Submissions by nightbirdblue
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I am fluid polygender, identifying as both “she/her” & ”they/them” • Panromantic and married to the love of my life! 🏳️🌈 Poetry on mental illness, spirituality, LGBTQIA2+ experiences, and surviving DV.
DARK POEM
Published
22nd Oct 2017 9:24pm
22nd Oct 2017 9:24pm
Purging
I rip
from abreast
this heart
from my chest
splatter neatly
upon my
dinner table
feeling
and sensing
on a platter
left alone to
intermingle
bite off
some sorrow
chew up
your ventricles
let the teeth
of your thoughts
digest
judgments
abound
anxiously
gulp down
some refreshing
ethereal air
taste the
intuition
bitter upon
your tongue
where
languid moods
still linger
perceiving
hollowed out
purity ...
from abreast
this heart
from my chest
splatter neatly
upon my
dinner table
feeling
and sensing
on a platter
left alone to
intermingle
bite off
some sorrow
chew up
your ventricles
let the teeth
of your thoughts
digest
judgments
abound
anxiously
gulp down
some refreshing
ethereal air
taste the
intuition
bitter upon
your tongue
where
languid moods
still linger
perceiving
hollowed out
purity ...
#EatingDisorder
#anxiety
#identity
#misunderstood
#symbolism
1265 reads
32 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Oct 2017 1:32pm
22nd Oct 2017 1:32pm
Overcoming Bondage
culpability;
ultimate apathy
his ‘inability’
to hold his own
in this crazy
modern day world
understanding
though I am
this place is a monster
eating every shred
of viable emotion
snaking and enslaving
every soul
...but comes a time
when you cannot hide
cannot stay sheltered
from the real world
society’s sickness
we cannot unfurl
though weary
we must take heed
step forward from
your constructs
stand tall in spite
claim your self ...
ultimate apathy
his ‘inability’
to hold his own
in this crazy
modern day world
understanding
though I am
this place is a monster
eating every shred
of viable emotion
snaking and enslaving
every soul
...but comes a time
when you cannot hide
cannot stay sheltered
from the real world
society’s sickness
we cannot unfurl
though weary
we must take heed
step forward from
your constructs
stand tall in spite
claim your self ...
#oppression
#motivational
#TruthOfLife
#LifeStruggles
#relationships
672 reads
14 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Oct 2017 1:09pm
22nd Oct 2017 1:09pm
Honest Reflection
But don’t
we all crave
release?
From the effects
of our own
sufferings?
Whatever
they may be.
We must see
with eyes
unscathed,
the furnishings
of our own
personal
destructions;
coping patterns.
Greet your
demons,
feed them
full of love;
forgiveness.
Do you believe this?
How far will you
choose to go
to lay rest
your ego?
The release
of all suffering…
How far
will you take it,
and in which
direction?
Does it benefit
all...
we all crave
release?
From the effects
of our own
sufferings?
Whatever
they may be.
We must see
with eyes
unscathed,
the furnishings
of our own
personal
destructions;
coping patterns.
Greet your
demons,
feed them
full of love;
forgiveness.
Do you believe this?
How far will you
choose to go
to lay rest
your ego?
The release
of all suffering…
How far
will you take it,
and in which
direction?
Does it benefit
all...
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#learning
#peace
#spiritual
539 reads
14 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
22nd Oct 2017 4:14am
22nd Oct 2017 4:14am
Coffee
Fresh Pot!
So hot it's...
...baked
like a munchie
a gently toasted
desert
delectable
to the senses
Oh caffeine!
So hot it's...
...baked
like a munchie
a gently toasted
desert
delectable
to the senses
Oh caffeine!
#marijuana
#coffee
#food
#funny
#minimalist
1025 reads
15 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
22nd Oct 2017 2:23am
22nd Oct 2017 2:23am
Patience is a Virtue
for a helping hand
is all that I ask
I do need help
I need you to help me
with this problem
this unresolved
conflict
this little thing called
balance
how many years
do you think
I can be patient
before I feel taken
for granted
taken advantage of
while you brood over
your own dilemmas
eight years of working out
your own anthem
you’ve come...
is all that I ask
I do need help
I need you to help me
with this problem
this unresolved
conflict
this little thing called
balance
how many years
do you think
I can be patient
before I feel taken
for granted
taken advantage of
while you brood over
your own dilemmas
eight years of working out
your own anthem
you’ve come...
#heartbroken
#abuse
#sadness
#anger
#relationships
636 reads
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Oct 2017 4:31pm
21st Oct 2017 4:31pm
Dance
everything is a dance
a mathematical equation
elaborate calculations
where is the beat, the rhythm
in heartfelt situations with
variables to the solution
presenting no simulations
the ebb and flow of celebrations
or whipping fury of damnations
all under the same cosmic vibrations
manifesting answers to circumstances
no hesitations with tools in hand
maneuvering manuscripts of calibration
we master the derivative of the outcome ...
a mathematical equation
elaborate calculations
where is the beat, the rhythm
in heartfelt situations with
variables to the solution
presenting no simulations
the ebb and flow of celebrations
or whipping fury of damnations
all under the same cosmic vibrations
manifesting answers to circumstances
no hesitations with tools in hand
maneuvering manuscripts of calibration
we master the derivative of the outcome ...
