Submissions by scipioafricanus
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
"From childhood's hour I have not been as others were, I have not seen as others saw;" - Edgar Allan Poe, 'Alone'
DARK POEM
Published
30th May 2016 4:55am
30th May 2016 4:55am
The Drums
The drums sound once more,
Demanding death and bloodshed,
My mind goes to war.
Demanding death and bloodshed,
My mind goes to war.
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DARK POEM
Published
30th May 2016 4:34am
30th May 2016 4:34am
Void
My existence void,
The ruins of hollowed man,
Now, I am nothing.
The ruins of hollowed man,
Now, I am nothing.
493 reads
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DRUGS POEM
Published
8th Apr 2016 6:27am
8th Apr 2016 6:27am
Brown Veins
Veins flow like rivers,
Mine tainted with sediment,
My blood browned with waste.
Mine tainted with sediment,
My blood browned with waste.
699 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Mar 2016 6:27am
20th Mar 2016 6:27am
Burden
Do I truly carry this burden,
Or am I the burden that the people I love carry instead?
Or am I the burden that the people I love carry instead?
553 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Mar 2016 7:00am
17th Mar 2016 7:00am
Grace
Your grace protects me,
Your light halting the darkness,
Please don't fade away.
Your light halting the darkness,
Please don't fade away.
548 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
17th Mar 2016 5:56am
17th Mar 2016 5:56am
The Demand
The voice burrows in,
Its scream envelops my mind,
Demanding my blood.
Its scream envelops my mind,
Demanding my blood.
678 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
7th Mar 2016 1:20am
7th Mar 2016 1:20am
The Padlock
There he sits, none but skin and bone,
Here he lies, whimpering all alone,
Abandoned in darkness, his fears unravel,
His home of shadows and rags upon gravel,
Insects for friends, his bedding the earth,
Weeping alone in a washed out hearth,
Kept of all happiness and earthly delight,
Kept fourteen years from any Sol-born light,
His existence in shadows, hidden away,
Cockroach companions both night and day,
An adoptive mother his sole interaction,
Chained and starved per her satisfaction,
Forgotten by siblings, the unloved brother,
Scorn for...
Here he lies, whimpering all alone,
Abandoned in darkness, his fears unravel,
His home of shadows and rags upon gravel,
Insects for friends, his bedding the earth,
Weeping alone in a washed out hearth,
Kept of all happiness and earthly delight,
Kept fourteen years from any Sol-born light,
His existence in shadows, hidden away,
Cockroach companions both night and day,
An adoptive mother his sole interaction,
Chained and starved per her satisfaction,
Forgotten by siblings, the unloved brother,
Scorn for...
571 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
6th Feb 2016 4:48am
6th Feb 2016 4:48am
Death, Calling
She beckons to me,
Her cold hands reaching outwards,
Grasping for my life.
Her cold hands reaching outwards,
Grasping for my life.
599 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
16th Jun 2015 10:17pm
16th Jun 2015 10:17pm
Damnation
Recently have these days been eerie,
These passing moments bleak and dreary,
Endless shadows taking their toll,
Slowly, but surely, enveloping my soul,
So experienced am I with the demons I face,
That never with emotions does it leave any trace,
Outwardly disguised and void of expression,
Inwardly hollow from a decade of depression,
Happiness peering from beyond this black gate,
Broken and enslaved from a life of self hate,
What gods or spirits have I wrongfully annoyed,
To have my will and motivation wrothfully destroyed?
Oh how I look forward...
These passing moments bleak and dreary,
Endless shadows taking their toll,
Slowly, but surely, enveloping my soul,
So experienced am I with the demons I face,
That never with emotions does it leave any trace,
Outwardly disguised and void of expression,
Inwardly hollow from a decade of depression,
Happiness peering from beyond this black gate,
Broken and enslaved from a life of self hate,
What gods or spirits have I wrongfully annoyed,
To have my will and motivation wrothfully destroyed?
Oh how I look forward...
738 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
16th Jun 2015 10:11pm
16th Jun 2015 10:11pm
The Shore
Let's go out to shore,
Where only the waves are heard,
And, nervous heartbeats.
Where only the waves are heard,
And, nervous heartbeats.
551 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
7th May 2015 7:39pm
7th May 2015 7:39pm
Home
What will you do then,
When all that you want is to go home,
But home isn't the same person that they used to be?
When I need shelter from this storm,
Where can I run now,
Now that I don't have a home?
When all that you want is to go home,
But home isn't the same person that they used to be?
When I need shelter from this storm,
Where can I run now,
Now that I don't have a home?
741 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
28th Apr 2015 3:28pm
28th Apr 2015 3:28pm
Some Day
Some day, I will stop punishing myself.
I will let myself enjoy life.
I will accept that I deserve happiness.
I will allow myself to smile, to laugh.
I will forgive my past self.
I will embrace myself and the future.
I will care, love, and live.
I will forgive past transgressions.
I will forgive myself.
I will stop blaming myself.
I will love someone.
I will love myself.
Some day.
I will let myself enjoy life.
I will accept that I deserve happiness.
I will allow myself to smile, to laugh.
I will forgive my past self.
I will embrace myself and the future.
I will care, love, and live.
I will forgive past transgressions.
I will forgive myself.
I will stop blaming myself.
I will love someone.
I will love myself.
Some day.
630 reads
1 Comment
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