Submissions by michaelslove2 (Michael S. Love)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
HI! I'm Michael and I'm a poet!
Family
Family”
“I trusted you.
I cared for you.
Like a brother you were to me.
As blood thicker than water,
we were one.
Family.
I brought you in when you were lost.
Man, you had no one on your side!
Like some pathetic stray left in the rain
you watched life from outside.
It was happenin' man.
We were such good friends
and the “business” was so strong too!
And you with my 'sis!
Man that was great!
I was happy for both of you.
But we were more than the “business.”
You were my...
“I trusted you.
I cared for you.
Like a brother you were to me.
As blood thicker than water,
we were one.
Family.
I brought you in when you were lost.
Man, you had no one on your side!
Like some pathetic stray left in the rain
you watched life from outside.
It was happenin' man.
We were such good friends
and the “business” was so strong too!
And you with my 'sis!
Man that was great!
I was happy for both of you.
But we were more than the “business.”
You were my...
#anger
#dark
#despair
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Experiment #23-A
Experiment # 23-A
You cry and shriek!
It rends my soul.
There is nothing I can do
but watch in horror as the grip of death
folds its fingers around you!
“O God!” I scream out. “Why!”
I claw and chew.
I cannot get out!
Slowly we must watch as one by one
we are snuffed out!
And now it is you on the table.
You turn and look into my eyes.
A look of peace, of love.
Still your fear wears no disguise.
I keep clawing, biting while you watch
knowing there is nothing I can do.
But no! ...
You cry and shriek!
It rends my soul.
There is nothing I can do
but watch in horror as the grip of death
folds its fingers around you!
“O God!” I scream out. “Why!”
I claw and chew.
I cannot get out!
Slowly we must watch as one by one
we are snuffed out!
And now it is you on the table.
You turn and look into my eyes.
A look of peace, of love.
Still your fear wears no disguise.
I keep clawing, biting while you watch
knowing there is nothing I can do.
But no! ...
#anger
#dark
#shame #fear
#shame #fear
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Treasure
Treasure
I like looking at the moon
while we are talking on the phone
and you are looking at it too.
Things do not feel so alone.
In this way we are together
though we are very far apart.
Distance does not matter
to the spirit, to the heart.
You help me to be strong.
You give me hope when I am dying
and you will not accept my words
when I say I am done trying.
Sometimes you make me mad
but I know it is because you care
and that is what makes our friendship
one that is genuine to...
I like looking at the moon
while we are talking on the phone
and you are looking at it too.
Things do not feel so alone.
In this way we are together
though we are very far apart.
Distance does not matter
to the spirit, to the heart.
You help me to be strong.
You give me hope when I am dying
and you will not accept my words
when I say I am done trying.
Sometimes you make me mad
but I know it is because you care
and that is what makes our friendship
one that is genuine to...
#love
#BestFriend
#friendship
#motivational
#inspirational
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Dismissing
Dismissing
Go to the great rock in the valley.
There you will find your own name
or perhaps your initials, it matters not.
After all they are one and the same.
You will find yours to be one of millions
and you will wonder what does it all mean?
Never knowing your name has been on this rock
you are left feeling strange. Unclean.
Did you do something to earn your name here?
Perhaps something good?
Why must it be bad?
But who put your name upon this rock?
And when?
It is driving you mad.
...
Go to the great rock in the valley.
There you will find your own name
or perhaps your initials, it matters not.
After all they are one and the same.
You will find yours to be one of millions
and you will wonder what does it all mean?
Never knowing your name has been on this rock
you are left feeling strange. Unclean.
Did you do something to earn your name here?
Perhaps something good?
Why must it be bad?
But who put your name upon this rock?
And when?
It is driving you mad.
...
#motivational
#inspirational
#SelfReflection
#SelfDiscovery
#PersonalGrowth
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Jason
Jason
Jason's a really good friend.
He only has one eye.
A few times I have asked him
but he tells nobody why.
Often I go over though,
to play, sometimes to eat.
Their house is always spotless.
Jason's mom keeps it really neat.
She only has one arm
and Jason's dad has just one ear.
You really have to yell for him
and make it really clear.
I used to like his sister,
thought she was pretty, her name's Sherry
but Jason told me one day
she was dating Jason's brother Larry.
...
Jason's a really good friend.
He only has one eye.
A few times I have asked him
but he tells nobody why.
Often I go over though,
to play, sometimes to eat.
Their house is always spotless.
Jason's mom keeps it really neat.
She only has one arm
and Jason's dad has just one ear.
You really have to yell for him
and make it really clear.
I used to like his sister,
thought she was pretty, her name's Sherry
but Jason told me one day
she was dating Jason's brother Larry.
...
#funny
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For One Night
For One Night
I miss holding you near.
Whispering “I love you” in your ear
as we lie cuddling in bed.
Now my mind replays it all in red.
I miss our talks and reminisce
the taste of your delicious kiss.
Having my arms around your waist.
My arms which you have since replaced.
Why is it that I miss?
I only miss the times of bliss.
When what we shared could not go wrong
only to do so before long.
I miss your laughter and smile.
Tickling each other for awhile.
Making sweet love into the...
I miss holding you near.
Whispering “I love you” in your ear
as we lie cuddling in bed.
Now my mind replays it all in red.
I miss our talks and reminisce
the taste of your delicious kiss.
Having my arms around your waist.
My arms which you have since replaced.
Why is it that I miss?
I only miss the times of bliss.
When what we shared could not go wrong
only to do so before long.
I miss your laughter and smile.
Tickling each other for awhile.
Making sweet love into the...
