Submissions by thepretender
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
SELF POEM
Published
20th Feb 2015 11:36pm
20th Feb 2015 11:36pm
Duty
I am quiet because when I speak, I am told that my words are “outrageous.” That they are “unnecessary reactions” to things that are so simple.
I am told.
I remain quiet because I don’t want to be made as if my feelings are invalid. That I’m making it all up… That I don’t make sense and I am too hard to understand.
My words start wars and unsettles the world. Yet, my feelings make me who I am. Guiding my actions, my choices, my life.
And to make those seem insignificant is to diminish me.
Myself.
And I therefore have no choice, but to...
I am told.
I remain quiet because I don’t want to be made as if my feelings are invalid. That I’m making it all up… That I don’t make sense and I am too hard to understand.
My words start wars and unsettles the world. Yet, my feelings make me who I am. Guiding my actions, my choices, my life.
And to make those seem insignificant is to diminish me.
Myself.
And I therefore have no choice, but to...
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LOVE POEM
Published
15th Aug 2014 4:15am
15th Aug 2014 4:15am
Away
I love you more when you are away.
Somehow our hearts magnetize
more as the miles between us increases.
I guess it’s the longing for your touch.
Or when your name pops up on my phone
and I get the jitters
(somewhat reminiscent of first date anxiety).
Or maybe it’s the way you can still be so damn spontaneous
in our routined nightly calls,
sweeping me off my feet
from a thousand miles away,
as I’m snuggled in your distanced embrace.
With your arms of security and comfort wrapped under me,
I find tranquility in the thoughts of us....
Somehow our hearts magnetize
more as the miles between us increases.
I guess it’s the longing for your touch.
Or when your name pops up on my phone
and I get the jitters
(somewhat reminiscent of first date anxiety).
Or maybe it’s the way you can still be so damn spontaneous
in our routined nightly calls,
sweeping me off my feet
from a thousand miles away,
as I’m snuggled in your distanced embrace.
With your arms of security and comfort wrapped under me,
I find tranquility in the thoughts of us....
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LOVE POEM
Published
12th Aug 2014 2:23am
12th Aug 2014 2:23am
Slowly
You’re slowly slipping through my fingers.
And strangely?
I enjoy the way it feels.
No anxiety to save
and salvage
what is meant to be lost.
No desire to clean up the mess
you will inevitably make.
You’re just fading through the cracks…
And the sensation?
The sensation is enticing.
And strangely?
I enjoy the way it feels.
No anxiety to save
and salvage
what is meant to be lost.
No desire to clean up the mess
you will inevitably make.
You’re just fading through the cracks…
And the sensation?
The sensation is enticing.
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LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Jun 2014 3:37am
23rd Jun 2014 3:37am
Cuddling
When your head rests on my chest,
when your arms are belted around me,
when your breathing slides against my neck…
my world starts spinning
and pulsating to the beat of my heart.
I get lost there.
How do I become so disoriented
in a place so familiar?
How do you do that?
when your arms are belted around me,
when your breathing slides against my neck…
my world starts spinning
and pulsating to the beat of my heart.
I get lost there.
How do I become so disoriented
in a place so familiar?
How do you do that?
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LOVE POEM
Published
6th Jun 2014 2:50pm
6th Jun 2014 2:50pm
Kissed
Your kisses
somehow
reach inside my soul
like morning sun rays
that escape through closed blinds.
somehow
reach inside my soul
like morning sun rays
that escape through closed blinds.
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LOVE POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2014 5:34pm
2nd Jun 2014 5:34pm
Tomorrow
I am in love with forecasts and fortunes and hopes and dreams,
I am in love with the storms and winds that the summers bring.
The snow that falls during the peaks of winter,
And the love-inducing rainy weathers.
Us under the covers, spewing our plans and goals,
I am in love with you and our tomorrows.
I am in love with the storms and winds that the summers bring.
The snow that falls during the peaks of winter,
And the love-inducing rainy weathers.
Us under the covers, spewing our plans and goals,
I am in love with you and our tomorrows.
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LOVE POEM
Published
28th Mar 2014 2:11pm
28th Mar 2014 2:11pm
Love, Again
I am standing on the ledge
before love’s endless pits.
