Submissions by anonymouslyhere (Pariah Shadow)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I just toss words around until it feels right.
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
11th Oct 2019 12:53pm
11th Oct 2019 12:53pm
A Longing for Autumn
There hasn't been a cloud in the sky
For three weeks or so
I suppose for most this is kind of nice
Nothing of darkness from the heavens
It almost looks like an early autumn
With the leaves falling so early
Though it is from heat and drought
I scarcely remember what rain feels like
I know it makes me more comfortable
It is when I do most of my dreaming
Sitting near a window listening to drops
Bounce off the rooftop and puddle below
The cold also would be welcome, it seems exciting
A stiff breeze against...
For three weeks or so
I suppose for most this is kind of nice
Nothing of darkness from the heavens
It almost looks like an early autumn
With the leaves falling so early
Though it is from heat and drought
I scarcely remember what rain feels like
I know it makes me more comfortable
It is when I do most of my dreaming
Sitting near a window listening to drops
Bounce off the rooftop and puddle below
The cold also would be welcome, it seems exciting
A stiff breeze against...
#love
#fall
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ANGER POEM
Published
2nd Oct 2019 8:55am
2nd Oct 2019 8:55am
Never Confuse Me for A Fool
I can see through lines
I can read through lies
The words used
To beautify and confuse
A twisted version of the truth
I can be your puppet
I can be the puppeteer
I can be the victim
I can be the volunteer
I can disarm or adhere
Fall away or follow-through
Just know that I know what you know
And though I may appear as ignorant--
A quiet member of the herd
I know the manipulation
I can distinguish what I truly heard.
I can read through lies
The words used
To beautify and confuse
A twisted version of the truth
I can be your puppet
I can be the puppeteer
I can be the victim
I can be the volunteer
I can disarm or adhere
Fall away or follow-through
Just know that I know what you know
And though I may appear as ignorant--
A quiet member of the herd
I know the manipulation
I can distinguish what I truly heard.
#betrayal
#corruption
#PowerOfWords
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DARK POEM
Published
2nd Oct 2019 8:18am
2nd Oct 2019 8:18am
My Great Surrender
Swimming in conversations
Their words are ill
The moonlight dying
Over the colorless horizon
Numb to effection
I long for no one
No soulmate
No friend
No diety peering at me
I surrender to the solitude
Crowds gather ecstatic
Finding a small distraction
Emphatically shouting
Everyone glows greatly
The sorrow isn't seen
And I mimic them
A mockingbird talking dirty
The sigh of another sunrise
I had no intention to see
The birds too bored to sing
Look right through me.
Their words are ill
The moonlight dying
Over the colorless horizon
Numb to effection
I long for no one
No soulmate
No friend
No diety peering at me
I surrender to the solitude
Crowds gather ecstatic
Finding a small distraction
Emphatically shouting
Everyone glows greatly
The sorrow isn't seen
And I mimic them
A mockingbird talking dirty
The sigh of another sunrise
I had no intention to see
The birds too bored to sing
Look right through me.
#sadness
#depression
#dark
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
17th Sep 2019 10:23am
17th Sep 2019 10:23am
Of Angels and Guns
I wanted to buy-in
Find my soul within
I only ask you not lie to me
Don't say you'll die for me
When you're the one
Holding the gun
Don't tell me not to run
When you're giving chase
Don't proclaim me as special
When it is I you seek to replace.
Find my soul within
I only ask you not lie to me
Don't say you'll die for me
When you're the one
Holding the gun
Don't tell me not to run
When you're giving chase
Don't proclaim me as special
When it is I you seek to replace.
#betrayal
#LifeStruggles
#religion
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Sep 2019 11:46am
10th Sep 2019 11:46am
Awaiting Miracles
Your advice to wait
Has left me in water
Drowning softly
Going no farther
Glossy views beneath
Calling to the father
Passing in an undertow
Complaining of stains
Left from the blood pouring
Out of twin eyes
Listless in their mourning
Lost days of fearless youth
Love is left distraught
In uncertain, timid interactions
Belligerent words have fought
Each new sermon served
And the lack of a lesson taught.
Has left me in water
Drowning softly
Going no farther
Glossy views beneath
Calling to the father
Passing in an undertow
Complaining of stains
Left from the blood pouring
Out of twin eyes
Listless in their mourning
Lost days of fearless youth
Love is left distraught
In uncertain, timid interactions
Belligerent words have fought
Each new sermon served
And the lack of a lesson taught.
#anger
#LifeStruggles
#hurt
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Sep 2019 9:16am
9th Sep 2019 9:16am
The Most Lovely
Our lives have intertwined
For but a moment I'm sure
Though I know if the chance
ever were granted
My life would seem enchanted
Some magical light blessed to me
They say no such thing exists
Yet I know differently
Happiness has avoided me
Years and years yet our conversations
Leave me gleeful, bubbly
It's something I've never felt
I wish I could tell you
Yell it to you
The magical embodiment of bliss
I know I do not deserve it
Never could I earn it
But it's a dream I'll hold on to
Until I am unfortunate...
