Submissions by scalesofascorpion
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Nothing lasts forever.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th Aug 2024 1:56am
17th Aug 2024 1:56am
talk of time
if time could talk what could be said
for the emboldened changing of eras
a liquidation of dreams just watching
the golden frenzy of hands spinning on a dial
until the layers collapse to dust
will we have made our mark?
knowledge lies in the deaths of our ancestors
their memories spread over a starlight sea
if time were speaking would you hear it
only to walk away blindly from the whisper
ignoring the longing of ancient wisdom
dreamers beseeching a blossoming ear
there is an insufficiency of words to be placed
for...
for the emboldened changing of eras
a liquidation of dreams just watching
the golden frenzy of hands spinning on a dial
until the layers collapse to dust
will we have made our mark?
knowledge lies in the deaths of our ancestors
their memories spread over a starlight sea
if time were speaking would you hear it
only to walk away blindly from the whisper
ignoring the longing of ancient wisdom
dreamers beseeching a blossoming ear
there is an insufficiency of words to be placed
for...
#universe
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SONG LYRICS
Published
25th Jun 2024 8:40pm
25th Jun 2024 8:40pm
legacy
go to sleep
little wonder
magic born
of my insides
in your dreams
I hope you wander
in fields of lilac
lullaby
make a wish
hold it so close
it clings to tears
when you cry
blessed be your life
my angel
I promise
I will never lie
silent stars fall
around your halo
you must have lost it
in the night
follow footsteps
from your window
dancing feet bare
beneath moonlight
hold me close
I won't let go
through brightest day
or blackest night ...
little wonder
magic born
of my insides
in your dreams
I hope you wander
in fields of lilac
lullaby
make a wish
hold it so close
it clings to tears
when you cry
blessed be your life
my angel
I promise
I will never lie
silent stars fall
around your halo
you must have lost it
in the night
follow footsteps
from your window
dancing feet bare
beneath moonlight
hold me close
I won't let go
through brightest day
or blackest night ...
#birth
#children
#daughter
#lyrics
#son
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SONG LYRICS
Published
25th Jun 2024 7:14pm
25th Jun 2024 7:14pm
unconditional
look at us
didn't they say we would never make it
caught me at the crux
of my shadows when the light was fading
I'm never enough
but you bring back what the tide was taking
I give you up
just to be swallowed by an unconditional...
(Promise me)
promise me this is not a dream
I'm beginning to believe
in this chemical between
you and me
(Is it love?)
Is it love? I've been a deceiver
blinded by a false reality
I give you up, but you come back to me
unconditionally
...
didn't they say we would never make it
caught me at the crux
of my shadows when the light was fading
I'm never enough
but you bring back what the tide was taking
I give you up
just to be swallowed by an unconditional...
(Promise me)
promise me this is not a dream
I'm beginning to believe
in this chemical between
you and me
(Is it love?)
Is it love? I've been a deceiver
blinded by a false reality
I give you up, but you come back to me
unconditionally
...
#depression
#love
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
24th Jun 2024 1:39am
24th Jun 2024 1:39am
I Eat My Spaghetti With Chopsticks
I'm still learning
to love myself
the air tastes different
Mother moon can tell
stare into mirrors
bruises fade well
I know this face
I know I fell
gales of laughter
once an empty shell
I lie among ashes
and rebuild my health
stags in suburbs
please don't leave me now
I've only just discovered
what I've been without
wade in water
never by myself
I'm recalling signs
I put on a shelf
encourage my chaos
every facet counts
my divine existence
rests on a...
to love myself
the air tastes different
Mother moon can tell
stare into mirrors
bruises fade well
I know this face
I know I fell
gales of laughter
once an empty shell
I lie among ashes
and rebuild my health
stags in suburbs
please don't leave me now
I've only just discovered
what I've been without
wade in water
never by myself
I'm recalling signs
I put on a shelf
encourage my chaos
every facet counts
my divine existence
rests on a...
