Submissions by LivDiane
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Just doing what I do!
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Jul 2019 8:50am
8th Jul 2019 8:50am
A Broken Cup
Today as I poured cream in my coffee
With sleepy and unfocused vision
I watched it swirl and mix in the cup
Til there was no discernible division
The coffee calmed after it stirred
A perfect blend of how it should be
But the more that I thought about it
It reminded me of my love’s energy
I would pour the pure white of it in
Til it lightened your darkest places
And it was meant to complement you
And fill you up, but that’s just the basics
It would take the bitter blackness
And it would add so...
With sleepy and unfocused vision
I watched it swirl and mix in the cup
Til there was no discernible division
The coffee calmed after it stirred
A perfect blend of how it should be
But the more that I thought about it
It reminded me of my love’s energy
I would pour the pure white of it in
Til it lightened your darkest places
And it was meant to complement you
And fill you up, but that’s just the basics
It would take the bitter blackness
And it would add so...
#MentalHealth
#TimeHeals
#MovingOn
#responsibility
#healing
1894 reads
19 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
7th Jul 2019 8:18pm
7th Jul 2019 8:18pm
“Stop Complaining”
So you’ve told me to stop complaining
But damn, I just needed to be heard
I’ve been holding all this in for so long
I’m struggling to put it all into word
But all of my words have run out
Way before these feelings ever do
I’m being crushed under this weight
And I still can’t complain to you?
I just want someone to know
Just how much I’m dying inside
I’m tired of being so damn strong
With all these burdens to hide
So let me complain a little longer, man
Because you never hear it from me
I...
But damn, I just needed to be heard
I’ve been holding all this in for so long
I’m struggling to put it all into word
But all of my words have run out
Way before these feelings ever do
I’m being crushed under this weight
And I still can’t complain to you?
I just want someone to know
Just how much I’m dying inside
I’m tired of being so damn strong
With all these burdens to hide
So let me complain a little longer, man
Because you never hear it from me
I...
#strength
#illness
#misunderstood
#frustration
#disability
701 reads
23 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
7th Jul 2019 7:27pm
7th Jul 2019 7:27pm
WHAT THE f**k
Stop fucking asking what my problem is
Do you honestly forget that easily?
God, I really fucking envy that of you
Always just dismissing me so readily
I told I don’t feel well and
I haven’t really slept in days
I’m sure I overdid it yesterday
And now I’m hurt in every way
My body is fucking broken
Weren’t you at the appointment?
Stop acting like I’m alright and
This is just my bad temperament
Cause with chronic pain you always feel
There’s not a moment that goes by
Where you aren’t thinking about it ...
Do you honestly forget that easily?
God, I really fucking envy that of you
Always just dismissing me so readily
I told I don’t feel well and
I haven’t really slept in days
I’m sure I overdid it yesterday
And now I’m hurt in every way
My body is fucking broken
Weren’t you at the appointment?
Stop acting like I’m alright and
This is just my bad temperament
Cause with chronic pain you always feel
There’s not a moment that goes by
Where you aren’t thinking about it ...
#anger
#illness
#frustration
#hurt
#disability
1834 reads
10 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
7th Jul 2019 00:01am
7th Jul 2019 00:01am
I Took Too Much
I took too much
Yet I really needed to
The pain is too great
I just need to get through
If I can make it past the night
Then I can hope for tomorrow
But when my body breaks down
It brings me too much sorrow
I took too much
Just to numb the ache
One had me doubled over
Left in the pain's wake
I feel much softer now
Very relaxed, nice and loose
My words come too easy now
But I could also be that aloof
I took too much
But I'm not shameful
I know my limits now and ...
Yet I really needed to
The pain is too great
I just need to get through
If I can make it past the night
Then I can hope for tomorrow
But when my body breaks down
It brings me too much sorrow
I took too much
Just to numb the ache
One had me doubled over
Left in the pain's wake
I feel much softer now
Very relaxed, nice and loose
My words come too easy now
But I could also be that aloof
I took too much
But I'm not shameful
I know my limits now and ...
#alcohol
#drugs
#illness
#suffering
#hurt
704 reads
16 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
4th Jul 2019 4:36pm
4th Jul 2019 4:36pm
Soul Storm
I look ahead to the dark sky
There’s a storm brewing above
I need to get to my storm shelter
That’s saved me many times in love
Clouds will be churning in my soul
Just like they were spinning outside
The wind will pick up my heart rate
Winding through thick, thin and wide
I heard a rumble from a far but
It could’ve come from deep in my chest
I’m running across the grass and
The lighting strikes a tree to my left
It sparked up a storm within my body
As it sparks up the dusky evening sky
I slam...
There’s a storm brewing above
I need to get to my storm shelter
That’s saved me many times in love
Clouds will be churning in my soul
Just like they were spinning outside
The wind will pick up my heart rate
Winding through thick, thin and wide
I heard a rumble from a far but
It could’ve come from deep in my chest
I’m running across the grass and
The lighting strikes a tree to my left
It sparked up a storm within my body
As it sparks up the dusky evening sky
I slam...
#heartbroken
#rain
#storm
#wind
#escape
538 reads
5 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
4th Jul 2019 11:12am
4th Jul 2019 11:12am
The Red Door
When you look in the basement
The deepest pits in your mind
There’s always that one door
Where, if lucky, you never find
It’s a deep red, old and grungy door
With claw marks down one side
Weeds are growing up the door frame
The atmosphere is electrified
I haven’t been down in ages
That’s the darkest hole in my mind
A room of all of my trauma and hurt
Where the old me and new collide
It felt like I was in there for months
Something I wasn’t ready to face— ...
