Submissions by wallyroo92
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Inspired by life, literature, love and music.
SELF POEM
Published
21st Dec 2024 7:59am
21st Dec 2024 7:59am
The Roles I Played and Made
Upon taking my first breath when I came into this world
The mask I wore was a blank canvas of innocence
What transpired between then and now has been a whirl
A rollercoaster ride of both harmony and dissonance
I’ve been a liar
Stabbed and fired
I walked barefoot over the pyre just to get my point across
Then it was moot and dire
But I grew tired
Of mourning over things I couldn’t control and counted as a loss
Over the years I’ve been through plenty of mischief and mayhem
But the facades I wore became the faces to different...
The mask I wore was a blank canvas of innocence
What transpired between then and now has been a whirl
A rollercoaster ride of both harmony and dissonance
I’ve been a liar
Stabbed and fired
I walked barefoot over the pyre just to get my point across
Then it was moot and dire
But I grew tired
Of mourning over things I couldn’t control and counted as a loss
Over the years I’ve been through plenty of mischief and mayhem
But the facades I wore became the faces to different...
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
63 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th Dec 2024 8:23pm
17th Dec 2024 8:23pm
The Frustration of Insomnia
It’s late at night and sleep alludes me
Synapses are firing at high speeds
Thousands of thudding thoughts thump through and through
Denying my brain of the rest it needs
The fidgety minutes turn into restless hours
New beliefs and viewpoints begin to take form
Even as the frustration of insomnia clouds all reason and logic
It’s a kind of magic amidst a quiet storm
And then everything seems to disappear by morning light
All the ideas and philosophies grew wings and took flight
Synapses are firing at high speeds
Thousands of thudding thoughts thump through and through
Denying my brain of the rest it needs
The fidgety minutes turn into restless hours
New beliefs and viewpoints begin to take form
Even as the frustration of insomnia clouds all reason and logic
It’s a kind of magic amidst a quiet storm
And then everything seems to disappear by morning light
All the ideas and philosophies grew wings and took flight
#insomnia
#SelfDiscovery
#sleep
89 reads
13 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
15th Dec 2024 7:36pm
15th Dec 2024 7:36pm
Entitle(d)ment
Meanwhile in another (W)alternate universe...
And when the Great voice was heard over the loudspeakers
The declaration of a free society had been rightly proclaimed
So from the eccentric tycoon to the common job seeker
Money became an obsolete thing of dishonor and shame
In the cities everyone went into the streets to burn their bills
Stock had no more power or meaning from borrower to lender
For all across the globe leaders had picked up their quills
Making bartering and human kindness the new legal tender
And no matter the time...
And when the Great voice was heard over the loudspeakers
The declaration of a free society had been rightly proclaimed
So from the eccentric tycoon to the common job seeker
Money became an obsolete thing of dishonor and shame
In the cities everyone went into the streets to burn their bills
Stock had no more power or meaning from borrower to lender
For all across the globe leaders had picked up their quills
Making bartering and human kindness the new legal tender
And no matter the time...
#consumerism
#freedom
#LifeStruggles
70 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Nov 2024 5:45pm
27th Nov 2024 5:45pm
Snitches
Snitches, snitches get stitches
They’ll say whatever it takes to get out of deep ditches
They’ll talk about whoever they can and rat out
It’s a blame game for them when they're trying to chase clout
Snitches will sing like a canary up and down the scale
They will tell the tale like their loyalty is up for sale
They have no allegiance when it comes to their squad
Blabbing on just about everyone and swear on God
Snitches will leak their business without hesitation
Then they’ll cover their own asses to...
They’ll say whatever it takes to get out of deep ditches
They’ll talk about whoever they can and rat out
It’s a blame game for them when they're trying to chase clout
Snitches will sing like a canary up and down the scale
They will tell the tale like their loyalty is up for sale
They have no allegiance when it comes to their squad
Blabbing on just about everyone and swear on God
Snitches will leak their business without hesitation
Then they’ll cover their own asses to...
#funny
107 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Nov 2024 4:46pm
26th Nov 2024 4:46pm
Strength Beyond Strength
I pray that…
You discover your vigor and courage coming from within
That resilience and heart carry you in their eternal wings
That they give you the driving force in those darkest times
And light will shine and steer you pulling at the heartstrings
.
I pray that…
You find solace in knowing you are worthy of love and respect
That no matter how hard the punches have been you can still stand
Even when the pain has been much to bear something is there
And that the fighting spirit will be near giving you a guiding hand
.
I...
You discover your vigor and courage coming from within
That resilience and heart carry you in their eternal wings
That they give you the driving force in those darkest times
And light will shine and steer you pulling at the heartstrings
.
I pray that…
You find solace in knowing you are worthy of love and respect
That no matter how hard the punches have been you can still stand
Even when the pain has been much to bear something is there
And that the fighting spirit will be near giving you a guiding hand
.
I...
