Submissions by Thetravelingfairy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Come sail my ocean and we'll drown togetherA delicately dainty quill, doused in the darker depths of my heart
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Nov 2024 6:50pm
14th Nov 2024 6:50pm
mosaic heart
Blessed are the broken hearts
With jagged edges and bloody pieces
Happier are the halves and chips
That grieve a loss too heavy to remain complete
Lucky are painful beating time bombs of mass destruction, that end in tragic wreck
For they will build a mighty fortress
Where love knows where to go, in a castle standing sturdy
A steel-framed wall of regret, memory, and dirty reflection is what protects the mosaic heart so tenderly
For it has healed, grown, and been made new.
But oh… jealous are the whole hearts
Who watch in...
With jagged edges and bloody pieces
Happier are the halves and chips
That grieve a loss too heavy to remain complete
Lucky are painful beating time bombs of mass destruction, that end in tragic wreck
For they will build a mighty fortress
Where love knows where to go, in a castle standing sturdy
A steel-framed wall of regret, memory, and dirty reflection is what protects the mosaic heart so tenderly
For it has healed, grown, and been made new.
But oh… jealous are the whole hearts
Who watch in...
#emotional
#heartbroken
#hurt
#relationships
#TruthOfLife
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th May 2024 6:06pm
14th May 2024 6:06pm
Somber Season
Notice her skeletal hand
As she tugs the wine soaked curtains
See her dirty nails….
…..Or what’s left of them
For they’ve been chewed to the cuticle
I think she gave up long ago
When the seasons soured, she often wonders what went wrong
The renewal of spring, the sunny kiss of summer, the crimson and carmine of autumn, and winter’s pearlescent days
She never liked the cold, it consumed what little warmth was left
But there were angels in the snow, and that was enough for her
Four seasons have dissolved into a muddy river ...
As she tugs the wine soaked curtains
See her dirty nails….
…..Or what’s left of them
For they’ve been chewed to the cuticle
I think she gave up long ago
When the seasons soured, she often wonders what went wrong
The renewal of spring, the sunny kiss of summer, the crimson and carmine of autumn, and winter’s pearlescent days
She never liked the cold, it consumed what little warmth was left
But there were angels in the snow, and that was enough for her
Four seasons have dissolved into a muddy river ...
#depression
#MentalHealth
#NaPoWriMo2024
#rain
#winter
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2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th May 2024 5:20pm
4th May 2024 5:20pm
My Love, My Darling
My love, my darling
All around me
For if I am a hill, my love is the
Smokey fog cascading over my body
My love, my darling
Holding me, like a single petal can hold dew
though I evaporate, my love will wait for morning
At dawn, I fall upon my lover’s lonely leaf
We talk about how perfectly precious
This moment is
My love and I are competing with time
It’s a sorry game to play
Because I know this feeling will blow away
It always does for me
I wish I could keep my love, my darling
In a locket around my...
All around me
For if I am a hill, my love is the
Smokey fog cascading over my body
My love, my darling
Holding me, like a single petal can hold dew
though I evaporate, my love will wait for morning
At dawn, I fall upon my lover’s lonely leaf
We talk about how perfectly precious
This moment is
My love and I are competing with time
It’s a sorry game to play
Because I know this feeling will blow away
It always does for me
I wish I could keep my love, my darling
In a locket around my...
#anxiety
#emotions
#love
#NaPoWriMo2024
#relationships
179 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
26th Apr 2024 8:28pm
26th Apr 2024 8:28pm
Rockabye
He tucked a bairn in his cradle
Softly sweet, yes.
On noir sheets for his guest
Rock rock, swing swing
She falls into a lucid dream
He holds her so, in this cradle built
Of finest cedar, lined with silk
She tries to sleep, she begs for rest
As arms invade her secret nest
Whispers ever softly
In his cradle swinging fast
“Rockabye rockabye”
Like mothers soothe their babies
Now, where is that nurtured hold?
His body here, but bitter cold
She cries, she fights, and kicks the crib
Green eyes...
Softly sweet, yes.
On noir sheets for his guest
Rock rock, swing swing
She falls into a lucid dream
He holds her so, in this cradle built
Of finest cedar, lined with silk
She tries to sleep, she begs for rest
As arms invade her secret nest
Whispers ever softly
In his cradle swinging fast
“Rockabye rockabye”
Like mothers soothe their babies
Now, where is that nurtured hold?
His body here, but bitter cold
She cries, she fights, and kicks the crib
Green eyes...
