Submissions by Styxian
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Don't take for granted that Cupid's arrow is a goddamn arrow...
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
24th Sep 2023 5:49pm
24th Sep 2023 5:49pm
Heaven Takes Away
Back then...
Granny had said that I was a particular child.
How I spent too much time questioning all
of the unreasonable things.
That I was tiresome to her,
when she'd take me to church, and
I wouldn't sit still while listening
to the nonsense of some mortal man
on a stage.
Because I could talk to God anytime,
without that interpreter giving me
his own version.
I'd tell granny, God doesn't see it that way.
She'd just shush me, sometimes handing me
a half-stick of gum...
Granny had said that I was a particular child.
How I spent too much time questioning all
of the unreasonable things.
That I was tiresome to her,
when she'd take me to church, and
I wouldn't sit still while listening
to the nonsense of some mortal man
on a stage.
Because I could talk to God anytime,
without that interpreter giving me
his own version.
I'd tell granny, God doesn't see it that way.
She'd just shush me, sometimes handing me
a half-stick of gum...
#fate
#spiritual
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
16th Sep 2023 3:44pm
16th Sep 2023 3:44pm
The Rose Of Hearts
No doubt that the earth is round,
it rolls on, oblivious to my travel.
Without a rocket, I've walked
the no ways of this planet,
even just to touch the moon.
To say it's a real thing,
like all these months loving you.
I didn't know how heavy
that moon would be.
I know it is full of things
that people dream about
when they're alone.
And the day the moon
finally gets weary, and
I'm there to pick it up
like it's a tired dog,
full and sated all the same, ...
it rolls on, oblivious to my travel.
Without a rocket, I've walked
the no ways of this planet,
even just to touch the moon.
To say it's a real thing,
like all these months loving you.
I didn't know how heavy
that moon would be.
I know it is full of things
that people dream about
when they're alone.
And the day the moon
finally gets weary, and
I'm there to pick it up
like it's a tired dog,
full and sated all the same, ...
#happiness
#love
#courage
776 reads
32 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Sep 2023 1:49am
12th Sep 2023 1:49am
9/11 (A Garden...)
"A Garden For Your Ghost"
The day you left, Autumn went with you.
It was Winter right away
-The city kind. Snow falls heavy, and gray.
Snowmen slouch to their knees in muck,
while I stood in the archway
of a cracked-face store,
staring at the sky
and waiting for the rain.
-Waiting for you to walk up
and show me that you're okay.
I know, in the illogic of my heart
that you've not gone.
You simply left to follow the sun.
I know, as I fall to the fate of sleep,
that you stir awake. ...
The day you left, Autumn went with you.
It was Winter right away
-The city kind. Snow falls heavy, and gray.
Snowmen slouch to their knees in muck,
while I stood in the archway
of a cracked-face store,
staring at the sky
and waiting for the rain.
-Waiting for you to walk up
and show me that you're okay.
I know, in the illogic of my heart
that you've not gone.
You simply left to follow the sun.
I know, as I fall to the fate of sleep,
that you stir awake. ...
#sadness
#grief
325 reads
21 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Aug 2023 3:31am
28th Aug 2023 3:31am
Moon Lotus
When we made the bed with the new linens
(Yes, they are beautiful)
the red of them hinted to us
to be devils in a searing depth
But the moon fought for your skin
as I slid the sheet down your hip
As my hand spread the praise of that pale light
down your ribs, to the cove
where your hip bones curve forward
Where my mouth opened, in that shadow
and whispered of what's to come;
Springing a river, for your lotus.
The moon has side-stepped, ...
(Yes, they are beautiful)
the red of them hinted to us
to be devils in a searing depth
But the moon fought for your skin
as I slid the sheet down your hip
As my hand spread the praise of that pale light
down your ribs, to the cove
where your hip bones curve forward
Where my mouth opened, in that shadow
and whispered of what's to come;
Springing a river, for your lotus.
The moon has side-stepped, ...
