Submissions by APissPoorShaman
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction On the knife edge of creation, some tread carefully, others dance but I tend to use the edge as a slip and slide. So here I am, redefining the person I was; scars, cuts and all.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
12th Jan 2022 11:39pm
12th Jan 2022 11:39pm
At the rummage sale of my soul
With my bones
so carefully arranged
My memories enticingly displayed
My dreams and desires,
hates and fears
are just two for a dollar
Shoppers pick and choose
and bargain me down,
until I give myself away
Is this the value of my life,
just pennies on the dollar?
the sum and total
of a life spent looking for love
and in finding it
to just give it all away
Thinking my life is priceless,
never realizing
it's a buyers market
I make this solemn vow,
to find my worth ...
so carefully arranged
My memories enticingly displayed
My dreams and desires,
hates and fears
are just two for a dollar
Shoppers pick and choose
and bargain me down,
until I give myself away
Is this the value of my life,
just pennies on the dollar?
the sum and total
of a life spent looking for love
and in finding it
to just give it all away
Thinking my life is priceless,
never realizing
it's a buyers market
I make this solemn vow,
to find my worth ...
#identity
#myself
#SelfWorth
49 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Dec 2021 6:27pm
24th Dec 2021 6:27pm
My Dearest Fantasy
For just one day
I lay my burdens down
to hold my neighbor's hands
in make believe
my dearest fantasy
that my love traverses the world
and the whole earth sighs
this Holy night
to love a child born
into poverty
and become a guiding light
my spirit soars
within my dreams
to hear the angels sing
for just one day
I'm guided by the light
so maybe it's not make believe
and if this love is real
just maybe
my love will stay
caressing the whole world
on Christmas day
I lay my burdens down
to hold my neighbor's hands
in make believe
my dearest fantasy
that my love traverses the world
and the whole earth sighs
this Holy night
to love a child born
into poverty
and become a guiding light
my spirit soars
within my dreams
to hear the angels sing
for just one day
I'm guided by the light
so maybe it's not make believe
and if this love is real
just maybe
my love will stay
caressing the whole world
on Christmas day
#dreams
#Christmas
#faith
80 reads
5 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Dec 2021 10:33pm
22nd Dec 2021 10:33pm
Coming Home
Who pays
at the end of days
for the check written with our souls
Spirits weighed down,
chains of sin found,
our wings now shabby and torn
.
Do not weep
within your sleep,
dreaming of all that we've lost
Throw off your chains,
I know your pain
The war for the soul
is not yours alone
.
Stand with me
for I am your tree
to lean on in the storm
Sink roots deep,
you are no longer asleep
Now spread your wings and soar,
searching of your soul
.
first there's fire,...
at the end of days
for the check written with our souls
Spirits weighed down,
chains of sin found,
our wings now shabby and torn
.
Do not weep
within your sleep,
dreaming of all that we've lost
Throw off your chains,
I know your pain
The war for the soul
is not yours alone
.
Stand with me
for I am your tree
to lean on in the storm
Sink roots deep,
you are no longer asleep
Now spread your wings and soar,
searching of your soul
.
first there's fire,...
#SelfReflection
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfWorth
77 reads
1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Dec 2021 5:05pm
3rd Dec 2021 5:05pm
Black Sun
What worth my prose
the sum and total supposed
of a life soon foreclosed
an existence freely chose
Hating conformity
revolted by mediocrity
sickened by sanitized society
I renounce my humanity
Always seeking...
a new way of seeing
finding life through death
in an endless dance
of chaotic expanse
What coins are paid
spiritual wealth weighed
and guidance prayed
at the end of days
A black sun grown
as all our sins are known
the dead shall inherit the earth
in a time of...
the sum and total supposed
of a life soon foreclosed
an existence freely chose
Hating conformity
revolted by mediocrity
sickened by sanitized society
I renounce my humanity
Always seeking...
a new way of seeing
finding life through death
in an endless dance
of chaotic expanse
What coins are paid
spiritual wealth weighed
and guidance prayed
at the end of days
A black sun grown
as all our sins are known
the dead shall inherit the earth
in a time of...
#faith
#rebirth
#fate
#redemption
#philosophical
108 reads
3 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
29th Nov 2021 6:20pm
29th Nov 2021 6:20pm
Finding a Way back Home
sunlight plays across the wings of a dragonfly,
shattering light in a thousands rays of laughter
My spirit drifting on the breath of fate,
seeking the beating heart of faith
I am the tree, the sunlight, and the meadow,
I am the dragonfly shattering the sunlight into joy,
I am the journey that we left behind ...
shattering light in a thousands rays of laughter
My spirit drifting on the breath of fate,
seeking the beating heart of faith
I am the tree, the sunlight, and the meadow,
I am the dragonfly shattering the sunlight into joy,
I am the journey that we left behind ...
