this morning Last year, good mourning Thank you that this is over with. . . Oh, sweet angel Lie to me Allow my words To feed the hungry minds of those that don’t listen and only want my body. What about what’s left of my spirit Dragging down below Sing to those that need Lie to those that see nothing Around no quarter The moon found you I found you The numbers did add up Just a little too soon All too soon I found you I lost you I’ll find you again Forget about the end.
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Aug 22, 2012
Aug 22, 2012 at 8:55 PM UTC
I Am... Not... Yours... Anymore...
Totally useless Infinite universe Exploding before us I am one I am holy I am yours The one and only Forever and glowing So steady in stirring The moving of your heart Melting your spirit Confusing what is real Abusing all you feel Lie to their faces Sigh no more Sink the places That you have since forgotten This is a place that I Will not forget The holy sighs and cries During your pitiful lies All because you set aside The energy at rest Hello there Welcome back Get this drink Of A’s exile elixir Go off to a distant land Find a distant face Nothing can be said I did you wrong You ****** me over This is goodbye ......|……|XXXXXXX Undress Unleash the emptiness I’m so glad that I brought this This beautiful red safe The keeper of My ****** up mental state About my mental state… Don’t ask me about my holy stake That I pierced into the heart Of a special white vampire One of those holier than thou types One **** up And then Onto the next line The next word that you speak Might be a mistake What do you think? About me… Do you think that you could Stand on your own two feet? With me, Without me. Alone like we are I’ll crash the car To flip our worlds around Venture away today Go away Come as you were Another day But not today You might be okay I’m not okay… Holy one Grant me a kiss of happiness You know I need it I need her Whoever she is Wherever I am Someway, somehow I’ll find the day To rewind the times That I forgot about Last night, this morning Last year, good mourning Thank you that this is over with. . . Oh, sweet angel Lie to me Allow my words To feed the hungry minds of those that don’t listen and only want my body. What about what’s left of my spirit Dragging down below Sing to those that need Lie to those that see nothing Around no quarter The moon found you I found you The numbers did add up Just a little too soon All too soon I found you I lost you I’ll find you again Forget about the end.
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Befrilled Godfather, why tune Yours to mine These Rightful Verses your Country observes I, an Eastern Bun's Lord in Mind consign Put my Pun in-place for their own Reserves Now this, a Muse if your Clock does witness Would burn me at stake or hang me condemned All because such Organs defy Fitness And thought the ****** I will reprehend I grow tired of this evident Trough Whilst you once scribbled Trademarks with your Quill How, my Heart-Nosed Configure such enough Yet wish to join you in your White Pipes, still. Your Epitaph stays; I dare not complete Just press these Roses your Approval, meet.
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Mar 13, 2013
Mar 13, 2013 at 11:23 PM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE SUNDRY - EIGHTY-FOUR - TOM DALEY
It's like a diamond stake pushed through the silence of my brain It's like a thunder of voices coming down like a hurricane It's like a forest of gunfire blowing past my bedroom door It's like the force of a god pushing down on my floor Whip smart, by all accounts, but lost beneath the sheets Forced out of a comfort zone and pushed out to the streets Spastic changing voices like a record out of line Just speak like you always do and don't **** with my mind I'm like a tidal wave that only gets halfway there No shore to erode with no Taiwan to even care I'm like a promise left on the kitchen table after dawn Someone will find it but it will be thrown out on the lawn Born without a spoon but there is silver in my teeth I'm made out of as much spirit as a plastic, clearance wreath Dust beneath the stars cancels out the dawning sun Shine on the bums, the prophets, everyone
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Dec 6, 2015
Dec 6, 2015 at 3:38 PM UTC
Worn Out By A Hurricane:
When it rains here once again I remember the time we clenched hands that monsoon. And we trailed down that railway track on a cloudy noon We weren't alone did you know? In a place unknown to fog and snow The weather had lost its temper The train had been blinded enough to lose track. Who doesn't know it's all a knack! Derailed, they say. Before the next I wish they simply care These are not mere accidents you bare, But testimonies you claim on a paid fare. Indian Railways or any other for that matter I say, When they pass the word 'happy journey' We simply wish it's not our last. When it rains once again here, I remember the time we clenched hands that monsoon. And I wailed down the railway track on that tragic day, I do not understand which side to stake. Or wish for summer once again in my life Or curse the rails, frames and journeys that shatter. Shatter! Solely due to human hands that fell short, short to value the lives that derail.
