Poetry competition CLOSED 15th February 2017 11:17pm
WINNER
afriendoftina (Hendy)
afriendoftina (Hendy)
RUNNERS-UP:
eswaller
and Afroqn73
Darkness my friend...
Poetry Contest Description
Hello darkness old friend...
After a long time I came up with a subject... And this is darkness...the night combined with prohibited feelings...
Write a poem about these feelings...
One poem
new poem
just be free to the prohibited and feel....
make it strong for me and don't feel sorry
Good luck!
some inspiration here:
"People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence"
https://soundcloud.com/disturbed1/the-sound-of-silence?in=kaelyn-bartosh/sets/hello-darkness-my-old-friend
Write a poem about these feelings...
One poem
new poem
just be free to the prohibited and feel....
make it strong for me and don't feel sorry
Good luck!
some inspiration here:
"People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence"
https://soundcloud.com/disturbed1/the-sound-of-silence?in=kaelyn-bartosh/sets/hello-darkness-my-old-friend
LIFE WITHOUT PURPOSE
Confused without a clue
Perplexed is my complexion
Adrift in a sea of infinite disorientation
"Am I in delusion, or is reality an illusion?"
Either way,
I’m an agnostic lost in space
I live without hope
I die without grace
A spirit that believes in nothing
Is a mind adrift in darkness
So my young friend
Believe in something
Anything!
Anonymous
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The Enemy of Darkness
Step away from the lightness and into
The darkness. The dark shadows
Will come out to meet and pull you
In like the thorns around the rose.
Take a deep inhale and sink yourself in
Low to the roots. It always knows
You like an old friend. It sees every sin
You try to keep covered and hidden from
View. The darkness will never let you win.
It will always find a way to worm
Itself into your bloodstream and pump
Everything cold. Do not let it numb
You and worthless like trees stump.
It always looks right into your
Vulnerability like the big lump
In your throat and like the sore
On your knee from the nasty fall.
It tries to use your tears that tore
You apart, but maybe the wall
Of darkness does not know you as
well because you are still standing tall.
Step away from the lightness and into
The darkness. The dark shadows
Will come out to meet and pull you
In like the thorns around the rose.
Take a deep inhale and sink yourself in
Low to the roots. It always knows
You like an old friend. It sees every sin
You try to keep covered and hidden from
View. The darkness will never let you win.
It will always find a way to worm
Itself into your bloodstream and pump
Everything cold. Do not let it numb
You and worthless like trees stump.
It always looks right into your
Vulnerability like the big lump
In your throat and like the sore
On your knee from the nasty fall.
It tries to use your tears that tore
You apart, but maybe the wall
Of darkness does not know you as
well because you are still standing tall.
Pay Heed
In the labyrinth, small birds floating
That attend my deepest niches.
They will not wish that you see them
As they choke, regurgitating.
Do not break in on my darkness
As I preen while evening settles,
On my cache of fallen feathers
And the downy nest of newborn.
You are not a friend of secrets
That become me only after,
When the unseen of my sightings
Will the flock of birds regale you
And will compromise your safety
Now that you have joined the others
Who had coveted my darkness
Thinking this would buy my friendship.
So there's no one left to warn you
And would you pay heed if they did...
In the labyrinth, small birds floating
That attend my deepest sorrows.
You will not wish that they see you
As you choke upon the silence.
PITCH
Sunshine, sparkle, rainbows, bright lights a-new,
The opposite of those things darkness brings to ensue.
Evil, macabre and sinister glares,
The old wicked witch awakes in her lair.
A cliché view of darkness once more,
The real dark times come from closing the door.
It creaks slowly back, the triangular shaft,
It dissipates slowly, along with the draught.
Not a light to be found, no candle to flicker,
No phone screen to glare, no backdrop of 'Twitter'.
No bulb shining brightly above your bonny head,
No lighting at all, the air surrounding feels dead.
Your eyes widen fiercely in anticipation of a glint,
A shaft, a slight glow, the faintest shine or a tint.
Alas dear friend, this time - nothing is to be found,
You are alone in the absence, feet firmly on the ground.
Wait, but are you alone? You have no way of knowing,
You have no sense of direction, you don't know where you're going
Blackness is so present, so dense - don't you find?
Especially for something that is only absence in mind
Memories come back, the Sandman's work's abiding,
Krueger is lurking and the Boogeyman crouches hiding.
Darkness is death and yet darkness is serene,
Darkness is coming yet it cannot be seen.
