Submissions by 0versoul (JessieJackson)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Jackson, 26, born and raised in London, KY. Grew up a quiet book worm, set sights on the military when I was 18, Honorable Discharge at 19, started really writing when I was 20 and locked away for a 5 year sentence.
SELF POEM
Published
11th Sep 2016 5:30am
11th Sep 2016 5:30am
Tounge tied
Tounge tied in a knot,
The words slip and already
I am forgot,
Yet a fire rages deep in my mind
threatening a rip in space and time,
A constant battle is waged to keep my demons contained,
Let me loose and I'll set fire to our world,
Ultimately destroying reality in a blur,
We try to survive,
Only succeeding by destroying our life's one day at a time chasing a buzz or a fast high,
Cigarettes, soda, weed or dope,
All useless tools providing no hope,
In the end it's just me in my pine box
No side cars to my stop.
The words slip and already
I am forgot,
Yet a fire rages deep in my mind
threatening a rip in space and time,
A constant battle is waged to keep my demons contained,
Let me loose and I'll set fire to our world,
Ultimately destroying reality in a blur,
We try to survive,
Only succeeding by destroying our life's one day at a time chasing a buzz or a fast high,
Cigarettes, soda, weed or dope,
All useless tools providing no hope,
In the end it's just me in my pine box
No side cars to my stop.
552 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Sep 2016 5:26am
11th Sep 2016 5:26am
Deceiving Devil
The devil can be beautiful,
So don't be fooled against the
many useful tools,
Run, hide, fight
Survive this dark night and
attack with all your might,
The best intentions can be met with evil conceptions,
Deception rises and
the lies swarm like flies,
Simply find your heart,
Feel the love and truly escape these sad rooms.
So don't be fooled against the
many useful tools,
Run, hide, fight
Survive this dark night and
attack with all your might,
The best intentions can be met with evil conceptions,
Deception rises and
the lies swarm like flies,
Simply find your heart,
Feel the love and truly escape these sad rooms.
497 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Jul 2016 11:42am
27th Jul 2016 11:42am
Is this reality?
Same places,
Familiar faces,
Competing in the same race,
Running from the start
to the finish with no winner,
pushing, shoving, tripping, and cheating,
Forgetting love
& losing ourselves
teaching hate,
who is to blame
for what we became?
a world so rotten
it seems being true
is a principle completely forgotten
Familiar faces,
Competing in the same race,
Running from the start
to the finish with no winner,
pushing, shoving, tripping, and cheating,
Forgetting love
& losing ourselves
teaching hate,
who is to blame
for what we became?
a world so rotten
it seems being true
is a principle completely forgotten
477 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
27th Jul 2016 11:33am
27th Jul 2016 11:33am
Living Dead
Chasing living nightmares,
suffering hell without a care,
baring my heart in the dark,
these days it's hard to tell anyone apart,
running through these fires
dark webs in my mind,
wondering if I've come to far
& if there's enough time
to just run where exisiting isn't so hard,
steadily beginning to believe
I'm where I'm meant to be,
roaming where the wild things are
suffering hell without a care,
baring my heart in the dark,
these days it's hard to tell anyone apart,
running through these fires
dark webs in my mind,
wondering if I've come to far
& if there's enough time
to just run where exisiting isn't so hard,
steadily beginning to believe
I'm where I'm meant to be,
roaming where the wild things are
548 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
19th Jul 2016 5:49pm
19th Jul 2016 5:49pm
White Lies
i keep telling myself I'm fine,
yet my heart is worn,
feeling so tired at such a young age,
like a book people have torn my pages,
broke my spine,
my sky was blue,
now everything's gray
love is fading away,
I write these words
hoping to ease my pain,
nothing works anymore,
I want to smile,
feel something real,
even if only for awhile
yet my heart is worn,
feeling so tired at such a young age,
like a book people have torn my pages,
broke my spine,
my sky was blue,
now everything's gray
love is fading away,
I write these words
hoping to ease my pain,
nothing works anymore,
I want to smile,
feel something real,
even if only for awhile
551 reads
2 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
29th Jun 2016 4:57pm
29th Jun 2016 4:57pm
Night Terror
Took the 1st
drink, a sense
of ease, a
flavor so pleasing,
yet it's only
teasing,
roam the world,
even the beautiful
city Rome is
cold,
so here comes
that flavor, enticing
& binding,
senses are purblind,
no one will
find me,
for a moment
i'm warm, radiant,
reality began to
swarm, I turn
& run for the
door, locked...
drink, a sense
of ease, a
flavor so pleasing,
yet it's only
teasing,
roam the world,
even the beautiful
city Rome is
cold,
so here comes
that flavor, enticing
& binding,
senses are purblind,
no one will
find me,
for a moment
i'm warm, radiant,
reality began to
swarm, I turn
& run for the
door, locked...
