Submissions by michaelslove2 (Michael S. Love)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
HI! I'm Michael and I'm a poet!
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
Yesterday 10:11am
Yesterday 10:11am
In A Ball
In A Ball
I strive.
We all strive on this little, blue planet thinking that we are somehow in control.
A dot in the universe.
A universe, perhaps one of many?
We may not control the entire entity but we at least like to think that we control
our little planet.
So we make our lists and we make our laws and our values
and we keep all of these schedules for we are in control!
We know what we are doing.
Quite simply, that is the way that it is and the way that it is going to be.
She sets plates on the table. ...
I strive.
We all strive on this little, blue planet thinking that we are somehow in control.
A dot in the universe.
A universe, perhaps one of many?
We may not control the entire entity but we at least like to think that we control
our little planet.
So we make our lists and we make our laws and our values
and we keep all of these schedules for we are in control!
We know what we are doing.
Quite simply, that is the way that it is and the way that it is going to be.
She sets plates on the table. ...
#universe
#spiritual
#meditation
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
Yesterday 10:06am
Yesterday 10:06am
Empty Chairs
Empty Chairs
Empty chairs sit around an empty waiting room lobby.
Different colored chairs.
Some teal, others purple.
Many having a haphazard flower print
that begins that little twinge in the mind
of an oncoming headache.
These empty chairs sit silent for now.
But time holds the many different conversations
shared in them by “now ghosts.”
At least ghosts to us anyway.
Real people, once sitting here in these chairs communing,
now gone.
And what would these chairs say to us if they could speak?
What...
Empty chairs sit around an empty waiting room lobby.
Different colored chairs.
Some teal, others purple.
Many having a haphazard flower print
that begins that little twinge in the mind
of an oncoming headache.
These empty chairs sit silent for now.
But time holds the many different conversations
shared in them by “now ghosts.”
At least ghosts to us anyway.
Real people, once sitting here in these chairs communing,
now gone.
And what would these chairs say to us if they could speak?
What...
#inspirational
#spiritual
#meditation #emotions
#meditation #emotions
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
4th Aug 2022 11:48am
4th Aug 2022 11:48am
Balance
Balance
Walking into the wind with least resistance.
Walking, covering an absurd amount of distance.
Dressed in black, sunglasses covering the eyes.
Walking into the wind beneath electromagnetic skies.
Walking into the wind, stepping gently to the air.
Walking, stepping in a city scattered everywhere.
Surrounded by an aura never experienced before.
Stepping, rising through the air, heavy nevermore.
Thick clouds becoming purple, lightning cutting all around,
flashing violently although followed not by any sound. ...
Walking into the wind with least resistance.
Walking, covering an absurd amount of distance.
Dressed in black, sunglasses covering the eyes.
Walking into the wind beneath electromagnetic skies.
Walking into the wind, stepping gently to the air.
Walking, stepping in a city scattered everywhere.
Surrounded by an aura never experienced before.
Stepping, rising through the air, heavy nevermore.
Thick clouds becoming purple, lightning cutting all around,
flashing violently although followed not by any sound. ...
#lies
#ignorance
#hypocrisy
#culture
#morality
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LOVE POEM
Published
4th Aug 2022 10:34am
4th Aug 2022 10:34am
Star-Base 4 Under Attack!
Star-Base 4 Under Attack!
I stopped playing these games.
This time though, this time it was you
who slipped the token through the slot.
Then you took my joystick in your hand
and decided to play the game.
To play with my head.
I had stopped playing games
but this time it was you who walked up to me.
I was alive once again
and besides, I felt that I was safe.
After all, I did have three lives left.
Squeeze my trigger, that is exactly what you did
and you did it o so well!
I do not...
I stopped playing these games.
This time though, this time it was you
who slipped the token through the slot.
Then you took my joystick in your hand
and decided to play the game.
To play with my head.
I had stopped playing games
but this time it was you who walked up to me.
I was alive once again
and besides, I felt that I was safe.
After all, I did have three lives left.
Squeeze my trigger, that is exactly what you did
and you did it o so well!
