Poetry competition CLOSED 23rd July 2013 7:12pm
WINNER
marielavoue (Gypsy Red)
marielavoue (Gypsy Red)
RUNNER-UP:
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Everyday I Wake Up Alone</3
Anonymous
Haunted
I am poised with my pen
leaning deep into the desk
my toes curling against the wood floor
in the silence of the after-dark
I feel your shadow behind me
your hands stroking my arms,
and I tilt my head back
into the warmth of your heavy chest
and we just rest here like this sometimes
enveloped by the words you create,
your fingers guiding the ink
like the most skilled of artists
your sweet whispers
lacing my heightened aura.
I should know better
than to dwell on the love of ghosts
but we are perfect in our suffering
twin-set in our devotion
spirit-fed and possessed
by the shades of our past
and at last,
after a thousand confessions
and equal exorcisms
we linger in blissful purgatory
where you hold my pen to ransom
and like a child, I am lost in you
holding close your memory
until the corruption of time.
I am poised with my pen
leaning deep into the desk
my toes curling against the wood floor
in the silence of the after-dark
I feel your shadow behind me
your hands stroking my arms,
and I tilt my head back
into the warmth of your heavy chest
and we just rest here like this sometimes
enveloped by the words you create,
your fingers guiding the ink
like the most skilled of artists
your sweet whispers
lacing my heightened aura.
I should know better
than to dwell on the love of ghosts
but we are perfect in our suffering
twin-set in our devotion
spirit-fed and possessed
by the shades of our past
and at last,
after a thousand confessions
and equal exorcisms
we linger in blissful purgatory
where you hold my pen to ransom
and like a child, I am lost in you
holding close your memory
until the corruption of time.
Lost and Alone
I wake every morning
lost and alone
sweating my tears
shivering down to the bone
and all i see
it just wont let me be
are the memories
And my soul has died
without you by my side
I wake every morning
lost and alone
i lay here for hours
wishing you would pick up the phone
dying inside
and yet knowing i tried
to save you
Now my soul has died
without you by my side
I wake every morning
lost and alone
reaching for you
only to find that you have flown
try as i might
i have no more fight
for the living
Now my soul has died
without you by my side.
I wake every morning
lost and alone
sweating my tears
shivering down to the bone
and all i see
it just wont let me be
are the memories
And my soul has died
without you by my side
I wake every morning
lost and alone
i lay here for hours
wishing you would pick up the phone
dying inside
and yet knowing i tried
to save you
Now my soul has died
without you by my side
I wake every morning
lost and alone
reaching for you
only to find that you have flown
try as i might
i have no more fight
for the living
Now my soul has died
without you by my side.
Waiting at the altar
for your groom
when bad news came
he met his doom:
the car he was riding
got crashed!
You fainted and collapsed,
to a nearby hospital was rushed
where your groom was taken;
in order to survive you need
a heart transplant
which would be a token
of his dying wish of affection!
Before you plan to get married,
both of you made a vow:
you will have each other's heart
until eternity...
"You will always have my loving heart,
even after I die."
Those are his exact words
which you won't forget
especially now, that you have his heart!
If not by stroke of Fate,
then what could it be?
He died... so you may have a longer life;
mourn not for his early demise,
for he's happy,
only a true love can surmise.
Missing you
I miss you
Not like you care or anything
Just letting you know
It was real for me
And I miss it
It was great you know
even though there wasn't an us
you and me
we worked
and it was great
No one knew
about our meaningless 6 month fling
they wouldn't believe
that you ever liked me
because no one knew
Then it all stopped
With no goodbye and no reason why
all the calls and texts
and the late night sex
it all stopped
and I miss it
I miss you
Not like you care or anything
Just letting you know
It was real for me
And I miss it
It was great you know
even though there wasn't an us
you and me
we worked
and it was great
No one knew
about our meaningless 6 month fling
they wouldn't believe
that you ever liked me
because no one knew
Then it all stopped
With no goodbye and no reason why
all the calls and texts
and the late night sex
it all stopped
and I miss it
TOO BIG WITHOUT YOU
Without the presence of your decorative form,
The bedroom feels bigger and the bed is less warm,
No conversations now across the lunch table,
Nor the sound of our children's innocent babel.