#abuse
#alcohol
#dark
#FeelingTrapped
#NaPoWriMo2024
149 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Apr 2024 8:24pm
26th Apr 2024 8:24pm
Yearning
I’ve wondered a thousand wishes
For they’ve been numbered,
like God counts the stars
Within each wish, is but a tiny thought
Original or not
They rest in me, I sleep beside them
I’ve called a thousand wishes to the stand
Lined them up like an executioner positions their criminal prey
To ask each one their name. They have a name.
Silence is a scream to me, those are intrusive thoughts I try to discard.
They never want to leave, and even when the seconds pass, they barge back in
I’ve begged a thousand wishes
to...
For they’ve been numbered,
like God counts the stars
Within each wish, is but a tiny thought
Original or not
They rest in me, I sleep beside them
I’ve called a thousand wishes to the stand
Lined them up like an executioner positions their criminal prey
To ask each one their name. They have a name.
Silence is a scream to me, those are intrusive thoughts I try to discard.
They never want to leave, and even when the seconds pass, they barge back in
I’ve begged a thousand wishes
to...
#dreams
#LifeGoals
#MentalHealth
#motivational
#NaPoWriMo2024
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1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
16th Apr 2024 8:30pm
16th Apr 2024 8:30pm
The Looking Glass
I walk a familiar hall, to a claustrophobic velvet room
There she hangs upon a nail, and nothing else
The space is dark, but blurred outlines escape
She must hold bookshelves of memories
And pictures of the past
This antique looking glass
I dare not ask for a previous snapshot of myself.
.. I told her not to
Can’t you see her standing there?
A jailed little girl separated by nothing but a fragile frame
I don’t know her name
But I seem to mimic her
Or is she mimicking me?
A border of reality and reminiscence...
There she hangs upon a nail, and nothing else
The space is dark, but blurred outlines escape
She must hold bookshelves of memories
And pictures of the past
This antique looking glass
I dare not ask for a previous snapshot of myself.
.. I told her not to
Can’t you see her standing there?
A jailed little girl separated by nothing but a fragile frame
I don’t know her name
But I seem to mimic her
Or is she mimicking me?
A border of reality and reminiscence...
#childhood
#mirror
#SelfReflection
#denial
#NaPoWriMo2024
157 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Apr 2024 10:48pm
14th Apr 2024 10:48pm
Obstinate Patterns
Beware, his eyes
Dissociated, I can’t resist
Oh… the deep, spellbinding indigo
Those waters run deep, like my own scars that outline abused veins
No tears, only oceans
He summons waves that drag my ankles into another world
His world, familiar
I know the place as if it were my own
What a life to live
In shadowed swells
It’s not that I can’t tread water
There’s treasure in the trenches
I could never dive there again
So I wait on a sandy shore of uncertainty
I could dance with fate elsewhere
But destiny...
Dissociated, I can’t resist
Oh… the deep, spellbinding indigo
Those waters run deep, like my own scars that outline abused veins
No tears, only oceans
He summons waves that drag my ankles into another world
His world, familiar
I know the place as if it were my own
What a life to live
In shadowed swells
It’s not that I can’t tread water
There’s treasure in the trenches
I could never dive there again
So I wait on a sandy shore of uncertainty
I could dance with fate elsewhere
But destiny...
#love
#relationships
#abuse
#SelfWorth
#NaPoWriMo2024
168 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
7th Apr 2024 00:19am
7th Apr 2024 00:19am
Splitting
She has an aura, it blows peace into the air
Recall the moment you step out into the spring dawn, after yesterday’s rain
Inhale… exhale out, you are grounded.
She exudes the essence of that very spring.
You can’t help but feel the attraction of her presence.
She is magnetic. Magical.
A walking daydream, in fair skin
Then,
Without a formal notice,
She is the storm that might’ve hit the day before, to drown your delightful morning.
Well, she wound back time, somehow.
She is destruction in passive, and sometimes assertive motion ...
Recall the moment you step out into the spring dawn, after yesterday’s rain
Inhale… exhale out, you are grounded.
She exudes the essence of that very spring.
You can’t help but feel the attraction of her presence.
She is magnetic. Magical.
A walking daydream, in fair skin
Then,
Without a formal notice,
She is the storm that might’ve hit the day before, to drown your delightful morning.
Well, she wound back time, somehow.
She is destruction in passive, and sometimes assertive motion ...
