Submissions by Taurus385
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
My heart, soul, and memories have never changed as far as inspiration. It always adds up to the same thing: be honest. That said, keeping my reading-range wide allows me to experience a myriad of influences to keep my proverbial pen on its toes.
DRUGS POEM
Published
4th Sep 2018 00:59am
4th Sep 2018 00:59am
Friend Skeleton
I could see the pain,
the sadness, from a
mile away
He could feel his own madness
but he
smiled anyway...
You can see him on a crooked track
Grinnin like a fool
I see him on the same track
a slave to his tool
Friend skeleton
My Friend skeleton
On a school day
Texas way
Hotter than hell
He struck a pose
Too close
To sex he could sell
On a hard road
On young toes
Determined to go
Ignorin pain
To stay sane
His daddy's below
...
the sadness, from a
mile away
He could feel his own madness
but he
smiled anyway...
You can see him on a crooked track
Grinnin like a fool
I see him on the same track
a slave to his tool
Friend skeleton
My Friend skeleton
On a school day
Texas way
Hotter than hell
He struck a pose
Too close
To sex he could sell
On a hard road
On young toes
Determined to go
Ignorin pain
To stay sane
His daddy's below
...
#alcohol
#drugs
#addiction #temptation
#addiction #temptation
608 reads
5 Comments
FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
3rd Sep 2018 6:30pm
3rd Sep 2018 6:30pm
Ghost of the Circle (Pt 2)
According to Dr. Landon, the following passage was written almost immediately following her second therapy session with Jeremy. Multiple people close to Jeremy verify that he described the session as "an exercise in formal patronization", during which he became extremely agitated and stormed out early. No other details of that session have surfaced, but true to Jeremy's character, his feelings are put on full display in the text.]
Smoke
It slithers into nostrils
and invades senses
Doesn't matter if it's fact or fiction
Doesn't care if it...
Smoke
It slithers into nostrils
and invades senses
Doesn't matter if it's fact or fiction
Doesn't care if it...
#dark
#honesty
#vanity #hypocrisy
#vanity #hypocrisy
534 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Sep 2018 4:58pm
3rd Sep 2018 4:58pm
From Thought to Smile
Strange to think
I'd never seen your soul before
Before I saw for the first time
Forthright
Mysterious
Warm and wise
You work so hard to disguise
So much heaven in your eyes
A heart-shaped world dipped in honey
A quiet fire within the forest
Burning and breathing in you
The clock has burned the years away
And I still think thoughts I shouldn't say...
You can't exist, I wouldn't think
Silver screens birthed the idea of you
Marble curves
Calm consideration
Stark perception
Do the...
I'd never seen your soul before
Before I saw for the first time
Forthright
Mysterious
Warm and wise
You work so hard to disguise
So much heaven in your eyes
A heart-shaped world dipped in honey
A quiet fire within the forest
Burning and breathing in you
The clock has burned the years away
And I still think thoughts I shouldn't say...
You can't exist, I wouldn't think
Silver screens birthed the idea of you
Marble curves
Calm consideration
Stark perception
Do the...
#romantic
#beauty
#admiration
581 reads
8 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Sep 2018 8:36am
3rd Sep 2018 8:36am
The Thousand Ways
Spinning into the dream flurry
I lie in bed
Flying through my head
Sharp mental winds
that send me
tumbling
through the atmosphere within
Stained-glass teasings
Dream-touched memories unreeling
Eyes alight
Smiling bright
For me...?
For my heart...?
Such a slim distinction
Not far apart
I kissed the mist of you at midnight
and tasted
the memory of your cigarettes
in the morning
I caressed your shadow
throughout the evening
and held your heart
in my blushing eyes
...
I lie in bed
Flying through my head
Sharp mental winds
that send me
tumbling
through the atmosphere within
Stained-glass teasings
Dream-touched memories unreeling
Eyes alight
Smiling bright
For me...?
For my heart...?
Such a slim distinction
Not far apart
I kissed the mist of you at midnight
and tasted
the memory of your cigarettes
in the morning
I caressed your shadow
throughout the evening
and held your heart
in my blushing eyes
...
#fate
#luck
470 reads
9 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Sep 2018 5:56am
3rd Sep 2018 5:56am
Of Tomorrow
Look...
A streak of color against the clouds
where we rarely dare to look
anymore
Mortality has grounded us
for good
whose good...?
So long since our
primary colored dreams
truly flew
who knew
any dreams
were left within us...?
It only takes one
one person
being
strong enough to be
to move mountains in our minds
change the course of mighty nightmares
and draw our eyes
back to the Way
faster than the speeding bigots
Boldly through the fires
and over...
A streak of color against the clouds
where we rarely dare to look
anymore
Mortality has grounded us
for good
whose good...?
So long since our
primary colored dreams
truly flew
who knew
any dreams
were left within us...?
It only takes one
one person
being
strong enough to be
to move mountains in our minds
change the course of mighty nightmares
and draw our eyes
back to the Way
faster than the speeding bigots
Boldly through the fires
and over...
