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.
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
25th Apr 2019 1:42am
25th Apr 2019 1:42am
Summer Night's Dance
All was silver and gold that endless summer night
Dancing in fields in the time between times
The sun, moon, the stars in that perfect sky
Clothed in white dresses, borrowed from a friend.
Each dress washed in holy water, then donned
To dance in the vineyards, singing for soulmates
Young men observed unseen, each seeking
Their balanced counterpart, their perfect one
She who would make their soul complete
Mother to his children, helpmeet of his life
Rich girls borrowed dresses from girls with less
Poor girls, garbed...
Dancing in fields in the time between times
The sun, moon, the stars in that perfect sky
Clothed in white dresses, borrowed from a friend.
Each dress washed in holy water, then donned
To dance in the vineyards, singing for soulmates
Young men observed unseen, each seeking
Their balanced counterpart, their perfect one
She who would make their soul complete
Mother to his children, helpmeet of his life
Rich girls borrowed dresses from girls with less
Poor girls, garbed...
#wife
#relationships
#romantic
#support
#respect
436 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Apr 2019 5:06pm
24th Apr 2019 5:06pm
The Seas
We are agreed, the seas and me.
As the human, I have the responsibility
to know the oceans somber motion
Be sensitive to their every emotion
They cannot be tamed so I must
come and go at their pleasure
to earn their respect, their trust
As the human, I have the responsibility
to know the oceans somber motion
Be sensitive to their every emotion
They cannot be tamed so I must
come and go at their pleasure
to earn their respect, their trust
#water
465 reads
0 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
24th Apr 2019 3:39am
24th Apr 2019 3:39am
Don't Let Go
In the depths of quietest night
while the world I know is asleep
The silence profoundly deep
I hear you from another galaxy
Your voice is my clarion call
begging me not to let you fall
I silently scream with all I am -
can you hear me across the universe?
Each moment is forever, so it seems
Broken heart full of shattered dreams
You yearn to cease, to disappear,
to sleep forever, as if never here
Hang on just a little bit longer
I know you are so much stronger
then all adversaries in your...
while the world I know is asleep
The silence profoundly deep
I hear you from another galaxy
Your voice is my clarion call
begging me not to let you fall
I silently scream with all I am -
can you hear me across the universe?
Each moment is forever, so it seems
Broken heart full of shattered dreams
You yearn to cease, to disappear,
to sleep forever, as if never here
Hang on just a little bit longer
I know you are so much stronger
then all adversaries in your...
#dark
#SelfHarm
#suicide #despair
#suicide #despair
699 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
24th Apr 2019 2:53am
24th Apr 2019 2:53am
Myself, I Confess
Not just a survivor, I am a combatant
silently stalking the path least traveled
It's best you get out of my way
Else be prepared to pay
Your dignity will be my trophy
I am a gladiator, each day my arena
Fighting for just one more breath
I scream, I bleed, I plead, I fall
You’ll never get to savor my death
Once again I find strength after all
Dazed, shaken, yet I stand tall
I may be broken, haunted
exhausted beyond reason, taunted
You will never get me to kneel
I pray,...
silently stalking the path least traveled
It's best you get out of my way
Else be prepared to pay
Your dignity will be my trophy
I am a gladiator, each day my arena
Fighting for just one more breath
I scream, I bleed, I plead, I fall
You’ll never get to savor my death
Once again I find strength after all
Dazed, shaken, yet I stand tall
I may be broken, haunted
exhausted beyond reason, taunted
You will never get me to kneel
I pray,...
#strength
#courage
#inspirational
#TimeHeals
#redemption
701 reads
4 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
22nd Apr 2019 10:32am
22nd Apr 2019 10:32am
Insights of the Soul
Transcendent truth, inhuman compassion
altruistic love, measured retribution
crystalline intellect, untainted sentiment
inhabits illuminating immaculate vessel
Residing in secret recesses of mortal spirit
temporarily exiled from eternal repose
three pillars hold the universe in its’ heights
Repossession of inclination for exoneration
invocation of deathless soul beseeching grace
emotion and logic reconciled in absolute harmony
altruistic love, measured retribution
crystalline intellect, untainted sentiment
inhabits illuminating immaculate vessel
Residing in secret recesses of mortal spirit
temporarily exiled from eternal repose
three pillars hold the universe in its’ heights
Repossession of inclination for exoneration
invocation of deathless soul beseeching grace
emotion and logic reconciled in absolute harmony
#spiritual
#philosophical
525 reads
4 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
19th Apr 2019 1:30am
19th Apr 2019 1:30am
Pretty Pretty Pink Pills
Pretty pink pills
so pale pretty pink
Round and round you go
Tragedy before, tears fall
Heart break, lungs constrict
stoic peace after, abstract
Outside looking in
Time marches on, duty to be done
In the times between times
while all slumber I wake
Mind whirling, cognizant
body shaking, uselessly begging
for repose no longer given
so pale pretty pink
Round and round you go
Tragedy before, tears fall
Heart break, lungs constrict
stoic peace after, abstract
Outside looking in
Time marches on, duty to be done
In the times between times
while all slumber I wake
Mind whirling, cognizant
body shaking, uselessly begging
for repose no longer given
#drugs
#temptation
604 reads
7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Apr 2019 4:46pm
18th Apr 2019 4:46pm
Silence
Silence is never quiet.
