Submissions by shadowsfallsoftly
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Shadows fall softly giving way to night. The blood sings in my veins so violently alive. Here in the shadows I find myself revived. Here dreaming in the darkness with all too open eyes.
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
18th Apr 2014 4:48am
18th Apr 2014 4:48am
worship
I dance robed in garlands
petals falling from my hair,
like some wild changeling child
frolicking in a faerie ring
I look up at the moon mother of the night
bathed in silver light
singing with the crickets
that serenade the night
I find my worship here
among the flowers as they bloom
sheltered by an ancient tree nestled
safely in her roots
the sun kisses soft my brow
the breeze a lullaby doth sing
and rouse the heady smell of rain
that calls my voice to sing
petals falling from my hair,
like some wild changeling child
frolicking in a faerie ring
I look up at the moon mother of the night
bathed in silver light
singing with the crickets
that serenade the night
I find my worship here
among the flowers as they bloom
sheltered by an ancient tree nestled
safely in her roots
the sun kisses soft my brow
the breeze a lullaby doth sing
and rouse the heady smell of rain
that calls my voice to sing
678 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th Apr 2014 4:17am
17th Apr 2014 4:17am
love is a rose
I don't believe in love at
first site
to me it is a clever lie
for love is
more than desire
more than a passionate
all consuming fire
love is
like a rose slowly blooming
it is delicate
and must be fed
with gentle care
and left in the sun to flourish
no, love is not lust
for lust is a raging river
a torrent
love is something softer
and yet left to flourish
it explodes
and multiplies
only lust is at first site
first site
to me it is a clever lie
for love is
more than desire
more than a passionate
all consuming fire
love is
like a rose slowly blooming
it is delicate
and must be fed
with gentle care
and left in the sun to flourish
no, love is not lust
for lust is a raging river
a torrent
love is something softer
and yet left to flourish
it explodes
and multiplies
only lust is at first site
635 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
11th Apr 2014 4:43am
11th Apr 2014 4:43am
teenage me
There is darkness lurking
behind the sweetness of my smile
a cloak
a veil
a lie
so you can't see
the shadows lurking
underneath
I tie my hair
with ribbons
wear frills, and pearls, and lace
soft pink makeup
paints my face
but it's only half of me
and my teenage self screams
remember when our nails were black
our hair was blue
sometimes I let it show
corsets converses and holes
when I feel I am a stedford girl
I break the mold
I am an artist
so my shadows...
behind the sweetness of my smile
a cloak
a veil
a lie
so you can't see
the shadows lurking
underneath
I tie my hair
with ribbons
wear frills, and pearls, and lace
soft pink makeup
paints my face
but it's only half of me
and my teenage self screams
remember when our nails were black
our hair was blue
sometimes I let it show
corsets converses and holes
when I feel I am a stedford girl
I break the mold
I am an artist
so my shadows...
629 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Apr 2014 3:16am
5th Apr 2014 3:16am
haunted
I was a little girl
though I was eighteen
I was stupid
innocent
with such low self esteem
So when you said you wanted me
I believed the lies,
And basked in feeling beautiful
the object of desire
And then somewhere
between the flirting,
and ah! I was a tease
it got a little violent
though the abuse I didn't see
I can remember
swatting at your hands
you saying that I wanted it
after all you were a man
you could tell right?
I can remember
our violent...
though I was eighteen
I was stupid
innocent
with such low self esteem
So when you said you wanted me
I believed the lies,
And basked in feeling beautiful
the object of desire
And then somewhere
between the flirting,
and ah! I was a tease
it got a little violent
though the abuse I didn't see
I can remember
swatting at your hands
you saying that I wanted it
after all you were a man
you could tell right?
I can remember
our violent...
635 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Apr 2014 11:05pm
4th Apr 2014 11:05pm
Kisses
A kiss
just my lips touching yours
and yet its something beautiful
something so much more
so intimate
this moment that we share
your lips pressing against mine
hands tangled in my hair
your fingers brush my cheek
speak unspoken words
amazing that a simple kiss
could heal so many hurts
I taste you
pull you closer
cant even seem to think
As you try to quench this thirst
and this hunger try to sate
a passion that's like violence
I pleasure that's like pain
and yet your lips are...
just my lips touching yours
and yet its something beautiful
something so much more
so intimate
this moment that we share
your lips pressing against mine
hands tangled in my hair
your fingers brush my cheek
speak unspoken words
amazing that a simple kiss
could heal so many hurts
I taste you
pull you closer
cant even seem to think
As you try to quench this thirst
and this hunger try to sate
a passion that's like violence
I pleasure that's like pain
and yet your lips are...
1076 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Apr 2014 4:00pm
1st Apr 2014 4:00pm
College student blues
College student blues
Some teachers want us to think
Philosophize lofty Ideals
Wonder about the meaning of life
The human conditions
Dissect The things we feel
Some teachers want debtors
Who defend every idea
Logically
With avarice
Until the classroom
Becomes a lively back
And forth
A place to stretch the mind
An academic sport
Still, some teachers
Want a drone.
Who so quietly sit.
Absorbing
Lectures
Like pants...
Some teachers want us to think
Philosophize lofty Ideals
Wonder about the meaning of life
The human conditions
Dissect The things we feel
Some teachers want debtors
Who defend every idea
Logically
With avarice
Until the classroom
Becomes a lively back
And forth
A place to stretch the mind
An academic sport
Still, some teachers
Want a drone.
Who so quietly sit.
