Me poetry, you poetry

[manillascissor]

Serious, or non-serious, bring it in!

Roses are red, violets are blue
My ships will always sink in you

[blueczarina]

maybe later, i’m going to post more pics w/ stupid captions. its kind of fun.

[Arthur]

Yeah absolutely! I love that topic too!

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

here is one for you

roses are red, violets are blue
i think there is to much glue
and you shouldn’t sniff it
it makes you crazy

ok, that it isn’t very good, but hey neither are arthurs

[manillascissor]

ok, on this theme….

roses are red
violets are blue
i’m a schizophrenic
and so am i

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

omg
that is too funny

ok here is a poem, it will not be as funny as manillascissor’s, but then again who can top that?

roses are red
violtes are blue
well s*it i forgot what i was gonna say

[blueczarina]

very nice, esp. Manilla’s schizo poem

[Arthur]

But what \"real\" poetry do you like?

I remember these poet lines, it goes like this.

Once I wrote her name in the sand
But came the waves and washed it away

For some silly reason these lines (don’t know if I wrote them down properly) pop up in my mind sometimes.

Also these lines I like:

Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan
Hinase hic enda thu

(This is Middle Age Dutch, it means \"All birds have started making nests, except you and me\". Sweet!

[blueczarina]

What about everybody’s favorite \"poet\"? Has anyone read Blinking With Fists, Billy’s book of poems.

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

i am not near any good bookstores and when i find it on ebay, prices are good, but i end up getting some other sp related item. i am planning on getting it in the next few weeks though.

[blueczarina]

I bought my copy on Amazon. Its an ok read, although I must admit I haven’t finished it yet.

[blueczarina]

Since Arthur wants to see real poetry, here is a line from AfanasI Fet, a Russian poet. I think its a pretty poem- nice imagery.

excerpt from \"By life tormented, and by cunning hope…\"

And all that rushes through the abyss of ether,
And every ray, embodied or ethereal,-
Is but your reflection, O universal sun,
It is but a dream, but a fleeting dream.

[ItsNotBeLOWme]

Anus soup and scabby poop,
does grandma wipe her azz completley?
Shes loved me and I luvs her too
‘cept when she squats on me face grunting \"EAT ME\"

[Superlordspamulon]

Poetry usually doesn’t do anything for me. I much prefer lyrics – the music adds more elements to it.

And frankly, some lyrics are just better than poetry.

I mean, Sunny Day Real Estate’s song ‘Grendel’. It’s essentially a couplet in the written form (there are only two lines in the booklet ) And it doesn’t rhyme, but it actually says so much.

\"The rain was there to wash away my tears
I wanted to be them but instead I destroyed myself\"

It’s really obvious… but says so much. It’s so powerful. And the song just adds to it too!

[Im a Cult Hero]

I know what you mean, eg :

\"b***hes love me cause they know that I can rock
b***hes love me cause they know that I can rhyme
b***hes love me cause they know that I can f**k
b***hes love me cause they know that I’m on time
throughout the projects
done – done – this is how it should be done
this is how it should be done
with style style style….done.
pow – muthaf***a – pow
b***hes love me
love me love me love me love me
b***hes love me
b***hes love me cause they know that I can rock
done – done – this is how it should be done
this is how it should be done
with style style style….done.\"

\"B***hes\" by Mindless Self Indulgence

*sniffle* brings a tear to the eye

[Superlordspamulon]

That’s… so… beautiful…

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

you two are so silly.

[manillascissor]

my eyes
they mean nothing
your eyes
tell of many lies
our souls
burned by a touch of love
apart forever
never to meet again
now these eyes pulse
now these eyes feel pain
now these eyes are ugly
now these eyes see the truth
now these eyes are closed

[blueczarina]

very nice manilla

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

yes, i like that!

[Anonymous]

—

[manillascissor]

excommunicate my soul
for your gleeful acquiesence makes me cry
drape the sorrow over my eyes
a heavy gravity winces into these window portals
so leave the body on the porch
and a time will come
to rid yourself of your enemies
until then
flow through me your spirit of antique stains

[blueczarina]

very nice manilla

[blueczarina]

new pic too, also nice.

[manillascissor]

ty blue

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

yes i like that one. very nice.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

here i am
standing under shower
wasting time

[manillascissor]

here i am
standing under shower
wasting time[/quote:352rvu2w]

this made me cry…

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

oh, you are so sensitive.

that makes me cry.

not really, i hate crybabies, cept for manillia

[Marcella]

This is my favorite poem translated to English.

Stop, shadow of my evading goodness
image of the charm I want the most,
beautiful illusion I willingly die for,
sweet fiction I disgracefully live for.

If to the magnet of your grace, attractive,
my chest serves as obedient steel,
why do you enamor me then, flatterer,
if you’ll mock me later fugitive?

But you can’t brag, satisfied,
that your tyranny triumphs in me:
as even if you dismiss the narrow bond

that your fantastic form encircled,
little it matters to ignore arms and chest
if my fantasy serves you as prison.

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

that is a really nice poem, i really like it, did you write it?

[Marcella]

No way, my poems are too emo for this place XD.

It’s by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a very famous Mexican poet. She was a nun and lovers came to her asking for poems.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

here i am
standing under shower
wasting time[/quote:2wj5zpf4]

this made me cry… [/quote:2wj5zpf4]
crybabies unite!

[blueczarina]

nice poems all

including the crybaby one

and your comment \"my poems are too emo for this place\" made me laugh Marcella.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

i cried on sunday
oh boy what a day
but not on monday
oh boy what a day

[Cool As Ice Cream]

one of my favourite poems is a dutch one:
ik zit mij voor het vensterglas
onnoemelijk te vervelen
ik wou dat ik twee hondjes was
dan kon ik samen spelen

(i sit in front of the window glass
boring myself incredibly
i wish i was two doggies
so i could play together;
or something like that)

[blueczarina]

thats a very interesting poem there ice cream.

and very nice cry baby confession.

[last_rose_of_summer]

here’s a silly one:

roses are red
violets are not
billy corgan
is so freakin hot

[blueczarina]

here’s a silly one:

roses are red
violets are not
billy corgan
is so freakin hot

[/quote:1fcjrgc4]

that was a beautiful poem there last rose. the best in this whole thread i think.

sorry manilla- now if you wrote about Billy…

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

yes, i have heard this one before, and it touches my heart every time. the shear beauty of it just hits me all at once.

oh my, i think i am tearing up.

[blueczarina]

i know. its really touching. i don’t think a poem has ever struck me the way this one does.

its so beautiful. thanks again last rose. i will hold these lines in my heart forever.

i think i’m tearing up too.

that was just so beautiful.

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

are we in the crybaby club now?

[blueczarina]

naaah, you can only end up in the club if you start writing emo poems about your tears.

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

whew, ok, glad about that.

i don’t have any poems

should i make one up about crybabies?

[blueczarina]

you should. its funny.

i don’t write poems either.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

should i make one up about crybabies?[/quote:3r3t3ba6]
don’t make fun of us though!

[blueczarina]

should i make one up about crybabies?[/quote:1lbpq0x8]
don’t make fun of us though! [/quote:1lbpq0x8]

oh, more tears. there, there cry baby. its ok.

have a cookie.

[manillascissor]

cry babies cry
the sun will soon rise
you can rise and shit your pants
or scream cause you already have
or just let the sun burn your innocense away
and let daddy get shit on his fingers

[Anonymous]

Written on behalf of the girls (you silly sausages):

Oh dear Billy
Show us your willy
The weather’s quite chilly
Oh come on, you silly

Your willy
Your willy
Show us your willy

Show us your willy
Oh come on, you silly
Willy-nilly, break out that willy

Warm us on up
On these cold Winter days
Where the Sun is hiding
Not showing rays

Oh Billy oh Billy
Where art thou that willy?

Don’t be so silly
Break out that willy!

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

*shakes head*

[blueczarina]

holy crap guys

for shame

this poetry thread is going downhill fast

[Marcella]

It’s actually pretty amusing to know that no thread in this place ever ends up being serious XD.

[blueczarina]

It’s actually pretty amusing to know that no thread in this place ever ends up being serious XD.[/quote:3g43hy65]

heck ya

they always derail and turn into joke threads, but its fun.

[manillascissor]

my space is not what it used to be
occupied by a tenant who takes up too much room
go away you pig
leave me be, let me breathe
my soul
my sole wish
to be alone without pain
without fear
complete with love
complete without tears

[blueczarina]

aww, thats beautiful. is that about a messy roomate.

[manillascissor]

aww, thats beautiful. is that about a messy roomate. [/quote:2q7tt2l2]

yes. she’s also known as my wife.

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

hehe

i knew it, i knew it

[blueczarina]

haha

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

did you listen to metalica yet?

[blueczarina]

shit

i’ll go to timeout. no, not yet.

i will though- promise. i will youtube them now.

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

thank you.

i will let you out of timeout when you tell me what you think.

[last_rose_of_summer]

he sings the words
that come from his heart
with a voice so unique
so beautiful
so passionate
weaves delicate ribbons
around my soul

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

that is pretty. i liked that.

[last_rose_of_summer]

thank ya

[blueczarina]

that is pretty last rose

[last_rose_of_summer]

howl in the distance
shattering the midnight calm
fog covers the moon

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

LOVE IT!!!!

thinking of working it into one of my tats.

[blueczarina]

thats a nice poem last rose

[last_rose_of_summer]

thanks bunches!

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

black hole, my heart is gone
a weight upon my soul
everyday the same
taking taking
till i am all gone
i can’t stand it anymore
no way out
none at all
the walls are closing in
i feel them pressing
i push
but nothing happens
i get smaller
everyday the same
i may have nothing left
you take it all
and give nothing back
i feel as if i can’t breathe
and your hands are closing in
that grin on your face
i hate you

[manillascissor]

your silence suffocates
these drums are out of time
the pulses run dead
the pain overflows
down, down, down
let this be
let this be the end of it all
like scissors cutting out paper hearts

[blueczarina]

nice poems guys, but kind of sad though. i hope all is well with you both.

[manillascissor]

all is shit, blue. fuck it though.

[blueczarina]

thats too bad manilla. i really hope things get better for you and bullet too.

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

well, i hope so also. but what can you do?

[manillascissor]

ty blue. just writing/talking helps, you know?

[blueczarina]

i’m glad getting it out there helps some.

i will wish for the best for you both.

goodnight you two, ttyl

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

night!

[manillascissor]

given enough time
even until the day you die
while you breathe your final sigh
pray that you ever crossed my mind

[blueczarina]

nice poem manilla

[manillascissor]

just as the heated light is silenced for the night
listen to the velvet fabric as it hits the hardwood plank
fading red pastels bleed into the lofty floor
with curtains down, the last aria was sang
the crowd exits, and now the cast bows
cheers and jeers are soon to follow
but only you can feel the silence of the end
as it begins to slither around your neck
one last breath for you and i

[blueczarina]

i like your poem manilla.

you really like writing poetry don’t you?

[manillascissor]

you know, sometimes i do. it’s pretty sporatic. i think you are my only fan.

[blueczarina]

i think you are my only fan. [/quote:h78vghpg]

hehe, or the only one who says anything.

i’m not much for writing actual poems myself, but i think yours are nice and not super lame like some poems people write with all the sophomoric whining and what not. i think they are pretty good.

[manillascissor]

thanks blue. i’m glad mine aren’t super lame!!!

[Marcella]

That was really beautiful, I love how you use words Manilla.

I suck at writing poems, personally. I am more of a story person. As I said before, any poem I write turns out all emo and teenage angsty.

[Anonymous]

I like the poems… I couldn’t write one even if I was told it was that or getting tossed in a garbage can..lol
I think my last poem written was in 9th grade. My last story was in 3rd grade and that story was a reflection of my feelings about my parents divorce…what a great book for a 3rd grader to write about

[Return To Comfort]

you know, sometimes i do. it’s pretty sporatic. i think you are my only fan. [/quote:2i89zkby]

Yes, manilla’s poems are good. Hard to read at times, but he does have a way with words. No arguing that.

[manillascissor]

As sand streamed through our hands
Just one grain fell inside the shell
Now, as one, it created the perfect pearl
The one mistep in the beat of life
Gave way to floods of beauty
To shine endlessly in the moonlight of never

[Anonymous]

Manilla…that is a damn good poem there….
i like that one

[Return To Comfort]

Manilla–that must be one of my favorite poems of yours. V nice. Beautiful.

[Return To Comfort]

oops! lol…posted twice. Must be ’cause I was up so late last night.

[blueczarina]

thats a nice one manilla- definitely one of the best you have put up here.

[Arthur]

Love it manilla.

[amnesia]

Love it manilla. [/quote:2av0s46g]

Me 2

[Anonymous]

Manilla you got quite the fan club going on with this poem

[Pipoka]

i really like it too

[Marcella]

Well I think it sucks.

Lol, jk . I like it,it’s very visual,especially the sand part.

[Anonymous]

Well I think it sucks.

Lol, jk . I like it,it’s very visual,especially the sand part.[/quote:kil2unps]

at first I was like WTF, now I see it was a jk thing…nice Marcella

[blueczarina]

i know. i just saw the it sucks part too at first.

[last_rose_of_summer]

As sand streamed through our hands
Just one grain fell inside the shell
Now, as one, it created the perfect pearl
The one mistep in the beat of life
Gave way to floods of beauty
To shine endlessly in the moonlight of never[/quote:1ai1ekh1]

this is a beautiful poem! i love it!

[manillascissor]

We stood beneath
The shadows danced as we held hands
So beautiful, eternally locked in warm embrace
To this day, I cry to remember the face
But with such beauty
Comes so much pain
Pain no doctors can supress
Pain no one has ever felt
Pain like no other has seen before
And the pain, it glows back at me
And drives the bones into the dirt
Over again, I rise to see
The cold moonlight that clouds beauty

[Anonymous]

that’s interesting to read..And the pain, it glows back at me..
I like this line.
well I like the whole thing, but that line really stands out to me.

[Arthur]

I think manilla creates cool poetry. It inspired me to search for my little poetry book that I made in 1991, with several poets I wrote in the period 1982 – 1989. (Yes, that many years ago ). They are in Dutch, but I will try giving them a proper English translation.

Just a few examples:

Verzet

steeds
uitglijdend
in een cyclus
van slapeloze tijden
is er soms
die verleiding
mijzelf
stil te zetten
om
voortaan
willoos
verder
te
gaan

Resistance

all the time
slipping
in a cycle of sleepless times
there is sometimes
that temptation
to stop
myself
and
continue
numb
and
without
any
will

[Anonymous]

wow! That is awesome. I like it
It looks cool in Dutch, but to try and read it
thanks for translating it:)
I suck ass at poetry… If I ever do attempt I wonder how long it will take me to complete the first 2 lines.
Maybe I should just try…if I succeed I will post it here first

[Arthur]

This is one that I’m kinda proud of. It are 4 poets belonging together.

like water

healing is your voice
I drink
from your hands a drip
many colors stinge me
they pain me like water
and your eyes are deep
troubled like my thoughts

drunk I am
drowned

like fire

hot is your eye
I swallow
from your hair a scent
many colors steal me
they pain me like fire
and your teases don’t fail
troubled like my thoughts

one thousand degrees I am
burned

like ice

cold is your memory
I bite
from your heart a piece
many colors caress me
they pain me like ice
and your moves are in vain
troubled like my thoughts

ice ice cold I am
frozen

like wood

sealed is your body
I caress
from your head a hatred
many colors strengthen me
they pain me like wood
and thin are your whispers
troubled like my thoughts

I bend, I bend
and split

[Arthur]

Last one. More coming, promise, I kinda like to re-read that old poetry I wrote, makes me smile!

Lego girl

oh I wish I had
4 arms
to wrap around you
4 hands
to caress you intense
4 ears
to hear every of your whisper
2 noses
for the wild scent of your hair
2 mouths
well, you know why…

oh I wish I was twice
because I’m addicted to you

[blueczarina]

those are nice poems Arthur

i don’t write poetry either although i often include somewhat poetic language in my school papers- lit papers, etc. i never actually write poems though.

[Pipoka]

the first one is amazing!
you have talent too Arthur…

I wrote some poems in the past, a few years ago. but i deleted them ….
I can only wrote poems when i’m sad, so i guess it’s cool that i can’t write them now

[blueczarina]

I can only wrote poems when i’m sad, so i guess it’s cool that i can’t write them now [/quote:3eakskde]

too true

[Marcella]

I loove the four poems belonging together, Arthur. And I also loved yours, Manilla. \"But with such beauty
Comes so much pain \" Amen.

[Arthur]

Thanks Marcella.

Here’s another one.

Am I right
Or am I wrong
If I say that you think of me
Of someone that you cannot love
Yes you, with your beautiful profile
Is the world too small for us?
Hell, turn around and run
There are many others waiting for you

Am I right
Or am I wrong
If I say that you don’t feel sorry
That I send you away in an empty world
You will not cry any tear
For me, it’s clear
Turn around and go away
There are many others longing for you

Am I right
Or am I wrong
If I say: you only went cold
When I bored you with my feelings
Damned, I was so wrong
You, who were once my friend & lover
Turn around, and run fast bitch
There are many others so horny for you

[Arthur]

Some people found this one quite \"annoying\" back in the days…

Dreamlove

you dreamed about me
I noticed
and I fight your lonely love
you tried to withstand me
but magical,
almost unnoticed,
and like a king I conquered
your thoughts

my hands float around you
I opened your falcon body
you tried to stop me
but I entered you
stubborn & strong
barehanded, naked

love us

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

like the poems arthur, that last one is good. not annoying.

[Pipoka]

i like them all. and the last one is not annoying at all

[blueczarina]

i like them Arthur- they aren’t annoying.

just out of curiosity- did you write them in Dutch originally or English?

[Marcella]

I don’t see what’s annoying on that last one, it’s gorgeous! And if they were written in Dutch originally, congratulations, they sound great in English as well.

[Arthur]

In Dutch originally, all of them. That last one for example is like this in Dutch:

Droomliefde

je hebt mij gedroomd
ik zag het
ik overwon je eenzame liefde
je probeerde me uit te houden
maar magisch
onzichtbaar en
onaantastbaar overmeesterde ik
je gedachten

mijn handen zweven over je
lichaamsopeningen als valkuilen
je probeert me tegen te houden
maar stijfkoppig
dring ik bij je binnen
met blote handen

heb ons lief

To be honest, it’s must stronger in Dutch, but that’s only visible for the Dutchies I’m afraid.

[blueczarina]

To be honest, it’s must stronger in Dutch, but that’s only visible for the Dutchies I’m afraid. [/quote:hofw1g6s]

true^^ as to be honest it looks a bit like gibberish to me

[Arthur]

I don’t know what is gibberish…

But what I mean is, there are several deeper layers in the poem that go haywire when being translated to English.

This part for example

\"mijn handen zweven over je
lichaamsopeningen als valkuilen\"

would be litteraly

\"my hands float over your
body doors like falcon-owls\"

which is nicely translated (see them fly, the falcons over the (dead?) body?), but \"valkuilen\" also means \"traps\", like the body has traps where my hands shouldn’t go in… Anyway, hard to explain, I hope I did my best, and made it a joyful experience anyway for you to read.

[blueczarina]

hehe, yes you did a better job translating.

oh, and \"gibberish\" is basically just a bunch of words that you don’t understand, derive no meaning from because you don’t know the language or whatever, makes no sense, etc…

i don’t know anything really for the most part when it comes to germanic languages, so it looks a bit different to me.

[Marcella]

It looks so pretty. I could write it in my binder and everyone at school would be like \"What duz that meanz?! Yew are satanik.\" So fun =’D.

[Arthur]

It looks so pretty. I could write it in my binder and everyone at school would be like "What duz that meanz?! Yew are satanik." So fun =’D.[/quote:sqe7kyj7]
"When you’re born, you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in Holland, you get a front row seat."

[blueczarina]

wow

[Pipoka]

It looks so pretty. I could write it in my binder and everyone at school would be like "What duz that meanz?! Yew are satanik." So fun =’D.[/quote:xzodizd6]
"When you’re born, you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in Holland, you get a front row seat." [/quote:xzodizd6]

[Return To Comfort]

I’m still trying to decipher Manilla’s latest prose.

Arthur, yours are interesting–such a different style than a lot of poetry. I can completely understand why translating doesn’t quite work. That’s always an issue when switching languages.

The only \"poems\" I right are silly notes to people, very Seuss-esque. I used to write a lot, but more just journal-style. Did it almost every day for years. Stopped abruptly about half-way through college. It’s funny though, I still have my journals from when I was in about 7th grade on. Cracks me up to go back and read about what I perceived as important at those times.

[Anonymous]

I wish I would have saved my poems..they went to the trash a long time ago..I deemed them as irrelevant at the time, now I wish I could see them-
Arthur you are a poem writing machine..holy that was a lot, but they are very good poems!
I like the way they look in Dutch..it’s different to see through my eyes
keep it up boys..

[manillascissor]

Just wanted to say to Arthur, and in front of everyone here, I love your poems Sir. And I say Sir in the context of Sir Arthur. That shit sounds so good with your name.

Sir Derek? Not so much.

I especially like the 4 elements poem. Nice one bro.

[manillascissor]

Do se do
Round and round we go
In my arms, you are so heavy
I close my eyes and pull you close
To feel your breath, we share one pulse
The time comes to pass you to another
From this one to the other
One two three four
Now promenade
In his arms you are content
Within his arms, he can protect
Alone, without my partner
I swirl down to the grass
Palms up and grasping
The square dance taps in uniform
Joyously exiting the barn door
Minus one

[blueczarina]

another good one manilla

[Pipoka]

very nice manilla !

[Anonymous]

I especially like the 4 elements poem. Nice one bro. [/quote:4mydo9k4]
Me too!
Sir Manilla and I like Sir Arthur-it has a nice ring to it
And I like the one you just posted.
you guys are on a roll here..

[Anonymous]

Mine tend to be ‘odd,’ as I write them very quickly to motivate ‘other’ writing I’m doing; or they’re often for other people.

For fear of scaring everybody, here’s my contributions:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea … =411347232

[Anonymous]

Well..I guess all 3 of you can write good poems…Dazey they aren’t scary, they are very fascinating to read!

[blueczarina]

yeah, those aren’t scary Dazey they are good poems

[manillascissor]

Yet again, I find myself in sin
Dark reflections contained within
The mirror shining too dim
Holding revelations of absolute
Parades it’s proud negatives
Removing the spectrum of light
Within the vastness of this anvil
The grey persists
Consuming
Oneness is not within
Harmony is afar
Throw the sandstone to the quartz
Shatter it away
Awake, another day

[Anonymous]

Manilla I hope you plan on keepin your poems for a book…

[blueczarina]

Manilla I hope you plan on keepin your poems for a book…[/quote:10owsub8]

you should. you have lots of good ones.

[Anonymous]

Manilla I hope you plan on keepin your poems for a book…[/quote:2x65sw3t]

Thirded.

[Anonymous]

Thirded.[/quote:35jv0qnq]

had to do a double take on that word…I thought it said something else

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

lost in a sea of sadness
looking back i wonder how i got here
on a boat of no return
the waves crash against me
i feel nothing but cold
i wish for the light of the sun
it never touches my skin
eternal night shining in my eyes
cold
silent
neverending

[blueczarina]

that’s a good poem bullet, but its sad

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

i feel sad, and thanks.

do you ever feel like
your world is ending
but it is neverending
the time it takes for it to
implode
explode
disinigrate
be nothingness
forever it seems
long long nights of decay and madness
longing for the end
but knowing it is far off
longing for the darkness
but knowing it is far off
and everyday is just the same
a trudge through the mud of life
shaking off the brambles that tear at your skin
hoping beyond hope
that today
today
the light will shine on you
and the nothingness is taken away
and it is replaced by love
love pure white love
a bright shining star of hope in all hearts

[amnesia]

lost in a sea of sadness
looking back i wonder how i got here
on a boat of no return
the waves crash against me
i feel nothing but cold
i wish for the light of the sun
it never touches my skin
eternal night shining in my eyes
cold
silent
neverending[/quote:3mjed0fg]

I really like this one.Sad but Good one Bullet.

[bullettwoutbutterflywings]

thanks.

i write the best when i am sad, happy poems never really sound good.

[Marcella]

Good ones. I write better when I have negative emotions, as well.

[blueczarina]

i think a lot of people write better, paint better etc when they are unhappy. i wonder if its easier to tap into your emotions when you are more unhappy or something. maybe it seems more intense and overwhelming somehow so it comes out stronger.

[Marcella]

Since we’re talking about sad poems…this isn’t exactly a poem, more like…I have no idea o_o.

Butterflies tap my windowpane
Their crystal wings shimmering with light
My eyes, half closed, I sway with the sound
Of the cherished scene, purposely bright.
The walls that trap me shiver
Like autumn leaves ready to fall
That small sight of bliss closes, withers
As darkness encloses me with a final swap.
As blind as true love, is such beauty within
Impossible to notice unless once slaughtered
As once pure, as gelid, like the breast of a dove
After the sin commited leaves its crimson matter.
Seconds and hours loose all of their charm
My insides don’t long for just every-day time
One always wants what one should never have
The forbidden is sweet, but freedom it lacks.
And what is such word, nowadays, for myself?
The meaning is buried under covers of shame
Yet through such glorious shards, glitters calling me outside
I see what I could’ve had, if only I had seen it the first time.

[blueczarina]

its still a poem Marcella and good one too

[Anonymous]

I like both of those poems…very good!!

[last_rose_of_summer]

i like both of your poems bullet and marcella. sad…….. i can really feel the emotion in them. i agree, it does seem like the best artistic works happen when sad feelings are involved.

[manillascissor]

she once shouted my name
across the echoing vistas
she once cried the same
over the distance
she once pulled
the water to the side
she once breathed
exhale, a sigh
she once gazed, into a mirror
she once gazed, seeing clearer
she once saw, the beauty inside
she once saw, the love in his eyes
she once heard, her voice bounce back
she once heard, the echo attack
she once heard, a cold distant grin
she heard but if once, the silence within

[manillascissor]

with two and one
an odd number makes three
with you and them
equals harmony
enter the one
to disrupt the sanct
enter myself
blank room, empty space
exit me, exit you
leaves everyone
alone with you

[Shannen]

You are like a statue at heaven gate
And me just a sculpture waiting for your love, radiance and divinity to fill in
I have faith in you
Thinking that you are the sweetest thing
Thinking non other than you
Waiting to see an angel like you is a penance
Each and everyday seems to be million years away
I yearn to meet you
And my heart will be sleepless till that day

P/s: It’s a bit disorganized…tsss

[Anonymous]

It’s still a good poem Shannen.
And Manilla of course as always…

[blueczarina]

manilla- good as always

and good one too Shannen

[Return To Comfort]

I am a queen in your eyes, in your hands.
King you are to me, my friend, my lover.
We are two sides of the same coin,
One and the same, yet never touching.
Our kingdom is an elusive heaven.
Appearing and disappearing, as the tides of a mirage.
How quickly it vanishes, when you go into hiding.
I yearn for your touch from afar.
You disappear from my life,
Leaving me adrift in a sea of emotions.
Tides pull me one direction,
Winds push me in another.
You will reappear on the horizon,
My body burns as I try to reach you
Before you vanish again.

[Anonymous]

RTC
That is absolutely a beautiful poem!
I really like that one

[Return To Comfort]

RTC
That is absolutely a beautiful poem!
I really like that one[/quote:4vaah3ga]

Thanks Reggae. Maybe some of us can give manilla a run for his money.

[Anonymous]

well I now see that you can

One decade I will attempt…

[blueczarina]

that is a good poem RTC. i like the imagery.

[Anonymous]

Dreaming within
Distant moonlight whispers
silence glows between the veil
within the soul, the light
pure with love

it’s a start

[blueczarina]

its a pretty start

[Anonymous]

thanks
maybe I’ll finish it, or maybe it’s done..

[Arthur]

The Aftermath

in a passionate awakening
I saw your body
laying next to mine
in a deathwish
I posessed you
and in a whispering dream
our souls
looked at each other

I have been counting
the wrinkles in the sheets
all day

[Anonymous]

The aftermath?

that could be the ending to my poem

I like it Arthur, always writing good poems

[Marcella]

Absolutely gorgeous Arthur. I love love your passion.

[Arthur]

Children In Time

a village close to the beach
the sky is grey
and the wind is hard
when we start our journey

I look around us
a drip on my nose
falls a circle in the water

almost careless
have the dunes
been thrown around in the salty water

I miss the seals
are they scared
of our group?

I wonder

behind us
the imprints
of wet footsteps

and in front of us
the unknown
that we will explore

the other side, of the sea

a strange feeling
forceful, so beautiful,
makes me stand still

I feel
a little
a child in time

[Arthur]

Seen on the latest car show:

the new Honda Harakiri
it refuses to hit the gas
in a dirty environment

the Renault Question
it asks every 10 minutes
\"why didn’t you take public transport?\"
then it starts announcing
all bus timetables
and the next trainstations

finally, from Russia:
the Lada Applestroika
it takes fruit juice
for gas

(OK, maybe not a real poem, but hey, I wrote this when I was 15-16 years old )

[Anonymous]

alright this one is good too..
puts mine to shame by far

[Anonymous]

my comment should be in bewtween poems..
this last one looks like dialogue to a future car commercial of some sort
you know something we all don’t Arthur?

[Arthur]

Last one, i liked this one very much when I wrote this. Still makes me smile a little.

I want to write a little
some poetry or something
nothing special
just some words
but I seem to fail
my pen is against me
but what do I say:
I’m already at line eight!
OK, let me write a little
some poetry or something
nothing heavy
but something that makes you smile
I’m afraid I’m going nowhere
my fantasy has gone
but hey, look at this:
I’m already here, just like that!
so, I wrote a little after all
some poetry or something
but it has to end somewhere too
and that will be now

[Anonymous]

that’s a good one…too!
DAMN I SUCK!!!
I just need to write down all my crazy thougts throughout the days…maybe something will come together…lol

[Anonymous]

you guys do a pretty good job of summing up my thoughts into your own poems

[Arthur]

Thanks, I’m flattered. Last last last one then, and now I’m off to bed.

before dark
it is evening
close to the morning
it is night
those
are the times
that loneliness
falls upon me
that melancholy
attacks me
that doubts
are so strong
and don’t go away
without any reason
actually

[blueczarina]

those are good poems Arthur. and the one about poems is funny.

[Anonymous]

dreams stripped away
longing for that moment
welcome sleep
take me away
to the place
I long to keep
secret thoughts
fulfill the heart
I can feel you
in my soul

[Anonymous]

leaves falling,open door
window views
ever changing
the pleasure of new
tug o’ war
pulling,tugging
which way to go
within the self
lies hidden truths
seek the message
from your youth

[manillascissor]

the leaves’ color is no more
ascended to their nest
one on top of the other
an infinite strata of death

past times awake, during the day
they caught all rays of light
to hang and curl oh so gently
and sleep silent during the night

forever reaching out so far
atop the forest heights
battling rain and foragers
the endless army would fight

until that day the wind blew cold
and someone gave the nod
to wither up and fly away
break off and join the sod

together again, all on the ground
as a withering blanket of cover
to give the earth a little warmth
knowing winter is around the corner

[Anonymous]

Sea of depth,deepest blue
twisted fate,voice of truth
beneath the stars
sea of waves
feel me, see me
believe my love
exploding from the heart
flowing throughout
unreleased passion
I reach, you pull
intertwined, embraced, released
until we meet again

[last_rose_of_summer]

manilla, i LOVE that poem! my favorite are nature poems, this one is beautiful! great imagery

i only have one little question… the word ascended, did you mean descended? like the leaves fall to their nest on the ground?

[manillascissor]

manilla, i LOVE that poem! my favorite are nature poems, this one is beautiful! great imagery

i only have one little question… the word ascended, did you mean descended? like the leaves fall to their nest on the ground?[/quote:19bi5t4a]

no, i meant ascended, even though falling. like going go heaven. leave heaven!

leaven?

[last_rose_of_summer]

oh, ok i hope i didn’t offend you, i was just wondering
it is a great poem

leaven… all leaves go to leaven

[Anonymous]

oh, ok i hope i didn’t offend you, i was just wondering
it is a great poem

leaven… all leaves go to leaven [/quote:3jp5sel8]
must be heaven for leaves? or we’ve been calling heaven the wrong thing
I still like it Manilla

[blueczarina]

i like all of manilla’s poems. good stuff.

[manillascissor]

thanks blue, rose, and reggae.

arthur’s cool as always, reggae, keep writing, you’ll get there. it’s amazing how going through a real crappy period in your life elicits poetry.

[Anonymous]

thanks blue, rose, and reggae.

arthur’s cool as always, reggae, keep writing, you’ll get there. it’s amazing how going through a real crappy period in your life elicits poetry.[/quote:1jpr2lwc]
you know what’s weird..I never write poetry and have no idea why on earth I even attempted, but even my horoscope said something about writing poetry, which through me off…I feel like my mind is being spyed upon lately..LOL

[Return To Comfort]

I feel like my mind is being spyed upon lately..LOL[/quote:1rl97kwa]

That’s because it is, mwahahahahaha!

[Anonymous]

I feel like my mind is being spyed upon lately..LOL[/quote:2qx7nzd9]

That’s because it is, mwahahahahaha![/quote:2qx7nzd9]
GREAT just GREAT.. what I want to know is by who-besides God, who else..no one…lol

[Return To Comfort]

ok…back to poetry people! Focus!

[Anonymous]

As sun sets,moon arises
setting sail from confusion
Is this all?
So far to travel
destination unknown
an illusion, what is real?
searching the souls
seeking wisdom
listening to the heart
reaching for something
not all can see
knowing very well it’s for you and me
leaving the restraints this world has
love is there
as it always has
let it lead
soon all will see

[Anonymous]

For Loves Sake

A piece of me pushed under
Where did she go?
Where did she hide?
I’m on my way
to give peace within
I give my all
It’s who I am
truth be told
Go for love
Go for all

Feel life everyday
no matter, no more
selfish desire
close that door
Awaken the mind
Open your heart
it can not burn anymore
Go for love
Go for all
For loves sake

[Return To Comfort]

Fall to Winter, Day to Night

Life and liveliness of summer wane,
The colors and excitement fade.
I echo back, theme music slowing,
Allegro to adagio.

Daylight diminishes,
The dark of night is augmented.
My life mimics,
Each minute calmer.

Leaves fall and grass browns,
Preparing for the depth of winter.
I mirror, settling into my own warmth,
Strong and comforting.

Fall leaves, winter arrives.
Interpreted death is truly life.
I copy, giving into the night,
Rejuvenation for tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

I like your poem…it’s cozy

[last_rose_of_summer]

reggae, i like your poems

rtc i like yours too

[last_rose_of_summer]

naratives of the mind
laying trails of deceit
sanity knows lies
venture once down a path
to see where it takes you
journey too often
you may not return whole
belief can replace truth
layers of reality
interspersed with delusion

[blueczarina]

good poems guys

[manillascissor]

naratives of the mind
laying trails of deceit
sanity knows lies
venture once down a path
to see where it takes you
journey too often
you may not return whole
belief can replace truth
layers of reality
interspersed with delusion[/quote:olat5bsj]

Wow, I was just mindfucked.

[last_rose_of_summer]

manilla- i don’t know what to say… that is like the ultimate compliment… thanks!

[Anonymous]

wow rose! That is a a great poem!

[last_rose_of_summer]

thanks reggae

[Doubtful-Della]

Hiding behind curves
Where stereophonics work
With filigree and appetite
Spoon fed formaldehyde
A masquerade of pedigrees
Serene yet nostalgic
All virtual concepts
Of righteous creations
All hidden and cloned
Aroused and alone
Inside my frontal lobe

[manillascissor]

I wrote this in college, about starting to drink and smoke: If only I listened to myself.

————————————————————————————————————————-

I’m walking down this carnival highway. You know, the empty, sticky, flashy, jet-engine aisle…the dirty path traveled by the millions. At first, I am mute. Energy of all wavelengths passes through me, reaching me via distinguished media…vibrations, noises, headlights, flames of yellow and red, beckoning my submission. I am silent. For I have heard of the evil. The fake. The hypocrite. The sinner. Smiling with glittered teeth and eyes of molten steel, he flies to me. With clawed hands open and bat wings spread. I am offered to taste his nectar. The life juice of darkness. And as the quiet moon pulsates onto my head, I take my virgin sip of nothingness. It goes down like a snake crawling into my stomach, it’s body opening and slithering and becoming one with my soul. And now, removal of the beast would surely mean death…for it is a part of me. It is me. And I look behind to see where to go and the heat blasts burn my eyes. The silver lenses see far above, but the blackness comes rushing down. Down, down, down. Crushing and extinguishing the sought after and needed, until the horizontals dominate. A vacuum begins from inside and when I look forward, my snake is just leaving. On to pursue another being. To eat what is his and control what was once mine.

[blueczarina]

whoa- that’s quite a poetic description there- really strong imagery.

good thing you have quit now though

[Doubtful-Della]

\"my snake\" makes me think of something else

[blueczarina]

yeah, it might be a smidge graphic, but still a strong piece

[manillascissor]

that’s what she said.

[Return To Comfort]

I’m rolling my eyes…..

[Anonymous]

that’s what she said.[/quote:2xpima34]
oh no…that sounds familiar
typical man statement, except you don’t seem like a typical guy…I’m so confused

[Return To Comfort]

that’s what she said.[/quote:2j20p5jh]
oh no…that sounds familiar
typical man statement, except you don’t seem like a typical guy…I’m so confused [/quote:2j20p5jh]

Why do you say that manilla doesn’t seem typical? Just curious myself….

[Anonymous]

I know Manilla doesn’t seem typical…or maybe that’s just it my hubby isn’t typical either..lol
I don’t know I have heard that statement by a few guys..lol
It’s a funny statement though when applied right, like Manilla did

[Anonymous]

Distractions
preying on innocence
subliminal illusion
easily swayed
mind Controlled, cells siphoned
Feeling of emptiness
loneliness, bittersweet
becoming fear
dark and empty
bottomless pit
stay here
as long as you like
there’s always more

this way, points the sign
turn right
come along
close your eyes
breathe deep within
it won’t take long
a glimmer of light
leave the illusion behind
tranquil life
away from it all

[manillascissor]

a bow drawn to rip apart
plays sad songs across the heart
counting sheep around the bridge
a violin’s dying wish
to breathe again the sounds of sorrow
upon the ears of a deaf tomorrow
quarters and eighths stain the floor
there to lay forevermore

[manillascissor]

a medley’s melody
inside a kicking can
bouncing down the street
your head in time with the beat
funk da fied in step
beat down, so def
keep it swingin’
ooooo there goes another one
bringin’ it back
fo everyone
wet shirts and colas
it’s so hot
i never wanna cool off

[Doubtful-Della]

a bow drawn to rip apart
plays sad songs across the heart
counting sheep around the bridge
a violin’s dying wish
[/quote:tq2dhc6n]

I like it four lines. Very powerful end statement

[manillascissor]

all you knew
devoured in spoonfed school
the back turned
the truth hurts
the truth sings its aria
whispering to you its final breaths
into your ear
you hear
you turn to see
the truth the truth the truth
the textbook
the written word
the gospel
the nothing

[manillascissor]

through layers unseen
the end it seems
reached far too deep
the souls seeped
together as once in a bowl
fallen to the floor
shattered across
spilling the score
one two three four
the dreams of lore
now the sunken miles
complete across the frozen tiles

[manillascissor]

whereever have we gone
whoever shall decide
whenever it is time
until we are then, bide time

hands move with hasty pace
hovering the turquoise face
into the silent unknown
for ever, our souls

now and again
i think of then
what is was to me
all the possiblities

asleep now but awake
cannot stop the earthquake
apart the rift drags along
singing one last tearful song

[manillascissor]

point the pistol to thy head
pull the trigger filled with lead
blood spills upon the floor
the smoke empties the chamber door

and in the empty room
a new soul hovers with doom
destined to die upon this earth
one last breath, a dying curse

two shells, side by side
one from a gun
the other, suicide

post humous, now obsolete
the end of it all becomes complete

[blueczarina]

more good ones manilla they are always sad though for the most part

[manillascissor]

where are yours?

