Submissions by jemac
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I am on a journey… with my work, my explorations, and a few sad stories. I travel with a suitcase full of outrageous blessings. I am on a quest for truth, beauty and quiet joy. I am an artist, a writer, an explorer. ~unknown~
declined
she was trying so hard to move on
every which way she turned
trying to keep forward momentum
she found herself trapped in
mud so thick
with every advancement
she was sinking further and further
dredged in the quicksand
all signs pointing to
declined
every which way she turned
trying to keep forward momentum
she found herself trapped in
mud so thick
with every advancement
she was sinking further and further
dredged in the quicksand
all signs pointing to
declined
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2 Comments
The Furnace
Suddenly there was a rattling deep within her
Seams were breaking open
Water began to seep between her crevices
Rattling became a deep thundering banging
Air rushed through her in a cold relentless breath
In a heave she became quiet again
Slowly steadily her
Surroundings began to warm
There was an audible sigh
Within her walls
Things had returned to normal.
Seams were breaking open
Water began to seep between her crevices
Rattling became a deep thundering banging
Air rushed through her in a cold relentless breath
In a heave she became quiet again
Slowly steadily her
Surroundings began to warm
There was an audible sigh
Within her walls
Things had returned to normal.
654 reads
6 Comments
Words Fall Like Tears
her ~
I wish to be able to express to you how I feel
him~
If it is going to affect my feelings in any way, I don't want to hear
I wish to be able to express to you how I feel
him~
If it is going to affect my feelings in any way, I don't want to hear
653 reads
6 Comments
Winter Rages
snow is falling
wind is blowing
branches frozen
heavy with snow
cracking and crashing
down all around
like misguided torpedoes
looks like I'll be
holding off gardening
for another day...
wind is blowing
branches frozen
heavy with snow
cracking and crashing
down all around
like misguided torpedoes
looks like I'll be
holding off gardening
for another day...
580 reads
4 Comments
into the depths
decided to go back to
familiar waters so safe
and warm....sliding into the
liquid from where i once was born
curled into the fetal position
i drifted from the surface
as deep as i could go
till i felt the pressure against me
begging my body to reach
for air, i waited as long as i could
the light fracturing the surface
waiting for me to emerge
from the bottom,, my toes digging into
the sand, crouching, pushing,
my body rising swiftly
water rushing all around me
bubbles floating to the surface
as if they are guiding...
familiar waters so safe
and warm....sliding into the
liquid from where i once was born
curled into the fetal position
i drifted from the surface
as deep as i could go
till i felt the pressure against me
begging my body to reach
for air, i waited as long as i could
the light fracturing the surface
waiting for me to emerge
from the bottom,, my toes digging into
the sand, crouching, pushing,
my body rising swiftly
water rushing all around me
bubbles floating to the surface
as if they are guiding...
694 reads
2 Comments
the encounter
suddenly there you are
making yourself at home
across from me
looking into my eyes
and reading me as if
I am an open book
and i wonder how it is that
you can see me so clearly
that you understand me
i cannot hide anything
from you
you look past those things
that have been pulling me apart
and i feel those cracks closing
being filled with something else
that i have never experienced
with any one else
i realize that i am
suddenly filled with hope...
making yourself at home
across from me
looking into my eyes
and reading me as if
I am an open book
and i wonder how it is that
you can see me so clearly
that you understand me
i cannot hide anything
from you
you look past those things
that have been pulling me apart
and i feel those cracks closing
being filled with something else
that i have never experienced
with any one else
i realize that i am
suddenly filled with hope...
721 reads
8 Comments
LOVE?
Did you ever
love me?
I don't know what
that means.
love me?
I don't know what
that means.
646 reads
8 Comments
02052014
I curl into my favorite chair
pillows all around me
from here i peer out
into the snowy rainy day
and my thoughts drift
with the falling snow
shrouding me like a curtain
frozen in the moment
like ice holding on to the
thinnest branch
waiting to fall..
pillows all around me
from here i peer out
into the snowy rainy day
and my thoughts drift
with the falling snow
shrouding me like a curtain
frozen in the moment
like ice holding on to the
thinnest branch
waiting to fall..
627 reads
4 Comments
Ocean
the ocean
will never lie still
her salty breath
moving in and out
sometimes smooth as silk
other times with the rage
of a lion
in calm or storm
we must never doubt
her ferociousness
"i need the sea because it teaches me." Pablo Neruda
will never lie still
her salty breath
moving in and out
sometimes smooth as silk
other times with the rage
of a lion
in calm or storm
we must never doubt
her ferociousness
"i need the sea because it teaches me." Pablo Neruda
#sea
#PabloNeruda
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Foot prints in the pines...
She is breaking the barriers
pulling down her walls
piece by piece
they come crumbling down
the frames of her life
so picture perfect
moments in time
that no longer matter
who will even know
she was here?
how small her footprint
seems in the big scheme
that was her life
for so long
will this place miss
her creativity
her spirit
her love?
pulling down her walls
piece by piece
they come crumbling down
the frames of her life
so picture perfect
moments in time
that no longer matter
who will even know
she was here?
how small her footprint
seems in the big scheme
that was her life
for so long
will this place miss
her creativity
her spirit
her love?
632 reads
4 Comments
A..H...
she sits and wonders how the person
she loved more than anything in the world
has put her in the position of
losing
everything
leaving her hands overflowing
with responsibility to
take care of all
while he sits somewhere far away
as usual
she loved more than anything in the world
has put her in the position of
losing
everything
leaving her hands overflowing
with responsibility to
take care of all
while he sits somewhere far away
as usual
928 reads
10 Comments
smile…
it is that time of day
when emotions must get
tucked away
smiling is captured
on these lips
all other emotions
fall catalyst
when emotions must get
tucked away
smiling is captured
on these lips
all other emotions
fall catalyst
721 reads
4 Comments
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