Submissions by justdontask
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
i write how i feel, not usually about any subject in particular
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Apr 2013 9:32pm
11th Apr 2013 9:32pm
Girl On The Cover
wrote this awhile back for a forum, but was too scared to publish it]
i've heard
i've seen
a battle in vain
that lies at the diverged path
between beauty and pain
small wrists
withered skin
angry bruises
thighs so thin
the lights are too bright
the labels too big
cries go unanswered
despite
constant struggles from
models being twigs
and competition
for what?
a woman's right to treat and feed herself
gone
instead teaching her to strut
down a path with no destination
just to turn back...
i've heard
i've seen
a battle in vain
that lies at the diverged path
between beauty and pain
small wrists
withered skin
angry bruises
thighs so thin
the lights are too bright
the labels too big
cries go unanswered
despite
constant struggles from
models being twigs
and competition
for what?
a woman's right to treat and feed herself
gone
instead teaching her to strut
down a path with no destination
just to turn back...
578 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Apr 2013 4:30am
11th Apr 2013 4:30am
Image
sometimes i feel empty
a hollow walking body
when the people around me
seem so
complete
nice clothes and pretty smiles
who knew
happiness could be so easy
superficial lives
lived so smoothly
pave over the cracks
so no one can see
only a fantastical mirage
what wonderful theatrics
harmoniously acted out
it looks
tiring
i guess
i'm tired too.
a hollow walking body
when the people around me
seem so
complete
nice clothes and pretty smiles
who knew
happiness could be so easy
superficial lives
lived so smoothly
pave over the cracks
so no one can see
only a fantastical mirage
what wonderful theatrics
harmoniously acted out
it looks
tiring
i guess
i'm tired too.
711 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
10th Apr 2013 9:47pm
10th Apr 2013 9:47pm
Pursuit of Happiness
truth be told
it's one of the most
complex mysteries
maybe
it's all in the science
anatomy
neurology
maybe we are just
missing the point
do you think
it takes awhile
to find your pursuit to happiness
do you think before i die
will i know
or
have i already found it
the day i stared into
those
beautiful eyes
it's one of the most
complex mysteries
maybe
it's all in the science
anatomy
neurology
maybe we are just
missing the point
do you think
it takes awhile
to find your pursuit to happiness
do you think before i die
will i know
or
have i already found it
the day i stared into
those
beautiful eyes
684 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Apr 2013 9:27pm
9th Apr 2013 9:27pm
Five Day Thoughts
i've been thinking about
what people want to read
is it the first line
is it the title
am i doing it wrong?
i've been thinking about thoughts
ha
my mind
is a confusing place
is it the repetition of the
words
word
wor
wo
w
or the l e t t e r s
stop reading
and look around
what do you see
now look back
to these words
written just
for you
do they mean
something different
now
think
or
let your mind wander
and see...
what people want to read
is it the first line
is it the title
am i doing it wrong?
i've been thinking about thoughts
ha
my mind
is a confusing place
is it the repetition of the
words
word
wor
wo
w
or the l e t t e r s
stop reading
and look around
what do you see
now look back
to these words
written just
for you
do they mean
something different
now
think
or
let your mind wander
and see...
510 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Apr 2013 3:25am
9th Apr 2013 3:25am
Oblivious
i'm all alone
you left me here
you have no idea what it's like
now
too much change
all too soon
i didn't ask for it
and never have
given as a gift
from one who could never understand
all i ask is
why
when all i want to ask is
how long
till i see you
till i can smile and mean it
till things get better
till i can stop laughing when i want to cry
till everything goes back to
how it was
you left me here
you have no idea what it's like
now
too much change
all too soon
i didn't ask for it
and never have
given as a gift
from one who could never understand
all i ask is
why
when all i want to ask is
how long
till i see you
till i can smile and mean it
till things get better
till i can stop laughing when i want to cry
till everything goes back to
how it was
598 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Apr 2013 3:13am
9th Apr 2013 3:13am
Jane
going through your clothes
is wrong
not something that should be done
they stay put
shined on by the partial sun
collecting dust
right where they were left
so much disruption
a crowded place not a home
cause you were my anchor
and it seems that now i'm slowly
drifting
away from the few people who care
the dwindling happy thoughts
my optimistic world
shadowed by guilt
and transparent tears
i want to call out for you
but heaven can be an unwelcoming place
maybe thats why
no one can hear my...
is wrong
not something that should be done
they stay put
shined on by the partial sun
collecting dust
right where they were left
so much disruption
a crowded place not a home
cause you were my anchor
and it seems that now i'm slowly
drifting
away from the few people who care
the dwindling happy thoughts
my optimistic world
shadowed by guilt
and transparent tears
i want to call out for you
but heaven can be an unwelcoming place
maybe thats why
no one can hear my...
