Submissions by TimWombles
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction I write songs without a tune. I'm a story teller. Sometimes I write about the news, sometimes about feelings, sometimes I just write.
SONG LYRICS
Published
30th Jul 2021 3:40pm
30th Jul 2021 3:40pm
Take What You Need
Got behind an old white man driving a beat up van
On the wrong side of town
Nothing but poor black folk around
He pulled off to the side
He put up a sign
It said, "if you got a family to feed, take what you need"
He pulled out bin after bin of tomatoes and greens
The people were cautious, but they were the happiest people I've seen
He's not blinded by greed
"I've got plenty, take what you need"
Take what you need
He's planted a seed
Like any old farmer would know
You plant a seed
You watch it grow
We are...
On the wrong side of town
Nothing but poor black folk around
He pulled off to the side
He put up a sign
It said, "if you got a family to feed, take what you need"
He pulled out bin after bin of tomatoes and greens
The people were cautious, but they were the happiest people I've seen
He's not blinded by greed
"I've got plenty, take what you need"
Take what you need
He's planted a seed
Like any old farmer would know
You plant a seed
You watch it grow
We are...
#racism
#greed
#poverty
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8 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
26th Jul 2021 8:22am
26th Jul 2021 8:22am
Rock and Roll Died
I've gotta fire in my soul
For good old rock'n'roll
But I hardly ever hear it anymore
The guitars are mostly gone
But in my heart they live on
What I hear nowadays I mostly abhor
Modern music is so bland
It's gotten out of hand
So one dimensional it puts me to sleep
Musicians are a thing of the past
Nothing I hear will ever last
Most of it should be buried dark and deep
I crave the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac
AC/DC or Sabbath I'd take back
ZZ Top or Aerosmith could blow you away
Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart ...
For good old rock'n'roll
But I hardly ever hear it anymore
The guitars are mostly gone
But in my heart they live on
What I hear nowadays I mostly abhor
Modern music is so bland
It's gotten out of hand
So one dimensional it puts me to sleep
Musicians are a thing of the past
Nothing I hear will ever last
Most of it should be buried dark and deep
I crave the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac
AC/DC or Sabbath I'd take back
ZZ Top or Aerosmith could blow you away
Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart ...
#music
15 reads
0 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
25th Jul 2021 8:38pm
25th Jul 2021 8:38pm
Rant - Last Words on Nonvaxers
I don't understand not taking the vaccine now. With 90 percent of the covid hospitalizations being nonvaxers and 95 percent of deaths from those same people. You'd think we were beyond the burden of proof.
The idea that taking a vaccine to keep you alive in some way interferes with your freedom is the most confusing thing I've ever heard. Last time I checked, you need to be alive to be free.
The people who won't wear a mask are the same people who won't take the vaccine. It's almost like they want to either die or kill off a loved one.
I'm through worrying...
The idea that taking a vaccine to keep you alive in some way interferes with your freedom is the most confusing thing I've ever heard. Last time I checked, you need to be alive to be free.
The people who won't wear a mask are the same people who won't take the vaccine. It's almost like they want to either die or kill off a loved one.
I'm through worrying...
#pandemic
31 reads
5 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
24th Jul 2021 3:23am
24th Jul 2021 3:23am
Morning Cup with Dad
The last couple years my Father could no longer drive
But I think he needed out in the mornings just to feel alive
His sight had left him, he could no longer hear
And I think he used the threat of driving just to keep me near
He would tell me tales of adventure while holding his coffee cup
And yeah I knew he stretched the truth a bit and a few tales he made up
He would tell me about the struggles of his life
Talk about his successes and tell me about his strife
Every day Pop would drag me from my bed
Still clearing the cobwebs from my...
But I think he needed out in the mornings just to feel alive
His sight had left him, he could no longer hear
And I think he used the threat of driving just to keep me near
He would tell me tales of adventure while holding his coffee cup
And yeah I knew he stretched the truth a bit and a few tales he made up
He would tell me about the struggles of his life
Talk about his successes and tell me about his strife
Every day Pop would drag me from my bed
Still clearing the cobwebs from my...
