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.
Doing It All Alone
I can’t be sure why I do the things I do
Why am I drawn to places where we had such good times
They only make me feel badly
I listen to the music we loved
And make the meals we loved to share
All the time knowing that I will just feel like shit because of it
I feel like there is something wrong with me
Am I bent of some kind of self destruction
Or is there a good reason to do these things
Deep within me a whisper tells me things
And if I listen closely I can understand
I guess it might just be my way to grieve
Sometime soon all this...
Why am I drawn to places where we had such good times
They only make me feel badly
I listen to the music we loved
And make the meals we loved to share
All the time knowing that I will just feel like shit because of it
I feel like there is something wrong with me
Am I bent of some kind of self destruction
Or is there a good reason to do these things
Deep within me a whisper tells me things
And if I listen closely I can understand
I guess it might just be my way to grieve
Sometime soon all this...
#identity
#memories
#confusion
#SelfReflection
#FeelingLost
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In Her Eyes
I looked into her eyes and I no longer saw it there
I thought back and tried to remember the last time I’d seen it
And I could swear it was there in her eyes only yesterday
But anyone can fake it, it’s not hard
Just act kindly and speak softly and you’re halfway home
Regardless of what you feel inside you can fake your way through
Right up until you’re ready to go
And now she was
The kindness drained away from her voice and her eyes were cold marbles
Staring out at me as though at a never before seen thing that makes your skin crawl
I fought...
I thought back and tried to remember the last time I’d seen it
And I could swear it was there in her eyes only yesterday
But anyone can fake it, it’s not hard
Just act kindly and speak softly and you’re halfway home
Regardless of what you feel inside you can fake your way through
Right up until you’re ready to go
And now she was
The kindness drained away from her voice and her eyes were cold marbles
Staring out at me as though at a never before seen thing that makes your skin crawl
I fought...
#PopCulture
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A Change For The Better
I know that I can’t possibly have been all alone
As someone who could fall for a pretty face
Without the need of a personality at all
Knowing that I wasn’t alone doesn’t make me feel any better
It’s a hard thing to face that you’ve been so shallow
For so long
And finally realizing it and making changes in my life
Doesn’t make me feel as good as I wish it did
But it’s a start to know
That even at this late date
I’m capable of change
And all it took was you
To wake me up and make me realize what I had been missing
As someone who could fall for a pretty face
Without the need of a personality at all
Knowing that I wasn’t alone doesn’t make me feel any better
It’s a hard thing to face that you’ve been so shallow
For so long
And finally realizing it and making changes in my life
Doesn’t make me feel as good as I wish it did
But it’s a start to know
That even at this late date
I’m capable of change
And all it took was you
To wake me up and make me realize what I had been missing
#love
#mirror
#SelfReflection
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Hello
It must be a bad thing these days
To smile at a woman
And to say hello
Because that's what I just did
And she just told me to go fuck myself
I am not the leering type
I have seen many beautiful women in my time
They don’t bring forth any animalistic gabbling on my part
It is simply not in me to be rude or insulting to a woman
I was raised to know that that is just wrong
And if I speak I don’t speak to a woman’s breasts
I am not a pig in other words
But in her eyes I must be all kinds of wrong
It makes me sad for the day come...
To smile at a woman
And to say hello
Because that's what I just did
And she just told me to go fuck myself
I am not the leering type
I have seen many beautiful women in my time
They don’t bring forth any animalistic gabbling on my part
It is simply not in me to be rude or insulting to a woman
I was raised to know that that is just wrong
And if I speak I don’t speak to a woman’s breasts
I am not a pig in other words
But in her eyes I must be all kinds of wrong
It makes me sad for the day come...
#disappointment
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The Big Eye
The big eye is watching
So do your best work
And when the whistle blows
Don’t take too long to smoke that cigarette
And save that sandwich for later
Get back to work and do the finest job
Or you won’t have any job left to do
The big eye never blinks
It always has that stare fixed on you
You can feel it between your shoulder blades
So stay busy or starve with the poor
And there just isn’t any way
For you to get away
From the glare of the eye keeping track
It tells the big brain what you’re doing
And it will make the...
So do your best work
And when the whistle blows
Don’t take too long to smoke that cigarette
And save that sandwich for later
Get back to work and do the finest job
Or you won’t have any job left to do
The big eye never blinks
It always has that stare fixed on you
You can feel it between your shoulder blades
So stay busy or starve with the poor
And there just isn’t any way
For you to get away
From the glare of the eye keeping track
It tells the big brain what you’re doing
And it will make the...
#environment
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The End Of The Run
Just give it up
The said from outside in the parking lot
There’s nowhere to run
And they were right
Got caught catching some sleep
Inside the motel room
And now there’s not a place
A place for me to run
But I’ve got my guns
And they know it
I’ll try to run
And they know that too
I’ll most likely die sometime real soon but I don’t care
They aren’t taking me back to my six by nine
And so I gird myself
For the bullets slamming into me
And check my auto for the very last time
I’m going to grab my car and get...
The said from outside in the parking lot
There’s nowhere to run
And they were right
Got caught catching some sleep
Inside the motel room
And now there’s not a place
A place for me to run
But I’ve got my guns
And they know it
I’ll try to run
And they know that too
I’ll most likely die sometime real soon but I don’t care
They aren’t taking me back to my six by nine
And so I gird myself
For the bullets slamming into me
And check my auto for the very last time
I’m going to grab my car and get...
