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
15th Apr 2016 6:55pm
15th Apr 2016 6:55pm
Desperate Measures
Desperate times
Gritted teeth
Broken down
Ground up
Built up
From dust
Through Hell
And back
Rough circumstance
Breeds hardness
Cold hearts
Desperate measures
Gritted teeth
Broken down
Ground up
Built up
From dust
Through Hell
And back
Rough circumstance
Breeds hardness
Cold hearts
Desperate measures
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Apr 2016 6:19pm
15th Apr 2016 6:19pm
Blood Song
I dream of
Ten thousand knives
Sharp and poignant
Piercing the veil
Of our bodies
And the whole
Fabric of our
Being
You can hear the
Dripping, dropping
With your ear to the ground
The vibrations emit and emanate
For miles and miles and miles
The deaf can feel it
Even before we know
It is there
Bloodletting was common
Among the tribes of my homeland
Native Americans were in tune
With nature, the whole of it
Down to the
Thick crimson liquid
That flows through
Us all
An endless river
Of...
Ten thousand knives
Sharp and poignant
Piercing the veil
Of our bodies
And the whole
Fabric of our
Being
You can hear the
Dripping, dropping
With your ear to the ground
The vibrations emit and emanate
For miles and miles and miles
The deaf can feel it
Even before we know
It is there
Bloodletting was common
Among the tribes of my homeland
Native Americans were in tune
With nature, the whole of it
Down to the
Thick crimson liquid
That flows through
Us all
An endless river
Of...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th Apr 2016 2:56pm
14th Apr 2016 2:56pm
Headwound
what do you know about yourself?
rather; what do you think you know?
characteristics, attributes, talents...
were they ascribed to you
by you?
or by those around you?
do you feel it in your heart?
does your brain tell you they are real?
do you believe it?
do you question it?
have you ever bored a hole
into your own skull
just to see what poured out?
to see what was actually in there?
perhaps someone did you the favor
to spare you of doing it yourself?
the stuff that comes out, however,
is always different...
rather; what do you think you know?
characteristics, attributes, talents...
were they ascribed to you
by you?
or by those around you?
do you feel it in your heart?
does your brain tell you they are real?
do you believe it?
do you question it?
have you ever bored a hole
into your own skull
just to see what poured out?
to see what was actually in there?
perhaps someone did you the favor
to spare you of doing it yourself?
the stuff that comes out, however,
is always different...
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LOVE POEM
Published
11th Apr 2016 4:26pm
11th Apr 2016 4:26pm
Spent
Why, oh, why
Do you cry, cry, cry?
Out into the night
Or on my shoulder
Tears are all you know
It's time I go, go, go
Around the block
Or across the Universe
You see all the bad
You're so sad, sad, sad
In the early morning
Or long after sunset
I try to make you see
I just ask "please, please, please..."
Whispering in your ear
Or shouting at the back of your head
You tell me you've changed
Yet all you do is blame, blame, blame
It used to be your family
But now it's...
Do you cry, cry, cry?
Out into the night
Or on my shoulder
Tears are all you know
It's time I go, go, go
Around the block
Or across the Universe
You see all the bad
You're so sad, sad, sad
In the early morning
Or long after sunset
I try to make you see
I just ask "please, please, please..."
Whispering in your ear
Or shouting at the back of your head
You tell me you've changed
Yet all you do is blame, blame, blame
It used to be your family
But now it's...
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SELF POEM
Published
10th Apr 2016 9:35pm
10th Apr 2016 9:35pm
The View From the Highest †
hang me from the highest cross
next to the oak adorned in green moss
let me feel the knife as you push it into me
I won't flinch once as I cease to be
with a smile on my smug face
confident as I slowly leave this place
so give me everything you've got
my skin turns cold while the sun beats hot
one thing you can never kill
is the ghost of my heart even as I lie still
sounding like some lonely teenage poetry
spewing from my head, so ordinarily
typical people with the same ideas
laughing as they clink glasses, cheers
all the while...
next to the oak adorned in green moss
let me feel the knife as you push it into me
I won't flinch once as I cease to be
with a smile on my smug face
confident as I slowly leave this place
so give me everything you've got
my skin turns cold while the sun beats hot
one thing you can never kill
is the ghost of my heart even as I lie still
sounding like some lonely teenage poetry
spewing from my head, so ordinarily
typical people with the same ideas
laughing as they clink glasses, cheers
all the while...
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SELF POEM
Published
9th Apr 2016 8:20pm
9th Apr 2016 8:20pm
money equals madness and the line between land & sea or: my head, a murder mystery
ive dodged bullets bigger than my head
fired by guns in the hands of the lost & lonely
by all rights i should surely be splattered, dead
the gray matter lodging in my skull is my one & only
my neuro-circuits are a circus blaring classic jazz
emanating from my ears and causing a regular razzmatazz
my heart, i know it beats only for a limited time
like an infomercial, superficial in the way it teases me
but my head, it knows the differences between reason & rhyme
money equals madness and the line between land & sea
at the same time, i...
fired by guns in the hands of the lost & lonely
by all rights i should surely be splattered, dead
the gray matter lodging in my skull is my one & only
my neuro-circuits are a circus blaring classic jazz
emanating from my ears and causing a regular razzmatazz
my heart, i know it beats only for a limited time
like an infomercial, superficial in the way it teases me
but my head, it knows the differences between reason & rhyme
money equals madness and the line between land & sea
at the same time, i...
