Submissions by Maple666
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
6th May 2023 11:14am
6th May 2023 11:14am
Your Quality of Life.
When god made you , it’s was a creation like no other from your freckles on your nose to your high cheek
bones and your almond azure eyes . God gave you those so you could see the raw beauty in life and all the wonders . A moment of a sunset that hangs in
the sky set on fire with crimson and god . . He didn’t gift you your sight for comparing, he lit the light only
for you to see even in those dark silent days when everything feels heavy and noire. It you just adjust
your peripheral vision a bit more to the right and left .
You may catch a glimpse that you are a...
bones and your almond azure eyes . God gave you those so you could see the raw beauty in life and all the wonders . A moment of a sunset that hangs in
the sky set on fire with crimson and god . . He didn’t gift you your sight for comparing, he lit the light only
for you to see even in those dark silent days when everything feels heavy and noire. It you just adjust
your peripheral vision a bit more to the right and left .
You may catch a glimpse that you are a...
#happiness
#kindness
#strength
#courage
#wisdom
196 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
1st May 2023 3:21pm
1st May 2023 3:21pm
Paint by Numbers
It begins as an unexpected meeting of the darkest night and sunlit heady days. There’s going to be almighty thunderstorms with flashes of lightning and that noise that rings out like a discharged gun but when the moon turns to the sun with trust it’s hands the yellow paint brush to colour in . It’s paint by numbers until the sky is a vision in crimson as the moon has learned to share in a leap of faith . And it says in brush strokes of impressiveness . If I had to chose one for my last great adventures packed with rucksacks of ham sandwiches and a flask of strong hot tea while trip-pin’’ the...
#happiness
#relationships
#gratitude
#admiration
#respect
178 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Apr 2023 11:23pm
26th Apr 2023 11:23pm
FATE
Why chase want does not want to be
caught . I could add in bait but it feels
very contrived and pawn and hostage
Comes to my mind . It’s not about gorilla
warfare . I would rather cast my line
in hope that the fate folk laws attract
my dish for life . In a natural environment
without the need for hooks , nets or floats .
caught . I could add in bait but it feels
very contrived and pawn and hostage
Comes to my mind . It’s not about gorilla
warfare . I would rather cast my line
in hope that the fate folk laws attract
my dish for life . In a natural environment
without the need for hooks , nets or floats .
#romantic
#patience
#honesty
#wisdom
#deception
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LOVE POEM
Published
26th Apr 2023 12:54pm
26th Apr 2023 12:54pm
Love can be quiet
Love may be shy and slow it doesn’t like
to parade itself and be on show . It’s
private and it likes to hide in deep pockets
but it’s there amongst all the essentials .
Your wallet , phone and some loose change
better to be prepared than be lost by the lack of a nickel or two , it’s always thinking about you . lt’s often silent it’s not a brass band but if you listen you will hear the heart beats like the summers breeze . Just touching you In a lover’s embrace it’s velvety smooth . It’s discreet and often it’s in disguise wrapped up in Aran double knit scarf...
to parade itself and be on show . It’s
private and it likes to hide in deep pockets
but it’s there amongst all the essentials .
Your wallet , phone and some loose change
better to be prepared than be lost by the lack of a nickel or two , it’s always thinking about you . lt’s often silent it’s not a brass band but if you listen you will hear the heart beats like the summers breeze . Just touching you In a lover’s embrace it’s velvety smooth . It’s discreet and often it’s in disguise wrapped up in Aran double knit scarf...
#love
#romantic
#admiration
#FirstLove
#crush
265 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
22nd Apr 2023 11:23am
22nd Apr 2023 11:23am
FEAR LIES .
Most of her life she felt like she was an
apology a care label sewed into her clothes . I’m not worth a dime and I’m a waste of space and valuable
time .She’s an invisible thread with a needle in her head and how she wanted to embroider her life with art to create embellishment’s of tenderness in various yarns to layer piece by piece and cover every stitch of raw brutal neglect and anticipation of fear creeping every so slowly near with a sickening feeling of her heart beating out of her chest the fight or flight crushing her breath. A back cross stitch of lack of security and...
apology a care label sewed into her clothes . I’m not worth a dime and I’m a waste of space and valuable
time .She’s an invisible thread with a needle in her head and how she wanted to embroider her life with art to create embellishment’s of tenderness in various yarns to layer piece by piece and cover every stitch of raw brutal neglect and anticipation of fear creeping every so slowly near with a sickening feeling of her heart beating out of her chest the fight or flight crushing her breath. A back cross stitch of lack of security and...
#sadness
#childhood
#escape
#DomesticViolence
#manipulation
242 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Apr 2023 3:48pm
20th Apr 2023 3:48pm
Horizontally.
She never bends to accommodate another
Is not that’s it’s a selfish endeavour . She’s done more than her fair share but just as she settles with a sigh of relief she’s at the perfect height at forty five degrees approximately to comprise to give in order to receive , she realised she was parked horizontally on a one way street.
Is not that’s it’s a selfish endeavour . She’s done more than her fair share but just as she settles with a sigh of relief she’s at the perfect height at forty five degrees approximately to comprise to give in order to receive , she realised she was parked horizontally on a one way street.
