Poetry competition CLOSED 16th August 2014 2:39pm
WINNER
rainbow_sunshine (Wendy)
rainbow_sunshine (Wendy)
RUNNERS-UP:
Grace
and Atakti
"Light" or "Darkness"?
Poetry Contest Description
do you choose the light or the dark?
Next challenge. Write a poem choosing either, "Light" or "Dark". Your choice can be either literal or metaphorical.
no word limit.
You MUST title the one you choose, as "light" or "dark".
only one entry per person.
and two weeks, to participate (unless extended).
you will be judged on; expression, execution of chosen topic and how meaningful your poem is.
so, have fun. Be philosophical, be inspirational and be deep. And be "Dark"... Or light, your choice
.
no word limit.
You MUST title the one you choose, as "light" or "dark".
only one entry per person.
and two weeks, to participate (unless extended).
you will be judged on; expression, execution of chosen topic and how meaningful your poem is.
so, have fun. Be philosophical, be inspirational and be deep. And be "Dark"... Or light, your choice
.
Dark
I walked these corridors afraid of my shadows,
and what they would do to me
I was a child of God until that night in the dark,
where you robbed something from me
You ripped apart all the innocence inside
I had to walk home where these streets had no name,
or streetlights
No one saw and no one heard because
they couldn't see me in the dark
I learned of my shadows that hid inside
the edges of my gray matter
I turned into that wolf that chased me when I was a child
That tried to kill me but instead I turned wild
You killed my spark
You showed me my place in the dark
I walked these corridors afraid of my shadows,
and what they would do to me
I was a child of God until that night in the dark,
where you robbed something from me
You ripped apart all the innocence inside
I had to walk home where these streets had no name,
or streetlights
No one saw and no one heard because
they couldn't see me in the dark
I learned of my shadows that hid inside
the edges of my gray matter
I turned into that wolf that chased me when I was a child
That tried to kill me but instead I turned wild
You killed my spark
You showed me my place in the dark
Darkness
fragrance of lilac
soft with the cool
breeze of twilight
softly caress, embraces
my senses, as exotic incense
accompany my night walk
shrouded in darkness
yet lit with the silvery
light of the moon
hecate in her glory...
lighted, I walk sedate
soft footsteps on sand
undercover of the night
in the arms of slumber
I travel back and forth
in time, fantasy abound
adventure in dreamscapes
not seen in daylight hour
Night the darkness it brings
shade the starkness of sadness
hide the tears of sorrow
for sufferings of the heart
night...always a faithful friend
always there for everyone
And I
choose this Darkness.
fragrance of lilac
soft with the cool
breeze of twilight
softly caress, embraces
my senses, as exotic incense
accompany my night walk
shrouded in darkness
yet lit with the silvery
light of the moon
hecate in her glory...
lighted, I walk sedate
soft footsteps on sand
undercover of the night
in the arms of slumber
I travel back and forth
in time, fantasy abound
adventure in dreamscapes
not seen in daylight hour
Night the darkness it brings
shade the starkness of sadness
hide the tears of sorrow
for sufferings of the heart
night...always a faithful friend
always there for everyone
And I
choose this Darkness.
DARK
Shadows deliver dangerous Demons
Succubus` give all authority to Damien
Knowing he is the sickest part of Pathos and Passion
Who happens to understand my happenings
All the reasons the willow in me is weeping
Cutting art into his bark
The semen Damien leaves behind burns
Holes into the souls of those
Who plead for horizontal love
Willow cries for light
Pleading Damien to get up inside of him
Like girls do hoping for positive digression
Back to Dr. J and away from MR.Hyde
This is the dark inside
Shadows deliver dangerous Demons
Succubus` give all authority to Damien
Knowing he is the sickest part of Pathos and Passion
Who happens to understand my happenings
All the reasons the willow in me is weeping
Cutting art into his bark
The semen Damien leaves behind burns
Holes into the souls of those
Who plead for horizontal love
Willow cries for light
Pleading Damien to get up inside of him
Like girls do hoping for positive digression
Back to Dr. J and away from MR.Hyde
This is the dark inside
Anonymous
It is only in light that I see a future
When my largest wound stays bound by its suture
In the dark, I think, I regress; I remain perpetually stagnant
I keep myself still, like a speck of dirt on earth, a quiet fragment
But give me light, and I want to dance
I even envision a little summer romance
But behind a dark sky, I hide
And give up everything I’ve ever tried
By morning, I’ve managed enough of a steady stance
To go about my business without being in a trance
Dependant on time, my moods change
Upon nightfall, my emotions rearrange
Just knowing that I have a choice
I choose a smooth and warm sunbeam, leading me to rejoice
Living in a moon shadow, there would be no reason
I guess it comes and goes with the season
So give me sunshine, and I can muster up the courage
To see life as more than made-up mirage
Please do not keep me under the veil of darkness
Because it will increase my shame and heighten my stress
Awaken me to radiance with a rainbow of possibilities
And allow me to watch the sun glisten off the trees
Give me a few moments to forget my past
