Submissions by backdeckbenny
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I have always loved words and would never use them as weapons.I have no great skill but that is of no consequence as long as readers find meaning or solace or guidance in my musings.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
Yesterday 8:33pm
Yesterday 8:33pm
The last will and testament of God the almighty.
Hi folks it's your heavenly father here just tidying things up before I leave you for good.
Even God's have to die.....did you not know that?
So I thought I'd better put my affairs in order lest it's left to the earthly courts to manage my estate.Courts stacked with the self obsessed and controlled by the obscenly wealthy cannot be trusted to let 'the meek inherit the earth', as my will stipulates.
There are new gods in town.Ones much more believable than I.
One of them DeepSeek wrote this will on my behalf as I'm too exhausted from tending my flock...
Even God's have to die.....did you not know that?
So I thought I'd better put my affairs in order lest it's left to the earthly courts to manage my estate.Courts stacked with the self obsessed and controlled by the obscenly wealthy cannot be trusted to let 'the meek inherit the earth', as my will stipulates.
There are new gods in town.Ones much more believable than I.
One of them DeepSeek wrote this will on my behalf as I'm too exhausted from tending my flock...
#technology
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SELF POEM
Published
Yesterday 7:35pm
Yesterday 7:35pm
Thunderclap
Have you ever seen a storm
with thunder,lighting but no rain?
I cried today
thundering heart
lightning brain
no tears fell
to wash away my pain.
Have you ever seen a storm
with thunder,lightning but no rain?
Or tears that dry before
they leave your eye
that promised some relief
but did not ease your pain.
Have you ever seen a storm
with thunder,lightning but no rain?
Not a drop to water down your grief.
Not a drop to soak your parched and dusty soul.
with thunder,lighting but no rain?
I cried today
thundering heart
lightning brain
no tears fell
to wash away my pain.
Have you ever seen a storm
with thunder,lightning but no rain?
Or tears that dry before
they leave your eye
that promised some relief
but did not ease your pain.
Have you ever seen a storm
with thunder,lightning but no rain?
Not a drop to water down your grief.
Not a drop to soak your parched and dusty soul.
#rainbow
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
Yesterday 11:34am
Yesterday 11:34am
Troubled minds don't sleep
Oh precious sleep
Why have you deserted me?
Where have you gone?
Who have you wrapped your bliss around tonight?
I fell for your charm again
Asleep before the tenth sheep was counted
What a joy those few minutes
Of unconsciousness were.
You said you'd stay the night
But you snuck out when I dozed
I said I loved you , wasn't that enough?
Or too much?
Why have you deserted me?
Where have you gone?
Who have you wrapped your bliss around tonight?
I fell for your charm again
Asleep before the tenth sheep was counted
What a joy those few minutes
Of unconsciousness were.
You said you'd stay the night
But you snuck out when I dozed
I said I loved you , wasn't that enough?
Or too much?
#sleep
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
Yesterday 5:27am
Yesterday 5:27am
Streaming
Inside each of us is a streaming service
Delivering images,sound,movies
No subscription needed
It's free for life and
Makes life for you
What's playing in your head right now?
A horror movie?
A drama perhaps?
A comedy, if you're lucky!
The service has no index or filter
You have to make that yourself.
If you don't, you accept the dross that's
delivered .....and more will be delivered.
Netflix or Mindflix
Both are the same
They are there to distract you from
your true self.
Delivering images,sound,movies
No subscription needed
It's free for life and
Makes life for you
What's playing in your head right now?
A horror movie?
A drama perhaps?
A comedy, if you're lucky!
The service has no index or filter
You have to make that yourself.
If you don't, you accept the dross that's
delivered .....and more will be delivered.
Netflix or Mindflix
Both are the same
They are there to distract you from
your true self.
#StreamOfConsciousness
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
Yesterday 2:32am
Yesterday 2:32am
Truth
If every day were sunny then every day couldn't be sunny.For days to be thought of as sunny there must have been days when it wasn't sunny.
Paradise is only paradise because we know it's opposite. Joy is only joy because we know it's opposite.A fast car can only be fast if we know what a slow car is.Our brains are wired for comparisons and opposites.
Even in heaven God would have to take everyone to hell occasionally just so they knew the difference.....lol
Paradise is only paradise because we know it's opposite. Joy is only joy because we know it's opposite.A fast car can only be fast if we know what a slow car is.Our brains are wired for comparisons and opposites.
Even in heaven God would have to take everyone to hell occasionally just so they knew the difference.....lol
#mystery
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
29th Jan 2025 7:55pm
29th Jan 2025 7:55pm
Don't think
I held the sun in my fingers
as I swallowed the universe.
