Submissions by Firebyrd
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
My spoken word name is Phoenix Firebyrd I am a Poet, writer, singer, dancer, and theatrical presenter. I enjoy writing erotica, introspective pieces, community activism pieces, and not quite a love poem pieces.
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Mar 2012 9:30pm
3rd Mar 2012 9:30pm
The point of no return
Finaly...
we are here.
As time and space
Have ceased to exsist,
we have only The looming
horizon of the future ahead of us
As we wield our thoughts into
finely tuned instraments of creation
We are shaping our atmosphere with
our smiles and laughter,
we are materializing our substance
When we kiss
We are rewriting Our place in the
universe when we make love
we have played hide and seek
in Pandora's Box...
The Rubicon,welcomes this
Endless Journey.
only eternity lies ahead.
we are here.
As time and space
Have ceased to exsist,
we have only The looming
horizon of the future ahead of us
As we wield our thoughts into
finely tuned instraments of creation
We are shaping our atmosphere with
our smiles and laughter,
we are materializing our substance
When we kiss
We are rewriting Our place in the
universe when we make love
we have played hide and seek
in Pandora's Box...
The Rubicon,welcomes this
Endless Journey.
only eternity lies ahead.
725 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Mar 2012 00:33am
3rd Mar 2012 00:33am
Unfortunate
Its funny...
I was just thinking of you
Then you called.
Remember how that always used to happen?
And instantly,
my heart broke all over again,
hearing that familiar laugh
you make when you're nervous..
I let you tell me how much you
miss me...need me...
shoulda never left me
as I release a bitter exhale
your voice becomes static
in the background,and all I
can hear are your last words
to me,9 months before
this phone call
when you left me
for her.
For...
I was just thinking of you
Then you called.
Remember how that always used to happen?
And instantly,
my heart broke all over again,
hearing that familiar laugh
you make when you're nervous..
I let you tell me how much you
miss me...need me...
shoulda never left me
as I release a bitter exhale
your voice becomes static
in the background,and all I
can hear are your last words
to me,9 months before
this phone call
when you left me
for her.
For...
842 reads
7 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
2nd Mar 2012 8:29pm
2nd Mar 2012 8:29pm
The Ancestor's Call
Now,
where will we go from here
what is left
after all this time,
after all those tears
Who will cry for us now.
for we are like the
chaff from wheat
blowing in the wind
Now... who will allow us solace
In the fertile soil of their heart.
Who will grant us audience...
To listen..
To learn..
To hear..
After all this time...
After all these tears...
After all this bloodshed
Have we sacrificed our essence
in vain...
As an emptiness settles
across The Great Divide
we mourn.
No one calls...
where will we go from here
what is left
after all this time,
after all those tears
Who will cry for us now.
for we are like the
chaff from wheat
blowing in the wind
Now... who will allow us solace
In the fertile soil of their heart.
Who will grant us audience...
To listen..
To learn..
To hear..
After all this time...
After all these tears...
After all this bloodshed
Have we sacrificed our essence
in vain...
As an emptiness settles
across The Great Divide
we mourn.
No one calls...
752 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
1st Mar 2012 11:30pm
1st Mar 2012 11:30pm
Reciprocity's Lament
Why should I
give you
what you arent even
willing to give
As I am layed out
upon your alter
of selfishness
Allowing you to drink
and drink... and drink
From my well of plenty
Greedy bastard!
what shall I do now
that my well is empty.
Even in my approach
to you
I was humble
Never demanding,
only
Asking
Never taking..
only
Hoping that you
would be willing to give
just alittle,a
microscopic amount
of your energy
Yet you..in your
Infinite Cruelty
Denied me entry...
give you
what you arent even
willing to give
As I am layed out
upon your alter
of selfishness
Allowing you to drink
and drink... and drink
From my well of plenty
Greedy bastard!
what shall I do now
that my well is empty.
Even in my approach
to you
I was humble
Never demanding,
only
Asking
Never taking..
only
Hoping that you
would be willing to give
just alittle,a
microscopic amount
of your energy
Yet you..in your
Infinite Cruelty
Denied me entry...