#healing
#spiritual
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SONG LYRICS
Published
23rd Jun 2024 8:18am
23rd Jun 2024 8:18am
shut up
shut up, I know
I should be dancing on my own
manipulate
you know I'm afraid to be alone
I contemplate
the things I should already know
you yell, I plead
I find myself choking in your hold
it's about time you shut up
you're always picking me apart
just shut up
this game was built to break my heart
please shut up
I can't breathe when you torture me this way
What did you say?
your rigid frame betrays your lie
locked in your gaze
we're a burning fuse of dynamite
I can't recall ...
I should be dancing on my own
manipulate
you know I'm afraid to be alone
I contemplate
the things I should already know
you yell, I plead
I find myself choking in your hold
it's about time you shut up
you're always picking me apart
just shut up
this game was built to break my heart
please shut up
I can't breathe when you torture me this way
What did you say?
your rigid frame betrays your lie
locked in your gaze
we're a burning fuse of dynamite
I can't recall ...
#anger
#conflict
#lies #manipulation
#lies #manipulation
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SONG LYRICS
Published
23rd Jun 2024 8:10am
23rd Jun 2024 8:10am
What Happened to August?
Oh, Leo
such potential
mind brilliant with your pencil
no stencil
dreams and ideas
that float away
you never made them
residential
Oh, Leo
how I would bleed
love's passion isn't
all that I need
I wasn't late, I simply
never arrived I was
stuck in your stagnancy
like a vice
Couldn't you have stayed with me?
Baby, stay with me
I'd lead you through the trenches
guard your senses
show you how the path goes
watch all your budding and growth
I'd brush off...
such potential
mind brilliant with your pencil
no stencil
dreams and ideas
that float away
you never made them
residential
Oh, Leo
how I would bleed
love's passion isn't
all that I need
I wasn't late, I simply
never arrived I was
stuck in your stagnancy
like a vice
Couldn't you have stayed with me?
Baby, stay with me
I'd lead you through the trenches
guard your senses
show you how the path goes
watch all your budding and growth
I'd brush off...
#breakup
#ImSorry
#MovingOn
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DARK POEM
Published
29th May 2024 6:24am
29th May 2024 6:24am
reaper
I knew you'd be here
always the dormant shadow
casting a constant reminder
over everything I know
a trail of rose petals
leads me to face the open mouth
of a cold gun barrel against my lips
awaking in sweat at the pull of the trigger
follow digital breadcrumbs
to find the weasel escaped the pen
I'm in arms again from the warning sent
my nightmare guardian
it's been years since then
honestly, I don't recall most of it
twisted pleasure a mutation
of a bottom floor, two-bedroom canary
you...
always the dormant shadow
casting a constant reminder
over everything I know
a trail of rose petals
leads me to face the open mouth
of a cold gun barrel against my lips
awaking in sweat at the pull of the trigger
follow digital breadcrumbs
to find the weasel escaped the pen
I'm in arms again from the warning sent
my nightmare guardian
it's been years since then
honestly, I don't recall most of it
twisted pleasure a mutation
of a bottom floor, two-bedroom canary
you...
#abuse
#anger
#dark #rebellion
#dark #rebellion
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ANGER POEM
Published
29th May 2024 6:10am
29th May 2024 6:10am
disconnect
I have your eyes,
but they are hollow graves
the dirt I fall into
did you just decide?
you regret the ride
I can't stand your pessimism
my heart aches for you,
but not the way you want it to
your claws reach across the table
it's always silent when it's coming
though, it's no longer a surprise
I hate that you still make me cry
i remember crawling in your lap
all your tears, the way you laughed
somewhere it turned into just a sigh
overlooked, but I took your side
it's lonely here...
but they are hollow graves
the dirt I fall into
did you just decide?
you regret the ride
I can't stand your pessimism
my heart aches for you,
but not the way you want it to
your claws reach across the table
it's always silent when it's coming
though, it's no longer a surprise
I hate that you still make me cry
i remember crawling in your lap
all your tears, the way you laughed
somewhere it turned into just a sigh
overlooked, but I took your side
it's lonely here...
