Submissions by BatPowers (Bat Powers)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write from a simple point of view, from the people and events around me.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
Yesterday 9:10pm
Yesterday 9:10pm
Listen
You know that feeling you get
when you're the thing in the room
although one else can see it
through their eyes you hear the scream
tortured by the suffocation
in fear of some indoctrination
into some evil force
that must run through your veins
when you get that feeling
don't dismiss it
take a step right out the door
time to go
when you're the thing in the room
although one else can see it
through their eyes you hear the scream
tortured by the suffocation
in fear of some indoctrination
into some evil force
that must run through your veins
when you get that feeling
don't dismiss it
take a step right out the door
time to go
#morality
33 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Nov 2024 5:25pm
19th Nov 2024 5:25pm
Steel Toe
Stumbled over my feet
when I went to make my stand
cut down to the quick
i guess i want to feel it
pain in these hands
five o'clock
the suns not up
coffee tin
which way is the wind
northbound today
I'll lace em up
till they dress me up
tied in my roots and dna
been with me for every step
my steel toe boots
when I went to make my stand
cut down to the quick
i guess i want to feel it
pain in these hands
five o'clock
the suns not up
coffee tin
which way is the wind
northbound today
I'll lace em up
till they dress me up
tied in my roots and dna
been with me for every step
my steel toe boots
#success
26 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Nov 2024 1:10am
19th Nov 2024 1:10am
Cut
The blade becomes implausible to survival
sharpened against time's compression
mixed with dust and sorrows
waiting on the lust in me
my blood shed at your doorstep
tip of the blade
till it's deep inside
bite my lip until you taste it
then leave me here to die
sharpened against time's compression
mixed with dust and sorrows
waiting on the lust in me
my blood shed at your doorstep
tip of the blade
till it's deep inside
bite my lip until you taste it
then leave me here to die
#emotional
#lover
38 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Nov 2024 7:58pm
18th Nov 2024 7:58pm
Blue
Those malefactors from the upside
don't want the money
they own the bank
what's there to do
when every sun day ends the same
can't see the sky is blue
they gaze down here
finally, their attention
of an understanding few
who look shocked and amazed
appalled and ashamed
while they break the world in too
don't want the money
they own the bank
what's there to do
when every sun day ends the same
can't see the sky is blue
they gaze down here
finally, their attention
of an understanding few
who look shocked and amazed
appalled and ashamed
while they break the world in too
#abuse
#deception
#frustration
#grief
#manipulation
35 reads
7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Nov 2024 5:10pm
17th Nov 2024 5:10pm
Our Useful Idiot
There has been a game played
since the beginning of ages
rolled to snake eyes and sevens
move 5 spots up if you're into believing
2 spots back and you're out in the cold
got some time if you want me to be bleeding
better hurry up getting grey and old
know you think i'm a grifter
sharp tongue deceiver gets you where you're going
thing is it's not at all what you're seeing
what you think and what you've been told
5 more spots up faithful and a giver
5 spots back or everyone will know
my turn i drop the dice on the...
since the beginning of ages
rolled to snake eyes and sevens
move 5 spots up if you're into believing
2 spots back and you're out in the cold
got some time if you want me to be bleeding
better hurry up getting grey and old
know you think i'm a grifter
sharp tongue deceiver gets you where you're going
thing is it's not at all what you're seeing
what you think and what you've been told
5 more spots up faithful and a giver
5 spots back or everyone will know
my turn i drop the dice on the...
#culture
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfWorth
43 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Nov 2024 2:55pm
9th Nov 2024 2:55pm
When you know you know
We waited to see the streetlights take over at the end of this hideous dream
running in slow motion as the street sweeper sweeps
i wonder now what could have been done different
now we're dirt in the cracks and seams
rubble of porcelain and broken dishes
stretching as far as the eye can see
give it a week and all the bitchin
we'll come back around
after it takes its toll
to find ourselves
blistering from the heat
freezing from the cold
waiting
on bronze aged myths
that will take us home
sad really ...
running in slow motion as the street sweeper sweeps
i wonder now what could have been done different
now we're dirt in the cracks and seams
rubble of porcelain and broken dishes
stretching as far as the eye can see
give it a week and all the bitchin
we'll come back around
after it takes its toll
to find ourselves
blistering from the heat
freezing from the cold
waiting
on bronze aged myths
that will take us home
sad really ...
#emotional
#grief
78 reads
10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Nov 2024 3:24pm
2nd Nov 2024 3:24pm
Leave things standing
You can leave things standing
yes you can! now listen
it's not always gonna go right
as a matter of fact and opinion
things will simply get fucked up
still keep reading
you can leave things standing
for instance
just because you don't live there
isn't a reason to burn it to the ground
may well be the moment you realize
you are not going back
so now what is the reason
what is this treason
for this new betrayal
is it in the mirror
a targeted bullseye from the barrel
does that look like you
do you want it...
yes you can! now listen
it's not always gonna go right
as a matter of fact and opinion
things will simply get fucked up
still keep reading
you can leave things standing
for instance
just because you don't live there
isn't a reason to burn it to the ground
may well be the moment you realize
you are not going back
so now what is the reason
what is this treason
for this new betrayal
is it in the mirror
a targeted bullseye from the barrel
does that look like you
do you want it...
