Submissions by raorrick (Rachel O.)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm not a poet. Poets can smell color and taste seasons. Poets can make vomit sound beautiful. I just write and hope it comes out well. :)
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Jan 2013 10:01am
29th Jan 2013 10:01am
Affair
evacuated flesh
soulless, sunken-eyes remain
an illusion of myself
buried at my weddings wake
a voluntary death
unrecognizable
phantom pains of a lost youth
seemingly non-viable
no worth to my existence
decades of grief drag on
desensitized motions
a falsified perfection
a counterfeit happiness
my show to the audience
everyone is deceived
-except you-
not fooled by my gestures
my fragile soul's transparent
you uncover my lost worth
expose my raw happiness
found my independence
now...
soulless, sunken-eyes remain
an illusion of myself
buried at my weddings wake
a voluntary death
unrecognizable
phantom pains of a lost youth
seemingly non-viable
no worth to my existence
decades of grief drag on
desensitized motions
a falsified perfection
a counterfeit happiness
my show to the audience
everyone is deceived
-except you-
not fooled by my gestures
my fragile soul's transparent
you uncover my lost worth
expose my raw happiness
found my independence
now...
811 reads
12 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
5th Sep 2012 6:31pm
5th Sep 2012 6:31pm
Memories
I ease into the covers
and reminisce of your smooth baritone melodies
while your summer evening breath
echoed whispers of love down my neck
an electric surge pulses through my body
and rips away my breath
lustful liquid desires
form behind my coral mouth
while I bite my bottom lip
my desperate fingers trace
your once treasured paths
a low purr escapes my throat
while a shiver creates an arch
and my head delves deeper into the pillow
fierce waves of passion
enliven every nerve
an...
and reminisce of your smooth baritone melodies
while your summer evening breath
echoed whispers of love down my neck
an electric surge pulses through my body
and rips away my breath
lustful liquid desires
form behind my coral mouth
while I bite my bottom lip
my desperate fingers trace
your once treasured paths
a low purr escapes my throat
while a shiver creates an arch
and my head delves deeper into the pillow
fierce waves of passion
enliven every nerve
an...
1835 reads
35 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
30th Aug 2012 12:44pm
30th Aug 2012 12:44pm
Candied Apple Red
I would have disappeared with you
in teenage love
and know-it-all dreams
but you
disappeared first
I saw a cobra today
nineteen-sixty-nine
hard top
in candy apple red
just like the one your daddy surprised your mama with
specially painted
to match her lips
and like the one
we sneaked out in
every other night
to race down the back roads
drinking beer
smoking cigarettes
being cool ...
in teenage love
and know-it-all dreams
but you
disappeared first
I saw a cobra today
nineteen-sixty-nine
hard top
in candy apple red
just like the one your daddy surprised your mama with
specially painted
to match her lips
and like the one
we sneaked out in
every other night
to race down the back roads
drinking beer
smoking cigarettes
being cool ...
1310 reads
41 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Aug 2012 11:07am
27th Aug 2012 11:07am
Twisted
endless ocean waves
tango with the full moon
a glow
of reflective diamonds dance
to royal velvet melodies
beyond the silver blades
of the seas edge
he emerges
secure in his godlike demand
crystals bounce
off every ripped contour
briefly
I fantasize
like a chocolate covered caramel
I bring him to my lips
close my eyes
breathe his decadence ...
tango with the full moon
a glow
of reflective diamonds dance
to royal velvet melodies
beyond the silver blades
of the seas edge
he emerges
secure in his godlike demand
crystals bounce
off every ripped contour
briefly
I fantasize
like a chocolate covered caramel
I bring him to my lips
close my eyes
breathe his decadence ...
