Submissions by Lilliputian
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Snippets of me.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Sep 2024 6:25pm
21st Sep 2024 6:25pm
Every Word in a Blink _ with "Adagio"
oxygen-rich air inhaled, filling my lungs
soft whispers of the wind caressing trees
I sense the earthy aroma in soil
the sweet scent of blossoms cleansing my insides
the gentle breeze tickles my skin in an embrace
a melody of birds singing with harmony
the breath I held now leaves
expelling dioxide with an exhale
along with every worry in a blink
repeated as long as possible to last
rolling it over in my mind over cataracts and stones
feeling that I am never alone
listening to the silence bend my...
soft whispers of the wind caressing trees
I sense the earthy aroma in soil
the sweet scent of blossoms cleansing my insides
the gentle breeze tickles my skin in an embrace
a melody of birds singing with harmony
the breath I held now leaves
expelling dioxide with an exhale
along with every worry in a blink
repeated as long as possible to last
rolling it over in my mind over cataracts and stones
feeling that I am never alone
listening to the silence bend my...
#collaboration
#emotional
#nature
139 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Sep 2024 1:10am
21st Sep 2024 1:10am
To Feel Weak
To be the target
Powerless
Aimed at with a shrink ray
A silvery light blinds your vision
Targeted solely on you
You’re unable to move
No matter how your mind screams at you
You’re paralyzed
Frail, unable to speak nor defend yourself
They pull the trigger
A beam emerges and hits you
Covering you with a freezing glow
You feel like a liquid as it melts you
Making your periphery distorted like a blur
While you scan around trying to fathom
What’s happening to you
You begin shrinking
Everything seems to grow...
Powerless
Aimed at with a shrink ray
A silvery light blinds your vision
Targeted solely on you
You’re unable to move
No matter how your mind screams at you
You’re paralyzed
Frail, unable to speak nor defend yourself
They pull the trigger
A beam emerges and hits you
Covering you with a freezing glow
You feel like a liquid as it melts you
Making your periphery distorted like a blur
While you scan around trying to fathom
What’s happening to you
You begin shrinking
Everything seems to grow...
#despair
#weakness
139 reads
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Sep 2024 7:56pm
20th Sep 2024 7:56pm
Homer’s Brain
having a tea party inside Homer’s brain
with my Smurfs bickering
voices only I can hear
and when I try to talk
raising my hand
they interrupt
asking for Smurfberries
with my Smurfs bickering
voices only I can hear
and when I try to talk
raising my hand
they interrupt
asking for Smurfberries
#anxiety
#conflict
138 reads
DARK POEM
Published
20th Sep 2024 00:32am
20th Sep 2024 00:32am
Hellhole
Icy phalanges pierce into my Achilles heel
Dragging me
To drown in an endless stream
Wrapped with celluloid of figments
Bubbles of sanity escape me
Drifting until they reach the surface and vanish
Leaving me asphyxiated
With the maniac below
In a rendezvous
To erode my senses
Strip me of any lucid vision that remains
Sinking to rock-bottom
Consumed by shadowed torrents
Coalescing with the pitch-black
Infesting the hellhole within
My hollow psyche
Dragging me
To drown in an endless stream
Wrapped with celluloid of figments
Bubbles of sanity escape me
Drifting until they reach the surface and vanish
Leaving me asphyxiated
With the maniac below
In a rendezvous
To erode my senses
Strip me of any lucid vision that remains
Sinking to rock-bottom
Consumed by shadowed torrents
Coalescing with the pitch-black
Infesting the hellhole within
My hollow psyche
#dark
#despair
#shadows
127 reads
SELF POEM
Published
18th Sep 2024 1:54am
18th Sep 2024 1:54am
My Reflection
These elusive reflections
Keep wobbling around me
It’s when I pen them down
That I can finally
Smell the remnants inside my archive
Hear the whispers of my ghost
Touch the clouds in my mind
Say the secrets to my soul
It’s in this act that I can
See her
Myself
Keep wobbling around me
It’s when I pen them down
That I can finally
Smell the remnants inside my archive
Hear the whispers of my ghost
Touch the clouds in my mind
Say the secrets to my soul
It’s in this act that I can
See her
Myself
#emotions
#SelfReflection
145 reads
DARK POEM
Published
17th Sep 2024 9:41pm
17th Sep 2024 9:41pm
Semanticallergia
The day I discovered I had an allergy, the weather knew beforehand.
It seemed to feel sick for me, it raged as if a hurricane were about to tear through,
Reflecting the turmoil building up inside me.
There are words that are agonizing to pronounce.
The last time I tried to utter one of them, it ended in a muddle.
My mind had grasped a fleeting sense of its meaning, so I took a deep, ragged breath,
Letting air flow from my lungs through my vocal cords to create sound waves,
Even if they were weak, I begged them to emerge.
My...
It seemed to feel sick for me, it raged as if a hurricane were about to tear through,
Reflecting the turmoil building up inside me.
There are words that are agonizing to pronounce.
The last time I tried to utter one of them, it ended in a muddle.
My mind had grasped a fleeting sense of its meaning, so I took a deep, ragged breath,
Letting air flow from my lungs through my vocal cords to create sound waves,
Even if they were weak, I begged them to emerge.
My...
