Poetry competition CLOSED 4th October 2021 3:11am
WINNER
abraxas93
abraxas93
RUNNER-UP:
youngpoetdreams
Pain and torment
Anonymous
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Hell of Earth
Life it seems to fade away, drifting further every day
the people so helpless, this world is becoming faithless
torture and suffering, fills my mind with all cruel madness
hatred does thrive in life, a world of ignorance, nevertheless!
the world apart is falling and no, it’s not nature calling
it is the thorn that’s within, losing control, the fading begins
getting lost within myself, nothing matters no one else
emptiness creeps, agony fills, darkness grows and life is gone!
surrounded by deadly loss, hell of earth and i can’t take how it feels!
the people so helpless, this world is becoming faithless
torture and suffering, fills my mind with all cruel madness
hatred does thrive in life, a world of ignorance, nevertheless!
the world apart is falling and no, it’s not nature calling
it is the thorn that’s within, losing control, the fading begins
getting lost within myself, nothing matters no one else
emptiness creeps, agony fills, darkness grows and life is gone!
surrounded by deadly loss, hell of earth and i can’t take how it feels!
Written by XiaoLong
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Full moon of trauma
Now's calendar, its phase, the ticking clock alarm button raised
anguish imminent, my brow with worry lines of discontent
frozen in the bath, the water starts to rise
green acrid smoke, of sanity denied
the whip-crack thunder your skeleton in flames
the power to harm and maim, that cruel hand holds the whip and cane
a prescription that's already signed
schizophrenia, the coin is tossed and spins and then divides
a wolf that ever howls, the inner, devil laughs and then devours
full moon shines on traumas darker side.
anguish imminent, my brow with worry lines of discontent
frozen in the bath, the water starts to rise
green acrid smoke, of sanity denied
the whip-crack thunder your skeleton in flames
the power to harm and maim, that cruel hand holds the whip and cane
a prescription that's already signed
schizophrenia, the coin is tossed and spins and then divides
a wolf that ever howls, the inner, devil laughs and then devours
full moon shines on traumas darker side.
Written by slipalong
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The Breakdown
Falling into the abyss the rocks felt like a million needles
Every one of them with a furious blast
Icicles tearing away at eyelids feeling fucking evil
Each one becoming worst than the last
But from there, there’s no way to go but up
Unless you dig Deep Underground
At the core you begin to understand the upheaval
All the while you slide into the breakdown
And then, when there is nothing left
All you can do is move forward
Written by wallyroo92
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Into the Deep
Drown me in the river, watch me as I sink. Tied together by a dark malevolent spiritual being, descending Into the depths.
The farther I float, the more my mind clouds. Memories flood, they pull me close. The surface of this water, I cannot break through.
It's crowded by the roots of the hollowing tree that looms overhead devouring any light shed by the sun. I touch the bordering line, my skin becomes numb, the lack of the of the touch of the ones that I love. It keeps me secluded and wretches the promise that I'll overcome.
All I feel, the water grows cold.
The pressure breaks my fingers into my hand, in through my arm and down through my spine. My body is aching, surely losing time.
My heartbeats and breaths are slowing and straining. The cavity of my chest now filing with blood, leaking out of my mouth and trailing behind my corpse.
Death is my carriage but I am it's horse
The farther I float, the more my mind clouds. Memories flood, they pull me close. The surface of this water, I cannot break through.
It's crowded by the roots of the hollowing tree that looms overhead devouring any light shed by the sun. I touch the bordering line, my skin becomes numb, the lack of the of the touch of the ones that I love. It keeps me secluded and wretches the promise that I'll overcome.
All I feel, the water grows cold.
The pressure breaks my fingers into my hand, in through my arm and down through my spine. My body is aching, surely losing time.
My heartbeats and breaths are slowing and straining. The cavity of my chest now filing with blood, leaking out of my mouth and trailing behind my corpse.
Death is my carriage but I am it's horse
Written by youngpoetdreams
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Problems and promises
Run
Keep me from your cotton skies,
fill my mouth with autumn,
hide silent in the forest
the twig is about to break
Wait
Let the oars float away,
stay still within your seat,
tremble fingers on deep water,
anger slips beneath our lake.
I'm sorry
Bind my hands too tight,
make my fists unfold.
Foundation on a bruise,
sunglasses for your lies.
I'm so sorry
Paper mache us our masks,
stretched thin on blue balloons,
we'll dress in Sunday best,
and forgive me my abuse.
Help me
Find the bars and fix them to my cage,
rage in every open bottle.
I am and I will always be so
let my feet find broken glass,
on every step I fail to take,
drench my shirt in stale pain,
but let my hollows fill again.
I promise
This time, I will change.
Come here.
Keep me from your cotton skies,
fill my mouth with autumn,
hide silent in the forest
the twig is about to break
Wait
Let the oars float away,
stay still within your seat,
tremble fingers on deep water,
anger slips beneath our lake.
