Submissions by Billy_Snagg (Snaggy)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction The truth sets you free. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill.
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Apr 2021 10:53pm
11th Apr 2021 10:53pm
Drawn To You
I feel drawn to you,
Totally drawn by your wild and crazy ways -
Like a painter is to canvas,
Like windows are to curtains,
And a butterfly is to cabbage...
Like a boxer is to punching,
A harmer is to cutting,
A hot dog is to mustard,
And a dog that has his bone.
...Lost souls finding their way home
I need you like a river needs to flow,
A drug addict can't say no -
Like all the best-laid plans,
Like, I'd like to hold your hand.
Yes, I'm totally struck by your 'WOW' factor!
My heart sinks like a hot...
Totally drawn by your wild and crazy ways -
Like a painter is to canvas,
Like windows are to curtains,
And a butterfly is to cabbage...
Like a boxer is to punching,
A harmer is to cutting,
A hot dog is to mustard,
And a dog that has his bone.
...Lost souls finding their way home
I need you like a river needs to flow,
A drug addict can't say no -
Like all the best-laid plans,
Like, I'd like to hold your hand.
Yes, I'm totally struck by your 'WOW' factor!
My heart sinks like a hot...
#lust
#admiration
#crush
#obsession
#emotions
35 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Apr 2021 1:21pm
2nd Apr 2021 1:21pm
The Rising
Easter is a fabulous time of year
Spring is in the air
Sun shines bright
Flowers bloom
It's feeling fresh
But something isn't right
For someone is dying, lying on a cross
He is in hell and no one can help
He is carrying the burden
The pain of our sins
But with death comes life
A sense of beginning
Renewal
Salvation
Starting over
The best part of Easter is...
Knowing he has risen
Born again
A man you can't put down
After your resurrection
You reigned for forty days - ...
Spring is in the air
Sun shines bright
Flowers bloom
It's feeling fresh
But something isn't right
For someone is dying, lying on a cross
He is in hell and no one can help
He is carrying the burden
The pain of our sins
But with death comes life
A sense of beginning
Renewal
Salvation
Starting over
The best part of Easter is...
Knowing he has risen
Born again
A man you can't put down
After your resurrection
You reigned for forty days - ...
#Christian
36 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Mar 2021 10:37pm
26th Mar 2021 10:37pm
Spring Flower
A sweet spring flower like you
Shouldn't feel so blue
Trapped inside a prison of your own making
Jealous of everyone around
Refusing to believe anyone has it worse
Well, I'm sorry missy, they do!
So take a shower and wash away your cares
Feel the warm caress trickle down
Love thy neighbour, be happy with what they have
For it makes no difference to you, why should it?
Take a look at what you've got; IT'S A LOT
And may it grow, like a flower
Remember, no one owes you a living
It's up to you to make it pay ...
Shouldn't feel so blue
Trapped inside a prison of your own making
Jealous of everyone around
Refusing to believe anyone has it worse
Well, I'm sorry missy, they do!
So take a shower and wash away your cares
Feel the warm caress trickle down
Love thy neighbour, be happy with what they have
For it makes no difference to you, why should it?
Take a look at what you've got; IT'S A LOT
And may it grow, like a flower
Remember, no one owes you a living
It's up to you to make it pay ...
#jealousy
#hate
#consumerism
#despair
#emptiness
50 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Mar 2021 11:27pm
13th Mar 2021 11:27pm
Blue
Why is the sky sometimes blue?
It reflects the ocean;
A mood.
When the sky is grey,
The sea looks dirty;
Uninviting.
It reflects the ocean;
A mood.
When the sky is grey,
The sea looks dirty;
Uninviting.
#SelfReflection
78 reads
9 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Mar 2021 11:28pm
6th Mar 2021 11:28pm
My Lost Poetry Books!
I've lost some of me poetry books; mislaid? Unlikely...
I've OCD, so everything's where it's supposed to be, hehe.
It's more likely an ex-girlfriend has some and the charity shop,
Retaining the others.
I would not have thrown them away like my mother would, haha.
Damn!
It's just that I want my poetry back now -
Books that fell out of favour a few years back,
Mainly because I'd read them,
One stinking of cigarettes I lent to a chain smoker -
But even so...
Amongst them were George Orwell's complete poems,
A...
I've OCD, so everything's where it's supposed to be, hehe.
It's more likely an ex-girlfriend has some and the charity shop,
Retaining the others.
I would not have thrown them away like my mother would, haha.
Damn!
