Submissions by Arbasyn
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Aug 2015 8:38am
11th Aug 2015 8:38am
Faith (Mirror's Edge)
It started slowly,
Suffocating your freedom,
Until it's all gone.
They imposed their will,
Declaring safety for all,
Just keep your head down.
They just want power,
I don't know why you trust them,
Do you think they care?
They say it's normal,
As long as you remember,
Never ask questions.
But that's not my life,
I put fate in my own shoes,
Catch me if you can.
Living on the edge,
Requires more than running,
You can't stop running.
Suffocating your freedom,
Until it's all gone.
They imposed their will,
Declaring safety for all,
Just keep your head down.
They just want power,
I don't know why you trust them,
Do you think they care?
They say it's normal,
As long as you remember,
Never ask questions.
But that's not my life,
I put fate in my own shoes,
Catch me if you can.
Living on the edge,
Requires more than running,
You can't stop running.
695 reads
6 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Aug 2015 8:36am
11th Aug 2015 8:36am
Purple For Prez! (Saint's Row IV)
YES!
The Saints are in the House I hope you all voted Purple for Prez,
SMACK!
That's what Congressmen get for talking back,
GULP!
Damn alien mothership swallowed up my friends as if we're in a sci-fi dipped in pulp,
BOOM!
All batteries to fire to avoid impending doom,
POW!
Like a suckerpunch to the jaw I awake on the wrong side of town,
TWACK!
Time to blow this 50's nightmare to high heaven and damn that incessant laugh track,
ZAM!
Breaking all the laws of time and space to bring down this Steelport sham,
BOP!
Blowing...
The Saints are in the House I hope you all voted Purple for Prez,
SMACK!
That's what Congressmen get for talking back,
GULP!
Damn alien mothership swallowed up my friends as if we're in a sci-fi dipped in pulp,
BOOM!
All batteries to fire to avoid impending doom,
POW!
Like a suckerpunch to the jaw I awake on the wrong side of town,
TWACK!
Time to blow this 50's nightmare to high heaven and damn that incessant laugh track,
ZAM!
Breaking all the laws of time and space to bring down this Steelport sham,
BOP!
Blowing...
727 reads
8 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
9th Aug 2015 3:21pm
9th Aug 2015 3:21pm
Guide My Footsteps
She wanders clothed only by the sun,
The passing of seasons keeps her fair and young,
"An unholy beast of the wilds" the ignorant condescend,
But their words fall like the snow of winter,
Just wait till spring for her to rise again,
Deemed by her mother as the long-lost child,
For she abandoned her worldly chains and returned to the wilds,
When Iron Hunters invade to pillage and plunder,
She shows them the world which they've torn asunder,
For the Iron Colossus demands constant tribute,
...
The passing of seasons keeps her fair and young,
"An unholy beast of the wilds" the ignorant condescend,
But their words fall like the snow of winter,
Just wait till spring for her to rise again,
Deemed by her mother as the long-lost child,
For she abandoned her worldly chains and returned to the wilds,
When Iron Hunters invade to pillage and plunder,
She shows them the world which they've torn asunder,
For the Iron Colossus demands constant tribute,
...
744 reads
9 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Aug 2015 8:48am
9th Aug 2015 8:48am
Goner
He writes, games, writes, sleeps,
Tries to understand the world,
Both good and evil,
He's just so caught up,
In who he wishes he was,
Head stuck in the clouds.
Tries to understand the world,
Both good and evil,
He's just so caught up,
In who he wishes he was,
Head stuck in the clouds.
680 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Aug 2015 2:59am
9th Aug 2015 2:59am
Loner
You're not welcome here,
Lock the door on your way out,
I'm chasing my dreams,
I've confined myself,
My own personal prison,
Just to write for you.
Lock the door on your way out,
I'm chasing my dreams,
I've confined myself,
My own personal prison,
Just to write for you.
651 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Aug 2015 00:45am
9th Aug 2015 00:45am
BANG! BANG! For Change
You know there've been alot of movements throughout the US history on the grounds of social change,
From the American Revolution, Civil Rights, to Prohibition,
The staunch status-quo must've found these motions earth-shatteringly deranged,
Looking back we recognize the monumental importance they had on closing gaps of societal division,
However to this day I find the Prohibition baffling,
Draining wine barrels and beer kegs seems a strange way of mending household relations and eliminating sexual promiscuity,
Let's be honest with each...
