Submissions by AfterAsh (Ash before the beauty)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Words pour as fast as the emotions say hello to me. Sometimes after I write, I read the words for the first time and think "wow. shes inside of me."
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Feb 2021 10:16am
21st Feb 2021 10:16am
Consequences open minds
Your story is not missed when I look into your eyes,
Explanations are too common for all the human kind.
I dont need to know why youre heart has turned black,
I dont need to know aquired traits and all the ones you lack.
Your silent echoes are not missed when i listen to you speak,
Reasons for your absence of attention is nothing that i seek.
I dont need to know where you are when youre all alone,
I just wanna love you when your body stumbles home.
Maybe when i hold you, your mind will follow soon,
Maybe when its effortless your heart will...
Explanations are too common for all the human kind.
I dont need to know why youre heart has turned black,
I dont need to know aquired traits and all the ones you lack.
Your silent echoes are not missed when i listen to you speak,
Reasons for your absence of attention is nothing that i seek.
I dont need to know where you are when youre all alone,
I just wanna love you when your body stumbles home.
Maybe when i hold you, your mind will follow soon,
Maybe when its effortless your heart will...
#LifeAsAWriter
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4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
21st Feb 2021 10:12am
21st Feb 2021 10:12am
Growing faces
It was all me, i will say at the least for the lows
Silly little naive, stealer of my own heart, come on now,
"Everyone knows.
She mustve seen it comin,
She must love to play the part,
I mean you mustve known i heard the whispers all along from the start.
Come on now lovers, my saviors of support,
Help me lick the wounds from the hands i held apart.
I smiled all along
And no i never faked it.
When your world loses energy
The darkness will grow faces
Silly little naive, stealer of my own heart, come on now,
"Everyone knows.
She mustve seen it comin,
She must love to play the part,
I mean you mustve known i heard the whispers all along from the start.
Come on now lovers, my saviors of support,
Help me lick the wounds from the hands i held apart.
I smiled all along
And no i never faked it.
When your world loses energy
The darkness will grow faces
#LifeAsAWriter
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SELF POEM
Published
19th Feb 2021 9:25pm
19th Feb 2021 9:25pm
My first attempt at a sonnet in years
She was irresistible, so calm within her practice.
Her silence spoke much more than groups of joined voices.
Her stillness taught more than all her impulsive life choices.
She was so bold, a critic in all of her madness.
She was quite inspiring, determined in her given blackness.
All she had used as a cure, humanity labeled as poisons.
Once all she loved was gone, her purpose was completely avoided.
She was not the norm, perfecting all of her tactics.
She is the motion in all of your favorite stories.
She is the light that the...
Her silence spoke much more than groups of joined voices.
Her stillness taught more than all her impulsive life choices.
She was so bold, a critic in all of her madness.
She was quite inspiring, determined in her given blackness.
All she had used as a cure, humanity labeled as poisons.
Once all she loved was gone, her purpose was completely avoided.
She was not the norm, perfecting all of her tactics.
She is the motion in all of your favorite stories.
She is the light that the...
#rhyming
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5 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
15th Feb 2021 9:41am
15th Feb 2021 9:41am
Scattered in chaos
Scattered in chaos, I was shown home.
Repressed memories rushed my mind with such elegant rage.
Contained within was power unknown.
I lost all 5 senses we use to feel human but somehow had grown.
The space I existed crushed all of my limits & I was no longer an age.
Scattered in chaos, I was shown home.
I traveled through galaxies, I had no surroundings I lacked all that made us alone.
I was a force but just enough to light up the darkest parts we used fears to create.
Contained within was power unknown.
Closed minds...
Repressed memories rushed my mind with such elegant rage.
Contained within was power unknown.
I lost all 5 senses we use to feel human but somehow had grown.
The space I existed crushed all of my limits & I was no longer an age.
Scattered in chaos, I was shown home.
I traveled through galaxies, I had no surroundings I lacked all that made us alone.
I was a force but just enough to light up the darkest parts we used fears to create.
Contained within was power unknown.
Closed minds...
