Poetry competition CLOSED 15th November 2014 11:01pm
WINNER
HadesRising
HadesRising
RUNNERS-UP:
Balefulmalevolence
and pseudonymous
Sad and sorrowful poems
im a pretty broken doll with pretty broken dreams.
the music in the air has shattered just like me.
ive been dropped too many times,
so many cracks,
so many lines,
so much so that its just not worth it to keep and fix up me.
im a slowly burning book with stories left untold
words falling heavily apon the ground like gold.
the stories bore them though,
make them leave
me in the fire
with the insecure self conciousness i hold.
im a sad and broken doll with no more dreams to speak.
cracking all the time, no tears left to weep.
let my wrists start cracking, dear,
and hands fall off,
life dissapear,
and chocolate eyes go dull in sweetly empty death.
the music in the air has shattered just like me.
ive been dropped too many times,
so many cracks,
so many lines,
so much so that its just not worth it to keep and fix up me.
im a slowly burning book with stories left untold
words falling heavily apon the ground like gold.
the stories bore them though,
make them leave
me in the fire
with the insecure self conciousness i hold.
im a sad and broken doll with no more dreams to speak.
cracking all the time, no tears left to weep.
let my wrists start cracking, dear,
and hands fall off,
life dissapear,
and chocolate eyes go dull in sweetly empty death.
Accident
It hurts to move; it hurts to speak; to breathe;
To realise with every single breath,
She just exhales another little death;
And she can light the room with all the ease
Of one who's now the centre of attention;
Where she was once a flower by the wall;
And, yet, so shy in shadow, they recall
Times she spoke, once barely worth a mention;
They eulogise; they pray; they hope; they fear
As the intensity can't be surpassed;
There's tension in the air as love exerts
Such pressure as the time is drawing near,
When any second left could be the last
It hurts to move, to speak, to breathe: it hurts.
It hurts to move; it hurts to speak; to breathe;
To realise with every single breath,
She just exhales another little death;
And she can light the room with all the ease
Of one who's now the centre of attention;
Where she was once a flower by the wall;
And, yet, so shy in shadow, they recall
Times she spoke, once barely worth a mention;
They eulogise; they pray; they hope; they fear
As the intensity can't be surpassed;
There's tension in the air as love exerts
Such pressure as the time is drawing near,
When any second left could be the last
It hurts to move, to speak, to breathe: it hurts.
SweetOblivion said:Accident
It hurts to move; it hurts to speak; to breathe;
To realise with every single breath,
She just exhales another little death;
And she can light the room with all the ease
Of one who's now the centre of attention;
Where she was once a flower by the wall;
And, yet, so shy in shadow, they recall
Times she spoke, once barely worth a mention;
They eulogise; they pray; they hope; they fear
As the intensity can't be surpassed;
There's tension in the air as love exerts
Such pressure as the time is drawing near,
When any second left could be the last
It hurts to move, to speak, to breathe: it hurts.
Excellent poem, SweetOblivion. I've read and admired your poetry before, your style of writing and story telling, challenged me to rethink the way I wrote poetry.
It's great to see you on Deep Underground.
It hurts to move; it hurts to speak; to breathe;
To realise with every single breath,
She just exhales another little death;
And she can light the room with all the ease
Of one who's now the centre of attention;
Where she was once a flower by the wall;
And, yet, so shy in shadow, they recall
Times she spoke, once barely worth a mention;
They eulogise; they pray; they hope; they fear
As the intensity can't be surpassed;
There's tension in the air as love exerts
Such pressure as the time is drawing near,
When any second left could be the last
It hurts to move, to speak, to breathe: it hurts.
Excellent poem, SweetOblivion. I've read and admired your poetry before, your style of writing and story telling, challenged me to rethink the way I wrote poetry.
It's great to see you on Deep Underground.
