Submissions by poetOftragedy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm a door which ever way you open it will always lead you outside
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in a strangers world (from one poet to another)
You, yes you.
You on the other side of this writing,
I'm talking to you.
I don't know who you're,
Apart from the picture you use as your profile pic
And your moniker that you use to define yourself.
We could be neighbors, we could be miles apart.
Yet I'm still talking to you.
I'm writing this to tell you how I feel about you.
I love you, trust you and cherish you.
We've surely never met on real life.
I've never seen your face,
Or heard the sound of your voice.
But I have read your every...
You on the other side of this writing,
I'm talking to you.
I don't know who you're,
Apart from the picture you use as your profile pic
And your moniker that you use to define yourself.
We could be neighbors, we could be miles apart.
Yet I'm still talking to you.
I'm writing this to tell you how I feel about you.
I love you, trust you and cherish you.
We've surely never met on real life.
I've never seen your face,
Or heard the sound of your voice.
But I have read your every...
#love
#relationships
#family #LifeAsAWriter
#family #LifeAsAWriter
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what would you have me do?
What would you have me do?
All I have, is all that I've given you.
I'm not blind to say I don't see all the beautiful things you desire.
But I've given my hands, to give you all the things I afford you.
It brings me tears to see you long for things others have, you wish you had.
I've heard all your requests,
I hide in shadows when you pray and I hear your every word.
Is the things I give you with love not enough to you?
Is there another way?
What would you have me do?
i too I'm forever chasing ghosts, searching for a better life to...
All I have, is all that I've given you.
I'm not blind to say I don't see all the beautiful things you desire.
But I've given my hands, to give you all the things I afford you.
It brings me tears to see you long for things others have, you wish you had.
I've heard all your requests,
I hide in shadows when you pray and I hear your every word.
Is the things I give you with love not enough to you?
Is there another way?
What would you have me do?
i too I'm forever chasing ghosts, searching for a better life to...
#parent
#LifeStruggles
#disappointment #sacrifice
#disappointment #sacrifice
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The prospect of bringing someone into this life.
three weeks ago i learned that my girlfriend was pregnant,
so i wrote this piece.
but it only last week that i learned the child wasn't mine.
i didn't know what to do with this piece anymore.
feelings have changed what was once excitement turned into heartbreak.
yet i wasn't going to let such a good piece go to waste.
I've seen all the ultra sounds,
and I've felt you kick.
Day by day,
I see you grow and blossom like the flowers of spring.
I swear I've never seen anything so beautiful in this life.
Fate has finally found me, I...
so i wrote this piece.
but it only last week that i learned the child wasn't mine.
i didn't know what to do with this piece anymore.
feelings have changed what was once excitement turned into heartbreak.
yet i wasn't going to let such a good piece go to waste.
I've seen all the ultra sounds,
and I've felt you kick.
Day by day,
I see you grow and blossom like the flowers of spring.
I swear I've never seen anything so beautiful in this life.
Fate has finally found me, I...
#birth
#family
#LifeStruggles #LifeChangingMoment
#LifeStruggles #LifeChangingMoment
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Mankind isn't flawed
Mankind isn't flawed...
It's our way of thinking that is...
I'm poetOftragedy,
A man who saw failure before his attempt.
A man who hunger even when not hungry (greed).
A man who felt fear in place of love.
A man who gave in to doubt before his triumph.
A man who doesn't even know when his had enough.
But i too i'm just a man,
deep inside i know i'm no diffrent from you.
It's our way of thinking that is...
I'm poetOftragedy,
A man who saw failure before his attempt.
A man who hunger even when not hungry (greed).
A man who felt fear in place of love.
A man who gave in to doubt before his triumph.
A man who doesn't even know when his had enough.
But i too i'm just a man,
deep inside i know i'm no diffrent from you.
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#SelfReflection #philosophical
#SelfReflection #philosophical
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we playing Cinderella
We playing Cinderella.
It's leaping frogs in umbrellas.
Fairies in shiny feathers.