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May 6, 2017
May 6, 2017 at 2:07 PM UTC
Derail
*Very often the lies of lust seems more authentic Credibility of the truth of Love is at stake*
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Jul 17, 2014
Jul 17, 2014 at 2:40 AM UTC
Love and Lust
Netted on the outside Dreams pass through the inside. The good dreams seep the center, The bad dreams are caught: DO NOT ENTER! The sleeper with eyes shut, Protected by the dreamcatcher And selected by the buy-snatcher, Slumbers in peace When all is at ease Around the dreamcatcher police. Reality is still But the mind is awake And sleep is at stake. Eyes cannot detect What the dreamcatcher does, It only sways in the midst of a glance. But the dreams that pass the glass dividing atmospheric gas Cannot be seen, touched, heard. Dreamcatchers have a radar That no being does. The dreams charge at once! WOOOOSH. Not a dream is heard Caught in the dreamcatcher grid, But the good ones Keep clean the REM zones. Native-American tradition I will surely petition.
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May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018 at 10:06 PM UTC
Dreamcatcher Rap
I've been trying to change, And it makes me cringe, I have a vision that isn't too insane, I see two paths, Separated by the choices I make, Begging me to make the right choices for my futures sake, It's warning me that a lot is at stake, Calling me to wake up, From the slumber, I've stumbled in.
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Jul 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014 at 8:32 AM UTC
Vision
My sweetheart you are so stunning and seductive With a lovely attitude, to come and get me please Your progressive style makes you more reflective Embrace me come in my warm arms don not tease Sky is under your feet and you have taken me over Wind is playfully caressing your cheeks, curly hair Your eye brows are archer this is what your armor What a tasteful youth what a wonderful spicy flair My love,life is at stake my love is now on the altar Your graces can save me from the clutches of world My life is like a ship without any rudder and harbor In front of universal love your beauty is just curled Col Muhammad Khalid Khan Copyright 2016 Golden Glow
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Sep 26, 2016
Sep 26, 2016 at 1:57 AM UTC
Stunning and Seductive
In the darkness of constricting depression I begged the Lord to give me joy even if it killed me, and He promised me it most assuredly would, for this is joy’s mantra: “Death to self!” It is simply not possible to know the deepest kind of joy until we have experienced the anguish of death to self with a cruel stake of affliction though our hearts. For it is there on the altar of sacrifice when we have finally surrendered what is most dear to us, when we have willingly brought our costliest gifts to lay humbly at the feet of the King, that we are raised up to know firsthand His resurrection joy through the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings. No one who has ever truly learned that “to live is Christ and to die is gain” has ever escaped this path. Find me even one. There is nothing quite like rejection to teach us about God’s love, nothing quite like loss to teach us of His joy, nothing like storms to teach peace, nothing like ruined plans to teach patience, nothing like loneliness to teach kindness, nothing like failure to teach us of His goodness, nothing like betrayal to teach faithfulness, nothing like being completely misunderstood to teach gentleness and nothing like humiliation to teach us self-control. Why is this? Because there is nothing like pain to chase us to Jesus and to teach us to rely so helplessly on His Spirit’s filling. And when we have His filling, we will know His fruit.
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Aug 3, 2017
Aug 3, 2017 at 7:36 PM UTC
~ Joy's Mantra ~
Excuse me, sir, your pants are on fire. Yes, i am talking to you, sir. This is quite a mess you have made, you starry-eyed dreamer. Not that it was perfect in the beginning. Nothing is. When my grandfather got old, he made sure to dress well. If he was to die on any given day, he intended to do it in his Sunday best. My grandfather died in a unisex hospital gown. When i was growing up, Mom always made sure i wore clean underwear. It would be shameful to die in ***** ones. Speaking of growing up, i was raised on Reaganomics. It doesn't matter which side of the aisle you stand on these days, because Reagan defeated communism through the clever use of money. When my grandmother was set to pass, she faced the changing seasons with poise and dignity.  She was ready to move on, to reunite with loved ones lost. My grandmother died in a unisex hospital gown. My best friend, Peter, didn't put much stock in appearances. He was funny and sarcastic. We all loved him like a brother.  Peter's mom buried him in brand new Ecko gear.  He died in boxer shorts on the floor of a ramshackle apartment blue in the face from a ****** overdose. Thank god none of these people will ever need healthcare. Mr. President, sir, i am no Republican. i am an American. You do remember us, don't you? How silly of me...of course you don't. You were busy watching your legacy. i would have watched it better, if it had been my name at risk. My name is all i have. When Bill Clinton was president, he lied about getting a ******* But we forgave him. It was just a ******* It's not like it was our privacy or healthcare at stake. Or our economy. Have you dreamed about any of those things, sir? Or just your legacy? Who knows? How well do we ever know anyone? Christmas is right around the corner, and i and others have made you a fine gift, a lovely suit. It's invisible. You probably won't notice. No matter... one day you will have to remove your flaming pants. To try on your new suit. Or, god forbid, to put on a unisex hospital gown. And then you will finally see your legacy.
