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.
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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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Nov 2024 10:43am
1st Nov 2024 10:43am
Acid
I see it in the wind
This unoriginal sin
Pumping shit into the sky
Leaves the kids asking why
But you can't beat the sunsets
Bright orange and red
With the light filtering through
All the poison in the sky
And so the heavens cry
Acid tears fall on pristine lakes
And if you can't hook a fish
You know exactly why
So just look at the mesmerising sky
and cry a tear for the future
Dead lakes full of dead fish
And water you can't drink
But go ahead and fill up your car
It'll take you around this world
Take a...
This unoriginal sin
Pumping shit into the sky
Leaves the kids asking why
But you can't beat the sunsets
Bright orange and red
With the light filtering through
All the poison in the sky
And so the heavens cry
Acid tears fall on pristine lakes
And if you can't hook a fish
You know exactly why
So just look at the mesmerising sky
and cry a tear for the future
Dead lakes full of dead fish
And water you can't drink
But go ahead and fill up your car
It'll take you around this world
Take a...
#pollution
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Oct 2024 11:25am
15th Oct 2024 11:25am
Fall Comes Alive
My heart stirs
Like new life forming
Taking wing within my
Imagination
I see the countryside changing
Gold and red and silver
Flashing in the trees
As I go flashing by
Inside my own interpretation
Of Rushs' Red Barchetta
With the very same blasting
In my ears
Nothing chases me though
Save my hearts wild beating
Egging me on to greater heights
In my discovery of the new season
And though new life stirs in my heart
Outside life is winding down
Waiting for the wintry blasts
The covering snow so deep ...
Like new life forming
Taking wing within my
Imagination
I see the countryside changing
Gold and red and silver
Flashing in the trees
As I go flashing by
Inside my own interpretation
Of Rushs' Red Barchetta
With the very same blasting
In my ears
Nothing chases me though
Save my hearts wild beating
Egging me on to greater heights
In my discovery of the new season
And though new life stirs in my heart
Outside life is winding down
Waiting for the wintry blasts
The covering snow so deep ...
#fall
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Oct 2024 9:15am
1st Oct 2024 9:15am
A Cry In The Night
There was a cry in the night
And I woke with a start
Who's cry had it been?
And what on earth did it mean?
Passion, smoky and filled with love?
Or anger, the frustration of the unjust?
I laid my head down once again
And wondered if the cry had been enough
To assuage the feeling of hate or love
Or would the beast that had roared
Need more to end its lust?
And would there be blood or babies
Come the morrow light?
I turned over and went back to my rest
After all
It hadn't been my cry
And I was tired by the by
And I woke with a start
Who's cry had it been?
And what on earth did it mean?
Passion, smoky and filled with love?
Or anger, the frustration of the unjust?
I laid my head down once again
And wondered if the cry had been enough
To assuage the feeling of hate or love
Or would the beast that had roared
Need more to end its lust?
And would there be blood or babies
Come the morrow light?
I turned over and went back to my rest
After all
It hadn't been my cry
And I was tired by the by
#emotions
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Sep 2024 10:00am
24th Sep 2024 10:00am
Head Bowed Down
Aiming low right from the start
Never making waves
Always keeping your eyes downcast
Seemingly accepting your fate
You never opened a gift
You didn't think was a gag
It's like you believe you deserve it
And life is just shit on your shoes
It's a sorry state of affairs
When you can't accept happiness
As your due
You're too busy taking the blame
You have your head bowed down
Waiting for the guillotine
And you think you deserve it
It's a cold fucking life
And there's no way out but the grave
And there is no way ...
Never making waves
Always keeping your eyes downcast
Seemingly accepting your fate
You never opened a gift
You didn't think was a gag
It's like you believe you deserve it
And life is just shit on your shoes
It's a sorry state of affairs
When you can't accept happiness
As your due
You're too busy taking the blame
You have your head bowed down
Waiting for the guillotine
And you think you deserve it
It's a cold fucking life
And there's no way out but the grave
And there is no way ...
#despair
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SELF POEM
Published
21st Sep 2024 6:52pm
21st Sep 2024 6:52pm
Learning
There's tension in the room
But the fights not yet begun
Could have just walked away
But I never have been that smart
And so here we go again
Gonna yell and scream and hurt
Saying things that we don't mean
Just to get a fucking rise
When will you and I ever learn
Things aren't fixed with more volume
It all wouldn't matter so much
If we weren't really in love
we should be
Learning to find the light
When it seems so damn dark
Learning to explore
The things that are truly important
We need to
Find a way...
But the fights not yet begun
Could have just walked away
But I never have been that smart
And so here we go again
Gonna yell and scream and hurt
Saying things that we don't mean
Just to get a fucking rise
When will you and I ever learn
Things aren't fixed with more volume
It all wouldn't matter so much
If we weren't really in love
we should be
Learning to find the light
When it seems so damn dark
Learning to explore
The things that are truly important
We need to
Find a way...
#LifeStruggles
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