Submissions by Thetravelingfairy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction Come sail my ocean and we'll drown together
ANGER POEM
Published
19th Jan 2020 8:34pm
19th Jan 2020 8:34pm
Uh oh.. You Pissed off a Poet
pissing off a poet
is the worst offense
a poet can destroy you
without moving their lips
scary, isn’t it?
i’ll rip apart your ignorance
like I tear up notebook pages
i’ll dream a murder story
and send you the letter
my paper is a canvas
to paint my angered mind
but all your weapons are spoken
only to dissolve with a passing breath
my weapon’s built to last
and signed in red.
is the worst offense
a poet can destroy you
without moving their lips
scary, isn’t it?
i’ll rip apart your ignorance
like I tear up notebook pages
i’ll dream a murder story
and send you the letter
my paper is a canvas
to paint my angered mind
but all your weapons are spoken
only to dissolve with a passing breath
my weapon’s built to last
and signed in red.
#anger
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry #PowerOfWords
#WritingPoetry #PowerOfWords
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4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Jan 2020 7:08pm
17th Jan 2020 7:08pm
Four Months
four months, yes four
a morphosis of the seasons
enough time to watch them change
but not enough to settle for one
before it passes in the cycling days
four months is all I had
to make amends with you
to make love out of dust
four months slid through my small hands
like sand
perhaps that’s all we are... sand
letting the tide kiss us, now and then
maybe we could’ve been castles
or the coverings of buried treasure
four short months, and the ocean knew
as it washed me far away
from you
it left a...
a morphosis of the seasons
enough time to watch them change
but not enough to settle for one
before it passes in the cycling days
four months is all I had
to make amends with you
to make love out of dust
four months slid through my small hands
like sand
perhaps that’s all we are... sand
letting the tide kiss us, now and then
maybe we could’ve been castles
or the coverings of buried treasure
four short months, and the ocean knew
as it washed me far away
from you
it left a...
#love
#boyfriend
#lover
#TimeHeals
#MovingOn
33 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Jan 2020 8:31pm
13th Jan 2020 8:31pm
Star Struck
what would you do
if I burst into a million stars
leaving you nothing but
the dust
of the person I was
if I burst into a million stars
leaving you nothing but
the dust
of the person I was
#motivational
#universe
#stars #SelfReflection
#stars #SelfReflection
29 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
9th Jan 2020 2:33am
9th Jan 2020 2:33am
Those Under the Ground are Lucky
those under the ground are lucky
melting into the earth with a decomposing body
those are the people at rest
the one’s that were rescued, and some were left
i am reminded by their graves
a declaration to the name they made
forever living in stone
while mine is forgotten
but when I’m lucky too
my name will be remembered too
though the stone cannot be moved
those under the ground are lucky
they cry at the lowering of the coffin
they wail in the shadow of the hearse
but for me, no tears are shed
inside...
melting into the earth with a decomposing body
those are the people at rest
the one’s that were rescued, and some were left
i am reminded by their graves
a declaration to the name they made
forever living in stone
while mine is forgotten
but when I’m lucky too
my name will be remembered too
though the stone cannot be moved
those under the ground are lucky
they cry at the lowering of the coffin
they wail in the shadow of the hearse
but for me, no tears are shed
inside...
#dark
#death
#memorial #graveyard
#memorial #graveyard
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DARK POEM
Published
7th Jan 2020 6:30pm
7th Jan 2020 6:30pm
Righteous Escape
death will knock at your door
it will
it will haunt you like a songbird on your windowsill
echoing a tune you won’t forget
yes, death will knock at your door
so be ready
will you answer the doorbell?
will you wait?
now and then, the sound grows louder
as time passes, the urge gets stronger
aging with a rotting door
soon to collapse
the house you live in
wasn’t built to last
death will kill your door
it will
and so the reckoning begins
to stay alone as the draft sets in
or to run into...
it will
it will haunt you like a songbird on your windowsill
echoing a tune you won’t forget
yes, death will knock at your door
so be ready
will you answer the doorbell?
will you wait?
now and then, the sound grows louder
as time passes, the urge gets stronger
aging with a rotting door
soon to collapse
the house you live in
wasn’t built to last
death will kill your door
it will
and so the reckoning begins
to stay alone as the draft sets in
or to run into...
#dark
#death
#home
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1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Jan 2020 9:19pm
3rd Jan 2020 9:19pm
Hide and Seek
you counted to ten
one... two.. run
i found a nook between a dresser and a bookshelf
a game I always won
as I listened for your footsteps
i thought about how long it had been
since we jumped on trampolines
or swung on creaky swingsets
those days were brighter then
a hostage between two walls
to me was always fun
encapsulated in shadow
confined here by myself
hiding is my best friend
"ready or not, here I come!"
will you find me? will you free me?
searching can be a chore
explore my...
one... two.. run
i found a nook between a dresser and a bookshelf
a game I always won
as I listened for your footsteps
i thought about how long it had been
since we jumped on trampolines
or swung on creaky swingsets
those days were brighter then
a hostage between two walls
to me was always fun
encapsulated in shadow
confined here by myself
hiding is my best friend
"ready or not, here I come!"
will you find me? will you free me?
searching can be a chore
explore my...
