Submissions by Redcrystal
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Writing is my way of escaping from the world. I only write about things i know and what i'm feeling at the moment. This means that generally my writing is dark rather than upbeat.
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Jan 2013 2:35am
27th Jan 2013 2:35am
Our Forever
If tomorrow was today
And today was yesterday
Then forever might not seem
Just quite as far away
But for now it’s in the future
And ‘til the future’s in the past
I cannot bring myself to promise
Our forever’s gonna last
So if asked again tomorrow
I will know just what to say:
Forever wouldn’t seem so far
If today was yesterday
And today was yesterday
Then forever might not seem
Just quite as far away
But for now it’s in the future
And ‘til the future’s in the past
I cannot bring myself to promise
Our forever’s gonna last
So if asked again tomorrow
I will know just what to say:
Forever wouldn’t seem so far
If today was yesterday
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DARK POEM
Published
27th Jan 2013 1:57am
27th Jan 2013 1:57am
I Am Everything
How does it feel to know
That your own body,
The one true thing
You were able to call yours,
Is now mine?
That while you watch
Trapped on the inside
Looking out
I am the one sitting
Behind the controls
I will break you.
Every shred of hope
That you pathetically cling to
Will be tossed into my
Unbounded fire
And reduced to ash
And as you sit
Rapidly deteriorating
I will gleefully remind you
That dying is worse
Than being dead
I will take you.
I will devour you
Mind,...
That your own body,
The one true thing
You were able to call yours,
Is now mine?
That while you watch
Trapped on the inside
Looking out
I am the one sitting
Behind the controls
I will break you.
Every shred of hope
That you pathetically cling to
Will be tossed into my
Unbounded fire
And reduced to ash
And as you sit
Rapidly deteriorating
I will gleefully remind you
That dying is worse
Than being dead
I will take you.
I will devour you
Mind,...
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SONG LYRICS
Published
13th Jul 2012 7:21am
13th Jul 2012 7:21am
Underneath my skin
I close my eyes
And I can feel
As the memory of you
Burns on my skin
Hands that wander
Lips that taste
poison like that
Can not be erased
Chorus:
Can they see
When they look at me
Do they see the taint you’ve left
Underneath my skin
What do they see
When they look at me?
Do they see the stains
You’ve burned into me?
Do you think they know
Like I know?
Just how filthy
Pristine skin can be
...
And I can feel
As the memory of you
Burns on my skin
Hands that wander
Lips that taste
poison like that
Can not be erased
Chorus:
Can they see
When they look at me
Do they see the taint you’ve left
Underneath my skin
What do they see
When they look at me?
Do they see the stains
You’ve burned into me?
Do you think they know
Like I know?
Just how filthy
Pristine skin can be
...
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SONG LYRICS
Published
17th Jun 2012 4:03am
17th Jun 2012 4:03am
Dear God
They talk about
All the places they’ll go
What they’ll be when they’re old-er
Years from now
They just accept
That that’s what we do
I wish I could too
But I can’t
I can feel the questions
Nagging at the back of my mind
Yes I know the system
But what I can’t understand is why?
Chorus:
Dear god, why did you put me here?
If all that I’m to learn will be erased
Seems pointless to live, just to die
So tell me that this can not be the case
You see I’m wondering
Why I should play
A game where no one’s getting out...
All the places they’ll go
What they’ll be when they’re old-er
Years from now
They just accept
That that’s what we do
I wish I could too
But I can’t
I can feel the questions
Nagging at the back of my mind
Yes I know the system
But what I can’t understand is why?
Chorus:
Dear god, why did you put me here?
If all that I’m to learn will be erased
Seems pointless to live, just to die
So tell me that this can not be the case
You see I’m wondering
Why I should play
A game where no one’s getting out...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th May 2012 5:00am
17th May 2012 5:00am
Words
Words
F
A
L
L
I
N
G
Hanging in the space between us
Illogical sounds
Haphazardly strung together
To convey a thought
And yet I lay motionless, crushed
Beneath their WEIGHT
Brutally wounded by something
That’s not tangible
How can that be?
No one bothers to blink an eye
As I tend to my cuts
Tracing the invisible scars
The world can’t see
Please just hit me
Shower me with tiny red crystals
Gift me with bruises
Or paint deep...
F
A
L
L
I
N
G
Hanging in the space between us
Illogical sounds
Haphazardly strung together
To convey a thought
And yet I lay motionless, crushed
Beneath their WEIGHT
Brutally wounded by something
That’s not tangible
How can that be?
No one bothers to blink an eye
As I tend to my cuts
Tracing the invisible scars
The world can’t see
Please just hit me
Shower me with tiny red crystals
Gift me with bruises
Or paint deep...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th May 2012 4:23am
15th May 2012 4:23am
Society
Go ahead and blame it on society
We’ll all relish in your propriety
But this institution’s what you make it
Watched you build it up so you could break it
And now you undermine what gives you strength
Say it’s unsinkable and yet it sank
So you’re setting fire to your only hope
then cry as it all goes up in smoke
You can’t blame it all on their corruption
You’re the result of your own destruction
We’ll all relish in your propriety
But this institution’s what you make it
Watched you build it up so you could break it
And now you undermine what gives you strength
Say it’s unsinkable and yet it sank
So you’re setting fire to your only hope
then cry as it all goes up in smoke
You can’t blame it all on their corruption
You’re the result of your own destruction
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ANGER POEM
Published
15th May 2012 3:36am
15th May 2012 3:36am
Dad
Dirt and grass shield mother’s bones
But you’re the one I miss the most
That day of which we do not speak
Lost her to God and you to grief
Since than your heart you did persuade
To just let go and end your pain
You stayed there in your broken shell
And died inside your man made hell
Ignored the one who loved you most
To stroll around, a living ghost
I hope you’re happy being free
I hope you’re happy rid of me…
Hurts more to lose what you still see,
Than crave the things which cannot be.
