Submissions by Valeriya (Valeriya Long)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I pull from the deep well for inspiration
SELF POEM
Published
14th Jan 2020 3:39am
14th Jan 2020 3:39am
Ballistic Therapy
Dark scales sloughing off
the edge of my skull
Bloody remnants of the cold
hard steel you used to bash
through bone and brain matter
"I love you" were the words that
came from your lying tongue
"No one else will have you"
You said
Pressed against pink stucco
my face pitted scratched with
bits of gravel
You chose the easy way
the back of my head
Fuck you I say as you cock
your weapon
Surprised--?
When I take the barrell press it
to my forehead
Telling you
"...
the edge of my skull
Bloody remnants of the cold
hard steel you used to bash
through bone and brain matter
"I love you" were the words that
came from your lying tongue
"No one else will have you"
You said
Pressed against pink stucco
my face pitted scratched with
bits of gravel
You chose the easy way
the back of my head
Fuck you I say as you cock
your weapon
Surprised--?
When I take the barrell press it
to my forehead
Telling you
"...
#death
419 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Jan 2020 7:37pm
13th Jan 2020 7:37pm
Broken Ballerina Dancer
Today, I am greeted by
a moss covered path, my vision
of profound joy fallen from a
neutral sky leaves me mute
Vintage film has lost its shape,
cracking like the face of love
without you.
Your delicate touch, like
fingerless wings sweeping
across my flesh, leaving tiny
bits of down as soft as powdered
talc.
Parts of me harden by the overpowering sensation I feel,
as I lose myself in the patchwork
of your fragrance.
The world, broken by fault has
placed us in a...
a moss covered path, my vision
of profound joy fallen from a
neutral sky leaves me mute
Vintage film has lost its shape,
cracking like the face of love
without you.
Your delicate touch, like
fingerless wings sweeping
across my flesh, leaving tiny
bits of down as soft as powdered
talc.
Parts of me harden by the overpowering sensation I feel,
as I lose myself in the patchwork
of your fragrance.
The world, broken by fault has
placed us in a...
#love
#identity
636 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Jan 2020 8:00pm
12th Jan 2020 8:00pm
Hypnoid Mortals Beyond Reproach
#lies
#betrayal
#politics
441 reads
9 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
12th Jan 2020 1:37am
12th Jan 2020 1:37am
Edge of the Asphalt Boundary
Beyond the chalked lines,
where four square balls
go to die
I pick dandelions that survive,
at the edge of the asphalt
boundary
Voices, calling all at once
A mixture a potpourri words
put into a bowl that stink
of stale mediocrity
Cracks from the rain make
patterns like the highways
of life
Tracing the familiar road,
has worn down the print
on my finger.
Drops of blood drip,
landing like tiny red stop
signs in my mind.
My boots unlaced at the top,
wipes out...
where four square balls
go to die
I pick dandelions that survive,
at the edge of the asphalt
boundary
Voices, calling all at once
A mixture a potpourri words
put into a bowl that stink
of stale mediocrity
Cracks from the rain make
patterns like the highways
of life
Tracing the familiar road,
has worn down the print
on my finger.
Drops of blood drip,
landing like tiny red stop
signs in my mind.
My boots unlaced at the top,
wipes out...
#myself
#FeelingLost
468 reads
4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
11th Jan 2020 7:06am
11th Jan 2020 7:06am
Dirty Aluminum
Water drops as a dense vapor slimey,
smears my sight smells of dirty
aluminum.
Your face, peering at me, from the
thorny hedge-row where the air, is
salty.
Sea breeze chokes me. head first
I lurch into the wet soil that transudes
piss.
Brambles and berrie vines slicing
through my skin like sharp grass.
Dripping drops of fresh blood that
tastes somewhat beautiful to me
I see you again through grayrain
luring me closer with your daring grin
tempting me to seek vengeance.
Mud...
smears my sight smells of dirty
aluminum.
Your face, peering at me, from the
thorny hedge-row where the air, is
salty.
Sea breeze chokes me. head first
I lurch into the wet soil that transudes
piss.
Brambles and berrie vines slicing
through my skin like sharp grass.
Dripping drops of fresh blood that
tastes somewhat beautiful to me
I see you again through grayrain
luring me closer with your daring grin
tempting me to seek vengeance.
Mud...
