Submissions by LivDiane
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Just doing what I do!
Drunk On Words
So I’m drunk on wine
And I haven’t found the time
To say how I really feel
Crushed under life’s wheel
I want to say so much
But I don’t have the touch
To put it into beautiful words
I want to sing like a songbird
I’m left feeling so empty
Everything’s so petty
Just need to find me the time
To make my thoughts rhyme
I read these beautiful sonnets
Nothing yet is quite as honest
If only I could find me some time
Where something sounds sublime
And I haven’t found the time
To say how I really feel
Crushed under life’s wheel
I want to say so much
But I don’t have the touch
To put it into beautiful words
I want to sing like a songbird
I’m left feeling so empty
Everything’s so petty
Just need to find me the time
To make my thoughts rhyme
I read these beautiful sonnets
Nothing yet is quite as honest
If only I could find me some time
Where something sounds sublime
#LifeStruggles
#alcohol
#confessional
#honesty
#myself
492 reads
17 Comments
Now That I’m Gone
Just when you think you know me so well
I know that you think you’ve got me pegged
All these little pieces of me you seem to collect
But one things for sure, you don’t know me yet
All those times I picked you up off the ground
I dusted you off, and smoothed out all the rough
I was seemingly sweet and always meant well
But I’ll tell you, to know that is still not enough
I raised you up, I thought you deserved it
I’m always right, but with you i’m dead wrong
To think you can make it out here on your own
I say to you, darling,...
I know that you think you’ve got me pegged
All these little pieces of me you seem to collect
But one things for sure, you don’t know me yet
All those times I picked you up off the ground
I dusted you off, and smoothed out all the rough
I was seemingly sweet and always meant well
But I’ll tell you, to know that is still not enough
I raised you up, I thought you deserved it
I’m always right, but with you i’m dead wrong
To think you can make it out here on your own
I say to you, darling,...
#anger
#breakup
#TimeHeals
#MovingOn
#healing
504 reads
16 Comments
Straight Addicted
i’m a moth to your flame
i come to you unknowingly
no matter what the pain
you send surges through my veins
of your static electricity, I’m a sadist
and I can’t wait until it rains
it’s a deadly thing, to feel for you
but I dive for the murky waters
i don’t care what this will turn into
i do flips from the diving board
i’m headed straight for your depths
this chance is worth all the reward
i’d jump in blindly, do what I shouldn’t do
and I’d do this for you, time and time again
cause the only time...
i come to you unknowingly
no matter what the pain
you send surges through my veins
of your static electricity, I’m a sadist
and I can’t wait until it rains
it’s a deadly thing, to feel for you
but I dive for the murky waters
i don’t care what this will turn into
i do flips from the diving board
i’m headed straight for your depths
this chance is worth all the reward
i’d jump in blindly, do what I shouldn’t do
and I’d do this for you, time and time again
cause the only time...
#love
#relationships
#addiction
#UnrequitedLove
#crush
677 reads
14 Comments
My Muse
You’re the dripping ink from my pen
You’re all the ripped up journal pages
Ones that I treasure, the ones I’ve trashed
Here to soothe me when the spark enrages
You’re the words that roll off my tongue
The mixed up lines and words in my head
You’re the light to this unending darkness
The true awakening to the untapped dead
When the paper gets too soaked, and
The inked words are all bleeding together
I reach out to grasp the strings of my muse
And finally my hands clutch the invisible tether
Days that drag...
You’re all the ripped up journal pages
Ones that I treasure, the ones I’ve trashed
Here to soothe me when the spark enrages
You’re the words that roll off my tongue
The mixed up lines and words in my head
You’re the light to this unending darkness
The true awakening to the untapped dead
When the paper gets too soaked, and
The inked words are all bleeding together
I reach out to grasp the strings of my muse
And finally my hands clutch the invisible tether
Days that drag...
#friendship
#inspirational
#MyInspiration
#WritingPoetry
#support
860 reads
22 Comments
The Dread
As the panic seems to overtake me
Can’t understand why it isn’t releasing
It’s here when I open my eyes, and
Though I close them, I’m still not breathing
My chest starts to grow ever heavy
It’s like a vice is gripped around my soul
I can’t tell you what’s brought it about
But this feeling — it’s a bone deep cold
All this time wasted trying to break free
For all the times I try to push it down
I’m realizing — I can’t run from this now
The terror is crippling, fear so profound
I’m just scared of myself, what I may...
Can’t understand why it isn’t releasing
It’s here when I open my eyes, and
Though I close them, I’m still not breathing
My chest starts to grow ever heavy
It’s like a vice is gripped around my soul
I can’t tell you what’s brought it about
But this feeling — it’s a bone deep cold
All this time wasted trying to break free
For all the times I try to push it down
I’m realizing — I can’t run from this now
The terror is crippling, fear so profound
I’m just scared of myself, what I may...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#PTSD
494 reads
4 Comments
Disguise
The house has been eerily quiet now
A faucet is dripping in the distance
It’s fairly empty, my halls and walls
It’s been threatening my very existence
My mug is on the counter, by a round spot
— worn where another one used to sit...
I craved this silence, I welcomed my lonely
But it feels more now like a deep dark pit
The steady dripping from the rusty faucet
I didn’t realize how it’s threatened my sanity
The blank walls and lightly dusty halls
Emptiness has been tugging at my humanity
I feel lost, like...
A faucet is dripping in the distance
It’s fairly empty, my halls and walls
It’s been threatening my very existence
My mug is on the counter, by a round spot
— worn where another one used to sit...
I craved this silence, I welcomed my lonely
But it feels more now like a deep dark pit
The steady dripping from the rusty faucet
I didn’t realize how it’s threatened my sanity
The blank walls and lightly dusty halls
Emptiness has been tugging at my humanity
I feel lost, like...
