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
Indelible Blue
An indelible blue looking out to you
seducing the pain to wash away
with stolen keyboard strokes
a few extra x's and o's where
decimals move with inapprehension
carrying fantasy dreams offshore
where sandcastles are built with
riches never to be crowned
holding secret keys to happiness
breathless my tomorrows begin
under guise of the salty moon
worries behind,necks entwined
newly discovered swans swoon
seducing the pain to wash away
with stolen keyboard strokes
a few extra x's and o's where
decimals move with inapprehension
carrying fantasy dreams offshore
where sandcastles are built with
riches never to be crowned
holding secret keys to happiness
breathless my tomorrows begin
under guise of the salty moon
worries behind,necks entwined
newly discovered swans swoon
654 reads
6 Comments
About Nothing But Really About Everything
Across the vast horizon it sits naked
defenseless to the forces of nature
the yin to my yang if that's even a thing
petal less and powerless but latches
on with a sting as if it weren't my wedding ring
three blinks to catch my bearings but none of it
I was herring red from the drips deep within
sunshine filters my dreams and at once
I have my visions intact. In fact was today
still yesterday or was I tossed into tomorrow.
It doesn't really matter when reality is only
chatter from a fake source of news, wait,
no wonder I snooze. No...
defenseless to the forces of nature
the yin to my yang if that's even a thing
petal less and powerless but latches
on with a sting as if it weren't my wedding ring
three blinks to catch my bearings but none of it
I was herring red from the drips deep within
sunshine filters my dreams and at once
I have my visions intact. In fact was today
still yesterday or was I tossed into tomorrow.
It doesn't really matter when reality is only
chatter from a fake source of news, wait,
no wonder I snooze. No...
627 reads
6 Comments
My Butterfly
A perfumed breeze with summer lavender
Shapeless smoked clouds had come and gone
Through verdant valleys I strolled along
Honeycombed hues warmed the new dawn
A golden butterfly glided in the distance
I just stood still and watched his flight
From one flower to another
His flapped wings fluttered
I could not let him out of my sight
I wondered 'bout this blissful beauty.
Towards the riverbank
I watched him roam
If I could only fly away with him
...
Shapeless smoked clouds had come and gone
Through verdant valleys I strolled along
Honeycombed hues warmed the new dawn
A golden butterfly glided in the distance
I just stood still and watched his flight
From one flower to another
His flapped wings fluttered
I could not let him out of my sight
I wondered 'bout this blissful beauty.
Towards the riverbank
I watched him roam
If I could only fly away with him
...
820 reads
11 Comments
Holding Me Here For You
Droplets of sea awaken from inside a dream
pouring painted thoughts onto this crumbled canvass
yellows wrap the base pulling me into you
whites and the blues float off into the distance
with the red sinking ever deeper and true
Brush away the indiscretion dripping from the west
round up the ashen tones of blush
dabbed in lunar specks of dust
cover the past as it attempts to bleed out
and in holly bough eyes spring affection
traced and trapped in a place looking back
peel off the glue holding me here for you
pouring painted thoughts onto this crumbled canvass
yellows wrap the base pulling me into you
whites and the blues float off into the distance
with the red sinking ever deeper and true
Brush away the indiscretion dripping from the west
round up the ashen tones of blush
dabbed in lunar specks of dust
cover the past as it attempts to bleed out
and in holly bough eyes spring affection
traced and trapped in a place looking back
peel off the glue holding me here for you
700 reads
9 Comments
The Fireflies Flight
Paper lanterns lit drift off in the night
fireflies twinkle reflect in the pristine lake
Noah would have been proud couples embrace
Never in doubt this so called human race
Under the maple with the trunk as my date
I look past the glitter, the sparkle, the fake
Up to the stars where my forefathers told
Stories of angels where Heaven unfolds
Where is my angel, oh where can she be
Up in the mountains where temperature's low
Or down in the valley where daisies do grow
The one by the sea who's trapped in her tower
Or...
fireflies twinkle reflect in the pristine lake
Noah would have been proud couples embrace
Never in doubt this so called human race
Under the maple with the trunk as my date
I look past the glitter, the sparkle, the fake
Up to the stars where my forefathers told
Stories of angels where Heaven unfolds
Where is my angel, oh where can she be
Up in the mountains where temperature's low
Or down in the valley where daisies do grow
The one by the sea who's trapped in her tower
Or...
