Submissions by Poetryman
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
If Closets Could Talk
When friendship's based on lies
The truth can remain hidden but it never dies
It lives and breeds within, consuming hope for peace of mind
Will my avowal allow me to seek what I must find?
You are not worthy of her
And she deserved so much more than you ever were
I'd have given anything to touch her kind of love
I wonder, do you care who you're under or above?
I'm through lying for you
Dusting off old skeletons so they match the new
I realized too late that you never were my friend
And I'm left to carry a pain that will not mend...
The truth can remain hidden but it never dies
It lives and breeds within, consuming hope for peace of mind
Will my avowal allow me to seek what I must find?
You are not worthy of her
And she deserved so much more than you ever were
I'd have given anything to touch her kind of love
I wonder, do you care who you're under or above?
I'm through lying for you
Dusting off old skeletons so they match the new
I realized too late that you never were my friend
And I'm left to carry a pain that will not mend...
#PopCulture
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Hey Joe, What Does It Mean If It Burns When I Piss?
I Covered for your lies `cos I was your friend
You claim it was only every now and then
Seems more like every now and every then
In fact there's no time I can't remember when
Remember the night after her party
The night you transformed me from a friend into a tool
When you drove the bodacious one out behind the school
You never saw it coming but caught her tainted jewel
Now I fear that even truth can't set me free
I don't want to hurt her again when she's my friend too
She'd leave you and despise me if she only knew
I went along when...
You claim it was only every now and then
Seems more like every now and every then
In fact there's no time I can't remember when
Remember the night after her party
The night you transformed me from a friend into a tool
When you drove the bodacious one out behind the school
You never saw it coming but caught her tainted jewel
Now I fear that even truth can't set me free
I don't want to hurt her again when she's my friend too
She'd leave you and despise me if she only knew
I went along when...
#politics
918 reads
6 Comments
Walls And Bridges
These walls I must climb
Or bring down to the ground
The bridges I must cross
The rivers all around
And paths I must trace
Before the secret's found
For too long I've wandered
While barely escaping fate
My steps foolishly placed
Where others would hesitate
And they would be content
To be alone in darkness
Yet those as me wish not to be
Slaves in the world of the oppressed
High walls we must climb
Or tear down to the ground
And bridges we must cross
Deep rivers we would drowned
Up roads we must crawl
Before...
Or bring down to the ground
The bridges I must cross
The rivers all around
And paths I must trace
Before the secret's found
For too long I've wandered
While barely escaping fate
My steps foolishly placed
Where others would hesitate
And they would be content
To be alone in darkness
Yet those as me wish not to be
Slaves in the world of the oppressed
High walls we must climb
Or tear down to the ground
And bridges we must cross
Deep rivers we would drowned
Up roads we must crawl
Before...
#PopCulture
825 reads
2 Comments
Under The Bridge
I am so lost, so lost
I dont know who I am or where I want to be
Every plan, every desire, gone like the ice
In the river outside my window
I am alone, no one
I know one but she is not alone, not my home
Every day, from now until then, under the bridge
Seven years married to my widow
I was not found, not there
Was never there to find, was never gone to drowned
Everywhere searched, every last stone turned under
But not in the river, I was lost
No one looked here, not here
I know for this is here, here is where Im...
I dont know who I am or where I want to be
Every plan, every desire, gone like the ice
In the river outside my window
I am alone, no one
I know one but she is not alone, not my home
Every day, from now until then, under the bridge
Seven years married to my widow
I was not found, not there
Was never there to find, was never gone to drowned
Everywhere searched, every last stone turned under
But not in the river, I was lost
No one looked here, not here
I know for this is here, here is where Im...
#PopCulture
872 reads
3 Comments
Unloved Alone but She Loved Him
He was loved but did not know
Would not allow the sight to see
Could not let go of fear to lose
Tried not to fall when tripped his shadow
Turned his back when faced with her
To see she was behind him all along
Redness filled his eyes with tears
Showing clarity beneath her flowing veil
For all he would be is nothing more and nothing less
Than the emptiness a heart unloved and loved
Can touch another without knowing in denial
She confessed to all, that he is blind
He could not feel what was never learned
Knowing for sure he was unloved, he...
Would not allow the sight to see
Could not let go of fear to lose
Tried not to fall when tripped his shadow
Turned his back when faced with her
To see she was behind him all along
Redness filled his eyes with tears
Showing clarity beneath her flowing veil
For all he would be is nothing more and nothing less
Than the emptiness a heart unloved and loved
Can touch another without knowing in denial
She confessed to all, that he is blind
He could not feel what was never learned
Knowing for sure he was unloved, he...
