Submissions by Adelphina
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I have been writing for years. Finally ready to share my 15 year journey. Does not have to be pretty but has to be honest!
DARK POEM
Published
16th Oct 2024 1:38am
16th Oct 2024 1:38am
Mummified
He wrote for 70 days
before he got started
a single love note
within each single strip
Obsessed with the process
inoculation for preservation
of my hollowed body
with white linen
My tortured love
gently handles me
with black gloves
and quiet care
His mummified bride
leaving my heart inside
because it's aorta pipes once
played music to the tone of an organ
So wherever I go
I'll be a big fabric star
spilling into the afterlife
with trails of cloth for him to...
before he got started
a single love note
within each single strip
Obsessed with the process
inoculation for preservation
of my hollowed body
with white linen
My tortured love
gently handles me
with black gloves
and quiet care
His mummified bride
leaving my heart inside
because it's aorta pipes once
played music to the tone of an organ
So wherever I go
I'll be a big fabric star
spilling into the afterlife
with trails of cloth for him to...
#death
#love
492 reads
31 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
22nd Sep 2024 00:38am
22nd Sep 2024 00:38am
My Memoir Grimoire
Letters steadily seep from my pen
soul kissed, finding their sacred spot
casting spells with words
soaking each page with creation
mating with paper for life
My mind, the sun
often so bright I don't
see the words as they come
they spill, blindly
determined to burn alive
At other times
my mind's shadow
howls at the moon
baring its sharp teeth
with every bitten word
scaring my fingers
Each breath, a second of time
spreading to all four corners
of my favorite pages
addicted to the...
soul kissed, finding their sacred spot
casting spells with words
soaking each page with creation
mating with paper for life
My mind, the sun
often so bright I don't
see the words as they come
they spill, blindly
determined to burn alive
At other times
my mind's shadow
howls at the moon
baring its sharp teeth
with every bitten word
scaring my fingers
Each breath, a second of time
spreading to all four corners
of my favorite pages
addicted to the...
#books
#witches
#WritingPoetry
471 reads
41 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
15th Sep 2024 11:51pm
15th Sep 2024 11:51pm
Murder of Crows
We are all made of bloodclay
at one with the earth
warm with all directions
wherever they may lead
Molded by measures of love
and the presence of hate
baked by life and
a cob oven sun
My sand brown eyes
with tearless vision
watch them form
circles of oblivion
hovering above my head
A halo of crows
coloring a black witch sky
waiting for me
to trip and shatter
But they misunderstand
the air and the beat
of the sun...
at one with the earth
warm with all directions
wherever they may lead
Molded by measures of love
and the presence of hate
baked by life and
a cob oven sun
My sand brown eyes
with tearless vision
watch them form
circles of oblivion
hovering above my head
A halo of crows
coloring a black witch sky
waiting for me
to trip and shatter
But they misunderstand
the air and the beat
of the sun...
#birds
#curse
#fate
425 reads
36 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
7th Sep 2024 3:04am
7th Sep 2024 3:04am
Not like the Roses
And I, I'm not like
the roses
and I never had a lot
of choices
And he, he smelled like
the rain
and in one night he
became everything
I was born in the mud and
everyone noticed on the
other side of town
but he called me up
anyhow
came to my work and
took me out
Showed me how to
plant a kiss in the dark
by the ice skating rink
inside Bryant Park
And I felt like
impossible magic
closed my eyes ...
the roses
and I never had a lot
of choices
And he, he smelled like
the rain
and in one night he
became everything
I was born in the mud and
everyone noticed on the
other side of town
but he called me up
anyhow
came to my work and
took me out
Showed me how to
plant a kiss in the dark
by the ice skating rink
inside Bryant Park
And I felt like
impossible magic
closed my eyes ...
#gratitude
#love
#spiritual
424 reads
34 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Sep 2024 1:36am
3rd Sep 2024 1:36am
The Road
pave me
crack me
that’s fine with me
I’ll still take
you anywhere
front and center
don’t be distracted
even when lost
just follow my lead
your legs are
worn and long
but persistent
there will be pain
uphill slow battles
and dead ends
but remember all the
animated borders
along the way
wild child flowers
pops of color
swaying independent
keeping us company
I promise you we'll
have sprinkled friends
especially in Ireland ...
crack me
that’s fine with me
I’ll still take
you anywhere
front and center
don’t be distracted
even when lost
just follow my lead
your legs are
worn and long
but persistent
there will be pain
uphill slow battles
and dead ends
but remember all the
animated borders
along the way
wild child flowers
pops of color
swaying independent
keeping us company
I promise you we'll
have sprinkled friends
especially in Ireland ...
#inspirational
#motivational
#uplifting
311 reads
30 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
25th Aug 2024 9:04pm
25th Aug 2024 9:04pm
In the Grey
I'm in the middle
of night and day
one foot in
one foot out
of my grave
I'm in the middle
of thunder and
miles of rain
where all the color
is washed away
You'll find me
in the grey
Colorblind
and that's okay
The clock
has her hands
filled with time
too busy to
pay any mind
My roots have
turned to stone
from my head
I grew a throne
to sit and wait
Weathered and dry
when it's time to die
keeping my cool
where all the color ...
of night and day
one foot in
one foot out
of my grave
I'm in the middle
of thunder and
miles of rain
where all the color
is washed away
You'll find me
in the grey
Colorblind
and that's okay
The clock
has her hands
filled with time
too busy to
pay any mind
My roots have
turned to stone
from my head
I grew a throne
to sit and wait
Weathered and dry
when it's time to die
keeping my cool
where all the color ...
