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
21st Sep 2017 7:31pm
21st Sep 2017 7:31pm
No Easy Way to Say I Don’t Need You
Truth spills as acid from a vat
Stinging skin and noxious to nose
Deafening to ears so quickly covered
Refuse to accept its piercing call
Wake up, peer through the haze
Reality beckons your recognition
You’ve lost your seat at my table
Unleashed tongue speaks no daggers
Words not for wounding
Denial is the true assailant
I deal in truths for the freedom
And dance around no one’s lies
Face it square, carry on
Your martyrdom is unbecoming
Stinging skin and noxious to nose
Deafening to ears so quickly covered
Refuse to accept its piercing call
Wake up, peer through the haze
Reality beckons your recognition
You’ve lost your seat at my table
Unleashed tongue speaks no daggers
Words not for wounding
Denial is the true assailant
I deal in truths for the freedom
And dance around no one’s lies
Face it square, carry on
Your martyrdom is unbecoming
#deception
631 reads
10 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Sep 2017 1:07pm
15th Sep 2017 1:07pm
Thanks for the Memories
Burned bright and fast
Scorched the halls of every place we’ve been
Casting smoky shadows
Scarring hearts and minds
Foolishly we played our games
No thought of consequence
Shared dreams and lofty goals
Made our promises we couldn’t commit
Disappointment came right for us
Flames that once captivated
Raged and consumed the landscape
A bountiful harvest of ash
Our place in history marked
Permanently to recall fondly or otherwise
A chapter in an evolving story
Scorched the halls of every place we’ve been
Casting smoky shadows
Scarring hearts and minds
Foolishly we played our games
No thought of consequence
Shared dreams and lofty goals
Made our promises we couldn’t commit
Disappointment came right for us
Flames that once captivated
Raged and consumed the landscape
A bountiful harvest of ash
Our place in history marked
Permanently to recall fondly or otherwise
A chapter in an evolving story
#PopCulture
659 reads
12 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Sep 2017 2:27pm
11th Sep 2017 2:27pm
Circle the Drain
Round and round you go
Slipping further into the aquatic vortex
A smug smile won’t keep you afloat
You’ll drown in your sea of lies
The face of a sad child says it all
You’re killing her too
Dragged to the depths by your pride
We stand on the shore’s edge
Desperate to cast out a line
Refuse the helping hands
Release your selfish grip
Don’t punish innocence with your sins
Slipping further into the aquatic vortex
A smug smile won’t keep you afloat
You’ll drown in your sea of lies
The face of a sad child says it all
You’re killing her too
Dragged to the depths by your pride
We stand on the shore’s edge
Desperate to cast out a line
Refuse the helping hands
Release your selfish grip
Don’t punish innocence with your sins
#depression
595 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Sep 2017 5:33am
2nd Sep 2017 5:33am
Reveal
Oh the stories told
By a face grown sullen and old
False witnessed bared
Inconsistency shared
The light of the truth falls dim
A survivors game
To fan the ego's flame
What the hell have I?
Throne of guilt upon pyre of lies
Convenience of belief on a whim
By a face grown sullen and old
False witnessed bared
Inconsistency shared
The light of the truth falls dim
A survivors game
To fan the ego's flame
What the hell have I?
Throne of guilt upon pyre of lies
Convenience of belief on a whim
#LifeAsAWriter
522 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Aug 2017 5:31am
21st Aug 2017 5:31am
Wasted Tears
A darkened room
The only light comes in flashes
From a clock longing to be reset
Deathly silence
Only disturbed by a splash
As tear drops crash upon a pillow case
The empty space
Imprints on a mattress now cold
A boudoir chalk line where a body once lay
Wasted time
Precious moments tossed aside
Grieving a love never earned
The only light comes in flashes
From a clock longing to be reset
Deathly silence
Only disturbed by a splash
As tear drops crash upon a pillow case
The empty space
Imprints on a mattress now cold
A boudoir chalk line where a body once lay
Wasted time
Precious moments tossed aside
Grieving a love never earned
#emptiness
669 reads
7 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Aug 2017 8:46pm
10th Aug 2017 8:46pm
Torchless
It has returned
Grey skies just before the black
Sinister plot to snuff out the sun
Horizon gone
Swallowed by shadows
Darkness sets in
Fostering the long cold night
Whispers of demons
Howling beasts long thought dead
Gnashing teeth, alive and well
How quickly the monsters move
When the light is gone
Grey skies just before the black
Sinister plot to snuff out the sun
Horizon gone
Swallowed by shadows
Darkness sets in
Fostering the long cold night
Whispers of demons
Howling beasts long thought dead
Gnashing teeth, alive and well
How quickly the monsters move
When the light is gone
#dark
#storm
#shadows
#nature
#nightmares
641 reads
10 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Aug 2017 7:52pm
8th Aug 2017 7:52pm
Who's Really to Blame?
