Submissions by Billy_Snagg (Snaggy)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction The truth sets you free.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Dec 2019 2:00am
20th Dec 2019 2:00am
Christmas Cheer!
I gotta start thinkin' bout Christmas, don't wanna though! Hoping to put it off a while longer,
So I end up buying all my shit at the local gas station on Xmas eve!
When I think of Xmas I'm reminded of my own, back in the day.
The sound of ungrateful kids crying at the disappointment of not getting the presents expected.
My Nan, doing her best, educating us to share, givin' my sista what was rightfully mine, the cow!
Ahh, Brussel sprouts, it's not Christmas without 'em, is it? I don't want any ole sprout though -
Mine have to be drizzled in honey, topped...
So I end up buying all my shit at the local gas station on Xmas eve!
When I think of Xmas I'm reminded of my own, back in the day.
The sound of ungrateful kids crying at the disappointment of not getting the presents expected.
My Nan, doing her best, educating us to share, givin' my sista what was rightfully mine, the cow!
Ahh, Brussel sprouts, it's not Christmas without 'em, is it? I don't want any ole sprout though -
Mine have to be drizzled in honey, topped...
#Christmas
#alcohol
#food
#apocalypse
#bittersweet
63 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th Dec 2019 1:59am
14th Dec 2019 1:59am
Looking For The Answer
There I go again...
On another mini bender, air guitar,
Desperados -
Strutting my stuff,
Watched by thousands!
Like we haven't all been there before, right?
And there I was...
Searching for the answer.
It's funny how everything feels better,
In this alcoholic swing state mellow haze.
It's like I can't deal with the question
Any other time.
It's either too dark
Or too God damn stark.
What was the question again?
On another mini bender, air guitar,
Desperados -
Strutting my stuff,
Watched by thousands!
Like we haven't all been there before, right?
And there I was...
Searching for the answer.
It's funny how everything feels better,
In this alcoholic swing state mellow haze.
It's like I can't deal with the question
Any other time.
It's either too dark
Or too God damn stark.
What was the question again?
#misunderstood
#vanity
#despair
#nostalgia
#apathy
73 reads
9 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
8th Dec 2019 2:30pm
8th Dec 2019 2:30pm
Election Day!
I've got a rat in my poky bedsit that needs terminating;
Magpies nesting in the ceiling keep me awake I'm sure -
Actually, it's squirrels!
I've got an ass of an ex who's started hitting the bottle again,
Even though there's someone else who really needs her care!
Been hit for council tax too and still sharing one wheelie bin between six!
On top of that, I'm not getting anywhere on plenty of fish either;
Trivial in comparison to everything else of course but still I wonder -
Does life really get any better than this; my celestial paradise?
Well, put...
Magpies nesting in the ceiling keep me awake I'm sure -
Actually, it's squirrels!
I've got an ass of an ex who's started hitting the bottle again,
Even though there's someone else who really needs her care!
Been hit for council tax too and still sharing one wheelie bin between six!
On top of that, I'm not getting anywhere on plenty of fish either;
Trivial in comparison to everything else of course but still I wonder -
Does life really get any better than this; my celestial paradise?
Well, put...
#sadness
#anger
#anxiety
#frustration
#despair
72 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
30th Nov 2019 5:29pm
30th Nov 2019 5:29pm
Know
Feelings are fleeting
Why you keep bleating?
It's my life
So why all the strife?
Try living in my body
See how you go -
Then you may know.
Sometimes it is slow
I can't always be
The star of the show...
One day you will know!
Why you keep bleating?
It's my life
So why all the strife?
Try living in my body
See how you go -
Then you may know.
Sometimes it is slow
I can't always be
The star of the show...
One day you will know!
#sadness
#regret
#breakup
#conflict
#MovingOn
99 reads
2 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
23rd Nov 2019 1:33am
23rd Nov 2019 1:33am
Proper Friends?
I do not ache for you no more,
Not like I used to anyhow.
Your attraction is diminishing,
More and more,
Don't like you like I did before.
I don't share the same ideals as you,
Or your enthusiasm for what it's worth.
I don't like being told what to do,
Or how I should be pleasing you!
You're far too proud girl, same as me,
We cancel each other out that way.
Impasses are easily reached with us -
Like how many times do we kiss and make up,
And who will be the first to break;
How much more shit will I take? ...
Not like I used to anyhow.
Your attraction is diminishing,
More and more,
Don't like you like I did before.
I don't share the same ideals as you,
Or your enthusiasm for what it's worth.
I don't like being told what to do,
Or how I should be pleasing you!
You're far too proud girl, same as me,
We cancel each other out that way.
Impasses are easily reached with us -
Like how many times do we kiss and make up,
And who will be the first to break;
How much more shit will I take? ...
#sadness
#anger
#hate
#frustration
#disappointment
177 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Nov 2019 1:22am
16th Nov 2019 1:22am
Billy Bragger
Ha, I see you're still here, Billy,
Bragging how you can't go wrong.
Don't you feel a little silly?
It's just not happening for you right now.
Whatever happened about that deal,
Those second-hand cars you hoped to steal?
You blame everyone else who let you down -
Can you see yourself really going uptown?
For many a year, I did believe,
You'd packed your bags and would leave!
Billy, what have you got to brag about?
I hear it all day long from you.
I hear you chatting with your chums,
About your ambitious dreams and schemes....