I’ve been here before,
but do I dare to jump again?
I keep inching closer,
hoping some force will push me.
It’s like I want to fall again,
but I want to blame the winds.
before love’s endless pits.
I’ve been here before,
but do I dare to jump again?
I keep inching closer,
hoping some force will push me.
It’s like I want to fall again,
but I want to blame the winds.
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SELF POEM
Published
5th Mar 2014 1:06am
5th Mar 2014 1:06am
Somewhat
I’m somewhat like a book
Except when I introduce myself
I don’t begin on the first page.
I’ll start you off in the middle
and then I’ll tell you to flip to page 9
and then back to page 900.
My story doesn’t make sense in order.
I’m still struggling to understand what it all means.
I’m somewhat like a book.
I’ll leave you hanging,
giving you pieces of every part of my soul.
Making you long for the rest…
Making you wonder about the reasons
why I withhold the rest.
You see,
when I present myself to you, ...
Except when I introduce myself
I don’t begin on the first page.
I’ll start you off in the middle
and then I’ll tell you to flip to page 9
and then back to page 900.
My story doesn’t make sense in order.
I’m still struggling to understand what it all means.
I’m somewhat like a book.
I’ll leave you hanging,
giving you pieces of every part of my soul.
Making you long for the rest…
Making you wonder about the reasons
why I withhold the rest.
You see,
when I present myself to you, ...
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LOVE POEM
Published
10th Nov 2013 4:51pm
10th Nov 2013 4:51pm
1 + 1 > 2
add me to your life
and let us multiply
like no 1 has before.
we can divide
and conquer
with our infinite force.
we can reach
exponential greatness
even while functioning on our own.
we're both two odd
individuals
but together
we make things even,
together
we make things greater.
and let us multiply
like no 1 has before.
we can divide
and conquer
with our infinite force.
we can reach
exponential greatness
even while functioning on our own.
we're both two odd
individuals
but together
we make things even,
together
we make things greater.
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LOVE POEM
Published
4th Nov 2013 6:40pm
4th Nov 2013 6:40pm
perception
i was blinded by the future:
you and me
plus 3.
but you were caught up in the present:
me, you
plus she…
you and me
plus 3.
but you were caught up in the present:
me, you
plus she…
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SELF POEM
Published
4th Nov 2013 1:46am
4th Nov 2013 1:46am
sick
the truth is
i’m sick.
runny nose, watery eyes,
sleepless nights, clouded thoughts
hopeless days
zero energy.
i want to give up
but somehow
i wake up every day
and let it pass by like the last
wondering
when will things be different?
when will things get better?
i’m there for everyone
but i don’t want anyone to
be here for me.
because…
just because.
so i pop a pill to drown the pain
to ignore the loneliness.
but...
i’m sick.
runny nose, watery eyes,
sleepless nights, clouded thoughts
hopeless days
zero energy.
i want to give up
but somehow
i wake up every day
and let it pass by like the last
wondering
when will things be different?
when will things get better?
i’m there for everyone
but i don’t want anyone to
be here for me.
because…
just because.
so i pop a pill to drown the pain
to ignore the loneliness.
but...
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LOVE POEM
Published
20th Oct 2013 11:58pm
20th Oct 2013 11:58pm
never happened
i act like it never happened.
because.
when i wanted you…
(and perhaps needed you)…
you didn’t want me back.
but now you linger around like a soft fragrance, taunting me with what could’ve been.
i inhaled your presence every time. and every time it intoxicated me.
you had fooled me with meaningless sprays of kisses that hit me, and paralyzed me.
but it was all just wasted time, wasted effort, and wasted nights of me throwing myself at you.
and me trying to remove all evidence of your scent.
and you not...
because.
when i wanted you…
(and perhaps needed you)…
you didn’t want me back.
but now you linger around like a soft fragrance, taunting me with what could’ve been.
i inhaled your presence every time. and every time it intoxicated me.
you had fooled me with meaningless sprays of kisses that hit me, and paralyzed me.
but it was all just wasted time, wasted effort, and wasted nights of me throwing myself at you.
and me trying to remove all evidence of your scent.
and you not...
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