The food in the larder's too much for me to eat.
In short - now you are gone, home life feels less complete.
Without the presence of your decorative form,
The bedroom feels bigger and the bed is less warm,
No conversations now across the lunch table,
Nor the sound of our children's innocent babel.
The food in the larder's too much for me to eat.
In short - now you are gone, home life feels less complete.
My Desperate Town
I found a hair clip today
tears refill an old
windy bay
I'm alone so cold
no longer can I hold
the morning of a new day .
The time we spent
has left to bigger dent
the feelings left behind
your smile and laugh
of its own kind
you moved the matter
the cells of a scatter
that make up my
shattered mind
of a no better .
We sit together
frozen in pictures
coats of leather
laughing in stitches .
The earth unkind
buries me to hellish heights
all the kings charge and remind
me of the gone knights .
As the bird flies
I rub my hydrated eyes
please god give me
a pleasant surprise .
bring her back
and light up the down
to replace the black
of my desperate town .
I found a hair clip today
tears refill an old
windy bay
I'm alone so cold
no longer can I hold
the morning of a new day .
The time we spent
has left to bigger dent
the feelings left behind
your smile and laugh
of its own kind
you moved the matter
the cells of a scatter
that make up my
shattered mind
of a no better .
We sit together
frozen in pictures
coats of leather
laughing in stitches .
The earth unkind
buries me to hellish heights
all the kings charge and remind
me of the gone knights .
As the bird flies
I rub my hydrated eyes
please god give me
a pleasant surprise .
bring her back
and light up the down
to replace the black
of my desperate town .
Lost Love
I’ve been without you for three months, a week and four days
I miss you and I love you in so many different ways
I still remember clearly, the night that we first met
No longer a loner, we became a duet
At first taste I was still very unsure
But within a few short minutes you became the ultimate cure
So seductive, so sweet, so sensitive to my needs
I miss you so much as my heart cries and bleeds
I need you back in my life, there’s a void to be filled
The sooner we’re together, the sooner we can rebuild
I want to love and cherish you and hold you oh so tight
We can get it on all day and party up all night
For the past five years you have always been true
And when times got rough I could always count on you
You took care of me as no one has before
And when I came to you for comfort, you never slammed the door
All I need with you is just one more chance
‘Cause when I’m with you, I know ecstasy and romance
I’d make love to you all night if you had a vagina
But I’ll take you up my nose ‘cause you’re a powder they call China.
I’ve been without you for three months, a week and four days
I miss you and I love you in so many different ways
I still remember clearly, the night that we first met
No longer a loner, we became a duet
At first taste I was still very unsure
But within a few short minutes you became the ultimate cure
So seductive, so sweet, so sensitive to my needs
I miss you so much as my heart cries and bleeds
I need you back in my life, there’s a void to be filled
The sooner we’re together, the sooner we can rebuild
I want to love and cherish you and hold you oh so tight
We can get it on all day and party up all night
For the past five years you have always been true
And when times got rough I could always count on you
You took care of me as no one has before
And when I came to you for comfort, you never slammed the door
All I need with you is just one more chance
‘Cause when I’m with you, I know ecstasy and romance
I’d make love to you all night if you had a vagina
But I’ll take you up my nose ‘cause you’re a powder they call China.
Lonely Heart
I stepped outside into the morning dew
My heart slowly pumped as I was missing you
I was feeling numb from the lack of sleep
I was feeling cold, and my legs went weak,
I glared up at my final sunrise
I tried to be strong but water filled my eyes
I held on for so long as you moved on
I could never accept that you were gone
My heart began to crack with no one to mend it
I wrote a long letter with no where to send it
I took my last breath and that’s when I knew
A heart can’t survive unless there are two.
