Submissions by TCLilly (Tanzen Lilly)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Tanzen Lilly graduated SAIC in 2013 with a BFA. Tanzen is a visual artist, poet, and jewelry maker. Her work focusses on interpreting and illustrating the subconscious mind, as well as occult imagery and topics. Her poetry often explores gothic themes.
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Oct 2018 3:37am
26th Oct 2018 3:37am
No
No
We are not the same
We won’t die together
No hold me closer in the dark
No
There’s no happy ever after
There was’t even try
No weak heart no heavy knees
No
My head is full of lies
My memories erase themselves
No heartbreak anymore
©Tanzen Lilly October 2018
We are not the same
We won’t die together
No hold me closer in the dark
No
There’s no happy ever after
There was’t even try
No weak heart no heavy knees
No
My head is full of lies
My memories erase themselves
No heartbreak anymore
©Tanzen Lilly October 2018
#love
#forgiveness
#heartbroken
#breakup
#relationships
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3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Oct 2018 10:42pm
15th Oct 2018 10:42pm
Love in Autumn Twilight
Me with my book of sadness
You with your look of despair
As we walk through the graveyard
Oh, what a heavenly pair
Can we stay out and play tonight?
Forget all the hate and the lies
Been so long since I looked in your eyes
Enwrapped in this Autumn sadness
Helplessly caught in your stare
The world outside that awaits us
They're all too concerned with their hair!
Can we stay up late tonight?
Live the life that was meant for us
Been so long since I cherished your sighs
You are so much more than...
You with your look of despair
As we walk through the graveyard
Oh, what a heavenly pair
Can we stay out and play tonight?
Forget all the hate and the lies
Been so long since I looked in your eyes
Enwrapped in this Autumn sadness
Helplessly caught in your stare
The world outside that awaits us
They're all too concerned with their hair!
Can we stay up late tonight?
Live the life that was meant for us
Been so long since I cherished your sighs
You are so much more than...
#love
#gothic
#fall
#lyrics
#graveyard
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Apr 2017 1:32am
2nd Apr 2017 1:32am
Sisters
It's getting late
Let's play a game
Last night here, sister dear
Don't be sad
It's only fate
Nothing ever stays the same
©Tanzen Lilly 4/1/17
Let's play a game
Last night here, sister dear
Don't be sad
It's only fate
Nothing ever stays the same
©Tanzen Lilly 4/1/17
#grief
#sister
#family
#death
#memories
964 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Apr 2017 1:01am
2nd Apr 2017 1:01am
Blessed Season
Dead leaves and strong coffee
Mingle in the chilling breeze
Spices of this blessed season
Possessing with unnatural ease
Outside an eerie wind is blowing
Voices screaming in the trees
Sweet aromas cloak and warm us
On this dark and thrilling eve
Death has never seemed so cheerful
As when the leaves all fade and fall
Listen for crisp crunch underfoot
And the mysterious pull of the raven’s call
©Tanzen Lilly 4/1/17
I am very late in publishing this poem...
Mingle in the chilling breeze
Spices of this blessed season
Possessing with unnatural ease
Outside an eerie wind is blowing
Voices screaming in the trees
Sweet aromas cloak and warm us
On this dark and thrilling eve
Death has never seemed so cheerful
As when the leaves all fade and fall
Listen for crisp crunch underfoot
And the mysterious pull of the raven’s call
©Tanzen Lilly 4/1/17
I am very late in publishing this poem...
#fall
#wind
#nature
#dark
#coffee
774 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Jun 2016 9:56pm
24th Jun 2016 9:56pm
S'mores Club
It could happen
Any lazy summer day
Usual suspects, and a few strays
Gather all into the backyard
Crucial ingredients under arm:
Marshmallows
Graham crackers
Chocolate bars
Who's the best at making fires?
There's enough chairs, come, sit here!
It's been a hard day's night
Now we're singing under the stars.
What a fantastic way to spend
Any old lazy summer day.
©Tanzen Lilly 6/24/16
Any lazy summer day
Usual suspects, and a few strays
Gather all into the backyard
Crucial ingredients under arm:
Marshmallows
Graham crackers
Chocolate bars
Who's the best at making fires?
There's enough chairs, come, sit here!
It's been a hard day's night
Now we're singing under the stars.
What a fantastic way to spend
Any old lazy summer day.
©Tanzen Lilly 6/24/16
#love
#friendship
#summer
#food
#memories
703 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
15th Jun 2016 2:26am
15th Jun 2016 2:26am
Graveyard Picnic
Come with me to the graveyard in Spring
With lost souls we will linger until day gives way to evening.
We'll lay our picnic blanket under a wise old tree,
Share a basket of fruit, and recite poetry.
Our declarations of timeless verse
Will rouse the ghosts from their ancient tombs
Delighted, we will witness
As they dance in the pale of the moon.
Spot each shooting star with me,
Trace the twilight sky
Recite the deepest truth with me,
Indeed, we too shall die.
©Tanzen Lilly 6/14/16
With lost souls we will linger until day gives way to evening.
We'll lay our picnic blanket under a wise old tree,
Share a basket of fruit, and recite poetry.
Our declarations of timeless verse
Will rouse the ghosts from their ancient tombs
Delighted, we will witness
As they dance in the pale of the moon.
Spot each shooting star with me,
Trace the twilight sky
Recite the deepest truth with me,
Indeed, we too shall die.
