Submissions by mikemason (White Tiger)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Mar 2017 8:13pm
11th Mar 2017 8:13pm
Fireflies
Do dragonflies fly with dragons?
Do house flies live in a house?
It looks quite nice to have different colored mice
But are they better than a regular mouse?
A bullfrog's not a bull, it's a frog
A hedgehog's not a hedge nor a hog.
And what would you say if you saw a mantis pray?
Or a good stick of butter just up and fly away?
Do house flies live in a house?
It looks quite nice to have different colored mice
But are they better than a regular mouse?
A bullfrog's not a bull, it's a frog
A hedgehog's not a hedge nor a hog.
And what would you say if you saw a mantis pray?
Or a good stick of butter just up and fly away?
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DARK POEM
Published
11th Mar 2017 8:10pm
11th Mar 2017 8:10pm
Halloween Homage
Howling winds
And peoples' sins
Are swirling through the air,
The time for fear
Has now drawn near
The haunts are everywhere.
The bright full moon
Is rising soon
A spotlight in the sky,
To greet the zombies
Buried bodies
Those who never die.
This night has come
The only one
Where life and death convene,
As daylight fails
And dark prevails
To hail this Halloween.
And peoples' sins
Are swirling through the air,
The time for fear
Has now drawn near
The haunts are everywhere.
The bright full moon
Is rising soon
A spotlight in the sky,
To greet the zombies
Buried bodies
Those who never die.
This night has come
The only one
Where life and death convene,
As daylight fails
And dark prevails
To hail this Halloween.
#Halloween
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LOVE POEM
Published
11th Mar 2017 4:39am
11th Mar 2017 4:39am
Moments in between...
Moments in between, they seem
The most endearing,
The tender times your hand's in mine
Your breath on me is searing.
Your kiss can part my frozen lips
And bring me life again,
Your body slides against my side
Your touch ignites my skin.
Your gentle words could shake the earth,
Your eyes can cease the wars,
Your calm embrace stops time and space
My universe is yours.
The most endearing,
The tender times your hand's in mine
Your breath on me is searing.
Your kiss can part my frozen lips
And bring me life again,
Your body slides against my side
Your touch ignites my skin.
Your gentle words could shake the earth,
Your eyes can cease the wars,
Your calm embrace stops time and space
My universe is yours.
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
11th Mar 2017 4:37am
11th Mar 2017 4:37am
I built a life
When I was just a little boy
I thought the world was mine,
So filled with thrills and treasures
Out there for me to find.
I searched my whole backyard
And the woods behind my home,
My wandering mind could only find
How much more I had grown.
I never traveled distant lands
Or crossed the many seas,
I never scaled the mountaintops
Or felt a desert breeze.
I did grow older in my house
And stayed in my hometown,
I built a life with my two hands
With two feet on the ground.
I thought the world was mine,
So filled with thrills and treasures
Out there for me to find.
I searched my whole backyard
And the woods behind my home,
My wandering mind could only find
How much more I had grown.
I never traveled distant lands
Or crossed the many seas,
I never scaled the mountaintops
Or felt a desert breeze.
I did grow older in my house
And stayed in my hometown,
I built a life with my two hands
With two feet on the ground.
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Mar 2017 8:00pm
10th Mar 2017 8:00pm
Truth Prevails
They tried to take me for a ride
Took me out in a small wooden boat,
In open seas they tossed me
Assuming that I wouldn't float.
But I know how to ride out a storm
And swim with big fish in the sea
Keep my head down but just above water
Til they think there's no rescuing me.
When I rose like the morning sun
Their dark secrets I soon brought to light
I exposed all those things they had done
Truth prevailed, they can't win this fight.
My word is my bond
This I vow to defend,
I will see the...
Took me out in a small wooden boat,
In open seas they tossed me
Assuming that I wouldn't float.
But I know how to ride out a storm
And swim with big fish in the sea
Keep my head down but just above water
Til they think there's no rescuing me.
When I rose like the morning sun
Their dark secrets I soon brought to light
I exposed all those things they had done
Truth prevailed, they can't win this fight.
My word is my bond
This I vow to defend,
I will see the...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
10th Mar 2017 7:58pm
10th Mar 2017 7:58pm
If I was...
If I was a gifted writer
But was never published,
Would people think I was brighter
Or my work was rubbish?
If I was a brilliant painter
With no masterpiece,
Could I say I mastered art
Or should my painting cease?
If I was an architect
Who built a Hall of Fame,
Would it make me famous
If it didn't bear my name?
If I was the President
But never was elected,
If I ran the country...
But was never published,
Would people think I was brighter
Or my work was rubbish?
If I was a brilliant painter
With no masterpiece,
Could I say I mastered art
Or should my painting cease?
If I was an architect
Who built a Hall of Fame,
Would it make me famous
If it didn't bear my name?
If I was the President
But never was elected,
If I ran the country...
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LOVE POEM
Published
9th Mar 2017 8:13pm
9th Mar 2017 8:13pm
Open your heart
Give Love a second chance.
Let your heart be vulnerable like a sheep in an open field
Surrounded by hungry Lions
That would rip your heart out and tear it to pieces.
Don’t be afraid, purity protects you
You have a heart of gold
Only you decide who’s allowed inside.
Each time he broke your heart
You considered ending the relationship
But instead, you became more determined to fix what had broken.