#courage
#SelfDiscovery
#strength
120 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Nov 2024 5:34pm
25th Nov 2024 5:34pm
Beautiful Nightmare
Spellbound by this heartbreaking love
He is frozen under a pale moonlight
The countless nights of hell tell a tale
That burns at the core every night
And yet in the yearning there is an ecstasy
An exquisite torture of pleasure and pain
Where paradise and perdition intertwine
When his lips bleed by speaking her name
It all goes back to the first time they met
Bodies and spirits felt so damn attracted
But when she looked deep into his eyes
He felt as if his soul had been extracted
Her smiles and...
He is frozen under a pale moonlight
The countless nights of hell tell a tale
That burns at the core every night
And yet in the yearning there is an ecstasy
An exquisite torture of pleasure and pain
Where paradise and perdition intertwine
When his lips bleed by speaking her name
It all goes back to the first time they met
Bodies and spirits felt so damn attracted
But when she looked deep into his eyes
He felt as if his soul had been extracted
Her smiles and...
#despair
#UnrequitedLove
132 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
24th Nov 2024 6:51pm
24th Nov 2024 6:51pm
Late November
In late November the freezing cold rain remembers
To wash away the dirt and erode the past
So when the fractures in the pavement are watered
They can still grow weeds and flowers
And there, in between imagination and dream
The harshness of reality finally sets in
That amidst the ugly truths and pretty fantasies
I am reminded
I am broken, mended and healing
To wash away the dirt and erode the past
So when the fractures in the pavement are watered
They can still grow weeds and flowers
And there, in between imagination and dream
The harshness of reality finally sets in
That amidst the ugly truths and pretty fantasies
I am reminded
I am broken, mended and healing
#confessional
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
97 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
23rd Nov 2024 7:56pm
23rd Nov 2024 7:56pm
Flutter and Glide
Yesterday shaped me and made me who I am
Today sharpens and refines my vision
Tomorrow is a familiar and unknown dream
While I flutter and glide inside a twister of decisions
Today sharpens and refines my vision
Tomorrow is a familiar and unknown dream
While I flutter and glide inside a twister of decisions
#SelfDiscovery
93 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
19th Nov 2024 10:03pm
19th Nov 2024 10:03pm
Meanwhile Down Here on Earth
There is a new light shining in the distance
Over in the southern celestial hemisphere
The scales of fate seem to weigh in balance
Welcoming a new presence
Meanwhile down here on earth
Broken hearts
and watery eyes fixate on Libra
The constellation has given birth
As stargazers wonder and watch in awe
Replete with love the spirit is lifted
Words and verse become memories and memoirs
For in the great beyond out in the universe
She has completed her journey to the stars
Over in the southern celestial hemisphere
The scales of fate seem to weigh in balance
Welcoming a new presence
Meanwhile down here on earth
Broken hearts
and watery eyes fixate on Libra
The constellation has given birth
As stargazers wonder and watch in awe
Replete with love the spirit is lifted
Words and verse become memories and memoirs
For in the great beyond out in the universe
She has completed her journey to the stars
#death
#grief
#universe
141 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th Nov 2024 6:00am
17th Nov 2024 6:00am
In Lieu of a Kiss
#funny
#rhyming
67 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Nov 2024 10:16pm
16th Nov 2024 10:16pm
At Midnight the Stars Shine Brighter
If you speak the truth then some people will think you’re uncouth
Society has lost propriety smiling brightly while a missing tooth
So it’s up to poets how to show us with rhyme, stanza and verse
Dropping a volley of knowledge like its college - fully immersed
But in the new world that’s been flung and hurled into the gutter
Those who write well are the new age rebel outlaws with a cause
When a sonnet runs the gamut of observation, reflection and thought
As the lexicon has brains and brawn sharper than transitive claws
Pause
He...
Society has lost propriety smiling brightly while a missing tooth
So it’s up to poets how to show us with rhyme, stanza and verse
Dropping a volley of knowledge like its college - fully immersed
But in the new world that’s been flung and hurled into the gutter
Those who write well are the new age rebel outlaws with a cause
When a sonnet runs the gamut of observation, reflection and thought
As the lexicon has brains and brawn sharper than transitive claws
Pause
He...
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
123 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Nov 2024 4:21am
15th Nov 2024 4:21am
Therapy Sessions
In some way, no matter how bad things got or how low I’d get
For some reason it felt like I hadn’t hit rock bottom yet
My premonition told me there was one more bullet to take
So I bit it, jumped in the flame and put it all at stake
But I paid dearly, nearly lost my sanity dealing with it
I looked for signs and some other guidelines to help me get through
While I was fighting depression writing made an impression
Like deep cuts spilling my guts on paper gave me a new view
I liked letting the ink bleed from my pen again and again ...
For some reason it felt like I hadn’t hit rock bottom yet
My premonition told me there was one more bullet to take
So I bit it, jumped in the flame and put it all at stake
But I paid dearly, nearly lost my sanity dealing with it
I looked for signs and some other guidelines to help me get through
While I was fighting depression writing made an impression
Like deep cuts spilling my guts on paper gave me a new view
I liked letting the ink bleed from my pen again and again ...
#SelfDiscovery
#WritingPoetry
103 reads
10 Comments
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