©Tanzen Lilly 6/14/16
#narrative
#graveyard
#death
#ghosts
#friendship
624 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Apr 2016 11:06pm
6th Apr 2016 11:06pm
Walking a Dog in Spring
Little paws click clack on dry pavement
And rustle through freshly thawed leaves
A Robin hopped across the way
Chirping happily
I mimicked his call as he stood and stared at me
Little nose sniffing, sensing the awakening
As I walked, I whistled
The Robin following
I spoke a language he understood
The cheerful tongue of Spring
©Tanzen Lilly 4/6/16
And rustle through freshly thawed leaves
A Robin hopped across the way
Chirping happily
I mimicked his call as he stood and stared at me
Little nose sniffing, sensing the awakening
As I walked, I whistled
The Robin following
I spoke a language he understood
The cheerful tongue of Spring
©Tanzen Lilly 4/6/16
#happiness
#dogs
#animals
#spring
#birds
608 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
24th Feb 2016 1:33am
24th Feb 2016 1:33am
Burial Shroud
What’s going to happen,
And how will it feel?
All of a sudden it seems so real.
A fear takes hold
I’m shrouded in dirt
Here lies my body,
But where is my soul?
There’s no one here,
I feel so cold
There's no one here,
I feel so cold
What matters now,
While I'm here?
As the darkness surrounds,
only one thing's clear.
I'm getting old
My possessions are few
What little I have
Will die with me too.
And so will you,
My darling blue
And so will you,
My darling blue
2/23/16
...
And how will it feel?
All of a sudden it seems so real.
A fear takes hold
I’m shrouded in dirt
Here lies my body,
But where is my soul?
There’s no one here,
I feel so cold
There's no one here,
I feel so cold
What matters now,
While I'm here?
As the darkness surrounds,
only one thing's clear.
I'm getting old
My possessions are few
What little I have
Will die with me too.
And so will you,
My darling blue
And so will you,
My darling blue
2/23/16
...
#dark
#death
#lyrics
#LifeCycle
#spiritual
721 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Jan 2016 7:38am
2nd Jan 2016 7:38am
My Favorite Color
You're dripping yellow all over the floor"
Sunflower petals that led through the door...
Back to a March that went in like a lion
That lion persisted, the March was quite sullen
The words of dead poets pervaded my soul
My senses awakened, I heeded their call
Life is a bitter sweet and melancholy song
Akin to a lemon-drop melting on the tongue
I was dismissive at first of my love for this color
The more I gazed upon it, I succumbed to its vigor
Determined and radiant through the harshest of showers
So happy in my raincoat the...
Sunflower petals that led through the door...
Back to a March that went in like a lion
That lion persisted, the March was quite sullen
The words of dead poets pervaded my soul
My senses awakened, I heeded their call
Life is a bitter sweet and melancholy song
Akin to a lemon-drop melting on the tongue
I was dismissive at first of my love for this color
The more I gazed upon it, I succumbed to its vigor
Determined and radiant through the harshest of showers
So happy in my raincoat the...
#happiness
#hope
#memories
#art
#SelfDiscovery
737 reads
5 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
30th Dec 2015 11:20pm
30th Dec 2015 11:20pm
Nothing Matters Anyhow
What happened to my energy?
My zest for life, my joie de vivre?
All the hours in each day
Seem to slip and fade away
One day bleeds into the next
I've lost a year under this hex
My search for purpose turns up cold
When good things happen, they don't hold
There's nothing I can do, it seems,
And little comfort comes in dreams.
I think I should just end it now
Since nothing matters anyhow.
©Tanzen Lilly
My zest for life, my joie de vivre?
All the hours in each day
Seem to slip and fade away
One day bleeds into the next
I've lost a year under this hex
My search for purpose turns up cold
When good things happen, they don't hold
There's nothing I can do, it seems,
And little comfort comes in dreams.
I think I should just end it now
Since nothing matters anyhow.
©Tanzen Lilly
#sadness
#anxiety
#depression
#LifeStruggles
#apathy
1554 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Nov 2015 6:41am
21st Nov 2015 6:41am
Midnight Snowfall
Gentle snowfall, midnight wonder
Small white flakes in silent free fall
Once green meadow, painted over
Soft white canvas o' fallen snow
Critter footprints lay in spirals
The sole trace of their midnight sprint
©Tanzen Lilly 2015
Small white flakes in silent free fall
Once green meadow, painted over
Soft white canvas o' fallen snow
Critter footprints lay in spirals
The sole trace of their midnight sprint
©Tanzen Lilly 2015
#animals
#winter
#nature
#snow
#ShortStory
1482 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Nov 2015 5:57pm
11th Nov 2015 5:57pm
The Night Sky Dims
The night sky dims
As stars fade
and then die
Never reaching their full potential.
With their last breath
The Earth is slowly drained of its
brilliance.
Their face may have smiled
But it was a mask
Each day growing heavier
With Earth's gravitational pull
Until they could not take it
anymore.
And now I look around me,
and I wonder what went wrong?
Where have all the brave ones gone?
Why do only fools live long?
I am left with too many questions
When a good soul
passes on.
...
As stars fade
and then die
Never reaching their full potential.
With their last breath
The Earth is slowly drained of its
brilliance.
Their face may have smiled
But it was a mask
Each day growing heavier
With Earth's gravitational pull
Until they could not take it
anymore.
And now I look around me,
and I wonder what went wrong?
Where have all the brave ones gone?
Why do only fools live long?
I am left with too many questions
When a good soul
passes on.
...
#depression
#grief
#politics
#death
#anxiety
717 reads
2 Comments
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