Submissions by poetOftragedy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm a door which ever way you open it will always lead you outside
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Jan 2022 5:02pm
9th Jan 2022 5:02pm
Morning after
I'm that hangover in the morning
The voice of reason that reminds you nothing has changed
The voice that reminds you, none of your problems have gone away.
I'm the stain in an abstract art
That stain in your perfect past
The truth you can't wash away with another glass
To all the beautiful things, I'm the morning after
I'm that divorce after all the vows are said and done
The truth of the illusion you hide behind,
The other side of the veil of love.
I'm the empty space in your construct
All that lies behind all...
The voice of reason that reminds you nothing has changed
The voice that reminds you, none of your problems have gone away.
I'm the stain in an abstract art
That stain in your perfect past
The truth you can't wash away with another glass
To all the beautiful things, I'm the morning after
I'm that divorce after all the vows are said and done
The truth of the illusion you hide behind,
The other side of the veil of love.
I'm the empty space in your construct
All that lies behind all...
#anxiety
#betrayal
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#SelfReflection
678 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Jan 2022 6:14pm
8th Jan 2022 6:14pm
It always comes in three
I saw art in dispear, Beauty in pain, Freedom in death
It can be cruel, Poetic Or blind, But it always comes in three
It can be cruel, Poetic Or blind, But it always comes in three
#LifeStruggles
#art
#acceptance #philosophical
#acceptance #philosophical
509 reads
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Oct 2021 7:46am
4th Oct 2021 7:46am
A place where I belong
They said "poetoftragedy we've got a few question for you,
We only pray to God that you have the answers"
The father said. "don't you know of a place where criminals aren't the people we look up to,
Those we cast out our votes to,
A place where people don't die for economic emancipation and the colour of their skin,
Don't you know?.
The mother cut in and said. "Sorry to place such burden upon you but don't you know of a place where women aren't afraid of their partners?
Where they don't have to live in constant fear of being next,
Where they feel...
We only pray to God that you have the answers"
The father said. "don't you know of a place where criminals aren't the people we look up to,
Those we cast out our votes to,
A place where people don't die for economic emancipation and the colour of their skin,
Don't you know?.
The mother cut in and said. "Sorry to place such burden upon you but don't you know of a place where women aren't afraid of their partners?
Where they don't have to live in constant fear of being next,
Where they feel...
#LifeStruggles
#narrative
#TruthOfLife #inequality
#TruthOfLife #inequality
386 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Oct 2021 5:39am
2nd Oct 2021 5:39am
Normal is overrated
Intake
Inflate
Digest
Deflate
Let them laugh,
It's obvious the joke is on me.
Hang there
Hang tight
Like a piņata
My torment
Brings them joy
Why not,
Who cares?.
Those society have learnt to make fun of the less
What's right,
But left?
The physically disabled
And mentally challenged
That we've learnt to dehumanize
Meme them
Mock them
Screw them
Use them
And as clowns paint them
Why is it that so few actually care?
Spit on it,...
Inflate
Digest
Deflate
Let them laugh,
It's obvious the joke is on me.
Hang there
Hang tight
Like a piņata
My torment
Brings them joy
Why not,
Who cares?.
Those society have learnt to make fun of the less
What's right,
But left?
The physically disabled
And mentally challenged
That we've learnt to dehumanize
Meme them
Mock them
Screw them
Use them
And as clowns paint them
Why is it that so few actually care?
Spit on it,...
#oppression
#HumanRights
#inequality
#disability
#manipulation
691 reads
12 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Sep 2021 8:28am
27th Sep 2021 8:28am
Write yourself a poem
Write yourself a poem
Shower it with kindness
Colour it with joyous and beautiful words
Make it sound perfect
And every sentence priceless
This is how you'll be remembered
Shout it from the roof tops
Drop it in every open mic
Make them stop and take notice
Let them hear it.
