Submissions by da_poetic-edifier (Damon)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Just an average dude expressing my views.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Sep 2024 7:35am
18th Sep 2024 7:35am
IT'S ALL GOOD
How long does it take for a heart to mend?
It's said that all good things come to an end
Then when does its antagonist dearly depart?
The Genesis of our breathing starts the clock
It's said docks of bad times don't last forever
Yet, their remnants remain; we call them triggers
The figures tell a tale of a living HELL
Overdosing while publicly doing well
Spectators can't tell when the well runs dry
But it all gets revealed when we surely die
We'll still wonder why it even occurred
It's cause stealthy pain doesn't have a...
It's said that all good things come to an end
Then when does its antagonist dearly depart?
The Genesis of our breathing starts the clock
It's said docks of bad times don't last forever
Yet, their remnants remain; we call them triggers
The figures tell a tale of a living HELL
Overdosing while publicly doing well
Spectators can't tell when the well runs dry
But it all gets revealed when we surely die
We'll still wonder why it even occurred
It's cause stealthy pain doesn't have a...
#drugs
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth #suffering
#MentalHealth #suffering
158 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Aug 2024 9:52am
25th Aug 2024 9:52am
Savoir-faire And Her Black Hair
Mother Nature has the savoir-faire of royalty
None exceed the grace and charisma of she
For she has longevity since the days of Genesis
Her gift of gab made Eve grab what she couldn't resist
She'll insist that the clouds satiate the thirst of vegetation
As well as convince the oceans of flooding many nations
GOD'S greatest creation since the rising of the Sun
The whistle of her wind can make eyes and noses run
She's the one that makes man conform with her savoir-faire
Can create or destroy with just the flip of her black hair
None exceed the grace and charisma of she
For she has longevity since the days of Genesis
Her gift of gab made Eve grab what she couldn't resist
She'll insist that the clouds satiate the thirst of vegetation
As well as convince the oceans of flooding many nations
GOD'S greatest creation since the rising of the Sun
The whistle of her wind can make eyes and noses run
She's the one that makes man conform with her savoir-faire
Can create or destroy with just the flip of her black hair
#nature
161 reads
9 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
23rd Aug 2024 10:07am
23rd Aug 2024 10:07am
The Chameleon
Surrounded by warfare and I'm fatigued
I keep it camouflaged so nobody sees
No 33rd degree but I'm a righteous man
Seeking deeper knowledge so as to overstand
The demands of this game are overwhelming
Many days that I play are extremely exhausting
Taxing to my mental, physical, and spiritual cores
Many times I keep it simple and just stay indoors
More times than not I'd rather not even be bothered
But I prevail through HELL like a ship that's chartered
Departed from the dock as the clock counts down
Bearing...
I keep it camouflaged so nobody sees
No 33rd degree but I'm a righteous man
Seeking deeper knowledge so as to overstand
The demands of this game are overwhelming
Many days that I play are extremely exhausting
Taxing to my mental, physical, and spiritual cores
Many times I keep it simple and just stay indoors
More times than not I'd rather not even be bothered
But I prevail through HELL like a ship that's chartered
Departed from the dock as the clock counts down
Bearing...
#LifeStruggles
174 reads
7 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
23rd Aug 2024 9:38am
23rd Aug 2024 9:38am
A Father's Prosper
No weapon formed against me shall ever prosper
That's the divine decree from my heavenly Father
Yet, they seem to prosper each and everyday
So those words sound cliche as faith starts to sway
But I still find a way to stay and to persevere
Til a bullet comes my way and takes me outta here
It may veer as a stray or a assassin's bullseye
That conveys how to sashay like a ribbon in the sky
Should I pray away dismay or go at it toe to toe
When life makes me its prey but I refuse to go
To go with the flow like a hoe down on my knees...
That's the divine decree from my heavenly Father
Yet, they seem to prosper each and everyday
So those words sound cliche as faith starts to sway
But I still find a way to stay and to persevere
Til a bullet comes my way and takes me outta here
It may veer as a stray or a assassin's bullseye
That conveys how to sashay like a ribbon in the sky
Should I pray away dismay or go at it toe to toe
When life makes me its prey but I refuse to go
To go with the flow like a hoe down on my knees...