594 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Apr 2013 4:07am
7th Apr 2013 4:07am
Hopes
do you stay in that dark and hollow place
with the wrongest feeling of
loneliness
do you pretend to smile back
under circumstances
with the happy and the harmonious
do you add the artificial twinkle
to the dried out
and hardened eyes
in hope that the people closest
do not realize
well
i hope and pray
that by today
the answer is truthfully
no
with the wrongest feeling of
loneliness
do you pretend to smile back
under circumstances
with the happy and the harmonious
do you add the artificial twinkle
to the dried out
and hardened eyes
in hope that the people closest
do not realize
well
i hope and pray
that by today
the answer is truthfully
no
589 reads
1 Comment
ANGER POEM
Published
7th Apr 2013 1:50am
7th Apr 2013 1:50am
Words I Can't Say
this is to you
yeah you
don't roll your eyes at me
tell me to forget about it
no
cause i won't
look at my face
not at the ground
stop texting your boyfriend
the world doesn't revolve around your goddamn phone
stop messing with your hair
you know i hate that
when you look at the other boys
like you look at him
don't tell me i'm prude
just cause i don't give it up
at every chance i get
thats not me
sorry
i won't ignore it
not anymore
i want to talk now
not...
yeah you
don't roll your eyes at me
tell me to forget about it
no
cause i won't
look at my face
not at the ground
stop texting your boyfriend
the world doesn't revolve around your goddamn phone
stop messing with your hair
you know i hate that
when you look at the other boys
like you look at him
don't tell me i'm prude
just cause i don't give it up
at every chance i get
thats not me
sorry
i won't ignore it
not anymore
i want to talk now
not...
625 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Apr 2013 3:33pm
6th Apr 2013 3:33pm
One of them
they speak
to please Him
they dance
to please Him
they laugh
to please Him
they sing
to please Him
but i guess
when we stand up and fight
He doesn't like it
all the chaos in the street
He doesn't like it
when we rob the thief's
of what is rightfully ours
He doesn't like it
You see
He is all around us
watching
listening
waiting
for that one day
to show the world
what he really...
to please Him
they dance
to please Him
they laugh
to please Him
they sing
to please Him
but i guess
when we stand up and fight
He doesn't like it
all the chaos in the street
He doesn't like it
when we rob the thief's
of what is rightfully ours
He doesn't like it
You see
He is all around us
watching
listening
waiting
for that one day
to show the world
what he really...
557 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
6th Apr 2013 2:40pm
6th Apr 2013 2:40pm
Confession
maybe this body is just
a shape
a form we take
that changes
through every life
that we live
so would it be such a sin,
when
i hurt myself
just to feel again
a shape
a form we take
that changes
through every life
that we live
so would it be such a sin,
when
i hurt myself
just to feel again
595 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Apr 2013 1:49am
6th Apr 2013 1:49am
Simple Thoughts
i think
the greatest way to die would be
to just dissolve away
because your thoughts
would still float
your mind
would still soar
your love
would still be felt
but your body could just
melt away
innocently, quietly
fading
until all thats left
is the shape you've taken
the broken path you've walked
the empty life you've left behind
the greatest way to die would be
to just dissolve away
because your thoughts
would still float
your mind
would still soar
your love
would still be felt
but your body could just
melt away
innocently, quietly
fading
until all thats left
is the shape you've taken
the broken path you've walked
the empty life you've left behind
468 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Apr 2013 1:45am
6th Apr 2013 1:45am
Father
never content
or happy
always growing
never stopping
the overwhelming sense
that intoxicates your every move
makes your bones stiff
the nerves confused
pupils wide
stomach tighten
makes your spine gasp
as you reach for a hand
thats not there
stops your breath
that could have said something
lips blue
with perspiration
rolling down a face
friendly with the anger
and pain
and sadness
and overused words
that shouldn't even be used
in the...
or happy
always growing
never stopping
the overwhelming sense
that intoxicates your every move
makes your bones stiff
the nerves confused
pupils wide
stomach tighten
makes your spine gasp
as you reach for a hand
thats not there
stops your breath
that could have said something
lips blue
with perspiration
rolling down a face
friendly with the anger
and pain
and sadness
and overused words
that shouldn't even be used
in the...
485 reads
0 Comments
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