898 reads
14 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Aug 2012 10:20pm
23rd Aug 2012 10:20pm
not even perfection
majestic
amber glow
of scarlet
curves
rest
over swirls
of diluted jade
and intense
sapphire waters
minutes of elegance
swept away
as perfection
abandons the heavens
nothing
lasts forever
amber glow
of scarlet
curves
rest
over swirls
of diluted jade
and intense
sapphire waters
minutes of elegance
swept away
as perfection
abandons the heavens
nothing
lasts forever
862 reads
32 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
20th Aug 2012 00:58am
20th Aug 2012 00:58am
My Child Forsaken
repulsive waves of escape
surround my existence
innocence stares
cries
reaches
for me
shamefully
I turn
it
is not enough
to rescue me
surround my existence
innocence stares
cries
reaches
for me
shamefully
I turn
it
is not enough
to rescue me
956 reads
20 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
18th Aug 2012 4:29am
18th Aug 2012 4:29am
Left Behind
your presence
lingers loudest
in the silence
I hear
your laughter
it lovingly
wraps its melody
around my hips
we dance
to songs
forgotten
the scents
of driftwood
and mandarin
follow
each adagio
and sways
to our harmonies
each kiss
echoes
iridescent
whispers
from butterfly
wings
you are
everywhere
nowhere
an illusion
you
left behind
forgotten
abandoned
please
come back...
lingers loudest
in the silence
I hear
your laughter
it lovingly
wraps its melody
around my hips
we dance
to songs
forgotten
the scents
of driftwood
and mandarin
follow
each adagio
and sways
to our harmonies
each kiss
echoes
iridescent
whispers
from butterfly
wings
you are
everywhere
nowhere
an illusion
you
left behind
forgotten
abandoned
please
come back...
1370 reads
30 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Aug 2012 9:31am
14th Aug 2012 9:31am
Suppression
intrusive screams
of acid thoughts
rain down on me
I run
transformed to a quarry
eradication my destiny
my mind a hunter
I hide
memory tipped arrows
a wealth of suppression
pierce my armor
I’m found
fields of desolation
poison my iron pulse
forced to acknowledge
I die
of acid thoughts
rain down on me
I run
transformed to a quarry
eradication my destiny
my mind a hunter
I hide
memory tipped arrows
a wealth of suppression
pierce my armor
I’m found
fields of desolation
poison my iron pulse
forced to acknowledge
I die
856 reads
19 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
12th Aug 2012 9:30am
12th Aug 2012 9:30am
Freedom
twenty years together
and not once met her mother
she despised our love
said we’d both go to hell
we didn’t care
she was my everything
and I hers
it was a Friday night
the night before
our anniversary
she was on her way home
there was a drunk driver
he weaved his way searching
for his victim
he...
and not once met her mother
she despised our love
said we’d both go to hell
we didn’t care
she was my everything
and I hers
it was a Friday night
the night before
our anniversary
she was on her way home
there was a drunk driver
he weaved his way searching
for his victim
he...
917 reads
24 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
5th Aug 2012 10:43am
5th Aug 2012 10:43am
Tiny Dancer
just before dawn
I would wake
to the smell of cheap wine
stale cigarettes and
jasmine scented perfume
my mother solemnly swayed
at her vanity; humming
while she combed her long blonde hair
to the right of her silver brushes
stood a piano shaped music box
cedar made
her grandmother gave her
inside was a tiny dancer
dressed like a pink ballerina
with the finest silk
she twirled
every...
I would wake
to the smell of cheap wine
stale cigarettes and
jasmine scented perfume
my mother solemnly swayed
at her vanity; humming
while she combed her long blonde hair
to the right of her silver brushes
stood a piano shaped music box
cedar made
her grandmother gave her
inside was a tiny dancer
dressed like a pink ballerina
with the finest silk
she twirled
every...
963 reads
24 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
1st Aug 2012 7:58am
1st Aug 2012 7:58am
Blindfolded Art
Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.”
buckets of cyanide spew from behind your teeth
impregnating my mind with pearlescent paints
I draw the everlasting poison up through my pen
and etch your onyx colored lies over my grey walls
I scribble the painful scars onto my cortex
frantically working nonstop on the new graffiti
slashing below the surface entering the bloodstream...
buckets of cyanide spew from behind your teeth
impregnating my mind with pearlescent paints
I draw the everlasting poison up through my pen
and etch your onyx colored lies over my grey walls
I scribble the painful scars onto my cortex
frantically working nonstop on the new graffiti
slashing below the surface entering the bloodstream...
815 reads
16 Comments
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