Submissions by Mrs_Sin (Lillith)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I see, I hear, I experience, am inspired, start writing, sit back, and wonder when I stopped being in control of the words...
Inspiration
What do you see?
Look into the depths of a fire
What do you see?
Devils fighting
Demons biting
That is what I see.
Peer down though the ocean
What do you see?
Merfolk playing
Seahorses swaying
That is what I see.
Gaze at the clouds above
What do you see?
Faeries prancing
Angels dancing
That is what I see.
Dig through the soil below
What do you see?
Dragons gliding
Serpents sliding
That is what I see.
Stare at the page in front of you.
What do you see?
Words soaring and diving...
Look into the depths of a fire
What do you see?
Devils fighting
Demons biting
That is what I see.
Peer down though the ocean
What do you see?
Merfolk playing
Seahorses swaying
That is what I see.
Gaze at the clouds above
What do you see?
Faeries prancing
Angels dancing
That is what I see.
Dig through the soil below
What do you see?
Dragons gliding
Serpents sliding
That is what I see.
Stare at the page in front of you.
What do you see?
Words soaring and diving...
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1 Comment
Animal
Hear them warn the world
Chattering away
“Fiercest on the planet -
There it goes.” They say.
Killing just for sport
Every young one’s fear -
Seeking out their parents
And all that they hold dear.
Tales of it roam far
Scaring this worlds life
Causing them to hide away
Avoiding all the strife.
Listen to the animals
Hunker down so tight
Fear of the fiercest ensure
They don’t sleep at night.
“Quiet! Else he’ll hear us.
Stay still as you can.
Hope he doesn’t notice
That creature we call ‘Man’.”
Chattering away
“Fiercest on the planet -
There it goes.” They say.
Killing just for sport
Every young one’s fear -
Seeking out their parents
And all that they hold dear.
Tales of it roam far
Scaring this worlds life
Causing them to hide away
Avoiding all the strife.
Listen to the animals
Hunker down so tight
Fear of the fiercest ensure
They don’t sleep at night.
“Quiet! Else he’ll hear us.
Stay still as you can.
Hope he doesn’t notice
That creature we call ‘Man’.”
956 reads
1 Comment
Hormones!
Despair it clothes my world in black
And smothers my joy with sorrow
Perfect things are marred and cracked
So far away seems tomorrow.
Love it drives despair away
And joy can breathe once more
Broken things now bright and gay
Happiness spins across the floor
Rage it turns the whole view red
Scarlet spatters my sight
Nothing else inside my head
Turns a dance into a fight.
Peace it stops the merciless storm
The fight goes out of the beast
A lot closer now looks the morn
Pray it won’t be slowed in the least.
And smothers my joy with sorrow
Perfect things are marred and cracked
So far away seems tomorrow.
Love it drives despair away
And joy can breathe once more
Broken things now bright and gay
Happiness spins across the floor
Rage it turns the whole view red
Scarlet spatters my sight
Nothing else inside my head
Turns a dance into a fight.
Peace it stops the merciless storm
The fight goes out of the beast
A lot closer now looks the morn
Pray it won’t be slowed in the least.
887 reads
1 Comment
For a Mother
Their silvery laughter
Follows you in your dreams;
A sad wish, a fantasy
Of what might have been.
A motherly smile
As you watch phantoms play
Your dreams hide the grief
That you feel through the day.
You wanted a family
But all you have is this;
A dream of ghost-children
Whom you sorely miss.
Your love for them
Was special, truly meant
It’s a small part of them
That doesn’t have to be dreamt.
Because you carry them with you
In dreams bittersweet
Imagine them taking
First steps on small feet.
...
Follows you in your dreams;
A sad wish, a fantasy
Of what might have been.
A motherly smile
As you watch phantoms play
Your dreams hide the grief
That you feel through the day.
You wanted a family
But all you have is this;
A dream of ghost-children
Whom you sorely miss.
Your love for them
Was special, truly meant
It’s a small part of them
That doesn’t have to be dreamt.
Because you carry them with you
In dreams bittersweet
Imagine them taking
First steps on small feet.
...
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Sandman
Close your eyes, my little one
Have no fear, the Sandman will come
Take you to a land of lullabies
Away to your very own paradise.
Once you’re there, the noise will cease
No war between parents, just blissful peace
Hide in your world, stay there all night
Until the dawn brings you back to your plight
Have no fear, my tiny child
He’s running late, he’ll be a while
For now, shut out the noise and wait
He will come, even though he’s late.
Just pull your pillow over your head
Pretend you’re in a different bed
Where the parents...
Have no fear, the Sandman will come
Take you to a land of lullabies
Away to your very own paradise.
Once you’re there, the noise will cease
No war between parents, just blissful peace
Hide in your world, stay there all night
Until the dawn brings you back to your plight
Have no fear, my tiny child
He’s running late, he’ll be a while
For now, shut out the noise and wait
He will come, even though he’s late.
Just pull your pillow over your head
Pretend you’re in a different bed
Where the parents...
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War is Here
People watching
Leaders speaking
War is here and
Men are sleeping.
