Submissions by PaulineRussell
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write mainly Emotionally Dark Poetry
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Dec 2016 5:11am
22nd Dec 2016 5:11am
Bullets to the Heart
Most the time it's my fault
Always in the path when the bullet's shot
All I have to show
Is a heart full of bullet holes
Always in the path when the bullet's shot
All I have to show
Is a heart full of bullet holes
551 reads
6 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
22nd Dec 2016 5:06am
22nd Dec 2016 5:06am
Story of a Christmas Angel
The Christmas angel sat sadly on the shelf
She sat there all by herself
She had been sitting there for years
You could tell she had cried many tears
For she was covered in dust, except for the streaks
On her beautifully round cheeks
For there was no tree for her to grace the top
One year it wasn't put up, it just came to a stop
All the children had grown up and left
In them the Christmas spirit had been kept
They had always been the reason
The mother had decorated for the season
The reason the smell of cookies baking would fill the house...
She sat there all by herself
She had been sitting there for years
You could tell she had cried many tears
For she was covered in dust, except for the streaks
On her beautifully round cheeks
For there was no tree for her to grace the top
One year it wasn't put up, it just came to a stop
All the children had grown up and left
In them the Christmas spirit had been kept
They had always been the reason
The mother had decorated for the season
The reason the smell of cookies baking would fill the house...
696 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
23rd Nov 2016 6:43pm
23rd Nov 2016 6:43pm
Butterflies and Bees (Done My Way)
Late one evening on a stroll
I was feeling mighty droll
I came to the big open meadow
And decided to sit down and mellow
There was nothing but grass for miles to see
Nothing at all but this one tiny bee
He looked in a great hurry
He's wing's buzzed with a mighty flurry
So me being me
I decided to fallow and see
He ziged and he zaged
I tried hard not to lag
At the top of a small hill crest
Is when I seen all the rest
On one side the bees, the other side the butterflies
And right in the middle their prize
It...
I was feeling mighty droll
I came to the big open meadow
And decided to sit down and mellow
There was nothing but grass for miles to see
Nothing at all but this one tiny bee
He looked in a great hurry
He's wing's buzzed with a mighty flurry
So me being me
I decided to fallow and see
He ziged and he zaged
I tried hard not to lag
At the top of a small hill crest
Is when I seen all the rest
On one side the bees, the other side the butterflies
And right in the middle their prize
It...
624 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
23rd Nov 2016 6:33pm
23rd Nov 2016 6:33pm
Man on a City Street Corner
On a cold winter day you could of found him here
Standing on the corner of 44th and Vine holding out his cup to anyone that comes near
"Brother can you spare a dime"
Most rush by they don't have time
No time to care about their fellow human
"He'll spend it on alcohol" most that paid attention was assuming
But what he really wanted was just enough
That even though he was looking gruff
He could go into the dinner and buy a cup
Sit awail and simply warm up
Maybe even dream a bit
Of how his younger years where spent
...
Standing on the corner of 44th and Vine holding out his cup to anyone that comes near
"Brother can you spare a dime"
Most rush by they don't have time
No time to care about their fellow human
"He'll spend it on alcohol" most that paid attention was assuming
But what he really wanted was just enough
That even though he was looking gruff
He could go into the dinner and buy a cup
Sit awail and simply warm up
Maybe even dream a bit
Of how his younger years where spent
...
585 reads
0 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
20th Nov 2016 7:48pm
20th Nov 2016 7:48pm
A Happy Poem ( Not Really)
Maybe one day I'll write happy poems people want to read
About sunsets, birds, butterflies, and happy little bees
But I'm pertty sure that will not happen
Because my thoughts are all blacken
I'm the charred remains of yesteryear
My innocences was very short, that's all to clear
None of my life I want to relive, not one single day
They all were tinged with different shades of gray
My hope for a happier life quickly is fleeting
My life source is oh so fastly depleting
Over half my life I've all ready lived
And God still seams to have more agony to...
About sunsets, birds, butterflies, and happy little bees
But I'm pertty sure that will not happen
Because my thoughts are all blacken
I'm the charred remains of yesteryear
My innocences was very short, that's all to clear
None of my life I want to relive, not one single day
They all were tinged with different shades of gray
My hope for a happier life quickly is fleeting
My life source is oh so fastly depleting
Over half my life I've all ready lived
And God still seams to have more agony to...
551 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
19th Nov 2016 1:59pm
19th Nov 2016 1:59pm
Tonight
This night just seems not to end
It stretches on much to my chagrin
I lay in this bed trapped in this skin
Why must life be this way
Why must lonely nights lead into sorrowful day
Why must in my head all these thoughts play
As I lay here and wait for the light
Trying to decide if I should give up the fight
But I don't live for myself so I haven't the right
So I just toss and I turn
Stressed and stomach churns
And my scars just burn
Maybe with a new day
I'll look at things a different way
Maybe I'll have better things...
It stretches on much to my chagrin
I lay in this bed trapped in this skin
Why must life be this way
Why must lonely nights lead into sorrowful day
Why must in my head all these thoughts play
As I lay here and wait for the light
Trying to decide if I should give up the fight
But I don't live for myself so I haven't the right
So I just toss and I turn
Stressed and stomach churns
And my scars just burn
Maybe with a new day
I'll look at things a different way
Maybe I'll have better things...