And come out of my head; make daytime memories last
If you hand me daylight, I continue to grow
Like a vegetable garden of crops lined up in a row
At night, I remain depressed and devoid of life
And before long, I will plunge into my heart, a serrated knife
When my largest wound stays bound by its suture
In the dark, I think, I regress; I remain perpetually stagnant
I keep myself still, like a speck of dirt on earth, a quiet fragment
But give me light, and I want to dance
I even envision a little summer romance
But behind a dark sky, I hide
And give up everything I’ve ever tried
By morning, I’ve managed enough of a steady stance
To go about my business without being in a trance
Dependant on time, my moods change
Upon nightfall, my emotions rearrange
Just knowing that I have a choice
I choose a smooth and warm sunbeam, leading me to rejoice
Living in a moon shadow, there would be no reason
I guess it comes and goes with the season
So give me sunshine, and I can muster up the courage
To see life as more than made-up mirage
Please do not keep me under the veil of darkness
Because it will increase my shame and heighten my stress
Awaken me to radiance with a rainbow of possibilities
And allow me to watch the sun glisten off the trees
Give me a few moments to forget my past
And come out of my head; make daytime memories last
If you hand me daylight, I continue to grow
Like a vegetable garden of crops lined up in a row
At night, I remain depressed and devoid of life
And before long, I will plunge into my heart, a serrated knife
An unequivocal knowing
that the choice matters.
Fundamentally,
neither is an easier ride.
When soul flesh is synched tight
and the blade of Truth slices
a new incision,
I want to know
what leaks out
is going to nourish the ground
it falls on.
Dissected from its static assumption
perfection actually does exist.
Persistence breeds acceptance
as the closer we come to the Light
the farther our shadow looms
behind us.
Impossible
to untwist the paradox;
there is no up
without down
and no sense running away from the only reason
it is possible to yearn
for anything better.
So turn off the lights.
Get comfortable.
Invite the ghosts from your closet
and the skeletons
from under your bed.
But once you confront them
you might be surprised to find
they all hold a piece of a road map
guiding you straight towards
the Sun.
that the choice matters.
Fundamentally,
neither is an easier ride.
When soul flesh is synched tight
and the blade of Truth slices
a new incision,
I want to know
what leaks out
is going to nourish the ground
it falls on.
Dissected from its static assumption
perfection actually does exist.
Persistence breeds acceptance
as the closer we come to the Light
the farther our shadow looms
behind us.
Impossible
to untwist the paradox;
there is no up
without down
and no sense running away from the only reason
it is possible to yearn
for anything better.
So turn off the lights.
Get comfortable.
Invite the ghosts from your closet
and the skeletons
from under your bed.
But once you confront them
you might be surprised to find
they all hold a piece of a road map
guiding you straight towards
the Sun.
Fleshfull Fantasies
Is a rough draft still:
Uncontrollable flesh full fantasies
Irrevocable cosmic harmony flowing from within
Imminent nexus of want and desire
Harmonious perfect symmetry
Lustful want and desire made flesh,
Waves of joy waves of love swimming through pools of open conscience
Bitterly sweet born a slave unto death that is from life
Evoke soul deep feelings love emotions made alive by touches deep from within
Intoxicating words and kisses given from your breath of life
Invoke change from death onto life,
Invoke feelings of dark onto light
Invoke love from the walking wounded in hate
You can heal me if you want, you can change me if you want
Project in me infinite different ways of love and peace,
Conjure up in me a million different ways grace and mercy can rule one day to the next
Break me free from my mold that is given me that is life
Is a rough draft still:
Uncontrollable flesh full fantasies
Irrevocable cosmic harmony flowing from within
Imminent nexus of want and desire
Harmonious perfect symmetry
Lustful want and desire made flesh,
Waves of joy waves of love swimming through pools of open conscience
Bitterly sweet born a slave unto death that is from life
Evoke soul deep feelings love emotions made alive by touches deep from within
Intoxicating words and kisses given from your breath of life
Invoke change from death onto life,
Invoke feelings of dark onto light
Invoke love from the walking wounded in hate
You can heal me if you want, you can change me if you want
Project in me infinite different ways of love and peace,
Conjure up in me a million different ways grace and mercy can rule one day to the next
Break me free from my mold that is given me that is life
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Firefly, Firefly
Come find me this night
Lighten my soul, as I drift toward dark
Your song, like a siren, I promise to hear
Firefly, Firefly
Bring me your light, I'll hearken your call
Give me your strength to break free from my chains
A kiss from your lips, will cut my last tie
Together we'll dance, frolic & FLY
No boundaries to stop us
No dream too surreal
Firefly, Firefly
I sense that you're near; smell your desire
Know that you want me; achingly so
Ethereal, ever closer; you hover above
Till suddenly in me, stealing me way
Then tearing my flesh, as you sink deeper still
Firefly, Firefly
What have you done?
