Submissions by elsiesan
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
"A poem's Signature is the unique ability of the author to strike fire." elsiesan
I'm a shaman, you said
I have begged
Pleaded
Written
Turned myself inside out
For you to open up to me
Your seemingly inability
Or your reluctance
Or lack of desire
To open up
To reach out
Is breaking me
Has broke me
I mistook you
For someone else
You said,
"I'm a shaman
A writer
An intellectual"
You live inside
Yourself
As protection
A buffer
And in the end
Became a means of survival
An end unto itself
Pleaded
Written
Turned myself inside out
For you to open up to me
Your seemingly inability
Or your reluctance
Or lack of desire
To open up
To reach out
Is breaking me
Has broke me
I mistook you
For someone else
You said,
"I'm a shaman
A writer
An intellectual"
You live inside
Yourself
As protection
A buffer
And in the end
Became a means of survival
An end unto itself
#identity
#SelfHarm
#confessional #SelfDiscovery
#confessional #SelfDiscovery
383 reads
5 Comments
scream in ecstasy
I want to
...scream in ecstasy
Find that person
To push
My button
Has the key
To open me
And
...scream in ecstasy
My entire body
Twitching
Vibrating
Screaming in ecstasy
...scream in ecstasy
Find that person
To push
My button
Has the key
To open me
And
...scream in ecstasy
My entire body
Twitching
Vibrating
Screaming in ecstasy
#lust
#erotic
#sensual #passion
#sensual #passion
753 reads
11 Comments
darkest spirits
Let our own
Darkest spirits
Tell their tales
Live life-long fantasies
Darkest spirits
Tell their tales
Live life-long fantasies
#spiritual
#sensual
454 reads
5 Comments
Libidinous
I'm old
Still horny
And 70 plus
Sensual
Libidinous
Oh Knight
Dragon slayer
Where you
Passionately
Drag me away
To a secret night
Kiss my lips
Taste my spit
Tongue exploiting
Run fingers through
Crown of white hair
Grab handful
Pulling
Touch my face
Gaze into my eyes
Admire me
Let me feel
Wanton desire
Permeate my being
Unclothe me
Piece by piece
Slow methodical
Massaging
Teasing and tasting
Hunger growing
Your mouth ...
Still horny
And 70 plus
Sensual
Libidinous
Oh Knight
Dragon slayer
Where you
Passionately
Drag me away
To a secret night
Kiss my lips
Taste my spit
Tongue exploiting
Run fingers through
Crown of white hair
Grab handful
Pulling
Touch my face
Gaze into my eyes
Admire me
Let me feel
Wanton desire
Permeate my being
Unclothe me
Piece by piece
Slow methodical
Massaging
Teasing and tasting
Hunger growing
Your mouth ...
#lust
#sex
#erotic #memories
#erotic #memories
847 reads
20 Comments
Price of Freedom
Price of freedom
No longer valid
A mute point
In wake of coup
Nobody knew
Just wanted a change
Free us
From status quo
Election win
Trump is in
Firing begins
Appointments made
Senate approved
Stacking the cards
Republicans
White supremacists
Anti-semites
Homophobics
And the like
In the end
Happened so fast
No time to react
No time to plan
Free us from tyranny
Christians cry
Wondering why
Their table turned
Whilst turning a blind eye
But we loved you...
No longer valid
A mute point
In wake of coup
Nobody knew
Just wanted a change
Free us
From status quo
Election win
Trump is in
Firing begins
Appointments made
Senate approved
Stacking the cards
Republicans
White supremacists
Anti-semites
Homophobics
And the like
In the end
Happened so fast
No time to react
No time to plan
Free us from tyranny
Christians cry
Wondering why
Their table turned
Whilst turning a blind eye
But we loved you...
#hate
#environment
#religion #Christian
#religion #Christian
529 reads
2 Comments
Self-Censorship (re-post)
Self-censorship
Creative cancer
Self-censorship
Nature of truth modify
Fakery mode
Symptom retained
Suppressed realism
Gone awry
Awakened
With steely force
To be heard
To be recognized
Without reprove
Without reproach
Not allowed
To steal for yourself
Not yours, mine
Just want to be heard
One final time
Or more
It's a choice
Creative cancer
Self-censorship
Nature of truth modify
Fakery mode
Symptom retained
Suppressed realism
Gone awry
Awakened
With steely force
To be heard
To be recognized
Without reprove
Without reproach
Not allowed
To steal for yourself
Not yours, mine
Just want to be heard
One final time
Or more
It's a choice
#LifeChangingMoment
492 reads
6 Comments
hug, not argue
My reality
My fakery
Where one begins
Where one ends
Full of emotion
Apprehension
Over what did
Of what could be
Of what is not
Never will be
Desperate to connect
Mind seared
With love's passion
Frozen in time
Companionship grateful
Friends with benefits
Limited connection
Suffocation
Relationship bridge
Inner core yearnings
Of monstrous proportions
Boy meets girl
Girl meets boy
Love hoax
Only beginning
End in sight
Set stage right
Begin meets end ...
