Submissions by skg373 (Cera)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Congrats! if you're reading this you survived not only the Rapture but Ragnarok. We've arrived in the time after the white buffalo, after the flames of chaos singed our world for a decade. I hope your shift was smooth, welcome to the other side.
DARK POEM
Published
18th Mar 2023 9:37pm
18th Mar 2023 9:37pm
Her Name is Alice
The clock ticks on the wall,
out of sync with the dripping shower.
My hands ache from my
relentless death grip on the
Wheel of Fate.
Cracked, bruised, scarred
My flesh mirrors the map in the stars.
Heartbreak after heartbreak
and the Zecoran winds blow.
The stars fall from the sky
and nothing is what it seems.
My resources are exhausted
my body in pieces, my soul
scattered across sand and seas.
I want to be home
and my friends to visit me...
but a heart tainted
with as much sadness as mine ...
out of sync with the dripping shower.
My hands ache from my
relentless death grip on the
Wheel of Fate.
Cracked, bruised, scarred
My flesh mirrors the map in the stars.
Heartbreak after heartbreak
and the Zecoran winds blow.
The stars fall from the sky
and nothing is what it seems.
My resources are exhausted
my body in pieces, my soul
scattered across sand and seas.
I want to be home
and my friends to visit me...
but a heart tainted
with as much sadness as mine ...
#sadness
#depression
#rejection
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LOVE POEM
Published
18th Mar 2023 9:36pm
18th Mar 2023 9:36pm
Shattered Sky
I'm feeling weak tonight
Like the air isnt enough for my lungs
Unsettled, anxious, unnerved
Ribs rattle, restraining a heart
That rails the cage, screaming for him
Rejecting reason of time or distance
She wails to be wrapped in your bones.
Come home, we cry,
My battered heart and I...
I moved the world for you.
Nothing makes sense
About your cruel dance
When I've bled for all but you.
Im holding more than planned
Now I've forgotten to stand
Shatted by ghosts of you.
I'm buried with unmet promises ...
Like the air isnt enough for my lungs
Unsettled, anxious, unnerved
Ribs rattle, restraining a heart
That rails the cage, screaming for him
Rejecting reason of time or distance
She wails to be wrapped in your bones.
Come home, we cry,
My battered heart and I...
I moved the world for you.
Nothing makes sense
About your cruel dance
When I've bled for all but you.
Im holding more than planned
Now I've forgotten to stand
Shatted by ghosts of you.
I'm buried with unmet promises ...
#dark
#heartbroken
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
1st Jan 2023 1:20am
1st Jan 2023 1:20am
Lighthouse
What to do, when my sunshine
is lost to a deep foggy darkness?
When the person I have loved most dearly
departs, to the dark I gaze forlornly.
My calls to you met with curt hardness,
echo across this fault line.
Steadfast facing the sea's brine,
watching as my heart's dreams evanesce....
NO, my soul screams, I will stand here firmly
and shine as bright as ever to screech sternly:
I'll stay on shore in fierce fluoresce,
wait for stars to realign.
The lighthouse I am will shine
in hopes of guiding those in distress ...
is lost to a deep foggy darkness?
When the person I have loved most dearly
departs, to the dark I gaze forlornly.
My calls to you met with curt hardness,
echo across this fault line.
Steadfast facing the sea's brine,
watching as my heart's dreams evanesce....
NO, my soul screams, I will stand here firmly
and shine as bright as ever to screech sternly:
I'll stay on shore in fierce fluoresce,
wait for stars to realign.
The lighthouse I am will shine
in hopes of guiding those in distress ...
#love
#strength
#fate #magic
#fate #magic
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ANGER POEM
Published
31st Dec 2022 00:32am
31st Dec 2022 00:32am
Ward of the Scorned
May your shields burn in Brigid's Temperance
Feel the thunder of Odin's Sight
Hear the Screams of Hel and weep
You've betrayed those that loved you
feel the ice of seers' truth
the scorn of gods' gifts misused
-------
When you see stars fall, catch them. Always.
We already caught you.
Therefore, you never fell. And now, neither did I.
A Jinx will always need a Lux
Feel the thunder of Odin's Sight
Hear the Screams of Hel and weep
You've betrayed those that loved you
feel the ice of seers' truth
the scorn of gods' gifts misused
-------
When you see stars fall, catch them. Always.
