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!
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
454 reads
31 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
31st May 2024 00:04am
31st May 2024 00:04am
Middle Earth
Sometimes the earth quakes
shakes things up
moves things around
creating, shifting roads
each one different
just like arthritic fingers
Each winding path
filled with spastic water
daring me to dive
daring me to drive
against the waves
against the cars
crashing into me
over and over
each quake
making me work
digging deeper into
Middle Earth
looking for middle ground
the color of white clover
striving for an agreement
signing the year's end...
shakes things up
moves things around
creating, shifting roads
each one different
just like arthritic fingers
Each winding path
filled with spastic water
daring me to dive
daring me to drive
against the waves
against the cars
crashing into me
over and over
each quake
making me work
digging deeper into
Middle Earth
looking for middle ground
the color of white clover
striving for an agreement
signing the year's end...
#determination
#LifeChangingMoment
#MovingOn #PersonalGrowth
#MovingOn #PersonalGrowth
350 reads
19 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th Mar 2024 1:26am
14th Mar 2024 1:26am
Plum Purple Night
My Florida sequins sun
Deliriously sparkles
Like a disco globe
Reflecting heat
Splitting dreams into
Relentless mirages
Of 17 beaches
Wearing waves
Of fallen lavender
Sowing black red
Drifting seeds
In the fertile blue
Raining upside down
Draining Tampa Bay
Flooding the sky
With lullabies of incense
Warm and waiting
For a Plum Purple Night
Of 17 chances
To medicate the stars
With welcomed fragrance
Curing their insomnia
Deliriously sparkles
Like a disco globe
Reflecting heat
Splitting dreams into
Relentless mirages
Of 17 beaches
Wearing waves
Of fallen lavender
Sowing black red
Drifting seeds
In the fertile blue
Raining upside down
Draining Tampa Bay
Flooding the sky
With lullabies of incense
Warm and waiting
For a Plum Purple Night
Of 17 chances
To medicate the stars
With welcomed fragrance
Curing their insomnia
#anxiety
#sleep
489 reads
26 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Feb 2024 1:46am
21st Feb 2024 1:46am
Foxes & Wolves
I wondered back then
A long time ago
At fourteen in middle school
A year before the quinceanera I never had
Where I’d be later in life
Everyone my age left middle school
and their teens early
My girlz grew up way too fast
String bikinis
Hickeys on tummies
Laughing in detention
Fights in the restroom
at school or the movie theater
Wasn’t my thing though, never was
I wasn’t scared of fighting
but my mother was a different story
And my friends knew it
They didn’t have to answer to her ...
A long time ago
At fourteen in middle school
A year before the quinceanera I never had
Where I’d be later in life
Everyone my age left middle school
and their teens early
My girlz grew up way too fast
String bikinis
Hickeys on tummies
Laughing in detention
Fights in the restroom
at school or the movie theater
Wasn’t my thing though, never was
I wasn’t scared of fighting
but my mother was a different story
And my friends knew it
They didn’t have to answer to her ...
#confessional
#SelfReflection
#memories #nostalgia
#memories #nostalgia
568 reads
29 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
15th Jan 2024 00:12am
15th Jan 2024 00:12am
Era of Angels
Resurrecting the lost
Era of Angels
Playing god with
Grey veined rock
And maybe we
Make them better
If only to catch one
Via vision & stone
Sculpting their story
With gilded wing letters
Writing with chisels
Carving life into feathers
Faith filled hands
Creating angels
Reminding humanity
Of a time when legions flew
Embracing this world
With heavens design
Reminding humanity
To sculpt & find
Miracles
Era of Angels
Playing god with
Grey veined rock
And maybe we
Make them better
If only to catch one
Via vision & stone
Sculpting their story
With gilded wing letters
Writing with chisels
Carving life into feathers
Faith filled hands
Creating angels
Reminding humanity
Of a time when legions flew
Embracing this world
With heavens design
Reminding humanity
To sculpt & find
Miracles
#angels
#art
480 reads
25 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
12th Jan 2024 3:39am
12th Jan 2024 3:39am
Serpentine
I hear it
More than
I feel it
The knocking
Drumming
Inside a vacant
Studio hallway
Filled with gateways
The floor a treadmill
I’m at a steady pace
Paragliding
The far end wall
Lifetimes away
I hear music behind
Each gateway door
Glowing
Garnet
Hearts filled with
Pomegranate seeds
For doorknobs
Still, waiting for
A pulse
A sound
To split open
My soul streams
Serpentine
From door to door
In search of new lungs
A newborn’s first ...
More than
I feel it
The knocking
Drumming
Inside a vacant
Studio hallway
Filled with gateways
The floor a treadmill
I’m at a steady pace
Paragliding
The far end wall
Lifetimes away
I hear music behind
Each gateway door
Glowing
Garnet
Hearts filled with
Pomegranate seeds
For doorknobs
Still, waiting for
A pulse
A sound
To split open
My soul streams
Serpentine
From door to door
In search of new lungs
A newborn’s first ...
#rebirth
#LifeCycle
364 reads
22 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Jan 2024 2:42am
8th Jan 2024 2:42am
Opened Skin
How he makes me open
With his suggestions
His hands hint
Under the covers
As they glide and
Tease my skin
Only he can
Make me blink
And glow
Neon red
In bed
Humming
Like a sign
So he’ll know
It’s okay
To not go away
He can slide
Inside
No need to hurry
I’ll close when
He’s done
But for now
He can browse
Around
He can pick up
And touch
Everything
Take his time
No need to buy
Anything
...
