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.
ASHES
Here I am
Standing in the ashes
Looking for my nightlight
In the nightlife
Knowing I won’t find it
In the nighttime
After all
We’ve both been here before
At the foot, the start of a war
Wondering if death is better
Then everything we’ve ever
Fought for
Is this what we’ve both come
This far for
To burn down everything
In sight
To throw it all into the night
Here I stand
Rising tall as I can
In the aftermath feeling less than
Knowing the struggle to stand
In the shadow of a...
Standing in the ashes
Looking for my nightlight
In the nightlife
Knowing I won’t find it
In the nighttime
After all
We’ve both been here before
At the foot, the start of a war
Wondering if death is better
Then everything we’ve ever
Fought for
Is this what we’ve both come
This far for
To burn down everything
In sight
To throw it all into the night
Here I stand
Rising tall as I can
In the aftermath feeling less than
Knowing the struggle to stand
In the shadow of a...
#sadness
#grief
#heartbroken
#emptiness
#bittersweet
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Thinking of you
I still think of you
Often
Like a double espresso
On Sunday morning
You come rushing back
Assaulting my senses
Flashing memories
I can’t let go of
Churning them into
Confetti
To sprinkle on my soul
So I
Never forget
Often
Like a double espresso
On Sunday morning
You come rushing back
Assaulting my senses
Flashing memories
I can’t let go of
Churning them into
Confetti
To sprinkle on my soul
So I
Never forget
#heartbroken
#TimeHeals
#bittersweet #emotions
#bittersweet #emotions
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Blah blah blah
I'm tired of talking to myself
No one listening to me
These thoughts
Sitting on a shelf getting dusty
Covered in things I almost said
Words that didn't quite fall out
Trapped in the cobwebs
Stuck between my teeth
What did you say
I didn't hear you, I was busy
Too busy
For what I had to say
Everyone is blah blah blah
With their words so loud
So I just go sit down
Silent in the crowd
I'm tired of listening to myself
Being the only one who hears me
These words
Hanging on the line getting...
No one listening to me
These thoughts
Sitting on a shelf getting dusty
Covered in things I almost said
Words that didn't quite fall out
Trapped in the cobwebs
Stuck between my teeth
What did you say
I didn't hear you, I was busy
Too busy
For what I had to say
Everyone is blah blah blah
With their words so loud
So I just go sit down
Silent in the crowd
I'm tired of listening to myself
Being the only one who hears me
These words
Hanging on the line getting...
#relationships
#childhood
#friendship
#patience
#memories
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MUSIC
It starts out slow
Hinting at something more
A haunting voice
Barely an echo
Moving you across mountains
With its words
Indescribable words
The build is there
Your body feels it
While the voice keeps talking
To the night
Thankful, to be alive
It moves you through trees
Grabbing your hand and pulling
Begging to be believed
Right here right now
As the crescendo comes
Slapping your legs like
Ocean water that stings
The build is here
We can’t deny it
Devouring everything ...
Hinting at something more
A haunting voice
Barely an echo
Moving you across mountains
With its words
Indescribable words
The build is there
Your body feels it
While the voice keeps talking
To the night
Thankful, to be alive
It moves you through trees
Grabbing your hand and pulling
Begging to be believed
Right here right now
As the crescendo comes
Slapping your legs like
Ocean water that stings
The build is here
We can’t deny it
Devouring everything ...
#identity
#inspirational
#MyInspiration
#emptiness
#SelfDiscovery
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LOST
Dig a little deeper
Bury me outside of you
Where I cannot see your light
Because you locked it up tight
It’s not for me
Anymore
I hear what you say
My ears tune to the mumble
Of the words that jumble
And fall out all over
Landing on my skin
Burning what’s within
Cut a little harder
Make me bleed outside of myself
Where I can watch it drop
Because you need me to see it stop
Or not stop
Anymore
I hear what you say
My ears tune to the mumble
Of the words that jumble
And fall...
Bury me outside of you
Where I cannot see your light
Because you locked it up tight
It’s not for me
Anymore
I hear what you say
My ears tune to the mumble
Of the words that jumble
And fall out all over
Landing on my skin
Burning what’s within
Cut a little harder
Make me bleed outside of myself
Where I can watch it drop
Because you need me to see it stop
Or not stop
Anymore
I hear what you say
My ears tune to the mumble
Of the words that jumble
And fall...
#anger
#anxiety
#dark
#confusion
#disappointment
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When The Story Breaks
This is where we met
It used to be solid ground
And this is where we end
When no one is around
Its just me and you
And paper floating in between
In between our love
Catching fire from above
And burning down
See, I’m blaming this on your love
How it got lost
Along the way
Saying things you shouldn’t of
Losing my hands
Along the way
And every time I saw the eyes
That weren’t yours
Every time I heard the words
That bent my knees to the floor
I picked up another brick
I built up another...
It used to be solid ground
And this is where we end
When no one is around
Its just me and you
And paper floating in between
In between our love
Catching fire from above
And burning down
See, I’m blaming this on your love
How it got lost
Along the way
Saying things you shouldn’t of
Losing my hands
Along the way
And every time I saw the eyes
That weren’t yours
Every time I heard the words
That bent my knees to the floor
I picked up another brick
I built up another...
#sadness
#relationships
#breakup
#separation
#manipulation
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GRAVITY
You and me
We aren’t the definition of
Gravity
We aren’t the embodiment
Of all we see
We aren’t the magnets
Forever pulled
By the earth
To the sea
This isn’t you
This isn’t me
This isn’t space
This isn’t how you measure
The distance between
You and me
This isn’t how you give me
The distance between
What you see
And what I see
You and me
We aren’t the guitar solo
Vibrating in your chest cavity
We aren’t the thumping bass
Pounding out reality
We aren’t the songs...
