Submissions by APissPoorShaman (Ryszard)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Every day I have the same argument in my head. The little devil sitting on my shoulder does this wild end zone dance when he wins, the angel on the other shoulder just gives a little prayer, so sometimes I go with the devil just to see the dance.
You
I am a guide
that no one follows,
a lover alone
following a path
brazed
in dreams,
looking for my soul
in the simple caressing
knowledge
that we
are
one reflection.
Predator and prey,
teacher and student,
seeking
in gentle fingertips,
the patterns
traced
in sensual designs,
for the sacred knowing
of another's
soul,
finding completion
within...
that no one follows,
a lover alone
following a path
brazed
in dreams,
looking for my soul
in the simple caressing
knowledge
that we
are
one reflection.
Predator and prey,
teacher and student,
seeking
in gentle fingertips,
the patterns
traced
in sensual designs,
for the sacred knowing
of another's
soul,
finding completion
within...
#love
#fire
#water
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5 Comments
Love and Pain
I burn my hand on the stove
and think of food prepared with love.
Breaking my toe kicking furniture
and think of my love for trees
and a craftsmen's dedication and work.
As I hold love close to my soul,
I also point a dagger toward my heart,
for within love lays the seeds of my destruction,
and I say "let them grow".
I will water, nurture, and feed them,
and so share your heartache and sorrow,
for this is the power of love,
this is the power I give to you,
and this my sacred pledge.
To love you to the end of time, ...
and think of food prepared with love.
Breaking my toe kicking furniture
and think of my love for trees
and a craftsmen's dedication and work.
As I hold love close to my soul,
I also point a dagger toward my heart,
for within love lays the seeds of my destruction,
and I say "let them grow".
I will water, nurture, and feed them,
and so share your heartache and sorrow,
for this is the power of love,
this is the power I give to you,
and this my sacred pledge.
To love you to the end of time, ...
#love
#acceptance
#risk
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5 Comments
Soul Mate
A Haiku of roses, thorns dripping blood
Dark desires mined
Spirit animals entwined
Lust and love combined
Dark desires mined
Spirit animals entwined
Lust and love combined
#lust
#relationships
#haiku #lover
#haiku #lover
297 reads
2 Comments
Sacred Promise
Enchanting serenity,
still waters and babbling brooks,
a welcome for all,
yet not all are welcome.
For there is a war for the soul of poetry
and our love of vacuous beauty
A lovely woman walking by,
beguiling perfume scents the air,
yet reaching for this memory she disappears,
leaving nothing but empty air,
as if she was never there
Petals strewn upon the ground,
the aftermath of a poor flower's torture,
so lovely we forget, beauty
can be empty and cruel, ...
still waters and babbling brooks,
a welcome for all,
yet not all are welcome.
For there is a war for the soul of poetry
and our love of vacuous beauty
A lovely woman walking by,
beguiling perfume scents the air,
yet reaching for this memory she disappears,
leaving nothing but empty air,
as if she was never there
Petals strewn upon the ground,
the aftermath of a poor flower's torture,
so lovely we forget, beauty
can be empty and cruel, ...
#rebirth
#redemption
#philosophical
201 reads
5 Comments
The Send
Pushing through the pain
focus and control
one inch gained
to a sharp and cutting edge
heaven sent
clip
breathe
don't forget to breathe
slow exhales
out and in
quieting a pounding heart
on the ragged edge
pumped
swollen forearms and veins
false rest
move
keep moving
f*cking greasy sloper for the feet
creeping ... oozing off
side pull
dyno to a pinch
foot cuts loose
primal screaming
you got this
you f*cking...
focus and control
one inch gained
to a sharp and cutting edge
heaven sent
clip
breathe
don't forget to breathe
slow exhales
out and in
quieting a pounding heart
on the ragged edge
pumped
swollen forearms and veins
false rest
move
keep moving
f*cking greasy sloper for the feet
creeping ... oozing off
side pull
dyno to a pinch
foot cuts loose
primal screaming
you got this
you f*cking...
#sports
#StreamOfConsciousness
262 reads
2 Comments
love is not so easy to kill
Anger seeps,
creeping,
displacing space,
once occupied by a heart.
Slowly,
a cancer grows,
this white hot flame,
a forest fire of destruction,
leaving in the aftermath,
numb serenity,
darkness,
and
unending sadness.
Avoiding each other's eyes,
ashamed
of hurtful words spoken,
wishing them all unsaid,
and then you touch my hand.
A new beginning,
and a blessing,
turning pain
into summer rains,
watching as flowers unfold,
seeing the world grow. ...
creeping,
displacing space,
once occupied by a heart.
Slowly,
a cancer grows,
this white hot flame,
a forest fire of destruction,
leaving in the aftermath,
numb serenity,
darkness,
and
unending sadness.
Avoiding each other's eyes,
ashamed
of hurtful words spoken,
wishing them all unsaid,
and then you touch my hand.
