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.
The Earth The Sky and Us
Come on. Come out. Come here. Come nearer.
The needs of the night and the wants of the ocean
They push. They pull. They build.
The fire that is spiraling inside
I’ll close my eyes and count to five
I’ll craft the only thing I know from ache into surprise
I’m shaking, you say those things
You’re smile, I say these things
I’ll lose pieces to the wind
As you take them, hold them, pull them off
Come on. Come out. Come here. Come nearer.
The needs of the night and the wants of the ocean
They push. They pull. They build.
The...
The needs of the night and the wants of the ocean
They push. They pull. They build.
The fire that is spiraling inside
I’ll close my eyes and count to five
I’ll craft the only thing I know from ache into surprise
I’m shaking, you say those things
You’re smile, I say these things
I’ll lose pieces to the wind
As you take them, hold them, pull them off
Come on. Come out. Come here. Come nearer.
The needs of the night and the wants of the ocean
They push. They pull. They build.
The...
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RADIOACTIVE II
This could be radioactive
It could be, I mean, take a look at you
You hold my body captive
You could, I mean, we could see this through
Turn it up; I have to feel the beat
Let the night rise up to meet
With the bass thumping in my heart
And my chest rising at the very start
This could be radioactive
It could be a shock to my system, this sweet desire
You have started something so massive
You move on me with a raging fire
Turn it up; I have to feel the beat
Let the night rise up to meet
With the bass thumping in my heart...
It could be, I mean, take a look at you
You hold my body captive
You could, I mean, we could see this through
Turn it up; I have to feel the beat
Let the night rise up to meet
With the bass thumping in my heart
And my chest rising at the very start
This could be radioactive
It could be a shock to my system, this sweet desire
You have started something so massive
You move on me with a raging fire
Turn it up; I have to feel the beat
Let the night rise up to meet
With the bass thumping in my heart...
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RADIOACTIVE
Skin to skin, touching outside from within
We might not survive the night.
The heat is just too intense, too bright
The chasing doesn’t cool the sparks
Only creates more to light the dark.
I’m glad you came over; I’ve been waiting so long
Seeing you in my doorway while I hear the song
I feel it do you feel it, you’ve lightened the night
Energy rising, beat climbing, the buzz around us is white
Whiter and brighter as we reunite
Out of control, hey hey I’ve got to be whole
The beat drives me, drives you, you and I.
The static is just too...
We might not survive the night.
The heat is just too intense, too bright
The chasing doesn’t cool the sparks
Only creates more to light the dark.
I’m glad you came over; I’ve been waiting so long
Seeing you in my doorway while I hear the song
I feel it do you feel it, you’ve lightened the night
Energy rising, beat climbing, the buzz around us is white
Whiter and brighter as we reunite
Out of control, hey hey I’ve got to be whole
The beat drives me, drives you, you and I.
The static is just too...
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Sitelines
In my dreams we are in a crowded place
And everywhere I look I see your face
I stand here and you’re ahead of me
I move there and you’re behind me
When I tap your shoulder and you turn
With hair flying as you spin
The face I see is not your own
Where have you gone
Why have you gone
When will you be back
When will you take my hand
And fly me away to safe dry land
In this place full of balloons and laughter
The lights are low, pretty lime and amber
I stand here and you run past me
I move to where you were and you’re behind me...
And everywhere I look I see your face
I stand here and you’re ahead of me
I move there and you’re behind me
When I tap your shoulder and you turn
With hair flying as you spin
The face I see is not your own
Where have you gone
Why have you gone
When will you be back
When will you take my hand
And fly me away to safe dry land
In this place full of balloons and laughter
The lights are low, pretty lime and amber
I stand here and you run past me
I move to where you were and you’re behind me...
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Tri-colored Fever
look through his fortress
look past his losses and count his gains
look into hid glossy eyes
there's a tricolored fever burning there
yearn to leave him
yearn to stay
yearn to know what he is hiding there
in that tricolored fever burning there
there's nowhere else to go
there's no other place to run
there's nothing to lose by looking
through the tricolored fever burning there
speak to his heart
speak to his mind
speak into his soul and possibly break
that mysterious tricolored fever burning there
go inside his...
look past his losses and count his gains
look into hid glossy eyes
there's a tricolored fever burning there
yearn to leave him
yearn to stay
yearn to know what he is hiding there
in that tricolored fever burning there
there's nowhere else to go
there's no other place to run
there's nothing to lose by looking
through the tricolored fever burning there
speak to his heart
speak to his mind
speak into his soul and possibly break
that mysterious tricolored fever burning there
go inside his...
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Me Against Myself
Why can't I stop
beating my self against myself
I see the welts, I see the bruises.
Purple that soothes me
Black that calms the chaos
Blue that moves and compells
convinces and presses
Back against my eyelids
Against the pounding in my brain.
Why can't I stop
I want to but I don't, I fight with myself
I feel the peace that comes with the release.
Comforting silence in my head
Blissful euphoria that removes the pain
Oppressive clouds have lifted
leaving white softness behind
Behind for me to wrap myself in
Away...
beating my self against myself
I see the welts, I see the bruises.
Purple that soothes me
Black that calms the chaos
Blue that moves and compells
convinces and presses
Back against my eyelids
Against the pounding in my brain.
Why can't I stop
I want to but I don't, I fight with myself
I feel the peace that comes with the release.
