Submissions by Vferry (vpf)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
STORY POEM
Published
21st Jul 2020 5:30am
21st Jul 2020 5:30am
The Light of Fish
The hood followed a flying V of geese- excited to see what was ahead.. The mountains slowly woke stretching its arms into the light. Like a Polaroid it slowly developed it’s image onto the water. It's shadow turned from purple to orange to a gold that caused time to pause in royal reverence, with the complement of perfect silence both inside and outside the car. Her eyes kept cadence with the subtle changes of the morning march. She just smiled with a whisper, "Thanks for taking me fishing dad."
#nature
#fish
#memories #daughter
#memories #daughter
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
20th Jul 2020 1:19am
20th Jul 2020 1:19am
Trying to Remember
Hey old man what is it you're trying to remember
A day long gone, a day long surrendered
The hangman has tied your tongue
But left clouds in your eyes to fly for fun
Far away from this cold dead winter
Hey old man, what is it you're trying to remember?
Old man, the stories inside your silence grow
Some are better left to remain untold
But others dance and slide inside your stare
Spinning simple smiles is all you share
Of a day from a long time ago
Old man, a day for only you to know
It seems you’ve found a...
A day long gone, a day long surrendered
The hangman has tied your tongue
But left clouds in your eyes to fly for fun
Far away from this cold dead winter
Hey old man, what is it you're trying to remember?
Old man, the stories inside your silence grow
Some are better left to remain untold
But others dance and slide inside your stare
Spinning simple smiles is all you share
Of a day from a long time ago
Old man, a day for only you to know
It seems you’ve found a...
#dreams
#death
#MentalHealth
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1 Comment
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Jul 2020 5:46am
3rd Jul 2020 5:46am
Peace with Lonliness
Making peace with loneliness
Finding the joy for which it brings
The falling snow will grow lonely
As it hands itself to spring
In silent suffering seasons wait
To feel the joy who sleeps so long
But without its rest and loneliness
Their beauty wouldn’t be as strong
There’s pleasure in their birth and death
So much joy inside their pain
From the pain comes happiness
From both sun and falling rain
Settle into the loneliness
And the season that you miss
It still grows inside of you ...
Finding the joy for which it brings
The falling snow will grow lonely
As it hands itself to spring
In silent suffering seasons wait
To feel the joy who sleeps so long
But without its rest and loneliness
Their beauty wouldn’t be as strong
There’s pleasure in their birth and death
So much joy inside their pain
From the pain comes happiness
From both sun and falling rain
Settle into the loneliness
And the season that you miss
It still grows inside of you ...
#loneliness
#spring
#nature
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jun 2020 3:57am
25th Jun 2020 3:57am
Gig Harbor
It’s safe in the harbor with its easy chop
Where the tide is not hurried to reach shore
Rather playfully rocks to perfect sounds and smells
Wearing the sun like a crown with high arches
Reflecting the different shades of shoreline pines
That sparkle inside its jewel shaped clouds
Eventually the tide will head towards deeper, darker waters
Leaving behind all its calm and reflections to enjoy
Where the tide is not hurried to reach shore
Rather playfully rocks to perfect sounds and smells
Wearing the sun like a crown with high arches
Reflecting the different shades of shoreline pines
That sparkle inside its jewel shaped clouds
Eventually the tide will head towards deeper, darker waters
Leaving behind all its calm and reflections to enjoy
#nature
#meditation
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
21st Jun 2020 6:17am
21st Jun 2020 6:17am
Backside of Water
The best way to remember
An even better way to forget
Is to follow the fence line to where it bends
With the high winds of lost regret
To the backside of water
With the darkest sides of sound
Where there’s no reflection to remind you
Of the mess you want to drown
And if you make it back
Ordained with a different heart
Make peace with your shadow
There’s no other place to start
Soon the clouds will split apart
On the spines of the tallest trees
The sun will open to warm your face ...
An even better way to forget
Is to follow the fence line to where it bends
With the high winds of lost regret
To the backside of water
With the darkest sides of sound
Where there’s no reflection to remind you
Of the mess you want to drown
And if you make it back
Ordained with a different heart
Make peace with your shadow
There’s no other place to start
Soon the clouds will split apart
On the spines of the tallest trees
The sun will open to warm your face ...
