Submissions by StormsWorld
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I once used to think poetry was gay and pathetic, then I realised that it wasn't me thinking that but my ego-tistical father. Poetry is strenght, poetry is power. With-out it, I would probably be dead by now.
DARK POEM
Published
30th May 2014 8:30pm
30th May 2014 8:30pm
Perhaps the most asked question, WHY?
Abused as a child,
By my family and their friends,
Most of them knew, my parents included
Yet not one person stopped it, all that mum and dad ever did,
Was to laugh at me as I cried, then scream at each other a minute later,
After that they would drink warm beer and cheap wine
The smell of cigarettes lingers in the air,
Descending over me with the pain, like a grey, misty, hazy fog,
As the beatings ensued.
When they weren't hitting each other,
They would hit me instead,
Daddy’s little girl,
His darling princess,
Forgave him...
By my family and their friends,
Most of them knew, my parents included
Yet not one person stopped it, all that mum and dad ever did,
Was to laugh at me as I cried, then scream at each other a minute later,
After that they would drink warm beer and cheap wine
The smell of cigarettes lingers in the air,
Descending over me with the pain, like a grey, misty, hazy fog,
As the beatings ensued.
When they weren't hitting each other,
They would hit me instead,
Daddy’s little girl,
His darling princess,
Forgave him...
797 reads
9 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
8th May 2014 3:48pm
8th May 2014 3:48pm
Heed my battle cry!
One step, two steps,
Three steps FOUR!
This is war,
This is WAR,
"THIS IS WAR!"
My voice screams through the night air,
Telling my enemies beware!
"Beware, beware BEWARE!"
Dark wolves circling
Friends watching,
Enemies laughing
Family expectant,
My blood running cold
On my hands and knees
I beg and I plead,
"Believe in me, BELIEVE IN ME!"
Discarded,
Like last months trash
All piled up in a heap,
I cry and I cry and I weep
Unable to change my past,
Branded a...
Three steps FOUR!
This is war,
This is WAR,
"THIS IS WAR!"
My voice screams through the night air,
Telling my enemies beware!
"Beware, beware BEWARE!"
Dark wolves circling
Friends watching,
Enemies laughing
Family expectant,
My blood running cold
On my hands and knees
I beg and I plead,
"Believe in me, BELIEVE IN ME!"
Discarded,
Like last months trash
All piled up in a heap,
I cry and I cry and I weep
Unable to change my past,
Branded a...
693 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th May 2014 1:15pm
8th May 2014 1:15pm
Cloudless Skies
Tall trees and wooden benches
Dusty leaves,
Gravel paths
Trickling rivers,
Smooth as glass
Weave in and out,
As dogs bark
Balls are thrown,
Hands raised to catch
Now we sit upon,
The soft green grass
See how straight it grows?
Metal railings
A childs laugh,
The scent of earth
Red picnic blankets,
Buzzing Bees
Wooden forts and swing sets,
Blue slides, scraped knees
Under the Summer sun
We play,
Pretty flowers
Scent of hay,
We're enjoying ice cream, today
Sun hats and sticky...
Dusty leaves,
Gravel paths
Trickling rivers,
Smooth as glass
Weave in and out,
As dogs bark
Balls are thrown,
Hands raised to catch
Now we sit upon,
The soft green grass
See how straight it grows?
Metal railings
A childs laugh,
The scent of earth
Red picnic blankets,
Buzzing Bees
Wooden forts and swing sets,
Blue slides, scraped knees
Under the Summer sun
We play,
Pretty flowers
Scent of hay,
We're enjoying ice cream, today
Sun hats and sticky...
1591 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th May 2014 11:36am
6th May 2014 11:36am
beginning of new poem
With wings that whisper softly softly though the night, gently gliding gliding on the purest light, a gossamer sigh slips through the night, as with wings of darkest dusk sliding through the moon-bright night, dust motes brushed aside, caressed by wings of glory glory,
677 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th May 2014 3:49pm
5th May 2014 3:49pm
Angels Of War
War...
