Submissions by NoQuarter
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Feb 2025 3:50am
7th Feb 2025 3:50am
Silence That Devours
i knock but the door does not open
i speak my name into the dark
but even the echoes refuse to answer
the walls should hold memories
but they are empty
hollow bones of a place that never wanted me
the mirror stands waiting
but i am not in it
i press my hand to the glass
expecting warmth
but it is only cold only blank
only a reflection of nothing
somewhere a door swings open to nothing
somewhere my shadow walks without me
i thought if i waited long enough
the silence would break
that...
i speak my name into the dark
but even the echoes refuse to answer
the walls should hold memories
but they are empty
hollow bones of a place that never wanted me
the mirror stands waiting
but i am not in it
i press my hand to the glass
expecting warmth
but it is only cold only blank
only a reflection of nothing
somewhere a door swings open to nothing
somewhere my shadow walks without me
i thought if i waited long enough
the silence would break
that...
#disappointment
#loneliness
#sadness
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DARK POEM
Published
6th Feb 2025 11:40am
6th Feb 2025 11:40am
Lament Of The Forsaken
In moonlit halls where shadows weep
A heart once full now lost in sleep
Her touch like fire now cold as stone
Her love once pure forever gone
He waits amidst the hollow night
A soul consumed by endless plight
For love that burned then turned to ash
A dying flame a bitter crash
The roses bloomed where she had stood
Their petals dark with signs of blood
And though he calls his voice a plea
She’s but a ghost in memory
Her eyes once bright with whispered dreams
Now haunt the world in shattered seams ...
A heart once full now lost in sleep
Her touch like fire now cold as stone
Her love once pure forever gone
He waits amidst the hollow night
A soul consumed by endless plight
For love that burned then turned to ash
A dying flame a bitter crash
The roses bloomed where she had stood
Their petals dark with signs of blood
And though he calls his voice a plea
She’s but a ghost in memory
Her eyes once bright with whispered dreams
Now haunt the world in shattered seams ...
#dark
#death
#gothic
#love
#tragedy
146 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Feb 2025 3:58am
6th Feb 2025 3:58am
Groups Of One
The city bleeds in neon scars,
shattered glass and burnt out cars.
Graffiti screams on broken stone,
a warning carved, but left unknown.
They march with fire, fists held tight,
a cause, a chant, a staged street fight.
Justice blurred by shattered panes,
smoke and sirens, mud and stains.
Out past the alleys, past the screams,
the world splits wide in warring teams.
Borders drawn in blood and sand,
leaders lie with shaking hands.
But I don’t march, I don’t belong,
no banner in my sight, no battle song.
I...
shattered glass and burnt out cars.
Graffiti screams on broken stone,
a warning carved, but left unknown.
They march with fire, fists held tight,
a cause, a chant, a staged street fight.
Justice blurred by shattered panes,
smoke and sirens, mud and stains.
Out past the alleys, past the screams,
the world splits wide in warring teams.
Borders drawn in blood and sand,
leaders lie with shaking hands.
But I don’t march, I don’t belong,
no banner in my sight, no battle song.
I...
#conflict
#silence
84 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Feb 2025 3:33am
6th Feb 2025 3:33am
Salt In The Wound
I keep my head low, doing my best,
but every time I rise, they put me to rest.
Tried all my life, just to make a stand,
but every time I reach, they slap my hand.
You push and you fight, you dig in the dirt,
but the more you struggle, the deeper the hurt.
Shot down again, no matter the try,
with every fall, a piece of me dies.
I work with my hands, break my back for the cause,
they tear me apart with no reason, no laws.
Like salt in the wound, it burns through my soul,
taking what's left, never leaving me whole. ...
but every time I rise, they put me to rest.
Tried all my life, just to make a stand,
but every time I reach, they slap my hand.
You push and you fight, you dig in the dirt,
but the more you struggle, the deeper the hurt.
Shot down again, no matter the try,
with every fall, a piece of me dies.
I work with my hands, break my back for the cause,
they tear me apart with no reason, no laws.
Like salt in the wound, it burns through my soul,
taking what's left, never leaving me whole. ...
#LifeStruggles
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Feb 2025 10:12am
5th Feb 2025 10:12am
The Space Between
She's always been something special.
Someone who always had the right words,
the right touch,
the right look,
the right everything for every occasion.
Growing up together,
we were friends before we ever knew what relationships were about.
We laughed before we knew what heartbreak
felt like.
Shared secrets before we understood
their weight.
She's my anchor,
a constant in a world forever changing.
They say a man can't have a woman for a best friend.
They,
whoever they are, ...
Someone who always had the right words,
the right touch,
the right look,
the right everything for every occasion.
Growing up together,
we were friends before we ever knew what relationships were about.
We laughed before we knew what heartbreak
felt like.
Shared secrets before we understood
their weight.
She's my anchor,
a constant in a world forever changing.
They say a man can't have a woman for a best friend.
They,
whoever they are, ...
#BestFriend
#friendship
#relationships #suffering
#relationships #suffering
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Feb 2025 9:26am
5th Feb 2025 9:26am
Breaking Point
Lately,
I've been bursting at the seams,
a raging pit of anger.
Gears grinding, smoking, danger,
a heart attack in a chokehold,
my own filthy, sadistic beast of burden,
looking for somebody to hold.
Teeth clenched tight like a vice,
knuckles white, blood cold as ice.
A furnace fed with old regrets,
burning bridges, no safety nets.
Torn between the urge to break
or let the madness ricochet.
A ticking bomb, a loaded gun,
no turning back, the fuse is run.