My fakery
Where one begins
Where one ends
Full of emotion
Apprehension
Over what did
Of what could be
Of what is not
Never will be
Desperate to connect
Mind seared
With love's passion
Frozen in time
Companionship grateful
Friends with benefits
Limited connection
Suffocation
Relationship bridge
Inner core yearnings
Of monstrous proportions
Boy meets girl
Girl meets boy
Love hoax
Only beginning
End in sight
Set stage right
Begin meets end ...
#sadness
#lust
#rejection
#LifeStruggles
#disappointment
479 reads
6 Comments
Prison of Me
Stuck inside myself
Censorship, don't send
Feeble attempts
Feel half-hearted
Lost and locked
Escape futile
Prison of skin
That is me
No where to hide
No where to be
No one to hear
No one to care
Darkness all around
Contempt and hate
Flagrant reminders
Prison of me
Tears crashing
Precipice below
Majestic mountains
Rise in distance
Reaching out
Trying to touch them
Only a dream
Reality distant
Face betrays
Me inside
Masquerading ...
Censorship, don't send
Feeble attempts
Feel half-hearted
Lost and locked
Escape futile
Prison of skin
That is me
No where to hide
No where to be
No one to hear
No one to care
Darkness all around
Contempt and hate
Flagrant reminders
Prison of me
Tears crashing
Precipice below
Majestic mountains
Rise in distance
Reaching out
Trying to touch them
Only a dream
Reality distant
Face betrays
Me inside
Masquerading ...
#confessional
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
497 reads
4 Comments
Actions
Nothing I do
Works for you
Nothing I say
Changes your ways
Time alone
Is all that's needed
Never too much
To spend with self
Actions speak volumes
What's really going on
Just when I think I got it
It got me
Bending me
Breaking me
Tears of near unbearable pain
Wondering what really is
No understanding
No sympathy
No caring
No empathy
Caring requires commitment
Caring requires movement
Caring requires availability
Caring requires...
Works for you
Nothing I say
Changes your ways
Time alone
Is all that's needed
Never too much
To spend with self
Actions speak volumes
What's really going on
Just when I think I got it
It got me
Bending me
Breaking me
Tears of near unbearable pain
Wondering what really is
No understanding
No sympathy
No caring
No empathy
Caring requires commitment
Caring requires movement
Caring requires availability
Caring requires...
#frustration
506 reads
3 Comments
Trope Induced Delirium
No where journey
Trope induced delirium
Barriers, twists and turns
Like quicksand
Descending deeper
Into the abyss
Of our own construct
Find the key
Unlock the door
That binds
Break out
Run free
Past the guards
Razor wire
Run fast
Leave expanse behind
Going some place
Better than no place
Rampant despair
Learning to live
By new means
By new rules
Break the synthesis
That composes me
In, out
Up, down
Forward, backward
Round and round ...
Trope induced delirium
Barriers, twists and turns
Like quicksand
Descending deeper
Into the abyss
Of our own construct
Find the key
Unlock the door
That binds
Break out
Run free
Past the guards
Razor wire
Run fast
Leave expanse behind
Going some place
Better than no place
Rampant despair
Learning to live
By new means
By new rules
Break the synthesis
That composes me
In, out
Up, down
Forward, backward
Round and round ...
#identity
#LifeChangingMoment
#SelfWorth
357 reads
5 Comments
Gift
Gift, hand-picked
Meant to be opened
Meant to be enjoyed
As we ceremonially
Open the gift
Carefully removing the bow
Laying it aside
We realize the process
As our passage
To our journey
Spent a lifetime
Searching for you
Let's make
The most of it
This gift, offered
An avenue of growth
Enhancing our lives
Together and separately
Our duty
To recognize
Roadblocks along way
The song "Truly Madly Deeply"
Really says it all
Let that quality
Be...
Meant to be opened
Meant to be enjoyed
As we ceremonially
Open the gift
Carefully removing the bow
Laying it aside
We realize the process
As our passage
To our journey
Spent a lifetime
Searching for you
Let's make
The most of it
This gift, offered
An avenue of growth
Enhancing our lives
Together and separately
Our duty
To recognize
Roadblocks along way
The song "Truly Madly Deeply"
Really says it all
Let that quality
Be...
#love
502 reads
4 Comments
not worth much
Not worth
Much of anything
Not worth
A second read
And certainly
Not worth a discussion
I'm old
I'm sad
I cry a lot
I'm too emotional
I love too deeply
I hate me
I hate who I am
I hate who I am not
I don't want to be in
I don't want to be out
Nor up, nor down
Not really sure where
Most times any way
Lines blurrier everyday
Can't decide
When I do
Can't decide
If I decided
I'm a delusion
I'm delusional
Can't speak
Can't say ...
Much of anything
Not worth
A second read
And certainly
Not worth a discussion
I'm old
I'm sad
I cry a lot
I'm too emotional
I love too deeply
I hate me
I hate who I am
I hate who I am not
I don't want to be in
I don't want to be out
Nor up, nor down
Not really sure where
Most times any way
Lines blurrier everyday
Can't decide
When I do
Can't decide
If I decided
I'm a delusion
I'm delusional
Can't speak
Can't say ...
#SelfWorth
494 reads
11 Comments
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