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"wastelands" poems
Inches below the surface, I can feel the sun just ahead, threating my lost consciousness and tearing my body apart. The incandescent light pierces the ground, the mountains scream fire upon the sky, crackles in the ground appear beneath my feet. What a pitiful anxiety made of sand! My body stretches, incoming dehydration, thirst and isolation; motherly desert, fatherly wastelands... Let me burn down to ashes and blow me to the wind. Make me feel uncomfortable and let me disappear in peace. I can feel the drought claiming my pain, gathering the dust that used to be my skin and remain in solitude, just like a snail then I find myself stuck in the nonchalant rage of the day. There is nothing alive, there is just an infinite ruin of land, dead soil and dying lives turn into stone by act of time.
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Jul 12, 2014
Jul 12, 2014 at 3:08 PM UTC
The Drought
words without warmth are like the dry wind that has lost its water over the high cliffs of life they cannot water a wilting soul but  will only take away the little life left and leave it collapsed "thank you"s are tired over worked, over used only an ASCII  string, no more "i’m sorry"s stare in the face of the expectant mind expressionless bring words back from the wastelands give them the life they’ve lost make them carry between their bits the warm care of a human for another
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Apr 4, 2018
Apr 4, 2018 at 1:00 AM UTC
words without warmth
Sleep, sleep, still your breath and just sleep. Sleep through the drum-circle, the neighbour's garden, sleep through the fever, the sentence, and the eventual pardon. Sleep, sleep, blot your eyes and just sleep. Sleep through her hands touching, the solemn submit; sleep through the wastelands, the war-zones, and sleep with the deficit. Sleep, sleep, in the castle keep, sleep. Sleep for the potions, the poisons, the crimes you commit. Too steep is the gangway to an easier life, too far is the leap and too impossible, the wife. Sleep, sleep, still your mind and just sleep. Keep to the sidelines, with intellect deep; fall to sleep in the limelight of your day, for you have earned your rest, you have found your way.
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Sep 28, 2014
Sep 28, 2014 at 9:10 PM UTC
Sleep
Retail-hunter gatherers pick clean processed bones, digging graves with their shiny teeth, studious in their reveries as they drone past worlds dumped in the thresher; the trucked-in fields of film-wrapped gore splayed lustily before the managers wound tight in Machiavellian design. A shepherd herds his flock of wreathed iron back to its pen, its skeletal tangle lit in riotous gold by swords flung from lambent eyes of pre-dawn’s shunting chariots Cages shunt and bobble like tugboats chugging stoic up swimming pool lanes of nondescript tile, cheered on by shouting colours to float through archipelagos of paper towel and chocolate blocks past the vegemite diaspora, and the arctic wastelands cased in sliding glass fields of perfect steady storms as wraiths baked in halogen ask silent questions of the silverbeet, while Lana Del Ray’s voice falls like nightshade—slutty and serene—coating shelf stackers in a Piaf sadness as the shelves reach their arms out for more. The check out chick hatches a sense of déjà vu as carrots and biscuits drone towards her mind berEFT of any twitching sense of POSsibility that wised up and flew this leering coop and deep in her catalogue of grey folds something stillborn and waxen is perched on gleaming steel, reeling out her guts like cassette tape with jerky nightmare arms and laughing like a banker watching ***** films, mornings dull cerise an invocation through auto-jaws as she bursts out to warble with magpies in car park’s climbing fire.
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Jul 25, 2013
Jul 25, 2013 at 9:23 PM UTC
supermarket
Retail-hunter gatherers pick clean processed bones, digging graves with their shiny teeth, studious in their reveries as they drone past worlds dumped in the thresher; the trucked-in fields of film-wrapped gore splayed lustily before the managers wound tight in Machiavellian design. A shepherd herds his flock of wreathed iron back to its pen, its skeletal tangle lit in riotous gold by swords flung from lambent eyes of pre-dawn’s shunting chariots Cages shunt and bobble like tugboats chugging stoic up swimming pool lanes of nondescript tile, cheered on by shouting colours to float through archipelagos of paper towel and chocolate blocks past the vegemite diaspora, and the arctic wastelands cased in sliding glass fields of perfect steady storms as wraiths baked in halogen ask silent questions of the silverbeet, while Lana Del Ray’s voice falls like nightshade—slutty and serene—coating shelf stackers in a Piaf sadness as the shelves reach their arms out for more. The check out chick hatches a sense of déjà vu as carrots and biscuits drone towards her mind berEFT of any twitching sense of POSsibility that wised up and flew this leering coop and deep in her catalogue of grey folds something stillborn and waxen is perched on gleaming steel, reeling out her guts like cassette tape with jerky nightmare arms and laughing like a banker watching ***** films, mornings dull cerise an invocation through auto-jaws as she bursts out to warble with magpies in car park’s climbing fire.
