Submissions by delanee
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
As you can tell, I am a woman of very little words. I choose them carefully and make them sharp as knives.
LOVE POEM
Published
9th Feb 2021 5:54pm
9th Feb 2021 5:54pm
Confessionals : Envy
I envy the sun for catching a glimpse of you every now and then when she wishes to.
I envy the strings on your guitar that get to know the touch of your fingers so well.
I envy the moon and the stars because they get to be there with you all through the night.
But above all, I envy all those who got to spend time by your side and still failed to understand how blessed they really were.
I envy the strings on your guitar that get to know the touch of your fingers so well.
I envy the moon and the stars because they get to be there with you all through the night.
But above all, I envy all those who got to spend time by your side and still failed to understand how blessed they really were.
#jealousy
#relationships
#LongDistanceRelationship #bittersweet
#LongDistanceRelationship #bittersweet
395 reads
2 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
18th Jan 2021 8:43pm
18th Jan 2021 8:43pm
Split Screen
My fingers wrestle the rumpled sheets
A breathy exhale releasing the tight grip
For only a couple seconds
The hunger of my skin briefly stilled
Because my ears don't mind sharing
My mind can roam freely in these moments
But all it always gets stuck on you
Wishing that it's your breath, warm on my skin
Your fingers exploring me
If only it was you I clung to riding that buzzing wave
I wish it was your arm I felt wrapping around me when my chest is left heaving
But it is your name on my lips when I close my eyes and...
A breathy exhale releasing the tight grip
For only a couple seconds
The hunger of my skin briefly stilled
Because my ears don't mind sharing
My mind can roam freely in these moments
But all it always gets stuck on you
Wishing that it's your breath, warm on my skin
Your fingers exploring me
If only it was you I clung to riding that buzzing wave
I wish it was your arm I felt wrapping around me when my chest is left heaving
But it is your name on my lips when I close my eyes and...
#lover
#LongDistanceRelationship
#sensual #passion
#sensual #passion
803 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Jan 2021 4:54pm
15th Jan 2021 4:54pm
Hide and See(k)
Cut the bullshit
His words coated in love
A love that sees and understands
This is not the you speaking from your core
He's already opened up the door
Stop hiding
The scars that cover your skin and soul
The truth you keep under your tongue
The light that desperately wants to break through
The universe hiding inside of you
His words coated in love
A love that sees and understands
This is not the you speaking from your core
He's already opened up the door
Stop hiding
The scars that cover your skin and soul
The truth you keep under your tongue
The light that desperately wants to break through
The universe hiding inside of you
#love
#strength
#inspirational
#shame
#honesty
555 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Dec 2020 7:36pm
17th Dec 2020 7:36pm
A Love Unlike the Rest
you deserve a love
that speaks
louder than the actions
that left you bruised and scarred
you deserve a love
that is bulletproof
willing to fight in the trenches
of your unhealed wounds
you deserve a love
that is full
that decorates the spaces in between
your ribs with radiant flowers
you deserve a love
that lasts
someone to walk beside you
and face the storms that rattle your core
you deserve a love
that feels like home
whether you're returning there
or arriving for the very...
that speaks
louder than the actions
that left you bruised and scarred
you deserve a love
that is bulletproof
willing to fight in the trenches
of your unhealed wounds
you deserve a love
that is full
that decorates the spaces in between
your ribs with radiant flowers
you deserve a love
that lasts
someone to walk beside you
and face the storms that rattle your core
you deserve a love
that feels like home
whether you're returning there
or arriving for the very...
#love
#kindness
#hope #patience
#hope #patience
814 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
5th Dec 2020 3:31pm
5th Dec 2020 3:31pm
Main Quest
I used to write so well
until my words started getting lost
lost in the waves that lie between us
when I'm asleep and you are not
lost in my silenced thoughts
replaced by those I have of you
screaming louder than ever these days
so I'll write about this
I'll write about you
you give me new words to write
a new language to learn
help me speak it fluently
until my words started getting lost
lost in the waves that lie between us
when I'm asleep and you are not
lost in my silenced thoughts
replaced by those I have of you
screaming louder than ever these days
so I'll write about this
I'll write about you
you give me new words to write
a new language to learn
help me speak it fluently
#love
#gratitude
#LongDistanceRelationship
#admiration
#minimalist
506 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Nov 2020 9:12pm
25th Nov 2020 9:12pm
Unsolved.
behind thick layers of sarcasm and self-mockery a living enigma hides.
with patience and care one might catch a glimpse of what resides.
only to be left more riddled than ever before.
intrigued by the interesting ways you find to shake me to my core.
with patience and care one might catch a glimpse of what resides.
only to be left more riddled than ever before.
intrigued by the interesting ways you find to shake me to my core.
