Submissions by PaulineRussell
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write mainly Emotionally Dark Poetry
SELF POEM
Published
11th Sep 2016 5:24pm
11th Sep 2016 5:24pm
Black and Red
I fear ever tomorrow
All my life it only brought sorrow
Tragedy on top of tragedy is stacked
I'm spread eagle on life's torture rake
The universe keeps twisting the screws
Will it ever be over, haven't I paid my dues
Isn't forty years enough suffering
What other catastrophe is out there hovering
I fear the winds of change
Still I feel them just the same
For change has only ever worsened my plight
Agony always takes another bite
Look forward to tomorrow, is what is said
But I only see it in black and red
All my life it only brought sorrow
Tragedy on top of tragedy is stacked
I'm spread eagle on life's torture rake
The universe keeps twisting the screws
Will it ever be over, haven't I paid my dues
Isn't forty years enough suffering
What other catastrophe is out there hovering
I fear the winds of change
Still I feel them just the same
For change has only ever worsened my plight
Agony always takes another bite
Look forward to tomorrow, is what is said
But I only see it in black and red
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DARK POEM
Published
11th Sep 2016 8:42am
11th Sep 2016 8:42am
Black Widow
I was very cautious
I knew if I wasn't what it would cost us
I made sure the bedroom was perfect
I wanted MY romantic affect
I hung the plastic, then the curtains
Bed exactly in the middle, I had to be certain
Lit a few candles
Then sliped on my dress, and my sandals
I cruise the street
For my baby to meet
I pick him up at the corner
My heart beats faster, my body warmer
We go back to my house
Where we start to mess about
I lead you to my bedroom
We'll be making love soon
To my bed you are shackled
You have no idea...
I knew if I wasn't what it would cost us
I made sure the bedroom was perfect
I wanted MY romantic affect
I hung the plastic, then the curtains
Bed exactly in the middle, I had to be certain
Lit a few candles
Then sliped on my dress, and my sandals
I cruise the street
For my baby to meet
I pick him up at the corner
My heart beats faster, my body warmer
We go back to my house
Where we start to mess about
I lead you to my bedroom
We'll be making love soon
To my bed you are shackled
You have no idea...
624 reads
7 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Sep 2016 8:37am
11th Sep 2016 8:37am
Bonfire Nights
The sun blazes across the tops of the trees
The wind has changed into it's cool late breeze
The heat of the day receding with the sun
Another day is being put to rest, it's done
Time to gather around the fire
The flames lick the coming night, the light soft expires
We watch the flames dance
Talk of romance
Of childhood memories
Of life's remedies
We reminisce of friends and loved ones now passed
Realizing how long it's been since we had them last
Speaking of how our children have grown
The blessing of them having kids of their...
The wind has changed into it's cool late breeze
The heat of the day receding with the sun
Another day is being put to rest, it's done
Time to gather around the fire
The flames lick the coming night, the light soft expires
We watch the flames dance
Talk of romance
Of childhood memories
Of life's remedies
We reminisce of friends and loved ones now passed
Realizing how long it's been since we had them last
Speaking of how our children have grown
The blessing of them having kids of their...
570 reads
6 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
6th Sep 2016 6:53am
6th Sep 2016 6:53am
Cain and Abel
Little baby Abel
Rocks in his cradle
He doesn't know his fate yet
But his killer he has met
Little boy Cain
Standing in the lane
He doesn't know his fate yet
Wonder if he'll feel regret
Abel always did what he was told
Cain was adventurous and bold
Abel was the baby, apple of his parent's eye
Cain could see this and it made him cry
Look after your younger brother he was told
And with that anger was sowed
Cain couldn't go and do his own thing
To his brother he was chained
And the day at the alter was the...
Rocks in his cradle
He doesn't know his fate yet
But his killer he has met
Little boy Cain
Standing in the lane
He doesn't know his fate yet
Wonder if he'll feel regret
Abel always did what he was told
Cain was adventurous and bold
Abel was the baby, apple of his parent's eye
Cain could see this and it made him cry
Look after your younger brother he was told
And with that anger was sowed
Cain couldn't go and do his own thing
To his brother he was chained
And the day at the alter was the...
572 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
6th Sep 2016 6:34am
6th Sep 2016 6:34am
Vegetative Way
The shadows in my brain
That dance with all the pain
Only adding to the strain
The memories that they hold
That they crease and mold
Only leave me cold
The agony holds on strong
That it refuses to move along
Only leaving tears of all that's gone wrong
The shadows in my mind
That are so unkind
Only showing me what they find
Thoughts rambling in an insane manner
Voices mix and clamber
Between it all the static stammer
Leaving me to believe I'm not well
I wear a mask so you can't tell
That I really live...
