Submissions by DamianDeadLove (Damian DeadLove)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
"I'm about as subtle as a death growl in an echo chamber!"
SONG LYRICS
Published
23rd Jun 2024 7:30am
23rd Jun 2024 7:30am
Empire Of Sin
I know how it must feel
When nothing goes right
Unable to close the deal
Finish line just out of sight
Odds are against survival
Never been a betting man
Been living with this denial
Forgetting everything I can
Red flags are all around
Selling flesh by the pound
Got my back against a wall
Won’t be fooled again
House of cards gotta fall
Within this empire of sin
Lost amongst the weeds
I’m a victim of circumstance
Got lust for wicked deeds
Playing a game called chance
Many miles down...
When nothing goes right
Unable to close the deal
Finish line just out of sight
Odds are against survival
Never been a betting man
Been living with this denial
Forgetting everything I can
Red flags are all around
Selling flesh by the pound
Got my back against a wall
Won’t be fooled again
House of cards gotta fall
Within this empire of sin
Lost amongst the weeds
I’m a victim of circumstance
Got lust for wicked deeds
Playing a game called chance
Many miles down...
#lyrics
#music
167 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Jun 2024 5:48am
22nd Jun 2024 5:48am
Pill
Bloodshot eyes stare wildly
Just looking for a reason
Chemicals come on mildly
Within the mystic season
Watching stars drift slowly
I cast my gaze inward
Walking amongst the lowly
My skin feels awkward
Panic races through fear
Walking across the wire
Muted sound going clear
As my pulse spikes higher
Crash off the fucking cliff
Connection has went offline
All my limbs growing stiff
On prescriptions I dine
For whatever makes us ill
They’ll invent another pill
Just looking for a reason
Chemicals come on mildly
Within the mystic season
Watching stars drift slowly
I cast my gaze inward
Walking amongst the lowly
My skin feels awkward
Panic races through fear
Walking across the wire
Muted sound going clear
As my pulse spikes higher
Crash off the fucking cliff
Connection has went offline
All my limbs growing stiff
On prescriptions I dine
For whatever makes us ill
They’ll invent another pill
#drugs
141 reads
14 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Jun 2024 6:54am
21st Jun 2024 6:54am
Without A Cure
Cruel ritual tempting fate
Rain pours from the sky
Gypsy wind will agitate
My witness don’t identify
Crazy thoughts are within
Absent of any real identity
Hiding beneath the skin
Revealing pain times infinity
I have the forgotten answers
To the questions never asked
Abstract music naked dancers
Carnal desire is unmasked
Rooms shelter sad confusion
Mourners wither inside walls
Pardon this jaded intrusion
Some random stranger calls
Nothing makes any sense
I sleep but am never rested
Media...
Rain pours from the sky
Gypsy wind will agitate
My witness don’t identify
Crazy thoughts are within
Absent of any real identity
Hiding beneath the skin
Revealing pain times infinity
I have the forgotten answers
To the questions never asked
Abstract music naked dancers
Carnal desire is unmasked
Rooms shelter sad confusion
Mourners wither inside walls
Pardon this jaded intrusion
Some random stranger calls
Nothing makes any sense
I sleep but am never rested
Media...
#humankind
125 reads
8 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
20th Jun 2024 5:04am
20th Jun 2024 5:04am
Forever Treacherous
Sinking into scorched earth
Fallout from the storm
In a garden evil gave birth
Bloodlust became the norm
Creatures stir within shadows
Master keeps them hidden
Mortals hang from the gallows
Free thought is forbidden
Enslaved by every nation
Residing in the belly of a beast
Created in man’s frustration
Wars are how machines feast
Sinful numbers on a chain
Master claims his brand
Ruling with fear and pain
Marking every human hand
Loyalty can keep us upright
Once already dead inside
Wondering...