Anonymous
DEFINITION of the self
To define myself
This would have to emphasize you
Through the flick of a flame
Burning scarlet, my heart
Oh, crimson day
Benevolent sun
carries the light
of your eyes
Oh, crimson night
When the lantern dimmed
Suffer, she cried
Extracting the grief
Molecule momentum
Utilized uttering
All cells in her body had died
To define herself
To define myself
This would have to emphasize you
Through the flick of a flame
Burning scarlet, my heart
Oh, crimson day
Benevolent sun
carries the light
of your eyes
Oh, crimson night
When the lantern dimmed
Suffer, she cried
Extracting the grief
Molecule momentum
Utilized uttering
All cells in her body had died
To define herself
~Die Alone~
I can’t seem to heal these painful cracks
The one’s that are running down my hands
I feel my time is coming to an end
When everyday brings me closer to the edge
And as I breathe into the night
I know I’ll never see the light
The things I’ve experienced drove me crazy
Sleeping in a dark room makes me uneasy
Prying for a god that understands
Prying even though I never believed in shit
I’m picking off the pieces of skin
Wish I could stop this madness
I finally know what true pain is
I see it every time I look at my reflection
Seeing the blurs in my eye’s
Seeing them because I cry
How cruel is this world
To let me die alone
I can’t seem to heal these painful cracks
The one’s that are running down my hands
I feel my time is coming to an end
When everyday brings me closer to the edge
And as I breathe into the night
I know I’ll never see the light
The things I’ve experienced drove me crazy
Sleeping in a dark room makes me uneasy
Prying for a god that understands
Prying even though I never believed in shit
I’m picking off the pieces of skin
Wish I could stop this madness
I finally know what true pain is
I see it every time I look at my reflection
Seeing the blurs in my eye’s
Seeing them because I cry
How cruel is this world
To let me die alone
Shattered Glasses
I lay here like a shattered glass and wonder.
How could you leave me here cold and naked.
You took away my innocence took away everything good in the world.
now I see pure evil.
I feel so cold and ashamed.
How could I let you in. How could I trust so easily.
Now I feel like a fool by letting you into my soul.
I gave everything you could have ever wanted.
But now your gone in a blink of an eye.
As I lay with my heart bruised and Beaton.
as I say to myself never again
will I let you in.
I lay here like a shattered glass and wonder.
How could you leave me here cold and naked.
You took away my innocence took away everything good in the world.
now I see pure evil.
I feel so cold and ashamed.
How could I let you in. How could I trust so easily.
Now I feel like a fool by letting you into my soul.
I gave everything you could have ever wanted.
But now your gone in a blink of an eye.
As I lay with my heart bruised and Beaton.
as I say to myself never again
will I let you in.
Pain
How can I make you see exactly what i want you to see.
Look through my eyes for just one day. Take a walk in my shoes, Then you may find how I hurt inside.
It's all because of you, You make me feel so blue.
Now I have hardly any strength from all the hurt and the pain.
Can we just go one day, without any heartache , no more yelling, no more fighting. No more calling me names or throwing things up in my face.
Oh if you only knew how I am crying inside, because your words they do hurt, you may try to heal my heart but it's left here with scars
How can I make you see it's not easy to be me.
Sometimes I just want to scream. Wondering if there will ever be a day that will go by where I feel happy I will just keep wishing for a day without any pain.
How can I make you see exactly what i want you to see.
Look through my eyes for just one day. Take a walk in my shoes, Then you may find how I hurt inside.
It's all because of you, You make me feel so blue.
Now I have hardly any strength from all the hurt and the pain.
Can we just go one day, without any heartache , no more yelling, no more fighting. No more calling me names or throwing things up in my face.
Oh if you only knew how I am crying inside, because your words they do hurt, you may try to heal my heart but it's left here with scars
How can I make you see it's not easy to be me.
Sometimes I just want to scream. Wondering if there will ever be a day that will go by where I feel happy I will just keep wishing for a day without any pain.