That dance with all the pain
Only adding to the strain
The memories that they hold
That they crease and mold
Only leave me cold
The agony holds on strong
That it refuses to move along
Only leaving tears of all that's gone wrong
The shadows in my mind
That are so unkind
Only showing me what they find
Thoughts rambling in an insane manner
Voices mix and clamber
Between it all the static stammer
Leaving me to believe I'm not well
I wear a mask so you can't tell
That I really live...
501 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
5th Sep 2016 2:54pm
5th Sep 2016 2:54pm
My Sweetest Friend
No kind of drug can help me escape this brutality
That is now my horrifying reality
There is no place I can hide or run
When life becomes the nightmare I want to wake from
My whole world has crumbled
Now desperately lost within the rubble
So thankful we always took the time to say "I love you"
Because before that branded day was through
The winds of change..... They blew
I found you, but you where already gone
Now I must learn how to say so long
You sprouted your wings and flew away
You left me here all alone to stay...
That is now my horrifying reality
There is no place I can hide or run
When life becomes the nightmare I want to wake from
My whole world has crumbled
Now desperately lost within the rubble
So thankful we always took the time to say "I love you"
Because before that branded day was through
The winds of change..... They blew
I found you, but you where already gone
Now I must learn how to say so long
You sprouted your wings and flew away
You left me here all alone to stay...
567 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
5th Sep 2016 2:41pm
5th Sep 2016 2:41pm
Engraved Heart
Like a mighty hurricane
Your memories play about my brain
Bringing forth both happiness and pain
This is what follows
When pulled under by the sorrow
My mind your absence trys to grasp
Breath quickens, to short little rasp
Heart beating as such a rate
It threatens to beat through my breastplate
Butterfly feelings, makes my stomach twirl
Like millions of delicate wings in a swirl
Sleep refuse to invade
All the memories with you I've made
Then the tears start to slide
Slow at first, like they're trying to hide
The...
Your memories play about my brain
Bringing forth both happiness and pain
This is what follows
When pulled under by the sorrow
My mind your absence trys to grasp
Breath quickens, to short little rasp
Heart beating as such a rate
It threatens to beat through my breastplate
Butterfly feelings, makes my stomach twirl
Like millions of delicate wings in a swirl
Sleep refuse to invade
All the memories with you I've made
Then the tears start to slide
Slow at first, like they're trying to hide
The...
529 reads
4 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
5th Sep 2016 4:15am
5th Sep 2016 4:15am
The Lips and the Corpse
Lips so red
Corpse so blue
Lips whispers quite
Corpse remains silent
Lips cry in despair
Corpse doesn't care
Lips become still
Corpse welcomes her will
Corpse so blue
Lips whispers quite
Corpse remains silent
Lips cry in despair
Corpse doesn't care
Lips become still
Corpse welcomes her will
579 reads
2 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
5th Sep 2016 4:11am
5th Sep 2016 4:11am
Our Devilish Ways
I am an outlaw like Jesse James
I'm not much for playing games
Loyalty is all I demanded
Lies I simply can not stand
Tell to me only truths
Or I'll knock out your fucking tooth
The place we're in is a high stakes game
But in the end you'll be glad you came
We'll float a boat, we'll get real high
While we're cooking, you just might cry
If you have thoughts of rolling over
You'll end up under the sweet, red clover
We're not much on floppy tongue snitches
You'll find they end up in deep dug ditches
But in our canoe you can...
I'm not much for playing games
Loyalty is all I demanded
Lies I simply can not stand
Tell to me only truths
Or I'll knock out your fucking tooth
The place we're in is a high stakes game
But in the end you'll be glad you came
We'll float a boat, we'll get real high
While we're cooking, you just might cry
If you have thoughts of rolling over
You'll end up under the sweet, red clover
We're not much on floppy tongue snitches
You'll find they end up in deep dug ditches
But in our canoe you can...
752 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
30th Aug 2016 10:30pm
30th Aug 2016 10:30pm
Please Let Me Explain
Why all the scars, please let me explain
I've been through Hell, I've been licked by the flames
I've trudged through the white hot coals
I've been where know one should have to go
And I will not hide the scars
That on my body mars
I wear them proudly
For they speak loudly
Of the agony I've endured
And of my madness that can't be cured
But also that I'm a survivor
A real bad ass fighter
But my heart did not grow cold
Like many people that I know
Instead I know true empathy
Which is so much more than sympathy
It's...
I've been through Hell, I've been licked by the flames
I've trudged through the white hot coals
I've been where know one should have to go
And I will not hide the scars
That on my body mars
I wear them proudly
For they speak loudly
Of the agony I've endured
And of my madness that can't be cured
But also that I'm a survivor
A real bad ass fighter
But my heart did not grow cold
Like many people that I know
Instead I know true empathy
Which is so much more than sympathy
It's...
488 reads
2 Comments
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