Fallout from the storm
In a garden evil gave birth
Bloodlust became the norm
Creatures stir within shadows
Master keeps them hidden
Mortals hang from the gallows
Free thought is forbidden
Enslaved by every nation
Residing in the belly of a beast
Created in man’s frustration
Wars are how machines feast
Sinful numbers on a chain
Master claims his brand
Ruling with fear and pain
Marking every human hand
Loyalty can keep us upright
Once already dead inside
Wondering...
#war
145 reads
2 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
19th Jun 2024 3:59am
19th Jun 2024 3:59am
Island Sunset
She’s got lustful eyes
Hiding behind an angel face
Gently rubbing her thighs
Tender skin softest lace
One night of seduction
Could last a lifetime
Pleasure the only function
For these partners in crime
Our bodies dance electric
Closer towards release
Flowing in divine metric
Tempo begins to increase
Fulfilling the deepest ache
Bodies glistening with sweat
When our levee's break
Underneath an island sunset
Hiding behind an angel face
Gently rubbing her thighs
Tender skin softest lace
One night of seduction
Could last a lifetime
Pleasure the only function
For these partners in crime
Our bodies dance electric
Closer towards release
Flowing in divine metric
Tempo begins to increase
Fulfilling the deepest ache
Bodies glistening with sweat
When our levee's break
Underneath an island sunset
#sun
253 reads
14 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
18th Jun 2024 6:36am
18th Jun 2024 6:36am
Witness To Truth
Memories are what I have left
Simpler times so it seemed
Every night was pure chaos
While days were growing difficult
Spent most the time drinking
The other half I was sleeping
Somewhere between them both
Were little sparks of brilliance
Sober moments I had a few
Finding confusion at the root
It wasn’t a feeling I desired
Being alone with only myself
Always locked in my head
Chained to illusions of hope
But when I reached outward
Reality pulled me back down
Suffocating on false promises ...
Simpler times so it seemed
Every night was pure chaos
While days were growing difficult
Spent most the time drinking
The other half I was sleeping
Somewhere between them both
Were little sparks of brilliance
Sober moments I had a few
Finding confusion at the root
It wasn’t a feeling I desired
Being alone with only myself
Always locked in my head
Chained to illusions of hope
But when I reached outward
Reality pulled me back down
Suffocating on false promises ...
#TruthOfLife
159 reads
12 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
17th Jun 2024 10:15pm
17th Jun 2024 10:15pm
The Music Game Is Rigged
I was in the middle of writing a poem to post, however, a rant came to mind because of the poem's subject matter, music. Sure, that doesn’t shock anyone who has read my work.
Anywho, I might finish the poem because I know poems get more comments than prose on here, or so it seems in my short time at DU. Most the time it’s a feeling thing that makes me choose which form I use, and prose won out tonight.
So here’s the skinny. It’s really kinda sad that music has to be a business. What’s it cost to write a song? Nothing, not a fucking thing. It...
Anywho, I might finish the poem because I know poems get more comments than prose on here, or so it seems in my short time at DU. Most the time it’s a feeling thing that makes me choose which form I use, and prose won out tonight.
So here’s the skinny. It’s really kinda sad that music has to be a business. What’s it cost to write a song? Nothing, not a fucking thing. It...
#music
123 reads
10 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
13th Jun 2024 3:38am
13th Jun 2024 3:38am
Bodies Are Buried
Narcissistic dreams a moral sacrifice
Constantly bleeding from your vice
Drizzling songs down the lonely drain
Leaving behind only a carbon stain
Selling lofty ambitions on Facebook
Preaching your toxic ridden words
Spewing blame by hook or crook
Sing-along jingle, hard as the burbs
Just a hermit in your own tomb
Carefree whispers point to doom
Listening to ghosts within the walls
Void of a conscience got no balls
One and one always make three
When you rant to fucking see
So drink your dinner tonight ...