My wounds are still open; I'm not ready to wake
Why must you go as the sun starts to break?
This dawn's a new day, yet I'm naked and cold
Never so dead, in the whole of my life
An addict, I long you
Wishing for night, whence you'll come again
Impatient I call you, well before dark
Firefly, Firefly
Come find me NOW
Don't care that you rip me; searing my soul
I need your caress, your fake sense of warmth
You've stolen way mine, yours all I have left
Firefly, Firefly
Come find me this night
Lighten my soul, as I drift toward dark
Your song, like a siren, I promise to hear
Firefly, Firefly
Bring me your light, I'll hearken your call
Give me your strength to break free from my chains
A kiss from your lips, will cut my last tie
Together we'll dance, frolic & FLY
No boundaries to stop us
No dream too surreal
Firefly, Firefly
I sense that you're near; smell your desire
Know that you want me; achingly so
Ethereal, ever closer; you hover above
Till suddenly in me, stealing me way
Then tearing my flesh, as you sink deeper still
Firefly, Firefly
What have you done?
My wounds are still open; I'm not ready to wake
Why must you go as the sun starts to break?
This dawn's a new day, yet I'm naked and cold
Never so dead, in the whole of my life
An addict, I long you
Wishing for night, whence you'll come again
Impatient I call you, well before dark
Firefly, Firefly
Come find me NOW
Don't care that you rip me; searing my soul
I need your caress, your fake sense of warmth
You've stolen way mine, yours all I have left
Light
The Power of Optimism
Every cloud has a silver lining
But troubles can overpower
The pessimist is for ever whining
The optimist shrugs as though it's a shower
Optimism may take courage
But will overcome in the end
Others are likely to encourage
If you try to ascend
If you take the other course
And complain at all you see
You will not get beyond the source
So will fail to become free
The Power of Optimism
Every cloud has a silver lining
But troubles can overpower
The pessimist is for ever whining
The optimist shrugs as though it's a shower
Optimism may take courage
But will overcome in the end
Others are likely to encourage
If you try to ascend
If you take the other course
And complain at all you see
You will not get beyond the source
So will fail to become free
DARK
(Night Flight)
I
Turbulence rattles us
but it's ok,
my book is strapped in.
It is tucked, closed and safe.
The cabin drops in darkness
with no frame of gravity
except for our rising buoyancy
and heart-rates.
Dull thuds hit the thin walls
but the blinking wing lights
fail to solve the mystery.
The elastic night stretches,
smoothly fitting our fears
in its cruel talons,
closing and climbing.
II
The heads are matted in dried blood.
Black clots thicken the hair and
the features are pulped as they hit
the fuselage.
Some are sucked into the engines,
rattling and shaking the doors
to Death's mansion.
Still they fall, in their hundreds.
III
"This is the captain.
Brace for impact."
(Night Flight)
I
Turbulence rattles us
but it's ok,
my book is strapped in.
It is tucked, closed and safe.
The cabin drops in darkness
with no frame of gravity
except for our rising buoyancy
and heart-rates.
Dull thuds hit the thin walls
but the blinking wing lights
fail to solve the mystery.
The elastic night stretches,
smoothly fitting our fears
in its cruel talons,
closing and climbing.
II
The heads are matted in dried blood.
Black clots thicken the hair and
the features are pulped as they hit
the fuselage.
Some are sucked into the engines,
rattling and shaking the doors
to Death's mansion.
Still they fall, in their hundreds.
III
"This is the captain.
Brace for impact."
DaRk
Darkness shrouds me from the petty
From the light
From the diseased cure
Darkness is my friend and foe
Either way I die without it
I am the demonic nightmare that Kepler you from sleeping
I am the rain cloud that thunders and strikes to frighten you
The darkness influenced me to be
The light is too bright
I burn just at a mere touch
I cannot survive without the cover of darkness
Protect me....then kill me
A life is not a life...
If my light has been taken away
Darkness shrouds me from the petty
From the light
From the diseased cure
Darkness is my friend and foe
Either way I die without it
I am the demonic nightmare that Kepler you from sleeping
I am the rain cloud that thunders and strikes to frighten you
The darkness influenced me to be
The light is too bright
I burn just at a mere touch
I cannot survive without the cover of darkness
Protect me....then kill me
A life is not a life...
If my light has been taken away
The light
Here I am running on empty
My thoughts and memories torture me
What did I do, why did I do it
I did not see, could not see, would not see
I cut I bleed and I cut again
I want to scream from the pain
There is no pain, it does not hurt
Will they all one day find their way
So weary and tired, I am done
My knees buckle, I fall to the ground
In desperation, looking at the sky and crying a river
I am sorry Jesus, help them, help me
Many years have passed by
My Lord has been with me every step
On bended knees I look up at heaven and cry
Tears of joy for Jesus Christ.
Dedicated to my Lord - my husband - my sister - my God Mother
