Submissions by LadyLoss
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
LadyLoss is who I am when I don't want to be me anymore.
DARK POEM
Published
28th Sep 2014 6:48pm
28th Sep 2014 6:48pm
The Road.
She is a silken haired,
Blue eyed,
Flawless temptress,
Her fingernails clawing
At everything inside of me.
Her smooth voice,
Encourages me
Along this road,
Where flowers die along the sides,
As I walk past them.
Where a blue sky transforms
To a storm-split purple,
And the heavens start to open,
As I follow her,
Along the road of good intentions.
She tells me
It's the only way,
To follow her,
Is the last option,
To be her shadow,
To not leave her,
Because she's the only one
I...
Blue eyed,
Flawless temptress,
Her fingernails clawing
At everything inside of me.
Her smooth voice,
Encourages me
Along this road,
Where flowers die along the sides,
As I walk past them.
Where a blue sky transforms
To a storm-split purple,
And the heavens start to open,
As I follow her,
Along the road of good intentions.
She tells me
It's the only way,
To follow her,
Is the last option,
To be her shadow,
To not leave her,
Because she's the only one
I...
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SELF POEM
Published
26th Sep 2014 9:16pm
26th Sep 2014 9:16pm
Tricked into thinking I was popular.
I thought I'd changed.
I thought I'd become the person
That most people liked.
If not most, then at least half.
Or even some.
A few?
Now I am out of sight,
Out of mind,
No one wants to know.
My partner has read an email
That said that I was struggling with loneliness,
Inferred from it,
That his absence from my life will help.
That him sending me texts
Clearly meant for someone else
Will make me feel better.
He is wrong.
People that claimed they'd speak to me
As often as they could
Have...
I thought I'd become the person
That most people liked.
If not most, then at least half.
Or even some.
A few?
Now I am out of sight,
Out of mind,
No one wants to know.
My partner has read an email
That said that I was struggling with loneliness,
Inferred from it,
That his absence from my life will help.
That him sending me texts
Clearly meant for someone else
Will make me feel better.
He is wrong.
People that claimed they'd speak to me
As often as they could
Have...
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SELF POEM
Published
21st Sep 2014 10:12pm
21st Sep 2014 10:12pm
Clichéd Loneliness
I could just write a load of tired clichés,
All alone, turn to look at you,
You're not there,
I need my best friend,
You're not there,
I message you that I miss you,
5 minutes later, you go offline.
Then tell me the next day
You never saw the message.
Or I could just say that at the moment,
Home is a single bed.
In a dark room. In an empty flat.
In a country where I am the foreigner,
Where everyone speaks my language,
Until they're done talking to me.
Where I am not hungry,
Where I smoke more than I eat....
All alone, turn to look at you,
You're not there,
I need my best friend,
You're not there,
I message you that I miss you,
5 minutes later, you go offline.
Then tell me the next day
You never saw the message.
Or I could just say that at the moment,
Home is a single bed.
In a dark room. In an empty flat.
In a country where I am the foreigner,
Where everyone speaks my language,
Until they're done talking to me.
Where I am not hungry,
Where I smoke more than I eat....
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Aug 2014 7:26am
21st Aug 2014 7:26am
Dear Neighbours,
I've only lived here two weeks,
But you're starting to drive me insane.
You're both so bloody noisy,
I want to move home again.
You only own one CD,
With music ten years old.
If it's not that, you're stomping around,
You really need to be told.
The way you scrape your chairs along the floor,
The way you scream at each other when you're mad.
The way you let your kids run up and down the halls,
It's starting to make me quite sad.
But the worst part of it all,
The part that makes my new home suck.
Calm it, no...
But you're starting to drive me insane.
You're both so bloody noisy,
I want to move home again.
You only own one CD,
With music ten years old.
If it's not that, you're stomping around,
You really need to be told.
The way you scrape your chairs along the floor,
The way you scream at each other when you're mad.
The way you let your kids run up and down the halls,
It's starting to make me quite sad.
But the worst part of it all,
The part that makes my new home suck.
Calm it, no...
