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.
FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
29th Nov 2021 6:18pm
29th Nov 2021 6:18pm
The Beginning of Something Old
As dusk fell on the city of Marseille, with icy waves lapping delicately on the docks below and streetlights beginning to paint the pavement beautiful shades of amber and gold, two identical and shadowy figures lie hidden as they await night’s veil. Neither do much more than flash a shiny and crooked grin as the lamp nearest to their corner flickers, then fades out. The gloom falls over them like a heavy blanket, allowing them to slink around the brick corner and out of view of the naked eye. They continue walking, each shape matching the other’s pace to perfection until they near a second...
#fiction
#mystery
#hypocrisy
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FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
29th Nov 2021 6:09pm
29th Nov 2021 6:09pm
Claustrophobic
Good morning.”
“…Who are you?”
“It is not who, but what. Are you ready?”
“What?”
“Goodnight.”
Moments after you’ve woken up, a disembodied voice greets you from nowhere in particular. It doesn’t sound echoed at all, simply… flat. Centered. Directly within your mind. It does not sound amused yet. Now that it’s finished its nonsensical greeting, you are plunged into void. Not quite darkness- as with darkness, at least you know that something is there, and perhaps you are not alone. Here, floating yet grounded in this abyss, you are incredibly sure that you are alone....
“…Who are you?”
“It is not who, but what. Are you ready?”
“What?”
“Goodnight.”
Moments after you’ve woken up, a disembodied voice greets you from nowhere in particular. It doesn’t sound echoed at all, simply… flat. Centered. Directly within your mind. It does not sound amused yet. Now that it’s finished its nonsensical greeting, you are plunged into void. Not quite darkness- as with darkness, at least you know that something is there, and perhaps you are not alone. Here, floating yet grounded in this abyss, you are incredibly sure that you are alone....
#anxiety
#nightmares
#fear
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SELF POEM
Published
29th Nov 2021 3:58am
29th Nov 2021 3:58am
Oh.
My touch is gone
It will likely come back
But for now until dawn
My writing skill cracks
I'm trying to make something to prove I am here
To remind all of my presence
To ensure that it's clear
To enslave my essence
For everyone to hear
I'm going on now
To prove that I can
But the only word I can think of that rhymes is cow
This feels like something a child would write
No verse, no structure, it's so late at night
My artistic hand has flourished and grown
But all at the cost of my "brilliant"...
It will likely come back
But for now until dawn
My writing skill cracks
I'm trying to make something to prove I am here
To remind all of my presence
To ensure that it's clear
To enslave my essence
For everyone to hear
I'm going on now
To prove that I can
But the only word I can think of that rhymes is cow
This feels like something a child would write
No verse, no structure, it's so late at night
My artistic hand has flourished and grown
But all at the cost of my "brilliant"...
#WritersBlock
#art
#disappointment
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STORY POEM
Published
19th Nov 2021 00:27am
19th Nov 2021 00:27am
Felis
You were there across the room
Standing plainly without a sound
Looking for something too
That never would be found
And suddenly you shifted
So clearly, without remorse
Into a lovely feline
Dappled coat, fur coarse
Your eyes, they glimmered before the screen
My heart began to seize
And when you turned toward me
I saw something I'd never believe
Your pointed face turned gently
Deep within those crystalline orbs
Inside your amber scleras
Tumbled minerals galore
A soft and...
Standing plainly without a sound
Looking for something too
That never would be found
And suddenly you shifted
So clearly, without remorse
Into a lovely feline
Dappled coat, fur coarse
Your eyes, they glimmered before the screen
My heart began to seize
And when you turned toward me
I saw something I'd never believe
Your pointed face turned gently
Deep within those crystalline orbs
Inside your amber scleras
Tumbled minerals galore
A soft and...
