Submissions by Chuck (Chuck Todd)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write what comes to my mind.
Repeating the Trend
Repeating the trend
Repeating....
I cannot do
No matter whom feelings
Whose heart is broken
Or whatever the case might be
I myself
Got too much to lose
What I been working for
Would be a waste
If I simply repeat
My past trends
Losing my new trust
I've been building so long
With new people
I've developed into friends
Never exposing them
To my old
But if I continue to slip
The exposure of my old
Would be the least they see
My actions
Would defend them from me
Never...
Repeating....
I cannot do
No matter whom feelings
Whose heart is broken
Or whatever the case might be
I myself
Got too much to lose
What I been working for
Would be a waste
If I simply repeat
My past trends
Losing my new trust
I've been building so long
With new people
I've developed into friends
Never exposing them
To my old
But if I continue to slip
The exposure of my old
Would be the least they see
My actions
Would defend them from me
Never...
#identity
#LifeStruggles
#myself #LifeCycle
#myself #LifeCycle
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Another Heart I Crushed
I'm starting to accept
People walking out on me
Yes I take the blame
Of my past
That I'm not the same
But in my heart I try
To make you feel right
I'm no angel
I make plenty of mistakes
But my managing of time
It really sucks
I'm dragging my feet
And you running
Well over my speed limit
Everytime I turn
You yelling
Crying that I'm wrong
I really care
I don't express my feelings
Like I should
Because I want myself
To be one hundred percent
Before I say
I Love...
People walking out on me
Yes I take the blame
Of my past
That I'm not the same
But in my heart I try
To make you feel right
I'm no angel
I make plenty of mistakes
But my managing of time
It really sucks
I'm dragging my feet
And you running
Well over my speed limit
Everytime I turn
You yelling
Crying that I'm wrong
I really care
I don't express my feelings
Like I should
Because I want myself
To be one hundred percent
Before I say
I Love...
#breakup
#MovingOn
#separation
313 reads
1 Comment
Catching False Feelings
Why me
Always me
Whom falls for broken promises
False dreams
Like I don't hurt
Like I don't want
Someone in my life
But oh no
I fall for anything
That sounds like
Love from the other side
A false notion
I dive head first
Just to get slapped
Yes I become insane
Doing the same for the same results
When will this end
Take control of the title
Of being a strong man
But a soft voice
Speaking words of lust
Makes me crumble
Thinking maybe... just maybe
This time...
Always me
Whom falls for broken promises
False dreams
Like I don't hurt
Like I don't want
Someone in my life
But oh no
I fall for anything
That sounds like
Love from the other side
A false notion
I dive head first
Just to get slapped
Yes I become insane
Doing the same for the same results
When will this end
Take control of the title
Of being a strong man
But a soft voice
Speaking words of lust
Makes me crumble
Thinking maybe... just maybe
This time...
#regret
#lies
#disappointment
308 reads
1 Comment
Trapped Within the Dark
I smile
Though happiness
Is not what I feel
Heartbroken
I'm nowhere near
But my soul
Is deeply scorned
Reasons why living life
I don't care if....
I'm here
Or gone
I'm just another breathing human
Taking up space
And women
I talk to two
One whom really loves me
And the other
Is little bit of a pretender
Someone from time to time
Engaging in false friendly chitchat
And love
I cannot give
Because....
I don't even know if I love myself
And make matters...
Though happiness
Is not what I feel
Heartbroken
I'm nowhere near
But my soul
Is deeply scorned
Reasons why living life
I don't care if....
I'm here
Or gone
I'm just another breathing human
Taking up space
And women
I talk to two
One whom really loves me
And the other
Is little bit of a pretender
Someone from time to time
Engaging in false friendly chitchat
And love
I cannot give
Because....
I don't even know if I love myself
And make matters...
#depression
#dark
#emptiness
339 reads
2 Comments
How I Wish: Christmas Knew Me
How I wish
Christmas came to my house
On this cold December day
In the middle of the ghetto
• How I wish
There was presents spread around
Under a colorful lit Christmas tree
In my bare front room
• How I wish
There were family members and friends
Together eating a feast as one
In our small cluttered dining room
• How I wish
I could put milk and cookies
For Santa Claus to eat
But that we cannot afford
• How I wish
That I had both mom and dad
That cared and loved me as a son
But I...
Christmas came to my house
On this cold December day
In the middle of the ghetto
• How I wish
There was presents spread around
Under a colorful lit Christmas tree
In my bare front room
• How I wish
There were family members and friends
Together eating a feast as one
In our small cluttered dining room
• How I wish
I could put milk and cookies
For Santa Claus to eat
But that we cannot afford
• How I wish
That I had both mom and dad
That cared and loved me as a son
But I...
#sadness
#disappointment
#poverty
383 reads
1 Comment
A Sexual Dishonor
As a woman
Stand straight and tall
Against these conniving men
Leading you on
That sex can pay for anything
Don't dishonor yourself
Have sex cause you want
Make it have meaning
Not to pay a debt
Not in order to have a place to stay
But have fun
Enjoy yourself
But don't have sex
Because a man said
You have to
Don't disfavor your name
Be a voice
Listen to yourself
And not someone else's
Cause having low self-esteem
You'll never be yourself
But a puppet
To the one...
Stand straight and tall
Against these conniving men
Leading you on
That sex can pay for anything
Don't dishonor yourself
Have sex cause you want
Make it have meaning
Not to pay a debt
Not in order to have a place to stay
But have fun
Enjoy yourself
But don't have sex
Because a man said
You have to
Don't disfavor your name
Be a voice
Listen to yourself
And not someone else's
Cause having low self-esteem
You'll never be yourself
But a puppet
To the one...
