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.
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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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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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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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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Falling Out
We're living in a strange time now
We're going through the motions
And making all the right noises
But we're not sure what it means
Anymore
Maybe if we pretend to be in love
For a long enough time
We'll fall back in
And the strangeness will cease
But what are our chances?
Would it would be better
To just give up
And go our separate ways?
It's hard to declare surrender
When we haven't even declared war
But maybe it'll be better than this
It can't be much worse
Than quietly falling out of love
We're going through the motions
And making all the right noises
But we're not sure what it means
Anymore
Maybe if we pretend to be in love
For a long enough time
We'll fall back in
And the strangeness will cease
But what are our chances?
Would it would be better
To just give up
And go our separate ways?
It's hard to declare surrender
When we haven't even declared war
But maybe it'll be better than this
It can't be much worse
Than quietly falling out of love
#MovingOn
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Dying
Got shot down in the afternoon
And I spent all night long
In that alley shortcut so close to home
Doing my dying
With a bullet iny leg
And two more in my guts
I know I did a lot of crying
But I never saw a light in a tunnel
And I never relived all my life
I just laid on that cold cold ground
In a puddle of piss and blood
And I remember all the pain
Eating at my brain
Driving me insane
As I lay dying
And yet I never saw the face of God
Or the family and friends who went before me
It was just a useless...
And I spent all night long
In that alley shortcut so close to home
Doing my dying
With a bullet iny leg
And two more in my guts
I know I did a lot of crying
But I never saw a light in a tunnel
And I never relived all my life
I just laid on that cold cold ground
In a puddle of piss and blood
And I remember all the pain
Eating at my brain
Driving me insane
As I lay dying
And yet I never saw the face of God
Or the family and friends who went before me
It was just a useless...
#death
#tragedy
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New Love
It's just a simple love
It flows through me without thought
I look at her and I know it's the real thing
I have no choice but to reach out to her
And pray that she reaches back
It's a beautiful dream
That comes true with her touch
Alive in a way I've never felt before
New love
The panacea that my heart
Has been waiting for
It flows through me without thought
I look at her and I know it's the real thing
I have no choice but to reach out to her
And pray that she reaches back
It's a beautiful dream
That comes true with her touch
Alive in a way I've never felt before
New love
The panacea that my heart
Has been waiting for
#love
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Carry On
Carry the weight of your load
Take that burden with you wherever you go
Can't take a break from that weight
Until it grinds you right into the road
Since you were a young thing
You've been packing the guilt
Carry it no matter how far you go
Until it grinds you right into dust
What can you be guilty of
When you're only a little child
Feel bad for sassing your mama
Cutting your arm to release some of the pain
Carry that load gonna drag you right down
Gonna carry it right to your grave
Can't bear the weight...
Take that burden with you wherever you go
Can't take a break from that weight
Until it grinds you right into the road
Since you were a young thing
You've been packing the guilt
Carry it no matter how far you go
Until it grinds you right into dust
What can you be guilty of
When you're only a little child
Feel bad for sassing your mama
Cutting your arm to release some of the pain
Carry that load gonna drag you right down
Gonna carry it right to your grave
Can't bear the weight...
#regret
#despair
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Laughing Lawyers
Angry words fly
On wings of red rage
Unthinking and filled with hate
They can't be taken back
In morning's sober light
Remembered forever
A cancer that eats away
From the inside of the relationship
Until bare bones lay bleached
On the divorce court floor
On wings of red rage
Unthinking and filled with hate
They can't be taken back
In morning's sober light
Remembered forever
A cancer that eats away
From the inside of the relationship
Until bare bones lay bleached
On the divorce court floor
#anger
#conflict
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Cry
It's a chain of misfortune
It's got you locked
To a past
That you didn't control
Bad things seem to happen
To the best people
Bringing you low
And locking you in place
And you can't break free
Without losing the part of you
That makes you good
To begin with
You can cry all day long
But it's not going to
Set you free
We're all locked to our pasts
It's got you locked
To a past
That you didn't control
Bad things seem to happen
To the best people
Bringing you low
And locking you in place
And you can't break free
Without losing the part of you
That makes you good
To begin with
You can cry all day long
But it's not going to
Set you free
We're all locked to our pasts
#despair
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Cry
It's a chain of misfortune
It's got you locked
To a past
That you didn't control
Bad things seem to happen
To the best people
Bringing you low
And locking you in place
And you can't break free
Without losing the part of you
That makes you good
To begin with
You can cry all day long
But it's not going to
Set you free
We're all locked to our pasts
It's got you locked
To a past
That you didn't control
Bad things seem to happen
To the best people
Bringing you low
And locking you in place
And you can't break free
Without losing the part of you
That makes you good
To begin with
You can cry all day long
But it's not going to
Set you free
We're all locked to our pasts
#despair
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Happy
Am I happy today?
I don't really know what true happiness is
So I guess I'm just alive
But hopeful
I don't really know what true happiness is
So I guess I'm just alive
But hopeful
#hope
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