Submissions by wallyroo92
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Inspired by life, literature, love and music.
Hard Realities
I had to keep my eyes open
Keep to my wits when the concrete jungle wasn’t always pretty
I’d be lost in a moment
While trying to remain sane amidst all the hustle and bustle of the city
So many people everywhere
Amidst freeways and streets then disappear up into the skyscrapers
From parks and town squares
I’d watch from my window forty-two flights up while shuffling papers
Then I left the metropolis
To a smaller town away from all the traffic, overcrowding and noise
And in a different populace
I realized I had made the more...
Keep to my wits when the concrete jungle wasn’t always pretty
I’d be lost in a moment
While trying to remain sane amidst all the hustle and bustle of the city
So many people everywhere
Amidst freeways and streets then disappear up into the skyscrapers
From parks and town squares
I’d watch from my window forty-two flights up while shuffling papers
Then I left the metropolis
To a smaller town away from all the traffic, overcrowding and noise
And in a different populace
I realized I had made the more...
#LifeStruggles
#environment
#music #NaPoWriMo2021
#music #NaPoWriMo2021
329 reads
2 Comments
The Milk of Paradise
Many times I wondered about that special place
That mysterious space
Where time inside the realm does not pass or move
Wondering what would it be like not to age or get old
From what I’ve been told
As madness settles in then being completely consumed
A curse can sometimes come as a blessing in disguise
Like the milk of paradise
An unending thirst that never satisfies or fills the soul
So in the curiosity one can hold with secrets and despair
Beware of the lurid fanfare
Or else you’ll fall prey to the illusion you’ve been sold
...
That mysterious space
Where time inside the realm does not pass or move
Wondering what would it be like not to age or get old
From what I’ve been told
As madness settles in then being completely consumed
A curse can sometimes come as a blessing in disguise
Like the milk of paradise
An unending thirst that never satisfies or fills the soul
So in the curiosity one can hold with secrets and despair
Beware of the lurid fanfare
Or else you’ll fall prey to the illusion you’ve been sold
...
#LifeStruggles
#music
#deception #NaPoWriMo2021
#deception #NaPoWriMo2021
274 reads
4 Comments
Young and Restless Heart
I can see the wanderlust in their eyes
A world of opportunity is waiting out there
With nothing but bright and open skies
As they’re slowly becoming more conscious and aware
You can see the wonder last in their faces
From little children to adolescent women and men
Adventure will take them different to places
To a cosmic destiny and fate that’s only known to them
We can feel their spirit longing to explore
As the days are becoming better and bright
Hope and enthusiasm seems to grow more
For the day will come soon when they too...
A world of opportunity is waiting out there
With nothing but bright and open skies
As they’re slowly becoming more conscious and aware
You can see the wonder last in their faces
From little children to adolescent women and men
Adventure will take them different to places
To a cosmic destiny and fate that’s only known to them
We can feel their spirit longing to explore
As the days are becoming better and bright
Hope and enthusiasm seems to grow more
For the day will come soon when they too...
#hope
#children
#music
#choices
#NaPoWriMo2021
356 reads
2 Comments
Steer by the Stars
There you are, exactly where I used to be
At the same age and time
Looking at the waves and rage of the sea
Hoping for a ray of sunshine
There you are, standing at the top of the cliff
Staring into the cold abyss
Gazing endlessly like you’re wondering if
All of this will go amiss
There you are, with profound compassion
Delicate fractured soul
Hiding behind a smile with closed caption
Trying to find your role
The answers will come to you in time if you’re patient
You’ll learn to steer by the stars on those...
At the same age and time
Looking at the waves and rage of the sea
Hoping for a ray of sunshine
There you are, standing at the top of the cliff
Staring into the cold abyss
Gazing endlessly like you’re wondering if
All of this will go amiss
There you are, with profound compassion
Delicate fractured soul
Hiding behind a smile with closed caption
Trying to find your role
The answers will come to you in time if you’re patient
You’ll learn to steer by the stars on those...
