Submissions by xmar82
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
The experiences and life lessons that I've had compel me to write.
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
22nd Jan 2014 11:16pm
22nd Jan 2014 11:16pm
Ghost
I see a faint glow shining
Coming from the road just beyond
Night after night it comes
Warm and familiar to me
No fear in my body
I await it anxiously
This soft glowing orb
Floating on the streams of air
That pour through my bedroom window
It drifts close to me and
Down along my skin
It touches me lightly
As though it is kissing my flesh
At my eyes it pauses and
Stares in
Searching for something deep inside
As though it is trying to decide
If I am worthy of its attentions
It waits and drifts away ...
Coming from the road just beyond
Night after night it comes
Warm and familiar to me
No fear in my body
I await it anxiously
This soft glowing orb
Floating on the streams of air
That pour through my bedroom window
It drifts close to me and
Down along my skin
It touches me lightly
As though it is kissing my flesh
At my eyes it pauses and
Stares in
Searching for something deep inside
As though it is trying to decide
If I am worthy of its attentions
It waits and drifts away ...
580 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Jan 2014 11:31pm
21st Jan 2014 11:31pm
Other Doors
Soft intensity within
Guiding me away from sin
Though I hear your calls
My head full of curious demons
Steers me into the fire to
Expose and enlighten this body,
This mind
Of the fruit still hanging on the tree
That has yet to be picked and consumed
To open the doors
Of yet another plane of reality
Where other tormented souls
Consume yet another forbidden fruit
To help them transcend through
Other unseen doors
For the path to the sanctuary of their peace of mind
Where others inhabit and another fruit hangs ...
Guiding me away from sin
Though I hear your calls
My head full of curious demons
Steers me into the fire to
Expose and enlighten this body,
This mind
Of the fruit still hanging on the tree
That has yet to be picked and consumed
To open the doors
Of yet another plane of reality
Where other tormented souls
Consume yet another forbidden fruit
To help them transcend through
Other unseen doors
For the path to the sanctuary of their peace of mind
Where others inhabit and another fruit hangs ...
658 reads
2 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
17th Jan 2014 11:37pm
17th Jan 2014 11:37pm
Angry Plead
WHY ME!
I screamed at the sky
Shaking my fist in anger and disgust
What have I done to deserve this hell?
Did I offend you in my last life?
I can't seem to get anywhere
Everything I try, I fail
I'm tired of stumbling through life
Ambling, without direction
Wondering where I'm supposed to be
Half dead from the neck up
Help me make the right decisions
What am I not seeing?
Help me find this road that eludes me
I am floundering in my life
The only thing that I can do correctly is fuck up
I know that I am destined for...
I screamed at the sky
Shaking my fist in anger and disgust
What have I done to deserve this hell?
Did I offend you in my last life?
I can't seem to get anywhere
Everything I try, I fail
I'm tired of stumbling through life
Ambling, without direction
Wondering where I'm supposed to be
Half dead from the neck up
Help me make the right decisions
What am I not seeing?
Help me find this road that eludes me
I am floundering in my life
The only thing that I can do correctly is fuck up
I know that I am destined for...
687 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
15th Jan 2014 11:49pm
15th Jan 2014 11:49pm
Deviance
My mind
My cage of social construction
Robs me of my sight, courage and pride
Leading me to accept the existence
Beyond human normalcy
To the level just above death
The plane of deviance
Residing within this distorted manifestation
Of my afflictions and my addictions
I exist feral, to social convention
Hostile to the outstretched hand of humanity
Regression to the primal
Unwilling to flee my grotto
I foster delusions of grandeur to new heights
While anger keeps me fed and ...
My cage of social construction
Robs me of my sight, courage and pride
Leading me to accept the existence
Beyond human normalcy
To the level just above death
The plane of deviance
Residing within this distorted manifestation
Of my afflictions and my addictions
I exist feral, to social convention
Hostile to the outstretched hand of humanity
Regression to the primal
Unwilling to flee my grotto
I foster delusions of grandeur to new heights
While anger keeps me fed and ...
782 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Jan 2014 11:08pm
15th Jan 2014 11:08pm
Erosion
In the womb
Where there is no room
Time finds a way
To begin and erode away
At the duration of your stay
As you're being born
Your effigy is being worn
A small chip at a time
No one waits in this line
Pray to live happy and long
That the chisel won't do wrong
And slice your effigy in two
To crumble what remains of you
Nevertheless it will go and
No sympathy will it show
For time always moves ahead
To chip away until you're dead
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Where there is no room
Time finds a way
To begin and erode away
At the duration of your stay
As you're being born
Your effigy is being worn
A small chip at a time
No one waits in this line
Pray to live happy and long
That the chisel won't do wrong
And slice your effigy in two
To crumble what remains of you
Nevertheless it will go and
No sympathy will it show
For time always moves ahead
To chip away until you're dead
(C) 2014 XMAR82 all Rights Reserved
653 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
2nd Jan 2014 10:01pm
2nd Jan 2014 10:01pm
What I Used To Be
Fallen from my gilded perch
I wallow in the filth of
The human cesspools littered about
Scratching through the petri dish of broken wills
Like a drowning man
I swallow the bile
Trying to catch my breath
Trying to stay alive
Trying to satiate the need
Infected I fight less everyday
Until I finally give up and
Succumb to the human disease of immorality
To feed the demons within
Till they are engorged and
I am but a glimmer
Of what I used to be
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I wallow in the filth of
The human cesspools littered about
Scratching through the petri dish of broken wills
Like a drowning man
I swallow the bile
Trying to catch my breath
Trying to stay alive
Trying to satiate the need
Infected I fight less everyday
Until I finally give up and
Succumb to the human disease of immorality
To feed the demons within
Till they are engorged and
I am but a glimmer
Of what I used to be
(C) 2014 XMAR82 all Rights Reserved
677 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
30th Dec 2013 10:01pm
30th Dec 2013 10:01pm
Lost
On the shores of sanity
We try to inflate our dejected existence
Before another wave of panic and delirium
Wash us deeper into
The blackened ocean
Of obscurity
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We try to inflate our dejected existence
Before another wave of panic and delirium
Wash us deeper into
The blackened ocean
Of obscurity
(C) 2014 XMAR82 all Rights Reserved
742 reads
6 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Dec 2013 9:57pm
30th Dec 2013 9:57pm
Child
Dancing days
New and bright
Cool breezes with colorful leaves in their arms
Dancing to an unheard melody
New faces
Eager to meet
And carry
And know
Alive!