It's just that I want my poetry back now -
Books that fell out of favour a few years back,
Mainly because I'd read them,
One stinking of cigarettes I lent to a chain smoker -
But even so...
Amongst them were George Orwell's complete poems,
A...
#regret
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8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
27th Feb 2021 8:00pm
27th Feb 2021 8:00pm
The Ever Growing Tree
Verse 1:
What is it we're searching for,
That goal we never quite reach?
While all the while life's movin' on,
I get behind and put upon.
Why do we have to grow old and die?
Where I'm content where I lie.
This live and die, it's not for me,
I don't want it, can't you see!
I'm not happy in the now,
Knowing time's fading away somehow.
Verse 2:
Looking back, I had the knack,
No problems or responsibilities.
Every day was full of fun,
But only on reflection.
Lately I have come undone,
Looking...
What is it we're searching for,
That goal we never quite reach?
While all the while life's movin' on,
I get behind and put upon.
Why do we have to grow old and die?
Where I'm content where I lie.
This live and die, it's not for me,
I don't want it, can't you see!
I'm not happy in the now,
Knowing time's fading away somehow.
Verse 2:
Looking back, I had the knack,
No problems or responsibilities.
Every day was full of fun,
But only on reflection.
Lately I have come undone,
Looking...
#anxiety
#LifeGoals
#learning
#disappointment
#wisdom
63 reads
11 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Feb 2021 8:30pm
20th Feb 2021 8:30pm
Bird Of Prey
I'd forgotten lately how good you look,
But it's still there in your pretty face.
Yet somehow you're crying out for love,
Crying so much sometimes it hurts.
I'd forgotten how deep your soul is too,
How deep it reaches the four corners of me.
I want to know and feel your touch,
Especially when at your unguarded best.
I like it most when you don't pretend -
Pretending to put a brave face on things.
I like the way you think things through.
Sometimes I'll give you all my love,
Love comes in waves and bursts with me.
And...
But it's still there in your pretty face.
Yet somehow you're crying out for love,
Crying so much sometimes it hurts.
I'd forgotten how deep your soul is too,
How deep it reaches the four corners of me.
I want to know and feel your touch,
Especially when at your unguarded best.
I like it most when you don't pretend -
Pretending to put a brave face on things.
I like the way you think things through.
Sometimes I'll give you all my love,
Love comes in waves and bursts with me.
And...
#love
#birds
#fear
79 reads
14 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
13th Feb 2021 2:07am
13th Feb 2021 2:07am
I Want Some L.S.D
I want some L.S.D man, it's the drug for me!
I don't even know what it stands for,
Definitely not pounds, shillings and pence though.
I wanna become part of the furniture;
At one with the World,
And not just the wallpaper!
Yeah man, watching myself float,
Sitting on top of a golf ball,
Bobbing up and down along the river,
Catching fireflies in a big cheesy bubble -
Like a bear with huge furry head.
Well... that's been said before!
And sliding inside a banana,
Do I really need this trip -
Slipping,...
I don't even know what it stands for,
Definitely not pounds, shillings and pence though.
I wanna become part of the furniture;
At one with the World,
And not just the wallpaper!
Yeah man, watching myself float,
Sitting on top of a golf ball,
Bobbing up and down along the river,
Catching fireflies in a big cheesy bubble -
Like a bear with huge furry head.
Well... that's been said before!
And sliding inside a banana,
Do I really need this trip -
Slipping,...
#drugs
55 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Feb 2021 10:48pm
6th Feb 2021 10:48pm
Gin 'n' Sonnet
I once walked alone in the burning sun,
Felt her scornful kisses upon my face.
False charm rendered me totally undone,
While doing its best for the human race.
Guilty pleasures left me basking in sin,
And out in the cold, in need of a loan.
Couldn't help some days but reach for the gin,
Then fall to the floor, all there on my own.
The sun wore on as I whistled a song,
Dragging me wherever I had to go.
Courage takes time when it's miles too long -
Each miserable step, each wretched blow.
How much did the sun really...
Felt her scornful kisses upon my face.
False charm rendered me totally undone,
While doing its best for the human race.
Guilty pleasures left me basking in sin,
And out in the cold, in need of a loan.
Couldn't help some days but reach for the gin,
Then fall to the floor, all there on my own.
The sun wore on as I whistled a song,
Dragging me wherever I had to go.
Courage takes time when it's miles too long -
Each miserable step, each wretched blow.
How much did the sun really...
#depression
#alcohol
#sonnet
#addiction
#MentalHealth
55 reads
6 Comments
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