#father
#memorial
25 reads
6 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
22nd Jul 2021 3:37pm
22nd Jul 2021 3:37pm
Paper Mache Cowboys
Invited to a bar just the other night
Claimed to be hardcore country and western
Just wasn't right
Paper mache cowboys who'd melt in the rain
Nothing but a bunch of urban wannabes and neverbeens
Guys with cowboy hats afraid of a horse
Driving Honda Civics, with fresh squirels of course
Bronco barbies wearing boots that had never seen the mud
With the sweetest bouncers afraid of a little blood
Chorus::
Would Hank William's rollover in his grave
Is there something wrong with living in the past
Does singing about sinning...
Claimed to be hardcore country and western
Just wasn't right
Paper mache cowboys who'd melt in the rain
Nothing but a bunch of urban wannabes and neverbeens
Guys with cowboy hats afraid of a horse
Driving Honda Civics, with fresh squirels of course
Bronco barbies wearing boots that had never seen the mud
With the sweetest bouncers afraid of a little blood
Chorus::
Would Hank William's rollover in his grave
Is there something wrong with living in the past
Does singing about sinning...
#music
#alcohol
#drugs #addiction
#drugs #addiction
21 reads
7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Jul 2021 5:56pm
20th Jul 2021 5:56pm
The Educated Poet Never Learns
I don't like lyrical poetry"
"You write songs, not poetry"
I have a problem with writers today
So well educated, with their ten dollar words
Speaking only to each other
And treating the simple man like he doesn't deserve...
...to understand
And then... not understanding why they are not more popular
Joe Blow doesn't like poetry
I wonder why?
Einstein once said,
"If you can't explain it simply, then you don't understand it yourself"
Tell me, do YOU understand?
Rhymes and rhythm, these are tools every...
"You write songs, not poetry"
I have a problem with writers today
So well educated, with their ten dollar words
Speaking only to each other
And treating the simple man like he doesn't deserve...
...to understand
And then... not understanding why they are not more popular
Joe Blow doesn't like poetry
I wonder why?
Einstein once said,
"If you can't explain it simply, then you don't understand it yourself"
Tell me, do YOU understand?
Rhymes and rhythm, these are tools every...
#WritingPoetry
23 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th Jul 2021 5:13pm
17th Jul 2021 5:13pm
Strange Love
I realized I didn't know the stranger looking back at me
That mirror is a liar, that's plain to see.
I hadn't been out in a year, since the divorce
There was a period of mourning that had to run its course
A friend trying to get me out there wanted to play pool
I knew what he was doing, but I played the fool
She waited on me, waif with red hair bringing me a rum and coke
She kept coming back, a twinkle in her eye when she spoke
I didn't know her, and she didn't know me
Strangers in a bar, probably all we'd ever be
She kept messing...
That mirror is a liar, that's plain to see.
I hadn't been out in a year, since the divorce
There was a period of mourning that had to run its course
A friend trying to get me out there wanted to play pool
I knew what he was doing, but I played the fool
She waited on me, waif with red hair bringing me a rum and coke
She kept coming back, a twinkle in her eye when she spoke
I didn't know her, and she didn't know me
Strangers in a bar, probably all we'd ever be
She kept messing...
#love
#LifeStruggles
30 reads
9 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
4th Jul 2021 6:28pm
4th Jul 2021 6:28pm
Learn to Love Yourself
Learn to enjoy a monday
Learn to love the rain
Learn to take a fun day
And you'll never be unhappy again
Learn to fly a kite
Learn to reach for the stars
Learn to always do what's right
Learn to love your scars
We worry so much about things we can't control
We strive to be something we're not
Knowing deep down it can't help at all
While we watch our souls inside rot
We're always trying to fit in
Trying to force a square into a round
We should be ourselves and just dig in
Keeping our feet firmly on...
Learn to love the rain
Learn to take a fun day
And you'll never be unhappy again
Learn to fly a kite
Learn to reach for the stars
Learn to always do what's right
Learn to love your scars
We worry so much about things we can't control
We strive to be something we're not
Knowing deep down it can't help at all
While we watch our souls inside rot
We're always trying to fit in
Trying to force a square into a round
We should be ourselves and just dig in
Keeping our feet firmly on...