#anger
#conflict
#despair
#grief
#hate
140 reads
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Sep 2024 5:01pm
16th Sep 2024 5:01pm
Dandelion
sensible to the wind
easily blown away with every puff
fearful of the gale
softly lulls the air’s fury to sleep
easily blown away with every puff
fearful of the gale
softly lulls the air’s fury to sleep
#fear
#nature
#vulnerability #weakness
#vulnerability #weakness
148 reads
DARK POEM
Published
16th Sep 2024 2:25am
16th Sep 2024 2:25am
The Wolf
She spoke of the big wolves’ presence
looming in the darkness, outside our sky house.
Their eyes, cold, pierce through the night,
mingling with the fog of the forest.
With each step, their paws leave prints
of dread behind. Their fur, a velvet of shadows,
lures prey into their trap, aided by the pack.
Carried by haunting echoes and seducing howls,
before their softly sharpened teeth, glistening
under the moon, latch onto you.
She warns of their ruthless grace,
lurking beyond the safety of her embrace,
embodying the...
looming in the darkness, outside our sky house.
Their eyes, cold, pierce through the night,
mingling with the fog of the forest.
With each step, their paws leave prints
of dread behind. Their fur, a velvet of shadows,
lures prey into their trap, aided by the pack.
Carried by haunting echoes and seducing howls,
before their softly sharpened teeth, glistening
under the moon, latch onto you.
She warns of their ruthless grace,
lurking beyond the safety of her embrace,
embodying the...
#confusion
#deception
#fear #manipulation
#fear #manipulation
158 reads
DARK POEM
Published
15th Sep 2024 10:28pm
15th Sep 2024 10:28pm
Clock Worn Tattoo _ with "Adagio"
turning the key and locking the door
saying farewell to death's shadow
as memories of my eyes fade to dark
drowning the pain of insanity's rain
leaving blood-red clock-worn tattoo
a faint mark that never fades away
stinging with every breath i take
and when i cease soon enough
the smudge will be absorbed becoming
ink-sculpted skeleton
saying farewell to death's shadow
as memories of my eyes fade to dark
drowning the pain of insanity's rain
leaving blood-red clock-worn tattoo
a faint mark that never fades away
stinging with every breath i take
and when i cease soon enough
the smudge will be absorbed becoming
ink-sculpted skeleton
#collaboration
#dark
#death #grief
#death #grief
159 reads
7 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
14th Sep 2024 3:40pm
14th Sep 2024 3:40pm
Without Auditions _ with "Adagio"
They don’t have a set time to visit, these voices,
Like turmoil striking every corner of my mind
A cacophony of whispers, impossible to unwind,
Swirling in shadows, tightening their grip
As invisible tendrils take roots within.
Uninvited without auditions, or recall
Speaking without any validation
Lingering beyond the disembodied darkness
Feeling the pulse of its inequity.
A riddle of noise I can’t seem to untangle,
Indecipherable, no matter how I strain to listen.
Am I descending into madness?
Like turmoil striking every corner of my mind
A cacophony of whispers, impossible to unwind,
Swirling in shadows, tightening their grip
As invisible tendrils take roots within.
Uninvited without auditions, or recall
Speaking without any validation
Lingering beyond the disembodied darkness
Feeling the pulse of its inequity.
A riddle of noise I can’t seem to untangle,
Indecipherable, no matter how I strain to listen.
Am I descending into madness?
#anxiety
#collaboration
#conflict #dark
#conflict #dark
225 reads
40 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th Sep 2024 4:00am
14th Sep 2024 4:00am
Venomous Words
I see the look in your eyes
Words flashing in your iris
Before your lips move
Mouthing mere mutters
Yet your tongue darts out
A serpent’s flick
Twisting and striking
Fangs sinking into my flesh
Stinging brutally
Venom seeps from your glands
Injected deep
Spreading through my veins
Circulating around every part of me
Paralyzing me with your voice
Destroying what’s left inside
As I bleed internally
Left to search for the last dose
Of antivenom before it consumes me whole
Words flashing in your iris
Before your lips move
Mouthing mere mutters
Yet your tongue darts out
A serpent’s flick
Twisting and striking
Fangs sinking into my flesh
Stinging brutally
Venom seeps from your glands
Injected deep
Spreading through my veins
Circulating around every part of me
Paralyzing me with your voice
Destroying what’s left inside
As I bleed internally
Left to search for the last dose
Of antivenom before it consumes me whole
#dark
#hurt
199 reads
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Sep 2024 2:11am
13th Sep 2024 2:11am
Fractured Walls
They tremble, trying to release the horror buried deep,
yet all they manage is a shudder, like a silent scream,
cracks disperse with every disarray, heralding collapse.
If only they could tear out my larynx, speak in my sleep
for I'm unable to utter the darkness we both witnessed,
voice out our eruption, before we crumble into ruins and demise.
Turn into ashes, together.
yet all they manage is a shudder, like a silent scream,
cracks disperse with every disarray, heralding collapse.
If only they could tear out my larynx, speak in my sleep
for I'm unable to utter the darkness we both witnessed,
voice out our eruption, before we crumble into ruins and demise.
Turn into ashes, together.
#dark
#despair
#weakness #sadness
#weakness #sadness
145 reads
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