*apologies, I literally wrote this off the cuff
Sunshine, sparkle, rainbows, bright lights a-new,
The opposite of those things darkness brings to ensue.
Evil, macabre and sinister glares,
The old wicked witch awakes in her lair.
A cliché view of darkness once more,
The real dark times come from closing the door.
It creaks slowly back, the triangular shaft,
It dissipates slowly, along with the draught.
Not a light to be found, no candle to flicker,
No phone screen to glare, no backdrop of 'Twitter'.
No bulb shining brightly above your bonny head,
No lighting at all, the air surrounding feels dead.
Your eyes widen fiercely in anticipation of a glint,
A shaft, a slight glow, the faintest shine or a tint.
Alas dear friend, this time - nothing is to be found,
You are alone in the absence, feet firmly on the ground.
Wait, but are you alone? You have no way of knowing,
You have no sense of direction, you don't know where you're going
Blackness is so present, so dense - don't you find?
Especially for something that is only absence in mind
Memories come back, the Sandman's work's abiding,
Krueger is lurking and the Boogeyman crouches hiding.
Darkness is death and yet darkness is serene,
Darkness is coming yet it cannot be seen.
*apologies, I literally wrote this off the cuff
Anonymous
-Moon's Embrace-
When sleep eludes me
My mind bears its soul
To the guardian moon
Shining bright and whole
Tendrils of her light
Reach out to caress me
A silent witness
To my struggle for serenity
When the darkness calls like a siren
And stokes the embers of my fears
The moons sweet embrace
Gently dries my tears
Weak she is not
Tho delicate she seems
She fights my loneliness
With her piercing beams
She patiently waits
For sleep to descend
forever standing guard
As my tireless friend
When sleep eludes me
My mind bears its soul
To the guardian moon
Shining bright and whole
Tendrils of her light
Reach out to caress me
A silent witness
To my struggle for serenity
When the darkness calls like a siren
And stokes the embers of my fears
The moons sweet embrace
Gently dries my tears
Weak she is not
Tho delicate she seems
She fights my loneliness
With her piercing beams
She patiently waits
For sleep to descend
forever standing guard
As my tireless friend
in my dark times
Sitting here ponder and wondering
My palms are sweaty, my heart racing, my mind is wandering
Dark thoughts begin to creep into the crevices of my mind
You know how I am love
I do this all the time
Anytime I feel you slipping away
Pain, hurt, doubt roll in like thunder clouds on wet, stormy, dreary day
They sneek and they creep
They tug and they pull
My mind becomes a whirling, turbulent cess pool
Toxic and posioness is what my thoughts have become
My hold on reality feels strained-so weak
So it would seem this is the way it has to be
Somebody help me
S.O.S. man down, save me
Quickly over here in my direction that light you must shine
Throw me a line to pull up out of the muck and mire of my own creation
Wont you be my blessed salvation? Please hear my cries?
Rescue me from this island of isolation
Save me from my self-inflicted torment and damnnation
Make me whole
Set me right
Hold me till the scales fall from my eyes
And I once again regain my sight
My palms are sweaty, my heart racing, my mind is wandering
Dark thoughts begin to creep into the crevices of my mind
You know how I am love
I do this all the time
Anytime I feel you slipping away
Pain, hurt, doubt roll in like thunder clouds on wet, stormy, dreary day
They sneek and they creep
They tug and they pull
My mind becomes a whirling, turbulent cess pool
Toxic and posioness is what my thoughts have become
My hold on reality feels strained-so weak
So it would seem this is the way it has to be
Somebody help me
S.O.S. man down, save me
Quickly over here in my direction that light you must shine
Throw me a line to pull up out of the muck and mire of my own creation
Wont you be my blessed salvation? Please hear my cries?
Rescue me from this island of isolation
Save me from my self-inflicted torment and damnnation
Make me whole
Set me right
Hold me till the scales fall from my eyes
And I once again regain my sight
Written by Afroqn73
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Ghost of my Yearning
I tempt desire
With eyes shut tight against minight
And the icey cold of reality
Against the cold of my bed
And I bring her to my side
Her bare skin warm and inviting
Her fragrance my cradle
Her breathe my lullaby
I am rocked
My minds eye
Traces zoftig mounds of ghostly flesh
Travel the bump and slope of rib cage
I explore the gentle dip of soft skin cradled beneath pelvis
And meander up and over slight round of sweet Tummy until I find the declivity
That takes me home
I can almost hear her familiar sounds of waking as she stirs
Her breath already rhythmic with arousal
She whispers my name beneath heavy breath as my fingers graze the velvet down
That curls into the cleft of her labia
Her knees fall wide...she takes my head with both.hands
Her moan uninhibited, she cannot help but push into my suck
I am lost in the scent and taste of pure woman...
