Submissions by gazellemon (Bradley J)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
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I Want my AK
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Secrets
Listen I have fucked up,
Took too many drugs one night for fun,
went out to the club with some friends,
one couldn't handle the trip,
a psychotic break I'd never seen,
He repeatedly screamed,
His girlfriend cried and looked to me,
It was so bad I had to call the police,
He was out in the middle of the street,
speaking loudly to something no one could see,
A party city I'm sure they have seen this before,
But I still can't believe the cops let him leave in our custody,
Afterwards we could barely get him in the back seat,
But I...
Took too many drugs one night for fun,
went out to the club with some friends,
one couldn't handle the trip,
a psychotic break I'd never seen,
He repeatedly screamed,
His girlfriend cried and looked to me,
It was so bad I had to call the police,
He was out in the middle of the street,
speaking loudly to something no one could see,
A party city I'm sure they have seen this before,
But I still can't believe the cops let him leave in our custody,
Afterwards we could barely get him in the back seat,
But I...
814 reads
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Silence isn't Silent at All
It is the silence that scares me,
no breeze rattling my surroundings,
Let alone a pulsating rhythm,
Perhaps by my favorite musician.
Too much silence becomes noise anyways,
So what does it matter if sound stays?
If it strays my brain will loop feedback,
Ringing so loud I can't concentrate.
Like TV static, on.. but no signal.
I am lost in the middle,
Please let me hear a sound,
Or I'll settle nothing at all.
no breeze rattling my surroundings,
Let alone a pulsating rhythm,
Perhaps by my favorite musician.
Too much silence becomes noise anyways,
So what does it matter if sound stays?
If it strays my brain will loop feedback,
Ringing so loud I can't concentrate.
Like TV static, on.. but no signal.
I am lost in the middle,
Please let me hear a sound,
Or I'll settle nothing at all.
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Cremated Wasteland
A City of fire,
Sky-scraping geysers,
Sidewalk sun visors,
no talk of lost desires,
Lava drips into the sewers,
embers endlessly fueled,
by a lucid molten fluid,
consuming the roots of humans,
nothing is left.
Picture: https://chemtrailsplanet.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/global-warming-concept-planet-earth-burning-fire.png
Sky-scraping geysers,
Sidewalk sun visors,
no talk of lost desires,
Lava drips into the sewers,
embers endlessly fueled,
by a lucid molten fluid,
consuming the roots of humans,
nothing is left.
Picture: https://chemtrailsplanet.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/global-warming-concept-planet-earth-burning-fire.png
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Land of the Thief, Home of the Slave
The wealthiest human beings need me,
Their greed achieves for it is we who fuel their machinery,
communities divide like they must pick teams,
Told to choose a political party by their TV,
Deceived to believe this country is still a Democracy,
In capitalism the top dog watches with a grin,
A zero sum game means we get nothing when they win,
So those in control stole the show,
If I go toe to toe with these foes,
Flows that expose may result in a group of crows,
Whoa....
Better lie low,
challenging...
Their greed achieves for it is we who fuel their machinery,
communities divide like they must pick teams,
Told to choose a political party by their TV,
Deceived to believe this country is still a Democracy,
In capitalism the top dog watches with a grin,
A zero sum game means we get nothing when they win,
So those in control stole the show,
If I go toe to toe with these foes,
Flows that expose may result in a group of crows,
Whoa....
Better lie low,
challenging...
798 reads
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Leaking Fluids
1245 reads
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I Confess my Miseries as Death is Liberty.
I say to myself "I am not afraid of death",
But, with the last breath in my chest,
I'll be left with stress and regrets-
for the goals I could not address,
I lost control of the course I set,
Time could tell I was a train wreck,
Time stood still for me so I couldn't progress,
I became so complacent I wish i could suppress this mess
Instead I get dressed up,
But, I still can't step up out of my skin,
For the beast in me is too quick to sin,
Too quickly it turns to me versus them,
So the heroine makes me forget who I am, ...
But, with the last breath in my chest,
I'll be left with stress and regrets-
for the goals I could not address,
I lost control of the course I set,
Time could tell I was a train wreck,
Time stood still for me so I couldn't progress,
I became so complacent I wish i could suppress this mess
Instead I get dressed up,
But, I still can't step up out of my skin,
For the beast in me is too quick to sin,
Too quickly it turns to me versus them,
So the heroine makes me forget who I am, ...
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The family's embarrassment
I hear my mother crying in the shower,
tears are louder than the water that surrounds her,
Tears of pity,
for me, for her. for us.
My father has lost all trust in his son,
its been so long since he wanted me along,
no words spoken,
between me and him. for us.
At what point did i stray from the path they carefully laid?
The mistakes I made left a wake,
Disgraced faces force fake smiles,
All the while I wish I could close my file.. for their sake.
