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
6th Oct 2020 4:19am
6th Oct 2020 4:19am
Paradise
I captained a trip on a sailing ship
Across the rough and rolling seas
Looking for a place away from the race
Where I could do whatever I pleased
I passed an old man from the promised land
Who offered these words to the wise
It's not as they say if you go on that way
It's the same place in disguise
He said, "Paradise, well it ain't that nice
Go back from where you came
Cause unless you're blind you're gonna find
It's not better, Just more of the same"
I tried to sort as I sailed into port
All the things...
Across the rough and rolling seas
Looking for a place away from the race
Where I could do whatever I pleased
I passed an old man from the promised land
Who offered these words to the wise
It's not as they say if you go on that way
It's the same place in disguise
He said, "Paradise, well it ain't that nice
Go back from where you came
Cause unless you're blind you're gonna find
It's not better, Just more of the same"
I tried to sort as I sailed into port
All the things...
#wisdom
385 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
4th Oct 2020 3:50pm
4th Oct 2020 3:50pm
Two Toads
Three boys, in the fort they built in the woods
Stocked with a radio and a few canned goods
In the quiet little place called Beech Grove
A pleasant community that most people love
After telling jokes and ending up in stitches
Decided to scare each other with tales of witches
It was Bradon's turn and he was really on a roll
Martin was listening closely and it was taking a toll
Josh had a fire going and in an old pot they found
He was stirring with a stick round and round
“Old man Churchman used to walk these woods at night”
“How...
Stocked with a radio and a few canned goods
In the quiet little place called Beech Grove
A pleasant community that most people love
After telling jokes and ending up in stitches
Decided to scare each other with tales of witches
It was Bradon's turn and he was really on a roll
Martin was listening closely and it was taking a toll
Josh had a fire going and in an old pot they found
He was stirring with a stick round and round
“Old man Churchman used to walk these woods at night”
“How...
#Halloween
#witches
#curse
384 reads
4 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
4th Oct 2020 00:27am
4th Oct 2020 00:27am
Sing of Tomorrow
Someday we'll be out in the great expanses of space
To settle another planet to preserve the human race
Brave men and women facing the unknown
Will see the sun rise and know it's not their own
No one knows what tomorrow will find
No one knows what we're forced to leave behind
No one knows what the future will bring
We can only imagine the songs they will sing
Chorus:
Sing of tomorrow
Sing of today
Sing of the planet we've wasted away
Sing of the future
Sing of the past
Sing that this lifetime won't be our last ...
To settle another planet to preserve the human race
Brave men and women facing the unknown
Will see the sun rise and know it's not their own
No one knows what tomorrow will find
No one knows what we're forced to leave behind
No one knows what the future will bring
We can only imagine the songs they will sing
Chorus:
Sing of tomorrow
Sing of today
Sing of the planet we've wasted away
Sing of the future
Sing of the past
Sing that this lifetime won't be our last ...
#hope
#environment
#scifi
467 reads
0 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
3rd Oct 2020 2:44am
3rd Oct 2020 2:44am
No S on My Chest
Chorus:
When the world's in trouble and the shit hits the fan
I'd rather be Clark Kent than Superman
I work hard and I give it my best
But I ain't walking around with no S on my chest
I may have become more than a little bit jaded
But I always thought Superman was highly overrated
It's easy to go through life with good looks and super powers
Save the day, then fly in the sky for hours
Clark Kent has to go to work just like me
And be what his boss wants or at least pretend to be
Hiding behind a...
When the world's in trouble and the shit hits the fan
I'd rather be Clark Kent than Superman
I work hard and I give it my best
But I ain't walking around with no S on my chest
I may have become more than a little bit jaded
But I always thought Superman was highly overrated
It's easy to go through life with good looks and super powers
Save the day, then fly in the sky for hours
Clark Kent has to go to work just like me
And be what his boss wants or at least pretend to be
Hiding behind a...