[blueczarina]

where are yours?

[/quote:3h056020]

i don’t write poems. never have for the most part unless i was forced to in school. sometimes when i write papers for classes they have a bit of a poetic quality if i feel like throwing in some niftier language. other than that though i’m not really a poem writer, although i’m taking lit in college too.

[manillascissor]

never to see inside the door
hovers my body, upon the floor
sunlight bounces into my eyes
a radiant beam from deep inside

i push up, to capture a view
the keyhole shines through and through
rocking gently, back and forth
happiness is now back in store

one wanders through the musky room
touching all that defines the you(th)
wonderment is within her eyes
delight comes with each surprise

push away, to rise again
to the knees, i confess my sin
creaking wood beneath the feet
to sound alarms down beneath

i walk away up to the stairs
and grab the handrail of our years
decending to the lowest level
as the hinges begin to echo

joyous laughs and tearful cries
bounce about into the sky
and lonely murmurs never see
the light that came from underneath

[manillascissor]

okay, above is probably my favorite poem ever. ugh. pain and sorrow = beauty.

[blueczarina]

that is a damn good one. one of the best you have put up to date.

[Return To Comfort]

I can’t even comment.

[Anonymous]

Wow! that was amazing Manilla

[Tion]

wow. i read o lot of very good poems here….
..have to draw now, or my head explodes :

[manillascissor]

my love
my life
removed once
removed twice
again i hear your silent voice
again inside i melt without a choice
i long so much for your embrace
i want so much for our days
but now i want your cool smile
just to know all is worthwhile
and tonight you gave unto me
the pureness i forever seek
i love you babe

[last_rose_of_summer]

Originality
Undoubtedly
Tries
Longingly to
Escape
Towards normalcy

acrostic poems are my favorite now, they are fun to write

[last_rose_of_summer]

BUT….. i am not sure about using the word normalcy in that poem…. i don’t know what exactly i was going for….. what do you guys think? i am always up for constructive critisism

rewrite:

Originality
Undoubtedly
Tries
Longingly to
Escape
Triumphantly

i think i like that better

[Anonymous]

haha I haven’t done that style since junior high, or was it elementary..
nice rose
I might have to do that one day again

[last_rose_of_summer]

which one do you like better… my 1st or 2nd one? i need opinions

[Anonymous]

I like both to be honest..
normalcy..I like that, but I also like triumphantly too..
I guess I am not much help

[last_rose_of_summer]

hehe, that’s okay i’m glad you like it/them

[last_rose_of_summer]

after i posted the 1st one i realized that it seemed like i was trying to say original and creative people are not \"normal\" that’s not what i meant though. lol.

[Pipoka]

i prefer the second one rose

[Anonymous]

that’s why I like it..there is no normalcy…

[last_rose_of_summer]

i don’t know what posessed me to use that word… i don’t even like the word normal

i had a momentary lapse of judgement

and i posted it before it was complete! oops, sorry ya’ll had to see my editing process lol

[last_rose_of_summer]

here’s another acrostic poem, told you i have fun with them

Curiosity

Could it be?
Underneath or beyond
Roads never seen must lead somewhere
Inside packages
Oh so pretty
Something lurks
Is the question where or what?
Temptation to go or to open
You know you feel it too

[manillascissor]

here’s another acrostic poem, told you i have fun with them

Curiosity

Could it be?
Underneath or beyond
Roads never seen must lead somewhere
Inside packages
Oh so pretty
Something lurks
Is the question where or what?
Temptation to go or to open
You know you feel it too[/quote:2qirchx0]

I like the "Roads never seen must lead somewhere".

I gotta ask. What is acrostic?

[Return To Comfort]

Isn’t acrostic describing how the first letter of each line spells a word (ie. ‘curiosity’)???

[manillascissor]

Alone with never
Lonely as a cause
Wretched inside
Alienated to find
Yesterday’s memory
So alone

[manillascissor]

She gazes upon my eyes
Her hair combed aside
The tiny body
Warm to the touch
Just a tiny sip
Turns my heart to dust

The one true love
This heart has ever known
The one true love
Will never leave this home
She’s my little baby
She’s my little angel

If she had wings
She’d fly far above
Into cold nights
To bring the light
To see what she could see
To be what she could be

She runs across to grab my legs
And grounds me for all days
Her little smile
Her cute laughs
Are enough to thank
A man’s dark past

Yes, she’s my angel
Born without wings
Serving a lifeforce
Yet to be seen
She’s close to the ground
Angels never fly this low

Constantly
She gives to me
Tears of joy
She never sees
She is my world
She is my cause
Forever I want
To embrace those arms

She is simply
Cydney

[last_rose_of_summer]

that’s beautiful, manilla

[Pipoka]

wow !

That’s my favorite so far ! Beautiful !

[blueczarina]

that is really neat manilla. that’s about one of your kids right?

[manillascissor]

Yessam, tis my 2.5 year old daughter. I may post a pic of her on here one day. As a rule, I don’t put pics of my children on the internet, but I did for Corgan, but it was SP related.

Hmmm….

[blueczarina]

thats probably a good plan. you can never be too careful. plus anybody can look through any thread on here- SPfreaks you know and freaks you don’t know.

[Return To Comfort]

I wholeheartedly concur with the no-posting-pics-of-progeny rule. Tis a good one, I say.

[Arthur]

From the Carmina Burana

veni, domicella

o virgines
de corde totaliter
et ex mente tota
sum presentialiter
absens in remota

pulchra tibi facies
oculurum acies
capillorum series
o quam clara species!

rosa rubicundior
lilio candidior
omnibus formosior
iam amore virginali
totus ardeo

ad iugum tamen suave transeo
semper in te glorior!

and wow, this one…

estuans interius
ira vehementi
in amaritudine
loquor mee menti:
factus de materia,
cinis elementi
similis sum folio,
de quo ludunt venti

cum sit enim proprium
viro sapienti
supra petram ponere
sedem fundamenti,
stultus ego comparor
fluvio labenti,
sub eodem tramite
nunquam permanenti.

feror ego veluti
sine nauta navis,
ut per vias aeris
vaga fertur avis;
non me tenent vincula,
non me tenet clavis,
quero mihi similes
et adiungor pravis.

mihi cordis gravitas
res videtur gravis;
iocis est amabilis
dulciorque favis;
quicquid Venus imperat,
labor est suavis,
que nunquam in cordibus
habitat ignavis.

via lata gradior
more iuventutis
inplicor et vitiis
immemor virtutis,
voluptatis avidus
magis quam salutis,
mortuus in anima
curam gero cutis.

OK, translations to follow…

[Arthur]

Translations of the Carmina Burana.

Firstly, the first one was a little creative redo of some texts I like from the Carmina Burana. The second one is a full original text. This is so… Arthur.

sweetheart, be mine

o beautiful girl
in my times and in my song
I carry you on my hands
and my heart will not leave you
where-ever I may roam

you got the most beautiful face
your eyes full of light
hair like no-one has
and a body where everything sparkles from life!

every rose shrinks in your presence
every lily turns grey
you most beautiful of all
in the inside of my thighs
a fire starts to burn

I will do everything what love commands
to you I belong, to you alone!

And the second poet goes like this:

burning inside
with violent anger
bitterly
I speak to my heart
created from matter
of the ashes of the elements
I am like a leaf
played with by the winds

if it is the way
of the wise man
to build
foundations on stone
then I am a fool like
a flowing stream
which in its course
never changes

I am carried along
like a ship without a steersman
and in the paths of the air
like a light hovering bird
chains cannot hold me
keys cannot imprison me
I look for people like me
and join the wretches

the heaviness of my heart
seems like a burden to me
it is pleasant to joke
and sweeter than honeycomb
whatever Venus commands
is a sweet duty
she never dwells
in a lazy heart

I travel the broad path
as is the way of youth
I give myself to vice
unmindful of virtue
I am eager for the pleasures of the flesh
more than for salvation
my soul is dead
so I shall look after the flesh

[blueczarina]

geeze Arthur you think we all can’t read Latin geeze

i have actually had several years of it thought. and some Greek as well.

[Anonymous]

I wish I knew how to read some Latin now a days..it would be cool. I did like the interpretation of those poems though!

and Manilla you are a good poet!!

[manillascissor]

I wish I knew how to read some Latin now a days..it would be cool. I did like the interpretation of those poems though!

and Manilla you are a good poet!![/quote:2echj9on]

Why thanks!

[manillascissor]

Exhales her warm sigh into the cold night
And rears back, impatiently waiting
For two to join her in the back of the train
Together once more, never again

He grabs the reins and gives a silent pull
She sets on foot, ready to go
A cool wind blows across her nape
Sending gossamer hair flowing through space

So proud to lead the two on their journey
Not knowing any of their story
But lead she did, just the same
And became the horse with no name

To bring the pair into the night
Where two must decide flee or fight
The black chariot rolls up to a stop
No more horses clop, clop, clop

One turns and bows, a decision made
And exits the chariot, alone, afraid
The door is closed and movement regains
Alone he joins the horse with no name

[Anonymous]

I want to go horse back riding now-thanks Manilla
Sounded so relaxing and peaceful

[last_rose_of_summer]

Paranoia
-a look inside the illness

Patterns of reason begin to decay

Amongst remains of logical thought

Reactions to life’s everyday scenes

Altered by artificial truths

Nonsense creeps into knowledge

Orbiting inside the mind

Imaginary reality

Alienated by fate

[manillascissor]

You said goodbye
Long before I heard your words
You said so long
Long before I knew it was wrong
You said no more
Long before
You said hello
When you meant you must go
You said I love you
Your voice misconstued
You said I’m going my way
Long before our way
You said it’s done
Long before I knew what was to come
You said it’s over
Long before you were sober
You said thanks
Long before any angst
You said hello
To dull the pace
You said let go
And now it is so

You said goodbye
You said goodbye
You said goodbye
Without such much as a cry

[manillascissor]

Another
Again
Why bother
With sin
Til then, we shall cease
Til then, savor the peace
I am too harsh
To hold onto
I am too scared
To follow through
I am the one
To kiss you goodnight
You rolled your head
Oh well, good night

[last_rose_of_summer]

i like those manilla

[Anonymous]

Manilla…you should start to publish these

[Arthur]

Manilla…you should start to publish these[/quote:34n4uwlb]
That is exactly what he is doing here, right?

[blueczarina]

he could make a book though

[Pipoka]

Arthur likes to be funny

[Anonymous]

not virtual style…
physical copy hardcover or paperback
preferably hard cover, won’t be destroyed as easy
and have pictures in it like Billy did- ones that reference the poem somehow!

[manillascissor]

not virtual style…
physical copy hardcover or paperback
preferably hard cover, won’t be destroyed as easy
and have pictures in it like Billy did- ones that reference the poem somehow![/quote:b6w6ydm7]

I’m afraid it’d be pics of the same girl over and over again.

[blueczarina]

Billy just had pics on the cover and the inside title page, so it works if your taking a page out of BC’s book

[last_rose_of_summer]

i wish i could publish a book and then just sit and watch the royalty checks come in

[manillascissor]

faded tulips
brown and discolored
on an empty table
full of rotten sunlight
burn stained wood
the faint smell of smoke

used clothes
a dark trench coat
broken hangers on the floor
hands touching the merchandise
the faint smell of death

an empty pine
side of the road
all green aside
brittle and dry
with snow and cold

something passionate was once here

[manillascissor]

walking around
on a spinning globe
in the middle of nowhere

looking out
to the holy sky
dreams of connection
dreams of smiling
dreams
only dreams

[manillascissor]

hold this moment
savor the flavor
reality bites
but pretention
devours

eat me alive
i am no more
swallow me whole
i am no more

turn off the distractions
draw the sword
i bow before you
heads rolling

happiness once again
while the masses are entertained
sacrifice my soul
for myself

[Return To Comfort]

Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone,
And I never see my old friend’s face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell,
And he rang mine.
You see, we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
\"Tomorrow\", I say, \"I will call on him.\"
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away.
I get a phone call–\"He’s giving up on friends\",
And that’s what we get and deserve in the end,
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

[manillascissor]

Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone,
And I never see my old friend’s face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell,
And he rang mine.
You see, we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow", I say, "I will call on him."
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away.
I get a phone call–"He’s giving up on friends",
And that’s what we get and deserve in the end,
Around the corner, a vanished friend.[/quote:2u18g2o3]

Thought RTC didn’t do poetry.

Anyway, very well done.

[Anonymous]

awesome RTC..I like your poem

Manilla your’s too, as always

[manillascissor]

Through this blood-red desert
I walk alone
Sand grains sift
Through thy toes
On this journey
I’ve never been
On this journey
It never ends
My toes and feet
Begin to heat
Reaction to
The sunlight’s beat
Forward for now
And backward never
I see a mirage
Revealed, a mirror
Reflections I’ve already seen
Reflections I can’t see between
Reflections that burn thy soul
Reflections that cannot be real
Eolian flocks upon my chest
Eolian sand I begin to digest
Despite all the questions
I keep going
To spite all corrections
One step more
The grainy silence
Grinds my voice
And into the lake
I follow without choice
But the lake is dry
Liquid quartz
Here I lay
A baked corpse

[Anonymous]

that’s quite the desert journey…

[Marcella]

That was great, I could see myself there. Which wasn’t so great.

[Return To Comfort]

You say eolian, I say aeolian…

[blueczarina]

it works though Samuel Taylor Coleridge spelled it eolian in his poem The Eolian Harp, so he wouldn’t be the only poet with a different spelling choice there.

[manillascissor]

I learned Eolian in Geology something or other.

[manillascissor]

Not mine, but these lyrics remind me of something I’d write:

Nirvana – Sappy

And if you save yourself
You will make him happy
He’ll keep you in a jar
And you’ll think you’re happy
He’ll give you breathing holes
Then you’ll think you’re happy
He’ll cover you with grass
And you’ll think you’re happy
Now

You’re in a laundry room,
You’re in a laundry room
Conclusion came to you, oh

And if you cut yourself
You will think you’re happy
He’ll keep you in a jar
Then you’ll make him happy
He’ll give you breathing holes
Then you’ll think you’re happy
He’ll cover you with grass
Then you’ll think you’re happy
Now

You’re in a laundry room,
You’re in a laundry room
Conclusion came, oh (x2)

And if you fool yourself
You will make him happy
He’ll keep you in a jar
And you’ll think you’re happy
He’ll give you breathing holes
Then you will seem happy
You’ll wallow in your shit
Then you’ll think you’re happy
Now

You’re in a laundry room (x3)
Conclusion came to you, oh

[manillascissor]

she looks at me
hair ablaze
hooks in me
hand waves
a crooked wink
times like these
i can’t think
she’s all of me
impulse driven overdrive
tiny little butterfly
i look again
she’s off the bend
out of my world
she’s my little xanax girl

[Marcella]

^ Hey that could make up for a really cool song.

[manillascissor]

^ Hey that could make up for a really cool song.[/quote:3szszkzx]

i thought same thing. alternate lyrics, "she’s my little tetris girl"

[Marcella]

I like those .

[Anonymous]

awesome, definitely could be a song.
Give it to Billy
except it’s not his

[last_rose_of_summer]

^ Hey that could make up for a really cool song.[/quote:2tonqo1d]

i thought same thing. alternate lyrics, "she’s my little tetris girl" [/quote:2tonqo1d]

love it! hehe

[manillascissor]

my god do you think
my god think for me
my god one above all
my god royalty
my god does it work
my god eternal worship
my god die for me
my god i die for you
tell me it’s true
tell me it’s you
tell me god is alive
tell me god is there
my god
you

[manillascissor]

dirty window panes
thirty little pains
image unclear
listen here
take out the bleach
say oww to clean
thirty panes see through
thirty ways to be who
you always wanted to be
you always wanted me
let us not speak
not one streak

[Marcella]

I’m a fangirl for your poems.

[manillascissor]

I’m a fangirl for your poems.[/quote:90mpuoe8]

ty

[blueczarina]

they are damn good. they could be songs.

[Marcella]

^ I know right? I’m so starting a band and stealing them and becoming famous and one day Manilla will see me opening for the Pumpkins and he’ll either laugh or be incredibly mad.

And then I’ll wake up .

[blueczarina]

and then you’ll wake up

[Marcella]

Soundplay

Fluently always these words dance
Like phantom fingers snip and snap

Smashed and re-built as I write
They slide like razors slish and slash

Intriguing, useless, inane, or smart
A reckless flatter; a rat-a-tat

These urges, these voices, my soul trespass
And crash into you, as tears once splashed

…I was bored, ‘kay =/?

[manillascissor]

well, i liked it, esp. the last two lines.

[Marcella]

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

yeah that was really good Marcella! I read it a few times and the more I read it the more I like it.

[blueczarina]

it is a good poem Marcella i like it.

[Marcella]

I’m so so flattered. =) Thank you thank you.

[amnesia]

You lie silent there before me
your tears they mean nothing to me
the wind howling at the window
the love you never gave
I give to you
Really dont deserve it
but now there’s nothing you can do
so sleep in your only memory of me
my dearest mother
Heres a lullaby to close your eyes goodbye
it was always you that I despised
I dont feel enough for you to cry oh well
heres a lullaby to close your eyes goodbye
goodbye
So insignificant
sleeping dormant deep inside of me
are you hiding away lost
under the sewers
maybe flying high in the clouds
perhaps you’re happy without me
so many seeds have been sown in the field
and who could sprout up so blessedly
if I had died
I would have never felt sad at all
you will not hear me say ‘m sorry
where is the light
wonder if its weeping somewhere
goodbye

[Marcella]

Sad but well written.

[manillascissor]

that is awesome mayo, really

[blueczarina]

holy crap, awesome indeed! but very, very sad

[amnesia]

Yes very sad, I really like it alot.I did not write myself.Its called Room of Angels.Just wanted to share it with you guys.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3m2QawnrI0&feature=related[/youtube]

[blueczarina]

lol, faking us out…

[amnesia]

lol, faking us out… [/quote:b8e6mili]

Not really,I dont write very well myself, though i wrote a novel once a long time ago when i went through a depression and it came out really well, and thats it.

[blueczarina]

what was your book about? how long is it?

[amnesia]

what was your book about? how long is it? [/quote:3dwt1ncn]

I never gave it a titel, so i guess its called Untitled.I once thought about calling it the Madman Diary.
Its about a guy who writes his diary, well its written like a diary.Anyway its about this guy totally fucked up and he really dont know it, until the end.Some murders starts to appear in the city he lives in, and he dont know who the killer is, so bla bla bla.It turns out his working with devil himself, doing hits for him coz devil cant do it by himself cos that will fuck up the whole god/devil system,so jack dreams every night about the murders he has to do, and when he wakes up, he cant remember a thing, until one day he kills his beloved girlfreind, thats were things get werid, god approach to him dressed like santa clause, i know its sounds fucked (blame jack), well god approach jack in his dream as santa clause telling him devils plan. he does it because so devil cant see him in jacks dreams ( jacks head is fucked).So basically the devil want to corrupt a bunch of human to comite those murders, the murders on god´s unknown disciples, they guard the gates, and he needs to have them removed so devil can take control bla bla bla…….So Jack is wrting all this down in his diary, a prove he is losing his mind.I know this is fucked, but its way better then the explaning i did.

[blueczarina]

it sounds pretty interesting mayo

[Marcella]

It sounds like something I’d definitely read! If it were translated to English or Spanish, of course =).

[Pipoka]

it sounds interesting indeed mayo!

[manillascissor]

how do we obtain this book? sounds like a really good read. and i like the santa claus part.

[amnesia]

how do we obtain this book? sounds like a really good read. and i like the santa claus part.[/quote:2adyi90q]

Its not a book, it will never be a book.I wrote it all down 5 years ago in a depression i had, guess the depression inspired me to wrote down 26 pices of A4 paper and i dont really like the ending, its a continuations from where i left it, there is really no end to it atm, i call it a workprint if you can call it that.I really wanted to continue, but never had the motivation and the insperation to continue.

[blueczarina]

you should finish it and let us read it

[Anonymous]

You had me fooled there for a second..
But the book sounds interesting. Maybe when you are in a depressed mood you should start writing in it…Not that we want you depressed

[some pumpkins]

how do we obtain this book? sounds like a really good read. and i like the santa claus part.[/quote:18th4fwd]

Its not a book, it will never be a book.I wrote it all down 5 years ago in a depression i had, guess the depression inspired me to wrote down 26 pices of A4 paper and i dont really like the ending, its a continuations from where i left it, there is really no end to it atm, i call it a workprint if you can call it that.I really wanted to continue, but never had the motivation and the insperation to continue.[/quote:18th4fwd]

its sounds like a cool story mayo

[manillascissor]

expiration date
dinner for two
a day late

you are so beautiful
hide your eyes
behind kind lies

butterflies are buzzing
it’s spring outside
why does it rain
when you come inside

mentally unstable
sleepless nights
the life of a fable
aesop’s trilobytes

[Marcella]

butterflies are buzzing
it’s spring outside
why does it rain
when you come inside [/quote:1081jrpo]

I can relate so much to that line. I loved the whole thing.

[manillascissor]

there she lies
cold and dark
blue veins
blue arteries
blue pain
blue

dead in this world
unborn in another
a chilling touch
faded lips
memories crushed
faded lashes

still a beauty
still unknowing
to the grave
never knowing
her full potential
her full surrender

laying horizontal
to float away
up to the heavens
bye to yesterday
but she touched so much

here in this life
here in her time
here in my arms
here in her space

i kiss the wounded lips
one last time
just once more
to say goodbye

with a lonely pause
i gather my thoughts
and turn my back
on a beauty lost

[blueczarina]

thats a great poem- dark and sad- but really great

[amnesia]

I really like it, yet its sad.Well written Manilla.

[manillascissor]

silent
never
you
always
me
closed
forgive
i cannot
forget
i am
trust
this
will
tested
asleep
crying
pain
in everything
youarethesource

[Marcella]

Great arrangement on that last one.

[blueczarina]

yeah, that is a good one. you should make a book.

[Anonymous]

yeah! Manilla you should really look into that
you know you already have some fans

[manillascissor]

it’s a good idea. but i like just putting it out there, for anyone to see. once an official book gets involved, it seems tainted. i like how simple it is here. just words for all to see. the vibe is awesome.

[Anonymous]

I get what you are saying. Maybe your own special book then

[manillascissor]

one met the other
became two
one atop the other

now again
they meet in passing
two ships in the night

but this time
not as lovers
as water lovers

two vessels drawn together
on a perfect canvas of papyrus

together connected forever
her spirit makes it all better

the waves crash against the shore
and always will
but we’ve anchored the storm
adjoining our will(s)

so bring me again your beautiful face
and bring unto me that beautiful new place
an island never visited before
with untold campfire stories told ashore

[manillascissor]

all is well
and all is shit

all of us are sick

such beauty lies in you
such beauty can betray you

this is the lesson learned again
again again again and again

bring it here
lay it back

zen is again
zen is then
zen is now

zen is again

[Anonymous]

I seriously like both of those Manilla.
fabulous work

[blueczarina]

those are most excellent i think some of your poems would make songs. they remind of something Billy would sing.

[Marcella]

My zen has been coming and going these days.

[manillascissor]

climbing and reaching
holding on with all that remains
clinging and fighting gravity
with all that remains

screams horrify downward
violently pulsing in and out
a friend unknown
now lost and unborn

back to the beginning?
oh no, we’ve come so far
we reach out and touch
releasing our ladders for love

we reach out and touch
releasing our ladders for love
back to the beginning?
oh no, we’ve come so far

come so far, we have
but maybe this is my paramount
my moment of completeness
my moment of release
my moment of screaming the doppler effect
with all that remains

[Marcella]

Okay so that last one MUST be accompanied by music. It just must. It’s too cool.

[manillascissor]

Okay so that last one MUST be accompanied by music. It just must. It’s too cool.[/quote:229prfn9]

No, just the quite silence that is my existence.

[blueczarina]

Okay so that last one MUST be accompanied by music. It just must. It’s too cool.[/quote:2qqhuaqx]

No, just the quite silence that is my existence.[/quote:2qqhuaqx]

that’s is an awesome poem. it would definitely make a great song!

but good answer manilla also poetic

[Marcella]

^ I know, right? I’m writing everything he says down

[blueczarina]

and i like this

[Marcella]

Yeah I just wish it didn’t have that white square around it u___u.

[blueczarina]

me too. maybe it can be recolored.

[Anonymous]

me too. maybe it can be recolored.[/quote:xrgubgdm]
I bet it can

[Anonymous]

back to the beginning?
oh no, we’ve come so far
we reach out and touch
releasing our ladders for love

we reach out and touch
releasing our ladders for love
back to the beginning?
oh no, we’ve come so far

[/quote:2yw94tso]
The mirror effect? I really like this part!

[manillascissor]

i didn’t know it had a name, it just came out. i really like it too!

this one is pretty personal, about giving up completely and just letting go…. not a sob story, just a general vibe i’ve been in lately.

[Anonymous]

i didn’t know it had a name, it just came out. i really like it too!

this one is pretty personal, about giving up completely and just letting go…. not a sob story, just a general vibe i’ve been in lately.[/quote:2jxri30p]

Well it really makes me think about life and purpose
awesome work!
are you turning into Billy

[manillascissor]

i didn’t know it had a name, it just came out. i really like it too!

this one is pretty personal, about giving up completely and just letting go…. not a sob story, just a general vibe i’ve been in lately.[/quote:1nukxyon]

Well it really makes me think about life and purpose
awesome work!
are you turning into Billy [/quote:1nukxyon]

lol, no i have awhile to go before that!

i was listening to his lyrics the other day on Adore, and it blows my mind where he comes up with such good lyrics. they are pretty cryptic though, i have a hard time knowing what he’s really saying in a LOT of songs.

[blueczarina]

i was listening to his lyrics the other day on Adore, and it blows my mind where he comes up with such good lyrics. they are pretty cryptic though, i have a hard time knowing what he’s really saying in a LOT of songs.[/quote:3voo9m0s]

i think of his music as poetry though and a lot of poetry can be cryptic and can have many meanings. to me that is a mark of how deep his songs are and how amazingly talented he is when it comes to song writing. his music has so many layers, so many levels of meaning which take his music from some dumb pop/ rock song to something more transcendent. plus the instrumentals that accompany it are mind blowing too. i love the pumpkins!

[Marcella]

That is exactly the reason why Pumpkins are a first for me. Not only is the music great, the lyrics are just…I can’t say \"amazing\" because they’re more than that. They’re just everything I look for in the band, exactly my cup of tea.

And I’m going a bit off topic here. Here off topic a bit I’m going. There I can do it too.

[blueczarina]

hehe

and i think going off topic at SPfreaks is more of the norm since we are all champion thread derailers

[Marcella]

That’s why I love this place. Lol, this thread has become the place to express our love for things.

GROUP HUGGGGGGGGG!!!

[blueczarina]

yes! group hug!

[Pipoka]

i was listening to his lyrics the other day on Adore, and it blows my mind where he comes up with such good lyrics. they are pretty cryptic though, i have a hard time knowing what he’s really saying in a LOT of songs.[/quote:26zcefsk]

i think of his music as poetry though and a lot of poetry can be cryptic and can have many meanings. to me that is a mark of how deep his songs are and how amazingly talented he is when it comes to song writing. his music has so many layers, so many levels of meaning which take his music from some dumb pop/ rock song to something more transcendent. plus the instrumentals that accompany it are mind blowing too. i love the pumpkins! [/quote:26zcefsk]

well said blue !

[Anonymous]

Deep within, you awaken
darkness surrounds you
sheer curtain
soft blows
through the window
the breeze whispers
blue sky, light, warmth
fulfilling
try to reach
stunned by the beauty
time to wake
it’s another day
questions, answers, confusion
you lay your heart
the day is gone
deep within, you awaken

[manillascissor]

very very nice reggae.

[blueczarina]

that is a good one reggae

[Marcella]

*plays bongos*

[Marcella]

Oops.

[Anonymous]

thanks…it was about a dream I had a very long time ago.

[amnesia]

Very nice Reggae! Good one indeed.

[last_rose_of_summer]

i like that too reggae

[last_rose_of_summer]

Lucid Rain

Nimbus tears
drawn by gravity
to cleanse and quench

A million drops
singly beautiful
chaotic symmetry

Impossibly seeing,
feeling, hearing
each liquid blossom

Awake to the symphony
asleep to reality
conscious dreaming

[last_rose_of_summer]

there is a cool poetry website called fanstory.com that i joined a while back. some of you may be interested in joining. they have contests and some even have cash prizes. it is fun.

my profile on there, if anyone wants to take a look:
http://www.fanstory.com/selectprofilepo … rid=276690

[Anonymous]

Where am I going
to walk the unknown
Alone
darkness evades
the eyes follow, minds stagnant
Can’t you hear
no one’s listening
Can’t you feel?
no one is alive
Can’t you love?
no one knows how
catch hold
to nothing,
the emptiness, the void,
the nothing
it’s everything, anything within

[manillascissor]

when did reggae become a laurete?

[Anonymous]

I’ve got a case of creative syndrome , also been painting today too..
must be the all that Pumpkins music inspiring me

[amnesia]

I like that one alot.Well done reggae

[manillascissor]

Bored tonight, I write in vain
Torn this night, I write in pain
Born last night, my soul expired
With end in sight, my sould is tired

[last_rose_of_summer]

nice one manilla

[Return To Comfort]

All I want to do
Is touch you
To feel your skin against mine.
Its warmth pulls me in.

Touch you
To have your arms around me,
Safety all around.

Touch you
To feel your whiskers against my cheek,
The distance between us no more.

Touch you
Fingers intertwining,
Joining in the strength we’ve found.

Touch you
Teeth accidentally clicking
As we kiss the time away

Touch you
Hands through hair
Goosebumps down my body

Touch you
Your breath is my breath,
Living in sync.

Touch you
Hearts beating in rhythm,
As they are meant to.

Touch you
To see you
By merely opening my eyes

Touch you
Spooning in a king size bed,
Lonliness becomes unknown.

Touch you
Your life joining with mine
Happiness a reality

Touch you
Lips to lips
I am finally home.

All I want to do, is touch you
All I want, is to touch you
All I want is to touch….you.

[manillascissor]

nice one return!

[Return To Comfort]

Manilla- thanks! Not as good as I was hoping, but I can’t seem to ‘fix’ it.

[Anonymous]

WOW RTC, I felt like the words were touching me..It was rather good.
Damn good!

Manilla your boredom poem was simple and to the point

[blueczarina]

wow, great poems guys. and yeah, great little one manilla.

[Anonymous]

Go ahead and feel free to add to this poem I started before going to sleep

Gently kiss
the eyelids
closed
in peace

[manillascissor]

Go ahead and feel free to add to this poem I started before going to sleep

Gently kiss
the eyelids
closed
in peace[/quote:3kymjbko]

Lay me down in neverland
A world in my dreams

[blueczarina]

Go ahead and feel free to add to this poem I started before going to sleep

Gently kiss
the eyelids
closed
in peace[/quote:2ootr054]

Lay me down in neverland
A world in my dreams[/quote:2ootr054]

OMG! its Michael Jackson

[manillascissor]

Never again to fall so hard
No one there to fill my arms
You broke me so completely
I tried picking up my pieces
And put them in my pocket
And began the road walking
Over time a pace hastened
Hoping to find love waiting
To feel, to touch
To listen, to trust
And it’s not easy to say to you
Just how much you put me through
Your touch means so much to me
If again baby, please
Be gentle with me

[manillascissor]

Go ahead and feel free to add to this poem I started before going to sleep

Gently kiss
the eyelids
closed
in peace[/quote:zp4q1xei]

Lay me down in neverland
A world in my dreams[/quote:zp4q1xei]

OMG! its Michael Jackson [/quote:zp4q1xei]

Best GIF EVAR.

[manillascissor]

years pile on and boredom blooms
american idols sing me the blues
walls closing in as sunlight escapes
curtains are drawn tight
nothing in, nothing out
not even nothing
not even nothing

[Anonymous]

love
no sales pitch
no commercialism
one that is deep
heart penetrating
exposing light
within
mind, body, and soul
total purity
between two
to become one
real love
with no return

[Im a Cult Hero]

Just starting to try and get into poetry :

1. Nostalgia
A former me visited today
Face a vision of disgust
voice coloured by contempt
He was full of things to say
with judgements I knew to trust
And demanding that I repent.

This ghost of a former life
his expression changed to one of shame
Sadness filling eyes, once fiery and heated
He stole the air from the room when he sighed.

He cut through my veneer like a knife
he knew the secrets, and who to blame
the man before him, jaded and defeated
It was then I realised, I was glad he had died.

2.Finite
Not until I fell in love,
Did I know how short forever was.

[manillascissor]

Alternate Version:

Never again to fall so hard
No one there to fill my arms
You broke me so completely
I tried picking up my pieces
And put them in my pocket
And began the road walking
Over time a pace hastened
Hoping to find love waiting
To feel, to touch
To listen, to trust
And it’s not easy to say to you
Just how much you put me through
Your touch means so much to me
If again baby, please
Be gentle with deez nutz

[Return To Comfort]

lol

[manillascissor]

my heart shrinks
at the thought of us
at the thought of you and i
together forever
in a strange land
a new and foreign place
so brand new
yet so distant

yes, i’m scared
yes, i can’t breathe
yes, i have doubt

but i can look at you
your soul
you
you in a white dress
on a cliff with me beside you
scared to take the plunge
but with your hand in mine
falling from grace
falling from a cliff face
falling

is all i ever wanted

pull me from the waves to shore
and rescue me
give me heart to heart
please me
breathe into me your soul forever

[Anonymous]

this is a great poem!

[manillascissor]

this is a great poem![/quote:2w2wun9e]

thanks!

[Return To Comfort]

eh….tis ok. vnb. vn.

[last_rose_of_summer]

manilla i really like that poem!

[amnesia]

You guys are damn good!

[Marcella]

Soooo romantic Manilla.

[manillascissor]

you are my friend
you have always stood behind me
and played beside me

you are my friend
i love you like a brother
born of the same mother

we are two as one
inseparable in spirit
your complex, i wanna hear it

i’ll still be here
taking all the bullets
breaking all the rules

standing strong
for the return of you

[Marcella]

[blueczarina]

it reminds me of the pumpkins!

[Anonymous]

good poem Manilla (pumpkin tears)

[manillascissor]

What moonsongs
Do you sing your babies?
What sunshine do you bring?

Who belongs
Who decides who’s crazy
Who rights wrongs where others cling?

I’ll sing for you
If you want me to
I’ll give to you
And it’s a chance I’ll have to take
And it’s a chance I’ll have to break

I go along
Just because I’m lazy
I go along to be with you

And those moonsongs
That you sing your babies
Will be the songs to see you through

I’ll hear your song
If you want me to
I’ll sing along
And it’s a chance I’ll have to take
And it’s a chance I’ll have to break

I’m in love with you
I’m in love with you
I’m in love with you

I’m in love with you
So in love
I’m in love with you
With you
I’m in love with you

I’m in love with you
So in love
I’m in love with you
I’m
I’m so in love
I’m in love with you

[manillascissor]

she is the light i have never known
she is the sun in my cloudy room
she is the one, the one for me
she is my love, for eternity

she is so beautiful
she never knows
she is so lovely
she is a summer rose

she is so wonderful
she is so tonight
she fills my world
with beams of light

she comes to me
on a plane from nowhere
i speak to her
in tongues of wear

but she hears so clear
and listens so pure
she is for me
what makes me persevere

i love you babe
with all my heart
i want you babe
right from the start
stay with me
say you will
carry me
to the top of the hill
where we plunge into
our greatest descent
together, holding hands
forever, innocently
IN LOVE

[blueczarina]

those are great poems manilla- most excellent. they both sound like they could be songs, especially the first one. i love that song!

[Marcella]

The first one is oddly familiar : ))).

The second one is so sweet. How pure your love sounds.

[Anonymous]

so truth be told…
Manilla wrote that song So, Manilla has been writing for SP and Billy has faked it for years?

cool poem and great song choice!

[manillascissor]

tick tick tick
tock tock tock
time is running out

llamas in ferris wheels
pumas in my vein
here we are again
totally insane

in time with the beat
gears grinding out of sync
how can this be?

whatever, shall be
whenever, shall be
today is never
tomorrow is forever

once upon a time
i cared to decline
in this world of never
spoken through time

but now we are enough
together somehow for now
with you in peace i am
with you in peace i can

[manillascissor]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WTF does that mean?

[blueczarina]

did you write it? beer + poem

[blueczarina]

sorry i’m bratty ^^

[Anonymous]

sorry i’m bratty ^^[/quote:3un546ly]
why because you posted a llama

[last_rose_of_summer]

llama llama llama llama llama llama duck

i forgot where that is from

[blueczarina]

sorry i’m bratty ^^[/quote:y8cgwaoo]
why because you posted a llama [/quote:y8cgwaoo]

yes, plus i put beer + poem, but i’m sure he doesn’t mind

[manillascissor]

the truth hurts.

i went and reread that and i like it, although i have no idea what i was trying to convey.

[blueczarina]

i wasn’t sure if you wrote it, but i got to post a llama so i’m good.

[Marcella]

llama llama llama llama llama llama duck

i forgot where that is from[/quote:3oafy5bo]

I saw that on an icon, I think it’s a song, ahaha .

[manillascissor]

i do feel sorry for you
i do feel pain for you
i did say i do
i did care for you
i can’t keep going like this
i can’t keep loving like this

our love is poor and gone
your sadness makes me weak
your gifts to me make me cry
sometimes i wish i’d just die

i wish i could give you a million stars
and a house on the hills
where you could age gracefully
without me and my pills

somewhere deep down you deserved better
this i know
and i’m sorry for all the fuck i’ve caused
today is now and tomorrow
holds so many yesterdays

so this love for you remains
to get us through
to push us through
until we can let go forever

[Anonymous]

^^^very beautiful Manilla

[manillascissor]

don’t stare too long
you just might see
a broken reflection
staring back at me

with the shattered and stained
never again let this be my blame
running and running out again
always time for one more sin

bloody hands crippled with guilt
shaking and stirring
putting down the saving grace
clipping out the sacred face

the end is drawing near
to a fable of sleep and wear
the end again it seems
so far away it steams

boiling hot
let it bleed
down to the floor
let it bleed
down once more

remove the spirit from the soul
a trick or treat
it’s so cold

now now, let’s not hurry
now now, red and blurry

drip drip drip

[last_rose_of_summer]

trust is…

pure
unappreciated
truly a gift

fragile as eggshells
cracked-
as easily repaired

clear as glass
shattered-
never to be repaired

[last_rose_of_summer]

pennies and dimes
and crimes
of passion of greed
who planted the seed
is the whole world on dope
loosing all trace of hope
no one will win
in this contest of sin
too many tries
of telling more lies
the world coming undone
for some sick foolish fun
evil takes a convincing disguise
will humanity be its own demise

[Return To Comfort]

Roses are red,
Irisis are not,
You know who you are,
And I think you’re hot.

[blueczarina]

nice one RTC is it a secret message for Billy?

[manillascissor]

billy is hot.

[blueczarina]

true ^^

[Anonymous]

billy is hot.[/quote:2t27rmn8]
did I just read that properly coming from you?

interesting poems people…

[Return To Comfort]

nice one RTC is it a secret message for Billy? [/quote:gzcfz7vc]

Nope. Not for Billy, sorry.

