Submissions by thinlane
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction I've been writing poetry for a long while but I'm untrained and raw so forgive my lack of knowledge. I do this for fun and to try to help break a block in my longer fiction. Also, it's nice to see what other people have to say and how they say it.
SELF POEM
Published
7th Aug 2019 5:33pm
7th Aug 2019 5:33pm
The Wildest Of Thoughts
The monitor is the only light in the room
And the darkness around me feels right
As I try to release the dark thoughts inside my mind
Wishing I had a greater talent to find the words
To express the feelings that float up from my unconscious
But my meagre attempts will have to suffice
Since the feelings must come out
Black thoughts have invaded my mind of late
As deeply disturbing as any I have ever known
And I want to vent them away from my soul
Before they must come out in blood
It's an opening of the floodgates to keep the dam from...
And the darkness around me feels right
As I try to release the dark thoughts inside my mind
Wishing I had a greater talent to find the words
To express the feelings that float up from my unconscious
But my meagre attempts will have to suffice
Since the feelings must come out
Black thoughts have invaded my mind of late
As deeply disturbing as any I have ever known
And I want to vent them away from my soul
Before they must come out in blood
It's an opening of the floodgates to keep the dam from...
#dark
#MentalHealth
32 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Jul 2019 5:48pm
10th Jul 2019 5:48pm
Shopping
Looking around myself this morning
A grocery store fairly bereft of people
All counting pennies as prices rise so high
Going broke as they try to feed their families
My basket mostly empty still empties my own wallet
Fun times in Toronto today
A grocery store fairly bereft of people
All counting pennies as prices rise so high
Going broke as they try to feed their families
My basket mostly empty still empties my own wallet
Fun times in Toronto today
#city
#food
37 reads
SELF POEM
Published
28th May 2019 11:24pm
28th May 2019 11:24pm
Live Through This
Breathing barely enough air to keep my head up
Unable to stand without the firefly spots of dizziness
Dancing around my eyes and threatening to take me away
Fearful that my time is at an end and wishing for more
Whirling lights and sirens fill my eyes and ears
And faces swim into view with questions I can't answer
Mechanical lungs take over for the flesh and push air into
My withering body
And I can only moan and cry out in pain
Fear is a real animal on the prowl inside my mind
Taking it's meals out of my thoughts and roaring in my ears ...
Unable to stand without the firefly spots of dizziness
Dancing around my eyes and threatening to take me away
Fearful that my time is at an end and wishing for more
Whirling lights and sirens fill my eyes and ears
And faces swim into view with questions I can't answer
Mechanical lungs take over for the flesh and push air into
My withering body
And I can only moan and cry out in pain
Fear is a real animal on the prowl inside my mind
Taking it's meals out of my thoughts and roaring in my ears ...
#illness
#despair
59 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
16th May 2019 4:13pm
16th May 2019 4:13pm
In The Darkness
Such a long time in the dark
Searching for a light that doesn't really exist
Trying desperately to keep head above water
And mind whole and unbroken
Dragged down by daily worries and anxieties
That take your mood and dive bomb it
Into oblivion
Still fighting but starting to realize that it is a
Losing battle that I fight
And with the realization comes a deep sense of doom
What does the future hold
Where do I go from here
I'm lost in my own mind and feeling like I'm being pulled
Into a deep dark place where the light cannot...
Searching for a light that doesn't really exist
Trying desperately to keep head above water
And mind whole and unbroken
Dragged down by daily worries and anxieties
That take your mood and dive bomb it
Into oblivion
Still fighting but starting to realize that it is a
Losing battle that I fight
And with the realization comes a deep sense of doom
What does the future hold
Where do I go from here
I'm lost in my own mind and feeling like I'm being pulled
Into a deep dark place where the light cannot...
