Submissions by Caged_Raven
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I hope you're not in search of a happy poem. If you read my works you are reading into my heart. Cold and broken. Enjoy and stomach it if you can.
DARK POEM
Published
20th May 2013 00:19am
20th May 2013 00:19am
Second Chance
I feel the pain in my chest. One last pound
My heart ceases, the last breath drawn
From my lips whispers my last words, your name
I’ve lived long enough, seen all to see
Your warm tears on my face, I still feel
Gripping my hand, clinging in hope im alive
But im free now my dear, I’m in no more pain
No longer caged, I fly to the heavens
This must be a dream, this must be a dream
I keep telling myself over and over as I fade to black
My soul isn’t at rest, as it falls to the caverns below
Mistakes and a scattered past has left me in flames ...
My heart ceases, the last breath drawn
From my lips whispers my last words, your name
I’ve lived long enough, seen all to see
Your warm tears on my face, I still feel
Gripping my hand, clinging in hope im alive
But im free now my dear, I’m in no more pain
No longer caged, I fly to the heavens
This must be a dream, this must be a dream
I keep telling myself over and over as I fade to black
My soul isn’t at rest, as it falls to the caverns below
Mistakes and a scattered past has left me in flames ...
835 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
1st May 2013 6:04am
1st May 2013 6:04am
The Haunting
I wake up in a room surrounded by blackness
With a bottle of pills to numb the growing sadness
My head is swarming between memories and regrets
And false illusions in the background of her silhouette
Try to occupy myself from going mad
Closing my eyes in hope the nightmare will stray
But my Juliet isn’t here to save my ass now
She won’t spare my from her banshee howl
Like poison flowing through these veins
This sickness has overcome the senses
The numbness ensues with a cold touch
My heart is left shattered in my stomach
An all-time low for this...
With a bottle of pills to numb the growing sadness
My head is swarming between memories and regrets
And false illusions in the background of her silhouette
Try to occupy myself from going mad
Closing my eyes in hope the nightmare will stray
But my Juliet isn’t here to save my ass now
She won’t spare my from her banshee howl
Like poison flowing through these veins
This sickness has overcome the senses
The numbness ensues with a cold touch
My heart is left shattered in my stomach
An all-time low for this...
928 reads
22 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
24th Apr 2013 2:42pm
24th Apr 2013 2:42pm
Masterpiece
The artist has finished his final masterpiece
He lets the crimson paint dry on the pale finish
It’s a piece he’s been working on for a while
Jagged lines scarred upon his crippling canvas
His emotions poured into every stroke of the brush
Dripping the paint like raindrops on a cloudy day
Staining the floor he stands on and his clothes
Walking away he takes a final look at his art
With a half ass smile he scoffs at his work
Certainly not his best but it shall do for now
It has completed the task he had set for it to do
To release the inner pain and...
He lets the crimson paint dry on the pale finish
It’s a piece he’s been working on for a while
Jagged lines scarred upon his crippling canvas
His emotions poured into every stroke of the brush
Dripping the paint like raindrops on a cloudy day
Staining the floor he stands on and his clothes
Walking away he takes a final look at his art
With a half ass smile he scoffs at his work
Certainly not his best but it shall do for now
It has completed the task he had set for it to do
To release the inner pain and...
1026 reads
20 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Apr 2013 5:51pm
21st Apr 2013 5:51pm
If I Could Have Told You.. (Contest Entry)
Im sorry my dear Lauren, for I was too late
Sleepless nights thinking of your beautiful face
Haunted by the warmth of you caressing me
I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't face the day
Tears roll down my face when your song plays
Imagining what it would’ve been like together
If I could have told you I love you, will you be mine
Instead of letting someone just take you away
If you could see me now you would hardly believe
I am the same boy you met in a college history class
The one who made you laugh, took your pain away
Sat...
Sleepless nights thinking of your beautiful face
Haunted by the warmth of you caressing me
I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't face the day
Tears roll down my face when your song plays
Imagining what it would’ve been like together
If I could have told you I love you, will you be mine
Instead of letting someone just take you away
If you could see me now you would hardly believe
I am the same boy you met in a college history class
The one who made you laugh, took your pain away
Sat...
