Submissions by cjflier
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
STORY POEM
Published
18th Feb 2023 10:45pm
18th Feb 2023 10:45pm
All It Took Was Milk (Part 2)
What just happened? How… why… what… caused this drastic change – so quickly and seemingly without warning?
(the signs were there; they’re always there.)
A minuscule event turning Him into a Mount St Helens. A subconscious vault of negative emotions - a thick tomb built over the course of recent months - hidden away and tightly closed, it was only a matter of time, though (but WHEN?), before the fuse was lit, sending sputtering sparks, inching at a snail’s pace, up to just below His realization of the coming calamity, eventually meeting the cup-of-milk shaped dynamite...
(the signs were there; they’re always there.)
A minuscule event turning Him into a Mount St Helens. A subconscious vault of negative emotions - a thick tomb built over the course of recent months - hidden away and tightly closed, it was only a matter of time, though (but WHEN?), before the fuse was lit, sending sputtering sparks, inching at a snail’s pace, up to just below His realization of the coming calamity, eventually meeting the cup-of-milk shaped dynamite...
#anger
#FreeVerse
#prose
#frustration
#FeelingLost
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FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
30th Jan 2023 11:07pm
30th Jan 2023 11:07pm
All It Took Was Milk (Part 1)
It all started - literally - over a glass of spilt milk. A 6 oz puddle of 2%. A small white puddle slowly spreading out in all directions, taking on what seemed - in His eyes - to become an Olympic-sized swimming pool. A momentary pause…
… then the screaming began.
This event, a cup accidentally knocked over, was the catalyst for the explosion. Aimed at two kids sitting: cereal spoons in hand; half-eaten bowls of sugary, fruity, O’s; once-melted butter solidifying on cold toast. In the kitchen, at a place where normally it’s a time to get energized for a...
… then the screaming began.
This event, a cup accidentally knocked over, was the catalyst for the explosion. Aimed at two kids sitting: cereal spoons in hand; half-eaten bowls of sugary, fruity, O’s; once-melted butter solidifying on cold toast. In the kitchen, at a place where normally it’s a time to get energized for a...
#anger
#FreeVerse
#prose
#frustration
#FeelingLost
213 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
29th Jan 2023 10:55pm
29th Jan 2023 10:55pm
A God’s Trial
Pounded by waves, the longboat
pitches and rolls in the cold, angry sea;
surging swells as tall as the vessel is long
batter it non-stop,
The lone oarsman, abandoned by
his fellow sailors, holds on
(futilely?)
for dear life while struggling with
sail and rudder, battling desperately
to keep the dragonhead straight and upright
while Poseidon gives no quarter.
pitches and rolls in the cold, angry sea;
surging swells as tall as the vessel is long
batter it non-stop,
The lone oarsman, abandoned by
his fellow sailors, holds on
(futilely?)
for dear life while struggling with
sail and rudder, battling desperately
to keep the dragonhead straight and upright
while Poseidon gives no quarter.
#strength
#loneliness
#LifeStruggles #determination
#LifeStruggles #determination
282 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Jan 2023 9:40pm
26th Jan 2023 9:40pm
Off the Cuff Thoughts... II
- If you want to shake hands with the devil, grab a computer mouse.
- I would rather be a heathen and enjoy life in the present, than be religious and live life in fear of the future.
- America: founded on capitalism, sustained by greed.
- Why is it so difficult for people to believe that an animal, born in captivity, doesn't lose it's killer instinct, when we are born in captivity and we still have ours?
- I would rather be a heathen and enjoy life in the present, than be religious and live life in fear of the future.
- America: founded on capitalism, sustained by greed.
- Why is it so difficult for people to believe that an animal, born in captivity, doesn't lose it's killer instinct, when we are born in captivity and we still have ours?
#ignorance
#hypocrisy
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Jan 2023 11:15pm
25th Jan 2023 11:15pm
Haiku - Spring Comes
grey clouds filled with rain.
snow still lying on the ground.
anticipation!
snow still lying on the ground.
anticipation!
#winter
#spring
#nature #haiku
#nature #haiku
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DARK POEM
Published
25th Jan 2023 10:26pm
25th Jan 2023 10:26pm
The Dark Abandoned Road
An abandoned back road
leaves a darker side of town.
Deep impenetrable forest
up one side and down.
The road twists and turns,
every corner is blind.
A dim streetlight ahead
with only blackness behind.
Wet asphalt is cracked,
and the lines are all faded.
A stop sign is rusting,
neglected and jaded.
Weeds sprout through the cracks
that cross left and from right.
Potholes and frost heaves
create a treacherous ride.
To where it does lead,
there's no way of knowing. ...
leaves a darker side of town.
Deep impenetrable forest
up one side and down.
The road twists and turns,
every corner is blind.
