Submissions by JohnVincent (JVD)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I usually just write whatever's on my mind. Could be anything. Brain-to-hand-to-page.
DARK POEM
Published
5th Feb 2013 2:16am
5th Feb 2013 2:16am
Maybe Suicide
In high school
I thought about
Killing myself
On so many occasions
That I honestly don't think
I've ever counted that high
Ever
And it's impossible
For me to even give you
A ballpark estimate
They were just thoughts
Thoughts
That dragged
Me
Down
All
The
Way
Down
But everyone encouraged me
And told me
It would get better
And
It did
I emerged
Victorious
Alive
And
Well
Seemingly
Some parts of you
Though
Gone...
I thought about
Killing myself
On so many occasions
That I honestly don't think
I've ever counted that high
Ever
And it's impossible
For me to even give you
A ballpark estimate
They were just thoughts
Thoughts
That dragged
Me
Down
All
The
Way
Down
But everyone encouraged me
And told me
It would get better
And
It did
I emerged
Victorious
Alive
And
Well
Seemingly
Some parts of you
Though
Gone...
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1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th Feb 2013 6:06am
4th Feb 2013 6:06am
Resignation
As day comes
And day goes
Nights say hello
Nights bid goodbye
The more I realize
You will never truly be mine
It just can't be
Logic simply won't have it
That I, merely me
Nothing to really write home about
Mentally or physically
Can ever call you
You, you
Everything, always
Every bit of you
Mine
See
Parts of you
Well, chunks, really
Are still his
And then there are all those
Other pieces
Wheeling
Through space
That are unattainable
By anything
With a beating
Heart
...
And day goes
Nights say hello
Nights bid goodbye
The more I realize
You will never truly be mine
It just can't be
Logic simply won't have it
That I, merely me
Nothing to really write home about
Mentally or physically
Can ever call you
You, you
Everything, always
Every bit of you
Mine
See
Parts of you
Well, chunks, really
Are still his
And then there are all those
Other pieces
Wheeling
Through space
That are unattainable
By anything
With a beating
Heart
...
570 reads
1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Feb 2013 8:52pm
3rd Feb 2013 8:52pm
Solitude
I want to live in the woods
Immersed deeply
In solitude and estrangement
From all who know my face and voice
A man, unknown
Even to those who once thought
They knew
I take comfort in time
And the nature by which it exists and operates
I'm in love with the idea
That the past knows it's place
And that the future is deaf, blind and dumb
I am the one who gives it everything
Sight, sound, speech
Life
While I can't
At this very moment
Give myself the gift
Of solitude
Of anonymity
I am not confused
I am...
Immersed deeply
In solitude and estrangement
From all who know my face and voice
A man, unknown
Even to those who once thought
They knew
I take comfort in time
And the nature by which it exists and operates
I'm in love with the idea
That the past knows it's place
And that the future is deaf, blind and dumb
I am the one who gives it everything
Sight, sound, speech
Life
While I can't
At this very moment
Give myself the gift
Of solitude
Of anonymity
I am not confused
I am...
698 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Jan 2013 8:32pm
29th Jan 2013 8:32pm
"Generalized" Anxiety Disorder
1527 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Jan 2013 7:16pm
28th Jan 2013 7:16pm
Gone Forever
Well
I don't know what to say
Exactly
Or
How to express my feelings clearly
As usual
So here goes
Another stupid fucking
Gut-wrenching
Display of my own
Emotional shortcomings that can't be blamed
On anyone
But myself
To start
I think
I just want to ask
Why you just can't bring yourself
To
Suck it up
And swallow your pride
And just
Lie to me
Please
I don't care if it sounds fake
I don't care if I don't believe it
Because, chances are, I won't
I'm too self-conscious
And I'm too...
I don't know what to say
Exactly
Or
How to express my feelings clearly
As usual
So here goes
Another stupid fucking
Gut-wrenching
Display of my own
Emotional shortcomings that can't be blamed
On anyone
But myself
To start
I think
I just want to ask
Why you just can't bring yourself
To
Suck it up
And swallow your pride
And just
Lie to me
Please
I don't care if it sounds fake
I don't care if I don't believe it
Because, chances are, I won't
I'm too self-conscious
And I'm too...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Jan 2013 6:20pm
28th Jan 2013 6:20pm
In Vietnam
I was tripping, tripping
Over to Vietnam
Their hands were ripping, slipping
In hot blood
While I asked how many people they've shot
How many kids?
How many villages burnt with a fire so hot
So cold, the beers cracked open
Sweating like the citizens trying to stay alive
Rage trapped in their heart-like pig pens
I was told to take pictures
Told to record every explanation
Every lieutenant major gave a lecture
As calves were sewn to thighs
Thighs sewn, stitched
The thighs piled high
In buckets of bloody ice
I might...
Over to Vietnam
Their hands were ripping, slipping
In hot blood
While I asked how many people they've shot
How many kids?
How many villages burnt with a fire so hot
So cold, the beers cracked open
Sweating like the citizens trying to stay alive
Rage trapped in their heart-like pig pens
I was told to take pictures
Told to record every explanation
Every lieutenant major gave a lecture
As calves were sewn to thighs
Thighs sewn, stitched
The thighs piled high
In buckets of bloody ice
I might...
