Submissions by JusTim_
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come
Compass Of Our Destiny
On the road to your gypsy soul
in the vastness of my world,
chasing heartbeats and fireflies
across wooden covered bridges
navigating deep and arid canyons
I trace the compass of our destiny
leading me to foreign lands
where I find you roaming
in flowering fields of daisies
with fresh breezes blowing in your hair
captivating, along with the summer heat
warming and caressing
all that should and all that is about to be
here is where I will finally take your hand
cautiously but gratefully
in awe of your...
in the vastness of my world,
chasing heartbeats and fireflies
across wooden covered bridges
navigating deep and arid canyons
I trace the compass of our destiny
leading me to foreign lands
where I find you roaming
in flowering fields of daisies
with fresh breezes blowing in your hair
captivating, along with the summer heat
warming and caressing
all that should and all that is about to be
here is where I will finally take your hand
cautiously but gratefully
in awe of your...
#love
543 reads
13 Comments
Sandy Shore
We met along the sandy shore
your sparkling blue I did adore
that dreamy look I didn't doubt
waves rushing in then rushing out
I wonder what life had in store
we met along the sandy shore
secrets shared under stars of bright
a gleaming hope throughout the night
The sun arose before we knew
you kissing me, I kissing you
we met along the sandy shore
secluded spots we both explore
Holding close as desire craves
we're overcome by crashing waves
romantic scenes one can't ignore
we met...
your sparkling blue I did adore
that dreamy look I didn't doubt
waves rushing in then rushing out
I wonder what life had in store
we met along the sandy shore
secrets shared under stars of bright
a gleaming hope throughout the night
The sun arose before we knew
you kissing me, I kissing you
we met along the sandy shore
secluded spots we both explore
Holding close as desire craves
we're overcome by crashing waves
romantic scenes one can't ignore
we met...
#love
610 reads
26 Comments
Unmarked Grave : Still Alive
Last flickers of a dying flame still burn
I strain to see every bitter remembrance
lain before my feet
pain stained mendacious propaganda
blackened and singed upon my soul
words have risen and taken toll
right or not, secrets have been sold
out of mind into the hands of masses
such asses, cutting out the tongues of old
forcible suppression unfurled
into self-made sterilization
white sheets billowing in the wind
masking an unpure infantile soiling of...
I strain to see every bitter remembrance
lain before my feet
pain stained mendacious propaganda
blackened and singed upon my soul
words have risen and taken toll
right or not, secrets have been sold
out of mind into the hands of masses
such asses, cutting out the tongues of old
forcible suppression unfurled
into self-made sterilization
white sheets billowing in the wind
masking an unpure infantile soiling of...
#oppression
#ignorance
630 reads
12 Comments
All Over Again
It doesn't come easy
or not at all, too often
when I hear those words
you purge, purse then show
I'm fattened up and flattered
when that honey hits my lips
I sit back and passionately suck
surrounded only by your soul
winds blow and I know
lost feelings being stroked
within the wholesomeness
of the dew
first steps taken
soon to be walking on air
love's resting here
or not at all, too often
when I hear those words
you purge, purse then show
I'm fattened up and flattered
when that honey hits my lips
I sit back and passionately suck
surrounded only by your soul
winds blow and I know
lost feelings being stroked
within the wholesomeness
of the dew
first steps taken
soon to be walking on air
love's resting here
#love
466 reads
6 Comments
Before I Fall
Most mornings are mundane
a routine struggle to present
a pumped up state of affairs
to an already exasperated air
[but this time it's different]
soft breezes blow across my pillow
brushing smiles upon my skin
my eyes have been awakened
as comfort keeps crawling in
sun kisses dangle off my prism
and for once I can finally breathe
hopeful happens upon reason
drifting in every gaze you see
don't change past imperfections
splashed about your walls
life's too short for wasting ...
a routine struggle to present
a pumped up state of affairs
to an already exasperated air
[but this time it's different]
soft breezes blow across my pillow
brushing smiles upon my skin
my eyes have been awakened
as comfort keeps crawling in
sun kisses dangle off my prism
and for once I can finally breathe
hopeful happens upon reason
drifting in every gaze you see
don't change past imperfections
splashed about your walls
life's too short for wasting ...
