Submissions by moon_bather
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Been writing for 30+ years. always kept those writings to myself. Time to wear my heart on my sleeve...
DRUGS POEM
Published
24th Sep 2024 3:55am
24th Sep 2024 3:55am
A Jester's Restraint
Just letting you know I
Got fucked up and
Smoked all the weed
Choked all the cigarettes
But I did not
Absolutely
Did NOT
Go back to the liquor store
Did not indulge in
Her ultimate grandeur
I stayed put inside
Got a little more high
Then the screen
Reflected back at me
And I laughed out loud
Got fucked up and
Smoked all the weed
Choked all the cigarettes
But I did not
Absolutely
Did NOT
Go back to the liquor store
Did not indulge in
Her ultimate grandeur
I stayed put inside
Got a little more high
Then the screen
Reflected back at me
And I laughed out loud
#alcohol
#confessional
#drugs
#funny
#MentalHealth
58 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Sep 2024 1:38am
15th Sep 2024 1:38am
Mental Health (on hold)
Welcome to the sanitarium
We’ve got dry clothes and a bed
For you to live in
For the time being
What happens next?
We don’t know
Nor do we much care
So fix your head already
Then
get the fuck outta here
We’ve got dry clothes and a bed
For you to live in
For the time being
What happens next?
We don’t know
Nor do we much care
So fix your head already
Then
get the fuck outta here
#dark
#morality
#shame
#suffering
#vulnerability
59 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Sep 2024 5:56am
12th Sep 2024 5:56am
(broken) City Streets
the wretched burnt-orange sun
beats down on my broken car
as she thumps mindlessly through potholes
with windows down
we gaze at clowns
and the derelicts
and the dirty tricks
as they crawl
across the pavement
the lively beauties walk
amongst jackasses and Gemini's
confused hooligans steal
from random pedestrians
to feed addictions
fulfilling a need
they mean you no harm, indeed
despite their transgressions
we're all devoured
by our own deceptions
beats down on my broken car
as she thumps mindlessly through potholes
with windows down
we gaze at clowns
and the derelicts
and the dirty tricks
as they crawl
across the pavement
the lively beauties walk
amongst jackasses and Gemini's
confused hooligans steal
from random pedestrians
to feed addictions
fulfilling a need
they mean you no harm, indeed
despite their transgressions
we're all devoured
by our own deceptions
#city
#ignorance
#LifeStruggles
#oppression
#vulnerability
59 reads
2 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
10th Sep 2024 3:27am
10th Sep 2024 3:27am
Liquified, My Dear
Grab me a glass’
Who am I talking to?
No one, just me
Sitting in my solitude
Trembling hand fully extends
Reaching for that bottle
The eager liquid spills out
Filling the depths of my highball
Already drank all the beer
And all mixers are empty
Now to bring out the real stuff
Also known as the green fairy
The wormwood provides answers
The bitter licorice concedes
Ill feelings quickly fading
While animosity retreats
Who am I talking to?
No one, just me
Sitting in my solitude
Trembling hand fully extends
Reaching for that bottle
The eager liquid spills out
Filling the depths of my highball
Already drank all the beer
And all mixers are empty
Now to bring out the real stuff
Also known as the green fairy
The wormwood provides answers
The bitter licorice concedes
Ill feelings quickly fading
While animosity retreats
#addiction
#alcohol
#confessional
#funny
#tragedy
100 reads
2 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
10th Sep 2024 3:13am
10th Sep 2024 3:13am
The Void
i needed you tonight
but you weren't there
you just weren't there
i needed compassion tonight
yet no one was there
simply no one
no one there
true friends are non-existent
except in my head
they are all in my head
goddamn, i'm sad, but
at least i live true
all else in my universe, dead
like you
but you weren't there
you just weren't there
i needed compassion tonight
yet no one was there
simply no one
no one there
true friends are non-existent
except in my head
they are all in my head
goddamn, i'm sad, but
at least i live true
all else in my universe, dead
like you
#betrayal
#disappointment
#grief
#loneliness
#sadness
122 reads
5 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
1st Sep 2024 2:42am
1st Sep 2024 2:42am
Black Soul
The grim reaper
The reaper of souls
Comes for you
No matter how beautiful
Keep looking in that mirror
Seeking validation
Yet in the end
You’re ready for cremation
Hold your head still
While the devil inspects you
Feels your cranium
And spits the truth
She says, sit back
Feel nothing, you are
Calloused and broken, the
Epitome of one lifelong scar
The reaper of souls
Comes for you
No matter how beautiful
Keep looking in that mirror
Seeking validation
Yet in the end
You’re ready for cremation
Hold your head still
While the devil inspects you
Feels your cranium
And spits the truth
She says, sit back
Feel nothing, you are
Calloused and broken, the
Epitome of one lifelong scar
#anger
#curse
#dark
#death
#graveyard
101 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Aug 2024 4:05am
29th Aug 2024 4:05am
Know Your Place, Apparently
It’s been gone a long time
Dead before I was born
Freedom everlasting
A nice thought, now forlorn
A bit of truth
Turned commercial success
Your vision compromised
Into a tiny hope that was ‘blessed’
In these troubled times
Image is the ultimate factor
The words, not to be considered
Extremity is the master
So toss aside all your thoughts
Absorb the big man and his sneer
Won’t the world be such a beautiful place
If we all just obey
and live in fear
Keep the minds simple ...