693 reads
1 Comment
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
29th Jun 2016 4:54pm
29th Jun 2016 4:54pm
Bewildered
Lost in a wilderness
of my own creation,
My only light is
from the fire
of my own damnation,
Tried to find heaven
a reason for believing,
Tripping & falling,
I'm forgetting how to breathe
& forever losing my own way to see,
Snow covers my tracks,
Please help me
find my way back.
of my own creation,
My only light is
from the fire
of my own damnation,
Tried to find heaven
a reason for believing,
Tripping & falling,
I'm forgetting how to breathe
& forever losing my own way to see,
Snow covers my tracks,
Please help me
find my way back.
535 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Jun 2016 3:03pm
20th Jun 2016 3:03pm
A gift
Love is so strong,
it leaves us blind
to all we do wrong
true love is eternal,
sadly only a few
make it through the struggle,
love can be hard,
it can tear us apart,
fly through this rough world,
one guy one girl
striving for a life,
one husband
one wife
it leaves us blind
to all we do wrong
true love is eternal,
sadly only a few
make it through the struggle,
love can be hard,
it can tear us apart,
fly through this rough world,
one guy one girl
striving for a life,
one husband
one wife
607 reads
1 Comment
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Jun 2016 2:59pm
20th Jun 2016 2:59pm
Thriving Humanity
Love comes,
time flows,
dust to dust,
life begins,
and it ends,
one day
even the sun shall die,
and the ultimate question
is always, why?
only the dead can answer,
until then lets dance,
take chance after chance,
make mistakes,
risk after risk,
after all,
our time on earth
is remarkably brisk.
So love, cry, smile,
hold each other close,
even if it's only
for a little while.
time flows,
dust to dust,
life begins,
and it ends,
one day
even the sun shall die,
and the ultimate question
is always, why?
only the dead can answer,
until then lets dance,
take chance after chance,
make mistakes,
risk after risk,
after all,
our time on earth
is remarkably brisk.
So love, cry, smile,
hold each other close,
even if it's only
for a little while.
588 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
12th Jun 2016 11:09pm
12th Jun 2016 11:09pm
Anima Mundi
The very day of my birth
has become pointless to me,
I take a look at myself,
and I seem so confused,
what's the right way and
what should I even do?
Surrounded by my failures,
I can hear hell &
the demons are screaming
for the slow day of my death,
but no, not yet,
there is more to endure,
but it seems no chance to be pure,
will my words make a difference,
or is this life sentence
a simple waste of attendance?
Simply put, just take a look in my heart
and you'll see what tears my soul apart
has become pointless to me,
I take a look at myself,
and I seem so confused,
what's the right way and
what should I even do?
Surrounded by my failures,
I can hear hell &
the demons are screaming
for the slow day of my death,
but no, not yet,
there is more to endure,
but it seems no chance to be pure,
will my words make a difference,
or is this life sentence
a simple waste of attendance?
Simply put, just take a look in my heart
and you'll see what tears my soul apart
691 reads
6 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Jun 2016 10:51pm
12th Jun 2016 10:51pm
Fight the good fight
Weak animals scurry and hide,
it takes fierce lions to make a pride,
stand by my side,
you'll see I do bleed
& Yes I do cry,
that lately I hang my head and sigh,
but my fight is not over,
the eternal night has not won,
I struggle, I stumble...
but I stand up straight
rocking and ready to rumble,
throwing thunder and lightning
taking on the world like a modern day viking,
living for love & loving to live,
life is a gift worth any size fight.
it takes fierce lions to make a pride,
stand by my side,
you'll see I do bleed
& Yes I do cry,
that lately I hang my head and sigh,
but my fight is not over,
the eternal night has not won,
I struggle, I stumble...
but I stand up straight
rocking and ready to rumble,
throwing thunder and lightning
taking on the world like a modern day viking,
living for love & loving to live,
life is a gift worth any size fight.
733 reads
3 Comments
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