I'm sorry
Bind my hands too tight,
make my fists unfold.
Foundation on a bruise,
sunglasses for your lies.
I'm so sorry
Paper mache us our masks,
stretched thin on blue balloons,
we'll dress in Sunday best,
and forgive me my abuse.
Help me
Find the bars and fix them to my cage,
rage in every open bottle.
I am and I will always be so
let my feet find broken glass,
on every step I fail to take,
drench my shirt in stale pain,
but let my hollows fill again.
I promise
This time, I will change.
Come here.
Written by Razzerleaf
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So Great a Distance
Flesh once buzzing with life
turns to vapor.
No angels sing.
Few voices cry.
In others are only whispers.
Seven-thousand miles away
the soft whimper of a young girl
fills her darkened room.
Her fingers touch the flame he treasures,
and she dreams of her brave soldier’s return.
turns to vapor.
No angels sing.
Few voices cry.
In others are only whispers.
Seven-thousand miles away
the soft whimper of a young girl
fills her darkened room.
Her fingers touch the flame he treasures,
and she dreams of her brave soldier’s return.
Written by LostViking
(Lost Viking)
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Pain and hurt
The blindfold was on
And she was tied naked to the chair.
He did not have to say his name
She knew who he was from
His foul breath. She had rejected him,
Rejected his filth and his filthy world.
But the knife was making deep cuts
In her cheeks, deep cuts around he breasts,
Thus scars which would remain and remind
Of the filth which invades this world.
And she was tied naked to the chair.
He did not have to say his name
She knew who he was from
His foul breath. She had rejected him,
Rejected his filth and his filthy world.
But the knife was making deep cuts
In her cheeks, deep cuts around he breasts,
Thus scars which would remain and remind
Of the filth which invades this world.
Written by robert43041
(Viking)
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Abhorrent affliction
Apprehensive atmosphere
Closed around him with
Hateful hostility
Menacingly mocking
As his autonomy
Fearfully faded
Abhorrent affliction
Creeps in from
Secretive shadows
Vainly claiming
It's conquered
Feeble frailty
Closed around him with
Hateful hostility
Menacingly mocking
As his autonomy
Fearfully faded
Abhorrent affliction
Creeps in from
Secretive shadows
Vainly claiming
It's conquered
Feeble frailty
Written by Kaden_Malis
(Kaden Malis)
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PAIN (the back, biting)
you nest thick as lice in my old bones
to fly at night when i'm alone
and nestle cold and cuddle deep
and sweat the sheets and steal my sleep
and raise me up with bony nudge
to limp the hall and pray and trudge
'til in wee hour i've had my fill
and i relent and take the pill
and lay me down to close my eyes
one restless wink before sunrise
to fly at night when i'm alone
and nestle cold and cuddle deep
and sweat the sheets and steal my sleep
and raise me up with bony nudge
to limp the hall and pray and trudge
'til in wee hour i've had my fill
and i relent and take the pill
and lay me down to close my eyes
one restless wink before sunrise
Written by javalini
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To Stay or to Go
Most plan their exit
expedient forever-farewell
I just have to be different
devising ways for me to stay
It’s just lately, I confess
far fewer reasons to stay
more for forever-farewell
I’m not so different after all
expedient forever-farewell
I just have to be different
devising ways for me to stay
It’s just lately, I confess
far fewer reasons to stay
more for forever-farewell
I’m not so different after all
Written by inechoingsilence
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Anonymous
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A Bowl of Cherries
Who's there
What day is it
Is it time for dinner
I loved to dance
but I never thought my body would get like this
Who's there
I can't see
and I cannot think
Why wont He take me
Why?
What day is it
Is it time for dinner
I loved to dance
but I never thought my body would get like this
Who's there
I can't see
and I cannot think
Why wont He take me
Why?
Written by Abracadabra
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pastel pink
We mute ourselves
and get
lazy
because
we stopped trying
to find
new ways
to color the
walls
and get
lazy
because
we stopped trying
to find
new ways
to color the
walls
Written by Dreamboy
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walls
It’s too loud where I live,
Also too quiet.
It is so cluttered, and yet feels utterly
Empty.
I’ve been building walls,
to keep people out,
But little did I know,
That I’ve boarded myself in.
I keep running,
scratching at the walls
for an escape,
but I realized that,
There is no escape.
Unless,
I break down my defenses.
So I stop running.
Wielding an axe,
I turn to face the
destruction that I've built.
Also too quiet.
It is so cluttered, and yet feels utterly
Empty.
I’ve been building walls,
to keep people out,
But little did I know,
That I’ve boarded myself in.
I keep running,
scratching at the walls
for an escape,
but I realized that,
There is no escape.
Unless,
I break down my defenses.
So I stop running.
Wielding an axe,
I turn to face the
destruction that I've built.
Written by abraxas93
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