#admiration
#SelfWorth
578 reads
9 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
2nd Oct 2020 7:05am
2nd Oct 2020 7:05am
Golden Rule
Don't need your sympathy, you lack the empathy
To mean it anyway
You treat others, even brothers
Like they were just there to throw away
The girl is grieving, now you're leaving
You don't want to get involved
Some day it could be you, feeling blue
Maybe your feelings would evolve
Chorus:
Treating others how you would want them to treat you
Not judge them or grudge them
Trying to be cool
You don't have to like someone, you don't have to care
Just try to be civil, just try to...
To mean it anyway
You treat others, even brothers
Like they were just there to throw away
The girl is grieving, now you're leaving
You don't want to get involved
Some day it could be you, feeling blue
Maybe your feelings would evolve
Chorus:
Treating others how you would want them to treat you
Not judge them or grudge them
Trying to be cool
You don't have to like someone, you don't have to care
Just try to be civil, just try to...
#relationships
#morality
332 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
1st Oct 2020 1:24pm
1st Oct 2020 1:24pm
Almost Famous
I was almost famous
I was almost rich
I was almost a genius
Not working digging a ditch
It could have been special
It could have been sublime
Now I spend every moment
Thinking of a crime
All those things I could have been
All those decisions I almost made
All those things I never did
All those things I never said
All the times I picked heads when I should have picked tails
All the times I thought I had succeeded when it turns out I failed
Yes I was almost famous
I was almost rich
All I can say...
I was almost rich
I was almost a genius
Not working digging a ditch
It could have been special
It could have been sublime
Now I spend every moment
Thinking of a crime
All those things I could have been
All those decisions I almost made
All those things I never did
All those things I never said
All the times I picked heads when I should have picked tails
All the times I thought I had succeeded when it turns out I failed
Yes I was almost famous
I was almost rich
All I can say...
#LifeStruggles
#SelfReflection
362 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
29th Sep 2020 1:36am
29th Sep 2020 1:36am
Howling to the Moon
(Visual as well)
He's a lone wolf
Traveling through the wilderness
Looking for the tenderness
He can only get from love
He's lost ever battle
And has nothing on his mantle
And he howls to the moon above
He howls to the moon above
She's a little lamb
A stray that's broken from her herd
A lonely girl as gentle as a bird
Who wasn't thinking about love
He manages to maneuver her
And he finds himself using her
And he howls to the moon above
He howls to the...
He's a lone wolf
Traveling through the wilderness
Looking for the tenderness
He can only get from love
He's lost ever battle
And has nothing on his mantle
And he howls to the moon above
He howls to the moon above
She's a little lamb
A stray that's broken from her herd
A lonely girl as gentle as a bird
Who wasn't thinking about love
He manages to maneuver her
And he finds himself using her
And he howls to the moon above
He howls to the...
#relationships
#conflict
#emptiness
1392 reads
3 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
28th Sep 2020 1:42am
28th Sep 2020 1:42am
Take it or Leave it
I don't write for the critics
What you see is what you see
I don't write for fans or haters
I write my songs for me
You don't see the world like I do?
You think my sides a bunch of asses?
You better get your head out of the sand
And get you a new pair of glasses
Chorus:
Cause you can take it, or leave it
To be honest I don't give a damn
I can't be anyone else
I am who I am
You can take it, or leave it
You can do what you're going to do
Cause you can't control me
And I can't control you
Everyone is...
What you see is what you see
I don't write for fans or haters
I write my songs for me
You don't see the world like I do?
You think my sides a bunch of asses?
You better get your head out of the sand
And get you a new pair of glasses
Chorus:
Cause you can take it, or leave it
To be honest I don't give a damn
I can't be anyone else
I am who I am
You can take it, or leave it
You can do what you're going to do
Cause you can't control me
And I can't control you
Everyone is...
