Submissions by bydk
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
in her image
I don’t believe in God
that made me
in her image.
but if there is,
when I’m alone,
I need her to listen
to all of my ramblings
spoken,
out loud or on repeat
in my mind.
call it a cry for help
call it a prayer; fuck
call it whatever you want.
but if you do hear me,
if you do answer
please do not persuade me
to believe in you,
but encourage me
to carry on
with everything I have
left in me,
to use every tool
you bestowed
to...
that made me
in her image.
but if there is,
when I’m alone,
I need her to listen
to all of my ramblings
spoken,
out loud or on repeat
in my mind.
call it a cry for help
call it a prayer; fuck
call it whatever you want.
but if you do hear me,
if you do answer
please do not persuade me
to believe in you,
but encourage me
to carry on
with everything I have
left in me,
to use every tool
you bestowed
to...
#God
#myself
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bittersweet cacophony
bittersweet cacophony
reasons fall
out of autumn sky,
eagles rupture
stones torn;
bright stars pecking
blackened sheets of night.
the dead sway
in trees
///
crones crackle
a wood stove lit,
crows scratching
golden rings;
love bitten trickles
timely drips-
taste the bloody
music.
bydk 09/29/19
reasons fall
out of autumn sky,
eagles rupture
stones torn;
bright stars pecking
blackened sheets of night.
the dead sway
in trees
///
crones crackle
a wood stove lit,
crows scratching
golden rings;
love bitten trickles
timely drips-
taste the bloody
music.
bydk 09/29/19
#universe
#music
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Let’s get it on
Quick, cosmic-cool,
I hurled every idea into
your brain fireworked
into the trippy tipsy dawn
and lit up the rackety
clapboard love city houses,
Jinn and toxic swinging
at your side between healthy
swigs.
You rolled and rocked
all the way to one night
paradise front seat hum,
hallucinating Marvin Gaye
beside you,
Pedal down to the canal ,
petals down, sharing chills
and flower stories, but chaste,
you only touched beams of light
on each other’s faces.
He grabbed you
out of his glum trance...
I hurled every idea into
your brain fireworked
into the trippy tipsy dawn
and lit up the rackety
clapboard love city houses,
Jinn and toxic swinging
at your side between healthy
swigs.
You rolled and rocked
all the way to one night
paradise front seat hum,
hallucinating Marvin Gaye
beside you,
Pedal down to the canal ,
petals down, sharing chills
and flower stories, but chaste,
you only touched beams of light
on each other’s faces.
He grabbed you
out of his glum trance...
#friendship
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the persistence of loss
I can resist
the fear of love
pent up
ave restlessness like moths,
enlightening me
with stains
of non-being
despite my dreams.
the loss drags on
with quaint wings
of fleshless flies,
quavered echoes
wincing and cringing
day and night
flaunts concealment;
shaded tears
shedding surprises.
the persistence of love is ours
to lose. what makes you think
I want to share
the heartache too?
bydk 08/24/19
the fear of love
pent up
ave restlessness like moths,
enlightening me
with stains
of non-being
despite my dreams.
the loss drags on
with quaint wings
of fleshless flies,
quavered echoes
wincing and cringing
day and night
flaunts concealment;
shaded tears
shedding surprises.
the persistence of love is ours
to lose. what makes you think
I want to share
the heartache too?
bydk 08/24/19
#love
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the last date
forgive me;
it was delicious.
so sweet
and
so cold.
bydk 08/14/19
it was delicious.
so sweet
and
so cold.
bydk 08/14/19
#love
#food
#metaphor
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starving anxiety
.. you can end it
in many
different ways but
you can't fake
your way out of existence
or make it better
or worse
I'm hungry
now how about some lunch?
(kill me
now, I’m having societal thoughts)
bydk 08/08/19
in many
different ways but
you can't fake
your way out of existence
or make it better
or worse
I'm hungry
now how about some lunch?
(kill me
now, I’m having societal thoughts)
bydk 08/08/19
#anxiety
#identity
#LifeCycle
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feelings
a void
dances
in null
ave each breath
escape
definition
bydk 07/30/19
dances
in null
ave each breath
escape
definition
bydk 07/30/19
#SelfReflection
#FeelingTrapped
#SelfDiscovery #SelfWorth
#SelfDiscovery #SelfWorth
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crumbled sunset
another sunset
sunken,
sifts me
unrested.
beautiful mind
in a decline,
I rise up
in knead.
this poem; a plated
prayer.
soon, the moon
will need it;
breaking bread
into unconsciousness
bydk 02/18/19
sunken,
sifts me
unrested.
beautiful mind
in a decline,
I rise up
in knead.
this poem; a plated
prayer.
soon, the moon
will need it;
breaking bread
into unconsciousness
bydk 02/18/19
#universe
#metaphor
#SelfDiscovery
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sunday
black tiger
red sea
blue chip
yellow birdie
green cheddar
white tea
bydk 01/27/19
red sea
blue chip
yellow birdie
green cheddar
white tea
bydk 01/27/19
#CallToAction
#sports
479 reads
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transparent
ghost stories
are real
///
it doesn’t mean
you’re a vampire
///
people are transparent
without reflection
bydk 01/21/19
are real
///
it doesn’t mean
you’re a vampire
///
people are transparent
without reflection
bydk 01/21/19
#ghosts
#humankind
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negated community
suddenly calm has me, seeing
the arch and the bend
around the neck. tousled vines
taut to the root
surrounds the windows pellucid
and paned reflection
who shutters
behind the gate
with latch unhitched:
you may not
enter without a key.
what a long time here
to havein possession
the mastery.
to be received
with permission whilst
the only one to hear
its coveted warning,
this pained love gin-clear
language denies me.
bydk 01/19/19
the arch and the bend
around the neck. tousled vines
taut to the root
surrounds the windows pellucid
and paned reflection
who shutters
behind the gate
with latch unhitched:
you may not
enter without a key.
what a long time here
to havein possession
the mastery.
to be received
with permission whilst
the only one to hear
its coveted warning,
this pained love gin-clear
language denies me.
bydk 01/19/19
#love
#TruthOfLife
#hurt
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insatiable instability
in between
hearts and legs
have her bleeding
pangs
bydk 01/17/19
hearts and legs
have her bleeding
pangs
bydk 01/17/19
#sadness
#love
#hope #heartbroken
#hope #heartbroken
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