Submissions by SageRoyale (Royale)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I admire those who challenge the oppressive sadness that society presses upon us with pure unbridled rage and spite. So, I strive to be this myself- a passionate writer who laces their work with fancy words, longing to be understood in every margin.
LOVE POEM
Published
Today 3:03am
Today 3:03am
from a distance.
i bite my tongue (i'm quieter today)
my smile (tastes bitter)
(you can't even see me)
(i wish i brushed my teeth this morning)
you've told me what's behind (i'm learning)
your smile (tastes sweet)
(do you tell this to everyone?)
(did you think of me this morning?)
i think you should talk to me (you're quieter today)
i'd smile (unusually tasteless)
(i don't yell at you today)
(i thought of you this morning)
my smile (tastes bitter)
(you can't even see me)
(i wish i brushed my teeth this morning)
you've told me what's behind (i'm learning)
your smile (tastes sweet)
(do you tell this to everyone?)
(did you think of me this morning?)
i think you should talk to me (you're quieter today)
i'd smile (unusually tasteless)
(i don't yell at you today)
(i thought of you this morning)
#FallingInLove
#friendship
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SELF POEM
Published
Today 2:45am
Today 2:45am
wear white to my funeral
in the back of mind,
where i was born
where i will die
all my friends,
celebrating
my family pallbearers
every other day,
a funeral for
an old side of me
i can't help it,
every other day i find
a new side of me
deep inside of me,
a writhing pit of despair
beside the highest cliff of ecstasy
wear white to my daily funeral,
and leave the decor dark
so you stand out with the angels and i
where i was born
where i will die
all my friends,
celebrating
my family pallbearers
every other day,
a funeral for
an old side of me
i can't help it,
every other day i find
a new side of me
deep inside of me,
a writhing pit of despair
beside the highest cliff of ecstasy
wear white to my daily funeral,
and leave the decor dark
so you stand out with the angels and i
#angels
#funeral
#hope #SelfReflection
#hope #SelfReflection
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LOVE POEM
Published
9th Feb 2025 3:00am
9th Feb 2025 3:00am
do not eat my keys
little one,
little one
you are causing a myriad of problems
one of which being i cannot reach my keys
do not eat the flowers
i know whats best for you
little one
you are causing a myriad of problems
one of which being i cannot reach my keys
do not eat the flowers
i know whats best for you
#cats
#love
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LOVE POEM
Published
6th Jan 2025 7:07am
6th Jan 2025 7:07am
"getting poetic" (i hate the beach)
i hate the beach
but your smile is the sun that shines over my shoulders (it doesn't burn)
but your cold hands surf over mine like the tide (are you cold?)
but the bands in your braces are the jellies on the shore (you're brighter than every color you like)
but the teeth behind them are a shark's lost and found (you'd never bite)
i hate the sand, but when the shells score my feet you just put them in your pocket
i hate the sand, but you brush it off and take my hand
i hate the beach, but i love you
but your smile is the sun that shines over my shoulders (it doesn't burn)
but your cold hands surf over mine like the tide (are you cold?)
but the bands in your braces are the jellies on the shore (you're brighter than every color you like)
but the teeth behind them are a shark's lost and found (you'd never bite)
i hate the sand, but when the shells score my feet you just put them in your pocket
i hate the sand, but you brush it off and take my hand
i hate the beach, but i love you
#beach
#friendship
#hope #love
#hope #love
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
4th Jan 2025 00:17am
4th Jan 2025 00:17am
beggars
His tears heal beggars
He weeps and they cheer
for if the Son of Man may cry
any man may bare his soul
however beaten,
bruised,
unrighteous
and be healed by the rivers
from his pure and unblemished eyes
waters laced with medicine
for even the sickest of mortal
mind or spirit
but why, save for old grudge
must my ugly heart
my blistering eyes,
that pour mercury
the skin that burns raw beneath
my cheeks, aching
from the teeth of rotting quartz
that has burst through them ...
He weeps and they cheer
for if the Son of Man may cry
any man may bare his soul
however beaten,
bruised,
unrighteous
and be healed by the rivers
from his pure and unblemished eyes
waters laced with medicine
for even the sickest of mortal
mind or spirit
but why, save for old grudge
must my ugly heart
my blistering eyes,
that pour mercury
the skin that burns raw beneath
my cheeks, aching
from the teeth of rotting quartz
that has burst through them ...
#angels
#forgiveness
#spiritual
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LOVE POEM
Published
2nd Dec 2023 10:57pm
2nd Dec 2023 10:57pm
PERIPHERAL
I HATE YOU
I HATE YOU
I HATE YOU
I SCREAM
BUT I NEVER DO
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I WHISPER
BUT YOU NEVER DO
HERE FOR A SECOND
VANISH
HAUNT ME
NEVER BECKON
YOU LIVE IN THE CORNER
OF MY WEEPING EYES
YOU NEVER DIE
YOU NEVER DIE
I HATE YOU
I HATE YOU
I SCREAM
BUT I NEVER DO
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I WHISPER
BUT YOU NEVER DO
HERE FOR A SECOND
VANISH
HAUNT ME
NEVER BECKON
YOU LIVE IN THE CORNER
OF MY WEEPING EYES
YOU NEVER DIE
YOU NEVER DIE
#anger
#grief
#friendship
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Aug 2023 5:47am
15th Aug 2023 5:47am
battle cry
i have no cry.
