Submissions by carpemax
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
As a songwriter/guitarist, I've written lots of verse. Come to find out, I've been self analyzing all along. Please forgive my indiscretions with syntax. I should've paid closer attention in English classes. Even so, this is me in all of my nakedness.
LOVE POEM
Published
1st Apr 2020 6:06am
1st Apr 2020 6:06am
Unrequited Love
You have left me to die in the coldness of your warmth, for Its winter has barren my soul. I have cried to the angels to assuage this lonliness, though silent remains Haven's call.
All words, music and lyrics are the property of Richard Maxwell and are protected by the United States of America and International copyright laws. No reproductions, copies or alterations of these words and/or lyrics are permitted without the express written consent of Richard Maxwell. Copyright 2020
All words, music and lyrics are the property of Richard Maxwell and are protected by the United States of America and International copyright laws. No reproductions, copies or alterations of these words and/or lyrics are permitted without the express written consent of Richard Maxwell. Copyright 2020
#sadness
#loneliness
#rejection
#UnrequitedLove
#emptiness
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SONG LYRICS
Published
7th Mar 2020 6:21am
7th Mar 2020 6:21am
I Saw Her Today
-Slow, Melodic Ballad-
-Capo Acoustic Guitar on 5th Fret, Key of G-
So, I saw her today for the first time in awhile and yeah, she's carried through well. But as she took me by the hand I could feel right away...I had missed on my one promise land.
Though, gone were all the years since our final, sad goodbye, when each tear held a special kinda pain. Always thought we'd be as one again...guess the distance grew (so) self-contained.
-Chorus-
-And through all those lonely nights I have kissed her in my dreams but the dawning light breaks us, once again. While...
-Capo Acoustic Guitar on 5th Fret, Key of G-
So, I saw her today for the first time in awhile and yeah, she's carried through well. But as she took me by the hand I could feel right away...I had missed on my one promise land.
Though, gone were all the years since our final, sad goodbye, when each tear held a special kinda pain. Always thought we'd be as one again...guess the distance grew (so) self-contained.
-Chorus-
-And through all those lonely nights I have kissed her in my dreams but the dawning light breaks us, once again. While...
#love
#heartbroken
#emotions
#music
#lyrics
527 reads
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SONG LYRICS
Published
17th Aug 2019 5:57am
17th Aug 2019 5:57am
I Need a Honey to Love
-Upbeat Country Rock-
Key of D
-Intro-
1) When I see you in the morning with those eyes as bright at suns,
I know my day's worth living, in the rising just begun.
2) And when you smile that special little smile telling me everything's alright...
Well, just shake my head... as we play in bed... then I'll tuck you in, oh so
tight.
-Short Reintro-
3) And, we talk about old times that gives me peace of mind and I'll thank
you with a tip of my hat. Then see the laughter in your eyes that makes me
wanna cry, 'cause I love you...
Key of D
-Intro-
1) When I see you in the morning with those eyes as bright at suns,
I know my day's worth living, in the rising just begun.
2) And when you smile that special little smile telling me everything's alright...
Well, just shake my head... as we play in bed... then I'll tuck you in, oh so
tight.
-Short Reintro-
3) And, we talk about old times that gives me peace of mind and I'll thank
you with a tip of my hat. Then see the laughter in your eyes that makes me
wanna cry, 'cause I love you...
#happiness
#love
#relationships
#gratitude
#redemption
537 reads
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Aug 2019 6:16am
3rd Aug 2019 6:16am
-A Song for My Sons-
This day, I see through the Sun's golden light, my sons throughout the years. They've stayed by my side; to them unobserved, though I now watch with tear-glimmered eyes. There but go I, for always will be in the heart of a father's true love. I've watched them play and grow all their days with such love, no one could share. For, within my heart all that is good came from you, my beautiful sons. And I wish, forever, we could stay as one, together as family. But, Time has Its way and forever's too soon, and this wish will not always be. Though, if you don't mind from time-to-time, I'll look...