Echoes of battles fought alone,
shattered glass...
I've been bursting at the seams,
a raging pit of anger.
Gears grinding, smoking, danger,
a heart attack in a chokehold,
my own filthy, sadistic beast of burden,
looking for somebody to hold.
Teeth clenched tight like a vice,
knuckles white, blood cold as ice.
A furnace fed with old regrets,
burning bridges, no safety nets.
Torn between the urge to break
or let the madness ricochet.
A ticking bomb, a loaded gun,
no turning back, the fuse is run.
Echoes of battles fought alone,
shattered glass...
#anger
105 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Jan 2025 3:54am
30th Jan 2025 3:54am
When Summer Comes Around
She looks at me, like i want to eat the heart
from her chest.
I dont, that wasn't my first option from the menu.
Though i often wondered what she'd taste like.
Beneath her flowing red hair,
i could see the pulse on her neck, abnormally beating as she attempted to read the thoughts filling my head.
Summer, a beauty i wanted to consume every
inch of,
devour her pale flesh,
an intoxication not meant for me.
But there she was.
She smelled of sun ripened peaches,
of something deeper,
of...
from her chest.
I dont, that wasn't my first option from the menu.
Though i often wondered what she'd taste like.
Beneath her flowing red hair,
i could see the pulse on her neck, abnormally beating as she attempted to read the thoughts filling my head.
Summer, a beauty i wanted to consume every
inch of,
devour her pale flesh,
an intoxication not meant for me.
But there she was.
She smelled of sun ripened peaches,
of something deeper,
of...
#friendship
#heartbroken
#love
166 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Jan 2025 10:29pm
28th Jan 2025 10:29pm
Prisoner Of My Mind
Its hard to dream,
when everything is already a nightmare.
Knowing you should just give up,
throw in the towel.
Everyday life seeming like a murder trial,
your name pulled through the mud.
Just speaking somehow pollutes the already
tainted air.
No reason to fight anymore,
its hard to buck a system built to destroy you.
Just a man,
and the law of the land-
no designated survivor,
a pig to the slaughter, it seems.
Every day,
a new rule broken
cancels out the get out...
when everything is already a nightmare.
Knowing you should just give up,
throw in the towel.
Everyday life seeming like a murder trial,
your name pulled through the mud.
Just speaking somehow pollutes the already
tainted air.
No reason to fight anymore,
its hard to buck a system built to destroy you.
Just a man,
and the law of the land-
no designated survivor,
a pig to the slaughter, it seems.
Every day,
a new rule broken
cancels out the get out...
#myself
132 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Jan 2025 6:12am
26th Jan 2025 6:12am
Anatomy Of Hurt
Flesh gives before i do.
A thin red line separates the quiet
from the screaming in my head,
proof that I'm still here,
proof that I'd rather not be.
The body betrays itself,
tender and raw,
breaking under the weight
of hands it thought it could trust.
Pain is a harmonious language-
simple, sharp,
speaking truths that can't be said out loud.
It says - you deserve this.
It says - this is all there is.
Bruises bloom, beautiful and dark,
wanting constellations on a body turned into...
A thin red line separates the quiet
from the screaming in my head,
proof that I'm still here,
proof that I'd rather not be.
The body betrays itself,
tender and raw,
breaking under the weight
of hands it thought it could trust.
Pain is a harmonious language-
simple, sharp,
speaking truths that can't be said out loud.
It says - you deserve this.
It says - this is all there is.
Bruises bloom, beautiful and dark,
wanting constellations on a body turned into...
#dark
#SelfHarm
192 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Jan 2025 7:26am
22nd Jan 2025 7:26am
Typical Feelings
I wake up beneath the weight of absence,
a hollow space where meaning should be.
The air is heavy today, thick with silence,
every breath feels undeserved.
I move through the day feeling like a ghost,
Invisible even to myself.
Each step teaming with doubt.
Every smooth surface reflects a stranger,
a face i do not recognize, my eyes searching for something, anything to anchor this drifting shell.
I am both here and not,
a body that moves without purpose,
a pathetic NPC unraveling. ...
a hollow space where meaning should be.
The air is heavy today, thick with silence,
every breath feels undeserved.
I move through the day feeling like a ghost,
Invisible even to myself.
Each step teaming with doubt.
Every smooth surface reflects a stranger,
a face i do not recognize, my eyes searching for something, anything to anchor this drifting shell.
I am both here and not,
a body that moves without purpose,
a pathetic NPC unraveling. ...
#myself
172 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Jan 2025 10:46pm
21st Jan 2025 10:46pm
New Mask
Tired of hearing this shit,
all the noises in my head.
All the arguments, all the lies,
finding your hidden messages
from extended family, looking to give you pity
for those made up stories.
Your shadow has been casting much too much
shade at me lately.
The behind the backs,
the "its me -not you,"
new slutty friends handing out i owe you's.
All the quietness, things left unsaid,
the few hours of sleep a week that keep me feeling dead.
I'm hungry, but not because I...
all the noises in my head.
All the arguments, all the lies,
finding your hidden messages
from extended family, looking to give you pity
for those made up stories.
Your shadow has been casting much too much
shade at me lately.
The behind the backs,
the "its me -not you,"
new slutty friends handing out i owe you's.
All the quietness, things left unsaid,
the few hours of sleep a week that keep me feeling dead.
I'm hungry, but not because I...
#grief
#relationships
124 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Jan 2025 00:24am
21st Jan 2025 00:24am
Kick The Dog
#conflict
#dark
#relationships
45 reads
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