Alive and eager to learn
Take my hand
Tell me a story
Hold me close
Feel my heart pound with excitement and awe
Lead me down the street
I want to run!
But you pace slowly
Slowly, not to miss a thing
Slowly, so we can meet the new beginning
I,
No,
We have been given
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New and bright
Cool breezes with colorful leaves in their arms
Dancing to an unheard melody
New faces
Eager to meet
And carry
And know
Alive!
Alive and eager to learn
Take my hand
Tell me a story
Hold me close
Feel my heart pound with excitement and awe
Lead me down the street
I want to run!
But you pace slowly
Slowly, not to miss a thing
Slowly, so we can meet the new beginning
I,
No,
We have been given
(C) 2013 XMAR82 all Rights...
661 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
9th Dec 2013 11:37pm
9th Dec 2013 11:37pm
Another Chance
A wounded soul stumbles through life
Spurned by the world he screams in anger
Engulfed in darkness he suffers in silence
Battling with his demons he is losing but doen't care
At the bottom of a bottle he tries to end his misery
But even fails that
His suffering doesn't go unnoticed
His destiny is crossed with another and
Is given a second chance
Spirits high he changes his ways
Pleased with his change
He is given two angels to his care
On top of the world
There is an air of invincibility about him
Blinded by pride he...
Spurned by the world he screams in anger
Engulfed in darkness he suffers in silence
Battling with his demons he is losing but doen't care
At the bottom of a bottle he tries to end his misery
But even fails that
His suffering doesn't go unnoticed
His destiny is crossed with another and
Is given a second chance
Spirits high he changes his ways
Pleased with his change
He is given two angels to his care
On top of the world
There is an air of invincibility about him
Blinded by pride he...
#SelfReflection
825 reads
10 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
7th Dec 2013 10:34pm
7th Dec 2013 10:34pm
My Demon
I hear the rustling in the depths of my mind
I feel the scratching of the sharp nails rake along my soul
I quiver at the thought of it waking up
At the thought of fighting this beast once again
It was a long, hard war I fought
Years of struggle and loss
With many victims laid aside
With many indignities suffered all alone
But I was young and strong
And I defeated the beast
I burned and buried the ashes of that life
The tombstone I placed with delight and gratitude
Exuberant to be finally rid of my demon
Now I feel...
I feel the scratching of the sharp nails rake along my soul
I quiver at the thought of it waking up
At the thought of fighting this beast once again
It was a long, hard war I fought
Years of struggle and loss
With many victims laid aside
With many indignities suffered all alone
But I was young and strong
And I defeated the beast
I burned and buried the ashes of that life
The tombstone I placed with delight and gratitude
Exuberant to be finally rid of my demon
Now I feel...
851 reads
4 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
7th Dec 2013 9:59pm
7th Dec 2013 9:59pm
Liquid Dreams
The elixir is taken and
The transformation begins
The anger builds as the scenes play back in his mind
The bride takes a new lover
No thought of the forfeiture of the valued gems
She holds in her hands
Self-gratification her only motive
Selfish all-consuming lust
Breaks down the bonds she held
Precious at one time, long ago
The old lover hangs on like a worn sweater
Riddled with holes, worn, abused
Used up and is no longer wanted
Waiting to be discarded he fumes with anger then
Jealousy and pride add...
The transformation begins
The anger builds as the scenes play back in his mind
The bride takes a new lover
No thought of the forfeiture of the valued gems
She holds in her hands
Self-gratification her only motive
Selfish all-consuming lust
Breaks down the bonds she held
Precious at one time, long ago
The old lover hangs on like a worn sweater
Riddled with holes, worn, abused
Used up and is no longer wanted
Waiting to be discarded he fumes with anger then
Jealousy and pride add...
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STORY POEM
Published
2nd Dec 2013 11:36pm
2nd Dec 2013 11:36pm
Aerial Dreams
A collection of unknown entities
Not Angels
Not Saints
Not Human
Swarming all around me
Beckoning me into the sky
A miracle breaks all bounds
Wings bestowed I soar without abandon
Beyond the clouds
Up amongst the stars
So high I touched the feet of angels
I feel neither pain nor aprehension
Of this glorious gift
My pride takes on a life of it's own
The skies turn black and lightning crackles
In a flash
I am disavowed
My wings clipped in mid flight
I plummet to the ground
Into the waiting cesspool...
Not Angels
Not Saints
Not Human
Swarming all around me
Beckoning me into the sky
A miracle breaks all bounds
Wings bestowed I soar without abandon
Beyond the clouds
Up amongst the stars
So high I touched the feet of angels
I feel neither pain nor aprehension
Of this glorious gift
My pride takes on a life of it's own
The skies turn black and lightning crackles
In a flash
I am disavowed
My wings clipped in mid flight
I plummet to the ground
Into the waiting cesspool...
682 reads
0 Comments
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