Submissions by Kinkpoet
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write from darker corners of my mind. 'Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.' —Cesar Cruz
Have You No Shame
In TV’s glow, embarrassment embraced,
as news unveiled a world, so darkly traced.
Aghast, we witness humans hurt their kin,
a tale of pain, where callousness begins.
Desecrating bodies, spreading hate,
this modern shame, our shared, destructive fate.
Within this shame, a calling of concern,
to heal, to care, where empathy shall burn.
In healing rooms, where comfort is the prize,
we’re seeking truths with compassionate eyes.
To grasp the essence, care beyond the art,
in healing others, mend each fractured part.
...
as news unveiled a world, so darkly traced.
Aghast, we witness humans hurt their kin,
a tale of pain, where callousness begins.
Desecrating bodies, spreading hate,
this modern shame, our shared, destructive fate.
Within this shame, a calling of concern,
to heal, to care, where empathy shall burn.
In healing rooms, where comfort is the prize,
we’re seeking truths with compassionate eyes.
To grasp the essence, care beyond the art,
in healing others, mend each fractured part.
...
#spiritual
#culture
81 reads
2 Comments
Things That Go Bump...
they hear a sound
something unusual
they go out the door
into the dark to see
living
a lifetime of safety
accustomed
to things that make sense
something goes
bump in the night
something
threatening the usual order
going out into the dark
not to find
something
but
to find
nothing
going out into the dark
to prove
there is no burglar
no peeping tom in the bushes
no psycho with chainsaw
no werewolf or...
something unusual
they go out the door
into the dark to see
living
a lifetime of safety
accustomed
to things that make sense
something goes
bump in the night
something
threatening the usual order
going out into the dark
not to find
something
but
to find
nothing
going out into the dark
to prove
there is no burglar
no peeping tom in the bushes
no psycho with chainsaw
no werewolf or...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#risk #fear
#risk #fear
119 reads
2 Comments
Living The Pseudo-Life
i can sing advertising jingles from the fifties and sixties
(entertaining but of no real value)
i can name oscar winners emmy winners super bowl winners
(interesting but not much of a survival skill)
that’s all nice
but i wish i was multilingual
i wish i could read music
i wish i could dance paint sculpt
our culture places high value
on pseudo society
athletes earn more in one game than some
(like teachers and nurses) earn their whole career
some CEOs earn a thousand times
more than line...
(entertaining but of no real value)
i can name oscar winners emmy winners super bowl winners
(interesting but not much of a survival skill)
that’s all nice
but i wish i was multilingual
i wish i could read music
i wish i could dance paint sculpt
our culture places high value
on pseudo society
athletes earn more in one game than some
(like teachers and nurses) earn their whole career
some CEOs earn a thousand times
more than line...
#technology
#nature
#TruthOfLife #culture
#TruthOfLife #culture
136 reads
8 Comments
Summers Rain
nostrils flare
hint of petrichor
giant droplets fall sideward
propelled by howling winds
from darkened sky
drenched atmosphere saturating
cooling overheated flesh
blinding flashes pursue distant thunder
power and moisture
soothing souls
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
hint of petrichor
giant droplets fall sideward
propelled by howling winds
from darkened sky
drenched atmosphere saturating
cooling overheated flesh
blinding flashes pursue distant thunder
power and moisture
soothing souls
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
#rain
#nature
#spiritual
85 reads
3 Comments
Haunting Capricious Shadow
shapeshifting
haunting
stalking
sometimes behind
sometimes before
sometimes beside
sometimes short and squat
sometimes long and lean
always dark
capricious shadow
always with me
except on moonless nights
haunting
stalking
sometimes behind
sometimes before
sometimes beside
sometimes short and squat
sometimes long and lean
always dark
capricious shadow
always with me
except on moonless nights
#dark
132 reads
2 Comments
P-Poem
#funny
#sensual
157 reads
3 Comments
Detritus Of Dead Pasts
i have no past
or rather
my past is fragmented by
vivid unrelenting moments
ever present
ever vanishing
the ephemeral now
sunny days
interrupted by rain
starlit nights
obscured by clouds
joyful tidbits
intersected by boredom and pain
unlived futures
rotten in decay
lifetimes torn
by temporal gaps
in eternity
there is no end
therefore
nowhere to begin
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
or rather
my past is fragmented by
vivid unrelenting moments
ever present
ever vanishing
the ephemeral now
sunny days
interrupted by rain
starlit nights
obscured by clouds
joyful tidbits
intersected by boredom and pain
unlived futures
rotten in decay
lifetimes torn
by temporal gaps
in eternity
there is no end
therefore
nowhere to begin
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
#grief
#LifeStruggles
#spiritual #philosophical
#spiritual #philosophical
109 reads
1 Comment
Failed Fortuneteller
i try
unsuccessfully
to identify
moments
of my story
that foreshadow
the future
in real-time
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
unsuccessfully
to identify
moments
of my story
that foreshadow
the future
in real-time
© 2023 Raibeart Bruis
#dreams
#SelfReflection
97 reads
5 Comments
No Time Like The Pleasant
#BDSM
#passion
185 reads
6 Comments
Slash Poetry
dripping from tip
of sharpened tongue
crimson droplets ooze
darkening clots
formed by razor wit
coagulating
on virgin parchment
of sharpened tongue
crimson droplets ooze
darkening clots
formed by razor wit
coagulating
on virgin parchment
#WritingPoetry
109 reads
2 Comments
Stripping Insulation
#BDSM
#spiritual
#passion
157 reads
3 Comments
Perverts
#BDSM
#passion
158 reads
4 Comments
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