Destruction strengthened your resolve to put it back together.
You thought, “If I try harder this time he will...
Let your heart be vulnerable like a sheep in an open field
Surrounded by hungry Lions
That would rip your heart out and tear it to pieces.
Don’t be afraid, purity protects you
You have a heart of gold
Only you decide who’s allowed inside.
Each time he broke your heart
You considered ending the relationship
But instead, you became more determined to fix what had broken.
Destruction strengthened your resolve to put it back together.
You thought, “If I try harder this time he will...
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
9th Mar 2017 8:12pm
9th Mar 2017 8:12pm
Being
Being young and living is a lifelong goal for some,
But dying before living is a tragedy when young.
Being rich and giving can fill you full of wealth,
But being poor and getting may bring you better health.
Being free from bondage can make your spirit soar,
But being free of spirit is poison to the core.
Being nice and pleasant will make you feel contentment,
But being nice and bitter will fill you with resentment.
Being here and present will make you feel alive,
But being rushed and worried will make you feel deprived. ...
But dying before living is a tragedy when young.
Being rich and giving can fill you full of wealth,
But being poor and getting may bring you better health.
Being free from bondage can make your spirit soar,
But being free of spirit is poison to the core.
Being nice and pleasant will make you feel contentment,
But being nice and bitter will fill you with resentment.
Being here and present will make you feel alive,
But being rushed and worried will make you feel deprived. ...
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DRUGS POEM
Published
8th Mar 2017 7:36pm
8th Mar 2017 7:36pm
Scarecrow
I looked up to you
Those things you could do
A scarecrow in my field of dreams.
Chased away all my fears
Kept me safe all these years
I guess nothing is what it may seem.
You kept demons at bay
Yeah, you scared them away
My scarecrow stands tall in the field.
But the nightmare came true
Another version of you
One night it was finally revealed.
You tugged at my heart strings
And ripped them apart,
Would've stayed far away
If I knew from the start...
That you were a...
Those things you could do
A scarecrow in my field of dreams.
Chased away all my fears
Kept me safe all these years
I guess nothing is what it may seem.
You kept demons at bay
Yeah, you scared them away
My scarecrow stands tall in the field.
But the nightmare came true
Another version of you
One night it was finally revealed.
You tugged at my heart strings
And ripped them apart,
Would've stayed far away
If I knew from the start...
That you were a...
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DRUGS POEM
Published
8th Mar 2017 7:34pm
8th Mar 2017 7:34pm
Dope House
Webs in the attic, rats in the cellar
I'm in the bathroom not feeling stellar.
I creep to the kitchen but I remain cautious
Because all the food is making me nauseous.
I then seek relief in the dining room
My belly rolls like a corpse in a tomb.
I run to the bedroom and try to relax
Sickened and kicking with panic attacks.
I'll try to hibernate inside my den
But cold shakes take their hold again.
I gain control and lose my breath
The family room, it smells of death.
I hit the hallway -...
I'm in the bathroom not feeling stellar.
I creep to the kitchen but I remain cautious
Because all the food is making me nauseous.
I then seek relief in the dining room
My belly rolls like a corpse in a tomb.
I run to the bedroom and try to relax
Sickened and kicking with panic attacks.
I'll try to hibernate inside my den
But cold shakes take their hold again.
I gain control and lose my breath
The family room, it smells of death.
I hit the hallway -...
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DRUGS POEM
Published
7th Mar 2017 8:44pm
7th Mar 2017 8:44pm
Darling...
Darling I'm torn
you kept me so warm
with you I never was bored,
at first you protected me
then you infected me
you were a double-edged sword.
Both good times
and bad times
you stuck with me through them,
the heart aches
and cold shakes
I never outgrew them.
As years passed me by
I watched myself die
and begged you never to leave,
I would savor your touch
then you'd leave in a rush
with tracks up and down my sleeve.
I'd never delay you
or ever betray you
on call if you ever...
you kept me so warm
with you I never was bored,
at first you protected me
then you infected me
you were a double-edged sword.
Both good times
and bad times
you stuck with me through them,
the heart aches
and cold shakes
I never outgrew them.
As years passed me by
I watched myself die
and begged you never to leave,
I would savor your touch
then you'd leave in a rush
with tracks up and down my sleeve.
I'd never delay you
or ever betray you
on call if you ever...
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SONG LYRICS
Published
7th Mar 2017 8:43pm
7th Mar 2017 8:43pm
Time to get real (Rap)
Guess I made a decision
But never envisioned
I'd ever be one
Stuck in a re-run
On television.
The same shit
Over and over
As I get
Older and colder
Groundhog Day
Die this way
Watch my life slippin' away
I must be trippin' to stay
Locked in this box of addiction
The clocks say it's time to stop being victim.
It's hard to take charge
Of a fading future
I don't give a damn if it's nature or nurture
Blame my past all I want
It'll haunt me forever.
I have no excuse
For...
But never envisioned
I'd ever be one
Stuck in a re-run
On television.
The same shit
Over and over
As I get
Older and colder
Groundhog Day
Die this way
Watch my life slippin' away
I must be trippin' to stay
Locked in this box of addiction
The clocks say it's time to stop being victim.
It's hard to take charge
Of a fading future
I don't give a damn if it's nature or nurture
Blame my past all I want
It'll haunt me forever.
I have no excuse
For...
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