BLACK DECEMBER
The rain falls like tears
Streaked with black mascara
Down a canvas torn
Eyes red from vented sobs
Peak from shielding hands
All jaded and scorned
This coming Black December
Is absent of those remembered
Tragedy struck in winter land
With a blaze of glory
Leaving only cinders
The passing time creeps to a crawl
Until the clock seems to stall
The mocking ticking everlast
Alcohol dreams
Welcome to the fall
Lost and lonely, dead
Rest inside sodden leaves
Peaceful in the bed
Made for restless spirits
At home where she sits
Where jaded lovers wed
We carved our names in the old oak
Beneath the eyes of the ghosts
The hangman’s noose, it still remains
Hearts beating
Faster when the rain soaks
Cupid was missing
On the day of my oath
Forbidden kissing
Away from prying eyes
But her sweetly sighs
Mixed with serpents hissing
But that is all in the past
Like unwanted dreams that were cast
Out like wilted dead roses
That long lost their beauty
To days that never last
In dreams it seems
That her face
Is lost in screams
The razor kissed
The flesh, caress
Pale skin and splash
Her blood on white walls
Still I mourn
In grief reborn
The fire burns
Brightly, slowly
Pealing skin from
These old bones at last
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The rain falls like tears
Streaked with black mascara
Down a canvas torn
Eyes red from vented sobs
Peak from shielding hands
All jaded and scorned
This coming Black December
Is absent of those remembered
Tragedy struck in winter land
With a blaze of glory
Leaving only cinders
The passing time creeps to a crawl
Until the clock seems to stall
The mocking ticking everlast
Alcohol dreams
Welcome to the fall
Lost and lonely, dead
Rest inside sodden leaves
Peaceful in the bed
Made for restless spirits
At home where she sits
Where jaded lovers wed
We carved our names in the old oak
Beneath the eyes of the ghosts
The hangman’s noose, it still remains
Hearts beating
Faster when the rain soaks
Cupid was missing
On the day of my oath
Forbidden kissing
Away from prying eyes
But her sweetly sighs
Mixed with serpents hissing
But that is all in the past
Like unwanted dreams that were cast
Out like wilted dead roses
That long lost their beauty
To days that never last
In dreams it seems
That her face
Is lost in screams
The razor kissed
The flesh, caress
Pale skin and splash
Her blood on white walls
Still I mourn
In grief reborn
The fire burns
Brightly, slowly
Pealing skin from
These old bones at last
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No Pair of Wings
We’ve never been a pair of wings
Just you the one and me the other
We flew sometime in unison
But now the flight is over
We flew so high we burned our wings
Feathers consumed by fire
We whirled and tumbled round and round
Still fuelling our desire
The fire’s gone the wings are down
We landed hard and gritty
We did not last, it’s over now
Our fall a spiral of pity
We’ve never been a pair of wings
Just you the one and me the other
We flew sometime in unison
But now the flight is over
We flew so high we burned our wings
Feathers consumed by fire
We whirled and tumbled round and round
Still fuelling our desire
The fire’s gone the wings are down
We landed hard and gritty
We did not last, it’s over now
Our fall a spiral of pity
"loving hopelessness"
Why do I fret?
This roller coaster between black souls.
I try and I try to mend this.
My never ending love unfurling,
only to be left high and dry
No second thought commencing,
I'm left here tired and defending
The love I want so bad.
I'm determined to make this puzzle piece fit
Derailing myself for this love
These broken bones,
this cloak over my eyes.
I'm forced to fight
for something that should be mine.
Why is this so difficult?
To love you forever?
To hold you in my arms always?
I'll give my life for you.
I'll sacrifice myself entirely,
You're all I want.
I don't know what I must do.
The rise of every sun,
presents a new challenge.
It burns like passion in my veins.
Yet, you don't comply.
Why do I try and try,
and only end up empty-handed?
The words I write for you,
the never ending flow of love.
Is it not enough?
Will I faulter to hopelessness?
Will you forever pull these strings?
So many questions I cannot answer.
This is mental torture.
I fight through the greatest duress
all for your love.
For your smile,
For your touch,
For you.
My mind tells me to quit,
but my heart won't let me.
I'm not perfect,
but I don't deserve this.
Please, love me like I deserve.
Show me that this is real.
This feeling unrelenting.
Why do I fret?
This roller coaster between black souls.
I try and I try to mend this.
My never ending love unfurling,
only to be left high and dry
No second thought commencing,
I'm left here tired and defending
The love I want so bad.
I'm determined to make this puzzle piece fit
Derailing myself for this love
These broken bones,
this cloak over my eyes.
I'm forced to fight
for something that should be mine.
Why is this so difficult?
To love you forever?
To hold you in my arms always?
I'll give my life for you.
I'll sacrifice myself entirely,
You're all I want.
I don't know what I must do.
The rise of every sun,
presents a new challenge.
It burns like passion in my veins.
Yet, you don't comply.
Why do I try and try,
and only end up empty-handed?
The words I write for you,
the never ending flow of love.
Is it not enough?
Will I faulter to hopelessness?
Will you forever pull these strings?
So many questions I cannot answer.
This is mental torture.
I fight through the greatest duress
all for your love.
For your smile,
For your touch,
For you.
My mind tells me to quit,
but my heart won't let me.
I'm not perfect,
but I don't deserve this.
Please, love me like I deserve.
Show me that this is real.
This feeling unrelenting.