#love
#kindness
#admiration #bittersweet
#admiration #bittersweet
489 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Oct 2020 9:49am
7th Oct 2020 9:49am
Double Two-Oh
2 0 2 0
the year that distance won the game
being close to the ones so dear
never felt so wrong and out of place
2 0 2 0
the number that made promises
of changes and growth delivered
with struggles and fear and face masks
2 0 2 0
the time that asked for transformation
in the way we see and experience freedom
new stuff to think about
the year that distance won the game
being close to the ones so dear
never felt so wrong and out of place
2 0 2 0
the number that made promises
of changes and growth delivered
with struggles and fear and face masks
2 0 2 0
the time that asked for transformation
in the way we see and experience freedom
new stuff to think about
#strength
#politics
#freedom #pandemic
#freedom #pandemic
380 reads
20 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
6th Oct 2020 11:52am
6th Oct 2020 11:52am
Ache of the Break : Vol. I
no one tells you how bad it feels
or how much it hurts to slowly
try and soften the middle of the mattress
where a wall had been sleeping between us
or how you will feel foolish
each time the reality of the past few months
catches up with you and you are left to wonder
didn't you or didn't you want to see it change
or how much it hurts to slowly
try and soften the middle of the mattress
where a wall had been sleeping between us
or how you will feel foolish
each time the reality of the past few months
catches up with you and you are left to wonder
didn't you or didn't you want to see it change
#sadness
#heartbroken
#breakup #emotional
#breakup #emotional
457 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th May 2020 8:06pm
5th May 2020 8:06pm
The New Normal?
all this superficial typing
no need to really l i s t e n
.... right!?
just read, reply when convenient
what I miss most
...... maybe.
Is the deeper human connection
before the i m p o s e d———distance.
no need to really l i s t e n
.... right!?
just read, reply when convenient
what I miss most
...... maybe.
Is the deeper human connection
before the i m p o s e d———distance.
#sadness
#loneliness
#technology #pandemic
#technology #pandemic
713 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Apr 2020 3:08pm
4th Apr 2020 3:08pm
Haiku-19
walked into a dream
where distance and worry rule
time to wake up, world
where distance and worry rule
time to wake up, world
#anxiety
#loneliness
#fear
510 reads
9 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
11th Mar 2020 9:59am
11th Mar 2020 9:59am
Cold Spring Cleaning
I guess it wasn't worth that much
only a whispered sweet nothing
fading into thin air
just another broken promise or two
wouldn't make it worse
you never swept me off my feet
but you swept what was left of my faith
in you
off the floor
before walking all over it
don't forget your lies, dear.
only a whispered sweet nothing
fading into thin air
just another broken promise or two
wouldn't make it worse
you never swept me off my feet
but you swept what was left of my faith
in you
off the floor
before walking all over it
don't forget your lies, dear.
#rejection
#disappointment
#deception
554 reads
10 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
7th Feb 2020 11:26am
7th Feb 2020 11:26am
Once Upon a Nightmare
outside the clouds gather in front of a full-faced moon
thick and brewing
on a storm that never fully erupts.
see it
hear it
and feel it start to rumble
green blue and gray assemble
greasing up the night before the dawn comes to rinse
cleaning out the bloodied gashes she doesn't want us to see
still sin and rage remain all around
the eye may have moved,
but the storm holds us all captive
it dares us to pick a side
pick any
but we...
thick and brewing
on a storm that never fully erupts.
see it
hear it
and feel it start to rumble
green blue and gray assemble
greasing up the night before the dawn comes to rinse
cleaning out the bloodied gashes she doesn't want us to see
still sin and rage remain all around
the eye may have moved,
but the storm holds us all captive
it dares us to pick a side
pick any
but we...
#anxiety
#war
#nightmares #dystopian
#nightmares #dystopian
658 reads
12 Comments
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