Submissions by ThroughTheVeil
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th May 2022 5:03pm
5th May 2022 5:03pm
How Could I Ever Explain?
How can one miss captivity?
I ask myself everyday.
I got away, I ran, but I think I left part of myself back there...back then.
Back when life was defined by boundaries, and rules.
I say I want to run free, but i know I'm lying to myself...
I want to want my freedom.
But I don't
No really
There is a deep hidden part of my heart that will always miss the cages.
And how do I begin to explain that to people?
How do I tell someone who was never taken, what it's like to fall for your captor?
How do I explain the...
I ask myself everyday.
I got away, I ran, but I think I left part of myself back there...back then.
Back when life was defined by boundaries, and rules.
I say I want to run free, but i know I'm lying to myself...
I want to want my freedom.
But I don't
No really
There is a deep hidden part of my heart that will always miss the cages.
And how do I begin to explain that to people?
How do I tell someone who was never taken, what it's like to fall for your captor?
How do I explain the...
#freedom
#PTSD
#escape
#FeelingTrapped
#temptation
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Dec 2021 7:33am
13th Dec 2021 7:33am
Untitled
Let me write to hear their screams, I want to hear it all.
Let them tear at the page with hate and with love,
cry with the sadness and joy.
I'll be the villain and the hero.
I'll be the curse and the gift.
Let them cheer and let them riot,
either way, they scream my name.
I want to be their death, their life,
to be their cage and their key.
Tear me being into two,
I live for the extremes.
So let them heckle and let them applaud.
Let them grimace and let them awe.
Create something they'll never forget,
and...
Let them tear at the page with hate and with love,
cry with the sadness and joy.
I'll be the villain and the hero.
I'll be the curse and the gift.
Let them cheer and let them riot,
either way, they scream my name.
I want to be their death, their life,
to be their cage and their key.
Tear me being into two,
I live for the extremes.
So let them heckle and let them applaud.
Let them grimace and let them awe.
Create something they'll never forget,
and...
#identity
#tragedy
#philosophical #passion
#philosophical #passion
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SELF POEM
Published
9th Dec 2021 5:54am
9th Dec 2021 5:54am
Somewhere In Between
When I was a kid they said I was too old.
My eyes were haunted
they called me an old soul.
The other kids laughed, and smiled, and played,
and I stayed up at night, haunted by a dream.
Then one day I'm grown and I'm too immature.
I'm stuck in the past and don't plan for my future.
I cover my head and hide from the monsters
tell myself it's not real
it's long since been over.
I'm stuck in between
in this half grown half child mind.
The Doc says it's trauma
but I've known nothing else.
Too mature to be a child ...
My eyes were haunted
they called me an old soul.
The other kids laughed, and smiled, and played,
and I stayed up at night, haunted by a dream.
Then one day I'm grown and I'm too immature.
I'm stuck in the past and don't plan for my future.
I cover my head and hide from the monsters
tell myself it's not real
it's long since been over.
I'm stuck in between
in this half grown half child mind.
The Doc says it's trauma
but I've known nothing else.
Too mature to be a child ...
#MentalHealth
#aging
#PTSD #nightmares
#PTSD #nightmares
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STORY POEM
Published
9th Oct 2021 5:43am
9th Oct 2021 5:43am
Among the Gods
He told him "No, don't fly to high
Stay safe in the middle, don't risk you life"
But Icarus
He saw the light
He chased the passion, even as it burned
and oh it burned, it scorched his skin
Daedalus watched in horror
afraid that he was right
Icarus he screamed up high
far from his father's gaze
as feathers drifted downwards
and fell unto the sea
The wax ran down his body
his wings they grew too weak
he plummeted towards earth
but his cry had been with glee
The world paints it...
Stay safe in the middle, don't risk you life"
But Icarus
He saw the light
He chased the passion, even as it burned
and oh it burned, it scorched his skin
Daedalus watched in horror
afraid that he was right
Icarus he screamed up high
far from his father's gaze
as feathers drifted downwards
and fell unto the sea
The wax ran down his body
his wings they grew too weak
he plummeted towards earth
but his cry had been with glee
The world paints it...
#dreams
#sun
#mythology
#tragedy
#escape
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DARK POEM
Published
17th Apr 2021 3:02am
17th Apr 2021 3:02am
First Flight
I'd like to float so far away.
Dream of worlds I've never seen.
Free from pain.
Free from toment.
Free from the flesh.
Free to follow nothing.
I'm sick of pushing.
Sick of running.
Sick of planning.
Sick of fighting.
To surrender to the clouds,
and seperate the body from the soul.
Oh, to dream, to drift, to fly.
If only I could never wake.
My soul yearns for a far off land.
The mind shall ascend and go far beyond.
I'll shed this skin and spread my wings.
I wish for this world better...
Dream of worlds I've never seen.
Free from pain.
Free from toment.
Free from the flesh.
Free to follow nothing.
I'm sick of pushing.
Sick of running.
Sick of planning.
Sick of fighting.
To surrender to the clouds,
and seperate the body from the soul.
Oh, to dream, to drift, to fly.
If only I could never wake.
My soul yearns for a far off land.
The mind shall ascend and go far beyond.
I'll shed this skin and spread my wings.
I wish for this world better...
#forgiveness
#death
#angels
#rebirth
#ghosts
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
17th Apr 2021 2:46am
17th Apr 2021 2:46am
I'll be Your Morningstar
You threw me to the flames,
for my crime, to burn so bright.
I shine the light on the shadows you hide.
I've faced the cold you turned towards me,
so I became the thing you hate.
You held the iron to my skin,
and I burned.
I burned with the fires of hell...
...and I reveled in it.
So I'll burn.
I'll burn you down.
