Submissions by Maple666
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
SELF POEM
Published
27th Mar 2023 3:09pm
27th Mar 2023 3:09pm
TWO RUCKSACKS
I am trippin over myself. I’m backed into
a corner not by myself with all these feelings
and no matter how hard I try I can’t just
skip over them . I’m losing and gaining a
part of myself . I’m going crazy trying to
stop myself and go at the same time . If
I hadn’t been hijacked by fear many moons
ago I would be moving by now . I’m kinda
carrying two ruck sacks on my back and it’s
always the past one that grabs me by the
throat it’s the pain and hurt that screams
It’s a stop sign . Don’t move and I wait
while I shake...
a corner not by myself with all these feelings
and no matter how hard I try I can’t just
skip over them . I’m losing and gaining a
part of myself . I’m going crazy trying to
stop myself and go at the same time . If
I hadn’t been hijacked by fear many moons
ago I would be moving by now . I’m kinda
carrying two ruck sacks on my back and it’s
always the past one that grabs me by the
throat it’s the pain and hurt that screams
It’s a stop sign . Don’t move and I wait
while I shake...
#sadness
#anxiety
#confusion
#disappointment
#fear
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SELF POEM
Published
26th Mar 2023 1:38pm
26th Mar 2023 1:38pm
BUT
If I could have told you how I felt with you .
But and that’s the crux that’s crucified
me so much . It’s an almighty stumbling
block . It’s the heart wishing it had vocal
chords and melodies to sing to express
every god dam thing but the mind it’s
not so inclined it’s nudges you with
rationale and it’s ability to make you fool
proof . It’s the lock on the gate although
your heart urges you to find the key .
BUT ……… .
But and that’s the crux that’s crucified
me so much . It’s an almighty stumbling
block . It’s the heart wishing it had vocal
chords and melodies to sing to express
every god dam thing but the mind it’s
not so inclined it’s nudges you with
rationale and it’s ability to make you fool
proof . It’s the lock on the gate although
your heart urges you to find the key .
BUT ……… .
#regret
#heartbroken
#secrets
#escape
#bittersweet
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LOVE POEM
Published
26th Mar 2023 1:13pm
26th Mar 2023 1:13pm
That’s love
It’s hard loving someone and letting them go . Yes you were their first love and you nurtured them to live . Unapologetic and fiercely independent so they can
stand on their own feet and express themselves and experience their own journey on this earth . It’s letting go that love is truly made up of . A coat embroidered with firsts followed by more . A tailoring of lengthening the material with darts to fit the structure of seconds , thirds and more of its kind . Truly loving another from the top of their head to their toes is found in freedom and choices to find themselves with others...
stand on their own feet and express themselves and experience their own journey on this earth . It’s letting go that love is truly made up of . A coat embroidered with firsts followed by more . A tailoring of lengthening the material with darts to fit the structure of seconds , thirds and more of its kind . Truly loving another from the top of their head to their toes is found in freedom and choices to find themselves with others...
#mother
#children
#childhood
#family
#daughter
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SELF POEM
Published
24th Mar 2023 8:22am
24th Mar 2023 8:22am
She’s at the gate .
You touched her mind in her Silent thoughts . You would never know how thinking about you makes an anxious woman relax and smile and believe that she is a class act . How your love of life Is infectious your sense of fun combined with a gorgeous face and piercing blue eyes Make her high on life as you
Live in it . She is a private soul and leaves most people On the outside and yet you Make her want to open the gate and walk amongst the fears that terrify her the most . People, they are a precarious tribe of many sides love and hate , trustful to suspiciously cagey to a follow to be...
Live in it . She is a private soul and leaves most people On the outside and yet you Make her want to open the gate and walk amongst the fears that terrify her the most . People, they are a precarious tribe of many sides love and hate , trustful to suspiciously cagey to a follow to be...
