Submissions by poetOftragedy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm a door which ever way you open it will always lead you outside
Kuekuatsu (the Wolverine)
O' Lora.
I've swam the most treacherous of oceans,
dived into the darkest caves.
Been held captive in cages,
and tortured for my sins.
I've glimpsed the grimmest of graves,
walked the darkest of valleys.
But never for a second feared.
O' Lora, my love.
I've been hurt,
I've been made to bleed.
Death has visited me so many times,
There's no limit to what I've seen.
I've been broken,
torn to pieces,
And drowned.
As payment for all my wrong doings.
In turn I've exerted my vengeance. ...
I've swam the most treacherous of oceans,
dived into the darkest caves.
Been held captive in cages,
and tortured for my sins.
I've glimpsed the grimmest of graves,
walked the darkest of valleys.
But never for a second feared.
O' Lora, my love.
I've been hurt,
I've been made to bleed.
Death has visited me so many times,
There's no limit to what I've seen.
I've been broken,
torn to pieces,
And drowned.
As payment for all my wrong doings.
In turn I've exerted my vengeance. ...
#love
#LifeStruggles
#moon
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King Liam
Could I also go down as a king?
Could I also say I've lived?
Cause when a king goes down we all shed a tear.
Because when a king goes down we celebrate how he lived.
Today we erect a monument in our hearts to honour how Liam used to think.
Through his words and ink his life was a testament that he lived.
Centuries from now you'll still be alive in our ink.
Rest in peace.
PoetOftragedy
Could I also say I've lived?
Cause when a king goes down we all shed a tear.
Because when a king goes down we celebrate how he lived.
Today we erect a monument in our hearts to honour how Liam used to think.
Through his words and ink his life was a testament that he lived.
Centuries from now you'll still be alive in our ink.
Rest in peace.
PoetOftragedy
#memorial
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I hope you happy
I remember when we danced the night away.
I remember our very first day.
How coincidence turned out to be fate.
I remember our very first date.
How you looked so great.
I remember how I stumbled upon my words.
How I ran out of things to say.
I had never seen beauty this way.
I never thought one day these are the words I'll say.
I hope you happy.
I hope you on your mary way,
I'm not gonna stand on you're way.
I hope you've found a better one,
So you don't have to look behind.
I hope his everything you wished for and...
I remember our very first day.
How coincidence turned out to be fate.
I remember our very first date.
How you looked so great.
I remember how I stumbled upon my words.
How I ran out of things to say.
I had never seen beauty this way.
I never thought one day these are the words I'll say.
I hope you happy.
I hope you on your mary way,
I'm not gonna stand on you're way.
I hope you've found a better one,
So you don't have to look behind.
I hope his everything you wished for and...
#heartbroken
#breakup
#MovingOn #emotional
#MovingOn #emotional
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If only we lived forever
If only we lived forever,
We'd have enough time to rectify our mistakes.
We'd have enough time to learn all the lessons unlearned.
We'd all live life to the fullest.
Without fear.
Maybe we'd all be in persuit of happiness,
We'd learn to heal and mend our broken hearts.
If only we lived forever.
We'd take things easy.
We'd watch the sun set over mountains,
And plunge it's nose into the open seas.
The air would be light,
The fire flies would light up every night.
We all would have assurance that tomorrow comes.
Maybe we...
We'd have enough time to rectify our mistakes.
We'd have enough time to learn all the lessons unlearned.
We'd all live life to the fullest.
Without fear.
Maybe we'd all be in persuit of happiness,
We'd learn to heal and mend our broken hearts.
If only we lived forever.
We'd take things easy.
We'd watch the sun set over mountains,
And plunge it's nose into the open seas.
The air would be light,
The fire flies would light up every night.
We all would have assurance that tomorrow comes.
Maybe we...
#humankind
#LifeCycle
#philosophical
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It's a human race
Day by day,
Everyday it's the same.