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Wastelands of dry parched nothingness Forced pursuit of pale mirages filled with life Wavering brinks of relief in the scorching heat Washed away life of golden liquid Dehydrated stumbles in the dreaming darkness Faded taste of malicious lies Water in feverous dreams Dried up mouth in waking sleep cc071211
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Feb 22, 2012
Feb 22, 2012 at 9:13 PM UTC
Dreaming Darkness
Streams and some remains, Nothing soars around this vessel, it feels just like blood stains; reality is just a sick game. Invisible particles of light that reach their critical mass; and suddenly explode outside. (…and suddenly burst in my mind.) Wander across barren wastelands, Drifting throughout burning planets. Come to me whatever you do, Wherever you are, come with me. I can see through an empty soul, carving the black pits that singe inside; blending the coldness of your foreign heart, your trust in me can be my demise. Stones raining from below, darkness surrounds my scars; the glasses of this artificial frigate are not bullet proof. (…the windows of my ship are not ice-static proof.) And remain in silence, and forever believing, that my love is against you and my hate is loving you.
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Jul 6, 2014
Jul 6, 2014 at 4:03 PM UTC
The loneliest particles of light.
My Sunglasses I’ve got all of Tucson trapped behind my sunglasses I’ve framed mountain ranges in the frames of my Raybands I’ve got reflections of saguaro’s stranding still in front of my eyes I have sunny days taking refuge underneath my shades I’ve domesticated the giant star that rides blues skies into walking the edge of my brow I use black plastic as onyx shields So Tucson, I see you. There’s an art revolution beating at your horizon I’ve seen it skirting around these wastelands They tell us we’re wasting our time Telling the roadrunner to run back home When its nest was here since the beginning of time Tucson. I’ve seen folklorico and mariachi pay tribute to your origins on the hottest of days I’ve seen in the shadows in underground art forms Graffetti. There’s a protest in there somewhere. I’ve even witnessed it in pen to paper In lips to mics. In cafés in your desert nights for your desert nighttime audiences. Tucson, your culture and artistic value shines too bright for others to see. Your artistic worth shines too bright for others to broadcast They tend to only record your overdoses and murders Seems like our televised story tellers prefer to paint us in immoral reds The only time they pay the south side attention is when the south side is aching It doesn’t help that schools force you to choose business Give you chance to study law all the while cut out your art programs Fine art is required by universities but they don’t always expect you to get that far. Tucson’s fine art is too fine and infinite to be recognized by those undeserving Society wants to capture our southern brethren as outlaws not poets We’re called the misfit of the desert. As if every spray can, paint stroke, choreographed twist, Slam poem wasn’t something to take pride in. I’m sorry they only pay your schools attention when ambulances are parked in your driveways And administrators get caught in doing ***** deeds. I see your talent wasted. Your talent shown. To remind myself of your artistic significance, I’ve framed you On walks home I photograph your murals. Listen to the poets in the hallways. Observe the dancers compose and the musicians choreograph I’ve caught your reflection in my corneas’. I’ve dilated my pupils thoughts behind my sunglasses. Framed your mountain ranges in my frames. Took cover in your shades. Trained the artistic freedom and right to walk on my brow Tucson I see you.
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Nov 27, 2012
Nov 27, 2012 at 3:58 PM UTC
My Sunglasses
My Sunglasses I’ve got all of Tucson trapped behind my sunglasses I’ve framed mountain ranges in the frames of my Raybands I’ve got reflections of saguaro’s stranding still in front of my eyes I have sunny days taking refuge underneath my shades I’ve domesticated the giant star that rides blues skies into walking the edge of my brow I use black plastic as onyx shields So Tucson, I see you. There’s an art revolution beating at your horizon I’ve seen it skirting around these wastelands They tell us we’re wasting our time Telling the roadrunner to run back home When its nest was here since the beginning of time Tucson. I’ve seen folklorico and mariachi pay tribute to your origins on the hottest of days I’ve seen in the shadows in underground art forms Graffetti. There’s a protest in there somewhere. I’ve even witnessed it in pen to paper In lips to mics. In cafés in your desert nights for your desert nighttime audiences. Tucson, your culture and artistic value shines too bright for others to see. Your artistic worth shines too bright for others to broadcast They tend to only record your overdoses and murders Seems like our televised story tellers prefer to paint us in immoral reds The only time they pay the south side attention is when the south side is aching It doesn’t help that schools force you to choose business Give you chance to study law all the while cut out your art programs Fine art is required by universities but they don’t always expect you to get that far. Tucson’s fine art is too fine and infinite to be recognized by those undeserving Society wants to capture our southern brethren as outlaws not poets We’re called the misfit of the desert. As if every spray can, paint stroke, choreographed twist, Slam poem wasn’t something to take pride in. I’m sorry they only pay your schools attention when ambulances are parked in your driveways And administrators get caught in doing ***** deeds. I see your talent wasted. Your talent shown. To remind myself of your artistic significance, I’ve framed you On walks home I photograph your murals. Listen to the poets in the hallways. Observe the dancers compose and the musicians choreograph I’ve caught your reflection in my corneas’. I’ve dilated my pupils thoughts behind my sunglasses. Framed your mountain ranges in my frames. Took cover in your shades. Trained the artistic freedom and right to walk on my brow Tucson I see you.
