Submissions by wizardmotors
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2020 4:15am
23rd Mar 2020 4:15am
Oasis
I’ve never sat so close to a flame
and felt less heat than its shadow implies
I’ve never felt such fullness in emptiness
I didn’t need a new scar to help me realize
You are a mirage
an oasis bleeding crystal clear water
sparkling in the distance of my desert
but I see you disappear
Cut too close and I watch you vanish
Pacing back and forth to try to find the line
Where do you go?
All I know is that you do.
and felt less heat than its shadow implies
I’ve never felt such fullness in emptiness
I didn’t need a new scar to help me realize
You are a mirage
an oasis bleeding crystal clear water
sparkling in the distance of my desert
but I see you disappear
Cut too close and I watch you vanish
Pacing back and forth to try to find the line
Where do you go?
All I know is that you do.
#anxiety
#ILoveYou
#lover
1872 reads
35 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
20th Dec 2019 6:58am
20th Dec 2019 6:58am
Red
you may have cut me deep
but I danced in each pool
of my own blood
and with each drop
I fell in love
but I danced in each pool
of my own blood
and with each drop
I fell in love
#love
#SelfReflection
#MovingOn #SelfWorth
#MovingOn #SelfWorth
1103 reads
16 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Dec 2019 8:13am
11th Dec 2019 8:13am
You're a Ghost, I'm a Ghost
you made me feel like nothing
and I know that to your ears
you may hear a sweeter sound
reminding you of your power
I guess in the end,
I just wish you saw past yourself
and the uselessness of "power"
and I know that to your ears
you may hear my selfishness
but let's not twist what we both know
I guess in the end,
I just wish you cared to see me
and I know that you may choose to hear
a softer song where the record isn't scratched
and although the past is just that ...
and I know that to your ears
you may hear a sweeter sound
reminding you of your power
I guess in the end,
I just wish you saw past yourself
and the uselessness of "power"
and I know that to your ears
you may hear my selfishness
but let's not twist what we both know
I guess in the end,
I just wish you cared to see me
and I know that you may choose to hear
a softer song where the record isn't scratched
and although the past is just that ...
#hope
#rejection
#UnrequitedLove #apathy
#UnrequitedLove #apathy
779 reads
5 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Nov 2019 6:09am
21st Nov 2019 6:09am
Listen to It
a bitter blade's first cut
will never be its last
a self-fulfilling prophecy
an echo of the past
its song still makes me sing
a whisper hardly missed
remembering the harmonies
retaining my clenched fists
there are too many broken strings
to play another song
still the music swells inside my walls
it's not a question to play along
I'd be more afraid if the music stopped
what if I forget all the words?
memories deafened through roaring silence
unsure of melodies I'd misheard ...
will never be its last
a self-fulfilling prophecy
an echo of the past
its song still makes me sing
a whisper hardly missed
remembering the harmonies
retaining my clenched fists
there are too many broken strings
to play another song
still the music swells inside my walls
it's not a question to play along
I'd be more afraid if the music stopped
what if I forget all the words?
memories deafened through roaring silence
unsure of melodies I'd misheard ...
#sadness
#regret
#apathy
683 reads
9 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
13th Nov 2019 6:39am
13th Nov 2019 6:39am
Ocean of Alone
I can't keep fighting
your perception of me
it's not that it matters
just that it stings
I've carried as much
as my mind will allow
but I keep finding ways
to keep breaking down
sinking sand
in my heavy heart
I don't need you
weighing me down
your perception of me
it's not that it matters
just that it stings
I've carried as much
as my mind will allow
but I keep finding ways
to keep breaking down
sinking sand
in my heavy heart
I don't need you
weighing me down
#loneliness
#misunderstood
#disappointment #apathy
#disappointment #apathy
572 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Oct 2019 00:20am
1st Oct 2019 00:20am
All at Once
it's funny that life likes to fall apart
all at once
like it's tired of itself just as much
like it's exhaling for the first time
a deep breath held in
sweeping you away in the howl of its wind
It's funny that when we fall apart
we try so hard to hang onto the seams
we tend to tear a deeper gash
still feigning shock when we bleed
It's funny how life likes to fall apart
...
all at once
like it's tired of itself just as much
like it's exhaling for the first time
a deep breath held in
sweeping you away in the howl of its wind
It's funny that when we fall apart
we try so hard to hang onto the seams
we tend to tear a deeper gash
still feigning shock when we bleed
It's funny how life likes to fall apart
...