Dead before I was born
Freedom everlasting
A nice thought, now forlorn
A bit of truth
Turned commercial success
Your vision compromised
Into a tiny hope that was ‘blessed’
In these troubled times
Image is the ultimate factor
The words, not to be considered
Extremity is the master
So toss aside all your thoughts
Absorb the big man and his sneer
Won’t the world be such a beautiful place
If we all just obey
and live in fear
Keep the minds simple ...
#conflict
#freedom
#FreeVerse #philosophical
#FreeVerse #philosophical
73 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
29th Aug 2024 2:53am
29th Aug 2024 2:53am
Forbearance
Honey, honey
Why is it
All the ones who love me
I do not want
And all the ones
I love
Leave me
Better left forgot
So I stroll
Along in this world
Acting like a kid, simply
A lovesick shit
And I will
Miss you, and more
As I lift (lower) my head
Drifting off to death
Not a suicide note
Not a threat
Just a lonely being
Not giving a lick
Knowing that
I have a head of
Self-confidence, though
Mind is a bit conflicted
I’m...
Why is it
All the ones who love me
I do not want
And all the ones
I love
Leave me
Better left forgot
So I stroll
Along in this world
Acting like a kid, simply
A lovesick shit
And I will
Miss you, and more
As I lift (lower) my head
Drifting off to death
Not a suicide note
Not a threat
Just a lonely being
Not giving a lick
Knowing that
I have a head of
Self-confidence, though
Mind is a bit conflicted
I’m...
#denial
#heartbroken
#hurt
#loneliness
#rejection
88 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Aug 2024 4:06am
20th Aug 2024 4:06am
stormy weather
it's rough when
the one who used to love you
no longer gives a shit
they've moved on
no longer need your dick
and leave you drowning
in stormy weather
when you only wanted
to ride out this storm together
the one who used to love you
no longer gives a shit
they've moved on
no longer need your dick
and leave you drowning
in stormy weather
when you only wanted
to ride out this storm together
#betrayal
#breakup
#depression #despair
#depression #despair
126 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Aug 2024 4:08am
14th Aug 2024 4:08am
No Vacancy
Hello, motherfucker.
dirty little you, wrote
a ditty for the rest of
our ramshackled being
you had no idea of
what we could become
a fucking legend if only
our time would come
my broke ass sits on
this broken corner of
this broken street, wailing
into darkness, incomplete
feeling nothing since you
became a factor, a nuance
that i could love or fear
there's nothing left here
oh no
there is nothing left here
dirty little you, wrote
a ditty for the rest of
our ramshackled being
you had no idea of
what we could become
a fucking legend if only
our time would come
my broke ass sits on
this broken corner of
this broken street, wailing
into darkness, incomplete
feeling nothing since you
became a factor, a nuance
that i could love or fear
there's nothing left here
oh no
there is nothing left here
#anger
#dark
#despair
#emptiness
#regret
69 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Aug 2024 3:53am
14th Aug 2024 3:53am
What Was I Thinking?
i met those emerald eyes
so many years ago
yet
knew pretty quickly things
would become a shitshow
(which it was)
yet
hung on with all hope
and desperation of a
young & hopeless man
so i kept on trying
striving for better days
better times to be had
revealed the weakness
reveled in bleakness
yet
knew my time was limited
just needed an accomplice
yet ...
so many years ago
yet
knew pretty quickly things
would become a shitshow
(which it was)
yet
hung on with all hope
and desperation of a
young & hopeless man
so i kept on trying
striving for better days
better times to be had
revealed the weakness
reveled in bleakness
yet
knew my time was limited
just needed an accomplice
yet ...
#despair
#heartbroken
#regret
#relationships
#UnrequitedLove
110 reads
0 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
11th Jul 2024 3:42am
11th Jul 2024 3:42am
No Truth Allowed
You asked for honest opinion
I gave it to you, then
Infuriated, based on insecurity
You told me I was cruel
Requests of true advice, from
the heart, yet you made
Requests that made
me
a villain.
The rat bastard of truth.
I gave it to you, then
Infuriated, based on insecurity
You told me I was cruel
Requests of true advice, from
the heart, yet you made
Requests that made
me
a villain.
The rat bastard of truth.
#anger
#conflict
#denial
#frustration
#hypocrisy
173 reads
9 Comments
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