Not 'why me'?
No.
Why them?
I can't begin to comprehend,
How they...
tears are louder than the water that surrounds her,
Tears of pity,
for me, for her. for us.
My father has lost all trust in his son,
its been so long since he wanted me along,
no words spoken,
between me and him. for us.
At what point did i stray from the path they carefully laid?
The mistakes I made left a wake,
Disgraced faces force fake smiles,
All the while I wish I could close my file.. for their sake.
Not 'why me'?
No.
Why them?
I can't begin to comprehend,
How they...
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Experimenting with Sobriety
How fucked is it I experiment with sobriety,
Deceive others to believe I’m functioning in society,
Feel relieved only when drugs are inside of me,
Weed, molly, benzos, LSD, DMT, ketamine,
Bursting seams mentally sucking at the devils teat,
So I feel more at peace in my dreams than reality,
Its hard to believe others dramatize that part of me,
Traumatized yet still I abuse losing my vitality,
I’m a fool to use to cope with the stress of my adolescence morality,
That’s an excuse from my poor mentality, am I an abnormality-
Because i neglected...
Deceive others to believe I’m functioning in society,
Feel relieved only when drugs are inside of me,
Weed, molly, benzos, LSD, DMT, ketamine,
Bursting seams mentally sucking at the devils teat,
So I feel more at peace in my dreams than reality,
Its hard to believe others dramatize that part of me,
Traumatized yet still I abuse losing my vitality,
I’m a fool to use to cope with the stress of my adolescence morality,
That’s an excuse from my poor mentality, am I an abnormality-
Because i neglected...
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The f**ked up f**k up.
A bitter sweet symphony indeed,
Cast in defeat it seems,
a catastrophe as I fall to my knees,
fast life living to commiserating miseries in a heart beat,
I'm left asking why has this happened to me?
like if I repeat this disastrous scene-
can I see what it actually means?
And give back these demons that terrorize my dreams?
this tragedy is snapped to my back like a monkey,
I am fucking lucky i didn't hurt anybody,
Physically I mean, it ruined my self esteem,
rattled my beliefs and removed my inner peace,
so I am forced to wrestle...
Cast in defeat it seems,
a catastrophe as I fall to my knees,
fast life living to commiserating miseries in a heart beat,
I'm left asking why has this happened to me?
like if I repeat this disastrous scene-
can I see what it actually means?
And give back these demons that terrorize my dreams?
this tragedy is snapped to my back like a monkey,
I am fucking lucky i didn't hurt anybody,
Physically I mean, it ruined my self esteem,
rattled my beliefs and removed my inner peace,
so I am forced to wrestle...
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Choose your side when it's a suicide.
I feel like yelling off the tallest cliff,
a voice to echo this lonely abyss.
Scream all the air out of my lungs,
Knowing my struggles are far from won,
Rain is in the forecast. Today. Tomorrow.
fill up this pool let me drown in my sorrows.
a lone bubble leaks from my tightly closed lips,
as i slip into the darkness like a solar eclipse,
One wish wouldn't be enough to stop this tragedy,
so the pain drains as I look on absently,
I let this water rush into my cavities,
making me forget what is the matter with me.
...
a voice to echo this lonely abyss.
Scream all the air out of my lungs,
Knowing my struggles are far from won,
Rain is in the forecast. Today. Tomorrow.
fill up this pool let me drown in my sorrows.
a lone bubble leaks from my tightly closed lips,
as i slip into the darkness like a solar eclipse,
One wish wouldn't be enough to stop this tragedy,
so the pain drains as I look on absently,
I let this water rush into my cavities,
making me forget what is the matter with me.
...
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Cycle of Sexism
I got a strong feeling
That glass ceilings and misogyny,
Are an excuse to make humans property,
Male supremacy is a false prophecy,
What’s wrong with emancipation policy?
A lot of we still fail to see a Dichotomy,
Many women still fight for a fair Maternity leave,
Wondering how they will feed the gift of life that comes from their bodies,
This shit is real in first world economies,
Honestly man has a monopoly since before Socrates,
So it’s no anomaly that when Stephanie and Nick conceive a baby on MTV,
The father’s logic turns ironic and he wants...
That glass ceilings and misogyny,
Are an excuse to make humans property,
Male supremacy is a false prophecy,
What’s wrong with emancipation policy?
A lot of we still fail to see a Dichotomy,
Many women still fight for a fair Maternity leave,
Wondering how they will feed the gift of life that comes from their bodies,
This shit is real in first world economies,
Honestly man has a monopoly since before Socrates,
So it’s no anomaly that when Stephanie and Nick conceive a baby on MTV,
The father’s logic turns ironic and he wants...
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2 Comments
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