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
64 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Oct 2024 6:13pm
17th Oct 2024 6:13pm
Longtime Baby
Been a long time since that ship had sailed
been a long time
long time baby
i remember when i drank from your well
been a long time
been a long time baby
the man i was now an empty shell
been a long time
a long time baby
you're as beautiful now still as frail
been a long time
a long time baby
too long i'm sorry
been a long time
long time baby
i remember when i drank from your well
been a long time
been a long time baby
the man i was now an empty shell
been a long time
a long time baby
you're as beautiful now still as frail
been a long time
a long time baby
too long i'm sorry
#conflict
#redemption
#regret
121 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Nov 2023 5:36pm
4th Nov 2023 5:36pm
Breakfast at McPherson's
Sat down in the booth next to uncle Dick's table
Karla comes with coffee and a hello
haven't seen you in forever
how you doing she responded with a smile one cream or two
Theron Targareon is telling me about his dragons
while uncle Dick is holding court on his side of the room
i yell over tell him he's nothing but trouble
with a smile and a wink he says that makes two
Bruce and Mclaren. Jim and Ginger some guy I recognize from school
filling up an open table and quiet corner booth
some kid from the back...
Karla comes with coffee and a hello
haven't seen you in forever
how you doing she responded with a smile one cream or two
Theron Targareon is telling me about his dragons
while uncle Dick is holding court on his side of the room
i yell over tell him he's nothing but trouble
with a smile and a wink he says that makes two
Bruce and Mclaren. Jim and Ginger some guy I recognize from school
filling up an open table and quiet corner booth
some kid from the back...
#friendship
#mythology
#LifeCycle
#nostalgia
#luck
248 reads
7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Sep 2023 1:53am
19th Sep 2023 1:53am
The Flowers
I've known 1,000 crooks
read 10,000 books
still like my whiskey with sour
took 500 aims
at my 5,000,000 blames
as I sit all alone at the fire
my hands are now cold
but my heart is still bold
waiting on some newfound desire
if I don't think quick
i just might miss
my opportunity to fuck up the flowers
it's been 700 months
i met 31 monks
not one of them had a thing to say
i poured 20,000 baths
to clean...
read 10,000 books
still like my whiskey with sour
took 500 aims
at my 5,000,000 blames
as I sit all alone at the fire
my hands are now cold
but my heart is still bold
waiting on some newfound desire
if I don't think quick
i just might miss
my opportunity to fuck up the flowers
it's been 700 months
i met 31 monks
not one of them had a thing to say
i poured 20,000 baths
to clean...
#anxiety
#depression
#identity
#SelfHarm
#SelfWorth
455 reads
21 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Apr 2023 3:26pm
1st Apr 2023 3:26pm
Drag Queens and Blue Eyed Jesus
Here we are banning books about Rosa Parks
while the Pastor dresses in drag on Sunday
spewing a sermon of love that sounds more like hate
then goes home to berate his wife and children
but that's o.k. he asked for forgiveness
so next Sunday he'll expose the evils of bourbon
white Jesus with his flowing locks and blue eyes
carrying all his divine interventions
can't seem to rise above it all ...
while the Pastor dresses in drag on Sunday
spewing a sermon of love that sounds more like hate
then goes home to berate his wife and children
but that's o.k. he asked for forgiveness
so next Sunday he'll expose the evils of bourbon
white Jesus with his flowing locks and blue eyes
carrying all his divine interventions
can't seem to rise above it all ...
#anger
#death
#religion #hypocrisy
#religion #hypocrisy
433 reads
5 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Jan 2023 5:28pm
20th Jan 2023 5:28pm
Same Tree
Kill each other over our religions
end other lives for what we believe
we've taken men
hung them right up there
for the color of their skin
right up in our tree
that tree we carved our names into
heart with an arrow
shot clean through
hate them for what they believe in
hates us back for the very same
take these guns onto the fields
our blood runs onto its leaves
those leaves that fell so beautifully in autumn
this cool crisp morning won't let us...
end other lives for what we believe
we've taken men
hung them right up there
for the color of their skin
right up in our tree
that tree we carved our names into
heart with an arrow
shot clean through
hate them for what they believe in
hates us back for the very same
take these guns onto the fields
our blood runs onto its leaves
those leaves that fell so beautifully in autumn
this cool crisp morning won't let us...
#religion
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
399 reads
8 Comments
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