Submissions by SirShadow
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
This is where i throw random nonsense. Where i can put out ideas at mass right in public. Only to work and perfect them in private. Not all beautiful things start as diamonds. Some must begin as coal.
Life And Cigarettes
I take a draw on a marlboro,
Menthol,
Black 100's,
Long,
And I realize how short life truly is,
From one smoking end to the other,
Smoke vapors on the wind,
Ashes and "butts" are our legacy,
I take another draw on the marlboro,
And I notice this is killing me,
(But so is life)
But hey,
We're all gonna die someday.
Menthol,
Black 100's,
Long,
And I realize how short life truly is,
From one smoking end to the other,
Smoke vapors on the wind,
Ashes and "butts" are our legacy,
I take another draw on the marlboro,
And I notice this is killing me,
(But so is life)
But hey,
We're all gonna die someday.
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When We Meet
When we meet I’ll take your hand in mine
We’ll dance under the stars
I’ll show you we can make this world ours
In a rain drenched street
I’ll look into your eyes
And hold you heart to heart
Remember when we first met
That’s a day I’ll never want to forget
And remember how we felt
About the cards fate has dealt
That was the day my life began
I’d do anything to live it again
You are my everything
Your the only one I want to sit under a million stars with
You mean so much to me
You’re the only one I want to...
We’ll dance under the stars
I’ll show you we can make this world ours
In a rain drenched street
I’ll look into your eyes
And hold you heart to heart
Remember when we first met
That’s a day I’ll never want to forget
And remember how we felt
About the cards fate has dealt
That was the day my life began
I’d do anything to live it again
You are my everything
Your the only one I want to sit under a million stars with
You mean so much to me
You’re the only one I want to...
945 reads
The Perfect Place
Quiet, Peaceful, Serene
A deck out on a secluded lake,
(taking glances to watch the water move or see the fish swim stealthily about)
A porch in the deep south,
(slowly swinging on a swing or rocking chair)
The kitchen table or your favorite chair when no one is home,
(to busy at shopping malls and other loud places)
Oh these are the places I'd rather be,
When i had a book to read.
A deck out on a secluded lake,
(taking glances to watch the water move or see the fish swim stealthily about)
A porch in the deep south,
(slowly swinging on a swing or rocking chair)
The kitchen table or your favorite chair when no one is home,
(to busy at shopping malls and other loud places)
Oh these are the places I'd rather be,
When i had a book to read.
717 reads
Irony In What You Seek
Oh there's irony in what you seek young man
with eyes sea blue and auburn hair,
That what you seek is wanting of
someone else,
She doesn't need your warmth,
Oh there's irony in what you seek young woman
with red lips and voluptuous chest,
That what you seek is going
to use you,
One good use and your out the door,
Oh there's irony in what we all seek
gasping and reaching for the unattainable,
To only realize that
in the end,
It was little Timmy that fell down a "wishing" well.
with eyes sea blue and auburn hair,
That what you seek is wanting of
someone else,
She doesn't need your warmth,
Oh there's irony in what you seek young woman
with red lips and voluptuous chest,
That what you seek is going
to use you,
One good use and your out the door,
Oh there's irony in what we all seek
gasping and reaching for the unattainable,
To only realize that
in the end,
It was little Timmy that fell down a "wishing" well.
670 reads
Work of Art
Your spine shows your name and
your back tells all about you,
Your cover hints at the elegance
and story inside you,
Dust knows no home better than you,
Your pages are frayed at the ends,
(from all the constant use of avid owners)
And they have become yellowed with age,
(And a sweet odor emits causing the holder to stop and breathe in the story)
But still the ink stays on,
Binding looses,
Pages fall out over
time,
But in my eyes there is still no sight prettier
than an old loved
book.
your back tells all about you,
Your cover hints at the elegance
and story inside you,
Dust knows no home better than you,
Your pages are frayed at the ends,
(from all the constant use of avid owners)
And they have become yellowed with age,
(And a sweet odor emits causing the holder to stop and breathe in the story)
But still the ink stays on,
Binding looses,
Pages fall out over
time,
But in my eyes there is still no sight prettier
than an old loved
book.
773 reads
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Down the Hall
Quietly
She walks unperturbed,
(Her feet whisper across the floor)
Towards her goal at the end of the hall,
Slowly
She inches the door slowly open and peers inside,
To see the treasure that awaits patiently,
The treasure looks and beckons,
Nervously
She answers his call,
Taking her place beside him,
(Revealing more than bargained for)
She takes his hand in hers,
Passionately
His lips embrace hers,
(Bodies reacting one to another)
He takes her and she takes him in turn,
Romance...