When we were born we were blessed,
Blessed with the number of our grave.
Every path leads this way.
Fate will find you, there's no escape.
So every day we try our best.
Before we turn to dust.
That someday, in the end.
We'd be proud when the tears of our loved ones lays us to rest.
We're all chasing time,
It's the human race.
So we love whole heartedly,
And we wage wars.
Anything so we won't be forgot.
Our fates were sealed when we were born.
So we look up and place our...
Everyday it's the same.
When we were born we were blessed,
Blessed with the number of our grave.
Every path leads this way.
Fate will find you, there's no escape.
So every day we try our best.
Before we turn to dust.
That someday, in the end.
We'd be proud when the tears of our loved ones lays us to rest.
We're all chasing time,
It's the human race.
So we love whole heartedly,
And we wage wars.
Anything so we won't be forgot.
Our fates were sealed when we were born.
So we look up and place our...
#birth
#death
#LifeStruggles
#LifeCycle
#philosophical
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What am I?
I can start a war or end one
I can give you the strength of heroes
Or leave you powerless
I might be snired with a glance
But no force can compele to stay
What am I?
-Riddle man-
I've moved mountains.
I've sailed the seven.
Many long to have me,
Yet many cannot keep me.
Some have dug mountains with needles,
Others have emptied oceans with teaspoons.
All in my name.
What am I?
I've sank cities.
I've walked bare foot on burning fires.
I'm the bridge between Heaven and Earth.
I...
I can give you the strength of heroes
Or leave you powerless
I might be snired with a glance
But no force can compele to stay
What am I?
-Riddle man-
I've moved mountains.
I've sailed the seven.
Many long to have me,
Yet many cannot keep me.
Some have dug mountains with needles,
Others have emptied oceans with teaspoons.
All in my name.
What am I?
I've sank cities.
I've walked bare foot on burning fires.
I'm the bridge between Heaven and Earth.
I...
#WritingPoetry
#philosophical
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Tribute to Johnny Clegg
The Sun went down and it never came up.
A colour blind hero was born.
During tough times.
He went against the tides.
When South Africa was plagued with apartheid.
He saw no difference between black and white.
United the nation with his voice.
And we all knew his songs.
You thought us courage,
Showed us the way.
Without you this world will never be the same
Rea holeboha Wena Morena.
(We thank you O' Lord.)
A true hero of the struggle.
We thank you.
O Siyeza, o siyeza , sizofika webaba noma
(we are coming, we...
A colour blind hero was born.
During tough times.
He went against the tides.
When South Africa was plagued with apartheid.
He saw no difference between black and white.
United the nation with his voice.
And we all knew his songs.
You thought us courage,
Showed us the way.
Without you this world will never be the same
Rea holeboha Wena Morena.
(We thank you O' Lord.)
A true hero of the struggle.
We thank you.
O Siyeza, o siyeza , sizofika webaba noma
(we are coming, we...
#lyrics
#gratitude
#admiration
#respect
#heroic
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Zandi
You felt it once,
Loved it twice.
It's on your nose,
On your tongue.
You held it once,
Held it tight.
Wouldn't let go,
Even when it broke your fingers so.
You wanted more,
Finished it all.
You grew a demand for more.
You got your supply,
to your snort.
I saw it all.
I saw you drown.
Tried to break your fall.
But you were already gone.
All my attempts couldn't get through you.
I wish you would have seen,
I've always been there for you.
Zandi, honey now You're gone.
I wish...
Loved it twice.
It's on your nose,
On your tongue.
You held it once,
Held it tight.
Wouldn't let go,
Even when it broke your fingers so.
You wanted more,
Finished it all.
You grew a demand for more.
You got your supply,
to your snort.
I saw it all.
I saw you drown.
Tried to break your fall.
But you were already gone.
All my attempts couldn't get through you.
I wish you would have seen,
I've always been there for you.
Zandi, honey now You're gone.
I wish...