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STORY POEM
Published
9th Apr 2016 7:45pm
9th Apr 2016 7:45pm
DRM GRL
i saw her standing there, laughing and smiling
i looked down and filled my lungs with clean air
it was funny how in her smile i could see her crying
i looked up again and tried my best not to stare
she looked my way and ran her fingers through her hair
her pretty clothes looked a little old but i could see
that she didn't care because if she did she would cease to be
as i came closer then i could feel a sense of urgency
from within me i tried to quench the flames of unbridled glee
she smiled wider then, white teeth glimmered back at me...
i looked down and filled my lungs with clean air
it was funny how in her smile i could see her crying
i looked up again and tried my best not to stare
she looked my way and ran her fingers through her hair
her pretty clothes looked a little old but i could see
that she didn't care because if she did she would cease to be
as i came closer then i could feel a sense of urgency
from within me i tried to quench the flames of unbridled glee
she smiled wider then, white teeth glimmered back at me...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
8th Apr 2016 9:56pm
8th Apr 2016 9:56pm
cosmic orgasm
with all the stars in the sky
burning bright light, never ask "why?"
they exist just as you do and made of everything you are
but you wish, you wish that you could be that bright burning star
hanging, glinting effortlessly in black space without a care
with all the time in the world yet not a moment to spare
you sit in the grass while the sun hides for the night
and the moon, she asks that you take in her sight
the raging fire of the sun and the gentle cool of the moon take turns
and only if you ask of them you will know you have much to...
burning bright light, never ask "why?"
they exist just as you do and made of everything you are
but you wish, you wish that you could be that bright burning star
hanging, glinting effortlessly in black space without a care
with all the time in the world yet not a moment to spare
you sit in the grass while the sun hides for the night
and the moon, she asks that you take in her sight
the raging fire of the sun and the gentle cool of the moon take turns
and only if you ask of them you will know you have much to...
504 reads
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SONG LYRICS
Published
7th Apr 2016 6:46pm
7th Apr 2016 6:46pm
yr bones
all i wanted was to save you but i could never do that
one thing ive learned in my 24 years is only you can do that
if you ever decide to flip the switch ill be right there
ive waiting all this time but i don't mean to scare you
its just i believe in people and the power of their will
until the time is right ill be here in the middle of the night sitting still
making sure my influence or lack thereof serves you right
i don't mean to get too heavy all ive wanted to be was light
streaming through your dirty windows fighting the dark
let me be the strange rock...
one thing ive learned in my 24 years is only you can do that
if you ever decide to flip the switch ill be right there
ive waiting all this time but i don't mean to scare you
its just i believe in people and the power of their will
until the time is right ill be here in the middle of the night sitting still
making sure my influence or lack thereof serves you right
i don't mean to get too heavy all ive wanted to be was light
streaming through your dirty windows fighting the dark
let me be the strange rock...
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SELF POEM
Published
7th Apr 2016 6:17pm
7th Apr 2016 6:17pm
ramble riot 1
ive been inspired to be uninspired
and all the things happening right now
seem like some sick and elaborate plan
i will take myself out of this and live forever
its time i take responsibility for all of this cruelty
everything ive ever inflicted upon you and them
was unintentional even when i meant to do it
i am out of my mind and ill be the first to admit it
but that doesn't make up for the ramblings of a dull man
and when i was just a boy i didn't realize the repercussions
all that i saw i took in with open arms and soaked it up like a sponge
now...
and all the things happening right now
seem like some sick and elaborate plan
i will take myself out of this and live forever
its time i take responsibility for all of this cruelty
everything ive ever inflicted upon you and them
was unintentional even when i meant to do it
i am out of my mind and ill be the first to admit it
but that doesn't make up for the ramblings of a dull man
and when i was just a boy i didn't realize the repercussions
all that i saw i took in with open arms and soaked it up like a sponge
now...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Apr 2016 8:04pm
3rd Apr 2016 8:04pm
the sleeping
the living are
the envy of
the dead
the dead are
the mystery of
the living
the times are
the frustration of
the awakened
the awakened
the enemy of
the sleeping
the sleeping are
the friends of
the powers that be
the powers that be are
the bane of
the entirety
the envy of
the dead
the dead are
the mystery of
the living
the times are
the frustration of
the awakened
the awakened
the enemy of
the sleeping
the sleeping are
the friends of
the powers that be
the powers that be are
the bane of
the entirety
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
2nd Apr 2016 5:17pm
2nd Apr 2016 5:17pm
nothing is as it seems
flames of hell
burning bright
you can't see it
it's like sunlight
illumination
the only thing
that transforms us
and makes us want to sing
gift from heaven
like a dream
it seems odd
nothing is as it seems
interdimensional
through time and space
seeking truths
all over the place
in this world
on this earth
we feel it all
then locked in a hearse
so before that time
its dawned on me
that nothing is by accident
nothing is as it seems
burning bright
you can't see it
it's like sunlight
illumination
the only thing
that transforms us
and makes us want to sing
gift from heaven
like a dream
it seems odd
nothing is as it seems
interdimensional
through time and space
seeking truths
all over the place
in this world
on this earth
we feel it all
then locked in a hearse
so before that time
its dawned on me
that nothing is by accident
nothing is as it seems
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