Comforting silence in my head
Blissful euphoria that removes the pain
Oppressive clouds have lifted
leaving white softness behind
Behind for me to wrap myself in
Away...
668 reads
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Wake me up
wake me, shake me
show me the words I can't see
when I can't tell her
but I can't tell him
wake me, shake me
give me the advice I viciously seek
I can't break her
I can't open him
wake me, shake me
carry me through because I might be weak
weak to her love
weak to his skin
wake me, shake me
from this dangerous sleep
before I hurt her
before I touch him
show me the words I can't see
when I can't tell her
but I can't tell him
wake me, shake me
give me the advice I viciously seek
I can't break her
I can't open him
wake me, shake me
carry me through because I might be weak
weak to her love
weak to his skin
wake me, shake me
from this dangerous sleep
before I hurt her
before I touch him
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Stay
Is there anything left to say, anything to make you stay
Cause I’m standing here and I’ll stand with you
But you’re walking out, away into the night
I’ll tell you what you think I should say, what you think I feel
I’ll tell you what is on my mind but would it change the way
The way you walk away
Instead of stay
I could tell you things, I could tell you anything
Just ask me and I’ll tell you what you already know
And more, I’ll tell you so much more
But winter’s coming and summer’s dead and gone
So can I find a way to make you ask, to make you...
Cause I’m standing here and I’ll stand with you
But you’re walking out, away into the night
I’ll tell you what you think I should say, what you think I feel
I’ll tell you what is on my mind but would it change the way
The way you walk away
Instead of stay
I could tell you things, I could tell you anything
Just ask me and I’ll tell you what you already know
And more, I’ll tell you so much more
But winter’s coming and summer’s dead and gone
So can I find a way to make you ask, to make you...
600 reads
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Escape
Take my soul, leave my heart
Carry it with you into the dark of your dreams
Keep a tight hold
Don’t let go
I’ll see you there when I close my eyes
I’ll feel you there
Listen to the night
Take its hand with me
Believe in the fairytale of intoxicating sleep
Know that if you give just one moment
And listen just once to the night
Everything would change
Take my soul, leave my heart
Carry it with you into the dark of your dreams
Keep a tight hold
Don’t let go
I’ll see you there when I close my eyes
I’ll feel you there...
Carry it with you into the dark of your dreams
Keep a tight hold
Don’t let go
I’ll see you there when I close my eyes
I’ll feel you there
Listen to the night
Take its hand with me
Believe in the fairytale of intoxicating sleep
Know that if you give just one moment
And listen just once to the night
Everything would change
Take my soul, leave my heart
Carry it with you into the dark of your dreams
Keep a tight hold
Don’t let go
I’ll see you there when I close my eyes
I’ll feel you there...
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Your Fog
Im sitting surrounded by a fog, heavy and dense it sits on my hands
And behind my lashes, willing my eyes to close
And remember
Through the fog I hear the warning bell, ringing out distant in the night
My ears can’t forget the words, the whispers
I remember
Maybe you meant to touch me truly but instead you touched me deeply
In the silence I see the shadows of your hands, covering
Remember the trembling
Im sitting, not believeing that I let you in at all,
when the fog is lifted will I see you there
Or will you only exist in the dense...
And behind my lashes, willing my eyes to close
And remember
Through the fog I hear the warning bell, ringing out distant in the night
My ears can’t forget the words, the whispers
I remember
Maybe you meant to touch me truly but instead you touched me deeply
In the silence I see the shadows of your hands, covering
Remember the trembling
Im sitting, not believeing that I let you in at all,
when the fog is lifted will I see you there
Or will you only exist in the dense...
#love
#memories
#nostalgia
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wanderer, passing through
I pass that aging fence
And I pass this painted window
And then when I stop at the corner
I wonder why the door is open there
Shadows move from space to place
Leaving only mysteries in their wake
And I, the wanderer passing through
Can only keep going, never knowing what you do
I collect small stones, an acorn, a snail
Through the field, across the river
And then when I pause to wash my face
I wonder where the water is going down below
Shadows move from space to place
Snatching lingering thoughts in their wake
And I, the...
And I pass this painted window
And then when I stop at the corner
I wonder why the door is open there
Shadows move from space to place
Leaving only mysteries in their wake
And I, the wanderer passing through
Can only keep going, never knowing what you do
I collect small stones, an acorn, a snail
Through the field, across the river
And then when I pause to wash my face
I wonder where the water is going down below
Shadows move from space to place
Snatching lingering thoughts in their wake
And I, the...
#ghosts
#WritingPoetry
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Red
Red, the keys are red and the scales play up and down so fast
So fast
They hold my frame, my life and pull me through so fast
So fast
I must replay, play it again, up and down crying I thought I knew
I thought I knew
But red is all I see, it’s all I see pulling me through to you
To you
Red, the drums are red and the thumps harder and harder so fast
So fast
They reach my chest; beat through my soul so fast
So fast
Imust close my eyes and feel, what is that, I think I know
I think I know
But red is all I hear, it’s all I hear pulling...
So fast
They hold my frame, my life and pull me through so fast
So fast
I must replay, play it again, up and down crying I thought I knew
I thought I knew
But red is all I see, it’s all I see pulling me through to you
To you
Red, the drums are red and the thumps harder and harder so fast
So fast
They reach my chest; beat through my soul so fast
So fast
Imust close my eyes and feel, what is that, I think I know
I think I know
But red is all I hear, it’s all I hear pulling...
#strength
#StreamOfConsciousness
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