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
31st Dec 2022 5:35pm
31st Dec 2022 5:35pm
Trip to Hawaii or the Cautionary Tale of Writing Someone Else's Tune.. (sung to the tune of 'At Seventeen')
Stepping on broken shells
Caught up in some enchanted spell
Walking along a sandy beach
With the ocean just outside our reach
We climbed a mountain just to look at the stars
Drove on roads not meant for cars
Playing tag amongst the banyon trees
And lay out with the ocean breeze
You and I, hand in hand
Listening to some hawaiian band
Watching as the big whales breach
Or scuba diving underneath
For two weeks we're in paradise
Never thought the world could be this nice
It's gotta be a dream ...
Caught up in some enchanted spell
Walking along a sandy beach
With the ocean just outside our reach
We climbed a mountain just to look at the stars
Drove on roads not meant for cars
Playing tag amongst the banyon trees
And lay out with the ocean breeze
You and I, hand in hand
Listening to some hawaiian band
Watching as the big whales breach
Or scuba diving underneath
For two weeks we're in paradise
Never thought the world could be this nice
It's gotta be a dream ...
#WritingPoetry
#travel
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SONG LYRICS
Published
23rd Dec 2022 5:56pm
23rd Dec 2022 5:56pm
Everyone is Broken
She's been broken.
Sexually abused.
No way to describe how her body's been used.
Look at her dead eyes.
No more tears for her cries.
See her looking down
Eyes to the ground.
No hope for the skies
She's been broken
Everybody's broken
We are all sisters or brothers
We need to look out for one another
If you see someone in need
Don't just watch them bleed
Sometimes all we need
Is a lifeline to be thown
The life you safe might be your own
Cause everybody's broken
He's been...
Sexually abused.
No way to describe how her body's been used.
Look at her dead eyes.
No more tears for her cries.
See her looking down
Eyes to the ground.
No hope for the skies
She's been broken
Everybody's broken
We are all sisters or brothers
We need to look out for one another
If you see someone in need
Don't just watch them bleed
Sometimes all we need
Is a lifeline to be thown
The life you safe might be your own
Cause everybody's broken
He's been...
#abuse
#drugs
#support
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SONG LYRICS
Published
7th Dec 2022 4:31pm
7th Dec 2022 4:31pm
Never Letting Go
Outside a small town in Indiana, amongst the sycamore trees
There sits a young grieving woman, praying on her knees
"Honey, I need you badly, come back to me please"
She feels her body shiver, from a cold November breeze
::Chorus::
She thinks it's witchcraft
As she sees him standing there
She knows it may be visions, but at that moment
She didn't care
When you lose a love that's true
If it cones back to you
You don't let go
You never, never let it go
She hears towns people talking about her, when she goes out alone...
There sits a young grieving woman, praying on her knees
"Honey, I need you badly, come back to me please"
She feels her body shiver, from a cold November breeze
::Chorus::
She thinks it's witchcraft
As she sees him standing there
She knows it may be visions, but at that moment
She didn't care
When you lose a love that's true
If it cones back to you
You don't let go
You never, never let it go
She hears towns people talking about her, when she goes out alone...
#grief
#heartbroken
#FeelingLost
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SONG LYRICS
Published
20th Oct 2022 7:35pm
20th Oct 2022 7:35pm
Everybody is Watching me
So I see it on the internet
You're getting married today
I might just drop in
You know it's on my way
Everybody is watching me to see what I got
They think I'll be jealous but you know that I'm not
Because I want you to be happy more than anything else
I want to see you smile with someone even if it's not myself
Everybody is waiting to see me explode
They think I'll be so angry, that my feelings I won't hold
And maybe a few years ago
They might have been right
You with someone else
Would have me boiling...
You're getting married today
I might just drop in
You know it's on my way
Everybody is watching me to see what I got
They think I'll be jealous but you know that I'm not
Because I want you to be happy more than anything else
I want to see you smile with someone even if it's not myself
Everybody is waiting to see me explode
They think I'll be so angry, that my feelings I won't hold
And maybe a few years ago
They might have been right
You with someone else
Would have me boiling...
