Submissions by mikemason (White Tiger)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
~ I'm an artist, writer, poet, photographer and crazy creative creature ~
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Jun 2017 3:23am
15th Jun 2017 3:23am
Windmill in rear-view
Drive to grandmas
stop at gas station
buy daughter soft drink, pinwheel
she holds it outside window
of moving car, scolded
arrive at grandmas
farmhouse, broken fence
dust cloud traps sun
brown cornfield, barren
windmill-
we walk to field
past windmill
to pick flowers
family never discussed
brother's fatal accident
he and friends partied atop windmill
drunk, he fell to death
dad thought I stopped visiting
because windmill stood...
stop at gas station
buy daughter soft drink, pinwheel
she holds it outside window
of moving car, scolded
arrive at grandmas
farmhouse, broken fence
dust cloud traps sun
brown cornfield, barren
windmill-
we walk to field
past windmill
to pick flowers
family never discussed
brother's fatal accident
he and friends partied atop windmill
drunk, he fell to death
dad thought I stopped visiting
because windmill stood...
543 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Jun 2017 3:20am
15th Jun 2017 3:20am
When she was human
Bleed me from your body, I no longer wish to be the one who's flowing through your heart. Far too long I've cried too many tears
of blood for you already -- and mourning you for one more drop - would likely bleed me dry.
We shall not die together as we thought, your plan from beginning
I believe. Your mind was gone far before the body ever followed - watched my reflection vanish from your eyes - and you then looked
at me so hollow with a vacant stare - drained of life and verve - undeserving of undying love that I pored for you like rain.
Was there another...
of blood for you already -- and mourning you for one more drop - would likely bleed me dry.
We shall not die together as we thought, your plan from beginning
I believe. Your mind was gone far before the body ever followed - watched my reflection vanish from your eyes - and you then looked
at me so hollow with a vacant stare - drained of life and verve - undeserving of undying love that I pored for you like rain.
Was there another...
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DARK POEM
Published
12th Jun 2017 6:41am
12th Jun 2017 6:41am
..Rayne..
Each time one fell - lightning struck - with such an impact
it ripped me right in half and rocked me through with sonic boom,
stripping out my bones - leaving body limp.
Gripping my heart each time a drop of rain crashed to the ground,
shattering the sky and my - whole world with kiss of death.
Clouds spilling tears keep pounding through the centuries
of time and penetrate stone mountain core.
Small drops of bombs pierce my mind and shatter aura's force fields.
The rain is my Achilles's heel, that inner fortress kill zone.
...
it ripped me right in half and rocked me through with sonic boom,
stripping out my bones - leaving body limp.
Gripping my heart each time a drop of rain crashed to the ground,
shattering the sky and my - whole world with kiss of death.
Clouds spilling tears keep pounding through the centuries
of time and penetrate stone mountain core.
Small drops of bombs pierce my mind and shatter aura's force fields.
The rain is my Achilles's heel, that inner fortress kill zone.
...
662 reads
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Jun 2017 6:38am
12th Jun 2017 6:38am
sun slices
girl wandering beach
picking up trash
cans scattered
wrappers, sand
sushi lunch
feeding seagulls
ocean bar
seaweed piles
splattering shore
rotting plants
baking sun
rank stench
biting salt breeze
girl running, scaring gulls
shrieking, flapping
turtle nest
eggs broken, footprints--
mother calling daughter
applying sunblock.
picking up trash
cans scattered
wrappers, sand
sushi lunch
feeding seagulls
ocean bar
seaweed piles
splattering shore
rotting plants
baking sun
rank stench
biting salt breeze
girl running, scaring gulls
shrieking, flapping
turtle nest
eggs broken, footprints--
mother calling daughter
applying sunblock.
566 reads
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
11th Jun 2017 10:08pm
11th Jun 2017 10:08pm
Mystical Desert Dunes
Swimming through the sand, surface in a haze,
shake the people's heads, thank them for taking space
remembering your face.