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Nov 6, 2013
Nov 6, 2013 at 7:01 PM UTC
Dear Mr. President
Excuse me, sir, your pants are on fire. Yes, i am talking to you, sir. This is quite a mess you have made, you starry-eyed dreamer. Not that it was perfect in the beginning. Nothing is. When my grandfather got old, he made sure to dress well. If he was to die on any given day, he intended to do it in his Sunday best. My grandfather died in a unisex hospital gown. When i was growing up, Mom always made sure i wore clean underwear. It would be shameful to die in ***** ones. Speaking of growing up, i was raised on Reaganomics. It doesn't matter which side of the aisle you stand on these days, because Reagan defeated communism through the clever use of money. When my grandmother was set to pass, she faced the changing seasons with poise and dignity.  She was ready to move on, to reunite with loved ones lost. My grandmother died in a unisex hospital gown. My best friend, Peter, didn't put much stock in appearances. He was funny and sarcastic. We all loved him like a brother.  Peter's mom buried him in brand new Ecko gear.  He died in boxer shorts on the floor of a ramshackle apartment blue in the face from a ****** overdose. Thank god none of these people will ever need healthcare. Mr. President, sir, i am no Republican. i am an American. You do remember us, don't you? How silly of me...of course you don't. You were busy watching your legacy. i would have watched it better, if it had been my name at risk. My name is all i have. When Bill Clinton was president, he lied about getting a ******* But we forgave him. It was just a ******* It's not like it was our privacy or healthcare at stake. Or our economy. Have you dreamed about any of those things, sir? Or just your legacy? Who knows? How well do we ever know anyone? Christmas is right around the corner, and i and others have made you a fine gift, a lovely suit. It's invisible. You probably won't notice. No matter... one day you will have to remove your flaming pants. To try on your new suit. Or, god forbid, to put on a unisex hospital gown. And then you will finally see your legacy.
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Earthquake Poem 3/5/2014 What do you suppose an earthquake does? Sure, there are the shakes and scares, Seismic shifts accompanied by tectonic tears. But ditch this global perspective, Figure out what rips those ripples, detective. Let’s see you pound at the ground. Hit it hard, ‘til you hear a heavy sound. Is that enough to fissure some asphalt? Tell me, could you bring this spinning planet to a sudden halt? I can’t say for sure, what an Earth-quake does. Though I’ve been a victim, Earth isn’t where my quake was. An Earth-less earthquake, On a planet whose name I’ve learned to forsake. Wynn’s world wandered ‘round someone else’s orbit: Drawn to its gravity like grapes grow on a vine; Brightened by its solar system’s shining smile, so divine; Emotional tides tugged in and out; Guided by its mysterious moon’s midnight meandering about. That’s right – an orbit with its own time flow. Time that could stomp its heels and steal a spotlight, Time that could manipulate a moment like jello, mayonnaise, or some other squishy substance, Time that could crash course, while standing still, Time that could reveal something you never knew. What do you suppose an earthquake does? A quake could be anything that makes you shake. Think of quaking in fear, as an unknown figure draws near. Think of a jittery heart, that’s been bit by a bullet. Internal tears, think of organs bleeding, Think of needing, solid ground, but falling and time keeps stalling. When a quiet little quiver promises to deliver, its slight shock signal straight through the middle. When a molten magma core fizzes its manic madness, like a shaken soda. When an epic eruption carries out its upward excelsior, Rejecting the spinning without a stop. Oh, the mountains will tumble, The hills and valleys, they’ll crumble, And gurgle in the raging rivers’ rumble, As volcanoes churn out violent bubbles, Stirring up all kinds of troubles, For one person’s personal planet. For one person’s personal planet, These violent forces of nature can’t compare to an Earth-quake, When the ground you stand on begins to break, When you realize your senseless stability is fake. When that little quake knocks your Earth awake, It’s reality coming alive to take, and take, and take, Because for love, you put everything at stake. What do you suppose an earthquake does? I’ll tell you – it leaves a wrecked world with a cracked core and scorched surroundings. Just because. Just because, love on Earth always comes with a quiet little quake.
