Submissions by Zach_of_all_trades
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
It is the highest goal of an artist to make someone feel something, whatever feeling it may be. Let it be pure and genuine in all of its imperfect glory.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Jan 2019 2:10pm
3rd Jan 2019 2:10pm
Jake
It came for him
Quietly in the shadows
Lurking undetected
But the devil would reveal its face
We knew its name and it shook us
He stood fast
Unwavering in the coming storm
Facing it with a smile
Humor and grace were weapons of choice
A pillar of strength unmatched
As the black consumed his mortal shell
Robbing the world of his light
Death thinks it has won today
As we carry the warrior on his shield
It merely freed him from his bonds
The spirit of the man endures
Dwelling peacefully among...
Quietly in the shadows
Lurking undetected
But the devil would reveal its face
We knew its name and it shook us
He stood fast
Unwavering in the coming storm
Facing it with a smile
Humor and grace were weapons of choice
A pillar of strength unmatched
As the black consumed his mortal shell
Robbing the world of his light
Death thinks it has won today
As we carry the warrior on his shield
It merely freed him from his bonds
The spirit of the man endures
Dwelling peacefully among...
#grief
#courage
#death
#admiration
#cancer
466 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Nov 2018 2:11pm
15th Nov 2018 2:11pm
Just Another Thursday
The clock ticks with a thunderous boom
Each second louder than the last
Every minute is a lifetime
Days are millennia
The warmth of joy, a stranger
Present for a moment, ever passing
Darkest hours stretch through eons
Reluctantly reside inside the void
Each second louder than the last
Every minute is a lifetime
Days are millennia
The warmth of joy, a stranger
Present for a moment, ever passing
Darkest hours stretch through eons
Reluctantly reside inside the void
#depression
416 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Jun 2018 5:47am
22nd Jun 2018 5:47am
Figment
Can we go somewhere far away?
A safe place with warm sunny days
Somewhere lost in time
A place untouched by complication
Filled with hope and adoration
That would be sublime
Your perfect hair in the pale moon light
Flames that dance in your eyes so bright
Such a place could we find?
Love untouched by outside force
Wild and free with no remorse
Is only in my mind
A safe place with warm sunny days
Somewhere lost in time
A place untouched by complication
Filled with hope and adoration
That would be sublime
Your perfect hair in the pale moon light
Flames that dance in your eyes so bright
Such a place could we find?
Love untouched by outside force
Wild and free with no remorse
Is only in my mind
#sadness
#love
#loneliness
499 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Jun 2018 9:50pm
11th Jun 2018 9:50pm
SNAFU (Situation Normal All F@#ked Up)
A tongue fallen silent
Fingers now still
No words will stain the page today
Conditioned in darkness
Bound in doubt
Refuse to cast shadows in the sun
A passing glance
Situation normal
Surface tension holding steady
Twisted mind
Behind a fading smile
Haunted by the ghosts of the living
Fingers now still
No words will stain the page today
Conditioned in darkness
Bound in doubt
Refuse to cast shadows in the sun
A passing glance
Situation normal
Surface tension holding steady
Twisted mind
Behind a fading smile
Haunted by the ghosts of the living
#heartbroken
478 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Apr 2018 3:13pm
17th Apr 2018 3:13pm
Antisocial Media
The words shoot off the page
As if shouting in your face
Slovenly composed drivel
Slathered over pointless conjecture
A tool purposed to connect and unite
Voices the madness in men
“…and women, you sexist bastard!”
No need for enemies
They turn on themselves
Seething with hate and division
Propagated by the pulse of falsehood
Smashed in the face like a cake
From a wedding doomed to divorce
The unholy union of consumption and control
The lambs soon will slaughter themselves
As if shouting in your face
Slovenly composed drivel
Slathered over pointless conjecture
A tool purposed to connect and unite
Voices the madness in men
“…and women, you sexist bastard!”
No need for enemies
They turn on themselves
Seething with hate and division
Propagated by the pulse of falsehood
Smashed in the face like a cake
From a wedding doomed to divorce
The unholy union of consumption and control
The lambs soon will slaughter themselves
#TruthOfLife
540 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Mar 2018 3:59am
26th Mar 2018 3:59am
Pointless Questions: An Inordinate Amount
If I lay here in this empty room
would I have the chance to feel a piece of you?
If I lay with my arms spread wide
would you be able to fall into them again?
If I pretend, just for one moment
that this all ends like it does in the movies
Would my lie forcibly become the truth?
If I hope against all hope
And I wish amongst all stars
Can I pray to every God in existence
For the restoration of a life that was ours?
If I convince you that I am truly sorry
does it erase all the broken promises?
If I call bluff...
would I have the chance to feel a piece of you?
If I lay with my arms spread wide
would you be able to fall into them again?
If I pretend, just for one moment
that this all ends like it does in the movies
Would my lie forcibly become the truth?
