Submissions by thinlane
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I just wander through my mind and pick up what's lying around on any given day. I'm not a trained poet but I enjoy writing nonetheless. It seems like a good way to drain the demons in my head in a constructive manner.
SELF POEM
Published
20th Jan 2025 11:28am
20th Jan 2025 11:28am
Partial Understanding
Why bother now so close to the end
Why learn anything new
Can it save my life?
Or slow down the inevitable?
There's nothing new that can do any of that
It might help pass the time I suppose
But I'm selfish
I see things in terms of what they might do for me
Not the more global us
It's difficult not to be selfish though
After all
Long before I could understand any new treatise
Or pass on any knowledge gained
I'm going to be dead
So what is the point of partial understanding
Before I go?
Why learn anything new
Can it save my life?
Or slow down the inevitable?
There's nothing new that can do any of that
It might help pass the time I suppose
But I'm selfish
I see things in terms of what they might do for me
Not the more global us
It's difficult not to be selfish though
After all
Long before I could understand any new treatise
Or pass on any knowledge gained
I'm going to be dead
So what is the point of partial understanding
Before I go?
#ignorance
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
18th Jan 2025 10:57am
18th Jan 2025 10:57am
Giving Up
I just let it all get away from me
And let the mayhem wash over me
The loss of hope brings a peace of mind
It can't go any more wrong
Don't try to set the course
Or set the record straight
It's going to happen anyway
So sit back and let it take you away
No way to make it right
So don't even try
Get comfy in your chair
And kiss your ass goodbye
The loss of control brings a certain peacefulness
Since it's no longer in your hands
The ship will go where it wants to steer
Enjoy the scenery as it draws near
Remember ...
And let the mayhem wash over me
The loss of hope brings a peace of mind
It can't go any more wrong
Don't try to set the course
Or set the record straight
It's going to happen anyway
So sit back and let it take you away
No way to make it right
So don't even try
Get comfy in your chair
And kiss your ass goodbye
The loss of control brings a certain peacefulness
Since it's no longer in your hands
The ship will go where it wants to steer
Enjoy the scenery as it draws near
Remember ...
#acceptance
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LOVE POEM
Published
8th Jan 2025 6:28pm
8th Jan 2025 6:28pm
Figuring It Out
It feels just like a broken heart
But I don't know how that could be
I wasn't in love with you
I don't think
I think I barely tolerated you
Until you were gone
And now here I am
Feeling empty and blue
And I just have to laugh at myself
I can't even recognize
What love is anymore
But I don't know how that could be
I wasn't in love with you
I don't think
I think I barely tolerated you
Until you were gone
And now here I am
Feeling empty and blue
And I just have to laugh at myself
I can't even recognize
What love is anymore
#SelfDiscovery
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SELF POEM
Published
4th Jan 2025 4:37pm
4th Jan 2025 4:37pm
The Next Idea
Here I go again
Throwing words around
I only ever get it right
Maybe 10% of the time
And it makes me wonder why I try
Sometimes anyway
Other times I'm just like every other poet on here
Just working hard and hoping against hope
That the next toss of the alphabet
Will be something that I can be proud of
If not I'll wonder how I could possibly fuck up
Such a surefire idea
And then get excited all over again
When I have the next one
Ah, a life with words
And emotions
It gives me an idea for a poem
Throwing words around
I only ever get it right
Maybe 10% of the time
And it makes me wonder why I try
Sometimes anyway
Other times I'm just like every other poet on here
Just working hard and hoping against hope
That the next toss of the alphabet
Will be something that I can be proud of
If not I'll wonder how I could possibly fuck up
Such a surefire idea
And then get excited all over again
When I have the next one
Ah, a life with words
And emotions
It gives me an idea for a poem
#anxiety
#determination
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Jan 2025 1:21pm
3rd Jan 2025 1:21pm
Becoming A Man
Stepping out in the darkness of a hot night
Looking for something to fight
I need a target for my expanding sense of justice
And if you think you're a bad man
It just might be you
I met a man in Tennessee who thought it made him tough
To beat on his boy and his wife
I showed him the error of his ways
A .45 that took him to his grave
And went on my way feeling noble
And true
To myself and what I believed
There was nothing that I couldn't be
A good man with my pure conviction
I should have seen that it was only fiction ...
Looking for something to fight
I need a target for my expanding sense of justice
And if you think you're a bad man
It just might be you
I met a man in Tennessee who thought it made him tough
To beat on his boy and his wife
I showed him the error of his ways
A .45 that took him to his grave
And went on my way feeling noble
And true
To myself and what I believed
There was nothing that I couldn't be
A good man with my pure conviction
I should have seen that it was only fiction ...
