Submissions by NewBeginnings
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
A nature enthusiast, and a connoisseur of art, science, and music. Poetry, as well as music, help me to organize my thoughts, and enable me to express myself in a more constructive and creative fashion.
Red, White, (Black) and Blue
Increasingly volatile—
Like a volcanic eruption;
Spewing acid and bile,
Sowing seeds of corruption.
Where money trumps trees,
And birds tweet of destruction.
Ignoring desperate pleas,
To please have a discussion.
Defeated in silent attrition
By his violent conditions,
A cantankerous conniption:
"Don't riot - sign the petition!"
Pandering to the (m)asses—
Bringing guns to peaceful places;
Mucking thick, like molasses,
Spraying tear gas in their faces.
Worshipping the Oompa...
Like a volcanic eruption;
Spewing acid and bile,
Sowing seeds of corruption.
Where money trumps trees,
And birds tweet of destruction.
Ignoring desperate pleas,
To please have a discussion.
Defeated in silent attrition
By his violent conditions,
A cantankerous conniption:
"Don't riot - sign the petition!"
Pandering to the (m)asses—
Bringing guns to peaceful places;
Mucking thick, like molasses,
Spraying tear gas in their faces.
Worshipping the Oompa...
#anger
#corruption
#racism
#frustration
#suffering
532 reads
11 Comments
Blue (with crimsin)
you saw my crooked halo
and smiled within yourself
a misfit angel on her way to nowhere fast
your sideways smile said it all
I took you in with big soulful eyes
contemplative in my stare
I asked you where you were headed
and could I journey alongside you
at ease from the pressures of the world
transfixed in a devious dance
dazed in a lackadaisical haze
where days and nights seem so seamless
as the blurring lines between us
in your blue times, your quiet storm overtakes me
stirring the restless spirits within my...
and smiled within yourself
a misfit angel on her way to nowhere fast
your sideways smile said it all
I took you in with big soulful eyes
contemplative in my stare
I asked you where you were headed
and could I journey alongside you
at ease from the pressures of the world
transfixed in a devious dance
dazed in a lackadaisical haze
where days and nights seem so seamless
as the blurring lines between us
in your blue times, your quiet storm overtakes me
stirring the restless spirits within my...
#love
#spiritual
#admiration
#respect
#bittersweet
555 reads
16 Comments
Empathy
(Visual Entry)
#love
#kindness
#humankind
#suffering
#hurt
968 reads
25 Comments
Taking Sides
The world isn’t always black and white,
But rather, a vibrant spectrum of colors.
It’s never so simple as wrong or right.
Have we forgotten about the others?
There are many shades of pigmentation,
Yet we cling to this false dichotomy,
Creating a fallacious pig-men-nation
Like a figurative lobotomy.
The driving force of this division?
A great state of prejudice and hate...
So, we perpetuate a precise incision,
A decision I’ll never advocate.
Somewhere between the lips of silence...
And bloody...
But rather, a vibrant spectrum of colors.
It’s never so simple as wrong or right.
Have we forgotten about the others?
There are many shades of pigmentation,
Yet we cling to this false dichotomy,
Creating a fallacious pig-men-nation
Like a figurative lobotomy.
The driving force of this division?
A great state of prejudice and hate...
So, we perpetuate a precise incision,
A decision I’ll never advocate.
Somewhere between the lips of silence...
And bloody...
#politics
#racism
#misunderstood
#philosophical
#morality
659 reads
27 Comments
Captain Cowardice
Withdrawing to my jilted world,
I sit upon a private spindle,
Looming over silken whorls,
And licks of flame from fire kindle.
At the wheel of my creation,
Concealed from human intervention;
I escape their every expectation,
In this pool of my invention.
The epitome of a selfish need,
Shunning every sect of society;
I pick my brain until I bleed,
Overrun by my anxiety.
Like a nightmare with no end,
My twisted mind begins to spin;
As exit lights begin to dim,
Looks like it's time to sink or swim.
