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.
SELF POEM
Published
19th Aug 2021 3:22am
19th Aug 2021 3:22am
Bury Me
There were times I wanted to bury myself
Hidden away from dreams of dogs,
Wolverines and wild things
Biting at my skin, shredding my wings
There were times I longed to be buried
In the yard with the yellow and green
Leaves to fall and cover me
These dreams, nightmares
Infiltrated all my walls
Like water finding the smallest crack
And then crack the whip upon my back
Bury me
I pleaded
Bury me
It was all I needed
But no one came to rescue me
To pull me free and comfort me
And bury me in...
Hidden away from dreams of dogs,
Wolverines and wild things
Biting at my skin, shredding my wings
There were times I longed to be buried
In the yard with the yellow and green
Leaves to fall and cover me
These dreams, nightmares
Infiltrated all my walls
Like water finding the smallest crack
And then crack the whip upon my back
Bury me
I pleaded
Bury me
It was all I needed
But no one came to rescue me
To pull me free and comfort me
And bury me in...
#childhood
#frustration
#emptiness
#nightmares
#LookingForLove
628 reads
4 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
18th Aug 2021 2:39am
18th Aug 2021 2:39am
Let's Take the Boat Out
If we took the boat out
Round about midnight
When the moon just a highlight
On the surface of the lake
The only sounds were night birds
Crickets and frogs in invisible herds
And the only sound was water
Licking our boat and paddle
We could call that, those times,
When we lay back and think
Remember, those nights,
The lake black as ink.
When the color of the water
Matches the sky
And we can’t tell the difference
Between you and I.
If we took the boat out
And made memories in the twilight ...
Round about midnight
When the moon just a highlight
On the surface of the lake
The only sounds were night birds
Crickets and frogs in invisible herds
And the only sound was water
Licking our boat and paddle
We could call that, those times,
When we lay back and think
Remember, those nights,
The lake black as ink.
When the color of the water
Matches the sky
And we can’t tell the difference
Between you and I.
If we took the boat out
And made memories in the twilight ...
#relationships
#romantic
#FallingInLove #LookingForLove
#FallingInLove #LookingForLove
469 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
18th Aug 2021 2:24am
18th Aug 2021 2:24am
You Can't Judge Me By The Night
You can't
You just can't
Make assumptions
Think too much
About the things I do
When it's dark and I'm asleep
I don't remember
I won't remember
Kicking legs
And walking speaking in begs
I don't know what I've said
I won't know what I've done
So you can't
Judge me by the night
You just can't
Make assumptions
Think too much
About the things I do
When it's dark and I'm asleep
I don't remember
I won't remember
Kicking legs
And walking speaking in begs
I don't know what I've said
I won't know what I've done
So you can't
Judge me by the night
#anxiety
#depression
#insomnia
#PTSD
#nightmares
391 reads
1 Comment
EROTIC POEM
Published
17th Aug 2021 1:22am
17th Aug 2021 1:22am
Repeat
Your fingers grazed my shoulder blade
I felt every ripple of your prints
Leaving prints
Across the muscles and tendons
That span the space from shoulder to shoulder
There are knots there
That you’re undoing
I want to stay still
Not move
Let you work your way through
But I cannot
I must remember to breathe
But breathing means time is ticking
And the moment will be fleeting
I worry that you’ll reach further
I worry that you won’t
The beauty of this human touching me
Wanting to touch me more
And the want...
I felt every ripple of your prints
Leaving prints
Across the muscles and tendons
That span the space from shoulder to shoulder
There are knots there
That you’re undoing
I want to stay still
Not move
Let you work your way through
But I cannot
I must remember to breathe
But breathing means time is ticking
And the moment will be fleeting
I worry that you’ll reach further
I worry that you won’t
The beauty of this human touching me
Wanting to touch me more
And the want...
