Submissions by kestaa
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Apr 2014 8:42am
15th Apr 2014 8:42am
Pulse
Calm
It's an interesting thing to consider
And under even more interesting circumstances
The light of dawn
The depth of midnight
Held in lovers' arms
One by one
Dashed and trampled chances
Clarity of reflection
Equability of heartache
Hopefulness
Sanguine temptation
There's a certain temperature
Warming cool that
Spreads from your soul extended
A gratitude rebounding
Thanks to the incomparable kindness
Of a strange smile
Unexpected hello
Shattered loneliness
Disturbed darkness
Handing reaching out...
It's an interesting thing to consider
And under even more interesting circumstances
The light of dawn
The depth of midnight
Held in lovers' arms
One by one
Dashed and trampled chances
Clarity of reflection
Equability of heartache
Hopefulness
Sanguine temptation
There's a certain temperature
Warming cool that
Spreads from your soul extended
A gratitude rebounding
Thanks to the incomparable kindness
Of a strange smile
Unexpected hello
Shattered loneliness
Disturbed darkness
Handing reaching out...
884 reads
9 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
16th Mar 2014 8:38pm
16th Mar 2014 8:38pm
Someone
How the fuck
Did I ever let myself get caught up in all of this
All over again
It's like I can never learn
Hurt seems to have become
My reason for living
It's my daily bread
As soon as I think I'm over it
Here he comes
The next knight
Shining armor and all
A witty, sarcastic sense of humor
Brilliant eyes
And off I go
Swept into what is sure to become
The next agonizing defeat
Yet another chapter in my miserable memoirs
I'm always on the run
I know I have no time for this
It's always either my need to...
Did I ever let myself get caught up in all of this
All over again
It's like I can never learn
Hurt seems to have become
My reason for living
It's my daily bread
As soon as I think I'm over it
Here he comes
The next knight
Shining armor and all
A witty, sarcastic sense of humor
Brilliant eyes
And off I go
Swept into what is sure to become
The next agonizing defeat
Yet another chapter in my miserable memoirs
I'm always on the run
I know I have no time for this
It's always either my need to...
787 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Dec 2013 4:45pm
5th Dec 2013 4:45pm
Finally, We Wake
I dreamed you came to see me
I dreamed we laughed and smiled
I dreamed we walked through an orchard, talking
I dreamed you met my family
I dreamed that we were both so happy
I dreamed you were finally okay with just being friends
I dreamed we laughed and smiled
I dreamed we walked through an orchard, talking
I dreamed you met my family
I dreamed that we were both so happy
I dreamed you were finally okay with just being friends
753 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
29th Nov 2013 3:24am
29th Nov 2013 3:24am
Truth, Fire, and Life
No one ever tells you
That love doesn't mean forever
That life can fade
Scratch and distort
That vows so easily bend
No one ever tells you
That love comes in different forms
That first and true
Soft and vibrant
Are so easily mistaken
No one ever tells you
That falling isn't simple
Sort of like living
Laughing and crying
What's easier isn't always best
No one ever tells you
This sort of thing doesn't come with instructions
It's the feeling in the pit of your stomach
And you know, just to yourself, when...
That love doesn't mean forever
That life can fade
Scratch and distort
That vows so easily bend
No one ever tells you
That love comes in different forms
That first and true
Soft and vibrant
Are so easily mistaken
No one ever tells you
That falling isn't simple
Sort of like living
Laughing and crying
What's easier isn't always best
No one ever tells you
This sort of thing doesn't come with instructions
It's the feeling in the pit of your stomach
And you know, just to yourself, when...
865 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
13th Jun 2013 10:02pm
13th Jun 2013 10:02pm
HATE, and Other Questions
What good would it do me to say that I cry
How would it help to admit to you that
The pain on days like this wells up into my throat
Silently my tears overflow and no one knows
Not even you can imagine how hard it is
Every time you see my face, does it hurt you?
Do you look into my eyes and recall the shine,
The sparkle of fire barely showing through,
Which ignited and smulders only for hopes of you?
How would it be to use of either of us
To tell you what you don't even want to hear
You called yourself obsessed
I said I love you
How would it help to admit to you that
The pain on days like this wells up into my throat
Silently my tears overflow and no one knows
Not even you can imagine how hard it is
Every time you see my face, does it hurt you?
Do you look into my eyes and recall the shine,
The sparkle of fire barely showing through,
Which ignited and smulders only for hopes of you?
How would it be to use of either of us
To tell you what you don't even want to hear
You called yourself obsessed
I said I love you
776 reads
5 Comments
FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
12th Jun 2013 7:52am
12th Jun 2013 7:52am
World on Fire (excerpt, part 1) - Need input/opinion/critique.