...
I sit upon a private spindle,
Looming over silken whorls,
And licks of flame from fire kindle.
At the wheel of my creation,
Concealed from human intervention;
I escape their every expectation,
In this pool of my invention.
The epitome of a selfish need,
Shunning every sect of society;
I pick my brain until I bleed,
Overrun by my anxiety.
Like a nightmare with no end,
My twisted mind begins to spin;
As exit lights begin to dim,
Looks like it's time to sink or swim.
...
#anxiety
#depression
#loneliness
#shame
#misunderstood
814 reads
21 Comments
Charity
the act of giving
from the bottom of your heart
makes life worth living
from the bottom of your heart
makes life worth living
#love
#kindness
#friendship
#humankind
#senryu
913 reads
16 Comments
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
(Visual Entry)
#love
#birds
#MentalHealth
#freedom
#respect
1146 reads
29 Comments
Soliloquy
O' fire flow from mine own heart
did ignite by mine own social spark
faustian fruits, how thee i thwart
through fine morality, i court
did ignite by mine own social spark
faustian fruits, how thee i thwart
through fine morality, i court
#love
#spiritual
#humankind
#SelfReflection
#meditation
735 reads
24 Comments
The Edge
I sat and watched you fight the current
as you were bashed along the jutted rocks,
fighting for your life...
gasping for air...
mind gone adrift...
I was there.
When the pain became too much to bear
and nearly swept you over the edge
as you clung on for dear life,
to that tiny
little
rock
I offered you my hand,
In the utmost care,
but I just couldn’t reach you.
You couldn't see me there.
THAT is when I grasped despair.
as you were bashed along the jutted rocks,
fighting for your life...
gasping for air...
mind gone adrift...
I was there.
When the pain became too much to bear
and nearly swept you over the edge
as you clung on for dear life,
to that tiny
little
rock
I offered you my hand,
In the utmost care,
but I just couldn’t reach you.
You couldn't see me there.
THAT is when I grasped despair.
#hope
#dark
#addiction
#despair
#disappointment
856 reads
21 Comments
Lighthouse
I listen to the summer rain,
falling from the somber sky;
tapping on my windowpane,
as the heavens start to cry.
I gaze beyond the looking glass-
pain that separates our worlds,
in search of greener looking grass,
or a tree that isn’t gnarled.
Standing in the misty light-
house(d), beside the stirring sea
she illuminates the starless night,
and the darkness within me.
She guides me back to her again,
from the tower up above;
shining light from deep within,
with the power of her love!
falling from the somber sky;
tapping on my windowpane,
as the heavens start to cry.
I gaze beyond the looking glass-
pain that separates our worlds,
in search of greener looking grass,
or a tree that isn’t gnarled.
Standing in the misty light-
house(d), beside the stirring sea
she illuminates the starless night,
and the darkness within me.
She guides me back to her again,
from the tower up above;
shining light from deep within,
with the power of her love!
#love
#hope
#friendship
#rain
#spiritual
882 reads
23 Comments
Nourishment
Take me in your loving hands—
Shape me, the clays of your intention,
To make me into something more.
Caress my fragile core...
Softening the numbing bark,
Of this petrified stump of heart,
With the softest eyes.
Rekindled, seed of hope
Lain dormant for centuries,
Long-lying in wait to be watered,
Once again, by the bubbling aquifer
—that is You.
Shape me, the clays of your intention,
To make me into something more.
Caress my fragile core...
Softening the numbing bark,
Of this petrified stump of heart,
With the softest eyes.
Rekindled, seed of hope
Lain dormant for centuries,
Long-lying in wait to be watered,
Once again, by the bubbling aquifer
—that is You.
#love
#hope
#nature
#spiritual
#redemption
899 reads
39 Comments
Sleeplessness II
(Visual Entry)
#dreams
#sleep
#myself
#WritingPoetry
#StreamOfConsciousness
773 reads
26 Comments
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