Submissions by EleazarSwan
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
LOVE POEM
Published
30th Jun 2020 1:50am
30th Jun 2020 1:50am
Whole
Every word and every thought
Was mine when all was said and bought
Who knew? that in my own desire
Your kindled spirit lights that fire
Who drew me close? Who called you near?
Who weaps when life would bring you cheer?
Who knew the empty, sullen train
Should bring me back to you again?
'Twas not men
I knew your words, and know them still
To fear them not who maim and kill
For flesh and fragrance in a flash
Would last a moment's bitter lash
And on that road when I did weep
And saw...
Was mine when all was said and bought
Who knew? that in my own desire
Your kindled spirit lights that fire
Who drew me close? Who called you near?
Who weaps when life would bring you cheer?
Who knew the empty, sullen train
Should bring me back to you again?
'Twas not men
I knew your words, and know them still
To fear them not who maim and kill
For flesh and fragrance in a flash
Would last a moment's bitter lash
And on that road when I did weep
And saw...
#love
#rejection
#redemption
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Jun 2020 00:29am
13th Jun 2020 00:29am
Count (the blessings)
If one could count a billion stars
Or count the sands beside the sea
Then time would heal a million scars
And live to tell the times for thee
If two could sing the songs of ages
And find the secrets of this life
Too dumb we'd count the wisest sages!
And find that life was filled with strife
But in your arms are no equations
Nor peaks the mountains dare contend
For hand in hand are kings and nations
And in a single breath, their end
For three could find the rhymes of others
And at their end they find your...
Or count the sands beside the sea
Then time would heal a million scars
And live to tell the times for thee
If two could sing the songs of ages
And find the secrets of this life
Too dumb we'd count the wisest sages!
And find that life was filled with strife
But in your arms are no equations
Nor peaks the mountains dare contend
For hand in hand are kings and nations
And in a single breath, their end
For three could find the rhymes of others
And at their end they find your...
#inspirational
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DARK POEM
Published
13th Jun 2020 00:16am
13th Jun 2020 00:16am
Emmitt Till
To that young boy named Emmitt Till
Whose death was heard on Capitol Hill
Whose crime was naught but he was black
Whose judgement was his life to lack
A time when freedom hid her face
And reason was without her place
A decade, two, and century still
To maim, and pulverize and kill
'Twas such a time in this great land
Where hatred waved his wild hand
And in his murd'rous rage contend
A nation witnessed Emmitt's end
And all the papers, all around
Saw Emmitt's blood upon the ground
And though he died, his...
Whose death was heard on Capitol Hill
Whose crime was naught but he was black
Whose judgement was his life to lack
A time when freedom hid her face
And reason was without her place
A decade, two, and century still
To maim, and pulverize and kill
'Twas such a time in this great land
Where hatred waved his wild hand
And in his murd'rous rage contend
A nation witnessed Emmitt's end
And all the papers, all around
Saw Emmitt's blood upon the ground
And though he died, his...
#hope
#inspirational
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LOVE POEM
Published
9th Jun 2020 9:32pm
9th Jun 2020 9:32pm
Remember the Word
Your heart is broken,
Hereby its healed
You have no father,
Hereby you're part of my family
You feel lonely,
"I will never leave you or forsake you"
You feel irrelevant,
"I have great plans for you, plans to prosper you, to give you hope and a future"
You feel like a mistake,
You are "fearfully and wonderfully made"
You feel deeply unhappy,
"I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, that your joy may be full"
You think you'll be dead by 30,
"Behold I have made all things new, and the old order of things has passed away. I...
Hereby its healed
You have no father,
Hereby you're part of my family
You feel lonely,
"I will never leave you or forsake you"
You feel irrelevant,
"I have great plans for you, plans to prosper you, to give you hope and a future"
You feel like a mistake,
You are "fearfully and wonderfully made"
You feel deeply unhappy,
"I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, that your joy may be full"
You think you'll be dead by 30,
"Behold I have made all things new, and the old order of things has passed away. I...