From the American Revolution, Civil Rights, to Prohibition,
The staunch status-quo must've found these motions earth-shatteringly deranged,
Looking back we recognize the monumental importance they had on closing gaps of societal division,
However to this day I find the Prohibition baffling,
Draining wine barrels and beer kegs seems a strange way of mending household relations and eliminating sexual promiscuity,
Let's be honest with each...
771 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Aug 2015 6:19pm
8th Aug 2015 6:19pm
Tyops
Gather 'round the campfire me pretties,
Let me tell ye a tale,
One not of shining knights or flying fairies,
But of a menace more vile than minotaurs or spooky skellies,
I speak of the bane of banter,
The marrer of masterpieces,
The incinerator of inspiration,
The enemy of enlightenment,
The ruiner of romanticism,
The scourge of Socraticism,
The nemesis of narratives,
The devastator of dictation,
And just an all around bad guy,
So be wary my pretties,
Just when you're...
Let me tell ye a tale,
One not of shining knights or flying fairies,
But of a menace more vile than minotaurs or spooky skellies,
I speak of the bane of banter,
The marrer of masterpieces,
The incinerator of inspiration,
The enemy of enlightenment,
The ruiner of romanticism,
The scourge of Socraticism,
The nemesis of narratives,
The devastator of dictation,
And just an all around bad guy,
So be wary my pretties,
Just when you're...
882 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Aug 2015 7:52pm
7th Aug 2015 7:52pm
Fishbowl
Swimming revolutions,
Walking in the right lane,
Cultural institutions,
Every second's the same.
Our destinies intertwine,
Though our paths differ,
While we are not caught on a fishing line,
We are all cycled through the same filter.
The steady monotony,
Of wake, swim, eat, sleep,
Echoes quite similarly,
To our habitat of mindless routine and day dreams.
We all dream of adventure yet squander our independence,
To you, tank or sea water have no difference,
You are all served the same universal dish,
Yet you always seem...
Walking in the right lane,
Cultural institutions,
Every second's the same.
Our destinies intertwine,
Though our paths differ,
While we are not caught on a fishing line,
We are all cycled through the same filter.
The steady monotony,
Of wake, swim, eat, sleep,
Echoes quite similarly,
To our habitat of mindless routine and day dreams.
We all dream of adventure yet squander our independence,
To you, tank or sea water have no difference,
You are all served the same universal dish,
Yet you always seem...
751 reads
10 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Aug 2015 4:15am
7th Aug 2015 4:15am
Summer Cycle
Morning
Rise and shine sunsets,
Alarm clock hibernation,
Just five more minutes.
Afternoon
Lazy hammock swings,
The sun's pendulum rotates,
On the slightest breeze.
Evening
Writing on the pier,
Waves lapping against the shore,
A lonely frontier.
Rise and shine sunsets,
Alarm clock hibernation,
Just five more minutes.
Afternoon
Lazy hammock swings,
The sun's pendulum rotates,
On the slightest breeze.
Evening
Writing on the pier,
Waves lapping against the shore,
A lonely frontier.
685 reads
10 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Aug 2015 5:26am
6th Aug 2015 5:26am
Reflection
Youthfully vibrant,
Parentally reliant,
Educationally compliant,
Subliminally defiant,
Maintaining submission,
Passive aggression,
Emotional repression,
Sexual concession,
Ideological oppression.
Parentally reliant,
Educationally compliant,
Subliminally defiant,
Maintaining submission,
Passive aggression,
Emotional repression,
Sexual concession,
Ideological oppression.
768 reads
9 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
6th Aug 2015 00:44am
6th Aug 2015 00:44am
Case File 19: Operation Ascendance (Star Wars: The Old Republic, Imperial Agent)
Begin Transmission*
KEEPER: Containment protocols have been activated,
Bring in that traitorous alien.
AGENT: Sir, are we really going to follow procedure and have this scum interrogated?
This conspirator is an abomination who betrayed the Empire, she deserves nothing less than to be swiftly eliminated!
If anything her head on a pike should sate the bloodthirsty mobs outside,
Even if she isn't guilty she'll be a good enough scapegoat for our alibis.
KEEPER: Agent, I am still the keeper of this cell as it was designated,
And as such I...
KEEPER: Containment protocols have been activated,
Bring in that traitorous alien.
AGENT: Sir, are we really going to follow procedure and have this scum interrogated?
This conspirator is an abomination who betrayed the Empire, she deserves nothing less than to be swiftly eliminated!
If anything her head on a pike should sate the bloodthirsty mobs outside,
Even if she isn't guilty she'll be a good enough scapegoat for our alibis.
KEEPER: Agent, I am still the keeper of this cell as it was designated,
And as such I...
718 reads
3 Comments
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