#anxiety
#dark
#despair
73 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
16th Apr 2019 4:59pm
16th Apr 2019 4:59pm
Yesterday Today
I think I've lived this day before
It seems so strangely familiar
Like yesterday has come back to visit again
And I'm living on repeat
And when I think about this life
All my days seem quite the same
I see the same things and hear the same sounds
I've heard them all a hundred times
My little world goes round and round
I only know the day has changed
When I smoke
Outside of course
One of the shunned in rain or shine
The weather tells me that the day is different
Once back inside the time loop is all the more apparent ...
It seems so strangely familiar
Like yesterday has come back to visit again
And I'm living on repeat
And when I think about this life
All my days seem quite the same
I see the same things and hear the same sounds
I've heard them all a hundred times
My little world goes round and round
I only know the day has changed
When I smoke
Outside of course
One of the shunned in rain or shine
The weather tells me that the day is different
Once back inside the time loop is all the more apparent ...
#confusion
#boredom
64 reads
0 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
11th Mar 2019 12:22pm
11th Mar 2019 12:22pm
The Storm Of The Lonesome
The Storm Of the Lonesome
Waves lap at the shoreline in double time cadence
There's a storm on the horizon and it's pushing onto land
Bringing cold rain and a black fascination
To a desolate land where the people hurry and huddle into their cloaks
Some walk with eyes cast down
Oblivious of the slow moving maelstrom
The freshening breeze blows onto faces framed with greasy hair
And dirty hands wipe stains onto faces filled with tears
A sudden roar of thunder tells those who are still about
That they are too late to...
Waves lap at the shoreline in double time cadence
There's a storm on the horizon and it's pushing onto land
Bringing cold rain and a black fascination
To a desolate land where the people hurry and huddle into their cloaks
Some walk with eyes cast down
Oblivious of the slow moving maelstrom
The freshening breeze blows onto faces framed with greasy hair
And dirty hands wipe stains onto faces filled with tears
A sudden roar of thunder tells those who are still about
That they are too late to...
#despair
#FeelingLost
#suffering
97 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
23rd Feb 2019 3:59pm
23rd Feb 2019 3:59pm
Statistic In Waiting
Growing tired of the pain
And the dark thoughts running through my mind
Need a break from reality
Some Geministic duality
Just a change of pace to give me some peace
Too many things on my mind
Too many hours of empty time
Got lost on the road of life somehow
And I need to find my way home
Got nothing to do but sit here and think
And that's a bad thing with me
Got nothing but time on my hands
Just standing here wasting away in front of my eyes
And I need to find a little peace of mind
Can't keep thinking...
And the dark thoughts running through my mind
Need a break from reality
Some Geministic duality
Just a change of pace to give me some peace
Too many things on my mind
Too many hours of empty time
Got lost on the road of life somehow
And I need to find my way home
Got nothing to do but sit here and think
And that's a bad thing with me
Got nothing but time on my hands
Just standing here wasting away in front of my eyes
And I need to find a little peace of mind
Can't keep thinking...
#dark
#despair
80 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Feb 2019 8:12pm
15th Feb 2019 8:12pm
Ain't Love Grand
My senses scream
And my hot blood roars
Into my brain
Making me feel
Dizzy and half insane
As I look at you
Is this what love feels like
A sickness that runs through
Your body and mind
Making you feel and act
Like a bloody fool
And risk anything for one
More touch
Or kiss
I'm not sure I like it
But I'm sure that I'd miss it
If it left me now
And I'm ready to fight to keep it
Just another lovelorn man
But I smile through this sickness
And ask for more
Always more
I can only hope ...
And my hot blood roars
Into my brain
Making me feel
Dizzy and half insane
As I look at you
Is this what love feels like
A sickness that runs through
Your body and mind
Making you feel and act
Like a bloody fool
And risk anything for one
More touch
Or kiss
I'm not sure I like it
But I'm sure that I'd miss it
If it left me now
And I'm ready to fight to keep it
Just another lovelorn man
But I smile through this sickness
And ask for more
Always more
I can only hope ...