Ginger bread man dancing in the sand.
SpongeBob in his square pants,
But when the director yells cut, it's over.
Edit's and makeup hide the real scars.
We all have done our parts.
Real life isn't broken in cuts.
We're all subconsciously playing other roles.
Trying to perfect the art of running from who we are.
So we placed a god in the clouds.
Hoping he will be our way out.
Because in ourselves we harbor fear and doubt.
That's just who we...
It's leaping frogs in umbrellas.
Fairies in shiny feathers.
Ginger bread man dancing in the sand.
SpongeBob in his square pants,
But when the director yells cut, it's over.
Edit's and makeup hide the real scars.
We all have done our parts.
Real life isn't broken in cuts.
We're all subconsciously playing other roles.
Trying to perfect the art of running from who we are.
So we placed a god in the clouds.
Hoping he will be our way out.
Because in ourselves we harbor fear and doubt.
That's just who we...
#identity
#escape
#hypocrisy
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when settlers met voyagers
Many, many years ago they came to our shore.
Weary and tired they knocked on our door.
With open arms we welcomed them to our home.
They asked for water, oh we gave them food,
We showed them love and kindness,
We took them to our king and threw a great feast in their name.
Welcome to our humble abode.
Strangers they were, but we were happy to have them.
Pigmentless people we were fascinated just to who they are.
We sat and listened even when they talked in languages foreign to us.
They had fire sticks with them that made sounds of thunder. ...
Weary and tired they knocked on our door.
With open arms we welcomed them to our home.
They asked for water, oh we gave them food,
We showed them love and kindness,
We took them to our king and threw a great feast in their name.
Welcome to our humble abode.
Strangers they were, but we were happy to have them.
Pigmentless people we were fascinated just to who they are.
We sat and listened even when they talked in languages foreign to us.
They had fire sticks with them that made sounds of thunder. ...
#betrayal
#LifeStruggles
#Africa #historical
#Africa #historical
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nothing i do can make you love me
I've locked you inside,
I've chained you to the foot of my bed
To stop you from leaving.
I tore apart my shirt,
And turned it into a tourniquet.
To stop the bleeding.
But there's nothing I can do to make you love me.
It seems the more I try,
A thousand attempts,
The more I push.
Drifts you further away from me.
Sometimes I think I'm trying a bit too hard,
At times it all feels like I'm not doing enough.
Believe me if I could,
I'd stop these thoughts of you.
I'd burn down every bit of feeling I cultivate towards you. ...
I've chained you to the foot of my bed
To stop you from leaving.
I tore apart my shirt,
And turned it into a tourniquet.
To stop the bleeding.
But there's nothing I can do to make you love me.
It seems the more I try,
A thousand attempts,
The more I push.
Drifts you further away from me.
Sometimes I think I'm trying a bit too hard,
At times it all feels like I'm not doing enough.
Believe me if I could,
I'd stop these thoughts of you.
I'd burn down every bit of feeling I cultivate towards you. ...
#love
#LifeStruggles
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two worlds are at war in me
two worlds are at war in me.
both sides at a standstill.
one side desperately in love with her.
the other in complete doubt.
I don't know if I should follow my mind or my heart.
my mind constantly playing pictures of the past.
possible outcomes if I go down this path.
my heart is joyfully pounding to the prospect of finding new love.
two worlds are at war in me.
wreaking havoc, causing blinding confusion.
a demon and an angel,
I just don't know who to listen.
they both have their solid reasons.
a hazy crossroad, I need to...
both sides at a standstill.
one side desperately in love with her.
the other in complete doubt.
I don't know if I should follow my mind or my heart.
my mind constantly playing pictures of the past.
possible outcomes if I go down this path.
my heart is joyfully pounding to the prospect of finding new love.
two worlds are at war in me.
wreaking havoc, causing blinding confusion.
a demon and an angel,
I just don't know who to listen.
they both have their solid reasons.
a hazy crossroad, I need to...
#love
#war
#confusion
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