If you listen closely
Hush, please be still
I beg, stay with me
We are kindred
Silence and I
Can’t be closer, us two
Let’s go for a stroll
We have much to show you.
Silence can shriek
Also scream
Render weak
Shatter a dream
It can stretch, it can bend
There from the start
So too at the end
Silence came first
And will certainly be last
Silence sighs, and cries
It lies, yet never dies
Silence supposedly sets you free
But...
If you listen closely
Hush, please be still
I beg, stay with me
We are kindred
Silence and I
Can’t be closer, us two
Let’s go for a stroll
We have much to show you.
Silence can shriek
Also scream
Render weak
Shatter a dream
It can stretch, it can bend
There from the start
So too at the end
Silence came first
And will certainly be last
Silence sighs, and cries
It lies, yet never dies
Silence supposedly sets you free
But...
#sadness
#grief
#loneliness
#dark
#emptiness
593 reads
4 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
18th Apr 2019 4:46pm
18th Apr 2019 4:46pm
Final Hour
If Heaven demands conversation
who am I to demur in hesitation?
I go to the home of eternal sleep
Light a candle, say a prayer
elevate a soul, blessing to keep
Take my place among the stone
Life before my eyes, sins to atone
The rain in the house of rest
chills my skin, does not relent
Letters of prayer bleed to the ground
I perceive laments that have no sound.
Living water flows downward
I face the sky to listen
to receive what was always mine
...
who am I to demur in hesitation?
I go to the home of eternal sleep
Light a candle, say a prayer
elevate a soul, blessing to keep
Take my place among the stone
Life before my eyes, sins to atone
The rain in the house of rest
chills my skin, does not relent
Letters of prayer bleed to the ground
I perceive laments that have no sound.
Living water flows downward
I face the sky to listen
to receive what was always mine
...
#religion
#faith
#spiritual
#redemption
#tradition
556 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
18th Apr 2019 6:07am
18th Apr 2019 6:07am
1/60th of Death
Doze for a moment, sleep for a day
it makes no difference anyway
I lay me down to sleep
Pray the One Above my soul to keep
beseech angels to guide the way
I die, just a little, to travel heavenward
leaving parts of me in a place I will never
with mortal eyes look upon
I wake, praise He Who kept me
returning, regretfully, to my soul.
Exiled from universe and wisdom
That my eternal longs for above all
Dissonance in harmony
physicality and spiritual, such agony
bound together by...
it makes no difference anyway
I lay me down to sleep
Pray the One Above my soul to keep
beseech angels to guide the way
I die, just a little, to travel heavenward
leaving parts of me in a place I will never
with mortal eyes look upon
I wake, praise He Who kept me
returning, regretfully, to my soul.
Exiled from universe and wisdom
That my eternal longs for above all
Dissonance in harmony
physicality and spiritual, such agony
bound together by...
#faith
#spiritual
#redemption
512 reads
0 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Apr 2019 6:06am
18th Apr 2019 6:06am
Not a Typical Ever After
Happy ever endings
constantly changing
Shifting bits of color
in kaleidoscopic view
Glance away just a moment
the pattern entirely new
Lose focus, forget dreams
perish picture perfect thoughts
Stop chasing ideals that obstruct
for that false fairy-tale finale
Imperfections transcend
What concludes may be the start
of a life of joy neverending
All that is needed is audacity
surrender theories that constrict
vast exquisite possibilities
constantly changing
Shifting bits of color
in kaleidoscopic view
Glance away just a moment
the pattern entirely new
Lose focus, forget dreams
perish picture perfect thoughts
Stop chasing ideals that obstruct
for that false fairy-tale finale
Imperfections transcend
What concludes may be the start
of a life of joy neverending
All that is needed is audacity
surrender theories that constrict
vast exquisite possibilities
#love
#hope
#inspirational #redemption
#inspirational #redemption
416 reads
3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Apr 2019 10:06pm
17th Apr 2019 10:06pm
Child Mine
Precious jewel of my heart
you possess unrivaled strength
Your mind is a prism, refracting truth
Agonizingly simple and yet
there are those who try to obfuscate
Dear child, walk fearless
It is in the between the lines
where adults try to read
failing to appreciate you.
Your beauty, not of physicality
rarest countenance of intellect
a treasure beyond compare
yours as easy as breathing
you possess unrivaled strength
Your mind is a prism, refracting truth
Agonizingly simple and yet
there are those who try to obfuscate
Dear child, walk fearless
It is in the between the lines
where adults try to read
failing to appreciate you.
Your beauty, not of physicality
rarest countenance of intellect
a treasure beyond compare
yours as easy as breathing
#love
#kindness
#courage
#inspirational
#respect
453 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Apr 2019 10:01pm
17th Apr 2019 10:01pm
Emotion vs Logic
Emotion is Logic’s failsafe
from flying too far gone
Black and white make so little sense
What of all the beauty of gray?
Variations, completely atypical
revealed when focused upon
with eyes open and heart free.
from flying too far gone
Black and white make so little sense
What of all the beauty of gray?
Variations, completely atypical
revealed when focused upon
with eyes open and heart free.
#strength
#inspirational
#redemption
553 reads
5 Comments
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