Submissions by Everyday_Author (Randall)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm from Minnesota. I write about bad weather, depression and my feelings, which are sometimes sexual in nature.
SELF POEM
Published
29th May 2020 4:10am
29th May 2020 4:10am
Why I Write
I don't want to write things that millions consume, I just want to write poems that connect me to you...
#identity
#myself
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SELF POEM
Published
27th May 2020 00:24am
27th May 2020 00:24am
A descent into obscurity
Trying to get myself moving again
Is hauling anchors uphill
With a head full of cement
My breath like the wind whistling through trees
The soundtrack to my descent
Into obscurity
Is hauling anchors uphill
With a head full of cement
My breath like the wind whistling through trees
The soundtrack to my descent
Into obscurity
#myself
#emotions
291 reads
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NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
26th May 2020 3:02am
26th May 2020 3:02am
An Open Letter To Karen
Every freedom we have was earned by someone else; paid for by their sacrifice. Every innovation, discovery and creature comfort we have as a species has been inherited, and their distribution remains unequal.
Please remember this as the fight against Covid continues...
In Soviet Russia, people had to wait 10 years to buy household appliances in many cases because it was a -crime- to buy basic necessities on the "black market."
In Nazi occupied France, Jews were systematically rounded up and kept in sports stadiums. Older teenagers ate worm-infested rotten food...
Please remember this as the fight against Covid continues...
In Soviet Russia, people had to wait 10 years to buy household appliances in many cases because it was a -crime- to buy basic necessities on the "black market."
In Nazi occupied France, Jews were systematically rounded up and kept in sports stadiums. Older teenagers ate worm-infested rotten food...
#politics
#historical
#philosophical #nonfiction
#philosophical #nonfiction
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SELF POEM
Published
25th May 2020 4:33am
25th May 2020 4:33am
A place for my head
I've got to find my light again
But that work belongs to another day
I've got to find a place for my head
to rest and wipe away the gray sediment
But that work belongs to another day
I've got to find a place for my head
to rest and wipe away the gray sediment
#anxiety
#depression
#OCD
#MentalHealth
#myself
517 reads
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SELF POEM
Published
24th May 2020 3:30am
24th May 2020 3:30am
Passage And The Porch: Tales From Today
Stories of marriage; the passage of time
Pull my focus back to the porch
Songs 'bout fatherhood and finding the source of meaning in high tide
show me there's more to life
Pull my focus back to the porch
Songs 'bout fatherhood and finding the source of meaning in high tide
show me there's more to life
#family
#friendship
#identity
#myself
#gratitude
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SELF POEM
Published
23rd May 2020 2:35am
23rd May 2020 2:35am
Flayed Self: The Will To Perceive
I want to see all of reality
A lack of holistic perspective is what weighs on me
I can't see myself fully in the fogged mirror
but by flaying myself here
I hope to see the inside clearer
A lack of holistic perspective is what weighs on me
I can't see myself fully in the fogged mirror
but by flaying myself here
I hope to see the inside clearer
#identity
#confessional
#myself
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SELF POEM
Published
22nd May 2020 4:18am
22nd May 2020 4:18am
Title Forthcoming
The title of this work will be forthcoming
In spite of my will
I'm barrelling toward slumbering
Hypochondria exausting
my nervous system
I calm my nervous mind
by scribbling my intuitions
I send an adieu to you
my extended milieu
and Chase the respite
from the day I worked through
In spite of my will
I'm barrelling toward slumbering
Hypochondria exausting
my nervous system
I calm my nervous mind
by scribbling my intuitions
I send an adieu to you
my extended milieu
and Chase the respite
from the day I worked through
#identity
#myself
#gratitude
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SELF POEM
Published
21st May 2020 3:43am
21st May 2020 3:43am
Admitting my Darkness: The Fear To Progress
Why do I struggle to admit my darkness?
I'm scared I'll be judged; that you will see me as heartless
If my actions don't conform to ambition's parchment then how can I expect you to trust where my heart is?
Not good enough for this
Not able to do that
catastrophic thoughts
bouncing ,round in my head
I know I am my greatest project
but I fear you'll focus on my flaws; not my progress
I'm scared I'll be judged; that you will see me as heartless
If my actions don't conform to ambition's parchment then how can I expect you to trust where my heart is?
Not good enough for this
Not able to do that
catastrophic thoughts
bouncing ,round in my head
I know I am my greatest project
but I fear you'll focus on my flaws; not my progress
#identity
#confessional
#myself #fear
#myself #fear
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SELF POEM
Published
20th May 2020 1:57am
20th May 2020 1:57am
Your Sound Fills My Ears: Connection Restored
Connection restored
I find myself here
while once more
as your sound fills my ears
How little it costs
to recover my light
In no time at all
I discover piece of mind.
Thanks to you
thanks to them
My feet are planted
on the ground again
I find myself here
while once more
as your sound fills my ears
How little it costs
to recover my light
In no time at all
I discover piece of mind.
Thanks to you
thanks to them
My feet are planted
on the ground again
#friendship
#identity
#myself #gratitude
#myself #gratitude
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SELF POEM
Published
19th May 2020 3:37am
19th May 2020 3:37am
Sunset Streaks: Steady Again
The sunset leaves streaks in my eyes
staining my brain for the rest of my time
Kicking rocks as I take it in
I feel as if I'm steady again
it may be true that all things will end
but I'm anchored here now with my loved ones in step
staining my brain for the rest of my time
Kicking rocks as I take it in
I feel as if I'm steady again
it may be true that all things will end
but I'm anchored here now with my loved ones in step
#family
#beauty
#myself #gratitude
#myself #gratitude
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SELF POEM
Published
18th May 2020 3:07am
18th May 2020 3:07am
United By Quill and Amity: Another Thankyou
Thank you for standing with me
United by quill and Amity
I come here; I spill little but grief
You read, consume and leave positivity in the wake for me to see
when the river of chemicals between my ears runs dry
your words restore my faith in the 'I' that finds no rest in the bed tonight
United by quill and Amity
I come here; I spill little but grief
You read, consume and leave positivity in the wake for me to see
when the river of chemicals between my ears runs dry
your words restore my faith in the 'I' that finds no rest in the bed tonight
#anxiety
#depression
#confessional
#myself
#gratitude
328 reads
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SELF POEM
Published
17th May 2020 00:07am
17th May 2020 00:07am
The Taxonomy Of Connection: Painful Disconnection
I feel disconnected
every effort to establish bonds thwarted
outside the context
of weaving tales 'bout swordsman
Such a laborious taxonomy;
that of human solidarity
not in the making, but in the keeping
I love so much that they have the power to bleed me
every effort to establish bonds thwarted
outside the context
of weaving tales 'bout swordsman
Such a laborious taxonomy;
that of human solidarity
not in the making, but in the keeping
I love so much that they have the power to bleed me
#anxiety
#family
#friendship #myself
#friendship #myself
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