Submissions by Holly1419
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
sometimes wordy, lengthy, joyful, honest...
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2017 5:54pm
2nd Jun 2017 5:54pm
EXALT
What reason must you give to exalt your being?
While waves like frequencies ensue
and you are reminded once again about how to find music in words-
There is no tombstone too great
there is no entropy too deep
Light travels faster than sound, or so they say
but that's just physics
What reason must you give to exalt the creation that is you....
As one thing flows into another and you realize for the umpteenth time that an ending is a beginning-
Meanwhile you cells keep spinning.
I am not here to exalt your being....
While waves like frequencies ensue
and you are reminded once again about how to find music in words-
There is no tombstone too great
there is no entropy too deep
Light travels faster than sound, or so they say
but that's just physics
What reason must you give to exalt the creation that is you....
As one thing flows into another and you realize for the umpteenth time that an ending is a beginning-
Meanwhile you cells keep spinning.
I am not here to exalt your being....
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LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2017 4:32pm
22nd Mar 2017 4:32pm
vibrating differently
Lea knew that her cells were vibrating different from the others’.
She arranged her face to tell a story about worrying about homework and decimals,
But it was only his face that came to mind.
only his face that played, that swam,
On the back of her eyelids,
as she slept, as she woke.
Life continued.
Decisions to be made,
College applications...
But none of it seemed to matter.
None of it could hold a candle to the vibrancy she felt leaping inside,
when she felt his hand, his face....
She was loved. She was...
She arranged her face to tell a story about worrying about homework and decimals,
But it was only his face that came to mind.
only his face that played, that swam,
On the back of her eyelids,
as she slept, as she woke.
Life continued.
Decisions to be made,
College applications...
But none of it seemed to matter.
None of it could hold a candle to the vibrancy she felt leaping inside,
when she felt his hand, his face....
She was loved. She was...
488 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
7th Mar 2017 5:10pm
7th Mar 2017 5:10pm
devoid of sloppy kisses
We should have had a first kiss.
that should have been my moment
to play over over and over
instead you were a germaphobe
or a you didn't want to get riled up
so you held me in your arms and muttered
"you are so tempting" and kissed me on the cheek and neck
I do play that over and over
did back then, still do form time to time
it was intense
there was sweat and magic in it, yes
But your neurosis robbed me of that fairy tale moment,
we are a giddy collection
of near misses
a passionate...
that should have been my moment
to play over over and over
instead you were a germaphobe
or a you didn't want to get riled up
so you held me in your arms and muttered
"you are so tempting" and kissed me on the cheek and neck
I do play that over and over
did back then, still do form time to time
it was intense
there was sweat and magic in it, yes
But your neurosis robbed me of that fairy tale moment,
we are a giddy collection
of near misses
a passionate...
513 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Dec 2016 8:35pm
4th Dec 2016 8:35pm
Slipping Away?
yesterday you held me down and kissed me all over like never before
And I said "thank you" when you were done
"Yea of course, you're welcome babe"
words I never thought would be said to me
You are my miracle of the moment
but maybe you feel me slipping away?
Maybe you are not my forever miracle...
I think you could be, I thought you couldn't, thought you could....
constant whiplash
I'm reaching out to my higher power to give me an answer
but higher things answer slowly and in poetic ways
so I gotta...
And I said "thank you" when you were done
"Yea of course, you're welcome babe"
words I never thought would be said to me
You are my miracle of the moment
but maybe you feel me slipping away?
Maybe you are not my forever miracle...
I think you could be, I thought you couldn't, thought you could....
constant whiplash
I'm reaching out to my higher power to give me an answer
but higher things answer slowly and in poetic ways
so I gotta...
599 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Nov 2016 5:04pm
13th Nov 2016 5:04pm
On working clinically with survivors of domestic violence
They come to me tender and swollen,
they cling to me while I sleep
and I hope for them
They cling to me while I walk and while I cook
while I am in half consciousness
they are riding along
softly hijacking my psyche
they are enveloping me and poking at the boundaries of my compassion
which cannot help but stretch
They are humbly asking for more
not sure they deserve it
it's my job to help them know
they are suffering and working hard
and they are experiencing new joy
the freedom is raw ...
they cling to me while I sleep
and I hope for them
They cling to me while I walk and while I cook
while I am in half consciousness
they are riding along
softly hijacking my psyche
they are enveloping me and poking at the boundaries of my compassion
which cannot help but stretch
They are humbly asking for more
not sure they deserve it
it's my job to help them know
they are suffering and working hard
and they are experiencing new joy
the freedom is raw ...
552 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
10th Nov 2016 6:09pm
10th Nov 2016 6:09pm
weird as a badge of pride
boy, i want to rescue you so badly
you want to do the same for me and you can but....
I've been rescued before so... let me extend this service, please!
you don't know how much i want your dreams
to aspire with you toward everything you yearn
you don't know how badly I want you to know that you are okay.
You are different, yes. I'm different.
We're not two cool hippies falling in love tho "cool" is in the eye of the, you know...
We're not two missiles headed for the reaches of human consciousness
with high ego high popularity...
you want to do the same for me and you can but....
I've been rescued before so... let me extend this service, please!
you don't know how much i want your dreams
to aspire with you toward everything you yearn
you don't know how badly I want you to know that you are okay.
