Submissions by Grace (IDryad)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
Water lily
Above the rippling water
pale pink flowers spread
like hands in supplication
to whatever existing gods
of the created creations
Above the muddy beds
Poking out a pretty head
face towards the sun
Basking in its warmth
The water lily
Just like me.
pale pink flowers spread
like hands in supplication
to whatever existing gods
of the created creations
Above the muddy beds
Poking out a pretty head
face towards the sun
Basking in its warmth
The water lily
Just like me.
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Faith
I have faith in you
My belief is that you
will do what you promised
will make it come true...
Simple faith
is believing
without seeing.
My faith in you
is like knowing the dawn
will come tomorrow
and the dusk
will soon follow
that you will always
be there when I need you
My faith in us
is like the river that flows
towards the ocean
never ceasing
never pausing
Thats how much faith
I have in us.
Forever.
My belief is that you
will do what you promised
will make it come true...
Simple faith
is believing
without seeing.
My faith in you
is like knowing the dawn
will come tomorrow
and the dusk
will soon follow
that you will always
be there when I need you
My faith in us
is like the river that flows
towards the ocean
never ceasing
never pausing
Thats how much faith
I have in us.
Forever.
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At the threshold
Hold me yet
in this earthly cask
a barrel so used
so flat
so dead
I decline, no, I refuse
to feel the pain of transition
yet here I am in a terrain
unreal yet so tangible
in this vague timeline
Where am I
this threshold to worlds
unknown yet familiar
to Maya, will I
go...or back to earth
to suffer more?
I sigh, I hear the wails
of mourners
at the wake
yet they are so far away
I am flying...
will I wake
when dawn breaks?
no matter
to eternal sleep
I suffer.
in this earthly cask
a barrel so used
so flat
so dead
I decline, no, I refuse
to feel the pain of transition
yet here I am in a terrain
unreal yet so tangible
in this vague timeline
Where am I
this threshold to worlds
unknown yet familiar
to Maya, will I
go...or back to earth
to suffer more?
I sigh, I hear the wails
of mourners
at the wake
yet they are so far away
I am flying...
will I wake
when dawn breaks?
no matter
to eternal sleep
I suffer.
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Once there
Beauty it possess
such clarity
depiction of you
Your smile
shining from the wall
eyes looking at me
where ever I walk
You left
banging the door
and you fell
crashing to the floor..
and you were so prized
until then
when you got swept
to the rubbish bin.
such clarity
depiction of you
Your smile
shining from the wall
eyes looking at me
where ever I walk
You left
banging the door
and you fell
crashing to the floor..
and you were so prized
until then
when you got swept
to the rubbish bin.
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Time
Time after time after time
I keep on giving in silence
picking miracles
from bulb of words
in time bubbles
hoping changes made
improvement
will happen
with time.
You will never grow
with the tides of time
you just whine
and whine
about everything
and Time
and time again
I walk on beside
you, in silent supplication
to known and unknown gods.
Please! In time,
do adapt.
I keep on giving in silence
picking miracles
from bulb of words
in time bubbles
hoping changes made
improvement
will happen
with time.
You will never grow
with the tides of time
you just whine
and whine
about everything
and Time
and time again
I walk on beside
you, in silent supplication
to known and unknown gods.
Please! In time,
do adapt.
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Left behind
My love
It still hurts
as it was
when you left
My love
I still yearn for you
as I did
when you were in the room
My love
I still dream
of the love at dawn
and in the midnight hour
It still hurts
like the day you left
me for her
I miss you!
The worst hurt
is when you left
this world with her
in that house fire
I wanted you to survive
and hurt as much as I do
I set the fire
to kill her, not you
I still hurt!
It still hurts
as it was
when you left
My love
I still yearn for you
as I did
when you were in the room
My love
I still dream
of the love at dawn
and in the midnight hour
It still hurts
like the day you left
me for her
I miss you!
The worst hurt
is when you left
this world with her
in that house fire
I wanted you to survive
and hurt as much as I do
I set the fire
to kill her, not you
I still hurt!
