Submissions by Thetravelingfairy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
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Come sail my ocean and we'll drown togetherA delicately dainty quill, doused in the darker depths of my heart
The Lion's Call
Thunder claps don't stir a lion
They do not run from the wind
Or drown their roars in relentless rain
We are the future
Let us not run
Let us not hide
From this downpour
Let us beckon the devil himself
Look into the eyes of Satan
And laugh
The age of rebellion is upon us
For we will be heard
So let the lions roar
They do not run from the wind
Or drown their roars in relentless rain
We are the future
Let us not run
Let us not hide
From this downpour
Let us beckon the devil himself
Look into the eyes of Satan
And laugh
The age of rebellion is upon us
For we will be heard
So let the lions roar
#courage
#motivational
#inspirational
#lion
#CallToAction
718 reads
6 Comments
Awaken
There's no color in the days
The rays of light returning
The darkness peeking through foggy skies
Are we stirring in the dark?
Are we ending the winter?
Come out of hibernation
Because we're sleeping our lives away
All the children calling
Every mother shaking our lifeless bodies
As if we've conformed to this age
As if we've accepted the fate
Praying for an awakening in our somber slumber
If not our mothers
If not the starving youth
If not our unborn offspring
Then who?
No dream could save...
The rays of light returning
The darkness peeking through foggy skies
Are we stirring in the dark?
Are we ending the winter?
Come out of hibernation
Because we're sleeping our lives away
All the children calling
Every mother shaking our lifeless bodies
As if we've conformed to this age
As if we've accepted the fate
Praying for an awakening in our somber slumber
If not our mothers
If not the starving youth
If not our unborn offspring
Then who?
No dream could save...
#sadness
#children
#dreams
#sleep
#philosophical
509 reads
4 Comments
Dead Stars
When you're burning out
Feel like you've lost the fight
Remember the night
For a star doesn't have to be alive to shine
We can still see it's light
Feel like you've lost the fight
Remember the night
For a star doesn't have to be alive to shine
We can still see it's light
#PopCulture
629 reads
6 Comments
That Alternate Place
There's two worlds
And one me
They're both corrupt
They're both scary
It's hard to arrive
But harder to leave
And if it's true
I'm forced to believe
Whatever's real, it's all a blur
Two worlds have intertwined into one
I can't trust
Nothing's for sure
A lie is sometimes easier to endure
The world I've created
It torments me perpetually
I am a prisoner
I have been dominated
But my job is easy
I won't be liberated
*Old journal entry*
And one me
They're both corrupt
They're both scary
It's hard to arrive
But harder to leave
And if it's true
I'm forced to believe
Whatever's real, it's all a blur
Two worlds have intertwined into one
I can't trust
Nothing's for sure
A lie is sometimes easier to endure
The world I've created
It torments me perpetually
I am a prisoner
I have been dominated
But my job is easy
I won't be liberated
*Old journal entry*
#environment
#travel
545 reads
4 Comments
My Wings
The touch of your hand
The warmth of your embrace
It raises me up
High into the atmosphere
In your love I am home
In your arms I am safe
Taking flight together
Like eagles we soar
This love like wings
Moving in harmony
Above the clouds we go
Hearts racing with every mile ascending
With you I'll touch every star
With you I can fly
The warmth of your embrace
It raises me up
High into the atmosphere
In your love I am home
In your arms I am safe
Taking flight together
Like eagles we soar
This love like wings
Moving in harmony
Above the clouds we go
Hearts racing with every mile ascending
With you I'll touch every star
With you I can fly
#lust
#boyfriend
#relationships
#lover
#crush
870 reads
4 Comments
Alive in Ink
A deep uprising
Lost in memory
A flap of a wing
Summons the hurricane
The further I wander
The closer I'm free
Sometimes you need
To be blind to see
So when I am gone
And my name grows stale
Remember my words
All they entail
When I'm a thought
When you've forgotten me
Remember I'm always
Alive in ink
Lost in memory
A flap of a wing
Summons the hurricane
The further I wander
The closer I'm free
Sometimes you need
To be blind to see
So when I am gone
And my name grows stale
Remember my words
All they entail
When I'm a thought
When you've forgotten me
Remember I'm always
Alive in ink
#happiness
#kindness
#forgiveness
#inspirational
#TimeHeals
721 reads
5 Comments
Defining "Pretty"
They say I'm pretty
But am I really?
Am I pretty when I cry
Until my eyes are pink
And swollen shut?
When sometimes I beat myself
Until I'm black and purple?
Am I still pretty?
And am I beautiful
When I throw up my dinner
Because I'm never thin enough?