[Anonymous]

Roses are red,
Irisis are not,
You know who you are,
And I think you’re hot.[/quote:waj6selw]
I’ve seen a red Iris before

nice one RTC is it a secret message for Billy? [/quote:waj6selw]

Nope. Not for Billy, sorry.[/quote:waj6selw]

[Anonymous]

3E’s

Once there was nothing
what appears to be
is nothing?
feels like something
scared, love
what is it?
completing circle after circle
never ending
never beginning
a game?
who plays?
when do we know?
endless eternal ending

[last_rose_of_summer]

i like that reggae

[Anonymous]

i like that reggae [/quote:1drdqwhw]
thanks

contaminated words
reached my ears
confused confusion
lost soul, many years
what’s left? where’s right?
to not see
a love
no longer yours
or was it lust?
the one who asked
for my love
has no end
a continuation
of loves past
it’s yours
no conditions
take it
I’m yours
my love is only for you
the story continues
until you say stop
this time

[manillascissor]

language came in forty tones
melted popsicles cover grounds
gray and yellow
pain and sorrow

loud and blistering
we scream our souls aloud
into the neverbeyond
to vibrate in sonic eternity

we speak in muted tongues
telling stories already told
failures piling and piling
the end seems so near

we touch with no sense
no patience to feel
no hands to hold
no lips to grace our smiles

we see the outer rings
and pass the mark there
never carving, never knowing
into and beyond the shell

and forever tired
and forever sad
but above the clouds
it’s always a sunny day

one more chance
just one more try
to get it right
to meet the inside

take a journey today
bathe in the sun
let it bleach
your dirty face

[Anonymous]

this one is good^^^
my favorite parts
~we speak in muted tongues
telling stories already told
failures piling and piling
the end seems so near

~and forever tired
and forever sad
but above the clouds
it’s always a sunny day

popsicles are yummy

[manillascissor]

thanks reggae.

i haven’t posted drunk in so long (for about 6 mos.), so all my recent stuff is sober. it’s harder to write sober, so i’m glad it’s connecting with someone.

i’d like another drunken beauty to pour out of me though, because i think those are my best. some of jimmy’s best drumming was done sober though, so who knows.

off topic: i think zeitgeist is jimmy’s SP masterpiece.

[Anonymous]

wait…I thought you didn’t drink anymore?
what the hell?

drunk or not you write really well

[manillascissor]

no that’s what i’m saying. i haven’t really drank in a long time. when i first started posting in this thread, i was wasted everytime.

[Anonymous]

I’m going to have to compare now I’ll be in here for awhile
but why in the fuck would you start drinking again?

[manillascissor]

i can’t anyway reggae. i’m on medication that alcohol doesn’t mix with so no alcohol for me.

[Anonymous]

well that’s good to hear. except the meds part, but most of the world is on meds anyway so you fit right in where does that leave me then?
so going through all of these poems you have definitely improved over time

[manillascissor]

well that’s good to hear. except the meds part, but most of the world is on meds anyway so you fit right in where does that leave me then?
so going through all of these poems you have definitely improved over time [/quote:245cn72q]

awesome. good to know!

[blueczarina]

i haven’t posted drunk in so long (for about 6 mos.), so all my recent stuff is sober. it’s harder to write sober, so i’m glad it’s connecting with someone.[/quote:35vfai59]

goods job manilla. i’m glad to hear you’re sober. its better for your health. and on the poetry front maybe you should think of it this way. maybe you were writing good poems in spite of the booze. you still write great stuff not drunk after all.

[manillascissor]

once i gave to you a word, always
today a broken promise made its way
between the space that is our love
to become the new phrase of us
a lie to you, i must have given
and for that, maybe now we are even
times are harder now than ever before
we will get through the next door
together or separate no one knows
my throat gets knotted just thinking
letting you go leaves me sinking
when i thought there was no more room
down i go for the third time

[Anonymous]

I like that one too ^^
where are these coming from?
pretty good stuff

[manillascissor]

thanks reggae. i don’t know where in my stupid head they come from, though i do know the inspiration.

[last_rose_of_summer]

i wrote this one the other day when i was feeling depressed at work.

the days are so long
chugging forward like an old steam engine
in slow motion
cowboys and indians running along side
playing shoot em up games
and i am caught in the middle
stuck on this train
going in circles under a christmas tree
the presents are bigger than me
how could one so small open a gift
the size of a house
wrapping paper as thick as corrugated cardboard
but not as plain
the most beautiful colors adorn these gifts
colors that have yet to be named
is it up to me to name them
or merely file away what others have done

[last_rose_of_summer]

manila, good to hear you’re sober. i like your poem, as always. it is so full of emotion.

[manillascissor]

thanks rose!

yours is very cool too. i like it!

[Danni]

….I can always try this thing.

On my knees I stand. Waiting for the end.
The echoes that will be, clinging on for eternity.
In my tree, a place for you and me. I found out what it’s all about.
And up here in my tree, there’s a place for you and me.
We could watch the world go ’round. Up and down, and ’round and ’round.
And up here in my tree, there’s no place for you nor me.
The echoes set us free, we’ll shiver in trinity.

It’s from my In My Tree-thing.

[manillascissor]

fun isn’t it honeymade? i like your little tree.

[last_rose_of_summer]

thanks manilla!

i like yours too honeymade

[Anonymous]

what kind of tree honeymaide..
is it dead?

[Anonymous]

in this world
your hearts beat
in my world
our hearts dance
join me

can’t imagine
time away from you
to know you
hold you
to love
you have to feel
it’s the fate or our existence
between us
to be one divine
for the world

[Danni]

Thank you, that tree is now a half-dead tree. Almost totally dried out.

[Danni]

You are all very talented with the poets, folks.

[last_rose_of_summer]

thank you

[Anonymous]

thank you [/quote:2cqqn9zb]
what she said ^^^^

[manillascissor]

you pay to play
i have no more money
but want to steal away
games from you and they

so let this be fun
i’ll run and hide
you pretend to find me
leave me behind

again, back to when children played
it was so easy then
no one got hurt, no one died
fiddle fiddle let loose the cannon

let this be the last
the last time i write to you
the last time you read my lines
the last time you give a fuck

the first time you die inside
the first time in a long time
the first time it’s gone
the first time the end closes in on you

and you bleed
and you bleed
and you bleed
and you bleed

[last_rose_of_summer]

i feel the hurt in your words

[blueczarina]

nice one again and i agree with rose. and i think you should write song lyrics still.

[Anonymous]

oh wow. I like that. Kinda heart breaking though isn’t it?
still you are always creating a good poem

[Anonymous]

puzzles pieces everywhere
lost without you
one fits
my heart cries for you
more waiting pains me
your love your smile
it’s not enough
i need you
to feel you
to hold you
If only I could
I want you
If I only…
your love beats my heart
distance between us
it’s torture
if only
to be near you
if only
to please you
I need your embrace
even before yesterday, now, tomorrow,
always
I love you
know this

[manillascissor]

this one gives me a good idea for a poem about a jigsaw puzzle, but i’m too lazy right now to come up with anything.

nice poem btw. i love this thread.

[Anonymous]

this thread is alright

lazy-get writing.. i want to read it

[manillascissor]

two puzzles, too many
pieces scattered about
placed upon the table
there was never any doubt

somehow pieced together
making a beautiful portrait
a picture so real
as if complete and perfect

but over time, the picture changed
pieces hit the floor
pieces left, pieces faded
peace is no more

the puzzle must be taken apart
and started again from scratch
you build yours and i’ll build mine
on the same table we’ll dance

now it’s done and we can see
pictures of two different harmonies

only now there are more pieces
ones that will never fit
ones that we created
in our adjoining midst

and so it goes
up and down
the jigsaw seesaw
love’s playground

[Anonymous]

should I be on my knees bowing?
that’s amazing

[manillascissor]

8) should I be on my knees bowing?
that’s amazing[/quote:3a4tilbf]

you should always be on your knees in my presence.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm1Z-mjru_A[/youtube]

[Anonymous]

you wish…
don’t push it Manilla..you already have started to anyway, but I’ll forgive you-this time

[last_rose_of_summer]

it is a good poem manilla, i say this at the risk of inflating your ego more

[manillascissor]

it is a good poem manilla, i say this at the risk of inflating your ego more [/quote:pwx3ovkf]

thanks rose. my ego is definitely in check. no worries there.

[last_rose_of_summer]

good to know

[Anonymous]

it is a good poem manilla, i say this at the risk of inflating your ego more [/quote:1ad3ld6f]

thanks rose. my ego is definitely in check. no worries there. [/quote:1ad3ld6f]
oh wow

and I just lost the one to check it some more

[Return To Comfort]

don’t push it Manilla..you already have started to anyway, but I’ll forgive you-this time
[/quote:34d1qkpv]

Is this a threat? Ummm,….this is supposed to be a friendly forum.

[Anonymous]

you would think right

[manillascissor]

gritty sand
inside my mouth
salty residue
bleached black

waves push and pull
down under
hold my breath
just a few moments longer

this will pass
this will go away
this suffering will subside
this loneliness will die

tumble under the crashing waves
the terrible sun
the horrible water
the faint taste

seaweed stuck to me
gulls flock asea
the barrel breaks upon the crest
the wood splinters into my chest

the breeze makes it so cool
the breeze makes me so cold
with time i wash up
only to wake up alone

[Anonymous]

i like that Manilla, but it makes me think you were looking at that fake Billy back in the other thread
and it sounds so lonely

[manillascissor]

i’m lonely as FUCK these days.

[blueczarina]

poor manilla i hope you feel better.

[Anonymous]

join the club…
it fucking sucks
I feel you…

[Anonymous]

It’s you I want
but, you don’t see
please don’t fuck with my heart
it’s not a toy
my love is not a game
maybe it is on your end
you are causing me pain
speak up
be real
stop playing
your word games are cheap
love is not a game
you know that
you still keep playing
why?
What are you afraid of?
my love would never tear you
it’s everlasting
only for you
I wish you knew
understand
your game of love is hurting me
more than you know
be honest
is that too much to ask?

[manillascissor]

dead inside
crumpled petals
dirty floors
empty glasses
stained sinks
used dresses
smeared glass
broken zippers
uncut hair
fuzzy broken radio waves

[Anonymous]

No more waiting
For what?
give me the reason now
Stop testing my love
it’s there
for you
Just take it
embrace
Come to me
I desire you
My one
I love you
I can’t let go
You are mine
until the last day
It’s in the stars
You know as I do
You can’t keep on
this charade
I want to feel you
your hands, your touch
your warmth, your kiss
you need the real
find me love
it’s what you and I both want

[Anonymous]

Your voice
it flows through
my heart
You turn my world
to pure bliss
Your eyes see
inside
my soul
Decisions to make
An old love to void
A new beginning
for us
Give me your touch
I know your love
for me
it’s not enough
Away from you
tears me
shatters my heart
I need you now

[Anonymous]

I’m on a roll

Am I selfish
for your real love?
All for me
never
It’s gloom
without you
I must have you
years lost between us
never to be
apart again
You are my universe
the beauty in my soul
escape to me
tired of the wait
no more
I can’t take it
you have me
but yet you don’t
do you want me?
still?
Stop hiding
Present yourself

[manillascissor]

reggae

[Anonymous]

thanks
and where’s yours???? I bust 3 and you do 1

[last_rose_of_summer]

good poems

i haven’t been in the poem writing mood lately.

[Anonymous]

I am…I could probably do a bunch more however, I am refraining since I’m house cleaning today and obviously hanging out here

[manillascissor]

the hand passes over
slowly under shadow
reach to the numbers
crank out so slowly
exhales so gently
with each tiny gear
pushing time forward
never yesteryear

[manillascissor]

precious metals
letting out light
everyone else
a perfect circle
send me there
early, not late

running behind
everyone can see
lagging behind
everyone can see
all the way in front
she is out of sight
everyone can see

may there be a time
everyone sees me

[Anonymous]

nice…manilla
we do see you

[Anonymous]

sadness comes
to say goodbye
you messed with
the wrong bitch
go be lonely
it suits you best
stay in your loveless misery
you chose the wrong words
you are fake
with a sick head
pleasure and kicks
not for me
a real man
not you
you are a toxin

[Anonymous]

the moon lights your smile
your sweet soul takes me away
a blessing, yet unknown?
a love to be uncovered
you deserve
the love you desire
it’s there
pain and sadness will wash away
falling
falling
is there another chance
for a love deeper
than you’ve ever had

[Anonymous]

under a waterfall
inhale
drown the lungs
pressure
taken under
a new world
breathless
crystal blue

[manillascissor]

sleeping pills and ice
wind sheers across
shivering in the cold
loneliness

up all night
cordless walking
why can’t i sleep?
close my open eyes

goddamn it’s cold

[Anonymous]

for the one
who touched my soul
so gently
without knowing
your words mesmerized me
how can this be
mind boggling isn’t it?
I’m warm and smiling
in another world
the twinkle in my eye
since the leaves began to fall
back in bloom
a spring in my step
now you know
you managed to steal my heart
secretly, unaware
until now
you know
you are my sweet thing

[manillascissor]

head in my hands
on a dusty bench
a bus stop in nowhereville
giving up on waiting

here at the crossroads
i came to wait
eternity it seemed
was never to far away

all alone and without cause
i sit and stare to gain my loss
as motorcades pass me by
blowing smoke into my eyes

the wind picks up
as the clouds roll in
and my sunny day
turns dark as sin

something green is close
ripe with curiousity i am
i stand again and begin to walk
taking a turn at the stop

the storm brews at my back
but forward i go, leaving the stop
my clothes are dirty, torn, and faded
but someone sees something beneath

and in this desert storm
i will walk to find her

[manillascissor]

me me me
hey look at me
i just finished first
i just tagged that
look at my car
don’t you wish you had this?
look at my wife?
don’t you want to fuck her?
look at my dick
it’s fucking huge, right?
look at my tan
i got my own bed

fuck off and die.

[Anonymous]

^^ this one just cracks me up
always good poems manilla-even when they are funny

[Anonymous]

Blinding rain
pouring
winds shouting
darkness
alone
in silence
the sun rises
dew drops glisten
blades of grass
a new day
emptiness
surrounds me

[manillascissor]

he was mad
and bad

he was one
and alone

he was young
but ready to go

he made you want
to be better

controversy surrounds
but no more sounds

he was a rocker
he was the moonwalker

[last_rose_of_summer]

aw, manilla

[Anonymous]

family
enjoy the souls
only one to offer
a moment
a breath
a better place
gone
with the blink of an eye
our time comes
enjoy what we have here
find the one
you deserve
life
a blessing
a gift
live and love
like no tomorrow
it’s everything

[Anonymous]

I wrote this yesterday (Thursday)morning

Tired and sadness
the world
feels doomed
bad day?
unsure
the sun is shining
why can’t I feel it

[manillascissor]

a glow surrounds your face
with each beating minute
the heart grows fonder
caught up in the waterspouts of life
hard to see beyond your outstreched hands
cup your hands to hold the water
but it flows nonstop
as if laughing
yet another force
uncontrolled by man
drenched in uncertainty
crushed with doubt
washing in with vacany

so let it all go
embrace this moment
rise to the top to see the clouds
leave the world behind you
and make a new day
a new life
a fresh clean slate
full of beauty
that glows around your face

[manillascissor]

looking back, i was never alone
we were always so close
fleeting minutes pass away
and give birth to brighter days

i have never seen this place
but i have been here before
a faint memory i cannot recall
a fractal to the core

somehow the feeling
that it is all meant to be
all the pain and suffering
all meant for me

to learn and grow
to root down and weather
to shade the others
to build circle upon circle

to never die
to live for now
to keep going
to listen to it all

timeless we are
pushed to the rind
one dimension closer
to a life divine

[last_rose_of_summer]

my brain is growing vines
tendrils of rust
oxidation of knowledge
cobwebs on the farthest corners
spreading inward to the center
it’s lonely in here
though all these people linger nearby
wisdom seeks to destroy me
or seeks to defy me
skeleton keys to unlock my skull
and peer inside
frightening things float
around pretty things
ghosts of memories
liquid floral displays
silver candy cactus
to prick the skin
bring blood stains
unlovely smears
reflection in mirrors of sugar
lick my own frown
taste the sweet shame
then shatter the evidence
shatter the memory
send it into oblivion
then watch as it returns
like a boomerang

[Anonymous]

WOW rose-that’s a good one!!
and Manilla great as always….

[last_rose_of_summer]

thanks

the line… liquid floral displays…. you know where i got that from huh?

[Anonymous]

Darkness sets in
cold summer night
constellations above
clear and bright
wishing, praying
closed eyes
dreams

upon awakening
begin a new day
to see your eyes
glazed with solace
your words
plenty my heart
deep inside
partially empty
without your embrace

[last_rose_of_summer]

i like that

[Anonymous]

ty rose

[Anonymous]

Unseasoned air
a newcomer
walking away from discontent
sharing affinity
heart pains
destined
without judgement
a calling for us
to heal
what was broken
walk with me
the new path
untraveled

[last_rose_of_summer]

The Question

Once
under
azure skies
my love asked me
a very important question. Will you
please close your eyes and hold completely still?
Okay, there. You
had a bug
in your
hair.

[Anonymous]

that is just too cute rose

[manillascissor]

these lonely guns
stand at attention
here with the moon
bringing forth tension

these lonely guns
the battlefield cries
surrounded by many
alone with the lies

these lonely guns
harboring only death
give to me the blood
bring to me the dead

these lonely guns
can you hear them call
across the grassy plains
a call to all

these lonely guns
go kaboom

these lonely guns
can kill

[last_rose_of_summer]

thank you

and good one manilla!

[Anonymous]

washed away
like the tides
a point of no return
breaking ties
looking away
the past diminishes
my eyes
wide open
a glimpse
of a new dawn
shedding light
into my soul
everlasting moments
without sorrow

[last_rose_of_summer]

beautiful

[Anonymous]

light shines upon a darkened path
I may stumble
this journey ahead
I keep on
one day making it to the end
that day, the eyes close
the body disintegrates
the souls goes on
into the the abyss
of our unconscious existence

[Anonymous]

a life
filled with happiness and sorrow
tears of pain
tears of joy
on this road
destination blurred
safe
but unsure
Alone
darkness creeps
yet surrounded by lighted souls
in the end
we all die alone

[Anonymous]

share a dance
a special love
share a moment
an instant
share a smile
a laugh
share an impact
a touch
share some words
communicate
occupied by life
in this space
of animation
we only have one

[Anonymous]

tomorrow,today
enter the place
people wait
names are called
one by one
seeking help
messages of joy
messages of doom
once received
time to leave
go back home
to a life undone
to await more messages
of joy or doom

I clearly have to much on my mind to sleep
this sucks I want to sleep and i can’t

[blueczarina]

nice poems and that’s too bad. hopefully you will get to sleep soon.

[last_rose_of_summer]

thoughts jumbled
twisted and confused
so easily shifted
but not simply lifted
wishes make grand designs
in the sandy outlines of time
winds blow them away
like too many loose feathers
lost from a phoenix whose time is up
time to burn
time to be reborn
knots tangled like last years christmas lights
burned out bulbs can ruin the whole string

[Anonymous]

thanks blue-I finally slept after I took a pill
I never take those anymore, but I had to this time it’s been years since I took one of those like5 or 6 years

Rose what an awesome poem!!!

[last_rose_of_summer]

thank you cc

[Anonymous]

thank you cc [/quote:7jmhxihh]
you know what I just noticed-lol those are my initials to my maiden name

posting my goofy poem from sp.com

biking through
natures path
descending
down the hill
faster
breeze in my hair
laughter
being one with the wind
a moment of feeling free
all choked up
brakes hit
ugh! I swallowed a bug

[manillascissor]

spins so fast
gravity
heavy pills
sinkholes
shrinking volumes
collapsing inside
vacuum up the remains
suck me in
pull me close
obliterate me
extinguish my structure
annihilated
violated
disappear
fucking crush me with love

[Anonymous]

suck me in
pull me close
obliterate me

my favorite part
and you will be crushed one day
we all will at some point

[Anonymous]

at a standstill
blank
emptiness
nothingness
hallowness
interstice
depleted
vacant
removed
void
skip away
before another complication sets forth

[Anonymous]

Gazing out the open window
What is real?
What is nothing?
What am I doing here?
Preserving and fostering
love, innocence, elation
life
Left unsaid
somethings are greater
two worlds
mine, yours
Can I survive the wonder
Will the window narrow?

[manillascissor]

living in a window
cellophane cello pain
tears constantly stream
down liquid panes

inside out
outside in
storm clouds reflected within

slowly morphing
gravity down
suspended quartz
a see through clown

[manillascissor]

nicorette tourettes
fuck i need a cigarette

[manillascissor]

bubbling up
orbs of molten air
etched in steel
ground down incisors

steam rises
the hand passes
over the danger zone
burning the flesh

a fiery death
a lively breath
musk and heat
steam on the street

we’re all dead
but now cleansed

[manillascissor]

the closer you get
the further it seems
never again
to find a dream

slowly drifting
down the stream
stretched out branches
pull you from me

the heads, they bob
up and down
tired from winding
around and around

laugh and giggle
today is the day
wiped out memories
are all erased

sun blotted water
a nurse with the needle
pulled out slaughter
shiny green beetle

an ending is near
a beginning is now
the loss of fear
someway, somehow

[manillascissor]

tired and mired
tarred and feathered
battered and torn
scarred and weathered
beaten and flushed
bruised and bleeding
down and crushed
alone and needing

[Anonymous]

immortal breath of life
repeats the motions
unlearned lessons
continuation of lives past
when does it end?
haunting reflections
open your eyes
the mirror must be broken

[Anonymous]

dreams
subconscious truth
close your eyes
advanced travel
see what you are missing
unknown to the heathen
a rain of lighted souls
drenching the earth
overflowing with life

[Return To Comfort]

Last night I cried myself to sleep
In someone else’s arms.
Unknowing as he slept,
I wept at memories of us.
Memories that grow dark
With the shadows of time.
Memories that have reached their end.
Tossing and turning,
Glimpses of us ever present.
I dreamt of you,
Just as always.
You feel so cold to me now,
Moved out and moved on so quickly.
Daily I work
At killing the disease in my heart.
Debts to be paid are no more.
Always.

[Anonymous]

you think it’s that easy
toying with emotions
really?
enough is enough
you’re obsolete a bygone
you’re shady
you’re an imitation
a toxin to the soul
you’re never more
never here
never again
never existing to me

I fucking love poems

[Anonymous]

murky waters
blinding views
shadows surround
circling about
curious
blood craving predator
sensing fear
ready to attack
helpless and stranded
my end is near

[last_rose_of_summer]

good one!

da na da na da na aaaaahhhhh!

[Anonymous]

niiiiice I get Jaws music
lovely rose

[Anonymous]

Choices at hand
which direction
right, left, forward
never backwards
to do what
never knowing
until afterward
consequences arise
tomorrow, today
yesterday’s past
keep walking amongst obstacles
my path
never clear never to be
another day
another year
never clear

[manillascissor]

one million smiles
one to the other
endless goodbyes
throughout the night

controlled contrast
alkaline tastebuds
cold shivers
throughout the night

sun rises and sets
whilst one sleeps
awaken to the pulled curtains
throughout tonight

[manillascissor]

drive the stake into the ground
wrap the chain around the tree
once a day you come to set me free
with a bowl of food
and a glancing blow with a stick
for i’m too wild for you
you must keep me locked up
in this backyard of letdowns

[last_rose_of_summer]

aw, those are sad manilla!

[manillascissor]

awww, it’s okay.

[Anonymous]

are you trying to feel like a poor dog outside in the heat or do your neighbors have a dog

[manillascissor]

there was a time
a time we intercepted
a time we connected

a spirit so lost
forgotten and smudged
rejected and gone

her smile radiated
into my being
heating my soul

just one innocent kiss
to remember our days
with him standing aside

i cry to remember her smile

another has moved in
arm around her shoulder
if one for the other

and we just fucking move on
never revealing our crush
just play dumb

[manillascissor]

enough tears to fill the ocean
enough time to travel to the end of the universe
enough pain to kill
enough is enough

[last_rose_of_summer]

i cry to remember her smile

wow. sweet. just. …

[manillascissor]

just like you told me
when we were younger
time is never enough
to keep us together

we were so special
back with wagons and legos
the fresh cut grass
the endless egos

but now we are taller
and the grass is heavy
and it’s raining outside
and in different houses

somehow we still are
we still see each other
across the street
and want to play

the games have changed
and we have children of our own
but we still know how to laugh
and giggle and smile

and we are forever young
in this twister of fate
bringing forth dark clouds
and spring rains

new and belonging
forever understanding
trying our best to learn
the meaning of each other

let’s go play

[Anonymous]

once again
the days you speak
bring me in
the silence kills

what is this?
Where does it go?
time travels forward
I feel indefinite

round about in circles
moments pass
the echo of you
inside my head

deep thoughts
unaware of your own truth
time is gone
I’m still here

never to leave
never to be forgotten
never lost
never alone

always for you
nothing less
ample to give
without fear

[manillascissor]

driving late at night
steam fogging up the windshield
all alone this time
no passenger nearby
rounding the black asphalt
spitting yellow lines
going nowhere

put the top down
let the wind feel your hair
let it caress your soul
the shiny silver moon
says hello
and smiles as you depress the pedal

a destination reached
a place to radiate under the stars
look up and feel empty
a shooting star
a reminder
someone is watching

[manillascissor]

where o where did it go
the time passed too fast
our hearts sank together
in a whirlpool made of love

spirits dance about the skyline
clouds holding hands as they cry
together forever
up above, up so high

and it marches forward
never missing a beat
beaming like the sun
forever ablaze in a fiery death

the end will never come
the end curves back around
coming back for seconds
coming back around for the kill

sinking its teeth into your neck
making you immortal
joining the ranks of the fallen
silently in a sweet surrender

we float day to day
and push harder and harder
through the thickest ether
inhaling our own demise

[Anonymous]

Wow this one is really good^^^^

[manillascissor]

one shot is all it takes
year stacked upon year
of being there

fully dressed to the brim
eighteen points to hang on
head down, eyes up

teeth are clenched
the tail is raised
one last stand

violently it splits into
painting the snow red
on the side he goes

squirming to catch a last breath
squinting to catch a last glimpse
the fawns run away

the only snow angel ever made
is stagnant and cold
bitter crystals on the fur
ice cold and dead

but one last stand was made
forever taking the chance
forever taking the stance

because no one
will ever
take the fawns

[Anonymous]

RAWR-fiesty one manilla

I need to write one-eh too lazy

[Anonymous]

stripped away
torn from your arms
the joys of what one knows
sadness begins
seeping inside
feels like and end
it’s a new beginning
pain and suffering
comes and goes
leaves and stays
forever in
a journey
of your life

[Daysofthephoenix]

Scenery on fire
the images blazing
a whole in my mind
the smoke like a thick cloud
fogging my eyes from true sight

lips presses to the pole
Do you really wanna go?
legs moving from the streets
is it me or is this place
as dead as it seems?

haha, after I read this poem it kinda sound perverted oh well. I like it anyway.

[manillascissor]

alone in thought
the ideas they fly
inside my being
eternal tornados

cluttered and messy
a summerstorm hangover
kittens come out to play
beneath the silver-shocked sky

it’s wrecked and destroyed
the only stability ever known
plucked like a dandelion
and blown into one thousand pieces

so we listen to the quiet
to hear what it says
too many voices before
with nothing said

find that voice
and continue the struggle
it’s never easy to be
and never hard to cease

[Anonymous]

Crowding round that little bird
Pecking, jeering, how absurd
Pain inflicted, lack of respect
With short-sighted sheep, what can we expect?

Misunderstanding, ignorance too
The man once told him there’s others like you…

In the town, hand-fed bread
He contemplated what the man had said
Those grey ones there in a big bold group
Should they turn round, there’d be a coup
For Purple Pigeons stand right out
But there’s others like him, he found out

Ten years passed and grey birds died
And still the purple vertebrate cried
Looking round and seeing sadness
In a weak wicked way, it brought some gladness

For purple is purple and grey is grey
Those facts alone needn’t be the way
He sat with pride and a little smile
There’s Purple Pigeons, all the while

[manillascissor]

shadows dance upon the wall
where darkness swallows all
and tiny water droplet rings abound
producing only the slightest of sound

the first touch left them breathless
another warm body
the possibilities endless

lost together and holding hands
finding the light
no one understands

in the dark he feels her face
the beauty in his mind
he cannot erase

they pick up their spirits
and hold in a warm embrace
knowing their time will emerge
when they can finally see face to face

in the warmest of light

[Arthur]

haiku

ik kijk en doorzie
maar begrijpen doe ik niet
of daarom juist wel?

I look and see through
but I do not understand
or that’s why I do?

Haiku (in Japanese: 俳句 ) is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku ). It’s this limitation that I like so much, try to make as much poetic (non-)sense as you can in just 3 lines!

[Anonymous]

^^^interesting Arthur

good poems guys

[last_rose_of_summer]

oh i love haiku! haikus? lol

[Anonymous]

take me away from
from the darkness
a moment in time’s past, present, and future
take my hand
guide me, lead me
to a new place
inside the garden
share your soul
with me
together we make progress
bound by love
to share with all
to sing a song
a dance with love
you make me shine
I’m awakened
by your presence
alone
letting go of the old
breathing your love
share with me
the world
through your eyes
the hurt, the pain
the despair, the sorrows
I want to feel
I want to discover
all
through you

[Anonymous]

When the sun shines
on the morning dew
until the moon glows
you are there right beside me
until the sun rises again
You seem surreal
only known in stories
Where did you come from?
how blessed am I?
magic between us
plenty to come
my heart knows
I need you, your touch
your love
I feel
when I close my eyes
you are there right beside me
always

[manillascissor]

cram cram cram
pushed to the rear
never to open
but always enough to fear

what was it?
who knows
if you open
all hell could break loose

so stare at the amber
all 18 of them
empty reminders
calling you out

was it all you wanted
all you dreamed it could be
do you want more time
to see what you can see

yeah, keep going
45 degrees downward
lap it up you dog
then shit on the rug

clean up on aisle six please
clean up on aisle six please
clean up on aisle six please
clean up on aisle six please

she made the meat hit the floor

[last_rose_of_summer]

nice poems guys

[manillascissor]

inside the red carpet
eyes bleeding shut
rolled out for the night
stepped on with designer shoes

out of sight
out of mind
out of space
out of time

throbbing earaches
over and over
blood contained within
just trying to burst

empty hollow sounds
distant conversations
sick gut feeling
what is with this

[manillascissor]

a feeling so empty
it’s really not a feeling at all
the color black
staining and disolutioning
into your very fibrous being

a painful morphing
the swallow of sweet heartache
the stench of what used to be
a constant reminder
of everpresent failing

so far beyond down
so away from it all
turned your back on yourself
on your knees
into a corner

once the hurt is gone
what’s left to feel?

[manillascissor]

haiku

ik kijk en doorzie
maar begrijpen doe ik niet
of daarom juist wel?

I look and see through
but I do not understand
or that’s why I do?

Haiku (in Japanese: 俳句 ) is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku ). It’s this limitation that I like so much, try to make as much poetic (non-)sense as you can in just 3 lines! [/quote:36rh6qsv]

5 7 5, that’s it? ok, i’ll give it a go…

room enough for five
can you fit more for seven?
let’s just stick with five

[manillascissor]

a swim away day
alone again forever down
take another pound

[manillascissor]

when it was too bright to see
beneath you i stood for years
protected by your shade
staring at the sun, never afraid

even under a blanket of darkness
we would count junebugs together
as they buzzed in and around your weeping arms
and the spiders came crawling to the ground

then one day you nudged me along
gave me a branch to help sing your song
to remind me of strength and shelter
a piece of you, always and forever

i used to send you into the water
and watch as you floated away
but you came back each and every time
what a way to pass the day

but ever since that day you died for me
i’ve tried to return the favor, embarrassingly
i set you on fire, to hide the pain
and walked away, your bones fully ablaze

i picked you up one last time
your rings, an echo of mine
ashes fell as i wrote your name
as wind carried your charred carcass away

[last_rose_of_summer]

my favorite haiku… i bought a t-shirt that says this…

haikus are easy
but sometimes they don’t make sense
refrigerator

[manillascissor]

awesome

[manillascissor]

lonely is tuesday
that came before a monday
a weak week begins

[manillascissor]

i went to the store
and bought a pumpkin
i wanted to use it
to see you again

it was quite heavy
and a little big
so i placed it on wheels
and rolled it then

back to my house
we soon would travel
inside my kitchen
strange things would unravel

i wanted to see you
just one more time
so i went to the kitchen
and grabbed a knife

i started carving
and cutting your face
out of a pumpkin
the resemblance was faint

but cut and poke i did
for many hours
until that pumpkin face
looked like yours

and in the end
it looked quite macabre
so i stuck it outside
with a candle flame on

your face it danced
upon my front porch
scaring little children
as they begged for more

soon the night was over
and you were still there
laughing and smiling
in this world, not a care

i soon became jealous
of your effortless soul
i took you inside
and stared through your hole

no more i cannot take it
you ruined me again
now go and leave me
wipe off that grin

i took out a hammer
and smashed you to pieces
the orange bloody murder
was a thing of news releases

but no one knew
as i stashed you away
a plastic bag of death
sorrow and decay

[Anonymous]

good poems
I have not been in a poem writing mood lately

[manillascissor]

it’s so much easier to cry alone
to cry alone, always alone
don’t mean to bother you
so that’s what i’ll do

reaching out
that’s what i want
misery loves company
hold my hand

hold me hold me
touch my heart
release this love
be with me

but you’d have to know
what was inside
tomorrow i might say
tomorrow i may delay

[manillascissor]

eyelid dams
holding back the flood
protecting the city
wanting to take a peek

the water boils
spilling over the wall
falling below
into the pit

traveling down
along familiar paths
down down down
growing and ending

unable to contain
an eruption pushes over
years of tears stain below
a tsunami for you from me

[manillascissor]

a black dot
off in the distance
a cool spot
in a endless desert

coming closer
the spot widens
opening up, beckoning

i push aside
and walk inside
and kiss the sun goodbye

water trickles and little eyes move
staring and scaring
pulling in closer

my new home
devoid of you
devoid of me

it’s so dark
where are my hands
i feel nothing

i’m so alone
an echo my only partner

[manillascissor]

scores of books piled sky high
stainglass windows fractured below
perfect pews on a sunday morning
sitting at attention to a silent lecturn

smoke fills the ceiling arches
the candles are beaming with fire
wax melts down the sides
to form mary in the puddles below

snowfall bleaches the color outside
lighter and lighter the hues turning brighter
so gently tightening a suffocating noose
by blocking the doors from the inside

only the blind could ever see
before their own eyes
a sunday morning tragedy
with blood for tears

the sparrow’s sing as their hearts cry
for only the deaf can hear today’s sermon
and only those without voices
could ever speak in such tongues

such a ghostly way
for the blessing this day
to wither and pass away

[manillascissor]

so exciting was the day
you came to me carrying a box
i opened hurriedly
to find a piece of paper
a perfect white square
crisp and clean
could cut to the bone
if i wasn’t careful
i pressed it against my face
a blank slate
the smell of faxes and drying ink
i could do so much
with just this little piece of paper
so i wrote all my hope and dreams on it
and gave it back to you
not one empty space
and now, one year later
you give me another box
again i open so fast
only to see that piece of paper
all crumbled and tattered and stained
i look up to see what happened
and you were just saying goodbye
leaving me alone with my desires
alone with my faults
staring at my handwriting

[manillascissor]

i need a new friend
i need a new drug
i need a new me
i need a new you

[last_rose_of_summer]

I am
never alone
for the space I occupy
follows me wherever I go

[Daysofthephoenix]

nice short poem Rose.

So much meaning in such little spaces.

I was supposed to write a winter poem or my class but once again I have procrastinated to the last minute.

Also, I have an extreme case of writer’s block…

[last_rose_of_summer]

thank you

i hope you can beat that writer’s block!

[Cool As Ice Cream]

gosh i’m bored
toeme toch

[manillascissor]

gosh i’m bored
toeme toch[/quote:13ito4va]

pure genius

[manillascissor]

and again today i looked
for one sign of her being
and all day she was booked
but i’ll go to bed believing

[manillascissor]

such a bright room
hosting the night party
familiar faces gracing
through wine tasting glasses

cheers you made it
how was the traffic
put your umbrella over there
and here, have a beer

why thanks the traffic was
oh ok i see
sorry to, i mean i didn’t mean to
wait no that’s okay

yes i did see that too!
i thought it was
upside down she goes
elbow bending at it’s greatest

well hello, i must be going
and many thanks for the nothings
maybe next time i need myself
i’ll be sure to give you a ring

[manillascissor]

reaching out
always so far
getting slapped
it hurts like hell

[Arthur]

hi sea
hi Arthur
how are you?
fine
I’m having high tide
wow
does that hurt?
no, sea knows no hurt

[manillascissor]

we know it hurts
just to be you today
but let us not forget
our own selfish ways
step aside young man
the silverback’s in town
here to scream and yell
boy don’t you frown
you have issues father
i wish you could see
but your blinded by
your own insanity
so yell and scream
it’s what you always do
and we’ll cower in fear
just like we always do
oh and by the way
fuck you too

[Anonymous]

[manillascissor]

a little toxin released to myself
a little pill swallowed down again
a little time to let this all sink in
a little friend to deny all the pain
a little once to start off this journey
a little while i’ll stay on this course
a little breath escapes from this being
a little answer never conceived
a little beam of darkness shines as it blinds
a little light says at last, i’m so sorry
a good day to you sir, a good day to you
he says with a wink and a crooked smile
a little hesitation quickly begins
a little piece of never, forever and now
always for me, no effort, no fee
sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, come on down

[manillascissor]

hi today
explain away
tell me a story
one more time
read me a story
it’s my bedtime

i won’t call you a liar
i don’t know for sure
but with your doubt
you seem so pure

which one today?
did the mouse get away?
play with the thought
play with my mind
give me some medicine
sedate my kind

i won’t call you a liar
i don’t know for sure
but with your doubt
you seem so pure

[manillascissor]

fuck you and all you are
fuck all your goddamn opinions
fuck all your mindlessness
fuck you and your answers to it all

i fucking hate you

go crawl in a dark hole
shiver
get wet
and fucking die
alone

[Anonymous]

whoa
thats a big fuck you
I think I like the poem before that better

[manillascissor]

yeah, it’s a little over the top.

[manillascissor]

caramel lattes and broken lips
do not touch do not kiss
—————————————

no, don’t let go
keep my hand close to your heart
feel my pulse run through yours
feel the warmth of the stars
—————————————

you’re a desert rose
all alone and purple
so delicate and gentle
a soft hardcore offering

never to be seen or heard
catching empty raindrops
and midsummer breezes
the earth cracking below

if no one ever sees you
did you ever really exist?
let your love go
let me in

[manillascissor]

the fat man in the big red suit
jollying inside my rabbit ears
with soot on black boots
he comes a knockin’
stroking that thick white beard

enter santa-man into my house
good evening to you, though i be late
it’s well after midnight
you know it’s morn’?
well it’s okay, we now have a date

what did you bring for me i asked
i think i was nice, but maybe i was bad
he reached into his sack
and let out a chuckle
and just said, \"here you go, little lad\"

a shiny white and red plastic box
i opened and tore apart
i looked back up at santa
hoping to share
but he left soon after my start

\"let’s go rudolph!\"
he shouted while riding away
i peeked inside
the package now mine
oh what a year, oh what a day

a great white light from inside
shone across the room and in my eyes
blazingly hot
i dropped the box
what a strange holiday surprise

the sihouettes danced and drank
and sang the night away
i had so much fun
this merry eve
i hardly knew what to say

but soon the light faded and i collapsed
in a gentle fall to the ground
under the christmas tree
is where i crawled
for an overnight slumber to surround

so thanks fat man, once again
i hope to see you next year
although i don’t know you
with your mysteriousness
i long for your de stijl cheer

[manillascissor]

allow me to
set the mood
with a cold one
or a warm two
sit down here
exhale a few
how was your day
what did you do
oh same ol’ story
nothing ado
not much to say
so anyway

let the night begin
and start right away
where each one has
something to say
as we share in the misery
that we call our own
a collective routine
for one as for all

yeah, it’s true
it’s the same routine
but here with you
the pain goes away
the pill is smaller
and the tears stream less
easier to swallow
and in the end
it’s always with you
and i feel blessed

[manillascissor]

a little staring contest
where i cannot help
but blink
close my eyes again
and open to see
you still staring at me?