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Anger II
Anger...
is like a thunder
up in the sky
rumblings and roars
Anger...
is like dark clouds
that gather together
and bursts
Anger...
is like a typhoon
that blows hard
and destroy all on its way
Anger...
is like a fire
burn everything
to darkened crisps
Anger...
of mine is like a needle
pricking hard and deep
bursting into pus of vengeance.
is like a thunder
up in the sky
rumblings and roars
Anger...
is like dark clouds
that gather together
and bursts
Anger...
is like a typhoon
that blows hard
and destroy all on its way
Anger...
is like a fire
burn everything
to darkened crisps
Anger...
of mine is like a needle
pricking hard and deep
bursting into pus of vengeance.
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As it is
You are a bit drunk tonight
do you think it helps you
to focus on what might
have been or could be
You are a bit drunk tonight
do you think you can hold on
to this man, the wanderer
who has his own lust
for something more
than just you?
You were always a fool
for love
Grace, get sober
and get the hell into
your lonely bed!
do you think it helps you
to focus on what might
have been or could be
You are a bit drunk tonight
do you think you can hold on
to this man, the wanderer
who has his own lust
for something more
than just you?
You were always a fool
for love
Grace, get sober
and get the hell into
your lonely bed!
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Breaking
The heartbreak of never
knowing why
you left forever
Never knowing what
broke your heart
Never Knowing when
your love turn
to ashes in your mind
Never shall I know how
to bring you back
to this hour, this now
of needing and desire:
You just left.
knowing why
you left forever
Never knowing what
broke your heart
Never Knowing when
your love turn
to ashes in your mind
Never shall I know how
to bring you back
to this hour, this now
of needing and desire:
You just left.
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Midnight Lover
From darkness come
with swirling cape
a gust of cold wind
when in he swept
into the room
in long strides
His lips on mine
so possessively cold
his arms so tight
his hands so warm
his body heat
upon mine own
Engulfing us with his black
cape, swirling and flapping
in a personal wind
around him gusts
he entered me
like a branding iron
My body like a guitar
played, all sensations
undenied
explosions
within the senses
like songs in a million operas
When at...
with swirling cape
a gust of cold wind
when in he swept
into the room
in long strides
His lips on mine
so possessively cold
his arms so tight
his hands so warm
his body heat
upon mine own
Engulfing us with his black
cape, swirling and flapping
in a personal wind
around him gusts
he entered me
like a branding iron
My body like a guitar
played, all sensations
undenied
explosions
within the senses
like songs in a million operas
When at...
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I remember
I remember the fading sunset
over the glowy blue ocean
the gentle breeze that blew
the soft white sand
the calls of the seabirds
as they flew for home
I remember your hands on mine
your warmth of you
in the circle of my arms
the gentle kiss
on my forehead
the slow walk home afterwards
I remember the promises you made
the words gentle and kind
a pact to be together, to return
to that place again
the seaside far in the north
to remember this time
And now as I look at you
slumbering by...
over the glowy blue ocean
the gentle breeze that blew
the soft white sand
the calls of the seabirds
as they flew for home
I remember your hands on mine
your warmth of you
in the circle of my arms
the gentle kiss
on my forehead
the slow walk home afterwards
I remember the promises you made
the words gentle and kind
a pact to be together, to return
to that place again
the seaside far in the north
to remember this time
And now as I look at you
slumbering by...
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Contrast
Your white on my brown
My smile on your frown
Your giving to my servility
Your pride to my dignity
Your thrusts to my push
Your rhythm in tune
In music discordant
within our pulsing needs
Your scream to my sigh
Your tenseness to my softening
your losing to my finding
as we fly towards pleasure skies
You and I, my love
the tropics to the temperate
the cold to the heat
as we cleave.
My smile on your frown
Your giving to my servility
Your pride to my dignity
Your thrusts to my push
Your rhythm in tune
In music discordant
within our pulsing needs
Your scream to my sigh
Your tenseness to my softening
your losing to my finding
as we fly towards pleasure skies
You and I, my love
the tropics to the temperate
the cold to the heat
as we cleave.
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