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LOVE POEM
Published
14th Aug 2014 8:59pm
14th Aug 2014 8:59pm
It's not the same.
It's not the same,
No matter what you say.
You're in my front room,
1200 miles away.
'No one's far away anymore'
My iPad tells me,
With your voice,
Looking like you.
My phone plays the video message,
Pretending to be you.
But it's not you.
Not really.
Bridging a gap, with video calls.
But I can't touch you,
Can't fall asleep next to you.
Can't kiss you when you say the words.
Because at the moment,
You're just an image on an iPad.
1200 miles. In the same room.
May as well be on...
No matter what you say.
You're in my front room,
1200 miles away.
'No one's far away anymore'
My iPad tells me,
With your voice,
Looking like you.
My phone plays the video message,
Pretending to be you.
But it's not you.
Not really.
Bridging a gap, with video calls.
But I can't touch you,
Can't fall asleep next to you.
Can't kiss you when you say the words.
Because at the moment,
You're just an image on an iPad.
1200 miles. In the same room.
May as well be on...
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Jun 2014 10:42pm
18th Jun 2014 10:42pm
Riley Thomas
He will always be to you, much more than I could be.
More important, more vital, more significant than me.
His smile will always be prettier than mine,
You already love him more than me, I'll deal with it, in time.
You'll watch him sleep, because you can,
In thirty years, he'll still be your man.
I'll just be there, somewhere, in the back of your mind,
And at some point, you'll forget, I'd be the one you used to be the one you'd find.
I'll look for you, find you, kiss you on the cheek,
You'll be looking over my shoulder, for the man you...
More important, more vital, more significant than me.
His smile will always be prettier than mine,
You already love him more than me, I'll deal with it, in time.
You'll watch him sleep, because you can,
In thirty years, he'll still be your man.
I'll just be there, somewhere, in the back of your mind,
And at some point, you'll forget, I'd be the one you used to be the one you'd find.
I'll look for you, find you, kiss you on the cheek,
You'll be looking over my shoulder, for the man you...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th May 2014 6:22pm
19th May 2014 6:22pm
You won't Say
You won't say you love me,
But you'll remember how I like my Cuban,
Three ice cubes,
A slice of lime, carved into a love heart,
More coke than rum,
Because otherwise, I'm slurring after one.
I guess I was wrong.
You won't say you love me,
But you'll remember every one
Of my family's names,
So that when I mention one,
You can reply with the other,
And prove to me that you listened,
I guess I was wrong.
You won't say you love me,
But you'll drive me
Across the continent for 18 hours,
Because you know ...
But you'll remember how I like my Cuban,
Three ice cubes,
A slice of lime, carved into a love heart,
More coke than rum,
Because otherwise, I'm slurring after one.
I guess I was wrong.
You won't say you love me,
But you'll remember every one
Of my family's names,
So that when I mention one,
You can reply with the other,
And prove to me that you listened,
I guess I was wrong.
You won't say you love me,
But you'll drive me
Across the continent for 18 hours,
Because you know ...
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LOVE POEM
Published
24th Apr 2014 6:03pm
24th Apr 2014 6:03pm
At Some Point
At some point,
I didn't roll my eyes,
At everything you said.
At some point,
I came to bed at the same time
As you; I needed you to hold me.
At some point,
I kissed you every time
I walked past you; I couldn't resist.
At some point,
I loved you more than
I ever thought it was possible to love anyone.
At some point.
Can we go back to some point?
Some point made me happy.
At some point,
I felt this before,
I learned to love you again.
At some point.
I didn't roll my eyes,
At everything you said.
At some point,
I came to bed at the same time
As you; I needed you to hold me.
At some point,
I kissed you every time
I walked past you; I couldn't resist.
At some point,
I loved you more than
I ever thought it was possible to love anyone.
At some point.
Can we go back to some point?
Some point made me happy.
At some point,
I felt this before,
I learned to love you again.
At some point.
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LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Apr 2014 10:49am
23rd Apr 2014 10:49am
I'm fine.
Babe, I'm fine.'
You'll never believe me,
As long as I don't smile
At your references to
How awesome you are
In the bedroom.
