Submissions by A_Failed_Artist
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Maid of Kentucky
Choices you made, made you choiceless
Had your children, but lost your life
I was your last baby, the last you could have
And you said, “womanhood is gone.”
My mama, you’re the patron saint
Of all of women’s suffering
You’re dedication won’t go unnoticed
I’m gonna wear your name
When you leave this world
I’ll tell the tale of the Maid of Kentucky
Had your children, but lost your life
I was your last baby, the last you could have
And you said, “womanhood is gone.”
My mama, you’re the patron saint
Of all of women’s suffering
You’re dedication won’t go unnoticed
I’m gonna wear your name
When you leave this world
I’ll tell the tale of the Maid of Kentucky
#mother
#women
#feminism
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Fight The Chemicals
As I feared, I’ve had another taste
It’s all I can think about
I have to fight my way out of daydreaming
The day we touch for the first time
Because I love you,
I promise to put myself first
To ask for space and to give it as well
To be responsible for my own happiness
To take this love in moderation
It’s all I can think about
I have to fight my way out of daydreaming
The day we touch for the first time
Because I love you,
I promise to put myself first
To ask for space and to give it as well
To be responsible for my own happiness
To take this love in moderation
#love
#LongDistanceRelationship
#SelfWorth
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Tomato/Tomato
Where did my fucks go?
I care less about good
I ignore the bad
You can have your cake,
But don’t be surprised if it’s gone
Appetite is junk food and pasta
When my mouth isn’t full,
It’s muttering fantasies
Jumping off a stool
Becoming one with the road
Take your goodnight pills
Dream of crimson rain
I wake up in a boiling pot
The walls covered in my water
And a man comes down from his fiery throne,
“You’re fifty years early. Go wait in the lobby.”
I care less about good
I ignore the bad
You can have your cake,
But don’t be surprised if it’s gone
Appetite is junk food and pasta
When my mouth isn’t full,
It’s muttering fantasies
Jumping off a stool
Becoming one with the road
Take your goodnight pills
Dream of crimson rain
I wake up in a boiling pot
The walls covered in my water
And a man comes down from his fiery throne,
“You’re fifty years early. Go wait in the lobby.”
#depression
#suicide
#devil
#hell
#apathy
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Get Help
I am not a bitch
I am not a mutt
You wear a muzzle
So I’ll shut the fuck up
Stop making me
Jump through more hoops
Gonna chase you down
Like a chicken coop
Snapping at their necks
Walking on eggshells
The embryo’s expensive
Why you gotta upsell?
Done with all these prices
Done with all these stores
Done with all the business
Trying to close all the doors
I knock but you don’t answer
So you send me to your neighbor
Funny, they told me the same thing
But...
I am not a mutt
You wear a muzzle
So I’ll shut the fuck up
Stop making me
Jump through more hoops
Gonna chase you down
Like a chicken coop
Snapping at their necks
Walking on eggshells
The embryo’s expensive
Why you gotta upsell?
Done with all these prices
Done with all these stores
Done with all the business
Trying to close all the doors
I knock but you don’t answer
So you send me to your neighbor
Funny, they told me the same thing
But...
#anger
#MentalHealth
#frustration
#disappointment
#Autism
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Portal
Peer through the flame
And see hallway to heaven
I want to reach in
But it’s too soon to die now
Wick sparkles to remind me
“Back off, you silly little mortal boy”
Look, don’t touch this lovely glow
Or the room will be gone forever
And see hallway to heaven
I want to reach in
But it’s too soon to die now
Wick sparkles to remind me
“Back off, you silly little mortal boy”
Look, don’t touch this lovely glow
Or the room will be gone forever
#fire
#spiritual
#heaven
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Demand
Tiredness has left yet sleep still remains
Am I an android? A tin can?
Have they beaten the human out of me?
My heart no longer bleeds, it pumps without passion
How does one rest with no urge to?
Perhaps a switch
Lit up on demand, often forgotten
I’ve no choice but to wait to be turned off
To forget that I am a machine
Am I an android? A tin can?
Have they beaten the human out of me?
My heart no longer bleeds, it pumps without passion
How does one rest with no urge to?
Perhaps a switch
Lit up on demand, often forgotten
I’ve no choice but to wait to be turned off
To forget that I am a machine
#depression
#sleep
#SelfReflection
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Fml
When the speakers turn up to 10,
It sounds like they’re turned up to 20
The way you talk, the way you get excited about things
Makes me want to kill myself
If I so much as make one judgement,
I may as well have made a death wish
It sounds like they’re turned up to 20
The way you talk, the way you get excited about things
Makes me want to kill myself
If I so much as make one judgement,
I may as well have made a death wish
#LifeStruggles
#suicide
#Autism
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Aches
A hard day’s work is shown in the hands
A hard day of activity is felt in the muscles
The radio, the tv, and whoever’s talking
Cram themselves into my brain,
going down my spine
My skin is violated by constant tapping
Each one, a jump scare
A flash in the pan
I recover from my wounds
The way a monk finds enlightenment:
In silence and solitude
A hard day of activity is felt in the muscles
The radio, the tv, and whoever’s talking
Cram themselves into my brain,
going down my spine
My skin is violated by constant tapping
Each one, a jump scare
A flash in the pan
I recover from my wounds
The way a monk finds enlightenment:
In silence and solitude
#MentalHealth
#misunderstood
#Autism
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New Age
Water, wash these tears away
Send me to an oasis
Where the drink spills healing power
My heart yearns to heal
As it steps into a new age
The Age of Twenty Six
Send me to an oasis
Where the drink spills healing power
My heart yearns to heal
As it steps into a new age
The Age of Twenty Six
#water
#TimeHeals
#pagan #healing
#pagan #healing
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Poison Apple
I’m hungry
I want something to eat
Everyone’s asleep though
I can’t have this because it’s too loud
I can’t have that because I can’t find my mug
I’m all out of options
Guess I’ll have an apple
It’s not very good
Each bite makes me wish it was poisoned
But at least I’m not hungry
I want something to eat
Everyone’s asleep though
I can’t have this because it’s too loud
I can’t have that because I can’t find my mug
I’m all out of options
Guess I’ll have an apple
It’s not very good
Each bite makes me wish it was poisoned
But at least I’m not hungry
#dark
#suicide
#food #despair
#food #despair
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battery
tired... so tired... i'm tired
the circles grow darker each day
it hurts to smile so i don't bother
please leave me alone
the circles grow darker each day
it hurts to smile so i don't bother
please leave me alone
#sleep
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A Calling (Literally)
Two months, nine days since our last phone call
A day never passed where you weren’t on my mind
Too stubborn to admit it, too chicken shit to message
Got rid of all the pics, but still kept you in my phone
A day never passed where you weren’t on my mind
Too stubborn to admit it, too chicken shit to message
Got rid of all the pics, but still kept you in my phone
#happiness
#love
#TimeHeals #LongDistanceRelationship
#TimeHeals #LongDistanceRelationship
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