Submissions by AveryPineapple (Dan A)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
DARK POEM
Published
18th Sep 2023 6:30am
18th Sep 2023 6:30am
Drowning in Blue Light
Day after day
Night after night
When I'm happy
When I'm sad
Especially when I'm sad
It's the easiest thing in the world, one click
Dopamine
Or it used to be
Ever growing desire met with ever diminishing pleasure
It is the biggest, most collaborative, most wonderful thing we have ever made as a species
I am using It right now
And probably will for the rest of the night
And into the morning
Click
It's on my computer
It's on my phone
It's what I seek when I need distraction
But how can I...
Night after night
When I'm happy
When I'm sad
Especially when I'm sad
It's the easiest thing in the world, one click
Dopamine
Or it used to be
Ever growing desire met with ever diminishing pleasure
It is the biggest, most collaborative, most wonderful thing we have ever made as a species
I am using It right now
And probably will for the rest of the night
And into the morning
Click
It's on my computer
It's on my phone
It's what I seek when I need distraction
But how can I...
#technology
#addiction
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SELF POEM
Published
13th Aug 2023 5:05pm
13th Aug 2023 5:05pm
Mirror
I look upon my mirror-self and sigh
Sometimes in grief sometimes in sheer delight
My image bothers me, I know not why
My visage grants my soul a wary plight
The many features of my wizened face
My hair, my beard, my deep and passion'd gaze
Compels in others fear unto make haste
For angry MAN approaches on the day.
And thus my question festers in my soul
Does plight alight from outside or within?
Is problem mine my image or my foul
Presentation? Wherefore to begin?
I cast my eyes away from mirrored wall
I cannot...
Sometimes in grief sometimes in sheer delight
My image bothers me, I know not why
My visage grants my soul a wary plight
The many features of my wizened face
My hair, my beard, my deep and passion'd gaze
Compels in others fear unto make haste
For angry MAN approaches on the day.
And thus my question festers in my soul
Does plight alight from outside or within?
Is problem mine my image or my foul
Presentation? Wherefore to begin?
I cast my eyes away from mirrored wall
I cannot...
#LGBT
#mirror
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LOVE POEM
Published
12th Aug 2023 11:18pm
12th Aug 2023 11:18pm
Night rain at your mother's house
You lay beside me
Your steady breath a hiss in my ear
In the guest bedroom
After your father died
Downstairs your mother
With her dogs and her wine
Holds herself together
Dreams of your father
The tears of his suddenness
Breathtaking decisiveness
One second dinner
Next second death
There is nothing to do now
Family is consoled
Friends are informed
The march of time
Steps forward without afterthought
Minus a pair of old shoes
Not yet cool
Your hand caresses my side
The...
Your steady breath a hiss in my ear
In the guest bedroom
After your father died
Downstairs your mother
With her dogs and her wine
Holds herself together
Dreams of your father
The tears of his suddenness
Breathtaking decisiveness
One second dinner
Next second death
There is nothing to do now
Family is consoled
Friends are informed
The march of time
Steps forward without afterthought
Minus a pair of old shoes
Not yet cool
Your hand caresses my side
The...
#love
#father
#death #rain
#death #rain
142 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Aug 2023 10:09pm
9th Aug 2023 10:09pm
Yippee
My god people”
Says the boy
Delight in his voice
Cheezy snacks on his desk
His mom allowed him to drink cola
He has a liter bottle
He’s going to play fortnite and drink cola
Yippee
Why does it make me sad?
Nostalgic?
Sentimental
His day is made
He has what he wants in life
Coke and a video game
Like so many children
Over so many years
Through so many afternoons and evenings and well into mornings
Why do I want to cry?
I’m 29
My life has gone in more directions
Than...
Says the boy
Delight in his voice
Cheezy snacks on his desk
His mom allowed him to drink cola
He has a liter bottle
He’s going to play fortnite and drink cola
Yippee
Why does it make me sad?
Nostalgic?
Sentimental
His day is made
He has what he wants in life
Coke and a video game
Like so many children
Over so many years
Through so many afternoons and evenings and well into mornings
Why do I want to cry?
I’m 29
My life has gone in more directions
Than...
#confusion
#aging
#nostalgia
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DARK POEM
Published
25th Jul 2023 12:38pm
25th Jul 2023 12:38pm
Ooze
#sadness
#anger
#dark
#death
#memories
135 reads
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SELF POEM
Published
25th Jul 2023 2:47am
25th Jul 2023 2:47am
I wish that I had been a Tree
I wish that I had been a tree
With branches reaching for the sky
And budding leaves every April
And roots that drink from dark places no human could ever reach.
I wish I had been a thing of awe and wonder
A redwood leaping starward
A weeping willow upon which nightingale sit and ponder
An oak with nuts for squirrels in hungry winters.
I long for the stability of a back that sways in the wind but does not break
For fingers that stretch to greet the birds
For feet that play among the worms and moles and generations of mycelium.
I yearn to...
With branches reaching for the sky
And budding leaves every April
And roots that drink from dark places no human could ever reach.
I wish I had been a thing of awe and wonder
A redwood leaping starward
A weeping willow upon which nightingale sit and ponder
An oak with nuts for squirrels in hungry winters.
I long for the stability of a back that sways in the wind but does not break
For fingers that stretch to greet the birds
For feet that play among the worms and moles and generations of mycelium.
I yearn to...
#trees
#SelfReflection
#bittersweet
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