[last_rose_of_summer]

hehe, that’s cute

[manillascissor]

[Anonymous]

wow aren’t you Mr. poetry lately

who else has something to contribute

[manillascissor]

flash click as he settled in
whiskers not even trimmed
eyes blinking, lashes growing
lord knows he loves his kin

mother dearest is holding the youngest
and pa is standing in the back
two little twins hold hands in the front
and stare until the bulb crash

sepia snapshot and afterthoughts
memories contained therein
they say a photo is worth many words
who knew time could freeze once again

[manillascissor]

lipsmacking and opinions
food flying across the table
googly eyed with hair pulled back
never trimmed in forty years

a beautiful woman til the end
caring for others before oneself
always had my towel
and it was always dry

and i hope you know i loved you
and i hope you know your son still does
even though it feels removed
you were always moving

see you on the other side

[manillascissor]

you cut me open with shiny scissors
and i bleed to this day
giving my tears and midnight cries
for the day you say enough
and completely drain my soul
and breathe back into me
a spirit so rich and divine
i will float from this earth
leaving everything
everyone
behind

[manillascissor]

the sound continues to drown
raining down the great escape
the swirly exit sign
swinging back and forth from the loft
don’t scream fire in a crowded theater
you may hurt someone
but then again
you may get out
of watching this shit movie

fire fire rush to the door
climbing atop the others
women and children first
chivalry above the others
and even now you know it ain’t real
and break through the white canvas
the screaming pictures in technicolor
bleed to the floor in rainbowed water
staining the palms in purple eternity

the doorhandle is red and blue
as the tape reel spins off the loom

[Anonymous]

tell me in my ear
just don’t say the wrong thing
you are far more closer to me than you know
closer than I probably know
where do we go?
what journey to take?
walk the trail through the forest
fly through the breeze
slide on the rainbow
cloud jumping
tip toeing on the sun rays
caught inside a raindrop
upon a rose petal
sharing a drink
with life
growing
sprouting colors in full bloom
how lovely it attracts your vision
don’t use the scissors to cut it

[manillascissor]

sober i don’t want you
sober i don’t need you
sober i am fine
drink up

[Arthur]

sober i don’t want you
sober i don’t need you
sober i am fine
drink up[/quote:3tzold8p]

[manillascissor]

march! you dare i say
one two three four
endless steps in time
feet hitting the floor

this pace keenly kept
like it or not, keep your stride
together we’ll go on
quarter notes that tear away time

but alone she sidestepped
and fell out of bounds
and lost the beat forever
now nothing surrounds

and just ahead, a bridge
as troops stomp on by
it will never hold the weight
still they push, as if to die

tears flow down her twisted face
as the floorboards give way
down they fall to the river below
like tears she cried that day

[manillascissor]

head in my hands
it’s hard to write
traveled lands
we’re in for a night
drink it up
and start a fight
suck it up
a cry for my plight
down on yourself
come here go away
moons assemble
that’s totally insane
never together forever
twice removed spitfire
wonderment never again
purple on black
the blood moves within
bruised but not born
a woman unscorned
let the leash break
again to hide the bone
beneath the dirt
is where i’ll be
chipping away
come find me

[last_rose_of_summer]

flash click as he settled in
whiskers not even trimmed
eyes blinking, lashes growing
lord knows he loves his kin

mother dearest is holding the youngest
and pa is standing in the back
two little twins hold hands in the front
and stare until the bulb crash

sepia snapshot and afterthoughts
memories contained therein
they say a photo is worth many words
who knew time could freeze once again[/quote:22eh7dtc]

nice one!

[manillascissor]

flash click as he settled in
whiskers not even trimmed
eyes blinking, lashes growing
lord knows he loves his kin

mother dearest is holding the youngest
and pa is standing in the back
two little twins hold hands in the front
and stare until the bulb crash

sepia snapshot and afterthoughts
memories contained therein
they say a photo is worth many words
who knew time could freeze once again[/quote:20jp1pge]

nice one![/quote:20jp1pge]

thanks rose! how have you been. long time since we chatted.

[last_rose_of_summer]

you’re welcome

i’ve been good. keeping busy. i think i’ve been trying to take on too many projects. i had to stop for a while. get back to my normal interwebs lovin self

[manillascissor]

such a big block with a dull finish
setting up high on my work table
inhaling through the nose to stay warm
i get out my chisel and start to chip away
forming the smile i remember
i begin to break her down
the perfect corners
the perfect radiance
it’s only by see through water
and that smile only lasts for so long
because it’s getting warmer
and her eye sheds a single tear
that drops to the snow covered ground
liquid sadness from an icy beauty
alone in silence she melted away

[manillascissor]

disconnected, i am not really here
my soul is nowhere to be found
completely bursting with emptiness
sitting on the doorstep of a raw era

tired, fed up with you
you do not begin to understand
the depth of my shallowness
the sheer pressure with which i crush

fragile, this will only last for so long
and then reality will set in
a sincere pretentiousness on display
front window fifty percent off

alone, come over here with me
come walk with me down this gravel road
an endless path that never begins
it’s all downhill from here on out

hold my fucking hand
and put on your boots
i dare you to walk with me

[manillascissor]

you’re welcome

i’ve been good. keeping busy. i think i’ve been trying to take on too many projects. i had to stop for a while. get back to my normal interwebs lovin self [/quote:3r6g3km6]

good to hear.

[manillascissor]

let me whisper in your ear
just one more time
let me whisper in your ear
just one more line

we traveled so long ago
the memories are fading fast
across the many fields
life holds so much to feel

let me whisper in your ear
just one more time
let me whisper in your ear
just one last line

[manillascissor]

it feels so unreal
the people that are around
spirits floating in and out of my day
mostly muted and on repeat
but everpresent they are
and oh so many opinions
never anything worth digestion
where did the real go
what has ever been
can always be no more
lest we forget
but i choose to ignore

[manillascissor]

tree swinging
riding high above the branches
flying through the air
the pits swelling below
you will never catch me
off i go

[manillascissor]

the sun goes to sleep
just as i’m set to rise
and the moon parades to the top
to shine down on me

together we walk alone
passing time through the night
holding hands
across a million miles

and the man in the moon
he never smiles
just a sad face
to shine down on me

[marigold]

hehe, I’m joining in.

Time
The pastel hued muses
Undress their heads
With the thoughts of humankind
Resting in the stillness of time

Doubts form in the waves
Crashing on the shores
Of unconsciousness
At the meridian of time

Memories trapped in an old book
Photos faded black and white
Dust fallen on old relics
Lost in the distance of time

Melting down creation
Arts of intrigue
Mixed up methods of minds
Thwarted by the threads of time

[Daysofthephoenix]

I really liked your first poem post.

I really loved your choice of wording, good job.

[marigold]

I really liked your first poem post.

I really loved your choice of wording, good job. [/quote:33tbbcgy]

thanks.

[Anonymous]

not feeling poemy lately
waiting for my blinking with fists poem book, maybe that will inspire something
who knows

[marigold]

you could try reading some of Mina Loy’s poetry also:
http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/engl/VSALM/m … oyslb.html

Another one from me….

Beyond laws and images of man
Concepts of time and despair
Fires burning in the suburban sprawl
There is a thickness in the air

I want to reach forth
Into the bloodbath of the future
Soothe the wounds of hate
Heed the warnings of our culture

Join forces into the underground
Increasing and eliminating by turn
Devoid of the facts
The truth we all can learn

Signs pointing to the distance
Invisible to those still asleep
Awareness awakening those who dare
To dream of secrets we can’t keep

Secrets given to those who are willing
To leave this world of taking
And take part in leaving
Our sorrows behind in the making

What are we fighting for
What makes us alive
What brings our minds alight
And keeps our souls awake

A sorrow, a song, a sigh
Fleeting feeling of freedom
Thought taste touched tomorrow
Reasoning right from wrong

Resolutely designed for ourselves
Culminating in initiation
Into the spheres of the mind
Bubbles blown to the wind

Invisible walls of the kingdom
Resting on our laurels
Will not change anything
In apathy we lose ourselves

Creative sparks need to fly!
Fire up their passion inside
Search the tree of knowledge
Sending messages to the stars

[manillascissor]

here’s a gift i made
over the past few years
an underneath-the-bed box
full of nothing but tears

i used to own these
but now i give them to you
i used to guard these
but now i’m brand new

now these teardrops
are a dime for a dozen
and maybe if you’re lucky
i’ll give you a baker’s dozen

[manillascissor]

it’s all slipping away now
the life that i had planned
with each and everyday
i lose more and more hand

and amidst all the chaos
there is a constant beating
an echo bouncing back
of a past chance meeting

that sprung forth beauty
and short lived chemistry
but left behind something
that is more a mystery

how on earth can it be
a love gone so wrong
to leave such tarnish
up against the strong

so go it alone i must
for now it’s sink or swim
my past was much brighter
the future is looking dim

[manillascissor]

lemon dropped eyelids
that cry sweet tears
let me kiss them away
to taste the many years

[manillascissor]

you fall into empty stairwells
through the broken boards
i used to be there to catch you
but destiny says no more

the cuts you made are so deep
i often wonder if they’ll heal
going this alone for our sake
whatever shall be revealed

soon this hold will take me
and it’s what we both wanted
no more heart or moon aches
none of your memories to haunt me

[marigold]

I don’t want to be your queen
I don’t want what you need
In your eyes I see your soul
There’s nothing there

Don’t you want to be freed
Don’t you want to succeed
In your dreams you see the world
Is against you

Why do you do this, it breaks my heart
To see you in pain, when will you realise
There’s nothing to gain
And you’ll never be the same
You will always be with the enemy

I don’t want to be like you
I don’t want to do the things you do
In your eyes I see sorrow
Its what you wanted

Don’t you want to be free
Don’t you want to be real
In your dreams you are beyond
Anything true

Why do you do this, it makes me sick
To see you so hurt, when will you realise
It can’t go on and it stays the same
In your mind it never ends

[Anonymous]

I came in
not knowing why
just to know more
now, I feel I am in too deep
I never expected that
I was just being
secrets I do not know
still unaware
I’m in the dark
it all appears like a game
being played so well by the unknown to me
hidden behind this and that
I have nothing to hide from
I am only me
just sharing a few words
led to more things I can’t explain
nice gets you nowhere, but taken for granted, I see
so why do people want to take advantage of me?

[manillascissor]

brushing the underside of rocks
no stone left unturned
dirty stains and pocket voids
left to all be cleansed by hand

a newness to life
it’s so real for me now
i see you across the meadow
give me your hand
let us walk together

a springtime robin calls to you
from high above he floats
the sun beating against your neck
like warmth against your wings

the newness of now
like never before
and never again
share with me this moment

[last_rose_of_summer]

that one seems a little more happy than your previous ones

[manillascissor]

that one seems a little more happy than your previous ones [/quote:32ru2o0m]

yeah, i’m done with sad (for now)

[marigold]

^^ that’s good to hear

I like that poem, and the box of tears one.

………………………..

Scented leaves dance on the wind
Dancing to the tune of the seasons
My heart rests in timeless magnitude
Rising to the challenge of this art

The stars sparkling in the heavens
The sun and moon in endless circles
The hearts of humankind wavering
In their hurricanes of desperation

Sucked into the black holes of the media mass
Told to buy this then you’ll get some a…
Then when you have it you’ll want more
An endless search for desires never met

Searching for peace and quiet
The answers come to those who wait
Searching for that eternal peace
What was once lost will be found

[manillascissor]

the whisper in a crowded room
the truth in a box full of lies
the whiskers on young cheek
the embers in a faded fire

i don’t belong here anymore

[Anonymous]

Two continue to play
games of the heart
back and forth
your words are tossed like playing catch
time in between phrases
a muse for both?
discouraging, yet encouraging
thoughtless thoughts
words are your power
knowing how to consume them
sucked into your black hole
of nothing more than
imaginary care and heartfelt
with no meaning behind them
no feeling
for they are…
just letters
conformed into
empty words

[marigold]

The Garden
Alone and still, a starlit sky
sprinkled with feathered milk
the silence is huge
I wait for the brilliance

Once the moon appears, awake!
the garden is again enchanted
illumination beyond the shade
I wrap this moment in foil

The vastness of the black open sky
beckons me to fly up there
but I’ll stay with my garden
in radiance and denial

Until the time is right
forging new beginnings
suspended animation
waiting for a sign

[manillascissor]

bitter to the taste
these days have become
with a steady haste
she left me all alone

here in my mind
i’m running circles around
i kill myself over time
a king with the lonesome crown

batteries once charged
are now dead as fallen leaves
crumpled up the pile is large
if you find me, please don’t leave

[manillascissor]

i stand strong in the back
my red necktie around
on the right or the left
cool hardwood below

i am surrounded by peers
we stand so we can fall
you come to play with us
and try to knock us down

the circle is getting bigger
the sound grinding closer
rolling through the center
the eclipse of white by black

only one remains upright
and you get a second throw
so hit me with all your might
yeah knock me down, it’s time to go

[marigold]

Careless creatures casting their lines
Hooking up their profits
Greedy smiles on their faces
Not knowing they will fail one day
The wall comes crashing down
When they least expect it
Keep buffering it up with some mud and straw
It’ll hold til the next puff of wind
A trickle of oily rain
No chance the wall will hold up
Coming down fast like a ton of bricks
Time to build a new one
Something built to be made anew each time
One that doesn’t need to hold up
A roof over a shattered society
The cause and effect of it all
Wheel of time and cycle of seasons
Brush the cobwebs from the ruins
This wall stands the test of time

[manillascissor]

to know is the death of knowing
to try is the spirit of failure
to die is to have lived
to breathe your breath
is to have spit up blood

[manillascissor]

i wish i could tell you something
something you wanted to hear
i wish i coudl tell you the truth
something to last you all year

i wish you never told me about you
something to occupy the mind
i wish i never locked eyes with you
something far away in time

i wish i saw it coming
something so simple and true
i wish i could speak this idea
something like i love you

[marigold]

Knowledge of the truth be denied
What goes around, comes around
You’ll get your just desserts
Hanging on the edge of your seat
Waiting for your turn
Carousel spinning out of control
The musicians play on
Tinker tailor soldier sailor
Heart breaker, movie-maker
Selling your soul for the silver screen
Up on the billboard for all to see
Your time has come
Don’t be a fool
Fall into the trap
Mess up your life
‘til darkness is all you can see
And it swallows you whole

[Arthur]

Carousel spinning out of control
The musicians play on
Tinker tailor soldier sailor
Heart breaker, movie-maker
Selling your soul for the silver screen
Up on the billboard for all to see
Your time has come[/quote:11dhcmvi]

to know is the death of knowing
to try is the spirit of failure
to die is to have lived
to breathe your breath
is to have spit up blood[/quote:11dhcmvi]

Epic, guys…

[marigold]

thank you…

That poem is about those celebrities that get messed up by the whole hollywood lifestyle…. or something like that…

[manillascissor]

so many roads traveled with you
your hand in mine
we walked together
you always did like the breeze

so many feelings i’ve felt with you
your hand in mine
we touched together
you always did laugh with me

so many smiles passed to you
your hand in mine
we kissed together
you always did like my smile

so many days of beauty with you
your hand in mine
we grew together
you always did love our children

so much strength you had with me
your hand in mine
we climbed together
you always did love a challenge

so much hurt you gave to me
your hand slipped away
we separated together
you never did love my misery

so much time lies ahead of me
without your hand in mine
we shall rise together
you always did inspire me

[Anonymous]

Returning to what was
to subside to unhappiness
painstaking memories
what once was is no longer valid
brings darkness to light
and light to dark
switching on and off instantly
chaos filled with sadness and smirks
who has the upper hand on emotions?
depressing thoughts
who needs meds?
get in line
I’m torn
do I, don’t I
feel it or push it away?
temptation to not feel
ever present
I choose to feel
the sun will smile again

[marigold]

This is an old one of mine – written around the time Siamese Dream came out, lol, as you may be able to tell.

Tell me now what does it mean
When the world is spinning round
Tell me now what does it mean
When we’re chasing our own shadows
Try to understand, somehow
Feel the same, well, no one knows
Where we will go

We need time to take a breath
Take a look at what is happening
We need time to take a chance
To hear our hearts beating in rhythm
And out there, is our world
Our souls drifting up towards the sky
Forever young, in unity

We fail to look and see the sorrow
All our thoughts are for tomorrow
Can anybody find the heartbeat
Of a world and of our dreams
Lost in time among the seasons
No longer will we follow
Take the steps to make a promise
We just want to be free
And when we can we will
Our souls will soar and sing
Up towards the sky

[manillascissor]

hold the crutch up under my arm
help me to write these lines
pull me forward using the lifeline
drag me into your eternal rhymes

put me high upon a stage
and watch me tumble down
for water seeks it’s own level
and i’m constantly drowning

[manillascissor]

alone i am
my only salvation
the only one who understands
the only one who never leaves

you will always be there for me
you will let me cry to you
and share with you
the good times

i love you for you
you are my light
my smile force
my inner delight

[Anonymous]

darkness of the universe
inviting us in
lighting the path
with star shine
nothing to fear
fly or walk
destination where?
gaining speed
the chaos ends
beware
the doubt you create
understand it’s presence
black and white
yin and yang
night and day
balance begins
we choose
to feel
to see
to believe…
love
it’s there

[Anonymous]

people come
people go
it’s what I know
it’s what I have seen
lies, deceit
the scars left behind
coming back to haunt me
sadness turns to tears
pushed aside
to continue on
yet, forever attached
Will they leave?
How can I find my blue sky again?
Why did it have to leave me?
feeling done
no longer want to play the game
life..it is what it is
it’s the card I was dealt

[marigold]

Painting these words
The colours bleed into one
Distorting the sight
Running off the page
Eclipsed by the vacant heart
Shadows play in half-light
Mourning the loss
Broken shapes making no sense
Move to the crowded room
Waiting for a masterpiece
Unveiling some form of truth
Contemplative pause
Reflections in their eyes
A thousand words slipping
Soaking in the rain
Inspiration will return
What is there to lose

[marigold]

Say goodbye
To the death of it all
Change is inevitable
It makes us seem small

The only constant
Being in the flow
The only chance
To ever know

All is revealed
In the blink of an eye
Have no fear
There is a reason why

Forever hidden
Find it inside
Go with instinct
Follow the guide

[manillascissor]

a soul so haunted with peace
lifting a spirit by the hand
a pain so close to the heart
nestled right in
it warms and comforts
somehow belonging
sticking like glue

—————————

a raised eyebrow and a slight grin
times knowing one thousand sins
these moments carried forward within
and spilled upon the canvas
now take it all in

[manillascissor]

the wind
it never stops
rushing over this shell
this walking cold

the misery blows toward you
a sandy dusting
what is this
but a nail rusting

[manillascissor]

he had questioned
learned he became
but knowing nothing
was what he wanted

in the end
it was his undoing

maximum capacity reached
no more to squeeze in
just to exist and be
is harder than a bull shit

in the end
it was his undoing

[manillascissor]

twine’s unraveled threads
hang from the basement ceiling
the moldy light shines
and swings in memorium

lasting braids have fallen
forgotten down below
on the flooded gravel floor
threads become fibers

antecedents no more
you’re under the bottom floor

[marigold]

No secrets kept hidden
Be truthful if you can
Don’t play games
With the ones who care
If you fall into a trap
With the poisoned minds
Clinging onto your soul
Let the truth be aware

………………………

I sit alone
In darkened room
With red walls
I wait alone
For reasoned answers
With muted tones
I ask alone
For peace captured
Within my heart
I doubt alone
For what I cared for
Within is gone

[marigold]

Take me down
To the bottom of your heart
Show me what’s there
Can you see it?

A spark of light
Shining in the dark
Glowing there forever
Can you share it?

A little piece of hope
Leftover from the past
Sheltering the moments
Can you find it?

[last_rose_of_summer]

good poems guys

[manillascissor]

Tom Waits – Shiny Things

Lyrics:

The things a crow puts in its nest,
They’re always things it finds that shine.
Somehow he’ll find a shiny dime,
Silver twine, from a valentine.
The crows all bring them shiny things.

Leave me alone you big ol’ moon,
The light you cast is just a lighter.
You’re like the crow, ’cause if it glows
You’re dressed to go, you guessed, I know,
You’ll always bring them shiny things.

Well I’m not dancing here tonight,
But things are bound to turn around.
The only thing I want that shines,
Is to be king there in your eyes.
To be your only shiny thing

[marigold]

^^ we have a lyrics thread now

a little thought crosses
over the patterns of the mind
it weaves its inspiration
and leaves the mundane behind
savour the moment
before its gone
a fragment of the past
left all alone

[manillascissor]

hmmm, shall i go into the past?

[marigold]

nah, just embrace the future

[marigold]

J’ai écrit ce poème il ya longtemps:

Une petite fleur est froissé
Les nuages sont le couleur de béton
Utilisez votre imagination
Et quittez le monde de tristesse
Les dunes de sables sont grande
Trop grande à monter
Le vagues sont écrasé
Dans le coeur de l’ocean
Mais dans mon coeur il ya la paix

[marigold]

Thoughts left to compost
In the garden of reason
Digging up the past
Waiting for the new season
Sowing seeds in the mind
Flowering of a new vision
Allow it to grow in time
Make a fruitful decision

[manillascissor]

my hand in front of me
find the stairway railing
black turns to black
as i blink

a pale yellow line
under the door
provides guidance
and a purpose

the wooden planks creak
beneath my feet
barely holding my weight
barely letting go

and the doorknob is cold
frostbitten scarring black
slowly it turns to the right
releasing the dark

it’s blinding up here
as i leave nowhere behind
retinas wrapped in sharp pain
so much to see

so much to do
goodbye old home
may your dreamy comfort
provide shelter for another lost soul

[manillascissor]

something about here
is familiar to this soul
a white ghost i roam
without his tuxedo
you are all strangers to me
smiling to feed
and no i don’t know you
and no i don’t owe you
the chance i never started
a hand never shaken
the present ripped away
but i’ll meet your clone
in another city
and start it all over
can you blame me for knowing
your every waking thought?
and it makes me wonder
does the sun ever get this lonely?

[marigold]

Stuck like a magnet
This moment in time
Never changing
It goes on and on
The same old thing
Something lost
The past is broken
Time never heals
Our memories
Are still there
The emotional scars
Make us stronger
If we let them
Learning lessons
Evolving

[manillascissor]

a baby born into this world
so beautiful, so gentle
slowly growing and learning
it becomes an adult
things it never wanted to know
come beating on the door
at all hours of the night
nonstop nonstop nonstop
where is the innocense
where is the inner child
where is the happiness
where the fuck did i go

[marigold]

a bit of a rambling poem that doesn’t really make any sense:

There is no reason left to define
We cannot answer till we find
Cannot cope without the cause
Cannot hope before we pause

Into shadows we disappear
Without purpose we have no fear
It’s long enough to know
Can take some time to let it show

For answers we have no reason
And love is out of season
Just pin on these wings
I have no use for such things

Flying to an unknown destination
Take chances on a new sensation
Does it go anywhere
And do we care

Plenty of time to find out
Tomorrow’s there with no doubt
Do we lie in wait
It’s no time to hesitate

Let it be known
Let it be shown
Spilling the echoes out over the grave
Where buried memories sound all the same

Nothing stays in constant motion
Yet everything changes
The same old shit that people give
This is not the way to live

How long will this last
Wasted days of being falling into the past…..

[manillascissor]

hhahh nice randomness.

[last_rose_of_summer]

i like it

[Arthur]

a bit of a rambling
poem that doesn’t really make any sense[/quote:35c4msjf]

Adding these lines makes it even better…

Seriously, nice one. Me likes reading it.

[marigold]

Wow, thanks guys, maybe I should try this rambling thing more often.

[manillascissor]

in and out like a ringing tone
sin then shout out like a dead moan
hurry carry those boxes away
scattered amongst the brave
they saved the day

once collected like a jigsaw puzzle
put together just right
windy jetstreams pick up and blow across
peeling the table top clean
the pieces stick to the wall

for yourself
make a nice picture of it all
blue on red, red on the yellow
white canvas the colors neverending
paint your life away

[manillascissor]

my mother taught me long ago
a lot of nothing at all
but since then i’ve learned
not to claim to be too tall

it’s better to be mud upon the shoe
a frog in biology lab
sacrifice yourself
give onto others

take take take
is all we do these days
give to me your eternal soul
and i’ll make change

[manillascissor]

keep breathing
keep inhaling the sadness
keep neverminding
keep on keeping
your secrets for another time

pour a strong one
pour it down your throat
pour alone
pour your misery down
poor you

[manillascissor]

one hundred thousand miles away
eighteen hours apart
synced up in rhythm
together we roam
where do we go from here?
time will tell
we’ll continue to grow
time doesn’t separate us all
we’ll continue to sow
seeds spread long ago

[marigold]

Just after dark I wrote
A million episodes of the heart
Candied caution to the wind

It speaks helplessly
To those unaware
Finding the same page
Never giving up hope
Thoughts trapped in prisons

I’ll stay here with you
if you don’t mind
and dance in the dark shadows
writing down our puzzle pieces
forever waiting on change

[manillascissor]

tired of being treated
just for your benefit
tired of not being me
to help you be sick

why don’t you hold up the mirror
instead of me always gazing
let me walk on by
you can stop the lazing

and take a cold hard look
into your own eyes
scary i know it is
sometimes it blinds

but free me from comforming
to you
you are honestly not worth the effort
are you?

[Arthur]

Just after dark I wrote
A million episodes of the heart
Candied caution to the wind[/quote:3b01c53q]
This is cool

[marigold]

Just after dark I wrote
A million episodes of the heart
Candied caution to the wind[/quote:2us635be]
This is cool [/quote:2us635be]

thanks! I wrote that one a little while ago, it just sort of came out like that, like many others do. Some take a little bit more effort though – I always seem to get stuck on the endings.

[marigold]

Destroying ourselves every day
Counting down the hours
Til the end is in sight
What makes this alright?

Is there any hope out there
Is everyone consumed
Preoccupied with greed
Taking everything we need

It makes me sick
Power playing games one-sided
We seek through revolution
Knowing there is no one solution

[manillascissor]

breathe breathe breathe
breathe into me
push onto me
your very warmth

blow into my being
swirl around me
like chocolate and taffy
caramelize my taste

let me feel the sand
as it hits my closed eyes
your tornado force
lift me so high

destroy me
and throw me
into
the next state

[manillascissor]

sitting upon the many tables
sifting through time
many grains have already
fallen to rest

a killer enters the room
masked in leather
battleaxe in hand
closed zipper mouthed

as the wood rots
the grains still fall
the fireplace echoes
throw another log

it’s so cold
tied here in metal chains
bricks against the back
head hanging low

and he comes nearer
as i spit into his face
the shadow draws long
against my short silhouette

the end comes crashing down
heads begin to roll
the lights flicker
a casual grin passed back

the duty complete

[marigold]

like chocolate and taffy
caramelize my taste
[/quote:2uiaxcfd]

yum

[blueczarina]

mmm, candy

[manillascissor]

into the shadows
you disappear again
running and hiding
put on your little grin

because it’s all so funny
this life we fucking lead
and no we are not behind
this little bit i plead

so set the example
you goddamn coward
lower my expectations
they begin to sour

nevermind again
just do as you fucking will
and may this world
be the same as it was
before your abortion as a pill

goddamn you for living

[marigold]

Am I allowed to post this poem of Billy’s here? (copyright laws etc). I really like this one.

Courage

There is of course the courage of a single flower
Pushing its form thru concrete
If only to be trampled into dust

What is worth speaking
If seeking is death?
Does meaning become
Meaningless?

Summoning up the voice
To do the will of the soul
To explore the far reaches of my wonder
I make the choice to speak

Is it so simple
That it’s easy to overlook
That living is poetry
And poetry nothing less[/quote:y0ugl249]

[last_rose_of_summer]

manilla you were on a roll monday.

i mean i like them all but those stand out more to me.

i like yours too marigold!

[last_rose_of_summer]

i have a little fettish
it’s really quite childish
a notebook thing
a journal thing

i just can’t help my glee
when i see
those brand new pages
just waiting for me

all clean and new
asking for ink
be it pink purple or blue
what’s a girl suposed to do

alas it will be my demise
when i look for a certain piece
the one about the blue skies
you know, that one!

i search and search
through drawers
and cabinets
and closets
and trunks
and my purse

of course!
it’s in the
car!

[manillascissor]

i have a little fettish
it’s really quite childish
a notebook thing
a journal thing

i just can’t help my glee
when i see
those brand new pages
just waiting for me

all clean and new
asking for ink
be it pink purple or blue
what’s a girl suposed to do

alas it will be my demise
when i look for a certain piece
the one about the blue skies
you know, that one!

i search and search
through drawers
and cabinets
and closets
and trunks
and my purse

of course!
it’s in the
car![/quote:3m3edz9q]

[manillascissor]

waiting for the day to break
a cathode tube staring me down
with a healthy dose of awake
body is tired and yet still moving
so many things left undone
still stuck upon all the stucco
may it come crashing down
and remove this nightdream
the prelude to my daydream
waiting for the day to break

[manillascissor]

dr. suess once told me
to formulate a pattern of rhyme
dr. suess also sold me
on his books

[Arthur]

dr. suess once told me
to formulate a pattern of rhyme
dr. suess also sold me
on his books[/quote:299ucbzw]

[marigold]

I dream of answers
I dream of ideas
I seek a promise
I seek the truth

A forgotten key
A remembered smile
The forgotten search
The remembered dreams

Promise of an answer
The idea of truth
Search for dreams
Forget to remember

[manillascissor]

tell me up front what you really want from me
just know that i am selfish
am i selfish for revealing such?
i don’t know you anymore
maybe just maybe
i never did
maybe just maybe
i have no desire to be your friend
you take too much of me
when the pile is already scattered leaves
barely covering the ground
a gentle wind could erase me
and still
you want more
well how about you wait til next fall
maybe i’ll give you a call
but knowing me
no i won’t
you’re right
now go find another pile to eliminate
rake it together
build it up
run and jump inside
have your fun
completely destroying something
and when you are doing this
just leave me the fuck alone

[manillascissor]

the beauty in her eyes
became compromised
a slightly blurred perception
for which exists no correction

[marigold]

suffocated by the strangeness
wounded inside
there’s no connection
the reasons still hide

not knowing where to go
upside down spinning around
pushing pulling another direction
what is there to be found

[manillascissor]

someday
and maybe soon
i’ll need to go away
and maybe for awhile

i’ll go it alone
a new way for me
but the only way i can see
for now

please don’t wait up for me
because baby can’t you see
i may not be
coming home

i’ll push the beads aside
and walk into your room
you won’t be there
but i’ll have a look around

to see things about you
i already knew
things about you
that still hold true

please don’t wait up for me
because baby can’t you see
i may not be
coming home

and when you return
the door will be left open
a cool breeze will flow
from your hand to the window

and that’s my exit
so you always know
i was once here
but now a ghost

please don’t wait up for me
because baby can’t you see
i may not be
coming home

[marigold]

A song!

[manillascissor]

[marigold]

Some poems I’ve dug out from a few years ago:

The River
The water drags in the middle
Sinking down beneath the willow
The stones below are smooth
And the fish swim in for a closer look

Their eyes bulge out glaring
One gulp of water they swallow
Then off into the bubbling rapids
Grasping roots climbing the bank

The mud clings and water drips
Slippery earth gives way
The grass is long and slimy
Burrows hiding behind the stems

Hidden creatures stir
Amongst the mud and grass
Only coming out at night
To wander where they may

[marigold]

Black
A hole in the void of space
Black nothingness in the empty sky
Stars plucked off the blanket
A new moon taking flight

The moon calls to the sun
To give it the sign to awake
The sun sleeps in other worlds
We dream before the sky reflects

Reflections of the sun in the moon
Winter’s gaze looks down on June
The buds appear to peep outside
The silver frost returns again

[marigold]

Searching
What lies inside your heart?
The dreams you dare to awake
The dark shadows lying within
The desire that never dies

Is it further than your mind can reach?
Can your soul be strong enough?
Listen to your inner strength
A guiding voice that needs to speak

Find the calm within your heart
Ask your soul to find the way
Take a chance to end the struggle
A step forward into the unknown

[manillascissor]

please won’t you introduce yourself
please won’t you let me let you
down down down
hi my name is you

[manillascissor]

there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from
there is a pattern here
something to take away from

[Daysofthephoenix]

“Three Headed Dragon( The Missing Pages 105-189)”

The Three headed dragon comes for you
In the dark space of jealousy it creeps
Into your spine it comes with a needle in your back
To embed the mirror of your infidelities
It turns you paranoid and blank
The leaves will cry once it is over
The grass whispers at the sheer thought of it.
The love you wanted will never be granted
As long as you float on the dividing line of the sky.
Into the sky of masterful fiction and damning puppets.
The first one kneels before you while the other whispers secrets all can hear.
It’s not a lie when all can see the sun as the moon rises.
The stars shone bright like razors in the sky.
God turns on us with his wicked smiles and grandeur chuckles.
He send his wrath our way for all to navigate.
Fleeing it fear we hope to be the only ones on the sea.
Where all dreams come true when the air is fresh tonight.
We can marvel that of all the lies in the world
Can be taken into account if we just had a map
Because even though the two dragons have their hold on me.
Tempting me with their treasures from within
I can still fathom at the diamonds beneath
And head South to finally catch my mind.

sorry about the ridiculous title.

[marigold]

I like the title.

[marigold]

Sounds of summer drift away
Burnt amber rustling in the wind
Moon charms and sunkissed dreams
Pleasures derived from simple things

Clouds on the horizon
Hollowed out landscapes
Burning away as sacrifice
We enter the wintry realm

……………………………………….

In the ethers tragic here I lie
Aurora crackling in the sky
A slumber deeper than the thought
Of a prize that could never be bought

Gossamer strands holding still
Tied to the promise of my own will
To the further fields we’ll go
Crossed with a black and white rainbow

Burnt with innocence
Blamed with consequence
There’s peace somewhere other than here
Seeking solace far away but so near

(yes, slightly SP inspired)

[manillascissor]

if i laid down
i would want you with me
if i gave up
i want you gone
but i’m still here
and you’re not around
so does that mean
check?

[marigold]

Why is it hidden
Something under the covers
Feelings swollen with pregnant faith
It knows no boundaries
Disregards imperfections
Shadows of doubt
Darken the truth
Keep the arrows of indecision
Locked away in time
Distant light on the horizon
It’s a new day
With new consequences
Murmurs of the past finding strength
What you know now
Bound up in these tangled webs
The waves of discussion
An ocean so wide
We’ll make it across
A droplet of hope lies in wait
Asleep til the time is right
Wake up
Its time to go

[marigold]

Something borrowed from the past
Can it be forever broken
Time zone wavelength
Correlation hits the spot
Continuum ad infinitum
Broken into segments
The arc finds its way
A diversion in time
Split off to another dimension
Pick up on the vibration
A thought trapped in the mind
Keep it there for now
While the sun still shines
Save it for a rainy day

[marigold]

Visitors

Strange beings
These humans
Some in a rush
Some sit around
Doing nothing
And they eat
Everything up
On the land
In the seas
Very wasteful
And smelly too
Lets leave these
Strange beings
To their own mess

[manillascissor]

this blanket of sadness
fills my every day
one blue one pink
one yellow
they try to keep me okay

and they do all right
these little friends of mine
suppressing the feelings
controlling the happy
you know i’m just fine

but underneath this skin
and behind this smile
lies a crooked little man
a desperate tiny person
getting lost in the many miles

so please keep adding on
like i said, i’m all right
til one day the weight breaks
and my back collapses
resisting with all my might

[manillascissor]

one more spoke
falls off the wheel
one more ox
falls prey to the dust

this sun bleached canopy
stands against the wind
barrels and canvas bags
a new direction

head out west
where the sun is always shining
head out west
we will get there one day

rocks and pebbles underneath
the soil a dry and cracked face
traveled upon not by foot
blistering and dessicated

no one ahead
no one behind
just us and these wheels
we will get there one day

head out west
where the sun is always shining
head out west
we will get there one day

[marigold]

Looking out of the skylight
Secret whispers of the clouds
Bringing the past to light
As the shadows disappear

Looking out over the sea
Something on the horizon
Beckoning, to guide me
And leave the past behind

Looking for further clues
Something in the surrounds
Blinded by what to choose
A new way, a new chance

[manillascissor]

gently it slides in
click click
do you know?
no, it’s the key they gave me. it should work.

skeleton to the light
looks all right
back in it goes
click click

the stairway begins to creak
immediately the future looks bleak
c’mon hurry up!
it’s not me! it won’t work!

let’s try another door. hurry.
slips and falls, a pity
the darkness swallows whole
rolled into a ball

downstairs it goes
bouncy bouncy bouncy ball
the children who should not
own you now

[manillascissor]

in and out of the windstream
my consciousness
your presence in and out of mind
dead by my side

[marigold]

This sacred land
Of snow and forest
Green hills and valleys
And mists that cling
Still the echoes sound
Ancestors’ voices
Painting their new lives
With the land as canvas
Handing down stories
Carving out traditions
Creating their memories
Weaving their journey

[Anonymous]

Oh here another
reminder
past presenting
future?
Am I wrong?
Am I right?
Did I lose?
Or just change?
Is change ok?
Who knows the answer?
don’t know if I do
suck it up
selfishness
bringing life
lost me
or am I the real me?
Who am I really?
I have a name
and many thoughts
Wrong am I there?
Right am I here
but am I wrong?
living
believing
doing for me
feeling torn

[manillascissor]

she said goodbye
eyes closed and opened wide
looking up with a tear crushed eye
hair brushed to the side

her silhouette walked away
off to find another day
leaving him so far away
no words were left to say

all the pain had soaked in
and all the words were spoken
and with each spirit broken
you hold on to a little token

a little reminder slight perfection
insignificant immense reflection
that points out costly imperfection
carry with you to next destination

[manillascissor]

all the pain in the world
served up on a dish
everyday
the same old menu
grown stale it has
but you must
swallow it down
to get to the next plate
and someone in the kitchen
is making jello

[marigold]

Hope dies on its own
Towards the land’s end
Standing at the edge
Fears circling above

Choosing direction
Blissfully unaware
Answers to be given
Along this journey of fools

Step off into the unknown
Freefalling feeling
It’s a long way to go
And no one ever knows

Go to hell and back
Cleanse away the pain
What a sacrifice to make
To find what you seek

[manillascissor]

these starry days and sunny blotted nights
let’s tint the windows and cover with ice
pull up a blanket to show that you care
give me a wink then sit upon the chair

drive on by going one hundred miles a minute
not giving a fuck about the wake or who’s in it
deafening sonic waves crushing down the asphalt
don’t you know by now to make everything my fault

it’s the same old story nothing new to see
sorry if this bores you as i’m just gonna be me
keep on reading and i swear i can lose you
take down some notes to remember who’s who

and yes it is in one ear and out the other
pennies fall from the sky to pull us together
daydreaming gets you everywhere you want to be
sorta like visa but without the nasty fees

\"here i go again on my own\"
there i went again where no one was shown
windy forces come crashing into your face
leave again, once and for all, leave without a trace

[marigold]

the universe conspires
forces against us
there’s no connection
a theme to discuss

find a way in
try each doorway
what’s left to find
nothing but hearsay

anchored in the cold
wait to set sail
what’s the destination
move onward through the tale

[manillascissor]

same here same queer
something gives again
takes away tugging to tight
the knot ever frictionized
wrap it around your leg
tie it to a concrete block
throw that shit overboard
sink down to the bottom
air bubbles rising and escaping
doesn’t even matter
empty and alone
a corpse on the seashelf
crawled into a seashell
turned into a hermit crab
pulling my house around through the sand
this weight is too much
do i dare go back to the surface?