#secrets
#LifeCycle
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2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Jan 2020 8:55pm
2nd Jan 2020 8:55pm
The Bird Who Loved Her Cage
purity is a bird
one who sings into your soul
and entrances those who allow it to
but when the song takes hold of the keeper of birds
her notes bend out of tune
and so begins the days of confinement
in a tiny cage
with a rusty perch
the bird would stare at blackened lines
soon they melted into one
and the songs were kept inside those bars
the perch was rough, dusty, and sharp
after awhile, it grew into her talons
and the stick became a scarlet letter
from which the small bird hung
when she flapped...
one who sings into your soul
and entrances those who allow it to
but when the song takes hold of the keeper of birds
her notes bend out of tune
and so begins the days of confinement
in a tiny cage
with a rusty perch
the bird would stare at blackened lines
soon they melted into one
and the songs were kept inside those bars
the perch was rough, dusty, and sharp
after awhile, it grew into her talons
and the stick became a scarlet letter
from which the small bird hung
when she flapped...
#love
#conflict
#abuse
#birds
#FeelingTrapped
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2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Dec 2019 6:17pm
26th Dec 2019 6:17pm
Wishing Star
like ticking hands on a little clock
the days pass over me
and with another night dissolving
i look at what’s above my head
stars that twinkle, like your eyes once did
specks that speak to me from miles away
still visible for me to see, even light years away
where you must be
i wander through the streets
like a ghost who haunts the living
hoping for your silhouette to appear
and like the words you left me, I spot nothing
maybe you’re a wishing star
listening for my cry tonight
write back, call me,...
the days pass over me
and with another night dissolving
i look at what’s above my head
stars that twinkle, like your eyes once did
specks that speak to me from miles away
still visible for me to see, even light years away
where you must be
i wander through the streets
like a ghost who haunts the living
hoping for your silhouette to appear
and like the words you left me, I spot nothing
maybe you’re a wishing star
listening for my cry tonight
write back, call me,...
#loneliness
#relationships
#stars
#TruthOfLife
#IMissYou
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2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
24th Dec 2019 7:31pm
24th Dec 2019 7:31pm
From the Chimney I See
intricate, delicate, beauty
slowly rising, effortlessly
from the chimney I see
clouds of dark
remnants of what was
becoming a new thing
that’s astounding
swirls of gray that touch the sky
harmoniously
what i’d give to be
above the rooftops, ascending
falling captive to the air
letting winds guide me
black and heavy
some say polluting
but from the chimney I see
puffs of a new beginning
slowly rising, effortlessly
from the chimney I see
clouds of dark
remnants of what was
becoming a new thing
that’s astounding
swirls of gray that touch the sky
harmoniously
what i’d give to be
above the rooftops, ascending
falling captive to the air
letting winds guide me
black and heavy
some say polluting
but from the chimney I see
puffs of a new beginning
#environment
#myself
#SelfReflection
50 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Dec 2019 5:02pm
23rd Dec 2019 5:02pm
Love Doll
what am I to you...
a toy, a doll?
to be held in times of need
to be thrown into a chest of other things
that were once your treasured belongings
is that all I am?
who am I to you?
a little girl with attachment issues?
a soul so lost she can’t even find the wrong way
she just wanders
like a ghost in her graveyard
she disappears, what a tragedy
maybe i was all of these things to you
your opinion wove the fabric of my being
but to me, I was only watching
a woman entrenched in her own sin
and had I...
a toy, a doll?
to be held in times of need
to be thrown into a chest of other things
that were once your treasured belongings
is that all I am?
who am I to you?
a little girl with attachment issues?
a soul so lost she can’t even find the wrong way
she just wanders
like a ghost in her graveyard
she disappears, what a tragedy
maybe i was all of these things to you
your opinion wove the fabric of my being
but to me, I was only watching
a woman entrenched in her own sin
and had I...
#relationships
#identity
#confessional
#MovingOn
#acceptance
52 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Dec 2019 9:59pm
22nd Dec 2019 9:59pm
Thorns
i watched the colors change
like autumn maple trees
petals unfolding before me
and you didn’t need the sun
it seemed
thorns emerging
i can see their sharpened edge
smiling down on me
my skin is hungry
so I let you prick the very depths beneath
and my rosy cheeks burned brighter
in the frozen air
my breath evaporating
like chimney smoke
tell me to go home
tell me to get warm
before I freeze out in your garden
before I become frost on your stem
learning to go is hard
leaving you is...
like autumn maple trees
petals unfolding before me
and you didn’t need the sun
it seemed
thorns emerging
i can see their sharpened edge
smiling down on me
my skin is hungry
so I let you prick the very depths beneath
and my rosy cheeks burned brighter
in the frozen air
my breath evaporating
like chimney smoke
tell me to go home
tell me to get warm
before I freeze out in your garden
before I become frost on your stem
learning to go is hard
leaving you is...
#flowers
#fall
#MovingOn
#IMissYou
#healing
78 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
22nd Dec 2019 2:48am
22nd Dec 2019 2:48am
Those Brighter Stars
maybe one day I'll become that star, the one you look twice at
the one that leaves you whispering
"that star burns a little brighter than the rest"
and I'll answer with a twinkle
the one that leaves you whispering
"that star burns a little brighter than the rest"
and I'll answer with a twinkle
#inspirational
#universe
#stars
#myself
#SelfReflection
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2 Comments
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