If I hope against all hope
And I wish amongst all stars
Can I pray to every God in existence
For the restoration of a life that was ours?
If I convince you that I am truly sorry
does it erase all the broken promises?
If I call bluff...
#love
626 reads
2 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
20th Mar 2018 2:39pm
20th Mar 2018 2:39pm
Place Your Bets
She was there. Expecting the familiar unsettling feeling, I tread lightly. Something was different. There was softness in her eyes and a calm within her tone, as if all the darkness had been erased from our checkered past.
She did not gaze upon me as a lover, nor a foe. It was somewhere in the middle. Somewhere close to the beginning. It was peaceful. For the first time in years I felt the warm embrace of serenity. We spoke like old friends who never missed a beat. The chorus of our conversation sung vibrantly in my ears.
Oh how I have longed for this. Arms...
She did not gaze upon me as a lover, nor a foe. It was somewhere in the middle. Somewhere close to the beginning. It was peaceful. For the first time in years I felt the warm embrace of serenity. We spoke like old friends who never missed a beat. The chorus of our conversation sung vibrantly in my ears.
Oh how I have longed for this. Arms...
#love
#breakup
553 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Mar 2018 6:00pm
15th Mar 2018 6:00pm
Insert Clever Title Here
Take my words
A gift or a curse
Your heart to decide
Yours affect me
Leave my affections
Effectively denied
I blame the mind
Retreat to zero
Square one again
Adapting to an absence
Familiar place
Just like home
Accustomed to the silence
Sought but cannot find
A gift or a curse
Your heart to decide
Yours affect me
Leave my affections
Effectively denied
I blame the mind
Retreat to zero
Square one again
Adapting to an absence
Familiar place
Just like home
Accustomed to the silence
Sought but cannot find
#UnrequitedLove
554 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Feb 2018 5:28pm
27th Feb 2018 5:28pm
Light Reading
Behind each face lies a story
Written by experience
Penned in pain, etched with smiles
Souls weighted with unspeakable truths
And unforgettable lies
Tethered memories run for miles
You can’t know the tale by cover alone
Details strewn about pages
Rarely found laced in gold
Drink in every word, sentence and mark
As petals on spring’s first flower
Watch a person unfold
Written by experience
Penned in pain, etched with smiles
Souls weighted with unspeakable truths
And unforgettable lies
Tethered memories run for miles
You can’t know the tale by cover alone
Details strewn about pages
Rarely found laced in gold
Drink in every word, sentence and mark
As petals on spring’s first flower
Watch a person unfold
581 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Feb 2018 8:01pm
14th Feb 2018 8:01pm
An Illfated Spark
In dreams we ignite
Dry forest meets lightning strike
Oh how we burn so bright
Swiftly with savage intent
The morning is the aftermath
Skies dark with floating ash
Dying embers freckle sooted path
So begins the arsonist’s lament
Dry forest meets lightning strike
Oh how we burn so bright
Swiftly with savage intent
The morning is the aftermath
Skies dark with floating ash
Dying embers freckle sooted path
So begins the arsonist’s lament
500 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Jan 2018 9:38pm
23rd Jan 2018 9:38pm
Unheeded Premonition
Where did it all go wrong?
About the time her hand brushed mine
With purpose and intensity
Such an electric convergence
In the arc of bounding energy
Occurred a transmission
Of all events to come
A future set for checkered past
Every look, every touch
All the fights and laments
Played out like a movie scene
Etched delicately in memory
The convoluted plot unfurled
No secrets left unexposed
I saw the end within her eyes
I guess I should have known ...
About the time her hand brushed mine
With purpose and intensity
Such an electric convergence
In the arc of bounding energy
Occurred a transmission
Of all events to come
A future set for checkered past
Every look, every touch
All the fights and laments
Played out like a movie scene
Etched delicately in memory
The convoluted plot unfurled
No secrets left unexposed
I saw the end within her eyes
I guess I should have known ...
#relationships
564 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
19th Jan 2018 1:29am
19th Jan 2018 1:29am
Tonight
Tonight was like any other
Nothing stood out
Just the quiet passage of time
Each clock tick quicker than the last
Yet the day crawls
Tonight was as empty as the rest
Masturbatory habits
Self serving with little result
A distraction at its very best
From these closing walls
Tonight there plays a familiar song
One tied to distant memory
Of joyous days forgotten
Long before the mind took over
When heart took the wheel
Tonight I need to feel you
If nothing else so I can feel at all
So it's...
Nothing stood out
Just the quiet passage of time
Each clock tick quicker than the last
Yet the day crawls
Tonight was as empty as the rest
Masturbatory habits
Self serving with little result
A distraction at its very best
From these closing walls
Tonight there plays a familiar song
One tied to distant memory
Of joyous days forgotten
Long before the mind took over
When heart took the wheel
Tonight I need to feel you
If nothing else so I can feel at all
So it's...
#breakup
#memories
#despair #heartbroken
#despair #heartbroken
626 reads
1 Comment
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