Submissions by LightWithin256
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
12th Feb 2018 2:39pm
12th Feb 2018 2:39pm
Only you
Only you
could tell me it meant nothing
only you
could walk out that door and forget everything.
only you
would start seeing someone new
only you
thought there was nothing we could do
but only you were that selfish
and you never loved me like I loved you
I never
left you alone and cold
I never
forgot to keep you warm
I never
treated you as anything but a priority
I never
let you drown in this harsh sea
but i was never selfish
And I loved you more than you could ever love me.
I...
could tell me it meant nothing
only you
could walk out that door and forget everything.
only you
would start seeing someone new
only you
thought there was nothing we could do
but only you were that selfish
and you never loved me like I loved you
I never
left you alone and cold
I never
forgot to keep you warm
I never
treated you as anything but a priority
I never
let you drown in this harsh sea
but i was never selfish
And I loved you more than you could ever love me.
I...
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9 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
1st Feb 2018 2:48pm
1st Feb 2018 2:48pm
A letter to you.
I hope the next time we run into each other, whether that's tomorrow or twenty years from now, I'm with someone new. And for once YOU look back. YOU remember what is was like to hold my hand, to kiss me, to be with me. I hope it's you because for the past few months now, it's always been me. I text you when I know you're having a bad day and I ask if you're okay. As if I am supposed to care. Like it's just fine for me to say hung up but you can go running around with new girls every fucking night. It's fine. Because one day you will look back and try to find me but by then, I will be way too...
#relationships
#lover
#metaphor
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Feb 2018 2:39pm
1st Feb 2018 2:39pm
Just around the corner
Just around the corner
there's a fork in the road
where a cross lay broken and buried in stone
a story left untold
a lovers arms left cold
on this dark September night
that left her all alone
a phone call still unanswered
a tear hits the floor
as the phone finally rings
and she's told he's not coming home.
there's a fork in the road
where a cross lay broken and buried in stone
a story left untold
a lovers arms left cold
on this dark September night
that left her all alone
a phone call still unanswered
a tear hits the floor
as the phone finally rings
and she's told he's not coming home.
#PopCulture
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6 Comments
FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
23rd Jan 2018 4:43pm
23rd Jan 2018 4:43pm
Everyone one but herself
You're beautiful.” He whispered, his words drifting through every strand of her hair and into her ears.
“No I'm not.” The girl shook her head and shuddered, refusing to let herself believe the simple words. This struck him. How could someone so beautiful feel that she is anything but? He wondered desperately.
Angered by her response he held her tight and told her forcefully, “you can do one of two things. You can spend your life believing you are beautiful, because you are. Or, you can sit there denying compliments and feeling miserable. Which life do you want to lead?”
A...
“No I'm not.” The girl shook her head and shuddered, refusing to let herself believe the simple words. This struck him. How could someone so beautiful feel that she is anything but? He wondered desperately.
Angered by her response he held her tight and told her forcefully, “you can do one of two things. You can spend your life believing you are beautiful, because you are. Or, you can sit there denying compliments and feeling miserable. Which life do you want to lead?”
A...
#PopCulture
821 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
12th Jan 2018 3:56pm
12th Jan 2018 3:56pm
Untitled
Everything I've felt you'll never know
and every time I tried
you just won't.
torn apart, ripped away, in my cage, here I'll stay. I just can't escape yesterday.
I threw out everything
but you were still my king
I held you high and never let you fall
After everything you'd say
I said I was okay
I was down, you never helped me up.
Because to you, I was not enough.
When I started to cry
you didn't even ask why
you act as if I'm the one to blame
Never caught a feeling like this.
I was blind, caught in your...
and every time I tried
you just won't.
torn apart, ripped away, in my cage, here I'll stay. I just can't escape yesterday.
I threw out everything
but you were still my king
I held you high and never let you fall
After everything you'd say
I said I was okay
I was down, you never helped me up.
Because to you, I was not enough.
When I started to cry
you didn't even ask why
you act as if I'm the one to blame
Never caught a feeling like this.
I was blind, caught in your...
#grief
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2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Dec 2017 5:18pm
21st Dec 2017 5:18pm
She is
She's been buried in the rubble
lost her way and couldnt bear the trouble
of helping everyone else
and loving herself
she couldnt find her way back
to humanity
and it was all too far away
serenity
she needed a break
to get away
but her wings were too weak to lift her weight
so she took the time
to mend her breaks
and decide her path
she comes back stronger
and ready to face
any upcoming danger
she is strong
she is ready
she is renewed
she is in all of us.
lost her way and couldnt bear the trouble
of helping everyone else
and loving herself
she couldnt find her way back
to humanity
and it was all too far away
serenity
she needed a break
to get away
but her wings were too weak to lift her weight
so she took the time
to mend her breaks
and decide her path
she comes back stronger
and ready to face
any upcoming danger
she is strong
she is ready
she is renewed
she is in all of us.
