Submissions by Baredsoul
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Jun 2021 00:26am
27th Jun 2021 00:26am
Death of Innocents
I heard the sad news today
Of little children taken away
Forced into residential schools
Run by a bunch of racist fools
Hiding behind God and politics
What they did will make you sick
They shamed and punished the innocent with their rage
Tried to take away their language and heritage
The bodies of children laid forgotten in unmarked graves
1323 and counting
Decades late the light is shown
Evil deeds finally are known
The cost of white man’s ignorance
Was the death of innocents
Of little children taken away
Forced into residential schools
Run by a bunch of racist fools
Hiding behind God and politics
What they did will make you sick
They shamed and punished the innocent with their rage
Tried to take away their language and heritage
The bodies of children laid forgotten in unmarked graves
1323 and counting
Decades late the light is shown
Evil deeds finally are known
The cost of white man’s ignorance
Was the death of innocents
#politics
#culture
#morality
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3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
22nd Jun 2021 7:08pm
22nd Jun 2021 7:08pm
Too sensitive
She tells me I’m too sensitive for my own good
Doesn’t she know I’d feel it less if only I could
Always overwhelmed I feel it all so deep
Constantly tormented it does not let me sleep
She doesn’t know when I overreact
It feels like my body is slowly being hacked
The feelings are like sharp knives; always waiting to cut
I wish there was a gate that I could shut
To keep it all away
But i know it is futile, too sensitive I will stay
Doesn’t she know I’d feel it less if only I could
Always overwhelmed I feel it all so deep
Constantly tormented it does not let me sleep
She doesn’t know when I overreact
It feels like my body is slowly being hacked
The feelings are like sharp knives; always waiting to cut
I wish there was a gate that I could shut
To keep it all away
But i know it is futile, too sensitive I will stay
#emotions
401 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th May 2021 4:02pm
17th May 2021 4:02pm
I’ve Died A Thousand Deaths
I’ve died a thousand deaths for you
My love so much deeper than you ever knew
Your happiness was all I wanted
But did you need to so thoughtlessly flaunt it
The details I wish You never told
Another of my deaths to unfold
But how I love to see you shine
Though in my heart for you I pine
I’ll love you until the end of my days
And sacrifice everything, it’s the price I’ll pay
I wish you love and happiness too
But know I died a thousand deaths for you.
My love so much deeper than you ever knew
Your happiness was all I wanted
But did you need to so thoughtlessly flaunt it
The details I wish You never told
Another of my deaths to unfold
But how I love to see you shine
Though in my heart for you I pine
I’ll love you until the end of my days
And sacrifice everything, it’s the price I’ll pay
I wish you love and happiness too
But know I died a thousand deaths for you.
#sadness
#heartbroken
#UnrequitedLove
380 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th May 2021 12:14pm
15th May 2021 12:14pm
Untethered Balloon
No one understands you see
What it’s like to float through this world alone like me
Always on the outside looking in
No one caring where I’ve been
Like a hot air balloon with no tether
Must I float alone forever
Looking for a soft place to land
The loving touch of an outstretched hand
Or eyes looking so full of love
Watching as I float above
But you see my colours just aren’t right
I don’t give off the right kind of light
And so the eyes turn away
There’s really nothing left to say
I float on waiting for the...
What it’s like to float through this world alone like me
Always on the outside looking in
No one caring where I’ve been
Like a hot air balloon with no tether
Must I float alone forever
Looking for a soft place to land
The loving touch of an outstretched hand
Or eyes looking so full of love
Watching as I float above
But you see my colours just aren’t right
I don’t give off the right kind of light
And so the eyes turn away
There’s really nothing left to say
I float on waiting for the...
#loneliness
#rejection
#UnrequitedLove
462 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Mar 2021 8:46pm
21st Mar 2021 8:46pm
Heartbroken
I feel like my heart is being squeezed by a vice
I can’t breathe, it hurts so deep
I finally told you goodbye
Now I fight the urge to take it back
Internal battle between what I know is right and what I want
This is so hard
The tears flow like hot lava down my cheeks
The butterflies in my stomach whip up a storm
I feel so tired and raw
Alone again, I guess that’s how it’s meant to be
Sadness overwhelms me
I wonder if you feel it too or are you relieved
To have me gone?
I can’t breathe, it hurts so deep
I finally told you goodbye
Now I fight the urge to take it back
Internal battle between what I know is right and what I want
This is so hard
The tears flow like hot lava down my cheeks
The butterflies in my stomach whip up a storm
I feel so tired and raw
Alone again, I guess that’s how it’s meant to be
Sadness overwhelms me
I wonder if you feel it too or are you relieved
To have me gone?
