Poetry competition CLOSED 18th August 2019 8:02am
WINNER
Fetchitnow
Fetchitnow
Dark poems
Amid Applause
With their voices they always blame
A reminder our skin color is not the same
Talk from the left talk from the right
All they suggest now is the time to fight
Children are dying in our streets
Children are dying as their fetal heartbeats
We all fight within our cause
As we sit on our thrones amid applause
They cross the line to dwell in a better place
To be a burden to the ones that give is a disgrace
Promises are empty like the essence of a snare
Only to abandoned their neighborhoods in despair
My God your God the the trust is the same
Love and forgiveness is the bridge in which they came
If you walk through the shadows with words of red
Society will tell you your convictions are something to dread
Freedom is so misunderstood
To be free from to make us feel good
Freedom is so misunderstood
To be free to achieve acts of good
A choice to make... it’s all up to us each and everyday
To make the world a better place before our footprints fade away
A reminder our skin color is not the same
Talk from the left talk from the right
All they suggest now is the time to fight
Children are dying in our streets
Children are dying as their fetal heartbeats
We all fight within our cause
As we sit on our thrones amid applause
They cross the line to dwell in a better place
To be a burden to the ones that give is a disgrace
Promises are empty like the essence of a snare
Only to abandoned their neighborhoods in despair
My God your God the the trust is the same
Love and forgiveness is the bridge in which they came
If you walk through the shadows with words of red
Society will tell you your convictions are something to dread
Freedom is so misunderstood
To be free from to make us feel good
Freedom is so misunderstood
To be free to achieve acts of good
A choice to make... it’s all up to us each and everyday
To make the world a better place before our footprints fade away
Written by buddydog
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Keep Scrolling
Keep scrolling,
You don’t want to see this…
My finger is ready on the trigger,
Cocked and loaded my will’s eroded by the troubles from the world,
There’s no consoling,
There’s no swing and miss,
At the moment there’s nothing bigger
Than me ending it right now that will somehow send my head back in a hurl…
Keep moving,
There’s nothing to see here,
But if you hear a loud boom ignore it,
I don’t have the balls but I’m done with it all because I’ve lost all hope,
Perusing?
Don’t look or face your fear,
Shit’s ugly out there and I abhor it,
It’s getting tougher everyday but now I see I’ve come to the end of my rope.
Keep going,
It’s just another poem,
My words will be gone in the wind,
My heart and mind are tossed and lost in the twister of emotions I can’t explain,
This self-loathing,
My spirit is all but gone,
Because I know I’m near the end,
But I find beauty in the sadness when the pain and madness overflow my brain.
Keep scrolling,
You don’t want to see this…
My finger is ready on the trigger,
Cocked and loaded my will’s eroded by the troubles from the world,
There’s no consoling,
There’s no swing and miss,
At the moment there’s nothing bigger
Than me ending it right now that will somehow send my head back in a hurl…
Keep moving,
There’s nothing to see here,
But if you hear a loud boom ignore it,
I don’t have the balls but I’m done with it all because I’ve lost all hope,
Perusing?
Don’t look or face your fear,
Shit’s ugly out there and I abhor it,
It’s getting tougher everyday but now I see I’ve come to the end of my rope.
Keep going,
It’s just another poem,
My words will be gone in the wind,
My heart and mind are tossed and lost in the twister of emotions I can’t explain,
This self-loathing,
My spirit is all but gone,
Because I know I’m near the end,
But I find beauty in the sadness when the pain and madness overflow my brain.
