Poetry competition CLOSED 6th November 2023 11:37am
WINNER
da_poetic-edifier (Damon)
da_poetic-edifier (Damon)
RUNNER-UP:
dimpy
Drowning
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Thank you.-KP
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Thank you.-KP
Drowning
I am drowning in your love, but you are
Not there to pull me in closer and assure
Me that everything is going to be okay.
I am in way over my head as there is no star
To guide me to the shore. There is an allure
To the water that calls my name. The rays
Of sunshine disappear beneath the waves
As I am now drowning without you to save
Me like you always do. Just keep swimming.
But what if I cannot do this anymore?
Because just simply surviving is not enough
Anymore. The unspoken eyes brimming
With unshed tears and false hope on the shore
Is useless. Yesterday I felt like a sailor; tough
Enough to fight against the wind, rain, and
Storm yet I feel too heavy to lift my own hand
Today to save myself from the thoughts that
Drown out everything else. I thought I was
Drowning in you and your love, but I am
Drowning in myself and in a dead, flat
Promise I made to myself to stop pausing
Life just because the truth slammed
Into me at full force. It is not just the water
Or the pain or the love or the direct slaughter
Of hope that drowned me because if you look
Into my eyes and ask what causes drowning
I would say that it is the lack of wanting to live.
It is the desire to let go of the lifeline and hook
That someone threw at you. It is frowning,
But then pretending to smile and wanting to dive
Into the deep end without wanting to resurface.
You want to finally leave without any trace.
Not there to pull me in closer and assure
Me that everything is going to be okay.
I am in way over my head as there is no star
To guide me to the shore. There is an allure
To the water that calls my name. The rays
Of sunshine disappear beneath the waves
As I am now drowning without you to save
Me like you always do. Just keep swimming.
But what if I cannot do this anymore?
Because just simply surviving is not enough
Anymore. The unspoken eyes brimming
With unshed tears and false hope on the shore
Is useless. Yesterday I felt like a sailor; tough
Enough to fight against the wind, rain, and
Storm yet I feel too heavy to lift my own hand
Today to save myself from the thoughts that
Drown out everything else. I thought I was
Drowning in you and your love, but I am
Drowning in myself and in a dead, flat
Promise I made to myself to stop pausing
Life just because the truth slammed
Into me at full force. It is not just the water
Or the pain or the love or the direct slaughter
Of hope that drowned me because if you look
Into my eyes and ask what causes drowning
I would say that it is the lack of wanting to live.
It is the desire to let go of the lifeline and hook
That someone threw at you. It is frowning,
But then pretending to smile and wanting to dive
Into the deep end without wanting to resurface.
You want to finally leave without any trace.
Written by eswaller
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My Mother the City
Another lonely night
Amidst the shadows of an aging city
Her skin dried and cracked bleeds despair
Washed pale in moonlight without pity
A glory long since forgotten
Where heroes trade capes for syringes
Punching veins instead of villains
Maidens lost to rampant binges
The stench of fear and vomit in the air
As room temperature bourbon passes my lips
Invisible in its simplicity
How a man’s sanity slowly slips
The warmth of innocent blood
Fights long against the concrete cold
It’s flow eroding only hope
For a killer so tired and old
I close my eyes to this city
Knowing that no dreams will come
Caressed by this whore of a mother
To her evils I slowly succumb
Amidst the shadows of an aging city
Her skin dried and cracked bleeds despair
Washed pale in moonlight without pity
A glory long since forgotten
Where heroes trade capes for syringes
Punching veins instead of villains
Maidens lost to rampant binges
The stench of fear and vomit in the air
As room temperature bourbon passes my lips
Invisible in its simplicity
How a man’s sanity slowly slips
The warmth of innocent blood
Fights long against the concrete cold
It’s flow eroding only hope
For a killer so tired and old
I close my eyes to this city
Knowing that no dreams will come
Caressed by this whore of a mother
To her evils I slowly succumb
Written by Thor_Azine
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Quicksand
Neverending darkness of my mind,
sinking slowly, surely like quicksand,
never knowing what I'll at the bottom find,
hoping, praying to an unfamiliar God to grab my hand,
guessing I should have taken the map,
instead choosing to fall into the trap.
Darkness, seems so familiar yet foreign,
always hoping for a way out,
tears like rain always seem to be pouring.
Darkness, time to fight the final bout.
sinking slowly, surely like quicksand,
never knowing what I'll at the bottom find,
hoping, praying to an unfamiliar God to grab my hand,
guessing I should have taken the map,
instead choosing to fall into the trap.
Darkness, seems so familiar yet foreign,
always hoping for a way out,
tears like rain always seem to be pouring.
Darkness, time to fight the final bout.
Written by LongTubiFree
(JustinSizemore)
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My sincere thanks to everybody, for participating in my competition. So many good entries. Congratulations to all the winners. The first place goes to Life Preserver by da_poetic-edifier, first runner up goes to Eve by MadameLavender and second runner up goes to I’m drowning by dimpy. All the entries are brilliant, by the way. Thank you very much for being with me and do enter my next competition.
