Submissions by ElleCole
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write because I'm passionate about 2 things. The written word itself and well...Life is a series of trade-offs. If I can't keep my heart, But I am doomed to keep its secrets I can at least write about it.
Artists
You know what they say about creative types
Live with abandon
People of the night
Stay awake late lyrics in their head
Visions and ideas come at twilight
cant go to bed
They arent always honest, they live by emotion
Thrive on the passion of their hearts devotion
Is it the pen, a painters brush, composing melodies and such
Finding a rhythm, tune in to the beat
They keep holding on, refusing to move their feet
They wait it out, most of us are stubborn
Wont give up til we got something
And when we walk away empty handed
Our Art comes...
Live with abandon
People of the night
Stay awake late lyrics in their head
Visions and ideas come at twilight
cant go to bed
They arent always honest, they live by emotion
Thrive on the passion of their hearts devotion
Is it the pen, a painters brush, composing melodies and such
Finding a rhythm, tune in to the beat
They keep holding on, refusing to move their feet
They wait it out, most of us are stubborn
Wont give up til we got something
And when we walk away empty handed
Our Art comes...
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Race
I can recall everything ive done goals ive set things i want that havent happened yet. Each time the door was slammed in my face im not a runner but ill finish the race.
I can move as slow as that tortoise from that book, but the hare fell asleep and the reward he took.
Ill keep on moving til i drop
As quick as a dime but heavy as a rock
I cant stop now. Ive come too far to just bow out. So ill go through the struggle, sweat on my brow, those pains in my sides wont stop me now. Just have to keep moving if i think for too long my heart starts hurting. I have a high...
I can move as slow as that tortoise from that book, but the hare fell asleep and the reward he took.
Ill keep on moving til i drop
As quick as a dime but heavy as a rock
I cant stop now. Ive come too far to just bow out. So ill go through the struggle, sweat on my brow, those pains in my sides wont stop me now. Just have to keep moving if i think for too long my heart starts hurting. I have a high...
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This Drive
This drive is all i know, passing by
Im a wonderer drifter head in the sky
Roads im on cracked and old,
smoke from the mills stories untold
Walk through Chicago where no one turns their head
When they pass by the homeless so cold they look dead
This drive has me thinking of all ive lost
And why id ever think id gain anything without paying the cost
Reminds me of the coins ancestors placed on the eyes
of the ones they loved to cross over the tide
This drive has me thinking of peace i desire but have lacked for years
My heart is breaking without...
Im a wonderer drifter head in the sky
Roads im on cracked and old,
smoke from the mills stories untold
Walk through Chicago where no one turns their head
When they pass by the homeless so cold they look dead
This drive has me thinking of all ive lost
And why id ever think id gain anything without paying the cost
Reminds me of the coins ancestors placed on the eyes
of the ones they loved to cross over the tide
This drive has me thinking of peace i desire but have lacked for years
My heart is breaking without...
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Sometimes
Sometimes you have to love people from a distance
Sometimes they're not right for you
And letting them go is the right thing to do.
A life without you isnt much of a life to me
But i have to let go, let you be
i wish we could be friends, ones who stay in touch
But thats not possible, cause I love you too much
Your voice a reminder of my heart's song
Your touch reminiscent of hands i long
to touch me
ease my fears
Lips i need on me and have for years
And when i see your face hear your name
All inside me suffers in pain
People say time...
Sometimes they're not right for you
And letting them go is the right thing to do.
A life without you isnt much of a life to me
But i have to let go, let you be
i wish we could be friends, ones who stay in touch
But thats not possible, cause I love you too much
Your voice a reminder of my heart's song
Your touch reminiscent of hands i long
to touch me
ease my fears
Lips i need on me and have for years
And when i see your face hear your name
All inside me suffers in pain
People say time...
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Relieving Stress
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Cinderella
If there is one thing I have learned from Cinderella
Is that she was strong before she met that fella
You know the one she calls her prince
and what I learned from the story is this
She was beaten down, with no support
She still kept a loving heart to her animal court
The mice, the horse, all the mouths she would feed
forced to sweep ashes and keep the house clean
She suffered harsh treatment
yet her glass slipper did not break
and when she met her prince
his heart was not fake
And when she gave him all that he desired
he...
Is that she was strong before she met that fella
You know the one she calls her prince
and what I learned from the story is this
She was beaten down, with no support
She still kept a loving heart to her animal court
The mice, the horse, all the mouths she would feed
forced to sweep ashes and keep the house clean
She suffered harsh treatment
yet her glass slipper did not break
and when she met her prince
his heart was not fake
And when she gave him all that he desired
he...
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Fragile Heart
A heart is such a fragile thing
It can be broken or have wings
Go to depths of such despair
Soar above eagles in the air
Crumble in times of mass destruction
keep you breathin when you have nothin
Give another chance, hold ultimate trust
Stand like a Pillar or be ground to dust
Flutter like a butterfly
Pain so great you want to die
Race so fast. gas so low
runnin on empty, givin your soul
Get beat down, rise like an underdog
See so clearly, get lost in fog
Broke in half or split in two
all I'll ever...