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The sun rose on me On the African Continent On the north west territory Where beauty meets torment Dry unforgiving harsh land Where the sun is King in its mighty light Bathed by an ocean of shifting sand Offering an infinite burning sight Relentless wind, hot and strong Constantly blowing with a hollow sound Shaping the Desert's callous character Invisible merciless powerful master A Boundless sky, vast & deeply blue Witness the retched souls & the subdued Through thirsty lips whispering mercy too Drinking from a tenacious source of fortitude The horizon promises much hardship Scorching heat & tests of faith The element's forceful grip til you face your very own wraith Tarfaya & Smara, my waking world Desolate wastelands where silence thrives Sandstorms are born here to whirl & twirl Existence suspended in time, engulfing all lives I miss the stars filled sky, in the cold of night Promises of Edens amongst enduring times Justifying every pains to be worth a fight Forging dreams in the night's paradigm
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Jul 31, 2012
Jul 31, 2012 at 1:35 PM UTC
Home Soil
We treat our hearts like fighters, 12 rounds trapped in the fear cage inside. Pride be our fuel, anger our lighters, Our souls wastelands with nowhere to hide. Ego hijacks our common sense, Making shallow love our prize. Emoting makes our minds go tense, Until help screams out from our eyes. The leaps and bounds we **** ourselves for, Isn't enough to keep our hearts at bay. Nothing will ever even the score, There are no words they can simply say. So why do we put ourselves through hell? Why can't we just swallow our pride? Because love is a feeling they just want to sell, And in debt there's no place to hide.
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May 6, 2017
May 6, 2017 at 5:28 PM UTC
Pride & Ego
I travelled straight west to the epicentre of the southern wastelands and 'twas with mind-numbing disbelief that I found an Oak table propped upon the sands and it was not alone either for three beings sat it, seemingly nonplussed - one was a skinny old man wearing a linen suit faded and powdered with dust his collar frayed around the edges a moth-eaten hat sat upon his head, he had a daisy poking from his breast pocket so very much preserved, so very much dead, to his left sat a one-eyed Hare the sole eye ecstatic and wiggling - he swore and blasphemed each time the man spoke from a mouth toothless and dribbling, sat to the right of the man was absolutely (absolutely!) nothing, however I observed with mild humour that both man and Hare were convinced it must be something for the man was profusely adamant scorning the Something for dissing the Hare's hair, although the Hare was too busy rolling around its one eye to even notice the man, or simply give a fu- care "Hey hey talk to I! Hath thou seen my missing eye?!" Hare asked from a voice shrieky and shattered saliva running in rivets upon the table it slopped and slavered - then suddenly the man started singing encore his voice cringe-worthy, out of tune, sounding like a cat back-broke and on steroids rocking and waving like a spastic-loon; "If Father Time has no end, does he even have a beginning - oh, if there's pain is there gain, which one of us is it that's winning?" alas, that's when my attention was brought to the mounds of surgical needles cluttered on the ground, feeling sickly aura lick the back of my throat I started backing away without a sound ["Hey hey talk to I -"] ["If there's pain is there gain -"] ["Hath thou seen my missing Missing MISSING EYE?!!"] #FLASH!# the dystopian landscape around me melted into a field of bloated poppies - serene, scarlet and blinding 'neath the sun, feasting upon our charred bodies. AJ
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Apr 21, 2015
Apr 21, 2015 at 5:23 PM UTC
Sast Lupper And The ***** Dystopian
I travelled straight west to the epicentre of the southern wastelands and 'twas with mind-numbing disbelief that I found an Oak table propped upon the sands and it was not alone either for three beings sat it, seemingly nonplussed - one was a skinny old man wearing a linen suit faded and powdered with dust his collar frayed around the edges a moth-eaten hat sat upon his head, he had a daisy poking from his breast pocket so very much preserved, so very much dead, to his left sat a one-eyed Hare the sole eye ecstatic and wiggling - he swore and blasphemed each time the man spoke from a mouth toothless and dribbling, sat to the right of the man was absolutely (absolutely!) nothing, however I observed with mild humour that both man and Hare were convinced it must be something for the man was profusely adamant scorning the Something for dissing the Hare's hair, although the Hare was too busy rolling around its one eye to even notice the man, or