#love
#hope
488 reads
14 Comments
I Await
Wide awake in the pitch of night
is when they come
drifting in and out dreams
dancing between real and fantasy
declaration sits within the heart
and is always felt
each time different but the same
the longing oft remains
and roams
the thrums, the whirrs
easing me off to you
caressing those night time blues
staring then stirring
how can I await
as time passes by slowly
but surely
you wait too
is when they come
drifting in and out dreams
dancing between real and fantasy
declaration sits within the heart
and is always felt
each time different but the same
the longing oft remains
and roams
the thrums, the whirrs
easing me off to you
caressing those night time blues
staring then stirring
how can I await
as time passes by slowly
but surely
you wait too
#love
#dreams
483 reads
4 Comments
Come As You Please
#lust
#erotic
799 reads
15 Comments
Rockets Red Glare
A scent of sulfer fights its way
across dusk's dessicated haze
sirens scream for their fill
working their double patriotic duty
on this dreadful day
I muscle another sip of my heritage
warming as the thin ice melts quickly
keeping all sorts of burns at bay
echos fill the sky as light rains
in amber waves of courage
where egos speak of freedom
and children are left to abscond
from the hollow resound
one more for the road warrior
unbeknownst tomorrow's pounding...
across dusk's dessicated haze
sirens scream for their fill
working their double patriotic duty
on this dreadful day
I muscle another sip of my heritage
warming as the thin ice melts quickly
keeping all sorts of burns at bay
echos fill the sky as light rains
in amber waves of courage
where egos speak of freedom
and children are left to abscond
from the hollow resound
one more for the road warrior
unbeknownst tomorrow's pounding...
#LifeStruggles
#holiday
429 reads
4 Comments
Pick Me Up
Lying flat in a rounded world
you're always there to pick me up
Volleying cautiously back and forth
hitting right between the lines
bouncing across a boundless boundry
holding tight, every bit you
strapped up and running
distance distracted beyond words
sunlit gazes glancing
not your ordinary day
you're kind like that
batting those baby blues
filtering water from my gin
as comfort takes a precious sip
lying flat in a rounded world
without hesitation
you're always there to pick me up
...
you're always there to pick me up
Volleying cautiously back and forth
hitting right between the lines
bouncing across a boundless boundry
holding tight, every bit you
strapped up and running
distance distracted beyond words
sunlit gazes glancing
not your ordinary day
you're kind like that
batting those baby blues
filtering water from my gin
as comfort takes a precious sip
lying flat in a rounded world
without hesitation
you're always there to pick me up
...
#love
#kindness
440 reads
4 Comments
In Your Mind
He told me " the pain is all in your mind"
So I hit him in the head and said "it's in yours now too"
Deep breaths and bitten lips
as I try to walk away
one more pill to dull the pain
how long can suffering stay
opiate receptors relaxed
there's a soothing in the air
calm has flanked hostility
and lies within the fear
barren paths of crisis crossed
where love has up and gone
filing out in feeble steps
no one's won or lost
So I hit him in the head and said "it's in yours now too"
Deep breaths and bitten lips
as I try to walk away
one more pill to dull the pain
how long can suffering stay
opiate receptors relaxed
there's a soothing in the air
calm has flanked hostility
and lies within the fear
barren paths of crisis crossed
where love has up and gone
filing out in feeble steps
no one's won or lost
#LifeStruggles
585 reads
9 Comments
Would You
Scrolling and scrolling
the scripts slipping in
seduction of the scene
seen or unseen
deflection
not to mention reflection
mirrors don't always appear
to be or not to be
drastic times call for drastic measures
an ideal idiom of sorts
depending on who's cause
effects the cohorts
a false dichotomy on decline
no one gets to run or hide
even they can't pick a side
________________
I digress as I undress the distress
and distraugt being taught
but is any of this right...
the scripts slipping in
seduction of the scene
seen or unseen
deflection
not to mention reflection
mirrors don't always appear
to be or not to be
drastic times call for drastic measures
an ideal idiom of sorts
depending on who's cause
effects the cohorts
a false dichotomy on decline
no one gets to run or hide
even they can't pick a side
________________
I digress as I undress the distress
and distraugt being taught
but is any of this right...
#love
#LifeStruggles
489 reads
6 Comments
Etheree Echoes
My
passion
awaits your
far away eyes
Gleaming amongst stars
chasing a drifting moon
begging to be one with you
One sip, you're the finest of wines
savoured with a hint of perfection
cascading us into true fated bliss
passion
awaits your
far away eyes
Gleaming amongst stars
chasing a drifting moon
begging to be one with you
One sip, you're the finest of wines
savoured with a hint of perfection
cascading us into true fated bliss
#love
#lust
497 reads
10 Comments
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