Submissions by scalesofascorpion
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Nothing lasts forever.
SELF POEM
Published
25th Mar 2024 11:08pm
25th Mar 2024 11:08pm
cardigan
mascara stains
on woven sleeves
clenched by anguished fingers
salty drip
from trembling lips
my broken little visitor
on woven sleeves
clenched by anguished fingers
salty drip
from trembling lips
my broken little visitor
#grief
#MentalHealth
#acceptance
#healing
#PersonalGrowth
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EROTIC POEM
Published
3rd Feb 2024 2:15pm
3rd Feb 2024 2:15pm
lies
taste me
warm against this flesh
bereft of touch
swallow all sorrow
turn to gold
so brings tomorrow
weary heart
time is borrowed
divine electricity
heavenly fingers
tucked away memory
nothing lasts forever
except for this
distraction those lips
temporary paradise
necessary vice
whisper soft
pretty lies into ears
they only hear
until the moment is gone
warm against this flesh
bereft of touch
swallow all sorrow
turn to gold
so brings tomorrow
weary heart
time is borrowed
divine electricity
heavenly fingers
tucked away memory
nothing lasts forever
except for this
distraction those lips
temporary paradise
necessary vice
whisper soft
pretty lies into ears
they only hear
until the moment is gone
#loneliness
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LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Feb 2024 6:29am
3rd Feb 2024 6:29am
Bloat
would be a lie if said
"I hope you don't know this feeling."
I really wish you did
maybe then
love would be known
maybe then
love would be returned
instead
made hollow
yet
bursting all the same
maybe
this love is just angry
a grave
there is no justice
in this drowning
a waterlogged heart
spilling dull eyes
which dream of a better life
only to remember
light flickers out again
flashing memories
wolfy grin, reddened skin
photographed kiss
wild...
"I hope you don't know this feeling."
I really wish you did
maybe then
love would be known
maybe then
love would be returned
instead
made hollow
yet
bursting all the same
maybe
this love is just angry
a grave
there is no justice
in this drowning
a waterlogged heart
spilling dull eyes
which dream of a better life
only to remember
light flickers out again
flashing memories
wolfy grin, reddened skin
photographed kiss
wild...
#grief
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SELF POEM
Published
7th Jan 2024 3:59am
7th Jan 2024 3:59am
Papercuts
I see what you see
fourteen carats weaved in her hair
she stepped out of a desire never shared
St Tropez and glitter on her skin
she's the sun; I'm the moon
so beautiful, I think I love her too
pass the leaf and blow the truth
there was never anything I could do
I will never be her
I close my eyes and start to cry
a thousand scars, but I'm alive
you made me wish that I could die
basking in memory; I'm a phantom
a goddess lifting my own anvil
pretend to be strong; I'm such a handful
pet demons feasting...
fourteen carats weaved in her hair
she stepped out of a desire never shared
St Tropez and glitter on her skin
she's the sun; I'm the moon
so beautiful, I think I love her too
pass the leaf and blow the truth
there was never anything I could do
I will never be her
I close my eyes and start to cry
a thousand scars, but I'm alive
you made me wish that I could die
basking in memory; I'm a phantom
a goddess lifting my own anvil
pretend to be strong; I'm such a handful
pet demons feasting...
#confessional
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LOVE POEM
Published
25th Nov 2023 2:56pm
25th Nov 2023 2:56pm
Prince of Darkness
I'll admit
it is true
I like to bite
fingers wrapped
around my throat
memory sleeps deep inside
eat my screams
make me choke
another damsel
quivering
in the lap
of your throne
does your jaw
clench like mine?
what a design
Lord of my mind
drip a tear on
my patient tongue
out of reach
I've heard enough
dreamlike facade
does it cover enough?
keep your mystery visage
I'm drawn to the cuts
easy words
make a beautiful line
reflect the tragedy ...
it is true
I like to bite
fingers wrapped
around my throat
memory sleeps deep inside
eat my screams
make me choke
another damsel
quivering
in the lap
of your throne
does your jaw
clench like mine?
what a design
Lord of my mind
drip a tear on
my patient tongue
out of reach
I've heard enough
dreamlike facade
does it cover enough?
keep your mystery visage
I'm drawn to the cuts
easy words
make a beautiful line
reflect the tragedy ...
#admiration
#suffering
#obsession
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SELF POEM
Published
23rd Nov 2023 2:59pm
23rd Nov 2023 2:59pm
Wen
I think I've found myself again
though she was never really lost
a work of art that remains unfinished
nearly bared of all the briars, vines and moss
gratitude is a new feeling
generating a gentle teardrop in my eye
decades of pain forever throbbing
taught me to sweetly sing my children lullabies
looking in the mirror is still uncomfortable
I have made peace with my ghost
we stare at one another in silence
I touch the place I once bled from my throat
confident insecurities
anchored with heightened anxiety ...
though she was never really lost
a work of art that remains unfinished
nearly bared of all the briars, vines and moss
gratitude is a new feeling
generating a gentle teardrop in my eye
decades of pain forever throbbing
taught me to sweetly sing my children lullabies
looking in the mirror is still uncomfortable
I have made peace with my ghost
we stare at one another in silence
I touch the place I once bled from my throat
confident insecurities
anchored with heightened anxiety ...