Forgive them if they can't recall...anything you said.
,~o~'
I will mark this as the day I first would learn to see,
since a youth I always knew the truth would set me free.
Journey through the desert, stab a cactus for a drink,
eat the seeds of mystics, put a twist on how you think.
Hit your knees and beg a deity for rain,
gather every tear she bleeds and wash away the...
shake the people's heads, thank them for taking space
remembering your face.
Forgive them if they can't recall...anything you said.
,~o~'
I will mark this as the day I first would learn to see,
since a youth I always knew the truth would set me free.
Journey through the desert, stab a cactus for a drink,
eat the seeds of mystics, put a twist on how you think.
Hit your knees and beg a deity for rain,
gather every tear she bleeds and wash away the...
#spiritual
#lyrics
#desert
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ANGER POEM
Published
11th Jun 2017 10:05pm
11th Jun 2017 10:05pm
Seeds of Cruelty
~ The man who uses hand to punish will suffer harsher blows,
...the one who strikes a child should be put inside a cage.~'
~o~
Alcohol and chemicals dement and warp the mind,
skewing one's perceptions by twisting them in lies.
Spinning up some mystical, imagined realm within,
wet brains swamped with toxic thoughts make some feel like a king.
Too late for men to care for those small hearts that now are crushed,
Fermented eyes are blind and will not see the lives they touched.
Emotions frozen in a...
...the one who strikes a child should be put inside a cage.~'
~o~
Alcohol and chemicals dement and warp the mind,
skewing one's perceptions by twisting them in lies.
Spinning up some mystical, imagined realm within,
wet brains swamped with toxic thoughts make some feel like a king.
Too late for men to care for those small hearts that now are crushed,
Fermented eyes are blind and will not see the lives they touched.
Emotions frozen in a...
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Jun 2017 10:55am
9th Jun 2017 10:55am
Rainbow Truffles...(Purple Skies)
o~
In case I ever float away
and you don't hear from me one day
and then again for quite some time...
(just smile!)
For I tend to drift off far away to places,
not a spec of me is left behind, nor any traces.
Don't ever fear the worst, these things hurt
and grip me deeply, I really don't want anyone
to think of me that way, don't shed one tear
nor waste one solitary moment,
concerns must stay very unknown
so don't yearn to know what's not so clear
that also doesn't help out, my dear.
...
In case I ever float away
and you don't hear from me one day
and then again for quite some time...
(just smile!)
For I tend to drift off far away to places,
not a spec of me is left behind, nor any traces.
Don't ever fear the worst, these things hurt
and grip me deeply, I really don't want anyone
to think of me that way, don't shed one tear
nor waste one solitary moment,
concerns must stay very unknown
so don't yearn to know what's not so clear
that also doesn't help out, my dear.
...
708 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Jun 2017 6:22pm
8th Jun 2017 6:22pm
My Star to be (You are the Tree)
Depressed, lost romance and career,
wanton woes infecting mind,
haunted by fear of finances
and those second chances spent.
I took refuge in poetry
in bunker walls of verse,
soon learned to turn my pain to words
to use for soothing wounds.
Some spurred my pen to write
for sense of worth and reason,
a few well-seasoned poets
felt my work was best unseen.
They penned of great deepness
using words that seemed obscure,
I guess these views impress
by inferring intellect.
I could never disrespect...
wanton woes infecting mind,
haunted by fear of finances
and those second chances spent.
I took refuge in poetry
in bunker walls of verse,
soon learned to turn my pain to words
to use for soothing wounds.
Some spurred my pen to write
for sense of worth and reason,
a few well-seasoned poets
felt my work was best unseen.
They penned of great deepness
using words that seemed obscure,
I guess these views impress
by inferring intellect.
I could never disrespect...
673 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
8th Jun 2017 6:19pm
8th Jun 2017 6:19pm
Heart bleeds steel scars
Prison laden with miles of cold steel keep men freshly stored
inside lockers holding plastic dinner plates awaiting fare and
the day Justice serves-up hope of new fates.