simply give a fu- care "Hey hey talk to I! Hath thou seen my missing eye?!" Hare asked from a voice shrieky and shattered saliva running in rivets upon the table it slopped and slavered - then suddenly the man started singing encore his voice cringe-worthy, out of tune, sounding like a cat back-broke and on steroids rocking and waving like a spastic-loon; "If Father Time has no end, does he even have a beginning - oh, if there's pain is there gain, which one of us is it that's winning?" alas, that's when my attention was brought to the mounds of surgical needles cluttered on the ground, feeling sickly aura lick the back of my throat I started backing away without a sound ["Hey hey talk to I -"] ["If there's pain is there gain -"] ["Hath thou seen my missing Missing MISSING EYE?!!"] #FLASH!# the dystopian landscape around me melted into a field of bloated poppies - serene, scarlet and blinding 'neath the sun, feasting upon our charred bodies. AJ
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The clouds separated the Sun from my life for too long I wondered if it even existed And if it existed Would it know I existed? It's warm companionship eluded me I was frozen in the wastelands I donned my armor of ice And embraced all that is frigid and bleak My feet turned into rockets as flowers bloomed all around me I rode headfirst into the sky on a jet of pure nature I cut through the friction in the air And exploded through the clouds The Sun's disorienting light loved me Without vision I flew to it's warmth When I reached the Sun I kissed it on the mouth and we danced around the galaxy And the Sun radiated our love to every living creature in the universe But the Sun abandoned me out in space The Sun returned to giving life to all And I am but one I just thought that maybe I could help it give life Because at one point I was a star Now I'm just dust Is it so selfish to want it's power for myself? I've been floating in darkness for a while And I feel very Alien: Isolation right now But this is no game And Sigourney Weaver couldn't fight my monsters Game over, man
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May 22, 2017
May 22, 2017 at 4:44 PM UTC
Isolation
Our earth is turning from green to gray, Just because it can't say, "Stop vulgarly harming me Or you will soon see Barren wastelands and dried seas." Nature's beauty is fast eroding, 'Cause we are still enjoying. Wise humans, don't you see, We'll soon be left without a tree. Be a little eco-friendly, And treat nature more gently.
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Nov 13, 2015
Nov 13, 2015 at 10:11 PM UTC
Earth's reaction
"i know it's cliche but-" your throat is a graveyard spitting up coffee grounds and used tissues / toilet paper / whatever you can get your hands on (everything you own is covered in blood. this is normal) vulnerability turned burial shroud / tent / house hotels arent wastelands for you to learn to hate yourself with (*"i know, i know not everything is a burial ground, etc"*) glittery and sick and tired [ and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning and burning ]
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Mar 19, 2015
Mar 19, 2015 at 3:34 PM UTC
self crucifixion in the time of laser tag
to sleep i may, but not the dark vessel of mine eyes, over stormy seas of placenta and albatross tossed from the palm of  a rough hewn, Five-Headed Crane raking five beaks across a canvass of my wounded fires - and my brazen black honey, trembling on the lip of mis-fortunate birth..., in the cataract of a fine hat on a fat rebel. my public spaces engineered to come from the inside the wastelands are beautiful as you gawk at the red sun a bead of red plasma, flowing from an open vein in a mind shaft. with a bad back and no front. but a lasting gasp....
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Sep 23, 2014
Sep 23, 2014 at 5:49 PM UTC
"I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” Frida Kahlo
There's a storm coming. Within hours, its arrival will go unannounced But the few who are destined for the change Can feel it brewing just under the surface Between the quiet conversations A constant hum, a reminder of the forgotten Continues to pulse through the veins Silence, floating above the metropolis Ready to blanket the movement in a suffocating still The forces of the unknown act swiftly, careful in its oblivion Truth be told, there is some quality to having something to hold on to. Something to tether you back to reality, It gives you assurance that this life is more than just a simulation Hope of the possibility to slowly pass through the barren wastelands of this Technological underdevelopment. The world has seemingly lost its value Let the storm wipe out what is left of this society. The few who were meant to be will remain. I'm ready for the shift for nothing to be the same.