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Mar 6, 2014
Mar 6, 2014 at 1:44 AM UTC
Earthquake
Earthquake Poem 3/5/2014 What do you suppose an earthquake does? Sure, there are the shakes and scares, Seismic shifts accompanied by tectonic tears. But ditch this global perspective, Figure out what rips those ripples, detective. Let’s see you pound at the ground. Hit it hard, ‘til you hear a heavy sound. Is that enough to fissure some asphalt? Tell me, could you bring this spinning planet to a sudden halt? I can’t say for sure, what an Earth-quake does. Though I’ve been a victim, Earth isn’t where my quake was. An Earth-less earthquake, On a planet whose name I’ve learned to forsake. Wynn’s world wandered ‘round someone else’s orbit: Drawn to its gravity like grapes grow on a vine; Brightened by its solar system’s shining smile, so divine; Emotional tides tugged in and out; Guided by its mysterious moon’s midnight meandering about. That’s right – an orbit with its own time flow. Time that could stomp its heels and steal a spotlight, Time that could manipulate a moment like jello, mayonnaise, or some other squishy substance, Time that could crash course, while standing still, Time that could reveal something you never knew. What do you suppose an earthquake does? A quake could be anything that makes you shake. Think of quaking in fear, as an unknown figure draws near. Think of a jittery heart, that’s been bit by a bullet. Internal tears, think of organs bleeding, Think of needing, solid ground, but falling and time keeps stalling. When a quiet little quiver promises to deliver, its slight shock signal straight through the middle. When a molten magma core fizzes its manic madness, like a shaken soda. When an epic eruption carries out its upward excelsior, Rejecting the spinning without a stop. Oh, the mountains will tumble, The hills and valleys, they’ll crumble, And gurgle in the raging rivers’ rumble, As volcanoes churn out violent bubbles, Stirring up all kinds of troubles, For one person’s personal planet. For one person’s personal planet, These violent forces of nature can’t compare to an Earth-quake, When the ground you stand on begins to break, When you realize your senseless stability is fake. When that little quake knocks your Earth awake, It’s reality coming alive to take, and take, and take, Because for love, you put everything at stake. What do you suppose an earthquake does? I’ll tell you – it leaves a wrecked world with a cracked core and scorched surroundings. Just because. Just because, love on Earth always comes with a quiet little quake.
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Julie had never been one to partake in Girly things, dollies and frills Julie was one of those tomboy like girls Who looked out for adventurous thrills She loved riding bikes, down the hill at high speed Screaming loud with her hands in the air But Julie could not play in organized sports Her mum said the cash wasn't there She sat on the  sidelines and watched all the games To not play the game was a sin But Julie Macado would spend her whole life On the outside of things looking in. She knew all the players on all of the teams She wanted so badly to play But Julie Macado would learn pretty fast She was one of the have-nots that day In gym she was better than all of the guys She sank every shot that she tried But organized sports was just out of her league She was still sitting on the outside Her friends that she played with said "Go see the coach", maybe he'll let you join up When she told her poor mother that that's what's she'd do Her mother told her to shut up "I've done my best girl, to give you a life" "And charity...I'll never take" "If you're gonna play then you'll pay your own way "For you learn more when somethings at stake" So Julie went out, hustled, working part time Doing all that she could to make bucks But, when she had enough money to finally join in The season was done...and that ***** Even though she had shown she could be on the team She was finished and did not begin Poor Julie Macodo was still not on the team She was still outside looking in She worked all that summer making money galore She'd be ready to sign up that fall She had enough money to pay for herself She was going to play basketball Her mum lost her job in early July The plant that she worked at had closed Now she too was outside looking in at the others They would move...that was what she supposed Again Julie Macado would miss out again All of her money she gave to her mom She would be an outsider for all of her life Never playing a game...'cept for fun Even though she was better than all in her school She would never be in looking out Until that one day, when a man from Kentucky Had come up to Freeling to scout He'd heard of this girl, who could shoot from the floor She had skills that he had seldom seen He signed her on up to a four year free ride It was all like a really good dream He told her of how, he had gotten a letter About a young girl ..that was her It was written in crayon and a little bid blurry And it stated out with a Dear Ser, the spelling was bad, but he read it completely It told of how Julie could play But she had not school record, no history so He set out to see the girl play He contacted the school and he asked them for game films They said she played only in gym So he set out directly to see for himself The decision would be up to him Now, Julie Macado has realized her dream Her life is all set to begin She did it herself, with a note from her Mother She was no longer out looking in.