#happiness
#strength
#courage
#honesty
#misunderstood
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Mar 2023 10:23am
21st Mar 2023 10:23am
NOT IN YOUR DNA
I’m never going to play games with your heart
I know how battered it’s been, you cry in the dark at times . It’s been kicked like a football
just for fun they were never aiming for the
goal but did it anyway. I’m not going to play that game you know the one when you are not to sure to reveal your true feelings coz you don’t wanna be a fool , so you leave them waiting on your reply by text just coz you can and maybe for yourself too. A safety net . I don’t wanna make you feel less than you are , I know words hurt just as much as a fist and that’s hard to digest. So I wanna...
I know how battered it’s been, you cry in the dark at times . It’s been kicked like a football
just for fun they were never aiming for the
goal but did it anyway. I’m not going to play that game you know the one when you are not to sure to reveal your true feelings coz you don’t wanna be a fool , so you leave them waiting on your reply by text just coz you can and maybe for yourself too. A safety net . I don’t wanna make you feel less than you are , I know words hurt just as much as a fist and that’s hard to digest. So I wanna...
#love
#strength
#hope
#respect
#emotions
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LOVE POEM
Published
18th Mar 2023 9:49pm
18th Mar 2023 9:49pm
A perfect fit .
Love really is an oxymoron .It can make your heart sing but also make your throat bone
dry and not one note can float by . It’s a million different things all at the same time. We don’t feel whole without it but half of
us doubt it . It’s a shape shifter in different
versions and sizes and we wait for it to settle and be still . Hoping that my trousers match your shirt and the cut is divine, a perfect fit skimming us both in a eco cotton with golden threads that has fibres made for durability. A real classic piece that the years can’t disagree on as it becomes your staple...
dry and not one note can float by . It’s a million different things all at the same time. We don’t feel whole without it but half of
us doubt it . It’s a shape shifter in different
versions and sizes and we wait for it to settle and be still . Hoping that my trousers match your shirt and the cut is divine, a perfect fit skimming us both in a eco cotton with golden threads that has fibres made for durability. A real classic piece that the years can’t disagree on as it becomes your staple...
#love
#relationships
#romantic
#FallingInLove
#respect
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SELF POEM
Published
17th Mar 2023 10:27am
17th Mar 2023 10:27am
A POCKET FULL.
Most of her life she felt like she was an
Apology a note sewed into her clothes
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
Embellishments of decorative designs
To layer and cover every stitch of raw
Disappointments from different perspectives A back cross stitch of lack of love and
Genuineness in her formative years .
She was sewn in between the placket
of insignificance and tolerance hidden
Buttons of a face and...
Apology a note sewed into her clothes
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
Embellishments of decorative designs
To layer and cover every stitch of raw
Disappointments from different perspectives A back cross stitch of lack of love and
Genuineness in her formative years .
She was sewn in between the placket
of insignificance and tolerance hidden
Buttons of a face and...
#rejection
#heartbroken
#frustration
#despair
#disappointment
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SELF POEM
Published
16th Mar 2023 6:49pm
16th Mar 2023 6:49pm
The Battlefield,
What ever I lose I gain again later
And that’s not just the weight it’s
The journey I take . When I let life
Take me by the scruff of my neck
And don’t answer back why I am
Somersaulting and often cavorting
With the unknown. It losses the more
I engage with an attitude of I know
I will land on my feet sooner or later .
Submitting isn’t defeatist it’s a
Pincer movement disguised as losing
But unbeknownst to change and
Uncertainty I am playing the long
Game and letting go of coercive
Control and it can’t walk...
And that’s not just the weight it’s
The journey I take . When I let life
Take me by the scruff of my neck
And don’t answer back why I am
Somersaulting and often cavorting
With the unknown. It losses the more
I engage with an attitude of I know
I will land on my feet sooner or later .
Submitting isn’t defeatist it’s a
Pincer movement disguised as losing
But unbeknownst to change and
Uncertainty I am playing the long
Game and letting go of coercive
Control and it can’t walk...