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Aug 8, 2018
Aug 8, 2018 at 7:12 AM UTC
Stormy conclusions
There's a place between society and the wild Where aimless bodies are piled We call it the Wastelands All creatures die of old age Or hunger inside this cage The deer are never hit by cars For they never travel that far The Wastelands use fear That's what keeps them here The Wastelands are a scary place It's horrifying how nothing happens It becomes too much to face So we hide under satin To provide comfortable resting And avoid Wastelands testing The Wastelands are a barren environment Solitary coyotes learn from the cacti Who soak up meager moisture And become prickly to protect it Never knowing if nourishment was near They grew prickly because of their fear We inhabit the Wastelands We're trapped here Where the walls of the city Seem to mirror The walls of the wilderness So it's here we build our nest But surviving is a constant test Because we have useless hands Here in the Wastelands Wastelands Interaction Is reaction Create a faction And never leave Even if love cleaves It lies behind ramparts of containment And the fear of society's arraignment Even if peace calls It stays behind walls Of trees hiding predators That keep us embedded here So we ***** barriers to protect us From the barriers surrounding us We find our connections through hatred And build teams around it We made foolish deals with Satan This is what we're amounted Scavengers from both worlds encroach the Wastelands Journalists and artists mine our souls Vultures mine our flesh like gold Taking what they need and going home Our rabid mouths begin to show foam From the frustration of loss But inactivity is our cross While we watch carrion feeders Carry on eating Our friends Until we turn and look away Knowing that'll be us one day Because in the Wastelands Friends are just creatures who are near There are no animals to hold dear We're afraid to lend an ear When Wastelands use fear The Wastelands are hell Dry river beds tell of a time When the rain fell But now we're plagued by drought You can tell by looking at the trout They flop on the ground Wondering where to wander for water The cacti remain still It's the Wastelands will In the Wastelands we wait to die Although we really want to fly We're just afraid of heights Which impedes our sight Where we can't view over our own barricades It's fear that prohibits our ability to elevate And we see that the order is too tall Back into the Wastelands we fall
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Sep 12, 2017
Sep 12, 2017 at 9:30 AM UTC
Wastelands
There's a place between society and the wild Where aimless bodies are piled We call it the Wastelands All creatures die of old age Or hunger inside this cage The deer are never hit by cars For they never travel that far The Wastelands use fear That's what keeps them here The Wastelands are a scary place It's horrifying how nothing happens It becomes too much to face So we hide under satin To provide comfortable resting And avoid Wastelands testing The Wastelands are a barren environment Solitary coyotes learn from the cacti Who soak up meager moisture And become prickly to protect it Never knowing if nourishment was near They grew prickly because of their fear We inhabit the Wastelands We're trapped here Where the walls of the city Seem to mirror The walls of the wilderness So it's here we build our nest But surviving is a constant test Because we have useless hands Here in the Wastelands Wastelands Interaction Is reaction Create a faction And never leave Even if love cleaves It lies behind ramparts of containment And the fear of society's arraignment Even if peace calls It stays behind walls Of trees hiding predators That keep us embedded here So we ***** barriers to protect us From the barriers surrounding us We find our connections through hatred And build teams around it We made foolish deals with Satan This is what we're amounted Scavengers from both worlds encroach the Wastelands Journalists and artists mine our souls Vultures mine our flesh like gold Taking what they need and going home Our rabid mouths begin to show foam From the frustration of loss But inactivity is our cross While we watch carrion feeders Carry on eating Our friends Until we turn and look away Knowing that'll be us one day Because in the Wastelands Friends are just creatures who are near There are no animals to hold dear We're afraid to lend an ear When Wastelands use fear The Wastelands are hell Dry river beds tell of a time When the rain fell But now we're plagued by drought You can tell by looking at the trout They flop on the ground Wondering where to wander for water The cacti remain still It's the Wastelands will In the Wastelands we wait to die Although we really want to fly We're just afraid of heights Which impedes our sight Where we can't view over our own barricades It's fear that prohibits our ability to elevate And we see that the order is too tall Back into the Wastelands we fall
