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
23rd Jan 2023 3:57pm
23rd Jan 2023 3:57pm
Happy
Am I happy today?
I don't really know what true happiness is
So I guess I'm just alive
But hopeful
I don't really know what true happiness is
So I guess I'm just alive
But hopeful
#hope
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Jan 2023 3:53pm
23rd Jan 2023 3:53pm
That Smell
Seeking that line you shouldn't cross
So I can slink up real close to it
But not take that final step
Into real trouble
I just want to flirt with danger today
And let just a little
Of the smell of trouble
Flow into my heart and set me afire
I've crossed that line
More times than is wise
So I know what can happen
And today I just don't want to deal with the man
So here I am
On the showered and shaven side
Of the line
Just hoping for a sniff
Of danger
So I can slink up real close to it
But not take that final step
Into real trouble
I just want to flirt with danger today
And let just a little
Of the smell of trouble
Flow into my heart and set me afire
I've crossed that line
More times than is wise
So I know what can happen
And today I just don't want to deal with the man
So here I am
On the showered and shaven side
Of the line
Just hoping for a sniff
Of danger
#responsibility
#ThrillSeeking
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Jan 2023 9:59am
21st Jan 2023 9:59am
Animals
I live in the suburbs
Row upon row of similar houses
Running on and on
With nothing standing out
But there's a little park filled with trees
Close by my little slice of suburbia
And every now and then we'll see some of the wildlife
That somehow manages to flourish
So far from where they should be
I've seen deer running down the road
And 3 foxes on my front yard
Probably hoping to find a neighbour's cat
And make it a meal
Even an ugly little opossum
That wasn't afraid of my clapping
When he climbed up on my porch ...
Row upon row of similar houses
Running on and on
With nothing standing out
But there's a little park filled with trees
Close by my little slice of suburbia
And every now and then we'll see some of the wildlife
That somehow manages to flourish
So far from where they should be
I've seen deer running down the road
And 3 foxes on my front yard
Probably hoping to find a neighbour's cat
And make it a meal
Even an ugly little opossum
That wasn't afraid of my clapping
When he climbed up on my porch ...
#home
#nature
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Jan 2023 7:19am
7th Jan 2023 7:19am
Small Mercy
For every sad and lonely day
There are a couple of minutes
Of true happiness
Meant to be a little memory
That you can fall back on
When you're all alone
And feeling the stress of this world
Life is not balanced
It is filled with massive highs
And crushing lows
And it's the little memories
Of happiness
That will keep you off the shrink's couch
There is no fairness in life
Truly there is much more unhappiness
But if you can build up a handful
Of happy memories
You can make it through
With...
There are a couple of minutes
Of true happiness
Meant to be a little memory
That you can fall back on
When you're all alone
And feeling the stress of this world
Life is not balanced
It is filled with massive highs
And crushing lows
And it's the little memories
Of happiness
That will keep you off the shrink's couch
There is no fairness in life
Truly there is much more unhappiness
But if you can build up a handful
Of happy memories
You can make it through
With...
#happiness
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SELF POEM
Published
14th Dec 2022 9:38pm
14th Dec 2022 9:38pm
Maybe
Back where I used to be happy
Back here where the best of my life happened
Living in the past just to give me a little hope
That maybe the future can shine
Maybe some of my old happiness
Will leave its shine on me
And the stars will align
Along my path
I need a little break
So I'll do just what I've done before
And maybe for a change
Things will work out for me again
Even if this fails
It's nice to visit a time
When I was happier
Just to feel the smile on my face
Back here where the best of my life happened
Living in the past just to give me a little hope
That maybe the future can shine
Maybe some of my old happiness
Will leave its shine on me
And the stars will align
Along my path
I need a little break
So I'll do just what I've done before
And maybe for a change
Things will work out for me again
Even if this fails
It's nice to visit a time
When I was happier
Just to feel the smile on my face
#hope
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SELF POEM
Published
9th Nov 2022 12:35pm
9th Nov 2022 12:35pm
The Time of My Life
Too far away to see clearly
My youth is just a sweet but cloudy memory
I sometimes smile at the thought
Of things that I did
But it's mostly shrouded in those pesky
Mists of time
Been alive for a long time
Done a lot of stupid shit
That should have killed me
But somehow never did
And a few things that killed my spirit
For varying lengths of time
But all of it seems like it happened to
Another person
A much younger
And more stupid
Me
My youth is just a sweet but cloudy memory
I sometimes smile at the thought
Of things that I did
But it's mostly shrouded in those pesky
Mists of time
Been alive for a long time
Done a lot of stupid shit
That should have killed me
But somehow never did
And a few things that killed my spirit
For varying lengths of time
But all of it seems like it happened to
Another person
A much younger
And more stupid
Me
#aging
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SELF POEM
Published
22nd Sep 2022 2:36pm
22nd Sep 2022 2:36pm
A Life Gone By
I've lived a life
That's been hardly worth living
There have been no real
Worthwhile discoveries
Or enlightening moments
Plenty of sadness and anxiety
But no happiness that touched
My heart so deeply
That my eyes shone like the sun
It grates on me
And pushes me low
To look back and see nothing
Only to turn to the future
And see less
On my horizons
That's been hardly worth living
There have been no real
Worthwhile discoveries
Or enlightening moments
Plenty of sadness and anxiety
But no happiness that touched
My heart so deeply
That my eyes shone like the sun
It grates on me
And pushes me low
To look back and see nothing
Only to turn to the future
And see less
On my horizons
#regret
#emptiness
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ANGER POEM
Published
18th Sep 2022 12:31pm
18th Sep 2022 12:31pm
The Past
I've tried so hard to make it right
Forgive the things you did that night
But some things can't be forgotten
Never in this too long life
I've got murder in my heart and mind
I have nothing left to live or find
Can't believe what I've become
A man so empty and so blind
With sadness
And impotent anger
Nowhere to go that I'll forget the past
I live in limbo
And I try so hard to be content
But nothing makes me happy anymore
I close my eyes
And lock the door
I wonder why I can't forget
And move on in my life ...