#identity
389 reads
0 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
27th Sep 2020 6:47am
27th Sep 2020 6:47am
Like My Daddy Did
Pour my gravy over my eggs like my Daddy did
As long as I got biscuits to sop them up with
Memories of my Dad pop up now and then
Never know why, never know when
Every once in awhile, I'll make a sheepish grin
And I'll laugh to myself that I'm turning into him
Visions of my Dad pop up now and then
Never know why, never know when
Chorus:
My Daddy was a good man
But he wasn't perfect in any way
Sometimes I'd get so mad at him
I'd have trouble thinking straight
Still being reminded of a good man
In traits I...
As long as I got biscuits to sop them up with
Memories of my Dad pop up now and then
Never know why, never know when
Every once in awhile, I'll make a sheepish grin
And I'll laugh to myself that I'm turning into him
Visions of my Dad pop up now and then
Never know why, never know when
Chorus:
My Daddy was a good man
But he wasn't perfect in any way
Sometimes I'd get so mad at him
I'd have trouble thinking straight
Still being reminded of a good man
In traits I...
#father
#family
#memories
342 reads
0 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
26th Sep 2020 3:56pm
26th Sep 2020 3:56pm
Right to Poverty
Her boyfriend told her he loved her, that he was her rock, her savior, that he would be with her always.
Then the rabbit died.
He ran so fast that light couldn't catch him.
And she was left all alone.
or maybe someone she knew, or didn't know decided to force himself on her and she knew that every time she peered at the face of her child she would see her attacker, every look a reminder.
Could you do it?
No one wants an abortion. They just want a life.
In the 'good old days' before Roe versus Wade, women went to the back rooms where butchers would perform...
Then the rabbit died.
He ran so fast that light couldn't catch him.
And she was left all alone.
or maybe someone she knew, or didn't know decided to force himself on her and she knew that every time she peered at the face of her child she would see her attacker, every look a reminder.
Could you do it?
No one wants an abortion. They just want a life.
In the 'good old days' before Roe versus Wade, women went to the back rooms where butchers would perform...
#women
#politics
#LifeStruggles
340 reads
0 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
26th Sep 2020 7:46am
26th Sep 2020 7:46am
So Far Apart
I've lost most of my friends and family
Because we just can't seem to agree
They argued against what I felt was right
I can't understand what their values could be
My parents taught me right from wrong
I assume theirs did too
How can we be so far apart
A chasm you could drive a truck through
Chorus:
Both sides thinking they're right
One sides gotta be wrong
I'll take the one who lies the least
After all I wrote this song
What you believe all depends on what
Channel you watch on TV
Whether you...
Because we just can't seem to agree
They argued against what I felt was right
I can't understand what their values could be
My parents taught me right from wrong
I assume theirs did too
How can we be so far apart
A chasm you could drive a truck through
Chorus:
Both sides thinking they're right
One sides gotta be wrong
I'll take the one who lies the least
After all I wrote this song
What you believe all depends on what
Channel you watch on TV
Whether you...
#family
#corruption
#politics
347 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
25th Sep 2020 5:43pm
25th Sep 2020 5:43pm
Take It From You
What are the politicians fighting for?
Another bunch of shareholders begging for more
Trying to buy another stock or two
Pretending it will filter down to you
Men of means versus men in jeans
Pitiful people lining their pockets with green
Greedy ass bastards living beyond their needs
Squeezing turnips trying to make them bleed
Chorus:
The regular guy works to keep a roof overhead
His wife works too, to keep the family fed
If you manage to save a dollar or two
Take it from me, they're going to take it from you ...
Another bunch of shareholders begging for more
Trying to buy another stock or two
Pretending it will filter down to you
Men of means versus men in jeans
Pitiful people lining their pockets with green
Greedy ass bastards living beyond their needs
Squeezing turnips trying to make them bleed
Chorus:
The regular guy works to keep a roof overhead
His wife works too, to keep the family fed
If you manage to save a dollar or two
Take it from me, they're going to take it from you ...
#corruption
#politics
#money
#greed
#poverty
374 reads
2 Comments
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