#breakup
#MovingOn
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SONG LYRICS
Published
17th Oct 2022 6:16pm
17th Oct 2022 6:16pm
Just a Teen
My dad once told me being alone
Was sometimes better than being with someone
That popular people were over rated
I just got the feeling he was jaded
Because that's just not the way it seems
When you're just a teen
I'd stay awake late at night
Trying to figure out why I never got it right
Why no one would go out with me
Was I the monster they seemed to see?
Because that's just the way it seems
When you're just a teen
I've since learned the lesson that time has taught
That popular people aren't...
Was sometimes better than being with someone
That popular people were over rated
I just got the feeling he was jaded
Because that's just not the way it seems
When you're just a teen
I'd stay awake late at night
Trying to figure out why I never got it right
Why no one would go out with me
Was I the monster they seemed to see?
Because that's just the way it seems
When you're just a teen
I've since learned the lesson that time has taught
That popular people aren't...
#teens
#learning
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SONG LYRICS
Published
5th May 2022 3:46pm
5th May 2022 3:46pm
Little Ukrainian Dog
(To the tune loosely of Tom Petty's You Don't Know What It's Like)
Little dog
Sleeping under the porch
Wakes to find
His whole world scorched
Little dog
Finds the rest of the house gone
Looks around
Everything seems wrong
What's a little dog to do
But find a path
And see it through
Maybe his humans are over there
Maybe his humans are over here
Once the smoke is gone
Maybe things will be clear
To a little dog
Little dog
Hides in the woods
Sees men with tanks
Stealing...
Little dog
Sleeping under the porch
Wakes to find
His whole world scorched
Little dog
Finds the rest of the house gone
Looks around
Everything seems wrong
What's a little dog to do
But find a path
And see it through
Maybe his humans are over there
Maybe his humans are over here
Once the smoke is gone
Maybe things will be clear
To a little dog
Little dog
Hides in the woods
Sees men with tanks
Stealing...
#war
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NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
30th Mar 2022 7:15pm
30th Mar 2022 7:15pm
Bullies
I hear people say they are too fat, too thin, too tall, too short, have too little a nose, too big a nose, they've got freckles, wrinkles, pimples, or they are too pale, too dark and that makes them ugly.
These things do not make you ugly. You know what makes a person ugly? Listen to a Trump speech for 10 minutes. Hate makes you ugly. Not caring about people who are suffering makes you repugnant.
No one likes bullies but other bullies. There is a reason Trump looks up to people like Putin and Kim Jong-Un.
Back in High School, I was bullied. I was 6'1 and...
These things do not make you ugly. You know what makes a person ugly? Listen to a Trump speech for 10 minutes. Hate makes you ugly. Not caring about people who are suffering makes you repugnant.
No one likes bullies but other bullies. There is a reason Trump looks up to people like Putin and Kim Jong-Un.
Back in High School, I was bullied. I was 6'1 and...
#bullying
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SONG LYRICS
Published
9th Mar 2022 12:01pm
9th Mar 2022 12:01pm
How Does That Make You Feel
Video starts with a woman in a suit wearing glasses opening a door.
/"Next," she announces
/A man follows her in, and as she closes the door we see the word 'psychologist' on the outside of the door.
/camera switches to view of a couch and a chair
/She sits in the chair, he fidgets and then sets on the couch...
Tell me why you think you're feeling so bad
Tell me all about those scary dreams you've had
Tell me your deep and darkest fears
Tell me how you think you're going to just disappear
Tell me do you think the monsters are real?
How...
/"Next," she announces
/A man follows her in, and as she closes the door we see the word 'psychologist' on the outside of the door.
/camera switches to view of a couch and a chair
/She sits in the chair, he fidgets and then sets on the couch...
Tell me why you think you're feeling so bad
Tell me all about those scary dreams you've had
Tell me your deep and darkest fears
Tell me how you think you're going to just disappear
Tell me do you think the monsters are real?
How...