She walks unperturbed,
(Her feet whisper across the floor)
Towards her goal at the end of the hall,
Slowly
She inches the door slowly open and peers inside,
To see the treasure that awaits patiently,
The treasure looks and beckons,
Nervously
She answers his call,
Taking her place beside him,
(Revealing more than bargained for)
She takes his hand in hers,
Passionately
His lips embrace hers,
(Bodies reacting one to another)
He takes her and she takes him in turn,
Romance...
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Round To It
I need to be a son,
To obey an to love,
To study and do my best,
I'll get around to it
I need to be a father,
To work and achieve,
To support my family,
I'll get around to it
I need to be a mom,
To do all appointed to me,
To take care of my house,
I'll get around to it
I need to be a workman,
To do my job and do it right,
To make no mistakes,
I'll get around to it
I need to be someone,
To go out and change MY world,
To be different and run against the crowd,
I'll get around to it
To obey an to love,
To study and do my best,
I'll get around to it
I need to be a father,
To work and achieve,
To support my family,
I'll get around to it
I need to be a mom,
To do all appointed to me,
To take care of my house,
I'll get around to it
I need to be a workman,
To do my job and do it right,
To make no mistakes,
I'll get around to it
I need to be someone,
To go out and change MY world,
To be different and run against the crowd,
I'll get around to it
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Believe Me
Believe me
Hell isn't as bad as it seems
(when your way up above)
It's only when the flames on your coattails that it really starts to make you sing,
Believe me
The dark waters aren't so deep,
(when your so sure you can swim to shore)
It's only when the weight pulls you down that your mind begins to scream,
Believe me
Love isn't so grand,
(with a smile on your face and joy in your heart)
It's only the heartbreak, struggles and triumphs that seem to make a man,
Believe me
Heaven isn't so grand,
(when you spent your entire...
Hell isn't as bad as it seems
(when your way up above)
It's only when the flames on your coattails that it really starts to make you sing,
Believe me
The dark waters aren't so deep,
(when your so sure you can swim to shore)
It's only when the weight pulls you down that your mind begins to scream,
Believe me
Love isn't so grand,
(with a smile on your face and joy in your heart)
It's only the heartbreak, struggles and triumphs that seem to make a man,
Believe me
Heaven isn't so grand,
(when you spent your entire...
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Blush
Someone once told me,
That when you blushed,
It was a sign that,
You had a little shred of morality left,
Well I don't blush anymore.
That when you blushed,
It was a sign that,
You had a little shred of morality left,
Well I don't blush anymore.
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Short
The short poem,
Is like the short breath,
It's over before it even
started.
Is like the short breath,
It's over before it even
started.
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The Working Man
The workingman awakes promptly
at 3a.m in the
morning.
He makes his coffee then
sits down to read the
morning newspaper.
Half an hour later
He's on his way to
work.
He stops at the local
gas-n-go
and
picks
up
a
pack
of
cigarettes.
(He'd stopped two months ago)
Work is a living hell
Spare parts for the engines
haven't came in yet
and
Jim doesn't finish anything.
After eight hours of hell
He's owns his way home again
and
Stops by the local bar for
beer
chips
and ...
at 3a.m in the
morning.
He makes his coffee then
sits down to read the
morning newspaper.
Half an hour later
He's on his way to
work.
He stops at the local
gas-n-go
and
picks
up
a
pack
of
cigarettes.
(He'd stopped two months ago)
Work is a living hell
Spare parts for the engines
haven't came in yet
and
Jim doesn't finish anything.
After eight hours of hell
He's owns his way home again
and
Stops by the local bar for
beer
chips
and ...
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On a Brief Encounter
On a brief encounter,
Hello
We talked briefly of our past,
Of how i remembered everything about you,
Your strawberry hair was shoulder length, curled at the ends
Of how I never wanted to let you go,
But you walked off carrying my heart
But their is no coming back for you,
You are a ghost and I a lonely wayfarer.
Hello
We talked briefly of our past,
Of how i remembered everything about you,
Your strawberry hair was shoulder length, curled at the ends
Of how I never wanted to let you go,
But you walked off carrying my heart
But their is no coming back for you,
You are a ghost and I a lonely wayfarer.
718 reads
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