Submissions by wallyroo92
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Inspired by life, literature, love and music.
Comfort
In a range of colors as far as my I can see
The carotene seems to be filled with light energy
Because somewhere in between this red and yellow
I always found that this hue was kind of mellow
Perhaps it was because I had a special blankie
Otherwise I’d wake up feeling kind of cranky
Although the color had faded over the years
To me it felt as bright and fresh with cheer
I was eight and there was just something about it
I remember never really going to sleep without it
It reminded me of my family in younger days
Like bright...
The carotene seems to be filled with light energy
Because somewhere in between this red and yellow
I always found that this hue was kind of mellow
Perhaps it was because I had a special blankie
Otherwise I’d wake up feeling kind of cranky
Although the color had faded over the years
To me it felt as bright and fresh with cheer
I was eight and there was just something about it
I remember never really going to sleep without it
It reminded me of my family in younger days
Like bright...
#family
#memories
#nostalgia
202 reads
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Vacation is All I Ever...
I got an extra five hundred in my account
The wife and I are going a little on vacation
We’re going to drive up the scenic coastline
Just a little getaway from our regular vocations
We plan to make stops at shops and diners
For some quality alone time - together
We’re going to eat good food and libations
Enjoying the great California summer weather
We load up the car and start driving up the coast
Feeling the sea breeze as the music is bumpin’
Singing the lyrics to songs we’ve always loved
With hands out the windows...
The wife and I are going a little on vacation
We’re going to drive up the scenic coastline
Just a little getaway from our regular vocations
We plan to make stops at shops and diners
For some quality alone time - together
We’re going to eat good food and libations
Enjoying the great California summer weather
We load up the car and start driving up the coast
Feeling the sea breeze as the music is bumpin’
Singing the lyrics to songs we’ve always loved
With hands out the windows...
#LifeStruggles
#funny
#TruthOfLife
235 reads
5 Comments
Take # 48
This is take number 48
So place another candle on the cake
I'll hurry because the flames might set the set on fire
For heaven sake don’t make ‘em wait
The time is passing at a faster rate
With a quick blow I’ll wish for that which I desire
And that’s to balance my Gemini
Because he and I don’t look eye to eye
It’s a reflection in the mirror with a peculiar trait
The weight of the years are amplified
As time flies by it leaves me wide eyed
Something is tearing from me making an escape
I know that I’m not losing...
So place another candle on the cake
I'll hurry because the flames might set the set on fire
For heaven sake don’t make ‘em wait
The time is passing at a faster rate
With a quick blow I’ll wish for that which I desire
And that’s to balance my Gemini
Because he and I don’t look eye to eye
It’s a reflection in the mirror with a peculiar trait
The weight of the years are amplified
As time flies by it leaves me wide eyed
Something is tearing from me making an escape
I know that I’m not losing...
#memories
#aging
#SelfReflection #meditation
#SelfReflection #meditation
203 reads
First Days
16th, August, 2018
These are the days when we’re wondering,
Pondering where all that precious time went,
Marveling at our children growing up so fast,
Remembering how that valuable time was spent.
It’s in their smiles,
Their faces,
Their graces
Their styles,
The way their features changed slowly over time,
Each little memory,
A scene,
A dream,
A reverie,
Each one a recollection, it’s embedded in my mind.
It’s in these first days when I stop to celebrate,
The spot that marks...
These are the days when we’re wondering,
Pondering where all that precious time went,
Marveling at our children growing up so fast,
Remembering how that valuable time was spent.
It’s in their smiles,
Their faces,
Their graces
Their styles,
The way their features changed slowly over time,
Each little memory,
A scene,
A dream,
A reverie,
Each one a recollection, it’s embedded in my mind.
It’s in these first days when I stop to celebrate,
The spot that marks...
#father
#children
#son
263 reads
4 Comments
Another Mass Shooting in America
School shooting…x number of dead, x injured” is always used
The thread is a weekly common report in the news
Then the outpour of condolences come from everywhere
Some asking questions, mad and sad and offering prayer
‘Round here, a mass shooting seems to an ongoing theme
It’s part of the 2nd Amendment and the American Dream
While grieving parents in horror are left wondering why
In harrowing pain when their babies senselessly die
I survived a civil war but this shit is beyond comprehensible
Lives are being taken away like they’re so...
The thread is a weekly common report in the news
Then the outpour of condolences come from everywhere
Some asking questions, mad and sad and offering prayer
‘Round here, a mass shooting seems to an ongoing theme
It’s part of the 2nd Amendment and the American Dream
While grieving parents in horror are left wondering why
In harrowing pain when their babies senselessly die
I survived a civil war but this shit is beyond comprehensible
Lives are being taken away like they’re so...
#sadness
#anger
#violence #frustration
#violence #frustration
432 reads
11 Comments
Kind of Paradise
The sun peeks right over the horizon
Amidst a range of mountains with a soft display
The water reflects the warmth
As if it’s reassuring us…
We will have another beautiful day
I can almost feel the cool breeze’s caress
Like a whisper of nature’s magic and mystery
The colors in the sky are stunning
Like a romantic painting…
Only to be captured in memory
This brings joy and peace to the heart
Calling us, pulling us closer to Mother Earth
As all the senses can freely capture
The beauty this world offers…
...