'Babe. I'm fine.'
I tell you again,
As you look at me
Like a confused puppy,
Head to the side,
You'd look cute,
If you weren't annoying
The hell out of me.
'I'm fine.'
On the seventeenth time you ask.
In the last two hours.
Now you're starting to talk to me
Through gritted teeth,
Because this game
Is wearing thin on you too.
'I. Am. Fine. Stop asking.' ...
You'll never believe me,
As long as I don't smile
At your references to
How awesome you are
In the bedroom.
'Babe. I'm fine.'
I tell you again,
As you look at me
Like a confused puppy,
Head to the side,
You'd look cute,
If you weren't annoying
The hell out of me.
'I'm fine.'
On the seventeenth time you ask.
In the last two hours.
Now you're starting to talk to me
Through gritted teeth,
Because this game
Is wearing thin on you too.
'I. Am. Fine. Stop asking.' ...
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LOVE POEM
Published
20th Apr 2014 00:41am
20th Apr 2014 00:41am
Chance Meeting
Hello Stranger!'
You call to me from across the road,
Despite my blatant action
Of turning my back on you.
'Shit, shit, shit' I mutter.
I turn back to face you,
You ruffle my hair,
Put one hand in one cheek,
Pull my face towards you,
To air kiss me.
The pretention of it.
The first time you've said a word to me
In 4 months.
The first time you've touched me,
In over 2 years,
Yet the spark was just the same,
Ruffling my hair,
Reminded me of when you were pulling it,
Running your fingers through it, ...
You call to me from across the road,
Despite my blatant action
Of turning my back on you.
'Shit, shit, shit' I mutter.
I turn back to face you,
You ruffle my hair,
Put one hand in one cheek,
Pull my face towards you,
To air kiss me.
The pretention of it.
The first time you've said a word to me
In 4 months.
The first time you've touched me,
In over 2 years,
Yet the spark was just the same,
Ruffling my hair,
Reminded me of when you were pulling it,
Running your fingers through it, ...
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SELF POEM
Published
19th Apr 2014 11:38am
19th Apr 2014 11:38am
Financial Quandary
They say this place is haunted,
By dead staff,
Sometimes, I can see their point.
I'd haunt the place too,
If I'd had to be here
All my life.
A temporary job,
5 years ago,
It's become my bread and butter,
The petrol in my car,
The place I have to be,
If I don't want to rely completely,
On my parents.
Oh, wow, it's payrise time,
Right before my full time hours kick in,
For the summer.
This should be good.
An extra pound
For every five hours in this hole.
I'm a lucky girl.
I'm allowed...
By dead staff,
Sometimes, I can see their point.
I'd haunt the place too,
If I'd had to be here
All my life.
A temporary job,
5 years ago,
It's become my bread and butter,
The petrol in my car,
The place I have to be,
If I don't want to rely completely,
On my parents.
Oh, wow, it's payrise time,
Right before my full time hours kick in,
For the summer.
This should be good.
An extra pound
For every five hours in this hole.
I'm a lucky girl.
I'm allowed...
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SELF POEM
Published
18th Apr 2014 10:26am
18th Apr 2014 10:26am
Untitled
Back here, again,
With my own little
Personal black cloud,
Hovering over my head.
Torrential rain,
Pours down my face,
Covering my eyes,
Making the light
The sun,
The beauty
Blurred at best,
Invisible to me at worst.
The songbirds are singing
I hear ravens' caws,
The light breeze,
Supposed to cool
Chills me to the bone.
Nothing is right here,
Because nothing
Is ever as stunning
As I imagine it to be.
There's always a dark side,
Always a negative,
Always something
That...
With my own little
Personal black cloud,
Hovering over my head.
Torrential rain,
Pours down my face,
Covering my eyes,
Making the light
The sun,
The beauty
Blurred at best,
Invisible to me at worst.
The songbirds are singing
I hear ravens' caws,
The light breeze,
Supposed to cool
Chills me to the bone.
Nothing is right here,
Because nothing
Is ever as stunning
As I imagine it to be.
There's always a dark side,
Always a negative,
Always something
That...
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