#strength
#hope
#courage #motivational
#courage #motivational
486 reads
3 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
2nd Sep 2018 6:11pm
2nd Sep 2018 6:11pm
The Calm Between the Storms
(These are song lyrics from the alt-rock band Echo of a Sundial, a relatively popular early 90’s group hailing from a suburb of Seattle in the United States of My Head. All song lyrics - unless otherwise noted - are credited to lead vocalist Jeremy Whitfield with occasional input from his band mates)
The Static raindrops
The wreckage fading
Swimming
jumping
Falling off the earth
The endless envy
Of Pieces in me
Still drifting
floating
Falling to the dirt
On my knees
Beneath the weeping trees ...
The Static raindrops
The wreckage fading
Swimming
jumping
Falling off the earth
The endless envy
Of Pieces in me
Still drifting
floating
Falling to the dirt
On my knees
Beneath the weeping trees ...
#drugs
#addiction
536 reads
4 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
2nd Sep 2018 7:35am
2nd Sep 2018 7:35am
Passion Ashes
#romantic
#beauty
#honesty
#gratitude
#crush
1078 reads
19 Comments
FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
2nd Sep 2018 1:26am
2nd Sep 2018 1:26am
Ghost of the Circle (Pt 1)
Ghost of the Circle - Jeremy Whitfield
With Annotations by Roger Lieberman
The now infamous "Page 0" of this book has been expertly verified as having been written the night Jeremy was declared dead (though his body was technically never recovered); we will all remember the explosion of his plane the night following his fiery and controversial final performance at the Nevada Sonic Spirit Festival in 1996. The text on Page 0 has proven the most difficult of the book's poetry to decipher. While most of the lines seem to reference themes in Jeremy's poems as well as his EOAS...
With Annotations by Roger Lieberman
The now infamous "Page 0" of this book has been expertly verified as having been written the night Jeremy was declared dead (though his body was technically never recovered); we will all remember the explosion of his plane the night following his fiery and controversial final performance at the Nevada Sonic Spirit Festival in 1996. The text on Page 0 has proven the most difficult of the book's poetry to decipher. While most of the lines seem to reference themes in Jeremy's poems as well as his EOAS...
#devil
#ghosts
520 reads
8 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
1st Sep 2018 11:25pm
1st Sep 2018 11:25pm
Banshee Care
(These are song lyrics from the alt-rock band Echo of a Sundial, a relatively popular early 90’s group hailing from a suburb of Seattle in the United States of My Head. All song lyrics - unless otherwise noted - are credited to lead vocalist Jeremy Whitfield with occasional input from his band mates)
Spin little ballerina
Spin like the wind inside
Twirl in the glass between us
Before you cry
Hold me in arms of vapor
Fold me into your mind
Twirl us in the grass beneath us
Before we die...
Before we die...
Oh...
Beauty...
Spin little ballerina
Spin like the wind inside
Twirl in the glass between us
Before you cry
Hold me in arms of vapor
Fold me into your mind
Twirl us in the grass beneath us
Before we die...
Before we die...
Oh...
Beauty...
#angels
#ghosts
422 reads
1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
1st Sep 2018 5:06pm
1st Sep 2018 5:06pm
Swimmers
#erotic
#dirty
#sensual
617 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
1st Sep 2018 3:12pm
1st Sep 2018 3:12pm
Venus in Glass
flash of light*
*electric current whine*
Your falling flowers greet me
in soft dappled light
as the shadows
bend sharply to you
The sight of you
stepping out from your
sea borne rose bulb
wearing the ocean
and a gentle smile
like Botticelli saw the future
Lift your decorative lashes high
Brighten your eyes
A sheen of brilliance shines
across your emerald windows
Not knowing,
you peer into my soul
Never knowing
the warmth and the glow
freely given
Yes, you... ...
*electric current whine*
Your falling flowers greet me
in soft dappled light
as the shadows
bend sharply to you
The sight of you
stepping out from your
sea borne rose bulb
wearing the ocean
and a gentle smile
like Botticelli saw the future
Lift your decorative lashes high
Brighten your eyes
A sheen of brilliance shines
across your emerald windows
Not knowing,
you peer into my soul
Never knowing
the warmth and the glow
freely given
Yes, you... ...
#romantic
#ForbiddenLove
796 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
1st Sep 2018 7:18am
1st Sep 2018 7:18am
Walkabouts
Walk with me
Far into the afternoon
where our shadows grow
long
and deep black
Walk with me
Far into the evening
where the moon shines a spotlight
through endless darkness
Walk with me
into the deep midnight
within
and
without
and on...
...
So alone
I can barely stand it ...
Far into the afternoon
where our shadows grow
long
and deep black
Walk with me
Far into the evening
where the moon shines a spotlight
through endless darkness
Walk with me
into the deep midnight
within
and
without
and on...
...
So alone
I can barely stand it ...
#identity
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#memories
#FeelingLost
633 reads
9 Comments
DU Poetry : Submissions by Taurus385
