Submissions by Thetravelingfairy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Come sail my ocean and we'll drown together
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
201 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
29th Apr 2023 11:01pm
29th Apr 2023 11:01pm
Black Ocean
transcended crystalline azul
into polluted tidal waves
swept from golden treasure
i dug to find
glassy shards pin me
seaweed jails my body
i could fight the current
do you feel it? life is changing
it shape-shifts
like this black ocean
that feels so far from blue
but if this selfish water sends my
porcelain silhouette towards
the color
..some call it heaven
i would rather sink, than swim.
into polluted tidal waves
swept from golden treasure
i dug to find
glassy shards pin me
seaweed jails my body
i could fight the current
do you feel it? life is changing
it shape-shifts
like this black ocean
that feels so far from blue
but if this selfish water sends my
porcelain silhouette towards
the color
..some call it heaven
i would rather sink, than swim.
#dark
#LifeStruggles
#sea
#learning
#NaPoWriMo2023
114 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
18th Apr 2023 7:17pm
18th Apr 2023 7:17pm
ghost
i heard you, for you were a whisper
that tricked my ear
a mirage, for you were just out of reach
i never could catch you
and yes, your image emerged when i least expected it
our paths crossed many times
you were a crystalline reflection
not that of a mirror
mirrors break
but a face trapped in a wave
in the stillness of a lake, manipulated by the elements
distorted by my hand
but it never goes away, not fully
and now i wish you’d leave, but the moon
doesn’t cease its chasing
and last i checked, the stars...
that tricked my ear
a mirage, for you were just out of reach
i never could catch you
and yes, your image emerged when i least expected it
our paths crossed many times
you were a crystalline reflection
not that of a mirror
mirrors break
but a face trapped in a wave
in the stillness of a lake, manipulated by the elements
distorted by my hand
but it never goes away, not fully
and now i wish you’d leave, but the moon
doesn’t cease its chasing
and last i checked, the stars...
#relationships
#confusion
#manipulation
#deception
#NaPoWriMo2023
150 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Apr 2023 1:16am
14th Apr 2023 1:16am
skyline
let me in
why don’t you?
i want to show you how to
play those chords on your guitar
so we may make music together
let’s let go, for a little while
what do you say?
the world is our playground
and i chase fireflies still
so chase me
and push me on that swing that views the city skyline
so we can count the lights
and laugh at our inside jokes
there’s a million lovers down there
but i am yours
and our time is now
do you understand?
why don’t you?
i want to show you how to
play those chords on your guitar
so we may make music together
let’s let go, for a little while
what do you say?
the world is our playground
and i chase fireflies still
so chase me
and push me on that swing that views the city skyline
so we can count the lights
and laugh at our inside jokes
there’s a million lovers down there
but i am yours
and our time is now
do you understand?
#love
#boyfriend
#lover
#FallingInLove
#NaPoWriMo2023
214 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Apr 2023 4:43pm
12th Apr 2023 4:43pm
arrested development
to be held again
oh, if only
swaddled, swooned,
and rocked to sleep
too fast it went
i blinked
years of lonely tears
abandonment
crying in a corner
while others took one’s hand
perhaps i was missed?
invisible back then
to eyes of those who cradle tenderly
love the children, beyond their own..
for if they saw, surely they’d sit beside me?
they don’t expect you to understand it then
but oh, if i only knew
the schemes, miserable reality
turns sour with time
the kids who suffer hell blindly ...
oh, if only
swaddled, swooned,
and rocked to sleep
too fast it went
i blinked
years of lonely tears
abandonment
crying in a corner
while others took one’s hand
perhaps i was missed?
invisible back then
to eyes of those who cradle tenderly
love the children, beyond their own..
for if they saw, surely they’d sit beside me?
they don’t expect you to understand it then
but oh, if i only knew
the schemes, miserable reality
turns sour with time
the kids who suffer hell blindly ...
#childhood
#abuse
#TruthOfLife
#manipulation
#NaPoWriMo2023
147 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Apr 2023 00:13am
7th Apr 2023 00:13am
saving grace
maybe it’s a person
maybe it’s a fuzzy blanket that you own
it could be a pet, who fancies your lap
it may even be song you blast
..or sing
find it, savor it, save it
it keeps you warm
when your mind goes cold
it illuminates the darkness
that’s got you in a chokehold
can’t break free?
try a latte, or a cup of tea
it’s not always human
perhaps it’s a place
a grin
or the look of your own handwriting piercing a new notebook page
sometimes it’s just sitting and existing
when a day won’t let you do...
maybe it’s a fuzzy blanket that you own
it could be a pet, who fancies your lap
it may even be song you blast
..or sing
find it, savor it, save it
it keeps you warm
when your mind goes cold
it illuminates the darkness
that’s got you in a chokehold
can’t break free?
try a latte, or a cup of tea
it’s not always human
perhaps it’s a place
a grin
or the look of your own handwriting piercing a new notebook page
sometimes it’s just sitting and existing
when a day won’t let you do...
