Submissions by Whackytraveler
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Poet Introduction
Life’s a breeze when you’re living by the sea
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
8th Feb 2025 6:00am
8th Feb 2025 6:00am
Familiarity
Familiar
The smell of the home cooked meal
The softness in their voices
The warmth I feel
Close to home
The halls I once roamed
Familiarity
Of the faces
And songs
They made me strong
I’ve felt so wrong
One day in their warm embrace
They make everything okay
Again, the familiarity of it all
The pictures hung on the wall
I feel like I belong
Within the frame,
I smile without shame
Familiar voices fade
When I step back into my world
The unfamiliarity of it all
Where all seems...
The smell of the home cooked meal
The softness in their voices
The warmth I feel
Close to home
The halls I once roamed
Familiarity
Of the faces
And songs
They made me strong
I’ve felt so wrong
One day in their warm embrace
They make everything okay
Again, the familiarity of it all
The pictures hung on the wall
I feel like I belong
Within the frame,
I smile without shame
Familiar voices fade
When I step back into my world
The unfamiliarity of it all
Where all seems...
#bittersweet
#nostalgia
90 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Feb 2025 4:16pm
2nd Feb 2025 4:16pm
Runaway Bride
I wonder
Would it be fine
I pondered
If I was the runaway bride
I’d leave the alter
And fireworks would follow
The doves would fly
I’d feel alive
And I would not live a lie
I’d speak my heart out
Off I would go
To lands beyond
Places I’ve never been
I’d feel free again
If I was a runaway bride
I think I’d be just fine
Would it be fine
I pondered
If I was the runaway bride
I’d leave the alter
And fireworks would follow
The doves would fly
I’d feel alive
And I would not live a lie
I’d speak my heart out
Off I would go
To lands beyond
Places I’ve never been
I’d feel free again
If I was a runaway bride
I think I’d be just fine
#courage
#happiness
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Jan 2025 5:47am
25th Jan 2025 5:47am
The Wolftrap Bar
A tall glass of water you are”
The words I had no control of
Marooned at Wolfstrap
Except I wasn’t trapped
The bar partially empty
I had drank a few
Before I met you
You helped me sober up
And got me home
Alone I had felt
Until you made me melt,
My cold heart thawed out
I might be thinking out loud
But I may have found
The one I’ve been waiting for
I sank to the floor
An interesting predicament
Do you wish to be friends?
Or will you possibly,
Hopefully, maybe
Be mine
I’ve lived a...
The words I had no control of
Marooned at Wolfstrap
Except I wasn’t trapped
The bar partially empty
I had drank a few
Before I met you
You helped me sober up
And got me home
Alone I had felt
Until you made me melt,
My cold heart thawed out
I might be thinking out loud
But I may have found
The one I’ve been waiting for
I sank to the floor
An interesting predicament
Do you wish to be friends?
Or will you possibly,
Hopefully, maybe
Be mine
I’ve lived a...
#alcohol
#emotions
#patience
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1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st Dec 2024 7:02pm
31st Dec 2024 7:02pm
New Years tears
The ending of a year
Maybe a final tear
To leave behind
Time can’t rewind
But I can replay it
In my mind
The wonderful days
That felt like a beautiful purple haze
The way the sun lit up your eyes
How I cry
Thinking of the what ifs and memories I had long forgot
Everyone around is getting older
The weather is getting colder
I shut my eyes
And I wonder why
Life’s a breeze, or so they say
It feels as though life is blowing away
Maybe a final tear
To leave behind
Time can’t rewind
But I can replay it
In my mind
The wonderful days
That felt like a beautiful purple haze
The way the sun lit up your eyes
How I cry
Thinking of the what ifs and memories I had long forgot
Everyone around is getting older
The weather is getting colder
I shut my eyes
And I wonder why
Life’s a breeze, or so they say
It feels as though life is blowing away
#NewYear
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Dec 2024 3:55pm
19th Dec 2024 3:55pm
One silent night
One silent night
A world full of light
Warmth is shared
Everyone is full of care
Less blame
As they light the flame
The embers burn
We earn
To gift and give some a lift
That hold signs on the road
That are quietly alone
Chilled to the bone
One silent night
The world is full of light
I hold on tight
To that small flame
That holds less blame
A world full of light
Warmth is shared
Everyone is full of care
Less blame
As they light the flame
The embers burn
We earn
To gift and give some a lift
That hold signs on the road
That are quietly alone
Chilled to the bone
One silent night
The world is full of light
I hold on tight
To that small flame
That holds less blame
#Christmas
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1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Dec 2024 11:23pm
13th Dec 2024 11:23pm
Left
In the sea
I leave
I leave behind the confusion
Of this delusion
The pearls I made
Shattered and fit
For billowing ocean floor
Applauding the memories I once found dead
I fold
Their story untold
But the sea hears everything
And pushed the writer to continue
The story is not all ruin
I leave
I leave behind the confusion
Of this delusion
The pearls I made
Shattered and fit
For billowing ocean floor
Applauding the memories I once found dead
I fold
Their story untold
But the sea hears everything
And pushed the writer to continue
The story is not all ruin
#sea
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Dec 2024 9:37pm
11th Dec 2024 9:37pm
Mental Health
The tossing and turning at every sound
The rolling emotions the dream would bring
Every fiber of your being
Had picked up the broken pieces
All the spaces you were afraid to dwell
In your mind
All the lines you’ve heard over and over
Your thoughts that led you to dread
Right before bed
The closet you was afraid to open
Now a light is shown
You are not alone
Your inner demons,
made peace
It’s the least
You can do, for it is all brand new
You knew yourself little
And was not as...