I am set to lick like finding mana...
Nourished
There would be nothing and no one else
But the loud strike of grandfather clock shatters my vision into sharp pieces
I reach out in desperation
And am heartbroken
As my comfortless state floods my countanence
I am struck like a fist to belly
The pain is swift coming and flung with fury
My home, my baby...
a cruel mirage
My hands grasp only cold sheets
I suffer the blow of her flight once again
Sending the beauty of my soul to some godforsaken frozen place
A purgatory of desire
I tempt desire
With eyes shut tight against minight
And the icey cold of reality
Against the cold of my bed
And I bring her to my side
Her bare skin warm and inviting
Her fragrance my cradle
Her breathe my lullaby
I am rocked
My minds eye
Traces zoftig mounds of ghostly flesh
Travel the bump and slope of rib cage
I explore the gentle dip of soft skin cradled beneath pelvis
And meander up and over slight round of sweet Tummy until I find the declivity
That takes me home
I can almost hear her familiar sounds of waking as she stirs
Her breath already rhythmic with arousal
She whispers my name beneath heavy breath as my fingers graze the velvet down
That curls into the cleft of her labia
Her knees fall wide...she takes my head with both.hands
Her moan uninhibited, she cannot help but push into my suck
I am lost in the scent and taste of pure woman...
I am set to lick like finding mana...
Nourished
There would be nothing and no one else
But the loud strike of grandfather clock shatters my vision into sharp pieces
I reach out in desperation
And am heartbroken
As my comfortless state floods my countanence
I am struck like a fist to belly
The pain is swift coming and flung with fury
My home, my baby...
a cruel mirage
My hands grasp only cold sheets
I suffer the blow of her flight once again
Sending the beauty of my soul to some godforsaken frozen place
A purgatory of desire
Hello my darkness
its been a while
you with my ignorance
have waited patiently
silently
for such a long time
for me to return
to burn
within the black flames
of my silent despair
slowly falling
back into the abyss
where the ignorant spirits
dressed in flesh
live
its been a while
you with my ignorance
have waited patiently
silently
for such a long time
for me to return
to burn
within the black flames
of my silent despair
slowly falling
back into the abyss
where the ignorant spirits
dressed in flesh
live
Dark Stranger
Where have you gone Dark stranger
I miss the times we spent together
The quiet hours we shared
You embracing my soul
I've spent many nights
Thinking on you
Crying myself to sleep
This loneliness engulfs my world
I can't wait for your return
Red lines drawn deep
As the tears quietly fall
The darkness is to deep
Come and hide me away
Into the silence of this night
Hidden away from peering eyes
I want to curl up in your embrace
The coldness comforts me
It makes me want to sleep
Slip away into a dream
To never return again
(C) 2017 xmar82 all rights reserved
Where have you gone Dark stranger
I miss the times we spent together
The quiet hours we shared
You embracing my soul
I've spent many nights
Thinking on you
Crying myself to sleep
This loneliness engulfs my world
I can't wait for your return
Red lines drawn deep
As the tears quietly fall
The darkness is to deep
Come and hide me away
Into the silence of this night
Hidden away from peering eyes
I want to curl up in your embrace
The coldness comforts me
It makes me want to sleep
Slip away into a dream
To never return again
(C) 2017 xmar82 all rights reserved
Anonymous
Being Blind
Darkness is not silent
It is, within my head
and it is, my world
I get up with it
and I lay my head down with it
Day after day, I live it
Ever since that day when
my world in color died
I have lived inside
No longer seeing my child's face
Forced to imagine a changing race
there is no finish line; I am there
My thoughts describe everything
and my heart feels shapes
Without my hands, I would be lost
To say that it is a struggle
is to most, apparent
To me, it is abhorrent
It is, the thing I most despise
It lives with me
for each imagined sunset to sunrise
I remember what it was like
to look at my love's face
and watch her move with grace
I remember happiness
it is only a memory now
I would not even now how
I am, my blindness
It was thrust upon me without my approval
I pray to get through each day
For me, there is no other way
No longer free
because, I cannot see
