Submissions by LunaGreyhawk
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Maiden, Mother, and Crone dipped in a fine batter of mental chaos, deep-fried golden in reserved backwoods-southern bacon grease.
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Jun 2024 3:19am
11th Jun 2024 3:19am
Beloved
I courted this moment,
If only ever in my dreams;
running barefoot in the grass
under the fullest moon,
I made such a game of my chase;
in relentless pursuit of my name
dripping thickly from your lips,
I’d see them stained crimson
from the shadows
you’d drink of me
If only ever in my dreams;
running barefoot in the grass
under the fullest moon,
I made such a game of my chase;
in relentless pursuit of my name
dripping thickly from your lips,
I’d see them stained crimson
from the shadows
you’d drink of me
#love
#lover
178 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
27th May 2024 00:28am
27th May 2024 00:28am
A Letter, My Love
reaching for you,
my letters now strung
together in loops and curves,
so prettily they hang
upon their cursive vine;
words bloom from their seeds,
blushing mums and
delicate orchids
I send them all to you
wrapped in smooth paper,
bound by fragrant memory
and spilled from this heart
in everyday ink
I would that my voice linger
past Summer’s longest days,
farther than Winter’s death,
to span the space between us
and find within your chest
a resonant adoration
my letters now strung
together in loops and curves,
so prettily they hang
upon their cursive vine;
words bloom from their seeds,
blushing mums and
delicate orchids
I send them all to you
wrapped in smooth paper,
bound by fragrant memory
and spilled from this heart
in everyday ink
I would that my voice linger
past Summer’s longest days,
farther than Winter’s death,
to span the space between us
and find within your chest
a resonant adoration
#love
226 reads
16 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
8th May 2024 5:02am
8th May 2024 5:02am
In Somna
from the depths
of our inhumanity,
he bears it all -
for our sakes,
so we may rise
in sunlight
and bask in it,
without shadow of doubt
nor guilt-borne shame
for our sins, countless
the nameless demon
covets the forbidden
all he wants in return
is to taste the girl;
she’s no maiden, married
to the town’s young Bishop
but ripe, is she ever;
believing in nothing,
he’ll give her everything
if only she’d ask
she won’t, though
will she?
of our inhumanity,
he bears it all -
for our sakes,
so we may rise
in sunlight
and bask in it,
without shadow of doubt
nor guilt-borne shame
for our sins, countless
the nameless demon
covets the forbidden
all he wants in return
is to taste the girl;
she’s no maiden, married
to the town’s young Bishop
but ripe, is she ever;
believing in nothing,
he’ll give her everything
if only she’d ask
she won’t, though
will she?
#dreams
#erotic
336 reads
14 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th May 2024 2:13am
6th May 2024 2:13am
Death of Connections (Depressive Episode Edition)
Wandering the path again,
retracing my steps, alone this time;
I’m counting the bodies
laying just where I left them
death came quickly for these,
my dysfunction, stalking
and insatiable
one taste of their salt,
their steadfastness and
it swallowed them without chewing
sometimes I still revel
in the bitterness
retracing my steps, alone this time;
I’m counting the bodies
laying just where I left them
death came quickly for these,
my dysfunction, stalking
and insatiable
one taste of their salt,
their steadfastness and
it swallowed them without chewing
sometimes I still revel
in the bitterness
#bipolar
#depression
#friendship #MentalHealth
#friendship #MentalHealth
245 reads
18 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
18th Apr 2024 1:09am
18th Apr 2024 1:09am
Quantum
all it took for me to fall in love
was one chance, miraculous moment,
coinciding quite nicely with
a random rainy Tuesday afternoon;
the rundown yet quaint bookstore
provided the perfect intersection
between your day and mine;
I never believed in divine timing
until our eyes boldly introduced us,
spilling all our best-kept secrets
across the gardening aisle -
it was the most holy thing I’ve felt;
I still ponder the magnitude
of that small moment, a tiny seed
containing finely-detailed blueprint,
the structure of time...
was one chance, miraculous moment,
coinciding quite nicely with
a random rainy Tuesday afternoon;
the rundown yet quaint bookstore
provided the perfect intersection
between your day and mine;
I never believed in divine timing
until our eyes boldly introduced us,
spilling all our best-kept secrets
across the gardening aisle -
it was the most holy thing I’ve felt;
I still ponder the magnitude
of that small moment, a tiny seed
containing finely-detailed blueprint,
the structure of time...
#love
#NaPoWriMo2024
169 reads
12 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Nov 2023 9:35pm
22nd Nov 2023 9:35pm
Smoke.
sandalwood and pine
sacred incense, in embers
inhale, hold, release
sacred incense, in embers
inhale, hold, release
#spiritual
#magic
#tradition
399 reads
23 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
26th Oct 2023 2:51am
26th Oct 2023 2:51am
Surrender
Listen closely, sweet maiden
Can you hear it?