A dim streetlight ahead
with only blackness behind.
Wet asphalt is cracked,
and the lines are all faded.
A stop sign is rusting,
neglected and jaded.
Weeds sprout through the cracks
that cross left and from right.
Potholes and frost heaves
create a treacherous ride.
To where it does lead,
there's no way of knowing. ...
#anxiety
#loneliness
#night #travel
#night #travel
213 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Jan 2023 2:21am
25th Jan 2023 2:21am
Haiku - Winter Sleep
an icy wind blows
a leaf over crusty snow,
animals slumber
a leaf over crusty snow,
animals slumber
#animals
#winter
#nature #haiku
#nature #haiku
173 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jan 2023 2:20am
25th Jan 2023 2:20am
My Sunny Day
A sea of frostbitten faces
bundled up, walking in
undulating waves along sidewalks;
angry whitecaps and
swirling eddies
moving every which way
under an overcast sky
with an icy wind howling,
dictating their course.
I sit and watch
in t-shirt and shorts,
in a beach chair under
an umbrella,
cold beer in hand,
touched by a warm breeze,
enjoying sunny and 70.
bundled up, walking in
undulating waves along sidewalks;
angry whitecaps and
swirling eddies
moving every which way
under an overcast sky
with an icy wind howling,
dictating their course.
I sit and watch
in t-shirt and shorts,
in a beach chair under
an umbrella,
cold beer in hand,
touched by a warm breeze,
enjoying sunny and 70.
#happiness
#humankind
#gratitude
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Jan 2023 6:14pm
24th Jan 2023 6:14pm
Sowing the Seed
They plant the seed
then we breed
what they knead
to feed
the masses
to sustain
social classes
and religious clashes
HATE... [it]
FEAR... [it]
INTOLERANCE... [of it]
Sterilize yourself!
then we breed
what they knead
to feed
the masses
to sustain
social classes
and religious clashes
HATE... [it]
FEAR... [it]
INTOLERANCE... [of it]
Sterilize yourself!
#lies
#religion
#consumerism #manipulation
#consumerism #manipulation
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Jan 2023 6:13pm
24th Jan 2023 6:13pm
Rising Waters
The waterline is rising
and all we do is stand there.
Stand in the same stagnant quagmire
that covers the same worn
(worn out)
path... waiting to drown.
A thick mist rises,
a fetid cloud covering our eyes
Blinding us, making us stumble
(repeating mistakes).
Moist, wispy tendrils wrap around us;
a comforting feeling
(complacency).
Day in, day out, breathing damp
putrid air needing
A good stiff breeze to break away;
A fresh new hard blow,
...
and all we do is stand there.
Stand in the same stagnant quagmire
that covers the same worn
(worn out)
path... waiting to drown.
A thick mist rises,
a fetid cloud covering our eyes
Blinding us, making us stumble
(repeating mistakes).
Moist, wispy tendrils wrap around us;
a comforting feeling
(complacency).
Day in, day out, breathing damp
putrid air needing
A good stiff breeze to break away;
A fresh new hard blow,
...
#lies
#politics
#ignorance
#hypocrisy
#deception
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Jan 2023 8:55pm
23rd Jan 2023 8:55pm
The Off Switch
Buttons and switches
of all shapes and sizes,
to turn on and off
our many devices.
They're up on walls
to turn on our lights,
they're on our TVs
to give us its sights.
They're on our remotes
to play and change sounds,
they adorn our appliances
keeping our household going 'round.
I see all these buttons
I push every day,
around where I work and
also where I play.
But I'm slightly perplexed
over the one I can't find,
it's that one on people's asses ...
of all shapes and sizes,
to turn on and off
our many devices.
They're up on walls
to turn on our lights,
they're on our TVs
to give us its sights.
They're on our remotes
to play and change sounds,
they adorn our appliances
keeping our household going 'round.
I see all these buttons
I push every day,
around where I work and
also where I play.
But I'm slightly perplexed
over the one I can't find,
it's that one on people's asses ...
#LifeStruggles
#frustration
261 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
23rd Jan 2023 8:52pm
23rd Jan 2023 8:52pm
Trapped
4 walls
surrounding me,
my eyes wide open
but I cannot see.
I fumble my way
on bended knee,
to find an opening
that will set me free.
I stumble around in the
pitch black gloom,
no doors, no windows
to be found in this tomb.
Within these walls
I feel it loom,
there's no escaping
my impending doom.
surrounding me,
my eyes wide open
but I cannot see.
I fumble my way
on bended knee,
to find an opening
that will set me free.
I stumble around in the
pitch black gloom,
no doors, no windows
to be found in this tomb.
Within these walls
I feel it loom,
there's no escaping
my impending doom.
#depression
#despair
#suffering #FeelingTrapped
#suffering #FeelingTrapped
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