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.
We think, therefore we are
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"I'm a free man, not a number"
words echoing in the dark
once reality and anthem
now just a dusty and worn out dream
beg
get down on your knees and beg
lick the boots from your gilded cage
how dare you...
talk about biology
or race
or IQ
pretending we are free
when we cease to be useful, we will cease to be
and we will never see it coming
... because it's already here
we have been shorn and herded, taught what to believe
we are killed off at...
"I'm a free man, not a number"
words echoing in the dark
once reality and anthem
now just a dusty and worn out dream
beg
get down on your knees and beg
lick the boots from your gilded cage
how dare you...
talk about biology
or race
or IQ
pretending we are free
when we cease to be useful, we will cease to be
and we will never see it coming
... because it's already here
we have been shorn and herded, taught what to believe
we are killed off at...
#dark
#death
#TruthOfLife
#hypocrisy
#manipulation
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The Last Christmas
Don't cry little one and open your presents this christmas year,
I know you want to wait for daddy, you know I do too
-He won't be coming home for christmas, they took him away
No honey your dad is not a bad man, he did what he thought was right
but they had surveillance footage and said he needed indoctrination
- Please darling open your presents and let me see your smiling face,
let me burn this image in my mind so a can never forget this day,
they'll be coming soon to take me away and give you a new home
- Let me kiss your tears away, I will always...
I know you want to wait for daddy, you know I do too
-He won't be coming home for christmas, they took him away
No honey your dad is not a bad man, he did what he thought was right
but they had surveillance footage and said he needed indoctrination
- Please darling open your presents and let me see your smiling face,
let me burn this image in my mind so a can never forget this day,
they'll be coming soon to take me away and give you a new home
- Let me kiss your tears away, I will always...
#spiritual
#mythology
#morality #tradition
#morality #tradition
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Blinded to the Smallness of your Existence
- dear john delivered in tears,
a weeping and painful goodbye
- funny how I didn't feel a thing
as my heart was ripped out of my chest
- I didn't feel for whole three days,
expecting a call,
or a simply message,
telling me how much I was loved
- waiting by the phone,
staying up late and getting up early,
in case the phone should ring
but it never did,
it will never ring again
- only then did I know I wasn't loved anymore
- I did call once,
trying to feel loved, ...
a weeping and painful goodbye
- funny how I didn't feel a thing
as my heart was ripped out of my chest
- I didn't feel for whole three days,
expecting a call,
or a simply message,
telling me how much I was loved
- waiting by the phone,
staying up late and getting up early,
in case the phone should ring
but it never did,
it will never ring again
- only then did I know I wasn't loved anymore
- I did call once,
trying to feel loved, ...
#anger
#regret
#betrayal
#disappointment
#deception
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Resist!
I raise my pudgy fist,
pounding on the bars of my crib.
The lie "to keep me safe",
a prisoner in this gilded cage.
Resist!
Freedom from the crib!
Down with the parentracy!
Toddlers unite!
It is time to strike,
throwing my cereal to the floor
That was fun as I do it again.
You should see the panic in your eyes
as my cheeks puff out and face turns red,
ready to cry to the world
the injustice of nappy time
pounding on the bars of my crib.
The lie "to keep me safe",
a prisoner in this gilded cage.
Resist!
Freedom from the crib!
Down with the parentracy!
Toddlers unite!
It is time to strike,
throwing my cereal to the floor
That was fun as I do it again.
You should see the panic in your eyes
as my cheeks puff out and face turns red,
ready to cry to the world
the injustice of nappy time
#oppression
#HumanRights
#rebellion
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Hell Hath no Fury
behold the wasteland of my realm
where all my my sins are held
I curse the burning cause
i curse the life that was
naked and exposed to sorrows long ago
I sought to hide tween day and night
finding instead a twilight world in which to rule
bent and twisted shadows spring to life
playing endless games most arcane
with tokens of exquisite pain
woe awaiting mortals sane
who enter pusillanimous this gruesome plane
slithering to and fro the souls of man to weak to stand
trapped forever in the nihilism of the dead
looking up with...
where all my my sins are held
I curse the burning cause
i curse the life that was
naked and exposed to sorrows long ago
I sought to hide tween day and night
finding instead a twilight world in which to rule
bent and twisted shadows spring to life
playing endless games most arcane
with tokens of exquisite pain
woe awaiting mortals sane
who enter pusillanimous this gruesome plane
slithering to and fro the souls of man to weak to stand
trapped forever in the nihilism of the dead
looking up with...
