Submissions by inechoingsilence
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I wrote short stories at 7, poems by 12. For more than twelve years I was incapable of writing or singing - I was emotionally closed off to everything except living. Now, at 40, I've regained my voices and there is poetry and song in my life once more.
SELF POEM
Published
8th Jul 2022 3:19am
8th Jul 2022 3:19am
Silhouette
What is the point of living
if you are truly not alive
mere shadow in the world
Existing unnoticed by anyone
clothes mock starved skin
mimicking touch only felt in dreams
Passing through life silently
there is no reason to speak
and none wanting to listen
Time passes, hours and minutes
alone, each second a paper cut
slicing into what remains of me
if you are truly not alive
mere shadow in the world
Existing unnoticed by anyone
clothes mock starved skin
mimicking touch only felt in dreams
Passing through life silently
there is no reason to speak
and none wanting to listen
Time passes, hours and minutes
alone, each second a paper cut
slicing into what remains of me
#loneliness
#dark
#emptiness
365 reads
3 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
10th Jun 2022 7:15am
10th Jun 2022 7:15am
Myself the Patient
Please sit up and lean forward, that’s it
It’s only a tiny pinch in the back, shh
I must stay completely still, don't move
Explosions of electric white fire agony
dying between one breath and the next
completely under, unaware of falling
Beep..beep...murmured voices
sharp antiseptic scents, muted cries
Time to determine if I'm still alive
It's not the first time, I've got a system
Absolutely foolproof, I know better
then any nurse or doctor ever could
My name is Echo, I live in New Jersey
with my husband and our...
It’s only a tiny pinch in the back, shh
I must stay completely still, don't move
Explosions of electric white fire agony
dying between one breath and the next
completely under, unaware of falling
Beep..beep...murmured voices
sharp antiseptic scents, muted cries
Time to determine if I'm still alive
It's not the first time, I've got a system
Absolutely foolproof, I know better
then any nurse or doctor ever could
My name is Echo, I live in New Jersey
with my husband and our...
#dark
#fear
348 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
8th Nov 2021 5:41pm
8th Nov 2021 5:41pm
Living Lies like the Truth
Bent on raw, bloody knees
let me confess to all the truth
of my instinctive deceptions
multiplying with every breath
Forgive me my trespass each moment
of lying to the truths of my soul
Placating myself with anesthetics
smothering, deadening, silencing
Hush, sweet soul mine, it’s not yet time
to show the world our constant penitence
No one cares to see our unhealed wounds
so we pretend we weep for joy and smile
One day, we will be free to beg the angels
to take us away, eternal soul forever free ...
let me confess to all the truth
of my instinctive deceptions
multiplying with every breath
Forgive me my trespass each moment
of lying to the truths of my soul
Placating myself with anesthetics
smothering, deadening, silencing
Hush, sweet soul mine, it’s not yet time
to show the world our constant penitence
No one cares to see our unhealed wounds
so we pretend we weep for joy and smile
One day, we will be free to beg the angels
to take us away, eternal soul forever free ...
#dark
#spiritual
491 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
12th Aug 2021 2:41pm
12th Aug 2021 2:41pm
Truly Today
I see the silence of the universe
In every heartbeat, I hear shadows
My soul shrieks, begging resolution
Each moment is hallucination
How I go from one to the next
from breath to breath, uncertain
I wanted to die yesterday
yet dream to see tomorrow
Am I more dead or alive today?
In every heartbeat, I hear shadows
My soul shrieks, begging resolution
Each moment is hallucination
How I go from one to the next
from breath to breath, uncertain
I wanted to die yesterday
yet dream to see tomorrow
Am I more dead or alive today?
#dark
#despair
#emptiness
416 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
11th Aug 2021 2:33am
11th Aug 2021 2:33am
Today
Yesterday, I wanted to die
Tomorrow, I'll want to live.
Tomorrow, I'll want to live.
#sadness
#dark
#despair #emptiness
#despair #emptiness
421 reads
5 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
28th Jul 2021 10:34am
28th Jul 2021 10:34am
Hope
I want to live
Praying for any reason
not to make tonight
my very last one
Sweet joys, fond memories
from times long ago
They make me cry
for a life forever lost
I want to breathe
All I do is choke
Past loss, present pain
I see no future
If I can feel
am I still alive?
Praying for any reason
not to make tonight
my very last one
Sweet joys, fond memories
from times long ago
They make me cry
for a life forever lost
I want to breathe
All I do is choke
Past loss, present pain
I see no future
If I can feel
am I still alive?