I do not...
#love
#heartbroken
#emotional #hurt
#emotional #hurt
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LOVE POEM
Published
1st Aug 2022 8:24am
1st Aug 2022 8:24am
Chance
Chance
You ask that I write you a love poem
when so many times I have done this before.
To pour out my heart in a love poem
to end up looking at a closed door.
If I held out my hand would you take it?
If I asked for that dance would you let it be so?
Would you get past the bad to see anything good
or simply be as the rest and follow?
I can write of these words many times over.
You say you want romance,
well I can make that come true
but you have to be willing to take me as I am
the same way that I...
You ask that I write you a love poem
when so many times I have done this before.
To pour out my heart in a love poem
to end up looking at a closed door.
If I held out my hand would you take it?
If I asked for that dance would you let it be so?
Would you get past the bad to see anything good
or simply be as the rest and follow?
I can write of these words many times over.
You say you want romance,
well I can make that come true
but you have to be willing to take me as I am
the same way that I...
#sadness
#love
#heartbroken #frustration
#heartbroken #frustration
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LOVE POEM
Published
28th Jul 2022 7:15pm
28th Jul 2022 7:15pm
Blue Moon
Blue Moon
Under the blue moon she stands.
My eyes watch her every movement
entranced with awe.
She is like a goddess under the moon.
Slowly dancing,
illuminated by the moonlight softly washing
over her body in cleansing, in restoring her spirit.
I watch, in love, as she tilts her head back,
eyes closed, embracing the energy Luna sends her way.
O her soft, gentle smile!
She is in stellar meditation.
Below, waves pound in fury
against the dark, unforgiving rocks
as she turns in her...
Under the blue moon she stands.
My eyes watch her every movement
entranced with awe.
She is like a goddess under the moon.
Slowly dancing,
illuminated by the moonlight softly washing
over her body in cleansing, in restoring her spirit.
I watch, in love, as she tilts her head back,
eyes closed, embracing the energy Luna sends her way.
O her soft, gentle smile!
She is in stellar meditation.
Below, waves pound in fury
against the dark, unforgiving rocks
as she turns in her...
#sadness
#love
#heartbroken
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Jul 2022 7:33am
28th Jul 2022 7:33am
Transparency
Transparency
At times in life we see things in a different light
or better, the light is what changes the scene it itself
having us look with new eyes,
fresh eyes no longer blind to what we view.
Somehow we begin to see some color,
vibrant and strong in an old, grainy, black and white photo.
A pixelated image becomes clear and solid,
no longer weak or blurred by the effects of time and trial
and the elements within it all.
Now when we hold that image up to our eyes
it is stark.
There are no streaks, ...
At times in life we see things in a different light
or better, the light is what changes the scene it itself
having us look with new eyes,
fresh eyes no longer blind to what we view.
Somehow we begin to see some color,
vibrant and strong in an old, grainy, black and white photo.
A pixelated image becomes clear and solid,
no longer weak or blurred by the effects of time and trial
and the elements within it all.
Now when we hold that image up to our eyes
it is stark.
There are no streaks, ...
#sadness
#heartbroken
#friendship
#lies
#disappointment
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Jul 2022 12:21pm
27th Jul 2022 12:21pm
Fair Weather Friend
Fair Weather Friend
In fair weather you come around.
When winds are calm.
When they are warm.
Never an inkling of a storm.
A buzzing bee,
never in rain,
only if tomorrow's same
shall I see you come again.
I a flower in day's delight.
You come in sweet nectar's song
then fly away when light's no more.
You come in peace
never in war.
--msl2022
In fair weather you come around.
When winds are calm.
When they are warm.
Never an inkling of a storm.
A buzzing bee,
never in rain,
only if tomorrow's same
shall I see you come again.
I a flower in day's delight.
You come in sweet nectar's song
then fly away when light's no more.
You come in peace
never in war.
--msl2022
#sadness
#friendship
#lies
#betrayal
#hurt
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Jul 2022 11:07am
27th Jul 2022 11:07am
Humanity's Pawn
Humanity's Pawn
The dust collects more heavily
with every visit to this store.