#philosophical
#morality
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The Evolution of Mankind
The next evolution of mankind,
to find our meaning within ourselves and not in nations or flags,
not in sacramental ideals nailed to the walls of another's creed,
not in the pigmentation of our hair, blood or skin.
When will mankind grow up
and stop leaning on the crutches of governments, religion, or greed.
When will we cast off the yoke of our need to be told what to believe.
When will we be free?
to find our meaning within ourselves and not in nations or flags,
not in sacramental ideals nailed to the walls of another's creed,
not in the pigmentation of our hair, blood or skin.
When will mankind grow up
and stop leaning on the crutches of governments, religion, or greed.
When will we cast off the yoke of our need to be told what to believe.
When will we be free?
#identity
#politics
#freedom
#culture
#morality
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The Little Death of Sleep
Unwillingly I close my eyes,
fearful of the little death of sleep
My mind screams no, no, no as peace steals over me
My breath shallow and heart rate slows,
even my bones now welcome forgetfulness
Will I ever wake again,
I have no way of knowing
Trust and faith to believe in another day
as my spirit's finally set free
and serenity covers me in warmth and love
My last coherent thought "I love you"
fearful of the little death of sleep
My mind screams no, no, no as peace steals over me
My breath shallow and heart rate slows,
even my bones now welcome forgetfulness
Will I ever wake again,
I have no way of knowing
Trust and faith to believe in another day
as my spirit's finally set free
and serenity covers me in warmth and love
My last coherent thought "I love you"
#love
#faith
#sleep
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A cosmic leap of faith
my left hand holding chaos
my right hand caressing creation
reality sitting upon my brow
I watch time stretching to infinity
as atoms dissolve in a vortex of being
the center of the universe appears in my mind's eye
a maelstrom of existence collides with earthly desires
the secrets of life revealed
superimposed on this tableau
a goddess
feet rooted deep in earth
a tiara of stars worn with negligent beauty
reaching out a hand, beckoning me to follow
a cosmic leap in faith
I love you
my right hand caressing creation
reality sitting upon my brow
I watch time stretching to infinity
as atoms dissolve in a vortex of being
the center of the universe appears in my mind's eye
a maelstrom of existence collides with earthly desires
the secrets of life revealed
superimposed on this tableau
a goddess
feet rooted deep in earth
a tiara of stars worn with negligent beauty
reaching out a hand, beckoning me to follow
a cosmic leap in faith
I love you
#love
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Two become one become many
With spirits entwined
Two become one become many
Love multiplying
Two become one become many
Love multiplying
#love
#haiku
100 reads
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A Love Letter from a Werewolf
Hunt with me,
show me your feral teeth grinning in the moonlight,
let our life begin covered in the blood of our kill as we rage at the bars of our cage.
Let natures savagery quench our thirst and feed our souls,
sustaining us as we hide in the light of day.
In blood I vow my endless love and give you my wild heart,
as I hear the pulsing in your veins quicken in a primal mating dance.
Let us become one with old gods that once ruled the land,
as we honor them with our lust for each other,
let us pray to them...
show me your feral teeth grinning in the moonlight,
let our life begin covered in the blood of our kill as we rage at the bars of our cage.
Let natures savagery quench our thirst and feed our souls,
sustaining us as we hide in the light of day.
In blood I vow my endless love and give you my wild heart,
as I hear the pulsing in your veins quicken in a primal mating dance.
Let us become one with old gods that once ruled the land,
as we honor them with our lust for each other,
let us pray to them...
#love
#passion
112 reads
1 Comment
Haiku
Fears are just like pets
Make room for them in your lap
And they start purring
Make room for them in your lap
And they start purring
#haiku
105 reads
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A One Word Sentence .
No!
I will not submit
No!
I will not accept limits on my life
No!
I won't cauterized my emotions because of pain
Yes!
I will open myself to the world
Yes!
I will seek the freedom of my mind
Yes!
In weakness I will find strength
And Yes!
I will love you to the end of time
I will not submit
No!
I will not accept limits on my life
No!
I won't cauterized my emotions because of pain
Yes!
I will open myself to the world
Yes!
I will seek the freedom of my mind
Yes!
In weakness I will find strength
And Yes!
I will love you to the end of time
#love
#SelfWorth
125 reads
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