Submissions by xsteff1991x (Stephanie Simpson)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write about a variety of things, mental health, my partner and daughter and anything to do with strong emotions.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
12th Aug 2017 00:05am
12th Aug 2017 00:05am
Paper Swans (13th June 17)
My eyelids flutter
Like sails
Of a ship
Floating
On a calm
Midnight sea.
I drift in
Gentle wind
And waves
Trying to
Navigate
Back to life.
If I open
My skin
My scars
Paper swans
Of red
Fly away.
What is left?
Just words
And whispers
That will
No longer keep
Me awake.
Like sails
Of a ship
Floating
On a calm
Midnight sea.
I drift in
Gentle wind
And waves
Trying to
Navigate
Back to life.
If I open
My skin
My scars
Paper swans
Of red
Fly away.
What is left?
Just words
And whispers
That will
No longer keep
Me awake.
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664 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd May 2017 1:32pm
2nd May 2017 1:32pm
My Place (30th April 2017)
My body
Is a place.
It was built
In 1991 and
It took 9 months
To fully
Construct.
The blueprints
Began in
Youd Street, Leigh.
It has been visited
Worshipped
And trespassed
I usually
Choose who
I open the doors
To
But the guest book
Is messier
Than I'd like.
When I was 4
I tripped on a brick
From some
Building work
Taking place in 1995
On Melrose Avenue, Leigh.
A scuff on my
Right beam
My first ever
Real Scar.
The exterior...
Is a place.
It was built
In 1991 and
It took 9 months
To fully
Construct.
The blueprints
Began in
Youd Street, Leigh.
It has been visited
Worshipped
And trespassed
I usually
Choose who
I open the doors
To
But the guest book
Is messier
Than I'd like.
When I was 4
I tripped on a brick
From some
Building work
Taking place in 1995
On Melrose Avenue, Leigh.
A scuff on my
Right beam
My first ever
Real Scar.
The exterior...
698 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Apr 2017 6:07pm
20th Apr 2017 6:07pm
The Head & The Heart (7th April 2017)
I do not need you
to have a heart like mine,
bottomless
and overflowing,
with love to give to me.
Yes,
Love me, but -
Love me with all of
your logic and rationale,
Like you can't figure out
The sense
In being apart.
And,
If -
Your head leads you
to me
My heart leads me
to you
Then we are
each half
of the same
equation
With the same
eternal answer.
to have a heart like mine,
bottomless
and overflowing,
with love to give to me.
Yes,
Love me, but -
Love me with all of
your logic and rationale,
Like you can't figure out
The sense
In being apart.
And,
If -
Your head leads you
to me
My heart leads me
to you
Then we are
each half
of the same
equation
With the same
eternal answer.
764 reads
10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Feb 2017 11:24pm
21st Feb 2017 11:24pm
The Hospital (19th Feb 17)
There are gaps in the narrative,
Lost pages of yellow letters,
A tale of twelve years,
Spent in corridors,
Corridors and waiting rooms.
Too many holes in the story,
Old blood stains on dirty bandages,
Colourful pills scattered,
Across a calendar,
That marks years and years.
Words are missing from the notes,
Bent needles and discarded plasters,
A get well soon card,
Still unopened,
Beside wilted flowers.
A trend of errors on the record,
Clean white coats and clipboards,
Lucky dip...
Lost pages of yellow letters,
A tale of twelve years,
Spent in corridors,
Corridors and waiting rooms.
Too many holes in the story,
Old blood stains on dirty bandages,
Colourful pills scattered,
Across a calendar,
That marks years and years.
Words are missing from the notes,
Bent needles and discarded plasters,
A get well soon card,
Still unopened,
Beside wilted flowers.
A trend of errors on the record,
Clean white coats and clipboards,
Lucky dip...
706 reads
11 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
12th Feb 2017 10:09pm
12th Feb 2017 10:09pm
The Butterfly Box (12th Feb 2017)
There was a butterfly,
Who lived in a large, square box,
With four tall glass walls,
And a glass ceiling with a lock.
Many observed his beauty,
But could never get too close,
There was only his master,
The one whom loved him most.
Indeed his spirt was astounding,
He was so perfect and so alive,
Until his wings began to fade,
For he was struggling to thrive.
He tried to tell of his sadness,
Showing his colours at their best,
It was all to no avail,
Soon he grew depressed.
He...
Who lived in a large, square box,
With four tall glass walls,
And a glass ceiling with a lock.
Many observed his beauty,
But could never get too close,
There was only his master,
The one whom loved him most.
Indeed his spirt was astounding,
He was so perfect and so alive,
Until his wings began to fade,
For he was struggling to thrive.
He tried to tell of his sadness,
Showing his colours at their best,
It was all to no avail,
Soon he grew depressed.
He...
882 reads
14 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Feb 2017 11:22am
11th Feb 2017 11:22am
Bittersweet (22nd May 2016)
What was once so strong,
Feels so weak,
The arms where I belonged,
Warm and bittersweet.
A heart of gold,
Like stone it sleeps,
Blood so cold,
That tastes bittersweet.
Still we stay,
Feel for what we cannot reach,
See our life in grey,
Pictures in bittersweet.
We talk but talk is cheap,
Try to talk us out of our defeat,
Do we hear the words we speak?
The sound of bittersweet.
The love I so dearly loved,
So perfect and unique,
I gave it all I could,
Broke and bittersweet. ...
Feels so weak,
The arms where I belonged,
Warm and bittersweet.
A heart of gold,
Like stone it sleeps,
Blood so cold,
That tastes bittersweet.
Still we stay,
Feel for what we cannot reach,
See our life in grey,
Pictures in bittersweet.
We talk but talk is cheap,
Try to talk us out of our defeat,
Do we hear the words we speak?
The sound of bittersweet.
The love I so dearly loved,
So perfect and unique,
I gave it all I could,
Broke and bittersweet. ...
849 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
10th Feb 2017 1:47pm
10th Feb 2017 1:47pm
Muse (25th Sep 2016)
You can't leave, you can't go,
There's so many things about you that I am yet to know,
I can't say goodbye and I know I can't forget,
I'm just not finished writing about you yet.
Please stay, I need you so,
I love you and I'm feeling things I've never felt before,
I don't want to move on, I'll only have regret,
I don't want to stop writing about you yet.
Each day, you can be sure,
I wake up missing you even worse than the day before,
It breaks my heart and you can bet,
I've so much more to write about you yet.
It's...
There's so many things about you that I am yet to know,
I can't say goodbye and I know I can't forget,
I'm just not finished writing about you yet.
Please stay, I need you so,
I love you and I'm feeling things I've never felt before,
I don't want to move on, I'll only have regret,
I don't want to stop writing about you yet.
Each day, you can be sure,
I wake up missing you even worse than the day before,
It breaks my heart and you can bet,
I've so much more to write about you yet.
It's...
843 reads
13 Comments
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