Submissions by Poetryman
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
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SELF POEM
Published
Today 6:44am
Today 6:44am
It Makes Me Cry
The music in my soul
That accompanies my poems
Forever silent beyond the cage surrounding me
My physical form is a prisn of silent bars
That shutter the keys on my piano
and nothing I do will let the song of me sing out
The sadness is unbearable sometimes
It makes me cry that they sing to no one
and when I am forgotten
my poetry will tell nothing of who I was
My books standing quietly on a bookshelf
Unopened to the eyes of lovers of verse
I am nothing, a shadow of a man
I am a dream for ghosts to echo in laughter
It...
That accompanies my poems
Forever silent beyond the cage surrounding me
My physical form is a prisn of silent bars
That shutter the keys on my piano
and nothing I do will let the song of me sing out
The sadness is unbearable sometimes
It makes me cry that they sing to no one
and when I am forgotten
my poetry will tell nothing of who I was
My books standing quietly on a bookshelf
Unopened to the eyes of lovers of verse
I am nothing, a shadow of a man
I am a dream for ghosts to echo in laughter
It...
#loneliness
12 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
18th Jul 2021 3:21am
18th Jul 2021 3:21am
Who's Yer Daddy
Hey little angel
Why are you crying
Breaking the heart of a broken old man?
Little girl, let me hold your tiny hand
Let me dry the tears streaming from your eyes
To brighten your night is my only desire
How do I answer your whispered wish to me?
Hearing your wish and wishing it could be so
What happened to the biological DNA doner
That abandoned you and your brother
The warm hug I give you cannot suffice
for the life of emptiness you have endured
When you said you wanted me to be your daddy
My heart filled with both joy and...
Why are you crying
Breaking the heart of a broken old man?
Little girl, let me hold your tiny hand
Let me dry the tears streaming from your eyes
To brighten your night is my only desire
How do I answer your whispered wish to me?
Hearing your wish and wishing it could be so
What happened to the biological DNA doner
That abandoned you and your brother
The warm hug I give you cannot suffice
for the life of emptiness you have endured
When you said you wanted me to be your daddy
My heart filled with both joy and...
#love
28 reads
1 Comment
EROTIC POEM
Published
19th Jun 2021 3:52am
19th Jun 2021 3:52am
Simulating Stimulating Data Streams
#sex
104 reads
7 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
9th Jun 2021 3:46pm
9th Jun 2021 3:46pm
pride
I wish there was a different word. Another way of expressing the feeling of self-esteem that gets beaten down and oppressed by people who think themselves superior.
People use the word to claim their favorite football team is the best, their religion is the real one, their country is the greatest... But pride is a monster that hants the human soul.
It took me years of contemplation after arguing the point with my brother. I was so certain that pride was a good thing, that it inspired people to accomplish great things, things they could take pride in. I was sure that it was a...
People use the word to claim their favorite football team is the best, their religion is the real one, their country is the greatest... But pride is a monster that hants the human soul.
It took me years of contemplation after arguing the point with my brother. I was so certain that pride was a good thing, that it inspired people to accomplish great things, things they could take pride in. I was sure that it was a...
#SelfWorth
68 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Jun 2021 00:48am
9th Jun 2021 00:48am
Grains of Memories
Time slipping away
Sifting through ones fingertips
A hole so vast
All of time be swallowed whole
The finality of a world tipped upside down
As oceans gobbled up in weightless space
Buried in the sand
Where beaches become washed away
No way to put it back
No path to travel to the past
Time cannot be trapped within a bottle
As it passes ever so slowly
Yet too quickly to miss a single moment
That could instead be spent holding hands and fingertips
Instead of trying to grasp at grains
Let them fall where...
Sifting through ones fingertips
A hole so vast
All of time be swallowed whole
The finality of a world tipped upside down
As oceans gobbled up in weightless space
Buried in the sand
Where beaches become washed away
No way to put it back
No path to travel to the past
Time cannot be trapped within a bottle
As it passes ever so slowly
Yet too quickly to miss a single moment
That could instead be spent holding hands and fingertips
Instead of trying to grasp at grains
Let them fall where...
#memories
39 reads
4 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
8th Jun 2021 4:35pm
8th Jun 2021 4:35pm
of Vampires and Dragons
on the wings of your rhyme
in darkness of midnight
flying in the wake of your verse
enlightens the mystery of poetry
sink your teeth into me
and compel me with your magical ink
to fly into your night
drained of fained resistance
as your knight without armor
turn my soul into your floating shadow
forever lead astray of the coming day
breathe your fiery rhythmic words
into my thirsting mouth
that I may sing your poetry
as if it were my own
own my immortality
for as long as you desire
sire me in fire
before...
in darkness of midnight
flying in the wake of your verse
enlightens the mystery of poetry
sink your teeth into me
and compel me with your magical ink
to fly into your night
drained of fained resistance
as your knight without armor
turn my soul into your floating shadow
forever lead astray of the coming day
breathe your fiery rhythmic words
into my thirsting mouth
that I may sing your poetry
as if it were my own
own my immortality
for as long as you desire
sire me in fire
before...