Heavily leaden concrete walls framed by steel re-bar are reinforced.
Concrete pillars a fortress, these weak minds need strong borders.
Watched by Warden in cramped quarters they're easy to sort,
he keeps them within his strictest accord.
Stench of death's rank odor lurks to remind men of decay
awaiting their bodies yet most pray for death anyway
with...
inside lockers holding plastic dinner plates awaiting fare and
the day Justice serves-up hope of new fates.
Heavily leaden concrete walls framed by steel re-bar are reinforced.
Concrete pillars a fortress, these weak minds need strong borders.
Watched by Warden in cramped quarters they're easy to sort,
he keeps them within his strictest accord.
Stench of death's rank odor lurks to remind men of decay
awaiting their bodies yet most pray for death anyway
with...
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Jun 2017 11:35am
3rd Jun 2017 11:35am
When it's Raining Inside
Let your aura be light that
touches one in darkness,
blooming millions of roses
spilling billions of petals
unfurling to shelter those
with no homes, left naked
and cold in dark storms...
Let your heart always grow
and thrive within rich soils
of kindness where goodwill
and forgiveness are your
virtues and gratitude shall
always be rooted in love
for one's self and all others...
Smile when you lose, for
that which you've lost is not
really gone, though seems
so misplaced it's tucked
neatly...
touches one in darkness,
blooming millions of roses
spilling billions of petals
unfurling to shelter those
with no homes, left naked
and cold in dark storms...
Let your heart always grow
and thrive within rich soils
of kindness where goodwill
and forgiveness are your
virtues and gratitude shall
always be rooted in love
for one's self and all others...
Smile when you lose, for
that which you've lost is not
really gone, though seems
so misplaced it's tucked
neatly...
795 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
3rd Jun 2017 11:33am
3rd Jun 2017 11:33am
Wolf haunts once again...
Sun bleached my parchment,
it crackled dry as I scratched
pen across page.
Then I heard forlorn cries
coming from far mountain cliffs,
thought it some lonesome
wolf seeking a mate.
Scrolled pen once again
to write verse then
heard sound of some
harsh shrieking wail.
Thought it best to pause
and reflect on the sound,
pressed paper to pen
as it screamed yet again.
Then my shaking hand
dropped pen on the floor,
picked it up just as a shadow flashed
past the window and crashed...then...
it crackled dry as I scratched
pen across page.
Then I heard forlorn cries
coming from far mountain cliffs,
thought it some lonesome
wolf seeking a mate.
Scrolled pen once again
to write verse then
heard sound of some
harsh shrieking wail.
Thought it best to pause
and reflect on the sound,
pressed paper to pen
as it screamed yet again.
Then my shaking hand
dropped pen on the floor,
picked it up just as a shadow flashed
past the window and crashed...then...
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SONG LYRICS
Published
2nd Jun 2017 11:47pm
2nd Jun 2017 11:47pm
Starry-eyed Wanderin'
May have lost the best thing
ever had in this world,
why stay in here wastin'
my damn breath on you girl?
Your starry-eyed gaze
had me in a deep haze
you kept me cut off
from my wanderin' world.
I'm no cowboy or drifter
but I drift in and out,
I have doubts but will never
second guess you were true,
When we met with our eyes
it was love at first stare,
I don't dare fall out
of my deep love for you.
You said you would wait
for one thousand years
til I got done
wanderin' some ...
ever had in this world,
why stay in here wastin'
my damn breath on you girl?
Your starry-eyed gaze
had me in a deep haze
you kept me cut off
from my wanderin' world.
I'm no cowboy or drifter
but I drift in and out,
I have doubts but will never
second guess you were true,
When we met with our eyes
it was love at first stare,
I don't dare fall out
of my deep love for you.
You said you would wait
for one thousand years
til I got done
wanderin' some ...
1562 reads
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