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.
DRUGS POEM
Published
26th Apr 2022 2:05am
26th Apr 2022 2:05am
I was...
I was 17 when he came at me
Shoved inside and stole from me
I forgot to eat, forgot to sleep
Most of all forgot to weep
I was 18 when my sister cried
Our mom had left us in the night
Left a note, left us no lifeboat
Most of all, left us with lumps in our throats
I was 19 when the car hit her
Took her away and I screamed and cried for her
I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t talk
Most of all I was just stood in shock
I was 20 when I stole the pills
For the first time I found relief and still
I took more, I took too...
Shoved inside and stole from me
I forgot to eat, forgot to sleep
Most of all forgot to weep
I was 18 when my sister cried
Our mom had left us in the night
Left a note, left us no lifeboat
Most of all, left us with lumps in our throats
I was 19 when the car hit her
Took her away and I screamed and cried for her
I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t talk
Most of all I was just stood in shock
I was 20 when I stole the pills
For the first time I found relief and still
I took more, I took too...
#grief
#despair
#FeelingLost
#emptiness
#emotional
534 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Apr 2022 1:42am
26th Apr 2022 1:42am
Lights and Thunder
My whole life I waited
With sheets pulled tight, anticipated
Speeding through darkness looking for signs
Of the lights and the thunder
All around me, maybe even behind
I’d step through rain soaked time
With dreams and thoughts of a love sublime
Running through cities and trees
Toward the lights and the thunder
So that one day I’d feel
With eyes wide, hands on the wheel
The thunder booming inside
And the headlights flashing all around, nowhere to hide
It’s what we’re all waiting for
The lights, the bright lights…...
With sheets pulled tight, anticipated
Speeding through darkness looking for signs
Of the lights and the thunder
All around me, maybe even behind
I’d step through rain soaked time
With dreams and thoughts of a love sublime
Running through cities and trees
Toward the lights and the thunder
So that one day I’d feel
With eyes wide, hands on the wheel
The thunder booming inside
And the headlights flashing all around, nowhere to hide
It’s what we’re all waiting for
The lights, the bright lights…...
#sadness
#strength
#relationships
#heartbroken
#emotions
305 reads
1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
18th Apr 2022 9:03pm
18th Apr 2022 9:03pm
How To Be An Author
You have terrible misconceptions
Of what makes a writer, an author, a poet
Feel the words drip
From your pen to your lips
Control them, every one
The way they move, slide and tilt
Spell them right so others will know
Their place in your heavy lineup
And whether it starts out fast or slow
Raindrops falling through an open window
Is better than
Rain drops fall in the open window
Don’t let them be just out of reach
Pull them in and let them teach
You to make music out of letters
To write that music better
That...
Of what makes a writer, an author, a poet
Feel the words drip
From your pen to your lips
Control them, every one
The way they move, slide and tilt
Spell them right so others will know
Their place in your heavy lineup
And whether it starts out fast or slow
Raindrops falling through an open window
Is better than
Rain drops fall in the open window
Don’t let them be just out of reach
Pull them in and let them teach
You to make music out of letters
To write that music better
That...
#rhyming
#CallToAction
#learning
#metaphor
#success
258 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
18th Apr 2022 6:54pm
18th Apr 2022 6:54pm
This Place
Are you where you’re meant to be
Paint washed off your face
Dirt wiped from your knees
How did you know that the place you were before
Was not the place to be
Was it when you cheeks ghosted white
Or when you wrists were held
Down tight
Was it when he pulled the eyes
From your favorite strawberry scented
Baby
Maybe when he carved out her mouth
Volatile silent threat
It took so long to grow in that place
Stomped and stunted in a garden
Made of rocks
The heartbeat of the earth
No longer felt
He tied to you...
Paint washed off your face
Dirt wiped from your knees
How did you know that the place you were before
Was not the place to be
Was it when you cheeks ghosted white
Or when you wrists were held
Down tight
Was it when he pulled the eyes
From your favorite strawberry scented
Baby
Maybe when he carved out her mouth
Volatile silent threat
It took so long to grow in that place
Stomped and stunted in a garden
Made of rocks
The heartbeat of the earth
No longer felt
He tied to you...
#sadness
#shame
#despair
#emptiness
#DomesticViolence
257 reads
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SELF POEM
Published
18th Apr 2022 4:06am
18th Apr 2022 4:06am
MIMIC
My face mimics the rage
My body feels but cannot show
Wait
It can show, but it comes out wrong
I look sick
I feel sick
I even have a fever
But it’s just my body
Trying to get out what’s inside
Like I’m allergic
To feelings
Those feelings that sink
Like the teeth of rabid dog
Into your flesh
Into your bone
Into your soul
Yeah maybe not your soul
Because that’s pretty much
Already showing
Little beams of hopeful light
Scabbed over
My face cannot keep it all inside
So it all leaks out ...
My body feels but cannot show
Wait
It can show, but it comes out wrong
I look sick
I feel sick
I even have a fever
But it’s just my body
Trying to get out what’s inside
Like I’m allergic
To feelings
Those feelings that sink
Like the teeth of rabid dog
Into your flesh
Into your bone
Into your soul
Yeah maybe not your soul
Because that’s pretty much
Already showing
Little beams of hopeful light
Scabbed over
My face cannot keep it all inside
So it all leaks out ...
#anxiety
#dark
#ImSorry
#confusion
#emptiness
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EROTIC POEM
Published
16th Apr 2022 4:43am
16th Apr 2022 4:43am
Lion
There's a lion in the forest
And it's calling out my name
I should be lying on his bed
But I'm denying that very claim
I'm only lying to myself
And it really is a shame
There's miles between us
That I don't want to be
And so many words unsaid
That need to be set free
One night I heard him breathing
He was calling out to me
I was trying to keep it down low, low key
But he seeped right into me
I knew one day id open the door
And then I would be needing more
There's a lion in the forest
And...