I stepped outside into the morning dew
My heart slowly pumped as I was missing you
I was feeling numb from the lack of sleep
I was feeling cold, and my legs went weak,
I glared up at my final sunrise
I tried to be strong but water filled my eyes
I held on for so long as you moved on
I could never accept that you were gone
My heart began to crack with no one to mend it
I wrote a long letter with no where to send it
I took my last breath and that’s when I knew
A heart can’t survive unless there are two.
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in the past. In the end I am alone in this so-called love game.
So I sit alone at home. Typing on my wireless keyboard. Recalling
the dying and faint flickering memories of the times I tried so
hard for love. But in the end they only wanted more and more.
Unable to fulfill the ancient depths of hungry hearts. Now my
failing physical health does not have the stamina to become another
counterpart.
I have relinquished the possibility of God's fate in sending me
a soul-mate. I would love to have God make me eat my words but
I have signed this within my mind and soul. And now its seeming scripture as time has sealed my own fate.
Living in a town that prides itself on purely stature and position.
No room for a disabled man such as me. To chisel through the
labyrinthine unforeseen tangents of any love missions. The option's have run out and there are to many conditions.
But I guess the World must have the loveless? I guess the World
must have the singles's who die alone by themselves? I guess the waking up alone may be my fate and curse? Though I would never wish this on my worst enemy. Such a tiresome and singular verse.
THE LEFT SIDE...EMPTY~
This king size bed has never felt so empty,
no matter how many pillows I pile on his
side, the void I feel is still there
I can picture him laying down with a smile
on his face, I can smell him, when I lay
my weary head upon his pillow
When exhaustion from crying takes over
I dream of him, his flesh holding my
flesh, by morning I awake to sadness
Alone on a bed too big, my arms clutching
his pillow on the left side...empty
This king size bed has never felt so empty,
no matter how many pillows I pile on his
side, the void I feel is still there
I can picture him laying down with a smile
on his face, I can smell him, when I lay
my weary head upon his pillow
When exhaustion from crying takes over
I dream of him, his flesh holding my
flesh, by morning I awake to sadness
Alone on a bed too big, my arms clutching
his pillow on the left side...empty
[b]Hat trick[/b]
The last time you looked at me
I went sailing in your eyes
then, when they flashed with danger
found cover in your lips
got lost in the waves of hair
that fell down from your shoulders
and sank, into the soft skin of your chest
The last time you looked at me
I went sailing in your eyes
then, when they flashed with danger
found cover in your lips
got lost in the waves of hair
that fell down from your shoulders
and sank, into the soft skin of your chest
Broken Gold Circle
The wall echoes with emptiness
The clock slowly ticks
Agonising weariness...
Eyes gummed together
with needed sleep
In the distance a door slams
A lone dog barks
Its all over
Again
You left
To go to her
Will you sign the divorce papers?
The wind blows through the open window
The papers scatter on the floor
Blue ink drying
The wall echoes with emptiness
The clock slowly ticks
Agonising weariness...
Eyes gummed together
with needed sleep
In the distance a door slams
A lone dog barks
Its all over
Again
You left
To go to her
Will you sign the divorce papers?
The wind blows through the open window
The papers scatter on the floor
Blue ink drying
Anonymous
"Dry Eyes"
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Once,
you led me to Heaven,
our sin-sensations
melted the sky.
So exhilarating were
your tempest eyes,
the keys to my soul,
you helped
to make me
whole again.
But you left
me astray
one day.
Last night,
I missed you dearly,
I hugged my pillow,
I kissed your
make-believe angelic-face,
I cried myself to sleep.
I tossed,
I turned,
your loss
burned a hole
in my broken-heart,
for this was not token-love,
it was truly sent from
somewhere above.
And,
when I awoke from
my painful-slumber,
brown-stains covered me
from my
head to my toes,
the Lord knows my despair,
but who really cares,
save thee?
Sadly,
there are no more tears
left inside,
I’m empty,
my colors,
my irises
have finally run dry.
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Once,
you led me to Heaven,
our sin-sensations
melted the sky.
So exhilarating were
your tempest eyes,
the keys to my soul,
you helped
to make me
whole again.
But you left
me astray
one day.