The rolling emotions the dream would bring
Every fiber of your being
Had picked up the broken pieces
All the spaces you were afraid to dwell
In your mind
All the lines you’ve heard over and over
Your thoughts that led you to dread
Right before bed
The closet you was afraid to open
Now a light is shown
You are not alone
Your inner demons,
made peace
It’s the least
You can do, for it is all brand new
You knew yourself little
And was not as...
#emotions
#TimeHeals
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1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Dec 2024 2:29am
3rd Dec 2024 2:29am
Forever be
I want to live
And breathe
For the air to be sweet
And the stars to gleam
For the sun to set
In the brightest rays of light
I want to watch it all
I want to fall
Just a little bit more
In love with you
To reside beside me
To forever be, you and me
What a fascinating thing
And breathe
For the air to be sweet
And the stars to gleam
For the sun to set
In the brightest rays of light
I want to watch it all
I want to fall
Just a little bit more
In love with you
To reside beside me
To forever be, you and me
What a fascinating thing
#FallingInLove
#romantic
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4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Nov 2024 3:30pm
20th Nov 2024 3:30pm
Until we meet again
I’ve gone through so much without you
So much things I wish I could tell
I’d talk about how I fell
How I got back up
And how I missed you like hell
Until we meet again
I’ll love you from this world
Until I meet you in the next
So much things I wish I could tell
I’d talk about how I fell
How I got back up
And how I missed you like hell
Until we meet again
I’ll love you from this world
Until I meet you in the next
#death
#grief
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1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Nov 2024 2:43pm
15th Nov 2024 2:43pm
My father’s grief
He wears a smile on his face
And works almost every day
He stays up late
Will often go outside to rake
The leaves out of the yard
I mentioned the missing tombstone
But all I get is a reply
That says next time
My father’s grief
Hides itself well
I often wish it would come out of its shell
If not sadness then at least shed a tear
So his health I won’t fear
My father’s grief is locked away in a shell
No one knows when it comes out
I wish it was loud
And works almost every day
He stays up late
Will often go outside to rake
The leaves out of the yard
I mentioned the missing tombstone
But all I get is a reply
That says next time
My father’s grief
Hides itself well
I often wish it would come out of its shell
If not sadness then at least shed a tear
So his health I won’t fear
My father’s grief is locked away in a shell
No one knows when it comes out
I wish it was loud
#apathy
#father
#TimeHeals
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
12th Nov 2024 9:07pm
12th Nov 2024 9:07pm
The walking miracle
A walking miracle you are
A hidden warrior
You’ve felt the battle scars on your skin
Your chosen ones left too soon
Maybe a few were kin
You put up a wall high enough
So no one can come in
Your walls are cracking
You find out you can still laugh
You smile and every once in a while
You turn your light back on
It’s amazing what your body can do
And what your heart feels
It’s radical
The walking miracle
You are
The warrior within you can now sleep in peace
The war was won
You can still go on
A hidden warrior
You’ve felt the battle scars on your skin
Your chosen ones left too soon
Maybe a few were kin
You put up a wall high enough
So no one can come in
Your walls are cracking
You find out you can still laugh
You smile and every once in a while
You turn your light back on
It’s amazing what your body can do
And what your heart feels
It’s radical
The walking miracle
You are
The warrior within you can now sleep in peace
The war was won
You can still go on
#inspirational
#respect
#strength
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Nov 2024 1:38pm
11th Nov 2024 1:38pm
I forget why
Some days life passes by
I go about my day
And I don’t ask why
It has to be this way
I go about my day
And I don’t ask why
It has to be this way
#bittersweet
#TimeHeals
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