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.
Sustain Yourself
The gulls soared and searched for food
So we took our chances and walked underneath them
Remaining unscathed
We spoke for only five minutes
But that was enough for me
To find out that I was alone on the beach
With the soaring gulls
And their never ending search
For sustenance
So we took our chances and walked underneath them
Remaining unscathed
We spoke for only five minutes
But that was enough for me
To find out that I was alone on the beach
With the soaring gulls
And their never ending search
For sustenance
#rejection
#heartbroken
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The Fight
It takes a lot of work
And sweat and tears
To win the prize that everyone holds so dear
Some people will try to steal what you have
And push you back into what they see as your place
They don’t recognize all of your hard slogging
They’d rather steal a sense of belonging from you
And it takes a lot of bloody fists
To make your way to the end
So just be ready to fight for what you’ve gained so far
When someone tries to take away the hard won prize
You’ve got to keep the fire in your heart and eyes
And in the end if you’ve got the...
And sweat and tears
To win the prize that everyone holds so dear
Some people will try to steal what you have
And push you back into what they see as your place
They don’t recognize all of your hard slogging
They’d rather steal a sense of belonging from you
And it takes a lot of bloody fists
To make your way to the end
So just be ready to fight for what you’ve gained so far
When someone tries to take away the hard won prize
You’ve got to keep the fire in your heart and eyes
And in the end if you’ve got the...
#LifeStruggles
#LifeGoals
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Spring Day
Fresh cut grass and gasoline
Asphalt and tar simmering
Happy laughter from somewhere near
And the clink of ice cubes hitting glass
A springtime day that feels like summer
With humidity high and damp underarms
Sprinklers watering the fresh sown grass seed
And tomato plants newly planted in the ground
There are thunderstorms a long way out west
Threatening their wrath come the end of the day
But for now the sun shines and the kids play
It’s Toronto on the last day of May
Asphalt and tar simmering
Happy laughter from somewhere near
And the clink of ice cubes hitting glass
A springtime day that feels like summer
With humidity high and damp underarms
Sprinklers watering the fresh sown grass seed
And tomato plants newly planted in the ground
There are thunderstorms a long way out west
Threatening their wrath come the end of the day
But for now the sun shines and the kids play
It’s Toronto on the last day of May
#happiness
#spring
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Fading Away
All of the faces that I knew so well
Fading like the light at the end of day
Haven’t seen anybody for oh so long
It’s like they never mattered anyway
It kind of makes me wonder where I went so wrong
I must have done something to deserve this fate
I don’t remember treating anyone as bad as this
It feels to me a lot like hate
I wander round my empty rooms
An empty feeling beating in my broken heart
I feel a fool to feel so bad
The way it ends was written at the very start
And so it goes
Sometimes I feel so sad ...
Fading like the light at the end of day
Haven’t seen anybody for oh so long
It’s like they never mattered anyway
It kind of makes me wonder where I went so wrong
I must have done something to deserve this fate
I don’t remember treating anyone as bad as this
It feels to me a lot like hate
I wander round my empty rooms
An empty feeling beating in my broken heart
I feel a fool to feel so bad
The way it ends was written at the very start
And so it goes
Sometimes I feel so sad ...
#loneliness
#rejection
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Letting The Fire Burn Out
Even after all this time
And all the things we think we’ve learned
It’s hard to forget the fire we shared
So hot it burned us away from each other
Are you awake tonight and wandering memories streets
And wondering how it could have ever happened to you and me
That we’d forget the way into each other’s arms
Just when we needed to know the way the most
It seems wrong to me somehow
Especially in the night
When tears would flow or laughter ring
And secrets would be held up to the light
A soft white candlelight
Or the...
And all the things we think we’ve learned
It’s hard to forget the fire we shared
So hot it burned us away from each other
Are you awake tonight and wandering memories streets
And wondering how it could have ever happened to you and me
That we’d forget the way into each other’s arms
Just when we needed to know the way the most
It seems wrong to me somehow
Especially in the night
When tears would flow or laughter ring
And secrets would be held up to the light
A soft white candlelight
Or the...
#sadness
#regret
#breakup
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My Life
I look around and know
That this is just a waste of time
I haven’t done a thing for oh so long
I feel like I’ve been nowhere and I long to go
I’m just treading water
I’m just taking up space
There’s nothing happening here at all
I know that it’s not right to be this way
But I don’t know how to be anyone but me
I’m staring at the walls and almost dying of boredom
And yeah I know it all is just my fault
I could be anywhere I wanted to be
But I lost my way a long long time ago
I see the world just passing me by ...
That this is just a waste of time
I haven’t done a thing for oh so long
I feel like I’ve been nowhere and I long to go
I’m just treading water
I’m just taking up space
There’s nothing happening here at all
I know that it’s not right to be this way
But I don’t know how to be anyone but me
I’m staring at the walls and almost dying of boredom
And yeah I know it all is just my fault
I could be anywhere I wanted to be
But I lost my way a long long time ago
I see the world just passing me by ...
#confessional
#SelfReflection
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Light Of Day
Steely sky shedding bullets of rain
Hurt my face as a walk on the shoreline
Waves crashing up onto the stony beach
I look ahead but you’re just out of reach
The sky splits open with lightning bolts
Brighter than day for a flash
The wind blows cold and I feel the spray
Tearing up onto the land
You seem to walk faster than I can run
My lungs burn for breath but you’re too far gone
You can’t hear me when I utter my cries
The flashes burn the bruise colored sky
Somewhere in my mind I know this is just a dream
It...
