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.
SONG LYRICS
Published
6th Apr 2022 9:26pm
6th Apr 2022 9:26pm
US
You say
Calm down baby
As the tears they scroll
Down and past
The emotions taking their toll
The days will repeat themselves
The routine the only blessing
Do you feel the cold now lately
Since there’s no solace in your head
Do you feel the cold now baby
With no fire in your head
Moving you
Toward what’s left up in your head
The bass guitar grinds
Up and down
Setting the tone
You say
Calm down baby
As the words they jump around
Stabbing and sobbing
The feels they have given wounds to...
Calm down baby
As the tears they scroll
Down and past
The emotions taking their toll
The days will repeat themselves
The routine the only blessing
Do you feel the cold now lately
Since there’s no solace in your head
Do you feel the cold now baby
With no fire in your head
Moving you
Toward what’s left up in your head
The bass guitar grinds
Up and down
Setting the tone
You say
Calm down baby
As the words they jump around
Stabbing and sobbing
The feels they have given wounds to...
#sadness
#heartbroken
#breakup
#disappointment
#bittersweet
452 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
5th Apr 2022 9:50pm
5th Apr 2022 9:50pm
SHE
She was there
Walking in silent steps
Leaving no trace
She was ever there
In your bed
So you woke up
Alone and listened
But all you heard was quiet
She wasn’t there
With all her fire
Breathing life into your lungs
But she’d be back
She always came back
But did you know that when she left
She left with her thoughts
She never left them on the hook
For you to find
And did you know
She took with her all tears that she’d cry
When you left and left
Her all alone
She was there ...
Walking in silent steps
Leaving no trace
She was ever there
In your bed
So you woke up
Alone and listened
But all you heard was quiet
She wasn’t there
With all her fire
Breathing life into your lungs
But she’d be back
She always came back
But did you know that when she left
She left with her thoughts
She never left them on the hook
For you to find
And did you know
She took with her all tears that she’d cry
When you left and left
Her all alone
She was there ...
#heartbroken
#emptiness
#responsibility
#bittersweet
#emotions
365 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
31st Mar 2022 1:23am
31st Mar 2022 1:23am
Why Can't We Be Weightless
Why does the weight of life
Pull down tightly
So tightly
Cut off the circulation
Like a knife
It makes us drag our knuckles
But smile nonetheless
It makes us pretend everything
Is lace and ruffles
Like we know what’s best
When we’re just drowning
Under the weight
Of our bright orange vest
The life preserver
We were given
When all we wanted
Was rest
Pull down tightly
So tightly
Cut off the circulation
Like a knife
It makes us drag our knuckles
But smile nonetheless
It makes us pretend everything
Is lace and ruffles
Like we know what’s best
When we’re just drowning
Under the weight
Of our bright orange vest
The life preserver
We were given
When all we wanted
Was rest
#sadness
#anxiety
#grief
#heartbroken
#DomesticViolence
277 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
1st Mar 2022 1:27am
1st Mar 2022 1:27am
Devil
She told me
When I couldn’t sleep
When I woke up fighting sheets
And couldn’t breathe
That I didn’t read the bible enough
That the devil was tough
tougher than all the rest
And he held me down at night
So I couldn’t breathe
Dreams couldn’t take flight
my body would heave
I tried to see him
To get him to let me go
But every night he came
And into me he’d lower
She told me
When I couldn’t move
When I woke up choking she’d disapprove
And put the bible on my chest
Reminding me to do my best ...
When I couldn’t sleep
When I woke up fighting sheets
And couldn’t breathe
That I didn’t read the bible enough
That the devil was tough
tougher than all the rest
And he held me down at night
So I couldn’t breathe
Dreams couldn’t take flight
my body would heave
I tried to see him
To get him to let me go
But every night he came
And into me he’d lower
She told me
When I couldn’t move
When I woke up choking she’d disapprove
And put the bible on my chest
Reminding me to do my best ...