#faith
#rebirth
#fate
#redemption
#philosophical
98 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Nov 2021 6:47pm
21st Nov 2021 6:47pm
A Love Letter
Drawn to your light,
I am pulled into shadows
by a darkness laying dormant in my soul
I'm slowly possessed by my desires,
and trapped by haunting visions of fire
A world now opens for my soul
of an immense blue sea,
directionless in ecstasy ...
I am pulled into shadows
by a darkness laying dormant in my soul
I'm slowly possessed by my desires,
and trapped by haunting visions of fire
A world now opens for my soul
of an immense blue sea,
directionless in ecstasy ...
#happiness
#love
#BDSM
#passion
#obsession
275 reads
5 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Nov 2021 8:49pm
16th Nov 2021 8:49pm
Saving Grace
Do bones feel pain,
as they grind themselves to powder
from deep within our graves?
Do our souls burn in hellfire,
paying for the sins
that have been paid for once before?
Worms are eating our desires,
feeding on the souls we cast aside
Seeking love of our mirror image, ...
as they grind themselves to powder
from deep within our graves?
Do our souls burn in hellfire,
paying for the sins
that have been paid for once before?
Worms are eating our desires,
feeding on the souls we cast aside
Seeking love of our mirror image, ...
#sadness
#hope
#redemption #despair
#redemption #despair
126 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Nov 2021 8:39pm
15th Nov 2021 8:39pm
Do You Hear
do you hear the music
in these words
the melody in phases
each word a note
on an ethereal major scale
stanzas become movements
the symphony of poetry
discordant or pure
music to my ears
I sing you a love song
hidden inside this poem
the ink my heart
the quill my bones
the rhythm and rhyme in time
with the pulsing of my blood
do you hear the music
and all my love
deep within my prose
in these words
the melody in phases
each word a note
on an ethereal major scale
stanzas become movements
the symphony of poetry
discordant or pure
music to my ears
I sing you a love song
hidden inside this poem
the ink my heart
the quill my bones
the rhythm and rhyme in time
with the pulsing of my blood
do you hear the music
and all my love
deep within my prose
#love
#music
#lyrics #WritingPoetry
#lyrics #WritingPoetry
152 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Nov 2021 5:45pm
12th Nov 2021 5:45pm
Love of the Night
haunted by the night
as darkness steals the light
i arch my back in erotic ecstasy
the dreams are almost real
dancing with the dead
creatures of inspiring dread
lust is now my guide
why do you so hide
in shadow and moonlight
take my hand and be my bride
to love and honor and howl at the moon
for the dreams will end all too soon
oh, how can I lose you and live
my heart and soul I give
take my hand
my love you command
seduction in the darkness
veiled in shadow...
as darkness steals the light
i arch my back in erotic ecstasy
the dreams are almost real
dancing with the dead
creatures of inspiring dread
lust is now my guide
why do you so hide
in shadow and moonlight
take my hand and be my bride
to love and honor and howl at the moon
for the dreams will end all too soon
oh, how can I lose you and live
my heart and soul I give
take my hand
my love you command
seduction in the darkness
veiled in shadow...
#love
#lust
#dreams
#shadows
#dawn
120 reads
7 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Oct 2021 8:30pm
6th Oct 2021 8:30pm
The ankles bones connected to the shin bones
what a phenomenon
the beauty of our skeleton
built of shapely bone
though not alone
but with ligaments bound
our scaffolding wound
with muscles and flesh
we are so shapely dressed
just think of the mess
as we ooze across the floor
without our calcium core
so thank our lucky stars
that we can play our guitars
and we don't play like amoebas
within sports arenas
the beauty of our skeleton
built of shapely bone
though not alone
but with ligaments bound
our scaffolding wound
with muscles and flesh
we are so shapely dressed
just think of the mess
as we ooze across the floor
without our calcium core
so thank our lucky stars
that we can play our guitars
and we don't play like amoebas
within sports arenas
#Halloween
61 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Oct 2021 8:48am
5th Oct 2021 8:48am
Wakening Dreams
Within the flowing movements of a living poem are dreams created to awaken the soul
#rebirth
#SelfDiscovery
66 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Oct 2021 5:53pm
2nd Oct 2021 5:53pm
Driftwood
drifting on the seas of fate
tossed by storms
but free of hate
I am carried by the tides
seeking a future that hides
in crashing waves
as riptides enslave
looking for a direction home
that's lost within this poem
but once there was a map
a treasured scrap
drawn with a loving hand
and a compass to command
that pointed toward your heart
but the compass broke with my soul
an agonizing toll
and the map had warned
"there be...
tossed by storms
but free of hate
I am carried by the tides
seeking a future that hides
in crashing waves
as riptides enslave
looking for a direction home
that's lost within this poem
but once there was a map
a treasured scrap
drawn with a loving hand
and a compass to command
that pointed toward your heart
but the compass broke with my soul
an agonizing toll
and the map had warned
"there be...
#love
#sea
#beach
#sky
#fate
75 reads
9 Comments
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