#relationships
#philosophical
#apathy
#bittersweet
#deception
227 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Apr 2023 4:59pm
16th Apr 2023 4:59pm
FAST LOVE
She can curl her hair and straighten it to , but
she can’t change and be a fool . She’s done that to many times before. She is waiting on the one who will appreciate her for how she is . Old fashioned and maybe that’s the problem living in a world that’s all about the new . Fast food , fast pace of life and fast love and that’s the other problem when she is slow to reveal .Maybe that’s a crime in the world today get the handcuffs and throw the key away . Truth is she doesn’t know anymore. Is she the problem Sometimes that’s how she feels coz nobody seems to want to hold hands and...
she can’t change and be a fool . She’s done that to many times before. She is waiting on the one who will appreciate her for how she is . Old fashioned and maybe that’s the problem living in a world that’s all about the new . Fast food , fast pace of life and fast love and that’s the other problem when she is slow to reveal .Maybe that’s a crime in the world today get the handcuffs and throw the key away . Truth is she doesn’t know anymore. Is she the problem Sometimes that’s how she feels coz nobody seems to want to hold hands and...
#misunderstood
#LifeCycle
#aging
#nostalgia
#dating
294 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Apr 2023 11:03pm
9th Apr 2023 11:03pm
The Last time .
I wish for more don’t we all but previously
when I was all in and not one thought of
what could go wrong you left . No goodbye
No explanations why , no honesty or respect .
You said so many lies the one about cancer
was a new level of deception all to cover up
an affair . I heard six months later you had
married through the grapevine and a child
was on the way . I never heard a thing from
you and since that fiasco I’ve never been
the same . My life changed and trusting is
such a chore and closeness brings me to
a...
when I was all in and not one thought of
what could go wrong you left . No goodbye
No explanations why , no honesty or respect .
You said so many lies the one about cancer
was a new level of deception all to cover up
an affair . I heard six months later you had
married through the grapevine and a child
was on the way . I never heard a thing from
you and since that fiasco I’ve never been
the same . My life changed and trusting is
such a chore and closeness brings me to
a...
#anger
#lies
#betrayal
#bittersweet
#deception
202 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Apr 2023 1:36pm
9th Apr 2023 1:36pm
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL
I sometimes think I am dancing with the devil .We are tripping through the tango now . Lots of missteps and agonising moments of show me how. I swear I hope god politely, cuts in I’m hoping I am listed on his dance card . And takes my arms, and wraps my fingers in his. And whispers so nobody else hears ,don't worry about your feet and the rhythm you're going to be fine.
#kindness
#strength
#courage
#spiritual
#honesty
253 reads
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SELF POEM
Published
29th Mar 2023 3:16pm
29th Mar 2023 3:16pm
Not a Smoking Gun
I’m not a smoking gun you’re depending on, I am hidden in the dark with a pipe trying to smoke
myself out of uncertainty and doubt . You can’t rely on me as I can’t see who I am amongst the clouds and fumes of a double identity .I am strong but oh so weak at times .I’m fear and fearless and sad and happy . I’m a double edged sword . Who doesn’t know whether to wound or defend or surrender . I ‘m am not the odds on bet that becomes an accumulator . I am just one person who has a foot in the past and tentatively trying to find the common ground to take that step into the sun .
myself out of uncertainty and doubt . You can’t rely on me as I can’t see who I am amongst the clouds and fumes of a double identity .I am strong but oh so weak at times .I’m fear and fearless and sad and happy . I’m a double edged sword . Who doesn’t know whether to wound or defend or surrender . I ‘m am not the odds on bet that becomes an accumulator . I am just one person who has a foot in the past and tentatively trying to find the common ground to take that step into the sun .
#happiness
#courage
#honesty
#misunderstood
#hypocrisy
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LOVE POEM
Published
29th Mar 2023 11:58am
29th Mar 2023 11:58am
No Choice
She is dripped
In aqua ink
Waiting for the quill
To inscribe with calligraphic
Letters etched with palpable emotions
I choose you way beyond
The moon light sky
And golden sunsets
I choose you for all you are
Seen and unseen
For your are a mystery
Floating on this earth
Pirouetting with grace
But with a mind of your own
Determined, standing tall
I choose you for I must confess
I have no choice at all .
In aqua ink
Waiting for the quill
To inscribe with calligraphic
Letters etched with palpable emotions
I choose you way beyond
The moon light sky
And golden sunsets
I choose you for all you are
Seen and unseen
For your are a mystery
Floating on this earth
Pirouetting with grace
But with a mind of your own
Determined, standing tall
I choose you for I must confess
I have no choice at all .
#relationships
#lover
#FirstLove
#crush
#obsession
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LOVE POEM
Published
27th Mar 2023 4:06pm
27th Mar 2023 4:06pm
BATMAN AND ROBIN
I will know when, It's right when I don't go to sleep second guessing his Intentions . It won't be a mystery of the words that fall from his mouth or the intolerable silence,It will found in the effort of actions . The thoughts behind them and I know that takes time and consideration, To think of someone other than yourself. It’s precariously jacked up on trusting someone it’s got pitfalls of the tender kind but it can make you you feel highas a kite floating on serotonins. Dancing freely in the wind, you gonna touch the sky, and that's feeling, words without the work, is just sheer...
#happiness
#support
#FirstLove
#dating
#crush
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