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"Sit down boy, you're tired and you must sleep" The voice said to me as I walked the city street Fuzzy steps taken to a bench I saw over yonder Sleepily wandering, the streetlights I ponder Passive disorientation, I'm lost it would seem Consciousness becomes a trickle, as opposed to a stream Dragging myself over shards of glass, paralysed and sleeping A shadow 'neath the moonlight seems to be steadily creeping Isolated in this park in the darkness on a sigma plateau Dextromethorphan hallucinations are a spectacular show I'm indifferent to the stranger, drowsy as he appears Isolated in the nighttime winds, apathetic to his tears Uncoordinated my head falling he takes a seat softly Dissociative disorder makes me seem awfully frosty Speaking of lands where the populace truly is free Speaking unintelligible words, indirectly to me The intrinsic disconnect of this generation scorned As the sun rises in the sky, glittered clouds adorned My head lulls lackadaisically, I'm feeling unwell But my stomach is eased when I think of sweet Maybelle [Hers is a Nabokovian tale of passion in proto-dystopian wastelands The first time we kissed, I held her soft head tenderly in my hands The serenade of rain pitter-patter on the ground, like her feet when she's near and hearing her name is as cathartic as those old jazz records I hold so dear But, oh my pretty Belle, your age is a concern to me (and the eyes of the law) So to forget your sweet face, I pop pills neglectfully, passing out on the floor] Lifting head slowly from the rough ground dampened Four years passed and I'm wondering what happened Fuzzy headed blues, clear my mind with OJ and ****** Walking fast to her house, cannot wait to see her A rap-tap on the door with thoughts of romantic enumerations What she said and what I saw defied every one of my expectations My innocent Belle, with her cheeks rosy red, looks me in the eyes, and wishes I was dead
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Oct 16, 2013
Oct 16, 2013 at 7:08 AM UTC
Peter Sotos' Number One Hit Machine
"Sit down boy, you're tired and you must sleep" The voice said to me as I walked the city street Fuzzy steps taken to a bench I saw over yonder Sleepily wandering, the streetlights I ponder Passive disorientation, I'm lost it would seem Consciousness becomes a trickle, as opposed to a stream Dragging myself over shards of glass, paralysed and sleeping A shadow 'neath the moonlight seems to be steadily creeping Isolated in this park in the darkness on a sigma plateau Dextromethorphan hallucinations are a spectacular show I'm indifferent to the stranger, drowsy as he appears Isolated in the nighttime winds, apathetic to his tears Uncoordinated my head falling he takes a seat softly Dissociative disorder makes me seem awfully frosty Speaking of lands where the populace truly is free Speaking unintelligible words, indirectly to me The intrinsic disconnect of this generation scorned As the sun rises in the sky, glittered clouds adorned My head lulls lackadaisically, I'm feeling unwell But my stomach is eased when I think of sweet Maybelle [Hers is a Nabokovian tale of passion in proto-dystopian wastelands The first time we kissed, I held her soft head tenderly in my hands The serenade of rain pitter-patter on the ground, like her feet when she's near and hearing her name is as cathartic as those old jazz records I hold so dear But, oh my pretty Belle, your age is a concern to me (and the eyes of the law) So to forget your sweet face, I pop pills neglectfully, passing out on the floor] Lifting head slowly from the rough ground dampened Four years passed and I'm wondering what happened Fuzzy headed blues, clear my mind with OJ and ****** Walking fast to her house, cannot wait to see her A rap-tap on the door with thoughts of romantic enumerations What she said and what I saw defied every one of my expectations My innocent Belle, with her cheeks rosy red, looks me in the eyes, and wishes I was dead
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Baron wastelands sound the trumpet in the midst of the ghetto, where sobriety gathers in connected ambivalence. Acknowledge the animism within naturopathic spirituality. I urge you to have explicit *********** with unfamiliar prostitutions, whilst political prowess ingests her toxicities in the guise of oratory genius. The expulsion of vanity is haunting in its reverence.
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 2:52 PM UTC
Conservative Vice
Where to find the words? When all the wells Have run dry, My inspiration No longer Blooming Out of the dark corners Of my addled mind, The fountains That yielded All my sentiments, Have translated Into muted syllables That no longer flow, As if my need Has been quelled, Yet I am more parched Than desert dunes, Cold barren wastelands; And there is no mirage To even hold me over Until the next rainfall... APAD14 - 001 © okpoet
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Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 at 8:04 PM UTC
Rainfall...