We already caught you.
Therefore, you never fell. And now, neither did I.
A Jinx will always need a Lux
#magic
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DARK POEM
Published
19th Dec 2022 4:02am
19th Dec 2022 4:02am
No Porch Light Tonight
When someone's not home
I leave the porch light on
A light in the darkness saying
I'm waiting for you to return
A sign that I'm expecting you
A light so you don't stumble
Racking up my energy bill
when I leave it on all night
But now I've turned it off
No one's coming home
Those I trusted are gone - abandoned
my home that welcomed them.
Here I am, in my house
that no longer feels like home
Sitting in shards of trust and love
the remnants of my heart
The lights are on inside
a pot is...
I leave the porch light on
A light in the darkness saying
I'm waiting for you to return
A sign that I'm expecting you
A light so you don't stumble
Racking up my energy bill
when I leave it on all night
But now I've turned it off
No one's coming home
Those I trusted are gone - abandoned
my home that welcomed them.
Here I am, in my house
that no longer feels like home
Sitting in shards of trust and love
the remnants of my heart
The lights are on inside
a pot is...
#depression
#loneliness
#heartbroken
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SELF POEM
Published
15th Dec 2022 9:38pm
15th Dec 2022 9:38pm
Line in the Sand
A pristine beach in morning light
beautifully promising
I walked in trusting, barefoot
but I was foolish
To think it'd be spared of
footprints from the overeager
litter from the foolish
broken glass from my own hubris
I can't trust anything now
my own eyes
my own mind
my own heart
my own intentions
Or can I?
But should I?
How long can I choose to hope
how many glass shards
lodged into trusting toes? ...
beautifully promising
I walked in trusting, barefoot
but I was foolish
To think it'd be spared of
footprints from the overeager
litter from the foolish
broken glass from my own hubris
I can't trust anything now
my own eyes
my own mind
my own heart
my own intentions
Or can I?
But should I?
How long can I choose to hope
how many glass shards
lodged into trusting toes? ...
#heartbroken
#bittersweet
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Oct 2022 8:57am
17th Oct 2022 8:57am
War Horns Sound in Empty Rooms
Have you ever heard the horns of war
in the clock ticking on a blank wall?
In an empty room, save one more:
a messenger of bureaucracy's gall.
Eviction's at my doorstep,
I applied for assistance.
System's broke and limping,
help is at a distance.
I ask the weighted question:
"do I have legal protection?"
She's tired, weary of the pain she sees.
Now she sees me, my turn to be told
"Not that I'm aware of," she cajoled.
She's kind, gives me leads...
but she has done more;
she has sounded the horn of war. ...
in the clock ticking on a blank wall?
In an empty room, save one more:
a messenger of bureaucracy's gall.
Eviction's at my doorstep,
I applied for assistance.
System's broke and limping,
help is at a distance.
I ask the weighted question:
"do I have legal protection?"
She's tired, weary of the pain she sees.
Now she sees me, my turn to be told
"Not that I'm aware of," she cajoled.
She's kind, gives me leads...
but she has done more;
she has sounded the horn of war. ...
#motivational
#CallToAction
#HumanRights #suffering
#HumanRights #suffering
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LOVE POEM
Published
16th Oct 2022 11:25pm
16th Oct 2022 11:25pm
Hazel Fire
Your exes, such disgraces
to not see beauty in your eyes.
My hexes, find their places
blind they that didn't recognize.
Hazel, ever-changing
watch over me in hazy dreams.
Warm, even when raining
Forest green wreathed in silver streams.
Fierce soul, you're everywhere
in every movie and love song.
Fire heart, I feel you way out there
to be so far from you feels wrong.
to not see beauty in your eyes.
My hexes, find their places
blind they that didn't recognize.
Hazel, ever-changing
watch over me in hazy dreams.
Warm, even when raining
Forest green wreathed in silver streams.
Fierce soul, you're everywhere
in every movie and love song.
Fire heart, I feel you way out there
to be so far from you feels wrong.
#love
#LGBT
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EROTIC POEM
Published
3rd Oct 2022 9:13am
3rd Oct 2022 9:13am
Enchant and Devour
Voice with lilting melody,
beckons you come closer.