#strength
#LifeChangingMoment
#acceptance
#wisdom
#determination
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Mar 2023 1:24pm
16th Mar 2023 1:24pm
A woman and her flat .
We are all a bit strange, with rough edges
that we wish we could shave off . All feel a
bit lost and lonely amongst the vitality of living. On the outside we’re great a display cabinet of the finest China used only on special occasions . On the inside we are on
The make ducking and diving to meagrely surviving. Anxiousness steps up and acts as a guardian to make sure we’re not second guessing each other on the back drop of bravado. We just don’t seem to be able to
Communicate . It’s not how you feel it’s what you look like with quick let’s take a selfie and filter the...
that we wish we could shave off . All feel a
bit lost and lonely amongst the vitality of living. On the outside we’re great a display cabinet of the finest China used only on special occasions . On the inside we are on
The make ducking and diving to meagrely surviving. Anxiousness steps up and acts as a guardian to make sure we’re not second guessing each other on the back drop of bravado. We just don’t seem to be able to
Communicate . It’s not how you feel it’s what you look like with quick let’s take a selfie and filter the...
#childhood
#death
#LifeCycle
#aging
#LookingForLove
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Feb 2023 1:32pm
25th Feb 2023 1:32pm
Just a girl
I am just a girl standing in Asda
at the till with a basket full of
Buy one get one free Chocolate
was on offer Asking it to have
the same calories Of lettuce
leaves and cucumber.
at the till with a basket full of
Buy one get one free Chocolate
was on offer Asking it to have
the same calories Of lettuce
leaves and cucumber.
#happiness
#women
#food
#funny
#honesty
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Feb 2023 1:02pm
25th Feb 2023 1:02pm
You are
You are the earth under your feet
You are the rain that nurtures seedlings to
Appear as pure form in roots , embedded
Ready to take their place . You are a soaring eagle majestically flying in the sky chasing
Clouds far and wide , free as the wind
You are the stars that sneak out at night
To meet the moon in her dappled beauty spun of monochrome, an illusion of shadows
projecting a silver ballerina, turning pirouettes with perfect form and ease . You are the en pointe encased in satin igniting the dark with
Soft touches with the tips of your...
You are the rain that nurtures seedlings to
Appear as pure form in roots , embedded
Ready to take their place . You are a soaring eagle majestically flying in the sky chasing
Clouds far and wide , free as the wind
You are the stars that sneak out at night
To meet the moon in her dappled beauty spun of monochrome, an illusion of shadows
projecting a silver ballerina, turning pirouettes with perfect form and ease . You are the en pointe encased in satin igniting the dark with
Soft touches with the tips of your...
#strength
#courage
#motivational
#inspirational
#emotions
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LOVE POEM
Published
25th Feb 2023 1:33am
25th Feb 2023 1:33am
Red carver chair .
How can an empty chair give me
All the characteristics of your face
Your white wisps of hair , unruly ,
In defiance . Age may of made you
Confused and at times subdued.
But your physical features stood
As a reminder of all the life you had
Lived , I swear I still see your aqua
Lagoon eyes glinting at me as a
Playful trick , no you can’t forget me
That quick , and I don’t . Your chair ,
Upright , no fuss , cushion left as it
Was when you perched there , legs
Languishing I felt in quiet despair
Not giving up...
All the characteristics of your face
Your white wisps of hair , unruly ,
In defiance . Age may of made you
Confused and at times subdued.
But your physical features stood
As a reminder of all the life you had
Lived , I swear I still see your aqua
Lagoon eyes glinting at me as a
Playful trick , no you can’t forget me
That quick , and I don’t . Your chair ,
Upright , no fuss , cushion left as it
Was when you perched there , legs
Languishing I felt in quiet despair
Not giving up...
#death
#fate
#memories
#aging
#nostalgia
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