#LifeStruggles
161 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Aug 2024 9:55am
11th Aug 2024 9:55am
EXPATRIATION TO UNKNOWN DESTINATION
Pumping my brakes; taking a pause for the cause
A reprieve from the game framed by 48 laws
Where the stars and stripes unite upon a tattered flag
The land of milk and honey where many chase the bag
Rags to riches are the wishes of the populous
Soul selling while running after IN GOD WE TRUST
Lust causing bust when they play their hands
Dying while trying to change nicks & dimes to bands
Cause the land has quick sand in inconspicuous places
And labyrinths full of rats desiring to win their races
With hatemongering racist...
A reprieve from the game framed by 48 laws
Where the stars and stripes unite upon a tattered flag
The land of milk and honey where many chase the bag
Rags to riches are the wishes of the populous
Soul selling while running after IN GOD WE TRUST
Lust causing bust when they play their hands
Dying while trying to change nicks & dimes to bands
Cause the land has quick sand in inconspicuous places
And labyrinths full of rats desiring to win their races
With hatemongering racist...
#America
209 reads
15 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2024 11:03am
2nd Jun 2024 11:03am
FAMILY TIES
Today you would've been sixty-four
Such a short stay and length of tour
COVID's roar took your last breath away
Now you're not here to celebrate today
And Unc may be headed your way too
Hoping there's a way that he'll pull through
Nothing else I can do to effect the outcome
Done the math but don't won't to accept the sum
Gotta come to grips; accepting what I can not change
Discerning with wisdom even when it pangs
Seeking some loose change of mental serenity
To strengthen me and the extended family
Such a short stay and length of tour
COVID's roar took your last breath away
Now you're not here to celebrate today
And Unc may be headed your way too
Hoping there's a way that he'll pull through
Nothing else I can do to effect the outcome
Done the math but don't won't to accept the sum
Gotta come to grips; accepting what I can not change
Discerning with wisdom even when it pangs
Seeking some loose change of mental serenity
To strengthen me and the extended family
#death
#family
#heartbroken #LifeStruggles
#heartbroken #LifeStruggles
160 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2024 11:00am
2nd Jun 2024 11:00am
CAPSIZED
I wish the waters never rippled or crippled our relationship
Heartaches and pains were the cause of our capsized ship
Your wig flipped, my wig flipped, then our trips together ceased
Still waters never created great Sailors but at least there's peace
You're decease and I release my emotions with these poems
Tightening down the hatches for these incessant storms
The norms of the past have been blast to another stratosphere
But I'm still here as the captain of my soul as I continue to steer
Heartaches and pains were the cause of our capsized ship
Your wig flipped, my wig flipped, then our trips together ceased
Still waters never created great Sailors but at least there's peace
You're decease and I release my emotions with these poems
Tightening down the hatches for these incessant storms
The norms of the past have been blast to another stratosphere
But I'm still here as the captain of my soul as I continue to steer
#healing
#heartbroken
#love #mother
#love #mother
189 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
28th May 2024 10:47am
28th May 2024 10:47am
A BAKER'S HAND
He's been relentlessly searching for his missing rib
Seeking a playmate with whom he can share his crib
To have some kids; turning his house into a home
For what does it profit him to gain the world but to be alone
Man's not created to be alone with a heart full of love
So he remains in the ring looking for his other glove
Going above and beyond while dodging haymakers
Hoping to find a knock out who's ready to be a homemaker
A baker with a hand in knead (need) of a symbolic covenant
One who's been waiting, praying and conveying her...
Seeking a playmate with whom he can share his crib
To have some kids; turning his house into a home
For what does it profit him to gain the world but to be alone
Man's not created to be alone with a heart full of love
So he remains in the ring looking for his other glove
Going above and beyond while dodging haymakers
Hoping to find a knock out who's ready to be a homemaker
A baker with a hand in knead (need) of a symbolic covenant
One who's been waiting, praying and conveying her...