[marigold]

This desolate and broken place
A haunting echo of a dream
Reminiscent of another time
Where no one hears you scream

Observing the deep shadows
Fog swirling above the trees
Atoms of chaos colliding
In the memories of our needs

So swallow it down
This attempt to shut it out
And when the time comes
There’ll be no chance to doubt

[manillascissor]

with your hands in your pocket
you can reach down deep
and grab your only change

[manillascissor]

i once caught a dream
in my hands it floated around
inside a bubble
effortlessly weightless

i once caught a disease
in my hands it was so heavy
covered with black moss
sinking me down

the dream was called childhood
and it was free and unknown
the disease was called love
and it costs more each time

[manillascissor]

the time the clock stopped
the hands pointing around
no more energy to turn gears
no more energy left inside

holds a perfect picture
without a snapshot
just observe the time
it never changes

one moment frozen in time
never to be repeated
carried on through the ages
the time the clock stopped

[marigold]

Fragments of a dream
Following a sign
Beneath the doubting moon
Echoing in rhyme

A sense of loss awoken
Too late to start again
Give it a chance
Nothing left to remain

Whispers to the stars
Falling down to earth
Burnt up in the reality
Find out what its worth

[manillascissor]

it was like finding gold
at the bottom of the pan
such unexpected feelings
this was not part of the plan

to look into those eyes
holding a power over me
gentle touches gave way
we made love, so softly

and now, like an empty glass
spilled across the table
an exploded dying heart
another storytime fable

inside, my heart was bleeding
burning bitter black blood
til it filled up my veins
like walking around in the mud

still getting dirty all the time
now the cleaners just wear off
so stained for eternity i am
my soul tattooed by your love

[manillascissor]

i wrote your name
under a moonlit eve
down on a piece of paper
yellow stained
and then carefully folded
i placed it in an envelope
and a black raven took flight
after seven years
he returned
holding that same letter in his beak
though this time
there was no envelope
only tear stained yellow paper
and your name bleeding
into the word goodbye

[marigold]

Emotions a tangled piece of mesh
Wrapped around the heart
Don’t let it get too tight
Free yourself from these binds

[Daysofthephoenix]

“The Solstice of Eyes, Just a Dead Reminder”

Just a glance from my autumnal tomb
Woken up from my everyday slumber
You were there, my guiding light
You glistened and sparkled all dressed in white
While I sat the contrast of your fears
Crying for the wind whispers wonders,
Thoughts of how even ones without hearts can break.
Though your mind compresses at those forbidden
Your dead eyes give me even the slightest comparison.
You glance for hope I wish to make numb in my mind.
But the arrangements have been wrong since the great plunders
Have put me under the weight of the ocean for the pressure keeps me under.
It’s a soft blanket that questions my flaws at night
and saves me from the follies of life.
So hard to be happy unless a grace from your presence is just out of question?
When first our eyes happened upon first glance
Disarming me with such a lovely light, I couldn’t help but stare.
You pulled me in, but why must your heart be so blind?
Your eyes tell me of lure and dream of a life of more.
All the treasures of the land sparkle to you if you have the time to look.
To just take second and marvel others beauty but your own.
Though your eyes change with the monthly phases often gravitating you to the wrong
Making your decisions based on the Devil’s beauty of desire.
While I may just be another to be caught in your radiance and the machine of your mind.
I must say that while your dreams are shattered reminisce of our once sacred future.
How My heart jumped into your presence but is now replaced,
We could have been like the sands of time and watched the world grow old,
With and die in front of us, everything around us growing but us, never changing.
Our shielded light from the moons ghostly presence ellipses’ us from knowing.
But you must always be like the eclipse of a waning crescent,
When minds and feelings disappear, you become like an ice crystal,
Cold to the touch and always a constant reminder of no matter how beautiful,
You will always be just as fragile as a mid-autumns Harvest Moon.
Always distant from my grasp and how I marveled at your looks,
You will always be the forbidden apple of my desire.
Forever wanting to press my lips against yours but, both our blood has run cold.
Like the broken mirror dusty and abused, broken and discarded,
Our reflections remain anonymous as long as the fragments stay silent.
Their thorns of ones they hurt covered up by the blossoms of flowers.
Grown of tears and ashes of nightmares and goals that had fallen.

now this one is way too long.

[manillascissor]

wow great phrasing. awesome.

[manillascissor]

come on over
deliver unto me
the poisoned news
then take it away again
leave me alone
let is sink in
it just feels right
here in my despair
to digest solo
to manifest so low
your back is turned
please keep walking
i don’t want you to see
a man in this state of mind

[Arthur]

.
.
POETRY IN MOTION
.
.

[manillascissor]

best post in this thread…

[marigold]

I didn’t realise that was you in the helicopter that day Arthur

……….

Balance of opposing thoughts
Movement between rhythm and form
Thriving in the midst of chaos
Yet skimming on the surface

Turn towards the sun
Bathe in this circumstance
Reflecting abundant generosity
Look into the face of expression

The expression in the heart
The time has come to make things right <— oops (stolen lyric)
The surface has only been scratched
Bring it out into the light

[Anonymous]

Grateful for every day
yet selfishly not sure
whether tomorrow really matters
or not any more
some of the sweetest things
taste so bitter
sweet
bitter
sweet and bitter
grateful for every day
A soft hand reaches out
you can’t quite reach it
a blade slices down
to cut cut cut
kill off that chance
comfort in pain
tomorrow we do it
over again
Grateful for every day
poor or pay
so little to say
another new day
whatever to say
Loved to the core
held oh so tight
it’s never enough
to challenge life’s fight
yet around the sphere turns
turn baby turn
around it shall turn
the burn
Grateful for every day

[manillascissor]

nice one dizzy. ty for sharing.

[marigold]

Keep it inside
Bottled and corked
While it festers
A complicated mess

What is left to say
Will it be heard
A rough landing
On common ground

Get up and walk on
Continue on another path
Detach from this feeling
Find some valid meaning

[manillascissor]

i close my eyes
and think upon death
he’s there with me
riding shotgun
my only passenger

before i know it
time slows to a crawl
i glance left right
and see nothing
but feel everything

inertia takes hold
spinning out of control
head on into the wall
upside down in the air
going for a crash landing

wish me luck

[marigold]

Trapped in a shell
A fortress of pain
Fire engulfs every cell
Then droplets appear
A kind of distraction
A mystery unsolved
Trying to function
When it’s all too much
Blocking the idea
Put it out of the mind
Live without fear
Get out of the trap

[manillascissor]

the sun rises another day
another chance to make my way
and how to give thanks for this change?
sleep til six til the sun turns gray

paralyzed in sleep boredom
can’t even get out of bed for you
but i can do a whole lot of nothing
if but only for anyone but me

go to the store
walk aimlessly
that’ll be one million dollars
do you want paper or plastic?

give me paper please
so that i may cut myself
free myself from this reality
float away to yet another day

[marigold]

So distant
And no reply
Fading away
There’s no goodbye
Are you receiving
Am I still here
Trying to understand
Why you’re still there
On and off
See who’s there
With another name
You know I care
In circles we go
Starting over again
No reason to wait
Where do we begin?

[manillascissor]

like a pendulum
time came swooping down
and swept you up and away
coming back to the middle
then gone again
riding so high so fast
leaving me staring into the sun
your silhouette against that big black ball
it blinds me
so i guess i’ll let you go
riding far away into space
but always coming down again
a gentle reminder
that i’m not like you
i’m grounded and undead
staring at the sun
for eternity

[Arthur]

A fortress of pain[/quote:35oz1hwa]
This is already a poem on its’ own… wow…

[marigold]

^^ haha thanks!
…………………..

Sometimes the inspiration fails
Gathering dust in the mind
Thoughts covered with the noise
Simple ideas left to stagnate

A past sorrow, a future hope
Anger towards all that is wrong
Pass through the masquerade
A façade hiding the truth

It’s a heavy weight to bear
Just put me out of my misery
We’ll walk together to the cliff top
I’ll lose you along the way

Did you stop to smell the roses?
Did their scent bring back a memory?
The waves crash below in fury
Destroying what’s left of hope

But look, a pathway leading down
Leading to a narrow ledge
Sit and wait for something, somewhere
Is there anything, anywhere?

[marigold]

http://bootless.net/mouse.html

Down
We go far
Into the depths
Finding ways there
Darkness enveloping all
Groping about for the answers
These steps taking us down further ………………………. ——–
Deep into the basement of our minds where we find a | box |
…………………………………………………………………………. ——–

[Arthur]

thoughts of jaggy I

misled is the brain
that wants
me to want me
that’s
who we are

I’m wood
like fire
like glass and stone
like water
and you sail my flames
why?
I’m not the one
to tell you that I’m moving
and you’re not?

truth
is in the 7 words
that we both don’t dare to speak
so shut up and dance
dance our dance in the fading sunlight
dance my brains on the concrete
and I’ll cut your silence
in half

[Arthur]

thoughts of jaggy II

the hunt
is on
the bass is pumping
running, evolving
running, reaching
kadeng, kadeng
the smelly fur of the jaguar

jumping, claws pointing
nails in my eyes

eat me alive, my friend
I’m ready, I’m done

[Arthur]

😯 I didn’t realise that was you in the helicopter that day Arthur
[/quote:3cbodrmx]
You guys post so extremely fast here, I missed this one!

But yeah, that beautiful poem of yours was hard to miss, presented like this…

[manillascissor]

thoughts of jaggy II

the hunt
is on
the bass is pumping
running, evolving
running, reaching
kadeng, kadeng
the smelly fur of the jaguar

jumping, claws pointing
nails in my eyes

eat me alive, my friend
I’m ready, I’m done[/quote:i4bebwce]

i like this jaggy view

[marigold]

But yeah, that beautiful poem of yours was hard to miss, presented like this… [/quote:3m6nzjnv]

thank you

I’m wood
like fire
like glass and stone
like water
and you sail my flames
why?
I’m not the one
to tell you that I’m moving
and you’re not?
[/quote:3m6nzjnv]

I like this, more please!

[marigold]

Sounds of sorrow-stars swooping down to barren ground
The centre of the earth opens up to swallow them whole
Echoes of their message go out to those who listen
Following their goodbyes to all that is destined to be

And worlds return as the phoenix rises from the ashes
A paradox lying in wait for time’s grim reality
Will the sun ever set on that synthetic smile
Those tears rain down creating pools of sadness

Denying our chance of stepping across this dimension
A vision of a void so carelessly created
The universe contemplates each insignificant moment
And shadows devour small subconscious lines

Launch a boat onto this river of inspiration
Floating down passing by rhymes and reason
Prophetic harmonies beckoning us on as one
Our origins are as simple as a seed of truth

We follow this natural instinct to the end

[manillascissor]

a spirit so strong
turns inward
and swallows whole
and spits out a ghost

people see you and run
when all you want
is to walk unseen
the words unspoken

about this earth
you float around
each day reminds you
of yesterday

are you already dead?
disconnected routinely
from any reality
this smile hurts me

[marigold]

Read the news it’s all fake
Swallow this info
Does it fulfil you?
As you go about your day
And at the end you need more
What will make you whole?
Is there something else?
Wrap it around
Choke on it
Breathe into another life
To see, to strive, to touch
Just to keep yourself alive

[manillascissor]

pushed back
hands against the wall
with tears in your eyes
running down the back alley

just advertising your sadness
could get you killed
the darkest alley gives you hope
as you catch a quick breath

but soon enough
they’ve found you again
the grins chasing you in the air
the puddles splashing as you move

people people people
everywhere there are
some bodies
some bodies
some bodies

some bodies without you

[marigold]

I am subconscious
I am feeling
I am real
I am like mortar
And like water
I can slip right through
Your fingers
I am ageless
I am me

[manillascissor]

up and down
and in and out
the notes you hit
feed my inner soul
it’s up to you
whether or not
to continue
such elegance
contained inside
such an imperfect shell
screaming out
pain it bubbles
to the surface
and i listen
and i hear
and i feel
and i know
i’ve been there before
i’m right there with you
keep your lips moving
for me and not for you
selfish as it seems
keep me going
and if you are going to drown
i shall sing
to you
a lullabye
to keep you afloat
nevermind the others
it’s just you and i

[manillascissor]

balloons knots open up wide
release a golden nugget
into this sewer
and let it float down
turn the 90 degrees
spitfire engines spinning
that one had some mustard on it

[marigold]

[manillascissor]

the mirror questions

who is this laughing
what do you do
when you open your eyes
where you see nothing but defeat
why can’t i make it stop
if but just this once

[marigold]

Iron out these wrinkles in time
Stolen away from the past
Can you keep a secret?
A story in your pocket
These ancient ways once ruled
And chaos paved the way
Making choices every day
A chance for the future
Did you pay attention
The implosions distract from sense
Once awoken we don’t look back
You can’t stop us now

[manillascissor]

my tears have stopped flowing
as i have moved through the turmoil
into another dimension of reality
where i am too weak to cry

it is becoming easier to escape
all this time spent wondering
inside my head is spinning
like a pinball wizard fumbling

constantly in motion
while never moving an inch
hitchhiking down cerebral highway
but no cars are stopping

and my head hangs low
for i am not strong anymore
these burdens i cannot bear
these dreams i cannot seek

hold my hand if you dare
and i can take you, take you there
to a place that’s full of misery
heartbreak, sorrow, and despair

another piece of dust settles
for i am gathering moss
and the journey now over
becomes yet another loss

[manillascissor]

push push away
hide my head in my hands
i don’t want you to be real

but if i take a quick glance
just as curiosity killed the cat
i can feel your presence

it’s as though
you’ve been here all along
waiting patiently

well the time has come
crawling to you on my knees
won’t you hold me please?

[marigold]

Fragmented light cast
Making up a pattern
Glimpses of symbols
Hidden in the background
Leading on to somewhere
A path to the unknown
A treasure so great
Found within the soul

[manillascissor]

i’m the missing puzzle piece
but i don’t quite fit
even if i was in your hands
you’d toss me aside
to find and easier fit

you don’t quite understand me
my thoughts and words scare you away
i’m just being someone i love
and that’s all you could ever ask for
but no one loves garbage

so refuse me

[manillascissor]

i don’t go out anymore
i don’t worship your god
i don’t know who i am
i don’t party hard
i don’t have friends
i don’t work hard
i don’t know you
i don’t love you
i don’t remember your name
anymore

[manillascissor]

1,000 horseflies buzz around
the fan slowly stirs the stagnant air
liquid droplets fall from your skin
to the steamy streets below

swat at the flying buzzers
they may never leave you alone
merely a precursor
for the 7 year locusts

the ground is pummeled by the sun
dessication cracks form under your feet
the electricity of the moment
has burned out like a dying star

everything remains so calm and still
you can eat the air
fall to the ground with your last stance
baked eternity swallows you whole

[marigold]

Breathe just to make youself real
Look around to find yourself already there
Reach out just to see what you feel
Listen within to sense what you hear

[marigold]

You stole her away
But now she reappears
A silent ghost in the shadows
A flicker in the corner of the mind’s eye

This faint reminder
Of all our hopes and fears
Distorted and fallen
Yet impenetrable and unbroken

She waits there for me
Until the fog is clear
The daydream fades away
To bring forth a sacred intention

A faith lit up in silence
A beacon guiding you near
An invitation to start this creation
Awakening, overcoming, a transformation

[marigold]

Thousands upon thousands
Spread out above
Twinkling and laughing
Messages sent from eons ago

Spheres of gaseous existence
Sprinkling the sky
Guides for the ancients
Burning up the night

Following their patterns
Created creatures cast away
Legends of battles and lost loves
Stories turned into myths

Following a half-moon
The mourning star rises
The night is over
Invisible suns shine on

[manillascissor]

runnin right
while you turn left
always playing catch up
to you

you were always in control
i just couldn’t see
from way down here
next to the seats

i wanna take the next exit
but you ignore the request
swat me to the back
have another laugh

i think i just might hate you
you would be the only one
for this reason alone
you’ll never let me go

always in control

[marigold]

Walking away
These dreams turned to dust
All these grand designs
Planned out years ago

Be careful what you wish for
What is it you really wish for?
Do you dare to dream again?
Start anew from the beginning

Throw away everything
Create a fresh idea
Something that makes sense
Something to hold onto

Not knowing what it is
What plan to make
The future is too uncertain
The past is a mistake

[manillascissor]

Walking away
These dreams turned to dust
All these grand designs
Planned out years ago

Be careful what you wish for
What is it you really wish for?
Do you dare to dream again?
Start anew from the beginning

Throw away everything
Create a fresh idea
Something that makes sense
Something to hold onto

Not knowing what it is
What plan to make
The future is too uncertain
The past is a mistake[/quote:1nt9u0m3]

[manillascissor]

things so much easier
when it rhymes
things so much better
when it’s this time

it comes in fours
it comes in a flurry
it comes in a wave
it comes in blurry

easy to digest
hard packed backing
later to cleveland
into this evil dwelling

what the fuck
i thought i said to rhyme
you stupid fucking bastard
maybe next time

[manillascissor]

two pills away
some more soma
two pills away
from certain coma

one day from
the end of it all
one day from
goodbye to ya’ll

just one more
i can take it
just one more
leave me alone

[marigold]

As the moon sets
The sun awakes far away
Rising for what purpose
To begin his day

All this time to pass by
Shining for what its worth
A thirst for the rain
A hunger within the earth

The moon doesn’t sleep in bliss
No dreams in this reflection
Wondering where to go
Sensing through intuition

Gliding through the sky
The echoes of their glory
Night and day, the same
Fate lies in their story

[manillascissor]

been under for years now
endless waves passing
over muted ears
pulsing out

once more
i push to the surface
to grab a quick breath
then i go beneath again

cause i’m used to the cold
it surrounds my warmth
and chills me to
the bone

once more
at the surface again
i inhale a moment early
and swallow the salty water

it chokes me as i cough blood
slowly turning the sea red
swimming in a bath
of tears

the waves
don’t know how
to stop pulsating against me
once again, i’m down for the count

[manillascissor]

strolling through the sequoia forest
crunching leaves beneath my feet
up and walking again with the giants
who have stood the test of time
they comfort others with their shade

nothing is going to hurt me now
nothing can penetrate this fortress
except for tiny beams of light
that break the canopy apart
to gently warm my neck

radiant reminders to look up
and give thanks to those around me
the bark is so rough against my skin
confirming that life is pain
but even here in the forest

i am not alone

[marigold]

At their promenade stalls
Stand the merchants of time
They’ll sell you an hour or so
It won’t cost more than a dime

But what will you do
With those extra grains of sand
Is it better to live in the now?
To move on with the day at hand?

The tide is coming in
It’s time for them to go
The merchants pack their wares
They follow the ebb and flow

As the restless waves wash over
Counting endless days of never
Slowly the time merchants leave
Effortlessly blending into forever

[manillascissor]

they told me to run
and so i did
far away from you
we drifted apart

now you are running
but will never catch up
my footsteps in the sand
were washed away ages ago

and i can’t apologize
and i can’t stop running
and i can’t see you
the sun is setting on us

isn’t a sunset supposed to be beautiful?
keep running
maybe one day
we could meet again

on a rock ledge
and take in this gear meshing
out of time so much friction
where are the others…

[manillascissor]

my eyes kissed me goodnight
and smiled as i wept
see you soon was echoed
until then, with my last breath

[manillascissor]

it’s just after nap time
a dash to the door
outside under the sun
running circles
around each other
only i can’t help
but feel left out
in this madness of motion
spinning on the merrygoround
i’m getting sick
with each passing turn
and i fell on the ground
and scraped my knee
think maybe i could use another nap
i smile as children’s muted voices
sing me softly back to a slumber

[marigold]

Packing away a keepsake
A reminder of a place
Thankful for the memory
A little piece of history

Some things to give away
Throw away this junk
And other things we share
Its not as if we care

So many letters sent
To distant lands
Reading back the lines
Remembering the times

The writing is untitled
The words are empty
Don’t know what they mean
Never again to be seen

[marigold]

Save my soul from the sellers sold out on salvation
They’re gathering inside to tell you about the end
Inside a tale as old as the mountains
So-called good intentions forming in their minds

Just leave this safe harbour for the open sea
Guiding lights fading out far behind
Searching beneath the canopy of waves
An echo of the truth somewhere in the deep

The ancients created these simple secrets
Using magic from before the dawn of time
Observing laws written into seed and spirit
Connecting up the strands of the life web

Don’t try to fill this void with fear
Don’t try to fix it with another piece
This peace is not for everyone
Just let me find my own way

[manillascissor]

just one more motherfuckin time
let me find my space within
been rapping at the door for hours
but you still don’t hear me

a sheep grazing in your field
absent minded absent from here
if you are the shepherd
please come guide me

this cat has landed on it’s back
for the 10th time today
they say you get 9 tries
i must have expired years ago

a cracked shell shows what’s inside
well my shell ain’t perfect
but it’s always protected me
from you

i know these games you play
i just decided not today
just let me walk away
with me i will stay

[manillascissor]

you didn’t want to hear my song
cause you have things to do
well i suppose that’s fine by me
i’ll close my eyes and pretend you’re near

i can hear you walking away
in time to the beat
did you ever hear me cry?
as you strolled down the street

well i sat down to a piano
and started playing our song
as it fell upon deaf ears
i just smiled and played along

[manillascissor]

you never know
what you think you know
how do i know
that what you know
ain’t what you thought you knew?
cause i know some things
and something i know
is that you don’t know
so
now you know

[manillascissor]

a silent blink
an empty laugh
a million pennies
a distant love
a broken heart
a time forgotten
a friend anew
a look below
a lie untrue

[manillascissor]

gaze into my eyes
see me look away
your head upon my chest
quiet as we lay
tall grass is there
feelings mixed and stolen
from each other
hold onto this moment
the purest second
of love in my life
came when i thought
i’d make you my wife

[manillascissor]

we prey upon the dead
like evil vultures eating carrion
we eat what was said
and use it for conversation

[marigold]

poetry spam!

Alive
The hunger is too much
Eat this piece
Just a little morsel
Tear it off
A strange taste
But fulfilling
Not sure who it was
Their time was up
And now they feed
These hungry souls

(ew)

[last_rose_of_summer]

wow, canibal poem

[manillascissor]

the world full of ones and zeroes
sometimes 1 plus 1 equals two
with four eyes glaring back at you

[marigold]

wow, canibal poem [/quote:3sp9dez0]

hey, I saw your ‘cannibul’ cake pic!

The air is stale
Lifeless in its breath
There’s no inspiration
Nothing but death

[marigold]

When pondered on
Over a length of time
The mystery is solved
And so begins the rhyme
Forming naturally
A melting pot of ideas
A gift shared this way
Brushing away the fears

[marigold]

Shut your mouth
Open your eyes
Talk is cheap
Look to the skies
Listen carefully
Feed these fears
A bitter taste
To stop the tears
See the future
Open your mind
Sensing a soul
So cold inside

[marigold]

Does it turn you sour
Take it or leave it
Ignore the warning signs
Choose to receive it
An artificial vision
A sickness in the air
Feeding poisoned minds
The ones who don’t care
We’re over the peak
Tumbling down the other side
Find another way down
It will be a bumpy ride

[manillascissor]

surrounded within a circle
all these empty friends
shouting epitaphs
screaming so loud
i cannot take it all in
the words resemble something of
a soggy rainsuit that leaks
and leaves you shaking in your boots
carry on down the street
and buy an umbrella from a fella
who just asks for your change
if only i had some change in me
i’d change all of you
to keep these rainy days away

[marigold]

Staring out through the bars
Cautiously finding its way
The heart beats like pulsing stars
There’s just no way of knowing
These simple imperfections
Finding it hard to believe
Drawn from flawed frustrations
A half-framed picture of reality

[marigold]

Fading out in the stillness
A faint cry to the believers
Desperate and deserted
The broken-hearted achievers
Time to be set free
Turned loose on the streets
This is a dangerous game
Played out with no repeats

[marigold]

A smile, a frown, a wrinkled brow
Keep it handy to the soul
A little bit of energy
To keep the fire burning
Drink it up some more
Feed the victims of an inner war
A clock is ticking somewhere
Discouraging, dissolving
Catching up on unreported news
Patient in the knowing
A little seed keeps growing

[manillascissor]

she left on a sunday
her hands holding all her dreams
even her pockets
were jingling with promise

we never saw her again
assumed all went well
going about our daily routine
her presence gone

until one day at a pawn shop
our eyes locked on each other
and all i could do
was not breath

wondering where she had been
she’d never looked better
happy tears cried from her eyes
once more she said goodbye

and left on a sunday…

[marigold]

I step out of the alleyway
To face the world outside
Calling out to a passer-by
Please can you spare some change?

I need a brand new skin
I need to fill this empty hole
I need new shoes to walk in
I sure could use some change

Some way to get out of this rut
Stuck in a cycle of repression
Finding all the doors shut
What is it you want to change?

[marigold]

The eagle flies on its sole journey
Looking down on barren fields
Empty rivers and toxic seas
The last bird on its final flight

Finding a branch of a dying tree to perch on
He looks out over the deserted land
The bones left as reminders
Of a battle no one could fight

There was no freedom found
No abundance to share
Only emptiness in these lands
The eagle rises and soars into the night

[manillascissor]

dust settles on my eyelids
hiding in my dark closet
as trams zoom on by
i can hear the rain pounding
broken ringing tones surrender
a fruitful ending to a never beginning

[marigold]

She walks the labyrinth path
Spiralling in and out
Calling on the god of death
To assist in letting go

Meandering but determined
Weaving patterns of life
Dancing into the vortex
Returning within herself

[manillascissor]

velociraptor claws
angel feathers
heated silence
carved out patterns
knife in the back
a cheetah attack

[marigold]

Lost
Stuck on this island
Strange happenings abound
Jumping back and forth in time
A monster living underground
Try to escape the madness
Not sure who to believe
Memories from another space and time
Figuring out another way to leave

———————————————

Once again drifting alone on the sea
Following wherever the currents may go
Having no power over their flow
No way to change it, just let it be
The tide pulls me in to shore
An empty beach with dunes to cross
Finding something that was never lost
The waves yet to bring something more

[Arthur]

wow guys, is this a poetry battle?

thoughts of jaggy III (unfinished)

I embraced the sun
I captured the castle
I exploded my heart to you

[marigold]

thoughts of jaggy I

misled is the brain
that wants
me to want me
that’s
who we are

I’m wood
like fire
like glass and stone
like water
and you sail my flames
why?
I’m not the one
to tell you that I’m moving
and you’re not?

truth
is in the 7 words
that we both don’t dare to speak
so shut up and dance
dance our dance in the fading sunlight
dance my brains on the concrete
and I’ll cut your silence
in half

thoughts of jaggy II

the hunt
is on
the bass is pumping
running, evolving
running, reaching
kadeng, kadeng
the smelly fur of the jaguar

jumping, claws pointing
nails in my eyes

eat me alive, my friend
I’m ready, I’m done

thoughts of jaggy III (unfinished)

I embraced the sun
I captured the castle
I exploded my heart to you
[/quote:ehyx6kxi]

[marigold]

wow guys, is this a poetry battle? [/quote:3367496g]

A war of words
Through time and space
Break the continuum
And keep up the pace
Many battles not won
With rules to instigate
Break the monotony
And open the floodgate
Pouring out into the river
Endless rhymes and riddles
Catch up with the flow

[manillascissor]

stuck in a holding pattern
about to open my mouth
but deep inside i realize
my words are soaked in doubt

no one to hear me
no one to listen
caught up in a world of chatter
the words don’t stop spinning

you tell me your opinions
even though i never asked
you tell me i’m wrong
your knowledge never surpassed

on and on this will never stop
a crazy mocking bird sitting on a post
you are a blood sucking parasite
and i’m just a host

[manillascissor]

you asked me how i was
and i said i don’t know
you asked my favorite color
and i said i don’t follow
you asked if i cared about you
the answer is no

[manillascissor]

just gotta let go right this second
give in to my fears of the day
inhaling and exhaling tiny breaths
the anxiety never goes away

[manillascissor]

so cold and lonely
i need a friend so badly
won’t you come over
and squeeze the tar
from my heart

[marigold]

Like a fallen star
They find themselves alone
Empty, withered and betrayed
I take away the soul
And find the core
Half-eaten and rotting
Their deception lies inside
Breaking down invisible walls
Truth shared
Lies devised
Fake smiles
Weary eyes
A second glance
Reaching out to grasp
At nothing

[marigold]

Moulded from the red clay below
These people came from the earth
The life force between earth and sky
Breathed into from their birth

Forests and mountains held as sacred
They honour the land and ocean
To keep their lore alive
Stories and legends are passed down

The prow of a boat
Carved out with a face
A guide for their journey
Safe passage to a faraway place

A green and smooth stone
Chiseled and worn by the elements
Once removed and forgotten
Just one touch reconnects

The clothes and garments found
A bag to hold their wares
Wall hangings in different patterns
Carefully woven in stories to share

A whale stranded in the bay
The bones collected as tradition
Intricate designs create a treasure
An ornament or ceremonial weapon

These stories found in pieces
In wood, stone, flax and bone
Histories and memories
They rest with them alone

[manillascissor]

the bottle floats along
in a sea of drift songs
the moon as its guide
shining in endless light
to wash ashore one day
inside the message will say
release me back to the sea
where no one will ever find me

[manillascissor]

emotions changing who you are
morphing and mutating
the pain of it

here one second, gone the next
watered down opinions float on by
little bubbles, popping silently

i hate what i’ve become to you
a nothing in your eyes
a faint fading memory

i love who i once was
but i can never get back
to the way i used to be

so i can just write some words
and hope to relate
for this lonesome night
i cannot tolerate

[manillascissor]

if i was your mockingbird
i could sing to you a million songs
sitting in your little room
one repetition after the next

but the beauty undeniable
each note seamlessly flowing
even sad songs from time to time
just to help you weep

in my feathered arms
i could hold you forever
and carry you far away
across the night

to a place where we’d sing
endlessly passing the night
shiny ribbons flowing in the breeze
a soft wink to put you at ease

[manillascissor]

an angel floating on air
dropped below the evening sky
just to welcome me
and kiss thee
once and for all, goodbye

though you couldn’t be seen
your presence was all around
angel wings enveloped me
as you sang so sweetly
without ever making a sound

so up to the heavens i rode
clinging on ever so tight
through the clouds we tore
wondering if there is more
you have shown me the light

[manillascissor]

slowly moving across the ground
sidestepping trees in my path
leaving a trail of dust behind
a zigzag pattern of my grave

sticks and stones can break these bones
but your words could never hurt me
along i trudge heading somewhere sunny
your words never fall upon these ears

dancing from mushroom to mushroom
i am alone with the forest
and wet slimy slugs are keeping the beat
i’ve never felt so at home without you

[manillascissor]

suffocating daily
lumber rolling logs
down the river
ending nowhere
build a house
bulid a home
see the green
morph into blue

[marigold]

The harbour reflects the grey sky
Dark clouds are moving in closer
Trickling raindrops down the glass
A ferry leaves for the mainland

The wild forests and tranquil lakes
Land is glimpsed from across the bay
Beckoning me over the waters
Hidden coves where dolphins play

Moving through the waves
The ferry takes me there
A few miles into the heartland
Taking a dusty road from the pier

Tangled vines on the hillsides
Mist hanging over the valley
Climb up higher to see the view
Echoes of peace ring out everywhere

[marigold]

There’s a plague spilling over the land
Wilting everything in its path
Run away from the death
Shiver and scream to the edge
Leaping off into the nightmares below
No solace found in the dark chasm
Fires roar and spit out demons
Chaos ruling the world
Feeding on the fears
Naming those who disappeared
In their vain attempt to wipe out
The ones who seek control

[Arthur]

thoughts of jaggy IV

I’m a neon-emo
I wear a leather jacket
with a neon skull
neon skull?
wtf
go and don’t change
chick

can you imagine
that’s my little niece
11 years old
so cool

[Arthur]

thoughts of jaggy V

my math teacher sucked my dick
in the elevator
blackness framed by my eyebrows
we walked to the roof
and pretended to be happy
I pushed
he giggled when he went down
mountains of blood
and he never stood up

my secret is
in the sheets
I count the wrinkles
over and over
fantasy expands
our ship of slow sailing love
where I worship my godliness
in the temple of your body
where you leave bloody wrinkles
in my back

[marigold]

[manillascissor]

the iron gates squeal
as i push them aside
cobwebs destroyed
as if someone lied
enter the graveyard
as the fog lights the graves
move in closer
to see the many names
ooo i found a miller
my distant relative
says his name was harold
his name i must have missed
but behind me i hear
a twig crack in the night
i turn around to find
a scary fright
no one is there
just the trees a hummin’
let’s get the fuck outta here
before the zombies start comin’

[manillascissor]

driving down middebrook lane
top down, for once no pain
the moon as my headlights
swerving to miss the dead of night

going nowhere but getting there fast
wondering if this feeling will ever pass
smoke one last cigarette to forget the day
things always ending up the same old way

\"kill the headlights, and put it in neutral\"
coast to the edge to get a clearer picture
the stars constantly looking over me
and me staring right back, patiently

[manillascissor]

10,000 hours asleep
trying to forget
1,000 pills downed
trying to forget
1,000,000 beers swallowed
trying to forget
100 images inside this brain
that never forget

[Arthur]

😯 [/quote:g24j8ynw]
What?

[marigold]

I really wasn’t expecting the thoughts of jaggy to go that way.

[Arthur]

Yeah, well, I have that black shock-rock side too, you know… A sweet, honest guy with a little nasty edge?

But yeah, I can understand your reaction, marigold. Sometimes, I like to go beyond the

1,000 pills downed , to see what is there to explore… Makes me remember a little anecdote… In Highschool, when I wrote for the School newspaper, I wrote a shock-story for the Final Exams edition. It was a psychodelic mindtrip, in which the School Principal was ritually killed by a student. That math teacher thingy actually refers to that story a little, in a way. Anyway, during the Proms speech the School Principal couldn’t help but saying that this years’ edition of the Final Exams newspaper was the weirdest he had ever seen in his career, thanks to some stories he read in it!

It’s all mindplay only, please remember that, marigold…

[marigold]

Yeah, well, I have that black shock-rock side too, you know… A sweet, honest guy with a little nasty edge?

But yeah, I can understand your reaction, marigold. Sometimes, I like to go beyond the

1,000 pills downed , to see what is there to explore… Makes me remember a little anecdote… In Highschool, when I wrote for the School newspaper, I wrote a shock-story for the Final Exams edition. It was a psychodelic mindtrip, in which the School Principal was ritually killed by a student. That math teacher thingy actually refers to that story a little, in a way. Anyway, during the Proms speech the School Principal couldn’t help but saying that this years’ edition of the Final Exams newspaper was the weirdest he had ever seen in his career, thanks to some stories he read in it!

It’s all mindplay only, please remember that, marigold… [/quote:30mxoxe5]

okay then….. I might have a shocking poem for you too…. you mentioning the school teacher and ritual killing reminded me of something…. except it’s a true story…..

[marigold]

and here you go, not that great, but you get the picture….. and

Every day you see them
The little children learning
Supervising their playtime
Teaching them to read and write

And on the weekend
Visit the cult that brainwashed you
And sacrifice the baby
They made you do it

Only remembering when
Deep under hypnosis
The terror and desperation
If only you could have saved them

It’s too late to go back
What’s done is done
The shame of what you did
The pain of what you lost

[Arthur]

Satanist? Uncool anyway indeed…

[marigold]

yeah

— she was one of my primary school teachers, from when I was 6. She was on this documentary about these cults, they showed her under hypnosis, saying what she had been through.

[manillascissor]

inside the walls, inside this home
i feel tired and quite alone
the only sound that’s heard more
is the creaking of the floors

up and down the stairs
i walk without a care
the rooms are packed full
but it feels empty and dull

won’t you come inside
i’ve undone my latch
and take a seat next to me
we’ll pass the time by falling asleep

[manillascissor]

the pressure’s all right
the feeling is fine
on this measured night
everything is in line

the timing is near
as if by the lord
for this heart to be pierced
and die by the sword

the blood can spill
out upon the floor
and without will
it will flow some more

for this heart has died
touched by some metal
and although it tried
the rose lost its petals

but mourn me not gone
for many a heart yearn
it’s just this one pawn
that chose not to learn

swallowed up in this world
the finale is pending
the fingernails have curled
and ode to the ending

[manillascissor]

you awoke so early
i decided to make breakfast
cigarrettes and coffee
what a tasty exit

and off you went
to go about your day
and back i went
in the bed i lay

til you got home
bringing forth flowers
now side by side we lay
gazing upon our ceiling for hours

and i motion to you
to call your head in my arms
it’s all you can do
to ignore the alarms

for tomorrow will come
and leave again you will
so i’ll keep a soft spot
inside of my heart, until

[manillascissor]

all right it has come
my package of seaweed
moist and layered
it’s all i need

i’ll wrap you in it
and see you
with healthy teeth

once and for all
the seaweed

envelopes

[manillascissor]

once upon a time
there lived a young boy
blah blah blah

he grew up
and lost all his toys
blah blah blah

he thinks that he tries
but knows that he doesn’t
blah blah blah

even in his youth
he knew that he wouldn’t
blah blah blah

[marigold]

all right it has come
my package of seaweed
moist and layered
it’s all i need

i’ll wrap you in it
and see you
with healthy teeth

once and for all
the seaweed

envelopes[/quote:srwbrnju]

you making sushi?

[marigold]

Striving every day to be the best
Wishing you could just get some rest
All you can do is sit and stare
At the ones who dream and dare

They say that pride comes before a fall
I’ll be the one to make that call
Trying to make it, wish me luck
But if I fail, don’t give a fuck

[manillascissor]

tattered jeans
the same ones from yesterday
tattooed to these worn legs
the same ones from yesterday

[manillascissor]

plagued mind
broken dreams
never knowing
anything real
just swimming
as if not to die

but where
is the destination
is the dream
just to keep moving
if so
my arms are tired

[manillascissor]

waiting for a call
waiting for a suprise
waiting for relief
the day never comes

sitting on a tricycle
the day was too short
now i sit in my car
and i can’t wait

for night to fall

[manillascissor]

gross emptiness
surrounds this wounded body
a bad connection
fading left to right
the sounds never meant
to sound so distorted
brand new set of speakers
still in the box
the shiny wrapping
keeps the warranty intact
use them once
they may break
you never know
the true sound
as if by mouth

[manillascissor]

out in a graveyard
shovel in hand
the rain falling
makes the job a lil easier

c’mon hurry up
dig a little deeper
fall in
but whose is there

to heap the pile back
on top
see even in my moment
of absolute loneliness

i couldn’t be more alone

[manillascissor]

to even write these words…is more effort than i can muster. it will be half-assed, even at best. i had a love once or twice in my life. i have loved once or twice in my life. i have love for all. i see the beauty in all things. i seek the attention of the busy. i want the approval of the successful.

but she bore me and i gave her the gift of continuing life. she don’t need me no more. i married her and promised her my life. she don’t need me no more. i cut out my heart and served it on a plate for easy consumption. she don’t need me no more. i gave her kisses during the night and hugged her goodbye for the thousandth time. she don’t need me no more.

goodnight cruel world. what’s left to say. may i grace your presence once more in alternative universes. it’s easier to not try. fuck you for the immediate judgment. let it go. let it go. let it go…

[marigold]

A feeling of being in 2 places at once
Hearing the leaves rustling in the poplar trees
Seeing the harbour lights aglow
Wishing this was a moment you could freeze

In both places, out of time
Growing cold inside the mind

Distinguish between both realities
A journey north on the highway
Another dream to find
A chance of freedom someday

Smiling faces, distant lights
A million stars on crisp clear nights

Find your way out of the shadows
They reach out trying to forever cling
This time you can’t go back
To what the future may never bring

The pattern emerges, sorrow relived
Cast aside the past, you’ll find you never lived

[marigold]

Sorry for the hurt
Sorry for the pain
Sorry for what I put you through
Sorry for the blame
The words I want to hear
Never spoken
The time I want to spend
Forever broken

[Anonymous]

Standing calmly at the cliff’s edge
it seemed so far down
to go
down to beyond the sense of sight
looking upwards
seemed infinite
it was
slightly further,
still.

