Submissions by Eerie
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction “Creation which cannot express itself becomes madness" ~Anais Nin
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
Yesterday 11:55pm
Yesterday 11:55pm
Dying to Hate You
It starts small: a knot, twisting
itself around each heartbeat.
Growth is quietly
computed, though rarely noticed,
until black malice begins seeping
from pores. Darkness casts its shadow
across every facet of life, consuming
any hope that peace might prevail.
To swim in such quagmire creates
an impotence for love.
itself around each heartbeat.
Growth is quietly
computed, though rarely noticed,
until black malice begins seeping
from pores. Darkness casts its shadow
across every facet of life, consuming
any hope that peace might prevail.
To swim in such quagmire creates
an impotence for love.
#hate
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LOVE POEM
Published
11th Apr 2021 5:52pm
11th Apr 2021 5:52pm
What a Curious Song You Play
What a curious song you play;
dulcet chords, deep and mellow.
It strikes me in the oddest way,
like violent skies at end of day.
Fingers to string, chest to cello,
what a curious song you play.
Upon inspection, I see the way
you play yourself as lonely fellow.
It strikes me in the oddest way.
Your theme betrays naivete.
If pressed too hard, you'll cause a bellow.
What a curious song you play.
The bow is bent, hair is array;
zig-zag sounds, strong as bargello....
dulcet chords, deep and mellow.
It strikes me in the oddest way,
like violent skies at end of day.
Fingers to string, chest to cello,
what a curious song you play.
Upon inspection, I see the way
you play yourself as lonely fellow.
It strikes me in the oddest way.
Your theme betrays naivete.
If pressed too hard, you'll cause a bellow.
What a curious song you play.
The bow is bent, hair is array;
zig-zag sounds, strong as bargello....
#love
#music
35 reads
15 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Apr 2021 5:25pm
11th Apr 2021 5:25pm
Love...
breaks bonds and brings down barriers.
It holds fragile hearts tenderly, cultivating
tiny seeds, coaxing them into sunlight, where
tendrils reach heavenward, gently
clasping searing stars to light the darkness.
Love asks for patience, a steadfast
cleaving despite differences:
an elemental spirit, its cirrus enclosing
lovers in sacred, ethereal embrace.
It holds fragile hearts tenderly, cultivating
tiny seeds, coaxing them into sunlight, where
tendrils reach heavenward, gently
clasping searing stars to light the darkness.
Love asks for patience, a steadfast
cleaving despite differences:
an elemental spirit, its cirrus enclosing
lovers in sacred, ethereal embrace.
#love
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35 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Apr 2021 10:38pm
10th Apr 2021 10:38pm
Anxiety is...
cognitive distortion.
uneasy, disquieted,
restlessness mind.
obsessive rumination,
racing thoughts—
suspicion (of what?)
sudden misgivings about... everything.
debilitating exhaustion.
Despondency... will it ever end?
tattered nerves.
disorientation, the walls are different, suddenly
they speak another language.
queasiness, accompanied by cold sweat.
jittery, chattering teeth.
Anxiety is not—
excuse for error.
uneasy, disquieted,
restlessness mind.
obsessive rumination,
racing thoughts—
suspicion (of what?)
sudden misgivings about... everything.
debilitating exhaustion.
Despondency... will it ever end?
tattered nerves.
disorientation, the walls are different, suddenly
they speak another language.
queasiness, accompanied by cold sweat.
jittery, chattering teeth.
Anxiety is not—
excuse for error.
#anxiety
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3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
9th Apr 2021 11:28pm
9th Apr 2021 11:28pm
Fear Rises
Pasty, red-nosed
man creeps into the back door: muffled surprise.
This tiny box suffocates: limbs bent in unnatural ways,
eyes, hot marbles rolling under eyelids.
Fear rises.
Spiders scurry along arterial
corridors, fluttering beneath skin.
What are they running from?
Sudden weightlessness,
molecules collide: lungs fill.
Brilliant flash—
Panic recedes.
man creeps into the back door: muffled surprise.
This tiny box suffocates: limbs bent in unnatural ways,
eyes, hot marbles rolling under eyelids.
Fear rises.
Spiders scurry along arterial
corridors, fluttering beneath skin.
What are they running from?
Sudden weightlessness,
molecules collide: lungs fill.
Brilliant flash—
Panic recedes.
#fear
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Apr 2021 00:40am
9th Apr 2021 00:40am
Our Little Friend, Insecurity
Doubt lingers in bleak shadows, harboring
viscous intent. Never straying far, it tucks
itself into neat folds, watching with wild
eyes for opportunities deemed worthy of attack.
Incessant whispers corrode
self assurance until there is nothing left but dust.
