Submissions by true_joey
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
"i'll let you decide if i'm a true poet to your heart."
SELF POEM
Published
15th Apr 2014 9:42am
15th Apr 2014 9:42am
The Best I Can
why do i watch as the clock keeps ticking?
leaving all the lights on in the middle of the night,
sitting?
why do i care so as to how much you breath?
or why do i live with hope that'll never be?
why do i look in the mirror and see and unwanted warrior?
i don't see my battle wounds as earned
but as pain, unasked for.
why do i continue each moment as i am?
why, no matter how much i try, will never be the "best i can"?
why don't i remember anything i was taught?
grammar and math,prized possessions,
are now only a...
leaving all the lights on in the middle of the night,
sitting?
why do i care so as to how much you breath?
or why do i live with hope that'll never be?
why do i look in the mirror and see and unwanted warrior?
i don't see my battle wounds as earned
but as pain, unasked for.
why do i continue each moment as i am?
why, no matter how much i try, will never be the "best i can"?
why don't i remember anything i was taught?
grammar and math,prized possessions,
are now only a...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Apr 2014 7:19am
9th Apr 2014 7:19am
heads or tails
when you told me that i was worth it i lost it
how could a being with
wild eyes and untamed hair and
a soul of full of fear and shame
be worth it?
when i told myself today that i need to end it i lost it
how could a heart full of love
a body of joy and a brain full of ideas
be worthless?
i'm so stuck in the world of predicaments
that its hard to see what i have
and decide what it means
the stars in the sky are dim within the city lights
the grass suffers to grow in a world full of metal and cold concrete
yet it still...
how could a being with
wild eyes and untamed hair and
a soul of full of fear and shame
be worth it?
when i told myself today that i need to end it i lost it
how could a heart full of love
a body of joy and a brain full of ideas
be worthless?
i'm so stuck in the world of predicaments
that its hard to see what i have
and decide what it means
the stars in the sky are dim within the city lights
the grass suffers to grow in a world full of metal and cold concrete
yet it still...
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SELF POEM
Published
21st Feb 2014 5:40pm
21st Feb 2014 5:40pm
time doesnt exist.. but clocks do
words cannot express the tears i cry
the pain ive dealt
the outlook of tomorrow
yet, i live
day by day
with the same results
hoping
that one day will change.
the present is painful
the past is dark
and the future, bleak and anxious
where do i fit in?
will a storm finally hit?
will buildings crumble?
will i find myself, dead or alive?
will i finally be happy?
the pain ive dealt
the outlook of tomorrow
yet, i live
day by day
with the same results
hoping
that one day will change.
the present is painful
the past is dark
and the future, bleak and anxious
where do i fit in?
will a storm finally hit?
will buildings crumble?
will i find myself, dead or alive?
will i finally be happy?
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SELF POEM
Published
1st Jan 2014 4:35pm
1st Jan 2014 4:35pm
new years
i swim in the deep vastness of the ocean
looking for the cure to my pain
but all i seem to seek out around me
is the lack of lively, pulsing veins.
hurting myself
the easiest way to cope
helping myself
do i deserve it, even though i hope?
time heals wounds
but time also ages scars
and as your skin sags and fades
past memories are painfully reborn.
looking for the cure to my pain
but all i seem to seek out around me
is the lack of lively, pulsing veins.
hurting myself
the easiest way to cope
helping myself
do i deserve it, even though i hope?
time heals wounds
but time also ages scars
and as your skin sags and fades
past memories are painfully reborn.
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Nov 2013 6:57am
15th Nov 2013 6:57am
Deciduous Tree
oh, how i long to be a deciduous tree
dance with joy in the summer's eve
feel the warmth of the worlds breath
[b]in that late season breeze.
shed the tears
in a luscious way
coat the earth with pretty pain.
use up all energy to break away
full of joy once again
cozy and warm
and naked, in deep sleep of this hallow earth.
so, deciduous tree,
teach me how to be?
as a body so static
could learn to calm one to sleep.[/b]
dance with joy in the summer's eve
feel the warmth of the worlds breath
[b]in that late season breeze.
shed the tears
in a luscious way
coat the earth with pretty pain.
use up all energy to break away
full of joy once again
cozy and warm
and naked, in deep sleep of this hallow earth.
so, deciduous tree,
teach me how to be?
as a body so static
could learn to calm one to sleep.[/b]
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ANGER POEM
Published
19th Oct 2013 2:20pm
19th Oct 2013 2:20pm
just not feeling it
a is for apple
b is for board
i'm so fucking
done with this poem
find a five year old
to finish the job.
b is for board
i'm so fucking
done with this poem
find a five year old
to finish the job.
