Submissions by AprylNovember (A.R.M.)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I usually come across better on the page, usually.
LOVE POEM
Published
16th Mar 2024 2:48am
16th Mar 2024 2:48am
You forgot me again.
You forgot my name today.
Just like, you did before.
Now, you have nothing to say.
Not a glance, as you shut the door.
You don't remember, it seems.
The promises told over and over and over.
Repeated, until, I believed.
Convincing me, to come closer.
Your efforts payed off, willingly.
I forgot, that my love,
Makes you, forget me.
If ever, I forget again.
And send you a message, at 3am.
Push delete, go back to sleep.
You'll never deserve me, you never did.
Just like, you did before.
Now, you have nothing to say.
Not a glance, as you shut the door.
You don't remember, it seems.
The promises told over and over and over.
Repeated, until, I believed.
Convincing me, to come closer.
Your efforts payed off, willingly.
I forgot, that my love,
Makes you, forget me.
If ever, I forget again.
And send you a message, at 3am.
Push delete, go back to sleep.
You'll never deserve me, you never did.
#betrayal
#MovingOn
#disappointment #deception
#disappointment #deception
120 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
16th Mar 2024 1:05am
16th Mar 2024 1:05am
You are not a victim.
You are not a victim.
It's been too many years for that.
It's not your cause or symptom.
It has nothing to do with you, in fact.
Some husbands are just mean.
A cocktail of violent cruelty.
But you are what's obscene.
Swallowing disrespect effusively.
You are not a martyr.
Your choice is disgrace.
You are the selfish partner.
Survival, only works that way.
You won't be a hero for leaving.
From where you should never have been.
It would only prove, you love him.
To protect him, even from him.
...
It's been too many years for that.
It's not your cause or symptom.
It has nothing to do with you, in fact.
Some husbands are just mean.
A cocktail of violent cruelty.
But you are what's obscene.
Swallowing disrespect effusively.
You are not a martyr.
Your choice is disgrace.
You are the selfish partner.
Survival, only works that way.
You won't be a hero for leaving.
From where you should never have been.
It would only prove, you love him.
To protect him, even from him.
...
#anxiety
#motivational
#MovingOn
#escape
#weakness
108 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Dec 2023 9:15am
7th Dec 2023 9:15am
Effort
I've been lower than I'd ever admit.
Though, in my darkest hour
I knew I'd never quit.
I've carried weight so heavy.
I couldn't put it down
Though even when it bent my frame,
I carried it around.
I fail more often than I win. yet feel triumphant no matter the end.
For some reason across the board effort turns into my reward.
A.R.M.
Though, in my darkest hour
I knew I'd never quit.
I've carried weight so heavy.
I couldn't put it down
Though even when it bent my frame,
I carried it around.
I fail more often than I win. yet feel triumphant no matter the end.
For some reason across the board effort turns into my reward.
A.R.M.
#happiness
#kindness
#motivational
#inspirational
#gratitude
125 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Dec 2023 1:22pm
3rd Dec 2023 1:22pm
Bellyfull
Bellyfull
My heart lives in my belly now.
From under my ribs, it moved somehow.
Hurt so bad, believed it broke.
Eyes so sad, tears that choke.
But,...it now appears to be.
Safely tucked in the middle of me.
Severed the vein, wrapped in gold.
Begging to end, the have and to hold.
Barely beating, .....alive despite.
Scars emerge, left from his knife.
Deadly marriage, built a callous.
Protects the beat, from hands of malice.
Ashamed I didn't understand. ...
My heart lives in my belly now.
From under my ribs, it moved somehow.
Hurt so bad, believed it broke.
Eyes so sad, tears that choke.
But,...it now appears to be.
Safely tucked in the middle of me.
Severed the vein, wrapped in gold.
Begging to end, the have and to hold.
Barely beating, .....alive despite.
Scars emerge, left from his knife.
Deadly marriage, built a callous.
Protects the beat, from hands of malice.
Ashamed I didn't understand. ...
#secrets
#abuse
#ignorance #hurt
#ignorance #hurt
184 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
3rd Dec 2023 1:05pm
3rd Dec 2023 1:05pm
Violent marriage
The best || the worst
In me || I've seen
Like || a curse
It will || not leave
Hatred || I || had never known
Today || I share his name
The joy || from wearing his stone
Turned || one day || to pain
I then || forsook it all
For honest || my belief
Yes || I seen the wall
But the writing || was Greek
Why || because || I knew
Worse || I had no...
