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
26th Nov 2023 4:22pm
26th Nov 2023 4:22pm
The Drama
It's just another scene
Going down in the drama of my life
This one is supposed to break my heart
But I find that I don't care
Too much drama has deadened my emotions
Too many tears and way too many raised voices
I can't bring myself to get mad
You might just as well save your breath
I guess it's goodbye
Hello hello
Do you hear what I say
Over your strident cry
And the tears fall hot and heavy
But I don't care about any of it
It's nothing new to me at all
So I close my heart to it
Goodbye...
Going down in the drama of my life
This one is supposed to break my heart
But I find that I don't care
Too much drama has deadened my emotions
Too many tears and way too many raised voices
I can't bring myself to get mad
You might just as well save your breath
I guess it's goodbye
Hello hello
Do you hear what I say
Over your strident cry
And the tears fall hot and heavy
But I don't care about any of it
It's nothing new to me at all
So I close my heart to it
Goodbye...
#manipulation
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Nov 2023 6:21am
21st Nov 2023 6:21am
Intensity
At five in the morning
You grab onto my hand
As though the whole of the universe
Was ending
You whispered in fear
Into my ear
Please hold me and tell me
You need me
So I squeezed you with all the intensity
That I feel in my soul
When I think of your face
And told you I love you
And you said that I ruined it
And now I'm just wondering how
And what
I ruined with my love
It's too much you say
And I think you're crazy
But what I think doesn't matter
Cause we need some time apart...
You grab onto my hand
As though the whole of the universe
Was ending
You whispered in fear
Into my ear
Please hold me and tell me
You need me
So I squeezed you with all the intensity
That I feel in my soul
When I think of your face
And told you I love you
And you said that I ruined it
And now I'm just wondering how
And what
I ruined with my love
It's too much you say
And I think you're crazy
But what I think doesn't matter
Cause we need some time apart...
#frustration
#confusion
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SELF POEM
Published
8th Oct 2023 9:13pm
8th Oct 2023 9:13pm
Looking
I haven't found love
I haven't really truly been looking
I've been telling myself that I have
But that's not the same
Is it?
I haven't really truly been looking
I've been telling myself that I have
But that's not the same
Is it?
#honesty
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th Sep 2023 5:55pm
17th Sep 2023 5:55pm
The Shout
She whispers
Words that I cannot hear
I ask what she said
And she whispers it again
And turns to leave
Always to leave
Words that I cannot hear
I ask what she said
And she whispers it again
And turns to leave
Always to leave
#MovingOn
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SELF POEM
Published
14th Sep 2023 4:22am
14th Sep 2023 4:22am
Open Heart
Wearing my heart on my sleeve
My face gives away everything I'm thinking
It makes it easy to hurt me
But I don't dare change
Better to suffer some pain
Than become so inured to pain
That I can't feel anything real
I live to find someone
Who doesn't use the power that they have
But leave their own heart open to attack
An attack I won't make
Honest and open love is the goal
My face gives away everything I'm thinking
It makes it easy to hurt me
But I don't dare change
Better to suffer some pain
Than become so inured to pain
That I can't feel anything real
I live to find someone
Who doesn't use the power that they have
But leave their own heart open to attack
An attack I won't make
Honest and open love is the goal
#motivational
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LOVE POEM
Published
5th Sep 2023 5:11pm
5th Sep 2023 5:11pm
Magic
Walked in the wind and the rain
I just needed to see you again
I don't have a particular reason
I only wanted to see you
And your smile once again
I need you to warm me from the cold blowing wind
I need to feel that special touch that you bring
It's like I was suffering from withdrawal
And you are the cure for the pain
And now I'm walking with my head in the clouds
You have such an effect on me
It makes the sky seem a deeper shade of blue
And I just need more of what
Is the magic of you
I just needed to see you again
I don't have a particular reason
I only wanted to see you
And your smile once again
I need you to warm me from the cold blowing wind
I need to feel that special touch that you bring
It's like I was suffering from withdrawal
And you are the cure for the pain
And now I'm walking with my head in the clouds
You have such an effect on me
It makes the sky seem a deeper shade of blue
And I just need more of what
Is the magic of you
#love
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SELF POEM
Published
7th Jul 2023 8:55pm
7th Jul 2023 8:55pm
The Swipe
Lying here in a hospital bed
Feeling like death took a swipe at me
But just missed
Let me tell you a simple truth
When you can't breathe
You miss oxygen
Like a kid at camp
Misses his mom
It's a mournful longing
That fills your soul to the brim
Pushing the everyday
Right out of the picture
When you finally get a breath
You savour it like the finest wine
Man I was scared
It's not every day that you might die
Life sucks but I cling to it
Because life can get better
But dead just stays dead
Feeling like death took a swipe at me
But just missed
Let me tell you a simple truth
When you can't breathe
You miss oxygen
Like a kid at camp
Misses his mom
It's a mournful longing
That fills your soul to the brim
Pushing the everyday
Right out of the picture