#love
#children
#family
#memories
#fatherhood
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jul 2019 5:55am
25th Jul 2019 5:55am
Godless Seas
Tossed, then to turn on these Godless Seas with no quarter given to
the faithless convened. For, drawn to this circle of the maelstrom's spin
lay all lies, so told, waiting within. And, waves with ceaseless abandon
do roar, to tear and gnash upon longing, lost shores. Though, no prow has
weathered God's Lash and still stood, but this seasoned stachion so beaten,
yet could. Though, all shall bow eventually, even the wearied dismayed...
for, no matter its build, nor perserverance will sway, God or the Fate of
Man's way.
the faithless convened. For, drawn to this circle of the maelstrom's spin
lay all lies, so told, waiting within. And, waves with ceaseless abandon
do roar, to tear and gnash upon longing, lost shores. Though, no prow has
weathered God's Lash and still stood, but this seasoned stachion so beaten,
yet could. Though, all shall bow eventually, even the wearied dismayed...
for, no matter its build, nor perserverance will sway, God or the Fate of
Man's way.
#hypocrisy
#metaphor
#philosophical
#morality
#StreamOfConsciousness
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SONG LYRICS
Published
16th Jul 2019 6:12am
16th Jul 2019 6:12am
-Can't Never Go Back-
Slow, Country Feel
-Key of D-
1) Can't never go back to where I was but maybe its better that way.
'Cause whatever I had ain't there no more, just as it is today.
And, I am missing...What I've never found. Though, I'll keep searching...
Til I'm homeward bound.
2) You can never go home again, a poet once said. 'Cause you'll never-
ever feel 'IT' again. I don't know why the tides are always turning, but I'm
praying 'til the Final Amen. So, now I'm staring...At a lonesome sky.
And the Sun is fading...To Its Western lie. ...
-Key of D-
1) Can't never go back to where I was but maybe its better that way.
'Cause whatever I had ain't there no more, just as it is today.
And, I am missing...What I've never found. Though, I'll keep searching...
Til I'm homeward bound.
2) You can never go home again, a poet once said. 'Cause you'll never-
ever feel 'IT' again. I don't know why the tides are always turning, but I'm
praying 'til the Final Amen. So, now I'm staring...At a lonesome sky.
And the Sun is fading...To Its Western lie. ...
#sadness
#regret
#hope
#FeelingLost
#emptiness
443 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th Jun 2019 6:14am
14th Jun 2019 6:14am
Beast 2
I am my own worse enemy, behind lies lain in self.
Though, long in path, this strife is owned, untamed, dispite what's felt.
Wherein, staid dreams of sweat-filled Past come to stir The Id in
embrace. And with mournful sighs, It pierces night to drive forth heartless
stake.
As the rivers run red in spiritual blood, to course with Fate's filled
swells, The Heavens reign down Its trumpet's call, wherein, prey
thirstless wells. And, to fill Its void in depthless pools with all that life has
feared; Hell does take what Life remains uncut, found in...
Though, long in path, this strife is owned, untamed, dispite what's felt.
Wherein, staid dreams of sweat-filled Past come to stir The Id in
embrace. And with mournful sighs, It pierces night to drive forth heartless
stake.
As the rivers run red in spiritual blood, to course with Fate's filled
swells, The Heavens reign down Its trumpet's call, wherein, prey
thirstless wells. And, to fill Its void in depthless pools with all that life has
feared; Hell does take what Life remains uncut, found in...
#regret
#rejection
#dark
#emptiness
#apathy
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
11th May 2019 6:52am
11th May 2019 6:52am
Skies Blue and of Trees
Where has God gone?" asks a lone, orphaned child; abandoned by the one world, only known. "I was good and believed, look at skies blue and trees. How can anyone see He's not Thee?" Then, just of ten, when this world came to end and forever was gone, greens of blue. And, in that one second his life blew away, never again to be seen...But, the remnants of one heart, held the remnants of one flame, though It flickered with the last of Hope's tears. He dreamed and he prayed and he Hoped, without call. For, all was now dead and befallen. But, to this day, that flame remains true, though the heart...
