Submissions by DukeDeltree (Duke Deltree)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
~Falling leaves~ Passing from this state of being. Bury me under a mighty oak tree. Tell the ones that loved me most. To stand below and close their eyes. I will shower them with falling leaves. Like kisses from the sky.
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
17th Dec 2012 9:53pm
17th Dec 2012 9:53pm
~Seals of the Soul~
Behind every blink of my eye till days end, night begins.
Shadows in my mind hold the scrolls of moments past.
Shadows cloaked in dark mists, lies and half truths.
Wandering lost in my mind, opening doors that I find.
Specters of my past waiting behind.
Faces faded in darkness, eyes burn white in truth.
Despairing for the faces I see and scrolls that hold truths.
Receiving each as they were told, sorrow swept my soul.
Times of life less spent, each held a dark intent.
Trembling soul, hands that shook, heart...
Shadows in my mind hold the scrolls of moments past.
Shadows cloaked in dark mists, lies and half truths.
Wandering lost in my mind, opening doors that I find.
Specters of my past waiting behind.
Faces faded in darkness, eyes burn white in truth.
Despairing for the faces I see and scrolls that hold truths.
Receiving each as they were told, sorrow swept my soul.
Times of life less spent, each held a dark intent.
Trembling soul, hands that shook, heart...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
16th Dec 2012 11:57pm
16th Dec 2012 11:57pm
~Tree of the Heart~
We are the soul of the living God, reflections of the gift given.
The Living God's gift... compassion, set apart from the savage heart.
Compassion can be an endless sea which all emotions be.
Emotion like the seed that be will grow into a mighty tree.
Wanting, loneliness, all were there, with a little despair need will be there.
Each feeling knowing its part, need will be the root grown from the heart.
All human feelings are in the mix now this is the trick, what tree will you pick. ~Duke Deltree~
The Living God's gift... compassion, set apart from the savage heart.
Compassion can be an endless sea which all emotions be.
Emotion like the seed that be will grow into a mighty tree.
Wanting, loneliness, all were there, with a little despair need will be there.
Each feeling knowing its part, need will be the root grown from the heart.
All human feelings are in the mix now this is the trick, what tree will you pick. ~Duke Deltree~
621 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Dec 2012 9:10pm
15th Dec 2012 9:10pm
liar
You know the type... Your stuck... They say that they will lend you some item for a time to get you through... then don't... so like a fool you say again: Can you do this favor for a few? They say sure I'll do it... then don't... Then give up cause it now sounds like begging.... It's got to be that they lie to themselves so much they can't tell anymore? Or indifferent to their friends? Is that reason that they do this to... friends?
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SELF POEM
Published
3rd Dec 2012 5:21am
3rd Dec 2012 5:21am
~Was once a day~
Was once a day seems far away, but it's memory is still clear
Gone again things I knew, fear setting soul afire renewed.
Living in a Hellish glade, in the prison love loss made.
Loneliness of being in a prison cell, was just beginning to tell.
Tears filling my eyes as I cried: they just would not let me go.
Watching through a barred window at sunsets fading light.
A lighters heat to charge my last battery might.
Hoping the radio will last to play some Noel inside a living hell.
Taking the pine boughs from work...
Gone again things I knew, fear setting soul afire renewed.
Living in a Hellish glade, in the prison love loss made.
Loneliness of being in a prison cell, was just beginning to tell.
Tears filling my eyes as I cried: they just would not let me go.
Watching through a barred window at sunsets fading light.
A lighters heat to charge my last battery might.
Hoping the radio will last to play some Noel inside a living hell.
Taking the pine boughs from work...
697 reads
4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
2nd Dec 2012 3:08am
2nd Dec 2012 3:08am
~A night before Christmas~
Was a night before Christmas and all through the house
not a creature was stirring cause we already ate the mouse.
We all huddled before the fireplace gone cold.
As the temperature dropped to thirty below.
Hoping all were bad enough, Santa would bring us some coal.
There on the rooftop came such a clatter we ran to the rooftop
to see whats the matter.
There he was all covered with snow the next thing I know he fell
down the chimney hole, with a last HO! cut short by a thump.
We all...
not a creature was stirring cause we already ate the mouse.
We all huddled before the fireplace gone cold.
As the temperature dropped to thirty below.
Hoping all were bad enough, Santa would bring us some coal.
There on the rooftop came such a clatter we ran to the rooftop
to see whats the matter.