#healing
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LOVE POEM
Published
20th Apr 2020 9:04pm
20th Apr 2020 9:04pm
The Rose
Hatred is a bitter rose
And blooms where bitterness will please
The warmest hearts, its charm has froze
And none escape its tortured freeze
A boy betrayed by mothers love
A girl ensnared by father's pains
A lover's lust that kills a dove
A friend no traitor yet regains
A wise man wrote that bitterness
Can rot the bone like mold
And no-one can betray the thought
Nor wise, nor young, nor old
For men have held that bitter rose
Whose thorns within them lay
Whose wounds they say they cannot feel
From...
And blooms where bitterness will please
The warmest hearts, its charm has froze
And none escape its tortured freeze
A boy betrayed by mothers love
A girl ensnared by father's pains
A lover's lust that kills a dove
A friend no traitor yet regains
A wise man wrote that bitterness
Can rot the bone like mold
And no-one can betray the thought
Nor wise, nor young, nor old
For men have held that bitter rose
Whose thorns within them lay
Whose wounds they say they cannot feel
From...
#love
#hate
#forgiveness
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LOVE POEM
Published
18th Feb 2020 4:14am
18th Feb 2020 4:14am
When last we met
When men recall and due reflect
And find that love does not elect
Nor praise, nor damn, nor set men free
The heart begins to beat for thee
Melanie
It keeps no wrong, nor shackles pain
Nor breathes it's holy breath in vain
For love is love, and always will be
A jolt of thee in memory
Melanie
And if you drive the poet's rhyme
I fain would ask to tell the time
For time will tell, and we shall see
If love was right for us to be
My darling,
Melanie
And find that love does not elect
Nor praise, nor damn, nor set men free
The heart begins to beat for thee
Melanie
It keeps no wrong, nor shackles pain
Nor breathes it's holy breath in vain
For love is love, and always will be
A jolt of thee in memory
Melanie
And if you drive the poet's rhyme
I fain would ask to tell the time
For time will tell, and we shall see
If love was right for us to be
My darling,
Melanie
#love
#friendship
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LOVE POEM
Published
24th Nov 2018 9:34am
24th Nov 2018 9:34am
He Owns the Sun
Her sweetness is the purest kind
Organic, filled with tranquil thought
With beauty far within her mind
Could not be sold, nor love be bought
In calm and confident array
She wins the winds from winter's way
She springs the summer sun to stay
And warms the heart; a better day
She brings to mind a subtle ingenuity;
A lovely gratuity
Who knows her? Who finds her?
A king holds his maid and begs;
Aye, begs! He is poor
As love beats upon his door
In her arms, he who owns all
Owns none
And...
Organic, filled with tranquil thought
With beauty far within her mind
Could not be sold, nor love be bought
In calm and confident array
She wins the winds from winter's way
She springs the summer sun to stay
And warms the heart; a better day
She brings to mind a subtle ingenuity;
A lovely gratuity
Who knows her? Who finds her?
A king holds his maid and begs;
Aye, begs! He is poor
As love beats upon his door
In her arms, he who owns all
Owns none
And...
#love
#sun
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
24th Nov 2018 9:15am
24th Nov 2018 9:15am
Let's Us Go Up Home
Filled, o lovely Zion
My home and friend in thee
By day, o lovely Zion
You sing so sweet to me
O, daughter and my sister
With trumpet sounds and beauty faire
Thy echo'd call and answered prayer
Belayed thy beauty, bare
Who hurt you, daughter Zion?
Who called you from your lair?
Did eye not see, nor ear give hear
Nor any of them care?
My virgin is to carry;
My Zion; by the sea
Behold what beauty is to harken
What my beauty means to me
I made you, daughter Zion
I have seen the wrath in thee ...
My home and friend in thee
By day, o lovely Zion
You sing so sweet to me
O, daughter and my sister
With trumpet sounds and beauty faire
Thy echo'd call and answered prayer
Belayed thy beauty, bare
Who hurt you, daughter Zion?
Who called you from your lair?
Did eye not see, nor ear give hear
Nor any of them care?
My virgin is to carry;
My Zion; by the sea
Behold what beauty is to harken
What my beauty means to me
I made you, daughter Zion
I have seen the wrath in thee ...