Bells are ringing
Drums are calling
War is here and
Men are falling.
Guns are barking
Women crying
War is here and
Men are dying.
Men are falling
Men are sleeping
War is here -
The World is weeping.
Leaders speaking
War is here and
Men are sleeping.
Bells are ringing
Drums are calling
War is here and
Men are falling.
Guns are barking
Women crying
War is here and
Men are dying.
Men are falling
Men are sleeping
War is here -
The World is weeping.
1036 reads
5 Comments
Ode to Love
I sit.
My friend on one side.
My love on the other.
We talk about
Things
Laugh.
All the while
He plays
And the music
The music swirls around us
And I am waltzing through my mind
Skipping down corridors in my head
Corridors once full of monsters
He has chained them
She has tamed them
I revel in the stillness
The silence
The beauty of emptiness
Of just being me
They help
Banish the daemons
Well
The daemons are always there
They grant me reprieve
From insanity
From nightmares
From reality...
My friend on one side.
My love on the other.
We talk about
Things
Laugh.
All the while
He plays
And the music
The music swirls around us
And I am waltzing through my mind
Skipping down corridors in my head
Corridors once full of monsters
He has chained them
She has tamed them
I revel in the stillness
The silence
The beauty of emptiness
Of just being me
They help
Banish the daemons
Well
The daemons are always there
They grant me reprieve
From insanity
From nightmares
From reality...
1031 reads
4 Comments
Depression
Bruises on my fingers
Where I gripped far too tight.
Cuts on my arms
Where I dragged the blade down
Blood on my skin
Where I sliced the knife through
Fractures on my fists
Where the wall felt my rage
Ladders on my leg
Where I let my guilt loose
Numb in my mind
Where I couldn’t feel pain
Salt on my face
Where I continuously cried
Alone in a crowd
Where no-one saw my hurt
Where I gripped far too tight.
Cuts on my arms
Where I dragged the blade down
Blood on my skin
Where I sliced the knife through
Fractures on my fists
Where the wall felt my rage
Ladders on my leg
Where I let my guilt loose
Numb in my mind
Where I couldn’t feel pain
Salt on my face
Where I continuously cried
Alone in a crowd
Where no-one saw my hurt
#depression
#loneliness
#SelfHarm
2138 reads
9 Comments
Through a Child's Eyes
Apparently we could all be happy
It’s said we could get along
That war of today
Wouldn’t have to be played
And the world would be a beautiful place.
Bullies in the playground, no more.
Killers quite commonplace, a myth
These destructive scenes
Only bad dreams
And the world would be a beautiful place.
No need for rose-tinted glasses
No need to harden your hearts
No need to fight
It’d all be alright
And the world would be a beautiful place
How do you explain to a child
That the world isn’t like that at all?
That...
It’s said we could get along
That war of today
Wouldn’t have to be played
And the world would be a beautiful place.
Bullies in the playground, no more.
Killers quite commonplace, a myth
These destructive scenes
Only bad dreams
And the world would be a beautiful place.
No need for rose-tinted glasses
No need to harden your hearts
No need to fight
It’d all be alright
And the world would be a beautiful place
How do you explain to a child
That the world isn’t like that at all?
That...
883 reads
2 Comments
Ode to the enemy
So now you’ve won, hip hip hooray!
Throw a party, celebrate!
He’s lost his friends, the ones that cared
The ones who loved him enough to dare
To try and help - but now we’re gone
So get high, die, and have some fun!
And when he’s broken, once again
See the return of his friends
See, no jealousy, or hate…
But for now we’re gone. Celebrate.
Throw a party, celebrate!
He’s lost his friends, the ones that cared
The ones who loved him enough to dare
To try and help - but now we’re gone
So get high, die, and have some fun!
And when he’s broken, once again
See the return of his friends
See, no jealousy, or hate…
But for now we’re gone. Celebrate.
898 reads
1 Comment
Anger
Cold
Controlled
Rage
Not even rage
Just violence
Coldly violent
(Knife stuck in my desk)
No emotions
Just the desire to hurt
(Anyone)
Anything
Purely for the sake
of hurting it
Knife stuck in a desk
(Stuck in flesh)
Want to hurt
See blood trickle
(Gush)
Especially the pretty things
Hurting something pretty
The Black Mask
Sometimes
Pretty things bite back
Fun
(Pain breeds clarity)
Clarity is essential
See clearer through the red haze
(Made a promise)
Irrelevant
Obsolete
Pain...
Controlled
Rage
Not even rage
Just violence
Coldly violent
(Knife stuck in my desk)
No emotions
Just the desire to hurt
(Anyone)
Anything
Purely for the sake
of hurting it
Knife stuck in a desk
(Stuck in flesh)
Want to hurt
See blood trickle
(Gush)
Especially the pretty things
Hurting something pretty
The Black Mask
Sometimes
Pretty things bite back
Fun
(Pain breeds clarity)
Clarity is essential
See clearer through the red haze
(Made a promise)
Irrelevant
Obsolete
Pain...
781 reads
0 Comments
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