Submissions by AltairEndian
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Dec 2022 6:26pm
26th Dec 2022 6:26pm
Even if I tremble
Life has great power over us
If we can not learn to trust
The waves, the ever higher waves
It's then when we become like slaves
The boat gets thrown about by lust
The bright steel of our will will rust
Aversion, grasping, lead away
From what a gift is every day
From pieces of a fearful heart
I vow to make a brand new start
A greatful life assemble
Even if I tremble
Attention paid is payment full
No single breath is truly dull
If curious spirit sees its way
Curious and grateful every day
To...
If we can not learn to trust
The waves, the ever higher waves
It's then when we become like slaves
The boat gets thrown about by lust
The bright steel of our will will rust
Aversion, grasping, lead away
From what a gift is every day
From pieces of a fearful heart
I vow to make a brand new start
A greatful life assemble
Even if I tremble
Attention paid is payment full
No single breath is truly dull
If curious spirit sees its way
Curious and grateful every day
To...
#gratitude
162 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Nov 2022 6:00pm
13th Nov 2022 6:00pm
The beauty of the dust
You say "nothing will remain of you"
You say "there is no point"
And to this I must say "it is true"
Or would be if I didn't know
The value of the most fleeting lust
I know the beatuy of the dust
In darkest nights the demons come
They say no battle can be won
For it will all one day burn in the sun
Yes, nothing at all is here to stay
It will all die and whither away
It is quite depressing I must say
And then I remember the wise man
To whom one day these demons came
And said "they will not remember tomorrow ...
You say "there is no point"
And to this I must say "it is true"
Or would be if I didn't know
The value of the most fleeting lust
I know the beatuy of the dust
In darkest nights the demons come
They say no battle can be won
For it will all one day burn in the sun
Yes, nothing at all is here to stay
It will all die and whither away
It is quite depressing I must say
And then I remember the wise man
To whom one day these demons came
And said "they will not remember tomorrow ...
#happiness
#hope
236 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Sep 2022 2:05pm
10th Sep 2022 2:05pm
Whate'er befalls
I sit here, look back on my life
At all the triumphs, all the strife
It taught me one thing, til it's done
Whate'er befalls, you carry on
The parents dead, grandparents dead
They saw their own last setting sun
Each morning ray, and each new day
Requires me to carry on
Sometimes it's heavy, and it's hard
When falling down to rise anew
You will not always do your best
Sometimes you'll barely muddle through
But one will call, and you will answer
An angel, friend, god, Buddha, loved one
An re-ignite that voice...
At all the triumphs, all the strife
It taught me one thing, til it's done
Whate'er befalls, you carry on
The parents dead, grandparents dead
They saw their own last setting sun
Each morning ray, and each new day
Requires me to carry on
Sometimes it's heavy, and it's hard
When falling down to rise anew
You will not always do your best
Sometimes you'll barely muddle through
But one will call, and you will answer
An angel, friend, god, Buddha, loved one
An re-ignite that voice...
#strength
#hope
215 reads
0 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Jul 2022 3:04pm
10th Jul 2022 3:04pm
As the river flows
What everyone knows
That time is a river
And life goes
As the river flows
Sometimes the cold of the water makes me shiver
Sometimes I look ahead to the stones
Over which it will flow, I imagine big rocks
That will smash me to pieces
That's when I don't go
As the river flows
But I swim against
With almost lethal force
When I loose myself to fear
When I'm not really here
When I'm lost in the future
When I'm lost in the past
Then I go against how the river flows
It gets buried...
That time is a river
And life goes
As the river flows
Sometimes the cold of the water makes me shiver
Sometimes I look ahead to the stones
Over which it will flow, I imagine big rocks
That will smash me to pieces
That's when I don't go
As the river flows
But I swim against
With almost lethal force
When I loose myself to fear
When I'm not really here
When I'm lost in the future
When I'm lost in the past
Then I go against how the river flows
It gets buried...
#hope
301 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
8th May 2022 3:15pm
8th May 2022 3:15pm
Let it RAIN
When I'm down on myself again
When I can't go on
When my mistakes seem to be always the same
I will change the wind and let it RAIN
I will Recognize - what makes me afraid, angry, sad, hopeless
I will Accept - whatever it is that makes me feel this way
I will Investigate - how I can deal with it and make it better
I will Nurture - the best in me and love myself
This I will try
When darkness comes around again
I will change the wind
and let it RAIN
When I can't go on
When my mistakes seem to be always the same
I will change the wind and let it RAIN
I will Recognize - what makes me afraid, angry, sad, hopeless
I will Accept - whatever it is that makes me feel this way
I will Investigate - how I can deal with it and make it better
I will Nurture - the best in me and love myself
This I will try
When darkness comes around again
I will change the wind
and let it RAIN
#hope
263 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Apr 2022 9:51am
15th Apr 2022 9:51am
For you
I am afraid of going on
Responsibility weighs heavily
Thinking over and over
Of the damage that could be done
If I fail
If the team fails
But there's no choice but to go on
Because some years ago you didn't give up on me
Now you are not with us anymore
But this legacy
Lives on
Even though I don't see what worth I would have left if I failed
You saw that worth in me
Unconditionally
That's why I must continue on my way
Seek help from outside
To see
That aside from my commercial...