I would scale the highest most decrepit radio towers in the world the rusted metal crumbling against my feet Risking electrocution and the constant threat of falling as I rewire the ancient spiderweb of cabling so I can hear even the faintest transmission of your voice I'll clutch a stained and faded photograph of us The only remainder after most everything digital dies out in flickers of dormant transistors and dissipated binary I'll protect it from acidic rain and the grit of persistent dust storms So little resources left in a continent of incinerated cities yet this picture of you and I is all I will need to keep moving When I finally find you I will fight against all impossible odds and potential ends I'll walk entire burnt out highways with you just to make one last stand I will carry you across these deserted wastelands and returning forests To show that even after the bombs drop My love belongs to you
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Jan 15, 2014
Jan 15, 2014 at 5:37 PM UTC
A Love Poem for the Apocalypse
the world is a machine built of scorpions and wolves, praying for sleep and soft lullabies. the wheels and knobs turn endlessly, recklessly howling at the stars for it's desirable solace, like ghosts stuck on earth preying on others for revenge for being sentient puppets tangled in the strings, thrashing in their thoughts, stuck in a everlasting cycle carrying around burdens like a courier through dense forests and vast wastelands, burning bridges and bibles and throwing gasoline upon the architectures built up and setting them on fire but i feel hands of fear at my ankles, pulling me into the restless ocean with a pulsating ache, wolves howl from the insides of my barren stomach and making them be quiet is difficult, if duct tape worked, it would help these knives for fingers cut through anything, but it can't cut through you - kra
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Dec 21, 2013
Dec 21, 2013 at 2:35 PM UTC
how to get past dying, a novel
Bright lights shine with thoughts forced to conceive Manipulation of the mind hangs from a titanium thread For it is what is seen that delivers into the mind And struggles our thoughts into fictitious wastelands Politicians smiling with promises promised to keep Wearing full-body suits made of wealthy propaganda Lies and perjury residing under the carefully groomed jacket Wet blades dripping with blood tucked away into the inside pocket The illusion of the appearance shall enmesh the mind And continue on to beguile the vapid thoughts The hearty see leadership while the blind smell autocracy As the sense of smell is not yet controlled by propaganda But soon it shall.
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Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 1:55 AM UTC
Propaganda
How could I forget, for even a breath? Slowly it slips away into spaces hidden in me and I forget that it is there. Watching over me. Waiting on me. To take it back into my lungs. Into my eyes. Into my touch. Waiting for me to expel it in every way that I experience my daze. This Universal Love... My soul, it bathes in this and yet, my feet will step, my body will move, and my mind forgets. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵... I want to remember all of those moments when love was what carried me over mountainous hurts; through wastelands of self-hate - self destructive tendencies were buried by this ever-knowing love. And that is what brought me this far. That is why I've conquered my war. 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 is why I know in my heart. That everything is beautiful, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴. Universal Love 𝘐𝘚 existence. And all parts of my resistance were so I could learn of Love's persistence. So, May we never disregard the beauty, simply because our minds feels threatened. May we see past the veils that keep us guessing. And may we remember: We can find perfection only in the definitive acceptance of all that is, 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨. ▪︎ micalight ▪︎
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Mar 8, 2016
Mar 8, 2016 at 12:15 AM UTC
Unconditional Love's Never Lost Far From Home
Zero One and modern blight Travel at the speed of light. We wondered on the Wandering Jew, Or, in lieu, Orthon, Urian or Lilitu. We trepanned our empty skulls, Searched our humours, Were touched by Rulers! Now troubling symptoms of want and need, Have blighted growth of yesterseed. Patient Zero left no lead. East fingered West (and vice versa) Was Ireland really the cause of cholera? Did Blacks languish in Tuskegee squalor? We christened Mary, but drank the water. Fracked Incubus and Succubus From son and daughter. Patient Zero left the slaughter. We deprived women of their tea To cure wandering womb hysteriae. Deviances and leaking lesions Were headwaters of women's ***** Patient Zero has no season. The barber sensed it might be smell, So our widened streets became a sulfurous hell. And wastelands swelled Where curled cats dwelled. (no talk of Michelangelo)                                          II Our children's blight has a techno name, Like the rose, IT smells the same. With zero tolerance I lay blame On screens and phones and video games. The world wide box stores flipped their lids, Touching all who crawl the social grids; From the base of Mammon's pyramid. Now Jake believes he's a gangsta dude Since posting whatever on You Tube. Nothing to gain, nothing to lose: No services rendered but expects what's due. Inflated egos are a system symptom, Clearing firewalls, reaching children. Patient Zero is no phantom. There is no tale of rat or flea As cause of lost immunity. There is no open sore to fester, The Selfie is the X-ray picture. Patient Zero is so much quicker. In our gel of techno bliss, On our elliptic petrie dish, Bathed in more than we could wish, Patient Zero will finish, And with that whimper All vanish.
