Submissions by shelbythicke
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Dec 2017 7:12pm
13th Dec 2017 7:12pm
Fingerprints
Today I sat back
and I thought about the scent
I thought about the temperature
the lighting
the colors and the materials that surround
but above all
I thought about the people next to me
in front of me
behind me
the people before me
there are fingerprints everywhere
it blows my mind to know that everything I have touched
someone else has touched before me
somebody so foreign, but so familiar
how?
everything that comes into my life, that I do, that I own
was once a subject of someone else
influence and...
and I thought about the scent
I thought about the temperature
the lighting
the colors and the materials that surround
but above all
I thought about the people next to me
in front of me
behind me
the people before me
there are fingerprints everywhere
it blows my mind to know that everything I have touched
someone else has touched before me
somebody so foreign, but so familiar
how?
everything that comes into my life, that I do, that I own
was once a subject of someone else
influence and...
#TruthOfLife
#humankind
#SelfReflection
#inequality
#philosophical
909 reads
11 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Dec 2017 7:32pm
12th Dec 2017 7:32pm
Reestablish
the word contentment can hold different truths
in different situations
we can sleep for hours and waste the day and be content
we can buy a new wardrobe and be content
we can break a heart and be content
we can down a bottle of the nastiest liquor and be content
wrong
did you know
that the sun rises and sets every day for you
trees release their precious gasses for you
the ground is eroded and present for you
when you arise in the morning I hope you look long and hard
at the creases on your palms
at...
in different situations
we can sleep for hours and waste the day and be content
we can buy a new wardrobe and be content
we can break a heart and be content
we can down a bottle of the nastiest liquor and be content
wrong
did you know
that the sun rises and sets every day for you
trees release their precious gasses for you
the ground is eroded and present for you
when you arise in the morning I hope you look long and hard
at the creases on your palms
at...
#inspirational
#uplifting
#LifeCycle
#philosophical
#StreamOfConsciousness
515 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Dec 2017 7:05pm
12th Dec 2017 7:05pm
Aftermath
it was the second Saturday from last
when you decided I wasn't the one for you
the day you left me
the day I only felt company in the flame of my lighter
you haven't found time to check on me I suppose
because you're socially active on those apps
but forgot what my name is in your phone
tell me
how does it feel
to know that you will never be loved the same
now tell me
how does it feel
to know that I will be loved greater
does it sting?
when you decided I wasn't the one for you
the day you left me
the day I only felt company in the flame of my lighter
you haven't found time to check on me I suppose
because you're socially active on those apps
but forgot what my name is in your phone
tell me
how does it feel
to know that you will never be loved the same
now tell me
how does it feel
to know that I will be loved greater
does it sting?
#FeelingTrapped
608 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Oct 2017 9:45pm
23rd Oct 2017 9:45pm
Penitent
Read this knowing that I love you
understand that I am sorry
realize that I mean it this time
even though
I have said it before
my heart is heavy thinking about the way I mistreated you
I never knew I was capable of generating such pain
I never meant to hurt you
or derive you of your innocence
I feel guilty, I do
because you sacrificed every single day for my happiness
you held me as my mind screamed for you to let go
but my body lay devoted in your arms
truth be told, I was confused
I do not...
understand that I am sorry
realize that I mean it this time
even though
I have said it before
my heart is heavy thinking about the way I mistreated you
I never knew I was capable of generating such pain
I never meant to hurt you
or derive you of your innocence
I feel guilty, I do
because you sacrificed every single day for my happiness
you held me as my mind screamed for you to let go
but my body lay devoted in your arms
truth be told, I was confused
I do not...
#relationships
791 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Oct 2017 9:30pm
23rd Oct 2017 9:30pm
Loss
all I can say is in the end
you start to remember the beginning
I looked up to you
I felt your pain
I cried on your shoulder more times than I have
to my biological parents
you were too young
you were supposed to always be there for me
how could you leave me all alone?
who's supposed to walk me down the aisle now?
my heart is broken
if Heaven wasn't so far away
I would be there with you
to tell you goodbye and I love you
one more time
will get me through
until that day
which will never come
I...
you start to remember the beginning
I looked up to you
I felt your pain
I cried on your shoulder more times than I have
to my biological parents
you were too young
you were supposed to always be there for me
how could you leave me all alone?
who's supposed to walk me down the aisle now?
my heart is broken
if Heaven wasn't so far away
I would be there with you
to tell you goodbye and I love you
one more time
will get me through
until that day
which will never come
I...