#sadness
#hope
#spiritual
#TruthOfLife
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
26th Apr 2019 7:01am
26th Apr 2019 7:01am
A Sadness Sings
A sadness sings to heart each day in whispered songs of sorrow
Of, longings lost along life's way in yesterdays of morrow
But, still this heart beats out through time, beyond this graying shore;
searching over oceans wide, for the one love Fate adorned
For in one's life, if Fortune sways, the reign of love does seek,
a special place inside two hearts, forever in its keep
And so the stars above, this night, will shine until the dawn
When songs of sadness rise the Past to sing of love no more
Of, longings lost along life's way in yesterdays of morrow
But, still this heart beats out through time, beyond this graying shore;
searching over oceans wide, for the one love Fate adorned
For in one's life, if Fortune sways, the reign of love does seek,
a special place inside two hearts, forever in its keep
And so the stars above, this night, will shine until the dawn
When songs of sadness rise the Past to sing of love no more
#sadness
#love
#loneliness
#hope
#romantic
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Apr 2019 6:24am
19th Apr 2019 6:24am
Scars of Battle
The scars of battle lay not just of flesh, though within the ruins of Time.
For, down Its echoless passageways weep wounds, evermore, in Design.
Therein, will shine no Light from Above, for Eternity entwines, all told.
And into the Void, where Perdition awaits, the coming of heroes, less soul.
They, in disgrace, for of innocense slain...They, the destroyers of Worlds.
They, the cosairs of Trust and of Faith...They, to which darkness unfurls.
And, from black abyss their bones do arise, for to pierce the night mists
unseen. Where, upon they...
For, down Its echoless passageways weep wounds, evermore, in Design.
Therein, will shine no Light from Above, for Eternity entwines, all told.
And into the Void, where Perdition awaits, the coming of heroes, less soul.
They, in disgrace, for of innocense slain...They, the destroyers of Worlds.
They, the cosairs of Trust and of Faith...They, to which darkness unfurls.
And, from black abyss their bones do arise, for to pierce the night mists
unseen. Where, upon they...
#sadness
#anger
#dark
#greed
#apathy
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SELF POEM
Published
17th Mar 2019 8:46pm
17th Mar 2019 8:46pm
Beast
I am my owned worse enemy, behind lied lines of fault
Self prophesied, through indulgence, utilized, in the slaying of mined, mind assaults
For, when comes the dread of unstilled night, borne by innermost fears,
where mauls the silhouetted Falls of Past, is but The Beast of Silenced Tears
Self prophesied, through indulgence, utilized, in the slaying of mined, mind assaults
For, when comes the dread of unstilled night, borne by innermost fears,
where mauls the silhouetted Falls of Past, is but The Beast of Silenced Tears
#sadness
#regret
#rejection
#disappointment
#emptiness
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DARK POEM
Published
11th Sep 2018 6:17am
11th Sep 2018 6:17am
-In the Mouth of Madness-
(with all due respect to H.P. Lovecraft)
Alone in the mouth of madness, where meaning knows my owned end.
And, within this walled asylum, comes the mirror's reflection again.
Thoughts once steeled and imprisoned, come to feed on, we, the damned. For, its prism culls life and the colors of life's palette to be scattered amidst death's darkened sands.
And, returns this claimer of the conscience. Though, borne by a heart breached so deep.
Alas, forced to bleed...
Alone in the mouth of madness, where meaning knows my owned end.
And, within this walled asylum, comes the mirror's reflection again.
Thoughts once steeled and imprisoned, come to feed on, we, the damned. For, its prism culls life and the colors of life's palette to be scattered amidst death's darkened sands.
And, returns this claimer of the conscience. Though, borne by a heart breached so deep.
Alas, forced to bleed...
#LifeStruggles
#SelfReflection
#FeelingLost
#sadness
#dark
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