835 reads
13 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th Apr 2013 3:45pm
17th Apr 2013 3:45pm
Burned Out
Like the smoke fading from a lit match
My emotions begin to just slip away
The fire that has kept me so strong
Has burned out in a final blaze
Consuming the wood that held it so proud
Charring it as the embers fall to the floor
I’m so worn out on this merry go round
Tired of the constant stress, the long drawn sadness
I’m happy for a day and depressed for a week
Everything seems in place yet it slips through
I’m burned out on hangovers and attempts to be sober
My strength has diminished as my weakness grows
It moves through me like a...
My emotions begin to just slip away
The fire that has kept me so strong
Has burned out in a final blaze
Consuming the wood that held it so proud
Charring it as the embers fall to the floor
I’m so worn out on this merry go round
Tired of the constant stress, the long drawn sadness
I’m happy for a day and depressed for a week
Everything seems in place yet it slips through
I’m burned out on hangovers and attempts to be sober
My strength has diminished as my weakness grows
It moves through me like a...
838 reads
15 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
10th Apr 2013 7:22am
10th Apr 2013 7:22am
The First 24
It came to me in the back seat of a friends Toyota
Lying sideways propped up against the arm rest
My head was spinning as the street lights swirled
A life altering realization that has come late
I need a new direction, some kind of change
There’s something I’ve been doing wrong all along
I figured it was pointless, I couldn’t help myself
The drinking, the cutting, the everlasting sadness
Waiting for the darkness to consume my soul
Draw my last breath and just let it all go
But I turned down a bottle today. My first step
24 hours without even getting...
Lying sideways propped up against the arm rest
My head was spinning as the street lights swirled
A life altering realization that has come late
I need a new direction, some kind of change
There’s something I’ve been doing wrong all along
I figured it was pointless, I couldn’t help myself
The drinking, the cutting, the everlasting sadness
Waiting for the darkness to consume my soul
Draw my last breath and just let it all go
But I turned down a bottle today. My first step
24 hours without even getting...
820 reads
13 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
7th Apr 2013 6:31am
7th Apr 2013 6:31am
Lame Ass Heartbreak Poem
I drop my heart on the hard cement
after so many tries to make it mend
in hopes of you realizing what it meant
it was only a matter of time until the end
Walking away from everything we ever had
The spoils of our war could never begin to satisfy
Letting the happiness slip through our finger like sand
I began sewing together these wounds, at least I would try
You built my world in your hands, a shining steeple
Led me to believe in your love, a blind follower
No way in seeing how you led on with lies to your people
You made me a martyr,...
after so many tries to make it mend
in hopes of you realizing what it meant
it was only a matter of time until the end
Walking away from everything we ever had
The spoils of our war could never begin to satisfy
Letting the happiness slip through our finger like sand
I began sewing together these wounds, at least I would try
You built my world in your hands, a shining steeple
Led me to believe in your love, a blind follower
No way in seeing how you led on with lies to your people
You made me a martyr,...
1407 reads
14 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
4th Apr 2013 7:45pm
4th Apr 2013 7:45pm
Missed Appointment
Dawn breaks over the gloomy mountains
Dark clouds come rolling in from the north
Engulfing the entire sun and city lights
As I look outside my desolate window
And I begin think to myself
“Wow, what a perfect day to die”
The tendencies begin as the sickness overwhelms
I haven’t even made a fucking cup of coffee
Get dressed in those same old blue jeans and black tee
So I can spend my morning coming up with ways to go
A high speed chase during morning rush hour would be exciting
With a fiery explosion as I sail in to the median
Or perhaps I jump...
Dark clouds come rolling in from the north
Engulfing the entire sun and city lights
As I look outside my desolate window
And I begin think to myself
“Wow, what a perfect day to die”
The tendencies begin as the sickness overwhelms
I haven’t even made a fucking cup of coffee
Get dressed in those same old blue jeans and black tee
So I can spend my morning coming up with ways to go
A high speed chase during morning rush hour would be exciting
With a fiery explosion as I sail in to the median
Or perhaps I jump...