#spiritual
#identity
#TruthOfLife
#PowerOfWords
#learning
945 reads
24 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
17th Oct 2017 3:41am
17th Oct 2017 3:41am
Abstract
sitting in this spider web
I feel the creepy
...crawlers...
dark...
in this corner
night lurkers sing
blissed
by the Chinese tradition
waves of sound infusing
cocoon of my heart
the claw sinks in
syncs...
time relays
until
death do us part
I feel the creepy
...crawlers...
dark...
in this corner
night lurkers sing
blissed
by the Chinese tradition
waves of sound infusing
cocoon of my heart
the claw sinks in
syncs...
time relays
until
death do us part
#night
#shadows
#music
#scary
#insomnia
600 reads
10 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
17th Oct 2017 3:17am
17th Oct 2017 3:17am
The Next Day
The Morning After...
[lethargicreflections]
today
sedated
frayed
awoke before
the day
had started
tears linger
no leaner
than before
memory
of you
last night
couldn’t fight
anymore
caved in again
hollow
swallow
my heart whole
choke
on the pieces
shove it down
perma-frown
can’t hide
truth leaks
from my eyes
you awake
and I...
...
[lethargicreflections]
today
sedated
frayed
awoke before
the day
had started
tears linger
no leaner
than before
memory
of you
last night
couldn’t fight
anymore
caved in again
hollow
swallow
my heart whole
choke
on the pieces
shove it down
perma-frown
can’t hide
truth leaks
from my eyes
you awake
and I...
...
#sadness
#abuse
#hate
#relationships
#confusion
929 reads
16 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Oct 2017 6:05am
15th Oct 2017 6:05am
Crusader
My life is full of seismic earthquakes
Illusory as they may be
Erupting volcanos rake through my days
They settle with no debris
Oceans writhe and foam within
Deceptively crashing seas
I am no stranger to wintery winds
I grow the roots of an oak tree
Ice may layer my heart through the years
But desperately I will not freeze
For fire churns deeply suppressed within
Exploding in bombs that you will never see
Logic and reason persist like a...
Illusory as they may be
Erupting volcanos rake through my days
They settle with no debris
Oceans writhe and foam within
Deceptively crashing seas
I am no stranger to wintery winds
I grow the roots of an oak tree
Ice may layer my heart through the years
But desperately I will not freeze
For fire churns deeply suppressed within
Exploding in bombs that you will never see
Logic and reason persist like a...
#hope
#nature
#spiritual
#abuse
#PersonalGrowth
1045 reads
17 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
14th Oct 2017 9:36pm
14th Oct 2017 9:36pm
Sorrow’s Companion
She’s a liar with a mask
And every time that you ask
She replies, “I’m okay,
Never one to complain”
But every night can’t close her eyes
Collapsing over all her lies
And every morning her cheeks are wet
The salty sting of her regrets
Can’t find the strength to voice her sickness
Less she get in line with all the victims
Countless times she stifles pain
Her lifeless efforts go in vain
Quiet tears pour from her eyes
Each tear a voice to match her lies
Tortured...
And every time that you ask
She replies, “I’m okay,
Never one to complain”
But every night can’t close her eyes
Collapsing over all her lies
And every morning her cheeks are wet
The salty sting of her regrets
Can’t find the strength to voice her sickness
Less she get in line with all the victims
Countless times she stifles pain
Her lifeless efforts go in vain
Quiet tears pour from her eyes
Each tear a voice to match her lies
Tortured...
#sadness
#depression
#abuse
#MentalHealth
#secrets
922 reads
20 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th Oct 2017 9:29pm
14th Oct 2017 9:29pm
Six Things You Should Know About Me - An Anthology
Plug into these tunes
To honor the naked wounds
I display here for you-
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSjSozKL_EA ]
One:
I used to be a cutter
A decade of self-inflicted torture
A variety of bangs and bruises
Cigarette burns and chemical scorches
Starving for those bones to show
Piercing safety pins where they do not go
When I asked for help- they gave me pills
At school surrounded by imbeciles
So they sent me to an out-patient hospital
They didn’t like me there; I was...
To honor the naked wounds
I display here for you-
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSjSozKL_EA ]
One:
I used to be a cutter
A decade of self-inflicted torture
A variety of bangs and bruises
Cigarette burns and chemical scorches
Starving for those bones to show
Piercing safety pins where they do not go
When I asked for help- they gave me pills
At school surrounded by imbeciles
So they sent me to an out-patient hospital
They didn’t like me there; I was...
#SelfHarm
#astrology
#Buddhist
#myself
#loneliness
838 reads
18 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Oct 2017 3:25am
14th Oct 2017 3:25am
Contemplation
To love literally,
actively engage;
go out of one’s way.
Sacrifice;
how do you judge it?
…you must know
that you don’t know
anything.
Along the way…
learn always.
Be
curious
just to be.
Sit in the dark;
be still.
Can you hear it?
...this Om
will set you free…
actively engage;
go out of one’s way.
Sacrifice;
how do you judge it?
…you must know
that you don’t know
anything.
Along the way…
learn always.
Be
curious
just to be.
Sit in the dark;
be still.
Can you hear it?
...this Om
will set you free…
#love
#spiritual
#learning
#inspirational
#TruthOfLife
725 reads
13 Comments
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