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.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Jun 2016 3:19pm
5th Jun 2016 3:19pm
awkward charisma king
born kind of pretty
puberty fucked that up
luckily they think i'm witty
girls never really gave much of a fuck
until i lost weight and they wanted to talk
now I've gained some back and it sucks
over-indulging in self-deprecation
something i've always been willing to do
I've been in line at the "i hate myself" station
for too long now
puberty fucked that up
luckily they think i'm witty
girls never really gave much of a fuck
until i lost weight and they wanted to talk
now I've gained some back and it sucks
over-indulging in self-deprecation
something i've always been willing to do
I've been in line at the "i hate myself" station
for too long now
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Jun 2016 4:46pm
1st Jun 2016 4:46pm
i hate everything (the space between reason & rhyme)
i hate everything
that symbolizes life
flowers, the sun & breathing
i trace my wrist with a knife
when i'm not at work
i'm high all the time
i've become a different person
in the space between the reason & the rhyme
i'm wasting myself
without going all the way
for my constant self-indulgence
out my ass, i'm expected to pay
i'm degenerating & withering
the person i was would hate who i am
forever stumbling down this existential staircase
everything i say, do & believe is a sham
...
that symbolizes life
flowers, the sun & breathing
i trace my wrist with a knife
when i'm not at work
i'm high all the time
i've become a different person
in the space between the reason & the rhyme
i'm wasting myself
without going all the way
for my constant self-indulgence
out my ass, i'm expected to pay
i'm degenerating & withering
the person i was would hate who i am
forever stumbling down this existential staircase
everything i say, do & believe is a sham
...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st May 2016 10:35am
31st May 2016 10:35am
i'd hang a dead wreath on the decaying door of my mind
you don't have to live
you can die if you want to
with nothing left to give
you can die if you want to
when you always wonder if...
you can die if you really wanted to
things seemed so bright
as a child in the warm sun
my parents would fight
but that didn't stop me having fun
things got so bad
that i no longer cared
i used to be so mad
but now they're out of my hair
i'm okay now
walking this strange line
but i still think of how
they thought everything was fine
as i crumbled beneath
the covers each &...
you can die if you want to
with nothing left to give
you can die if you want to
when you always wonder if...
you can die if you really wanted to
things seemed so bright
as a child in the warm sun
my parents would fight
but that didn't stop me having fun
things got so bad
that i no longer cared
i used to be so mad
but now they're out of my hair
i'm okay now
walking this strange line
but i still think of how
they thought everything was fine
as i crumbled beneath
the covers each &...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th May 2016 7:54pm
30th May 2016 7:54pm
girls with dead exes & dead parents
girls who have lost someone
seem to flock to me like seagulls
the deaths in their lives grow within them
and then they attach themselves to me
i was born a healer and it will never go away
a gift and a curse but i'm leaning toward the latter
these days i breathe easy but my lungs still ache
from all the cigarettes i've been killing by the lake
jill's father's heart stopped on him just last December
and brianna's ex went through the windshield in August
now i know i'm just a faintly burning, piece of shit ember
but this concoction of pain and...
seem to flock to me like seagulls
the deaths in their lives grow within them
and then they attach themselves to me
i was born a healer and it will never go away
a gift and a curse but i'm leaning toward the latter
these days i breathe easy but my lungs still ache
from all the cigarettes i've been killing by the lake
jill's father's heart stopped on him just last December
and brianna's ex went through the windshield in August
now i know i'm just a faintly burning, piece of shit ember
but this concoction of pain and...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th May 2016 3:27pm
30th May 2016 3:27pm
hot glue
devil on my shoulder
angel on the other side
life is the indifferent push of a boulder
the older i get
the bolder i become
just a little dumber & i'm set
oh devil where are you?
i know you've seen what i've seen
my life is dripping like hot glue
if the struggle is so real
then why don't you pick up & leave?
with the empathy you love to steal
so where does it end?
and how will i know when i'm there?
my love, to you, i send
wrapped in an old blanket with care
like the christmas...
angel on the other side
life is the indifferent push of a boulder
the older i get
the bolder i become
just a little dumber & i'm set
oh devil where are you?
i know you've seen what i've seen
my life is dripping like hot glue
if the struggle is so real
then why don't you pick up & leave?
with the empathy you love to steal
so where does it end?
and how will i know when i'm there?
