Submissions by janiselizabeth (Janis Miller)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
LOVE POEM
Published
13th Jan 2024 10:42pm
13th Jan 2024 10:42pm
The Torch
The torch was passed to me.
I ran as fast as I could into the elements.
I felt the weight of what she carried
and took it with me.
I could feel the warmth left in the metal
by her hands, transfer to my fingertips.
It wasn't difficult to grasp, or
to see through her hidden anguish.
Through every mile traveled
her soles were worn, her body torn
and there was still a smile.
She let go with some resistance
but only because she had to,
because in her was the desire to carry on
if only she could, she would have ...
I ran as fast as I could into the elements.
I felt the weight of what she carried
and took it with me.
I could feel the warmth left in the metal
by her hands, transfer to my fingertips.
It wasn't difficult to grasp, or
to see through her hidden anguish.
Through every mile traveled
her soles were worn, her body torn
and there was still a smile.
She let go with some resistance
but only because she had to,
because in her was the desire to carry on
if only she could, she would have ...
#love
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2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Jan 2024 12:28pm
13th Jan 2024 12:28pm
Impossible Things
Like dipping my feet into a golden sunset
Or drinking the moon from a silver straw
I like to do impossible things
Or drinking the moon from a silver straw
I like to do impossible things
#sun
#moon
#stars
147 reads
7 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
13th Jan 2024 12:23pm
13th Jan 2024 12:23pm
Paper Hearts
Paper hearts with broken wings
caged in dark, sight unseen
angels shot out of the sky
Paper trails with white washed faces
secret letters to hidden basements
tiny voices left to die
Paper cuts with rainbow bruises
wounds that crust, blood that oozes
no one left to hear their cries
Paper hearts take flight in dark
with silenced dreams on broken wings
some set free to fly
caged in dark, sight unseen
angels shot out of the sky
Paper trails with white washed faces
secret letters to hidden basements
tiny voices left to die
Paper cuts with rainbow bruises
wounds that crust, blood that oozes
no one left to hear their cries
Paper hearts take flight in dark
with silenced dreams on broken wings
some set free to fly
#children
#suffering
155 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
13th Jan 2024 2:28am
13th Jan 2024 2:28am
Perspiring Rain
The sky melts
under a boiling sun
dripping beads of perspiring rain.
Pearls of translucent sweat
slip down glistening skin
into lukewarm pools
then evaporates
in a humid, misty haze;
opaque clouds of breath.
under a boiling sun
dripping beads of perspiring rain.
Pearls of translucent sweat
slip down glistening skin
into lukewarm pools
then evaporates
in a humid, misty haze;
opaque clouds of breath.
#lover
#sensual
163 reads
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
13th Jan 2024 1:24am
13th Jan 2024 1:24am
Judas
Take the poker out of the flame
Close the grate and
Suffocate the hypocrisy.
No one is innocent
In a theocracy
You’re Judas and I’m Judas.
Sin impregnates you
The betrayal is birthed
Blood stains and birthing pain
Cannot be erased from the earth
You’re Judas and I’m Judas
Point the fingers
Shift the blame
Avoid the mirror
We’re all the same
You’re Judas and I’m Judas
Burning in flames
Close the grate and
Suffocate the hypocrisy.
No one is innocent
In a theocracy
You’re Judas and I’m Judas.
Sin impregnates you
The betrayal is birthed
Blood stains and birthing pain
Cannot be erased from the earth
You’re Judas and I’m Judas
Point the fingers
Shift the blame
Avoid the mirror
We’re all the same
You’re Judas and I’m Judas
Burning in flames
#betrayal
#Christian
148 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Jan 2024 6:25pm
12th Jan 2024 6:25pm
Awake
clouds roll in like drums
rain, tap dancing on my window
like fingers on a table
so I can’t sleep
flashes of images, of you
and her, and her, and her
like screen burn when I close my eyes
so I can’t sleep
camera bulbs burst in the sky.
the house shutters, the bed shakes
nudging me on the shoulder
text messages, “are you awake?”
bipolar weather
and Polaroid memories
keeping me awake,
remembering my mistakes
rain, tap dancing on my window
like fingers on a table
so I can’t sleep
flashes of images, of you
and her, and her, and her
like screen burn when I close my eyes
so I can’t sleep
camera bulbs burst in the sky.
the house shutters, the bed shakes
nudging me on the shoulder
text messages, “are you awake?”
