Submissions by xthan
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I have come to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubble gum.
SELF POEM
Published
13th Aug 2024 9:34pm
13th Aug 2024 9:34pm
The unanswerable
An interesting question
I seem to get asked is:
Do you wear
any other clothes?
you might take this
as somewhat rude
but I always felt
less spoke more
and no, I don't
believe it's due
to age or any
myths we will
often say to
ourselves
I feel life can be
so complicated
so dressing like
it does must have
passed this frame
I have to work with
truth is, I will never
leave without my
sunglasses so
if I forget those I
insist on...
I seem to get asked is:
Do you wear
any other clothes?
you might take this
as somewhat rude
but I always felt
less spoke more
and no, I don't
believe it's due
to age or any
myths we will
often say to
ourselves
I feel life can be
so complicated
so dressing like
it does must have
passed this frame
I have to work with
truth is, I will never
leave without my
sunglasses so
if I forget those I
insist on...
#confessional
#metaphor
#symbolism
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1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Aug 2024 3:34pm
13th Aug 2024 3:34pm
Please write me down with your eyes
note the smile I gift
walking across these
white chlorine tiles,
did you believe I was broken
lost in strange text fonts
covered in hateful lies
does my irony upset you
as my scars dance naked
in broad daylight?
does my small frame offend you
as my body ripples water we
happen to share and glide
does my laughter slice
through your pupils
measured in media
sized ignorance?
please write me down
with your eyes,
my scars will
bare a smile
back at you.
walking across these
white chlorine tiles,
did you believe I was broken
lost in strange text fonts
covered in hateful lies
does my irony upset you
as my scars dance naked
in broad daylight?
does my small frame offend you
as my body ripples water we
happen to share and glide
does my laughter slice
through your pupils
measured in media
sized ignorance?
please write me down
with your eyes,
my scars will
bare a smile
back at you.
#LGBT
#metaphor
#transgender #symbolism
#transgender #symbolism
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2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
31st Jul 2024 3:54pm
31st Jul 2024 3:54pm
The sign
told me I was ready
to embark on a quest,
that it will be a
lonely adventure
so I should adopt
breathing exercises,
ignore sharp objects
and write it all out
in fine ball pens,
it's been happening
longer than I can
remember.
to embark on a quest,
that it will be a
lonely adventure
so I should adopt
breathing exercises,
ignore sharp objects
and write it all out
in fine ball pens,
it's been happening
longer than I can
remember.
#confessional
#LifeCycle
#metaphor #symbolism
#metaphor #symbolism
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2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
29th Jul 2024 10:04pm
29th Jul 2024 10:04pm
Way of the water
I submerge into water
remembering
how I learnt to
point my toes
thumbs down
elbows up
feet turning into
little flippers in
a short space
of an hour,
learning to retrieve
bricks in the deep
end of a 25 m pool
how I never wanted
to return back home,
I wanted to dive
in just like my
heroes did
seeing Ian Thorpe
enter Olympic pools
like a giant Thorpedo
carving a few arm
strokes then doing ...
remembering
how I learnt to
point my toes
thumbs down
elbows up
feet turning into
little flippers in
a short space
of an hour,
learning to retrieve
bricks in the deep
end of a 25 m pool
how I never wanted
to return back home,
I wanted to dive
in just like my
heroes did
seeing Ian Thorpe
enter Olympic pools
like a giant Thorpedo
carving a few arm
strokes then doing ...
#symbolism
#water
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1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Jul 2024 12:03pm
27th Jul 2024 12:03pm
Three little totems
i.
Sometimes
there's no good
internal rhyme
or reasoning
it just fucking is
for instance, you
can be Samson
for a whole year
but it doesn't make
anybody less Samson
for watching silver slice
itself through a mane
some grow that
shit for an entire
year, knew what
laid inside each
strand of hair
sure, some of
it can be painful
but I imagine good
things flashed in
your eyes too
as it all comes
crashing down
on...
Sometimes
there's no good
internal rhyme
or reasoning
it just fucking is
for instance, you
can be Samson
for a whole year
but it doesn't make
anybody less Samson
for watching silver slice
itself through a mane
some grow that
shit for an entire
year, knew what
laid inside each
strand of hair
sure, some of
it can be painful
but I imagine good
things flashed in
your eyes too
as it all comes
crashing down
on...
#StreamOfConsciousness
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SELF POEM
Published
23rd Jul 2024 2:55am
23rd Jul 2024 2:55am
The fiery god
I brush my nails
over amber bottles
making music
at eleven thirty
before my shift
slowly wraps up,
sometimes I still
taste those fiery
gods fuelling in
the back of
my throat
but they fly
out delicate
as monarch
butterflies
in summer.
over amber bottles
making music
at eleven thirty
before my shift
slowly wraps up,
sometimes I still
taste those fiery
gods fuelling in
the back of
my throat
but they fly
out delicate
as monarch
butterflies
in summer.