Hurt my face as a walk on the shoreline
Waves crashing up onto the stony beach
I look ahead but you’re just out of reach
The sky splits open with lightning bolts
Brighter than day for a flash
The wind blows cold and I feel the spray
Tearing up onto the land
You seem to walk faster than I can run
My lungs burn for breath but you’re too far gone
You can’t hear me when I utter my cries
The flashes burn the bruise colored sky
Somewhere in my mind I know this is just a dream
It...
#dreams
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Starting Again
I saw it all coming to an end
So I just let go
I saw my chance to make the break
And I made it so
You can’t pull that shit with me
I’m not dumb blind or deaf
I packed my bags running and girl
You know I left
I’m making my break my way
I’m taking it on the heel
I’m not gonna sit and take it girl
I’ve got no time for that
I’ll find someone new real soon
And I’m gonna make it real
I’m gonna make it real
Now you come round begging for more
You know I just said no
You tried to use your tears on me ...
So I just let go
I saw my chance to make the break
And I made it so
You can’t pull that shit with me
I’m not dumb blind or deaf
I packed my bags running and girl
You know I left
I’m making my break my way
I’m taking it on the heel
I’m not gonna sit and take it girl
I’ve got no time for that
I’ll find someone new real soon
And I’m gonna make it real
I’m gonna make it real
Now you come round begging for more
You know I just said no
You tried to use your tears on me ...
#breakup
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Going Home
She said stay with me for a while after I drove her home
Just don’t leave me right away
Have a drink and rest your bones
But don’t just walk away and leave me all alone
I didn’t want to hurt her then but all I’d done was drive her home
I didn’t want to make her cry the way she cried
I just couldn’t lead her on with something I just couldn’t give
So I just said I had to go and gave her a quick goodbye
But it’s never easy to leave a woman crying
It’ll tear your heart to pieces bleeding on the ground
So when I heard her start to...
Just don’t leave me right away
Have a drink and rest your bones
But don’t just walk away and leave me all alone
I didn’t want to hurt her then but all I’d done was drive her home
I didn’t want to make her cry the way she cried
I just couldn’t lead her on with something I just couldn’t give
So I just said I had to go and gave her a quick goodbye
But it’s never easy to leave a woman crying
It’ll tear your heart to pieces bleeding on the ground
So when I heard her start to...
#romantic
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Pulling That Freight
See a light at tunnels end
And take a deep breath
Been a long time chugging through the dark
And I really need a break
I need some sunlight on my back
And just a chance to take some time
Just resting here in the warmth of the sunshine
It seems pulling the freight of my life
Is getting heavier every day
It gets to be too heavy sometimes
And I’ve got to stop and recharge my soul
Once I’ve built up another head of steam
I can drag this heavy load where I’m going
And maybe I’ll meet up with you along the way
And we can carry...
And take a deep breath
Been a long time chugging through the dark
And I really need a break
I need some sunlight on my back
And just a chance to take some time
Just resting here in the warmth of the sunshine
It seems pulling the freight of my life
Is getting heavier every day
It gets to be too heavy sometimes
And I’ve got to stop and recharge my soul
Once I’ve built up another head of steam
I can drag this heavy load where I’m going
And maybe I’ll meet up with you along the way
And we can carry...
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Low
Seeking peace within the mayhem all around
Seeking solace under stars whipping round and round
The world is a wild place and there’s no quiet place to be found
To hide out for a day to calm my mental space before I fall right down
Low
I want to turn the lights down low
I need the darkness just to find myself in this wild mad place
To quiet down my spinning mind and seething soul
And just sit a while with peaceful thoughts to quiet everything down
Low
Can we turn the lights off
And quiet down the music spinning round
Can I turn my...
Seeking solace under stars whipping round and round
The world is a wild place and there’s no quiet place to be found
To hide out for a day to calm my mental space before I fall right down
Low
I want to turn the lights down low
I need the darkness just to find myself in this wild mad place
To quiet down my spinning mind and seething soul
And just sit a while with peaceful thoughts to quiet everything down
Low
Can we turn the lights off
And quiet down the music spinning round
Can I turn my...
#dark
#silence
#peace #SelfReflection
#peace #SelfReflection
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Won't Play That Game
Take that smile and aim it somewhere else
I’ve seen your kind before
I won’t be taken in or by surprise
By your pretty face and bedroom eyes
I suppose I could turn the tables
And use you the way you would use me
But in the end you would count me among your victims anyway
Since it’s the only way you can see
You’ll never understand real love
Or feel the real thing in your heart
To you it’s just a game to be played
And I don’t want to play any part
So turn your fair face away from me
And just let me be as I am
I’m happier here...
I’ve seen your kind before
I won’t be taken in or by surprise
By your pretty face and bedroom eyes
I suppose I could turn the tables
And use you the way you would use me
But in the end you would count me among your victims anyway
Since it’s the only way you can see
You’ll never understand real love
Or feel the real thing in your heart
To you it’s just a game to be played
And I don’t want to play any part
So turn your fair face away from me
And just let me be as I am
I’m happier here...
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