701 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
1st Mar 2012 9:16pm
1st Mar 2012 9:16pm
Depravity
You like that dont you..
and no,dont worry
Im not asking you
Im telling you
what you like,
Im telling you
that I see right thru you
Down inside the real you
The you that is weak
the you that secretly seeks
to be revealed,all your secrets
Layed bare.
Thats where I will be waiting
Infact Im already there.
As I whisper sweet insanities
So succulent to your wretched soul
That you ..cannot wait..
to engage me.
With your flagrant
Obscenities,
Delicious like tongues
On virgin flesh wrapped
In a...
and no,dont worry
Im not asking you
Im telling you
what you like,
Im telling you
that I see right thru you
Down inside the real you
The you that is weak
the you that secretly seeks
to be revealed,all your secrets
Layed bare.
Thats where I will be waiting
Infact Im already there.
As I whisper sweet insanities
So succulent to your wretched soul
That you ..cannot wait..
to engage me.
With your flagrant
Obscenities,
Delicious like tongues
On virgin flesh wrapped
In a...
897 reads
5 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
26th Feb 2012 11:39pm
26th Feb 2012 11:39pm
Slit Wrists
America's got slit wrist
as Apathy drips from its veins
and 3month old babies
crave bottles of milk laced
with cocaine
As we except New Age wisdom
from 9 year old prodigy's
who teach from books
Based on Brain washin Phychology
That makes us believe in the invisble
rise of our economy, based on
the position of the moon in astrology.
America's got slit wrist,
Now the earth feels her pain
'cause no one cares about
the Ozone layers, or why
our skin burns when it rains.
They have laced our childrens...
as Apathy drips from its veins
and 3month old babies
crave bottles of milk laced
with cocaine
As we except New Age wisdom
from 9 year old prodigy's
who teach from books
Based on Brain washin Phychology
That makes us believe in the invisble
rise of our economy, based on
the position of the moon in astrology.
America's got slit wrist,
Now the earth feels her pain
'cause no one cares about
the Ozone layers, or why
our skin burns when it rains.
They have laced our childrens...
1043 reads
10 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
26th Feb 2012 10:27pm
26th Feb 2012 10:27pm
Addicted
I
Laid my soul bare for you.
Wide open to the bones,so
deep...I let you seep into
my thoughts and poison my mind
I could only think about you
Spreading me out..
Spreading me thin..
Baptizing me in your flesh
With my skin.
Everytime my spirit tried to speak
You gagged me with your 9 inches deep
Until I no longer reached for the stars
I just reached...for you.
Wide open to my bones
So deep I let you seep
Into the core of my sweetness
and marinate my will until
there was nothing left but
My weakness...
...
Laid my soul bare for you.
Wide open to the bones,so
deep...I let you seep into
my thoughts and poison my mind
I could only think about you
Spreading me out..
Spreading me thin..
Baptizing me in your flesh
With my skin.
Everytime my spirit tried to speak
You gagged me with your 9 inches deep
Until I no longer reached for the stars
I just reached...for you.
Wide open to my bones
So deep I let you seep
Into the core of my sweetness
and marinate my will until
there was nothing left but
My weakness...
...
1258 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Feb 2012 11:51pm
25th Feb 2012 11:51pm
Used Goods
Her smile,not as bright
teeth not as straight
hair not as long
now she's alittle over weight.
She's used goods
no worse for wear.
She lets the boys ride
and have a good time
as long as they pay
their fare.
Her eyes.. used to shine
Now they only reflect
neglect,and a sinister
mental condition,that
for too long has gone
unchecked.
Her soul, vexed as she is
dis-eased from her core
Cause she was Mama's Baby
and Daddy's Maybe,but neither
of them loved her anymore.
You would...
teeth not as straight
hair not as long
now she's alittle over weight.
She's used goods
no worse for wear.
She lets the boys ride
and have a good time
as long as they pay
their fare.
Her eyes.. used to shine
Now they only reflect
neglect,and a sinister
mental condition,that
for too long has gone
unchecked.
