Submissions by Poetryman
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
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
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836 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
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801 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
812 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
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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
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888 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
2312 reads
5 Comments
Emptiness Within
A dream I dreamed about you
About you falling in love with me
We were watching the night sky
Laying on a blanket
On the fifty yard line
Of our high school football field
I kept hoping your heart could fall for me
Like stars to gravity
I wished on one and my wish came true
As you turned to look in my eyes
Our arms reached around each other
Holding on for our lives
We kissed for the first time
And it felt so real
So unbelievably real
My heart was filled with a happiness
I've only dreamed that I could feel
It overwhelmed me so...
About you falling in love with me
We were watching the night sky
Laying on a blanket
On the fifty yard line
Of our high school football field
I kept hoping your heart could fall for me
Like stars to gravity
I wished on one and my wish came true
As you turned to look in my eyes
Our arms reached around each other
Holding on for our lives
We kissed for the first time
And it felt so real
So unbelievably real
My heart was filled with a happiness
I've only dreamed that I could feel
It overwhelmed me so...
#PopCulture
813 reads
1 Comment
Surrender Phantom delete
?
#PopCulture
708 reads
2 Comments
Two Color Souls One Color
I can't explain why I feel so close to you
Twenty-five Hundred miles from your outstretched arms
I feel as though the soul I never knew
Is inside me, has been touched by yours
And I have never known another filled with my desires
With all my hopes and dreams, a mirror of my heart
I can see myself inside you and I want to be there too
Great hearts feel alike and mine feels drawn to you
Draw me, like the artist in you creates beautiful scenes
And see me in your heart, reflected in your soul
Feel me as your hand reaches to the canvas
Let my...
Twenty-five Hundred miles from your outstretched arms
I feel as though the soul I never knew
Is inside me, has been touched by yours
And I have never known another filled with my desires
With all my hopes and dreams, a mirror of my heart
I can see myself inside you and I want to be there too
Great hearts feel alike and mine feels drawn to you
Draw me, like the artist in you creates beautiful scenes
And see me in your heart, reflected in your soul
Feel me as your hand reaches to the canvas
Let my...
#PopCulture
805 reads
2 Comments
Sleep - Hiding From The Touch Of Death
A slight chill disturbs the warm air
A change is coming but it treats life so unfair
What a scene, my eyes stop to stare
On a mountain my eyes behold a living flare
Though he's dying he doesn't care
for he knows one day he'll become his own heir
Now I sit in my rocking chair
Watching Life and Death consummate their love affair
He's given a chance to prepare
Then again it seems more like war that they declare
As Fates hand strips his body bare
Over and over death is met without a prayer
Out beyond the snow and the...
A change is coming but it treats life so unfair
What a scene, my eyes stop to stare
On a mountain my eyes behold a living flare
Though he's dying he doesn't care
for he knows one day he'll become his own heir
Now I sit in my rocking chair
Watching Life and Death consummate their love affair
He's given a chance to prepare
Then again it seems more like war that they declare
As Fates hand strips his body bare
Over and over death is met without a prayer
Out beyond the snow and the...
#PopCulture
686 reads
4 Comments
He Who Laughs Last Will Be A Fertile Mutant Cockroach
When I look up in the air
I can see the wind blowing
I can see the trees dying
From the tears the sky is crying
It'll take much more than care
To ease Mother Nature's pain
To wash acid out of rain
Oil is a quiet hurricane
Show them all the evidence
But they won't believe their eyes
Even now they still deny
Water is not all that clouds the sky
When a doughnuts hole is gone
There is nothing left to eat
When ozones hole is complete
There won't be anything but heat
That's no way to heat our home
We need an...
I can see the wind blowing
I can see the trees dying
From the tears the sky is crying
It'll take much more than care
To ease Mother Nature's pain
To wash acid out of rain
Oil is a quiet hurricane
Show them all the evidence
But they won't believe their eyes
Even now they still deny
Water is not all that clouds the sky
When a doughnuts hole is gone
There is nothing left to eat
When ozones hole is complete
There won't be anything but heat
That's no way to heat our home
We need an...
#PopCulture
853 reads
1 Comment
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