#sadness
#strength
#hope #dark
#hope #dark
235 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
26th Jul 2021 5:34pm
26th Jul 2021 5:34pm
Universe
Human souls contain galaxies
with minds spanning universes
I’m not supposed to know this
or be so keenly aware of the abyss
Greater, stronger minds than mine
have known and felt and shattered
They never come back to earth
Always different and forever alone
with minds spanning universes
I’m not supposed to know this
or be so keenly aware of the abyss
Greater, stronger minds than mine
have known and felt and shattered
They never come back to earth
Always different and forever alone
#sadness
#grief
#dark
#despair
#emptiness
494 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
21st Jul 2021 3:53am
21st Jul 2021 3:53am
To Stay or to Go
Most plan their exit
expedient forever-farewell
I just have to be different
devising ways for me to stay
It’s just lately, I confess
far fewer reasons to stay
more for forever-farewell
I’m not so different after all
expedient forever-farewell
I just have to be different
devising ways for me to stay
It’s just lately, I confess
far fewer reasons to stay
more for forever-farewell
I’m not so different after all
#grief
#dark
#suicide
#despair
#apathy
441 reads
8 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
14th Jul 2021 10:42am
14th Jul 2021 10:42am
Angel of Death
Take my hand, don’t be afraid
I’m just a child with ancient eyes
Nothing of you escapes my sight
I escort you from life to death
It’s time to leave this place
You know you must move on
The years have been long
Each moment endured so much
See all the sorrow and grief
your heart carried far too long
Let it fall away from your soul
be embraced with love instead
If there is pain it will be swift
You will barely feel a thing
The life you lived promised
death delivered by a holy kiss
Take a...
I’m just a child with ancient eyes
Nothing of you escapes my sight
I escort you from life to death
It’s time to leave this place
You know you must move on
The years have been long
Each moment endured so much
See all the sorrow and grief
your heart carried far too long
Let it fall away from your soul
be embraced with love instead
If there is pain it will be swift
You will barely feel a thing
The life you lived promised
death delivered by a holy kiss
Take a...
#angels
#heaven
#morality
599 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Jun 2021 6:36pm
20th Jun 2021 6:36pm
Eternity
Think not of eternity as forever
unlimited amounts of tomorrow
Inhabit the seconds of present
the best ones can last millennia
Breaths before first kisses
ultimate highs of intimate pleasure
The moments after child’s birth
a soul ascendant after death
We strive in vain for immortality
unknown expanses of future
Better to consider the eternity
of time we inhabit right now.
unlimited amounts of tomorrow
Inhabit the seconds of present
the best ones can last millennia
Breaths before first kisses
ultimate highs of intimate pleasure
The moments after child’s birth
a soul ascendant after death
We strive in vain for immortality
unknown expanses of future
Better to consider the eternity
of time we inhabit right now.
#bittersweet
267 reads
3 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
9th Jun 2021 10:33pm
9th Jun 2021 10:33pm
Flight to Lochnivaar
She was free when confined
in ancient dark forests, dancing
singing at Father Oak’s feet
hiding under Mother Pine’s boughs
She was safe, she was home
The mundane day to day life
more or less sleepwalking
Biding her time, her thoughts
only of the moment to escape
One day, she’d run home forever
She had been followed, one afternoon
Nosy townspeople who thought her odd
With dogs and horses, to catch her
Running for her life, never looking back
She’d live her way or die trying
...
in ancient dark forests, dancing
singing at Father Oak’s feet
hiding under Mother Pine’s boughs
She was safe, she was home
The mundane day to day life
more or less sleepwalking
Biding her time, her thoughts
only of the moment to escape
One day, she’d run home forever
She had been followed, one afternoon
Nosy townspeople who thought her odd
With dogs and horses, to catch her
Running for her life, never looking back
She’d live her way or die trying
...
#dark
#evil
#magic #nightmares
#magic #nightmares
446 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
8th Jun 2021 11:17pm
8th Jun 2021 11:17pm
The Return
Twelve years, closer to thirteen
did Silence reign, absolute
Nothing was Above, nor Below
I was that Silence, mere shadow
Then there was The Music
relentless in the background
barely audible, yet constant
Softly, Silence began to speak
Not aloud, no, not yet, shh
Silence put pen to paper
music filling mind with colors
translated into hesitant words
The colors, muted at first
brightened as time passed
Music drove Silence away
Words returned, so too Life
did Silence reign, absolute
Nothing was Above, nor Below
I was that Silence, mere shadow
Then there was The Music
relentless in the background
barely audible, yet constant
Softly, Silence began to speak
Not aloud, no, not yet, shh
Silence put pen to paper
music filling mind with colors
translated into hesitant words
The colors, muted at first
brightened as time passed
Music drove Silence away
Words returned, so too Life
#TimeHeals
#redemption
#emotions
412 reads
8 Comments
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