#LifeAsAWriter
488 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
5th Sep 2017 3:13pm
5th Sep 2017 3:13pm
Tuesday
September air
I cannot stop sneezing
my eyes are itchy
my throat is sore
the birds are singing
the sky is blue
I'm happy to be alive
and I'm still in love with you
I cannot stop sneezing
my eyes are itchy
my throat is sore
the birds are singing
the sky is blue
I'm happy to be alive
and I'm still in love with you
#spring
#nature
812 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Aug 2017 7:08am
24th Aug 2017 7:08am
Blank
This isn't a poem
let me make that very clear
This has no title, no set layout, no template, no plan, no general idea
this is the concrete and burning tar seeping out of my heart
it's leaving a warm hazy feeling in my chest
a lump in my throat
a throb in my head
my hands don't know what to do
my eyes don't know where to look
I'm laying here numb almost- I want to explode, but I can't seem to move.
You're asleep right now
I don't know where to turn or where to go
I'm not crying although the front hemisphere of my skull is...
let me make that very clear
This has no title, no set layout, no template, no plan, no general idea
this is the concrete and burning tar seeping out of my heart
it's leaving a warm hazy feeling in my chest
a lump in my throat
a throb in my head
my hands don't know what to do
my eyes don't know where to look
I'm laying here numb almost- I want to explode, but I can't seem to move.
You're asleep right now
I don't know where to turn or where to go
I'm not crying although the front hemisphere of my skull is...
#love
#despair
#FeelingLost
723 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
21st Aug 2017 10:32pm
21st Aug 2017 10:32pm
Realize
This life is infinite
regardless of where I am now
where I will be when I'm not
alive
dead
wherever that is, I will be infinite.
I will haunt the hearts of the ones that I care for
lovingly
I will comfort and caress and kiss
the foreheads of those who demand to be felt
I will feed and serve and cherish
I am full of purpose!
I am full of life!
I am full of love!
I am infinite.
and so are you.
regardless of where I am now
where I will be when I'm not
alive
dead
wherever that is, I will be infinite.
I will haunt the hearts of the ones that I care for
lovingly
I will comfort and caress and kiss
the foreheads of those who demand to be felt
I will feed and serve and cherish
I am full of purpose!
I am full of life!
I am full of love!
I am infinite.
and so are you.
#SelfReflection
576 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Aug 2017 8:07am
15th Aug 2017 8:07am
Captivated
1,125.3 miles
16 hours and 12 minutes
distance:
a distance from you
a distance from myself
it is sometimes hard
to recognize the void
the literal space
we may not be able to physically touch each other
but you have caressed me with your words before my skin
and that holds a greater meaning
that is love
I imagine constantly the way my lips will part for you
the way yours will intertwine with mine
the way we breathe, the way we won't
I feel so eager- so desperate
my body aches for you, but I can...
16 hours and 12 minutes
distance:
a distance from you
a distance from myself
it is sometimes hard
to recognize the void
the literal space
we may not be able to physically touch each other
but you have caressed me with your words before my skin
and that holds a greater meaning
that is love
I imagine constantly the way my lips will part for you
the way yours will intertwine with mine
the way we breathe, the way we won't
I feel so eager- so desperate
my body aches for you, but I can...
#love
#LongDistanceRelationship
#support
669 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
11th Aug 2017 8:10pm
11th Aug 2017 8:10pm
Compassion
I look inside myself
my walls
my lungs
my heart
The reason why I am contained- also, why I am free
Why I am breathing; the poetic justice I inhale and the toxicity I release
My love for others, for the world, for me
Sometimes the only recognizable trait of a persons character comes from the outside
The physical.
Am I ugly? Am I beautiful?
Those however, are not important.
To give love is the greatest sacrifice
To see the world in a light that defies the law of normality
To recognize beauty on the...
my walls
my lungs
my heart
The reason why I am contained- also, why I am free
Why I am breathing; the poetic justice I inhale and the toxicity I release
My love for others, for the world, for me
Sometimes the only recognizable trait of a persons character comes from the outside
The physical.
Am I ugly? Am I beautiful?
Those however, are not important.
To give love is the greatest sacrifice
To see the world in a light that defies the law of normality
To recognize beauty on the...
#kindness
822 reads
16 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Aug 2017 4:22am
11th Aug 2017 4:22am
Truth
I am beside myself.
All of my life, I have faced the rejection and heartache and loneliness from a home that was broken and shattered beneath a mask of happiness, from a father who preferred burning crystals on a spoon than the embrace of his 3 children.
All of my life, I have put my hope into a God that wasn't apparent and present in times where the blade was kissing my wrists and food wasn't welcome into my mouth.
All of my life, I have yearned for love. My heart was my tongue and my altar was their mouths.
The truth is that I am not okay.
The truth is...
All of my life, I have faced the rejection and heartache and loneliness from a home that was broken and shattered beneath a mask of happiness, from a father who preferred burning crystals on a spoon than the embrace of his 3 children.
All of my life, I have put my hope into a God that wasn't apparent and present in times where the blade was kissing my wrists and food wasn't welcome into my mouth.
All of my life, I have yearned for love. My heart was my tongue and my altar was their mouths.
The truth is that I am not okay.
The truth is...
#lover
638 reads
11 Comments
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