Bragging how you can't go wrong.
Don't you feel a little silly?
It's just not happening for you right now.
Whatever happened about that deal,
Those second-hand cars you hoped to steal?
You blame everyone else who let you down -
Can you see yourself really going uptown?
For many a year, I did believe,
You'd packed your bags and would leave!
Billy, what have you got to brag about?
I hear it all day long from you.
I hear you chatting with your chums,
About your ambitious dreams and schemes....
#dreams
#MentalHealth
#confusion
#escape
#SelfWorth
124 reads
4 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
9th Nov 2019 11:07pm
9th Nov 2019 11:07pm
Sorry..?
You owe me an apology!'
"I can't afford that."
'Apologies cost nothing!'
"I can't afford that."
'Apologies cost nothing!'
#anger
#hate
#frustration
#despair
#disappointment
177 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Nov 2019 8:19pm
3rd Nov 2019 8:19pm
Attention Seeking Pussycat
When he's feeling really low,
He's not afraid to let you know!
And he is not the sort of man,
Who has an easy get-out plan.
His head is in the sand, you see,
But let his story take the lead...
When you can see he's full of rage,
You wish that you could turn the page.
Some of you have caught him wrong,
With words you said, he felt were strong!
This man will always show contempt,
For everything and everyone!
If you could see this world,
As the world appears to me,
You wouldn't be half as cross,
Wouldn't dwell...
He's not afraid to let you know!
And he is not the sort of man,
Who has an easy get-out plan.
His head is in the sand, you see,
But let his story take the lead...
When you can see he's full of rage,
You wish that you could turn the page.
Some of you have caught him wrong,
With words you said, he felt were strong!
This man will always show contempt,
For everything and everyone!
If you could see this world,
As the world appears to me,
You wouldn't be half as cross,
Wouldn't dwell...
#jealousy
#dark
#frustration
#greed
#disappointment
191 reads
5 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
26th Oct 2019 2:02am
26th Oct 2019 2:02am
Pompous Ass
So you think I'm pompous do you?
Conceited and self-satisfied perhaps,
Smug, pretentious, arrogant and rude?
Wow, that's a lot of meanings honey,
For just one little word.
Oh and you forgot to mention condescending
(By the way!)
Glad we got that one out the way; phew.
So what have I done to deserve such a label?
Not that I mind being thought of this way,
I find the association rather amusing -
Serving the notion that I am somebody;
Somebody who isn't so fragile after all,
Someone who's tough on the outside when things go...
Conceited and self-satisfied perhaps,
Smug, pretentious, arrogant and rude?
Wow, that's a lot of meanings honey,
For just one little word.
Oh and you forgot to mention condescending
(By the way!)
Glad we got that one out the way; phew.
So what have I done to deserve such a label?
Not that I mind being thought of this way,
I find the association rather amusing -
Serving the notion that I am somebody;
Somebody who isn't so fragile after all,
Someone who's tough on the outside when things go...
#anger
#rejection
#relationships
#shame
#disappointment
135 reads
6 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
19th Oct 2019 1:02am
19th Oct 2019 1:02am
What's The Game?
There you sit, surveying the wire, anyone you desire.
Sure, that's ok but doesn't it all catch up with you,
Doesn't it ultimately lead down a dead end road -
What are you actually offering?
What's the game?
Anyone can be good with words and minds can tune in -
Especially to vulnerability. There's nothing clever about that though.
The clever bit is hanging on to it, realising what you have is special;
Something you can value, not this silly 'I'm not the bad guy' stuff.
Sometimes we have to look within ourselves to see what's really...
Sure, that's ok but doesn't it all catch up with you,
Doesn't it ultimately lead down a dead end road -
What are you actually offering?
What's the game?
Anyone can be good with words and minds can tune in -
Especially to vulnerability. There's nothing clever about that though.
The clever bit is hanging on to it, realising what you have is special;
Something you can value, not this silly 'I'm not the bad guy' stuff.
Sometimes we have to look within ourselves to see what's really...
#bullying
#TruthOfLife
#humankind
#revenge
#SelfWorth
194 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
12th Oct 2019 1:19am
12th Oct 2019 1:19am
I Can't Stand This!
#frustration
#confusion
#despair
#emptiness
#FeelingTrapped
220 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Oct 2019 00:25am
5th Oct 2019 00:25am
Days Of Darragh
Feels like I'm heading back to the good old days of Darragh.
Back to those happy, carefree, lazy, hazy days,
When all I cared about was how you felt!
Still, I wish I could have read you then.
I was only seventeen, d'ya know what I mean?
I didn't have the maturity to handle you,
Handle you emotionally anyway!
In hindsight, it's a good job I couldn't read your mind,
'Cos I wouldn't have liked what I saw inside,
Not that I knew at the time!
Fast forward twenty seven years,
And I've got the same feeling again.
It's not about...
Back to those happy, carefree, lazy, hazy days,
When all I cared about was how you felt!
Still, I wish I could have read you then.
I was only seventeen, d'ya know what I mean?
I didn't have the maturity to handle you,
Handle you emotionally anyway!
In hindsight, it's a good job I couldn't read your mind,
'Cos I wouldn't have liked what I saw inside,
Not that I knew at the time!
Fast forward twenty seven years,
And I've got the same feeling again.
It's not about...
#love
#hope
#inspirational
#nature
#addiction
118 reads
2 Comments
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