A new beginning,
and a blessing,
turning pain
into summer rains,
watching as flowers unfold,
seeing the world grow. ...
#anger
#love
#relationships
222 reads
6 Comments
Masks
The lying mirror
whispers,
you are brave,
and noble,
wearing the the face we wish to see,
hiding our loneliness,
dying inside
in the masks so carefully chosen
"Does this mask go with these high heels"
Pretend intimacy
and deep communion,
our masks never slipping,
never allowing anyone inside
as false faces...
whispers,
you are brave,
and noble,
wearing the the face we wish to see,
hiding our loneliness,
dying inside
in the masks so carefully chosen
"Does this mask go with these high heels"
Pretend intimacy
and deep communion,
our masks never slipping,
never allowing anyone inside
as false faces...
#loneliness
#shame
#denial #emptiness
#denial #emptiness
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Finding our way back home
sunlight plays across the wings of a dragonfly,
shatters light in a thousands rays of laughter.
Mirth bubbles up from the well of my soul
With spirits set free,
I drift on the whispered breath of fate,
seeking the beating heart of faith,
finding our power
is belief in one another
I am in the trees,
I am sunlight,
playing tag across golden meadows.
I am the dragonfly scattering the...
shatters light in a thousands rays of laughter.
Mirth bubbles up from the well of my soul
With spirits set free,
I drift on the whispered breath of fate,
seeking the beating heart of faith,
finding our power
is belief in one another
I am in the trees,
I am sunlight,
playing tag across golden meadows.
I am the dragonfly scattering the...
#faith
#rebirth
#fate #spiritual
#fate #spiritual
320 reads
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SOB
With challenging eyes,
she looks to far horizons.
Asking one simple question
that defines her soul
"Is this all there is?"
And the horizon answered back
"I am here, come to me".
Every great explorer
has heard this call
and once answered as she
"wait for me my love,
I will search for thee"
but there is a difference,
she doesn't need a map,
seeking the horizons of the mind,
meeting the unknown
with challenging...
she looks to far horizons.
Asking one simple question
that defines her soul
"Is this all there is?"
And the horizon answered back
"I am here, come to me".
Every great explorer
has heard this call
and once answered as she
"wait for me my love,
I will search for thee"
but there is a difference,
she doesn't need a map,
seeking the horizons of the mind,
meeting the unknown
with challenging...
#sadness
#love
275 reads
1 Comment
A Letter to a Witch
If life is poetry
and poetry is life,
we are all haunted
and hiding from the light.
We hide from our demons,
cowering from strife
but sometimes writing poetry,
we are one with the night.
I am on the outside looking in,
you are on the inside looking out.
This separation is a prison
as I gnaw at the bars of my cage.
I reach for you with rhyme,
you reach for life no longer blind.
An eternal chase for an immortal fire,
a moth to near the flame,
longing for the blistering pyre.
and poetry is life,
we are all haunted
and hiding from the light.
We hide from our demons,
cowering from strife
but sometimes writing poetry,
we are one with the night.
I am on the outside looking in,
you are on the inside looking out.
This separation is a prison
as I gnaw at the bars of my cage.
I reach for you with rhyme,
you reach for life no longer blind.
An eternal chase for an immortal fire,
a moth to near the flame,
longing for the blistering pyre.
#MyInspiration
#WritingPoetry
#passion
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My Grandparents
All I knew was old,
wrinkled skin,
and stumbling gait.
Craggy best described her face,
giving gifts of ice cream and cake,
plus lots of love and caring.
She dreamed of coming to America
but I never knew her story.
Years after she passed,
combing through old boxes,
there was a picture of a ravishing beauty.
"that's grandma, didn't you know?"
Next to her stood a handsome man,
tall with chiseled physic,.
His suit with wide lapels ...
wrinkled skin,
and stumbling gait.
Craggy best described her face,
giving gifts of ice cream and cake,
plus lots of love and caring.
She dreamed of coming to America
but I never knew her story.
Years after she passed,
combing through old boxes,
there was a picture of a ravishing beauty.
"that's grandma, didn't you know?"
Next to her stood a handsome man,
tall with chiseled physic,.
His suit with wide lapels ...
#love
#family
#memories
206 reads
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I'm Sorry
I'm sorry
for all I've implied,
these dreams of you
were never true,
and I never knew
I tried,
with all my heart,
seeking to know you,
to find your spirit
hidden in dark
lost,
shadows of the past,
drawing me from my path
You never fit ...
the boxes of my mind
I'm sorry
I got it so wrong
but I will never be sorry ...
for all I've implied,
these dreams of you
were never true,
and I never knew
I tried,
with all my heart,
seeking to know you,
to find your spirit
hidden in dark
lost,
shadows of the past,
drawing me from my path
You never fit ...
the boxes of my mind
I'm sorry
I got it so wrong
but I will never be sorry ...
#UnrequitedLove
#SelfReflection
#FeelingLost
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