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.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th Feb 2014 11:50pm
14th Feb 2014 11:50pm
House of Moving Trees
The forest is dark today
Dare I make some light?
Dare I move some shadows
And make room for right?
I hear a creaking near the entrance
A thumping near the pool
A muted scream by the river
And scratching across the floor
The forest is dark today
Yet something scuttles in the underbrush
Trying to escape, run away
Trying to breathe with a muted hush
I see circles of trees marching inward
A branch reaching near the caves
A root extending over the precipice
And stretching across the crag
The forest is...
Dare I make some light?
Dare I move some shadows
And make room for right?
I hear a creaking near the entrance
A thumping near the pool
A muted scream by the river
And scratching across the floor
The forest is dark today
Yet something scuttles in the underbrush
Trying to escape, run away
Trying to breathe with a muted hush
I see circles of trees marching inward
A branch reaching near the caves
A root extending over the precipice
And stretching across the crag
The forest is...
#courage
#dark
#nature
611 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th Feb 2014 00:42am
14th Feb 2014 00:42am
WHEN THE RIGHT SIDE GOES WILD
No middle ground holds me steady
Instead one side is still and the other rocky
No sweet ambiance holds my hand
Instead there’s moving water and shifting land
So who’s there to question
Why one side goes wild
And one side goes numb
No mediator calms my nerves
Instead one army pulls while the other pushes and swerves
No white flag is offered in surrender
Instead blood rushes and bruises lay in the fire
So who’s there to point out
One side’s going wild
While the other’s going numb
No soothsayer helps me figure it all out...
Instead one side is still and the other rocky
No sweet ambiance holds my hand
Instead there’s moving water and shifting land
So who’s there to question
Why one side goes wild
And one side goes numb
No mediator calms my nerves
Instead one army pulls while the other pushes and swerves
No white flag is offered in surrender
Instead blood rushes and bruises lay in the fire
So who’s there to point out
One side’s going wild
While the other’s going numb
No soothsayer helps me figure it all out...
570 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Feb 2014 00:40am
14th Feb 2014 00:40am
Take Me (with You When You Go)
Wooden slats slap slap against my feet
Bare and wet with ocean mist
The length of dock stretches out before me
And all I can do is run to the edge
To the green sea
To where you wait for me
Shirt unbuttoned, billowing
Like the sail behind you
Full and waiting
So take me
Take me with you
Barnacles rough and red creep up
The pier over here and over there
The waves rush in and the waves rush out
And all I can do it run to the edge
To where the sand meets the sea
To where you wait for me
Pants rolls to your knees
Laughing...
Bare and wet with ocean mist
The length of dock stretches out before me
And all I can do is run to the edge
To the green sea
To where you wait for me
Shirt unbuttoned, billowing
Like the sail behind you
Full and waiting
So take me
Take me with you
Barnacles rough and red creep up
The pier over here and over there
The waves rush in and the waves rush out
And all I can do it run to the edge
To where the sand meets the sea
To where you wait for me
Pants rolls to your knees
Laughing...
642 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
13th Feb 2014 3:29am
13th Feb 2014 3:29am
Fire, Ice, Salt
Over here there was fire
And over there I saw ice
But somewhere in between
Someone fed me salt
And broke apart the wounds
The pain so fresh and raw
Do I run for fire
To burn away the night
Or do I turn to ice
To numb away the fright
Fire cuts like razors
Leaving scars across the skin
You watch it boil and bleed
You watch it churn and seethe
Fire comes to char the edges
Fire comes to singe the memory
Do I run for fire
To burn away the night
Or do I turn to ice
To numb away the fright
Ice goes...
And over there I saw ice
But somewhere in between
Someone fed me salt
And broke apart the wounds
The pain so fresh and raw
Do I run for fire
To burn away the night
Or do I turn to ice
To numb away the fright
Fire cuts like razors
Leaving scars across the skin
You watch it boil and bleed
You watch it churn and seethe
Fire comes to char the edges
Fire comes to singe the memory
Do I run for fire
To burn away the night
Or do I turn to ice
To numb away the fright
Ice goes...