#PopCulture
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Something
I share the frustration of all writers
Who sit at the keyboard with nothing to write
And wonder when they will feel that push of an idea
Coming through to their fingers
So instead of writing nothing
I will just write
Something
And feel better about myself for the day
Because I actually wrote today
And even though I know it to be a lie
It is still a truth
Just look
There it is on the page
Something
Who sit at the keyboard with nothing to write
And wonder when they will feel that push of an idea
Coming through to their fingers
So instead of writing nothing
I will just write
Something
And feel better about myself for the day
Because I actually wrote today
And even though I know it to be a lie
It is still a truth
Just look
There it is on the page
Something
#LifeAsAWriter
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Growing Up
You think you’ve seen it all come and go
The best times of your life gone screaming by
And now you sit here all alone
And wonder who you are and why
Still young but feel so old
Still strong but feel so frail
Still alive but you’d never know
You act as though your life’s at an end
You were the top of the heap for oh so long
Every one of your wishes came true
A huge smile and bright shining eyes
You had it all brought to you
On a silver tray
So tarnished now
And those shining eyes
Have seen it all change somehow
So...
The best times of your life gone screaming by
And now you sit here all alone
And wonder who you are and why
Still young but feel so old
Still strong but feel so frail
Still alive but you’d never know
You act as though your life’s at an end
You were the top of the heap for oh so long
Every one of your wishes came true
A huge smile and bright shining eyes
You had it all brought to you
On a silver tray
So tarnished now
And those shining eyes
Have seen it all change somehow
So...
#LifeCycle
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Winds
Its windy today
And cold
And the weather is bringing me down
Further
I remember other days like this
Threatening snow and wind blowing in the eaves
When I was a younger man
And not so filled with pain and problems
When I would be invigorated by the wind
And walk in the park to watch the trees sway
And the last of the leaves being pulled off and blown away
But I’m not the same young man anymore
So I sit with my coffee and read my book by the fire
And hope there won’t be much snow
And wish I didn’t feel so dejected ...
And cold
And the weather is bringing me down
Further
I remember other days like this
Threatening snow and wind blowing in the eaves
When I was a younger man
And not so filled with pain and problems
When I would be invigorated by the wind
And walk in the park to watch the trees sway
And the last of the leaves being pulled off and blown away
But I’m not the same young man anymore
So I sit with my coffee and read my book by the fire
And hope there won’t be much snow
And wish I didn’t feel so dejected ...
#PopCulture
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Now It's The End
And now it’s the end
The last of it between us
There’s no more to say and no more love to share
We’ve done all we can and now it’s the end
Just walk away with some dignity and don’t cry
Keep your head up and please don’t beg to try
There’s nothing left
And nowhere to take this empty relationship
We’ve said it all and shared our last kisses
So turn your back and walk that final walk
Because now it’s the end
Goodbye
The last of it between us
There’s no more to say and no more love to share
We’ve done all we can and now it’s the end
Just walk away with some dignity and don’t cry
Keep your head up and please don’t beg to try
There’s nothing left
And nowhere to take this empty relationship
We’ve said it all and shared our last kisses
So turn your back and walk that final walk
Because now it’s the end
Goodbye
#PopCulture
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Wishing
You live your life like a dare that you’ve accepted
You’ll try anything more than once
You wear a smile from cheek to cheek and nothing gets past your attention
Wish I could like my life like that for just one day
But I’m afraid of all the chances that you take
I’d shake with fear to live like that
But I still wish that I could
You party all night long
And disappear with someone new
Each night you rock it body and soul
You wouldn’t recognize my fears
It’s not in your soul to be afraid
I wonder if there’s a price that you pay
To...
You’ll try anything more than once
You wear a smile from cheek to cheek and nothing gets past your attention
Wish I could like my life like that for just one day
But I’m afraid of all the chances that you take
I’d shake with fear to live like that
But I still wish that I could
You party all night long
And disappear with someone new
Each night you rock it body and soul
You wouldn’t recognize my fears
It’s not in your soul to be afraid
I wonder if there’s a price that you pay
To...
#hope
#dreams
#SelfReflection
#escape
#metaphor
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Lost In This Phase
Walking aimless through these dark streets
Brings on your fear
Lost again you just don’t know
How it is you got to here
You keep your head held high to not become
Another headline about another death
Killed by those who have no name
They look for weakness to prey on
In the streets they know so well
And you wonder again and again
How you ended up lost and lonely
Like you have so many times
And you pray to a God you don’t believe in
That this is just a dream
Or a pill you didn’t take that night
To keep you from these...
Brings on your fear
Lost again you just don’t know
How it is you got to here
You keep your head held high to not become
Another headline about another death
Killed by those who have no name
They look for weakness to prey on
In the streets they know so well
And you wonder again and again
How you ended up lost and lonely
Like you have so many times
And you pray to a God you don’t believe in
That this is just a dream
Or a pill you didn’t take that night
To keep you from these...
#LifeAsAWriter
#MentalHealth
#WritingPoetry
#learning
#SelfDiscovery
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