I rise from the flames with the fires of vengeance burning through my veins.
I'll be your Morningstar.
A shining light,
a welcoming beacon of warmth to those you threw out into the cold.
I...
for my crime, to burn so bright.
I shine the light on the shadows you hide.
I've faced the cold you turned towards me,
so I became the thing you hate.
You held the iron to my skin,
and I burned.
I burned with the fires of hell...
...and I reveled in it.
So I'll burn.
I'll burn you down.
I rise from the flames with the fires of vengeance burning through my veins.
I'll be your Morningstar.
A shining light,
a welcoming beacon of warmth to those you threw out into the cold.
I...
#fire
#religion
#devil
#hell
#revenge
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th Nov 2019 6:30am
14th Nov 2019 6:30am
Raising Mother
My mother's head has cracked today.
I found her wandering about.
I raised her from a child I did,
and this is how we go out.
What's it like to feel something?
It's something I can't do.
I can't afford to let it slip,
and let the waves come through,
for if I do I'll surely drown,
and get lost just like you.
I found her wandering about.
I raised her from a child I did,
and this is how we go out.
What's it like to feel something?
It's something I can't do.
I can't afford to let it slip,
and let the waves come through,
for if I do I'll surely drown,
and get lost just like you.
#grief
#mother
#children
#family
#denial
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SELF POEM
Published
26th Aug 2019 3:14am
26th Aug 2019 3:14am
Let Me Drift Away in Dreams
Let me drift away in dreams.
That's what my life's become it seems.
Let me drift away in dreams,
free from strife and thoughts that haunt me.
That's what my life's become it seems.
Free me from the terrors of my mind,
Allow for a moment for me to be free.
Let me drift away in dreams.
My reality has been outlined,
only finding salvation in things I can't see.
That's what my life's become it seems.
Escaping the world's ties that bind,
to a kingdom to which I alone hold the key.
Let me drift away in dreams. ...
That's what my life's become it seems.
Let me drift away in dreams,
free from strife and thoughts that haunt me.
That's what my life's become it seems.
Free me from the terrors of my mind,
Allow for a moment for me to be free.
Let me drift away in dreams.
My reality has been outlined,
only finding salvation in things I can't see.
That's what my life's become it seems.
Escaping the world's ties that bind,
to a kingdom to which I alone hold the key.
Let me drift away in dreams. ...
#dreams
#freedom
#escape
#FeelingTrapped
#emotional
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Aug 2019 3:16am
20th Aug 2019 3:16am
Mirage
Mesmerise me with your mirage,
and view my world anew,
paint a fantasy for me to view.
Take this pen and form a line,
lead into a great design,
imagine the world through new eyes,
tell me truely, what are lies?
The world is a dark and dreary place,
lacking deeply in all of grace,
but with my spirit I see again,
seeing the world as it should have been.
So rewrite the book,
and take a new look.
For this world depressing be,
so come on and escape with me.
Leave this land and take my hand,
let...
and view my world anew,
paint a fantasy for me to view.
Take this pen and form a line,
lead into a great design,
imagine the world through new eyes,
tell me truely, what are lies?
The world is a dark and dreary place,
lacking deeply in all of grace,
but with my spirit I see again,
seeing the world as it should have been.
So rewrite the book,
and take a new look.
For this world depressing be,
so come on and escape with me.
Leave this land and take my hand,
let...
#hope
#mirror
#rhyming
#art
#despair
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SELF POEM
Published
11th Aug 2019 00:13am
11th Aug 2019 00:13am
What Could It Be?
What could it be?
Its got claws.
What could it be?
Do you hear its calls?
What could it be?
Did you see its evil grin?
What could it be?
It can kill you on a whim.
What could it be?
Why it's only me.
Its got claws.
What could it be?
Do you hear its calls?
What could it be?
Did you see its evil grin?
What could it be?
It can kill you on a whim.
What could it be?
Why it's only me.
#dark
#death
#scary
#monsters
#humankind
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DARK POEM
Published
11th Aug 2019 00:13am
11th Aug 2019 00:13am
Dead Girl
Dead girl living in this bright and happy world.
Dead girls belong in the underworld.
Dead girl living on this peppy peppy planet.
Dead girls just want to tell them to can it.
Dead girl, here comes the sun.
Dead girls, we need to run.
Dead girl, it's what you'll be.
Dead girls' come with me.
Dead girls belong in the underworld.
Dead girl living on this peppy peppy planet.
Dead girls just want to tell them to can it.
Dead girl, here comes the sun.
Dead girls, we need to run.
Dead girl, it's what you'll be.
Dead girls' come with me.
#depression
#dark
#death #suicide
#death #suicide
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SELF POEM
Published
24th Jun 2019 4:08am
24th Jun 2019 4:08am
Tomb, Sweet Tomb
They chased their dreams to far away
and left my heart here to decay.
My house a prison I never leave.
I alone shall call to grieve,
sleep, stare, write, repeat,
sleep, stare, write, repeat,
sleep stare, write, repeat.
save me from this monotomy.
Put an end to this mind numbing agony.
Drag me from my self made tomb.
Tear me away from all the gloom.
Save me from my impending doom.
There must be something beyond these walls.
Give me just a single call,
show me there's a world out there,
cause I've...
and left my heart here to decay.
My house a prison I never leave.
I alone shall call to grieve,
sleep, stare, write, repeat,
sleep, stare, write, repeat,
sleep stare, write, repeat.
save me from this monotomy.
Put an end to this mind numbing agony.
Drag me from my self made tomb.
Tear me away from all the gloom.
Save me from my impending doom.
There must be something beyond these walls.
Give me just a single call,
show me there's a world out there,
cause I've...
#loneliness
#friendship
#MentalHealth
#emptiness
#separation
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