Submissions by DystopianMelody
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction Here lie some words. They will be remembered.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Jan 2019 00:41am
1st Jan 2019 00:41am
Praying for miracles
Every Christmas tree
begs me to stand in its shade
to feel the light of love
Each one a portal
to the warmest place
filled with happy faces
heartfelt gestures
a place I've never been
begs me to stand in its shade
to feel the light of love
Each one a portal
to the warmest place
filled with happy faces
heartfelt gestures
a place I've never been
#Christmas
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LOVE POEM
Published
28th Dec 2018 1:31am
28th Dec 2018 1:31am
The way that clouds feel
A strange feeling has been washing over me
like waves brushing driftwood
reminding me
with fingers trailing in my hair
lingering a moment longer
every time they touch my parched skin
I'm not alone anymore
for a while now
and for a while longer
I have this embrace
and I will feel it forever
never more so
than when it finally fades
I think
in those restful moments
nestled within raging storms
of the warmth that shelters me
so strong that she snatches moments
to reassure me ...
like waves brushing driftwood
reminding me
with fingers trailing in my hair
lingering a moment longer
every time they touch my parched skin
I'm not alone anymore
for a while now
and for a while longer
I have this embrace
and I will feel it forever
never more so
than when it finally fades
I think
in those restful moments
nestled within raging storms
of the warmth that shelters me
so strong that she snatches moments
to reassure me ...
#love
#kindness
#depression
#relationships
#marriage
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Dec 2018 00:48am
22nd Dec 2018 00:48am
Reductio ad absurdum
A little man atop a dead horse
sings a song for valor
come fight with me
he sings
join me in my quest
I'll adorn you with collars of freedom
drown you all in riches
stop the greedy, feed the poor!
come to me
you feckless serfs
I'll heal the hurts that haunt you
one hand pumps his dick
the other cups his lips
over the hill
there be dragons!
with me lies your salvation!
alas!
for my hands are tied in the deeds of destiny
is there some kindly soul
whose charity could feed me?
sings a song for valor
come fight with me
he sings
join me in my quest
I'll adorn you with collars of freedom
drown you all in riches
stop the greedy, feed the poor!
come to me
you feckless serfs
I'll heal the hurts that haunt you
one hand pumps his dick
the other cups his lips
over the hill
there be dragons!
with me lies your salvation!
alas!
for my hands are tied in the deeds of destiny
is there some kindly soul
whose charity could feed me?
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#CallToAction #rebellion
#CallToAction #rebellion
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LOVE POEM
Published
17th Dec 2018 3:50am
17th Dec 2018 3:50am
The sailor man
It's been a while, quiet one
since you've let your shadow
creep into the corners of my eyes
I smiled an Inch above the line
A time or two too many
I tilled the soil myself
and now your seeds take root again
in these lovingly laid furrows
I'd tell you
if I could, i would
I'd show you, quiet one
that my home is full of sunshine
there's no room left for you
I'm afraid
but still I must insist
the soil here has changed
much too light for how your tastes
run
away
with you ...
since you've let your shadow
creep into the corners of my eyes
I smiled an Inch above the line
A time or two too many
I tilled the soil myself
and now your seeds take root again
in these lovingly laid furrows
I'd tell you
if I could, i would
I'd show you, quiet one
that my home is full of sunshine
there's no room left for you
I'm afraid
but still I must insist
the soil here has changed
much too light for how your tastes
run
away
with you ...
#depression
#insomnia
#MentalHealth #healing
#MentalHealth #healing
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LOVE POEM
Published
5th Jul 2018 1:54am
5th Jul 2018 1:54am
Holding breath
You
my moonlit night
my lovely breeze of summer days
born of sighs
cradled within a lovers breath
as they wait poised upon a kiss
I wait for you
as mountains wait for summers touch
hold me close
you summer breeze
that bears the fruits of life
I wait for the hitch of hurt held close to your heart
that once let go
becomes the wind
To brush against my lashes
and smooth my furrowed brow once more
from where you sigh
the fullness of this world away
my moonlit night
my lovely breeze of summer days
born of sighs
cradled within a lovers breath
as they wait poised upon a kiss
I wait for you
as mountains wait for summers touch
hold me close
you summer breeze
that bears the fruits of life
I wait for the hitch of hurt held close to your heart
that once let go
becomes the wind
To brush against my lashes
and smooth my furrowed brow once more
from where you sigh
the fullness of this world away
#love
#holiday
#travel #separation
#travel #separation
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LOVE POEM
Published
5th Feb 2018 1:55am
5th Feb 2018 1:55am
Not Again
I’m traveling the world
Living with love
And showing her as much as I can
That my smile has deeper roots now
I smile at least once a day
And I’ve learned to let shit slide
The way it likes to
I don’t believe in bliss
Or happily ever afters
But karmas swung my way
at least a couple times
It’s always there though
Lingering
Like blood on shirt collars
Never pure white again
She’s always there
wether I know I need her or not
A hand to pull me back
A word for me to lean on
A...
Living with love
And showing her as much as I can
That my smile has deeper roots now
I smile at least once a day
And I’ve learned to let shit slide
The way it likes to
I don’t believe in bliss
Or happily ever afters
But karmas swung my way
at least a couple times
It’s always there though
Lingering
Like blood on shirt collars
Never pure white again
She’s always there
wether I know I need her or not
A hand to pull me back
A word for me to lean on
A...