my eyes, they speak
of a smile unwavering
for i know what you don't
i have no cry.
through all my chittering
of a land that i love
that i own and you don't
i have no cry.
the sun is my mother
she bathes and burns me
i see her, you won't
i have no cry.
one day i will shine
like my mother alive
bland clouds like you don't
i have no cry.
i need not to speak
of my prideful freedom
that i have and you don't
i have no cry. ...
my eyes, they speak
of a smile unwavering
for i know what you don't
i have no cry.
through all my chittering
of a land that i love
that i own and you don't
i have no cry.
the sun is my mother
she bathes and burns me
i see her, you won't
i have no cry.
one day i will shine
like my mother alive
bland clouds like you don't
i have no cry.
i need not to speak
of my prideful freedom
that i have and you don't
i have no cry. ...
#freedom
#feminism
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LOVE POEM
Published
15th Aug 2023 5:28am
15th Aug 2023 5:28am
gambling
i denied
every breath
that
blew
my way
every smile
that
flew
my way
the teeth
they
bared
at my eyes
but i took
your
teeth
your
lies
so what
made you
think
you did not
apply
you are
not
EXEMPT
you
are
DEAF
were
you
DEAF?
DEAF?
DEAF?
DEAF?
...
every breath
that
blew
my way
every smile
that
flew
my way
the teeth
they
bared
at my eyes
but i took
your
teeth
your
lies
so what
made you
think
you did not
apply
you are
not
EXEMPT
you
are
DEAF
were
you
DEAF?
DEAF?
DEAF?
DEAF?
...
#betrayal
#violence
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SELF POEM
Published
8th Feb 2022 3:46pm
8th Feb 2022 3:46pm
Swan's f/ckin' late.
i need a swan
with inky feathers
take me to
behind the shed
lie me down
rest my head
i need a swan
with inky feathers
break my heart
break my mind
skull in shatters
shards across the floor
i need a swan
with inky feathers
hit reset
reboot my opinion
take a breath
through the net
i need a swan
with inky feathers
but he is late
he flies delayed
he rambles on
he does not care
i need a swan
with inky feathers
lost my invitation
to a...
with inky feathers
take me to
behind the shed
lie me down
rest my head
i need a swan
with inky feathers
break my heart
break my mind
skull in shatters
shards across the floor
i need a swan
with inky feathers
hit reset
reboot my opinion
take a breath
through the net
i need a swan
with inky feathers
but he is late
he flies delayed
he rambles on
he does not care
i need a swan
with inky feathers
lost my invitation
to a...
#identity
#frustration
#freedom #redemption
#freedom #redemption
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ANGER POEM
Published
8th Feb 2022 3:39pm
8th Feb 2022 3:39pm
Let Me Speak
Let me speak
Let me breathe
Let my tongue
Singe your heath-
-enous mind
And your thoughts
Drop their knees
To the floor
And grieve quiet
For I
Will be silent
No more
Let me breathe
Let my tongue
Singe your heath-
-enous mind
And your thoughts
Drop their knees
To the floor
And grieve quiet
For I
Will be silent
No more
#fire
#silence
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Dec 2021 1:54pm
2nd Dec 2021 1:54pm
Cathartic Arts
Up, down
Blinded
Throw, catch
Subsided
Spin, height
Perfected
Adrenaline courses through me
My chest swells with pride
My hands burn and scream
They're growing a rough hide
Empowered
Relieved
Who needs a professional
When you have metal
Who needs a confessional
When you blow the kettle
Learned
Unimpeded
Everything flies
My hands are tied
Up in this grace
And my stone-cold face
Blinded
Throw, catch
Subsided
Spin, height
Perfected
Adrenaline courses through me
My chest swells with pride
My hands burn and scream
They're growing a rough hide
Empowered
Relieved
Who needs a professional
When you have metal
Who needs a confessional
When you blow the kettle
Learned
Unimpeded
Everything flies
My hands are tied
Up in this grace
And my stone-cold face
#sports
#passion
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ANGER POEM
Published
30th Nov 2021 2:33pm
30th Nov 2021 2:33pm
TOO MUCH AROUND ME
Enough, enough, enough!
My head can't take it
My hands can't shake it
My spine, it shivers
My mind is withered
So much so quickly
Not enough, usually
But today it's too much
Today I've screwed up
Today there's too much
He's rubbing his hands
She's tipping her chair
I'm grabbing my face
They're fixing their hair
He watches the news
She asks to go use
The restroom and I
Am stuck in my mind
I have to work now
I have to get it out
I'm shuddering and clawing
The air for a...
My head can't take it
My hands can't shake it
My spine, it shivers
My mind is withered
So much so quickly
Not enough, usually
But today it's too much
Today I've screwed up
Today there's too much
He's rubbing his hands
She's tipping her chair
I'm grabbing my face
They're fixing their hair
He watches the news
She asks to go use
The restroom and I
Am stuck in my mind
I have to work now
I have to get it out
I'm shuddering and clawing
The air for a...
#frustration
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