#erotic
#lover
#sensual
#temptation
#passion
802 reads
4 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
17th Aug 2021 1:18am
17th Aug 2021 1:18am
Shipwreck
SHIPWRECK
(inspired by A Shipwreck in Haven by Keith Waldrop)
Are we symmetrical in the dark
Two arms, two legs, two eyes
One beating heart
Can you hear it
It’s so loud
Preparing for the memory
10 fingers, 10 toes, 22 square feet of skin
Melted into One body
Can you feel it
It’s so full
Have we been here before
Listening to remnants of the past
Pieces of clouds that pass
Begging to relax
Don’t go too fast
Make the moments last
Are we balanced even in the dark
Two halves each of two...
(inspired by A Shipwreck in Haven by Keith Waldrop)
Are we symmetrical in the dark
Two arms, two legs, two eyes
One beating heart
Can you hear it
It’s so loud
Preparing for the memory
10 fingers, 10 toes, 22 square feet of skin
Melted into One body
Can you feel it
It’s so full
Have we been here before
Listening to remnants of the past
Pieces of clouds that pass
Begging to relax
Don’t go too fast
Make the moments last
Are we balanced even in the dark
Two halves each of two...
#sensual
#temptation
#passion
519 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
16th Aug 2021 3:38am
16th Aug 2021 3:38am
Her Heart’s in a Box
She’d given it away a few times already
And every time it came back with stitches
Or staples or patchess
Maybe even a leak or two
But it still worked
So she’d fix it up and give it away again
Hopeful
Maybe this time was the best time
Maybe this one was the last one
She tried to write on the box
Please handle with care
But no one really read the instructions
They just wanted to look inside
To see what she might hide
She always held it up proudly
Look at my battle scars
My stitches and my wounds
The proof that...
And every time it came back with stitches
Or staples or patchess
Maybe even a leak or two
But it still worked
So she’d fix it up and give it away again
Hopeful
Maybe this time was the best time
Maybe this one was the last one
She tried to write on the box
Please handle with care
But no one really read the instructions
They just wanted to look inside
To see what she might hide
She always held it up proudly
Look at my battle scars
My stitches and my wounds
The proof that...
#strength
#hope
#TimeHeals
#redemption
#emotions
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0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
16th Aug 2021 3:33am
16th Aug 2021 3:33am
Therapeutic Touch
I learned to touch skin as a child
I learned it can heal or scald
I knew it could change someone
Or sometimes make them run
At times I was told to stop
Please don’t touch that spot
But this time
This time
I sat in your lap
One who’s filling in the gaps
Lacing between the ridges
With subtle loving bridges
Sewing tears up tight
So all that gets out is light
I held my hands up to your face
And rested fingers gently on the place
Your skin touching my skin
Your hands on my waist
I barely lingered around your...
I learned it can heal or scald
I knew it could change someone
Or sometimes make them run
At times I was told to stop
Please don’t touch that spot
But this time
This time
I sat in your lap
One who’s filling in the gaps
Lacing between the ridges
With subtle loving bridges
Sewing tears up tight
So all that gets out is light
I held my hands up to your face
And rested fingers gently on the place
Your skin touching my skin
Your hands on my waist
I barely lingered around your...
#relationships
#honesty
#FallingInLove
#admiration
#crush
269 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
14th Aug 2021 10:58pm
14th Aug 2021 10:58pm
What Do You See When You Hold Your Breath
What do you see
When the lights go out
When the darkness consumes
Makes you scream and shout
Better yet
What do you see
When you cover your ears
When the high pitched ringing
Is all you can hear
Or, wait
What do you see
When you stifle your voice
When your hands hold tight
As if they don’t have a choice
But then,
I’d want to know
What do you see
When you hold your breath
When the kaleidoscope of colors
Attacks from behind, threatens death
I see,
You’ve never tried
Purposely clearing...
When the lights go out
When the darkness consumes
Makes you scream and shout
Better yet
What do you see
When you cover your ears
When the high pitched ringing
Is all you can hear
Or, wait
What do you see
When you stifle your voice
When your hands hold tight
As if they don’t have a choice
But then,
I’d want to know
What do you see
When you hold your breath
When the kaleidoscope of colors
Attacks from behind, threatens death
I see,
You’ve never tried
Purposely clearing...