When you finally get a breath
You savour it like the finest wine
Man I was scared
It's not every day that you might die
Life sucks but I cling to it
Because life can get better
But dead just stays dead
#illness
#vulnerability
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th May 2023 9:05am
16th May 2023 9:05am
Ghosts In The Night
I just can't sleep
My eyes open wide
The stars spin round outside My window
Seeing ghosts
Just a trick of a tired mind
Or maybe that's just when you
See them for real
The long dead past
Come to life
To show you the mistakes
That you've made
And while I lay here awake
And praying for sleep
I wonder if my ghosts
Have ghosts of their own
To show them their own mistakes
My eyes open wide
The stars spin round outside My window
Seeing ghosts
Just a trick of a tired mind
Or maybe that's just when you
See them for real
The long dead past
Come to life
To show you the mistakes
That you've made
And while I lay here awake
And praying for sleep
I wonder if my ghosts
Have ghosts of their own
To show them their own mistakes
#insomnia
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LOVE POEM
Published
16th May 2023 5:37am
16th May 2023 5:37am
Losing
Cruel and angry words
Spoken more in fear of loss than in hate
But hurting nonetheless
Trying to get the last licks in before we move apart
It pains me more to know that I was hurt by trust
I let down my guard again
For the first time in a long time
And see what it's gotten me
Just another fight that leads to loneliness
It's just so hard
Trying to guess who you can believe won't damage you
It's always a crap shoot
And I've come up a loser once again
Time will come and go I know
And I'll decide to trust my heart and believe...
Spoken more in fear of loss than in hate
But hurting nonetheless
Trying to get the last licks in before we move apart
It pains me more to know that I was hurt by trust
I let down my guard again
For the first time in a long time
And see what it's gotten me
Just another fight that leads to loneliness
It's just so hard
Trying to guess who you can believe won't damage you
It's always a crap shoot
And I've come up a loser once again
Time will come and go I know
And I'll decide to trust my heart and believe...
#sadness
#disappointment
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LOVE POEM
Published
8th May 2023 4:50pm
8th May 2023 4:50pm
Anymore
I sense you nearby sometimes
But when I look up
You're not around
You're never around anymore
I'm starting to grow accustomed
To your frequent disappearing acts
And it makes me wonder
If we're together at all anymore
I don't ask questions
Though I know that I should
And I don't throw tantrums
It's just not worth it anymore
I do wonder though
Where you go when you go
And who or what you're doing
But it feels like it's not my business anymore
I'm tired of excuses and lies
But I don't...
But when I look up
You're not around
You're never around anymore
I'm starting to grow accustomed
To your frequent disappearing acts
And it makes me wonder
If we're together at all anymore
I don't ask questions
Though I know that I should
And I don't throw tantrums
It's just not worth it anymore
I do wonder though
Where you go when you go
And who or what you're doing
But it feels like it's not my business anymore
I'm tired of excuses and lies
But I don't...
#emptiness
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Apr 2023 9:14pm
23rd Apr 2023 9:14pm
Hero
Watch your heroes being brought down low
No sacred cows left here to slaughter
It turns out that they're all human after all
And now you're told they're not worth your praise at all
But I still see
The good inside the ones that I admire
No matter what shots are fired
Across their bows
And I still know
That having heroes isn't bad at all
It's a touchstone in a world that's changing fast
And shows you what is possible
With a little bit of integrity and passion
And the guts to fight
A shining example of what a human can...
No sacred cows left here to slaughter
It turns out that they're all human after all
And now you're told they're not worth your praise at all
But I still see
The good inside the ones that I admire
No matter what shots are fired
Across their bows
And I still know
That having heroes isn't bad at all
It's a touchstone in a world that's changing fast
And shows you what is possible
With a little bit of integrity and passion
And the guts to fight
A shining example of what a human can...
#inspirational
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Apr 2023 4:16am
16th Apr 2023 4:16am
Let The Sorrow Disappear
I've seen a lot of sorrow
In the years that I've been here
But I've also seen love
That made the sorrow disappear
And I've come to the conclusion
That you can't dwell on all the bad
The love must shine on through
Or it will drive you absolutely mad
So when I feel like crying bitter tears
I just think of happy days
And the sorrow in my heart
Just shimmers and is gone
It's taken me a long long time
To get to this point
And so I've shed my share of tears
When I couldn't find my joy
This new ability is probably ...
In the years that I've been here
But I've also seen love
That made the sorrow disappear
And I've come to the conclusion
That you can't dwell on all the bad
The love must shine on through
Or it will drive you absolutely mad
So when I feel like crying bitter tears
I just think of happy days
And the sorrow in my heart
Just shimmers and is gone
It's taken me a long long time
To get to this point
And so I've shed my share of tears
When I couldn't find my joy
This new ability is probably ...
#aging
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