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.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Aug 2015 7:46pm
15th Aug 2015 7:46pm
Another Man Suffers
Another night of waking in darkness
Another day of tiredness and pain
Each day still filled with depression
Can't make this pressure ever fade far away
Some days I sit and cry for no reason
Or reasons I cannot explain
Demons locked in my mind playing games
Devils inside my head stab my brain
No different than many I know
Some more and some less and some hardly at all
But we all share the same creeping sadness
And wonder when life will finally go
It's hard to take this daily reaction
To things in my mind that I cannot control...
Another day of tiredness and pain
Each day still filled with depression
Can't make this pressure ever fade far away
Some days I sit and cry for no reason
Or reasons I cannot explain
Demons locked in my mind playing games
Devils inside my head stab my brain
No different than many I know
Some more and some less and some hardly at all
But we all share the same creeping sadness
And wonder when life will finally go
It's hard to take this daily reaction
To things in my mind that I cannot control...
572 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
13th Aug 2015 11:54am
13th Aug 2015 11:54am
Only the Lonely
My breath grows short when you draw near to me
My mind fills with thoughts of you and I together
In a loving embrace
And the butterflies begin to rise inside of my body
To dance in my belly and quickly make it hard to see
It’s the same old reaction to having you come close
As my mouth turns to cotton I cannot say the words
That I long to say
I love you but you’ve turned your back and walked away
Perhaps another time I’ll grow less timid
And my heart will show itself
My mind fills with thoughts of you and I together
In a loving embrace
And the butterflies begin to rise inside of my body
To dance in my belly and quickly make it hard to see
It’s the same old reaction to having you come close
As my mouth turns to cotton I cannot say the words
That I long to say
I love you but you’ve turned your back and walked away
Perhaps another time I’ll grow less timid
And my heart will show itself
667 reads
4 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
7th Aug 2015 7:44pm
7th Aug 2015 7:44pm
Primal Animal
I drove on down the coast today
At a hundred miles per
To see if I’d forget the night
The night I’d spent with her
I knew it was a huge mistake
Right from the ringing phone
But like Pavlov’s dog and ringing bells
I was racing to her home
Oh, she calls me up say once a month
Or even once a year
When I’ve had time to steel myself
Against the words she says
But her voice is smooth as her silky lips
And my steel just melts away
Oh, my steel just melts away
Now I’m speeding down the coast again
And trying to forget...
At a hundred miles per
To see if I’d forget the night
The night I’d spent with her
I knew it was a huge mistake
Right from the ringing phone
But like Pavlov’s dog and ringing bells
I was racing to her home
Oh, she calls me up say once a month
Or even once a year
When I’ve had time to steel myself
Against the words she says
But her voice is smooth as her silky lips
And my steel just melts away
Oh, my steel just melts away
Now I’m speeding down the coast again
And trying to forget...
705 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Aug 2015 6:26pm
6th Aug 2015 6:26pm
Malevolent Beauty
An unnatural sunrise of science
Malevolent beauty killing indiscriminately
And maiming with newfound success
To slowly slay the enemy
Of those far away
I wasn’t yet born
And yet must remember
And hope that the sunrise of death
Never rises again.
My silence now is my shield and my scream
No more
Malevolent beauty killing indiscriminately
And maiming with newfound success
To slowly slay the enemy
Of those far away
I wasn’t yet born
And yet must remember
And hope that the sunrise of death
Never rises again.
My silence now is my shield and my scream
No more
548 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
4th Aug 2015 8:38pm
4th Aug 2015 8:38pm
The Cold Deep Water
I’m not an absolute beginner
But I feel newborn sometimes
When the situation calls for more than I have
Like now, when I’m
Swimming in deep water
Filled with sharks with bright teeth
I’ve got nothing to hold me above the water
Except my failing strength
And my will to live
Will it be enough until the test is through?
Or will I drown in this deep water
Like many have done before me
Unable to keep up with the ones who know the way
To stay high in the deep
While I begin to falter
And wait for the first tearing teeth
To take me down...
But I feel newborn sometimes
When the situation calls for more than I have
Like now, when I’m
Swimming in deep water
Filled with sharks with bright teeth
I’ve got nothing to hold me above the water
Except my failing strength
And my will to live
Will it be enough until the test is through?
Or will I drown in this deep water
Like many have done before me
Unable to keep up with the ones who know the way
To stay high in the deep
While I begin to falter
And wait for the first tearing teeth
To take me down...
561 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
2nd Aug 2015 10:30pm
2nd Aug 2015 10:30pm
Night Dance
Angela dances alone in the night
As the shadows start slowly to slip away
Her window is open to let in the breeze
That tousles her hair in the faint growing light
As slow as a river that ambles along with no rain
The music plays just in her head
She dreams of a man that once danced her the night through
Who whispered he loved and danced away all her pain
Now the shadows have crept away from the new day
The breeze begins to warm up in the light
Another hot day has begun as the birds stir awake
Angela hums to her mind’s inner music and prays
A...
As the shadows start slowly to slip away
Her window is open to let in the breeze
That tousles her hair in the faint growing light
As slow as a river that ambles along with no rain
The music plays just in her head
She dreams of a man that once danced her the night through
Who whispered he loved and danced away all her pain
Now the shadows have crept away from the new day
The breeze begins to warm up in the light
Another hot day has begun as the birds stir awake
Angela hums to her mind’s inner music and prays
A...
579 reads
1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
28th Jul 2015 12:56pm
28th Jul 2015 12:56pm
The Madman
It’s a newspaper story by a maniac
Who’s pissed he not paid as where he thinks he’s at
About some Muslim or queer who’s just standing there
Like who, me? Caught in the spotlight glare
So what will he write when tomorrow comes?