It can be broken or have wings
Go to depths of such despair
Soar above eagles in the air
Crumble in times of mass destruction
keep you breathin when you have nothin
Give another chance, hold ultimate trust
Stand like a Pillar or be ground to dust
Flutter like a butterfly
Pain so great you want to die
Race so fast. gas so low
runnin on empty, givin your soul
Get beat down, rise like an underdog
See so clearly, get lost in fog
Broke in half or split in two
all I'll ever...
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violin
A violin
that's how you play me
caress my skin, call me baby
Pull the strings but you'll never replace them
You use the same tune, cause you'll never erase them
You're wired in, to my DNA
It doesn't matter, what song you play
My body recognizes you, My soul can still see
It already knows, you are a part of me
I don't believe in reincarnation
But if I did Lover, It don't even matter the way you'd appear
Your voice is my song, melody to my ears
Like a violin you can play
A thousand years could pass and Id recognize your face
My heart would...
that's how you play me
caress my skin, call me baby
Pull the strings but you'll never replace them
You use the same tune, cause you'll never erase them
You're wired in, to my DNA
It doesn't matter, what song you play
My body recognizes you, My soul can still see
It already knows, you are a part of me
I don't believe in reincarnation
But if I did Lover, It don't even matter the way you'd appear
Your voice is my song, melody to my ears
Like a violin you can play
A thousand years could pass and Id recognize your face
My heart would...
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MIA
Missing in action
that's what's gonna happen
Now you see me, now you don't
Harden my heart like the titanic boat
Giving up this, giving up that
I'm afraid its just too much
Too much to handle, too much on my back
Its not an opinion, its a well known fact
Living like a nomad, don't know where I belong
hum a happy tune, while my soul mourns in song
moonlight sonata, in c sharp
relax tonight, peace in the dark
block it all out, im backing off
receding into the background, like camouflage cloth
search me out, im a prisoner of...
that's what's gonna happen
Now you see me, now you don't
Harden my heart like the titanic boat
Giving up this, giving up that
I'm afraid its just too much
Too much to handle, too much on my back
Its not an opinion, its a well known fact
Living like a nomad, don't know where I belong
hum a happy tune, while my soul mourns in song
moonlight sonata, in c sharp
relax tonight, peace in the dark
block it all out, im backing off
receding into the background, like camouflage cloth
search me out, im a prisoner of...
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What am I
What am I
what are we
I've lost myself in you
Like undertow pulled me out to sea
And you'll never know the secrets of me
How I've felt all this time
knowing I'm not good enough to call you mine
Do you know what I see when I look in the mirror
A woman not worthy of your affection or your tears
would you believe me when I say
Everything about myself I've tried to change
Is my hair long enough, Is it the wrong color
Am I not enough perfection for you to call me your lover
Is my character shallow,Are my eyes lacking...
what are we
I've lost myself in you
Like undertow pulled me out to sea
And you'll never know the secrets of me
How I've felt all this time
knowing I'm not good enough to call you mine
Do you know what I see when I look in the mirror
A woman not worthy of your affection or your tears
would you believe me when I say
Everything about myself I've tried to change
Is my hair long enough, Is it the wrong color
Am I not enough perfection for you to call me your lover
Is my character shallow,Are my eyes lacking...
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The irony
Hold my hand
Hold my heart
My safety zone has fallen apart
Its too dark
And i cant see
Who i am or want to be
I love you too deep
So much so i cant sleep
I can feel you from a distance
I cant stop no matter how much i wish it
I feel safe, with you my sadness fades
All my nights turn into days
But this emotion is a little one sided
Youre not in love with me so why do i fight it.
If you arent by now i should know better
Keep this going said no woman ever
With you- my own will disintegrates
My own demise is what awaits
I...
Hold my heart
My safety zone has fallen apart
Its too dark
And i cant see
Who i am or want to be
I love you too deep
So much so i cant sleep
I can feel you from a distance
I cant stop no matter how much i wish it
I feel safe, with you my sadness fades
All my nights turn into days
But this emotion is a little one sided
Youre not in love with me so why do i fight it.
If you arent by now i should know better
Keep this going said no woman ever
With you- my own will disintegrates
My own demise is what awaits
I...
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My eyes
In my eyes you can see it, They light up when I see your face
My heart skips a beat when we embrace
I lay myself bare to you
In every way you ask me to
A school girl with butterflies
The scent of you makes me sigh
In every way a man should feel
Don't you know my love is real
I can hardly stand not to touch you
Much less restrain myself when I'm with you
I desire too much, you think I'm greedy
I should detach, but I'm too needy
I love to see you smile
take you away for just awhile
Treat you the way a woman should...
My heart skips a beat when we embrace
I lay myself bare to you
In every way you ask me to
A school girl with butterflies
The scent of you makes me sigh
In every way a man should feel
Don't you know my love is real
I can hardly stand not to touch you
Much less restrain myself when I'm with you
I desire too much, you think I'm greedy
I should detach, but I'm too needy
I love to see you smile
take you away for just awhile
Treat you the way a woman should...
680 reads
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