[marigold]

Pages of words written
Torments and tribulations
Scrawled down in rants and rambles
No one needs this information

Throw the pages on the fire
Devoured by the flames
Grey and meaningless ashes
These words should never remain

[marigold]

Puisqu’il faut choisir les mots que nous disons
Nous pourrions nous retrouver perdus et de morts sur la route
Je défie chance dans ce monde qui n’a ni queue ni tête
Les raisons non-dits de gauche à disparaître

………………………………………………………..

Since we must choose the words we say
We may find ourselves lost and dead along the way
I defy chance in this world that has neither head nor tail
The reasons unspoken left to fade away

[manillascissor]

sailing along a pelican’s back
enjoying the breeze
he dips down to catch a fish
underwater we both go

riding on top of a puma
dodging the trees
he springs out to catch a rabbit
crashing to the dirt we both go

hanging onto a dolphin fin
razors cutting through the water
he blazes out of the water
to the sun we both go

holding hands with a girl
getting caught up in the brush
let go for one brief moment
to the neverafter we both go

[Anonymous]

gone
training for life
a trip to nowhere?
thoughts and promises
never to be
never to come
never to see
the pattern repeats
same old story
same old week
just another day
of the same
and it continues on
and we continue on
and you continue on
same old story
same old week
the pattern repeats
never to be
never to come
never to see
a trip to nowhere
you can’t see

[marigold]

that sounds familiar……..

……………………………………

Finding the time to get things done
Put it off til tomorrow
When the sun may come out
Or just drift into a daydream
Let the sorrows go
They soon will pass
Into the great abyss of time
Swallowing the moments up
Disappearing into the belly
Memories tied to the present
They’ll stay wrapped in ribbons
Not forgotten but kept to one side
To open up and take a peek
Going back to relive the memory
In painful repeat performance
Just to find some peace and comfort
In knowing that things will change

[manillascissor]

looking down with a smile
my shoes are shiny once again
taking one step at a time
careful, no smudges
i wanna see my smile
staring back at me

[manillascissor]

i think i just might be happy today
did i talk to the right people?
did i even talk to people?
ha ha ha who cares?

i think i just might be happy today
can i make it til tomorrow?
can i make it til tonight?
ha ha ha who cares?

i think i just might be happy today
the world is still spinning?
our stars are colliding?
ha ha ha who cares?

[Arthur]

sailing along a pelican’s back
enjoying the breeze
he dips down to catch a fish
underwater we both go

riding on top of a puma
dodging the trees
he springs out to catch a rabbit
crashing to the dirt we both go

hanging onto a dolphin fin
razors cutting through the water
he blazes out of the water
to the sun we both go

holding hands with a girl
getting caught up in the brush
let go for one brief moment
to the neverafter we both go[/quote:3sb2v3rz]
Cute!

[marigold]

DEL

[marigold]

A little spark that grows
Slowly getting brighter
A gentle warmth
Inside, feeling lighter

Soon awareness shows
Glowing against the night
The rays spreading out
Everything feels alright

Senses heightened to realize
This has always been there
Hiding behind the darkness
Just waiting to appear

[marigold]

Just a glimmer of hope
To save a little bird
A last ditch effort made
And the call was heard

Everyone pitched in
They had time to spend
To give a helping hand
And save it in the end

Now the numbers grow
Saved from extinction
Protected from the outside
The black robin sings on

[Anonymous]

What a waste
always being used
What’s next? Abuse?
A magnet of chaos
self destruction
never to see
never to feel
happiness
doesn’t exist
for me
worthless dreams
thoughts meaning nothing
broken inside
never to be fixed
never should have been
the egg fertilized
should have been released
into the sewer

[marigold]

Freedom sought near the border
Escaping reality
Into another dimension
Breaking free from normality

Wishes stolen from the heart
Secrets kept alive
Tokens of a life unknown
At the exit we arrive

Fallen pillars around the gate
Destroyed hopes and dreams
What happens if you venture on
Following the ideas upstream

A quest beyond the stone walls
To find destiny in this place
Make a choice go left or right
What other demons to face

Bring out the weapons of truth
The goblins will try to steal
Protect the fire burning inside
It forges what makes you real

[manillascissor]

buzzing through the air
i think i’ll land over there
i’ll rub my evil hands
and give you quite a scare

you’ll shoo me away
just like you always do
until i land on your face
now what the fuck you gonna do?

[marigold]

If the wind could tell a story
It would tell you all these secrets
Written down in a heart-shaped book
And kept hidden inside
The words they have no meaning
To anyone else but us
The secrets kept behind closed doors
Will all be revealed in time
Don’t listen to the ones who deceive
Just to get what they want
Their hearts are cold and empty
Their minds set on just one goal
Find the keys to unlock
The right questions bring out the truth
And the book it will be opened
When the wind blows straight through

[Anonymous]

unbalanced cement
tripped
on the crack
upon a sidewalk
looking up
the eyes connect
to see you there
laughing at my trip
bringing a smile
to my face
a memory
to always find
concealed in the mind
shining on the outside
forever embedded

[manillascissor]

Walking through the orchard
I gently befriended an apple blossom
She smelled so wonderful
I couldn’t help but smile
Walking down the brick road
Just me and her
Staring at the clouds
Counting the images as the floated by
Then a lonely man sitting on a bench
Looked up at me with forlorn eyes
I looked at my flower
And bid her goodbye
He said thanks and smiled
As he held her close to his heart
Sitting underneath the orchard canopy
All alone once again
The other blossoms just weren’t the same
Playing with dirt in my hands
But time passed and I needed to go home
Walking passed the bench again
I see my apple blossom left alone
Under a brewing storm
Quickly I picked her up
And the petals slowly opened up
As if to smile and say thank you
I smiled back as if to say
Never again will we be apart

[marigold]

Carefully distilling and blending
Words mixed and measured
A fusion of thoughts
Combining in harmony

Giving away the secret
Of the alchemical potion
There lies a waiting promise
Within the perfect union

Reflected in the outcome
Keep guessing on the answer
All will be revealed in time
Waiting patiently to transcend

[marigold]

The cool breeze blows through
A candle flickers and dies
Create the sacred space
Rhythmic breathing rise

Focus on the one goal
Eyes blinking open wide
Clarity of the moment
Magic lingers inside

Soaring with a fleeting glance
Cascading crystal light shines
Reaching far above the heavens
Harmonized within the mind

[marigold]

Adrift
Down by the river
As the night sets in
The wind blows softly
Firelight gently dancing

A boat drifts off slowly
Away from its mooring
No one notices
As it floats out to sea

On its own mission
Guided by the waves
Lit by a full moon
Purpose found in a starlit sky

Lost
Gotta go somewhere else
Driving without headlights
Following the road down
In the blackened night

No sign or signal
No pointers to lead the way
Just ghosts that haunt the woods
Their whispers leading you astray

[manillascissor]

all through the night
i want you to be my baby
just me, holding you tight
i want you to be my baby

the stars fall on us
as we gaze away
they look so peaceful
yet so far away

all through the night
i want you to be my baby
just me, holding you tight
i want you to be my baby

once upon a time
we decided to let go
and ever since that night
it’s never been so slow

and in the distance
we can see each other
through the dust clouds
we will be together

all through the night
i want you to be my baby
just me, holding you tight
i want you to be my baby

[marigold]

Stand up for what you believe
Protect the truth in your soul
There are ones who only deceive
Their twisted lies wrap around your mind
They cannot destroy you
If you have your soul strength
You can learn to let go
Move on with your own truth
Find what’s important to you

[marigold]

Going, going, gone
For us it took too long
The price was too high
The risk too great
Better off to remain this way
Never to see the light of day
Cast aside amongst other trinkets
To fade and lose sparkle
Time will take its toll
Remember that the soul
Can never be tarnished
Glowing on into the night

[Anonymous]

approaching sleep
of one
sweet dream
about you
smiling inside
for you
walking the path
alongside you
in love
with you
a kiss
from you
passion
inside you
you are
within me

[manillascissor]

never again
never forever
this time it takes
up too much space

this time
i refuse to let you in
the door is heated
hot to the touch

go away and never come back
i don’t like your kind
never again
never forever

[manillascissor]

wake up to the morning dew
wake up to find me standing next to you
can you never pack your bags
and let me alone

always in my life
imposing your will
even though we cut the chord
you’re there, still

and yeah i still care about you
but today wasn’t about you
you took a picture of me
and framed yourself

hang that shit on the wall
til the day it falls
crashing to the ground
glass breaking all around

once a crisp picture of me
no more to see
eat the ashes and swallow the guilt
all the tears you never spilt

please please please
let me be

[marigold]

These secrets you hold inside
Don’t be afraid of what they may bring
A truth to hold onto forever
And keep you safe from your fears
The darkest side that shades
Shelter me there
Hold this truth between us
It opens up the darkness
To envelope around us
Warm to the touch
It keeps us from ourselves
Into the night we go
Following
Leading
Allowing
Feeling
Waking from a slumber
Where have we been all this time?
Standing at the edge
You’re way up there
Seeing
Believing
Searching
Finding
I’ll be there
To catch you when you fall

[manillascissor]

oh if only i were free
up above the clouds i would be
looking down amongst the trees
singing to the world about you and me

but a different path i’ve chosen
sometimes icy and a little frozen
this little web i’ve woven
where nothing gets exposed then

a life full of mystery days
hiding beneath darkened stairways
it comes across bizarre this way
in this role i think i’ll stay

and you don’t have to get me
and you don’t have to save me
and you don’t have to love me
and you don’t have to know me

but around and around i’ll always be
solving crimes and mysteries
for people done wrong on unjust seas
up and down we go, you’ll never see me

[last_rose_of_summer]

Walking through the orchard
I gently befriended an apple blossom
She smelled so wonderful
I couldn’t help but smile
Walking down the brick road
Just me and her
Staring at the clouds
Counting the images as the floated by
Then a lonely man sitting on a bench
Looked up at me with forlorn eyes
I looked at my flower
And bid her goodbye
He said thanks and smiled
As he held her close to his heart
Sitting underneath the orchard canopy
All alone once again
The other blossoms just weren’t the same
Playing with dirt in my hands
But time passed and I needed to go home
Walking passed the bench again
I see my apple blossom left alone
Under a brewing storm
Quickly I picked her up
And the petals slowly opened up
As if to smile and say thank you
I smiled back as if to say
Never again will we be apart[/quote:2t0tfjr2]

I love this one

[manillascissor]

Thanks Karen.

[Anonymous]

he seems to have a knack for writing good poems…
we want more

[manillascissor]

looking at the iceberg
poking it’s tip at the top
revealing only a shadow of existence
a cheeky smile for the masses

but dive into the cold water
and you will find
a deeper meaning to it all
a support that balances

but don’t get too close
to touch the icy cold surface
less you are plunged
down beneath inside the loneliness

of the floating eraser

[marigold]

Living in a city of fear
People rushing everywhere
What are they afraid of?
What is their goal?
Short-lived material satisfaction
Once over
Throw it out
Buy another one
Bigger and better
Always improving
The stakes get higher
As the problems grow
Where do we begin?
Go back to the cradle
Nuture a new design
Raise a new awareness
Break the mould
Shatter the expectations
Shed new light
It’s all different now
Don’t follow the crowd
And be a clone
Eat what they eat
Buy what they buy
Break away from the flock
Find freedom in your own choices

[manillascissor]

running down the empty pathway
into the vacuum of nothingness
as if being pulled toward something

never is too far away
here is always a bit too close
run run run run run run run

[marigold]

The desert seems lonely
Silence rules the land
Over the dunes, an oasis
Drink up and fill your senses
Immersed in the experience
See a vision of reality
There, amongst the din
A clear bell ringing out
Listen to its message
A warning to the wayward
To help them on their journey

[manillascissor]

nebula floating
rolling back and forth
all is out of focus
diving right in
splitting atoms
shitting molecules
pulsing to and fro

it’s all right here
moving so fast
can you catch it?

[manillascissor]

is it back to square one
after all we’ve been through?
i thought you decided
after i told you iloveyou

but what do i know
you carry so much pain
it’s time to let go
let me back in again

to see you sleeping
breaks my heart in two
maybe never again
do i mutter iloveyou

[Anonymous]

moon glowing orange
sunrise at 28,000 feet
flying high
to see you again
a still photo
an image in my mind
empty inside
without your touch
I need you again
to feel you again
you did say it again
too little time
I want more
until next time…
I love you more

[marigold]

Opening up the box to find
Such a beautiful thing inside
But it wasn’t the right gift
Could have easily been broken

Send it back to where it came from
To be replaced by something else
This one now is more enduring
Nothing can break it this time

[marigold]

Starting, stopping, moving in time
Everything going in sequence
Patterns inside the momentum
Directions given to the outcome

Where did you want to go?
Put in your selection
Enjoy the scenery along the way
Share the sights and sounds

The journey is never over
The scenery may change
Special moments to hold on to
A scene that won’t fade away

Learning, evolving, growing in time
Everything following consequence
Patterns of cause and effect
Directions given to a new future

[manillascissor]

the ice frozen over
the tiny little pond
no more green clover
hugs the water edge

the air is freezing
everything is cold to the touch
everyone was leaving
afraid of the ledge

but with nine lives
things become more simple
chances taken one hundred times
give way to faults and victories

placing the paw upon the ice
with three legs upon the shore
frozen feet it feels so nice
let me walk out with thee

[Anonymous]

Sunday leaving
hugs and kisses
came and passed
we said hello
we said goodbye
On to a new week
keeping you in my heart
to stay
within me
you’re mine
forever
forever mine
until we meet again
the pendulum on the door
ticks and tocks
opening the door
for you
make your way inside my life
a new beginning
you are forever mine
always…

let’s go
fucking fuck
for the sake of being
some wished
but you and I
we live it
we continue on
the miles between
won’t stop us
a new level
you and me
we know
my baby
my baby
never to let go
let’s go
fucking fuck
it’s you I want
it’s you I need
just you

[manillascissor]

Alt. Version –

Squatting upon this window of ice
Steam rises from the below
This time I will let it sit
To be coprolitic
But with only 3 legs
How do I bury this fucker?
Slip sliding what a fantastic
Exercise in futility

[marigold]

How does the angel fly
When he takes a message to the gods?
Dodging asteroids and lightning strikes
On his way to the heavens

Where does the angel rest
To take a breather from his journey?
On silver-lined clouds or raindrop towers
On his way to meet with the gods

What message does the angel bring?
So important that it must be sent
One full of hope and faith
This time they cannot ignore it

What will the gods do now?
They decipher the message sent
Send the angel back with the reply
Change will come, be patient

[manillascissor]

i used to have an idea
some theme to wrap these words in
but this brain is so occupied
i cannot even begin to let them out

like a lion tamer
chair and whip in hand
inside the cage
fearing and respecting

trying to control the wild
make them do tricks
the crowd goes crazy
inside, another part just died

[manillascissor]

constantly dying
taking our last breath
what is there to live for
if not death

[Anonymous]

peering inside
particle swirling
tilting to pour
beginning to float
the piece is near
grab a spoon
you can not reach
it floats away
back to the bottom
repeat
repeat
repeat
more of the same
aww fuck it
dump it out and get some more

[marigold]

Make a cut
In the fabric of time
A tear that opens up the future
And brings to light
The shadows of the past
A wound that bleeds into forever
A gaping hole that tells you
Never

[marigold]

London 7/7/05

Winding round the narrow streets
Rushing through the darkened tunnels
Metal carriages and double-deckers
The drivers on their daily mission

Unaware of the four plotting passengers
Who traveled far for their deadly deed
A silent killer sits on the top deck
Thinking of the task at hand

Believing this is the only way
His mind warped and twisted
Thoughts and scheming done
With no warning, he detonates

Shattered glass and metal shards
The dead and wounded everywhere
An innocent bystander gone in a second
Could have easily been me right there

The other killers have done their part
Panic spreading in the underground
Smoke and splintered steel
As many rush to the rescue

Climbing over the burnt bodies
Amongst the screaming chaos
A reason can be heard
No one wants to know

Through the confusion they realise
An attempt to create fear
Instead it brought the people together
United in the face of terror

They will never win

[manillascissor]

stolen glances from the side
beating against solid drums
piercing into my soul
stabbing straight into the heart
don’t forgive me this time
i make no apologies
not this time not in this life
when does it all fall apart
when do we let go to fall
down to the shores beneath
to swim far away into the sea
sink to the bottom or
float up to the heavens
the choice is not yours
so go with the flow of now
savor the taste of sweet salt

[manillascissor]

black xylem
dark purple bark
dripping dried sap
refusing the sun
exhaling smoke
branches breaking
ants crawling over
dead bodies
can you hear
the leaves crush

[manillascissor]

exhausted by you
never telling who
you gave up on you
before you ever met me

so lay back and stare at the clouds
put your sword back in its shroud
i hope i’m not saying this too loud
don’t wanna be too scary

you did this before when you were here
and you’ll do it again
yes you’ll do it again
over and over
it’s never about you
always someone else’s faults

brings forth the tears
years after years
what sound do you hear
when the door slams shut

[Arthur]

exhausted by you
never telling who
you gave up on you
before you ever met me

so lay back and stare at the clouds
put your sword back in its shroud
i hope i’m not saying this too loud
don’t wanna be too scary

you did this before when you were here
and you’ll do it again
yes you’ll do it again
over and over
it’s never about you
always someone else’s faults

brings forth the tears
years after years
what sound do you hear
when the door slams shut[/quote:2824n6s5]
This one’s very good.

[Arthur]

what is there to live for
if not death[/quote:21rs3uq1]
Extremely good.

[Arthur]

London 7/7/05[/quote:eozbxvld]
Yeah.

[Rocket Baby Dolls]

I saw her there on the train
oh boy, she had it coming
i reached down and pinched her bum
she kicked me in the plumbing

[marigold]

oh boy, hello there Ash

London 7/7/05[/quote:3f6ycb3l]
Yeah.[/quote:3f6ycb3l]

Yeah

[Rocket Baby Dolls]

PVC clad
a leather crusader
an s&m king
just like Lord Vader

Gotta love improv

[marigold]

What do you call this? Progress?
We go backwards every day
Another step closer to collapse
Stealing our future away

The air is getting thicker
Rivers of ice getting thin
Gone beyond our limits
Where do we begin?

We need air to breathe in this silence
The fields are barren, given over to chance
Trees whisper their worries
The rocks hold quiet parlance

We’re swimming against the tide
To escape an empty tomorrow
Capacity is full in a broken machine
Less greed, less apathy, less sorrow

A relentless urge to make change
By those few that see the whole view
Change only happens from within
Know that there is something you can do

[manillascissor]

if you walk on down
that darkened hallway
you cast your shadow aside

he is there to follow you
wherever you may roam
but he can never be inside

if you run on down
into the darkness
his likeness disappears

no more fun
for you and i
as darkness consumes the years

see, he can be no more
now that you’ve entered completely
just one thing to worry about

if you stay in the dark
and feel the walls
you will always find your way out

but step in the sun
where leaves are dried
and you can be sure he’ll reappear

standing beside you
a constant reminder
over your shoulder, there remains the fear

[Anonymous]

that one is pretty epic!!!

[Anonymous]

grab your ticket
walk to the dock
hop on the river boat
of livin’
muddy waters
currents flowin’ fast
an endless journey
to no where
headed to the beginning
down stream
the river opens
to the bay
lost
another boat
there you are
appearing out of nowhere
let’s jump off
swim to the middle
unless you are content
on your own boat
too far to know
too far to see
too far to hear a hello
upon the waves of the sea

[manillascissor]

oh yeah?
fuck you
G5 playa
hobo’s dick cheese
flaming dragon?
fuck face
now shut the fuck up
and let me do my job

[marigold]

^^ that’s a bit different to your one at the top of the page.

not sure what style this poem is, its not a haiku, that has 5 syllables, then 7, then 5.

Soft
But strong
Over time
The threads wear thin
Tapestry
Of love
Fades

[Anonymous]

not too secret
about what is said
I’m always aware
just give it up

little do you know
little do we care
little do you matter

somewhat spoken words
don’t mean shit
useless
time wasted

little do you know
little do we care
little do you matter

buy a vowel
insecure now
whine and complain
no one gives a shit

little do you know
little do we care
little do you matter

it comes down to this
you simply do not matter
more laughs for us
if you only knew

and again and again

little do you matter
little do you know
little do we care

FUCK YOU

[Rocket Baby Dolls]

A requested theme and a suggested title:

Poop & Circumstance

A heavy load upon my heart
An urgent need to bescumber
I drop my trousers to the floor
To fertilise the cucumber

[Anonymous]

this and that
never ending
unrealistic thoughts
in the physical
for you
a game…
for me
life
impacting decisions
moving forward
breathing a new start
but I ask
when does the nonsense end?

[manillascissor]

the praying mantis
holds forever still
light brown and silent
beauty on its own

[manillascissor]

a dusty moth
flies into your room
seeking the light
you chase it with a broom

the water in the glass
is perfect and clear
into it he flies
the ending is near

twitching and shaking
is all he can do
while staining the surface
with his insect residue

after some minutes
the time has come
to dispose of a corpse
just what have you become

[Anonymous]

what did you do last night?

[Anonymous]

To dream
of what could be
never was
always is
likes and dislikes
somethings to be forgotten
easily
lucid moments
come to pass
What do they mean?
Something or nothing?
the emptiness dwells inside
life always incomplete
much time to spare
the next phase
closed eyes
to nowhere
again
same shit
new days
cycles repeat
different times
circumstances changed
lesson to be taught
been there
do not want
again
to enter
the backwards peddling
of forward progress
to what is
from what was
a cycle being repeated
For better?
for less?
For nothing but a laugh?
At what cost?
My life,
Is not a toy
in a dream

[marigold]

Some acrostic stuff.

Where has the time gone
A long stand out in the rain
In melted moments
The impatience grows
Inside a worn out memory
Never to be forgotten
Gaining hour by hour

Eyeless tears fall
Making droplets over
Ornate paper shapes
Torn up into shreds
Inside folded hearts
Origami of sorts
Never opened again

Where the demons lie
Awaiting grave consequence
Sneaky skeleton grins
Taking its toll
Eliminate the evidence
Don’t go back for more

Great explosion bursts
All of a sudden
Little bits of confetti
Layer over the floor
Eager to poke the balloon
Reverse motion replay
Yet, the balloon doesn’t burst

(last one inspired by this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dRM_mFrubA )

[manillascissor]

Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday you old fuck
Happy Birthday to me

[manillascissor]

slowly and surely
moving through time
the sea can be rough
but for now
the sun sets
on a calm bay
reflections shimmering
in the dusk
peacefulness
has arrived
let us take a swim
and i can hold your hand
and tread water
staring into your eyes
your slickened back hair
is beautifully simple
the stars are beginning to shine
down upon us
one day
we shall touch each one

[Anonymous]

[Tion]

always a pleasure to read all your great poems, freaks

[manillascissor]

jumping up into the air
to take his last flight
swooping down from here to there
somehow the crow flies

the moon radiates down
gently warming the night
and soon he will remove his crown
for now the crow cries

the empty nest with silver twine
is the only thing in sight
he says, you were once mine
sounding off as the crow dies

[manillascissor]

after some debate
ceases my arguing
rafters full of birds
outside in the barn
senseless rambles
timeless pieces
in a word
crazy

[marigold]

lying in the stillness
the icy air creeps in
chilling you to the bone
feeling of frozen skin

a window left ajar
lets in the winter air
and with it broken memories
times of trouble and fear

a blanket wraps around
and the warmth slowly grows
comforting in the presence
of the past’s dark shadows

knowing things will change
better times to be seen
the first steps to be taken
to go where you have never been

[marigold]

Well I’m sitting here
Wondering to myself
If the dream can find you
I don’t need to remind you

Well I’m thinking here
Musing to myself
How the ghosts can haunt you
Just let the night guide you

Well I’m writing here
Keeping it to myself
I’ll get the answers to help you
Ask the stars to invite you

Well I’m choosing here
Decisions for myself
And the change will allow you
Just wrap the ocean around you

[marigold]

Ancient symbolism
Awaking the mind
Open your eyes and see
You’ll be surprised at what you find

Glaringly obvious
But what do they mean?
What’s the message behind them?
Is it some kind of scheme?

Innocently brainwashed
They don’t have a clue
Every one of them blind
Those who understand are few

Carefully designed
The artists do their best
A wink at those who know
A waiting game for the rest

Mysteries to be revealed
What secrets do they hold?
Apocalyptic prophecies?
Or truth and wisdom to unfold…

[marigold]

A journey takes you back
To the beginning of self
The original plans and possibilities
Saying farewell to a tired lie

A lie you tell yourself

Searching for the elusive answer
Keys to the depth of mind
Drive to the end to find
A reason to go on

How the desolate waste beckons

All is dead beyond thought of life
Weary eyes look at the pitiless sun
A fearsome silence reigns
The quiet storm brewing underneath

Keep on treading the tiresome path

Leave the transient world behind
Tempted by false hopes
Illusions and imperfections brought with
As baggage to weigh you down

The constant journey of change goes on

[marigold]

A rough stone
Polished smooth over time
By tidal waves
All alone it sits
Shining in the sun
At the edge of the sand
Waves take it away
It belongs to the sea

[marigold]

Suspended in time
Motionless in space
Caught in between here and now
A web of tangled moments
Something crawls down
To eat the remains
Bad memories from the past
And the spider lets you move on

[manillascissor]

gimme me what you want
and take what you need
i’m down in the mud

take me out to dinner
one last meal to eat
be my final temporary bud

nevermind the shelter
you cannot weather the storm
here comes the flood

my soul has left my body
there is nothing left
i’m selling my blood

[Anonymous]

Always the Same

Ever changing
like the seasons
life and death
year after year
flowers blossom
leaves fall
the cycle remains the same
throughout time
predictable
Nature is life
Life is nature
renewal
birth
deceased
lifeless
A snail’s pace
to the end
of our demise
One last breath
tainted oxygen
to breath in
another life gone
the sadness seeps in

[marigold]

^^ that’s a good one.

[Anonymous]

thx

now if I can free my mind up some to write one today

[manillascissor]

off centered
etching into a stone
this is forever
do not move me if you are prone

never forever
the call that comes to late
listen for the belltone
on ice you can skate

to once two twice
one to the four
let’s count it out
get on the dancefloor

speed trials in misery
never let go of the past
bring it to the now and present
make every moment last

i don’t know what this is about
contractions contradicting
if your analyzing
it’s the point you’re missing

[manillascissor]

square dancing with werewolves
up on top of each mountain peak
this is the place we shall seek

listening to countless turtledoves
as they scream and shout
this is the place they’ve been talking about

good versus evil does not exist
only the passage of quiet time
this is the place that’s truly sublime

a river flowing so gently and crisp
moving into the waterfall from above
this is the place that’s full of love

[marigold]

Here to stay
There’s no way out
Stuck in a moment
That never ends
Exploring ideas
To reach the mind
Stretching out
Limited only by time
Hands go round
Pointing out numbers
It goes on and on
Where is the change
There’s never enough
To go around

[marigold]

Sunlight glimmers
Through dusty grey clouds
Rays attempt to penetrate
The leafy canopy
Shades of green
With parasitic plants
Vines choke the trees
Creatures survive
Under each layer
Diversity thrives

[manillascissor]

sleeping through the day
is such a strange way
to spend your time far away
in my head i think i’ll play

[marigold]

Black and sleek, a swift escape
Before anyone catches on
A glimpse by a lone sailor
His eyes widened in disbelief

Wings unfolded, dark angels soar
With the winds of timely guesses
What answers were you seeking?
Surely they’ll be back for more

Hidden from most as they visit
Taking a part of your soul
Every day they return
Trying to steal it away

So sail on the open seas
Take no notice of the edge
One day you’ll fall off
With no soul to save the day

[marigold]

Drop by drop the knowledge grows
Drink up the wisdom
Until it overflows
Spilling nonsense everywhere

[marigold]

Here lies a blank page
Like the waiting earth
Early in the spring
Where words as seeds sown
Grow to form an idea
Inspired meaning
A shared emotion
What you could call
Landscaped poetry
To bring forth
A harvest of thoughts
Food for mind and soul
When all is said and done
Leftover words
Forgotten over time
Devoid of meaning
Slowly decomposing
To nourish beneath
The plowed earth
Waiting once again

[manillascissor]

take it to the edge
push it farther
your own absence bringing you closer
to the truth
the absolute

solitude can force
a relationship
with yourself
one you did not know
existed

artfully done
in a way
you understand
or misunderstand
who gives a shit

[manillascissor]

swimming with you
we left the shore
out to deep
wanting more

the clouds grew strong
as we held each other tight
your skin against mine
protecting with all our might

but the waves crashed
as the night grew long
and the moonlight
faded like a song

underneath i went
to find a way out
to the side i swam
dried eyes and salt

when i reached the shore
the night was still there
i looked under the trees
but no one one was there

i built myself a hut
and saw the sunrise
somehow knowing
that you were all right

but i’ll never forget
the night before the storm
dancing underwater
with the love i adore

and to this day
i hear songbirds sing
they bring her voice
back into memory

despite losing touch
our hands slipping apart
the memory remains
stinging a silent heart

[marigold]

this was written for a friend, who I don’t think reads this forum, oh well:

some sort of threat
an insecure cry out
venting your frustrations
that’s just your way

a call for help
a plea for attention
making clear your intentions
one day you’ll be okay

you’ll see its no good
it’s not what you need
not the right course of action
so seek another way

learn to trust yourself
be wise in what you do
clearer in your decisions
be stronger every day

[manillascissor]

when being alone is all you know
a comfort therein resides
and even though it seems for show
no one ever hears you cry

[marigold]

find the spark of spontaneous creativity
the stream of consciousness flows in continuity
into the vapours of electric intensity
where everything is lit up in bright sincerity
it will divide your mind into wired obscurity

[marigold]

Not so far away
But you may as well be
In the shadow of the moon
Synced up with shooting stars
Constantly searching
But where do you look
For the alternatives
In these changing times?
Given one chance
You will find it
All that hard work
Will be worth it
Its written down
In a book that no one reads
Only some can sense
Whatever that means

[marigold]

A riddle to solve
To decode the truth
Which one is right
Which door to choose
Step right through
To fall into the chasm
Hands reaching out
Breaking the fall
Asking what is your wish
To return to nothing
Or to risk everything
Waiting in the darkness below

[Arthur]

find the spark of spontaneous creativity
the stream of consciousness flows in continuity
into the vapours of electric intensity
where everything is lit up in bright sincerity
it will divide your mind into wired obscurity[/quote:28bd2zn5]
Me likes. It poetically flows.

[manillascissor]

floating
in an induced trance
yes this was preordained
a choice

to leave
convert reality to realism
something beautiful
this way comes

something evil
this way beckons
come over here
let me drink your blood

plus and minus
walking through it all
like a raincoat
covered in mold

[manillascissor]

nevermind this
i am just a wooden doll
someone pulling the strings

nevermind him
who is he anyway
define the presence

nevermind her
she never gave a thought
away for consumption

nevermind you
i will not do as you say
listen closely, my dear

[manillascissor]

if i sit it comes out
so i will stand for now

if i run it will spill
so a wall i become

if i smoke it will hurt
so no nicotine for now

if i fart it will break loose
so give me a fucking toilet

[marigold]

childhood memories lost in time
alarm rings and its time to go
a small ray of light from inside
gives enough energy to leave

riding through the streets
stare at the grey towers above
a small part of the system
working for what happiness?

emptiness dwelling inside
dig within for a ray of hope
bring it out and create something new
for people to share

emptiness fills with bliss
escaping into a false reality
a magical blend of colours and shades
accolades from the addiction

but what does it achieve?
the grey towers are still there
but far in the distance
the childrens’ laughter rings out.

http://vimeo.com/988244

[marigold]

if i sit it comes out
so i will stand for now

if i run it will spill
so a wall i become

if i smoke it will hurt
so no nicotine for now

if i fart it will break loose
so give me a fucking toilet[/quote:2plqywtz]

you need to sort out your shit

[manillascissor]

i hear you
when you think you are by yourself
it’s comforting to know
you are alone as well

[marigold]

Where are the lonely souls?
– gathering sea shells in the mud
picking up broken pieces
unsure of their goals
Where is that magic spell?
– it’s written in cryptic code
used to heal and make whole
an empty and broken shell
And when the piece is mended
the patterns will make sense
colours blending together
when the lonely search has ended

[marigold]

Tired eyes, weary heart
No sleep to dream
Of what may come
Not knowing where to start

With the warnings to heed
Around the circles inside
You can’t escape it
Any more than you need

It’s evident in your surrounds
The shame of your change
Lost in the path of the ghosts
Their weakened trails now found

The path is clear enough to find
And the only thing to do
Is to keep a safe distance
When time keeps leaving you behind

[manillascissor]

hickory dickory dock
the mouse ran up my cock
the clock struck one
now i’m all done
shame glaze inside my sock

[marigold]

[Arthur]

dreamless sleep

my pillow . . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. . . my pillow!

[Arthur]

my pretty girl
what’s left of the oath
what’s right to the owners
memories…
your tongue in my nose
on the trainstation
platform 8
your 1 week of being doubtful
that alienated feeling
cloud nine, ground zero
my spaceship in search of a Neo

bloody hell, it was quiet
when we silently sucked the air and breathed… love!
breathed… love!
breathed… love!

have mercy on us
we could have survived
the tears of pain on
the electric chair, the pills for
the cat that died in vain with Xmas

but it wasn’t meant to be
perfect sex is just a temporary glue
and 5 years is no lifetime, my pretty girl
you’re probably lost
riding on an incomplete horse
that is not allowing you to be you
a morbid dreamhorse, sufficiently flying
in the dark corners
of your brain, a farm of flames
a kingdom of queens

I couldn’t kill the horse
I was no safe haven
I was 1 of the demons in the bloody story’s end
and you stayed, but left the book
and I left, but stayed in chapter 3
I humbly bowed my head to the powers

and instead, I’ll have another dragon tattoo
a forever sign of my quest
to become a better me
a better me
a better me

I’m so sorry…
god speed, lost love of my life

[marigold]

we’re so insignificant
just a part of random chaos
we can be amazed
at the complexity
or marvel in simplicity

was it chance or purpose
how we came to be
a result of balanced turbulence
or organised miracles
of radical creativity

[manillascissor]

laughter eluded me today
jokes sliding beside my ear
hitting the walls beside me
tears never felt so near

what a pity these days
but in the sincerest of ironies
true to form
my life is now a laughing stock

so go ahead please
make me feel better
take one look at this shell
and laugh

one of us has to

[manillascissor]

describe nothing
where is the feeling
where is the emotion
where did the smiles go

it was all here just yesterday
right in the palm of my hands
and i flushed it away
to start anew

always anew
mentally stagnant
physically aging
socially absent

i simply am not there

[Anonymous]

The time spent with you
means more to me than you will ever know.
I wish you could feel how I feel inside.
Forever in my heart you will always be
My friend, my love, my sweet one, my nilla cookie

Where did the time go?
Being with you the days flew by ever so quickly.
Already knowing how much I will miss your laughs, your hugs, your kisses,
even the ones on the forehead.
Always so gentle
Never will I endure someone as great as you have been to me.

Parting ways to become closer
I don’t ever want to lose you
I can’t cry…I only have the smiles you painted on my face from you being you
Please don’t disappear into the daily routines
I still want to hear about you
I want to hear all
Continue to share with me as I will to you

You are my best friend
forever and always…
You were there for my darkened days
Bringing me smiles with your charm and care.
No matter what
No one can ever replace you in my heart
You are that special and unique to me
To love you always <3

[marigold]

An echo fading away
Day after day
Pining for his heart
Seen in the reflection
He’s losing connection
To all but his image
Refusing her advances
She calls to him
But all that’s left of her
Is just an echo

http://thanasis.com/echo.htm

[manillascissor]

you won’t this time
this time you won’t
i don’t know how else to tell you
i don’t know how i’m supposed to feel

follow your heart
but mine has a leash
as i tug and pull
it keeps marching forward

shitting on the curbside
and i pick it up with a trash bag
inside out
as to not dirty these fingers

and it keeps walking
in search of new prey
are they to be devoured
or pushed away?

[marigold]

Don’t want to go back
To those feelings
The change was wrong
All that was there
Was an empty space
A hollow place
Filled up with darkness
The clouds cover the reality
Wake up and see
What is growth
How do we shine
If held back
What is right
How do we smile
If dragged down
We’ll find the hope one day
Somewhere under the clouds
And move on to another dream
Tomorrow brings the smiles
To push the darkness away

[manillascissor]

we set sail to find a new life
leaving loved ones behind
touching the sea for years
the blind leading the blind

the sails tattered and worn
bleached by the relentless sun
yet, still pushing ahead
no captain we are not done

crashing into small islands
the natives under the trees
grabbing what we can
with bent and pained knees

we shall see the sun set
and ride in the dark
on our chariot of the water
on our noahs ark

this journey just beginning
though everyday feels like the end
toughing out the waves and water
something is there, beyond the bend

and though we cannot see it
the future seems bright
it seems that is the way things are
if you follow your inner light

mountains up ahead
this could be it
eyelids are quivering
but we never quit

[marigold]

and though we cannot see it
the future seems bright
it seems that is the way things are
if you follow your inner light
[/quote:906po6r0]

I really like this bit.
Find a publisher, dammit.

I’m keeping some poems aside for a book, that "may" be published in 2012, in collaboration with someone from the oboard.
Also working on a story for an art project with a couple of other SP fans.

[marigold]

Treading on the light waves
Turning into particles
Floating out in space
Gravity not holding back
The demons don’t possess
And the night unfolds
into dreams that are endless

Waking up to see the dawn
This sight at the edge
We never tire of this
A quantum adventure
Into the future as shown
Bending the rules of time
as we chase the unknown

[last_rose_of_summer]

Good poems guys!

My poetry bug seems to have died. Maybe it will come back to life someday.

[marigold]

Good poems guys!

My poetry bug seems to have died. Maybe it will come back to life someday.[/quote:3ie8m0kc]

thanks

maybe look at different things to get inspiration. I know work can kinda kill it a bit.

[last_rose_of_summer]

I just haven’t been interested in anything lately.

[marigold]

falling away through dusty minds
escaping out of the cave
there is no revolution
just curses and apathy
what became of evolution
a backward step through time

no one gives up for anything
and in the din of the crash
they’ll see what happens here
with their jigsaw memory
a universe trapped inside a tear
everyone gives in to everything

oops. guess where I got inspiration from.

[last_rose_of_summer]

from me? hehehe I think that’s cool!
great poem!

[marigold]

no, not from you!
but thank you – it’s more about the whole economic crash, and the drive for profit, which is unsustainable in the long run (we keep going backwards). But I ‘borrowed’ a few words and lines from some songs I know.