#sadness
#anxiety
#shame
#frustration
#despair
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1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Feb 2022 8:34pm
27th Feb 2022 8:34pm
Changing
My heart’s in knots
It tripped over itself last night
And the night before
Where it wished to be somewhere else
With someone else
Instead it’s stuck here
You think it’s safe and warm
Tucked in for the night
Between my ribs
Beating comfortable
But no,
It’s beating uncontrollably
You can’t even hear it
Because you don’t even try
You can’t read the room
If you could you’d know why
You’d see the wayward tear
You’d feel the stiffness in my kiss
You’d understand
Sleeping next to you can’t fix this ...
It tripped over itself last night
And the night before
Where it wished to be somewhere else
With someone else
Instead it’s stuck here
You think it’s safe and warm
Tucked in for the night
Between my ribs
Beating comfortable
But no,
It’s beating uncontrollably
You can’t even hear it
Because you don’t even try
You can’t read the room
If you could you’d know why
You’d see the wayward tear
You’d feel the stiffness in my kiss
You’d understand
Sleeping next to you can’t fix this ...
#heartbroken
#confusion
#emptiness
#DomesticViolence
#manipulation
525 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Feb 2022 7:05pm
27th Feb 2022 7:05pm
Nicknames
I called him Papichulo
But he really wasn’t the true definition
We just both liked the song
And the way he looked in his Cadillac
Windows rolled down
Cigar rolled up
He called me Goya
Because when we were far apart
He’d think of me and imagine I was there
Next to him
And he swore
I was really there and he could really feel my skin
On his
We decided against the norms
Baby, Honey, Sugarbear
Those just weren’t for us
We needed something significant
Something just for us
I would wait for my Papichulo
He...
But he really wasn’t the true definition
We just both liked the song
And the way he looked in his Cadillac
Windows rolled down
Cigar rolled up
He called me Goya
Because when we were far apart
He’d think of me and imagine I was there
Next to him
And he swore
I was really there and he could really feel my skin
On his
We decided against the norms
Baby, Honey, Sugarbear
Those just weren’t for us
We needed something significant
Something just for us
I would wait for my Papichulo
He...
#boyfriend
#girlfriend
#relationships
#lover
#dating
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0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Feb 2022 10:51pm
24th Feb 2022 10:51pm
Drown
You kept me in water
Never touching the ground
Because you knew for sure
that I would drown.
You thought you'd break me
By holding me down
But instead you took me apart
from the inside out.
And as my pieces
Floated up to the top
One by one you started to see
That you never would succeed
in drowning me.
Never touching the ground
Because you knew for sure
that I would drown.
You thought you'd break me
By holding me down
But instead you took me apart
from the inside out.
And as my pieces
Floated up to the top
One by one you started to see
That you never would succeed
in drowning me.
#breakup
#conflict
#secrets
#betrayal
#manipulation
458 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Feb 2022 10:42pm
24th Feb 2022 10:42pm
I Dare You
Drunk text me
I dare you
Highlight my name and
Push the words through
But you can’t
You won’t
You never will
Stand along under lights
And feel the chill
Of the longing that you remember so
But it’s ok
To leave things unsaid
Maybe it’s better than
Running
Headfirst into rain instead
Waiting
For me to write you back in red
But I dare you
I still dare you
Like all the things that scare you so, I dare you
So I can finally get it all of off my chest
Layers of words that...
I dare you
Highlight my name and
Push the words through
But you can’t
You won’t
You never will
Stand along under lights
And feel the chill
Of the longing that you remember so
But it’s ok
To leave things unsaid
Maybe it’s better than
Running
Headfirst into rain instead
Waiting
For me to write you back in red
But I dare you
I still dare you
Like all the things that scare you so, I dare you
So I can finally get it all of off my chest
Layers of words that...