Responsibility weighs heavily
Thinking over and over
Of the damage that could be done
If I fail
If the team fails
But there's no choice but to go on
Because some years ago you didn't give up on me
Now you are not with us anymore
But this legacy
Lives on
Even though I don't see what worth I would have left if I failed
You saw that worth in me
Unconditionally
That's why I must continue on my way
Seek help from outside
To see
That aside from my commercial...
#anxiety
#dark
#honesty
334 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Mar 2022 3:02pm
6th Mar 2022 3:02pm
In this hand
Pandemics, wars
What will the future bring?
Only to a small degree
Is this dependent on my doing
But I know
That in this moment
I decide where I go
This is my stand
Because the present
Is in this hand
What will the future bring?
Only to a small degree
Is this dependent on my doing
But I know
That in this moment
I decide where I go
This is my stand
Because the present
Is in this hand
#happiness
#hope
266 reads
0 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
18th Feb 2022 10:43am
18th Feb 2022 10:43am
The cloud hand
There once was a little kid who ate out of a hand. When the kid was growing up, there was always enough to eat in the hand. In school the hand was full of good grades, in church the hand was full of good organ playing and singing. Out of this hand the kid ate adoration and success. Out of this hand the kid ate a good life where everything was fine.
But as it grew older, there were times when the hand was empty or even vanished from time to time. But the hand was never gone so long that the child would suffer from hunger. The hand always came back, and with it the security that he...
But as it grew older, there were times when the hand was empty or even vanished from time to time. But the hand was never gone so long that the child would suffer from hunger. The hand always came back, and with it the security that he...
#SelfDiscovery
269 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
9th Jan 2022 1:22pm
9th Jan 2022 1:22pm
The wonders at my feet
I don't know what the future brings
But in this moment my heart sings
This moment is what makes it beat
These are the wonders at my feet
The quiet on a park bench
The rhythm of the wind
The pages that tell stories
The coffee in my hand
It is not tomorrow
Not milestones, not events
Not fireworks or festivals
It's what a quiet moment sents
The struggle is what makes me weep
But the rest is what makes my heart beat
Together they create the gems
The wonders at my feet
To use and rest is...
But in this moment my heart sings
This moment is what makes it beat
These are the wonders at my feet
The quiet on a park bench
The rhythm of the wind
The pages that tell stories
The coffee in my hand
It is not tomorrow
Not milestones, not events
Not fireworks or festivals
It's what a quiet moment sents
The struggle is what makes me weep
But the rest is what makes my heart beat
Together they create the gems
The wonders at my feet
To use and rest is...
#strength
#hope
#courage
283 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Jan 2022 1:11pm
9th Jan 2022 1:11pm
A moment of simplicity
I turn, I strike
In a flawed choreography
But I make it mine
Each movement an expression
Of who I am
Unique
No input
No machines
Just me
And the next turn
In this I breathe
In this I live
It is
My choreography
In this I find
A moment of simplicity
In a flawed choreography
But I make it mine
Each movement an expression
Of who I am
Unique
No input
No machines
Just me
And the next turn
In this I breathe
In this I live
It is
My choreography
In this I find
A moment of simplicity
#happiness
#gratitude
270 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
21st Dec 2021 12:53pm
21st Dec 2021 12:53pm
Afraid to love
I hope that there's a god above
It means that we will meet again
I dream of this, but until then
I fear I am afraid to love
My mother lost
My father lost
And in between a terrible cost
My mind was thrown into the storm
For years and years, for tears and fears
Insanity became my home
My heart now wears a coward's crown
Although I still do what I must
There is no passion, there's no trust
There's just this fear, this fear of loss
I want there to be love again
And though I don't know when and how
I...
It means that we will meet again
I dream of this, but until then
I fear I am afraid to love
My mother lost
My father lost
And in between a terrible cost
My mind was thrown into the storm
For years and years, for tears and fears
Insanity became my home
My heart now wears a coward's crown
Although I still do what I must
There is no passion, there's no trust
There's just this fear, this fear of loss
I want there to be love again
And though I don't know when and how
I...
#love
#fear
509 reads
5 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
20th Dec 2021 2:59pm
20th Dec 2021 2:59pm
When the stones fall
We're standing at the edge
The wind pushes us back
The starlight drives us on
Are we lost?
It all became so different
From one voice to a network of cries
From a line in the sand to cathedrals
When will we live in peace?
When will this madness end?
Nightfall arose
Mindwalkers tread upon our sacred ground
They still think this love is only ours
But it is not, it never was
The stories will tell of the time of the end
If we can not come to understand
That stones are not something to be...
The wind pushes us back
The starlight drives us on
Are we lost?
It all became so different
From one voice to a network of cries
From a line in the sand to cathedrals
When will we live in peace?
When will this madness end?
Nightfall arose
Mindwalkers tread upon our sacred ground
They still think this love is only ours
But it is not, it never was
The stories will tell of the time of the end
If we can not come to understand
That stones are not something to be...
#love
#dreams
#utopia
258 reads
1 Comment
DU Poetry : Submissions by AltairEndian
