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.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Nov 2024 10:43am
1st Nov 2024 10:43am
Acid
I see it in the wind
This unoriginal sin
Pumping shit into the sky
Leaves the kids asking why
But you can't beat the sunsets
Bright orange and red
With the light filtering through
All the poison in the sky
And so the heavens cry
Acid tears fall on pristine lakes
And if you can't hook a fish
You know exactly why
So just look at the mesmerising sky
and cry a tear for the future
Dead lakes full of dead fish
And water you can't drink
But go ahead and fill up your car
It'll take you around this world
Take a...
This unoriginal sin
Pumping shit into the sky
Leaves the kids asking why
But you can't beat the sunsets
Bright orange and red
With the light filtering through
All the poison in the sky
And so the heavens cry
Acid tears fall on pristine lakes
And if you can't hook a fish
You know exactly why
So just look at the mesmerising sky
and cry a tear for the future
Dead lakes full of dead fish
And water you can't drink
But go ahead and fill up your car
It'll take you around this world
Take a...
#pollution
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Oct 2024 11:25am
15th Oct 2024 11:25am
Fall Comes Alive
My heart stirs
Like new life forming
Taking wing within my
Imagination
I see the countryside changing
Gold and red and silver
Flashing in the trees
As I go flashing by
Inside my own interpretation
Of Rushs' Red Barchetta
With the very same blasting
In my ears
Nothing chases me though
Save my hearts wild beating
Egging me on to greater heights
In my discovery of the new season
And though new life stirs in my heart
Outside life is winding down
Waiting for the wintry blasts
The covering snow so deep ...
Like new life forming
Taking wing within my
Imagination
I see the countryside changing
Gold and red and silver
Flashing in the trees
As I go flashing by
Inside my own interpretation
Of Rushs' Red Barchetta
With the very same blasting
In my ears
Nothing chases me though
Save my hearts wild beating
Egging me on to greater heights
In my discovery of the new season
And though new life stirs in my heart
Outside life is winding down
Waiting for the wintry blasts
The covering snow so deep ...
#fall
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Oct 2024 9:15am
1st Oct 2024 9:15am
A Cry In The Night
There was a cry in the night
And I woke with a start
Who's cry had it been?
And what on earth did it mean?
Passion, smoky and filled with love?
Or anger, the frustration of the unjust?
I laid my head down once again
And wondered if the cry had been enough
To assuage the feeling of hate or love
Or would the beast that had roared
Need more to end its lust?
And would there be blood or babies
Come the morrow light?
I turned over and went back to my rest
After all
It hadn't been my cry
And I was tired by the by
And I woke with a start
Who's cry had it been?
And what on earth did it mean?
Passion, smoky and filled with love?
Or anger, the frustration of the unjust?
I laid my head down once again
And wondered if the cry had been enough
To assuage the feeling of hate or love
Or would the beast that had roared
Need more to end its lust?
And would there be blood or babies
Come the morrow light?
I turned over and went back to my rest
After all
It hadn't been my cry
And I was tired by the by
#emotions
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Sep 2024 10:00am
24th Sep 2024 10:00am
Head Bowed Down
Aiming low right from the start
Never making waves
Always keeping your eyes downcast
Seemingly accepting your fate
You never opened a gift
You didn't think was a gag
It's like you believe you deserve it
And life is just shit on your shoes
It's a sorry state of affairs
When you can't accept happiness
As your due
You're too busy taking the blame
You have your head bowed down
Waiting for the guillotine
And you think you deserve it
It's a cold fucking life
And there's no way out but the grave
And there is no way ...
Never making waves
Always keeping your eyes downcast
Seemingly accepting your fate
You never opened a gift
You didn't think was a gag
It's like you believe you deserve it
And life is just shit on your shoes
It's a sorry state of affairs
When you can't accept happiness
As your due
You're too busy taking the blame
You have your head bowed down
Waiting for the guillotine
And you think you deserve it
It's a cold fucking life
And there's no way out but the grave
And there is no way ...
#despair
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SELF POEM
Published
21st Sep 2024 6:52pm
21st Sep 2024 6:52pm
Learning
There's tension in the room
But the fights not yet begun
Could have just walked away
But I never have been that smart
And so here we go again
Gonna yell and scream and hurt
Saying things that we don't mean
Just to get a fucking rise
When will you and I ever learn
Things aren't fixed with more volume
It all wouldn't matter so much
If we weren't really in love
we should be
Learning to find the light
When it seems so damn dark
Learning to explore
The things that are truly important
We need to
Find a way...
But the fights not yet begun
Could have just walked away
But I never have been that smart
And so here we go again
Gonna yell and scream and hurt
Saying things that we don't mean
Just to get a fucking rise
When will you and I ever learn
Things aren't fixed with more volume
It all wouldn't matter so much
If we weren't really in love
we should be
Learning to find the light
When it seems so damn dark
Learning to explore
The things that are truly important
We need to
Find a way...
#LifeStruggles
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Sep 2024 9:44am
13th Sep 2024 9:44am
Roads Taken
It's just another new day
On the road to oblivion
We'll always find a new way
To speed us along
Can't find the truth on a net full of lies
We don't see all the shit obscuring the truth
It seems like it not news until innocence dies
And the lies have poisoned the minds of our innocent youth
It's just another night
On the road to perdition
We'll always find a new lie
To believe is the truth
Everybody is fully informed
Everyone knows just what happened
Every truth is camera obscura
Everyone has their own version of what...
