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
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
100 reads
2 Comments
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
114 reads
2 Comments
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
109 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
139 reads
3 Comments
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
142 reads
1 Comment
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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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jun 2024 11:10am
25th Jun 2024 11:10am
The Evil Done
The dark places call me today
A look at the terrible past
And the possible future
All filled with evil and pain
The good guys don't win
You can't beat the hydra
Every sick head you cut off
Sprouts two new even sicker ones
The innocent will die
Sheep to the slaughter
I see red and know that my anger
Just turns me into one of them
Killing the evil would still be murder
And it makes me sad to know it
We can't win a fight
Against people who are prepared
To lose their humanity
In the fight for the almighty...
A look at the terrible past
And the possible future
All filled with evil and pain
The good guys don't win
You can't beat the hydra
Every sick head you cut off
Sprouts two new even sicker ones
The innocent will die
Sheep to the slaughter
I see red and know that my anger
Just turns me into one of them
Killing the evil would still be murder
And it makes me sad to know it
We can't win a fight
Against people who are prepared
To lose their humanity
In the fight for the almighty...
#despair
101 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
17th Jun 2024 8:04pm
17th Jun 2024 8:04pm
Burning Man
A man doused himself with gas
And lit a fucking match
And screamed himself to oblivion
A shrieking pyre of useless rage
Since nobody knew
What he was demonstrating against
Maybe he wrote a note
And forgot to leave it aside
His point burning up with him
Whatever the reason
I'll never forget it
But I'll always wonder
Why
And now so will you
And lit a fucking match
And screamed himself to oblivion
A shrieking pyre of useless rage
Since nobody knew
What he was demonstrating against
Maybe he wrote a note
And forgot to leave it aside
His point burning up with him
Whatever the reason
I'll never forget it
But I'll always wonder
Why
And now so will you
#confusion
104 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
16th Jun 2024 7:46pm
16th Jun 2024 7:46pm
Dark Times
The clouds rolled in again today
Bringing the blues in with their shadows
It's hard to get my mind to cooperate
When the dark skies inflict their toll
And this depression can linger
For ages it seems
It's a resolute enemy
And it brings all the big guns to bear
I can only hope
That I will turn some corner
And somehow become lighter
Before the shadows consume
Too much of my soul
It's a waiting game
And the waiting is painful to bear
It's man up or die
And I want so much to live
So I hope like hell for a good...
Bringing the blues in with their shadows
It's hard to get my mind to cooperate
When the dark skies inflict their toll
And this depression can linger
For ages it seems
It's a resolute enemy
And it brings all the big guns to bear
I can only hope
That I will turn some corner
And somehow become lighter
Before the shadows consume
Too much of my soul
It's a waiting game
And the waiting is painful to bear
It's man up or die
And I want so much to live
So I hope like hell for a good...
#depression
130 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
13th Jun 2024 5:08am
13th Jun 2024 5:08am
Through The Fog
I was lost
Living life
But never moving
Forward
But then you came
Through the fog
In my blinded eyes
And you held me
And you saved me
Saved me from
The living hell
That my life was
Just by reaching out
A hand in friendship
All my life
I'll be loving you
I will cherish you
You don't know
What you mean to me
You mean everything
Everything I'll ever be
Is yours to have
Oh you saved me
Thank you from
The deepest part of me
I owe you everything
You are everything ...
Living life
But never moving
Forward
But then you came
Through the fog
In my blinded eyes
And you held me
And you saved me
Saved me from
The living hell
That my life was
Just by reaching out
A hand in friendship
All my life
I'll be loving you
I will cherish you
You don't know
What you mean to me
You mean everything
Everything I'll ever be
Is yours to have
Oh you saved me
Thank you from
The deepest part of me
I owe you everything
You are everything ...
#inspirational
129 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
30th May 2024 4:19pm
30th May 2024 4:19pm
Different Circles
We're just steps away from each other
But it feels a thousand miles
I can almost touch you now
But I can't reach you
We seem to move in different circles
That barely overlap
It seems a long long way
From where we started
Are we even trying anymore?
Or have we given up and moved along?
Is it worth the effort of reaching out to you?
Or are you gone a million miles away?
Am I just a long day late?
And do we really care
Anymore?
I don't feel like walking in the rain
I don't feel like being depressed again
I could...
But it feels a thousand miles
I can almost touch you now
But I can't reach you
We seem to move in different circles
That barely overlap
It seems a long long way
From where we started
Are we even trying anymore?
Or have we given up and moved along?
Is it worth the effort of reaching out to you?
Or are you gone a million miles away?
Am I just a long day late?
And do we really care
Anymore?
I don't feel like walking in the rain
I don't feel like being depressed again
I could...
#MovingOn
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