Submissions by Damselinhandcuffs
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
SELF POEM
Published
13th Nov 2019 8:29am
13th Nov 2019 8:29am
I Couldn't Tell You If I Met Myself or Lost Myself That Day
I dreamt of the old tear in the stitching of skin and the struggle of position again
but wake up to no blood
I can smell the sweat- but the bodies are nowhere to be seen
The bastard deceived me and found not only his sweat
but his pores into my dreams
He disturbed the morning with hate and killed the child in my laughter
with the...
but wake up to no blood
I can smell the sweat- but the bodies are nowhere to be seen
The bastard deceived me and found not only his sweat
but his pores into my dreams
He disturbed the morning with hate and killed the child in my laughter
with the...
#sadness
#hate
#grief
#dark
#shame
546 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
19th Sep 2019 1:12am
19th Sep 2019 1:12am
Limbs
He wraps his long tree-like limbs around you
And holds you
Says you are his fruit,
And you apologize
The summer heat licks you with madness
You carve into the flesh of your fruit
To feel something and then the grateful nothing
You attempt to murder the fruit on his tree
He didn't know you were already rotting
The sun is settling red
You watch the blood of fruit settle down past the silhouette of mountain, ...
And holds you
Says you are his fruit,
And you apologize
The summer heat licks you with madness
You carve into the flesh of your fruit
To feel something and then the grateful nothing
You attempt to murder the fruit on his tree
He didn't know you were already rotting
The sun is settling red
You watch the blood of fruit settle down past the silhouette of mountain, ...
#regret
#escape
#shame
#denial
#emptiness
674 reads
11 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
11th Sep 2019 4:19am
11th Sep 2019 4:19am
Chant of Silence
#grief
#dark
#shame
#denial
#emptiness
311 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
19th Jun 2019 7:01am
19th Jun 2019 7:01am
Poem From the Child
When mother is here, her wind rocks me to sleep
Holds me however it wants
The leaves fall and cover me until snow arrives
The snow arrives and I sleep
Her kiss is cold but I don't mind
I'll take what I can get with this mother of mine
And I stay asleep
Far after winter has excused it's self
I try to suffocate the moment
Take it captive and feed it to the lonely hours
Maybe if I could-
The...
Holds me however it wants
The leaves fall and cover me until snow arrives
The snow arrives and I sleep
Her kiss is cold but I don't mind
I'll take what I can get with this mother of mine
And I stay asleep
Far after winter has excused it's self
I try to suffocate the moment
Take it captive and feed it to the lonely hours
Maybe if I could-
The...
#sadness
#loneliness
#rejection
#dark
#emptiness
560 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
19th Dec 2018 7:54pm
19th Dec 2018 7:54pm
Fall
It's autumn,
I watch my face morph in the reflection of the lake that way I have something to blame when I don't recognize that face
It's autumn,
I learn he is married, and he is already undressing me
Leaving what feels like my bare bones naked,
exposed without permission to be skinned alive
It's autumn,
The tree's are lying next to me
I drift off and my body stays in character, awake, obedient to the...
I watch my face morph in the reflection of the lake that way I have something to blame when I don't recognize that face
It's autumn,
I learn he is married, and he is already undressing me
Leaving what feels like my bare bones naked,
exposed without permission to be skinned alive
It's autumn,
The tree's are lying next to me
I drift off and my body stays in character, awake, obedient to the...
#depression
#sex
#FeelingLost #emptiness
#FeelingLost #emptiness
761 reads
7 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Sep 2018 10:28pm
5th Sep 2018 10:28pm
In the Belly of Lonely
I belong to no one, to nothing
Not even to myself
To neither the sky, nor this body
My feet feel like trespassers on the ground, my hands are somehow a new stranger
I feel lonely in every crowd of bodies and voices
Which is to say, I feel lonely in my own
In this chandelier of moist bones and tendons
And I wonder- when the elasticity of myself wears will I fall apart easily
...
Not even to myself
To neither the sky, nor this body
My feet feel like trespassers on the ground, my hands are somehow a new stranger
I feel lonely in every crowd of bodies and voices
Which is to say, I feel lonely in my own
In this chandelier of moist bones and tendons
And I wonder- when the elasticity of myself wears will I fall apart easily
...
#sadness
#grief
#loneliness
#greed
#emptiness
578 reads
7 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
21st Dec 2017 8:13pm
21st Dec 2017 8:13pm
How I Live
I smile.
I wish I could smile and actually believe it.
I laugh.
I wish I could laugh like a carefree child.
A child who is still innocent and untouched by the realities of life.
A child who is told folktales and their first lies.
I kiss.
I want to feel the spark.
I wish I could feel more than your bare skin. I kiss knowing this doesn't help. Knowing it's just enough to give me temporary silence.
When we meet again even you won't be able to silence my demons.
And I'll leave... I'm always leaving
I wish I could smile and actually believe it.
I laugh.
I wish I could laugh like a carefree child.
A child who is still innocent and untouched by the realities of life.
A child who is told folktales and their first lies.
I kiss.
I want to feel the spark.
I wish I could feel more than your bare skin. I kiss knowing this doesn't help. Knowing it's just enough to give me temporary silence.
When we meet again even you won't be able to silence my demons.
And I'll leave... I'm always leaving
#love
#memories
278 reads
2 Comments
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