We aren’t the definition of
Gravity
We aren’t the embodiment
Of all we see
We aren’t the magnets
Forever pulled
By the earth
To the sea
This isn’t you
This isn’t me
This isn’t space
This isn’t how you measure
The distance between
You and me
This isn’t how you give me
The distance between
What you see
And what I see
You and me
We aren’t the guitar solo
Vibrating in your chest cavity
We aren’t the thumping bass
Pounding out reality
We aren’t the songs...
#sadness
#breakup
#separation #bittersweet
#separation #bittersweet
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Heart Massage
Turn up the house lights
Show me what’s left behind
Littered to the floor
Stuffed behind the door
As everyone leaves
Leaves it all behind
Forgotten
Trash
Strewn about the echos
Of everything that transpired
Here
You say that you forgive me
But its me who needs
To forgive you
You say you’ll welcome me
Back
But its I who needs to let you
Back
In
But I can’t see through the sabotage
That you hid with all the camouflage
And mirage
What I really need is
A heart massage
...
Show me what’s left behind
Littered to the floor
Stuffed behind the door
As everyone leaves
Leaves it all behind
Forgotten
Trash
Strewn about the echos
Of everything that transpired
Here
You say that you forgive me
But its me who needs
To forgive you
You say you’ll welcome me
Back
But its I who needs to let you
Back
In
But I can’t see through the sabotage
That you hid with all the camouflage
And mirage
What I really need is
A heart massage
...
#sadness
#breakup
#lyrics
#MovingOn
#disappointment
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DIRSEQUENCE
DIRSEQUENCE
following directions plus finding out
there are unseen consequences when you do
You’ve been uninvited
To the future of your own lonesanity
(that’s loneliness plus insanity)
You keep telling me
You’ll forgive and take me back
Take me back?
Do you not feel, sense the
Intensilent air from me?
(that’s intense plus silent)
Do you not recall?
The things you said
The things you did
When you tried to devaluate
(that’s devastation plus retaliate)
Every piece of me
Because you...
following directions plus finding out
there are unseen consequences when you do
You’ve been uninvited
To the future of your own lonesanity
(that’s loneliness plus insanity)
You keep telling me
You’ll forgive and take me back
Take me back?
Do you not feel, sense the
Intensilent air from me?
(that’s intense plus silent)
Do you not recall?
The things you said
The things you did
When you tried to devaluate
(that’s devastation plus retaliate)
Every piece of me
Because you...
#sadness
#conflict
#secrets
#DomesticViolence
#manipulation
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Drowning
I'm gonna lay here
In the bed of my truck
And try to count the stars
And
All the promises
That were ever made
It's complicated
Because promises turn into
All the I've-changed pleadings
On your knees feelings
And the tempo of the music
Speeds up into
All the never-agains and the not-anymores
That fall from big brown eyes
And the mouth that frowns and cries
I can't do this anymore
Next comes the hot rush
The heat in my cheeks
When I remember
All the cant-be-undones alongside the...
In the bed of my truck
And try to count the stars
And
All the promises
That were ever made
It's complicated
Because promises turn into
All the I've-changed pleadings
On your knees feelings
And the tempo of the music
Speeds up into
All the never-agains and the not-anymores
That fall from big brown eyes
And the mouth that frowns and cries
I can't do this anymore
Next comes the hot rush
The heat in my cheeks
When I remember
All the cant-be-undones alongside the...
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#emptiness
#emotional
#hurt
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What Surviving is Like
Tap tap
Pull
Words made taught
Stretching hard
Like guitar strings
Like neck tendons
When you strain to see
Just what’s out of reach
You tighten just a little
Feel the burn of stretch
The scent of wretch
Unfortunate victim
In your catch
Tug tug
Pull
Peel off a layer
Rubbing between fingers
Like a two day old band aid
Like a three day old sunburn
When it’s peeling extra deep
And you seek that relief
You tweak just a little
Find pleasure in the pain
The scent of blood ...
Pull
Words made taught
Stretching hard
Like guitar strings
Like neck tendons
When you strain to see
Just what’s out of reach
You tighten just a little
Feel the burn of stretch
The scent of wretch
Unfortunate victim
In your catch
Tug tug
Pull
Peel off a layer
Rubbing between fingers
Like a two day old band aid
Like a three day old sunburn
When it’s peeling extra deep
And you seek that relief
You tweak just a little
Find pleasure in the pain
The scent of blood ...
#anxiety
#heartbroken
#despair
#emptiness
#bittersweet
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Heavy is The Crown
She struggles under the weight
Of course she does
Anyone would
Antlers bent and grown
Dripping with vines and moss
Sometimes she cannot even take a step
Of course she can’t
Everyone knows it
Legs feeling like cement and stone
Sinking into the river she can’t cross
She has to stop
Of course she must
Wouldn’t you
Vines of rust bend and grow
Pulling tight, her head she cannot toss
She wonders
Maybe one day it will fall
The weight of it, out from under
She will crawl
Leaving the weight...
Of course she does
Anyone would
Antlers bent and grown
Dripping with vines and moss
Sometimes she cannot even take a step
Of course she can’t
Everyone knows it
Legs feeling like cement and stone
Sinking into the river she can’t cross
She has to stop
Of course she must
Wouldn’t you
Vines of rust bend and grow
Pulling tight, her head she cannot toss
She wonders
Maybe one day it will fall
The weight of it, out from under
She will crawl
Leaving the weight...
#dreams
#LifeStruggles
#MovingOn
#escape
#emotional
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