Her soul, vexed as she is
dis-eased from her core
Cause she was Mama's Baby
and Daddy's Maybe,but neither
of them loved her anymore.
You would...
845 reads
6 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
25th Feb 2012 10:22pm
25th Feb 2012 10:22pm
Our Secret
When I saw you today
after so many years,
All bright and smiling
I remembered...everything
Instantly.
You looked at me as if I was
apart of your new life,the one
where demons did not exsist and fear
was dismissed with hugs and kisses.
But we both knew the truth,
I saw it in your eyes that you remembered
the truth too, you remembered what we did
and why we did it.
As you moved so gracefully, introducing your
Fiancee to all your old friends from our neighborhood
I waited...I knew you would come.
while I sat...
after so many years,
All bright and smiling
I remembered...everything
Instantly.
You looked at me as if I was
apart of your new life,the one
where demons did not exsist and fear
was dismissed with hugs and kisses.
But we both knew the truth,
I saw it in your eyes that you remembered
the truth too, you remembered what we did
and why we did it.
As you moved so gracefully, introducing your
Fiancee to all your old friends from our neighborhood
I waited...I knew you would come.
while I sat...
955 reads
6 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
24th Feb 2012 1:44am
24th Feb 2012 1:44am
Daddy's Girl
I
should have been a Daddy's Girl.
I was built for it
climbing trees,
skinning my knees
They say I favored you, with my
square jawline rich with Apache
and Blackfoot Indian blood running
through my veins
I even laugh like you some say
So strange to see my own reflection
and know that my
face is the only memory
I have of yours.
'cause every lil' girl needs her Daddy.
But there was no-one there to hold me
when I cried out in the night
from the hands of some other man
who...
should have been a Daddy's Girl.
I was built for it
climbing trees,
skinning my knees
They say I favored you, with my
square jawline rich with Apache
and Blackfoot Indian blood running
through my veins
I even laugh like you some say
So strange to see my own reflection
and know that my
face is the only memory
I have of yours.
'cause every lil' girl needs her Daddy.
But there was no-one there to hold me
when I cried out in the night
from the hands of some other man
who...
1000 reads
9 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Feb 2012 10:55pm
23rd Feb 2012 10:55pm
Dont tell me you love me
Dont tell me you love me,
just because the butterflies
in my stomache still havent
found a place to rest
Nor because my nervousness
over you still has my palms
wet with sweat.
Dont tell me you love me
Simply because you enjoyed the walk
from the coffee shop to my apartment
on a starlit night when our conversation
was like sugar-cane to my brain.
You even told me that I was more
radiant than the moon herself,
As you gazed into my face as if
I was priceless to you,yet I was
Breathless over you. ...
just because the butterflies
in my stomache still havent
found a place to rest
Nor because my nervousness
over you still has my palms
wet with sweat.
Dont tell me you love me
Simply because you enjoyed the walk
from the coffee shop to my apartment
on a starlit night when our conversation
was like sugar-cane to my brain.
You even told me that I was more
radiant than the moon herself,
As you gazed into my face as if
I was priceless to you,yet I was
Breathless over you. ...
906 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Feb 2012 11:15pm
19th Feb 2012 11:15pm
Words
Words,
Like hollow tips in guns
A deadly weapon is in
the lesson of
using ones tongue.
Be Careful with your words
and how they are used
they should always be chosen carefully
and should never be abused,
Words are filled with power
they give people
the strength to believe
Words,once heard can be
tricky things
so do not be decieved.
Be Careful,and
choose your words with care
Remember to always use words
Like Honest and fair.
Learn to use words that matter
Use words to change your life
Use Positive...
Like hollow tips in guns
A deadly weapon is in
the lesson of
using ones tongue.
Be Careful with your words
and how they are used
they should always be chosen carefully
and should never be abused,
Words are filled with power
they give people
the strength to believe
Words,once heard can be
tricky things
so do not be decieved.
Be Careful,and
choose your words with care
Remember to always use words
Like Honest and fair.
Learn to use words that matter
Use words to change your life
Use Positive...
954 reads
2 Comments
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