“Look at you, working so hard
to get nowhere. Stop trying”.
viscous intent. Never straying far, it tucks
itself into neat folds, watching with wild
eyes for opportunities deemed worthy of attack.
Incessant whispers corrode
self assurance until there is nothing left but dust.
“Look at you, working so hard
to get nowhere. Stop trying”.
#LifeStruggles
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Apr 2021 11:54pm
7th Apr 2021 11:54pm
The Birth of Bliss
Breathing through
immense pain, tightening
from lumbar to abdomen.
Doubt washing over me with each wave:
wondering whether we would make it.
And then one final push.
No other defining moment in life has produced
euphoria quite like seeing your face
for the very first time—
Sentiments of pure bliss.
immense pain, tightening
from lumbar to abdomen.
Doubt washing over me with each wave:
wondering whether we would make it.
And then one final push.
No other defining moment in life has produced
euphoria quite like seeing your face
for the very first time—
Sentiments of pure bliss.
#mother
#children
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Apr 2021 00:43am
7th Apr 2021 00:43am
Regret: An Ineffectual Emotion
If you want something
altogether controlling,
hold out your hands and fill them
with past disappointment.
Keep swallowing wistful
memories, allowing discontent
to seep into subconscious fibers.
Destroy every peaceful ounce
of what is good, pining over shit
that couldn't be had.
Regret poisons immediate pleasure—
Stop believing in it.
altogether controlling,
hold out your hands and fill them
with past disappointment.
Keep swallowing wistful
memories, allowing discontent
to seep into subconscious fibers.
Destroy every peaceful ounce
of what is good, pining over shit
that couldn't be had.
Regret poisons immediate pleasure—
Stop believing in it.
#regret
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Apr 2021 5:56pm
5th Apr 2021 5:56pm
An Ode to the {Frustration} of Verbal Articulation
The tongue, a great articulator
of speech, ties itself into knots.
Chest heaves with effort, frantically
suppressing defiant screams.
Stammering brain wildly searches word
patterns, bewildered responses cause
quickening heart rhythms, nervously
instructing legs to flee.
Inhalation through nostrils, exhalation
pleads for reprieve. Eyes bead—
threatening presentations, molded by anger.
of speech, ties itself into knots.
Chest heaves with effort, frantically
suppressing defiant screams.
Stammering brain wildly searches word
patterns, bewildered responses cause
quickening heart rhythms, nervously
instructing legs to flee.
Inhalation through nostrils, exhalation
pleads for reprieve. Eyes bead—
threatening presentations, molded by anger.
#frustration
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39 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Apr 2021 2:37pm
4th Apr 2021 2:37pm
Koi No Yokan (Premonitions of Love)
Eyes locked.
Seeds were planted inside the pot of friendship,
carefully cultivated, tended each day
until blossoms exploded.
Your fragrance floats in a memory
bright as scorching paper put to flame.
Walking backward through time,
gathering letters and conversations,
it was first glimpse that I knew there
would be love.
Seeds were planted inside the pot of friendship,
carefully cultivated, tended each day
until blossoms exploded.
Your fragrance floats in a memory
bright as scorching paper put to flame.
Walking backward through time,
gathering letters and conversations,
it was first glimpse that I knew there
would be love.
#love
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Apr 2021 8:46pm
3rd Apr 2021 8:46pm
The Mystery of Fernweh
My eyes belong to the crow
flying atop tall trees, swaying
in gentle breeze; silvery leaves
tinkle millions of tiny bells,
lulling me into deep longing
for earth's musky essence.
Moss grows northern, rooted firm:
fingers splaying down, tightly
clutching furcated pleura.
Restored, expelling warm soil,
this soul returns home.
flying atop tall trees, swaying
in gentle breeze; silvery leaves
tinkle millions of tiny bells,
lulling me into deep longing
for earth's musky essence.
Moss grows northern, rooted firm:
fingers splaying down, tightly
clutching furcated pleura.
Restored, expelling warm soil,
this soul returns home.
#forest
#nature
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14 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
2nd Apr 2021 9:42pm
2nd Apr 2021 9:42pm
On the Subject of Apathy
Something crawls inside; burrowing,
nesting, laying eggs.
Incubation begins: growing things
one rarely speaks of.
Gestation takes time. Little veins,
filled with doubt, illuminate
worm like patterns: crimson brilliance,
now faded and dull.
Claws thrash through
gossamer integument, hatching uncertainty.
It consumes the psyche, eating emotions:
leaving behind a void.
nesting, laying eggs.
Incubation begins: growing things
one rarely speaks of.
Gestation takes time. Little veins,
filled with doubt, illuminate
worm like patterns: crimson brilliance,
now faded and dull.
Claws thrash through
gossamer integument, hatching uncertainty.
It consumes the psyche, eating emotions:
leaving behind a void.
#apathy
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