#love
393 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
11th Jan 2020 4:24am
11th Jan 2020 4:24am
Straight To Hell
I want the honor of lighting
the match that sends
you straight to hell
the match that sends
you straight to hell
#love
459 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
10th Jan 2020 10:55pm
10th Jan 2020 10:55pm
You Lied
We laughed
We cried
I listened
You lied
We cried
I listened
You lied
#love
559 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
10th Jan 2020 8:22pm
10th Jan 2020 8:22pm
Eonian Love
Adust cutis curls, founders
onto desert pavement.
Dry-shod, caked into
a geometric blueprint
Pueblo, silent it's former
shade of blush- wine
fades
Adhesive expressions fair
in the breeze no longer
tell of eonian love
Effort lost, for two
who knew love
once
Love, no longer
for two
who once knew
love
onto desert pavement.
Dry-shod, caked into
a geometric blueprint
Pueblo, silent it's former
shade of blush- wine
fades
Adhesive expressions fair
in the breeze no longer
tell of eonian love
Effort lost, for two
who knew love
once
Love, no longer
for two
who once knew
love
#love
#breakup
440 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
10th Jan 2020 8:49am
10th Jan 2020 8:49am
To a Girl Named Uma
Tawny, bronze skin like honeyed
cocoa transmitting vibes causes
my awareness to rise.
Bones become weak muscles
stiff, rigid, expecting .
A hypnotic susurrous tone deep
-throated sounds mesmorize me
Like soft sweeping leaves
of spun silk caught in a gale
force of wanton desire
Impressive firm grip jerked by
most delicate fingers that set
upon my flesh
Forcing me to pay attention
Heat rises Igniting into jaded
layers burning her touch into
erogenous nerves her image
into my mind
...
cocoa transmitting vibes causes
my awareness to rise.
Bones become weak muscles
stiff, rigid, expecting .
A hypnotic susurrous tone deep
-throated sounds mesmorize me
Like soft sweeping leaves
of spun silk caught in a gale
force of wanton desire
Impressive firm grip jerked by
most delicate fingers that set
upon my flesh
Forcing me to pay attention
Heat rises Igniting into jaded
layers burning her touch into
erogenous nerves her image
into my mind
...
#love
#lust
611 reads
6 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
10th Jan 2020 00:57am
10th Jan 2020 00:57am
Maslow's Hierarchy
Misery on hold, delayed stagnation
modified, forcing it's hold into the
crevices of your mind
it's frayed edges with tiny knots
preventing slippage.
The stench of a rotting life smells
beautiful in my smoldering nostrils
the hairs singed inhaled like rancid
amphetamine left to melt
in the sun leaving a lovely puddle
of liquid death.
A lethal mix of decaying day lilly's
atomized and carried by the wind.
Into the putrid ravines ransacked
of all the wildflowers meant
to bring euphoria to those...
modified, forcing it's hold into the
crevices of your mind
it's frayed edges with tiny knots
preventing slippage.
The stench of a rotting life smells
beautiful in my smoldering nostrils
the hairs singed inhaled like rancid
amphetamine left to melt
in the sun leaving a lovely puddle
of liquid death.
A lethal mix of decaying day lilly's
atomized and carried by the wind.
Into the putrid ravines ransacked
of all the wildflowers meant
to bring euphoria to those...
#MentalHealth
482 reads
10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Jan 2020 00:44am
10th Jan 2020 00:44am
Milk Thistle Cries When Ground
Tight layering of fermented
despair necrotic tissue
a collection of the gyre
Tattoos and scars coloration
depleted can be seen with
your head cocked to one side.
Sleep in your peculiar ways
the joy carved into your bony appearance a reflection of the
vile things that help you dream
Vultures pick apart choice
memories freeze dried
Punctured by stray needles
raining down from a piebald
sky
Losing bits of your alluvial
green
cross draft mirages fade
Milk thistle cries, as you...
despair necrotic tissue
a collection of the gyre
Tattoos and scars coloration
depleted can be seen with
your head cocked to one side.
Sleep in your peculiar ways
the joy carved into your bony appearance a reflection of the
vile things that help you dream
Vultures pick apart choice
memories freeze dried
Punctured by stray needles
raining down from a piebald
sky
Losing bits of your alluvial
green
cross draft mirages fade
Milk thistle cries, as you...
#anxiety
#regret
#LifeStruggles
359 reads
1 Comment
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