It seems to be every where today
TV, newspapers, radio's and Facebook,
From Iraq, Afghanistan,
Its all brought to our attention,
These shocking stories of war
Stained in blood and gore
Soldiers stand to attention,
Then go marching off to war
Guns raised,
Flags flying high
With a heavy mix of fear and courage,
Filling their loyal hearts
With guns and knife's,
Fists' and fierceness,
They fight
For their countries
Mothers and sons,
Fathers and daughters,
Brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts,...
It seems to be every where today
TV, newspapers, radio's and Facebook,
From Iraq, Afghanistan,
Its all brought to our attention,
These shocking stories of war
Stained in blood and gore
Soldiers stand to attention,
Then go marching off to war
Guns raised,
Flags flying high
With a heavy mix of fear and courage,
Filling their loyal hearts
With guns and knife's,
Fists' and fierceness,
They fight
For their countries
Mothers and sons,
Fathers and daughters,
Brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts,...
675 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
5th May 2014 3:07am
5th May 2014 3:07am
Snow Bird
Bird of ice
Bird of snow,
Born of cold
I shine below,
The sky,
The sun,
To both of which,
I belong
Oh how I long,
To be free
Of this,
Chilly embrace
A need of the sun,
I have not,
For I light the dark,
From within
My ice-light,
Shining bright
Wings of ice
Feathers of snow,
Claws of wind
Eyes of sky,
Beak of darkest night,
Winter embodiment
Embrace the ice,
Embrace the sky,
Reaching for the sun,
I fly.
Bird of snow,
Born of cold
I shine below,
The sky,
The sun,
To both of which,
I belong
Oh how I long,
To be free
Of this,
Chilly embrace
A need of the sun,
I have not,
For I light the dark,
From within
My ice-light,
Shining bright
Wings of ice
Feathers of snow,
Claws of wind
Eyes of sky,
Beak of darkest night,
Winter embodiment
Embrace the ice,
Embrace the sky,
Reaching for the sun,
I fly.
718 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th May 2014 3:05am
5th May 2014 3:05am
Storm Bird
Fly storm bird, fly
See the world recede,
As you climb
Way up high,
You feel
The sun die,
And with your eyes
Of darkest hour,
You acknowledge
That this is your power.
As you rocket
Through the sky,
Accompanied by
The screech of winds,
Tearing past,
You dip and you dive
Through the valleys,
Over the oceans
Creating waves,
Of wind-whipped
Cresting,
Snow flecked blue.
Hammer the hills
And crush the trees,
With the hefty winds
That support thee.
The earth is flailed,
With...
See the world recede,
As you climb
Way up high,
You feel
The sun die,
And with your eyes
Of darkest hour,
You acknowledge
That this is your power.
As you rocket
Through the sky,
Accompanied by
The screech of winds,
Tearing past,
You dip and you dive
Through the valleys,
Over the oceans
Creating waves,
Of wind-whipped
Cresting,
Snow flecked blue.
Hammer the hills
And crush the trees,
With the hefty winds
That support thee.
The earth is flailed,
With...
777 reads
7 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
4th May 2014 5:38pm
4th May 2014 5:38pm
A Fragile Heart
I stand alone
And as I fall,
Time slows
I throw out my hand
To be caught,
To avoid the pain
But who knows,
Maybe I am
Truly alone
If I listen to,
The cruelties of fate
Of memories past,
The it will break,
My tortured mind, my broken soul,
And my fragile heart
I stand,
And brush off the dust
The skin of my knees,
All broken and bloody,
But the skin of my heart, remains intact.
And as I fall,
Time slows
I throw out my hand
To be caught,
To avoid the pain
But who knows,
Maybe I am
Truly alone
If I listen to,
The cruelties of fate
Of memories past,
The it will break,
My tortured mind, my broken soul,
And my fragile heart
I stand,
And brush off the dust
The skin of my knees,
All broken and bloody,
But the skin of my heart, remains intact.
753 reads
5 Comments
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