Submissions by Lilliputian
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Snippets of me.
DARK POEM
Published
4th Dec 2024 7:59pm
4th Dec 2024 7:59pm
Walking Corpse
If only these burning tears
could leave copper trails down my cheeks.
If only what made my eyes bleed
stayed carved across my body.
If only the consuming past
remained reflected in my iris.
If only my heart stopped beating casually,
though my soul, long ago, had died.
Becoming this walking corpse,
breathing life out in a slow demise.
Will you then see how your arrow shattered me,
broken beneath the surface?
could leave copper trails down my cheeks.
If only what made my eyes bleed
stayed carved across my body.
If only the consuming past
remained reflected in my iris.
If only my heart stopped beating casually,
though my soul, long ago, had died.
Becoming this walking corpse,
breathing life out in a slow demise.
Will you then see how your arrow shattered me,
broken beneath the surface?
#hurt
128 reads
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Dec 2024 11:36pm
2nd Dec 2024 11:36pm
Piece of Flesh
They diminish you, these ogles,
Looking past your inner pith,
Peeling away your rind.
You’re nothing
But a mere piece of flesh,
Your worth, unwanted—
Déshabillé,
Your core, discarded—
Insignificant.
Looking past your inner pith,
Peeling away your rind.
You’re nothing
But a mere piece of flesh,
Your worth, unwanted—
Déshabillé,
Your core, discarded—
Insignificant.
#SelfWorth
126 reads
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Dec 2024 10:47pm
1st Dec 2024 10:47pm
Midnight Tunes
Dancing clouds floated above
Intoxicating smoke curling in the air
From the incense of insomnia
Rose with midnight tunes
A lento slithering from the chime
To fill every hollowed nook
With the sweet-smelling fragments
Of bitter-echoing remnants
Whispering softly to lull me awake
Intoxicating smoke curling in the air
From the incense of insomnia
Rose with midnight tunes
A lento slithering from the chime
To fill every hollowed nook
With the sweet-smelling fragments
Of bitter-echoing remnants
Whispering softly to lull me awake
#insomnia
#night
128 reads
SELF POEM
Published
29th Nov 2024 11:05pm
29th Nov 2024 11:05pm
My Blues
When my light turns dim,
My blues take the shine off my eyes,
Glumness fills me
And delight becomes a myth.
When I cast her in a bin,
My sadness weeps
Crawling back to me
And I cradle her in my arms.
Buried together in a pit,
She seeks my aching tears,
Wiping them only to break me
Once again, her heavy weight suffocates.
And I let her be.
My blues take the shine off my eyes,
Glumness fills me
And delight becomes a myth.
When I cast her in a bin,
My sadness weeps
Crawling back to me
And I cradle her in my arms.
Buried together in a pit,
She seeks my aching tears,
Wiping them only to break me
Once again, her heavy weight suffocates.
And I let her be.
#sadness
115 reads
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Nov 2024 9:45pm
28th Nov 2024 9:45pm
Eternal Vestige
Bright “Time heals” quotes
Only made my waiting dismal,
Pointless clock,
Broken pendulum,
A lifetime ticking in vain.
Slowly rotting in despair,
As if I’m unworthy
For the years to embrace me,
For the months to mend my shards,
For the weeks to cure my wounds,
For the days to treat my scars,
For the minutes to wipe my tears,
For the seconds to hush my ache.
Left with undying remnants,
Imprinted marks of anguish,
Sharpened claws of nightmares,
Tucked beneath my pillow—
An eternal vestige.
Only made my waiting dismal,
Pointless clock,
Broken pendulum,
A lifetime ticking in vain.
Slowly rotting in despair,
As if I’m unworthy
For the years to embrace me,
For the months to mend my shards,
For the weeks to cure my wounds,
For the days to treat my scars,
For the minutes to wipe my tears,
For the seconds to hush my ache.
Left with undying remnants,
Imprinted marks of anguish,
Sharpened claws of nightmares,
Tucked beneath my pillow—
An eternal vestige.
#despair
#TimeHeals
113 reads
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Nov 2024 7:05pm
28th Nov 2024 7:05pm
Raindrops
Raindrops
Mellow sprinkles
Silky soothing kisses
Softly balming wilted petals
Sky’s tears
Mellow sprinkles
Silky soothing kisses
Softly balming wilted petals
Sky’s tears
#rain
#cinquain
137 reads
DARK POEM
Published
25th Nov 2024 8:36pm
25th Nov 2024 8:36pm
Bleeding Tears
My mind’s mouth kept me awake
Thoughts dripping with acidic words
A language meant to gash my being
As I watched myself bleeding tears
Echoes ringing within my head
A cacophony of whys and what ifs
Like a siren blaring over and over
With a piper, seeking to be heard
Serving myself on a dish
For my nerves to chew into pieces
Then spew my bitter leftovers
Until I fell asleep with a distant wish
Thoughts dripping with acidic words
A language meant to gash my being
As I watched myself bleeding tears
Echoes ringing within my head
A cacophony of whys and what ifs
Like a siren blaring over and over
With a piper, seeking to be heard
Serving myself on a dish
For my nerves to chew into pieces
Then spew my bitter leftovers
Until I fell asleep with a distant wish
#anxiety
#despair
#suffering
195 reads
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Nov 2024 4:16pm
25th Nov 2024 4:16pm
In a Blink
In a blink, time flashed
Urging me forward,
Collapsed with a leash
Under the spotlight,
On a bleak stage
Belonging to the dreadful future
I’ve spent my past shrinking from,
While it has demolished
My life ceaselessly.
A slave under its spell.
Urging me forward,
Collapsed with a leash
Under the spotlight,
On a bleak stage
Belonging to the dreadful future
I’ve spent my past shrinking from,
While it has demolished
My life ceaselessly.
A slave under its spell.
#FeelingTrapped
#anxiety
118 reads
DARK POEM
Published
23rd Nov 2024 7:49pm
23rd Nov 2024 7:49pm
Life’s Cord
Held onto the umbilical cord,
Crawling out from my mother’s womb,
Only to truckle,
Crawling into the womb of your will,
Strangled by life’s cord.
Crawling out from my mother’s womb,
Only to truckle,
Crawling into the womb of your will,
Strangled by life’s cord.
#despair
#LifeStruggles
114 reads
SELF POEM
Published
23rd Nov 2024 6:01pm
23rd Nov 2024 6:01pm
No Window
Young and confined
Bound within walls
No window
To breathe freedom
To take a glimpse
Of rainbows and butterflies
Beyond my bastille
Bound within walls
No window
To breathe freedom
To take a glimpse
Of rainbows and butterflies
Beyond my bastille
#despair
#FeelingTrapped
#sadness
113 reads
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Nov 2024 9:27pm
21st Nov 2024 9:27pm
The Wind's Exhale
The wind's exhale
Blew the trees' dead leaves flying
I hoped for mine to swirl away
Fading into thin air
Blew the trees' dead leaves flying
I hoped for mine to swirl away
Fading into thin air
#despair
105 reads
DARK POEM
Published
19th Nov 2024 5:12pm
19th Nov 2024 5:12pm
Lost Souls _ with "Adagio"
sunken within the consuming mist,
eyes turning blear,
mind clouded and vision dull
of lost souls in pantomime near,
echoing a fallen tear
hanging on to a shadow's hull.
eyes turning blear,
mind clouded and vision dull
of lost souls in pantomime near,
echoing a fallen tear
hanging on to a shadow's hull.
#FeelingLost
#collaboration
193 reads
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