#motivational
#uplifting
#support
#determination
#NaPoWriMo2023
204 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Apr 2023 3:11am
6th Apr 2023 3:11am
the big (broken) picture
i notice, we are
two lost souls
tangled in our own
alone
grayscale world
we rip out pages
wish to cry at songs
but our tears fall for the wrong things
it hurts
i didn’t mean it
no
never meant anything
i do not believe you did, either
for sooner or later, it’ll all unfold
not like a flower poses petals
for an enticing sun
more like cliffside’s dangerous edge
erosion, followed by
landslide
i ask myself what will become of us
in our destruction
amongst the rubble? ...
two lost souls
tangled in our own
alone
grayscale world
we rip out pages
wish to cry at songs
but our tears fall for the wrong things
it hurts
i didn’t mean it
no
never meant anything
i do not believe you did, either
for sooner or later, it’ll all unfold
not like a flower poses petals
for an enticing sun
more like cliffside’s dangerous edge
erosion, followed by
landslide
i ask myself what will become of us
in our destruction
amongst the rubble? ...
#MentalHealth
#SelfReflection
#acceptance
#hurt
#NaPoWriMo2023
165 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Apr 2023 8:11pm
4th Apr 2023 8:11pm
revival
we forgot the warmth of sunny days, saturating sapphire skies
it melts the frost off my skin
and dusts my psyche
so, i wait for bloom
just as the desert did this march
no, i cannot rush the season
forced germination yields nothing, does it?
my pale, frail flower
she cries for help
pink has abandoned her cheeks
we hug in cobwebbed rooms, and i whisper:
“revival is on the horizon”
and it will eclipse the depressive gloom.
it melts the frost off my skin
and dusts my psyche
so, i wait for bloom
just as the desert did this march
no, i cannot rush the season
forced germination yields nothing, does it?
my pale, frail flower
she cries for help
pink has abandoned her cheeks
we hug in cobwebbed rooms, and i whisper:
“revival is on the horizon”
and it will eclipse the depressive gloom.
#friendship
#motivational
#inspirational
#spring
#NaPoWriMo2023
166 reads
4 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
4th Feb 2023 00:38am
4th Feb 2023 00:38am
Bar Tables
Twenty six years ago
Momma laid her head on dirty carpet
.. Yeah
Looked a lot like mine
On a wooden bar table, just last night
Blonde
Too drunk to know
We looked like twins
Addictive reflection
Will someone save this girl?
Momma laid her head on dirty carpet
.. Yeah
Looked a lot like mine
On a wooden bar table, just last night
Blonde
Too drunk to know
We looked like twins
Addictive reflection
Will someone save this girl?
#parent
#family
#alcohol
#addiction
#FeelingTrapped
262 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Jan 2023 2:11pm
19th Jan 2023 2:11pm
Fairy Queen
Fairy queen
She takes to the sky
Look!
You might catch a glimpse..
She sleeps on a leaf
To catch her breath
Before dewdrops engulf
Her diminutive body
So sweet like rosebuds
Delicate like fine jewelry
The kind royalty wears
And she smiles
Not to boast in her beauty
But to calm the river
And summon spring
Small as she be
None can quite stop her
Many don’t dare
As if they know, she’s already won
She pauses.. she smirks…
They just don’t know
What magic power
The fairy...
She takes to the sky
Look!
You might catch a glimpse..
She sleeps on a leaf
To catch her breath
Before dewdrops engulf
Her diminutive body
So sweet like rosebuds
Delicate like fine jewelry
The kind royalty wears
And she smiles
Not to boast in her beauty
But to calm the river
And summon spring
Small as she be
None can quite stop her
Many don’t dare
As if they know, she’s already won
She pauses.. she smirks…
They just don’t know
What magic power
The fairy...
#happiness
#strength
#nature
#fairies
#uplifting
159 reads
0 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
5th Jan 2023 1:44am
5th Jan 2023 1:44am
manic
my skin is not a liar, i’d climb out if i could
to see the world without its infrared filter.
just as wallpaper exposes its hiddenness in a peeling fashion
it needs a little help at tearing..
perhaps that’s why i can’t escape this mind
of mine.
i won’t go back, i promise
just use your hands
and make a bloody mess
of my heart.
to see the world without its infrared filter.
just as wallpaper exposes its hiddenness in a peeling fashion
it needs a little help at tearing..
perhaps that’s why i can’t escape this mind
of mine.
i won’t go back, i promise
just use your hands
and make a bloody mess
of my heart.
#dark
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
#suffering
#FeelingTrapped
349 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
13th Dec 2022 5:41pm
13th Dec 2022 5:41pm
paper plane
is she paper?
is she quick to tear?
an easy rip
a skinny slip of a
deranged
dissociative
still little
girl
who can argue?
she can’t even smile, when they do
the mirror says no.
she listens.
though she knows
she’s allowed to scream
something keeps this paper
from telling the things
she dare not show.
and lord knows, she could fly
if only she chose to fold
instead of cry.
is she quick to tear?
an easy rip
a skinny slip of a
deranged
dissociative
still little
girl
who can argue?
she can’t even smile, when they do
the mirror says no.
she listens.
though she knows
she’s allowed to scream
something keeps this paper
from telling the things
she dare not show.
and lord knows, she could fly
if only she chose to fold
instead of cry.
#anxiety
#misunderstood
#SelfReflection
#healing
#weakness
195 reads
1 Comment
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