#loneliness
#relationships
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LOVE POEM
Published
2nd May 2024 9:53pm
2nd May 2024 9:53pm
Soubi
It was supposed to be you and I, wasn't it?
another treasure lost in the void of obliviance
I overlooked our symmetry from the parallel
understanding slips as sand between fingers
you were plucking at a guitar on the cabin porch
of that religious campground each summer
and I'd hang around to keep your attention
a cool tough guy for a sheltered girl like me
you slid like a key into the darkest part of me
the caged animal too afraid to leave its prison
all the nights spent impulsively from the backseat
a thousand flickers of a...
another treasure lost in the void of obliviance
I overlooked our symmetry from the parallel
understanding slips as sand between fingers
you were plucking at a guitar on the cabin porch
of that religious campground each summer
and I'd hang around to keep your attention
a cool tough guy for a sheltered girl like me
you slid like a key into the darkest part of me
the caged animal too afraid to leave its prison
all the nights spent impulsively from the backseat
a thousand flickers of a...
#love
#regret
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SONG LYRICS
Published
28th Mar 2024 12:07pm
28th Mar 2024 12:07pm
masquerade
nothing is ever what it seems
perception shifting reality
can I trust you with your back to me?
I refuse to look
once upon a time, I could close my eyes
and all the scary things were just inside a book
I lie awake at night with my chest so tight
I need to feel you breathing
I've been waiting my whole life
to feel those teeth sink into me
(sink into me)
I don't know that it will be alright
hold me close, show me your darkest side
(I want to see)
mesmerizing, you hypnotize me
I wish to follow where you...
perception shifting reality
can I trust you with your back to me?
I refuse to look
once upon a time, I could close my eyes
and all the scary things were just inside a book
I lie awake at night with my chest so tight
I need to feel you breathing
I've been waiting my whole life
to feel those teeth sink into me
(sink into me)
I don't know that it will be alright
hold me close, show me your darkest side
(I want to see)
mesmerizing, you hypnotize me
I wish to follow where you...
#anxiety
#depression
#healing #hurt
#healing #hurt
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SONG LYRICS
Published
28th Mar 2024 11:54am
28th Mar 2024 11:54am
mirrors
pull me in, hallucination
I see you vividly in my dreams
much more than just imagination
you give me life, you make me weep
longing, I reach for nothing tangible
sorrowed lullabies swirl around my mind
I believe I know much more than planned
you're ruined like me
you are nothing and everything
the epitome of my desire
slip through the mirror with me
the ocean is not the deepest water
there's a grave in me and I think you know
that love is not the safest harbor
I believe you know much more than planned ...
I see you vividly in my dreams
much more than just imagination
you give me life, you make me weep
longing, I reach for nothing tangible
sorrowed lullabies swirl around my mind
I believe I know much more than planned
you're ruined like me
you are nothing and everything
the epitome of my desire
slip through the mirror with me
the ocean is not the deepest water
there's a grave in me and I think you know
that love is not the safest harbor
I believe you know much more than planned ...
#depression
#dark
#mirror
#misunderstood
#vulnerability
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SELF POEM
Published
26th Mar 2024 00:41am
26th Mar 2024 00:41am
dawn
crisp wind bites against
rosy damp cheeks
she braids dewy grass with a frown
under the morning glow
her eyes hold a thousand lost ages,
but no drops will fall from them now
Venus' light is energizing
she takes a breath once held before
brushes the petals of a golden tulip
exhausted of resurrection battle
holding fast for the morning's come now
butterfly flutters ripple the universe
a plume of foggy breath
crystals fly from shaken out curls
a lonely drip slips from the corner of this world
rosy damp cheeks
she braids dewy grass with a frown
under the morning glow
her eyes hold a thousand lost ages,
but no drops will fall from them now
Venus' light is energizing
she takes a breath once held before
brushes the petals of a golden tulip
exhausted of resurrection battle
holding fast for the morning's come now
butterfly flutters ripple the universe
a plume of foggy breath
crystals fly from shaken out curls
a lonely drip slips from the corner of this world
#strength
#healing
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