#sadness
#secrets
#abuse
#despair
#emotional
353 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
14th Aug 2021 10:54pm
14th Aug 2021 10:54pm
Screaming
Screaming
I never understood why people scream
is it just a knee jerk reaction
to something rarely seen
I will never know,
It's...not the first thing I do
when confronted with a monster or two
I tend to hold my breath
and look for the other shoe
instead of scream it all out
protect my face and shout
I've always been told to stay silent
remain stoic and quiet
be it victim or survivor
stand still, never shiver
be the good girl
be the best girl
I'm going to cover your mouth now
sew all the...
I never understood why people scream
is it just a knee jerk reaction
to something rarely seen
I will never know,
It's...not the first thing I do
when confronted with a monster or two
I tend to hold my breath
and look for the other shoe
instead of scream it all out
protect my face and shout
I've always been told to stay silent
remain stoic and quiet
be it victim or survivor
stand still, never shiver
be the good girl
be the best girl
I'm going to cover your mouth now
sew all the...
#dark
#shame
#despair
#emptiness
#fear
366 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
12th Aug 2021 00:50am
12th Aug 2021 00:50am
You Didn't Know Me When....
You Didn’t Know Me When…
Part I
You didn’t know me
When I thought the world of my family
When we’d hold hands at the circus
under the tent
Everyone’s eyes bright with delight
in the city
You didn’t know me
When I saw lovely things
When I played with ponies with wings
pastel plastic dreams
Letting my imagination take me away
To a distant faraway place
Just me and my suitcase
You didn’t know me
When I didn’t care about mosquitos
When I’d...
Part I
You didn’t know me
When I thought the world of my family
When we’d hold hands at the circus
under the tent
Everyone’s eyes bright with delight
in the city
You didn’t know me
When I saw lovely things
When I played with ponies with wings
pastel plastic dreams
Letting my imagination take me away
To a distant faraway place
Just me and my suitcase
You didn’t know me
When I didn’t care about mosquitos
When I’d...
#sadness
#shame
#bittersweet #fear
#bittersweet #fear
316 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Aug 2021 00:41am
12th Aug 2021 00:41am
Things I Told You
I told you I wanted to write about the stars
You said, will you put me in them
Like a constellation made from the headlights of cars
That we saw from the back of the truck
When we laid there
In the country
On that back road
Our lights off
Our fires on
I told you I wanted to write about the space
You said, the space between you and I
That chasm sometimes deep and wide
We sometimes call to each other over it
When we are far apart
In different states
On back roads
Our lights off
Our fires on
I...
You said, will you put me in them
Like a constellation made from the headlights of cars
That we saw from the back of the truck
When we laid there
In the country
On that back road
Our lights off
Our fires on
I told you I wanted to write about the space
You said, the space between you and I
That chasm sometimes deep and wide
We sometimes call to each other over it
When we are far apart
In different states
On back roads
Our lights off
Our fires on
I...
#relationships
#honesty
#FallingInLove
#dating
#LookingForLove
348 reads
0 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
5th Aug 2021 2:33am
5th Aug 2021 2:33am
How to be devoured
It doesn’t hurt unless you let it
It won’t kill you if you can’t see it
It can’t control you if you’re strong
But I wasn’t.
Strong
Instead I broke apart
Left around all these pieces of my heart
Wanting everything to just restart
But it didn’t.
Restart
This is when the wind howls
This is when the cold bites
Even when the heat of summer prowls
And the springs rivers ignite
There is no one left to signal the hours
To let you know you’ve paid the price
Just the bones of last night’s meal
And another...
It won’t kill you if you can’t see it
It can’t control you if you’re strong
But I wasn’t.
Strong
Instead I broke apart
Left around all these pieces of my heart
Wanting everything to just restart
But it didn’t.
Restart
This is when the wind howls
This is when the cold bites
Even when the heat of summer prowls
And the springs rivers ignite
There is no one left to signal the hours
To let you know you’ve paid the price
Just the bones of last night’s meal
And another...
#anxiety
#dark
#heartbroken
#emptiness
#fear
300 reads
3 Comments
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