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
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
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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
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4 Comments
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
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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
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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
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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
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rainbows in the night
climb through, the widow is open..
you bring a storm with you
it turns to gray: my room, these walls
seems it’s true, we don’t like it here
when clouds look over us
and my shadow runs from me
it doesn’t like your cursed company
.. yeah
we claw at skin
we break from within
and it shows
in black and blue
my mirror sees it
..and like a god
it just knows..
..my biggest tormentor, is what’s held inside.
yeah, it’s dark in here
but stay near
and let it settle.. ...
you bring a storm with you
it turns to gray: my room, these walls
seems it’s true, we don’t like it here
when clouds look over us
and my shadow runs from me
it doesn’t like your cursed company
.. yeah
we claw at skin
we break from within
and it shows
in black and blue
my mirror sees it
..and like a god
it just knows..
..my biggest tormentor, is what’s held inside.
yeah, it’s dark in here
but stay near
and let it settle.. ...
#depression
#loneliness
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#rainbow
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The Dust Touch
like polaroids lose their color
i am surely fading, too.
as memories fall from cherished grasp
my friends loom from behind.
they are shadows
and i cry
because the past is savored once..
.. so i wipe my tears
and face my fears
to try my hand at
“moving on”
but how can i, when everything i touch
turns to
dust?
i am surely fading, too.
as memories fall from cherished grasp
my friends loom from behind.
they are shadows
and i cry
because the past is savored once..
.. so i wipe my tears
and face my fears
to try my hand at
“moving on”
but how can i, when everything i touch
turns to
dust?
#sadness
#loneliness
#memories
#MovingOn
#acceptance
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How to Love?
who then could teach me
how to love?
so i can practice on myself
and untie the knots i pulled too tight
hey there! you look like you know
how to love
show me, let me feel this
thing i so desperately miss
and i don’t mean a kiss
there’s more they hide
and that’s the kind we forget to share
who will show me
..how to love?
is anyone left to exhibit
such a treasure??
or are we all just hurt and lonely
under one skin?
how to love?
so i can practice on myself
and untie the knots i pulled too tight
hey there! you look like you know
how to love
show me, let me feel this
thing i so desperately miss
and i don’t mean a kiss
there’s more they hide
and that’s the kind we forget to share
who will show me
..how to love?
is anyone left to exhibit
such a treasure??
or are we all just hurt and lonely
under one skin?
#love
#kindness
#loneliness
#support
#SelfWorth
254 reads
3 Comments
Headspace
Tell me why
It never ends
This endless road
That twists, that bends
Thorny stems that pave the way
Hold my thoughts in place, where they will stay
So what’s chasing? What’s behind?
All I know is stopping
Makes me read my mind
I’d rather not, it’s a scary place
When monsters come as memories
That don’t erase
See it now? Slipping from my head?
Purple bruises, drops of red
If turning around is reality
I will be dead
So I’d rather choose to run instead
It never ends
This endless road
That twists, that bends
Thorny stems that pave the way
Hold my thoughts in place, where they will stay
So what’s chasing? What’s behind?
All I know is stopping
Makes me read my mind
I’d rather not, it’s a scary place
When monsters come as memories
That don’t erase
See it now? Slipping from my head?
Purple bruises, drops of red
If turning around is reality
I will be dead
So I’d rather choose to run instead
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
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wet dream
he crept over the windowsill
the moon made sure he knew the way
and with his heart, he found my body
tucked away
holding me as i stirred
his fingers touched beneath the sheets
i groaned, when he traced behind that hot pink lace
where it all erects
then i smiled, but he’d beat me to it
he kissed me, and our tongues began to dance
and then he teased that sensitive little clit
twitching and shaking, heart pounding
sex never felt so good
pinned against the frame
so helpless under him
slender wrists, naked dainty...
the moon made sure he knew the way
and with his heart, he found my body
tucked away
holding me as i stirred
his fingers touched beneath the sheets
i groaned, when he traced behind that hot pink lace
where it all erects
then i smiled, but he’d beat me to it
he kissed me, and our tongues began to dance
and then he teased that sensitive little clit
twitching and shaking, heart pounding
sex never felt so good
pinned against the frame
so helpless under him
slender wrists, naked dainty...
#sex
#erotic
#dreams
#orgasm
#seductive
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Alter Call
My body is
An alter
Hold what’s been deflowered
To worship
Eat what’s there, devour
To pray
My delicate bosom a cross
Beneath where you kneel
My lips a covenant
Bound by sexual deal
Now is the time
To bow
Go on, open your legs
And I’ll teach you
How to follow my religion.
An alter
Hold what’s been deflowered
To worship
Eat what’s there, devour
To pray
My delicate bosom a cross
Beneath where you kneel
My lips a covenant
Bound by sexual deal
Now is the time
To bow
Go on, open your legs
And I’ll teach you
How to follow my religion.
#sex
#erotic
#religion #spiritual
#religion #spiritual
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