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May 5, 2012
May 5, 2012 at 6:20 PM UTC
Outside Looking In
Julie had never been one to partake in Girly things, dollies and frills Julie was one of those tomboy like girls Who looked out for adventurous thrills She loved riding bikes, down the hill at high speed Screaming loud with her hands in the air But Julie could not play in organized sports Her mum said the cash wasn't there She sat on the  sidelines and watched all the games To not play the game was a sin But Julie Macado would spend her whole life On the outside of things looking in. She knew all the players on all of the teams She wanted so badly to play But Julie Macado would learn pretty fast She was one of the have-nots that day In gym she was better than all of the guys She sank every shot that she tried But organized sports was just out of her league She was still sitting on the outside Her friends that she played with said "Go see the coach", maybe he'll let you join up When she told her poor mother that that's what's she'd do Her mother told her to shut up "I've done my best girl, to give you a life" "And charity...I'll never take" "If you're gonna play then you'll pay your own way "For you learn more when somethings at stake" So Julie went out, hustled, working part time Doing all that she could to make bucks But, when she had enough money to finally join in The season was done...and that ***** Even though she had shown she could be on the team She was finished and did not begin Poor Julie Macodo was still not on the team She was still outside looking in She worked all that summer making money galore She'd be ready to sign up that fall She had enough money to pay for herself She was going to play basketball Her mum lost her job in early July The plant that she worked at had closed Now she too was outside looking in at the others They would move...that was what she supposed Again Julie Macado would miss out again All of her money she gave to her mom She would be an outsider for all of her life Never playing a game...'cept for fun Even though she was better than all in her school She would never be in looking out Until that one day, when a man from Kentucky Had come up to Freeling to scout He'd heard of this girl, who could shoot from the floor She had skills that he had seldom seen He signed her on up to a four year free ride It was all like a really good dream He told her of how, he had gotten a letter About a young girl ..that was her It was written in crayon and a little bid blurry And it stated out with a Dear Ser, the spelling was bad, but he read it completely It told of how Julie could play But she had not school record, no history so He set out to see the girl play He contacted the school and he asked them for game films They said she played only in gym So he set out directly to see for himself The decision would be up to him Now, Julie Macado has realized her dream Her life is all set to begin She did it herself, with a note from her Mother She was no longer out looking in.
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I’ve died I’ve felt the brunt of dis-ease like a disease The final straw that has broken my heart Drove a stake through instead Why now? The leftover time I’ve been allowed Is filled with hollowed out emptiness The screams of pain when there is no one to answer me Bursts my life at the seams I have died I’m gone for sure this time I cannot even fill the time I have in between Because I am numb Dead inside Without that genuine human touch with no hurtful motive I’ve gone and died Withered blossoms of socialization should have fought hard Hardly fought instead The weak politeness crept out I have died With no thought for the future I’ve cut my past off to live in the blankness of the present Don’t fret I never really lived anyway. cc111911
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Nov 22, 2011
Nov 22, 2011 at 11:57 PM UTC
Hollowed Out Emptiness
In the New Forest my Base had discovered The Rites of Pannage those Back-Breakers do Sows and their Cousins their Instinct recovered Took a Year's Break from Storage and Stew Which Proud Members chose Estovers on-edge Then for Dessert from their Month's Turbary A Better Concern than Motors bred at-stake, A chance for their King to pay his Duty So, my Conqueror, tell me that Ballad Or must I force that Verderer to Sing With Acorns, Truffles and all Nuts at-hand Till he spits out the Seed which bore my Ring. Tell you what. This Porker you just provide I'll relish its Pudding and wear its Hide.
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Mar 9, 2013
Mar 9, 2013 at 4:34 PM UTC
SONNET FEATURE NUMBER FOUR
Eleven years old. Skin stuck to her bones. Can’t afford to get a cold. Can’t even stand on her own. Fan spinning fast but still drowns in her sweat. Can never stay awake. She sleeps with all at stake. As these red soldiers mount our chests, Let us pray for those whose tomorrow may be worse than today.