#daughter
#son
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SELF POEM
Published
19th Nov 2018 4:02am
19th Nov 2018 4:02am
Who I Am
Who am I to tell you who I am?
I am a daughter with a sacred ring
I am a son of the living king
I am the life animating bones
I am the skin in exotic tones
I am the breath of a better way
I am the sun of a brighter ray
I am a child, a prince, an heir
I have a crown, and beauty faire
I am the rhyme, without a scheme
I am the stitching without the seam
I am the wind; although you hear it
Truly fills my spirit
I am the voice in the wilderness call
I am the voice of the one in the hall
I am...
I am a daughter with a sacred ring
I am a son of the living king
I am the life animating bones
I am the skin in exotic tones
I am the breath of a better way
I am the sun of a brighter ray
I am a child, a prince, an heir
I have a crown, and beauty faire
I am the rhyme, without a scheme
I am the stitching without the seam
I am the wind; although you hear it
Truly fills my spirit
I am the voice in the wilderness call
I am the voice of the one in the hall
I am...
#prose
#identity
#rhyming #myself
#rhyming #myself
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Nov 2018 3:40am
19th Nov 2018 3:40am
They Have Yet to Arrive (midnight & noon)
There soon will come another time
O, nation that has strived
That war will rear its checkered face
From they who've not arrived
From places where they plot and scheme
Their deserts all and grand bazaar
Not with books or word give heed
But like a meteor and star
Yes, the war within your heart
Soon consumes the hearts of men
"There shall be no in-between"
Nor from them life comes again
I have seen this bitter struggle
First from Rome and then from they
"Kill and give" or "maim and slay"
All reducing, all to...
O, nation that has strived
That war will rear its checkered face
From they who've not arrived
From places where they plot and scheme
Their deserts all and grand bazaar
Not with books or word give heed
But like a meteor and star
Yes, the war within your heart
Soon consumes the hearts of men
"There shall be no in-between"
Nor from them life comes again
I have seen this bitter struggle
First from Rome and then from they
"Kill and give" or "maim and slay"
All reducing, all to...
#war
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Nov 2018 3:14pm
16th Nov 2018 3:14pm
Riddle of the King's Seed
Once there lived an ancient king
Without and heir or marriage ring
He was old, and groaned about his throne
And the future of his home
And so one day the king decreed:
"The kingdom's children get one seed.
To the child who's plant is best and faire
I shall declare them my heir!"
Three months later they arrived
From city straights and countryside
And plants of every kind were here
And yet the king was without cheer
Yet last of all a young girl brought
A little empty flower pot
Without a plant...and filled...
Without and heir or marriage ring
He was old, and groaned about his throne
And the future of his home
And so one day the king decreed:
"The kingdom's children get one seed.
To the child who's plant is best and faire
I shall declare them my heir!"
Three months later they arrived
From city straights and countryside
And plants of every kind were here
And yet the king was without cheer
Yet last of all a young girl brought
A little empty flower pot
Without a plant...and filled...
#rhyming
747 reads
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
16th Nov 2018 2:55pm
16th Nov 2018 2:55pm
You Are
You are quick, I am slow
You are exalted, I am low
You are perceptive, I am dull
You are wise, and surely so
You have knowledge, I have none
You are wisdom's only son
You are versed, I am dumb
Where you go I can't come
You are open, I am shut
You are scholarly, I the nut
You are greater, I am less
You are purer than our mess
You are us, I am none
To all you welcome, to all I shun
You are leading, I am retreating
You are shepherd, I am bleating
You are fire, I am hay
You are money, I am...
You are exalted, I am low
You are perceptive, I am dull
You are wise, and surely so
You have knowledge, I have none
You are wisdom's only son
You are versed, I am dumb
Where you go I can't come
You are open, I am shut
You are scholarly, I the nut
You are greater, I am less
You are purer than our mess
You are us, I am none
To all you welcome, to all I shun
You are leading, I am retreating
You are shepherd, I am bleating
You are fire, I am hay
You are money, I am...
#God
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