#sadness
#heartbroken
#UnrequitedLove
473 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Mar 2021 6:42pm
20th Mar 2021 6:42pm
For You/For Me
Where do I go from here
Now that I’ve cried my last tear
For you
Endless love and support I gave
You just threw it all away
For you
A heart once so full of love and joy
Has turned cold having been used as a toy
For you
You play with me like I am your doll
When you get done you throw me away like a ball
For you
But you kicked the dog one too many times and stirred the anger beneath
Now that dog is bearing it’s teeth
For me
I have opened my eyes
I see your lies
For me
...
Now that I’ve cried my last tear
For you
Endless love and support I gave
You just threw it all away
For you
A heart once so full of love and joy
Has turned cold having been used as a toy
For you
You play with me like I am your doll
When you get done you throw me away like a ball
For you
But you kicked the dog one too many times and stirred the anger beneath
Now that dog is bearing it’s teeth
For me
I have opened my eyes
I see your lies
For me
...
#anger
#breakup
#lies
#disappointment
#manipulation
499 reads
5 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Mar 2021 10:59am
20th Mar 2021 10:59am
Generations
There stands the family tree
It created you and me
Passed down through time
Love and hate intertwined
All the joy and pain
Wisdom and shame
Passed on in equal measure
History held as treasure
It created you and me
Passed down through time
Love and hate intertwined
All the joy and pain
Wisdom and shame
Passed on in equal measure
History held as treasure
#family
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1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Mar 2021 8:34pm
17th Mar 2021 8:34pm
It’s Over
I made up my mind
It’s about fucking time
I finally read the writing on the wall
You don’t care for me at all
So I’m walking away
Hoping for a better day
I’ll no longer be the dog begging for your leftovers
It’s about fucking time
I finally read the writing on the wall
You don’t care for me at all
So I’m walking away
Hoping for a better day
I’ll no longer be the dog begging for your leftovers
#sadness
#anger
#breakup #MovingOn
#breakup #MovingOn
369 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th Mar 2021 7:08pm
17th Mar 2021 7:08pm
My silent screams
I feel so lost and all alone
Walking through this hard, cold world
Overwhelmed with sadness
Always reaching for something I can never have
Why do I do this
Why am I here
When will it all become clear
I’m drowning and don’t know how to save myself
I want to scream, cry, and shout
But there’s no one left to hear it
Today I give into the sadness
Maybe tomorrow I’ll find some relief
God I hope so
Walking through this hard, cold world
Overwhelmed with sadness
Always reaching for something I can never have
Why do I do this
Why am I here
When will it all become clear
I’m drowning and don’t know how to save myself
I want to scream, cry, and shout
But there’s no one left to hear it
Today I give into the sadness
Maybe tomorrow I’ll find some relief
God I hope so
#sadness
#anxiety
#dark
#despair
#emptiness
296 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Mar 2021 8:41am
16th Mar 2021 8:41am
Where do you belong
Where do you belong
Forgotten little girl left alone to face the world
You survive by getting lost deep within your own thoughts
An imaginary world where you’re no longer alone
Where you are safe and loved
So far within yourself you’ve gone
That you forget the world outside
Years pass by while you continue to hide
Until one day you look outside yourself and wonder
Where do you belong
Have you gone about this all wrong
Is there someone out there to wander this world...
Forgotten little girl left alone to face the world
You survive by getting lost deep within your own thoughts
An imaginary world where you’re no longer alone
Where you are safe and loved
So far within yourself you’ve gone
That you forget the world outside
Years pass by while you continue to hide
Until one day you look outside yourself and wonder
Where do you belong
Have you gone about this all wrong
Is there someone out there to wander this world...
#sadness
#loneliness
#FeelingLost
#emotional
#fear
357 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Mar 2021 11:35pm
15th Mar 2021 11:35pm
The Sadness
It hangs over me like morning fog
Dark shades of grey wrap around me like fingers
Squeezing the life from my body
Unable to see I step into the quick sand
It sucks me under as I reach out
Trying to grasp anything that might save me
But it is futile and soon I am gone
Swallowed whole by the sadness
Dark shades of grey wrap around me like fingers
Squeezing the life from my body
Unable to see I step into the quick sand
It sucks me under as I reach out
Trying to grasp anything that might save me
But it is futile and soon I am gone
Swallowed whole by the sadness
#sadness
#despair
311 reads
5 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Mar 2021 11:22pm
15th Mar 2021 11:22pm
I rise
I am like the Phoenix
Each day I rise
From the ashes of my scorched soul
A life turned askew
Is now started anew
Each day I rise
From the ashes of my scorched soul
A life turned askew
Is now started anew
#hope
#TimeHeals
509 reads
2 Comments
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