And it's calling out my name
I should be lying on his bed
But I'm denying that very claim
I'm only lying to myself
And it really is a shame
There's miles between us
That I don't want to be
And so many words unsaid
That need to be set free
One night I heard him breathing
He was calling out to me
I was trying to keep it down low, low key
But he seeped right into me
I knew one day id open the door
And then I would be needing more
There's a lion in the forest
And...
#strength
#relationships
#ForbiddenLove
#temptation
#passion
432 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th Apr 2022 2:26pm
14th Apr 2022 2:26pm
The Black Widow in My Grandmother's Blood
She haunts me
And loves me
And maybe she lives in me
Waiting
For prey
That black widow that she was
I'm guessing it never died
When she died
Long after every single husband died
All four of them
She'd just smile
Pat my head
Pass it on
Willingly
So I too
Will look for prey
There's already been two
Gone, dead
I dare not meet another
But that black widow
In my blood
Races to my heart
And strokes it lovingly
And tells me
Not to be alone
To choose another
And bite ...
And loves me
And maybe she lives in me
Waiting
For prey
That black widow that she was
I'm guessing it never died
When she died
Long after every single husband died
All four of them
She'd just smile
Pat my head
Pass it on
Willingly
So I too
Will look for prey
There's already been two
Gone, dead
I dare not meet another
But that black widow
In my blood
Races to my heart
And strokes it lovingly
And tells me
Not to be alone
To choose another
And bite ...
#dark
#death
#memories
#misunderstood
#sacrifice
363 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th Apr 2022 3:24am
14th Apr 2022 3:24am
Eight of Swords
Eight of Swords
The eight of swords
Is a two headed snake
Padded loins
Taking all they can take
Quilted for comfort
Stabbed through and through
Poison ivy that tastes like cake
Curls around and around
And through earthquakes
Until all that's left is pearls
Millions of pearls
That lay dead
In my wake
The eight of swords
Is a two headed snake
Padded loins
Taking all they can take
Quilted for comfort
Stabbed through and through
Poison ivy that tastes like cake
Curls around and around
And through earthquakes
Until all that's left is pearls
Millions of pearls
That lay dead
In my wake
#abuse
#dreams
#MentalHealth
#escape
#vulnerability
499 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Apr 2022 10:15pm
13th Apr 2022 10:15pm
The Weight Of Gold
The Weight of Gold
Can you feel it, can you
Somewhere there plays a lute
Encouraging you to feel
Take up the sword and dance
Spinning
Uncontrollably
As the heaviness of the metal in your hands
Rests now on your shoulders
But you can’t stop
Drums beat in the iron forest
Cities that never sleep
Air conditioners humming
Fans never ceasing
Like you
Never stopping
The dance
With the burden you carry
Ribbons in the wind
A lightness you’ll never feel again
Spinning
The circle on your finger ...
Can you feel it, can you
Somewhere there plays a lute
Encouraging you to feel
Take up the sword and dance
Spinning
Uncontrollably
As the heaviness of the metal in your hands
Rests now on your shoulders
But you can’t stop
Drums beat in the iron forest
Cities that never sleep
Air conditioners humming
Fans never ceasing
Like you
Never stopping
The dance
With the burden you carry
Ribbons in the wind
A lightness you’ll never feel again
Spinning
The circle on your finger ...
#LifeStruggles
#city
#dance
#FeelingTrapped
#poverty
389 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
13th Apr 2022 7:23pm
13th Apr 2022 7:23pm
Black Widow II Mother of Spiders Competition
It burns inside me
My grandmother’s blood
That of a black widow
Looming higher
Always stalking
Waiting
To strike again
My grandmother’s blood
That of a black widow
Looming higher
Always stalking
Waiting
To strike again
#dark
#memories
#aging
#escape
#sacrifice
400 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Apr 2022 00:12am
12th Apr 2022 00:12am
Polytraumatic
Things have been done
Said
Things that I was ok with
At first
But still it felt weird
But it shouldn’t
Should it?
And then
It went too far
It was innocent
At first
Relatively quiet
But it started a bloom
That couldn’t be stopped
It’s vines crawling up and out
Taking over
Tearing down the house
Ripping up the street
Invading every corner
Then another came along
Suggested the same
Set it up
Put it down
Invited them in
Checked the time
Promised
Promised ...
Said
Things that I was ok with
At first
But still it felt weird
But it shouldn’t
Should it?
And then
It went too far
It was innocent
At first
Relatively quiet
But it started a bloom
That couldn’t be stopped
It’s vines crawling up and out
Taking over
Tearing down the house
Ripping up the street
Invading every corner
Then another came along
Suggested the same
Set it up
Put it down
Invited them in
Checked the time
Promised
Promised ...
#porn
#threesome
#polyamory
#bisexual
#manipulation
807 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Apr 2022 11:49pm
11th Apr 2022 11:49pm
Girl on A Ball Competition
There’s circus in her blood
He showed it to her on a map
A funny map of lines that
Looked the branches
Boxes
That could have been flowers
Filled with names
All the names
That went before her
On the tightrope
With the lions
Or maybe it was tigers
But she wanted to forge her own path
Daddy please look at me
Look what I can do
I can be
The girl on the ball
He showed it to her on a map
A funny map of lines that
Looked the branches
Boxes
That could have been flowers
Filled with names
All the names
That went before her
On the tightrope
With the lions
Or maybe it was tigers
But she wanted to forge her own path
Daddy please look at me
Look what I can do
I can be
The girl on the ball
#father
#childhood
#family #memories
#family #memories
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