Make it sound titanic
Every second epic
Make yourself immortal
And dance on the shoulder of that stands above all
For this is the beauty within you
Nothing can ever take it from you
Those who hear, will never ignore ...
Shower it with kindness
Colour it with joyous and beautiful words
Make it sound perfect
And every sentence priceless
This is how you'll be remembered
Shout it from the roof tops
Drop it in every open mic
Make them stop and take notice
Let them hear it.
Make it sound titanic
Every second epic
Make yourself immortal
And dance on the shoulder of that stands above all
For this is the beauty within you
Nothing can ever take it from you
Those who hear, will never ignore ...
#inspirational
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry #SelfWorth
#WritingPoetry #SelfWorth
406 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Sep 2021 7:55am
2nd Sep 2021 7:55am
Education- not justified
From a very tender age we were told that our future depends on it
Made to believe our entire lives rely upon it.
So we dedicated our lives to it
Ventured countless days
Endless mornings.
Come rain or hellfire
We were whipped to attend it
Our parents spent all their lives savings so that they can afford us this thing
They drown in debt for it
But even with it, nothing is guaranteed.
This is it, education.
Yes, maybe there are some good memories
And some people actually make it
It also feels good to...
Made to believe our entire lives rely upon it.
So we dedicated our lives to it
Ventured countless days
Endless mornings.
Come rain or hellfire
We were whipped to attend it
Our parents spent all their lives savings so that they can afford us this thing
They drown in debt for it
But even with it, nothing is guaranteed.
This is it, education.
Yes, maybe there are some good memories
And some people actually make it
It also feels good to...
#politics
#school
#TruthOfLife #philosophical
#TruthOfLife #philosophical
431 reads
17 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Aug 2021 6:46am
28th Aug 2021 6:46am
What you deserve-not
What if I told you I'll be there for you even when you don't want me to,
That I'll care even if I have no reason to,
That I'll always have a special place for you in my heart,
Even when there's no longer room for you?
All that is true
What if I told I'll always say I love you too
Even when thats no longer true
But as long as it means something beautiful to you?
What if I told you I'll always stand for the bullshit
Even if it tears me in two?
That too I would do
Cause it's part of my promise I made to you.
What if I...
That I'll care even if I have no reason to,
That I'll always have a special place for you in my heart,
Even when there's no longer room for you?
All that is true
What if I told I'll always say I love you too
Even when thats no longer true
But as long as it means something beautiful to you?
What if I told you I'll always stand for the bullshit
Even if it tears me in two?
That too I would do
Cause it's part of my promise I made to you.
What if I...
#love
#LifeStruggles
#UnrequitedLove #SelfReflection
#UnrequitedLove #SelfReflection
636 reads
14 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Aug 2021 8:49am
26th Aug 2021 8:49am
Love is not an item you can return to the store
Love is not an item you can buy at the store
You can't pick it's colour
Or it's size
You can't compare it's price to anything else
Love is not an item you can return back to the store
If you are not satisfied the quality you have to live with it
If it's defective you can't go back and change it
It has no guarantee nor an expiry date
It has no manual and cautions on how to use it can never be replaced,
It comes and goes as it please....
Love is not an item you can return to the store.
Love is not dressed on...
You can't pick it's colour
Or it's size
You can't compare it's price to anything else
Love is not an item you can return back to the store
If you are not satisfied the quality you have to live with it
If it's defective you can't go back and change it
It has no guarantee nor an expiry date
It has no manual and cautions on how to use it can never be replaced,
It comes and goes as it please....
Love is not an item you can return to the store.
Love is not dressed on...
#love
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife #philosophical
#TruthOfLife #philosophical
469 reads
10 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Aug 2021 8:04am
24th Aug 2021 8:04am
Immortalized: something beautiful inside.
I guess we all lapricons
Cashing the end of the rainbow
Hoping in the end we find our pot of gold
And though we grow old
And all our dreams are sold
But there's something in our souls
That longs for an happy end.