#death
#LifeStruggles
#suicide
#drugs
#addiction
631 reads
10 Comments
The devil is i
At the bewitching hour, when the night is frozen.
All alone and broken.
Counting every one that hurt me
Pointing the finger at everyone.
Blaming my misery on someone.
Never really owning up.
It always has to be someone.
It's you, it's them.
But somewhere in me I know the devil is i.
Writing my list of targets.
Plotting my revenge.
Anything to deflect,
Responsibility away from myself.
Because it's always easy to put the burden on someone else.
Than carrying it by myself.
Building illusions.
Chasing after...
All alone and broken.
Counting every one that hurt me
Pointing the finger at everyone.
Blaming my misery on someone.
Never really owning up.
It always has to be someone.
It's you, it's them.
But somewhere in me I know the devil is i.
Writing my list of targets.
Plotting my revenge.
Anything to deflect,
Responsibility away from myself.
Because it's always easy to put the burden on someone else.
Than carrying it by myself.
Building illusions.
Chasing after...
#hate
#SelfReflection
#responsibility
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My 115
All alone chained to my thoughts.
My fist suck in a shattered dimensions.
In a room where no one can see me.
Trapped in my own feelings.
Wishing the world would have died all along.
Maybe I wouldn't suffer if I was all alone.
If this was my twisted world.
Everything would die,
Cause no one would cry,
When no one is alive.
If this was my twisted world.
My tears would decay
This world of clay
And wash everyone away.
I would bring death and destruction to all,
And deny resurrection to all.
Cause no more tear...
My fist suck in a shattered dimensions.
In a room where no one can see me.
Trapped in my own feelings.
Wishing the world would have died all along.
Maybe I wouldn't suffer if I was all alone.
If this was my twisted world.
Everything would die,
Cause no one would cry,
When no one is alive.
If this was my twisted world.
My tears would decay
This world of clay
And wash everyone away.
I would bring death and destruction to all,
And deny resurrection to all.
Cause no more tear...
#dark
#death
#myself #suffering
#myself #suffering
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Letter unsent, message unsaid
Lying still in my coffin,
With a letter on my chest.
A letter I never sent.
With a message unshared.
From a poets voice unheard.
Now I lay here dead.
I wish I could turn time back.
Maybe I would have done one or two things different.
Do you think forgiveness is something I'll ever learn?
When the wounds refuse to mend.
How do I think I'll ever forget?
About how I wasn't spared,
From the cruelty of this world.
My selfishness is something you can never comprehend.
My reason why I never spread the message, ...
With a letter on my chest.
A letter I never sent.
With a message unshared.
From a poets voice unheard.
Now I lay here dead.
I wish I could turn time back.
Maybe I would have done one or two things different.
Do you think forgiveness is something I'll ever learn?
When the wounds refuse to mend.
How do I think I'll ever forget?
About how I wasn't spared,
From the cruelty of this world.
My selfishness is something you can never comprehend.
My reason why I never spread the message, ...
#LifeStruggles
#silence
#LifeAsAWriter
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the art of raising another man son
It's said life is defined by moments,
Small breaths that you forget to count,
But raising a child is something else.
The first steps, first words.
To see him kick the ball, drive that toy car.
The first day at school and probably his first heart break.
These are moments you'll forever cherish and hold dear,
Deep in parts of your heart that no else will ever find.
Despite the knowledge of knowing his not yours,
Yet you love him without question.
That's the art of raising another man son.
You give him your all, your love and your...
Small breaths that you forget to count,
But raising a child is something else.
The first steps, first words.
To see him kick the ball, drive that toy car.
The first day at school and probably his first heart break.
These are moments you'll forever cherish and hold dear,
Deep in parts of your heart that no else will ever find.
Despite the knowledge of knowing his not yours,
Yet you love him without question.
That's the art of raising another man son.
You give him your all, your love and your...
#strength
#hope
#courage
#LifeStruggles
#fatherhood
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