789 reads
12 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Apr 2013 6:42am
1st Apr 2013 6:42am
Broken Dinner
This time of family bonding
Has only bonded more deceit
shouts heard from each chair
Penetrate the thick tense air
As a family gathered to feast
Quickly turns in to interrogation
Accusations made but never proven
Funny how quick appetites can ruin
The table gets cleared and all is forgotten
Everyone returns to their former post
But pointless words cut deep like the broken plate
Thrown on the ground in frustration and pain
Memories made are left dead at the table
As the idea of family dinner becomes a fable
Has only bonded more deceit
shouts heard from each chair
Penetrate the thick tense air
As a family gathered to feast
Quickly turns in to interrogation
Accusations made but never proven
Funny how quick appetites can ruin
The table gets cleared and all is forgotten
Everyone returns to their former post
But pointless words cut deep like the broken plate
Thrown on the ground in frustration and pain
Memories made are left dead at the table
As the idea of family dinner becomes a fable
763 reads
9 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
31st Mar 2013 11:21pm
31st Mar 2013 11:21pm
Boss Man
Every so often I look at my past
To the lowest point in my life
Working for a man like you
Laying in the back seat of my truck
Watching the rain running down my window
Matching the tears run down my face
Huddling in my old oil stained jacket
Enjoying what you call a break in hiding
Heating a tuna can and stale nachos. Dinner
Contemplating if I will make it through tonight
When I clock out, swallow more pills and booze
But none of that compares to the hatred of you
The devil incarnate, in a clever disguise. My boss
Days in and days out I...
To the lowest point in my life
Working for a man like you
Laying in the back seat of my truck
Watching the rain running down my window
Matching the tears run down my face
Huddling in my old oil stained jacket
Enjoying what you call a break in hiding
Heating a tuna can and stale nachos. Dinner
Contemplating if I will make it through tonight
When I clock out, swallow more pills and booze
But none of that compares to the hatred of you
The devil incarnate, in a clever disguise. My boss
Days in and days out I...
828 reads
6 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
26th Mar 2013 3:36am
26th Mar 2013 3:36am
Out In Style
The shows over and the curtain closes
One final bow before the grand audience
"Its been a pleasure" with a sly grin
"But to the unfortunate, my last act"
I'm trading in this hood for a dress shirt
Clean cut and clean shaved like my dad
I want to look good next time mom sees me
Because next time I won't be able to speak
I've got a plan, to go out like a true American rebel
Hightail it into the Nevada desert in my red Ford pickup
Don't care if I see the ol red and blue I'll slam the throttle
Lead them to my final spot, into the...
One final bow before the grand audience
"Its been a pleasure" with a sly grin
"But to the unfortunate, my last act"
I'm trading in this hood for a dress shirt
Clean cut and clean shaved like my dad
I want to look good next time mom sees me
Because next time I won't be able to speak
I've got a plan, to go out like a true American rebel
Hightail it into the Nevada desert in my red Ford pickup
Don't care if I see the ol red and blue I'll slam the throttle
Lead them to my final spot, into the...
763 reads
10 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Mar 2013 5:18pm
25th Mar 2013 5:18pm
Party Hardy
Why the fuck am I at this party?
What was the point of being here?
I feel like such a goddamn outcast
Sitting in the corner with a half empty cup
Was it the girls? No, they’re just an easy distraction
The booze? No, I can get plenty of that myself
The friends? No, I don’t trust anyone here
There’s only one reason I can think of
I’m here for the social hierarchy
To party with them, like a fucking rock star
Because I need to feel wanted
To feel like I belong to something
More than just a lonely night at my desk
But now that I’m here I am very...
What was the point of being here?
I feel like such a goddamn outcast
Sitting in the corner with a half empty cup
Was it the girls? No, they’re just an easy distraction
The booze? No, I can get plenty of that myself
The friends? No, I don’t trust anyone here
There’s only one reason I can think of
I’m here for the social hierarchy
To party with them, like a fucking rock star
Because I need to feel wanted
To feel like I belong to something
More than just a lonely night at my desk
But now that I’m here I am very...
857 reads
8 Comments
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