And who’ll be the target of his poison tongue?
And the editor rubs his hands in happy glee
Because the maniac has the best fucking numbers that he’s ever seen
There are those who will hate you if you are different than you or me
As though personal choices are a social fear
It’s like being alive with opinon makes you a...
Who’s pissed he not paid as where he thinks he’s at
About some Muslim or queer who’s just standing there
Like who, me? Caught in the spotlight glare
So what will he write when tomorrow comes?
And who’ll be the target of his poison tongue?
And the editor rubs his hands in happy glee
Because the maniac has the best fucking numbers that he’s ever seen
There are those who will hate you if you are different than you or me
As though personal choices are a social fear
It’s like being alive with opinon makes you a...
770 reads
0 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
22nd Jul 2015 3:12pm
22nd Jul 2015 3:12pm
New Emotion
I’ve been down before this
I’ve been up in the stars with happiness
But I’ve never felt anything
Like this before
I’ve been dumped and picked up
I’ve been loved and hated before
But there’s no memory of feeling
So up in the air before
It’s a new emotion
It doesn’t have a name on my list
I just know that I like it
I like to feel like this
Lost in the middle
Not sure what’s up
And what is down
It’s looked confusing to me all the days
Of the week
I’m not sure of anything
Anymore
This is different...
I’ve been up in the stars with happiness
But I’ve never felt anything
Like this before
I’ve been dumped and picked up
I’ve been loved and hated before
But there’s no memory of feeling
So up in the air before
It’s a new emotion
It doesn’t have a name on my list
I just know that I like it
I like to feel like this
Lost in the middle
Not sure what’s up
And what is down
It’s looked confusing to me all the days
Of the week
I’m not sure of anything
Anymore
This is different...
724 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
20th Jul 2015 1:34am
20th Jul 2015 1:34am
The Lonely
She walks into the bar that night
A dirty blonde beauty never seen there before
And every guy and some women as well
Want to see her golden beauty in the pale moonlight
In their minds they would dance in the light from the stars
And marvel at her unblemished skin
But they remain in their seats
They fear her rejection so they sit in fantasy but afar
If only they knew
Her loneliness deep within
As she longs for the words of an offer to dance
A human touch on her skin
She hates the way her looks keep her lonely
Since it keeps her...
A dirty blonde beauty never seen there before
And every guy and some women as well
Want to see her golden beauty in the pale moonlight
In their minds they would dance in the light from the stars
And marvel at her unblemished skin
But they remain in their seats
They fear her rejection so they sit in fantasy but afar
If only they knew
Her loneliness deep within
As she longs for the words of an offer to dance
A human touch on her skin
She hates the way her looks keep her lonely
Since it keeps her...
758 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th Jul 2015 10:58pm
14th Jul 2015 10:58pm
The end of the World
I wonder sometimes about the end of the world
Will some madman finally say screw it and push their red button?
Or will a rock the size of a mountain let’s say
Come out of the sky and throw us into that kind of nuclear winter?
If either is coming I hope I’m at ground zero
I don’t think I’d make a very good caveman
I can’t breathe so I can’t run
And I can’t run anyway because my back is filled with pain
I can’t catch the last of the dinners
Here kitty kitty
No thanks, hit me with your best shot
Send my molecules out into space, higher than gravity’s...
Will some madman finally say screw it and push their red button?
Or will a rock the size of a mountain let’s say
Come out of the sky and throw us into that kind of nuclear winter?
If either is coming I hope I’m at ground zero
I don’t think I’d make a very good caveman
I can’t breathe so I can’t run
And I can’t run anyway because my back is filled with pain
I can’t catch the last of the dinners
Here kitty kitty
No thanks, hit me with your best shot
Send my molecules out into space, higher than gravity’s...
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0 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
12th Jul 2015 6:44pm
12th Jul 2015 6:44pm
White Room
White Room
There’s a white room
In my small place
Nobody goes in there
I don’t know who did
The white paint job
And I don’t really care
It fills me up with fear
The white room in my small place
I feel like a little kid at the horror show
My fingers cover my face
Oh the white room
With the door closed tight
I just don’t understand
Why it’s there at all
In my small place
I try to get it out of my head
Is it the goodness I left behind?
Is it my happier days?
Is it the home of my...
There’s a white room
In my small place
Nobody goes in there
I don’t know who did
The white paint job
And I don’t really care
It fills me up with fear
The white room in my small place
I feel like a little kid at the horror show
My fingers cover my face
Oh the white room
With the door closed tight
I just don’t understand
Why it’s there at all
In my small place
I try to get it out of my head
Is it the goodness I left behind?
Is it my happier days?
Is it the home of my...
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0 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Jul 2015 10:15pm
11th Jul 2015 10:15pm
Absolute
ABSOLUTE
It’s absolute
There’s no way around it
You have to fight
Or you’re gonna feel this way
Lost in space
Between your ears
Always down
It’s no way to live your life
But the devil will get his due
He’s deep inside of you
Having a grand old time
While you just suffer, through the days and years
It’s convoluted
There’s no way to deny it
Lost in your time
It’s the way you live your life
The angels share is due its own time
Don’t stand and stare
Get on with your life
Fight like hell and...
It’s absolute
There’s no way around it
You have to fight
Or you’re gonna feel this way
Lost in space
Between your ears
Always down
It’s no way to live your life
But the devil will get his due
He’s deep inside of you
Having a grand old time
While you just suffer, through the days and years
It’s convoluted
There’s no way to deny it
Lost in your time
It’s the way you live your life
The angels share is due its own time
Don’t stand and stare
Get on with your life
Fight like hell and...
571 reads
3 Comments
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