Submissions by allistar (April Qualls)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I just write What comes to mind Not really a poet If you read my stuff you'd already know it
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
19th Dec 2022 3:42am
19th Dec 2022 3:42am
I won't say anything
I am afraid
To look into your eyes
For all the mistakes you've made
You've given nothing but lies
I can't trust you
I can no longer trust me
You are deceitful through and through
I was finally happy
But it seems you were just like them all along
Smiling in my face
As you walk around like you're not doing any
wrong
Yet you hide things behind your crimson wall
But I already know
Still I'll stumble because you made me fall
This knowledge I will never show
Hangs between us now
heavy on my heart ...
To look into your eyes
For all the mistakes you've made
You've given nothing but lies
I can't trust you
I can no longer trust me
You are deceitful through and through
I was finally happy
But it seems you were just like them all along
Smiling in my face
As you walk around like you're not doing any
wrong
Yet you hide things behind your crimson wall
But I already know
Still I'll stumble because you made me fall
This knowledge I will never show
Hangs between us now
heavy on my heart ...
#deception
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DARK POEM
Published
24th Jan 2022 9:10pm
24th Jan 2022 9:10pm
Your truth
Even if you leave this place
The darkness will follow
As long as you carry the same face
In this shroud of misery, it is inevitable that your soul will wallow
For the damned shall have no mercy, in this abysmal place
As long as you're here
You may as well let go of this sense of grace
Your deepest fear
For we are all lost, in this world of near miss, it's as though nothing is real anymore
Everyone is something other than human
This is where you realize what your fate always had in store
For you were meant to end up right where you are ...
The darkness will follow
As long as you carry the same face
In this shroud of misery, it is inevitable that your soul will wallow
For the damned shall have no mercy, in this abysmal place
As long as you're here
You may as well let go of this sense of grace
Your deepest fear
For we are all lost, in this world of near miss, it's as though nothing is real anymore
Everyone is something other than human
This is where you realize what your fate always had in store
For you were meant to end up right where you are ...
#death
440 reads
10 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
29th Jun 2020 10:09pm
29th Jun 2020 10:09pm
Pretend I'm on vacation
If I die
Know that I tried
I didn't just give up, I explored all my options until there were none left
I asked for help when no one was able to accept
I tried to do what I could
When no one else would
As I live
Just know there's nothing I didn't forgive
It's alright
I just turned out the light
I promise it'll come back on
As soon as I'm gone
I just won't be here anymore
If it helps, just pretend I went on vacation
To some beautiful nation
Don't think about me
In flame for eternity
Even as I...
Know that I tried
I didn't just give up, I explored all my options until there were none left
I asked for help when no one was able to accept
I tried to do what I could
When no one else would
As I live
Just know there's nothing I didn't forgive
It's alright
I just turned out the light
I promise it'll come back on
As soon as I'm gone
I just won't be here anymore
If it helps, just pretend I went on vacation
To some beautiful nation
Don't think about me
In flame for eternity
Even as I...
#suicide
530 reads
5 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
29th Jun 2020 9:39pm
29th Jun 2020 9:39pm
I'll be your shoulder
Take my hand
I'll stand with you until the end
When the rest of the world turns it's back
I'll make up for the love they lack
When you're alone
Just let me know
You don't have to be afraid, when it gets colder
When you're sad, I'll be your shoulder
When they knock you down
I'll craft you a new crown
When they drag your name through the dirt
I'll lend you a new shirt
When you have no friends
I'll hold you til your broken heart mends
I just wanted you to know
You don't have to go
I'd give anything
So...
I'll stand with you until the end
When the rest of the world turns it's back
I'll make up for the love they lack
When you're alone
Just let me know
You don't have to be afraid, when it gets colder
When you're sad, I'll be your shoulder
When they knock you down
I'll craft you a new crown
When they drag your name through the dirt
I'll lend you a new shirt
When you have no friends
I'll hold you til your broken heart mends
I just wanted you to know
You don't have to go
I'd give anything
So...
#suicide
413 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
12th Sep 2018 3:23am
12th Sep 2018 3:23am
raining fire
from the depths, i'll try to explain
that this is just a different kind of pain
i tear my thoughts apart, shove the pieces down my throat
hiding the demeaning things that i wrote
but the words, they just wont go away
it seems this emptiness is here to stay
escape is my new desire
but it's raining, raining fire
the earth is closing
closing around me
escape is my only desire
but there's only one way out and it's raining, raining fire
this not feeling thing
is a new kind of pain
it stands in my...
that this is just a different kind of pain
i tear my thoughts apart, shove the pieces down my throat
hiding the demeaning things that i wrote
but the words, they just wont go away
it seems this emptiness is here to stay
escape is my new desire
but it's raining, raining fire
the earth is closing
closing around me
escape is my only desire
but there's only one way out and it's raining, raining fire
this not feeling thing
is a new kind of pain
it stands in my...