#evolution
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DRUGS POEM
Published
28th Nov 2020 9:53am
28th Nov 2020 9:53am
Titles are one thing I can never word
I’m walking a pretty thin line
More thin than the one I snort up my nose
I’m feeling like a part of me’s dying
I’m watching the flames just eat at my bones
I can’t seem to break from the cycle
My mind is in love with all that it knows
Each time that I flinch with the tightening of muscles
I succumb to my pain and I know that it shows
It’s not just an ugly addiction
It’s a way to survive when you’ve lost all your hope
The high is so real lol n a world that’s just fiction
It eats all the care that caused you to cope
...
More thin than the one I snort up my nose
I’m feeling like a part of me’s dying
I’m watching the flames just eat at my bones
I can’t seem to break from the cycle
My mind is in love with all that it knows
Each time that I flinch with the tightening of muscles
I succumb to my pain and I know that it shows
It’s not just an ugly addiction
It’s a way to survive when you’ve lost all your hope
The high is so real lol n a world that’s just fiction
It eats all the care that caused you to cope
...
#drugs
#addiction
#temptation
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SELF POEM
Published
28th Nov 2020 9:45am
28th Nov 2020 9:45am
All that I’m lacking
I lack confidence the way an addict lacks control
I lack self worth the way humanity lacks reason
I lack strength like my will is stuck lower than below
I lack importance like my soul is the last worth keeping
I lack more than enough to stop my feet from moving
I lack so much that the emptiness has become soothing
I lack more than enough to stop my mind from thinking
I lack so much that my dead weight started sinking
I lack so much that I wonder what my name sounds like
I’m lack so much that my demons finally took on the fight
I...
I lack self worth the way humanity lacks reason
I lack strength like my will is stuck lower than below
I lack importance like my soul is the last worth keeping
I lack more than enough to stop my feet from moving
I lack so much that the emptiness has become soothing
I lack more than enough to stop my mind from thinking
I lack so much that my dead weight started sinking
I lack so much that I wonder what my name sounds like
I’m lack so much that my demons finally took on the fight
I...
#loneliness
#emptiness
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Nov 2019 10:39am
2nd Nov 2019 10:39am
***
Ive listened to a dvd menu to a movie that ended hours ago for far too long.
I wanna stop the repetition but the fear of what the silence will bring prevents that.
I cant sleep tonight, not that i even have the urge to.
But the pillow does feel pretty nice when its dry.
Pretending was too fun for not enough,
Now pretending seems like a talent, a trick i forgot the steps of.
I don't want to remember.
But theres a lot of things that come to mind that i wouldnt mind forgetting.
And i do,
I forget them all,
Until its 4am and my...
I wanna stop the repetition but the fear of what the silence will bring prevents that.
I cant sleep tonight, not that i even have the urge to.
But the pillow does feel pretty nice when its dry.
Pretending was too fun for not enough,
Now pretending seems like a talent, a trick i forgot the steps of.
I don't want to remember.
But theres a lot of things that come to mind that i wouldnt mind forgetting.
And i do,
I forget them all,
Until its 4am and my...
#LifeAsAWriter
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Nov 2019 10:33am
2nd Nov 2019 10:33am
--forever bad at titles **
My soul is on fire,
My mind is in flames,
& im still feelin tired.
Speakin all of your names
I call you bae, i call you mine,
I say i love you
All of the time.
But was it good enough?
Cause i dont feel your love.
Gimme a break
Gimme somethin to take
Cause if i step back to robbing
Affections get fake
& almost always too late
But im there smiling,
Asking you what are you finding
Cause it aint me now,
Nah, it cant be me now.
Throw it down, get mad
Cause i know when you...
My mind is in flames,
& im still feelin tired.
Speakin all of your names
I call you bae, i call you mine,
I say i love you
All of the time.
But was it good enough?
Cause i dont feel your love.
Gimme a break
Gimme somethin to take
Cause if i step back to robbing
Affections get fake
& almost always too late
But im there smiling,
Asking you what are you finding
Cause it aint me now,
Nah, it cant be me now.
Throw it down, get mad
Cause i know when you...
