Submissions by poetryaccident (Poetry Accident)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
A late-life transfemme with many poems to share about death, dance, joy, survival, and the discovery of the self.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Nov 2016 1:00am
1st Nov 2016 1:00am
Read the Braille
Read the braille with fingertips
raised bumps above the grade
indications of other things
out of my sight yet still I feel.
blind of sight and forced to fumble
as situations proceed as normal
I wonder if I'm fully lost
when nothing seems as it was
Where is the world I used to know
the furniture has been replaced
moved here and there across the world
no longer where I would expect
Whispers heard from far away
indistinct as I strain
to separate truth from lie
each seems the same as I sigh
beauty lays inside my...
raised bumps above the grade
indications of other things
out of my sight yet still I feel.
blind of sight and forced to fumble
as situations proceed as normal
I wonder if I'm fully lost
when nothing seems as it was
Where is the world I used to know
the furniture has been replaced
moved here and there across the world
no longer where I would expect
Whispers heard from far away
indistinct as I strain
to separate truth from lie
each seems the same as I sigh
beauty lays inside my...
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ANGER POEM
Published
31st Oct 2016 3:11am
31st Oct 2016 3:11am
Rock the Boat
I hide it beneath a cloak of calm
this burning orb I do not want
gift from the hellish pits
delivered by a human fiend
violator of my sacred space
to be shared with whom I say
this ignored by the criminal
now walking free out in the world.
A normal face I show the world
what rage is stirred in my heart
with triggers borne by life’s whims
circumstance seen just by me
boundaries breached are always torn
disrespect becomes the norm
with wounds too deep for all to see
unless I choose to always scream.
The...
this burning orb I do not want
gift from the hellish pits
delivered by a human fiend
violator of my sacred space
to be shared with whom I say
this ignored by the criminal
now walking free out in the world.
A normal face I show the world
what rage is stirred in my heart
with triggers borne by life’s whims
circumstance seen just by me
boundaries breached are always torn
disrespect becomes the norm
with wounds too deep for all to see
unless I choose to always scream.
The...
685 reads
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
31st Oct 2016 3:11am
31st Oct 2016 3:11am
Snowflakes
Snowflakes each from God’s fair hands
cast to fall when they might land
in a tempest from fate’s four winds
in the east the journey starts
the whole of self is sum of the past
turned aside when the steps begin
in the south the rivers flow
highways of the early years
ask the dreams why tears must go
in the west the sleeper wakes
through the fires the dross is burned
treasures found when all seems lost
in the north the gold is dug
wisdom shown in the past twice found
once in the heart and then in the mind
the...
cast to fall when they might land
in a tempest from fate’s four winds
in the east the journey starts
the whole of self is sum of the past
turned aside when the steps begin
in the south the rivers flow
highways of the early years
ask the dreams why tears must go
in the west the sleeper wakes
through the fires the dross is burned
treasures found when all seems lost
in the north the gold is dug
wisdom shown in the past twice found
once in the heart and then in the mind
the...
622 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Oct 2016 7:09pm
30th Oct 2016 7:09pm
Juliet
Her name is only Juliet
new to the world yet old at heart
an echo of who I could have been
reminder by a phantom mirror
she fills my life with mystery
as questions echo through my mind
daughter of a thousand nights
where will you go when this is through?
a world awaits beyond the gates
the tomb your home too long these days
years have passed lost in your mind
now comes your time to depart
sister to the silver moon
what will you find when we part?
something different from the books
embraced while dread filled the air...
new to the world yet old at heart
an echo of who I could have been
reminder by a phantom mirror
she fills my life with mystery
as questions echo through my mind
daughter of a thousand nights
where will you go when this is through?
a world awaits beyond the gates
the tomb your home too long these days
years have passed lost in your mind
now comes your time to depart
sister to the silver moon
what will you find when we part?
something different from the books
embraced while dread filled the air...
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DRUGS POEM
Published
30th Oct 2016 7:06pm
30th Oct 2016 7:06pm
The Maze I Built
I built the maze with these hands
twists and turns to sate the thirst
addiction waited at the core
master found, now I am sub
the path was mine I’ll admit
nobody forced my hand to build
with baby steps I first moved forth
to shape the trap I now abide.
The first time was in the past
I was young and did not know
the comfort found near at hand
would always ask to return
just the once was not enough
twice was fine, just the start
an always cage had opened
asking only for my life.
The tool...
twists and turns to sate the thirst
addiction waited at the core
master found, now I am sub
the path was mine I’ll admit
nobody forced my hand to build
with baby steps I first moved forth
to shape the trap I now abide.
The first time was in the past
I was young and did not know
the comfort found near at hand
would always ask to return
just the once was not enough
twice was fine, just the start
an always cage had opened
asking only for my life.
The tool...
792 reads
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