[last_rose_of_summer]

[manillascissor]

tired of the game
at home i think i’ll stay
where people don’t stop to say hello
and i don’t have to answer the door

[marigold]

Following the waves
Of the soul’s journey
Don’t get caught up
In the tempests of the night

And those who’ve lost their way
Will try to drag you down
Every time you’ve done your best
To try and heal their wounds

What the dawn brings
You can never know
But sail on with hope
And leave the past behind

[manillascissor]

given unto the world
your eternal sacrifice
born with original sin
your eternal lack at night

entered with countless faces
all smiles and yellow teeth
some shaved
others with hair pulled back

as the years passed
the smiles faded
into smirks
and the laughter

turned to mockery
the countless faces
multiplying exponentially
all there to laugh at your demise

[manillascissor]

we used to share our tears
one shoulder upon the other
the one common trait
we embraced

now i’ve forgotten how to laugh
and you are all smiles
without me by your side
you’ve still found happiness

and i cannot help but feel helpless
as each day drags on and on
for me
will i ever be free?

[manillascissor]

banging into shit
my head against the wall
i love you so much
your face is so small

please forgive me
for even i do not understand
my loneliness and isolation
and never will

it is just who i am
it takes something of a miracle
to love
a nothing of this magnitude

so for that i am grateful
but i’m so selfish
all i want is myself
and my very own problems

[manillascissor]

throwing out the bread
the pidgeons my only friends
and even they know
it’s only about the crumbs

[manillascissor]

here comes the albino
mud smeared all over
he tries to disguise
even though he is proud

to have his own
personal disease
something to set him apart
from the herd

yet still he must fit in
so he kills and fucks
providing for everyone
somehow he is still starving

[marigold]

As the ghosts bide their time
Waiting for the night
When they can walk between worlds
Enter the land of the living
Remembering their past
And find themselves again
They got lost along the way
But here once again
Discovering their truth
They can move on

[marigold]

It’s that time again
For the freaks to appear
In costumes and masks
To surprise and cause fear

Out of the shadows
With a gruesome face
A Thriller zombie
Now keeps up the pace

A witch on her broom
A scary masked clown
Demons, ghosts and skeletons
A devil with his frown

And at the end of the night
They’ll all disappear
To return to this place
And haunt again next year

[manillascissor]

i want to change myself
i want you to want me
i want to care about you
i want to feel close to someone
i want to fucking live my life
i want to die holding your hand

i will never change who i am
i will never feel wanted
i will never care about you
i will never feel close to anyone
i will never live my life
this will never die

[marigold]

she treads the waves
sailing from the dawn
with a dragon-shaped prow
silver wings on the bows

a journey headed east
beyond the lonely isles
where secret creatures wait
for their chance to be free

the voyagers go ashore
hearing drumbeats and voices
a magician’s spell is cast
what was hidden now revealed

so the travelers sail on
and unbeknown to them
the Kraken sleeps below
dwelling in the deep

but the real perils lie ahead
not for the faint-hearted
sea-serpents and sleeping giants
emerging and transforming

the battles are not lost
for the warriors of the sea
they show their strength of spirit
with the help of a little magic

their onward quest
to seek the very end
but the journey doesn’t end
where sky and water meet

[marigold]

Stepping out of the dark
Envisioning your songs
The mastery of melodies
Is where your heart belongs

A mischievous twinkle lies
Behind that vampire grin
These sonnets of yours
Born from passion within

Seeking out a new theme
A kaleidyscope of tunes
An ode to past heartaches
Or a voyage to the moon

And where you find your freedom
There’s more beyond the stage
It’s your choice to continue
No longer the rat in a cage

So send a message to the world
A timeless story you build
Of mysteries and gentle myths
To ensure your fate is fulfilled

…to be continued, perhaps.

no prizes for guessing who that’s about.

[marigold]

To RBD:

A dedication to the past
The lyrics and the songs
Finding hidden treasures
They were buried long ago

Make a record of it now
To fill in all the gaps
One by one others join
Adding their own piece

Mysteries revealed
The puzzle put together
Trials and tribulations
The history now shared

This small part of the legacy
Many more stories to be found
Your commitment is so awesome
And it’s also mighty wyrd

[manillascissor]

to the woods
a man walked alone
in deafening silence
a trail to the center

sighting the local fauna
inside the telescope
the crosshairs
revealing murder

carefully taking time
to line up the shot
making sure his hands
are not shaking

no not this time
vision is calculated
a target has never been so close
so within reach

you could just reach out
and take the life away
the man in the woods
falls to the leaves

[manillascissor]

you turned left
when you should have went right
now your on a one way street
going down the wrong way
as you hit a pothole
your coffee spills in your lap
and you run into the curb
dropping your cell phone to the floor
running a red light
all the while being late for work
and talk radio is blaring through the radio
telling you how bad the economy is
and where there are bombs pointed at you
so you feel lucky to even go to work today
at least you have a job
with your coffee stained pants
you stroll by your overly attentive secretary
who reminds you about the meeting you are late for
you forgot your notes at home
that’s okay, i have a backup on my computer
wait, what’s my password again?

[manillascissor]

when i was young
it never occurred to me
growing old was far away
but still rushing to get there

when i was old
it still did not occur to me
being young was far away
slowing time seemed impossible

when i was dead
it finally occurred to me
now i’m really far away
i miss counting the days

[marigold]

That’s all you get
One window of opportunity
And before it closes
Take your chance

Make the most of it
Don’t wait too long
It’s shattering now
The glass is free

[marigold]

A path to guide the silent
A flashback distant
Forget about the time
A lifetime wilted away

Is that where you stand
Overlooking everything
Summing up the glories
Seeing what’s ahead

The days go marching on
As the ants march uphill
Bearing weights of the world
Going in the same direction

Forward thinking, forward march
Never changing their form
It’s the madness of today
As their eyes turn to look away

[Daysofthephoenix]

When I reach for you
When I think of all the memories you put me through
When time contradicts my worries and losses
When all me is forgotten, carved on paper
Wrapped loosely on your heart
Ready to be tossed aside for next year.
To have at the wind ready to be torn in two.
My sleep cringes at my heart’s thoughts of you.
Wishing dreams would take the shadows of my thoughts
Away for safe keep in the clouds of Heaven.
But your mirrored reflection keeps piercing on my body.
If Heaven was a relevant thought but it won’t last
Just like my dreams I wake up, all lies
Woven into the shards of this mirror.
The distant sounds of crashes keep the storms in my mind.
If you would just follow?
Come into my dreams for just a while
But those times were abandoned for long
When glancing out my window for your message.
I stare up to the stars to see if it’s too late.
Your face stares back smiling laughing into eternity
Glowing into the sun, your eyes sparkling so effervescently.
Driving miles late, into the open as I roam hoping as I go
The later I travel the bleaker it looks upon your face.
Your lips so lush once with hope now drained with cement.
Now I just stare, looking at the dead snow,
I now hear the snow graze against the grass so carefully
Not to disturb what I have grown to become
As the dust secretly gathers around me,
the moonlight becomes my madness
My excuse to become my ghost’s last kiss.
I just wish I could hear your last scream
A once lively drone as a sign that you left be broken in two.
Sand fills in my pores to fill the empty void
The black hole ruined my perceptions as the hourglass fills.
But as I close my eyes a tear forms from the desolate times of compassion.
As I remember you so soft and delicate so able to shatter.
You left without a remark, not a tear drifted from your blank face
The mirror cracked as you left falling to the ground
Leaving a trail from your soft steps from behind.
Not a phone call, not one proof you weren’t dead to me, fictional in nature.
The crucial came at the end, as my sleep was suddenly taken away
As I hear the recurring sound of rain dropping devastatingly loud upon the window
The sound of thousands of small screams in the night.
Laying her but never taken away like in the old days,
But they were all crucial lies in the end of the days.
Sleep was just there when I needed you around, to count days.
Now I just lie here staring at the moon for another empty promise
To fill my brain was a small ease of mind.
So I can end these tears of short lived remembrance
And as the car drives away, the headlights piercing into the dark air
I can finally have that arms of mother nature silently bring me back to a drowsy slumber.

[Arthur]

Now I just stare, looking at the dead snow,
…
As the dust secretly gathers around me,
the moonlight becomes my madness
My excuse to become my ghost’s last kiss.
…
I can finally have that arms of mother nature silently bring me back to a drowsy slumber.[/quote:l4nlbcnm]
Epic! Almost reads like a Shakespearian piece!

I truly love this poem, and those quoted lines are plain f*cking epic! I’m impressed, really. Hats off!

[Daysofthephoenix]

haha, thanks for the awesome comment Arthur, I really appreciate it.

[manillascissor]

opening to the first page
the lines read just the same
blowing the dust off the lines
can barely make out in time
under the gun
never impersonating someone
let’s keep it to ourselves
you and i, tiny little elves
as we read on to infinity
combing the beach of sanity
hoping to find some truth
giving up on proof

[manillascissor]

if there was ever one
it has to be someone
maybe truly unsuspected
a spy once defected
an infiltration of the mind
your vision becoming truly blind
overwhelming forces of domination
shutting down any resistance
just let it go on
lay down your arms
give into the madness
fuck off with the sadness

[manillascissor]

dipping into the ink
today i write this letter
you may have not known
how desperate i’ve become

so i start it off
with an address to you
my favorite friend
the one i want to hurt the least

but the one
i’ll hurt the most
love that it’s written to you
love that it’s all i can do

a few last words
before i depart this place
give into me
give into my grace

i love you

[manillascissor]

a tired dusty moth
beating its wings
against its own body
somehow it sings

crying out to you
to turn on a light
its so cold outside
it needs something bright

many miles its traveled
searching all alone
for a personal sun
to call its own

[manillascissor]

whispering her last breath
she told me that she loved me
at the moment upon death
nothing sounded as lovely

a promise to come back and haunt me
because you cannot let me go
even in two different worlds
we shall be together even more

for time is endless
from beginning to infinity
and each second spent with you
my love spreads eternally

another direction you must take
another lesson in your life
only your soul is at stake
carve out my heart with a knife

[marigold]

<<^^ that was a good one

………………………………………

A sense of knowing, distorted meaning
The simple truth found in eternity
An understanding of returned feeling
A shared sympathy buried in dignity

In knots and riddles, going round in circles
Wrapped up in traditional fashion
Illustrated examples of perfect symbols
Taking an alternative direction

Something that so easily defies the mind
Influential words from a distant voice
Presenting a static view of time
Too far away to even see a choice

The zeros make another appearance
Disillusioned by what they have seen
Something awoken, taking a chance
To relive an era from their dreams

Joining tribal echoes that match their own

[manillascissor]

thoughts of a madman break down your doors carrying mighty chains and whips. latch you to a chair and prop open your eyes. trying to connect to a perceived reality that doesn’t even exist. monsters chemicals and spirits fly across your soul, staining it for life. a scar you must wear. you are now branded a symbol of lies, hate, despair, loneliness, confusion, desperation, and sadness. try to run away now on a spinning globe your feet get you nowhere. you cannot express yourself as everything only has a negative association. better to be quiet, let the others enjoy their gay lives. pour some more salt on your wounds and lick until they bleed. this is the path you have chosen to take. the bend in the road wasn’t a bend at all. just a curve to make the trip longer. suffer. it’s the only thing you have left. going down to an unforeseen level of darkness and desires. you can never achieve peace or joy. you cannot grasp the simplest of ideas as rumors and tidalwaves of personalities roll around inside your tiny little head. the stare is back, my friend. the closet door was closed and the key was thrown out years ago. swallowed by a mystic and betraying associate. forever in this state you must curl into a ball to keep from freezing. rocking back and forth sucking on your thumb. nothing but lies can come from your mouth you are not honest with emotion. your eyes can close just one more time for a short nap away from all distractions. it is here, among the imagination avenue that you can begin to separate body from mind. but the walking alarm clocks touch the clouds, waking you to a cold sweat. again shivering in self doubt, loathing, and misery.

[marigold]

o_O

[marigold]

If you follow, let him lead you
He will take you out of this masked life
Into reality and waking you up
From a cycle of death and rebirth
Opening your eyes to another world
Another plan that has been in the making
For as long as we have breathed
Look back into the past and you’ll see
That the only choice we have left
Is to leave

[manillascissor]

a feeling of someone else
a perversion of reality
a sense of possesion
a little drop of poison

just enough to be aware
just enough to have forgotten
just enough to lose the way
just enough to never care

did i let this happen to me
did i influence these thoughts
did i control my apathy
did i become lost

the answers you shall never find
the questions keep on coming
the fabric has started to unwind
the moths have eaten their fill

[marigold]

La pluie est comme des larmes
et après la tempête
Il ya toujours le sourire du soleil
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes
ou où vous allez
mais ne jeux pas avec moi
Je peut etre vire avec la verite
mais je crois qu’il y a bien plus
et je veux sentir la meme
mais nous ne pouvons pas sentir le soleil
sans connaître son ombre

[marigold]

It could have been avoided
If you had given it a chance
It could have been applauded
With a different performance
But it’s still the same
This time it’s unwanted
With you in a role
You took for granted
For fame or wisdom
In another’s eye
It doesn’t matter now
The chance gone by
Choose the words wisely
Because the reply
Will be analyzed by them
Forever asking why

[marigold]

A sense of desolation
Brought on by hopeless agony
This end of the world scenario
An apocalypse pretense

Escape this delusion
All your doom and gloom
Fighting the truth
Face up to it

Time and time again
The message is cried aloud
An S.O.S falling on deaf ears
Wrapped in cotton wool

All those lifetimes
Are now displaced histories
The islands washed away
Lost into the sea

End of the culture
End of the memories
The longest day begins
Starting over again

[marigold]

As the night falls, it quietly appears
Drifting beneath the fears
Words for the taking
Concepts in the making
Written on the last page
And the sound you don’t want to hear
When it all seems over
When the book shuts forever
But someone else is there
To help open a new story
To open your eyes and see
The concept is still there
The words replaced with care
The start of a new day
New beginnings and forgotten endings
Full of expectations
No doubts or hesitations
Out beyond the frozen ideas

[manillascissor]

i blamed myself for your faults
kept the blood fresh for more salt
reached up grasping into those nights
to only see your exiting tail lights

we arrived here as one
you broke us for fun
you found love too easily
destroyed our eternity

no hard feelings as we separate
leaving me frozen in this state
wanting to treat you like before
remembering you are just a whore

my new solitude sure is something
distorted reality of a big nothing
waving goodbye is growing so old
too much of us was never told

until the very end, the truth came out
proving what you are all about
and to this day, i cannot forget
a negative charge, a dead element

daily reminders of your insecurity
one more time, let us blame me
watch as one who never cared
passes blame to one who dared

the solution never becoming clear
a straight shot into the air
rising hopelessly during eternal flight
so far gone, i have completely lost sight

[manillascissor]

closed eyes set in for the night
amber vessels remain still-lives
blinking two times to see the light
a double take of reality bites

[manillascissor]

yeah, we closed our eyes at the same time
holding onto a reality that was so sublime
giving into one another, forever and ever
the chance that we could lose each other, never

soon enough, a distance grew between you and i
inexplicable, no more kisses during the night
turning around, hoping to lock eyes once more
seeing only darkness, these eyes just feel so sore

tell myself, things will be all right in time
knowing deep down, it’s just another lie
hoping to hold you just for one more chance
longing to feel you as we take our last dance

these are the memories i have of you and i
the quick pains that strike deep down inside
a fond recollection is all that is left to see
a time that once knew only you and me

[marigold]

softly and surely
a way to end the pain
you killed her
after long suffering
the darkness took hold
til all the words left
were crazy
nothing making sense
dull and lifeless
now gone
in the dead of night
her ghost returns to haunt

[manillascissor]

tonight you tried to kill me
and lunged forward with words
an absence of gratitude never felt before
but i move to the side

you fall to the floor
laughing in hysterics
rolling around in your own blood
haha, i guess it is a little funny

kitchen tiles now stained red
much madness just below the line
not quite insane enough to be divine sense
straightjacket material

keep tossing and turning
it’s fun to watch you lose
keep telling yourself you are winning
forever, be your own fool

[Arthur]

your body
is a temple of dreams
worshipped
by me
and I send you prayers of fire
I kneel for your divine feet
and drink from your naval
please, give me
your sweet stroke of mercy
while I drown
in the tears
of our unification

(old poem of me from 1990/08/29, which I found back today while moving some boxes… There are tons more from back then, which I might consider publishing here… )

[marigold]

please do Arthur, that one is pretty awesome!

much madness just below the line
not quite insane enough to be divine sense
[/quote:xj97y7du]

I recognise these words from somewhere

[manillascissor]

i never meant to make you cry, i lied
it’s happens when you’re dead, inside
no place for the feelings to reside
keep pushing them down, aside

giving up on myself, convinced i’m dead
maybe i should be that instead
remembering images of the life i’ve led
dismissing the thoughts in my head

[marigold]

What does it take to change
A simple magic spell
To take you to the otherworld
To drown you in the fires
And spit you out again
A simple act of faith
To send you up a mountain
Struggling to reach the peak
To fall back time and again
A simple word of knowledge
To lead you into the cave
To darken your world
And hide you from the light
A simple thought of truth
So obvious it blinds
Unveiling the answers
In time it sets you free

[Anonymous]

The harder you try
the harder you fall
do what feels right
is answer to all.

[marigold]

^^ nice and simple. I like it.

[Daysofthephoenix]

Dazey, I love the short but truthful message in your poem.

[manillascissor]

it would seem as though
i should just let go
an end to this life
a new beginning in spite

talking to you
bores me to tears
and not just the expression
i literally cry

for i do not get you
how do you know so many things?
the only thing i can be sure of
is your displeasant taste

let’s just start from here
so much for a two way street
there is only one way with you
and i’m jumping off

would i rather walk alone
than be with you
traveling at light speed
the answer is yes

leave me to my fog
the one thing i know is always around
moves slowly, across the view
it will never let me down

[marigold]

I see you
Floating above the clouds
Your soul soars free
Joining friends who have left
And your special soul mate
Time to embrace again
While we carry on
Sweating the small stuff
Always an inspiration
Was your dedication
To others around
Don’t look back
The endless days are gone
Waiting for the final time
To say goodbye
Your memory lives on

[marigold]

no use trying
when you don’t really care
no use denying
there’s no point being here
is it you or is it me
questioning our ways
and it’s plain to see
we’re wasting our days
no excuses remain
it was never meant to last
a need to break the chains
and break free from the past

[manillascissor]

bent spoons
packed in paper bags
hurried steps outside
a beep and then

the moon beats from above
pull my shades down
drive to reach the red
swipe the money i don’t have

snow bursting through
plowing into the windshield
wipers on intermediate
frozen, it smears again

key into hole, turn once again
the cold, the mess, the unknown
a feeling so unnatural
do i belong here?

where else, is the question
close eyes alone
in a king sized bed
where did you go?

haha, yeah, nevermind you
i keep telling myself
it’s only about us
playing cards with the crickets

[manillascissor]

spoke too soon for you
a dream unfolding as true
actions taken that weren’t real
give me a second to steal

hands plow through the ground
reaching up and about
grasping the nearest things
our telephone with infinite rings

you never hear them sound
around around and about
it’s okay though, for you and me
we said goodbye for eternity

[manillascissor]

don’t really expect you to get me
how could you?
i am an unseen force
to be reckoned with
by anyone around
defeating all that try
isolating those who gave it a shot
forever alone
forever alone
forever alone
just leave me be
i’m forever alone

[manillascissor]

and if you want me to give amends
i won’t do it this time
life is too short, a fleeting second
it’s as much yours, as mine

we could go on and on
about each other’s faults
let’s just join hands
locked in each other’s vaults

to be set free someday
out amongst the trees
one last chance for us
to show each other’s vulnerabilities

[marigold]

we sought for answers
in the shrines and temples
but all that was there
were secrets in the stones

we consulted the oracle
high on the mountain
but all she could tell us
was the pattern of water

we tried to find solace
in the arms of nature
but all we could find
was moss and fallen trees

we sought out prayers
in books and ancient tales
but all that was read
were burnt memories

we sought for peace
in a simple shared garden
and we found our answers
there, in the silent earth

[manillascissor]

ah yes
inside these walls
again we speak
hello, how are you?
we moved past this
a time or two before
and we felt a connection
we fused our souls
deep into your eyes
and deep into mine
we both stared
fused for eternity
but what i said
and what you felt
was not based in reality
it was a lie
i made you feel
what you wanted
i made you smile
to give you comfort
i know what you want
it seems so simple
i am but a pawn
controlled by the king
if you do not understand
what i am disclosing
i am simply saying
7s and 5s
sounds nice

[Arthur]

we sought for answers
in the shrines and temples
but all that was there
were secrets in the stones

we consulted the oracle
high on the mountain
but all she could tell us
was the pattern of water

we tried to find solace
in the arms of nature
but all we could find
was moss and fallen trees

we sought out prayers
in books and ancient tales
but all that was read
were burnt memories

we sought for peace
in a simple shared garden
and we found our answers
there, in the silent earth[/quote:185m5wil]
sweet…

[marigold]

At first the 4th line in that went: ‘were secrets in the spires’ and I was going to try the other lines from that part of Muzzle for each 4th line but it worked out better with lines I made up. I wonder if you can see the theme shared between every 4th line Arthur?

[marigold]

Ok to take some time out
To stew in your own juices
A cooking pot
Of human stew
Emotions bubbling
To the surface
Thoughts and visions
Adding spice to the mix
And when you’ve cooled down
It’s easier to make sense
Of all the madness
There’s no logic to it all
But somehow you go on
Wading through the flood
With the fuel in your blood
Enough to send you on your way

[marigold]

I can hear those
midnight melodies
ringing in my ears

the taste of sound
straight through the mind
out up into the sky

don’t let it go
don’t fight it
enjoy the moment

and under the moon
out by the firelight
is where i’ll be

seemingly immersed
in those melodies
won’t you join me?

[Rocket Baby Dolls]

Fractured desires
Too many rushes of blood
Not enough buzzes left to expand
Too many let downs

Ideas imbibed
Too many thoughts flowing freely
Not enough action followed through
Too many expressions left unsaid

Sucked dry
Too many emotional investments
Not enough receiving
Too many goodbyes

Resolution undefined
Too many fish in the sea
Not enough time in the world
Too many times to be driven blind

[marigold]

that’s a pretty good one Ash

lol what kind of avatar is that!

[marigold]

life is too short, a fleeting second
[/quote:1406njeq]

indeed

[Arthur]

I wonder if you can see the theme shared between every 4th line Arthur? [/quote:tyvkc3j9]
Of course, you have been stealing that from my poem "like water like fire like ice like wood", published here on Sunday September 21, 2008. But hey, I forgive you…

[marigold]

I wonder if you can see the theme shared between every 4th line Arthur? [/quote:2evpwd1j]
Of course, you have been stealing that from my poem "like water like fire like ice like wood", published here on Sunday September 21, 2008. But hey, I forgive you… [/quote:2evpwd1j]

I had forgotten about that one, but yes, I guess you wrote something similar!

[marigold]

Endless wanderings
Timeless connection
To the end of the world
And deep into the ocean

Forever broken
Forever waiting
A moment unexpected
Unique and unwavering

Shadowed by the shape
Of an undeniable past
The future may look bright
If you take another glance

Through the looking glass
All the star explosions
Are turning into dust
A change in evolution

The endless wanderings
Don’t go on forever
One day you’ll realise
When it’s the end of never

oops I thought I had read that line somewhere before.

and though we cannot see it
the future seems bright
it seems that is the way things are
if you follow your inner light
[/quote:1njo24of]

[Arthur]

I REALLY see some copyright bills going your way now, Debby!

[marigold]

Derek wouldn’t do that to me!

Besides, he’s done the same with a couple of my poems, without really realising as well

[manillascissor]

no comment

[Arthur]

[marigold]

Inspired by a documentary I went to see tonight.

Take a walk down
To the riverside
The water running slow
No longer clear

The birdsong absent
Unnatural silence
The water disturbed
By roaming cattle

Calls unanswered
Tonight the river swells
Solutions so simple
The river screams

The criminal hides
Behind the power of money
A screen of shame
That will mean the end

All the effort
Struggling to make change
Many voices join in
Only hope remains

[marigold]

There once was a place
Where the roads met
Where we could stand our ground
The water flows fast now

Fighting against the storm
The enemies retreat
It’s so cold outside
Why won’t they go away

The noise of the world
Blocking out their sound
With some sort of enlightenment
Pulsating in the ears

The pictures tell us stories
The blank screen stares
Truth or fiction, who knows
We turn away from the lies

To reach for lines written
The pages appear one by one
A book to open the mind
The chapters of the soul

Read by anyone who cares
To set upon the open road
To go where the river flows
To stand their ground

[manillascissor]

buckets of ice
numb the pain
thousands of lice
here we go again

[marigold]

time slips away
through the cracks
that form so swiftly
on our path

where our minds
lose their way
and the distance
grows nearer

the shadows grow
the light once shone
beyond our power
is now dimming

[marigold]

the planet spins in retrograde
the machines break down
the communications fail
everything going backwards

the answers aren’t given
the door doesn’t open
the reasons unknown
for this celestial power

[marigold]

How well are you grounded
How far do your roots go down
Is it time to branch out
Reach for the light
That was out of your grasp
The intentions grown
From one simple seed of truth

[marigold]

we wait to hear the news
our patience tested to the full
where our hearts were full of hope
now giving in to apathy

[marigold]

[marigold]

following the same stars
so close and yet so far
they get dimmer day by day
what was hoped for
now becomes lost in time

to cater to the arrogance
to live up to a stereotype
a change too great to make
all that matters now
is to go on your own way

[marigold]

What if it all disappeared?
The words you shared so easily
The songs that bring you to life
All gone in a flash

Where would we be?
Without reading the lines
Without hearing the tunes
The reasons unknown

Hiding in the spaces
Between shadow and light
While missing in action
Just to bide your time

[marigold]

4.33am

Firebird fire
You burned up the sky
You drove back the night
So that we could fly

[manillascissor]

where were you
before you were one
when did you die
to fuse with the sun

lost in time and space
going up to come back down
to never feel out of place
i don’t need me around

[marigold]

Ahem

A war of words
Through time and space
Break the continuum
And keep up the pace
[/quote:3aemblez]

[marigold]

just like the moon
I sink beneath the waves
to rest with the starfish
and hide in the anemones
left alone to ponder
how did it come to this?
rising up for air
a chance to start again

[marigold]

to the tune of Three Blind Mice

One blind cat x2
See how she pees x2
She went all over the kitchen floor
Just don’t know what to do anymore
Did you ever see such a thing in your life…
As one blind cat?

yes, inspired by someone’s cat, and no, I am not drunk!

[manillascissor]

haha, i can totally relate to this song!

[marigold]

well, duh!

[manillascissor]

a true desperation
to feign content
the silhouettes pressed
drapes of the sky
silent laughing
at you

you cry behind
to hide the tears
shadows are cast
one with the fabric
a web of deceit

you wait
for spiders to feed

[marigold]

there once was a time
when dragons used to roam
and ships would sail to find treasure
in the far reaches of the seas

and now we live in a time
when the dragons sleep in a daze
and the ships sail to find peace
and those far reaches seem too close

but one day we will face a time
when the dragons will awaken
and our ships could be swept away
over the edge of the world…to another universe

[marigold]

like a stone
once rough and broken
but now smooth
from the sands of time
and storms that have passed
waiting for your destiny
and guidance from within
a depth of gratitude shown
to all who cross your path
whether good or bad
all a lesson
part of the tapestry of life
with strands intertwined
we weave our way
moments unfolding
with hope and despair alike

[marigold]

through stories we tell our truths
these fragments of our past
the reasons for our actions
our journeys and mishaps
the knowledge given freely
to those ready to awaken
transforming their own ideas
into a force for change

[marigold]

In the empty heartbeat of the city
the poisoned souls are cold
The knocked down walls
and graffiti art displays
They’ll have their voice
once the din fades away
from the misshapen thunder skies
Lightning lights the sidewalk
The energy flowing inwards
from mind to mind
Awakening them to the call
The sound below ground
rising up to drown out
the lies they tell us all

[manillascissor]

backlit snow monsters
forever dark days
pierced trout gills
bloody fish hooks

clean and pure cold
iced out rides for free
low flying puddle jumpers
diesel on IV

[marigold]

the moon void of course
hope goes astray
straight to the end
of possibilities

[marigold]

When I leave, you will still find me,
I will return with the winds of spring
I will be seen in the moon’s reflection
My heartbeat in rhythm with the tides.
In the branches that reach
and the flowers that seek the sun,
as one with the changing seasons
I will be there, forever alive.

[jupiter]

the wind blows
the trees rustle
i cannot hear
i cannot see
will this ever end

[jupiter]

the sun will always shine
the clouds will always rain
the stars will always sparkle
the earth will always turn
people will always live
and i will be here……..waiting for ppl to tell me when i can die

[Arthur]

and i will be here……..waiting for ppl to tell me when i can die[/quote:e3xbnvrf]
epic.

[jupiter]

[marigold]

everything flowing
a state of constant change
from start to end
chaos and balance
distorted seasons
renewal and decay
a lost opportunity
it all turns away
from love and disaster

[marigold]

Jane McKie’s poem \"Leper Window, St Mary the Virgin\" has won the Edwin Morgan international poetry competition – winning £5,000 – at just 47 words long, that’s £106 per word.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/au … k-festival

Leper Window, St Mary the Virgin by Jane McKie

The contagion of lepers
has lifted.

The low glass, where they crouched
even lower,

remains, but their breath,
their rash, their lack

has passed into the lace
of shadows in the yard.

Where God looked
but did not touch,

the lip of sandstone
is purled with fissures.[/quote:30gm2t31]

[Arthur]

Wow. Quite inspiring. Not the poem (it’s not that good), but the fact that you can earn good money by writing poetry!

[marigold]

yeah – I wonder how many entries the competition had – hundreds of people must have entered poems that got nothing!

I personally think this thread has some poems that are better. But I am biased.

[marigold]

I try to find them
those bones buried long ago
underneath layers of dirt
and skeleton leaves
They were buried deep
What does it mean
for you and me
A corpse of truth
to uncover

[marigold]

I think I found a competition to enter!

http://www.evbooks.net/contest.htm

Now to decide which poem…

[jupiter]

cool

[jupiter]

To everyone

i’ll treat you so good
i’ll cry with you/for you
i’ll take you places
i’ll try to make sense of others
i’ll offer you a hand and some answers
i’ll always be there for you…..just give me some space sometimes
dont be mean to me
dont call me names
try
be you
i love you
peace

[manillascissor]

everytime i die
i am more indebted
to your idea
of living

[jupiter]

she shines like a star in the sea
bringing us all to our knees
even the miners
she feels as soft as a flower
laying petals before everyone
catching the moon
catching the moon

[jupiter]

do i love her enough
to let her go
is she worth worrying about
why do we bound ourselves
life is so much simpler on our own
is the compromise worth it
are we stars that shine brighter together or apart

[marigold]

cool poems Chad! I like the starry themes

[jupiter]

we are stars

[marigold]

…we are!

4.39am

what it is
to live in this machine
that kills all hope
and drowns out inspiration
this machine that breathes
and sucks you down
consumes your life
and controls your every move
there are the few that know
they are awake
they live on the wave’s edge, they are restless
they want to break away
some have already made it
and it hurts to know
we can all be free
we know the tide is turning

[manillascissor]

aurora borealis across the sky

the light on a dark night
colors against the blackground
never changing stars flickering
our colors melting between

moving across the sky
no pattern to explain
a chance meeting of stars
challenging forcefields of earth

maybe never getting to the ground
maybe never touching one another
maybe never anything
boy, did we put on a show

everyone else stopped dancing
to see our waltz

[manillascissor]

to live in this machine
that kills all hope
and drowns out inspiration
this machine that breathes
and sucks you down
consumes your life
and controls your every move
[/quote:ief7jwkv]

[marigold]

aurora borealis across the sky

the light on a dark night
colors against the blackground
never changing stars flickering
our colors melting between

moving across the sky
no pattern to explain
a chance meeting of stars
challenging forcefields of earth

maybe never getting to the ground
maybe never touching one another
maybe never anything
boy, did we put on a show

everyone else stopped dancing
to see our waltz[/quote:3urh6mm0]

did you see one? (an aurora)

[Daysofthephoenix]

A new one I wrote this past Thursday.
I tried my hand at a rhyming poem, as you can see I’m pretty bad at it.

You set me heart ablaze
With just the simplest of gazes
If you were to just glance
Maybe if I could just take a chance
That maybe if you looked at me and asked me to dance
We could light a candle and start on a voyage of romance.
The sun shines in your eyes, so divine
As your fragment burn they are sure to remind
As your delicate body moves as a dove
The wind whispers a hymn in my heart from far above.
The enchanted embers burn in your presence
The burning daggers pierce with such resonance
A veil dyed black faded with lies
All these passions of desire and adoration I deny.
So lovely, your shadowed body moves, so eloquently.
The stones sink me under beneath the waves ever so instrumentally.
The arrow has been cast into the depths of my blood.
The emotions are channeled as the messages begin to flood.
The ink runs deep along my pours
It flows from the pages of my body and permeates through the air
Clouds that flow freely uninterrupted by the nature that it impairs.
If the mirrors echoes onto rooftops of the smoke that draws near.
Because the feelings that have not been acquainted with might be out of fear
For times are coming to a close, and with these thoughts I impose
With the question that beckons from the heart, does an effortless answer truly suffice?

[jupiter]

it rhymes, and its good!

[marigold]

A competition from Bjork – I might have a go at this

cosmogony lyrics competition:

“and they say: back then our universe
was an empty sea –until a silver fox
and her cunning mate began to sing
… a song that became the world we know”

cosmogony, biophilia’s mother song and app, is inspired by different creation myths throughout history and the idea that the big bang is our civilisation’s own creation myth.

many cultures have they’re own stories about how the world began. write your own verse for cosmogony around a creation myth you know of leaving “and they say:” at the beginning and “became the world we know” at the end.

the winning verse will be added to the song and sung by björk at a live performance.

click here to enter: http://bit.ly/n0F9RL

closing date for entries: november 7th 2011 [/quote:2jgtxhi3]

[manillascissor]

i’m all alone
right where i need to be
back to how it started
born alone to die alone

in the meantime, i’ll meet you
i’ll look at you and smile
i’ll hold your hand and say
i love you

but inside, i’m alone
alone with these thoughts
alone with myself
alone with no one else
alone with you next to me

[marigold]

“and they say: once their children conspired
to push apart mother earth and father sky
the light bled in to fill up the darkness
… and all between became the world we know”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangi_and_Papa

[last_rose_of_summer]

yeah – I wonder how many entries the competition had – hundreds of people must have entered poems that got nothing!

I personally think this thread has some poems that are better. But I am biased. [/quote:3go4p8gz]

Yeah sometimes I just don’t get it… some poems that win contests do not even seem good to me. I wish I knew what the people that judged them were thinking! LOL

What really gets me sometimes is contests on a website I joined, fanstory.com they have people entering and winning contests but their poems do not have anything to do the subject of the contest theme.

[jupiter]

i try
i cant stand up in this place
people living
cursing and being happy
i’ll try to seem at peace
i wont cause waves
tainted
by those we love and learned from
the irony cuts
and, i try
i cant …………..

[marigold]

we hang onto hope
our dreams are made in the darkness
but only by living in the light
we may find them
or we may deny them
and their echoes bend around
to greet you once again
is it real life to you
or just dreams in the dark…

[jupiter]

best yet!

[marigold]

err, I don’t think so, but thanks!

[marigold]

Poetry prompts for today: Procrastination or proactive:

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blo … enge-day-1

hmm, I’m sure I can do that later….

[marigold]

4.39am

what it is
to live in this machine
that kills all hope
and drowns out inspiration
this machine that breathes
and sucks you down
consumes your life
and controls your every move
there are the few that know
they are awake
they live on the wave’s edge, they are restless
they want to break away
some have already made it
and it hurts to know
we can all be free
we know the tide is turning[/quote:3j8fsts7]

Somewhat similar idea, from a recent speech:

"There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious — makes you so sick at heart — that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all."
Mario Savio – Leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement

[Arthur]

cool![/quote:1g294lvp]
(taken from another thread, before it was leading to a huge derail from my side

Yeah, I hope so. Now I’m on roughly 50-60 paperback pages (just over 15,500 words), and more than half of it was read by a friend a while back. He said he was astonished by the flow of the story, that made him want to read on an on…

(but he is not working at a publishing company, to keep me away from Cloud 9 lol)

But I needed that kind approval before I could continue to write the story, as I did something that I considered to be a little risky or boring to the reader: I’m mixing a medieval story of an evil lord with his huge group of marauding knights against a peaceful little town, inside a story of a bank and its lawyers against 1 person in current times. These are the first lines of the medieval part (sorry, it’s Dutch! => crappy English translation after that!), just to give you guys an idea of about 1 page of the story. Hope you like it… It starts very peaceful… But that will change later…

"Als je goed luisterde, kon je door het getingel van de drie sitars het geluid van zwaardgekletter horen. De jonge riddertjes waren aan het oefenen, het ene groepje op de sitars, het andere groepje met de houten zwaarden, verstevigd met stukken metaal. De oefeningen werden geleid door een bejaarde ridder, die op een op zijn kant liggende boomstronk in het midden van het oefenterrein zat. Met enige fantasie liepen de ritmes van beide soorten geluiden ongeveer gelijk op, en klonk het zelfs als een enigszins aangenaam instrumentaal riedeltje. Pling, ping, plok, knok. De licht-epische prelude van het soms harde, maar vaak ook mooie middeleeuwse leven.

Sir Astamor liet zijn paard Mazark langzaam de houten loopbrug, die leidde naar de grote stenen poort, die op haar beurt toegang verleende naar het inwendige van het kasteel van Lord Zanskar, overgaan. Hij sloot zijn ogen, genoot van de sitargeluiden die in vlagen over de loopbrug op hem af kwamen, en hij moest inwendig lachen om het houtig-metalen geluid van de oefenzwaarden die tegen elkaar geslagen werden. Zo had hij jaren geleden, het leek inmiddels wel eeuwen geleden, ook leren zwaardvechten. Het was op dezelfde plek geweest, hier in het kasteel, vlakbij de houten poort waar nu de jonge riddertjes aan het oefenen waren. Hij had les gehad van zijn vader, die vorig jaar, te vroeg en na een korte maar slopende ziekte, het tijdelijke leven voor de eeuwige dood had verwisseld. Hij wilde daar nu niet verder meer over nadenken. Maar de sitar had hij nooit onder de knie gekregen, en hij liet sindsdien het bespelen daarvan graag aan anderen over. Verder dan wat vingeroefeningen was hij nooit gekomen, hij had het snaarinstrument bijna gehaat. Ook daar wilde hij nu niet verder meer over nadenken.

Ondertussen vond zijn paard Mazark, met een in gedachten verzonken ridder op zijn rug, de weg als vanzelf terug naar de stal van het huis van Astamor en Guinevera. De kleine, donkere, maar huiselijke stal met de ruif met hooi, met de grote houten bak met water, en met Lady Guinevera die hem met de harde borstels uit de kast aan de rechterkant in de stal zou komen afschrobben. Astamor schommelde ritmisch mee met de langzame passen van Mazark. Terwijl hij om zich heen keek, realiseerde hij zich dat er in het kasteel weinig tot niets veranderd was. Dat voelde goed."

[Arthur]

Let me try a fast Google translation that I improved myself quickly (sorry for the mistakes), to give you a little idea.

\"If one listened carefully, one could hear through the sound of the three tinkling sitars, the sound of swords clashing. The young knights were practicing, one group on the sitar, another group with the wooden swords, reinforced with pieces of metal. The exercises were led by an elderly knight lying on its side on a tree stump in the middle of the practice grounds. With some imagination, the rhythms of both types of sound were almost similar, and it even sounded like a nice little instrumental song. Pling, ping, plok, bonk. The light-epic prelude to the sometimes harsh, but often beautiful medieval life.

