Poetry competition CLOSED 8th December 2017 11:50am
WINNER
Anonymous
Anonymous
Depression
Tormented Soul
Static in madness
silence echoes
in chambers of the mind
lurid pasts haunt
when living with ghosts
sure fate assigned
pervasive darkness
fosters foreboding
rendering blind
lifeless limbs
dare not protest
steel chains that bind
silence echoes
in chambers of the mind
lurid pasts haunt
when living with ghosts
sure fate assigned
pervasive darkness
fosters foreboding
rendering blind
lifeless limbs
dare not protest
steel chains that bind
Written by mel44
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Anonymous
TRIPTYCH II: THE DOWNWARDS RISE
Enrobed I
By the echoes of the expanse
Aback the lucid trail
To freedom will I fly
Faint smell of death
A bleak encounter
Weakness in my breath
Like dust to the floor
Grasp me by my pain
And pull me underneath
Black and vacuous matter
Coursing through my veins
The days ripe with torpor
And at night I cannot sleep
This trial portends
The night that never ends
I
A mountain of grief
Scour the leaves that cover me
We found eternity
But how long can we believe?
This void, it runs too deep
A downward rise of silver streaks
Imprisoned by my periphery
The golden haze that slipped away
The mountain is you
And the haze was me
Erudite, the wind tore
Scraping at closed doors
Frostbitten, I'm most alive
For there's no flame inside
I'm no longer free
Those words persist in me
'You have lost me now'
Recurring fate to bleed
I scream
For an enigma
A purpose to fulfill
The path of blood
Astride my conscious still
And the desire fades
As it always will
Pariah of my inner self
Miles from catharsis
And the woods stretch further
Faster than his legs
A promise made
I cannot reciprocate
Forgotten under countless graves
I dug with every goodbye
The downward rise
I've seen it in your eyes
The downward rise
I'll take back what is mine
In your arms I'll wake
When I'm no longer dead
Stopped in place by your scent again
A brief reverie before winnowing
And stolen by anguish
As the clouds stole the sun
Written by UbiquitousVoid
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Walls From Outstretched Hands
Hoplessly we cling to the corners hiding our aches in the shadows while outstretched hands reach to soothe the pain lurking in other corners.
We can confide in ourselves, that hand throws a heavy blow to the heart at the following turn.
Bruised trust builds upon these walls until they smother me in the blistering pain.
No one can see me shake in isolation, nothing to hold on too, say for the walls that hold my voice to my ears alone.
Oh how the hours fade on slowly,
How I am tormented in this box of my own creation, telling myself it will be all right.
Oh how I scream at the hurts to leave me, too uncloud my mind.
How they rape my sanity in savage beatings,
these sorrows...
How they fracture me from open arms awaiting with listening ears too unburden me of these troubling thoughts.
Oh how I search within my self for the solution, when I have not one to be had.
If only speech could slip from my lips to someone that has answers to what ales me this night and nights before.
"Are you Allright?"
Shake my self from hauntings,
stand,
head held high.
"Yea...it's nothing...I'm fine....
But I'm not am I?
We can confide in ourselves, that hand throws a heavy blow to the heart at the following turn.
Bruised trust builds upon these walls until they smother me in the blistering pain.
No one can see me shake in isolation, nothing to hold on too, say for the walls that hold my voice to my ears alone.
Oh how the hours fade on slowly,
How I am tormented in this box of my own creation, telling myself it will be all right.
Oh how I scream at the hurts to leave me, too uncloud my mind.
How they rape my sanity in savage beatings,
these sorrows...
How they fracture me from open arms awaiting with listening ears too unburden me of these troubling thoughts.
Oh how I search within my self for the solution, when I have not one to be had.
If only speech could slip from my lips to someone that has answers to what ales me this night and nights before.
"Are you Allright?"
Shake my self from hauntings,
stand,
head held high.
"Yea...it's nothing...I'm fine....
But I'm not am I?
Written by Erotic_Goddess
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A Mindless Prison
The time seemed to drag,
Yet the hours went by fast,
Even the sun shining outside,
For some reason didn’t last.
Curtains closed in the room,
Nearly sixteen hours of sleep,
No hunger or energy to get up,
No drive whatsoever for upkeep.
Things that used to be funny,
Weren’t amusing anymore,
And yet the days strayed away,
Into an oblivion I couldn’t ignore.
And all that time the thoughts,
Of self loathe and lonely despair,
Drew me deeper into the void,
Into the abyss without a prayer.
Faith and hope had bled and fled,
Into a mindless prison I was hurled,
Thinking about all the wrong I done,
With a negative view of the world.