Absorbing
Lectures
Like pants...
585 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
30th Mar 2014 2:30am
30th Mar 2014 2:30am
playfight
Your eyes flash green
I watch you smile
whisper predator, or prey?
the hunter and the hunted
such a violent game to play
I watch it in your eyes
and you move with liquid grace
I feel the smile grace my lips
because I'm not afraid
you stalk towards me
with a feline grace
I watch the way you move
trapped, I'll be the hunters prey
suddenly you catch me
and I squeal with sweet delight
as you pin me with your lips
but I won't give up the fight.
seduction so like violence
and yet a child's...
I watch you smile
whisper predator, or prey?
the hunter and the hunted
such a violent game to play
I watch it in your eyes
and you move with liquid grace
I feel the smile grace my lips
because I'm not afraid
you stalk towards me
with a feline grace
I watch the way you move
trapped, I'll be the hunters prey
suddenly you catch me
and I squeal with sweet delight
as you pin me with your lips
but I won't give up the fight.
seduction so like violence
and yet a child's...
668 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Mar 2014 4:23pm
29th Mar 2014 4:23pm
Drownding
I've never felt like this before
drowning in your kiss
overwhelmed by softness
There is no time it
seems, or for you and I it stopped
you've disregarded so easily the ticking of the clock
and we whisper lovers secrets
that take a serious hue
do you know last night
I almost said that I love you
How is it you except me
for everything I am
How can you be so tender
with a simple brush of your hand
you kiss my skin
and its like burning
but I don't mind the flame
but apart of me is scared and ...
drowning in your kiss
overwhelmed by softness
There is no time it
seems, or for you and I it stopped
you've disregarded so easily the ticking of the clock
and we whisper lovers secrets
that take a serious hue
do you know last night
I almost said that I love you
How is it you except me
for everything I am
How can you be so tender
with a simple brush of your hand
you kiss my skin
and its like burning
but I don't mind the flame
but apart of me is scared and ...
649 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Mar 2014 8:45pm
28th Mar 2014 8:45pm
Impostor
I was drawn into your darkness
Like a moth into a flame
I loved the gentle way
you kissed
the way you said my name.
It seemed...
the night did listen
when together we did speak
and the air was filled with chanting
and a beautiful mystique
but, then something changed
and still I don't know why
but I knew that I could see
the hatred in your eyes
You claimed to be druid
and sing the ancient songs of olde
but I think your something darker..
I have never seen you marvel
at the sunset or the...
Like a moth into a flame
I loved the gentle way
you kissed
the way you said my name.
It seemed...
the night did listen
when together we did speak
and the air was filled with chanting
and a beautiful mystique
but, then something changed
and still I don't know why
but I knew that I could see
the hatred in your eyes
You claimed to be druid
and sing the ancient songs of olde
but I think your something darker..
I have never seen you marvel
at the sunset or the...
692 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Mar 2014 7:57pm
28th Mar 2014 7:57pm
Music
The music drifting through
the room is carrying me away
lost in the liquid symphony
that words could not explain
Each exquisite note is ecstasy
that steals my breath away
It rises, and it falls
it is loud and it is soft
each note, each phrase
a violent beauty all it's
own
Explaining human nature
this conundrum that we live
it is vibrant life
and yet it is death
that lingers heavy
on the heart
It transcends all language
It is music it is art.
the room is carrying me away
lost in the liquid symphony
that words could not explain
Each exquisite note is ecstasy
that steals my breath away
It rises, and it falls
it is loud and it is soft
each note, each phrase
a violent beauty all it's
own
Explaining human nature
this conundrum that we live
it is vibrant life
and yet it is death
that lingers heavy
on the heart
It transcends all language
It is music it is art.
856 reads
8 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
27th Mar 2014 3:14am
27th Mar 2014 3:14am
Open your eyes
Come to me lover
brush your fingers against my hand
taste the wild beauty on your lips
be awakened by the night
let me in
Does it sing in your blood
does it bring you alive
does your heart pulse in rhythm
to the heartbeat of the night
I know you feel it too!
I can see it in your eyes
but I know you are afraid
open your mind
I would never hurt you
nor, would I seek to tell you lies
I only want to show you
and open up your eyes
brush your fingers against my hand
taste the wild beauty on your lips
be awakened by the night
let me in
Does it sing in your blood
does it bring you alive
does your heart pulse in rhythm
to the heartbeat of the night
I know you feel it too!
I can see it in your eyes
but I know you are afraid
open your mind
I would never hurt you
nor, would I seek to tell you lies
I only want to show you
and open up your eyes
784 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
26th Mar 2014 1:10am
26th Mar 2014 1:10am
Puppeteer
I hit my knees and scream your name
looking for escape
but you are deaf you don't hear me
like some demented puppeteer
do you like to watch me scream
How many times i've walked away until
you pulled my string
It's agony this game we play
this back and forth this pleasure/pain
but I've news for you
I've cut my strings
no more will I dance for thee
I am not your pretty marionette
wanting waiting on a shelf
until you are all by yourself
no more for you
I will smile
while you play me for a...
looking for escape
but you are deaf you don't hear me
like some demented puppeteer
do you like to watch me scream
How many times i've walked away until
you pulled my string
It's agony this game we play
this back and forth this pleasure/pain
but I've news for you
I've cut my strings
no more will I dance for thee
I am not your pretty marionette
wanting waiting on a shelf
until you are all by yourself
no more for you
I will smile
while you play me for a...
677 reads
1 Comment
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