#anxiety
#depression
#hope
#son
#NaPoWriMo2021
316 reads
8 Comments
Ahead of the Wheel
Just when you think everything ahead is going to be fine, BAM!
Life throws you a hard hitting fast ball
Then you’re sitting there hurting and thinking, “Damn!
I didn’t see that one coming at all”
But that’s the way life is, it has quick and sudden turns
It’s a hard road in the desert under the sun
Because one minute you’re enjoying it and the next it burns
Wishing for shade and a water-gun
And just when you think everything is fine, the sky suddenly falls
The weight of the world is on your shoulders
Then it feels you crashed fast...
Life throws you a hard hitting fast ball
Then you’re sitting there hurting and thinking, “Damn!
I didn’t see that one coming at all”
But that’s the way life is, it has quick and sudden turns
It’s a hard road in the desert under the sun
Because one minute you’re enjoying it and the next it burns
Wishing for shade and a water-gun
And just when you think everything is fine, the sky suddenly falls
The weight of the world is on your shoulders
Then it feels you crashed fast...
#hope
#courage
#inspirational
#music
#NaPoWriMo2021
344 reads
2 Comments
Red Alert
I should have listened to their advice
I should have heeded to all the warnings
But all the should haves are useless now
And could have avoided all the mournings
Then again when a young and restless heart
Desires and needs for a great escapade
Nothing can stop it no matter how smart
Until it realizes there are dues to be paid
But that’s the price we all have to pay
Life’s bumps and bruises have a cost
We learn little by little day to day
Even in those times when we feel lost
Now here I am remembering years passed ...
I should have heeded to all the warnings
But all the should haves are useless now
And could have avoided all the mournings
Then again when a young and restless heart
Desires and needs for a great escapade
Nothing can stop it no matter how smart
Until it realizes there are dues to be paid
But that’s the price we all have to pay
Life’s bumps and bruises have a cost
We learn little by little day to day
Even in those times when we feel lost
Now here I am remembering years passed ...
#love
#heartbroken
#LifeStruggles
#music
#NaPoWriMo2021
275 reads
0 Comments
Astral Nights and Galactic Days
Through astral nights and galactic days
I wish to travel and see
For I pray the day when I leave this earth
I will witness and discover
The secrets of the universe
Through astral nights and galactic days
Through astral nights and galactic days
I will journey into the beyond
Leaving this physical body lying there
For others to mourn
While mind and spirit traverse
Through astral nights and galactic days
Through astral nights and galactic days
And the dark void of space
I will come face to face with the...
I wish to travel and see
For I pray the day when I leave this earth
I will witness and discover
The secrets of the universe
Through astral nights and galactic days
Through astral nights and galactic days
I will journey into the beyond
Leaving this physical body lying there
For others to mourn
While mind and spirit traverse
Through astral nights and galactic days
Through astral nights and galactic days
And the dark void of space
I will come face to face with the...
#dreams
#death
#universe
#music
#NaPoWriMo2021
342 reads
2 Comments
In a State of Grace
Spin the wheel” the professor brightly said
So I did and went back to nineteen ninety-one
To days of youth and paths I once feared to tread
To a time when passion seemed to weigh a ton
I smiled reliving the moments I once treasured
For the times I sighed and cried with a heavy heart
For the formative years when I felt the pressure
Through a depression I hid while playing the part
But I kept it hidden below the undergrowth
Like secrets in the deepest recesses of the soul
It grew roots to the core and swore an oath ...
So I did and went back to nineteen ninety-one
To days of youth and paths I once feared to tread
To a time when passion seemed to weigh a ton
I smiled reliving the moments I once treasured
For the times I sighed and cried with a heavy heart
For the formative years when I felt the pressure
Through a depression I hid while playing the part
But I kept it hidden below the undergrowth
Like secrets in the deepest recesses of the soul
It grew roots to the core and swore an oath ...