#SelfWorth
40 reads
6 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
2nd Jul 2021 2:15pm
2nd Jul 2021 2:15pm
Words of Wisdom from My Father
At 18 I went to work in an auto factory, same place my father worked.
We'd leave early every morning so he could play cards.
I was sitting at the table watching them play tunk, a popular game at the plant, when a guy named Grover came in.
He was bragging about his vocabulary. He was learning a new word everyday.
Don't remember the word but he used it wrong and I told him
He looked at me with disgust
Dad said, "Grover, you're an aardvark."
Grover got visibly upset and stormed off.
I asked, "Why did...
We'd leave early every morning so he could play cards.
I was sitting at the table watching them play tunk, a popular game at the plant, when a guy named Grover came in.
He was bragging about his vocabulary. He was learning a new word everyday.
Don't remember the word but he used it wrong and I told him
He looked at me with disgust
Dad said, "Grover, you're an aardvark."
Grover got visibly upset and stormed off.
I asked, "Why did...
#wisdom
45 reads
12 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
29th Jun 2021 10:48pm
29th Jun 2021 10:48pm
Homes Not Home
In a high-rise in New York city, looking out over Central Park
Nursing a fifth of bourbon, staring out in the dark
Spent a week in Paris, never been so lonely in all my days
A month in London, and I missed the back home ways
Chorus::
Went out to see the world, and everywhere I'd roam
Realized I was just a midwestern boy, wishing he could go home
But things never stay how you remember them, everything changes with time
People who never leave their home, never seem to mind
Home must've packed it's bags about the same time as me ...
Nursing a fifth of bourbon, staring out in the dark
Spent a week in Paris, never been so lonely in all my days
A month in London, and I missed the back home ways
Chorus::
Went out to see the world, and everywhere I'd roam
Realized I was just a midwestern boy, wishing he could go home
But things never stay how you remember them, everything changes with time
People who never leave their home, never seem to mind
Home must've packed it's bags about the same time as me ...
#home
45 reads
4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
22nd Jun 2021 7:00pm
22nd Jun 2021 7:00pm
The Watchers
We peek from the shadows and record all that we see
Forbidden from interfering, we watch, and just let things be
We are poets and writers, recluses and spies
Who know the truth, and can see through the lies
We are everywhere and we witness it all
From the building of the pyramids to Rome's great fall
We have existed since Adam and Eve from paradise were expelled
And watched as the last of the Sahara's trees were felled
We have scholars and scribes who record all in our great tome
Kept in confines of the one place we call home
In an...
Forbidden from interfering, we watch, and just let things be
We are poets and writers, recluses and spies
Who know the truth, and can see through the lies
We are everywhere and we witness it all
From the building of the pyramids to Rome's great fall
We have existed since Adam and Eve from paradise were expelled
And watched as the last of the Sahara's trees were felled
We have scholars and scribes who record all in our great tome
Kept in confines of the one place we call home
In an...
#scifi
42 reads
7 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
15th Jun 2021 7:17pm
15th Jun 2021 7:17pm
It's Like Love
It's like jumping out of a perfectly good plane
Lived through the fall, so you wanta jump again
It's like diving underwater and you know you can't swim
The scenery is so beautiful you can't wait to dive right in
Chorus::
It's like heaven fell from the sky above
Love is addictive
You always want to be in love
Love is passion
Love makes you complete
Love is a feast
You can't wait to eat
Tell me girl, are you in love?
It's like driving a car faster than you've driven before
Once you felt the speed you crave for...
Lived through the fall, so you wanta jump again
It's like diving underwater and you know you can't swim
The scenery is so beautiful you can't wait to dive right in
Chorus::
It's like heaven fell from the sky above
Love is addictive
You always want to be in love
Love is passion
Love makes you complete
Love is a feast
You can't wait to eat
Tell me girl, are you in love?
It's like driving a car faster than you've driven before
Once you felt the speed you crave for...
#FallingInLove
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4 Comments
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