Submissions by smackdownraven
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Deepunderground Depression
the site is dwindling
with so little interaction
when did we go on disconnect
not supporting each other
I've been taking the pulse of the place
is it just me or does it seem listless?
once there was a family
DUP poets with fierce passion
I get my inspiration here
I am driven to connect with your heart
I feel disenchanted when I fail to reach you
have we stopped caring about poetry
tell me family what's on your heart?
what's wrong?
is your blood not stirred lately?
have we become dysfunctional ego maniacs ...
with so little interaction
when did we go on disconnect
not supporting each other
I've been taking the pulse of the place
is it just me or does it seem listless?
once there was a family
DUP poets with fierce passion
I get my inspiration here
I am driven to connect with your heart
I feel disenchanted when I fail to reach you
have we stopped caring about poetry
tell me family what's on your heart?
what's wrong?
is your blood not stirred lately?
have we become dysfunctional ego maniacs ...
#love
#WritingPoetry
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
520 reads
27 Comments
death
the bones of the departed
whisper secrets
long silent voices...echo their pain
until it reverberates into my heart
where it is felt in my soul
I am left with an ache
whisper secrets
long silent voices...echo their pain
until it reverberates into my heart
where it is felt in my soul
I am left with an ache
#love
#father
#death #minimalist
#death #minimalist
450 reads
3 Comments
yesterday's regret
erase yesterdays...call them back
all my tomorrows are darkened by just one day
one day of regret
you can't call back yesterday
neither can you call back the tempest--
when its unleashed
the storm will run its course
so it is with my life
the tempest is wild
it cares not for matters of the heart
a tornado of truth--
will carry my loved one far from me
it sits heavy on my soul
the lies I've told
wondering why I was blind for a time
blind to the beauty of him
what is done in...
all my tomorrows are darkened by just one day
one day of regret
you can't call back yesterday
neither can you call back the tempest--
when its unleashed
the storm will run its course
so it is with my life
the tempest is wild
it cares not for matters of the heart
a tornado of truth--
will carry my loved one far from me
it sits heavy on my soul
the lies I've told
wondering why I was blind for a time
blind to the beauty of him
what is done in...
#love
#heartbroken
#emotional
611 reads
6 Comments
chasms
hate me for who I am
not what I'm not
I was a beautiful once
I no longer shine
I'm gentle but sinister
an equal measure of both
duality has nothing on me
I'm multilayered revealing truth
hidden among the lies
I'm not consciously dishonest
my mind plays tricks on me
it believes what it wants
I'm not thin
I wish I was
society says I should be
I come from a long line--
of thick German women
heredity can't be wrong
so love me as I am
I'm light and dark
I believe in...
not what I'm not
I was a beautiful once
I no longer shine
I'm gentle but sinister
an equal measure of both
duality has nothing on me
I'm multilayered revealing truth
hidden among the lies
I'm not consciously dishonest
my mind plays tricks on me
it believes what it wants
I'm not thin
I wish I was
society says I should be
I come from a long line--
of thick German women
heredity can't be wrong
so love me as I am
I'm light and dark
I believe in...
#love
#beauty
#spiritual
622 reads
14 Comments
my gentlemen
the softness of me is hidden in my private gardens
a sanctuary where my soul lies
beautiful blonde hair girl twirling in the wind
gently walking the shores of the mind
carefully so not to disturb a single shell
I didn't create this place...He did
the one who's been with me always
who guards me
I love him...I hate him
I fight with him
he alone understands me
why I choose the twisted paths
why I covet my inner gardens
here I am all natural woman without pretense
wild hair blowing in the breeze ...
a sanctuary where my soul lies
beautiful blonde hair girl twirling in the wind
gently walking the shores of the mind
carefully so not to disturb a single shell
I didn't create this place...He did
the one who's been with me always
who guards me
I love him...I hate him
I fight with him
he alone understands me
why I choose the twisted paths
why I covet my inner gardens
here I am all natural woman without pretense
wild hair blowing in the breeze ...
#love
#beauty
#nature #spiritual
#nature #spiritual
405 reads
9 Comments
syphilis
destroy hope make it your junkie
feed it just enough dope to keep it alive
then watch it suffer when you withhold its greed
spiked love for sale
jilted dreams on tap
more potent than moonshine
watch as the sun goes down on your lover
and he's not in your bed for another night
cry then...dope up your fantasies
so they seem more plausible to your ears
string along your heart
tell it the lies it needs to swallow ten more pills
just enough to numb the truth
never enough to die
everyday you...
feed it just enough dope to keep it alive
then watch it suffer when you withhold its greed
spiked love for sale
jilted dreams on tap
more potent than moonshine
watch as the sun goes down on your lover
and he's not in your bed for another night
cry then...dope up your fantasies
so they seem more plausible to your ears
string along your heart
tell it the lies it needs to swallow ten more pills
just enough to numb the truth
never enough to die
everyday you...
