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
15th Jul 2019 3:40pm
15th Jul 2019 3:40pm
Those Which Inspire
Images arrive, carried on colors and patterns
not of this world, nor any other I've known:
demons Hell-forged, angels Heaven-sent
word-entwined emotions, dancing snowflakes
My incessant need builds into a constant ache
evolves rapidly, devouring my focus;
I submit, captive conduit, willing and passive
They’re accompanied by angelic chorus
desiring benevolence if I am fortunate
Should They prove bloody, merciless
my soul is shredded, consumed by darkness
Either way, I am Their patient without anesthesia:
Their...
not of this world, nor any other I've known:
demons Hell-forged, angels Heaven-sent
word-entwined emotions, dancing snowflakes
My incessant need builds into a constant ache
evolves rapidly, devouring my focus;
I submit, captive conduit, willing and passive
They’re accompanied by angelic chorus
desiring benevolence if I am fortunate
Should They prove bloody, merciless
my soul is shredded, consumed by darkness
Either way, I am Their patient without anesthesia:
Their...
#dark
#inspirational
#spiritual #WritingPoetry
#spiritual #WritingPoetry
657 reads
11 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
10th Jul 2019 8:20pm
10th Jul 2019 8:20pm
Silent Madness
Deception
Looks can be devious
I look strong, balanced, calm
supposedly impervious
Silence and Madness laugh
hysterical at your naivete
Truth
Silence sighs, cries
never lies, never dies
Madness supposedly sets you free
That never happened for me
Reality
Completely unwelcome
I cannot send the shadows away
To banish Silence and Madness
I must exile myself
Submission
It took a while to accept
the frequent visitations ...
Looks can be devious
I look strong, balanced, calm
supposedly impervious
Silence and Madness laugh
hysterical at your naivete
Truth
Silence sighs, cries
never lies, never dies
Madness supposedly sets you free
That never happened for me
Reality
Completely unwelcome
I cannot send the shadows away
To banish Silence and Madness
I must exile myself
Submission
It took a while to accept
the frequent visitations ...
#loneliness
#dark
#despair
1111 reads
20 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
26th Jun 2019 4:21am
26th Jun 2019 4:21am
The Silence
The clearing in the center of the ancient forest
My world, where I danced and sang my words
Flying free to the highest heights unrestrained
Each letter, intonation, a product of divine soul
Freeing sparks of holiness from below to Above
This was my Garden of Eden, sweetest eternity
What happens when Heaven falls to The Silence?
Silence viciously smothered Words and Music
Brought Paradise to desolate, apocalyptic ruins
Frozen ashes fell from the gray, opaque heavens
Impossible to run, each step weighted with pain ...
My world, where I danced and sang my words
Flying free to the highest heights unrestrained
Each letter, intonation, a product of divine soul
Freeing sparks of holiness from below to Above
This was my Garden of Eden, sweetest eternity
What happens when Heaven falls to The Silence?
Silence viciously smothered Words and Music
Brought Paradise to desolate, apocalyptic ruins
Frozen ashes fell from the gray, opaque heavens
Impossible to run, each step weighted with pain ...
#dark
#apocalypse
#emptiness #curse
#emptiness #curse
1029 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Jun 2019 10:18am
23rd Jun 2019 10:18am
All Due Respect
It’s 2019, for better or worse
I hear the talk, read all the news
Watch parades, learn the proper terms
People are more ‘woke’ than ever
Society demands lack of judgement
Everything is acceptable, it’s all good
I watch from afar at the hypocrisy
If a boy proclaims he’s gay
Suddenly he wants all the boys.
Post-game showers get strange
If a girl announces she’s a lesbian
She immediately wants all the girls
It becomes a challenge to ‘turn her’
If a person...
I hear the talk, read all the news
Watch parades, learn the proper terms
People are more ‘woke’ than ever
Society demands lack of judgement
Everything is acceptable, it’s all good
I watch from afar at the hypocrisy
If a boy proclaims he’s gay
Suddenly he wants all the boys.
Post-game showers get strange
If a girl announces she’s a lesbian
She immediately wants all the girls
It becomes a challenge to ‘turn her’
If a person...
#women
#men
#LGBT
#freedom
#transgender
817 reads
12 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Jun 2019 5:22pm
19th Jun 2019 5:22pm
Myself, The Silence and The Deep
So, you want to know the how and why
of my relationship with the Deep
Two options: the PC answer or
soul-searched, searing honesty
I think since it’s poet to poet
option number two is how I’ll go
About twelve years ago, give or take
was the start of The Silence
The Silence stole the voices of my soul
that created song and poetry within
So many events happened, the start
was the death of a dear, cherished friend.
She was a genius, an artist, a scientist of life
Family reputation and societal...
of my relationship with the Deep
Two options: the PC answer or
soul-searched, searing honesty
I think since it’s poet to poet
option number two is how I’ll go
About twelve years ago, give or take
was the start of The Silence
The Silence stole the voices of my soul
that created song and poetry within
So many events happened, the start
was the death of a dear, cherished friend.