Or when deep within me
I want to be alone forever?
Am still pretty?
Am I pretty when I stress and stress
Until I shake uncontrollably?
Am I really?
Am I pretty when I cut myself to pieces
Like the words being recited in my head? ...
But am I really?
Am I pretty when I cry
Until my eyes are pink
And swollen shut?
When sometimes I beat myself
Until I'm black and purple?
Am I still pretty?
And am I beautiful
When I throw up my dinner
Because I'm never thin enough?
Or when deep within me
I want to be alone forever?
Am still pretty?
Am I pretty when I stress and stress
Until I shake uncontrollably?
Am I really?
Am I pretty when I cut myself to pieces
Like the words being recited in my head? ...
#identity
#confessional
#FeelingLost
#acceptance
#emptiness
658 reads
4 Comments
Crimson Rivers
Stop and feel, watch it slice...
It digs right in
Like an axe to a tree
It looks so wrong
But feels so right
I crave it
Like candy to a child
It feels like Christmas morning
And all the burning Christmas lights
It stings like a bee
It soothes like lotion
What beautiful scars I have
I wear them like ornaments
I keep them nice
I keep them clean
Crimson rivers are all I need
They quench my wicked thirst
Like rain relieves a barren desert
It digs right in
Like an axe to a tree
It looks so wrong
But feels so right
I crave it
Like candy to a child
It feels like Christmas morning
And all the burning Christmas lights
It stings like a bee
It soothes like lotion
What beautiful scars I have
I wear them like ornaments
I keep them nice
I keep them clean
Crimson rivers are all I need
They quench my wicked thirst
Like rain relieves a barren desert
#rain
591 reads
2 Comments
I'm not Bluffing
Bloody wrists
The sting and pain
Washing my sins
They call it bluffing
This way for attention
This way for a reaction
This way to do something
She's bluffing
Don't gaze or glare
Don't give me a stare
Know my scars
Aren't bluffing
How many more bruises?
How many more bloodstains?
How many severed veins?
Until it's not bluffing...
Prove them wrong
Set facts straight
Make them say
"She wasn't bluffing..."
The sting and pain
Washing my sins
They call it bluffing
This way for attention
This way for a reaction
This way to do something
She's bluffing
Don't gaze or glare
Don't give me a stare
Know my scars
Aren't bluffing
How many more bruises?
How many more bloodstains?
How many severed veins?
Until it's not bluffing...
Prove them wrong
Set facts straight
Make them say
"She wasn't bluffing..."
#PopCulture
566 reads
6 Comments
Numbness
What lies to you?
What tricks you?
What feelings
Do you pursue?
Numbness
A short escape
A quick fix
It's all here
You're stuck with this
Numbness
Masking truth
Faded line
An altered reality
Your losing time
Numbness
What good ever came from nothing?
Numbness doesn't give you something
Stop the riddle
Stop the game
I condemn it
This hellish name
Numbness
Your heart is racing
Overwhelming conviction
Is this my choice
Or...
What tricks you?
What feelings
Do you pursue?
Numbness
A short escape
A quick fix
It's all here
You're stuck with this
Numbness
Masking truth
Faded line
An altered reality
Your losing time
Numbness
What good ever came from nothing?
Numbness doesn't give you something
Stop the riddle
Stop the game
I condemn it
This hellish name
Numbness
Your heart is racing
Overwhelming conviction
Is this my choice
Or...
#depression
#loneliness
#emptiness
555 reads
2 Comments
Broken Swing Set
On that swing set
He came
Open arms, warm embrace
I was young
I thought it was play
Play structure dreams
These old memories
His hands on me
His fingers traveling
What is this new game?
Let me go, no means no
But I was small, he held me tight
Told me he had a secret
A mystery, a key
What does he mean?
Zipper moving
Floodgates were opening
He showed me his treasure
Invited my hands to reclaim it
What is this discovery?
I was running
He was hunting ...
He came
Open arms, warm embrace
I was young
I thought it was play
Play structure dreams
These old memories
His hands on me
His fingers traveling
What is this new game?
Let me go, no means no
But I was small, he held me tight
Told me he had a secret
A mystery, a key
What does he mean?
Zipper moving
Floodgates were opening
He showed me his treasure
Invited my hands to reclaim it
What is this discovery?
I was running
He was hunting ...
#oppression
733 reads
8 Comments
When Pain Comes
When pain comes your way
Don't give them a place to stay
Even seasons change
Don't give them a place to stay
Even seasons change
#LifeStruggles
#LifeChangingMoment
#suffering
#SelfDiscovery
#hurt
561 reads
6 Comments
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