#religion
#God
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd May 2020 5:56am
23rd May 2020 5:56am
Morning
When the morning finally comes
Poking through the trees
Balancing the sounds of night to day
She settles for a bit
Behind a curtain of mist
Waiting to take the stage
Before daydreamers wake
To make Her clouds heavy
With contrasting shades of hope
That brings both sun and rain
She exhales a calm breeze
Of sweet pine and lemongrass
Ready to carry the weight of day
Until sunset comes to Her
Where She can rest again
And Maybe even dream
Poking through the trees
Balancing the sounds of night to day
She settles for a bit
Behind a curtain of mist
Waiting to take the stage
Before daydreamers wake
To make Her clouds heavy
With contrasting shades of hope
That brings both sun and rain
She exhales a calm breeze
Of sweet pine and lemongrass
Ready to carry the weight of day
Until sunset comes to Her
Where She can rest again
And Maybe even dream
#sun
#nature
#sleep
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1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
21st May 2020 6:55am
21st May 2020 6:55am
Devil's Dole
More dead than drunk
Short days gone long
Stuck somewhere
Lost and lifeless
No kingdom come
Too numb to care
Like the beggar
Both blind and righteous
Lend me a penny
I’ll give you a thought
And a ticket
To ride my soul
The devil rode twice
He liked the price
And chose this beggar
To be on his dole
Short days gone long
Stuck somewhere
Lost and lifeless
No kingdom come
Too numb to care
Like the beggar
Both blind and righteous
Lend me a penny
I’ll give you a thought
And a ticket
To ride my soul
The devil rode twice
He liked the price
And chose this beggar
To be on his dole
#depression
#dark
#FeelingLost
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
9th May 2020 3:56am
9th May 2020 3:56am
Good and Loyal Friend
Goodbye to the yesterdays
We promised to live again
That traveled far away from us
My good and loyal friend
Maybe all the memories
Were too good to live again
Maybe best left as they are
My good and loyal friend
If we could go back in time
We’d want to do them all again
There are not enough yesterdays
My good and loyal friend
I will step into tomorrow
And look back, now and again
To smile on what you gave to me
My good and loyal friend
We promised to live again
That traveled far away from us
My good and loyal friend
Maybe all the memories
Were too good to live again
Maybe best left as they are
My good and loyal friend
If we could go back in time
We’d want to do them all again
There are not enough yesterdays
My good and loyal friend
I will step into tomorrow
And look back, now and again
To smile on what you gave to me
My good and loyal friend
#friendship
#death
#memories
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LOVE POEM
Published
18th Apr 2020 6:02am
18th Apr 2020 6:02am
Again
I hear your voice skipping stones around my head
Sinking into darkness- wishing that I was dead
Playing all our favorite songs that play slower on my meds
Running through old walls that kicks me from my bed
Leaving you was easy but forgetting you is hard
I’ve buried you a thousand times but I couldn’t bury scars
I spin you into everything, including the windows of passing cars
chasing the tail lights of slowly falling stars
Maybe I’ll go blind so I can erase you from my brain
Or never feel or touch because...
Sinking into darkness- wishing that I was dead
Playing all our favorite songs that play slower on my meds
Running through old walls that kicks me from my bed
Leaving you was easy but forgetting you is hard
I’ve buried you a thousand times but I couldn’t bury scars
I spin you into everything, including the windows of passing cars
chasing the tail lights of slowly falling stars
Maybe I’ll go blind so I can erase you from my brain
Or never feel or touch because...
#depression
#loneliness
#breakup #emptiness
#breakup #emptiness
510 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Apr 2020 7:08am
17th Apr 2020 7:08am
Small Town Beauty Queen
She was kind of a hippy
Just a small town beauty queen
But her face didn’t know it
He was kind of a poet
He took the road less traveled
But his words didn’t show it
She wanted to be folk star
played small bars on the road
But the crowd wouldn’t show
He wrote her songs in his book
But his words never stuck
And was always short on dough
Slept each night in their van
Talking about peace and the Man
Too smoked out to make a thought
Started their days in front of stores
Got a few bucks...
Just a small town beauty queen
But her face didn’t know it
He was kind of a poet
He took the road less traveled
But his words didn’t show it
She wanted to be folk star
played small bars on the road
But the crowd wouldn’t show
He wrote her songs in his book
But his words never stuck
And was always short on dough
Slept each night in their van
Talking about peace and the Man
Too smoked out to make a thought
Started their days in front of stores
Got a few bucks...
#memories
#LifeChangingMoment
#nostalgia
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LOVE POEM
Published
14th Apr 2020 6:04am
14th Apr 2020 6:04am
Forget Me Not
A slow drip of a silhouette
From a window long ago
Whispers ripples on the water
Where the Forget Me Nots grow
I’m fixed in time that won’t unwind
With slivers of you inside my brain
Gone kisses under the street lamps
With the Forget Me Nots and their pain
Let the night birds fly you from sight
Where your shadow cannot show
Too dark for my mind’s eyes
And where Forget Me Nots can’t grow
From a window long ago
Whispers ripples on the water
Where the Forget Me Nots grow
I’m fixed in time that won’t unwind
With slivers of you inside my brain
Gone kisses under the street lamps
With the Forget Me Nots and their pain
Let the night birds fly you from sight
Where your shadow cannot show
Too dark for my mind’s eyes
And where Forget Me Nots can’t grow
#loneliness
#shadows
#emptiness #separation
#emptiness #separation
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LOVE POEM
Published
12th Apr 2020 3:00am
12th Apr 2020 3:00am
Porch Drinking Coffeee
Goodnight my love
I’ll see you in the morning
Sweet dreams my love
Let the angels bring you back
Just close your eyes my love
Let’s just fade into tomorrow
Where tomorrow is
Just sitting on the porch
drinking coffee
And When it comes
Read me all the headlines
With all your little comments
I'll just nod and play along
All of the good nights
Get me through the empty days
Until I feel you lying next to me
In a sweet dream of us
On the porch drinking coffee
I’ll see you in the morning
Sweet dreams my love
Let the angels bring you back
Just close your eyes my love
Let’s just fade into tomorrow
Where tomorrow is
Just sitting on the porch
drinking coffee
And When it comes
Read me all the headlines
With all your little comments
I'll just nod and play along
All of the good nights
Get me through the empty days
Until I feel you lying next to me
In a sweet dream of us
On the porch drinking coffee
#grief
#dreams
#death
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