#happiness
#gratitude
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12 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Aug 2023 3:13am
14th Aug 2023 3:13am
Adelphina
Upon my heart, a gentle tapping
of two lovebirds uncaged
Their wings overlapping
Beckoned forth, my desire's true
Have faith in that it beats for you
Surrounded in flutters, quickly centered
The hum of love so surely entered
to my ready heart, to grasp ahold
of these truths revealed, to unfold
In a song of joy, it's one of faith
that within this passion, it's love we make
Rise, my Adelphina
I see your love's a phoenix
You're etched from rainbows' every ribbon
You're the angel born for my religion
As...
of two lovebirds uncaged
Their wings overlapping
Beckoned forth, my desire's true
Have faith in that it beats for you
Surrounded in flutters, quickly centered
The hum of love so surely entered
to my ready heart, to grasp ahold
of these truths revealed, to unfold
In a song of joy, it's one of faith
that within this passion, it's love we make
Rise, my Adelphina
I see your love's a phoenix
You're etched from rainbows' every ribbon
You're the angel born for my religion
As...
#happiness
#love
#kindness
755 reads
23 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
30th Jul 2023 8:16pm
30th Jul 2023 8:16pm
Word Of Mouth
I learned early;
If you can't read the writing on the wall,
it's because you're standing
too close to the wall.
Staying back, there's knowledge in distance.
Because intimacy brings a different awareness,
when my words have my mouth to hamper
any given wisdom.
So it's best to be quiet, while eyes collide
within or without, understanding.
It's easy to speak when I'm cold.
I can sit with all who shiver,
as my stutter blends with theirs,
blaming the current predicament.
Language is an evolution ...
If you can't read the writing on the wall,
it's because you're standing
too close to the wall.
Staying back, there's knowledge in distance.
Because intimacy brings a different awareness,
when my words have my mouth to hamper
any given wisdom.
So it's best to be quiet, while eyes collide
within or without, understanding.
It's easy to speak when I'm cold.
I can sit with all who shiver,
as my stutter blends with theirs,
blaming the current predicament.
Language is an evolution ...
#kindness
#romantic
#patience
569 reads
17 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Jul 2023 11:15pm
22nd Jul 2023 11:15pm
Softest Lightning
Forgive my clumsiness,
my stumbling while staring.
I claim it happens all the time.
It doesn't.
I've never tripped so much before,
because my armor has never fallen
to my feet.
Never, has such a combination
of a feminine smile
and curious eyes unraveled
the mental bindings
that knotted my hopes.
As your hands cater
to every nerve of mine,
reminding me that yes,
I'm still alive
even on the outside.
The red veiled curtain
tenderizes the middle hours
of the night.
My apology for waking you ...
my stumbling while staring.
I claim it happens all the time.
It doesn't.
I've never tripped so much before,
because my armor has never fallen
to my feet.
Never, has such a combination
of a feminine smile
and curious eyes unraveled
the mental bindings
that knotted my hopes.
As your hands cater
to every nerve of mine,
reminding me that yes,
I'm still alive
even on the outside.
The red veiled curtain
tenderizes the middle hours
of the night.
My apology for waking you ...
#happiness
#love
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11 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Jul 2023 9:43pm
22nd Jul 2023 9:43pm
Vidalia (collab with Adelphina )
I Love You
Like roses bleed the color red
Blooming velvet petals of flesh
Gifting bouquets of life
Consummating consonants
as we vocalize the vowels
Words held our hands
until our hands held us
in physical sentences
Like the sky breezes into the blue
Creating fingers of soft air
Tracing your silhouette
Leading to night, candlelight
exposing skin above shadow
Like day once brightened us
now we lay heightened
Like the sun kisses skin into gold
With...
Like roses bleed the color red
Blooming velvet petals of flesh
Gifting bouquets of life
Consummating consonants
as we vocalize the vowels
Words held our hands
until our hands held us
in physical sentences
Like the sky breezes into the blue
Creating fingers of soft air
Tracing your silhouette
Leading to night, candlelight
exposing skin above shadow
Like day once brightened us
now we lay heightened
Like the sun kisses skin into gold
With...