#identity
#memories
#myself
#SelfReflection
#FeelingLost
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Sep 2017 1:13am
30th Sep 2017 1:13am
Not just physical
Love...
Is not just physical.
Lust...
Is just physical.
How to tell the difference is a lesson I have yet to be taught
But one day someone will show me love...
And that person I await
Thank you notes written all over my skin
My gratitude already rolling off my tongue
Hoping it travels to wherever he might be
Maybe in Africa already asleep...
Or California just waiting for me.
He will prove to me that he can crave my body...
But protect my heart too.
We can yearn for the electricity surging through our fingertips
And...
Is not just physical.
Lust...
Is just physical.
How to tell the difference is a lesson I have yet to be taught
But one day someone will show me love...
And that person I await
Thank you notes written all over my skin
My gratitude already rolling off my tongue
Hoping it travels to wherever he might be
Maybe in Africa already asleep...
Or California just waiting for me.
He will prove to me that he can crave my body...
But protect my heart too.
We can yearn for the electricity surging through our fingertips
And...
#love
#lust
#breakup
#betrayal
#honesty
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Sep 2017 9:42pm
29th Sep 2017 9:42pm
Thank you
Thank you for taking stupid pictures with me
And letting me keep them
Thank you for being the one person on earth who is shorter than me
And letting me tease you for it
Thank you for dating my only other bestfriend
and treating her right
Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for giving a shit
Thank you for sticking around
Even when your patience is at its end
Thank you...
For introducing yourself when I showed up without friends
Thank you...
For never texting me back... and recognizing my sarcasm
Thank...
And letting me keep them
Thank you for being the one person on earth who is shorter than me
And letting me tease you for it
Thank you for dating my only other bestfriend
and treating her right
Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for giving a shit
Thank you for sticking around
Even when your patience is at its end
Thank you...
For introducing yourself when I showed up without friends
Thank you...
For never texting me back... and recognizing my sarcasm
Thank...
#BestFriend
774 reads
18 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Sep 2017 2:08am
28th Sep 2017 2:08am
Someone to kiss
I lay in bed
Wondering what I've missed
Why I'm so lonely...
How long since I've been kissed.
Or even touched
In a manner more polite
Than lust and desire
Tears in the silence of the night
I'm not just an object
I'm a human being too
I love and live and bleed
Just like you
Don't lay your greedy
Dirty fingers on me
I deserve better
How can't you see?
I am not yours
I am not theirs
I am a daughter... a sister...
Somebody cares.
I'm not your toy
Not today
I'm not your pet
No...
Wondering what I've missed
Why I'm so lonely...
How long since I've been kissed.
Or even touched
In a manner more polite
Than lust and desire
Tears in the silence of the night
I'm not just an object
I'm a human being too
I love and live and bleed
Just like you
Don't lay your greedy
Dirty fingers on me
I deserve better
How can't you see?
I am not yours
I am not theirs
I am a daughter... a sister...
Somebody cares.
I'm not your toy
Not today
I'm not your pet
No...
#sadness
929 reads
34 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Sep 2017 3:44am
27th Sep 2017 3:44am
Baking in the Kitchen
Eggs and sugar
Scattered across the counter
Cupcake pans and chocolate chips
An intoxicating encounter
Your hands on my hips
Music plays through the stereo
We dance and throw flour
We don't notice a single passing hour
Encased in your love
Showered in your embrace
The way you kissed me
Your hands rest peacefully on the sides of my face
Your fingers run through my hair
As I blush and look at my feet
You flash your award winning smile
And I melt into you in defeat
D
D ...
Scattered across the counter
Cupcake pans and chocolate chips
An intoxicating encounter
Your hands on my hips
Music plays through the stereo
We dance and throw flour
We don't notice a single passing hour
Encased in your love
Showered in your embrace
The way you kissed me
Your hands rest peacefully on the sides of my face
Your fingers run through my hair
As I blush and look at my feet
You flash your award winning smile
And I melt into you in defeat
D
D ...
#boyfriend
#girlfriend
#relationships
#lover
#crush
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LOVE POEM
Published
26th Sep 2017 2:07am
26th Sep 2017 2:07am
My favorite poem
What's your favorite poem?
That's not an easy question.
That one about love?
Or no... that one about society...
No wait!
The one about expectations.
Or could it be the one about anxiety.
See I can't choose.
But then I remember
The first time you said hello
The way your words melded together into this beautiful song
This... art.
The way you held yourself
Proud but not arrogant
You believed you were truly meant
for better things.
Your courage held you up straight
Your heart the only determiner...
That's not an easy question.
That one about love?
Or no... that one about society...
No wait!
The one about expectations.
Or could it be the one about anxiety.
See I can't choose.
But then I remember
The first time you said hello
The way your words melded together into this beautiful song
This... art.
The way you held yourself
Proud but not arrogant
You believed you were truly meant
for better things.
Your courage held you up straight
Your heart the only determiner...
#PopCulture
965 reads
15 Comments
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