Submissions by Jakki
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Aug 2014 11:06am
25th Aug 2014 11:06am
Dear John
Mornings come and go
the sting of immunisations and
melancholic mourning breath, held
closer than was comfortable to fight
the tide pulling me to sea
among the many fish.
I am my flesh, my vulnerabilities
I am my weakness and my faults
all you never took me for
all you ignored
Dear John, you cannot make this better.
Nights pass and come,
the ache of beachfront passion
to my temple; my body surely not
anymore. Less resistance from the anchor
in the shallows being dragged out
a rusted, jaded chain.
Dear John, this...
the sting of immunisations and
melancholic mourning breath, held
closer than was comfortable to fight
the tide pulling me to sea
among the many fish.
I am my flesh, my vulnerabilities
I am my weakness and my faults
all you never took me for
all you ignored
Dear John, you cannot make this better.
Nights pass and come,
the ache of beachfront passion
to my temple; my body surely not
anymore. Less resistance from the anchor
in the shallows being dragged out
a rusted, jaded chain.
Dear John, this...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Aug 2014 11:05am
25th Aug 2014 11:05am
Maddison
She's broken, like me
a fragile little marionette
I played with her heartstrings
enough to hear her smile sing
we kissed in an empty schoolyard
elegant apostles leaning awkwardly
no truth in love we dared to tell
our lie was told to spite this hell
and our lie was love. Adolescent one of us
enough to be a secret tryst, our cloak and dagger
toke and drag, her coughing cold
air showed her breathe
and when I held her skin to mine
a whispered "yes" was all it took
for the last shred of innocence to leave
a fragile little marionette
I played with her heartstrings
enough to hear her smile sing
we kissed in an empty schoolyard
elegant apostles leaning awkwardly
no truth in love we dared to tell
our lie was told to spite this hell
and our lie was love. Adolescent one of us
enough to be a secret tryst, our cloak and dagger
toke and drag, her coughing cold
air showed her breathe
and when I held her skin to mine
a whispered "yes" was all it took
for the last shred of innocence to leave
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SELF POEM
Published
4th May 2014 4:13pm
4th May 2014 4:13pm
End of the line
I don't ever want to grow up
because,
the more space I put
between myself
and the start
the faster I
run out of
paper
.
because,
the more space I put
between myself
and the start
the faster I
run out of
paper
.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Apr 2014 7:32pm
19th Apr 2014 7:32pm
I came home and read my texts from tonight in an unconscious, semi-sobering state
I went through the process of deconstructing the words I said between 8pm and 11 beers.
Conclusion - facile arguments to cope with oneself leave you emptier the further down you go
collectively, I think we sank more than too far to reconcile ourselves with god, or girlfriends.
this is an easter poem
Conclusion - facile arguments to cope with oneself leave you emptier the further down you go
collectively, I think we sank more than too far to reconcile ourselves with god, or girlfriends.
this is an easter poem
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DRUGS POEM
Published
30th Mar 2014 4:15pm
30th Mar 2014 4:15pm
Andrew Rogeny
Columbia
is the only place
I can see from a lighthouse
when the weather is clear
my vision 2020
I feel
the full six years catching up
religion is an opiate
sex is an additive
your pheromones inbed my sheets
I sleep to wake to live
treat me like I hate myself
lift me
up
is the only place
I can see from a lighthouse
when the weather is clear
my vision 2020
I feel
the full six years catching up
religion is an opiate
sex is an additive
your pheromones inbed my sheets
I sleep to wake to live
treat me like I hate myself
lift me
up
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SONG LYRICS
Published
27th Mar 2014 11:37pm
27th Mar 2014 11:37pm
Speaking My Mind (With demo)
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ANGER POEM
Published
24th Mar 2014 7:36pm
24th Mar 2014 7:36pm
renormalisation
Forever never ever siren
alarm bells
insecurityblanket
"I'm just not ready"
who hurt you so bad that
intimacy is
crippling
alarm bells
insecurityblanket
"I'm just not ready"
who hurt you so bad that
intimacy is
crippling
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DARK POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2014 5:17pm
22nd Mar 2014 5:17pm
To Warm Your Cold Heart
My reflection stands stark against the icy mirror image of a summer once passed
holding truth in its cheeks, beggs to burst past the seams
tears scream
"this is not forgiveness, this is murder and you're laughing at it"
this isn't some childish dream, hold your head up
This is not forgiveness, this is murder and you're laughing at it
My eyes are still blind to the sun
and these ears cannot hear my heart beat anymore
Theres no rest when I sleep
No tears when I weep
No love when we fuck and my
Skin crawls
at the sound of your name...