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LOVE POEM
Published
12th Jan 2018 5:01am
12th Jan 2018 5:01am
A little death
I don’t have time to write
I don’t have time to trap emotions
Stretch and pin them to blank paper
Like specimens
Here is what I felt today
Look and marvel
No
As much as I try
I can’t see what’s missing
I see the empty rows
where heavy words should squat
Instead I look at blankness and smell the acrid smoke of artificial things
Like bloody gaps felt by a probing tongue
Things used to live here
Feelings used to die here
Impaled by pen as if by sword
Now...
I don’t have time to trap emotions
Stretch and pin them to blank paper
Like specimens
Here is what I felt today
Look and marvel
No
As much as I try
I can’t see what’s missing
I see the empty rows
where heavy words should squat
Instead I look at blankness and smell the acrid smoke of artificial things
Like bloody gaps felt by a probing tongue
Things used to live here
Feelings used to die here
Impaled by pen as if by sword
Now...
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LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Dec 2017 3:32am
23rd Dec 2017 3:32am
Happiness
Let me walk in your smile a while
in fact
let me live there
let me live in the curl of your lips
so unused to falling flat
I’ll see the world
perhaps
in a higher light
but certainly
for once
I’ll be in better shape
in fact
let me live there
let me live in the curl of your lips
so unused to falling flat
I’ll see the world
perhaps
in a higher light
but certainly
for once
I’ll be in better shape
#happiness
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LOVE POEM
Published
6th Nov 2017 2:26am
6th Nov 2017 2:26am
Roots
I've been chasing feelings
lost but for the briefest meetings
long parted love for life
abandoned wonder, weeping at the sight of willow blossoms in the wind
I've been chasing that one touch
that showed me that I am small
in the ways of the world I'm small
but loved
in the touch of the sun
the breeze cool on my tears
the salty sea on my wounds
the tickling grass under my weary back
I’ve lost count of the ways the puzzle loves its smallest piece
but in this new place
where the air has barely cupped my...
lost but for the briefest meetings
long parted love for life
abandoned wonder, weeping at the sight of willow blossoms in the wind
I've been chasing that one touch
that showed me that I am small
in the ways of the world I'm small
but loved
in the touch of the sun
the breeze cool on my tears
the salty sea on my wounds
the tickling grass under my weary back
I’ve lost count of the ways the puzzle loves its smallest piece
but in this new place
where the air has barely cupped my...
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LOVE POEM
Published
6th Nov 2017 2:04am
6th Nov 2017 2:04am
The bees are dying
I’ve been too long away
From worship
Adulation
From putting things on pedestals
From flagellation
And all it’s comforts
I have been a empty beehive
Full of the memory of sweetness and ferocity
Where are the giants fleeing the barbs
Where has the honey gone?
You won’t find any answers in coffins or shells
Home is empty
Promise died
And so did repercussion
All that’s left is cracked honeycomb
A chalk outline
And staring eyes
My words
Like hives in trees
No
Like men...
From worship
Adulation
From putting things on pedestals
From flagellation
And all it’s comforts
I have been a empty beehive
Full of the memory of sweetness and ferocity
Where are the giants fleeing the barbs
Where has the honey gone?
You won’t find any answers in coffins or shells
Home is empty
Promise died
And so did repercussion
All that’s left is cracked honeycomb
A chalk outline
And staring eyes
My words
Like hives in trees
No
Like men...
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LOVE POEM
Published
22nd May 2017 4:28am
22nd May 2017 4:28am
The message
I sit and look at the words I have written
And think
There should be a message
there should be words of wisdom so profound your mind reels from the weight of knowledge you just found
It should give you the feels like a jagged edge song
I look at my words and something is wrong
I see no message here
All is a hundred forms of fear
There is no knowledge, no truth apart from validation my mind seeks
Apart from doubts there is nothing that these lips speak
I look to God, to the wisdom of the written word, to inspiration from the ever...
And think
There should be a message
there should be words of wisdom so profound your mind reels from the weight of knowledge you just found
It should give you the feels like a jagged edge song
I look at my words and something is wrong
I see no message here
All is a hundred forms of fear
There is no knowledge, no truth apart from validation my mind seeks
Apart from doubts there is nothing that these lips speak
I look to God, to the wisdom of the written word, to inspiration from the ever...
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LOVE POEM
Published
4th May 2017 8:51pm
4th May 2017 8:51pm
Sleep, eat, repeat
I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
I was lost watching lazaraus fly in to the sun with his arms outstretched as if he he were a child looking towards his mother for laughter, love and the light that shines in her eyes as she beholds him
I'm sorry, could you say that again?
Did you say I should get out of bed because it's 3pm and I should rip apart the curtains that hide me from the blazing light of a judgemental world, could you please pour some water on the blaze burning within your gaze, this life is mine to waste
Please go away
I'm sorry, could you...
I was lost watching lazaraus fly in to the sun with his arms outstretched as if he he were a child looking towards his mother for laughter, love and the light that shines in her eyes as she beholds him
I'm sorry, could you say that again?
Did you say I should get out of bed because it's 3pm and I should rip apart the curtains that hide me from the blazing light of a judgemental world, could you please pour some water on the blaze burning within your gaze, this life is mine to waste
Please go away
I'm sorry, could you...
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