With his suggestions
His hands hint
Under the covers
As they glide and
Tease my skin
Only he can
Make me blink
And glow
Neon red
In bed
Humming
Like a sign
So he’ll know
It’s okay
To not go away
He can slide
Inside
No need to hurry
I’ll close when
He’s done
But for now
He can browse
Around
He can pick up
And touch
Everything
Take his time
No need to buy
Anything
...
#love
#boyfriend
510 reads
23 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
30th Dec 2023 1:25am
30th Dec 2023 1:25am
Cracked Ribs
When I inhale
It’s so painful
When I exhale
It’s still stressful
I can’t even sigh
How can something
So hurtful
Keep me alive
It hurts to breathe
And yet I’m still here
Words have a way of
Pushing me down
They have their way
Of not making a sound
My hearts too big
It doesn’t fit
But forgiveness
Expands brittle ribs
His words, they crack my ribs
His works, they crack my ribs
Someone
Please make it stop
Someone
Please help me call the cops ...
It’s so painful
When I exhale
It’s still stressful
I can’t even sigh
How can something
So hurtful
Keep me alive
It hurts to breathe
And yet I’m still here
Words have a way of
Pushing me down
They have their way
Of not making a sound
My hearts too big
It doesn’t fit
But forgiveness
Expands brittle ribs
His words, they crack my ribs
His works, they crack my ribs
Someone
Please make it stop
Someone
Please help me call the cops ...
#breakup
#conflict
#hurt
538 reads
26 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Dec 2023 3:02am
28th Dec 2023 3:02am
Fireworks & Satellites
After sunset is when
I see them best
Steady streams of light
While I’m flying to you
Orbiting across the night
Before the sunrise
Its gravitational pull
Like you and I
Sending me signals
In relayed radio waves
Grazing the airplane
On my way to see you
In the mid-west
After-moon
In the mid-west
Pale blue
Showing me something
Out of the ordinary
Fireworks exploding by
Airplanes as high
As satellites
On my way to see you
Showing me something
Extraordinary ...
I see them best
Steady streams of light
While I’m flying to you
Orbiting across the night
Before the sunrise
Its gravitational pull
Like you and I
Sending me signals
In relayed radio waves
Grazing the airplane
On my way to see you
In the mid-west
After-moon
In the mid-west
Pale blue
Showing me something
Out of the ordinary
Fireworks exploding by
Airplanes as high
As satellites
On my way to see you
Showing me something
Extraordinary ...
#love
#LongDistanceRelationship
#NewYear
411 reads
20 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
13th Dec 2023 1:49am
13th Dec 2023 1:49am
Palm Trees
There’s hope in white wine
How it pours into
Crystal cups swirling around
Like a gentle crisp hurricane
Waiting to be sipped
Washing away my insides
Stripping away my self doubt
With its bubbling tingles
As I sit on our front porch
With no make-up on Thanksgiving
In 65 degree Florida weather
By our small Palm Trees
With strung white lights
A tradition started two years ago
Our young skyscraper trunks
That continue to grow
Symbolic with its
Towering future of love ...
How it pours into
Crystal cups swirling around
Like a gentle crisp hurricane
Waiting to be sipped
Washing away my insides
Stripping away my self doubt
With its bubbling tingles
As I sit on our front porch
With no make-up on Thanksgiving
In 65 degree Florida weather
By our small Palm Trees
With strung white lights
A tradition started two years ago
Our young skyscraper trunks
That continue to grow
Symbolic with its
Towering future of love ...
#relationships
#FallingInLove
500 reads
23 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
7th Dec 2023 00:23am
7th Dec 2023 00:23am
Cage Striped Heart
My world’s so far away
Living in a parallel home
I’m hoping you’ll stay
Always on my asylum mind
How you move me even when
We’re so far apart
Locked down in a different town
Penitentiary art
Penitentiary art
Wondering where you are
And what you’re doing
Strumming bars on
My Cage Striped Heart
Phasing through concrete
Playing my heart out
Knowing you’ll hear me
Cause no one else sounds like me
I’ve got nothing but time
But I don’t want to wait
Your voice unlocks my
Paradise...
Living in a parallel home
I’m hoping you’ll stay
Always on my asylum mind
How you move me even when
We’re so far apart
Locked down in a different town
Penitentiary art
Penitentiary art
Wondering where you are
And what you’re doing
Strumming bars on
My Cage Striped Heart
Phasing through concrete
Playing my heart out
Knowing you’ll hear me
Cause no one else sounds like me
I’ve got nothing but time
But I don’t want to wait
Your voice unlocks my
Paradise...
#lyrics
#LongDistanceRelationship
#IMissYou
666 reads
29 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Nov 2023 2:13am
11th Nov 2023 2:13am
Liquid Gold
Our color was predestined
From the beginning of time
An armada of femininity
Behind each of our eyes
Resonate and radiate
Nurture our womanly glamour
As we design our golden age
With untarnished beauty
Bestow future legacies
Of mothers and daughters
With precious liquified metal
Our wisdom will never rust
Teaching love’s glory
Between woman and man
Penmanship forever lasting
Never smudged or cold
As we pour priceless treasure
From our legendary hearts
Elegance combined with ...
From the beginning of time
An armada of femininity
Behind each of our eyes
Resonate and radiate
Nurture our womanly glamour
As we design our golden age
With untarnished beauty
Bestow future legacies
Of mothers and daughters
With precious liquified metal
Our wisdom will never rust
Teaching love’s glory
Between woman and man
Penmanship forever lasting
Never smudged or cold
As we pour priceless treasure
From our legendary hearts
Elegance combined with ...
#strength
#women
#motherhood
383 reads
20 Comments
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