#courage
#inspirational
#respect
306 reads
1 Comment
A Lonely Killing
I got you
I'm a man with a million bucks
Without you
I'm a man with a mind
But love don't make no sense
Though I shall find another
But it won't be the same
As you and I
Was a team
Living for the championship
You said
You wouldn't leave
Our love was for life
But now I sit alone
In a house
Without a wife
If I can't have you
Life has no meaning
No future for me
This is my tragic ending
I'm a man with a million bucks
Without you
I'm a man with a mind
But love don't make no sense
Though I shall find another
But it won't be the same
As you and I
Was a team
Living for the championship
You said
You wouldn't leave
Our love was for life
But now I sit alone
In a house
Without a wife
If I can't have you
Life has no meaning
No future for me
This is my tragic ending
#loneliness
#heartbroken
#hurt
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The Haunting of the Past
The world can be so cold
When you're alone
Like a man looking for a job
And always getting denied
Cause of his past
Not his present
Cause of his looks
Not his knowledge
Makes him feel small
Low self-esteem is in effect
No relationship is possible
Under these conditions
His soul is dried up
Like a Summer without rain
Like Halloween every year
The past haunts
Controlling his every movement
If he is weak
Succeeding in the future
Is slim to none
When the past
Comes a haunting
When you're alone
Like a man looking for a job
And always getting denied
Cause of his past
Not his present
Cause of his looks
Not his knowledge
Makes him feel small
Low self-esteem is in effect
No relationship is possible
Under these conditions
His soul is dried up
Like a Summer without rain
Like Halloween every year
The past haunts
Controlling his every movement
If he is weak
Succeeding in the future
Is slim to none
When the past
Comes a haunting
#LifeStruggles
#frustration
287 reads
1 Comment
Mentally Locked Up for Life
A lonely dark place
Some come young
Unfortunately
Some comeback many times again
And again and again
And some....
Never leave at all
A place
A slight misconception
Where only the strongest survive
And even they breakdown
When the lights goes out
A place
Where numbers are very important
The time given or the number they're branded with
Rehabilitation they claim
But more like reeducating the brain
To fear authority
Divide and conquer
Break the law
No longer a civilian in...
Some come young
Unfortunately
Some comeback many times again
And again and again
And some....
Never leave at all
A place
A slight misconception
Where only the strongest survive
And even they breakdown
When the lights goes out
A place
Where numbers are very important
The time given or the number they're branded with
Rehabilitation they claim
But more like reeducating the brain
To fear authority
Divide and conquer
Break the law
No longer a civilian in...
#prison
#FeelingLost
#denial
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Enduring the Unseen Disparities of Life
I can't lay down
With the weight of life's challenges
Slowly accumulating upon my shoulders
Karma it might be
I accept my part
Because I know I hurt
Others with no thought
Nevertheless
Great pressures I am dealt
Deterring the path
I've planned so far
Sometimes I want to hide
Surprising myself
Sometimes I want to cry
But no tears from these eyes are felt
And no place to hide at this point
A man in me
Others around look upon
Even when myself
Don't feel like it at all
And hidden...
With the weight of life's challenges
Slowly accumulating upon my shoulders
Karma it might be
I accept my part
Because I know I hurt
Others with no thought
Nevertheless
Great pressures I am dealt
Deterring the path
I've planned so far
Sometimes I want to hide
Surprising myself
Sometimes I want to cry
But no tears from these eyes are felt
And no place to hide at this point
A man in me
Others around look upon
Even when myself
Don't feel like it at all
And hidden...
#strength
#courage
#LifeStruggles
373 reads
1 Comment
Illiterate to Love
Being friends
Doesn't hold me
When I'm alone at night
Being friends
Doesn't give me
That mental security
Of knowing my emotions are safe
But being friends
Is all I know
Love
That unknown four letter word
I heard numerous of times
But never had
A woman meant it
To me more like
A simple compliment
And myself
Choose not to give love
Or show affection
Saving myself
From the expected letdown
So I run
To stay stress free
Because there's so much
I haven't...
Doesn't hold me
When I'm alone at night
Being friends
Doesn't give me
That mental security
Of knowing my emotions are safe
But being friends
Is all I know
Love
That unknown four letter word
I heard numerous of times
But never had
A woman meant it
To me more like
A simple compliment
And myself
Choose not to give love
Or show affection
Saving myself
From the expected letdown
So I run
To stay stress free
Because there's so much
I haven't...
#denial
368 reads
1 Comment
I'm the Heartbreaker
Why must I
Always break the peace
When it comes to relationships
Between me and a woman
This particular situation
A woman I care
And an ex I feel I owe
The one I care
Claims I don't talk
And the one I owe
I'm afraid she will go
How I left her
Many years ago
Claiming she loves me
But still I don't see
Eventhough
I still love her
And the one I care
She loves me more than gold
Though
I can't bring myself to match
I feel I have unfinish business
I havent finished yet ...
Always break the peace
When it comes to relationships
Between me and a woman
This particular situation
A woman I care
And an ex I feel I owe
The one I care
Claims I don't talk
And the one I owe
I'm afraid she will go
How I left her
Many years ago
Claiming she loves me
But still I don't see
Eventhough
I still love her
And the one I care
She loves me more than gold
Though
I can't bring myself to match
I feel I have unfinish business
I havent finished yet ...
#relationships
#heartbroken
#conflict
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