#anxiety
#strength
#courage
#TimeHeals
#gratitude
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SELF POEM
Published
22nd Nov 2023 2:38pm
22nd Nov 2023 2:38pm
Borderline
reflection
deception
mindfulness
misconception
I'm so split
counterfeit
all this work that I've done
looks like I'm blindfolded with a gun
misperceived
reality
is going to be
the death of me
these demons feed
on anarchy
it is haunting me
I have nowhere to run
I am out of my mind
is it real this time?
I can't catch my breath
always racing time
too many things I've left
I am never right
sink those teeth in deep
take a bite of my life
will I make it out...
deception
mindfulness
misconception
I'm so split
counterfeit
all this work that I've done
looks like I'm blindfolded with a gun
misperceived
reality
is going to be
the death of me
these demons feed
on anarchy
it is haunting me
I have nowhere to run
I am out of my mind
is it real this time?
I can't catch my breath
always racing time
too many things I've left
I am never right
sink those teeth in deep
take a bite of my life
will I make it out...
#MentalHealth
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LOVE POEM
Published
20th Nov 2023 10:15pm
20th Nov 2023 10:15pm
Deku
I live my life by disguise
soothing my demons with lullabies
I'd apologize, but my mouth is dry
I need you to hate me for leaving this time
we relate in a celestial place
I can't watch the tears run down your face
I won't let you watch him fill the space
that I know you'd give anything to take
your darkness is shrouded with innocence
the monster bound and buried within
if I stay the knot will loosen and unravel
don't follow me; you will find another friend
you are a hero that I don't deserve,
the raven on my...
soothing my demons with lullabies
I'd apologize, but my mouth is dry
I need you to hate me for leaving this time
we relate in a celestial place
I can't watch the tears run down your face
I won't let you watch him fill the space
that I know you'd give anything to take
your darkness is shrouded with innocence
the monster bound and buried within
if I stay the knot will loosen and unravel
don't follow me; you will find another friend
you are a hero that I don't deserve,
the raven on my...
#relationships
#ImSorry
#shame
#honesty
#bittersweet
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LOVE POEM
Published
15th Nov 2023 3:52pm
15th Nov 2023 3:52pm
The Gray
I think about the things that we used to be
drifting away through the stars; just a memory
they're never far, but I'll never feel him close to me
I revisit the ruined corridors of my mind
and weep for the love lost between the cracks
I assisted in the poisoning of our innocence
crushed beneath the weight of my own sin
pulled to the sound of my children's laughter
I cry on the floor of an abandoned nursery
the face of blame has found a place upon me
waiting until the smoldering embers had died
when I am all that remains...
drifting away through the stars; just a memory
they're never far, but I'll never feel him close to me
I revisit the ruined corridors of my mind
and weep for the love lost between the cracks
I assisted in the poisoning of our innocence
crushed beneath the weight of my own sin
pulled to the sound of my children's laughter
I cry on the floor of an abandoned nursery
the face of blame has found a place upon me
waiting until the smoldering embers had died
when I am all that remains...
#grief
#memories
#honesty
#SelfReflection
#responsibility
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DARK POEM
Published
8th Oct 2023 00:47am
8th Oct 2023 00:47am
Decay
all this time
going round and round
open my eyes
I am upside down
shedding my scales
feeling naked now
dark rituals
submerged never to drown
bite my skin
remind me where I've been
reap and sow
there is no afterglow
where do the wise ones go
to disappear
the only place I know to hide
is right here
can you see me?
fighting to go nowhere
fill the void
in beautiful nightmares
I count the coins
keep them in my pocket
worship everyday
become a sleep shaped...
going round and round
open my eyes
I am upside down
shedding my scales
feeling naked now
dark rituals
submerged never to drown
bite my skin
remind me where I've been
reap and sow
there is no afterglow
where do the wise ones go
to disappear
the only place I know to hide
is right here
can you see me?
fighting to go nowhere
fill the void
in beautiful nightmares
I count the coins
keep them in my pocket
worship everyday
become a sleep shaped...
#dark
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Sep 2023 4:29pm
12th Sep 2023 4:29pm
Sleeping on Trampolines
soul searching like every night
I'm just trying to find the love of my life
reach into the broken place inside
the feeling of home so familiar and I
pray to gods that haven't answered
they intervene when I seek death, but
what's really happening to me?
how many times have I passed by the string?
Do you love me?
watching meteor showers
gazing up at the sky
through the branches of a canopy
if my life was as easy as it seems
we'd never have crossed one another
you hold me in your arms like a lover ...
I'm just trying to find the love of my life
reach into the broken place inside
the feeling of home so familiar and I
pray to gods that haven't answered
they intervene when I seek death, but
what's really happening to me?
how many times have I passed by the string?
Do you love me?
watching meteor showers
gazing up at the sky
through the branches of a canopy
if my life was as easy as it seems
we'd never have crossed one another
you hold me in your arms like a lover ...
#hope
#romantic
#lover #dating
#lover #dating
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1 Comment
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Aug 2023 5:49am
7th Aug 2023 5:49am
Swans
conversation
familiar face
translucent string
exonerate
softened touch
strangled throat
licorice bond
kaleidoscope
brushing fingers
soul exchange
licking lips
pouring rain
bleeding comfort
ancient wounds
magnetic pull
"I like your shoes."
familiar face
translucent string
exonerate
softened touch
strangled throat
licorice bond
kaleidoscope
brushing fingers
soul exchange
licking lips
pouring rain
bleeding comfort
ancient wounds
magnetic pull
"I like your shoes."
#hope
#dating
362 reads
3 Comments
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