#apathy
579 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Sep 2012 10:47pm
23rd Sep 2012 10:47pm
apologies
simple apologies that you made but didn't mean
in the end it's the little things that get to me
i guess it took me long enough to realize
that when you said you wouldn't hurt me the smile didn't reach your eyes
i thought maybe if i said i was okay it would make it true
but if it were, wouldn't I be able to trust someone new?
instead the nights just get colder, and the days get longer
the bitch of it is that i feel like this killed me instead of making me stronger
in the end it's the little things that get to me
i guess it took me long enough to realize
that when you said you wouldn't hurt me the smile didn't reach your eyes
i thought maybe if i said i was okay it would make it true
but if it were, wouldn't I be able to trust someone new?
instead the nights just get colder, and the days get longer
the bitch of it is that i feel like this killed me instead of making me stronger
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4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
23rd Sep 2012 10:34pm
23rd Sep 2012 10:34pm
the man of fire and dreams
he says hello to everyone
but smiles only at me
i turn away to run
and that's when he starts to speak
his lips so mesmerizing as he says my name, i always forget the rest
his hand on my face to tilt my lips up slowly
the blood red stones for snake eyes glinting off his necklace
just when i think he's going to kiss me
he says goodbye and walks away
disappearing into the night, i have a sense of foreboding that seems to last
as he leaves i am afraid
because he's left a signature in the grass
smoldering ashes in the shape of his shoes
eating...
but smiles only at me
i turn away to run
and that's when he starts to speak
his lips so mesmerizing as he says my name, i always forget the rest
his hand on my face to tilt my lips up slowly
the blood red stones for snake eyes glinting off his necklace
just when i think he's going to kiss me
he says goodbye and walks away
disappearing into the night, i have a sense of foreboding that seems to last
as he leaves i am afraid
because he's left a signature in the grass
smoldering ashes in the shape of his shoes
eating...
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3 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
22nd Sep 2012 4:09am
22nd Sep 2012 4:09am
i could get lost
i could lose myself in your hex,
open myself to your hot eyes and fall into your sex
let you have your way until we were floating on a cloud
fading away, crying out
i could get tangled in your sheets, lying in your bed
kneeling between my knees, i could get lost in your head
dream guy with your sexy lips, offering your hand
shirt half open, your chest bare with hot attraction unplanned
immediate in my approval, your eyes darkening in plight
a smile is all I'll give, lips parted just enough to be slight
you don't have to pretend,...
open myself to your hot eyes and fall into your sex
let you have your way until we were floating on a cloud
fading away, crying out
i could get tangled in your sheets, lying in your bed
kneeling between my knees, i could get lost in your head
dream guy with your sexy lips, offering your hand
shirt half open, your chest bare with hot attraction unplanned
immediate in my approval, your eyes darkening in plight
a smile is all I'll give, lips parted just enough to be slight
you don't have to pretend,...
#lust
#sex
#erotic
#sensual
#seductive
1075 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
22nd Sep 2012 1:24am
22nd Sep 2012 1:24am
emmy lee
she fell in the water, she couldn't swim
she tried to get out, flailing each limb
she was sinking to the bottom, unable to stop
she couldn't do much more than postpone the drop
tried to breathe but the water came in fast
in this frenzied state she would never last
the water pulled her down, down, down
she didn't want to drown
she tried, she really did, but she felt her body give
she prayed for a hero to come, to let her live
her lips sobbed promises to anyone who'd hear
a little girl who fell down a well, disappeared
she was fighting, she didn't...
she tried to get out, flailing each limb
she was sinking to the bottom, unable to stop
she couldn't do much more than postpone the drop
tried to breathe but the water came in fast
in this frenzied state she would never last
the water pulled her down, down, down
she didn't want to drown
she tried, she really did, but she felt her body give
she prayed for a hero to come, to let her live
her lips sobbed promises to anyone who'd hear
a little girl who fell down a well, disappeared
she was fighting, she didn't...
#sadness
#children
#death
852 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Sep 2012 5:50am
20th Sep 2012 5:50am
battlefield
i'm in a battlefield
treading on the blood of all who were killed
staring into the shallow unseeing eyes of the fallen
pretending i don't know it's a war no one can win
this fight i've started is a lost cause
but i can't seem to break through these walls
i've barricaded myself inside a lie
safely hidden from those who refuse to die
the sick, twisted darkness that hunts me down
threatening to reveal the secret of my frown
and the reason behind the cruel facades
that torture the light as it fades
into the shadows as i draw blood
satisfied as i...
treading on the blood of all who were killed
staring into the shallow unseeing eyes of the fallen
pretending i don't know it's a war no one can win
this fight i've started is a lost cause
but i can't seem to break through these walls
i've barricaded myself inside a lie
safely hidden from those who refuse to die
the sick, twisted darkness that hunts me down
threatening to reveal the secret of my frown
and the reason behind the cruel facades
that torture the light as it fades
into the shadows as i draw blood
satisfied as i...
#LifeStruggles
784 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Sep 2012 5:29am
20th Sep 2012 5:29am
the beginning of the end
forget how i wasn't there, not when i was needed by you
forget that it's my fault you're not here, still smiling at me
forget the sound of your voice as you told me what you had to do
forget that i didn't hear the anguish that i couldn't see
the things in my mind wont leave me alone
i still remember that you asked for me
how i refused to answer the phone
and it was i who could've helped you see
everyone who hurt you, and all who put you out
knew how much i needed you and all that you could be
i tried so hard not to accuse, to not...
forget that it's my fault you're not here, still smiling at me
forget the sound of your voice as you told me what you had to do
forget that i didn't hear the anguish that i couldn't see
the things in my mind wont leave me alone
i still remember that you asked for me
how i refused to answer the phone
and it was i who could've helped you see
everyone who hurt you, and all who put you out
knew how much i needed you and all that you could be
i tried so hard not to accuse, to not...
#friendship
#SelfWorth
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