There he was all covered with snow the next thing I know he fell
down the chimney hole, with a last HO! cut short by a thump.
We all...
964 reads
8 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
25th Nov 2012 7:22am
25th Nov 2012 7:22am
Christmas Spirit
LOVE THOSE LIKE FIRE ON A STICK AND SING WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART WITH HUMILITY AND PRAISE FOR THE LIVING GOD FOR YOUR LIGHT YOU SHINE ON OTHERS ~Duke Deltree~
649 reads
SELF POEM
Published
7th Nov 2012 11:23am
7th Nov 2012 11:23am
Broken Heart
When someone says they know what I'm feeling, if they really knew... They would be on their knees crying their heart out. ~Duke Deltree~
711 reads
SELF POEM
Published
24th Oct 2012 2:49am
24th Oct 2012 2:49am
~Everlasting sweetness~
If today was my last day, I'd dream away the day.
Dreaming of ones loved, dream of the perfect love.
Life filled this cup to the rim with tears of light and dark.
That were given in the moment of life's sweet song.
In my trembling finger tips pressing life's cup to my lips.
Taking upon my lips life's last sweet sip. ~Duke Deltree~
Dreaming of ones loved, dream of the perfect love.
Life filled this cup to the rim with tears of light and dark.
That were given in the moment of life's sweet song.
In my trembling finger tips pressing life's cup to my lips.
Taking upon my lips life's last sweet sip. ~Duke Deltree~
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
22nd Oct 2012 8:17am
22nd Oct 2012 8:17am
~Secret Thoughts~
Now seeing the living God's face in every place.
In every eye that be, the mirroring of eternity.
Seeking wisdom given to everything that be.
Learning secrets given to a mighty oak tree.
Tiny seeds at it's heart holds secrets of it's parts.
Seeds find forgiving soil and so begins it's long toil.
Each secret knew it's place leaf and limb filling space.
Mind wandering lost the oak gives up a secret thought.
How are you like me in finding the way of eternity?
Tightly entwined roots deeply holding it's only truth....
In every eye that be, the mirroring of eternity.
Seeking wisdom given to everything that be.
Learning secrets given to a mighty oak tree.
Tiny seeds at it's heart holds secrets of it's parts.
Seeds find forgiving soil and so begins it's long toil.
Each secret knew it's place leaf and limb filling space.
Mind wandering lost the oak gives up a secret thought.
How are you like me in finding the way of eternity?
Tightly entwined roots deeply holding it's only truth....
730 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
20th Oct 2012 6:31am
20th Oct 2012 6:31am
Soul
A teardrop of the living God became life from light.
Created by compassion, eons of loneliness felt.
Giving part of self to become the whole.
A great wind created the song life sings.
The eternal chorus of light verses night.
Living spirits bring the light nearer to completeness.
From tears of compassion, to love of self, to love of all.
Something still missing, a need for completeness.
A vessel made that would hold the living God's divinity.
A great gift given compassion that mirrors the living light.
...
Created by compassion, eons of loneliness felt.
Giving part of self to become the whole.
A great wind created the song life sings.
The eternal chorus of light verses night.
Living spirits bring the light nearer to completeness.
From tears of compassion, to love of self, to love of all.
Something still missing, a need for completeness.
A vessel made that would hold the living God's divinity.
A great gift given compassion that mirrors the living light.
...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
19th Oct 2012 5:54pm
19th Oct 2012 5:54pm
Tears
Glistening droplets tears of starlight shed by the living God upon the eternal night. Upon darkness deep was shed the perfect light. ~Duke Deltree~
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
18th Oct 2012 7:21am
18th Oct 2012 7:21am
Having hard time being human today...
Having hard time being human today... Just don't seem to have that rape, pillage and plunder urge that humanity seems to do so effortlessly.
As I wrote this in a dark humor I stared at the line realizing the terrible tragedy of my thought. Suddenly sadness, compassion, aching.
I began struggling to understand what I could not, nor perceive the depths of their collective agony of loss.
Mind racing, spirit filling with sorrow for many, a need to help somehow, a fear that it will continue, a guilt for not doing more.
A remorse for...
As I wrote this in a dark humor I stared at the line realizing the terrible tragedy of my thought. Suddenly sadness, compassion, aching.
I began struggling to understand what I could not, nor perceive the depths of their collective agony of loss.
Mind racing, spirit filling with sorrow for many, a need to help somehow, a fear that it will continue, a guilt for not doing more.
A remorse for...
850 reads
2 Comments
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