589 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
13th Feb 2014 3:27am
13th Feb 2014 3:27am
Eyes Like Cathedral Glass
Shapes and colors run together
Diamonds and stars seem so familiar
Stare for hours
Stare for moments
They are never the same
Sometimes love, sometimes pain
Reflected in spirals of tears
Weaves of rain
I could lie beneath the Cathedral Glass
And stare for hours counting blades of grass
Green and brown, reflecting earth
Hint at blue, reflecting sky
Let me reach out but never touch
Let me hold but never feel
Sometimes so far away
But always so real
Shapes and colors run together
Diamonds and stars seem so familiar
Stare for...
Diamonds and stars seem so familiar
Stare for hours
Stare for moments
They are never the same
Sometimes love, sometimes pain
Reflected in spirals of tears
Weaves of rain
I could lie beneath the Cathedral Glass
And stare for hours counting blades of grass
Green and brown, reflecting earth
Hint at blue, reflecting sky
Let me reach out but never touch
Let me hold but never feel
Sometimes so far away
But always so real
Shapes and colors run together
Diamonds and stars seem so familiar
Stare for...
602 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Feb 2014 2:35pm
11th Feb 2014 2:35pm
White Flag
I think I like you, I really do
I think I’ll let you just take over
I need to see you, I really do
I need to see your hands all over
I put my white flag up, white flag up
I put my white flag up, white flag up
I will surrender, I really will
I think I’ll let you put your lips all over
I will just let go, I really will
I need to hear your sounds of pleasure
I put my white flag up, white flag up
I put my white flag up, white flag up
Do you hear the drums beat, oh wait that’s just my heart
Do you feel the bass thump, oh wait that’s...
I think I’ll let you just take over
I need to see you, I really do
I need to see your hands all over
I put my white flag up, white flag up
I put my white flag up, white flag up
I will surrender, I really will
I think I’ll let you put your lips all over
I will just let go, I really will
I need to hear your sounds of pleasure
I put my white flag up, white flag up
I put my white flag up, white flag up
Do you hear the drums beat, oh wait that’s just my heart
Do you feel the bass thump, oh wait that’s...
701 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
6th Feb 2014 7:41pm
6th Feb 2014 7:41pm
RICOCHET
RICOCHET
You held out your gun,
Aimed for my heart,
You shoot me but you never leave a mark
I never dodged, I never moved
I let the bullets fly past me just to prove
How strong I tried to be
How much I held on to we
Now the only one walking wounded is you
What else can I say
I take your bullets and then ricochet
Around the house, inside the walls
But all you saw was what you wanted to see
All you saw were all the holes in me
You held out your hands,
Then pushed me away,
You thought I’d always stay
I never...
You held out your gun,
Aimed for my heart,
You shoot me but you never leave a mark
I never dodged, I never moved
I let the bullets fly past me just to prove
How strong I tried to be
How much I held on to we
Now the only one walking wounded is you
What else can I say
I take your bullets and then ricochet
Around the house, inside the walls
But all you saw was what you wanted to see
All you saw were all the holes in me
You held out your hands,
Then pushed me away,
You thought I’d always stay
I never...
654 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Feb 2014 1:23pm
3rd Feb 2014 1:23pm
When Glass Shatters
This is what it feels like – when the heart aches
And the pieces all break
Some days I think I have them all – but then
I cry out, screaming, when will they be one again?
Every push, every pull
Every day against my will
A piece fell here, a piece fell there
Some swept up and some thrown away
Every stab, every wound
Chipped away with heavy sound
This is what it feels like – when the heart aches
And the pieces all break
Some days I think I have them all – but then
I cry out, screaming, when will they be one again?
I held out...
And the pieces all break
Some days I think I have them all – but then
I cry out, screaming, when will they be one again?
Every push, every pull
Every day against my will
A piece fell here, a piece fell there
Some swept up and some thrown away
Every stab, every wound
Chipped away with heavy sound
This is what it feels like – when the heart aches
And the pieces all break
Some days I think I have them all – but then
I cry out, screaming, when will they be one again?