SHE
She smiles, a warm smile
Her eyes shine
She sweetly pouts
And greets me with a hug
A warm snuggle
Longer that 9 seconds
A hug that is sincere
There are no sexual undertones
We sit across from each other
Conversation is natural
We joke and laugh in unison
Even when subjects turn darker
She listens intently and attentively
She hears my tails of woe
She shows kind empathy
She touches my arm
She gently stokes it
She holds my hands
She tells me everything
Will be alright
She says she will always be there
She softly caresses my cheeks
And puppy dog gazes into my eyes
She says “I love you,
I will always love you”
Slowly she starts to fade
In a warm mist she disappears
I sit alone, very, very alone
Sipping my vanilla latte
I tear up but being Glaswegian
I fight it like a mental case
I contemplate praying
For my angel
Praying for her return
Praying for her to stay
I contemplate suicide
I want to be with her
But I hear her voice
Softly saying please don’t
I stop praying pointlessly
and start wishing
that the this life
and the torture of loneliness
will end quickly
In reality I believe it won’t
Acceptance, being strong
Walk like a man
Man up, get a grip
They say
But what do they know
They talk a lot
But know very little
I ignore them with malice
I talk to no one
The world has failed me
I order another latte
It’s worth a shot
And wait for my angel
She smiles, a warm smile
Her eyes shine
She sweetly pouts
And greets me with a hug
A warm snuggle
Longer that 9 seconds
A hug that is sincere
There are no sexual undertones
We sit across from each other
Conversation is natural
We joke and laugh in unison
Even when subjects turn darker
She listens intently and attentively
She hears my tails of woe
She shows kind empathy
She touches my arm
She gently stokes it
She holds my hands
She tells me everything
Will be alright
She says she will always be there
She softly caresses my cheeks
And puppy dog gazes into my eyes
She says “I love you,
I will always love you”
Slowly she starts to fade
In a warm mist she disappears
I sit alone, very, very alone
Sipping my vanilla latte
I tear up but being Glaswegian
I fight it like a mental case
I contemplate praying
For my angel
Praying for her return
Praying for her to stay
I contemplate suicide
I want to be with her
But I hear her voice
Softly saying please don’t
I stop praying pointlessly
and start wishing
that the this life
and the torture of loneliness
will end quickly
In reality I believe it won’t
Acceptance, being strong
Walk like a man
Man up, get a grip
They say
But what do they know
They talk a lot
But know very little
I ignore them with malice
I talk to no one
The world has failed me
I order another latte
It’s worth a shot
And wait for my angel
Drowning...
it’s been one of those nights
now turning into one of those days
how many times did i wake during the night?
sleep, constantly interrupted
every time i woke
i was thinking of you
i had told myself, no expectations
but i can’t follow through
the walls echo my thoughts
as i think out loud
my shell cracking through the pain i feel
releasing understanding i needed to know
the winter of my heart is upon me
my life at a standstill
there’s movement all around me
but i’m stuck, in a haze, unable to move
my eyes, like my mind move erractically
my body shakes though my limbs will not move
there’s nothing i can do
to prevent this sense of drowning
in a tsunami of emotions
while you, the object of my desire
move on with your life
it’s been one of those nights
now turning into one of those days
how many times did i wake during the night?
sleep, constantly interrupted
every time i woke
i was thinking of you
i had told myself, no expectations
but i can’t follow through
the walls echo my thoughts
as i think out loud
my shell cracking through the pain i feel
releasing understanding i needed to know
the winter of my heart is upon me
my life at a standstill
there’s movement all around me
but i’m stuck, in a haze, unable to move
my eyes, like my mind move erractically
my body shakes though my limbs will not move
there’s nothing i can do
to prevent this sense of drowning
in a tsunami of emotions
while you, the object of my desire
move on with your life
not yet known entity...
Moonbeams stream through our
bedroom window lighting the room
Setting the scene for an
out of world experience
I feel your presence
Energetically hear your words
telling me 'now is not your time'
I understand but it pains me so
We've tried for so long
to have you come into this world
Now, you were so close
but you tell me it's not meant to be
Tears stream down my face
as once again I say good bye
And tell you we'll never give up trying
I turn and look at your beautiful face
haloed in the moonlight
You desire as much as me to have this child
How can I tell you again
It hasn't worked, it's not our time
That our not yet known entity
Has spoken to me to tell us to keep trying
Moonbeams stream through our
bedroom window lighting the room
Setting the scene for an
out of world experience
I feel your presence
Energetically hear your words
telling me 'now is not your time'
I understand but it pains me so
We've tried for so long
to have you come into this world
Now, you were so close
but you tell me it's not meant to be
Tears stream down my face
as once again I say good bye
And tell you we'll never give up trying
I turn and look at your beautiful face
haloed in the moonlight
You desire as much as me to have this child
How can I tell you again
It hasn't worked, it's not our time
That our not yet known entity
Has spoken to me to tell us to keep trying