#learning
#morality
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Dec 2024 00:08am
3rd Dec 2024 00:08am
The Storm
Had a storm roll through just the other day
And it snowed like it would never end
It dropped 180 cm on my neighbours to the north
A mere handful of kilometres from my home
And while I feel bad for those poor bastards
Who are still shovelling their cars out of snowbanks
I'm secretly smiling as I watch the news on tv
Thank God I'm not one of them
And it snowed like it would never end
It dropped 180 cm on my neighbours to the north
A mere handful of kilometres from my home
And while I feel bad for those poor bastards
Who are still shovelling their cars out of snowbanks
I'm secretly smiling as I watch the news on tv
Thank God I'm not one of them
#snow
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Nov 2024 10:46pm
21st Nov 2024 10:46pm
Happy Thoughts
#anger
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SELF POEM
Published
16th Nov 2024 11:01pm
16th Nov 2024 11:01pm
The Precipice
I've never been closer than this before
So don't push me
Oh please don't push
And I've never seen my own mortality so up close
So don't make the mistake of not believing
A little push is all it would take
So don't push me
Oh please God don't
There's nothing but silence
On the line
I can't even speak
I can't even cry out for help
So don't push me over the edge
There's got to be a way
To make it all clear
In my head
I need a goddamned reset
I can't push back
From the precipice
So don't push me
Oh please don't push
And I've never seen my own mortality so up close
So don't make the mistake of not believing
A little push is all it would take
So don't push me
Oh please God don't
There's nothing but silence
On the line
I can't even speak
I can't even cry out for help
So don't push me over the edge
There's got to be a way
To make it all clear
In my head
I need a goddamned reset
I can't push back
From the precipice
#anxiety
#depression
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LOVE POEM
Published
16th Nov 2024 10:45pm
16th Nov 2024 10:45pm
Uh Oh
You said this
And you said that
And I believed you
Uh huh
You claimed that you would never lie
But your claims did not ring true
But I still believed you
Uh huh
Even with the proof staring at you
You claimed that it's a canard
And I know I shouldn't have done it
But I still believed you
Uh huh
But that time has come to an end
And you can't unsay the things you've said
They prove to me finally
That I can't believe you
Uh oh
Oh no
And that's no lie
You'd better believe that's true
You keep...
And you said that
And I believed you
Uh huh
You claimed that you would never lie
But your claims did not ring true
But I still believed you
Uh huh
Even with the proof staring at you
You claimed that it's a canard
And I know I shouldn't have done it
But I still believed you
Uh huh
But that time has come to an end
And you can't unsay the things you've said
They prove to me finally
That I can't believe you
Uh oh
Oh no
And that's no lie
You'd better believe that's true
You keep...
#LifeStruggles
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SELF POEM
Published
4th Nov 2024 6:16pm
4th Nov 2024 6:16pm
Sadness And Tears
Just another day filled with sadness
It's unrelenting and leaves me exhausted
But at least at the end of another day of tears
I can find refuge in sleep
Sometimes
Other times I just lie here
The nighttime gloom is both physical
And mental
And fills my mind with dark shapes
So that I sometimes yearn for the sun
Even though with the sun comes the sadness
And the useless tears
Depression has such long, sharp claws
They tear your guts out
And leave you just alive enough
To wish you were dead
It's unrelenting and leaves me exhausted
But at least at the end of another day of tears
I can find refuge in sleep
Sometimes
Other times I just lie here
The nighttime gloom is both physical
And mental
And fills my mind with dark shapes
So that I sometimes yearn for the sun
Even though with the sun comes the sadness
And the useless tears
Depression has such long, sharp claws
They tear your guts out
And leave you just alive enough
To wish you were dead
#depression
#MentalHealth
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LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Nov 2024 10:20am
3rd Nov 2024 10:20am
Everyday Love
Everyday love
Feel it, forget it
It'll be there when you get back home
You get so used to all the good things
In your heart and in your life
That you forget to appreciate
The people who provide them
But there's only a certain amount of forgetfulness
That any one love can withstand
So you'd better acknowledge the people who love you
Before love fades away
And you're left with an empty house
And another broken heart
Feel it, forget it
It'll be there when you get back home
You get so used to all the good things
In your heart and in your life
That you forget to appreciate
The people who provide them
But there's only a certain amount of forgetfulness
That any one love can withstand
So you'd better acknowledge the people who love you
Before love fades away
And you're left with an empty house
And another broken heart
#risk
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Nov 2024 2:20pm
2nd Nov 2024 2:20pm
The Young
Maybe later on I'll feel better
Maybe then we'll get together
We can have some drinks
And have a little fun
We can shine like the sun
We'll sing the songs we knew
Back in the days when we were young
And didn't know anything at all
About the pain the world dishes out
We'll smile and sing
And carry on like madmen
Like we did in the old days
But now the days are new
And we are old
And the world has rolled over on us
We reached the point a long time ago
Where there is less time left for us
Than time we've spent ...
Maybe then we'll get together
We can have some drinks
And have a little fun
We can shine like the sun
We'll sing the songs we knew
Back in the days when we were young
And didn't know anything at all
About the pain the world dishes out
We'll smile and sing
And carry on like madmen
Like we did in the old days
But now the days are new
And we are old
And the world has rolled over on us
We reached the point a long time ago
Where there is less time left for us
Than time we've spent ...
#emptiness
#regret
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