#depression
#loneliness
#heartbroken
#emptiness
#emotional
499 reads
10 Comments
Zeal To Know Your Demons
You can hide from me, but not that well
I always seek the truth behind your eyes
No matter what comes from your lips
I know your demons, and they cannot lie
For we all have this darkness, love
An attraction to destroy, to sabotage
Because we know not what we do, but
It is the darkness we try to camouflage
We are scared to accept our defects
Thinking we are all of lesser flesh somehow
So just show me what you’re capable of
I promise, I’ll help make your demons bow
Destruction is what makes it all make...
I always seek the truth behind your eyes
No matter what comes from your lips
I know your demons, and they cannot lie
For we all have this darkness, love
An attraction to destroy, to sabotage
Because we know not what we do, but
It is the darkness we try to camouflage
We are scared to accept our defects
Thinking we are all of lesser flesh somehow
So just show me what you’re capable of
I promise, I’ll help make your demons bow
Destruction is what makes it all make...
#love
#dark
#friendship #support
#friendship #support
596 reads
9 Comments
Remembering You
Came to find your grave tonight, but
Here I am standing in the overgrowth
Thought I’d be slick and not even cry
And yet I guess I should have known
It has been almost a decade now
When you left and got called “home”
I always thought you’d be by my side
Now I can’t even call you on the phone
I remember the day like it was just last week
You called and asked for some lavender soap
I didn’t think much of it at the time, but
By the time I’d reached you, I’d lost all hope
Your eyes had glossed over, unmoving ...
Here I am standing in the overgrowth
Thought I’d be slick and not even cry
And yet I guess I should have known
It has been almost a decade now
When you left and got called “home”
I always thought you’d be by my side
Now I can’t even call you on the phone
I remember the day like it was just last week
You called and asked for some lavender soap
I didn’t think much of it at the time, but
By the time I’d reached you, I’d lost all hope
Your eyes had glossed over, unmoving ...
#grief
#death
#memories #graveyard
#memories #graveyard
717 reads
10 Comments
When I Rise
As the moon beams down
She promises a light in the night
Bringing forth all types of magic
Behold such a breathtaking sight
When I rise, I bring the darkness
In the depths well past midnight
Just look to me to always guide you
For I will be there night after night
But after her, the sun does come
Graciously, she gives life to us all
You’ll feel the warmth of her rays
From the sky, she shall never fall
When I rise, I bring the happiness
Day after day, after all these...
She promises a light in the night
Bringing forth all types of magic
Behold such a breathtaking sight
When I rise, I bring the darkness
In the depths well past midnight
Just look to me to always guide you
For I will be there night after night
But after her, the sun does come
Graciously, she gives life to us all
You’ll feel the warmth of her rays
From the sky, she shall never fall
When I rise, I bring the happiness
Day after day, after all these...
#strength
#SelfWorth
#determination
607 reads
7 Comments
Deck The Halls
In a way I’m decking the halls
Trying to erase your memory
From the windows to the walls
See, I got a brand new energy
I ripped all of your clothes down
Tore all your pictures off the wall
I can’t stand to see signs of you
And don’t want to look at you at all
I’ve already scrubbed my nails
From clawing down your back
And I even burned the sheets
Grabbed all of your shit out back
There’s not much even in there
Some junk and unmatched socks
I placed it by the front door
All wrapped up in...
Trying to erase your memory
From the windows to the walls
See, I got a brand new energy
I ripped all of your clothes down
Tore all your pictures off the wall
I can’t stand to see signs of you
And don’t want to look at you at all
I’ve already scrubbed my nails
From clawing down your back
And I even burned the sheets
Grabbed all of your shit out back
There’s not much even in there
Some junk and unmatched socks
I placed it by the front door
All wrapped up in...
#breakup
#MovingOn
#healing
582 reads
7 Comments
One More Beer
It’s getting pretty cold out here
On the outskirts of your love
Think I’ll have just one more beer
Though it never seems like enough
I wanted to just put you out
Out of my home and my heart
The battle has come to an end
But it seems like it’s about to start
I never even saw this coming
And I’m the one who led us here
Thought I’d fill the hole inside
Instead I’ll have one more beer
But you’re holding a shovel
I don’t know how to plug it
Yet this hole that I speak of
You are the one who dug it
...
On the outskirts of your love
Think I’ll have just one more beer
Though it never seems like enough
I wanted to just put you out
Out of my home and my heart
The battle has come to an end
But it seems like it’s about to start
I never even saw this coming
And I’m the one who led us here
Thought I’d fill the hole inside
Instead I’ll have one more beer
But you’re holding a shovel
I don’t know how to plug it
Yet this hole that I speak of
You are the one who dug it
...
#sadness
#relationships
#heartbroken
#breakup
#hurt
760 reads
14 Comments
Our End
The doors are locked
And I've lost my key
I knock real hard
You can not hear me
That needle is loud
It’s whispering to you
Telling you all these lies
Telling you what to do
It’s stolen your heart
It’s taken your dreams
I know you won’t stop
Until it’s made you scream
You’ve tarnished yourself
You shattered your character
I can’t even see you now
Behind all these barriers
I can’t love this person
What you turned out to be
The ways you degraded --
And even berated me
I’m lost...
And I've lost my key
I knock real hard
You can not hear me
That needle is loud
It’s whispering to you
Telling you all these lies
Telling you what to do
It’s stolen your heart
It’s taken your dreams
I know you won’t stop
Until it’s made you scream
You’ve tarnished yourself
You shattered your character
I can’t even see you now
Behind all these barriers
I can’t love this person
What you turned out to be
The ways you degraded --
And even berated me
I’m lost...
#breakup
#drugs
701 reads
18 Comments
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