You are different, yes. I'm different.
We're not two cool hippies falling in love tho "cool" is in the eye of the, you know...
We're not two missiles headed for the reaches of human consciousness
with high ego high popularity...
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EROTIC POEM
Published
25th Oct 2016 3:39pm
25th Oct 2016 3:39pm
untitled 3
I went away for a while but you went with me
I didn't expect it
you say you would never want that
for me to cut off my right arm for you
it was just your way of ascertaining my sincerity in a fucked up way
I went away from you but you were right there with me
you let me go, you wanted me to be
everything
....
even if you couldn't be
or be with me
"I would never want that"
you said
(for me to cut off my right arm metaphorically)...
And you swooped me away,
possessed me
So I couldn't see the room or...
I didn't expect it
you say you would never want that
for me to cut off my right arm for you
it was just your way of ascertaining my sincerity in a fucked up way
I went away from you but you were right there with me
you let me go, you wanted me to be
everything
....
even if you couldn't be
or be with me
"I would never want that"
you said
(for me to cut off my right arm metaphorically)...
And you swooped me away,
possessed me
So I couldn't see the room or...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
18th Oct 2016 4:04am
18th Oct 2016 4:04am
resentment poem challenge day 1
I see you struggling to find out who you are, having such incredible skills with people. You are so at ease. So incredibly at ease.
I wish you success in your career. I wish you all the joy and meaning imaginable in a career that piques your curiosity to the ultimate limit.
I wish you love. Deep love. Somebody you can laugh with.
What part of me is threatened? the part that wants to settle. For me. That has fear. That doesn't want to live to the fullest. That believes that the fullest is something which it's not.
I want pleasure in your days for you. For...
I wish you success in your career. I wish you all the joy and meaning imaginable in a career that piques your curiosity to the ultimate limit.
I wish you love. Deep love. Somebody you can laugh with.
What part of me is threatened? the part that wants to settle. For me. That has fear. That doesn't want to live to the fullest. That believes that the fullest is something which it's not.
I want pleasure in your days for you. For...
566 reads
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Sep 2016 2:52pm
19th Sep 2016 2:52pm
Luminous
Can't take away what I've seen with my eyes
the reason i started
it had nothing to do with eyeballs
I've joined the world, but let's not forget
where I've been, how I got here...
losing myself over and over
rolling round in a makeshift grave--
I am luminous
I am my own portal into the numinous
painstaking, quivering, jumping and falling--
God caught the leaves before they hit the ground
And covered my soul with foliage
That's how I was found
the reason i started
it had nothing to do with eyeballs
I've joined the world, but let's not forget
where I've been, how I got here...
losing myself over and over
rolling round in a makeshift grave--
I am luminous
I am my own portal into the numinous
painstaking, quivering, jumping and falling--
God caught the leaves before they hit the ground
And covered my soul with foliage
That's how I was found
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Aug 2016 4:28am
21st Aug 2016 4:28am
Dust Blanket
Human Being,
you are my Dust Blanket,
a coating, a layer of oil and grime
You keep me
from the wolves
you banish
dust and mold....
Wrap yourself around me and hold on
cling to my body like an unsure hug,
Hang from my sinews
like a mangled heart...
Chase me into dreams
and leave me wanting
Plunge me in cold waters
and leave me warm
Wrap me, and echo me, encircle and ensnare....
Chant my name three times
Human of mine
And without fail I shall appear
you are my Dust Blanket,
a coating, a layer of oil and grime
You keep me
from the wolves
you banish
dust and mold....
Wrap yourself around me and hold on
cling to my body like an unsure hug,
Hang from my sinews
like a mangled heart...
Chase me into dreams
and leave me wanting
Plunge me in cold waters
and leave me warm
Wrap me, and echo me, encircle and ensnare....
Chant my name three times
Human of mine
And without fail I shall appear
473 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
19th Aug 2016 00:26am
19th Aug 2016 00:26am
RECRUITMENT SONGS
Some time ago you stepped up into me and I fell backward
into you
We didn't know which way the train was moving or how much time we had until
it jerked still and we toppled down
Entangled, in a heap,
Time and again you called me up like you were a part of me
like this cooled down/heated up version of life to which I was becoming known
was yours and your alone
And I was part of you
Even though there was always something in it that smelled of something
an odor neither neutral nor bad....
mystery preserved, you preserved me,
back at the...
into you
We didn't know which way the train was moving or how much time we had until
it jerked still and we toppled down
Entangled, in a heap,
Time and again you called me up like you were a part of me
like this cooled down/heated up version of life to which I was becoming known
was yours and your alone
And I was part of you
Even though there was always something in it that smelled of something
an odor neither neutral nor bad....
mystery preserved, you preserved me,
back at the...
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EROTIC POEM
Published
20th Jul 2016 8:23pm
20th Jul 2016 8:23pm
ENCOMPASS
feeling my womanliness
with you
all woman you say
as if to be something in between would be an insult
but i take it
I like it
I soak it up
all woman in every way
and you are consuming me
and I am absorbing you into my ocean
my power is manifest here
as i encompass you
with you
all woman you say
as if to be something in between would be an insult
but i take it
I like it
I soak it up
all woman in every way
and you are consuming me
and I am absorbing you into my ocean
my power is manifest here
as i encompass you
553 reads
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