#sadness
#heartbroken
#breakup
#frustration
#separation
431 reads
1 Comment
ANGER POEM
Published
24th Feb 2022 4:27am
24th Feb 2022 4:27am
I Found Your Note
There's a choir behind me
That sounds like a train
Pushing into my lungs
Faster still through the rain
My spine is on fire
I can't describe the pain
Screeching like tires
Shattering window panes
I was never mean to you
Never called you names
Never raised my voice
Now everything's a lasting stain
I scrub and scrub
It's never coming clean again
I'll take this breath
Ragged and screaming and then
Hold tight to the clouds
A tornado, whipping round again
My I'm sorry gets lost in between
Your rage,...
That sounds like a train
Pushing into my lungs
Faster still through the rain
My spine is on fire
I can't describe the pain
Screeching like tires
Shattering window panes
I was never mean to you
Never called you names
Never raised my voice
Now everything's a lasting stain
I scrub and scrub
It's never coming clean again
I'll take this breath
Ragged and screaming and then
Hold tight to the clouds
A tornado, whipping round again
My I'm sorry gets lost in between
Your rage,...
#sadness
#anger
#heartbroken
#confusion
#emptiness
514 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
24th Feb 2022 4:17am
24th Feb 2022 4:17am
untitled
The pull
It lies between broken
And full
Between pent up tears
And yeah
All these fears
But I’m not afraid of you
I think I’m afraid of me
Of all the things
You think I could be
And what if I can’t
Measure up
What if when I get there
I feel far away
Like I’ll never be there
Like it isn’t home
Even though
You’re pulling me
Hand on your chest
My head on your heart
Kisses on my head
But I’m falling apart
Just
Falling apart
Even though your arms circle round
Keeping the...
It lies between broken
And full
Between pent up tears
And yeah
All these fears
But I’m not afraid of you
I think I’m afraid of me
Of all the things
You think I could be
And what if I can’t
Measure up
What if when I get there
I feel far away
Like I’ll never be there
Like it isn’t home
Even though
You’re pulling me
Hand on your chest
My head on your heart
Kisses on my head
But I’m falling apart
Just
Falling apart
Even though your arms circle round
Keeping the...
#anxiety
#kindness
#hope
#disappointment
#emptiness
338 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Feb 2022 3:40am
8th Feb 2022 3:40am
YOUR THUNDER
You want a song again
I’ll write it
You might cry again
Might fight it
Will the cause and affect the same
I wonder
Will your hands reach out again
With thunder
Wait,
you said something
You never knew you did that
Came into the room with hunger
Eyes wild and blazing like a hunter
Boom and crash
You’re telling me you never heard
Your thunder
You want to touch again
I can’t let you
You might be mad again
Might throw those words out
Will you hear me when I say
I’m sorry
Will...
I’ll write it
You might cry again
Might fight it
Will the cause and affect the same
I wonder
Will your hands reach out again
With thunder
Wait,
you said something
You never knew you did that
Came into the room with hunger
Eyes wild and blazing like a hunter
Boom and crash
You’re telling me you never heard
Your thunder
You want to touch again
I can’t let you
You might be mad again
Might throw those words out
Will you hear me when I say
I’m sorry
Will...
#sadness
#love
#heartbroken
#storm
#emptiness
294 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Feb 2022 3:38am
8th Feb 2022 3:38am
I Can’t Come Home
I waited
For days, no weeks
Really it was months
With baited
Breath for you to say something
That I
Needed
But instead all I got was rain
And the rain fell hard and heavy
Feeling like my heart wasn’t ready
For all the fire that would consume me
Inside of you
Inside your heart
Where it somehow was cold
Despite
The house that we built up
And the walls that wouldn’t shut up
Even though you forced them all to
Shhh
So I waited
I thought that just maybe
There would be a sign or...
For days, no weeks
Really it was months
With baited
Breath for you to say something
That I
Needed
But instead all I got was rain
And the rain fell hard and heavy
Feeling like my heart wasn’t ready
For all the fire that would consume me
Inside of you
Inside your heart
Where it somehow was cold
Despite
The house that we built up
And the walls that wouldn’t shut up
Even though you forced them all to
Shhh
So I waited
I thought that just maybe
There would be a sign or...
#sadness
#love
#courage
#heartbroken
#emptiness
272 reads
2 Comments
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