Submissions by DreamIllusions
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
When I put the pen to paper or the hands to keys - I feel as if I'm in a fever until all the thoughts make it out - only then I can breathe.
DARK POEM
Published
15th Mar 2023 4:08pm
15th Mar 2023 4:08pm
SLEEPEATER
I awaken with a rumble
Stirred by a grumble
Blinking eyes in the thunder
No escape
From the pulling under
Blinded
By the hunger
Feasting
On the numbers
The time it takes
My sleep
Like a hunter
Where does my sleep go
When it rushes from my side
Why does it hide away
In fight or flight
When I get lost in the fray
And can no longer see the way
I fall from my sleep like a boulder
Jostled loose by the shoulder
Gasping breaths, smoky smolder
No way but down
Gravity, the only...
Stirred by a grumble
Blinking eyes in the thunder
No escape
From the pulling under
Blinded
By the hunger
Feasting
On the numbers
The time it takes
My sleep
Like a hunter
Where does my sleep go
When it rushes from my side
Why does it hide away
In fight or flight
When I get lost in the fray
And can no longer see the way
I fall from my sleep like a boulder
Jostled loose by the shoulder
Gasping breaths, smoky smolder
No way but down
Gravity, the only...
#sadness
#secrets
#monsters
#FeelingTrapped
#fear
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LOVE POEM
Published
15th Mar 2023 3:04pm
15th Mar 2023 3:04pm
FIGHTING
Was last night even real
Did I just make believe
Or dream, of a broken deal
That I was in a hole
Lights blinding my soul
Shining in my face
Couldn’t hide
No matter how hard I tried
Blankets ripped away
Cold air sucked in my lungs
Cruel words, heavy weight
Spat out statements
That no one should ever say
Beating my eardrums
Until light of day
The warmth of the night
Just
Stripped away
Did I just make believe
Or dream, of a broken deal
That I was in a hole
Lights blinding my soul
Shining in my face
Couldn’t hide
No matter how hard I tried
Blankets ripped away
Cold air sucked in my lungs
Cruel words, heavy weight
Spat out statements
That no one should ever say
Beating my eardrums
Until light of day
The warmth of the night
Just
Stripped away
#sadness
#heartbroken
#conflict
#betrayal
#disappointment
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DARK POEM
Published
14th Mar 2023 7:52pm
14th Mar 2023 7:52pm
Promises
When did we learn
Promises mean nothing
We speak them and then
We throw them
Away
Never said
Never remembered
Where do they go
When the words no longer
Matter
When the paper they were written on
Dissolves
When the phone they were texted on
Breaks
When did we decide
Promises used to mean something
But now they no longer do
Now they no longer stay
In sight
They used to made of iron
They used to stand still and shine
Where did they go
Suddenly rusted and frail
Broken
When the...
Promises mean nothing
We speak them and then
We throw them
Away
Never said
Never remembered
Where do they go
When the words no longer
Matter
When the paper they were written on
Dissolves
When the phone they were texted on
Breaks
When did we decide
Promises used to mean something
But now they no longer do
Now they no longer stay
In sight
They used to made of iron
They used to stand still and shine
Where did they go
Suddenly rusted and frail
Broken
When the...
#sadness
#regret
#shame
#disappointment
#bittersweet
338 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
12th Mar 2023 9:22pm
12th Mar 2023 9:22pm
OH What Have I Done
Sipping on my own madness
Tasting my own medicine
As it cuts straight to the bone
Then takes it time there
Spiraling and gliding through the blood
Fracturing instead of clean breaks
I wonder what next
What will it take
For me to stop all of this
For me to feel again, love instead of hate
It’s not you I hate
It’s only me
The me that won’t let the rest of me be
The one that deviates
Dissociates
Takes the reins
Tally ho
Away we go
So I nibble on my own sadness
Savoring my own sanity in small bites ...
Tasting my own medicine
As it cuts straight to the bone
Then takes it time there
Spiraling and gliding through the blood
Fracturing instead of clean breaks
I wonder what next
What will it take
For me to stop all of this
For me to feel again, love instead of hate
It’s not you I hate
It’s only me
The me that won’t let the rest of me be
The one that deviates
Dissociates
Takes the reins
Tally ho
Away we go
So I nibble on my own sadness
Savoring my own sanity in small bites ...
#sadness
#ImSorry
#heartbroken
#secrets
#disappointment
380 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
11th Mar 2023 4:43am
11th Mar 2023 4:43am
I'm Just A Ghost
Sitting in the corner
Watching you with her
Tears welling up
Never falling out
Floating in the air instead
Around my see thru head
I should have treated you better
Should have had love life a feather
Should have felt every emotion
Instead of going thru the motions
Should have given myself pain
To just feel anything
Instead I numbed my body
Calcified my brain
Until it felt nothing
Not even in the rain
So I sit in the corner
Watching you and her
Longing to feel numb again
Instead feeling...
Watching you with her
Tears welling up
Never falling out
Floating in the air instead
Around my see thru head
I should have treated you better
Should have had love life a feather
Should have felt every emotion
Instead of going thru the motions
Should have given myself pain
To just feel anything
Instead I numbed my body
Calcified my brain
Until it felt nothing
Not even in the rain
So I sit in the corner
Watching you and her
Longing to feel numb again
Instead feeling...
#sadness
#ImSorry
#heartbroken
#secrets
#disappointment
262 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
10th Mar 2023 6:53pm
10th Mar 2023 6:53pm
I hate the sound of my breathing
I hate the sound of my breathing
In and out of half thoughts
Taking in the half lights
That attempt to
light up the room with half lies
That float around
fill me up and boom
Pounding in my head
An ache to fill my bed
Inhaling things never said
Decisions bred
From his love, her fog
I hate the sound of my voice
Around the room, a carousel
Shadows grabbing, taking hold
Attempting to
Steal emotions, run away with them
Make new friends and bury them
Then fill me up without amends
Slamming into my body...