In me || I've seen
Like || a curse
It will || not leave
Hatred || I || had never known
Today || I share his name
The joy || from wearing his stone
Turned || one day || to pain
I then || forsook it all
For honest || my belief
Yes || I seen the wall
But the writing || was Greek
Why || because || I knew
Worse || I had no...
#anger
#regret
#hate
#shame
#fear
126 reads
0 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
31st Dec 2022 7:53am
31st Dec 2022 7:53am
Fact
A shadow spoke pictures to me
"Take courage" Whispered he
"The fact that nothing lasts
Is a promise this too shall pass"
"Take courage" Whispered he
"The fact that nothing lasts
Is a promise this too shall pass"
#LifeChangingMoment
#learning
#acceptance
#healing
#determination
275 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
31st Dec 2022 7:25am
31st Dec 2022 7:25am
Lifelong Hypocrisy
With no moment I recall
Nor time it slumbers low
No effort forth to install
No option to forego
Came confusion early on
Minus map or key
Is it right or is it wrong
Noone could agree
So half a century later now
I still can't figure out
Why the hell a single word
Is given so much clout
Early on it brought me praise
Kept me tidy and neat
Woke me early all my days
Made me brush my teeth
Helped with posture and a grin
Also hurt my stomach
Somehow ...
Nor time it slumbers low
No effort forth to install
No option to forego
Came confusion early on
Minus map or key
Is it right or is it wrong
Noone could agree
So half a century later now
I still can't figure out
Why the hell a single word
Is given so much clout
Early on it brought me praise
Kept me tidy and neat
Woke me early all my days
Made me brush my teeth
Helped with posture and a grin
Also hurt my stomach
Somehow ...
#confessional
#memories
#myself
#aging
#responsibility
187 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
10th Nov 2022 3:53pm
10th Nov 2022 3:53pm
When I feel fearless
I hate when I feel fearless
Because it shows the sign
Neon flashing CARELESS
Proves foolish every time
A.R.M.
Because it shows the sign
Neon flashing CARELESS
Proves foolish every time
A.R.M.
#emotions
176 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Jun 2021 9:46pm
12th Jun 2021 9:46pm
Proved a liar
Of any creature I've encountered
One is of the worst of cowards
For the sheer effort that's required
Covering transgression with words
It sickens me, how lies conceive
Painful still what it proves to me
That you deserve to be believed
And I deserve to be deceived
This offence I offer hatred
Of this I can't rise higher
My truth of lies that you painted
Show less a man proves a liar
ARM 6/2021
One is of the worst of cowards
For the sheer effort that's required
Covering transgression with words
It sickens me, how lies conceive
Painful still what it proves to me
That you deserve to be believed
And I deserve to be deceived
This offence I offer hatred
Of this I can't rise higher
My truth of lies that you painted
Show less a man proves a liar
ARM 6/2021
#anger
#frustration
#confusion
#disappointment
#bittersweet
578 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
12th Jun 2021 5:27am
12th Jun 2021 5:27am
Thank God She Lost Her Mind
The time she lost her mind,
Felt like the peeling rind.
At first, she noticed; not,
Survive, her only thought.
Except his knuckle, upon her skull,
Almost subtle, but of the hole.
Reaction commanded, day by day.
Then years, the toll of flesh, it paid.
An era reigned, she now calls, "broken",
Never explained, resolve unspoken.
Shattered glass, a heart so blue,
Broken frame, and fingers too.
Reactions rule, could find no balance
Love so cruel, it formed a callus.
But then shelter, did...
Felt like the peeling rind.
At first, she noticed; not,
Survive, her only thought.
Except his knuckle, upon her skull,
Almost subtle, but of the hole.
Reaction commanded, day by day.
Then years, the toll of flesh, it paid.
An era reigned, she now calls, "broken",
Never explained, resolve unspoken.
Shattered glass, a heart so blue,
Broken frame, and fingers too.
Reactions rule, could find no balance
Love so cruel, it formed a callus.
But then shelter, did...
#courage
256 reads
3 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
12th Jun 2021 5:04am
12th Jun 2021 5:04am
Meth, you dirty homewrecking whore.
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth #weakness
#MentalHealth #weakness
312 reads
4 Comments
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