Submissions by Van_Alestyne
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I enjoy writing and have no particular style I follow. I am trying to grow and expand my diversity. Feel free to read and critique my work. I would appreciate it.
ANGER POEM
Published
21st Aug 2013 00:37am
21st Aug 2013 00:37am
Inhibition
Inhibition I've tried canceling my subscription
Four, five, or six thousand times
I've lost count
You are persistent in your attempts to thwart my desires
I can state it in no simpler term than this:
Be gone! You have condemned me to levels
Of destructive tendencies that keep my potential at bay
I owe you nothing
You have sold a worthless product that has bound me
With an immovable chain.
I repeat be gone!
Find another soul in hell to entrap with your lies.
This ravaged soul is done
I have bled
And cried
For a lifetime
This...
Four, five, or six thousand times
I've lost count
You are persistent in your attempts to thwart my desires
I can state it in no simpler term than this:
Be gone! You have condemned me to levels
Of destructive tendencies that keep my potential at bay
I owe you nothing
You have sold a worthless product that has bound me
With an immovable chain.
I repeat be gone!
Find another soul in hell to entrap with your lies.
This ravaged soul is done
I have bled
And cried
For a lifetime
This...
647 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Aug 2013 00:18am
20th Aug 2013 00:18am
Blind Man
Blind man
Lead the way
An entire people
Watch the signs of the times
They watch the leaves fall
And hear a distant wind
Howl in the night
And they ascertain travails
What fools!
They are a people who have looked past reality
They see what they will
And are a choir of one melody
It is sung over
And over
And over
Blind man
Lead the way
You see more than you let on
You hear the frailty
Of these who are daily ravaged
By their own stupidity
Stupidity caused by ignorance
Never bliss
They are put under...
Lead the way
An entire people
Watch the signs of the times
They watch the leaves fall
And hear a distant wind
Howl in the night
And they ascertain travails
What fools!
They are a people who have looked past reality
They see what they will
And are a choir of one melody
It is sung over
And over
And over
Blind man
Lead the way
You see more than you let on
You hear the frailty
Of these who are daily ravaged
By their own stupidity
Stupidity caused by ignorance
Never bliss
They are put under...
708 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
19th Aug 2013 11:46pm
19th Aug 2013 11:46pm
Reality vs. Fantasy
I'd like to be in a world far away
Where life means more than today
Gold buys a whore in a moment
For pleasure taken by the throat it
Bleeds us all dry
And whatever we try
Death grips hold and won't let go
My only wish is to have a sure
Understanding
Comprehending
Life as it was meant to be
Love as it is given free
On a different shore
In reality or lore
Might there be
A depth unseen
Of which we can take hold
And in brazen lie are told
That it is not tangible
And never manageable
By those who are held at arms...
Where life means more than today
Gold buys a whore in a moment
For pleasure taken by the throat it
Bleeds us all dry
And whatever we try
Death grips hold and won't let go
My only wish is to have a sure
Understanding
Comprehending
Life as it was meant to be
Love as it is given free
On a different shore
In reality or lore
Might there be
A depth unseen
Of which we can take hold
And in brazen lie are told
That it is not tangible
And never manageable
By those who are held at arms...
1113 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
18th Aug 2013 2:44am
18th Aug 2013 2:44am
A ghost
There is an alley
In the black of night
All is calm and quiet
An individual strides alone
His long coat wisps
To and fro as he walks
The crunch of his leather boots
Resound from beneath his heavy form
A hood hides his face
And gloves his hands
His demeanor is menacing
His breath is exhaled in loud rasps
The moon overhead
Is partially hidden
A bird swoops low
Its screech echoes on and on and on
A cemetery is passed
It is overgrown
And the headstones
Are weatherworn from times untold
At...
In the black of night
All is calm and quiet
An individual strides alone
His long coat wisps
To and fro as he walks
The crunch of his leather boots
Resound from beneath his heavy form
A hood hides his face
And gloves his hands
His demeanor is menacing
His breath is exhaled in loud rasps
The moon overhead
Is partially hidden
A bird swoops low
Its screech echoes on and on and on
A cemetery is passed
It is overgrown
And the headstones
Are weatherworn from times untold
At...