holding truth in its cheeks, beggs to burst past the seams
tears scream
"this is not forgiveness, this is murder and you're laughing at it"
this isn't some childish dream, hold your head up
This is not forgiveness, this is murder and you're laughing at it
My eyes are still blind to the sun
and these ears cannot hear my heart beat anymore
Theres no rest when I sleep
No tears when I weep
No love when we fuck and my
Skin crawls
at the sound of your name...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Mar 2014 5:53pm
21st Mar 2014 5:53pm
Writing on the train
She's beautiful in my book
admittedly it's not well read
critically acclaimed with grains of salt
weary eyes and heavy heads
She calls me icarus - I'm flying low to the forest
she's too taken by bright sparks as flames rise before us
(she) shoots a look at me
down at the pen and pad
adjusts herself so she can read the words I've scribbled down and
I hand her the paper
she asks me if It's mine
I say "I just gave it to you, didn't I?"
She laughs at my reply
"I don't say this very often
But I lie alot - it's true
I'm...
admittedly it's not well read
critically acclaimed with grains of salt
weary eyes and heavy heads
She calls me icarus - I'm flying low to the forest
she's too taken by bright sparks as flames rise before us
(she) shoots a look at me
down at the pen and pad
adjusts herself so she can read the words I've scribbled down and
I hand her the paper
she asks me if It's mine
I say "I just gave it to you, didn't I?"
She laughs at my reply
"I don't say this very often
But I lie alot - it's true
I'm...
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Mar 2014 1:59pm
21st Mar 2014 1:59pm
Memories on Canvas
You inhale amber tints of sunrise
hold it in your chest;
I’ll paint vividly the heat between
each sweet and shaking breath
I’ll create memories on canvas
conjure picture frames and glass,
just to remind myself of time we spent
so I can reminisce
when I’m old
and grey
on how you breathed colour
Into my world.
hold it in your chest;
I’ll paint vividly the heat between
each sweet and shaking breath
I’ll create memories on canvas
conjure picture frames and glass,
just to remind myself of time we spent
so I can reminisce
when I’m old
and grey
on how you breathed colour
Into my world.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Mar 2014 7:01am
21st Mar 2014 7:01am
Unit Town
Without a doubt the best thing to ever happen to me was learning to write.
To deny my voice the fear of rebuking my head"
Without a voice, you can scream louder than a crowd
by owing yourself to ink and loaning a god
for fuck's sake - we created iPods
we made the green god envious
the 99% per century invention, capital monopoly
property inception;
"A unit within a unit block within a block of unit blocks in a city dressed in unit"
Green God get me out of here
Blast me into the atmosphere
I'll fly amongst the 1%
we'll...
To deny my voice the fear of rebuking my head"
Without a voice, you can scream louder than a crowd
by owing yourself to ink and loaning a god
for fuck's sake - we created iPods
we made the green god envious
the 99% per century invention, capital monopoly
property inception;
"A unit within a unit block within a block of unit blocks in a city dressed in unit"
Green God get me out of here
Blast me into the atmosphere
I'll fly amongst the 1%
we'll...
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DARK POEM
Published
20th Mar 2014 6:41pm
20th Mar 2014 6:41pm
Requiem aeternem deo
We break down the pillars
and crumble the alters
that once held our glory so high
out of reach
the marching of progress
and faltering silence
as night closes in but we pierce it with speech
speak
"God is dead and we are the ones who killed him"
so lay your head on these collapsing buildings
there's not much left here, only omnipotence decomposing
in this tomb we call a church.
We are the forsaken, guilt ridden
horses to the stream
No redemption awaits
fill up your blackened lungs and scream
speak
"God is...
and crumble the alters
that once held our glory so high
out of reach
the marching of progress
and faltering silence
as night closes in but we pierce it with speech
speak
"God is dead and we are the ones who killed him"
so lay your head on these collapsing buildings
there's not much left here, only omnipotence decomposing
in this tomb we call a church.
We are the forsaken, guilt ridden
horses to the stream
No redemption awaits
fill up your blackened lungs and scream
speak
"God is...
581 reads
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