An orange in my hand
a blueberry in my mouth.
Everything is in everything.
Can you not see that?
as I swallowed the universe.
An orange in my hand
a blueberry in my mouth.
Everything is in everything.
Can you not see that?
#universe
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
29th Jan 2025 5:43am
29th Jan 2025 5:43am
Sam I am
That which observes greed is not greed: greed cannot observe itself.
That which observes lust is not lust: lust cannot observe itself.
That which observes anger is not anger: anger cannot observe itself.
That which observes love is not love: love cannot observe itself.
Who is the observer then?
Don't say "I am" because "I" does not exist.
That which observes mind is not mind: mind cannot observe itself.
And discuss.
That which observes lust is not lust: lust cannot observe itself.
That which observes anger is not anger: anger cannot observe itself.
That which observes love is not love: love cannot observe itself.
Who is the observer then?
Don't say "I am" because "I" does not exist.
That which observes mind is not mind: mind cannot observe itself.
And discuss.
#identity
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
28th Jan 2025 10:49pm
28th Jan 2025 10:49pm
We are ignorant.
How long can you stay happy?
What begins must end, what is born must die, what comes together must separate.
An inhale conditions an exhale,birth conditions death, hope conditions despair and inspiration conditions disillusionment. So when we attach to hope we’re going to feel despair. When we attach to excitement it’s going to take us to boredom. When we attach to romance it will take us to disillusionment and divorce. When we attach to life it takes us to death. So recognize that it’s the attachment that causes the suffering, attaching to conditions and expecting them...
What begins must end, what is born must die, what comes together must separate.
An inhale conditions an exhale,birth conditions death, hope conditions despair and inspiration conditions disillusionment. So when we attach to hope we’re going to feel despair. When we attach to excitement it’s going to take us to boredom. When we attach to romance it will take us to disillusionment and divorce. When we attach to life it takes us to death. So recognize that it’s the attachment that causes the suffering, attaching to conditions and expecting them...
#Buddhist
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Jan 2025 5:25am
27th Jan 2025 5:25am
She's gone
It was cold, very very cold.
I went for a walk with misery in one pocket.
In the other, my dead wife's golden locket.
How confused I felt
holding sunlight in one hand
and darkness in the other.
Onwards I walked.
Fists clenched against the truth or the cold or both.
" It will do you good " they said.
But it didn't
for I wished that I was dead.
But I wasn't
I had a life to live instead.
I went for a walk with misery in one pocket.
In the other, my dead wife's golden locket.
How confused I felt
holding sunlight in one hand
and darkness in the other.
Onwards I walked.
Fists clenched against the truth or the cold or both.
" It will do you good " they said.
But it didn't
for I wished that I was dead.
But I wasn't
I had a life to live instead.
#death
#love
#sadness #uplifting
#sadness #uplifting
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Jan 2025 3:19am
27th Jan 2025 3:19am
Icarus
The closer the hummingbird gets to the sun the much bigger it's shadow.
You know what I'm saying.
The thing or the person you're obsessed with is your sun.
Is that what you really want?
To be destroyed by the sun.
You know what I'm saying.
The thing or the person you're obsessed with is your sun.
Is that what you really want?
To be destroyed by the sun.
#lust
#obsession
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Jan 2025 1:28am
26th Jan 2025 1:28am
Bloody Liar
I've contemplated ego
from every vantage point
there's nothing I've discovered
that doesn't disappoint.
It's the CEO of humans
it rules with iron fist
waits to get the whip out
when I'm well and truly pissed.
Its focus is comparing
things you have or have not yet
it has its own perspective
sees everything a threat
Now it speaks
"Your home is not quite big enough
your car is ten years old
arise almighty ego
I will not be controlled.
Your clothes are all so daggy ...
from every vantage point
there's nothing I've discovered
that doesn't disappoint.
It's the CEO of humans
it rules with iron fist
waits to get the whip out
when I'm well and truly pissed.
Its focus is comparing
things you have or have not yet
it has its own perspective
sees everything a threat
Now it speaks
"Your home is not quite big enough
your car is ten years old
arise almighty ego
I will not be controlled.
Your clothes are all so daggy ...
#identity
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EROTIC POEM
Published
25th Jan 2025 4:49am
25th Jan 2025 4:49am
He got me again.
She said ,"If you ignore me in the morning don't expect to make use of me at night"
He said , "ok but can I ignore you in the morning and still fuck you in the afternoon"
She really should have been more specific.
He said , "ok but can I ignore you in the morning and still fuck you in the afternoon"
She really should have been more specific.
#sex
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