Constantly bleeding from your vice
Drizzling songs down the lonely drain
Leaving behind only a carbon stain
Selling lofty ambitions on Facebook
Preaching your toxic ridden words
Spewing blame by hook or crook
Sing-along jingle, hard as the burbs
Just a hermit in your own tomb
Carefree whispers point to doom
Listening to ghosts within the walls
Void of a conscience got no balls
One and one always make three
When you rant to fucking see
So drink your dinner tonight ...
#disappointment
198 reads
13 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
12th Jun 2024 6:32am
12th Jun 2024 6:32am
Carry Me Back Home
Memories fade like seasons
Slowly losing them all
Holding on for the right reasons
Waiting to receive the call
Spent way too many years
Chasing down every ghost
Struggling against my fears
Wondering who I’ll miss most
Life is difficult to survive
Crawling towards the light
When the show goes live
Under the cover of night
In the midst of great strife
The beast will fall like Rome
Dear lord who gave me life
Please carry me back home
Slowly losing them all
Holding on for the right reasons
Waiting to receive the call
Spent way too many years
Chasing down every ghost
Struggling against my fears
Wondering who I’ll miss most
Life is difficult to survive
Crawling towards the light
When the show goes live
Under the cover of night
In the midst of great strife
The beast will fall like Rome
Dear lord who gave me life
Please carry me back home
#faith
130 reads
9 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
11th Jun 2024 7:39am
11th Jun 2024 7:39am
Playboys For The Win
Have you ever tried to burn someone verbally? I’m sure you have. I think it’s even referred to as a burn. When you come out on top of such an exchange. What’s cool about this one to me is simply this. I was only 15 years old at the time, he was an adult.
I lived in this subdivision growing up. I had a friend who lived in the neighborhood. We spent the night at each others house on weekends. We saw each other everyday. He usually came to my house most of the time. His parents were kinda strict compared to my parents. Every friend I ever had who met my parents loved them. ...
I lived in this subdivision growing up. I had a friend who lived in the neighborhood. We spent the night at each others house on weekends. We saw each other everyday. He usually came to my house most of the time. His parents were kinda strict compared to my parents. Every friend I ever had who met my parents loved them. ...
#funny
120 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Jun 2024 6:16am
9th Jun 2024 6:16am
Every Single Night
Simplicity can produce brilliance
Sometimes less is more
Reconnecting through resilience
Sure seemed easier before
Drop the beat ride the bass line
Rhythm is raging hard
Ladies sipping on foreign wine
Melody is her calling card
Guitars solo over the groove
Distorted disposition
Tempo makes the mood move
In every position
Band’s jamming on this track
Music is tight
Got people dancing out back
Every single night
Sometimes less is more
Reconnecting through resilience
Sure seemed easier before
Drop the beat ride the bass line
Rhythm is raging hard
Ladies sipping on foreign wine
Melody is her calling card
Guitars solo over the groove
Distorted disposition
Tempo makes the mood move
In every position
Band’s jamming on this track
Music is tight
Got people dancing out back
Every single night
#lyrics
#music
155 reads
19 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
8th Jun 2024 8:13am
8th Jun 2024 8:13am
Forever In The Light
Voices echo through the clouds
Fog blankets the swampy ground
Shadows remain poised to strike
Undetected in the calm of nature
So scared of what hides beneath
Studying the eyes of feral beasts
That walk upright during the day
While slithering amongst the night
Good souls follow the word
With promises based in faith
Wicked men bask in their lust
Feeding off the desire for flesh
Humans hide behind sarcasm
For fear knowledge is failing
Illusions fade in the truth
While hope is forever shining
Fog blankets the swampy ground
Shadows remain poised to strike
Undetected in the calm of nature
So scared of what hides beneath
Studying the eyes of feral beasts
That walk upright during the day
While slithering amongst the night
Good souls follow the word
With promises based in faith
Wicked men bask in their lust
Feeding off the desire for flesh
Humans hide behind sarcasm
For fear knowledge is failing
Illusions fade in the truth
While hope is forever shining
#SelfReflection
131 reads
10 Comments
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