Last night,
I missed you dearly,
I hugged my pillow,
I kissed your
make-believe angelic-face,
I cried myself to sleep.
I tossed,
I turned,
your loss
burned a hole
in my broken-heart,
for this was not token-love,
it was truly sent from
somewhere above.
And,
when I awoke from
my painful-slumber,
brown-stains covered me
from my
head to my toes,
the Lord knows my despair,
but who really cares,
save thee?
Sadly,
there are no more tears
left inside,
I’m empty,
my colors,
my irises
have finally run dry.
Anonymous
Give me a Chapter
You know, this was the last thing I wanted
never expected to wake up and face the future
alone, after buying our dream with my soul
but so it goes
I'll barter my way back to alright
crawl in darkness until I regain my sight
I saw it coming and probably propelled it
knowing your "truths" had been flaunted as honest
a game of too many players, all jokers
deck stacked against me
my hand screaming fold!
I've forgotten now, if ever I knew
what it was that I saw in you
what cried enough to silence the bluff
shed light on the mirror without reflecting too much
and I'll be the liar, the fool in this chapter
when you tell the story of this gorgeous disaster
but, babe
it don't matter
not any more
You know, this was the last thing I wanted
never expected to wake up and face the future
alone, after buying our dream with my soul
but so it goes
I'll barter my way back to alright
crawl in darkness until I regain my sight
I saw it coming and probably propelled it
knowing your "truths" had been flaunted as honest
a game of too many players, all jokers
deck stacked against me
my hand screaming fold!
I've forgotten now, if ever I knew
what it was that I saw in you
what cried enough to silence the bluff
shed light on the mirror without reflecting too much
and I'll be the liar, the fool in this chapter
when you tell the story of this gorgeous disaster
but, babe
it don't matter
not any more
Days Long Gone
***************
I see you sometimes, faintly
walking through the mists of my dreams,
day or night.
It's frightening how much you remain
in my minds eye,
It's frightening how much I cried for you,
mourned you like you had passed.
I had amassed this heart full of love for you,
and like an old dam, it burst forth,
leaving me with an empty reservoir for a heart.
You know it was eleven days after we ended,
when you met her?
Was it love at first sight?
Did she sweep away your heart with a might
to be reckoned with?
I reckon she is everything you need,
everything in life you wanted,
everything I couldn't be.
You know it was my birthday,
the day you asked her to be yours?
The day my heart was scoured a second time.
Sometimes I have to take a deep breath,
to keep my stomach from squeezing tight,
you know that feeling when know your heart is struggling to be ok?
It's been eight months for me,
working through everyday,
finally moving on.
I have been strong, stronger than I ever thought possible.
I've even found someone new, too.
It's growing, slowly. But I like it that way,
because hey, rushing seems to be your thing,
not necessarily mine.
I find that the first scars to my heart do fade,
like they all say.
But on nights like this…
all the color fades to grays,
and all I can think about are
faint memories, days long gone.
***************
I see you sometimes, faintly
walking through the mists of my dreams,
day or night.
It's frightening how much you remain
in my minds eye,
It's frightening how much I cried for you,
mourned you like you had passed.
I had amassed this heart full of love for you,
and like an old dam, it burst forth,
leaving me with an empty reservoir for a heart.
You know it was eleven days after we ended,
when you met her?
Was it love at first sight?
Did she sweep away your heart with a might
to be reckoned with?
I reckon she is everything you need,
everything in life you wanted,
everything I couldn't be.
You know it was my birthday,
the day you asked her to be yours?
The day my heart was scoured a second time.
Sometimes I have to take a deep breath,
to keep my stomach from squeezing tight,
you know that feeling when know your heart is struggling to be ok?
It's been eight months for me,
working through everyday,
finally moving on.
I have been strong, stronger than I ever thought possible.
I've even found someone new, too.
It's growing, slowly. But I like it that way,
because hey, rushing seems to be your thing,
not necessarily mine.
I find that the first scars to my heart do fade,
like they all say.
But on nights like this…
all the color fades to grays,
and all I can think about are
faint memories, days long gone.