654 reads
3 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
17th Aug 2013 7:07pm
17th Aug 2013 7:07pm
Scenes of Fate
Grandiose scenery
Tales of woe are normality
Hearts are stolen; common thievery
Daily tidings of such gravity
Bring decency far aloft
Swords and stones
Words sweetly whispered
Friends and foes
Have always aspired
To rend unity apart
For their own purpose
Life's lust, greed's desire
Sprout in hearts hidden lair
Fruition comes when birth brings forth
The intimate things of priceless worth
And we see what was hidden
And bear witness to the darkness
That will bring forth the same
...
Tales of woe are normality
Hearts are stolen; common thievery
Daily tidings of such gravity
Bring decency far aloft
Swords and stones
Words sweetly whispered
Friends and foes
Have always aspired
To rend unity apart
For their own purpose
Life's lust, greed's desire
Sprout in hearts hidden lair
Fruition comes when birth brings forth
The intimate things of priceless worth
And we see what was hidden
And bear witness to the darkness
That will bring forth the same
...
699 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Aug 2013 2:32am
17th Aug 2013 2:32am
Alone
Candles flicker
In this house of mine
I have created an atmosphere
You would have loved
I have set out the wine
The dishes shine
They sparkle in this light
It is just such a night
I dreamed we could have
There is faint music abroad
It floats on the air
Like a dream
Like a fantasy
We talked of romance
And a future as one
One in body
One in heart
Dreams of what could be
Are now dead
Hours of whispers
Are now mere memories
They are burned in my mind
They weigh me down
I shouldn't look...
In this house of mine
I have created an atmosphere
You would have loved
I have set out the wine
The dishes shine
They sparkle in this light
It is just such a night
I dreamed we could have
There is faint music abroad
It floats on the air
Like a dream
Like a fantasy
We talked of romance
And a future as one
One in body
One in heart
Dreams of what could be
Are now dead
Hours of whispers
Are now mere memories
They are burned in my mind
They weigh me down
I shouldn't look...
725 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
16th Aug 2013 6:16pm
16th Aug 2013 6:16pm
Lust
The Luster-
Let my love
flow over you
Like a hot oil
It burns deep
My love is like
A knife that cuts
It removes all
Filth and pain and hate
In the darkness
You were found
In another's
Chains you were bound
Remove your clothes
This blood I will pour
Over your head
And purify your wrong
Look into my eyes
The candlelight flickers dim
I see your past
I feel your pain....see your sin
A shadow covers
Like a thick dark veil
The life inside
That yearns to feel
Do not...
Let my love
flow over you
Like a hot oil
It burns deep
My love is like
A knife that cuts
It removes all
Filth and pain and hate
In the darkness
You were found
In another's
Chains you were bound
Remove your clothes
This blood I will pour
Over your head
And purify your wrong
Look into my eyes
The candlelight flickers dim
I see your past
I feel your pain....see your sin
A shadow covers
Like a thick dark veil
The life inside
That yearns to feel
Do not...
1071 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
16th Aug 2013 6:01pm
16th Aug 2013 6:01pm
I tried to hide
I tried to hide
Now I contemplate suicide
Knife in hand
I think of an end to this bland
Life
My wife desires wholeness
This strife threatens rest
My rest
And the rest
Of what was best
And now is less
Than a dead horse
I would care if course
If I could
I should
Think of others
Of sisters and brothers
Of children and spouse
But I can't rouse
Myself any longer
There is no song or
Poem of hope
Of love's elope
All I have is a dark heart
In a dark corner
Of a dismal world
In a dreadful age...
Now I contemplate suicide
Knife in hand
I think of an end to this bland
Life
My wife desires wholeness
This strife threatens rest
My rest
And the rest
Of what was best
And now is less
Than a dead horse
I would care if course
If I could
I should
Think of others
Of sisters and brothers
Of children and spouse
But I can't rouse
Myself any longer
There is no song or
Poem of hope
Of love's elope
All I have is a dark heart
In a dark corner
Of a dismal world
In a dreadful age...
694 reads
2 Comments
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