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0 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Jan 2013 8:31pm
24th Jan 2013 8:31pm
Monkey See, Monkey Do
"I've always called Johnny
My little, baby monkey
Boy," she said
A cigarette in her hand
But Johnny boy's
Gotta grow up some day
He's been consumed
By the smoke
And the haze in her eyes
The denial
But now the prize
Is in clear view
He can see
He can see
With his own eyes
His own ears
Are ready to listen
To the truth
About how his learned ways
And all the dirty, stomach-turning days
We're just a lie
The little boy
With the fate in his hands
Didn't know what to do
How could he...
My little, baby monkey
Boy," she said
A cigarette in her hand
But Johnny boy's
Gotta grow up some day
He's been consumed
By the smoke
And the haze in her eyes
The denial
But now the prize
Is in clear view
He can see
He can see
With his own eyes
His own ears
Are ready to listen
To the truth
About how his learned ways
And all the dirty, stomach-turning days
We're just a lie
The little boy
With the fate in his hands
Didn't know what to do
How could he...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Jan 2013 5:28pm
24th Jan 2013 5:28pm
Echoes
What's a boy supposed to do?
Try, try, try?
Til my bones grind to powder
My blood runs dry
Just lend me a few comforting words
Fuck the truth, just tell me a lie
I don't care how you really feel
Tell me you love just who I am
With all my quirks and OCD's
Say that you'd never take anyone else
That we'll walk forever
Hand in hand, we can take on the world
Not caring about anything else
It's just our eyes fixed on the Sun
Because we know the Moon's always got our backs
In the nighttime when no one's around
Reference those...
Try, try, try?
Til my bones grind to powder
My blood runs dry
Just lend me a few comforting words
Fuck the truth, just tell me a lie
I don't care how you really feel
Tell me you love just who I am
With all my quirks and OCD's
Say that you'd never take anyone else
That we'll walk forever
Hand in hand, we can take on the world
Not caring about anything else
It's just our eyes fixed on the Sun
Because we know the Moon's always got our backs
In the nighttime when no one's around
Reference those...
486 reads
1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Jan 2013 5:50pm
23rd Jan 2013 5:50pm
Rich Women
Fat women with
Fur coats
To warm their overfed
Heaps of mass
Holding overpriced
Elongated, mechanical strings
Attached to their
Mouse-like dogs
That wear clothes
That cost more
Than my entire outfit
Shirt, jeans, boots, jacket
Combined
They yap to small devices
Glued to their ears
Like instruments
Of envy and jealousy
Yelling at their husbands
Or boyfriends
Or pool boys
Who haven't done their job
Either paying for whatever they want
Or neglecting to net out
That last nat
From their...
Fur coats
To warm their overfed
Heaps of mass
Holding overpriced
Elongated, mechanical strings
Attached to their
Mouse-like dogs
That wear clothes
That cost more
Than my entire outfit
Shirt, jeans, boots, jacket
Combined
They yap to small devices
Glued to their ears
Like instruments
Of envy and jealousy
Yelling at their husbands
Or boyfriends
Or pool boys
Who haven't done their job
Either paying for whatever they want
Or neglecting to net out
That last nat
From their...
614 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Jan 2013 10:56pm
20th Jan 2013 10:56pm
Unreal
Oh honey
With the long black hair
Oh lovely
With the beauty to spare
I've got news for you
Not sure if its true
But I think my hearts in trouble
Now
Tonight
When I looked in your eyes
Something
Filled me with fright
Unexplained
Is the way you make me
Feel
I can look but I can't see
Anybody
I can't see anyone else
But you
Only you
The beach
Where I first held your hand
I cherish
The thought of your toes in the sand
You're a magnet
Attracting my thoughts
And emotions
I can feel...
With the long black hair
Oh lovely
With the beauty to spare
I've got news for you
Not sure if its true
But I think my hearts in trouble
Now
Tonight
When I looked in your eyes
Something
Filled me with fright
Unexplained
Is the way you make me
Feel
I can look but I can't see
Anybody
I can't see anyone else
But you
Only you
The beach
Where I first held your hand
I cherish
The thought of your toes in the sand
You're a magnet
Attracting my thoughts
And emotions
I can feel...
526 reads
1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Jan 2013 8:05pm
20th Jan 2013 8:05pm
It's Not You (It's Me & You)
I stole his girl
And now he's going crazy
I was always the one
His perspective was always hazy
He thought she loved him
But she endured him
He thought shed never leave
But then she met me
He's on the run
On the run
From his dreams
His dreams
But she's on me
She's on me
I've never had too many regrets
I think what you do should be over
And when it is, you gotta learn
But he'll always be her little gopher
Running around for her
Making money just to spend it all
Because he's on her tail
Setting himself...
And now he's going crazy
I was always the one
His perspective was always hazy
He thought she loved him
But she endured him
He thought shed never leave
But then she met me
He's on the run
On the run
From his dreams
His dreams
But she's on me
She's on me
I've never had too many regrets
I think what you do should be over
And when it is, you gotta learn
But he'll always be her little gopher
Running around for her
Making money just to spend it all
Because he's on her tail
Setting himself...
605 reads
1 Comment
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