my love, to you, i send
wrapped in an old blanket with care
like the christmas...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th May 2016 2:35pm
29th May 2016 2:35pm
i'll help you (wish it all away)
so much is falling around you
help you wish it away
the clear sky smiles above you
i'll help you wish it all away
stumbling through empty space
as blank and superficial as my life
my clothes haven't been washed
the stains stick out like a knife
so much is falling around you
help you wish it away
the clear sky smiles above you
i'll help you wish it away
lazy and incoherent
i just can't help myself
but i'm trying to help you
our heads are missing, they've left
help you wish it away
the clear sky smiles above you
i'll help you wish it all away
stumbling through empty space
as blank and superficial as my life
my clothes haven't been washed
the stains stick out like a knife
so much is falling around you
help you wish it away
the clear sky smiles above you
i'll help you wish it away
lazy and incoherent
i just can't help myself
but i'm trying to help you
our heads are missing, they've left
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th May 2016 6:44pm
28th May 2016 6:44pm
cold
baby, help me forget
that this world is so cold
and it's not even close to being over yet
these three line verses
try to put it in perspective
but it hasn't been working
so walk with me along the shore
hold my hand and kiss my cheek
because i'm past not being able to take it anymore
but then there you are
my eyes permanently fixated on you
as we make our plans and hop in the car
going nowhere, going pretty fast
breaking the law and we don't care
i know, in my mind, that all this will last
all this will last...
that this world is so cold
and it's not even close to being over yet
these three line verses
try to put it in perspective
but it hasn't been working
so walk with me along the shore
hold my hand and kiss my cheek
because i'm past not being able to take it anymore
but then there you are
my eyes permanently fixated on you
as we make our plans and hop in the car
going nowhere, going pretty fast
breaking the law and we don't care
i know, in my mind, that all this will last
all this will last...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th May 2016 8:34pm
27th May 2016 8:34pm
blue/green waves
now if you die
come see me
we'll hitch a ride
green-tipped blue waves
the sky is a reflection
we're crouching in caves
you don't say a word
you take it like a man
after all you've seen & heard
we don't wanna talk about it
so we just sit with our thousand yard stares
it might be time we got out of each others' hair
come see me
we'll hitch a ride
green-tipped blue waves
the sky is a reflection
we're crouching in caves
you don't say a word
you take it like a man
after all you've seen & heard
we don't wanna talk about it
so we just sit with our thousand yard stares
it might be time we got out of each others' hair
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th May 2016 11:50am
26th May 2016 11:50am
bad vibes on good days
in the forest trying to find the tree from which i fell
think it's time to say "fuck it", waste myself and go to hell
i thought that something nice would've come along by now
but circumstance after circumstance has me wondering how
how could i have let it go this far?
think it's time to say "fuck it", waste myself and go to hell
i thought that something nice would've come along by now
but circumstance after circumstance has me wondering how
how could i have let it go this far?
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LOVE POEM
Published
19th May 2016 4:08pm
19th May 2016 4:08pm
Soul is Secondary
I only want your body
Your soul is secondary
It wasn't always that way
But love is scary
So text me your address
I'll be there when I can
Just wear that white dress
The color of beaming, pure light
Unlike our attraction
Forged in vanity and some pain
Something's gaining traction
Things will never be the same
I said what I said
And I smiled while I did
This skin you caused to shed
It's my birthday, and I'm a kid
Don't send me plummeting
Like so many before you
Right now the band is trumpeting...
Your soul is secondary
It wasn't always that way
But love is scary
So text me your address
I'll be there when I can
Just wear that white dress
The color of beaming, pure light
Unlike our attraction
Forged in vanity and some pain
Something's gaining traction
Things will never be the same
I said what I said
And I smiled while I did
This skin you caused to shed
It's my birthday, and I'm a kid
Don't send me plummeting
Like so many before you
Right now the band is trumpeting...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
18th May 2016 6:45pm
18th May 2016 6:45pm
Hang w U
I just wanna hang
Hang out with you
I just wanna hang
Hang in with you
I wanna hang
Hang with you
All these little feelings seeping deep in my heart
The whole is shit compared to all these tiny, hazardous parts
It might be time to buckle down and get a grip
But I've never known how to stop guzzling, and just take a sip
You smile sinisterly as you peer into my soul of souls
You reap the constant benefits of resurrecting these feelings of old
Hang out with you
I just wanna hang
Hang in with you
I wanna hang
Hang with you
All these little feelings seeping deep in my heart
The whole is shit compared to all these tiny, hazardous parts
It might be time to buckle down and get a grip
But I've never known how to stop guzzling, and just take a sip
You smile sinisterly as you peer into my soul of souls
You reap the constant benefits of resurrecting these feelings of old
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SELF POEM
Published
17th May 2016 12:56pm
17th May 2016 12:56pm
Death and Other Disservices
I am beyond the womb
I am beyond the tomb
My life after the big and great flood
My life after being dragged through the mud
Where do you go when you have nowhere to go?
Where do you go when nowhere is all you know?
Shifting through space
Never staying in one place
My brain is the same
And my body is just lame
I tried praying to a higher power
Hoping some love, on me, He'd shower
But the emptiness just became more real
And the loneliness became all that I feel
I am not a solid thing
This has haunted me for years
Made of...
I am beyond the tomb
My life after the big and great flood
My life after being dragged through the mud
Where do you go when you have nowhere to go?
Where do you go when nowhere is all you know?
Shifting through space
Never staying in one place
My brain is the same
And my body is just lame
I tried praying to a higher power
Hoping some love, on me, He'd shower
But the emptiness just became more real
And the loneliness became all that I feel
I am not a solid thing
This has haunted me for years
Made of...
519 reads
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