On the road to oblivion
We'll always find a new way
To speed us along
Can't find the truth on a net full of lies
We don't see all the shit obscuring the truth
It seems like it not news until innocence dies
And the lies have poisoned the minds of our innocent youth
It's just another night
On the road to perdition
We'll always find a new lie
To believe is the truth
Everybody is fully informed
Everyone knows just what happened
Every truth is camera obscura
Everyone has their own version of what...
#lies
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Aug 2024 7:05pm
15th Aug 2024 7:05pm
Casualties
The soldiers all load up their guns
All set to fight at the rising sun
To kill and maim, a heartless horde
Until the enemy can fight no more
The battle blood runs bright and red
And sets a trap within their heads
The future filled with flashback pain
Every day they'll fight again
Tears and nighttime screams abound
They can't escape the dreams they've found
Til one by one the the rifles roar
Until the soldiers are no more
And in the end the score is tied
The losers dead the victors die
At their own hands the war will end ...
All set to fight at the rising sun
To kill and maim, a heartless horde
Until the enemy can fight no more
The battle blood runs bright and red
And sets a trap within their heads
The future filled with flashback pain
Every day they'll fight again
Tears and nighttime screams abound
They can't escape the dreams they've found
Til one by one the the rifles roar
Until the soldiers are no more
And in the end the score is tied
The losers dead the victors die
At their own hands the war will end ...
#death
#tragedy
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SELF POEM
Published
2nd Aug 2024 11:34pm
2nd Aug 2024 11:34pm
f**k You
Sometimes you just wanna say fuck you!
And then there are times when the fight
Ain't worth the time it would take
This is one of those times
And then there are times when the fight
Ain't worth the time it would take
This is one of those times
#frustration
127 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Jul 2024 5:12pm
29th Jul 2024 5:12pm
The Big Show
Have you heard the word
About the show that came to town
While you were sleeping in your bed
It's gonna really rock your world
They won't say who's going to play
On that monstrous massive stage
But you can try and try and try
But you won't find a seat to buy
It's the biggest fucking show
This town has ever seen
But you'll be lucky
To buy a tee shirt
There's a billion watts of sound
And speakers all around
They're setting up for a million
Rabid fans
But nobody can find a ticket
To get them through the...
About the show that came to town
While you were sleeping in your bed
It's gonna really rock your world
They won't say who's going to play
On that monstrous massive stage
But you can try and try and try
But you won't find a seat to buy
It's the biggest fucking show
This town has ever seen
But you'll be lucky
To buy a tee shirt
There's a billion watts of sound
And speakers all around
They're setting up for a million
Rabid fans
But nobody can find a ticket
To get them through the...
#death
#tragedy
130 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
11th Jul 2024 3:51am
11th Jul 2024 3:51am
A Fictional Life
I spent the night with my nose in my book
Losing myself in a different world
So that I don't have to think about this one
It's hard to make my way through life
Feeling as low as I do
So I must disappear into fiction
And keep my thoughts on a person
Who never really lived
It makes life liveable for me
Losing myself in a different world
So that I don't have to think about this one
It's hard to make my way through life
Feeling as low as I do
So I must disappear into fiction
And keep my thoughts on a person
Who never really lived
It makes life liveable for me
#despair
156 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
30th Jun 2024 9:00pm
30th Jun 2024 9:00pm
Horizon Line
The darkness threatens on the horizon
But when I turn and look
You're shining like the sun
It takes my breath away
And I want you in the coming night
My heart beats oh so hard
And I'm feeling flush
It takes my breath away
And I know that it will be alright
They say the wicked will be punished
For their impure thoughts
But that's just another lie
And this religion that seeks
To keep us apart
It's full of lies
So let it take your breath away
And come into my embrace
The stars will keep us company
As we...
But when I turn and look
You're shining like the sun
It takes my breath away
And I want you in the coming night
My heart beats oh so hard
And I'm feeling flush
It takes my breath away
And I know that it will be alright
They say the wicked will be punished
For their impure thoughts
But that's just another lie
And this religion that seeks
To keep us apart
It's full of lies
So let it take your breath away
And come into my embrace
The stars will keep us company
As we...
#ForbiddenLove
#happiness
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SELF POEM
Published
28th Jun 2024 9:09pm
28th Jun 2024 9:09pm
The Tears
Sadness blooms in my heart
Just another sad sack sucker
Who's emotions are easily
Manipulated
And that may be true
But at least my heart is open
To the stories of suffering
And ultimate giving
I shudder to think
How it must feel to have no emotions
No pity or sympathy or empathy
And move through life like a robot
I may cry
And that may look like weakness to some
But it's really my strength
To feel and weep and be renewed
A stronger man
Just another sad sack sucker
Who's emotions are easily
Manipulated
And that may be true
But at least my heart is open
To the stories of suffering
And ultimate giving
I shudder to think
How it must feel to have no emotions
No pity or sympathy or empathy
And move through life like a robot
I may cry
And that may look like weakness to some
But it's really my strength
To feel and weep and be renewed
A stronger man
#emotional
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