Forgive the things you did that night
But some things can't be forgotten
Never in this too long life
I've got murder in my heart and mind
I have nothing left to live or find
Can't believe what I've become
A man so empty and so blind
With sadness
And impotent anger
Nowhere to go that I'll forget the past
I live in limbo
And I try so hard to be content
But nothing makes me happy anymore
I close my eyes
And lock the door
I wonder why I can't forget
And move on in my life ...
#anger
#regret
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SELF POEM
Published
1st Aug 2022 2:42am
1st Aug 2022 2:42am
Old
Eyes wide open to the world
Have become a baleful stare
Aimed at all the
Goggle eyed kids out there
With music I don't understand
And clothes that make me embarrassed
And I think I understand The Who
Singing I hope I die before I get old
But it never happened
I never thought I'd be as old as I feel
So I've become
All the square parents
That we used to make fun of
Turn down that music
And get a haircut
I'm saner moments I wonder
What has happened to me
Maybe I should just give up totally
And join a...
Have become a baleful stare
Aimed at all the
Goggle eyed kids out there
With music I don't understand
And clothes that make me embarrassed
And I think I understand The Who
Singing I hope I die before I get old
But it never happened
I never thought I'd be as old as I feel
So I've become
All the square parents
That we used to make fun of
Turn down that music
And get a haircut
I'm saner moments I wonder
What has happened to me
Maybe I should just give up totally
And join a...
#aging
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SELF POEM
Published
4th Jul 2022 00:21am
4th Jul 2022 00:21am
Bitch
All the complaining
That I have done
In the past
Cannot hold a candle
To the bitching
I plan on doing
From here on in
That I have done
In the past
Cannot hold a candle
To the bitching
I plan on doing
From here on in
#motivational
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SELF POEM
Published
30th Jun 2022 3:05pm
30th Jun 2022 3:05pm
Living Forever But Dead Already
I am one of the old
The sick and the weak
Trailing behind the herd
Vulnerable to attack
Waiting for COVID to come
And take me away
Or just a bad cold
That turns to pneumonia
And fills my weak lungs with fluid
Paranoia has wormed its way into my heart
I've been protected by injections
But told that the virus can still get me
So I wear my mask still
I don't go out where there will be crowds
Not even to parties
I'm too afraid
But now it has occurred to me
That I'm not living at all
I might just as well...
The sick and the weak
Trailing behind the herd
Vulnerable to attack
Waiting for COVID to come
And take me away
Or just a bad cold
That turns to pneumonia
And fills my weak lungs with fluid
Paranoia has wormed its way into my heart
I've been protected by injections
But told that the virus can still get me
So I wear my mask still
I don't go out where there will be crowds
Not even to parties
I'm too afraid
But now it has occurred to me
That I'm not living at all
I might just as well...
#fear
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st Mar 2022 8:16am
31st Mar 2022 8:16am
18
It's been so long
I look at the calendar
And the date that is
Getting close again
And I just can't believe
How many years have gone by
And still every year
I cry for what was lost
And what could have been
18 is just too young
To die
I miss you still Shar
It hurts my heart that you're
Gone
I look at the calendar
And the date that is
Getting close again
And I just can't believe
How many years have gone by
And still every year
I cry for what was lost
And what could have been
18 is just too young
To die
I miss you still Shar
It hurts my heart that you're
Gone
#sister
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