#passion
47 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
8th Jun 2021 6:42am
8th Jun 2021 6:42am
Sculptor of Despair
The artist of perpetual misery
Carefully carving out his own niche
Where no one can surpass the depths of darkness
Created to hide an eternity of failings
Pebbles beneath a rockpile
The crumbs of the sculptor
Are but food for thought
Pondering how his life ever got so pitiful
Casting blame in concrete molds
His own hands forged from tainted clay
Imperfections formed in a kiln of icy walls
Carefully chiseled details to mislead a mind
Refusing to accept the truth reflected in his mirror
Of an image painted over with...
Carefully carving out his own niche
Where no one can surpass the depths of darkness
Created to hide an eternity of failings
Pebbles beneath a rockpile
The crumbs of the sculptor
Are but food for thought
Pondering how his life ever got so pitiful
Casting blame in concrete molds
His own hands forged from tainted clay
Imperfections formed in a kiln of icy walls
Carefully chiseled details to mislead a mind
Refusing to accept the truth reflected in his mirror
Of an image painted over with...
#SelfReflection
#art
54 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
28th Apr 2021 1:24pm
28th Apr 2021 1:24pm
Shadow Dancing in Darkness
Look for me
If you find me along some dark and deserted road
Tell me if you find me
Why I am
and where I am going
For I am missing
I am missing right here inside
Vaporizing where vampires fear to tread
A shadow lost along some sunny path
Unable to escape the tug of it's alter egotistical self
Or the hunger to tango with wandering undead apparitions
In the depths of lonesome depression and a loathing of the soul
Who else can I dance with in the pale moonlight before dawn robs us of our partner
I wish to be rid of the weight...
If you find me along some dark and deserted road
Tell me if you find me
Why I am
and where I am going
For I am missing
I am missing right here inside
Vaporizing where vampires fear to tread
A shadow lost along some sunny path
Unable to escape the tug of it's alter egotistical self
Or the hunger to tango with wandering undead apparitions
In the depths of lonesome depression and a loathing of the soul
Who else can I dance with in the pale moonlight before dawn robs us of our partner
I wish to be rid of the weight...
#depression
#loneliness
86 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Mar 2021 5:50am
25th Mar 2021 5:50am
Reign Over My Soul
You shine brighter than Sole
Of flames hotter than the Sun
That do not burn but rather soothe
With gentle kisses
I reach out to hold you
When I find a glimmering golden egg
Which cracked with the softess touch
To reveal liquid light erupting within
As your essence rains over my heart
I feel your reign begin over my soul
Surrendering my will to your every desire
Until the depth in your eyes ignites my fire
Toasting marshmallows above your shimmering lips
Intoxicating breath wispers with warmth ...
Of flames hotter than the Sun
That do not burn but rather soothe
With gentle kisses
I reach out to hold you
When I find a glimmering golden egg
Which cracked with the softess touch
To reveal liquid light erupting within
As your essence rains over my heart
I feel your reign begin over my soul
Surrendering my will to your every desire
Until the depth in your eyes ignites my fire
Toasting marshmallows above your shimmering lips
Intoxicating breath wispers with warmth ...
#love
150 reads
5 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
19th Mar 2021 10:56am
19th Mar 2021 10:56am
We the Unworthy
The venomous hate rises withe the fire of suns
Republipigs deny deny deny at the top of their lungs
Murder upon bloody hate crime one after another
Shouting, string 'em up from the highest tree
From the proud spewing fear and hypocrisy
The trail of blood writes a scarlet 666 on the land of the free
Unable to overcome the cold greed to own everything
One judgement awaits to bring justice for all
To those who brick themselves in behind a circular wall
Republipigs deny deny deny at the top of their lungs
Murder upon bloody hate crime one after another
Shouting, string 'em up from the highest tree
From the proud spewing fear and hypocrisy
The trail of blood writes a scarlet 666 on the land of the free
Unable to overcome the cold greed to own everything
One judgement awaits to bring justice for all
To those who brick themselves in behind a circular wall
#hate
#murder
#racism
116 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
7th Feb 2021 3:01am
7th Feb 2021 3:01am
Memories of Snow
The Sun is beating on my melting path
While your golden road still shines
The sins of my false memories
A rap sheet of uncommitted crimes
A fading shadow reaching out to you
Turned into hollow rhyme
All the footprints stepping by your side
Were never two of mine
All the regrets piling up inside
My enemy is time
The border drawn delicate and fine
A fool never crossed that line
While your golden road still shines
The sins of my false memories
A rap sheet of uncommitted crimes
A fading shadow reaching out to you
Turned into hollow rhyme
All the footprints stepping by your side
Were never two of mine
All the regrets piling up inside
My enemy is time
The border drawn delicate and fine
A fool never crossed that line
#regret
#loneliness
#heartbroken
100 reads
9 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Jan 2021 2:21pm
18th Jan 2021 2:21pm
A Song Contained in Silent Refrain
I do not want to preach to the choir
Nor do I want to preach for the choir
But I do want the chorus to understand
That the music in their collective soul
Also sings within the chambers of mine
No one can own or imprison freedom
Shackles and chains cannot contain the heart
Walls will never impede the breath of Jesus
From cooling the embers of hatred's stain
and
Freedom cannot ring in souls of silence
Nor do I want to preach for the choir
But I do want the chorus to understand
That the music in their collective soul
Also sings within the chambers of mine
No one can own or imprison freedom
Shackles and chains cannot contain the heart
Walls will never impede the breath of Jesus
From cooling the embers of hatred's stain
and
Freedom cannot ring in souls of silence
#freedom
102 reads
4 Comments
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