bipolar weather
and Polaroid memories
keeping me awake,
remembering my mistakes
#love
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LOVE POEM
Published
12th Jan 2024 4:41pm
12th Jan 2024 4:41pm
Sweet Refrain
perfumed branches, virgin flowers
fauna stir in dawn's early hours
blushed mauve hues with warm, gentle rains
amours singing in sweet refrain
first fruits are plucked 'neath shades of green
tranquil sighs, along trails upstream
beside the waters, where they've lain
amours singing in sweet refrain
strolling through endless golden fields
harvest surrenders its last yield
velvet pastures and satin plains
amours singing in sweet refrain
white cotton blankets, frozen ground
lonely footprints...
fauna stir in dawn's early hours
blushed mauve hues with warm, gentle rains
amours singing in sweet refrain
first fruits are plucked 'neath shades of green
tranquil sighs, along trails upstream
beside the waters, where they've lain
amours singing in sweet refrain
strolling through endless golden fields
harvest surrenders its last yield
velvet pastures and satin plains
amours singing in sweet refrain
white cotton blankets, frozen ground
lonely footprints...
#love
104 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Jan 2024 4:45am
12th Jan 2024 4:45am
Untitled Love Poem III
I wore the dress with a slit in it
so you could slip your hand in-
between the fabric like pages in a book.
So your fingers could trace
each unspoken word into my skin
as you mouthed the syllables
into my ears without sound.
So you could imagine what it would be like
to rip the cover from the pages,
but that would have spoiled the ending.
Still,
you didn't waste any time.
so you could slip your hand in-
between the fabric like pages in a book.
So your fingers could trace
each unspoken word into my skin
as you mouthed the syllables
into my ears without sound.
So you could imagine what it would be like
to rip the cover from the pages,
but that would have spoiled the ending.
Still,
you didn't waste any time.
#love
#sex
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
12th Jan 2024 2:59am
12th Jan 2024 2:59am
Voyeur of Nature
Where the mountains kiss the sky
the clouds are sighed into existence
against blushing cheeks of salmon hues;
and I am a voyeur of nature, watching
the exhibition of dawn's embrace
from the breath of space in between
the clouds are sighed into existence
against blushing cheeks of salmon hues;
and I am a voyeur of nature, watching
the exhibition of dawn's embrace
from the breath of space in between
#nature
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LOVE POEM
Published
11th Jan 2024 8:39pm
11th Jan 2024 8:39pm
Jealous of the Moon
The way you look at her face,
how you bathe in her gentle glow;
the way you lie yourself down
and rest within her embrace,
I am jealous of the moon.
Of the secrets you share
Of the long walks in the woods
Of the way she makes you howl
even though I am not there...
yes, I am jealous of the moon.
Because I must always chase the dark
while hers is the light you pursue;
because I watchover while you sleep
until you wake, when I depart...
always will I be...jealous of the moon.
how you bathe in her gentle glow;
the way you lie yourself down
and rest within her embrace,
I am jealous of the moon.
Of the secrets you share
Of the long walks in the woods
Of the way she makes you howl
even though I am not there...
yes, I am jealous of the moon.
Because I must always chase the dark
while hers is the light you pursue;
because I watchover while you sleep
until you wake, when I depart...
always will I be...jealous of the moon.
#love
213 reads
9 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Jan 2024 4:53am
11th Jan 2024 4:53am
Untitled Love Poem II
Bathe me in moonlight, darling
under the black silk sky.
My dress would look better
hanging on that tree
next to your black silk tie.
I want to be like the Mississippi River.
I want to flow down the streams with you.
I want you to make me shiver.
I want you to tremble too.
I want you to warm me by the fire
that burns inside your chest
and watch the flames flicker higher
--higher than all the rest.
under the black silk sky.
My dress would look better
hanging on that tree
next to your black silk tie.
I want to be like the Mississippi River.
I want to flow down the streams with you.
I want you to make me shiver.
I want you to tremble too.
I want you to warm me by the fire
that burns inside your chest
and watch the flames flicker higher
--higher than all the rest.
#love
#sex
188 reads
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EROTIC POEM
Published
11th Jan 2024 4:50am
11th Jan 2024 4:50am
The Artist
he stretches my body upon a canvas
then paints my skin with his hands
he forms my soul with his mouth
and writes poetry inside me
carnal words carved within walls
and molds me as clay to himself
until we are as one pot
he composes music--I sing the lyrics
without words, I am his wind instrument
my voice, a bird set free from its cage
when he releases his hand, I float
he stares, satisfied with his work
but will never share with the world
what is only for his eyes, only for his ears
his--only.
he gives me my...
then paints my skin with his hands
he forms my soul with his mouth
and writes poetry inside me
carnal words carved within walls
and molds me as clay to himself
until we are as one pot
he composes music--I sing the lyrics
without words, I am his wind instrument
my voice, a bird set free from its cage
when he releases his hand, I float
he stares, satisfied with his work
but will never share with the world
what is only for his eyes, only for his ears
his--only.
he gives me my...
#love
#marriage
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6 Comments
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