Submissions by steelerman
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Dec 2022 00:36am
20th Dec 2022 00:36am
This Holy Night
As the cold creeps its way through the city streets
Street lights flicker and pop as night falls
The restless and homeless seek shelter
As headlights illuminate tent cities
Shoppers fill their bags of greed
As snow covers the night world
No time to help their fellow man
They must prepare for the celebration
How many will die tonight?
While not a thought is given
How can you feast at your table
When the unfortunate beg for scraps
They celebrate the birth of a king
While never giving thought to his...
Street lights flicker and pop as night falls
The restless and homeless seek shelter
As headlights illuminate tent cities
Shoppers fill their bags of greed
As snow covers the night world
No time to help their fellow man
They must prepare for the celebration
How many will die tonight?
While not a thought is given
How can you feast at your table
When the unfortunate beg for scraps
They celebrate the birth of a king
While never giving thought to his...
#homelessness
242 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Oct 2019 1:29pm
2nd Oct 2019 1:29pm
Apple Cider
Need to drink me some
#food
410 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Feb 2019 8:53pm
11th Feb 2019 8:53pm
Thank you
A big thank you to everyone that submits their work here. After a long day i find it relaxing to sit and read everything new. It really lowers my stress level. Nothing like reading new poetry and a warm cup of tea after a long and cold day. Just wish I had more time to write myself. Thank you!
#gratitude
492 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Aug 2018 1:52am
1st Aug 2018 1:52am
WHY CAIN?
Sirens wail in the distance
Another deadly night
You started this
You're the reason i can't sleep
Why did you kill abel?
Another deadly night
You started this
You're the reason i can't sleep
Why did you kill abel?
#hate
590 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Jul 2018 10:32pm
23rd Jul 2018 10:32pm
Black dress lady
I see her everyday
The ragged black dress
Tells me it's her
Alone she sits
All her worldly
Possessions by her side
The overpass
Is her roof
Keeping out the rain
The look of despair
And desperation
Are etched on her face
Is she known
Does she have identity
Among the homeless community?
I want to help her
Let her know I care
Give a simple act of kindness
Days turn into weeks
Weeks to years
Still i see her there
Someday I want to stop
Ask her...
The ragged black dress
Tells me it's her
Alone she sits
All her worldly
Possessions by her side
The overpass
Is her roof
Keeping out the rain
The look of despair
And desperation
Are etched on her face
Is she known
Does she have identity
Among the homeless community?
I want to help her
Let her know I care
Give a simple act of kindness
Days turn into weeks
Weeks to years
Still i see her there
Someday I want to stop
Ask her...
#suffering
561 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Jul 2018 10:12pm
23rd Jul 2018 10:12pm
Time
They say
Time heals
All wounds
How can
That be true
When I still miss you
Time heals
All wounds
How can
That be true
When I still miss you
#heartbroken
644 reads
5 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Jul 2018 4:08am
22nd Jul 2018 4:08am
Saturday night rain
Sitting here listening to the rain
Alone
Again
Counting how many times
In my life this has happened
Must be a million people living in this city
Yet I feel like I am lost in a far away wilderness
Alone
Again
What did I do wrong?
How is it that life is passing me by?
Did I take the wrong fork in the road?
The rain tells me that I am
Alone
Again
Alone
Again
Counting how many times
In my life this has happened
Must be a million people living in this city
Yet I feel like I am lost in a far away wilderness
Alone
Again
What did I do wrong?
How is it that life is passing me by?
Did I take the wrong fork in the road?
The rain tells me that I am
Alone
Again
#sadness
#loneliness
#emptiness
518 reads
2 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
19th Jul 2018 6:10pm
19th Jul 2018 6:10pm
MY FIRST BOSS
#erotic
#sensual
#sexy
897 reads
3 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
18th May 2018 3:36pm
18th May 2018 3:36pm
I STILL REMEMBER
I still remember not knowing my parents
I still ask why you gave me away
Why did you bring me into this world
If you didn't want me anyway
I still remember the orphanage
How often i was bullied there
Why didn't anyone help me
All those times i was pushed down the stairs
I still remember when you said you liked me
How you thought i was different from the rest
I was foolish to believe you and your cruel game
How you all laughed and said it was just a test
I still remember being too poor to buy a car
All those...
I still ask why you gave me away
Why did you bring me into this world
If you didn't want me anyway
I still remember the orphanage
How often i was bullied there
Why didn't anyone help me
All those times i was pushed down the stairs
I still remember when you said you liked me
How you thought i was different from the rest
I was foolish to believe you and your cruel game
How you all laughed and said it was just a test
I still remember being too poor to buy a car
All those...
#inspirational
524 reads
1 Comment
STORY POEM
Published
16th May 2018 4:09pm
16th May 2018 4:09pm
How's your day?
I just love driving in the city with rain pouring down. No one uses their turn signals or stops at stop signs. The entire experience becomes a guessing game.
Nobody gives way to anyone. Everyone just angles, points, drives directly toward his or her destination. Pretending its an all or nothing gamble which most of the time it is. People glare at one another and fight for maneuvering space. All parties are equally determined to get the right of way, they insist on it! They swerve at the last possible moment, giving scant inches to spare. The victor goes forward, no time for a...
Nobody gives way to anyone. Everyone just angles, points, drives directly toward his or her destination. Pretending its an all or nothing gamble which most of the time it is. People glare at one another and fight for maneuvering space. All parties are equally determined to get the right of way, they insist on it! They swerve at the last possible moment, giving scant inches to spare. The victor goes forward, no time for a...
#travel
556 reads
0 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th May 2018 1:17am
16th May 2018 1:17am
Eclipse
It's the eclipse, it's the eclipse!
Ah, never mind
I just forgot to open my blinds this morning.
Ah, never mind
I just forgot to open my blinds this morning.
#sky
550 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
15th May 2018 2:23pm
15th May 2018 2:23pm
Homesick
I can't go back
This is where life has taken me
The city reeks with indescribable smells
Sirens blast like the city anthem
Multiple murders every day
People unfriendly, rude, obnoxious
I can't go back
This is where life has taken me
I miss the mountains, breathing fresh air
The quite sounds of the meadow
Peace and tranquility of the babbling brook
Everyone knows my name
I can't go back
This is where life has taken me
My tears drop on the filthy street
Reminding me of the morning dew ...
This is where life has taken me
The city reeks with indescribable smells
Sirens blast like the city anthem
Multiple murders every day
People unfriendly, rude, obnoxious
I can't go back
This is where life has taken me
I miss the mountains, breathing fresh air
The quite sounds of the meadow
Peace and tranquility of the babbling brook
Everyone knows my name
I can't go back
This is where life has taken me
My tears drop on the filthy street
Reminding me of the morning dew ...
#heartbroken
518 reads
5 Comments
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