The deepest pits in your mind
There’s always that one door
Where, if lucky, you never find
It’s a deep red, old and grungy door
With claw marks down one side
Weeds are growing up the door frame
The atmosphere is electrified
I haven’t been down in ages
That’s the darkest hole in my mind
A room of all of my trauma and hurt
Where the old me and new collide
It felt like I was in there for months
Something I wasn’t ready to face— ...
#anxiety
#dark
#learning
#SelfDiscovery
#healing
651 reads
11 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Jul 2019 10:25pm
2nd Jul 2019 10:25pm
This Frosted Glass
it’s the never ending battle
to break into that head of yours
if i’m all locked up with regret
then maybe you’re the only cure
the missing key that fits the lock
slightly open window shades
i’ve been shut out and can’t see in
and it’s been like this for days
i slammed my fists against the screen
that separates my world from you
the frosted glass nearly shattered
but no amount of force will really do
i’ve knocked a few times
and i know you’re still in there
i see you pacing back and forth
running your...
to break into that head of yours
if i’m all locked up with regret
then maybe you’re the only cure
the missing key that fits the lock
slightly open window shades
i’ve been shut out and can’t see in
and it’s been like this for days
i slammed my fists against the screen
that separates my world from you
the frosted glass nearly shattered
but no amount of force will really do
i’ve knocked a few times
and i know you’re still in there
i see you pacing back and forth
running your...
#dark
#memories
#support #nostalgia
#support #nostalgia
727 reads
36 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Jul 2019 11:48am
2nd Jul 2019 11:48am
Wallflower
If I were just a plain wallflower
I probably wouldn’t bloom
I’d sit on a shelf somewhere
Gathering dust in your room
You’d walk by me without a thought
Not even a glance my way
You probably wouldn’t think of me
Not like I do of you everyday
Seems I’m always the one hearing
But I’m never the one who’s heard
Maybe wallflowers don’t talk that much
I can never seem to fit in a word
You’d tell me of all your endeavors
And I’d listen so tentatively
But when thoughts of me arise
To you, I am only what you...
I probably wouldn’t bloom
I’d sit on a shelf somewhere
Gathering dust in your room
You’d walk by me without a thought
Not even a glance my way
You probably wouldn’t think of me
Not like I do of you everyday
Seems I’m always the one hearing
But I’m never the one who’s heard
Maybe wallflowers don’t talk that much
I can never seem to fit in a word
You’d tell me of all your endeavors
And I’d listen so tentatively
But when thoughts of me arise
To you, I am only what you...
#silence
#misunderstood
#SelfReflection
#FeelingLost
#SelfWorth
620 reads
21 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
2nd Jul 2019 11:15am
2nd Jul 2019 11:15am
Dancing Shadows
The red silky sheets are new, and
There’s feather pillows on the bed
The air is turned down nice and low
But still thoughts swarm my head
I’ve got the drapes all pulled together
Yet still the moonlight pours through
It’s like the night is calling out for me
“Come, for the only light I have is you.”
I stretch out in the moonlit darkness
And let the low beams caress my skin
The low light casts them in porcelain hues
And it looks like I’m up for the night again
With vague shadows dancing on the wall ...
There’s feather pillows on the bed
The air is turned down nice and low
But still thoughts swarm my head
I’ve got the drapes all pulled together
Yet still the moonlight pours through
It’s like the night is calling out for me
“Come, for the only light I have is you.”
I stretch out in the moonlit darkness
And let the low beams caress my skin
The low light casts them in porcelain hues
And it looks like I’m up for the night again
With vague shadows dancing on the wall ...
#anxiety
#dark
#LifeStruggles
#sleep
#nightmares
495 reads
14 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Jun 2019 10:04am
29th Jun 2019 10:04am
illusions
I spend my nights out on the lakeside
Dreaming of you and all that we had
Watching the water ripple outward
And I wonder, “Did it really get this bad?”
I thought you were a cooling touch
To the burning embers of my soul
But all those times I felt too much
You heavily doused my searing coals
I lied to all those who would speak out
Saying you’re much better than you were
And I almost believed that shit myself
But cycle had already started to recur
I thought you had the...
Dreaming of you and all that we had
Watching the water ripple outward
And I wonder, “Did it really get this bad?”
I thought you were a cooling touch
To the burning embers of my soul
But all those times I felt too much
You heavily doused my searing coals
I lied to all those who would speak out
Saying you’re much better than you were
And I almost believed that shit myself
But cycle had already started to recur
I thought you had the...
#sadness
#relationships
#breakup
#memories
#SelfReflection
790 reads
18 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
29th Jun 2019 5:35am
29th Jun 2019 5:35am
moth to my flame
it doesn’t matter if it’s on paper
or if it’s on a dirty table cloth
if my words were a flame
i know that you would be the moth
if my flame is dancing all night long
and cutting shadows on the wall
whether it’s blue, red or golden
you can’t see while so enthralled
they say don’t play with fire
or you are sure to get burned
you can test the heat and see, but
remember you’ve been warned
moths are not at all graceful
like their lovely cousin butterflies
like you, they want to play with...
or if it’s on a dirty table cloth
if my words were a flame
i know that you would be the moth
if my flame is dancing all night long
and cutting shadows on the wall
whether it’s blue, red or golden
you can’t see while so enthralled
they say don’t play with fire
or you are sure to get burned
you can test the heat and see, but
remember you’ve been warned
moths are not at all graceful
like their lovely cousin butterflies
like you, they want to play with...
#dark
#power
#WritingPoetry
#FallingInLove
#PowerOfWords
583 reads
16 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Jun 2019 1:18am
29th Jun 2019 1:18am
#mainstream
#lust
#sex
#music
#lyrics
#dance
695 reads
20 Comments
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