#dreams
#cats
#sleep
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
19th Nov 2021 00:18am
19th Nov 2021 00:18am
Not Much to Say
Your concept makes my head reel
I don't have much to say in your presence
A presence I myself hardly feel
Perhaps I am desensitized
Perhaps none of it is real
But I do know you guide me
Accompany, empower
My soul through empty seas
For roaring waters are nothing,
But the silence sets fear free
Absolutely simple
Purely complex
To underestimate this power
Has me vexed
And here's how I know that line five lies
I haven't died just yet
I don't have much to say in your presence
A presence I myself hardly feel
Perhaps I am desensitized
Perhaps none of it is real
But I do know you guide me
Accompany, empower
My soul through empty seas
For roaring waters are nothing,
But the silence sets fear free
Absolutely simple
Purely complex
To underestimate this power
Has me vexed
And here's how I know that line five lies
I haven't died just yet
#religion
#redemption
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SELF POEM
Published
18th Nov 2021 3:48am
18th Nov 2021 3:48am
Plastic at Night
Seven bottles upon my bedside table
They are pure, half-full, and sufficiently able
To make my heart pound, to keep me afloat
To give me something with which I may gloat
Yes, I've counted
All of my bounty
Every single one
Yet I will touch none
My throat will go dry, my begging mouth empty
Though the bottles still remain and tempt me
A simple solution, easy and two feet away
Yet the number increases every day
They are pure, half-full, and sufficiently able
To make my heart pound, to keep me afloat
To give me something with which I may gloat
Yes, I've counted
All of my bounty
Every single one
Yet I will touch none
My throat will go dry, my begging mouth empty
Though the bottles still remain and tempt me
A simple solution, easy and two feet away
Yet the number increases every day
#depression
#confessional
#frustration
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ANGER POEM
Published
18th Nov 2021 3:37am
18th Nov 2021 3:37am
Stupid as Hell
Stupid as hell
Mind won't serve me well
Doesn't let me do a thing, they can tell
Some call me lazy and others do not
Several know that a choice it is not
But it's not my fault, fault I have fought
I've had three weeks to do this damned thing
Yet I seemed to be trapped inside a drug ring
Narcotics- metaphorical, and my soul they sting
I move and I move and yet no movement goes
All that I have is my sickening prose
This is not the path that I chose
I tell my mind go
My mind tells me no ...
Mind won't serve me well
Doesn't let me do a thing, they can tell
Some call me lazy and others do not
Several know that a choice it is not
But it's not my fault, fault I have fought
I've had three weeks to do this damned thing
Yet I seemed to be trapped inside a drug ring
Narcotics- metaphorical, and my soul they sting
I move and I move and yet no movement goes
All that I have is my sickening prose
This is not the path that I chose
I tell my mind go
My mind tells me no ...
#anger
#MentalHealth
#suffering #emptiness
#suffering #emptiness
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DARK POEM
Published
17th Nov 2021 11:25am
17th Nov 2021 11:25am
Thing in the Corner
The thing in the corner
An exiled sojourner
Not of this world
Its lips are curled
Bleak eyes of despair
But is it even there?
The thing in the hall
Incredibly tall
Gaping jaw
Wide maw
Staring ceaselessly
I stand fearlessly
The thing behind the curtain
It's there, I'm certain
Scraping it's talons
Observing my talents
I sing until its ears bleed
I will not allow it to feed
The thing behind me
Or perhaps inside me
I've decided a plan
To rid my home of its hand
A...
An exiled sojourner
Not of this world
Its lips are curled
Bleak eyes of despair
But is it even there?
The thing in the hall
Incredibly tall
Gaping jaw
Wide maw
Staring ceaselessly
I stand fearlessly
The thing behind the curtain
It's there, I'm certain
Scraping it's talons
Observing my talents
I sing until its ears bleed
I will not allow it to feed
The thing behind me
Or perhaps inside me
I've decided a plan
To rid my home of its hand
A...