Take what has been given
It is yours
I am the damned fool
Without a heart
It is yours
I am the damned fool
Without a heart
#lover
547 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Aug 2017 8:11pm
3rd Aug 2017 8:11pm
The Heart Wants
What is it about you that I just can’t fully shake?
Always something lingering in the shadows
It calls to me when I am weak
I laugh it off when I am able
Still you affect me
My head knows better
It will end just the same
My heart still burns for you
Wants to know if you’ve grown
Have you forgotten us yet?
Why wasn’t it worth the fight?
My heart is functional but never whole
Tells my eyes no one else will ever be as beautiful
My heart lies and tells me there’s still hope
My mind has grown...
Always something lingering in the shadows
It calls to me when I am weak
I laugh it off when I am able
Still you affect me
My head knows better
It will end just the same
My heart still burns for you
Wants to know if you’ve grown
Have you forgotten us yet?
Why wasn’t it worth the fight?
My heart is functional but never whole
Tells my eyes no one else will ever be as beautiful
My heart lies and tells me there’s still hope
My mind has grown...
#sadness
#breakup
#UnrequitedLove
#MovingOn
#bittersweet
811 reads
11 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
31st Jul 2017 10:28pm
31st Jul 2017 10:28pm
The Other Side of the Storm
Feel the breath of changing winds
Intoxicating scent of fresh dawn
Overwhelmed with sensation
Synapses fire with unimaginable intensity
Crawl from beneath the rubble
Bask in the early morning sun
Warmth of the new light peaking over the horizon
Energy coursing through a once lifeless soul
Rejuvenation at day break
Intoxicating scent of fresh dawn
Overwhelmed with sensation
Synapses fire with unimaginable intensity
Crawl from beneath the rubble
Bask in the early morning sun
Warmth of the new light peaking over the horizon
Energy coursing through a once lifeless soul
Rejuvenation at day break
#SelfReflection
#apathy
613 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Jul 2017 3:19pm
27th Jul 2017 3:19pm
A Long Forgotten Feeling
Who knew?
From those lips such words could captivate
Incite a riot inside, fueled and passionate
Fire conversation
Charcoal memories forever stain the mind
Eternally marked is this moment in time
An astral face
Beams cosmic light deep into shadows
Bathed with illumination and the joy that follows
Where have you been?
Absent through cold and colorless times
A welcome return before midnight bell chimes
Wondering mind
Journeys through realms of possibility
Imagination gone wild, escape from reality
New...
From those lips such words could captivate
Incite a riot inside, fueled and passionate
Fire conversation
Charcoal memories forever stain the mind
Eternally marked is this moment in time
An astral face
Beams cosmic light deep into shadows
Bathed with illumination and the joy that follows
Where have you been?
Absent through cold and colorless times
A welcome return before midnight bell chimes
Wondering mind
Journeys through realms of possibility
Imagination gone wild, escape from reality
New...
825 reads
10 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Jul 2017 5:58pm
25th Jul 2017 5:58pm
Tortured Soul
Across this burden
Lie the bluest skies
Through this haze
That veils the kindest eyes
You’ll find your peace
In a roar of pain
RIP apart our lives
Only guilt remains
Tortured soul, is this what you wanted?
Tortured soul, is this how it ends?
Can’t escape
Darkness fills the mind
Loose the grip
Of the ties that bind
You find your space
At the end of the rope
Silence that voice
With the loss of hope
Tortured soul, you got what you wanted
Tortured soul, you...
Lie the bluest skies
Through this haze
That veils the kindest eyes
You’ll find your peace
In a roar of pain
RIP apart our lives
Only guilt remains
Tortured soul, is this what you wanted?
Tortured soul, is this how it ends?
Can’t escape
Darkness fills the mind
Loose the grip
Of the ties that bind
You find your space
At the end of the rope
Silence that voice
With the loss of hope
Tortured soul, you got what you wanted
Tortured soul, you...
691 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Jul 2017 6:54pm
24th Jul 2017 6:54pm
V.
Overwhelmed by torrents of desire
Dare to dance within the flames
Masking spaces broken and hollow
A deep instinctual yearning
Collage of shimmering body parts
Move and twist rhythmically in the night
Feast of flesh and sin
Collapse in to a shameful pile
Eyes once keen on the target
Now retreat with fearful disgrace
Finding disgust in these tawdry amusements
Engagement in such savage affairs
Ultimate betrayal of trust in oneself
Poisoned thoughts and muddled emotions
A foolish humoring of the remnant monkey...
Dare to dance within the flames
Masking spaces broken and hollow
A deep instinctual yearning
Collage of shimmering body parts
Move and twist rhythmically in the night
Feast of flesh and sin
Collapse in to a shameful pile
Eyes once keen on the target
Now retreat with fearful disgrace
Finding disgust in these tawdry amusements
Engagement in such savage affairs
Ultimate betrayal of trust in oneself
Poisoned thoughts and muddled emotions
A foolish humoring of the remnant monkey...
564 reads
2 Comments
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