Submissions by Lilliputian
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
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etching pages with the ink of sculpted reflections.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th Aug 2024 1:02am
4th Aug 2024 1:02am
Be
It seems nothing is good enough,
no matter what,
you’ll have a say, always.
Test my limits,
see how much i can hold up,
until i fall apart and give up.
Toss everything away,
as it all turns into a decay
and i become a mere memory
of what i once was.
Perhaps then, you’ll realize
i was just trying
the best i can,
to be
what i wanted to be.
no matter what,
you’ll have a say, always.
Test my limits,
see how much i can hold up,
until i fall apart and give up.
Toss everything away,
as it all turns into a decay
and i become a mere memory
of what i once was.
Perhaps then, you’ll realize
i was just trying
the best i can,
to be
what i wanted to be.
#conflict
#despair
151 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Aug 2024 11:16pm
1st Aug 2024 11:16pm
Multifaceted
protean shaped
chameleon colored
jack-of-all-trades
shifting hues
mirrored personas
with twisted truths
tongue lies
and mind hides
what rests beneath
an endless disguise
chameleon colored
jack-of-all-trades
shifting hues
mirrored personas
with twisted truths
tongue lies
and mind hides
what rests beneath
an endless disguise
#deception
#humankind
#hypocrisy
154 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Jul 2024 11:49pm
27th Jul 2024 11:49pm
Your Version of Me
Perhaps if I became a shadow of your will,
A puppet on a string, lifeless and still,
Let you mold me to fit your frame,
For you see me as too weak,
Unable to make my own way.
You’d finally turn to look at me,
Grant me with your praise,
Tell me of your pride.
A puppet on a string, lifeless and still,
Let you mold me to fit your frame,
For you see me as too weak,
Unable to make my own way.
You’d finally turn to look at me,
Grant me with your praise,
Tell me of your pride.
#frustration
#identity
#weakness
173 reads
9 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Jul 2024 11:37pm
27th Jul 2024 11:37pm
Strangers
We exist here.
Within the same walls,
Under the same roof,
Yet, an invisible chasm divides us.
I watch silently, wondering when it all started
The way you talk to everyone
In a language, warm and inviting
Foreign only to me
Are they strangers or am i?
Within the same walls,
Under the same roof,
Yet, an invisible chasm divides us.
I watch silently, wondering when it all started
The way you talk to everyone
In a language, warm and inviting
Foreign only to me
Are they strangers or am i?
#emotions
#emptiness
#vulnerability
166 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Jul 2024 9:10pm
21st Jul 2024 9:10pm
I Wonder
if a flicker of me
drifts by in your mind
as constant as yours echoes in mine
if my name is a whisper
a memory held tight
the way yours is to me
drifts by in your mind
as constant as yours echoes in mine
if my name is a whisper
a memory held tight
the way yours is to me
#confusion
#memories
155 reads
10 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
20th Jul 2024 1:09am
20th Jul 2024 1:09am
Empty
Deep within where it lingers
that shunned empty space
waiting, yearning and hoping
for that strange feeling.
It lightly gets grazed
by people flowing past me
like ships in the night
as I cling into their fleeting solace.
And when it withers
i curl into a shell of despair
with that icy hollowness, again
waiting, yearning and aching
for whatever that feeling is.
that shunned empty space
waiting, yearning and hoping
for that strange feeling.
It lightly gets grazed
by people flowing past me
like ships in the night
as I cling into their fleeting solace.
And when it withers
i curl into a shell of despair
with that icy hollowness, again
waiting, yearning and aching
for whatever that feeling is.