Lure with sweet song of honey,
let your mind fog over.
Sultry whisper, then a kiss
on your lips, then lower.
With fae's touch I'll bring you bliss;
lightly, I'll trace slower.
Where I came from don't matter
What does is where we're going
I'll fix that heart left tattered,
enchant you just by knowing.
Follow me, I'll take you home
we'll garden and plant seeds.
Time to rest, pause your roam
and forget the world's misdeeds.
...
beckons you come closer.
Lure with sweet song of honey,
let your mind fog over.
Sultry whisper, then a kiss
on your lips, then lower.
With fae's touch I'll bring you bliss;
lightly, I'll trace slower.
Where I came from don't matter
What does is where we're going
I'll fix that heart left tattered,
enchant you just by knowing.
Follow me, I'll take you home
we'll garden and plant seeds.
Time to rest, pause your roam
and forget the world's misdeeds.
...
#LGBT
#seductive
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LOVE POEM
Published
27th Sep 2022 10:01pm
27th Sep 2022 10:01pm
Hotel Room in Kansas
How lucky I am to have
a Happiest Day of My Life.
When the wretched world has me
beaten down on a bloodied knee
I'll find peace thinking back to
that hotel room in Kansas, with you.
Middle of nowhere, nothing to see;
best thing about it is you and me.
We drove 1,000 miles and more
just to meet at the hotel door.
Saw you for the first time (this time)
already knew you'd be mine (next time too)
that green aura and hair I couldn't miss;
right then I knew you'd be my last kiss.
Now we're back at our start ...
a Happiest Day of My Life.
When the wretched world has me
beaten down on a bloodied knee
I'll find peace thinking back to
that hotel room in Kansas, with you.
Middle of nowhere, nothing to see;
best thing about it is you and me.
We drove 1,000 miles and more
just to meet at the hotel door.
Saw you for the first time (this time)
already knew you'd be mine (next time too)
that green aura and hair I couldn't miss;
right then I knew you'd be my last kiss.
Now we're back at our start ...
#happiness
#love
#gratitude
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LOVE POEM
Published
7th Sep 2022 9:58am
7th Sep 2022 9:58am
With You
There're so many things I'd do
if they end in "with you".
Staring up at the star drenched sky,
backs to the earth, your hand in mine
hurtling through space and time...
As long as I'm with you.
Places I know, seen with eyes anew
when I see them with you.
The vast plains of prarie grasses,
thin air of high mountain passes,
hot sun reflected off sunglasses...
I'll show it all to you.
Strange lands, fields of dew;
I'd travel anywhere with you.
Rocky craigs atop Patagonia
orange sand dunes of...
if they end in "with you".
Staring up at the star drenched sky,
backs to the earth, your hand in mine
hurtling through space and time...
As long as I'm with you.
Places I know, seen with eyes anew
when I see them with you.
The vast plains of prarie grasses,
thin air of high mountain passes,
hot sun reflected off sunglasses...
I'll show it all to you.
Strange lands, fields of dew;
I'd travel anywhere with you.
Rocky craigs atop Patagonia
orange sand dunes of...
#love
#strength
#courage
#LGBT
#passion
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
31st Aug 2022 7:30am
31st Aug 2022 7:30am
Feeling of Fate
she speaks in many ways:
my eyes drawn to a direction,
au soleil de l'est, Ray -
this soul's greatest temptation.
assurance through the cards,
an answer in the bones.
secrets nocturnes du barde,
trust in the wisdom of stones.
can you see them shimmer?
threads of tales and strings of fate
trop de liens pour être estimés
that a witch can weave and plait.
a word tugging on my sleeve,
peace in knowing nothing
mon esprit en qui vive
when I feel the calling ring.
my eyes drawn to a direction,
au soleil de l'est, Ray -
this soul's greatest temptation.
assurance through the cards,
an answer in the bones.
secrets nocturnes du barde,
trust in the wisdom of stones.
can you see them shimmer?
threads of tales and strings of fate
trop de liens pour être estimés
that a witch can weave and plait.
a word tugging on my sleeve,
peace in knowing nothing
mon esprit en qui vive
when I feel the calling ring.
#inspirational
#universe
#fate #magic
#fate #magic
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