Strain if you must, to listen
Welcome the song of magic on the wind
Surrender
As gentle waves give over to the Moon,
So give yourself to her sacred guidance
Stand closely, dear mother
Can you feel it?
Dig if you must, to touch
Grasp the light from deep within
Surrender
As Summer succumbs to Autumn
So give yourself to the ever-changing seasons
Look closely, wise crone
Can you see it?
Lean in if you must, to behold
View the beauty of all...
Can you hear it?
Strain if you must, to listen
Welcome the song of magic on the wind
Surrender
As gentle waves give over to the Moon,
So give yourself to her sacred guidance
Stand closely, dear mother
Can you feel it?
Dig if you must, to touch
Grasp the light from deep within
Surrender
As Summer succumbs to Autumn
So give yourself to the ever-changing seasons
Look closely, wise crone
Can you see it?
Lean in if you must, to behold
View the beauty of all...
#LifeCycle
#aging
#SelfDiscovery
307 reads
28 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Sep 2023 2:01am
5th Sep 2023 2:01am
Muscle Memory
I don’t know what you did
but I know that you did
something
my body, weak and innocent
my memories, a dark forest
endless and unknowable;
the vast walls I built in one day
with my own, trembling hands
have blocked out the Sun, until
he refuses to show his face here,
until garden has become tomb
and now, in the dark
with the waiting
and the gnashing of teeth
I sit in silence, as I’ve always done
but I know that you did
something
my body, weak and innocent
my memories, a dark forest
endless and unknowable;
the vast walls I built in one day
with my own, trembling hands
have blocked out the Sun, until
he refuses to show his face here,
until garden has become tomb
and now, in the dark
with the waiting
and the gnashing of teeth
I sit in silence, as I’ve always done
#abuse
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfWorth
390 reads
7 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Jul 2023 11:08pm
2nd Jul 2023 11:08pm
Longaevitas
middle age begins
the dance with death;
at some point, grandparents
are long gone, and now
the aunts and uncles each
step forward, as if eager to be
in line for the hereafter;
I realize now that I must have
thought they’d live forever,
a solid brick in the construction
of my reality
my icons have become
the memories I’ve shared
with their art along the way -
the song that was playing
on the jet black boom box
in June of 1987, all the while
Edgar Esperello gave me that
slightly hesitant...
the dance with death;
at some point, grandparents
are long gone, and now
the aunts and uncles each
step forward, as if eager to be
in line for the hereafter;
I realize now that I must have
thought they’d live forever,
a solid brick in the construction
of my reality
my icons have become
the memories I’ve shared
with their art along the way -
the song that was playing
on the jet black boom box
in June of 1987, all the while
Edgar Esperello gave me that
slightly hesitant...
#LifeCycle
#aging
#SelfReflection
364 reads
20 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Jun 2023 3:51am
9th Jun 2023 3:51am
The Blaze of Glory
I have it all, and yet
some days
my body yearns
for lack of sustenance;
I starve myself so I might
find a little gratitude
for my abundance
it’s a bit masochistic, isn’t it?
Something is missing, though -
the tips of grass blades
slowly gone yellow;
signs that death is creeping,
a long shadow across the lawn;
the color fading from my hair
I begrudge the passing of time
even while I long to be
more grateful;
a double-edged blade -
on one side certain death
on the other the...
some days
my body yearns
for lack of sustenance;
I starve myself so I might
find a little gratitude
for my abundance
it’s a bit masochistic, isn’t it?
Something is missing, though -
the tips of grass blades
slowly gone yellow;
signs that death is creeping,
a long shadow across the lawn;
the color fading from my hair
I begrudge the passing of time
even while I long to be
more grateful;
a double-edged blade -
on one side certain death
on the other the...
#aging
#SelfReflection
363 reads
31 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Apr 2023 4:26pm
21st Apr 2023 4:26pm
On the Edge of Goodbye
sometimes I wish
life came with
background music,
at least then
I’d know
what to expect
I never saw this coming
everything
that could be said
has come barreling
from these chests and
unbridled tongues;
and now we sit,
looking everywhere but
at each other
I don’t want you to go
the heavy silence
slips between our words
now few and getting
farther between
I want to tell you my truth
but soon there will be
nothing left to say, ...
life came with
background music,
at least then
I’d know
what to expect
I never saw this coming
everything
that could be said
has come barreling
from these chests and
unbridled tongues;
and now we sit,
looking everywhere but
at each other
I don’t want you to go
the heavy silence
slips between our words
now few and getting
farther between
I want to tell you my truth
but soon there will be
nothing left to say, ...
#love
#grief
#heartbroken
394 reads
26 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Apr 2023 2:23pm
20th Apr 2023 2:23pm
Dawn Awaits
#sky
#nature
#dawn
312 reads
16 Comments
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