#loneliness
#frustration
#emptiness #apathy
#emptiness #apathy
754 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Aug 2019 00:55am
24th Aug 2019 00:55am
I Miss Your Hands
#hope
#lover
#memories
745 reads
14 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
23rd Aug 2019 6:19am
23rd Aug 2019 6:19am
Waste
what a waste of all that feeling
that aching wonder of what's to come
the possibility itself stringing me along
slipping faster than our setting sun
I waste my own time in hope for your courage
I waste the patience I owe my own heart
I own every wasted second I've chosen
too far to go, and so far from the start.
but I didn't ask for any of this
the stars, the moon, or the sunset
and I know that there's hope,
and I know that there's time,
and a lot that I haven't done yet
I've waited for...
that aching wonder of what's to come
the possibility itself stringing me along
slipping faster than our setting sun
I waste my own time in hope for your courage
I waste the patience I owe my own heart
I own every wasted second I've chosen
too far to go, and so far from the start.
but I didn't ask for any of this
the stars, the moon, or the sunset
and I know that there's hope,
and I know that there's time,
and a lot that I haven't done yet
I've waited for...
#regret
#emptiness
#apathy
570 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Jun 2019 7:04pm
22nd Jun 2019 7:04pm
My Eyes Still Search for Yours
memories feathered at the edges
I chase your shadow as you tease
"too slow!" (and I already know)
dry leaves touched by a gentle breeze
I let myself rest and fall into your empty
wading through in search of your depth
swimming in circles, I let your waves carry me.
I sunk into your shallow as it’s all that was left.
you are a quiet chaos that I invite
a whisper in my ear when I'm trying to sleep
the jolt awake before I hit the pavement
but I always knew that you were just a dream
I chase your shadow as you tease
"too slow!" (and I already know)
dry leaves touched by a gentle breeze
I let myself rest and fall into your empty
wading through in search of your depth
swimming in circles, I let your waves carry me.
I sunk into your shallow as it’s all that was left.
you are a quiet chaos that I invite
a whisper in my ear when I'm trying to sleep
the jolt awake before I hit the pavement
but I always knew that you were just a dream
#UnrequitedLove
#MovingOn
#apathy
647 reads
7 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
4th Jun 2019 1:43am
4th Jun 2019 1:43am
Father
Why are there gates into Heaven if it's never too late to be forgiven?
Can we not just fall to our knees and beg for mercy there at the entrance?
I just don't see the God that you preach as someone to say "too late".
I can't see how he can stand to watch his children burn in Hell.
For Heaven's sake.
I don't understand
how a man
with so much virtue and honor,
can be someone
who allows his children
to be accepted as goners.
Can we not just fall to our knees and beg for mercy there at the entrance?
I just don't see the God that you preach as someone to say "too late".
I can't see how he can stand to watch his children burn in Hell.
For Heaven's sake.
I don't understand
how a man
with so much virtue and honor,
can be someone
who allows his children
to be accepted as goners.
#God
#spiritual
#heaven
#hell
#morality
762 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th May 2019 4:09am
27th May 2019 4:09am
You
and I hope that every time
your mouth moves
to make the sound
of the first letter of her name
somewhere
deep down
in the back of your head
you hear my name instead
your mouth moves
to make the sound
of the first letter of her name
somewhere
deep down
in the back of your head
you hear my name instead
#sadness
#jealousy
#disappointment
926 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th May 2019 6:36am
25th May 2019 6:36am
No One
I wouldn't choose me either.
I don't know how hard I'd try
for a girl hard to want --but uncertain.
Too much trouble for you, or for I.
and what makes a person worth it?
long since I've known love and its fight.
It feels like a lot --maybe even too much
Lonely demands to be held tight.
I don't know how hard I'd try
for a girl hard to want --but uncertain.
Too much trouble for you, or for I.
and what makes a person worth it?
long since I've known love and its fight.
It feels like a lot --maybe even too much
Lonely demands to be held tight.
#loneliness
#apathy
599 reads
8 Comments
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