And throughout the entire ordeal,
A light peaked through the shades,
Like a glimmer of hope in the dark,
Like grace waiting to save.
The time seemed to drag,
Yet the hours went by fast,
Even the sun shining outside,
For some reason didn’t last.
Curtains closed in the room,
Nearly sixteen hours of sleep,
No hunger or energy to get up,
No drive whatsoever for upkeep.
Things that used to be funny,
Weren’t amusing anymore,
And yet the days strayed away,
Into an oblivion I couldn’t ignore.
And all that time the thoughts,
Of self loathe and lonely despair,
Drew me deeper into the void,
Into the abyss without a prayer.
Faith and hope had bled and fled,
Into a mindless prison I was hurled,
Thinking about all the wrong I done,
With a negative view of the world.
And throughout the entire ordeal,
A light peaked through the shades,
Like a glimmer of hope in the dark,
Like grace waiting to save.
I Have No One
Stood alone as it was always me, myself, and I.
I've never lied nor have I ever tried to.
People come and go through my life, but never seem to want to stay and I've always wondered why is it they wanted to leave?.
Sometimes I feel as if I can't breathe,
But I still fight as I try to move on with my daily life.
My heart has always felt like someone has shoved a knife in it,
But I guess it doesn't matter;
Take the pain and swallow it down like a pill,
Drink it down till the lump goes away and try to not let your demons stay.
I'm lonely as I'm just me,
can never have we since they never want to be we.
My mind has gone blank,
My heart feels cold and empty as my body feels light and out of balance.
I don't know who I am anymore.
I have no one.
I've never lied nor have I ever tried to.
People come and go through my life, but never seem to want to stay and I've always wondered why is it they wanted to leave?.
Sometimes I feel as if I can't breathe,
But I still fight as I try to move on with my daily life.
My heart has always felt like someone has shoved a knife in it,
But I guess it doesn't matter;
Take the pain and swallow it down like a pill,
Drink it down till the lump goes away and try to not let your demons stay.
I'm lonely as I'm just me,
can never have we since they never want to be we.
My mind has gone blank,
My heart feels cold and empty as my body feels light and out of balance.
I don't know who I am anymore.
I have no one.
Written by MsRockyJackson
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Husk
Two decades of malfunction,
Two decades of disease,
Two decades of famine,
rotted beneath the skin.
I can hide no longer,
Violent overtorture,
Twisted husk,
Remnants of the dark take over.
Black void where the life should have been,
Douse me in skin rot gasoline,
Light me on fire, I promise not to scream,
Nothing on the inside permits the pain to release through vocal freedom.
I'm dead, the afterbirth of darkness, lay my head next to the blackened veil that I unveiled. shine no light unto me for I have banished the mortal shell to serve as a conduit for the black tar running through my veins.
Two decades of disease,
Two decades of famine,
rotted beneath the skin.
I can hide no longer,
Violent overtorture,
Twisted husk,
Remnants of the dark take over.
Black void where the life should have been,
Douse me in skin rot gasoline,
Light me on fire, I promise not to scream,
Nothing on the inside permits the pain to release through vocal freedom.
I'm dead, the afterbirth of darkness, lay my head next to the blackened veil that I unveiled. shine no light unto me for I have banished the mortal shell to serve as a conduit for the black tar running through my veins.
Written by Flayed_And_Display
(Flayed_And_Displayed)
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Drowning
In a quiet place
Not doing much
If I am
It's not so fun like you think..
Unmotivated to make a move
There's no benefit
Awaiting the fishing hook
Save me..
I'm drowning
Sinking deeper
The sunlight can't even reach me.
Who can save me?
The fish are free here
It's their home
Lucky them
Only if I were a fish
The beyond odd creatures down here
Maybe I belong here
But I'm losing my breath
How ironic
Everyone left
After realizing how useless I was
I didn't spark up much
They're over there
I thought I lost my hearing
But it's just that no one is here
I only hear my silent screams
But no one can hear them
I'm too deep down
Yet I still try
It was deep blue for a while
Now it's dark
I was almost alive for a while
..
Not doing much
If I am
It's not so fun like you think..
Unmotivated to make a move
There's no benefit
Awaiting the fishing hook
Save me..
I'm drowning
Sinking deeper
The sunlight can't even reach me.
Who can save me?
The fish are free here
It's their home
Lucky them
Only if I were a fish
The beyond odd creatures down here
Maybe I belong here
But I'm losing my breath
How ironic
Everyone left
After realizing how useless I was
I didn't spark up much
They're over there
I thought I lost my hearing
But it's just that no one is here
I only hear my silent screams
But no one can hear them
I'm too deep down
Yet I still try
It was deep blue for a while
Now it's dark
I was almost alive for a while
..