#sadness
#love
#heartbroken #emotional
#heartbroken #emotional
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Once Mighty King
Once Mighty King
Immortalized yet fully aware of my limitations
when you would stand next to me.
When you would enter my simple little life.
I was a power empowered by you
and your unrecognized adversity.
Now I rise from a withered throne.
I kick and watch it crumble
hearing the laughing little demons
from somewhere,
now somewhere far away with you.
I feel weakened.
Withered.
Just as this camouflaged piece of crap throne
I once sat in with your lies and negative influence.
Still, I still have my...
Immortalized yet fully aware of my limitations
when you would stand next to me.
When you would enter my simple little life.
I was a power empowered by you
and your unrecognized adversity.
Now I rise from a withered throne.
I kick and watch it crumble
hearing the laughing little demons
from somewhere,
now somewhere far away with you.
I feel weakened.
Withered.
Just as this camouflaged piece of crap throne
I once sat in with your lies and negative influence.
Still, I still have my...
#anger
#grief
#heartbroken
#frustration
#despair
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Inconsequential
Inconsequential
Like hands interlocking pieces,
building that frame
for that is always how to start.
Fit each piece together.
Create that picture only to find
one annoying, missing piece
which makes the whole damn thing inconsequential.
Like time.
Humanity's schedule
to keep control though nothing is in control
despite our distorted view.
Time is inconsequential.
That broken plate.
That shattered glass.
Like last night's
piece of ass.
In that picture you are working on. ...
Like hands interlocking pieces,
building that frame
for that is always how to start.
Fit each piece together.
Create that picture only to find
one annoying, missing piece
which makes the whole damn thing inconsequential.
Like time.
Humanity's schedule
to keep control though nothing is in control
despite our distorted view.
Time is inconsequential.
That broken plate.
That shattered glass.
Like last night's
piece of ass.
In that picture you are working on. ...
#bittersweet
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Touched
Touched
You have touched my life
and I have touched yours.
We have brushed together
by almighty hands.
I will remember your eyes.
I will remember your delicious laugh
and I will try my best
to understand.
But I will not forget the dreams
of yesterday
and I will always hold out
for tomorrow.
Who knows,
maybe it is within those dreams
that we will kiss away the sorrow.
I have never known a woman
like you
and I fear that I never shall again.
You have done so...
You have touched my life
and I have touched yours.
We have brushed together
by almighty hands.
I will remember your eyes.
I will remember your delicious laugh
and I will try my best
to understand.
But I will not forget the dreams
of yesterday
and I will always hold out
for tomorrow.
Who knows,
maybe it is within those dreams
that we will kiss away the sorrow.
I have never known a woman
like you
and I fear that I never shall again.
You have done so...
#sadness
#love
#heartbroken
#bittersweet
#emotions
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Fair Medusa
Fair Medusa
I can see that you are miserable.
You can see I am miserable too.
All around me are stone statues
yet you have allowed for me to look upon you.
Perhaps it is that we share this pain inside,
your reason for not turning me to stone.
Maybe within me your senses are reminded
of qualities you also own.
Then let us leave this curse Fair Medusa!
Within this existence you do not belong.
You became a victim to the gods.
It is they who have done you wrong!
I offer my hand if you will take it...
I can see that you are miserable.
You can see I am miserable too.
All around me are stone statues
yet you have allowed for me to look upon you.
Perhaps it is that we share this pain inside,
your reason for not turning me to stone.
Maybe within me your senses are reminded
of qualities you also own.
Then let us leave this curse Fair Medusa!
Within this existence you do not belong.
You became a victim to the gods.
It is they who have done you wrong!
I offer my hand if you will take it...
#love
#grief
#corruption
#mythology
#despair
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From Hades
From Hades
Here I sit upon my throne.
This throne of burning fire.
Surrounding me these grotesque forms
compile my empire.
I am Hades.
In this underworld
I reign supreme as King.
Feared by mankind,
such horror is my soul purpose to bring.
So here I sit eternally
amid wailing everywhere.
Crying out as well am I
existing in despair.
Here in utter loneliness
I am exiled within this earth.
By Zeus am I forbade
Mt. Olympus of my birth.
By chance, once in a century ...
Here I sit upon my throne.
This throne of burning fire.
Surrounding me these grotesque forms
compile my empire.
I am Hades.
In this underworld
I reign supreme as King.
Feared by mankind,
such horror is my soul purpose to bring.
So here I sit eternally
amid wailing everywhere.
Crying out as well am I
existing in despair.
Here in utter loneliness
I am exiled within this earth.
By Zeus am I forbade
Mt. Olympus of my birth.
By chance, once in a century ...
#loneliness
#dark
#frustration
#mythology
#despair
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Looking Into The Sun
Looking Into The Sun
Do not look into the sun
I have always heard them say.
But I looked into the sun.....
today.
Yes,
today I looked at you in the sun
and there was no pain.
There was no price for me to pay.
My sight is okay.
You appeared in the sun today
and asked that I look above.
Your voice as always full of love
when I saw you in the sun today.
And there was only you and I.
We, on some other plane of existence
watching life go passing by.
You said much the same...
Do not look into the sun
I have always heard them say.
But I looked into the sun.....
today.
Yes,
today I looked at you in the sun
and there was no pain.
There was no price for me to pay.
My sight is okay.
You appeared in the sun today
and asked that I look above.
Your voice as always full of love
when I saw you in the sun today.
And there was only you and I.
We, on some other plane of existence
watching life go passing by.
You said much the same...
#sadness
#love
#emotional #bittersweet
#emotional #bittersweet
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