For but a moment I'm sure
Though I know if the chance
ever were granted
My life would seem enchanted
Some magical light blessed to me
They say no such thing exists
Yet I know differently
Happiness has avoided me
Years and years yet our conversations
Leave me gleeful, bubbly
It's something I've never felt
I wish I could tell you
Yell it to you
The magical embodiment of bliss
I know I do not deserve it
Never could I earn it
But it's a dream I'll hold on to
Until I am unfortunate...
#love
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LOVE POEM
Published
26th Aug 2019 6:41pm
26th Aug 2019 6:41pm
Guilt of Two
Residue of guilt
On smooth skin
Engraved in eyes
An eternal lament
Most of our days
Seem intertwined
Foggy rooms
Scented by cigarettes
It's our dim judgment
Our wounds always mirror
Yet our eyes never meet.
On smooth skin
Engraved in eyes
An eternal lament
Most of our days
Seem intertwined
Foggy rooms
Scented by cigarettes
It's our dim judgment
Our wounds always mirror
Yet our eyes never meet.
#anger
#regret
#hate
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DARK POEM
Published
21st Aug 2019 12:28pm
21st Aug 2019 12:28pm
Black Rose
Buried in flesh
Two knives
Tears of blood
Slits in both eyes
Feral human
Tormented by
Imagination
Painted by a past
Too dark to admit
Grow black roses
To lay at the grave
Though not dead
It's a dying light
Fading with
Each
Cheap
Breath
Welcome oblivion
Face this face of
Death.
Two knives
Tears of blood
Slits in both eyes
Feral human
Tormented by
Imagination
Painted by a past
Too dark to admit
Grow black roses
To lay at the grave
Though not dead
It's a dying light
Fading with
Each
Cheap
Breath
Welcome oblivion
Face this face of
Death.
#depression
#dark
#death #MentalHealth
#death #MentalHealth
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DARK POEM
Published
9th Aug 2019 11:56am
9th Aug 2019 11:56am
Childhood Drowning
I remember your awful hands
Clothes ripping
Showerhead dripping
Echoes vibrate
From fingers to toes
Those lights blinded me
Bareskin on a cold floor
Writhing, fighting
You took that away
Eventually
I was your puppet
I'm not sleeping
Sixteen fucking years
I'm in a cold-sweat
I'm still running
From your skin
You violent waste of sperm.
Clothes ripping
Showerhead dripping
Echoes vibrate
From fingers to toes
Those lights blinded me
Bareskin on a cold floor
Writhing, fighting
You took that away
Eventually
I was your puppet
I'm not sleeping
Sixteen fucking years
I'm in a cold-sweat
I'm still running
From your skin
You violent waste of sperm.
#depression
#violence
#abuse
#LifeStruggles
#PTSD
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Aug 2019 11:39am
9th Aug 2019 11:39am
If Boredom Had A Soul It'd be Yours
You tiny bubble
Limited in thought
Unfamiliar ideals
Are sorcery
You piano ballad
Uncomplicated
Bland and happy
What are you made of?
You only flash color
When it's a white lie
You washing machine
Collecting dust
I can find no thrill
I run and you sit still.
Limited in thought
Unfamiliar ideals
Are sorcery
You piano ballad
Uncomplicated
Bland and happy
What are you made of?
You only flash color
When it's a white lie
You washing machine
Collecting dust
I can find no thrill
I run and you sit still.
#love
#hate
#friendship #boredom
#friendship #boredom
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SELF POEM
Published
8th Aug 2019 10:33am
8th Aug 2019 10:33am
A Rage Against Death
The reaper follows
Stalking quietly
Among nights
lonesome;
It is my own hand.
This rage burning within
Starkly contrasted against
Morose days spent awake
For fear of sleep
The reaper follows
He frequents my home
Guide me towards release
Only for me to back away
I'll suffer this terrible night
Alone, alone, go away
Reaper, deathly guide
I'll not go to the light
Not yet, though lately
You hardly startle me.
Stalking quietly
Among nights
lonesome;
It is my own hand.
This rage burning within
Starkly contrasted against
Morose days spent awake
For fear of sleep
The reaper follows
He frequents my home
Guide me towards release
Only for me to back away
I'll suffer this terrible night
Alone, alone, go away
Reaper, deathly guide
I'll not go to the light
Not yet, though lately
You hardly startle me.
#depression
#gothic
#death
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Aug 2019 7:13pm
6th Aug 2019 7:13pm
Forgotten in Silence/Common fool
Infatuated with a glow
Once present within
I follow its path
Forgotten
Wandering aimlessly
Am I a fool
Never to notice
This darkness forboding?
As a child
Without a guide
Calling out
To ears
That hear only
Silence
I will be found ...
Once present within
I follow its path
Forgotten
Wandering aimlessly
Am I a fool
Never to notice
This darkness forboding?
As a child
Without a guide
Calling out
To ears
That hear only
Silence
I will be found ...
#love
#grief
#teens #memories
#teens #memories
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