Written by tmoj
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My Monster
Help me.
I’m screaming it in my head,
But nothing comes out but ‘I’m Fine’.
I’m being locked away for something I haven’t done,
I’m being punished,
But no crime was committed.
I’m in terrible pain,
But there is nothing to take it away.
I can’t break free of these chains,
And I’m just dying…
I’m dying with no one to help me,
With no light in my darkness,
And all I need right now is someone who will help me.
But I stay quiet.
Not because I want to,
But because he won’t let me.
He won’t let me shout or cry or scream for help.
He will not let me live my life in peace,
But in suffering and pain.
He makes me smile,
But it’s not real,
Only for a show.
My pain is his doing.
This Thing won’t let me live my life how I want to live it.
I’m afraid.
Afraid of ending things too soon,
And regretting my choices,
But He makes me unafraid,
He whispers in my ear,
Telling me to end everything,
To hurt myself,
He makes me do things I don’t want to,
But once it’s in my head I can’t stop thinking of it
And then it becomes my thought,
My wanting.
He makes it a part of me,
And I can’t stop it.
Once it’s apart of me,
There’s nothing I can do,
I can’t stop it,
I can’t make it disappear,
All I can do is act on it,
And the moment I am left alone,
I’ll be gone.
Not because I want to,
But because He wants it.
And He won’t stop until He has what He wants.
The moment I try to fight back,
I try to take my life back,
He puts me through the worst pain yet,
And everytime I fight it,
It gets worse and worse until I can’t breathe,
Until my heart is strained.
I’m in unbearable pain,
He takes away everything from me,
He takes away what I love,
And destroys it.
No one knows about this Thing
They just know I’m suffering a little.
No one knows how much,
How long I’ve been suffering.
I keep it hidden,
Hidden away where no one can see except me,
Somewhere He guards,
Protecting it to protect Himself.
Help me.
I’m screaming it in my head,
But nothing comes out but ‘I’m Fine’.
It’s all because of Him.
I’m screaming it in my head,
But nothing comes out but ‘I’m Fine’.
I’m being locked away for something I haven’t done,
I’m being punished,
But no crime was committed.
I’m in terrible pain,
But there is nothing to take it away.
I can’t break free of these chains,
And I’m just dying…
I’m dying with no one to help me,
With no light in my darkness,
And all I need right now is someone who will help me.
But I stay quiet.
Not because I want to,
But because he won’t let me.
He won’t let me shout or cry or scream for help.
He will not let me live my life in peace,
But in suffering and pain.
He makes me smile,
But it’s not real,
Only for a show.
My pain is his doing.
This Thing won’t let me live my life how I want to live it.
I’m afraid.
Afraid of ending things too soon,
And regretting my choices,
But He makes me unafraid,
He whispers in my ear,
Telling me to end everything,
To hurt myself,
He makes me do things I don’t want to,
But once it’s in my head I can’t stop thinking of it
And then it becomes my thought,
My wanting.
He makes it a part of me,
And I can’t stop it.
Once it’s apart of me,
There’s nothing I can do,
I can’t stop it,
I can’t make it disappear,
All I can do is act on it,
And the moment I am left alone,
I’ll be gone.
Not because I want to,
But because He wants it.
And He won’t stop until He has what He wants.
The moment I try to fight back,
I try to take my life back,
He puts me through the worst pain yet,
And everytime I fight it,
It gets worse and worse until I can’t breathe,
Until my heart is strained.
I’m in unbearable pain,
He takes away everything from me,
He takes away what I love,
And destroys it.
No one knows about this Thing
They just know I’m suffering a little.
No one knows how much,
How long I’ve been suffering.
I keep it hidden,
Hidden away where no one can see except me,
Somewhere He guards,
Protecting it to protect Himself.
Help me.
I’m screaming it in my head,
But nothing comes out but ‘I’m Fine’.
It’s all because of Him.
Written by poet_freak2003
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Falling through space (2017-12dec-08)
Falling
Through
Space...
Missing
Home...
And
Wondering
Where
That
Is...
Wondering
Where
Love
Is
When
Wife
And
Daughter
Are
Just
Down
The
Hall...
Can
You
Tell
Me
Where
Home
Is?
Through
Space...
Missing
Home...
And
Wondering
Where
That
Is...
Wondering
Where
Love
Is
When
Wife
And
Daughter
Are
Just
Down
The
Hall...
Can
You
Tell
Me
Where
Home
Is?
Written by HHMCameron
(BetaWolfinVA)
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