#aging
#inspirational
376 reads
27 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Aug 2024 00:24am
6th Aug 2024 00:24am
Within My Sight
They say eyes are the
windows of the soul
and for me it's fitting
since I have two
I've shared its
luminous spark
twice with my sons
Shared my breath
until they were
strong enough
to do it on their own
months later
in the middle of the night
Where the fear
was so bright I
couldn't open my eyes
until the first sound
of blood and cut
umbilical cords
And since then
they are always
Within My Sight
My oldest
so like his mother
the constant dreamer ...
windows of the soul
and for me it's fitting
since I have two
I've shared its
luminous spark
twice with my sons
Shared my breath
until they were
strong enough
to do it on their own
months later
in the middle of the night
Where the fear
was so bright I
couldn't open my eyes
until the first sound
of blood and cut
umbilical cords
And since then
they are always
Within My Sight
My oldest
so like his mother
the constant dreamer ...
#children
#motherhood
456 reads
22 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Jul 2024 3:18am
15th Jul 2024 3:18am
Edge of Eden - collaboration with Styxian
There is thunder
inside me
My heartbeat
beats loudly
Chaotically
(for)
My God
My Lover
I descend, upon her
My hands extend soft lightning
from my fingers, to
Her chest rising, swelling
Blending angst with hunger
Equality within our needs
So in tuned
with my needs and
the rocking headboard
he occasionally bangs
his head on
Overly eager, but I
try to compensate
with calm whispers
Though as deep voiced
as I am inside her
In sync...
inside me
My heartbeat
beats loudly
Chaotically
(for)
My God
My Lover
I descend, upon her
My hands extend soft lightning
from my fingers, to
Her chest rising, swelling
Blending angst with hunger
Equality within our needs
So in tuned
with my needs and
the rocking headboard
he occasionally bangs
his head on
Overly eager, but I
try to compensate
with calm whispers
Though as deep voiced
as I am inside her
In sync...
#FallingInLove
#lover
575 reads
20 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
25th Jun 2024 2:55am
25th Jun 2024 2:55am
Meet His Friends Night
Tonight's the night
the "meet his friends" night
I'm ready for this
nervcited (nervous excited) even
and it's gone great so far
I've had a couple of drinks
and took a taste
of Mark's
ginger ale & whiskey
something something
I don't think he
noticed how strategic
I was putting my lips on
the same exact spot as his
It made me smile
with each calculated sip
We were fixing to call it a night
when the Karaoke DJ decided ...
the "meet his friends" night
I'm ready for this
nervcited (nervous excited) even
and it's gone great so far
I've had a couple of drinks
and took a taste
of Mark's
ginger ale & whiskey
something something
I don't think he
noticed how strategic
I was putting my lips on
the same exact spot as his
It made me smile
with each calculated sip
We were fixing to call it a night
when the Karaoke DJ decided ...
#courage
#LifeChangingMoment
#love
432 reads
38 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
16th Jun 2024 3:13am
16th Jun 2024 3:13am
Skyscraper
I'm at the intersection
Of 19 and Ettie Street
Gazing up with my
Amazed Texan eyes
And it's way too high
Up there - Inside
His sky rise Florida eyes
To see me
62 stories of classic
Male architecture
It gives me vertigo
But I'm ready-set-go
When it opens
On the first story
His golden heart
Elevator plays
Black Sabbath's
Children Of the Sea
Then recites poetry
Conquistadora by Styxian
In his deep soft voice
Such a non fiction ...
Of 19 and Ettie Street
Gazing up with my
Amazed Texan eyes
And it's way too high
Up there - Inside
His sky rise Florida eyes
To see me
62 stories of classic
Male architecture
It gives me vertigo
But I'm ready-set-go
When it opens
On the first story
His golden heart
Elevator plays
Black Sabbath's
Children Of the Sea
Then recites poetry
Conquistadora by Styxian
In his deep soft voice
Such a non fiction ...
#admiration
#love
#relationships
413 reads
31 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
9th Jun 2024 3:30am
9th Jun 2024 3:30am
Flower Bomb
Lying in the
middle of a field
being baptized by flowers
With petals like wings
the earth and
its mysterious power
of love and magnets
that curve and arc
so many colors
like flavored sugar
mingled in the breeze
Ignoring their roots
defying gravity
following the pull
of me
to you
each sweet harlequin petal
paving a path to follow
making a bee line
towards your lips
landing on your tongue
like the eucharist
where you swallow
me...
middle of a field
being baptized by flowers
With petals like wings
the earth and
its mysterious power
of love and magnets
that curve and arc
so many colors
like flavored sugar
mingled in the breeze
Ignoring their roots
defying gravity
following the pull
of me
to you
each sweet harlequin petal
paving a path to follow
making a bee line
towards your lips
landing on your tongue
like the eucharist
where you swallow
me...
#FallingInLove
417 reads
32 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
6th Jun 2024 3:24am
6th Jun 2024 3:24am
Fashion Stain
You and I together
linked in forever
Following the sienna sunset
at Clearwater Beach
Roller-coaster waves
as background noise
Too many pictures
striking a pose
Ink on my skin
sprinkled with sticky sand
complimenting your name
alive on my hand
Dye me
trace me with marks
dress me with henna
my new favorite
Fashion Stain
Designed with scrolls
and flowers like extensions
from my veins because
that's how you make me feel
Owning my femininity
with...
linked in forever
Following the sienna sunset
at Clearwater Beach
Roller-coaster waves
as background noise
Too many pictures
striking a pose
Ink on my skin
sprinkled with sticky sand
complimenting your name
alive on my hand
Dye me
trace me with marks
dress me with henna
my new favorite
Fashion Stain
Designed with scrolls
and flowers like extensions
from my veins because
that's how you make me feel
Owning my femininity
with...
#art
#FallingInLove
#love
335 reads
31 Comments
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