#love
#fate
#music
#luck
#NaPoWriMo2021
433 reads
2 Comments
A Cell of Awareness
If we believe we were predestined for the path we took
As with each and every decision we made has lead us here
Choice is but a mere illusion in the dreamer’s guidebook
And for some it may be something that’s difficult to hear
If you perceive that you are in charge of your own destiny
That you weave this string in the intricate web of the universe
Than so be it, but there are millions and billions of other entities
With predated fated webs which are more complex and diverse
Each of us is like a cell of awareness, searching for meaning ...
As with each and every decision we made has lead us here
Choice is but a mere illusion in the dreamer’s guidebook
And for some it may be something that’s difficult to hear
If you perceive that you are in charge of your own destiny
That you weave this string in the intricate web of the universe
Than so be it, but there are millions and billions of other entities
With predated fated webs which are more complex and diverse
Each of us is like a cell of awareness, searching for meaning ...
#faith
#fate
#music
#choices
#NaPoWriMo2021
441 reads
2 Comments
On a Timeless Wavelength
Whatever gets you through the day
or night
The magic in music can lift your spirits
and mood
There’s something about a rhythm
and rhyme
When the groove is sure to improve
your attitude
Your body automatically moves
to the beat
As a happy heart synchs in
with the song
For those few minutes all is right
and free
But the positive effect can last
all day long
We can get lost in those happy
little moments
The ones that enliven and
soothe the soul
It...
or night
The magic in music can lift your spirits
and mood
There’s something about a rhythm
and rhyme
When the groove is sure to improve
your attitude
Your body automatically moves
to the beat
As a happy heart synchs in
with the song
For those few minutes all is right
and free
But the positive effect can last
all day long
We can get lost in those happy
little moments
The ones that enliven and
soothe the soul
It...
#happiness
#music
#memories #NaPoWriMo2021
#memories #NaPoWriMo2021
278 reads
2 Comments
Cold Burn
In retrospect many love songs tend to have a different meaning
Only after some time has passed
I guess the older we get we wake up from the dreaming
As if awakening from a spell once cast
Years later we begin to understand ourselves a little better
Seeing where and how things went wrong
Comprehending the significance of each poem, text or letter
Realizing why we were so headstrong
Oh how the days of eternal youth flew by like the blink of an eye
When relationships were beat and broken
In the cold burn we learn to deal and heal and...
Only after some time has passed
I guess the older we get we wake up from the dreaming
As if awakening from a spell once cast
Years later we begin to understand ourselves a little better
Seeing where and how things went wrong
Comprehending the significance of each poem, text or letter
Realizing why we were so headstrong
Oh how the days of eternal youth flew by like the blink of an eye
When relationships were beat and broken
In the cold burn we learn to deal and heal and...
#heartbroken
#breakup
#music
#confessional
#NaPoWriMo2021
460 reads
6 Comments
Every Nerve Aware
It was the way every note woke up my spiritual senses
I could feel the real reel of poetic cinematic creation
Thus an old wanderlust in the waiting heart commences
To a not too distant future of vivid and lively imagination
It’s a keen dream, a mean scene between machine and man
A colorful picturesque landscape of nothing but open spaces
The carefree heart yearns to run like wind as if to transcend
When a deep need for speed is like going off to the races
But it’s not for those who are undecided or scared
It’s for the ones who are...
I could feel the real reel of poetic cinematic creation
Thus an old wanderlust in the waiting heart commences
To a not too distant future of vivid and lively imagination
It’s a keen dream, a mean scene between machine and man
A colorful picturesque landscape of nothing but open spaces
The carefree heart yearns to run like wind as if to transcend
When a deep need for speed is like going off to the races
But it’s not for those who are undecided or scared
It’s for the ones who are...
#music
#travel
#freedom #NaPoWriMo2021
#freedom #NaPoWriMo2021
363 reads
2 Comments
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