#despair
#emptiness
#loneliness
165 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th Jun 2024 12:46pm
17th Jun 2024 12:46pm
Time, Again
just a while ago the world was a blur
a relentless race
as i tried to catch up to its speed
now the time came to a halt
the clock barely ticks and the days stretch out
as i get trapped between
pulling away from its strains to flee
and clinging desperately to sink in
all of a lather to step out
and when i hardly slip away
the world's a blur once again
while i finally gasp for air
only to scramble after
time, again
a relentless race
as i tried to catch up to its speed
now the time came to a halt
the clock barely ticks and the days stretch out
as i get trapped between
pulling away from its strains to flee
and clinging desperately to sink in
all of a lather to step out
and when i hardly slip away
the world's a blur once again
while i finally gasp for air
only to scramble after
time, again
#anxiety
#fear
#FeelingTrapped
207 reads
8 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Jun 2024 1:39am
1st Jun 2024 1:39am
Time
it seems the world doesn't know
how to wait for me
it keeps surging forward
leaving me breathless
no matter how many times
i try desperately to outrun it
maybe if i stared the seconds away
time will get more gentle
and i'll finally catch up
to whatever i'm chasing for
how to wait for me
it keeps surging forward
leaving me breathless
no matter how many times
i try desperately to outrun it
maybe if i stared the seconds away
time will get more gentle
and i'll finally catch up
to whatever i'm chasing for
#anxiety
#TruthOfLife
159 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th May 2024 00:13am
24th May 2024 00:13am
A Glimpse
Was it all a dream?
A glimpse of your memory unfolds
This hollow presence lurking beneath aches
Whenever i open my eyes
I don’t see you
It's a deja vu, you’ve done this before
Yet this time, it feels different
For you’ve shut all the doors
And left me here
Wandering with the silence
My only response
I’ll keep your memory close to me
Never letting go
You’re never forgotten
Never leaving the frame
And I’ll try not to let your image
Fade
A glimpse of your memory unfolds
This hollow presence lurking beneath aches
Whenever i open my eyes
I don’t see you
It's a deja vu, you’ve done this before
Yet this time, it feels different
For you’ve shut all the doors
And left me here
Wandering with the silence
My only response
I’ll keep your memory close to me
Never letting go
You’re never forgotten
Never leaving the frame
And I’ll try not to let your image
Fade
#emptiness
#memories
#sadness
187 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
18th Apr 2024 8:19pm
18th Apr 2024 8:19pm
Frozen in Motion
Leaden gray sky weeps
Pitter patter of the rain
A chill wind bites
Lost senses, wandering gaze
People living on
Yet, here, i froze
Imprisoned within
Stuck in a loop
That strangles my breath
Its weight, oh so heavy
Making me break instead
Whispers that hold me down
Ghosts that haunt me down
Lost in my own path
Hoping for a light to pierce through
Pitter patter of the rain
A chill wind bites
Lost senses, wandering gaze
People living on
Yet, here, i froze
Imprisoned within
Stuck in a loop
That strangles my breath
Its weight, oh so heavy
Making me break instead
Whispers that hold me down
Ghosts that haunt me down
Lost in my own path
Hoping for a light to pierce through
#despair
#FeelingLost
#loneliness
203 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
29th Feb 2024 9:46pm
29th Feb 2024 9:46pm
Tainted
The stains of sorrow cling and rub
No matter how much she claws and scrubs
Nothing seems to purge those inner scars
Imprinted deep where pureness once was
She closes her lids, for a brief veil
To respite the consuming pain
Yet, shadows paint the vivid scenes
The echoes whisper, haunting the stillness
The memory’s hand weight too heavy
On this deserted land, still pressing freshly
Will solace ever be found in this cleansing foam
Or to a never home, she must wander?
No matter how much she claws and scrubs
Nothing seems to purge those inner scars
Imprinted deep where pureness once was
She closes her lids, for a brief veil
To respite the consuming pain
Yet, shadows paint the vivid scenes
The echoes whisper, haunting the stillness
The memory’s hand weight too heavy
On this deserted land, still pressing freshly
Will solace ever be found in this cleansing foam
Or to a never home, she must wander?
#grief
#shadows
#memories #hurt
#memories #hurt
239 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Feb 2024 00:30am
28th Feb 2024 00:30am
Paradox of Longing
A hollow shell
The chill breeze whispers through
But barely a quiver on skin it caresses
Deep within, an emptiness extends
Where feeling itself seems dead
Yearning for warmth
A comforting glow
Yet at its touch, a hidden seed of anguish
A tangled dance
This push and pull
To crave and reject
The chill breeze whispers through
But barely a quiver on skin it caresses
Deep within, an emptiness extends
Where feeling itself seems dead
Yearning for warmth
A comforting glow
Yet at its touch, a hidden seed of anguish
A tangled dance
This push and pull
To crave and reject
#conflict
#emptiness
#emotions #vulnerability
#emotions #vulnerability
256 reads
4 Comments
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