#anxiety
#nightmares
#fear
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SELF POEM
Published
17th Nov 2021 11:21am
17th Nov 2021 11:21am
Wake of Peace
Peace is a concept locked by the sea
Unlike the rest, it has quite the complex key
Peace is not something uniform or bold
Instead I am sure that it can feel cold
Peace is his hands entwined in mine,
For I've waited so long to look in his eyes
Peace is the broken window down on West Side
An anxious son with the bat that he hides
Peace is the blood dripping down on the floor
The euphoric release, he's killed just once more
Peace is a quiet song, scratching your brain
As you realize that you've been left in the rain
Peace is...
Unlike the rest, it has quite the complex key
Peace is not something uniform or bold
Instead I am sure that it can feel cold
Peace is his hands entwined in mine,
For I've waited so long to look in his eyes
Peace is the broken window down on West Side
An anxious son with the bat that he hides
Peace is the blood dripping down on the floor
The euphoric release, he's killed just once more
Peace is a quiet song, scratching your brain
As you realize that you've been left in the rain
Peace is...
#happiness
#motivational
#philosophical
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SELF POEM
Published
17th Nov 2021 00:25am
17th Nov 2021 00:25am
Teeth?
I scowl, I gleam
I glow, and I'm mean
My smile does nothing
But show you my teeth
Sharp, white, and thick
A blade, needs a pick
They aren't too clean
But I swear that they scream
Fangs, tusks, incisors
Ripping through livers
Making them sick and defying the light
Exposing your crime
You know that you're mine.
Respect must be earned
This, you have learned
Being torn apart
You're seeing stars
My glare may be sharp, but my teeth are sharper
You're nothing compared to the tongue of an...
I glow, and I'm mean
My smile does nothing
But show you my teeth
Sharp, white, and thick
A blade, needs a pick
They aren't too clean
But I swear that they scream
Fangs, tusks, incisors
Ripping through livers
Making them sick and defying the light
Exposing your crime
You know that you're mine.
Respect must be earned
This, you have learned
Being torn apart
You're seeing stars
My glare may be sharp, but my teeth are sharper
You're nothing compared to the tongue of an...
#strength
#respect
#risk
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LOVE POEM
Published
17th Nov 2021 00:20am
17th Nov 2021 00:20am
Around 1000 Miles
You're strange
So far, so close
My love, my hope
Believing you'll be
Here with me
One day, far away
In two years, we'll say
So far, so close
Feels strange, like home
You feel like ice after the Sahara
You feel like rain coming from afar, a
Simple word of confession
Behind a veil of compassion
Anonymous action
Awaiting reaction
Such strong words have never flown
Or at least, not of my own
Such strong heartstrings, made to break
But tell me, love, can you keep them safe?
My soul, I...
So far, so close
My love, my hope
Believing you'll be
Here with me
One day, far away
In two years, we'll say
So far, so close
Feels strange, like home
You feel like ice after the Sahara
You feel like rain coming from afar, a
Simple word of confession
Behind a veil of compassion
Anonymous action
Awaiting reaction
Such strong words have never flown
Or at least, not of my own
Such strong heartstrings, made to break
But tell me, love, can you keep them safe?
My soul, I...
#love
#support
#respect
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DARK POEM
Published
16th Nov 2021 3:51am
16th Nov 2021 3:51am
Intentional Loss
You joke
poke
prod
laugh
scream
about losing yourself
but I do not see the point
purpose
reason
meaning
scheming
behind the curtain of your barred mind
I have tried
begged
pleaded
negotiated
for you to stay
live
breathe
be
but alas you deny yourself the right to see
believe
sense
hear
need
anything I say before three
I cannot handle
comprehend
stand
tolerate
bear
all this that you hand
pass
give
cast
upon me ...
poke
prod
laugh
scream
about losing yourself
but I do not see the point
purpose
reason
meaning
scheming
behind the curtain of your barred mind
I have tried
begged
pleaded
negotiated
for you to stay
live
breathe
be
but alas you deny yourself the right to see
believe
sense
hear
need
anything I say before three
I cannot handle
comprehend
stand
tolerate
bear
all this that you hand
pass
give
cast
upon me ...
#grief
#suicide
#weakness
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