633 reads
9 Comments
4th Floor Penthouse
Waves of blue extend as far as the eye can see
raising high above the leafless treetops I dwell
a turquoise statue rests in the parkway
broken kneecaps and fingers but I don't know who
is attributed this honor dressed flags of blue
I close my eyes and imagine the battle scar
at Fort Sheridan where settlers dreams came true
A black bird glides down upon this glory
the sun starts shining through the clouds
and my thoughts wander to visions of you
raising high above the leafless treetops I dwell
a turquoise statue rests in the parkway
broken kneecaps and fingers but I don't know who
is attributed this honor dressed flags of blue
I close my eyes and imagine the battle scar
at Fort Sheridan where settlers dreams came true
A black bird glides down upon this glory
the sun starts shining through the clouds
and my thoughts wander to visions of you
606 reads
6 Comments
Living In Your Dream
Floating across rivers, valleys, and streams
I'm thinking of living inside of your dreams
Running barefoot through nature, you chasing me
End up tripping and falling in love by the sea
We're two eagles that fly, soaring high in the sky
Letting the wind take our bodies, as life passes by
You're a delicate flower, I'm a young honey bee
Sucking your nectar with you encompassing me
Sliding down rainbows after a warm springtime mist
Laughter and giggles when on your cheek I plant my kiss
Your dream will not end having...
I'm thinking of living inside of your dreams
Running barefoot through nature, you chasing me
End up tripping and falling in love by the sea
We're two eagles that fly, soaring high in the sky
Letting the wind take our bodies, as life passes by
You're a delicate flower, I'm a young honey bee
Sucking your nectar with you encompassing me
Sliding down rainbows after a warm springtime mist
Laughter and giggles when on your cheek I plant my kiss
Your dream will not end having...
852 reads
16 Comments
Mi Amor
Vous êtes le parfum de mon âme . . .
A vintage red flowing slowly past my moist lips
sipped in anticipation
a flower beaming her brilliant white resting
across my chest
a painted moon lain over your bare shoulder
cascading a heavenly hue
a twinkle speaking for a soul
in words never told
and this night you're existence
I'll forever hold
inside my craving heart
Aime-moi ce soir et toujours
A vintage red flowing slowly past my moist lips
sipped in anticipation
a flower beaming her brilliant white resting
across my chest
a painted moon lain over your bare shoulder
cascading a heavenly hue
a twinkle speaking for a soul
in words never told
and this night you're existence
I'll forever hold
inside my craving heart
Aime-moi ce soir et toujours
669 reads
8 Comments
Erase Me
Severed from the cut of your jib
Alone my aching heart's
Vitality left on a baited breeze
Erasing what was left of me
Memories oh sweet sweet memories
Erase this daunting pain
Plucked from a sacred truth
Left to soar in a clouded blur
Erase this scary dream
Alone my aching heart
Sleeps
Erase these fateful dreams
Used for the sight then flight
Mister wrong not mister right
Seeing all but just unable to touch
Love fades to her it was never much
Go ahead erase me please
Another heart...
Alone my aching heart's
Vitality left on a baited breeze
Erasing what was left of me
Memories oh sweet sweet memories
Erase this daunting pain
Plucked from a sacred truth
Left to soar in a clouded blur
Erase this scary dream
Alone my aching heart
Sleeps
Erase these fateful dreams
Used for the sight then flight
Mister wrong not mister right
Seeing all but just unable to touch
Love fades to her it was never much
Go ahead erase me please
Another heart...
593 reads
11 Comments
Nobody Knows
The winds sit still and nobody knows
the clouds gather and nothing is shown
darkness takes hold and life lets go
hiding of the moonlit show
still nobody knows
The sun makes it up to my window sill
aimless I'm lost in another pill
gathering myself I long to see
what has overtaken me
but nobody knows
I'm half-way to the end but I missed the start
extracting shards of failure pulling me apart
broken back and peeled
my signed surrender is sealed
still nobody knows
Cast shadows walking the other...
the clouds gather and nothing is shown
darkness takes hold and life lets go
hiding of the moonlit show
still nobody knows
The sun makes it up to my window sill
aimless I'm lost in another pill
gathering myself I long to see
what has overtaken me
but nobody knows
I'm half-way to the end but I missed the start
extracting shards of failure pulling me apart
broken back and peeled
my signed surrender is sealed
still nobody knows
Cast shadows walking the other...
587 reads
6 Comments
My Dear Valentine (double acrostic)
In the depths of the night I swear I saw your halo
Drifting above, when my thoughts were calm
Ornate but simple like the humble daisy
Lovely and stunning from flower to bulb
Oh how I dreamt that you could be mine
Vision of beauty as the belle of the ball
Enchanting the evening as we waltz to and fro
You had my heart and I knew it was luv
O my beloved, my truth, my valentine
Until death do we part, my love to you I bid
Drifting above, when my thoughts were calm
Ornate but simple like the humble daisy
Lovely and stunning from flower to bulb
Oh how I dreamt that you could be mine
Vision of beauty as the belle of the ball
Enchanting the evening as we waltz to and fro
You had my heart and I knew it was luv
O my beloved, my truth, my valentine
Until death do we part, my love to you I bid
902 reads
14 Comments
haiku
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lunar crescents glow
lighting nearby placid pond
skinny dippers splash
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Have a beautiful Sunday !!
606 reads
10 Comments
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