#love
#crush
125 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
6th Feb 2019 9:09pm
6th Feb 2019 9:09pm
Love
Love
Fall and rise
Heart warming whisper
A nasty surprise
Hold out your hands
You get what you take
Hold onto something
Built just to break
Diamonds to dust in the sun
Asking yourself if you're having fun
Lost inside someone
Don't care what comes
Another shot in the dark
Or day in the sun
Live out your life
Try to quench your thirst
For someone to hold
Can you trust what you see first
Grab onto something
And hope for the best
Got to have something
Will this pass the test?
Love ...
Fall and rise
Heart warming whisper
A nasty surprise
Hold out your hands
You get what you take
Hold onto something
Built just to break
Diamonds to dust in the sun
Asking yourself if you're having fun
Lost inside someone
Don't care what comes
Another shot in the dark
Or day in the sun
Live out your life
Try to quench your thirst
For someone to hold
Can you trust what you see first
Grab onto something
And hope for the best
Got to have something
Will this pass the test?
Love ...
#hope
#disappointment
104 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Jan 2019 5:30pm
21st Jan 2019 5:30pm
The Way It Is
This is the way it is going to be they say
And they start off to show you the way
The new ruling class at work
Rules drilled into young minds by those filled with fear
Of the new and unknown, or the different and scary
The new old American way
Close all the borders and build your tall walls
And stagnate from the inside out
Watch the best and brightest run for the hills of different countries
Become a fearful and singularly aligned nation
Row upon row of the white minority
Flexing their white might upon those of colour
Fully...
And they start off to show you the way
The new ruling class at work
Rules drilled into young minds by those filled with fear
Of the new and unknown, or the different and scary
The new old American way
Close all the borders and build your tall walls
And stagnate from the inside out
Watch the best and brightest run for the hills of different countries
Become a fearful and singularly aligned nation
Row upon row of the white minority
Flexing their white might upon those of colour
Fully...
#oppression
#racism
108 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
19th Dec 2018 4:26pm
19th Dec 2018 4:26pm
Christmas 2018
The frost crackles and crunches under my feet
As I walk across the grass
And I think it's as close to a white Christmas that there will be
None of the things I remember from my childhood are here this year
No tree in the house with decorations twinkling in the lights
Nobody had dropped by even for a cup of coffee and a conversation
I don't feel anything anymore
No waiting with a keen edged excitement for the day to come
And there isn't a card displayed anywhere that I have seen
It's a sad and lonely time and I feel it in my heart
Oh to be a...
As I walk across the grass
And I think it's as close to a white Christmas that there will be
None of the things I remember from my childhood are here this year
No tree in the house with decorations twinkling in the lights
Nobody had dropped by even for a cup of coffee and a conversation
I don't feel anything anymore
No waiting with a keen edged excitement for the day to come
And there isn't a card displayed anywhere that I have seen
It's a sad and lonely time and I feel it in my heart
Oh to be a...
#sadness
#emptiness
121 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Dec 2018 6:07pm
4th Dec 2018 6:07pm
What People See
As the day ends
As the light begins to fade
She begins to feel more beautiful
In the skin that fire has wrought
There are less eyes out on the street
To turn and stare
And fingers to point at what they see
So she feels more comfortable in her skin
The ugliness of what people say
Is far worse than what has happened to her
To cause her mottled skin
They don't ever see what's inside her soul
And the gorgeous girl who lives within
But she is on a par with the most outwardly beautiful
When the lights fade away
At the end of...
As the light begins to fade
She begins to feel more beautiful
In the skin that fire has wrought
There are less eyes out on the street
To turn and stare
And fingers to point at what they see
So she feels more comfortable in her skin
The ugliness of what people say
Is far worse than what has happened to her
To cause her mottled skin
They don't ever see what's inside her soul
And the gorgeous girl who lives within
But she is on a par with the most outwardly beautiful
When the lights fade away
At the end of...
#ignorance
#acceptance
110 reads
1 Comment
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