I guess we all fire flies
Flying through the dark
Hoping to find the light
that shines bright than our flickering tiny lights
And though some Sparks have gone dark
And we all carrying heavy and bruiced hearts
We never stop to search
Even if it means going through hell
But we never lose hope...
Cashing the end of the rainbow
Hoping in the end we find our pot of gold
And though we grow old
And all our dreams are sold
But there's something in our souls
That longs for an happy end.
I guess we all fire flies
Flying through the dark
Hoping to find the light
that shines bright than our flickering tiny lights
And though some Sparks have gone dark
And we all carrying heavy and bruiced hearts
We never stop to search
Even if it means going through hell
But we never lose hope...
#strength
#hope
#LifeStruggles
#inspirational
#humankind
392 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Jul 2021 6:46am
22nd Jul 2021 6:46am
classic tears of a clown: Misery loves company
I'd sit and ponder
Knock on every door of my head
Until my thoughts are empty and hollow
I would wonder if I ever cross your mind
When you are all up in mine
Sometimes I just want to die
But thoughts of you wouldn't let me go
We Made up, broke up the next day and got together again
Went through all of that just to do it again
I'd say I'm leaving
Pack up my things and go
but you wouldn't follow
The ocean in your eyes always brought me back to your shore
What is love without some misery?
What is misery...
Knock on every door of my head
Until my thoughts are empty and hollow
I would wonder if I ever cross your mind
When you are all up in mine
Sometimes I just want to die
But thoughts of you wouldn't let me go
We Made up, broke up the next day and got together again
Went through all of that just to do it again
I'd say I'm leaving
Pack up my things and go
but you wouldn't follow
The ocean in your eyes always brought me back to your shore
What is love without some misery?
What is misery...
#LifeStruggles
#UnrequitedLove
#despair
#suffering
#SelfReflection
432 reads
7 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
14th Jul 2021 10:53pm
14th Jul 2021 10:53pm
Depressed as f**k
It's a quarter past midnight
Am scrolling through endless videos
But can't seem to connect to anything
I'm overwhelmed by emotion
And sad as fuck.
Sad Songs on repeat,
Anything to help me work through it.
Though I know someone out there waits for me tomorrow
I feel an infinite loneliness
And I know this grave is self dug
Many people try to reach out
Always told them I'm fine
Put a smile on my face
I've learnt how to pretend
But deep inside I feel quite the opposite
I've tried to...
Am scrolling through endless videos
But can't seem to connect to anything
I'm overwhelmed by emotion
And sad as fuck.
Sad Songs on repeat,
Anything to help me work through it.
Though I know someone out there waits for me tomorrow
I feel an infinite loneliness
And I know this grave is self dug
Many people try to reach out
Always told them I'm fine
Put a smile on my face
I've learnt how to pretend
But deep inside I feel quite the opposite
I've tried to...
#sadness
#anxiety
#depression #SelfHarm
#depression #SelfHarm
1358 reads
26 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Jun 2021 9:13am
22nd Jun 2021 9:13am
Someone call them home
Someone call them home their Shepherd is no more
They still there in the wild,
They still grazing
The Sun is setting
I hear their young begin to cry
As darkness descends
Someone call them home their master is no more
There are wolves in the mountains
Predators waiting to pounce on whichever falls astray
They are lost in the wild
Exposed and vulnerable
Easy pickings
Someone call them home their becon to guide them home is no more
We all know if he was still
He would have brought them home
Before...
They still there in the wild,
They still grazing
The Sun is setting
I hear their young begin to cry
As darkness descends
Someone call them home their master is no more
There are wolves in the mountains
Predators waiting to pounce on whichever falls astray
They are lost in the wild
Exposed and vulnerable
Easy pickings
Someone call them home their becon to guide them home is no more
We all know if he was still
He would have brought them home
Before...
#LifeStruggles
#home
#animals
417 reads
9 Comments
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