#happiness
#love
#kindness
861 reads
13 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Jul 2023 3:24am
20th Jul 2023 3:24am
Adora
It's time to tell your parents.
I want them to know
that you will be okay.
That you will have joy
above the weight of common things.
That their concern may cease.
That you will hold onto happiness
every day, like apples in a basket.
That I will cradle you
in the now,
as they had, decades past.
I will cradle you
during movies
eclipses
any of the pauses
that may present itself.
And I will wrap around you,
during the midnights,
when the wolves within mankind howl. ...
I want them to know
that you will be okay.
That you will have joy
above the weight of common things.
That their concern may cease.
That you will hold onto happiness
every day, like apples in a basket.
That I will cradle you
in the now,
as they had, decades past.
I will cradle you
during movies
eclipses
any of the pauses
that may present itself.
And I will wrap around you,
during the midnights,
when the wolves within mankind howl. ...
#happiness
#love
#respect
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12 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Jul 2023 8:07pm
4th Jul 2023 8:07pm
Bittered Sweet
As friends go, we were quiet lovers
just a once
Absolute darkness forced our fingers
to search for help;
Found our bodies.
Your hands were so cold
that I knew they were practicing
being blue, soon.
So black, though, in the room
You didn't see my eyes teared up
from the freezing
When I put your fingers
to my lips, and blew
all the warmth
that my chest could offer you.
I couldn't see you
not smiling
Knowing this wasn't enough
to thaw forty years
of wintered life.
...
just a once
Absolute darkness forced our fingers
to search for help;
Found our bodies.
Your hands were so cold
that I knew they were practicing
being blue, soon.
So black, though, in the room
You didn't see my eyes teared up
from the freezing
When I put your fingers
to my lips, and blew
all the warmth
that my chest could offer you.
I couldn't see you
not smiling
Knowing this wasn't enough
to thaw forty years
of wintered life.
...
#disappointment
#bittersweet
521 reads
22 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Jun 2023 2:18am
11th Jun 2023 2:18am
Another Arrow
(Shooting Arrows At Future Ghosts)
I wanted desperately to call this love,
yet knew it was circumstance.
I wanted to hold you more
than in between the risings of the moon.
But days split us in halves;
Part wonder and part doubts.
Though when together,
I wanted to open a window
that faced the world, and shout
See! Be jealous of this!
And let everyone look on,
as you and I struck a deal.
To poke ourselves over and over
with Cupid's arrow.
We'd take turns brandishing it ...
I wanted desperately to call this love,
yet knew it was circumstance.
I wanted to hold you more
than in between the risings of the moon.
But days split us in halves;
Part wonder and part doubts.
Though when together,
I wanted to open a window
that faced the world, and shout
See! Be jealous of this!
And let everyone look on,
as you and I struck a deal.
To poke ourselves over and over
with Cupid's arrow.
We'd take turns brandishing it ...
#disappointment
#emptiness
440 reads
22 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Jun 2023 4:47pm
4th Jun 2023 4:47pm
Sun Goddess
Grey, it's a poor man's blue
It's my eyes, without you.
~
A window pane, revealing
through the frost of the glass
A light unknown; be known
A sun, unsurpassed
Winter held and winter chilled
as my eyes bled away all vision
But a ray of light, now in sight
touched within my prison
She laid her flower down to ground
with the moisture of my kiss
And this said sun, known but to one;
I blessed it with my tenderness
Her softest light, a touch of gold
to value all that she may handle ...
It's my eyes, without you.
~
A window pane, revealing
through the frost of the glass
A light unknown; be known
A sun, unsurpassed
Winter held and winter chilled
as my eyes bled away all vision
But a ray of light, now in sight
touched within my prison
She laid her flower down to ground
with the moisture of my kiss
And this said sun, known but to one;
I blessed it with my tenderness
Her softest light, a touch of gold
to value all that she may handle ...
#uplifting
#metaphor
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