#dark
#heartbroken
#hurt
475 reads
5 Comments
death was never more final
trace the pain within the ache
find its heartbeat
erase the feelings that mutiny
who've left you holding your sides
rocking back and forth inconsolably
biting your lips trying to stop the tears
fearing if they escape
the world would hold too much sorrow--
for the sun to rise tomorrow
to shine on the brokenhearted
so you choke back the sobs--
telling yourself half-truths
he'll be back then we'll work it out
and it breaks you these lies
as the last bits of hope--
are snuffed out by sarcasm's...
find its heartbeat
erase the feelings that mutiny
who've left you holding your sides
rocking back and forth inconsolably
biting your lips trying to stop the tears
fearing if they escape
the world would hold too much sorrow--
for the sun to rise tomorrow
to shine on the brokenhearted
so you choke back the sobs--
telling yourself half-truths
he'll be back then we'll work it out
and it breaks you these lies
as the last bits of hope--
are snuffed out by sarcasm's...
#sadness
#heartbroken
#emotional
492 reads
8 Comments
world walkers
watch as I traverse worlds without even a hiccup
thug hard wandering the ghetto on point
my head in the game
walking the upper echelons later that day
if you think they don't speak different languages you'd be wrong
there's street talk
then there's white bread privileged speak
in the street you better stay tight or lose your life
it's the code of survival
my granddaughter is half black
we were at a party on the West side
a little girl hits her...she don't hit back
her granny from the black side went off ...
thug hard wandering the ghetto on point
my head in the game
walking the upper echelons later that day
if you think they don't speak different languages you'd be wrong
there's street talk
then there's white bread privileged speak
in the street you better stay tight or lose your life
it's the code of survival
my granddaughter is half black
we were at a party on the West side
a little girl hits her...she don't hit back
her granny from the black side went off ...
#love
#strength
#beauty
450 reads
8 Comments
alienation
I hurt alone in the dark
my loneliness is mine
it belongs to me
I'm not like other people
shhh...
don't you know we don't talk about it
not a word about the voices
it makes people uncomfortable
I'm the naked woman walking around
everyone pretending I'm not here...bare
except the predators they're well aware
did you know they take advantage?
at least they don't pretend I'm not there
so don't be surprised if I lose my virginity
to an alien...
my loneliness is mine
it belongs to me
I'm not like other people
shhh...
don't you know we don't talk about it
not a word about the voices
it makes people uncomfortable
I'm the naked woman walking around
everyone pretending I'm not here...bare
except the predators they're well aware
did you know they take advantage?
at least they don't pretend I'm not there
so don't be surprised if I lose my virginity
to an alien...
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
622 reads
18 Comments
the strange ones
the odd ones know
what it is to be strange
weird in a bland world
television tells them who to be
me and t.v. don't get along
the mentally ill see the world differently
imagination lights the way
it's not an illness really
it's a refusal to see things in black and white
I enjoy all the colors of the spectrum
the odd ones know
what it is to be wonderful
spend some time in a mental hospital
then you'll know...
there I met Marilyn Monroe, Jesus, and the devil
I have a story to tell
some of it quite...
what it is to be strange
weird in a bland world
television tells them who to be
me and t.v. don't get along
the mentally ill see the world differently
imagination lights the way
it's not an illness really
it's a refusal to see things in black and white
I enjoy all the colors of the spectrum
the odd ones know
what it is to be wonderful
spend some time in a mental hospital
then you'll know...
there I met Marilyn Monroe, Jesus, and the devil
I have a story to tell
some of it quite...
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
580 reads
13 Comments
meth rap
do you feel the beat?
deep in your chest it thumps
pumpin the blood to your brain
feel it in your cock
comin on powerful
thug delicious woman
speakin my truth
strung out on the stuff
wasn't havin no fun
holdin the pipe like it's a wand
under its spell...yeah I fell hard
holdin it like a judge
the one packin holdin court
passin down your judgement
will I get some or will I get passed?
fuck the dope scene is no joke
the one holdin got the power
broke ass fuckers runnin...
deep in your chest it thumps
pumpin the blood to your brain
feel it in your cock
comin on powerful
thug delicious woman
speakin my truth
strung out on the stuff
wasn't havin no fun
holdin the pipe like it's a wand
under its spell...yeah I fell hard
holdin it like a judge
the one packin holdin court
passin down your judgement
will I get some or will I get passed?
fuck the dope scene is no joke
the one holdin got the power
broke ass fuckers runnin...
#drugs
#addiction
#rap
1019 reads
4 Comments
meth=death
#drugs
#addiction
#rap
688 reads
4 Comments
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