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SELF POEM
Published
7th Sep 2013 4:34pm
7th Sep 2013 4:34pm
cry me a river
so i know what its like to drown in fears
i smell he sweet dandelions and buttercups in the air this sunset
and, for what, is it worth?
these weeds, such memorable sensations
but its you,'re my cries that could wash away this sand
and you've built a land of drought to surround you
i know you need a garden to grow
from my leaky faucets
what will happen when
i decide these weeds
will always grow more good than you?
so i know what its like to drown in fears
i smell he sweet dandelions and buttercups in the air this sunset
and, for what, is it worth?
these weeds, such memorable sensations
but its you,'re my cries that could wash away this sand
and you've built a land of drought to surround you
i know you need a garden to grow
from my leaky faucets
what will happen when
i decide these weeds
will always grow more good than you?
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DRUGS POEM
Published
1st Sep 2013 3:49am
1st Sep 2013 3:49am
n
whiskey breath
sour taste of your tongue
youre not of father approval
but an angel in the eyes i behold
so dance with me all night
stumble over my body
yes you are a bad idea
but your sloppy caress is easily forgiven
because i already have enough pain
to forget this.
sour taste of your tongue
youre not of father approval
but an angel in the eyes i behold
so dance with me all night
stumble over my body
yes you are a bad idea
but your sloppy caress is easily forgiven
because i already have enough pain
to forget this.
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EROTIC POEM
Published
29th Aug 2013 00:57am
29th Aug 2013 00:57am
Fingertips
crawl up my spine
invisible touch
how i long and ache
but not too much,
no such thing in my life
called love.
why do i have to justify myself
with emotion
when all i desire is
physical touch?
but my luck is tough
invisible touch
how i long and ache
but not too much,
no such thing in my life
called love.
why do i have to justify myself
with emotion
when all i desire is
physical touch?
but my luck is tough
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LOVE POEM
Published
4th Jul 2013 9:45pm
4th Jul 2013 9:45pm
China Doll
let me be your China doll
with porcelain skin and perfect hair
with soft lips with a glimmer of light in the middle
take me wherever you go
value me
don't let others drag me through the dirt
or pull on my limbs
put me to bed every night
and guard me from the evils that roam.
don't forget me when you're done with me, too.
all of you are the same
you play with a toy that you value
and once you are done with me you'll throw me in the attic
or with all the other expired toys.
but if you learn to care about me
to love me
but...
with porcelain skin and perfect hair
with soft lips with a glimmer of light in the middle
take me wherever you go
value me
don't let others drag me through the dirt
or pull on my limbs
put me to bed every night
and guard me from the evils that roam.
don't forget me when you're done with me, too.
all of you are the same
you play with a toy that you value
and once you are done with me you'll throw me in the attic
or with all the other expired toys.
but if you learn to care about me
to love me
but...
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SELF POEM
Published
20th Jun 2013 7:05am
20th Jun 2013 7:05am
failure of the digestive system
i eat away at this feeling
of despair
but it swallows me
when i take the last bite.
i tried to get rid of it
forget that it was there
wanted to give myself a chance
but its power overcame me.
they told me to give it a chance
but when nothing around
is ever right
it feels safe to let everything to be wrong
to feel the pain
to feel numb
because you've known it for so long.
i ate away at the feeling
thought my stomach acid
would savor its destruction
but somehow
somewhere
it was instead absorbed ...
of despair
but it swallows me
when i take the last bite.
i tried to get rid of it
forget that it was there
wanted to give myself a chance
but its power overcame me.
they told me to give it a chance
but when nothing around
is ever right
it feels safe to let everything to be wrong
to feel the pain
to feel numb
because you've known it for so long.
i ate away at the feeling
thought my stomach acid
would savor its destruction
but somehow
somewhere
it was instead absorbed ...
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STORY POEM
Published
31st May 2013 5:49pm
31st May 2013 5:49pm
Flame of Curiosity
she walked the dirt side trail that led into the woods
where danger was always lurking
and yet
she felt free and empowered to embrace her natural fear
she went deeper into the dim
learning new ways that she had never heard of
but she
didn't let those thoughts tempt her
it was a dark, daunting place
that didn't want to ambush and attack
but to
slowly swallow her soul so she'd never leave
and that is how it went on
she traveled the dark side for what seemed forever
experiencing
but leaving the moment she was ready
...
where danger was always lurking
and yet
she felt free and empowered to embrace her natural fear
she went deeper into the dim
learning new ways that she had never heard of
but she
didn't let those thoughts tempt her
it was a dark, daunting place
that didn't want to ambush and attack
but to
slowly swallow her soul so she'd never leave
and that is how it went on
she traveled the dark side for what seemed forever
experiencing
but leaving the moment she was ready
...
537 reads
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