Blue Devils
laying on my bed, looking at the ceiling with a hopeless mind
my eye lids are getting heavy, tired from the world
my face is sagging, by the gravity of life
my breathing is getting slower, but my anemic heart drums on faster and faster
my voice is lost, just a monotonous sound
talking to myself, with no one around
listening to this angelic symphony, that's being played effortlessly
listening to it to feel something, sad or even angry
but not feeling anything, when I hear it, nothing is surfacing
cause my happiness got lost with my innocence
and my pain exceeded my expectance
it doesn't hurt anymore, just sediments of num feelings floating
I have come to a halt, frozen, and getting colder
the voices inside my head are getting louder and louder
go on! do it! you're better off dead and you know it!
tilting my head to look, at the razor blade on the table in front
then screaming into my pillow to out shout their plangent roar
they are dragging this moment of weakness to a point of no return
and this time they might actually win
then it will come, the lonely departure
leaving an invisible mark on the world.
my eye lids are getting heavy, tired from the world
my face is sagging, by the gravity of life
my breathing is getting slower, but my anemic heart drums on faster and faster
my voice is lost, just a monotonous sound
talking to myself, with no one around
listening to this angelic symphony, that's being played effortlessly
listening to it to feel something, sad or even angry
but not feeling anything, when I hear it, nothing is surfacing
cause my happiness got lost with my innocence
and my pain exceeded my expectance
it doesn't hurt anymore, just sediments of num feelings floating
I have come to a halt, frozen, and getting colder
the voices inside my head are getting louder and louder
go on! do it! you're better off dead and you know it!
tilting my head to look, at the razor blade on the table in front
then screaming into my pillow to out shout their plangent roar
they are dragging this moment of weakness to a point of no return
and this time they might actually win
then it will come, the lonely departure
leaving an invisible mark on the world.
Written by LUUH19
(Emeraldia)
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This Girl
How can she get through the days
Without breaking down or crying?
Sometimes she wishes for rays
Of sunshine and keeps on trying
To be a beautiful girl with the wide
Smile like she used to be, but her
Insecurities or flaws will not hide.
Every day and every night is a blur
As they pass her by in confusion.
Her facade is slipping and cracks
Are noticeable. The world’s illusion
Does not protect her against a black
And dark little world she created for
Herself. What secret is she hiding?
She knows there is always a door
Waiting for her, but what is guiding
Her the way home when her head
And heart are somewhere else? On
Some days she cannot get out of bed
And be just like everyone else. Gone
Are her good days and the perfection
Within herself. Her soul still grapples
To shine. She fights to see her reflection
In the mirror because she sees shackles
Instead of freedom. She sees doubts
Girls and women like her struggle with
Every single day. Why do thorns sprout?
She does not care to be another myth.
Without breaking down or crying?
Sometimes she wishes for rays
Of sunshine and keeps on trying
To be a beautiful girl with the wide
Smile like she used to be, but her
Insecurities or flaws will not hide.
Every day and every night is a blur
As they pass her by in confusion.
Her facade is slipping and cracks
Are noticeable. The world’s illusion
Does not protect her against a black
And dark little world she created for
Herself. What secret is she hiding?
She knows there is always a door
Waiting for her, but what is guiding
Her the way home when her head
And heart are somewhere else? On
Some days she cannot get out of bed
And be just like everyone else. Gone
Are her good days and the perfection
Within herself. Her soul still grapples
To shine. She fights to see her reflection
In the mirror because she sees shackles
Instead of freedom. She sees doubts
Girls and women like her struggle with
Every single day. Why do thorns sprout?
She does not care to be another myth.
Written by eswaller
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The winner of this competition and any runners up were decided by public vote.
Thank you to the following members for voting:
HadesRising, Trome, Juvenalis66, PlaydateWithFire, AspergerPoet56, highlyfunctional, Jade-Pandora, RexDurkin, DevlinDLC, Stoney223, FromTheAsh, emilyrose1995, AnonymousBystander, Marks, MadameLavender, LobodeSanPedro, LostGirl18, Layla, case28, brokentitanium, eswaller, ThaSeductress, Tallen, imbongi, cold_fusion, dejure
Thank you to the following members for voting:
HadesRising, Trome, Juvenalis66, PlaydateWithFire, AspergerPoet56, highlyfunctional, Jade-Pandora, RexDurkin, DevlinDLC, Stoney223, FromTheAsh, emilyrose1995, AnonymousBystander, Marks, MadameLavender, LobodeSanPedro, LostGirl18, Layla, case28, brokentitanium, eswaller, ThaSeductress, Tallen, imbongi, cold_fusion, dejure