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Mar 8, 2014
Mar 8, 2014 at 8:53 AM UTC
Patient Zero One
Zero One and modern blight Travel at the speed of light. We wondered on the Wandering Jew, Or, in lieu, Orthon, Urian or Lilitu. We trepanned our empty skulls, Searched our humours, Were touched by Rulers! Now troubling symptoms of want and need, Have blighted growth of yesterseed. Patient Zero left no lead. East fingered West (and vice versa) Was Ireland really the cause of cholera? Did Blacks languish in Tuskegee squalor? We christened Mary, but drank the water. Fracked Incubus and Succubus From son and daughter. Patient Zero left the slaughter. We deprived women of their tea To cure wandering womb hysteriae. Deviances and leaking lesions Were headwaters of women's ***** Patient Zero has no season. The barber sensed it might be smell, So our widened streets became a sulfurous hell. And wastelands swelled Where curled cats dwelled. (no talk of Michelangelo)                                          II Our children's blight has a techno name, Like the rose, IT smells the same. With zero tolerance I lay blame On screens and phones and video games. The world wide box stores flipped their lids, Touching all who crawl the social grids; From the base of Mammon's pyramid. Now Jake believes he's a gangsta dude Since posting whatever on You Tube. Nothing to gain, nothing to lose: No services rendered but expects what's due. Inflated egos are a system symptom, Clearing firewalls, reaching children. Patient Zero is no phantom. There is no tale of rat or flea As cause of lost immunity. There is no open sore to fester, The Selfie is the X-ray picture. Patient Zero is so much quicker. In our gel of techno bliss, On our elliptic petrie dish, Bathed in more than we could wish, Patient Zero will finish, And with that whimper All vanish.
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(Is there an emotion for mystical? I suppose it would be to be mystified. Perhaps awe is the word I am looking for.  I was in awe at the sight of him! I was beyond mystified!) It started in the Yellow Wastelands.  Where life went to die.  As life dies there, they become a part of the Yellow Wasteland adding to his spread and growth becoming a sort of crystalline lattice.  All go willingly to the crystalline whisper. The whisper in recent theory emanates from the shining yellow crystals that grow among the Yellow Wasteland like blue bonnets in the Texas spring.  Once the Whisper is heard the victim willingly partakes in what we call The March. The March is a mindless saunter to The Yellow Wasteland where upon arrival they lay in the yellow dirt and slowly begin crystalizing. We have tried stopping The March. But have been unsuccessful for many years.  During the state of the march the victim gains a strange, extraordinary ability to control others as they see fit. If one or a group of people, try and prevent the march they will be controlled by the whisper to put the victim back on track.  The final equation that we cannot solve is why one hears the whisper.  There seems to be no pattern whatsoever. On this day my daughter heard the whisper. We walked with her for hours on end.  My wife and son followed shortly behind whilst I walked beside her talking about memories and music.  My son then caught up and started to play his lute. He played song after song and sang beautiful lyrics that they wrote together.  My wife would then catch up to fix our daughters hair and clean her face as we walked and walked toward The Yellow Wasteland.  There were times where we would walk all together in a line and pray and pray.   Over the Wolf's crossing trail was a hill. The hill was now called. " The Last Ascend."    The Yellow Wasteland can be seen below.  We started the ascend up the last ascend.  Tears flooded all our eyes as we were powerless to stop The March.
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Feb 1, 2024
Feb 1, 2024 at 2:13 PM UTC
The whisper and the march part 1
(Is there an emotion for mystical? I suppose it would be to be mystified. Perhaps awe is the word I am looking for.  I was in awe at the sight of him! I was beyond mystified!) It started in the Yellow Wastelands.  Where life went to die.  As life dies there, they become a part of the Yellow Wasteland adding to his spread and growth becoming a sort of crystalline lattice.  All go willingly to the crystalline whisper. The whisper in recent theory emanates from the shining yellow crystals that grow among the Yellow Wasteland like blue bonnets in the Texas spring.  Once the Whisper is heard the victim willingly partakes in what we call The March. The March is a mindless saunter to The Yellow Wasteland where upon arrival they lay in the yellow dirt and slowly begin crystalizing. We have tried stopping The March. But have been unsuccessful for many years.  During the state of the march the victim gains a strange, extraordinary ability to control others as they see fit. If one or a group of people, try and prevent the march they will be controlled by the whisper to put the victim back on track.  The final equation that we cannot solve is why one hears the whisper.  There seems to be no pattern whatsoever. On this day my daughter heard the whisper. We walked with her for hours on end.  My wife and son followed shortly behind whilst I walked beside her talking about memories and music.  My son then caught up and started to play his lute. He played song after song and sang beautiful lyrics that they wrote together.  My wife would then catch up to fix our daughters hair and clean her face as we walked and walked toward The Yellow Wasteland.  There were times where we would walk all together in a line and pray and pray.   Over the Wolf's crossing trail was a hill. The hill was now called. " The Last Ascend."    The Yellow Wasteland can be seen below.  We started the ascend up the last ascend.  Tears flooded all our eyes as we were powerless to stop The March.
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