Amidst a range of mountains with a soft display
The water reflects the warmth
As if it’s reassuring us…
We will have another beautiful day
I can almost feel the cool breeze’s caress
Like a whisper of nature’s magic and mystery
The colors in the sky are stunning
Like a romantic painting…
Only to be captured in memory
This brings joy and peace to the heart
Calling us, pulling us closer to Mother Earth
As all the senses can freely capture
The beauty this world offers…
...
#beauty
#earth
#nature #peace
#nature #peace
254 reads
4 Comments
Crocodile Tears
I can’t buy all the lies she tries to rise and amplifies
As she cries with dry eyes in some kind of disguise
Ms. Heard twists words and turds then just justifies
But on the inside you can see she feels cold as ice
We’ve all seen some bad acting but this is distracting
A lot the things she says simply don’t make sense
But an abuser will turn around and be the accuser
Gathering everyone to come to their defense
What she doesn’t understand as she takes the stand
Is that her body language tells a different story
While trying to act...
As she cries with dry eyes in some kind of disguise
Ms. Heard twists words and turds then just justifies
But on the inside you can see she feels cold as ice
We’ve all seen some bad acting but this is distracting
A lot the things she says simply don’t make sense
But an abuser will turn around and be the accuser
Gathering everyone to come to their defense
What she doesn’t understand as she takes the stand
Is that her body language tells a different story
While trying to act...
#abuse
#bullying
#DomesticViolence
375 reads
0 Comments
The Fat Cats
The Fat Cats
#corruption
#greed
#poverty
440 reads
4 Comments
eldgamle ånder
Ancient spirits are calling
Visiting through the echoes of time
Alive in the wind and breeze
In the warmth of the light of the sun
Ancient spirits are voicing
Rejoicing in the revival through song
As man and nature reconnect
Bringing us closer to Mother Earth
Ancient spirits are telling
Of old ways that have disappeared
As the heart lingers for something
That ties to us to the forgotten past
And if you listen closely
You can hear the wind and sun sing
Ancient spirits are rejoicing
Visiting through the...
Visiting through the echoes of time
Alive in the wind and breeze
In the warmth of the light of the sun
Ancient spirits are voicing
Rejoicing in the revival through song
As man and nature reconnect
Bringing us closer to Mother Earth
Ancient spirits are telling
Of old ways that have disappeared
As the heart lingers for something
That ties to us to the forgotten past
And if you listen closely
You can hear the wind and sun sing
Ancient spirits are rejoicing
Visiting through the...
#earth
#universe
#spiritual
416 reads
4 Comments
Journey Through This World
The road adapts to the landscape
The skies turns to different hues at sunset
There’s a cool breeze in the mountains
And through rain and snow
The ghost rider rides on
He’s a rock star
And when stopping in small towns
No-one seems to recognize or know him
But he prefers it that way
Back on the road…
Alone with his thoughts
The sound of the engine
Logging hundreds and hundreds of miles every day
This ride
Takes him somewhere between
Divine nature and spiritual enlightenment
The recollections...
The skies turns to different hues at sunset
There’s a cool breeze in the mountains
And through rain and snow
The ghost rider rides on
He’s a rock star
And when stopping in small towns
No-one seems to recognize or know him
But he prefers it that way
Back on the road…
Alone with his thoughts
The sound of the engine
Logging hundreds and hundreds of miles every day
This ride
Takes him somewhere between
Divine nature and spiritual enlightenment
The recollections...
#death
#books
#meditation #SelfDiscovery
#meditation #SelfDiscovery
210 reads
2 Comments
Phantasmic Aching
The realm between fantasy and reality crosses a fine line
When the yearning burns and turns from mind to body
Every part of the cortex is provoked and vexed with want
‘Til the reeling of phantasmic aching has you feeling naughty
And it’s here when you hear that voice expressing hunger
Delectable utterances stir the soul into transcendent bliss
With near breathless tones it can render some speechless
Flooding imaginations with images one simply cannot dismiss
Oh and the stirring, the thought provoking visions are...
When the yearning burns and turns from mind to body
Every part of the cortex is provoked and vexed with want
‘Til the reeling of phantasmic aching has you feeling naughty
And it’s here when you hear that voice expressing hunger
Delectable utterances stir the soul into transcendent bliss
With near breathless tones it can render some speechless
Flooding imaginations with images one simply cannot dismiss
Oh and the stirring, the thought provoking visions are...
#lust
#erotic
#dreams #sensual
#dreams #sensual
451 reads
2 Comments
Back from the Dead
and maybe that’s the set back with the internet
News will travel quick without proof or verification
Before we know it we may be the subject of a rumor
Making the truth from the lie harder to distinguish
Whether it’s a mistake or done with ill intent
Not having the facts can certainly cause some grief
But with anonymity it’s difficult to be definite
And the information will spread faster than the wind
News will travel quick without proof or verification
Before we know it we may be the subject of a rumor
Making the truth from the lie harder to distinguish
Whether it’s a mistake or done with ill intent
Not having the facts can certainly cause some grief
But with anonymity it’s difficult to be definite
And the information will spread faster than the wind
#LifeAsAWriter
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4 Comments
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