Broken Hearts

The poem itself must be dark. The darker and more emotion-filled the more likely it is to win.

The rules of my competitions are simple.

1. Two entries per person allowed (for all those people who submit and think of somthing better)

2. The topic is simple. Stick to it.

Have fun and I'm looking forward to naming a winner.

Outside The Light    (SP Summerscales)


You tore out the air
which supplied my heart
then you left me there
to slowly fall apart ,
saturday lies
even week nights
you'd look in my eyes
outside the light

Remembering , wandering
the back streets of our years
my everything , squandering
a reduction to tears .

You turned to cast
like a hollow thing
I burned to ash
in a molten ring
the kids did ask
for you to bring
yourself back home
to hope we'd cling .

Off the wall
so desperately
I did so fall ,
descent , gravity
down I went painfully
to cracked cement , a cavity
you walked , hell bent  
away from me
how could you dent
our family
these babies were sent  
from the heavens to me
how could you have spent
what comes for free .

Alpha (I)

I used to go to bed knowing
I had a pair of arms waiting for
me at the end of the terminal.
I had a pair of eyes to look at
and a pair of cold hands waiting
to be warmed.

The Illusion of the Labyrinth


The feeling within is
Ripping me to shreds
My heart is bleeding and corroding
With your mixed signals and signs
Those many years ago
You don’t even have a clue
How much it still affects my soul

The many years you teased
But at a distance and always saying no
At the same time of putting yourself in my face
And when I fell for you
You simply upped the dosage
Full well knowing what it was doing to me

To this day you act as if it never occurred
That we were always friends
Never anything between us
Like ripping me to shreds and forgetting you did
Such an allure you held on me yet you kept stabbing
Ripping me away and causing a suicide
And even then you still kept going

Day in day out I still blame thyself
For not seeing past your illusion your sick “game”
You told me to figure out the labyrinth and I tried
And this day I realize it’s many things
Love, Life, and Hope
All of which are the falsehood
Created by the illusion of the labyrinth

You left me with a life in hell
Tears gone for they have all dried
Cause I’ve already shed enough for a lifetime
For the suffering you put me through
Even my subconscious soul is still afflicted
I still can’t love can’t trust can’t feel anything
But either the numbness or the pain you bestowed upon me
Those years ago

I loved you then yet I don’t know the feeling now
All that’s left is the dark pain from it all
Everyday I curse myself for being so blind
To your game and to your lies the illusion you built
It was obvious to one with common sense
Yet I was lost in my own head
Lost between love and the reaper

So now I lay here tonight within this dark fury
A blackened aura surrounding my soul
As ice runs through my veins and fire burns my flesh
The suffering of the memories is still potent
I still feel the pure pain I felt when it grew to physical collapse
And I don’t know how much longer I can last

Heavenly Eyes and Hellish Goodbyes

I saw my heaven in your eyes
Those same eyes, i now dispise
I wear these shades as my disguise
So you cant see the hell in mine
My eyes from tears turn red as wine
My heart from fear tears down the shrine
I built for you inside my mind
I'll leave these ruins far behind
And walk this road that winds
Through life
Through love
Through time
Till my pain meets its demise
and I see new sun rise

What Is Love


What is love?

It’s a pain in the ass

When your heart gets shattered

Like a piece of glass



What is love?

It’s a waste of my time

To do what she did to me should be a crime



What is love?

I don’t have a clue

One minute you’re dancing

Next you’re singin the blues



What is love?



Simply this:

                   Living

                   On

                   Voracious

                   Emptiness



What is love?

I must have forgot

I may not know a lot

But ill tell you what its not…



Loves not just a game you play with someone’s heart

Loves not a cheap toy u can buy from Wal-Mart

Love never turns out to be what you thought at the start of it

Lies, jealousy, deceit is the heart of it

If this is truly what love is

Then I don’t want any part of it



As through the years iv'e grown

I wish my heart would turn to stone

With coldness chilling to the bone

Then maybe just maybe I wouldn’t feel so alone

Ive tried to do everything right

So whys everything so wrong?



When am I gonna learn

Maybe its not my turn

Maybe its part of Gods plan

But for now love is something ill never understand

"A Memory Never Remembered"


You stare through me like a window.
I am of no significants to you.
Merely your shadow, noticed only but once in awhile.
Do you not see the way you glide?
I’ve got you on my shoulders.
I hold you high above the clouds.
You need not struggle.
From the day we met, you’ve been on top.
You sit upon your throne.
You are a queen and I, your servant.
I’d give my life for you.
To me you were worth it all, to you I was a burden.
I gave you everything, but you left.
I guess everything wasn’t enough.
I am trapped in the dark.
I am blind to all but pain.
I gouge my eyes to be free from this hell.
There is nothing without you.
Like you, my joy departed never to come back.
Life without you is not worth it.
I fade into the black.
I’m in the back of your mind.
A memory never remembered.

Drink from your cup

I guess you don't know
cos if you did you would change how
you don't know how it feels inside
the pain digging in
killing me deeply in
its word you don't say
and words that you say
you irritate me with acts you portray
like life is a play
you are making a scene after another
bring back the pain your agenda
it feels like i shouldn't have known you
it feels like i shouldn't have met you
a life of peace, joy, and fun...so enjoyable
now see what you have made out of me
a shell, a tattered rag, well of pain
you should taste and drink your wine
enjoy the drink you give me.

Oh God, It's the
same story again.
Sitting with the feeling
That I'll find love.

I've been searching
for blood more than hope.
But, who can really guess
the inequality of the matter?

I have been waiting
so long That i
know of no age.
How will I ever cope?

Burn my halo,
and cut my wings,
Because the first thing that
comes to mind is the last thing I sing.

Burn my halo,
and cut my wings,
because the last time I had
integrity I was scowled for it.

Burn my halo,
and cut my wings,
Now tell everyone the
story of why I fly no more.

Burn my halo,
and cut my wings,
This will teach me to
never try my best again.

I watch everyone soar through
the steel bars of my cage door.
I watch all of you fly, while I stand
knowing that I'll never want more.

Now I wonder why I had hope, and
why I'm so afraid. Why am I so afraid?
Why do I think of things casted away?
Like what got me here or what still stands today.

No more halo,
No more wings.

Sitting back on a memory of our past,
thinking of the words that could soon be my last.
Within a flash I find a path that tells me not to give you the
satisfaction of my short life.

I audited deeply for moments within our looking glass,
I noticed how slow the painful moments are and how the happy ones
always leave me so fucking fast.

And at last I finally realize I will never find peace again,
I will never find peace, a lover, or even a single friend.
This is my immortal end.