But you’re the one I miss the most
That day of which we do not speak
Lost her to God and you to grief
Since than your heart you did persuade
To just let go and end your pain
You stayed there in your broken shell
And died inside your man made hell
Ignored the one who loved you most
To stroll around, a living ghost
I hope you’re happy being free
I hope you’re happy rid of me…
Hurts more to lose what you still see,
Than crave the things which cannot be.
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SONG LYRICS
Published
4th May 2012 11:57pm
4th May 2012 11:57pm
My Heart the Liar
I’m trapped inside this hole that’s six feet under ground
The silence’s almost deafening with no one around
Feel the heart beat of the earth drum beneath my fingertips
Reviving the missing truth that lies on my cold, dead lips
But the stitches in my eyelids make me blind
And the removal of my brain has left me paralyzed
So I’ll stay where I can feel the walls are closing in
Try not to feel exposed as they rub off my skin
But the locusts tell my ears that everything’s okay
How was I to know that I’d be digging my own grave?
I’ll...
The silence’s almost deafening with no one around
Feel the heart beat of the earth drum beneath my fingertips
Reviving the missing truth that lies on my cold, dead lips
But the stitches in my eyelids make me blind
And the removal of my brain has left me paralyzed
So I’ll stay where I can feel the walls are closing in
Try not to feel exposed as they rub off my skin
But the locusts tell my ears that everything’s okay
How was I to know that I’d be digging my own grave?
I’ll...
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3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
27th Apr 2012 3:40am
27th Apr 2012 3:40am
Unlovable
I’m
Not what you expected.
The shadow that my smile casts is too dark
It bears the past while you crave the future
You never noticed from a distance
But up close it’s hard to ignore.
So you tell me that you’re
Sorry
And you don’t look back
You’re not the first to be deceived
By the mirage on the surface
That radiates warmth and welcomes you in
But camouflage is misleading
And by now you know that
I’m
The...
Not what you expected.
The shadow that my smile casts is too dark
It bears the past while you crave the future
You never noticed from a distance
But up close it’s hard to ignore.
So you tell me that you’re
Sorry
And you don’t look back
You’re not the first to be deceived
By the mirage on the surface
That radiates warmth and welcomes you in
But camouflage is misleading
And by now you know that
I’m
The...
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7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Apr 2012 8:22pm
8th Apr 2012 8:22pm
Who am I?
Wegrowup
Beingtoldtobeourselves
Tonottry
Tobesomeonewearen’t
Tobeproud
Ofwhomwereallyare
Tostandby
Whatwebelievein
Buttheytellus
Howwearesupposedtoact
Theymakeus
Intoastereotype
Theystifle
Whatmakesusdifferent
Theyforce
Theirbeliefstobecomeours
Sonow
Westarttowonder
Isthis
WhatIreallythink?
Isthis
HowIreallyact?
Isthis
WhoIreallyam?
How
doyoufindyourself
whenyou’re
lostintheinfluences?
Beingtoldtobeourselves
Tonottry
Tobesomeonewearen’t
Tobeproud
Ofwhomwereallyare
Tostandby
Whatwebelievein
Buttheytellus
Howwearesupposedtoact
Theymakeus
Intoastereotype
Theystifle
Whatmakesusdifferent
Theyforce
Theirbeliefstobecomeours
Sonow
Westarttowonder
Isthis
WhatIreallythink?
Isthis
HowIreallyact?
Isthis
WhoIreallyam?
How
doyoufindyourself
whenyou’re
lostintheinfluences?
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Apr 2012 8:17pm
8th Apr 2012 8:17pm
Hope
Alittlerayofsunshine
Inaworldfullofdark
Itmaynotburntoobrightly
Butitonlytakesaspark
Toignitemywillfulbeing
Andtogetmethroughthepain
Hopeismyumbrella
WhenI’mdancingintherain
Inaworldfullofdark
Itmaynotburntoobrightly
Butitonlytakesaspark
Toignitemywillfulbeing
Andtogetmethroughthepain
Hopeismyumbrella
WhenI’mdancingintherain
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LOVE POEM
Published
7th Apr 2012 10:23pm
7th Apr 2012 10:23pm
Broken Heart
Youcannotseethebruises
Gluecan'tfixthecracks
Nomedicinewilleasetheache
Orgainthefeelingback
Youknowthatitisbeating
Thoughyoufeltitfallapart
Nowyoumustkeeppraying
Timewillmendyourbrokenheart
Gluecan'tfixthecracks
Nomedicinewilleasetheache
Orgainthefeelingback
Youknowthatitisbeating
Thoughyoufeltitfallapart
Nowyoumustkeeppraying
Timewillmendyourbrokenheart
875 reads
5 Comments
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