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
Today 9:38am
Today 9:38am
Bearing Up
What good is a stiff upper lip
When I can't keep
My lower lol
From trembling
Heartache bears down
Even from the past
And I have trouble bearing up
Here in the present
Not only have I lost my love
I have lost the ability
To love
And that hurts the most
The heart takes a goddamn long time
To heal
When I can't keep
My lower lol
From trembling
Heartache bears down
Even from the past
And I have trouble bearing up
Here in the present
Not only have I lost my love
I have lost the ability
To love
And that hurts the most
The heart takes a goddamn long time
To heal
#sadness
#heartbroken
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LOVE POEM
Published
26th Sep 2020 4:51am
26th Sep 2020 4:51am
Being Right
Being right is cold comfort
For a man with a
Broken heart
It's hard to celebrate how smart
You are
When the woman you would celebrate with
Is gone because you're so damn
Clever
That celebratory drink
Looks a lot like
Drowning sorrows
Love hurts
For a man with a
Broken heart
It's hard to celebrate how smart
You are
When the woman you would celebrate with
Is gone because you're so damn
Clever
That celebratory drink
Looks a lot like
Drowning sorrows
Love hurts
#heartbroken
#emptiness
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Sep 2020 5:21am
16th Sep 2020 5:21am
Silence
It's silent now
All the fight has gone out of
Each of us
And we sit in inconsolable discontent
At where things ended tonight
Things were said
Accusations flung back and fro
And I wonder
(not for the first time)
If this night was that proverbial straw
With the power to break the back
Of this unwise coupling
For good
I hope for the best
And try not to smile
I'm just too tired to fight
Anymore
It's the silence of new freedom
All the fight has gone out of
Each of us
And we sit in inconsolable discontent
At where things ended tonight
Things were said
Accusations flung back and fro
And I wonder
(not for the first time)
If this night was that proverbial straw
With the power to break the back
Of this unwise coupling
For good
I hope for the best
And try not to smile
I'm just too tired to fight
Anymore
It's the silence of new freedom
#LifeChangingMoment
#freedom
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SELF POEM
Published
12th Sep 2020 12:42pm
12th Sep 2020 12:42pm
Darkness and Light
I've seen the sunrise
New light bringing new life
Renewing tired eyes
It brings me peace of mind
The dark of night
Brings unblinking self perusal
Uncompromising and uncomfortable
It makes me weak with sadness
At what I have become
But the new day brings hope
That old mistakes are not what
Defines me
And I can screw up the guts
To get on with it
Each new day a fresh new start
Mine to make into whatever my heart Desires
Beginnings that always lead me back
To darkness
The seasons of my soul are much ...
New light bringing new life
Renewing tired eyes
It brings me peace of mind
The dark of night
Brings unblinking self perusal
Uncompromising and uncomfortable
It makes me weak with sadness
At what I have become
But the new day brings hope
That old mistakes are not what
Defines me
And I can screw up the guts
To get on with it
Each new day a fresh new start
Mine to make into whatever my heart Desires
Beginnings that always lead me back
To darkness
The seasons of my soul are much ...
#regret
#bittersweet
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SELF POEM
Published
17th Jul 2020 7:00pm
17th Jul 2020 7:00pm
Soul
My soul is seeping away
Like the steam from my tea
Whispering into the ether
With every day that passes
I become more of a shadow
Of myself and what I
Used to be
Soon I will be but wisps of steam
Rising from the ground
Of the place where I lie buried
Effervescent yet ephemeral
Existing only until a breeze
Whips me away forever
Like the steam from my tea
Whispering into the ether
With every day that passes
I become more of a shadow
Of myself and what I
Used to be
Soon I will be but wisps of steam
Rising from the ground
Of the place where I lie buried
Effervescent yet ephemeral
Existing only until a breeze
Whips me away forever
#death
#emptiness
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LOVE POEM
Published
26th Jun 2020 1:21pm
26th Jun 2020 1:21pm
True Love
I thought I'd seen it all
And then I saw you
And I knew you would be mine
And I would be yours
If there is such a thing as an equal relationship
Then we've managed to build it
Since there is no leader or follower
Only two on the same path
At the same time
And fully enjoying each others company
It's a miracle in this day and age
But true trust is what binds us
And what will see us through
A modern miracle perhaps
Our personal miracle
True love
And then I saw you
And I knew you would be mine
And I would be yours
If there is such a thing as an equal relationship
Then we've managed to build it
Since there is no leader or follower
Only two on the same path
At the same time
And fully enjoying each others company
It's a miracle in this day and age
But true trust is what binds us
And what will see us through
A modern miracle perhaps
Our personal miracle
True love
#happiness
#love
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Jun 2020 9:38pm
22nd Jun 2020 9:38pm
A Beautiful Woman
She wears basic black
Not grieving just fashion
She throws an icy stare right back
When the construction workers whistle
It's just another day alive
There's nothing special happening here at all
But when she arrives where she's headed
All the other women stare with jealous hate
Such a beauty
Such an icy queen
She holds her head up high
You cannot tell she's holding on real tight
It's hard sometimes to be that way
When it's wanted so bad but hated so much
But it's harder to feel sad for her
She's got the world in the...