#PopCulture
943 reads
4 Comments
Struggle Against Success
I have got to get out of this store
There must be a way to leave this bullshit behind
I'm beginning to believe I'll always be poor
But a fortune will never buy peace of mind
I cannot win my internal war
Inside is a battle between conservative and liberal
And there is a world of trouble outside the door
Which make all my problems seem so trivial
I'm always climbing but I never rise above
The selfish desire for things to possess
I'm not even sure what I'm in pursuit of
Money has never been my measure of success
There must be a way to leave this bullshit behind
I'm beginning to believe I'll always be poor
But a fortune will never buy peace of mind
I cannot win my internal war
Inside is a battle between conservative and liberal
And there is a world of trouble outside the door
Which make all my problems seem so trivial
I'm always climbing but I never rise above
The selfish desire for things to possess
I'm not even sure what I'm in pursuit of
Money has never been my measure of success
#PopCulture
834 reads
2 Comments
At The End Of Every Rainbow
Rainbows rise from a pot of gold
And fall at the end of a lonely road
When speaking of love the story's retold
For what gave it strength
So often gets sold
While betrayal is hidden behind a blindfold
And fall at the end of a lonely road
When speaking of love the story's retold
For what gave it strength
So often gets sold
While betrayal is hidden behind a blindfold
#PopCulture
799 reads
6 Comments
Moon and River
A bright and steamy afternoon
Beside the shady path, I sat to rest my weary legs
As I looked up a lonely glimmer caught my eye
And I thought it odd, mixed in the blue, the moon seemed out of place
Next to the path, the flowing river
Filled the air with the peaceful rush of quiet water
Between the ripples, the pulsating shimmer rolled
While the orb of night tumbled over waves then faded out of sight
Rising from the green of ground
Fading with the Sun, behind my steps, the splashing drowned
By cars, where horses once strode over cobble stones...
Beside the shady path, I sat to rest my weary legs
As I looked up a lonely glimmer caught my eye
And I thought it odd, mixed in the blue, the moon seemed out of place
Next to the path, the flowing river
Filled the air with the peaceful rush of quiet water
Between the ripples, the pulsating shimmer rolled
While the orb of night tumbled over waves then faded out of sight
Rising from the green of ground
Fading with the Sun, behind my steps, the splashing drowned
By cars, where horses once strode over cobble stones...
#PopCulture
810 reads
6 Comments
Life Is An Ocean
Cmon
Cmon
Go for it
Able to but never do
I can
I can
Take a chance
I am not a super fool
Unlike
Unlike
My hero
I live within a prison
My mind
My mind
So shallow
My mind, a kiddy pool
This life
What life?
Avoid sharks
Life is an ocean, swim
Cmon
Go for it
Able to but never do
I can
I can
Take a chance
I am not a super fool
Unlike
Unlike
My hero
I live within a prison
My mind
My mind
So shallow
My mind, a kiddy pool
This life
What life?
Avoid sharks
Life is an ocean, swim
#politics
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1 Comment
857 reads
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A Lover's Serenade
My fingers touch the dormant strings
Making silent vibrations quiver with sound
My heart opens up unfurling its wings
Lifting my soul high off the trembling ground
My heart pounds with an endless beat
Reflecting the trembling within my hands
The song is played until it's complete
Which leads to new beginnings in exotic lands
On paper, as a scenic esplanade
My feelings transformed into words that I write
But on this guitar with a serenade
Love is in the air when my poetry takes flight
Making silent vibrations quiver with sound
My heart opens up unfurling its wings
Lifting my soul high off the trembling ground
My heart pounds with an endless beat
Reflecting the trembling within my hands
The song is played until it's complete
Which leads to new beginnings in exotic lands
On paper, as a scenic esplanade
My feelings transformed into words that I write
But on this guitar with a serenade
Love is in the air when my poetry takes flight
#PopCulture
885 reads
6 Comments
Mutual Attraction
We've got a mutual attraction
And desires we try to satisfy
But I don't want that kind of action
Cause when true love is missing, so am I
The curves you move cause me distraction
And when I touch your smooth sensitive thigh
I feel your natural reaction
But when your love is missing, so am I
You fuel my fire with your lust potion
But girl I know how it feels to get high
There's no substitute for emotion
And when my love is missing, so am I
We share a mutual attraction
And desires we'll never satisfy
But we don't need that...
And desires we try to satisfy
But I don't want that kind of action
Cause when true love is missing, so am I
The curves you move cause me distraction
And when I touch your smooth sensitive thigh
I feel your natural reaction
But when your love is missing, so am I
You fuel my fire with your lust potion
But girl I know how it feels to get high
There's no substitute for emotion
And when my love is missing, so am I
We share a mutual attraction
And desires we'll never satisfy
But we don't need that...
#PopCulture
2309 reads
5 Comments
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