#anger
#MentalHealth
#confusion
#emotional
#NaPoWriMo2024
113 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
6th Apr 2024 5:56pm
6th Apr 2024 5:56pm
Watching the Ivy Grow
I know the nature of your mind
Obsessive planning, minutes gained and hours trashed
My name gets lost in traffic
But nevermind the flowers, chocolates, or intricately scripted card
There’s an old, old house I recall
We used to pass it by
Perfect cobble walls, and cedar planks saturated with the scent of abandonment
It is a familiar smell we both know
I want to see a smile slip because I’m funny
I crave afternoons and evenings of an embrace that speaks skin to skin “you are safe now”
.. Even breathing next to you would be enough for me
So...
Obsessive planning, minutes gained and hours trashed
My name gets lost in traffic
But nevermind the flowers, chocolates, or intricately scripted card
There’s an old, old house I recall
We used to pass it by
Perfect cobble walls, and cedar planks saturated with the scent of abandonment
It is a familiar smell we both know
I want to see a smile slip because I’m funny
I crave afternoons and evenings of an embrace that speaks skin to skin “you are safe now”
.. Even breathing next to you would be enough for me
So...
#love
#relationships
#motivational
#IMissYou
#NaPoWriMo2024
200 reads
4 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
5th Apr 2024 11:18pm
5th Apr 2024 11:18pm
My Own Tear Tracks
I have managed to step outside
Numb skin waking to a March morning
My eyes troubled, still
Pupils dilate and constrict at a heartbeat tempo
That changes time signatures
Measure by grueling measure
I don’t notice music
I’d been curled too long
Paralyzed and voiceless, from that accursed drink
Still wearing off, I think
There are potholes in my mind
Of moments felt, moments seen,
Some I heard still whispering
And I’m sure there’s more that I’m missing
But it is a feeling buried inside
Spiking my senses ...
Numb skin waking to a March morning
My eyes troubled, still
Pupils dilate and constrict at a heartbeat tempo
That changes time signatures
Measure by grueling measure
I don’t notice music
I’d been curled too long
Paralyzed and voiceless, from that accursed drink
Still wearing off, I think
There are potholes in my mind
Of moments felt, moments seen,
Some I heard still whispering
And I’m sure there’s more that I’m missing
But it is a feeling buried inside
Spiking my senses ...
#abuse
#alcohol
#confusion
#manipulation
#NaPoWriMo2024
152 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
3rd Apr 2024 7:01pm
3rd Apr 2024 7:01pm
Bitter Tenderness
At a loss, I toss to dust
Even my skin abandoned these hollow bones
And I’ve crushed the skull, under
Vengeful feet
That since have lost all sensitivity
To the elements
To people
.. Myself
Look at me! I am a memory in a mind
Whose mind?
Tell me, did their lips release my essence
On a tongue of bitter tenderness?
Why can’t this soul be warmed, swaddled
Into an eternal daydream?
I really thought I meant something
Whose mind is in question?
It could be my own that haunts me
And as I reach my final cell
I...
Even my skin abandoned these hollow bones
And I’ve crushed the skull, under
Vengeful feet
That since have lost all sensitivity
To the elements
To people
.. Myself
Look at me! I am a memory in a mind
Whose mind?
Tell me, did their lips release my essence
On a tongue of bitter tenderness?
Why can’t this soul be warmed, swaddled
Into an eternal daydream?
I really thought I meant something
Whose mind is in question?
It could be my own that haunts me
And as I reach my final cell
I...
#motivational
#LifeChangingMoment
#hurt
#determination
#NaPoWriMo2024
131 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
30th Apr 2023 11:40pm
30th Apr 2023 11:40pm
codependency
does every sin need a savior?
or our sun require the moon?
did the earth marry gravity to spin?
i don’t care then, if my mind buries your name
in its memorial graveyard
go ahead, see if i care
try me, test me
i don’t need to win
you belong here, we don’t need a
how, why, or when
independence is a friend
too bad for you, then
if a matchbox could speak, it would
over how many times you’ve set ablaze
those entitled, sappy letters
before crucifying them to your fireplace
and you’ve burned more than paper ...
or our sun require the moon?
did the earth marry gravity to spin?
i don’t care then, if my mind buries your name
in its memorial graveyard
go ahead, see if i care
try me, test me
i don’t need to win
you belong here, we don’t need a
how, why, or when
independence is a friend
too bad for you, then
if a matchbox could speak, it would
over how many times you’ve set ablaze
those entitled, sappy letters
before crucifying them to your fireplace
and you’ve burned more than paper ...
#love
#breakup
#abuse
#manipulation
#NaPoWriMo2023
405 reads
2 Comments
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