#anxiety
#depression
#despair
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SONG LYRICS
Published
22nd Feb 2022 10:29am
22nd Feb 2022 10:29am
Bet You Didn't Know I Was Gone - Songs written for the female voice
I bet you got up this morning
Took a shower and dressed
Probably read the news on your phone
while you drank your coffee, I'd guess.
I'll bet you said, "see ya honey, when I get home"
But I bet you didn't know I was gone
That's right, I left late last night
I took a midnight flight
To anywhere but here
I don't hate you hun
I wanna make that clear
::Chorus::
I'm just tired of being a piece of furniture
Just another trophy on your wall
I'm tired of being treated like a servant
Always at your...
Took a shower and dressed
Probably read the news on your phone
while you drank your coffee, I'd guess.
I'll bet you said, "see ya honey, when I get home"
But I bet you didn't know I was gone
That's right, I left late last night
I took a midnight flight
To anywhere but here
I don't hate you hun
I wanna make that clear
::Chorus::
I'm just tired of being a piece of furniture
Just another trophy on your wall
I'm tired of being treated like a servant
Always at your...
#relationships
#breakup
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SONG LYRICS
Published
28th Jan 2022 5:36am
28th Jan 2022 5:36am
Unfinished Painting on the Wall
I fell for you the moment I saw your exquisite lines
Accentuated by your delectable curves
Your colors were extraordinarily divine
I know I was getting on your nerves
I should of asked but I need to paint the things that I love
I capture their every detail, whether big or small
But I could not quite grasp your image, not at all
So your just another unfinished painting on my wall
No bull, I got a gallery full
You never got to know me, you told me
You just fell in love with an image that you stole
As a person I was shallow...
Accentuated by your delectable curves
Your colors were extraordinarily divine
I know I was getting on your nerves
I should of asked but I need to paint the things that I love
I capture their every detail, whether big or small
But I could not quite grasp your image, not at all
So your just another unfinished painting on my wall
No bull, I got a gallery full
You never got to know me, you told me
You just fell in love with an image that you stole
As a person I was shallow...
#relationships
#breakup
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SONG LYRICS
Published
23rd Jan 2022 11:54pm
23rd Jan 2022 11:54pm
When I Die
When I'm free from this earthly plane
I wanna feel fresh like a summer rain
I wanna be everywhere, see everything you do
I wanna be that force that gets you through
I wanna be that someone you think about
That drives you forward in times of doubt
That propels you further than you thought you could
That gets you to do things you never would
::Chorus::
When I die
I don't want you to mourn and cry
I don't want to see a tear drop in your eye
I want you to remember me and smile
After all, I'll be with you all the while ...
I wanna feel fresh like a summer rain
I wanna be everywhere, see everything you do
I wanna be that force that gets you through
I wanna be that someone you think about
That drives you forward in times of doubt
That propels you further than you thought you could
That gets you to do things you never would
::Chorus::
When I die
I don't want you to mourn and cry
I don't want to see a tear drop in your eye
I want you to remember me and smile
After all, I'll be with you all the while ...
#grief
#death
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SONG LYRICS
Published
21st Jan 2022 6:01pm
21st Jan 2022 6:01pm
Make Me Believe
Pulled up the news today
While on my second cup of joe
I realized
I don't know anything
I don't know anything at all
How can people be so foolish
How can they be so dumb
See it every day
Never goes away
Leaves my whole body numb
::Chorus::
Tell me I'm crazy
That you don't see the same thing
That you see a brighter day coming
And the better times they'll bring
Tell me I'm taking it too hard
Tell me anything at all
That the game isn't over
That we'll get to play another card
Make me believe ...
While on my second cup of joe
I realized
I don't know anything
I don't know anything at all
How can people be so foolish
How can they be so dumb
See it every day
Never goes away
Leaves my whole body numb
::Chorus::
Tell me I'm crazy
That you don't see the same thing
That you see a brighter day coming
And the better times they'll bring
Tell me I'm taking it too hard
Tell me anything at all
That the game isn't over
That we'll get to play another card
Make me believe ...
#LifeStruggles
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