Poetry competition CLOSED 21st November 2021 00:07am
WINNER
inechoingsilence
View Profile Poems by inechoingsilence
trophy
RUNNERS-UP: personanongrata and _feral

Page:

Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies

Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Tyrant of Words
England 32awards
Joined 10th Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 5736

Poetry Contest

Write a poem about the lies you tell (or have told) yourself
Write a poem about the lies you tell (or have told) yourself.

How do you deal with that narrative?

I’m looking for first person introspection in this contest.

This comp will be judged by the host.

Guidelines

• No erotica
• New writes only
• Up to 2 entries per human being
• No restrictions on length or form
• Spoken Word accepted
•.Two Weeks

robert43041
Viking
Tyrant of Words
Canada 43awards
Joined 30th July 2020
Forum Posts: 918

Fading glory

I see myself in Chaucer's footsteps
I will be a great author and poet
I see myself with the mighty pen
And the upcoming glory beckoning.
Upon this I now reflect
As I sit here, sweating and pondering.
Where is the Muse, where the inspiration
And how  shall I be able to write
A few lines, only a few lines, I beg,
But a few, I hope,  
Of the very best.
Written by robert43041 (Viking)
Go To Page  

inechoingsilence
Thought Provoker
United States 4awards
Joined 17th Apr 2019
Forum Posts: 317

Living Lies like the Truth

Bent on raw, bloody knees
let me confess to all the truth
of my instinctive deceptions
multiplying with every breath
 
Forgive me my trespass each moment
of lying to the truths of my soul
Placating myself with anesthetics
smothering, deadening, silencing
 
Hush, sweet soul mine, it’s not yet time
to show the world our constant penitence
No one cares to see our unhealed wounds
so we pretend we weep for joy and smile
 
One day, we will be free to beg the angels
to take us away, eternal soul forever free
Until that day, I remain prostate, praying
and by some miracle keeping me alive
Written by inechoingsilence
Go To Page  

Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Tyrant of Words
England 32awards
Joined 10th Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 5736

Thank you for your entries Robert and InEchoingSilence. Lovely 😊

wallyroo92
Tyrant of Words
United States 147awards
Joined 11th July 2012
Forum Posts: 1794

Money Lies

 
I used to subscribe to these mutual fund journals
And then read every one of them from cover to cover
I used to tell myself I wanted to be like those men
And multiply my money like I was the best lover

I wanted to invest with the best and makes so much
I read up on stocks, trades and everything in between
I took classes, read books on anything I could
To become like money managers on those magazines

I got gains, I took hits, I cut my teeth here and there
But I needed to finish my education and get a degree
And yet somehow I was walking in the eye of a hurricane
When years later I realized the mess and all the debris

I’d been part of those companies that did the world wrong
When the shit the hit fan only then did we understand
The desire to be filthy rich then kind of just went away
Like a house of cards or domino effect, I played a bad hand

It was only after I completed my education I understood
I’d been telling myself lies to win some dreamy prize
As the world fell into an economic downturn and burned
I felt some kind of guilt for wanting to rich like those guys

But what go me the most was, how badly a lot of people lied
Written by wallyroo92
Go To Page  

Heart_of_Stone
Rachela
Twisted Dreamer
Joined 9th Oct 2021
Forum Posts: 6

So much more than so-so

I'm...    
ordinary      
just so-so      
not really pretty      
maybe not so lean      
but I dream      
to be so much more      
than mediocre      
living in a state of grace      
knowing I'll never hold the pace      
so I tell myself      
I'm a starlet incognito      
it's only water weight      
and who likes math anyway      
oh, but I'm so edgy      
thinking about shackles      
and whips      
practicing by myself      
I'm a pretend dominatrix      
with a bag full of tricks      
maybe I'm a pretend person      
except I have a dog      
all my dreams are in her eyes      
so I'm so much more than just so-so      
even if I'm incognito
Written by Heart_of_Stone (Rachela)
Go To Page  

personanongrata
Astral Gift
Thought Provoker
Greece 5awards
Joined 8th June 2015
Forum Posts: 272

Welcome to the show: Muerta

38 circles around the sun…
But the age in me feels older than the sun itself.
Its shine cannot illuminate the darkness of my soul.
The depth of my pain goes deeper than my most suppressed feelings.
My emotional body seems hollower than the emptiness of space.
Fragments of mine abuse every effort of my essence self to survive and thrive, they smile devilishly and satisfied with my inability to take control.
They want me dead. For death is the only way to accept this futility of not being born in another body, of not having another kind of life, another family, another character, another ego.
Wisdom is useless during the storm of self-abuse versus the self-pity show inside my head.
A fog of doubt covers everything I think I knew.
I don’t have a clue of who I am or who are those inner voices that plan in detail my suicidal scene. The bridge nearby appears to be a great scenario, if I could calculate the distance and the time needed to reach the asphalt, jumping in front of a speeding truck on the highway beneath it could smash my entrails in seconds.
The obnoxious creativity though goes even beyond, putting me on the cold bathroom floor with a razor in my hand. Its sharp edge touches my hard skin, trying to reach the radial artery. All the remaining energy, amplified by despair is needed to make a forceful stroke with my right hand. And vu àla! A peaceful ruby colored wave of thick blood spreads outwards, approaching the old wooden door and escaping under its crack. My eyes stare into nothingness, my palms are sweaty and open facing the ceiling, and red splashes of my bloodstream decorate aesthetically my sloppily tied up sneakers. What a Renaissance of beauty of the objective reality.
I’m shocked, dehydrated, and tired. As soon as the horror movie ends, I mentally applause my abusive aspect. She fucking rocked it this time, she gave it all. Every little trick that she knew it would hurt me. She unburied every negative experience and used every line in her dynamic book of shadows. “Worthless”, “unloved”, “useless”, and so on.
I could do nothing but let her say what she wants to say. I heard everything, embodying both the victimizer, the victim, and the weird observer.
Her twin is the weak one. She cries and cries, accepting the punches on her face and weeping over our smashed head, our death bed, our hospitalization. I’ll deal with her in another episode.
Wishes for a great day.
Thank you for watching.
Written by personanongrata (Astral Gift)
Go To Page  

poet Anonymous

<< post removed >>
Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Tyrant of Words
England 32awards
Joined 10th Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 5736

WallyRoo, heart of stone, PersonaNonGrata, Rew — thank you for your entires.

Last call on this one guys 🔊

_feral
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 11awards
Joined 23rd Jan 2021
Forum Posts: 864

Related submission no longer exists.

sexuallyafraidxo
Strange Creature
United States
Joined 18th Nov 2021
Forum Posts: 2

SILENT THOUGHT

 THE SMELL OF COFFEE EACH MORNING AWAKES ME.
 
 SLIENT COLD  WOODEN HOUSE,  
 
 LEAVES BLOWING AGAINST THE WINDOW.
 
ANOTHER DAY TO BE HAPPY
 
SMILIES AND LAUGHTER MAY BE ALL A FRONT.
 
WHO AM I TO SAY.
 
BLESSED  IS QUESTIONABLE
 
CURSED MAYBE SO
 
WHO AM I TO SAY
 
COLD HEART  
 
DREADING FOR DAYS
 
Who AM I TO SAY
 
unhappy,
 
Written by sexuallyafraidxo
Go To Page  

Page:
Go to: