Poetry competition CLOSED 27th August 2018 1:19pm
WINNER
slipalong
slipalong
RUNNERS-UP:
takis1917
and Medinda
White Noise
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Here
In earshot people speak like I'm not here.
I scan the room there's blood flowing like tears
From every guest that mills and mumbles low,
But do they care, or don't they even know?
I tool around this unfamiliar place.
Where have the players gone without a trace,
While eerie music drones on the wrong speed;
It's then I know I've done a horrid deed.
It's gotten very quiet I confess
By any other standard more or less.
I know what is and need to make it clear,
The only sane one uninvited here.
I tip & toe and slide around the chairs,
And squint my eyes to make me more aware.
What kind of party was this meant to be?
The scattered bodies leave no clues for me.
I'll try to make some sense about all this,
But first I need to plant a little kiss
Upon the bloodied lips of someone dear;
The only sane one uninvited here.
Where this has since gone:
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/374787-here-visceral-revisited/
I scan the room there's blood flowing like tears
From every guest that mills and mumbles low,
But do they care, or don't they even know?
I tool around this unfamiliar place.
Where have the players gone without a trace,
While eerie music drones on the wrong speed;
It's then I know I've done a horrid deed.
It's gotten very quiet I confess
By any other standard more or less.
I know what is and need to make it clear,
The only sane one uninvited here.
I tip & toe and slide around the chairs,
And squint my eyes to make me more aware.
What kind of party was this meant to be?
The scattered bodies leave no clues for me.
I'll try to make some sense about all this,
But first I need to plant a little kiss
Upon the bloodied lips of someone dear;
The only sane one uninvited here.
Where this has since gone:
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/374787-here-visceral-revisited/
Written by Jade-Pandora
(jade tiger)
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Hollow Shell
This is it; I’m done
My heart still beats, yet no warmth flows through my veins
My face is an emotionless mask, and I feel nothing inside
Tears pour from my eyes, yet they offer no relief
From the pain and torment I’ve subjected myself to
Life is cruel, and I’m merely one of its foolish victims
I’ve irrevocably damaged the lives of the people who matter to me
No matter what I say or do, I can never make up for it
I’m in a dark and unstable place
I can’t find the light and set myself free
Life isn’t worth living with this pain I’m going through
So why not just end it all with two momentary pains?
And watch my life bleed out of this hollow shell of the person I once was.
My heart still beats, yet no warmth flows through my veins
My face is an emotionless mask, and I feel nothing inside
Tears pour from my eyes, yet they offer no relief
From the pain and torment I’ve subjected myself to
Life is cruel, and I’m merely one of its foolish victims
I’ve irrevocably damaged the lives of the people who matter to me
No matter what I say or do, I can never make up for it
I’m in a dark and unstable place
I can’t find the light and set myself free
Life isn’t worth living with this pain I’m going through
So why not just end it all with two momentary pains?
And watch my life bleed out of this hollow shell of the person I once was.
Written by LunasChild8
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Leave Me Alone
I want to be alone,
I don’t want to see anyone,
Yet I’m not free to just roam,
Around where it’s just the sun;
Acting as my luminescent guide,
Towards an uncertain destiny,
Emotions are chocking me from the inside,
I need to be free!
I’ve had just about enough,
Why can’t anyone see that?
I’m expected to be strong and tough,
Why can’t anyone see just how sad;
I am with all these changes,
Some of which I never wanted,
The ones I look up to are full of pain,
Instead, they come to me for comfort.
I can’t take it anymore!
I just want out,
I don’t get what all the fights are for,
If all they ever leave you with is more doubt.
Go solve your own problems,
I want nothing to do with them,
Don’t hold me accountable if you’ve fallen,
Or I might just say “it’s the end!”
I don’t want to see anyone,
Yet I’m not free to just roam,
Around where it’s just the sun;
Acting as my luminescent guide,
Towards an uncertain destiny,
Emotions are chocking me from the inside,
I need to be free!
I’ve had just about enough,
Why can’t anyone see that?
I’m expected to be strong and tough,
Why can’t anyone see just how sad;
I am with all these changes,
Some of which I never wanted,
The ones I look up to are full of pain,
Instead, they come to me for comfort.
I can’t take it anymore!
I just want out,
I don’t get what all the fights are for,
If all they ever leave you with is more doubt.