In a dark corner,
values once adored
set aside forevermore.
I slowly walk up to them.
My steps echo in this tomb.
Carelessly displayed behind smudged glass
these values await their doom.
Every time here it is different.
I never know what waits for me.
I notice two more display cases
in this pawn of humanity.
The dust sits lighter on these two
as they have not been in here too long.
In both of them sit...
The dust collects more heavily
with every visit to this store.
In a dark corner,
values once adored
set aside forevermore.
I slowly walk up to them.
My steps echo in this tomb.
Carelessly displayed behind smudged glass
these values await their doom.
Every time here it is different.
I never know what waits for me.
I notice two more display cases
in this pawn of humanity.
The dust sits lighter on these two
as they have not been in here too long.
In both of them sit...
#dark
#humankind
#culture #morality
#culture #morality
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FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
23rd Jul 2022 12:30pm
23rd Jul 2022 12:30pm
The Selected
The Selected
The ship's sail blocked out the sun for just a moment out on the horizon and then it was gone. Just gone. But I had gotten a picture. Walking up on the beach towards the house I felt empty but somehow still complete. I had been chosen. I had finally seen it and I knew that it was real.
I went inside to take a Vicodin with some tea. The storm clouds were gathering already. Thunder was beginning to boom a little here, a little there. It would only be a matter of time now for all of the events to unfold.
The phone rang. Mary calling...
The ship's sail blocked out the sun for just a moment out on the horizon and then it was gone. Just gone. But I had gotten a picture. Walking up on the beach towards the house I felt empty but somehow still complete. I had been chosen. I had finally seen it and I knew that it was real.
I went inside to take a Vicodin with some tea. The storm clouds were gathering already. Thunder was beginning to boom a little here, a little there. It would only be a matter of time now for all of the events to unfold.
The phone rang. Mary calling...
#dark
#horror
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Jul 2022 9:10am
23rd Jul 2022 9:10am
The Diamond
The Diamond
The diamond feels warm in the palm of my hand.
It has had me reflect and helped me understand.
Sometimes it is clear, other times milky gray
but it has never failed in showing the way.
Now the diamond I hold in passing to you
in knowing and trusting you know what to do.
There is fear in your eyes.
I assure you are fine.
Take the diamond and trust for your heart is divine.
Pay attention to the color.
It is the diamond's voice.
It will guide you in dark times to times you will rejoice. ...
The diamond feels warm in the palm of my hand.
It has had me reflect and helped me understand.
Sometimes it is clear, other times milky gray
but it has never failed in showing the way.
Now the diamond I hold in passing to you
in knowing and trusting you know what to do.
There is fear in your eyes.
I assure you are fine.
Take the diamond and trust for your heart is divine.
Pay attention to the color.
It is the diamond's voice.
It will guide you in dark times to times you will rejoice. ...
#love
#hope
#MovingOn #acceptance
#MovingOn #acceptance
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LOVE POEM
Published
16th Jul 2022 8:37am
16th Jul 2022 8:37am
So Anyway, Later
So Anyway, Later
Um, hey.
I don't know.
Maybe it seems silly
that I would like to hold your hand.
Maybe we could go to a concert,
check out some stellar band.
I just, uh, know that when I see you,
wow! You really make me smile!
My troubles seem to float away
for like a little while.
I'm like, not the greatest dancer
but maybe I'd give it a try.
Man! I can't believe I'm doing this
'cuz I'm really pretty shy!
So, whatever,
I just thought that maybe
we could hang out. ...
Um, hey.
I don't know.
Maybe it seems silly
that I would like to hold your hand.
Maybe we could go to a concert,
check out some stellar band.
I just, uh, know that when I see you,
wow! You really make me smile!
My troubles seem to float away
for like a little while.
I'm like, not the greatest dancer
but maybe I'd give it a try.
Man! I can't believe I'm doing this
'cuz I'm really pretty shy!
So, whatever,
I just thought that maybe
we could hang out. ...
#love
#FallingInLove
#crush
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