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.
LOVE POEM
Published
5th Feb 2025 8:46pm
5th Feb 2025 8:46pm
The Stillness
In the still of night
She'd take me home
And lay me down
And make sweet love to me
And I recall
Those nights were the best of my life
It seems a thousand years ago
When we were both so happy
With stars in our eyes
And we were over the moon in love
I swear to God that I recall
It was the sweetest time of my life
And we've tried to go back
And reclaim that feeling
But it's never really the same
As when the world was ours alone
Now when the night is still
I wish that I could return to that sweet time
And...
She'd take me home
And lay me down
And make sweet love to me
And I recall
Those nights were the best of my life
It seems a thousand years ago
When we were both so happy
With stars in our eyes
And we were over the moon in love
I swear to God that I recall
It was the sweetest time of my life
And we've tried to go back
And reclaim that feeling
But it's never really the same
As when the world was ours alone
Now when the night is still
I wish that I could return to that sweet time
And...
#aging
#nostalgia
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Feb 2025 1:09am
5th Feb 2025 1:09am
Siren Song
There's a dark eyed girl on her way
She's going to steal your soul
Before the sun's on the rise
Better get back home if you know what's best
Her voice is the siren song
And she's got your ear
Got your a- ten-tion
She's going to pull your life onto the rocky shoals
She's going to leave you lost and broken
Her charms are more than you can bear
She'll chew you up and spit you out
She'll tear you down
She just don't care
There's a dark eyed girl rolling into town
And she's got mayhem on her mind
She doesn't care about...
She's going to steal your soul
Before the sun's on the rise
Better get back home if you know what's best
Her voice is the siren song
And she's got your ear
Got your a- ten-tion
She's going to pull your life onto the rocky shoals
She's going to leave you lost and broken
Her charms are more than you can bear
She'll chew you up and spit you out
She'll tear you down
She just don't care
There's a dark eyed girl rolling into town
And she's got mayhem on her mind
She doesn't care about...
#conflict
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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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