Go solve your own problems,
I want nothing to do with them,
Don’t hold me accountable if you’ve fallen,
Or I might just say “it’s the end!”
Written by LunasChild8
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Going Somewhere
if you can ask the question
who is actively loving you
and you can't come up
with a single name
then you are unloved
ask yourself about real love
Real love needs to be active
real love needs to be evident
where there is no daily proof
then you are not being loved
if you can ask yourself the question
who is actively caring for me
and you cant come up
even one a solitary name
then nobody is caring for you
Caring has to be more than
the occasional phone call
or a once a month visit
it's daily and always active
if you can't come up with
a single solitary name
the nobody cares about you
if you ask yourself the question
do you have any real friends
who are with you, good or ill
and you cant come up with
a single solitary name
then you are friendless
nobody in the real world to talk to?
to go for coffee and a catch up?
to go to the pub for the same?
to go walking in nature?
to make you laugh or smile?
if you can't come up with a
single solitary name
then you are alone
if you can ask yourself the question
is there anyone there to support
you when you are in real need
to give you a real warm hug
if you can't come up with
a single solitary name
you will always be sad
real support takes time and effort
never making you feel like a burden
Like an inconvenient job of work
like a charity case waste of space
what if professional won't help
if you are being left on your own
to cope alone
then you are unsupported
if you ask yourself the question
if I am unsupported, always sad,
always alone, lonely, friendless,
nobody supporting or caring, not
being loved, positively unloved
if you are all these things then
a Teddy bear's hug will not suffice
nor will a warm mug of chicken soup
you are terminally lost
if you ask yourself the question
what will happen after you die
ask yourself how long it would
affect anyone you know
and you start counting in days
and weeks some even hours
then its maybe, just maybe
time you weren't here
if you can ask the question
who is actively loving you
and you can't come up
with a single name
then you are unloved
ask yourself about real love
Real love needs to be active
real love needs to be evident
where there is no daily proof
then you are not being loved
if you can ask yourself the question
who is actively caring for me
and you cant come up
even one a solitary name
then nobody is caring for you
Caring has to be more than
the occasional phone call
or a once a month visit
it's daily and always active
if you can't come up with
a single solitary name
the nobody cares about you
if you ask yourself the question
do you have any real friends
who are with you, good or ill
and you cant come up with
a single solitary name
then you are friendless
nobody in the real world to talk to?
to go for coffee and a catch up?
to go to the pub for the same?
to go walking in nature?
to make you laugh or smile?
if you can't come up with a
single solitary name
then you are alone
if you can ask yourself the question
is there anyone there to support
you when you are in real need
to give you a real warm hug
if you can't come up with
a single solitary name
you will always be sad
real support takes time and effort
never making you feel like a burden
Like an inconvenient job of work
like a charity case waste of space
what if professional won't help
if you are being left on your own
to cope alone
then you are unsupported
if you ask yourself the question
if I am unsupported, always sad,
always alone, lonely, friendless,
nobody supporting or caring, not
being loved, positively unloved
if you are all these things then
a Teddy bear's hug will not suffice
nor will a warm mug of chicken soup
you are terminally lost
if you ask yourself the question
what will happen after you die
ask yourself how long it would
affect anyone you know
and you start counting in days
and weeks some even hours
then its maybe, just maybe
time you weren't here
"The End"
The end of all things
Will come without warning
The oceans have been bleeding oil for millenia
The skies have been choked with gray fumes
We're all going to die for what we've done
And nobody understands that it's gonna be soon.
The hand of God
So ultimate and absolute
Will rain fire on us
As we burn some more fossil fuels.
It's coming and we're humming
To silence the guilt
Dropping bombs on each other
While our children read teen fiction and go to school
The end is here.
We've been fucked for too long
Why didn't we listen
When was it too late to turn back?
Probably eons ago.
When the first man set flame
To warm the people he cared for.
The end of all things
Will come without warning
The oceans have been bleeding oil for millenia
The skies have been choked with gray fumes
We're all going to die for what we've done
And nobody understands that it's gonna be soon.
The hand of God
So ultimate and absolute
Will rain fire on us
As we burn some more fossil fuels.
It's coming and we're humming
To silence the guilt
Dropping bombs on each other
While our children read teen fiction and go to school
The end is here.
We've been fucked for too long
Why didn't we listen
When was it too late to turn back?
Probably eons ago.
When the first man set flame
To warm the people he cared for.