#SelfReflection
#symbolism
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1 Comment
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Jul 2024 1:46pm
17th Jul 2024 1:46pm
The Fighting Heart
I've never put myself in
a boxing ring or heard
my name being chanted
but I guess I was born to fight,
in a way my mind always
asks the big questions
people never wish to be
asked or challenged on
so perhaps I was born to fight
sure I can blame the fucked
up background, I can discuss
bone-dust lingering beneath
the carpet, I can blame poor
guidance, I can blame my
mother taking off, my bastard
father, being left to my own
time ticking devices as a kid...
a boxing ring or heard
my name being chanted
but I guess I was born to fight,
in a way my mind always
asks the big questions
people never wish to be
asked or challenged on
so perhaps I was born to fight
sure I can blame the fucked
up background, I can discuss
bone-dust lingering beneath
the carpet, I can blame poor
guidance, I can blame my
mother taking off, my bastard
father, being left to my own
time ticking devices as a kid...
#confessional
#LifeCycle
#LifeStruggles
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SELF POEM
Published
16th Jul 2024 11:48am
16th Jul 2024 11:48am
Four stages in perfecting glass
i.
I actually don't
blame you at all
for the confusion
that spits rage
from your lips
to know a great
deal about pain
leaving you with
sunburnt skin.
ii.
Sometimes we
don't realise that
we collect our
lived in pain
how we polish
and display it
all perfectly
inside of their
glass cabinets.
iii.
The hardest words
I was ever told was
"The right way is
always the hard...
I actually don't
blame you at all
for the confusion
that spits rage
from your lips
to know a great
deal about pain
leaving you with
sunburnt skin.
ii.
Sometimes we
don't realise that
we collect our
lived in pain
how we polish
and display it
all perfectly
inside of their
glass cabinets.
iii.
The hardest words
I was ever told was
"The right way is
always the hard...
#confessional
#hope
#LifeCycle
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1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
15th Jul 2024 11:54pm
15th Jul 2024 11:54pm
Lessons in steel
I had a house
built out of steel
and people were
always welcome,
it didn't matter
what is was for
or how long it
had been since
they last visited
nowadays, I feel
like my body has
turned into that
steel house,
it doesn't matter
why they require
my shelter, doesn't
matter how long it's
been since they
last visited,
it doesn't matter
where we are
as we travel
on this earth,
this body too
is a home, there's
a...
built out of steel
and people were
always welcome,
it didn't matter
what is was for
or how long it
had been since
they last visited
nowadays, I feel
like my body has
turned into that
steel house,
it doesn't matter
why they require
my shelter, doesn't
matter how long it's
been since they
last visited,
it doesn't matter
where we are
as we travel
on this earth,
this body too
is a home, there's
a...
#confessional
#home
#LifeCycle #SelfReflection
#LifeCycle #SelfReflection
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Jul 2024 3:21am
11th Jul 2024 3:21am
A letter to the non-binary community
I didn't need
to see a title
or press my ears
listening out for feet
patting down stone
upon arrival,
don't you see?
it's laced through
each of our bones
without a single
seam on show
so please, don't
go disappearing
too many people
try doing this for
their entire lives
even I tried on
a few occasions,
but we know better
than this don't we
dearest human?
this is exactly who
you were always
meant to be and ...
to see a title
or press my ears
listening out for feet
patting down stone
upon arrival,
don't you see?
it's laced through
each of our bones
without a single
seam on show
so please, don't
go disappearing
too many people
try doing this for
their entire lives
even I tried on
a few occasions,
but we know better
than this don't we
dearest human?
this is exactly who
you were always
meant to be and ...
#LGBT
#transgender
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Jul 2024 2:42pm
10th Jul 2024 2:42pm
Travelling thoughts
Actually
it's your turn
I want you to have
the audacity of doing
something different
it doesn't require
fireworks, it doesn't
need a ceremony
but lend us a spark
out of your ordinary,
that's what us
humans need
most in this
world.
it's your turn
I want you to have
the audacity of doing
something different
it doesn't require
fireworks, it doesn't
need a ceremony
but lend us a spark
out of your ordinary,
that's what us
humans need
most in this
world.
#art
#confessional
#LifeCycle
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2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Jul 2024 12:31pm
9th Jul 2024 12:31pm
On the resilience of it
I watch raindrops
kissing my window
hear softness
tapping on glass,
I wrap myself in
this small moment
as I douse myself
into my cool bed
immersing my
raging skin in
the safety of it,
my thoughts turn
into salt water, my
body passes on
to the next wave
I lean into silence,
knowing how loud
the world is slowly
turning on it's axis
I remind myself
how my mind is
a blank flag,
how my body
turns into a riot
never stopping ...
kissing my window
hear softness
tapping on glass,
I wrap myself in
this small moment
as I douse myself
into my cool bed
immersing my
raging skin in
the safety of it,
my thoughts turn
into salt water, my
body passes on
to the next wave
I lean into silence,
knowing how loud
the world is slowly
turning on it's axis
I remind myself
how my mind is
a blank flag,
how my body
turns into a riot
never stopping ...
#courage
#determination
#identity
#strength
#culture
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