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Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 12:57 PM UTC
Just Eleven
Stuck to the wall with a pirate cringe, positivity illegal as sin good vibes that almost hurt like a wife-beater's undershirt Tough to clean, hard to keep even when the ground is getting steep going up They say it doesn't slam, gives you chance it lays the land ahead But I find the blue skies like to turn scarlet and slip faithless from my wake It's all me, all me driving a stake through every chance I get At regaining decorum-- which is hard to keep, tough to clean after a massacre, a true disaster The lawful bickers of a girl curling in disgust because... Because positivity feels counter-productive Not to mention a little too... Seductive. These words are brought to you by a petty fit, not a frolick, nor even a moment of in-betweenness-- A damned-darling particulate fire going up I'm a lost soul, fingers cold Stuck to the wall and let out a pirate cringe-- why don't you-- satisfy me with positivity legal as sin Give me those good vibes, make them hurt like a lover's wife's lacy undershirt Nice and clean, hard to keep especially when you're in. Too. Deep. But you're only going up. From. Here.
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Mar 9, 2015
Mar 9, 2015 at 10:27 PM UTC
Positivity
we are monsters from the boutique to the embroidered throw pillows the pen dashed around the neck stage 5 bone cut sawing ossification to the hollow core we are monsters hooting in tunnels lined with bats coming out to feast creation to scrape the streets shimmy the walls bust the coffin and succckk we are monsters who can't enter under the doorframe fearful of being burned by the sun silver stake rat poison holy water sickle and windmill ash we are monsters sewed stapled dead meat skin hair plugs ceramic teeth tested and tasted by rats we are monsters jumping high over white fences frenzied explosion running through corn angrily bled in a field shot and hunted like embarrassing waterfowl in the jaws of mammalia we are monsters of flaming brilliance flashing in your inbox read us and gnaw braised roasted grilled limbs watch as we watch you be scared and stab I promise we don't die.
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Oct 1, 2015
Oct 1, 2015 at 2:32 PM UTC
march of the writers
*See the show is over, behind the red curtain you can't see me cutting up my fingers using my blood and tears to pick up what's left of my heart. We're done, been done…we were over before we could start. Some ***** you are....some ***** filthy, manipulative, sneaky, overbearing, cold hearted, insensitive, ***** of a ***** you are. Some ***** you are….some charming, loveable, selfless, funny, intelligent, creative, artistic, handsome, good **** slangin'……perfect man you are. Prince Charming, you used your sword, on the one you for swore, that you'd love me till and beyond the day that I'm dead. Unfortunate mistakings……burn me at the stake, but first it's off with my head. Charming and flirtatious, so easy to fall in love……but it's being so charming and flirtatious that's got me trying on OJ's gloves. I'm the witch and you're the townspeople secretly fascinated but you'll never say. I'm still in love with you, let's just swallow our pride and give each other's the time of day. I'm still your weakness, you believe I'm that gullible and I don't know at all……because I stuck my pin through your Voodoo corpse right in the heart, and then you gave me a call. I heard the sorrow in your voice and I know you sensed my tears, with the so unslick cracks in my voice and sniffles flooding your ears. I'm yours, and you're mine, last time I said it was the last time……but you're the love of my life and even if we're not together that'll last a lifetime.*
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Jan 26, 2013
Jan 26, 2013 at 7:13 PM UTC
Witchcraft
*See the show is over, behind the red curtain you can't see me cutting up my fingers using my blood and tears to pick up what's left of my heart. We're done, been done…we were over before we could start. Some ***** you are....some ***** filthy, manipulative, sneaky, overbearing, cold hearted, insensitive, ***** of a ***** you are. Some ***** you are….some charming, loveable, selfless, funny, intelligent, creative, artistic, handsome, good **** slangin'……perfect man you are. Prince Charming, you used your sword, on the one you for swore, that you'd love me till and beyond the day that I'm dead. Unfortunate mistakings……burn me at the stake, but first it's off with my head. Charming and flirtatious, so easy to fall in love……but it's being so charming and flirtatious that's got me trying on OJ's gloves. I'm the witch and you're the townspeople secretly fascinated but you'll never say. I'm still in love with you, let's just swallow our pride and give each other's the time of day. I'm still your weakness, you believe I'm that gullible and I don't know at all……because I stuck my pin through your Voodoo corpse right in the heart, and then you gave me a call. I heard the sorrow in your voice and I know you sensed my tears, with the so unslick cracks in my voice and sniffles flooding your ears. I'm yours, and you're mine, last time I said it was the last time……but you're the love of my life and even if we're not together that'll last a lifetime.*
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