She was a genius, an artist, a scientist of life
Family reputation and societal...
#secrets
#despair
#suffering
#emptiness
#emotional
797 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
16th Jun 2019 11:41pm
16th Jun 2019 11:41pm
R
A rose with petals of titanium
Her bloody thorns tiny daggers
ripped my flesh, elevated me
I kneel, and know she is my love
Her bloody thorns tiny daggers
ripped my flesh, elevated me
I kneel, and know she is my love
#love
#strength
#dark
#beauty
#frustration
971 reads
11 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2019 7:01pm
2nd Jun 2019 7:01pm
Culinary School Lessons for Life
Sweet Sixteen in 1994, what a cosmic joke
I was a girl in worlds that hated my existence
Especially two white-pride boys, top of school society
We all went to school together, then vo-tech
I was far more intelligent, strike one for me
A girl who didn’t fall for their charm, strike two
Semitic in a world of Aryans, strike three
The first two strikes were easily evaded
But the last one nearly cost me my life twice
Sixteen and studying to be a chef
Girl in a man’s world, already despised
Bad enough I saw them in academics ...
I was a girl in worlds that hated my existence
Especially two white-pride boys, top of school society
We all went to school together, then vo-tech
I was far more intelligent, strike one for me
A girl who didn’t fall for their charm, strike two
Semitic in a world of Aryans, strike three
The first two strikes were easily evaded
But the last one nearly cost me my life twice
Sixteen and studying to be a chef
Girl in a man’s world, already despised
Bad enough I saw them in academics ...
#religion
#narrative
#TruthOfLife #nonfiction
#TruthOfLife #nonfiction
1160 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2019 10:54am
2nd Jun 2019 10:54am
Societal (In)Justice - (V) Moving On
The alleged crime, now confessed
apologized for, begrudgingly forgiven
in dual courts of public opinion and private blogs
You are free to go, you are declared irrelevant
Gather your trampled reputation and leave
It is impossible to erase the indelible stain
seemingly forever attached to your name
Yet the need to move on doesn’t change
apologized for, begrudgingly forgiven
in dual courts of public opinion and private blogs
You are free to go, you are declared irrelevant
Gather your trampled reputation and leave
It is impossible to erase the indelible stain
seemingly forever attached to your name
Yet the need to move on doesn’t change
#humankind
#culture
#morality
587 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2019 10:24am
2nd Jun 2019 10:24am
Societal (In)Justice - (IV) Forgiveness
Voices crying for erasure
Coo in condescending pardon
We always believed in you
Mistakes are only human
To move up, you needed to fall down
You will never be as adored
Wrapping yourself in tatters of respect
Not everyone will let you move on, ever
Coo in condescending pardon
We always believed in you
Mistakes are only human
To move up, you needed to fall down
You will never be as adored
Wrapping yourself in tatters of respect
Not everyone will let you move on, ever
#forgiveness
#MovingOn
475 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2019 2:44am
2nd Jun 2019 2:44am
Societal (In)Justice - (III) Apology
You are sorry for being so horrifically wrong
For speaking so lightheartedly, carelessly
There were no conscious thoughts of malice
Or any thoughts, really, on reflection
Lack of thought is fatal in this day and age.
You realize the error of your ways
This mistake will never happen again
The world watches as you grovel at their feet.
For speaking so lightheartedly, carelessly
There were no conscious thoughts of malice
Or any thoughts, really, on reflection
Lack of thought is fatal in this day and age.
You realize the error of your ways
This mistake will never happen again
The world watches as you grovel at their feet.
#shame
#freedom
#morality
496 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2019 2:21am
2nd Jun 2019 2:21am
Societal (In)Justice - (I) Rumor
It’s just idle chat between pals
Meaningless words, no big deal
A lighthearted moment
Silly, harmless fun, right?
Action etched in time
Impossible to unsay what was said
Can’t undo what was done
Spoken words do murder on repeat
The victim remains in agony, alive
Face corpse white, then asphyxiated red
You have no clue what you’ve done,
But you would soon enough, I fear
Meaningless words, no big deal
A lighthearted moment
Silly, harmless fun, right?
Action etched in time
Impossible to unsay what was said
Can’t undo what was done
Spoken words do murder on repeat
The victim remains in agony, alive
Face corpse white, then asphyxiated red
You have no clue what you’ve done,
But you would soon enough, I fear
#PopCulture
#culture
#morality
501 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Jun 2019 00:46am
1st Jun 2019 00:46am
Societal (In)Justice - (II) Outrage
How dare you? You’ve no right!
So triggered right now, need safe space!
The virtual crowds cry for cancellation
Such a precious 2019 concept
One single moment, one tiny mistake
All who worshiped and adored you
Their love songs are now funeral dirges
We demand our apology - we are owed
There is no chance of return
So triggered right now, need safe space!
The virtual crowds cry for cancellation
Such a precious 2019 concept
One single moment, one tiny mistake
All who worshiped and adored you
Their love songs are now funeral dirges
We demand our apology - we are owed
There is no chance of return
#humankind
#culture
#morality
545 reads
3 Comments
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