#love
#marriage
#relationships
175 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th May 2024 11:01pm
25th May 2024 11:01pm
CHISELS & SHOVELS
Still counting the oscillating figures
Cause some blue men have hairy triggers
Sanctioned hitters for the States
Increasing at astronomical rates
Other's will debate this validity
Funny thing is, none look like me
We don't see out of the same orbitals
They always foresee it as justifiable
That fact's more reliable than a Sunrise
Dead men tell no tales nor open any eyes
Therein lies the rub-a-dub-dub historically
It's the same old song like rhymes from nurseries
Repeat after me; "I feared for my...
Cause some blue men have hairy triggers
Sanctioned hitters for the States
Increasing at astronomical rates
Other's will debate this validity
Funny thing is, none look like me
We don't see out of the same orbitals
They always foresee it as justifiable
That fact's more reliable than a Sunrise
Dead men tell no tales nor open any eyes
Therein lies the rub-a-dub-dub historically
It's the same old song like rhymes from nurseries
Repeat after me; "I feared for my...
#death
#devil
#God
#LifeStruggles
#violence
177 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
18th May 2024 3:58am
18th May 2024 3:58am
ALL CRIED OUT
Wanna cry but my lacrimals are in a drought
The rivers have run deep along my bumpy routes
Bouts put heavy weights upon my weary shoulders
But they've helped to create this illimitable Soldier
Pain has been soldered into crevices of my mental
Happiness comes and goes like it's just a daily rental
Like an irregular cycle of mental menstruation
Whose unimpeded flow leads to fights against depression
Anger, frustration, and a slew of blue emotions
Tsunamis of rage from the depths of murky oceans
Improved the elocution of...
The rivers have run deep along my bumpy routes
Bouts put heavy weights upon my weary shoulders
But they've helped to create this illimitable Soldier
Pain has been soldered into crevices of my mental
Happiness comes and goes like it's just a daily rental
Like an irregular cycle of mental menstruation
Whose unimpeded flow leads to fights against depression
Anger, frustration, and a slew of blue emotions
Tsunamis of rage from the depths of murky oceans
Improved the elocution of...
#hurt
216 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th May 2024 3:42pm
17th May 2024 3:42pm
Puns, Guns, & Raising Suns
An Army of one without packing a gun
Instead of eclipsing, I'd rather raise Suns
A creative pun spun in just the write way
Is like a million in one guns aiming to spray
Both used to convey and relay messages
Pay attention to the captions of the images
Taking pilgrimages within via introspection
Escaping life's battefields for recuperation
A resurrection of motivation to continue to march
After living a life of service like the Golden arches
Cause stopwatches have no impact on the progression of time
I pause for the...
Instead of eclipsing, I'd rather raise Suns
A creative pun spun in just the write way
Is like a million in one guns aiming to spray
Both used to convey and relay messages
Pay attention to the captions of the images
Taking pilgrimages within via introspection
Escaping life's battefields for recuperation
A resurrection of motivation to continue to march
After living a life of service like the Golden arches
Cause stopwatches have no impact on the progression of time
I pause for the...
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
148 reads
7 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
17th May 2024 9:28am
17th May 2024 9:28am
DAYDREAMING
Wide awake but still chasing dreams
Yet life seems to happen in between
With a keen sense of direction & focus
I lean on my magic like it's hocus-pocus
I won't just allow for it to dry, wither & die
Even with clipped wings, I keep trying to fly
Flying high above life's frozen, barren fields
Vast plantations where dreams are habitually killed
Filled with unfulfilled or deferred aspirations
Where equations equate to actions of desperation
Adding up to expirations or recidivous incarcerations
As the mastication...
Yet life seems to happen in between
With a keen sense of direction & focus
I lean on my magic like it's hocus-pocus
I won't just allow for it to dry, wither & die
Even with clipped wings, I keep trying to fly
Flying high above life's frozen, barren fields
Vast plantations where dreams are habitually killed
Filled with unfulfilled or deferred aspirations
Where equations equate to actions of desperation
Adding up to expirations or recidivous incarcerations
As the mastication...
#birds
#deception
#LifeStruggles
#motivational
#prison
252 reads
2 Comments
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