In and out of half thoughts
Taking in the half lights
That attempt to
light up the room with half lies
That float around
fill me up and boom
Pounding in my head
An ache to fill my bed
Inhaling things never said
Decisions bred
From his love, her fog
I hate the sound of my voice
Around the room, a carousel
Shadows grabbing, taking hold
Attempting to
Steal emotions, run away with them
Make new friends and bury them
Then fill me up without amends
Slamming into my body...
#sadness
#anger
#anxiety
#shame
#emptiness
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DARK POEM
Published
9th Mar 2023 4:56pm
9th Mar 2023 4:56pm
I Think I Might Die Tonight
Driving towards the lights
Wondering who will give my last rights
Choking on the aftermath
Of hotel rooms and diesal fumes
Collide
Where signs of a bloodbath
Once took place
And I was crying
Trying
To save face
Wondering who will give my last rights
Choking on the aftermath
Of hotel rooms and diesal fumes
Collide
Where signs of a bloodbath
Once took place
And I was crying
Trying
To save face
#anxiety
#heartbroken
#shame
#confusion
#despair
290 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Mar 2023 6:57pm
8th Mar 2023 6:57pm
Lies II
The rain it falls
Heavy on her heart
Filling up the sides
No one can see her eyes
No one can compromise
Just what the world's got against her
And as she stands
At the edge of her town
She's looking for her own
Road out of here
Road without mirrors
Showing her just what she's done
The light fades away
She no closer still
To finding her way
Her way out of this place
Her way out to space
Way out to space
So here she stands
A bottle in her hand
She's knows it needs to break ...
Heavy on her heart
Filling up the sides
No one can see her eyes
No one can compromise
Just what the world's got against her
And as she stands
At the edge of her town
She's looking for her own
Road out of here
Road without mirrors
Showing her just what she's done
The light fades away
She no closer still
To finding her way
Her way out of this place
Her way out to space
Way out to space
So here she stands
A bottle in her hand
She's knows it needs to break ...
#sadness
#anxiety
#shame
#despair
#bittersweet
222 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
6th Mar 2023 5:12am
6th Mar 2023 5:12am
Lies
I see your glowing eyes
The way you
Count down from ten while I bleed
Looking for the answers
To
Why did you make me
Lie to you
Cry to you
Tell you things that were never true
Do you
Know what that's done to me
Now ill never be free
Always backing up to those
Lies for you
Cries for you
Tears I shed and bled for you
Pressing them, coal to diamond
So you think they're true
I remember words of fire
The way you
Spat them out, nails at my feet
Piercing my skin
To
Feed on my bones ...
The way you
Count down from ten while I bleed
Looking for the answers
To
Why did you make me
Lie to you
Cry to you
Tell you things that were never true
Do you
Know what that's done to me
Now ill never be free
Always backing up to those
Lies for you
Cries for you
Tears I shed and bled for you
Pressing them, coal to diamond
So you think they're true
I remember words of fire
The way you
Spat them out, nails at my feet
Piercing my skin
To
Feed on my bones ...
#sadness
#anger
#anxiety
#regret
#shame
248 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
13th Dec 2022 7:57pm
13th Dec 2022 7:57pm
Smoke
You’ve become the smoke in my lungs
The black on my tongue
You set fire to my ladder
Burned every rung
Now I’m sitting at the bottom
Of a dried up well
Thinking I should keep crying
Crying enough
Just enough for it to fill
And I can climb out
Lungs too full of soot to shout
Just as it starts to rain
Damn my luck
If only I had waited
I wouldn’t have used up every drop
Inside me
Because of you
I could have saved it all
But it’s been used
Beat up, soaked through and through
Bruised
Black and...
The black on my tongue
You set fire to my ladder
Burned every rung
Now I’m sitting at the bottom
Of a dried up well
Thinking I should keep crying
Crying enough
Just enough for it to fill
And I can climb out
Lungs too full of soot to shout
Just as it starts to rain
Damn my luck
If only I had waited
I wouldn’t have used up every drop
Inside me
Because of you
I could have saved it all
But it’s been used
Beat up, soaked through and through
Bruised
Black and...
#anxiety
#loneliness
#heartbroken
#despair
#emptiness
312 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
30th Nov 2022 7:12pm
30th Nov 2022 7:12pm
HATE
When did you
Become so full of hate
That you chewed up
Spit out
Everything with the weight
Of us
Become so full of hate
That you chewed up
Spit out
Everything with the weight
Of us
#sadness
#breakup
#disappointment
#revenge
#bittersweet
330 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Nov 2022 10:33pm
21st Nov 2022 10:33pm
DRIFTER
I feel like I belong to no one
Not even myself
I am within this thin skin
A sensitive beast
An entire empire
Of beasts
Perhaps
Scrambling to get out
Let loose
Be free
But of what?
I feel like within me resides
A city of dread
I sit alone on the streets there
Blind and mute
Amongst and entire
Civilization
Of dark
Waiting on a crumbling curb
For a hand
To take
To take me where?
I feel like being scared
But I know not of what
I walk a tightrope ...
Not even myself
I am within this thin skin
A sensitive beast
An entire empire
Of beasts
Perhaps
Scrambling to get out
Let loose
Be free
But of what?
I feel like within me resides
A city of dread
I sit alone on the streets there
Blind and mute
Amongst and entire
Civilization
Of dark
Waiting on a crumbling curb
For a hand
To take
To take me where?
I feel like being scared
But I know not of what
I walk a tightrope ...
#fate
#monsters
#ghosts
#emptiness
#morality
230 reads
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