I held out...
513 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Jan 2014 7:24pm
27th Jan 2014 7:24pm
Dangerous
Something’s taking over me
I want to run but just can’t see
You just crossed my border there
And you’re just a breath away
The beat takes over, can you hear its thump
You pull me in and take my hands
Your heat is moving me
Melting me
You’re so dangerous, taking all my air
I think it’s too late; you’ve brought me to the edge
Something’s taking over me
I want to run but just can’t see
You just crossed my border there
And you’re just a breath away
The music’s out of control, the beat’s blinding me
Your lips graze my cheek...
I want to run but just can’t see
You just crossed my border there
And you’re just a breath away
The beat takes over, can you hear its thump
You pull me in and take my hands
Your heat is moving me
Melting me
You’re so dangerous, taking all my air
I think it’s too late; you’ve brought me to the edge
Something’s taking over me
I want to run but just can’t see
You just crossed my border there
And you’re just a breath away
The music’s out of control, the beat’s blinding me
Your lips graze my cheek...
676 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Jan 2014 8:18pm
22nd Jan 2014 8:18pm
Losing Ourselves
There is a beckoning from you
There is an answer from me
All you had to say was where
And I’d meet you there
From the outside no one will see
These wild moments of greatness
From the outside no one will see
You and I, together, losing ourselves
When night cools the day
And there is nothing left to say
You draw the shades
Ill light the way
With embers still burning
And bodies still yearning
A reach, a push, a pull, a kiss
For now, a warm memory of bliss
There is thunder in the distance
There, where lightning strikes...
There is an answer from me
All you had to say was where
And I’d meet you there
From the outside no one will see
These wild moments of greatness
From the outside no one will see
You and I, together, losing ourselves
When night cools the day
And there is nothing left to say
You draw the shades
Ill light the way
With embers still burning
And bodies still yearning
A reach, a push, a pull, a kiss
For now, a warm memory of bliss
There is thunder in the distance
There, where lightning strikes...
576 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Jan 2014 8:18pm
22nd Jan 2014 8:18pm
Floating
I lose myself
Inside of you
Inside of something
I never knew
In the dark
I breathe in slow
Lungs rise and fall
Those thoughts are back
Hear my heartbeat
Help me understand
Why this spell you cast
Makes it beat too fast
I can’t see myself
All I see are colors
Around two bodies
Keeping me from slipping too deep
Here in the clouds of comfort
Hold me close and closer
Because time is no longer standing still
And soon I’ll have to go
Hear my thoughts
Help me understand
Why I need your...
Inside of you
Inside of something
I never knew
In the dark
I breathe in slow
Lungs rise and fall
Those thoughts are back
Hear my heartbeat
Help me understand
Why this spell you cast
Makes it beat too fast
I can’t see myself
All I see are colors
Around two bodies
Keeping me from slipping too deep
Here in the clouds of comfort
Hold me close and closer
Because time is no longer standing still
And soon I’ll have to go
Hear my thoughts
Help me understand
Why I need your...
554 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Jan 2014 7:37pm
14th Jan 2014 7:37pm
Danger Ahead
If I can’t see your face, it’s hidden from this space and this place
If I can’t see your face, tell me why oh why does it leave a bitter taste
Tell me why oh why do I continue the chase
I know the danger you present and I’m a fool to fall into it
I’ll get myself into trouble but here I go again
I can’t stop myself from speeding up, speeding into it
If I know you aren’t near, you’re hidden tucked away
If I can’t find your voice, tell me why oh why does the air not stay
Tell me why on why do I stand up and ask you to pull away
I know the danger...
If I can’t see your face, tell me why oh why does it leave a bitter taste
Tell me why oh why do I continue the chase
I know the danger you present and I’m a fool to fall into it
I’ll get myself into trouble but here I go again
I can’t stop myself from speeding up, speeding into it
If I know you aren’t near, you’re hidden tucked away
If I can’t find your voice, tell me why oh why does the air not stay
Tell me why on why do I stand up and ask you to pull away
I know the danger...
649 reads
2 Comments
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