Working on a novel -- worried about the amount of detailing going into it. Too much? Too little? Not explained well? Something that you would/wouldn't continue reading?
Jonah was alone. Lost in a nightmare.
Standing on the steps leading to a sharp, stone building, vaguely resembling a heathen church, he glanced back at the woman urging him on. This wasn't the sort of place one would even sneak a glance at, let alone approach. Jonah looked up at the snow swirling around the remains of gargoyles, watchful over the decaying stone faces of the spires that encased the...
Jonah was alone. Lost in a nightmare.
Standing on the steps leading to a sharp, stone building, vaguely resembling a heathen church, he glanced back at the woman urging him on. This wasn't the sort of place one would even sneak a glance at, let alone approach. Jonah looked up at the snow swirling around the remains of gargoyles, watchful over the decaying stone faces of the spires that encased the...
806 reads
3 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
6th May 2013 6:48pm
6th May 2013 6:48pm
Once Upon a Wind
They say that writing the first thing that comes to mind is called "off the top of your head." I strongly disagree. It feels more like taking a ladle and scooping up the black mush from the bottom, then throwing it at a piece of paper and praying that it turns into something that someone, somewhere, will understand. It reminds me of exploring, young hands into the depths of a murky pond, hoping to find tadpoles, but scared of stickers and stingers that await more in the back of children's minds than in the mossy layers.
I don't know how I'm going to end this one, as I've not even come...
I don't know how I'm going to end this one, as I've not even come...
860 reads
5 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
6th May 2013 6:42pm
6th May 2013 6:42pm
Fading
Imagine us
Sitting on a square of golden sand
Watching time curve around us
Imagine us
Holding eachother forever
Just enjoying the seconds ticking
Slowly, slowly
Think of the joy
When we see the wonders changing
The curves flowing into one another
Forming new lives, new times
New eras, new generations
Sitting on our square of golden sand
Never ending space reaching before us
Reaching towards us
Reaching past us, and beyond
Beyond into the Somewhere that no one dares to think of
The Somewhere that holds all meaning...
Sitting on a square of golden sand
Watching time curve around us
Imagine us
Holding eachother forever
Just enjoying the seconds ticking
Slowly, slowly
Think of the joy
When we see the wonders changing
The curves flowing into one another
Forming new lives, new times
New eras, new generations
Sitting on our square of golden sand
Never ending space reaching before us
Reaching towards us
Reaching past us, and beyond
Beyond into the Somewhere that no one dares to think of
The Somewhere that holds all meaning...
795 reads
5 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2013 1:35pm
22nd Mar 2013 1:35pm
Scratch and Burn
It's hard to get used to the fact
That no one will come to my rescue
I waited so long that it became my life
Spending every day waiting for you
To come and save me from this endless
Waking nightmare that I made for myself
The hole in my heart is infected
Before, it was just a hollow ache
It panged now and then with the pain of realizing
How far away I took myself from you
But now it's a burning pit of puss
Itch and scratch driving it deeper and deeper
I spent so long waiting for you
I spend so long waiting for you ...
That no one will come to my rescue
I waited so long that it became my life
Spending every day waiting for you
To come and save me from this endless
Waking nightmare that I made for myself
The hole in my heart is infected
Before, it was just a hollow ache
It panged now and then with the pain of realizing
How far away I took myself from you
But now it's a burning pit of puss
Itch and scratch driving it deeper and deeper
I spent so long waiting for you
I spend so long waiting for you ...
981 reads
18 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
7th Mar 2013 9:46pm
7th Mar 2013 9:46pm
Your War
My fingers trace the almost-forgotten
path you forged across my lips
Softly, softly
A war long-since waged but forever won
No sense in outcry, no use in defiance
Softly, softly
The spot on my neck that's always warm
Heated from your passionate friction
path you forged across my lips
Softly, softly
A war long-since waged but forever won
No sense in outcry, no use in defiance
Softly, softly
The spot on my neck that's always warm
Heated from your passionate friction
1113 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Feb 2013 6:25pm
15th Feb 2013 6:25pm
Year After Year
This year
I took a moment to remember how I knew you
Stifling stillness
Parking lot
Cold french fries
Thinking to myself
Of how alone this day really is
Every year I'm alone
Every time
Ever since I met you it's
Just time set aside by the world in general
For thinking of how I lost you
How you never left me
How you never came back
Every year
It's time set aside to imagine you're here ...
I took a moment to remember how I knew you
Stifling stillness
Parking lot
Cold french fries
Thinking to myself
Of how alone this day really is
Every year I'm alone
Every time
Ever since I met you it's
Just time set aside by the world in general
For thinking of how I lost you
How you never left me
How you never came back
Every year
It's time set aside to imagine you're here ...
825 reads
4 Comments
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