#LifeAsAWriter
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SELF POEM
Published
17th Aug 2019 4:03am
17th Aug 2019 4:03am
Bearer of bad news
You say you want dark,
You say you want gloomy.
Well baby now youre asking for the true me.
You say you want real,
You say you hate fantasy,
I can show you though i know youre not ready.
Be careful what you wish for
I know youve done heard this,
Prepare yourself for honest rage and questioning knowing me.
I can tell youre getting sad,
I tried to be fake for you,
But once you call out a demon i dont see no returning her.
Be careful what you ask for,
Specially when you have no clue,
All the new, all the bad all the...
You say you want gloomy.
Well baby now youre asking for the true me.
You say you want real,
You say you hate fantasy,
I can show you though i know youre not ready.
Be careful what you wish for
I know youve done heard this,
Prepare yourself for honest rage and questioning knowing me.
I can tell youre getting sad,
I tried to be fake for you,
But once you call out a demon i dont see no returning her.
Be careful what you ask for,
Specially when you have no clue,
All the new, all the bad all the...
#LifeAsAWriter
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2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
13th Aug 2019 3:40am
13th Aug 2019 3:40am
Cottoncandy world
Loving from the jump will get you stuck
Stuck in relationships you didnt even want
Yeah now, it all seems pretty nice
But this world dont give two fucks, have you thinking twice.
Loving from the jump will get you stuck
Stuck feeling sorry for bitches who ain't worth it.
Yeah , okay. it all still seems so nice,
Til my demon comes out and one you bitches dies
So this is why I'm leavin,
The cotton candy world.
My hearts too black to be that kinda girl.
Stuck in relationships you didnt even want
Yeah now, it all seems pretty nice
But this world dont give two fucks, have you thinking twice.
Loving from the jump will get you stuck
Stuck feeling sorry for bitches who ain't worth it.
Yeah , okay. it all still seems so nice,
Til my demon comes out and one you bitches dies
So this is why I'm leavin,
The cotton candy world.
My hearts too black to be that kinda girl.
#LifeAsAWriter
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DARK POEM
Published
10th Aug 2019 5:32am
10th Aug 2019 5:32am
Back & laughing at me
Why am I missing my demons
Why is my body still screaming
I swear I got a different mind
So I guess I'm just dreaming
That girl just cant be
She ain't owning the real me
I can see she just cant be
Even though she looks happy,
She is only a parta me
But I'm still in the back seat
Screaming please God
Please God
Make her remember me
Who am I kidding,
Just kidding
I'm more than a memory
Now I know you can feel me
In your veins, in your veins
Now can you still play so fake?
I...
Why is my body still screaming
I swear I got a different mind
So I guess I'm just dreaming
That girl just cant be
She ain't owning the real me
I can see she just cant be
Even though she looks happy,
She is only a parta me
But I'm still in the back seat
Screaming please God
Please God
Make her remember me
Who am I kidding,
Just kidding
I'm more than a memory
Now I know you can feel me
In your veins, in your veins
Now can you still play so fake?
I...
#LifeAsAWriter
#myself
#acceptance
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DARK POEM
Published
9th Aug 2019 7:06am
9th Aug 2019 7:06am
Who you've been kissing
Hi there, good evening come on in,
I've locked the door, take off your shoes it's too late to leave again
I have aprons, grab a bib pull out a chair and join the sin
All the Angels just might fly but no one ever said they win.
I'm in this for the long run, corrupted and committed
I have your tux, theres a demon go get fitted.
I cant let you leave for you've done seen too much
As for running, powers stunning and theres no luck
Please take a seat the shows beginning.
My horns are showing, time is slowing but I am winning.
I've...
I've locked the door, take off your shoes it's too late to leave again
I have aprons, grab a bib pull out a chair and join the sin
All the Angels just might fly but no one ever said they win.
I'm in this for the long run, corrupted and committed
I have your tux, theres a demon go get fitted.
I cant let you leave for you've done seen too much
As for running, powers stunning and theres no luck
Please take a seat the shows beginning.
My horns are showing, time is slowing but I am winning.
I've...
#curse
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