583 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
19th Nov 2016 1:56pm
19th Nov 2016 1:56pm
For the Moment
As the sullen figure of a woman sets alone in her room
You can feel in the atmosphere all the gloom
As memories rap on the doors in her mind
They well remain there for all time
For her they will never depart
For even if time erases them from the mind,they are written with scars in her heart
She sits there shoulders hunched over
A river of tears sliding down her checks, no longer able to hold her composure
She had slipped into her room, her sanctuary
The burden of being the strong one, for the moment she could no longer carry
You can feel in the atmosphere all the gloom
As memories rap on the doors in her mind
They well remain there for all time
For her they will never depart
For even if time erases them from the mind,they are written with scars in her heart
She sits there shoulders hunched over
A river of tears sliding down her checks, no longer able to hold her composure
She had slipped into her room, her sanctuary
The burden of being the strong one, for the moment she could no longer carry
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STORY POEM
Published
21st Oct 2016 3:53pm
21st Oct 2016 3:53pm
Land of Woe
I went down to the land of woe
Where all the selfish people go
They all set around a banquet table
But to eat they just weren't able
Glorious food was all abound
Eagerly at that table they all sat around
But the forks and spoons where a mile long
They all cried, "this is unfair and wrong"
Try as the might
They couldn't get it right
Some where dying of hunger
They couldn't get the food to their mouths, they where going under
They couldn't figure out how to eat
It seems this life has them beat
Meanwhile
...
Where all the selfish people go
They all set around a banquet table
But to eat they just weren't able
Glorious food was all abound
Eagerly at that table they all sat around
But the forks and spoons where a mile long
They all cried, "this is unfair and wrong"
Try as the might
They couldn't get it right
Some where dying of hunger
They couldn't get the food to their mouths, they where going under
They couldn't figure out how to eat
It seems this life has them beat
Meanwhile
...
533 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
20th Oct 2016 4:31pm
20th Oct 2016 4:31pm
The Cancer of Despair
This world is filled with to much pain
Like a vampire it just sucks and drains
It's hard to stand tall under all the strain
I find myself once more sinking below
Like hot molten tar, it won't let me go
Despair spreading faster than a cancer
For all my questions there is no answer
I really don't know what the fuck to do
As my soul is ripped in two
My tears keep sliding the mask down my face
As misery and sorrow interlace
Everywhere I go I leave a river of anguish behind
As memories of my life, flood my mind
It'd leave you...
Like a vampire it just sucks and drains
It's hard to stand tall under all the strain
I find myself once more sinking below
Like hot molten tar, it won't let me go
Despair spreading faster than a cancer
For all my questions there is no answer
I really don't know what the fuck to do
As my soul is ripped in two
My tears keep sliding the mask down my face
As misery and sorrow interlace
Everywhere I go I leave a river of anguish behind
As memories of my life, flood my mind
It'd leave you...
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DARK POEM
Published
20th Oct 2016 4:29pm
20th Oct 2016 4:29pm
Bleeding Angel
I lie and watch her as she sleeps
It's then I see her soul truly weep
You can tell by the way in which she moves
She has seen more than her fair share of abuse
She is always curled into the tightest ball
Arms covering her head, waiting for the fall
To many times awoken with angry fist
This is the way her body was always kissed
Cries of No echoing, disturb her silent night
As in her dreams, again she puts up a fight
The morning sun brings no sign of relief
Staggering under the weight of all the grief
Some days she can hide it all so...
It's then I see her soul truly weep
You can tell by the way in which she moves
She has seen more than her fair share of abuse
She is always curled into the tightest ball
Arms covering her head, waiting for the fall
To many times awoken with angry fist
This is the way her body was always kissed
Cries of No echoing, disturb her silent night
As in her dreams, again she puts up a fight
The morning sun brings no sign of relief
Staggering under the weight of all the grief
Some days she can hide it all so...
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DRUGS POEM
Published
14th Oct 2016 3:53pm
14th Oct 2016 3:53pm
Him, the Pain, and the Drug
He took the drugs to ease his physical pain
He took the drugs to deal with all the strain
He took the drugs now it's in his brain
He took the drugs now he's stuck in the sick and twisted game
You'll find him there within his room
You'll find him there with the needle and the spoon
You'll find him there where the darkness looms
You'll find him there for the pain always resumes
I'm scared one day I'll find him there............that awful shade of blue
(poet's side note: worse fear realized August 16th 2016)
He took the drugs to deal with all the strain
He took the drugs now it's in his brain
He took the drugs now he's stuck in the sick and twisted game
You'll find him there within his room
You'll find him there with the needle and the spoon
You'll find him there where the darkness looms
You'll find him there for the pain always resumes
I'm scared one day I'll find him there............that awful shade of blue
(poet's side note: worse fear realized August 16th 2016)
825 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
9th Oct 2016 4:25pm
9th Oct 2016 4:25pm
Sleepless Eye
Sleepless eye so big and bright
Way up there in the darkened sky
Watching all that wage the fight
Seeing all the pain they have acquired
That leaves them balancing on the brink
Slowly and agonizingly they expire
Sleepless eye doesn't blink
Way up there in the darkened sky
Watching all that wage the fight
Seeing all the pain they have acquired
That leaves them balancing on the brink
Slowly and agonizingly they expire
Sleepless eye doesn't blink
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