Not grieving just fashion
She throws an icy stare right back
When the construction workers whistle
It's just another day alive
There's nothing special happening here at all
But when she arrives where she's headed
All the other women stare with jealous hate
Such a beauty
Such an icy queen
She holds her head up high
You cannot tell she's holding on real tight
It's hard sometimes to be that way
When it's wanted so bad but hated so much
But it's harder to feel sad for her
She's got the world in the...
#beauty
#misunderstood
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1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Jun 2020 2:09am
21st Jun 2020 2:09am
An End To Love
#rejection
#emptiness
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1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
21st May 2020 1:25pm
21st May 2020 1:25pm
Waking Night
I've been up for nights on end
Weeks go by with little change
And I'm tired all the time
I can't find my way back to the same sleep pattern
As the rest of humanity
Or just the humanity at home
So I spend the nights all alone in front of the tv
Or with a book open in my lap
Another goddamn book I should say
Since I've read so many
While the moon slowly tracked across my sky
That they all seem to be blending together
I stay alive with the help of naps in the middle of the day
That come over me with their own kind of darkness ...
Weeks go by with little change
And I'm tired all the time
I can't find my way back to the same sleep pattern
As the rest of humanity
Or just the humanity at home
So I spend the nights all alone in front of the tv
Or with a book open in my lap
Another goddamn book I should say
Since I've read so many
While the moon slowly tracked across my sky
That they all seem to be blending together
I stay alive with the help of naps in the middle of the day
That come over me with their own kind of darkness ...
#loneliness
#insomnia
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
3rd May 2020 8:56pm
3rd May 2020 8:56pm
Waiting For A Miracle
Is it okay to be waiting for a miracle
When I don't believe in that God presence
Which is supposed to supply it for me?
I've been waiting a long time without any sign of it
So maybe you've got to be a believer
Before you see that kind of luck
Maybe I'll stop calling it a miracle
And just call it a good break
My turn for the coin to drop heads up.
I feel like that would be a miracle though
Since it never happens for me
So what's in a name?
When I don't believe in that God presence
Which is supposed to supply it for me?
I've been waiting a long time without any sign of it
So maybe you've got to be a believer
Before you see that kind of luck
Maybe I'll stop calling it a miracle
And just call it a good break
My turn for the coin to drop heads up.
I feel like that would be a miracle though
Since it never happens for me
So what's in a name?
#luck
76 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
6th Apr 2020 10:51pm
6th Apr 2020 10:51pm
At Home in the Springtime
The springtime sun shines down
Pale and clear
Without a cloud to stops its illumination of the scene
The house sits as though still innocent
As though blood had not been spilled
Or mayhem not run rampant in the night
Looking for all the world as though it were just
One of the homes in this quiet neighbourhood
But I know better
I stare at it with wide eyes
And bloodstained body
Everything else is indistinct
Less than the thin light can explain
And I am left to wonder why I stay here
I return to the previous night in my...
Pale and clear
Without a cloud to stops its illumination of the scene
The house sits as though still innocent
As though blood had not been spilled
Or mayhem not run rampant in the night
Looking for all the world as though it were just
One of the homes in this quiet neighbourhood
But I know better
I stare at it with wide eyes
And bloodstained body
Everything else is indistinct
Less than the thin light can explain
And I am left to wonder why I stay here
I return to the previous night in my...
#dark
#revenge
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3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Feb 2020 5:31pm
7th Feb 2020 5:31pm
Shake Off The Leash
I'm pacing the floor
Leaving tears in my wake
Trying to understand why
I feel the way I do
Seems I'm straining at an invisible leash
Wrapped around my neck
So tight
And just walking the same old blocks
I want to go somewhere
That I've never been before
And meet those folks who've
Seen it all
Just to walk in peace with those
Who have an understanding
Of the way things are supposed
To work out for me
It's been all these years
And I haven't been able
To work it out for myself
So I'll take their...
Leaving tears in my wake
Trying to understand why
I feel the way I do
Seems I'm straining at an invisible leash
Wrapped around my neck
So tight
And just walking the same old blocks
I want to go somewhere
That I've never been before
And meet those folks who've
Seen it all
Just to walk in peace with those
Who have an understanding
Of the way things are supposed
To work out for me
It's been all these years
And I haven't been able
To work it out for myself
So I'll take their...
#freedom
#MovingOn
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