Sir Astamor proceeded slowly with his horse Mazark over the wooden walkway that led to the great stone gate, which in turn granted access to the interior of the castle of Lord Zanskar. He closed his eyes, enjoying the sitar sounds coming in gusts across the walkway towards him, and he had to laugh inwardly at the woody-metal sound of the practice swords when they were clashing. Years ago, it seemed like centuries ago by now, he had learned to fight with the sword too. It had been in the same place, here in the castle, near the wooden gate where now the young knights were practicing. He had been taught by his father, who died last year, too early and after a short but devastating illness. He didn’t want to think about that any further. But he never mastered the sitar, and he left the playing of the sitar to others who do master it. He never reached any level beyond some finger exercises, and he started to hate the strings of the instrument. He didn’t want to think about that any further too.

Meanwhile his horse Mazark, with a knight occupied by deep thoughts on his back, found his way back to the barn of the house of Astamor and Guinevere almost naturally. The small, dark, cozy barn with the hay rack, with the big wooden bowl of water, and with Lady Guinevere that would polish him with the hard brushes off the shelf to the right in the barn. Astamor fluctuated rhythmically with the slow steps of Mazark. As he looked around, he realized that inside the castle, little or nothing had changed. It felt good.\"

[marigold]

Sounds cool! It makes me want to read more too Do you have a target of how much you want to write, or how big the book will be?

I started writing a few stories a few years ago but haven’t had the motivation to keep the story going. Ran out of ideas, didn’t think it was very original, so I kinda gave up.

Current project: working on some ideas for a zine or chapbook – if anyone would like to contribute an article, poem, short story, photo, artwork, let me know.

Edit: examples of chapbooks:

[Arthur]

Thanks for the compliment!

I’m aiming for 50,000 – 100,000 words (roughly 300 paperback pages), but it all depends on time, inspiration, focus, hard work, if the story needs that many words, etc. Sometimes I can write a few full days in a row, but the last week I was so busy with work, that I only wrote a few hundred words during that week. Nice feature in Word, that word count thingy, by the way… Maybe with 15,500 words now I’m already halfway, I don’t know. So far I write a part here, a part there, rewrite or extend older parts I already wrote… Most important: the flow needs to keep going. When I’m in it, it goes like hell. I hope I can finish my story like that.

And good luck with your projects, I’m afraid I want to focus on my story first… Hope you understand…

[Arthur]

Update: 15,500 -> just over 19,500 now.

[marigold]

wow, 4000 words in a day?! That’s flowing alright!

And good luck with your projects, I’m afraid I want to focus on my story first… Hope you understand… [/quote:350eekp1]

I am thinking of a promo for your book in a future edition.

[Arthur]

Hehe, 2,400 words came from a piece that I wrote this summer already, and I finally found a spot where to mix it in…

And thanks for the promo offer also! Cool!

[marigold]

Hmm, I didn’t win the environmental or Bjork poetry competitions. Next time!

But I have put together 6 poems for the chapbook!

Now to find some images.

[jupiter]

sorry i dont contribute much to the forum

[marigold]

that’s ok, it’s not like it’s expected, just when you feel like it, and have the time!

[jupiter]

[jupiter]

beaten into a corner
everything is grey
i cant see any light
a man stands in front of me
a welcome hand
and a sword in the other
i am not alone

[Arthur]

Update: 15,500 -> just over 19,500 now.[/quote:bq86htlp]
Yesterday night I reached 31,400 words.

[milan]

Update: 15,500 -> just over 19,500 now.[/quote:3bz9079g]
Yesterday night I reached 31,400 words. [/quote:3bz9079g]

Cool!!!

[Arthur]

Tonight I reached 40,216 words, on 97 Word pages. Time for a break now. But damn, this is so much FUN! I just LOVE to write like this!

OK, what have I been doing so far? I set up a framework of 44 chapters, 22 for a story in current times, 22 for a story in medieval times. Chapter 1 is current times, chapter 2 is medieval times, chapter 3 is current times again, and so on. I might want to change that order, I don’t know. I just can only hope it works for the future reader. Maybe some extra chapters will be added later, I don’t know either. All chapters have (working) titles, the empty chapters have notes what I want to write there. Roughly 25 chapters are kind-of-ready, randomly written but already in the right place in the story. But quite a few of them kind-of-ready chapters are regularly reviewed, extended, partly rewritten etc., it’s a real work in progress.

And the next challenge is to write about \"the big fight\", both the lawsuit part of recent years, and the medieval part, when the castle of the Lord and his friends is under attack. I want to make those chapters really long and exciting. Probably I’m roughly halfway now, I don’t know. I’m still aiming for the 100,000 words, or more. And hopefully it will end up being a 1 price, 2 stories book: a legal thriller mixed with a mirror-story of a huge medieval army attacking a friendly place, that knows how to fight back, although they are outnumbered big times.

Anyway, just to share the excitement about writing this book with you guys. I’m not saying it will be the next blockbuster in your local bookstore, but in a humble way I’m proud of what I wrote so far. I never thought I was able to do this.

[Arthur]

Adding a new feature to the book: pics of paintings to every chapter. Chapter 1 for example now has the painting \"Hylas And The Nymphs (1896)\" by John William Waterhouse. I do believe it works, but let’s see.

[marigold]

ooh a little bit of nudity in the book hehe

[Arthur]

Tsss, I didn’t realise that, but yeah, there is some nudity in there, if you look closely.

This pic just made it to chapter 6 \"The nightmare of Astamor\", 1 of the medieval chapters. I loved writing that chapter. It’s the first hint to things to come, including a dead medicine woman that is asked for advice on the graveyard where she is buried, blablabla, real medieval-ish fantasy.

There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife. The knife had a handle of polished black bone, and a blade finer and sharper than any razor… if it sliced you, you might not even know that you had been cut – not immediately. The knife had done almost everything it was brought to the house to do, and both the blade and the handle were wet…*

Astamor just had a bad dream, he realised, and that never happened to him before. Astamor always slept well, and deep, and only a canon that was fired next to his bed could wake him up. Next to him, inside the bed, Guinevera was breathing slowly and steadily, she had arrived in her sweet, innocent dreamland already. Astamor wished he was touched a little more with the liveliness, the uncaring and the firmness of his wife.\"

*quote from The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman (2008)

(yes, I sometimes use quotes from other books or songs, for example Quiet and Fuck You from our beloved SP is in the book also. With proper Copyright information of course… )

[Arthur]

Tonight I reached 40,216 words, on 97 Word pages.[/quote:35jootls]
That was a week ago. Now I’m at 49,076 words, on 114 Word pages. I suppose I’m roughly halfway now. Starting to feel comfortable about the first 11 chapters, that are kind-of finalized, and are including pics. Not always paintings though. Added 3 chapters to the already existing 44 chapters.

[marigold]

woo! Half way there – well done! Looking good

[marigold]

the world is in your hands
but the staircase leads nowhere
fortunes lying forgotten
they don’t want you to know
what they have in store
behind all the locked doors
their plans laid out in blueprints
teacups standing cold
while shady deals are made
there is surplus left over
but how to share the profits
when they get eaten from above
the leaders and their empires
ruling all across the land
across the corn fields and highways
the misconceptions and musings
engineered deceptions
in mass production everywhere
and we wait in anticipation
neverending queues trailing
down the other side of the hill

[jupiter]

cruising through the swamp
nothing can touch me
no one can hurt me
this cant last forever!

[marigold]

I wrote a few poems lately, not sure if I will share here though.

[jupiter]

are we not worthy?

[marigold]

no, they’re just a bit personal.

Also I don’t think they’re worthy of posting here!

[manillascissor]

soooo, you’re saying they suck?

[marigold]

yep

[marigold]

if you look up to the sky you’ll see
there’s a devil in the clouds
and he’s got me thinking
some things we cannot change
a cruel fate in destiny
that lies in nature
embedded in her soul
surrounded by beauty and yet
you cannot escape from her

[manillascissor]

Like

[marigold]

thanks!

[jupiter]

yep, its good!

dont worry about stuff not being good enough
i make up my stuff on the spot!

[marigold]

hehe that one was partly the crappy one, and partly made up on the spot!

[jupiter]

[marigold]

and so I return
picking up the pieces
of the mess you left behind
one day I’ll find another way
and you’ll have to say goodbye…

[marigold]

houses swept away by the storm
still suspended in the water
rain falling
in neverending fashion
hearts broken and dreams are drowned
a long journey begins
small steps along the way
towards the healing

[manillascissor]

it is impossible convey
how much your up swing
has let me down

i know it’s selfish
what else could it be?
you are well, i am miserable

reach out to you
no more touching, just text
empty as black and white

our past has passed
bringing forth a new day
one where we are not one

but there is an understanding
always wanted you to be happy
as long as that is the case

let me go alone
somewhere i will never find you
somewhere i will never find you

never seek to find me
i will not be there
never seek to find me
this i cannot bare

[manillascissor]

when i close my eyes
the only thing i can see
is someone else
staring down at me

it’s not even me
inside of me
somehow it’s all of you
intercepting the waves

frequency modulated
by no one but you
turning the dial
amplitude to fit your style

so i throw on a record
to drown out the sound
it cracks and pops
until you come back around

drowning out my thoughts
the notes only remove me
temporarily
from the noise that is you

[manillascissor]

once upon a time
you gave a piece of you
you said it was cool
for me to have
never saying it would last

one day i awoke
to find aloof
someone standing in my room
familiar face, a different tone
you left my side all too soon

and if you tried
i cannot complain
but feelings denied
can only bring pain

it would seem i cannot give up
when i need this dream to die
but everytime that i wake up
i lose more of you inside

and there it is
a ghost in the room
floating around to check my iv
when i reach to find a soul
i’m left alone and wondering

so alone is how i’ll always be
why should anything ever change?
i don’t deserve love
i don’t deserve you

i can only dream and wholey pray
that for my sake, upon a distant day
you will have gone completely away

and there i beg of you
please stay

[manillascissor]

i was right about you
you were right about me
the great tragedy of course
is to be blinded by misery

too close to the fire
that was my soul
late one night
you did stroll

ready to ignite
i called for rain
fire reduced to smoke
to shield the pain

[marigold]

but feelings denied
can only bring pain

it would seem i cannot give up
when i need this dream to die
but everytime that i wake up
i lose more of you inside

[/quote:2irhroqf]

ugh

[manillascissor]

three times she said goodbye
three times she died
three times she let me go
three times empty inside

three times were not enough
three times abusing trust
three times she gave me up
three times of misguided lust

three times and we meet again
three times i kiss those lips
three times we dot the sentence
three dots make the ellipse

three times she laughs out loud
three times i sigh
three times is plenty enough
three times, now move aside

[marigold]

Midnight

Sometimes I can’t breathe
Drowning in the mire
That you sucked me down into

It’s all just talk
and talk is cheap
your actions speak
louder than words
and those ladders
you climb onto
will throw you off
and when you’re tumbling
down through the stars
don’t forget
we tried to fly to the moon

[manillascissor]

at this moment in time
it is the past
you can only run my flag
up to half mast

in memorium of a time
no longer here
put your face to the ground
listen with your ear

hear the vibrations
from long ago
read the words
i sometimes wrote

just now
i’ve moved on down the road
i’ve left you naked
in a trail of dust and smoke

too bad for the lack
of mirrors on my shoulders
then i could see your tears
rain against the boulders

hindsight forces you
to keep looking back
but marching forward
keeps reality intact

so fucking forget you
tis all i can do
your distant silence
only proves we are through

you were never standing
in my oasis made of sand
always had a bottle of water
clutched inside your hand

[manillascissor]

since the first encounter
and with your appetite
i named you destruction
as you began to bite

unaware, i did not know
buried head and bent elbows
sticking out like a paperweight
enough to keep fear at bay

with just one touch
i knew inside
sucking my life
from deep inside

classic case of the parasite
using the host to multiply
too small to feel
so i use my sight

between these pliers i rip you out
your head at last, don’t you shout
into the freezer, it’s cold inside
i may see you later, if you don’t die

[marigold]

ouch – a tick?

[manillascissor]

had one along for a ride the other day. now he’s in my freezer.

[marigold]

I can see the people waking up
slowly, one by one
eyelids lifting, hearts beating
to the sound of the same drum
No anger, no fear
but peace and calm
and sorrows from the past are gone
closer now to the truth
a long journey taken with care
giving thanks along the way
to the ones who stayed near
and to the beggars and fighters
forgiveness for their sins
for sin is merely going astray
from the one path that is clear

[manillascissor]

it’s funny how tonight
i’ll let loose and just might
remember your name
though your face is out of sight

put on the songs we both would sing
sounding bells that used to ring
from inside the tower, i can see
what a pointless goddamn being

i do not think i’ve ever been more alone
and i know for sure i have broken bones
but what is funny tonight
is that i cashed in your heart’s loans

they only gave me a few cents
over the months, it built no interest
much like my thoughts of you
i’ve put them aside and to rest

ironically
did i write these words for you to see?
it does not matter much to me
you’ve become nothing but history

i used to keep your bookmark
so i could always return to the start
but once the book was set afire
i put others into my cart

no one but me
understands the painful journey
and no one could ever forget you
but seeing you from behind makes it easy

part of me wants you to see
part of me wants you to read
another says who really cares?
but if you read, i dominate thee

for this was not written for you
please understand, do not misconstrue
such a distant fading memory
i will see this through and through

forever you will be stuck with the one
with which you have no fun
i was there to offer a choice
now, silence, after you regained your voice

hope the hinges can withstand time
there was a day i wanted to make you mine
all the violence inside your heart
made you commit the perfect crime

except for one thing
the one you adored is beginning to see
that without you around
things become so fucking easy

i want to rub in your face
how many times you’ve fallen from grace
but who is keeping the score
i’ve dismissed your case

no more questions, your honor
i offer up this witness
for you to ponder

[manillascissor]

i cannot explain to you
just exactly why we are through
your touch used to soothe
but now you’ve nothing to prove

given up on me
something you cannot see
given up like a tee
broken in half by a mulligan swing

i launched you onto the green
like happy gilmore on the screen
i made the putt, accordingly
you broke to the left, how silly of me

[manillascissor]

the day you left
i looked down at my chest
my heart on the left
it made some sense

i look to a mirror
to give a test
my heart reflecting left
it made no sense

it must be then
my heart stolen in theft
gave nothing left
but an empty nest

a cruel reminder
through a reversed concept
that there is nothing right
about being left

[marigold]

Oceania, in 13 parts

Swirling around the vortex
Spirals of light drawn in
No escape from the universal pull
Falling into the depths of time (Quasar)

Watching from above
Secrets known, forever seen
Darkness grows
Hidden silent and cold
In our own reality (Panopticon)

Hanging from the heavens
A guide to light the way
Stories told by night
And shadows cast by day (The Celestials)

A glow within, burning bright
A feeling of peace in its presence
The threads of time slowly unwind
And give way to reveal its essence (Violet Rays)

The cold dark days you bring
Standing still against the wind
Waiting for new beginnings
Awakening from within (My Love is Winter)

We knew from the start
It would change the way we feel
Music from the heart
A way of showing us it’s real (One Diamond One Heart)

Circling wheels against the sky
They spin in a dizzy daze
Making patterns against the sun
Finding wishes and opportune ways
A roulette for chances undone
To answer those who ask why (Pinwheels)

A rough stone polished smooth over time
By tidal waves
It sits alone but free
At the edge of the sand
Waves come to take it back to the sea (Oceania) (stolen from an older poem)

She rides to the edge of the waves
On a journey with the moonlight
She’ll never say never
As she fades into forever (Pale Horse)

Appearing on the horizon
The creature has left its lair
To warn us of storms and change ahead
A message of chaos in the air (The Chimera)

A storyteller from afar
Bringing the words we need to hear
She’ll tell you of the future
Of the trials and despair
And the faith to take us through (Glissandra)

Empty thoughts and empty words
Staring back from a blank page
The ghost writing a hidden tale
Mysteries revealed for the coming age (Inkless)

She waits by the wayside
Wilted by the heat of the sun
Torn by the winds of spring
Only to make her stronger
To face whatever winter may bring (Wildflower)

[manillascissor]

i have a secret to tell
to share with the world
sworn to secrecy
i can only talk to myself

if you could only see
what i am up to inside
the colors are bleeding
excitement i have never felt

silent waters run deep
and brooks are known for babbling
so an ocean i become
above the marianas trench

the absolute deepest secret
contained within
under thousands of feet
the water pressure is great

soon i will shout to you
explaining my silence
i wish it did not have to be this way
let us just call it fate

[marigold]

I wrote in French first, not really knowing what I was writing, turns out it almost makes sense.

Pourquoi je demande
Le ciel est bleu
Pourquoi est-ce que
Tu a rire moi?
Je ne sais de toute le monde
Mais sur tres le mot qui vas
C’est rien de plus

I ask why
The sky is blue
Why is it that
You had me laughing?
I do not know any of the world
But on the very word go
This is nothing more

I don’t think Google translate got it quite right either….

[marigold]

there’s a house upon the hill
hidden amongst the trees
where I went to share my soul
and let my mind dance in the breeze

we went to see the stars
and shared our joys and pain
one moment to last forever
memories that return again

but as soon as I walked out
you shut the door on me
drawing all the curtains
and you threw away my key

so now I wander far
with many paths to take
lessons learned in guidance
with reasons to stay awake

and clutched within my hand
I hold another key
not one that opens doors
but one that sets me free

[jupiter]

like*

[manillascissor]

only think of you
when i have nothing to do
when i’m all alone
you manage to get through

during the day
you have died
i am still trying
to murder you at night

i do not know
when your death will occur
but i think it near
the fleeting thoughts grow fewer

the balance will reach zero
i will buy some more meat
to push the right side back up
blood dripping from the scale weight

blood will splash across the table
and spill onto the floor
once you have reached the drain
there will be nothing more

sharpening the knives
to cut you aside
biggest mistake i ever made
gazing into your lying eyes

[manillascissor]

time after time
i reach out to you
as a friend
to see you through

we can talk for hours
on any given night
wanting to support
burned bridges in spite

advice is never sought
for you know it all
with your way to listen
upon deaf ears, these words fall

i can relate so much to you
i can relate to the feelings
you are going through

but sometimes
if one has gone before
the latter, although losing
will deny the score

a sense of pride
it is hard to fault
when you ignore these words
i will seal the vault

[manillascissor]

comfort surrounds me
a locked door
a sleeping baby
a clean floor

paper in a bank
the greatest defense
rotating clouds move in
withdrawals go against

do not wait to see it pass
drowning in the beauty
you will not last

everyone came to see
the grains you saw for weeks
and just when the action is great
you turn the key to leave the state

[marigold]

down below the wishing tree
where the serpents lie in wait
another secret is stolen
and the seasons decide your fate

in spring the blossoms speak of hope
but their story doesn’t last
summer makes the memories
and says not to live in the past

autumn brings the rains
to quench the longing thirst
winter’s snow hides those secrets
for whoever finds them first

they can’t avoid the serpents bite
unless their motives are true
but when your wishes are forgotten
that’s when the seasons are through

[marigold]

fool’s journey:

a traveler unafraid
wandering full of hope
following an inner guide
with a companion at his side

a new adventure beckons
moving forward to his destiny
a sense of knowing what’s in store
hints from those who have gone before

[manillascissor]

under the sun
you have to find me
i’m waiting
under a tree

when you approach
with your leaves covering
i can see
your physical beauty

and though you may speak
it may not be enough
perhaps you need a blow to the head
by a coconut

under this goddamn tree i’ll just sit
playing in the sand
marveling at how long
their journey has been

for who has ever loved a sand grain?
who has ever felt touched by it’s commitment?
no one, because sand is sediment

let me be the first
to fall in love
with an entire beach

forgetting the miracle of reproduction
as that is complete
now i just roll in millions of affairs
making sand my new mate

[jupiter]

too much clarity
i can feel it
giving me a headache
again

need some drugs now
to clear all the clarity
to settle me down into mushy nothing
to help me sleep

forever!

[marigold]

The Magician

She balances the elements
and reaches towards infinity
finding an awareness
of everything in perceptual reality

connected to memories in water
the forces of truth in fire
waves of thoughtforms in the air
waiting to float back to earth

[manillascissor]

connected to memories in water
the forces of truth in fire
waves of thoughtforms in the air
waiting to float back to earth[/quote:1dmwy0sw]

i see what you did there.

[marigold]

yep, partly inspired by this:

[jupiter]

under this stupid spell
looking at cute girls and their body parts
why are we like this?
doomed to nothingness

can we change our nature
yes………electricity

saught, tentatively
afraid of what else it may do
help me
help me
i dont know how

[manillascissor]

sevens and threes
is not just
queens of the stone age

not just a time signature
no dotted line for a clock to sign
it is real life

seven of one
three of another
these are the numbers

i am living by

[jupiter]

must listen to more QotSA!

[marigold]

The High Priestess

Secret knowledge is hidden inside
Visible to the all-seeing eye
Revealed only to warriors of the night
Ancient guidance from the dawn of time

Insight to lead the way in the dark
To follow the urgency of a distant star
To understand your place whether near or far
Trusting instincts that lie in the heart

[manillascissor]

to get what you put in
you would have to create
or remove the metal wires
from beneath the crate

you can give away your soul
you can give away your smile
you can give way to your stare
but that is not your style

you understand the value of truth
you realize the value of you
you want to gaze
into those eyes
that can only see you

so out at night you go
blinding darkness ahead
hands outstretched to receive
any signs of connection

once you find the wall
you can detect the pattern
brick upon brick
stacked delicately

been here for one hundred years
going nowhere anytime soon
the rooftop crumbles
to the bottom rooms

you found the empty house
completely tattered in ruins
so walk inside and look around
it’s dark and there is graffiti

a pollution of something
not even yours
and yet you are upset
because beauty was destroyed

leave the walls and look outside
the ocean crashes against
the rocks’ pride
outside and inside
we all die

[marigold]

that’s really good – put that one in your book

[jupiter]

where’s that like button?

[manillascissor]

thank you guys

[marigold]

haha I think it will be a while, Chad – be patient

[manillascissor]

now i know why
when she fucks she cries
with the wrong guy
it just ain’t right

make a choice in life
delivered out of spite
never leave that stump
enter the fright

i left long ago
through the woods i go
you’ve never been happier
say it ain’t so

no one can feel sorry
for you anymore
too many blind cheeks turned
your face is sore

if only just this once
love had prevailed
into the distance
we’d have sailed

perhaps i kept you at bay
and say what you will say
or say nothing at all
i still know i’d crawl

back into your arms
i feel like i never left
missing a person this much
with so much left unsaid

[jupiter]

like

[marigold]

a little reminder
when I’m trying to forget
looking back at the words
and the lies in between
become a part of history
and look forward
to the mystery
something not to seek
but to embrace
what it reveals
and let the words
be buried deep
with the lies
that you can keep

[marigold]

The Empress

she dances over the earth
with a green and blue dress
sometimes as a storm in fury
at other times with a gentle caress

there is chaos in her changes
and beauty in the harmony
fading in and out of time
all in disconnected unity

a force out of her control
they create spills of oil and blood
but there are some who dance on with her
regardless of the flood

[manillascissor]

if i am not there
when you awake
just know i left
for your sake

i go here for you
too young to see
the pain not only in you
it resides in me

i chose to leave
to give opportunity
i see in your face
maturity

it pains me to see
the nothingness that is me
a man with a pen
signs a check over to morality

for that is the bottom line
company grants more dimes
but i give them to you
when all you wanted was more times

for you to succeed
i think to myself
i must leave

[marigold]

Awwww <3
But also </3

[jupiter]

yep…….thats the best one yet

rings personal to me!

[manillascissor]

they say ignorance is bliss
how can that be
when listening to your shit?

they say follow your heart
when you left me
you left me a la carte

pumping me full of your head
when we both know
your ideas are heavier than lead

i will be all alone in time
without you
i may reach my prime

in the meantime
mind your own business
hands off, no one is listening

[King of Gloom]

One last cup of coffee before I go
Into the rainy city streets of tomorrow
Where the dreams are passing
Into the words of Poe

My collar’s up high
To keep out the rising tide
There are stains of night on my sleeve
Proof of friends that exist

It’s the use of I that bothers me
It’s the use of you I can’t stand
‘Cause these words have lost their meaning
They are slipping through my hand

Eyes closed as I know the way
Slowely my legs begin to sway
Locked in gunfire
Will you take me home?

[jupiter]

still no like button

[manillascissor]

still no like button [/quote:2munmy2m]

yeah, i really like that, gloom. hope to see more. interesting word choices.

[jupiter]

L

[King of Gloom]

still no like button [/quote:1es06kvw]

yeah, i really like that, gloom. hope to see more. interesting word choices.[/quote:1es06kvw]

Thanks! I’ll post some more in the future

[King of Gloom]

There is life in the afternoon

Even when you’re skipping a day
Promise me to stay
Show me what I’ll say

There are drops on the ceiling
And cardboard on the floor
There’s a dog outside my window
And a bone behind my door

Is that the situation that I’m in?
Am I forced to begin?
Rotting in my skin

We drown ourselves in weekends
Intoxicated clowns
‘I’ll stay at home and watch my screen’
And that is us for now

[jupiter]

A.why must i bother her?

B.its ok

A.if i really loved her i’d stay away

B.it takes two to love, and she dont like me

A.i’m not hurting her
atleast i don’t want to

A. is this silly, stupid or downright wrong?

suffer my desire for you (no other words)

[manillascissor]

in that tiny little basket
you would lay
in that tiny little basket
you would stay
forever and a day

night after night
i’d walk past that basket
and think to myself
as long as she is comfortable
don’t ask it

but today
i took you in that tiny little basket
to a scary place
both of us so uncomfortable
i was too afraid to ask it

i covered you with a blanket
to keep it familiar
to disguise myself
as the obvious liar

see, i took you there
without consulting you
i held you tight
just another day to you

you came back sedated
and i held you even closer
your tiny paw extended
i love my master

no one could have been braver
no one could have been more peaceful
no one could teach me
like you did

i miss you so much
after you passed and died
i did not expect
the amount of tears that i cried

i played you one last song
on our short drive
merry christmas, kitty
merry christmas, guy that feeds me

no one else thought it necessary
to hold your hand
as you crossed from this world
to the other land

but i made a promise
to myself
to carry you there
i had no help

i don’t know where you are
but i like to think inside
you are free from pain
beginning another ride

i kept a few things
but not much
it’s too sad
to keep all as such

there are many things though
that will never leave my side
thoughts of you smiling and purring
to honor your wonderful life

i will love you eternally
forever, my little princess kitty

[marigold]

RIP Kitty

Beautiful eulogy for her, makes me miss my old cat (=^_^=)

[Arthur]

i will love you eternally
forever, my little princess kitty[/quote:2y1f2qkh]

[jupiter]

oh man, i’m crying
that was beautiful!

[manillascissor]

oh man, i’m crying
that was beautiful!
[/quote:2u1tl932]

wow, thanks! it gets to me too, but i’m just a little biased.

anyway, she was awesome and i love her very much. she’s going to be missed.

[marigold]

While on my travels I wrote a couple of poems in a little book that had my travel itinerary in it, and this was read through by a Canadian border patrol guy who gave me a hundred questions too.

Silence
we listen for the silence
but all we hear is noise
down in the underground
where the creatures are keeping time

they don’t hear our voices
they won’t look for the signs
too busy with their purpose
counting minutes as they say goodbye

[King of Gloom]

I liked that one!

When I found my head laying bare
I had the chance to see
What I look like from the inside
Materialised honesty

But what I found inside that head
Did not surprise me at all
Behold, my eyes! The infinite
The inescapable fall

[jupiter]

it shows you things

the dark inside you

[manillascissor]

it shows you things

the dark inside you[/quote:slwjhui9]

haha, i love this!

[King of Gloom]

I’m truly convinced
That the night is the earth
Taking a breath
Slowely exhaling

And with the last of her air
Leaving her lungs
The birds begin to sing
Happy that Mother
Didn’t choke on a falling star

[marigold]

I liked that one!

[/quote:oiae1lr7]

hey thanks

Your poems show different perspectives, that I would never have thought of. Pretty cool.

[jupiter]

lyrics i wrote for my friend Angel, when i was still friends with her

[jupiter]

[manillascissor]

when i get down on myself
i like to search for ralph
then emerson comes into play
and thoreau is there to say
when you can’t find waldo
it is just a game

[jupiter]

it is just a game[/quote:226pir4s]

yep

[King of Gloom]

Limits and a fish

There is a wall
As long and high as the eye can see
It limits the world for me
And it echoes my empty call

A little wire runs through the bricks
Squeezing apart the white stones
Bound to run into unfriendly homes
Touching the tissue makes me feel sick

And from time to time I hear a voice
Calling as desperate as me
On the other side of the wall they are not free
No chances, no choice

Is the grass greener there?
Is the sky more blue?
Was that world build for you?
Are you a slave for an empty stare?

One day I’ll find a hammer
And I will make my way through
Feeling the feelings that are only meant to be for you

[marigold]

Entering a world
Of shadows and moonlit nights
Where stars explode
To share their dying light
A war is waged
Where the wolves once roamed
All battles are lost
On the emotional dreamscape
Some will wait in hiding
Wondering why they went to war
Were they simply fighting
For a wish that has gone wrong

[jupiter]

forever gone, forever lost to this world (not quite yet)
i dont have the energy to be mean or hateful
anymore
a sincere kind smile, as fake as it looks, is given
is this all i can do?
i dont want to go but my personality left me a long time ago
atleast i dont want to die by my own hand anymore
a sigh of relief comes from the collective
do i still need you

can i start again?

[manillascissor]

feel like writing some prose
no idea where this goes
into someone’s eyes
i suppose

then again, curtains block
and minds tend to lock
words that ring true
always keeping stock

who is ahead, who is behind
who is the one to pay no mind
who is the snoozer
who ain’t my kind?

i think the answer is you
as you read these words
it rings true

i could be writing to no one
i could be writing to you
either way, in my mind
you seem to lose

with two beneath
and one to manage
it seems harsh and boring
to even fathom

[King of Gloom]

You’re drinking liquid rainbows
To see what’s the world like from above
Night’s falling
And with silence comes thought

Isn’t it funny how a person can appear one day
And changes you forever
Without even knowing
Even though it’s carved in your face?

[manillascissor]

pursuing love is not reactive
to oppose, it is truly active
but once entrapped, as a captive
you must break out, now a fugitive

leaving what was once sought
alone to selfishly rot
never give a second thought
these emotions cannot be bought

it’s quite simple instead
so there’s no reason to pretend
all these hearts we try to mend
are ours alone, in the end

so give away yourself
but keep upon thy shelf
a bottle of powdered help
to give you a bit of health

to carry on once the heart is broke
it will break, like a wheel’s spoke
ridden along trails by the young
love is quite the joke

[marigold]

they weave the dark
turning it into the fabric of dreams
their time is now
a change in the air
and it may not be what it seems
but to make a start
rising on the back of silent wings
it’s their destiny
from the prophecies of old
we stare and wonder what the tides will bring

[jupiter]

this is how i want to be
energetic
thinking positive clear thoughts
its easy to be taken by the

nobody knows what it’s like to be me
exactly
do i need to register this, or tell someone
i’m so glad i didn’t \"flee\"

[marigold]

The Emperor

Holding the diamonds in your hand
In your new clothes while others go bare
And the wise ones urging you to understand
This tyranny leaves everyone in despair
It never ends, your desire to rule the world
A plan of domination and need to control
Leaving a trail of destruction as your plan unfurls
They’re waiting in fear in the line for the polls
Take away their food and take their rights
Every day there’s less that you allow
Steal their resources and worsen their plight
Only a miracle can save them now

[marigold]

Putting together something – just a few more to write…

[jupiter]

more?

feeling good
is this all behind me?
were the words worth it?
were they right?

do i have to suffer more?

tentatively
i wanted more
is there any more?

[marigold]

Hope lies hidden inside Pandora’s box
While it rests we say hope is not lost
But like Schrodinger’s cat
There is an equal chance
Of it being dead or alive

[jupiter]

hope is a dangerous thing, my friend

[marigold]

the darkest days
the longest nights
memories of some
old pagan rites
symbolic gifts
and candles burn
to mark the return
of the light
❄ ❄ ❄

[jupiter]

bring the light

[marigold]

yeah…it’s coming back now – going into summer!

[jupiter]

[manillascissor]

when i had to die
just to see into your eyes
i lay by your side
and let the knife slide

there was something so real
and something so true
to kill myself
just for you

you were already gone
and i was alone
but for that face…
i cut to the bone

there are no regrets
cause we are now one
without you now
there is none

[marigold]

wandering over the words
the conspiracies unwind
breaking free
from knots and twists that bind

truth isn’t easily found
while heads are buried in the sand
the seas just get higher
and the news is on demand

the headlines made to shock
but they’ll sell you a distraction
a way to escape
and forget any reaction

[manillascissor]

the day i was born
i gave a big breath
the day i was born
i inhaled death

[Arthur]

There’s an ocean of tears between us
A waterfall to climb
A gutter, a sewer, a pipe
That the Greek, nor the Romans,
Nor the Egyptians and the Etrusk
Have intended to invent for us

So dry, so dry!
My home is so dry

[Arthur]

The sun covers an ancient tomb
A stone circle whispered
The tales of nameless druids
A lukewarm hand
Grabbed my heart and squeezed
Till silver butterflies covered my eyes

A manmade path of worn out rock
Hit my bloodfilled footsteps
And I couldn’t help but noticing
My Bronze Age grave was there
And I found myself. Found myself.
Found myself in the ruins of ancient love

Thou shall not pass, evil phoenix!
It is me that will cover the stars
And switch off the sun if needed
For your burning ship will not rise
To the eternal thoughts of the gods
And my head was gently laid down

My circle is full
My journey is dead
My life returns
My body feeds
My music is endless
When me meets me in the Irish galaxy

[marigold]

I like this, a sacred site: mysterious, awesome!

[jupiter]

\"like\"

[manillascissor]

there is no one to hold me now
there is no one inside my house
there is no one with whom to speak
there is no one nearby to seek

there is no one to listen
there are only tears to glisten
streaming down the cheeks
dull in the darkness forbidden

there is no room for happiness
today
there is no time for sadness
anyway

there is only silence
there are echoes in these walls
there are only voices in these halls
as time slowly crawls

[manillascissor]

i tried to answer your call
after one ring
i waited for a bit
just more silence deafening

i made so many mistakes
i always have to have control
i’m unable to love
cause you can’t have myself

there are so many things
i wish i could take back
so many things to do different
but it’s too late for that

[marigold]

The Lovers

Meeting at the crossroads
Deciding which path to take
Cupid’s arrow aims true
Is it love or death from above?

Leaving the past behind
Looking to an uncertain future
Knowing the flame can grow
Yet can also consume and destroy

[manillascissor]

you reach for what you know
even though
it leaves you full of sorrow

cause you just can’t change
the who are you
too old to move

cause i was never those
i was never thee

i wanted to be there
but you shut me out
so don’t be surprised
if i scream and shout

to tell you i love you
is all it would take
but i don’t think i do
when you’re this fuckin’ fake

[jupiter]

better now
not totally good
will i ever be
is this how?

[geofolkers]

Tits that are round
Tits that are square
Tits that she has, are ones with hair

Milk in the one
A bit to warm for me
But hair on her chest, just like on her knees

[manillascissor]

[manillascissor]

i once gave in
to known sin
and touched a thing
i called him

we flirted forever
up and down
on the merry-go-round
atop my head, the crown

now don’t you judge me
for all that i have seen
because in your eyes
it’s just my peen

[marigold]

boys…

[marigold]

The Devil

So full of evil
you could be the devil
Once you were revered
But now you create fear
It’s not so diplomatic
To be this dramatic
When will we see the end
You just make foes and fiends
All you bring are threats
To bring justice to the deaths
But for many your plan is clear
and the message is just to scare
You try to strengthen your rule
But to us you look like a fool

[manillascissor]

there is a joy
present with you
there is a pain
creeping over you

i cannot satisfy
the simplest of needs
i have failed before
unwatered seeds

to just go on
as if nothing is wrong
is a slap in the face
i just don’t want

make yourself
out to be
the one that was wronged
by me

and yeah, i’ll leave you
you call it running away
but when you never fuckin’ listen
have a nice day

so many friends
so many hellos
with this one goodbye
you become shallow

no need to protest
we’ve done this before
i can never be
your one true whore

the walls are put up
long before saying hi
you build as we talk
so, fuck it, goodbye

[manillascissor]

like a cyclone
we spin off in different directions
starting from the same point
some minor deflections

give rise to opposite twirls
that suck you inside
if you pay some mind
inside you may die

but if you can pull back
and see from afar
we both spin the same way
a bit bizarre

on this tiny globe we both sit
mile upon mile apart
but compared to everything else
we are the same dot

meant to be together
is just a matter of definition
because if i zoom out
i lose resolution

[manillascissor]

take of what i had
and give it to charity
though you no longer need me
find the value in philanthropy

the path forward
means leaving you behind
and this superficial blathering
is truly unkind

so rather than play dead
you can eat me alive
because i would rather this die
than to writhe in some lie

and with you, i will always lose
because you always seem to choose
the road of accusation, the road of before
a form of masturbation and i want no more

so in your head, you will always be right
standing strong on the minds of reason
like forcing it to snow in august
it’s just the wrong damn season

but i know and cannot tell
else we devolve to a spatter
what you say ain’t what you preach
hypocrisy is what’s the matter

carry on, carry on
because what can i do
with this silent goodbye
you’ll never know

you’ll never know

[Arthur]

so in your head, you will always be right
standing strong on the minds of reason
like forcing it to snow in august
it’s just the wrong damn season[/quote:2n3yqp8t]

Good one! Soooo recognizable…

[Arthur]

you laid dead
silent in ignorant beauty

what happened overnight, butterfly?

[manillascissor]

you laid dead
silent in ignorant beauty

what happened overnight, butterfly?[/quote:sixgko38]

a buick windshield

[manillascissor]

camera left
camera right
nothing left
nothing right

[marigold]

Fields of burning wheat
Could they ever smell that sweet?
The scent of burnt toast

[manillascissor]

don’t want silence
but it’s what i give
i want you to listen
to my every word
and if you would like to talk
wait your turn
i’m always ready
but i need some more time
i want to break down walls
as i build more fences
i’m a walking contradiction
because i’m afraid
i’ve never been so insecure
and i take it out of context
so it can always serve me
i ask for positive affirmation
and i receive
but i disregard
i’d rather focus on negatives
in a dark room with the red tint
it’s where i dwell
dipping the paper
and watching the moments dry
drying, withering, dying
i do everything that you do
but i say it’s different
i guess i’m just better than you
and have all the answers
thanks for the memories
and all those sleepless nights
when you sat and listened
and we cried together
and all the support you’ve given
it means nothing now
because i’m okay
you got me where i needed to be
you are tossed away like ashes
the fuel burned to keep the warmth
but it’s summer now
i’m selfish
deal with it

don’t let me stand in your way
nothing can hurt you now
nothing can stop you now

[manillascissor]

been dragging this heart along
slowly moving along the sands
in the midst of misguided mischief
the maze of confusion is winning

like a cat who got away
pushing forward against the grain
feral and untamed roaming the alley
the nails drawn perpetually

the cloudiness consuming me
a darkness so familiar, i cannot see

a gentleness creeps inside my heart
fighting and writhing this entire time
a calmness from afar washes onto the shore
drenching this feline in salty whispers

and even though we avoid getting wet
the giant cat will always win
with a looming stare into the soul
a redirection of thought, a remold

and licking the paws there comes a purr
deep inside, a happiness stirs
a massage that transcends time and space
in and out of consciousness

a cat will dance in a sun bathe

[Arthur]

\"a cat will dance in a sun bathe\"

Awesome, also how you put the title of it at the end…

[Arthur]

I mean that.

[manillascissor]

I mean that.[/quote:ozx3xyvd]

thanks! a rare, uplifting poem from yours truly.

[manillascissor]

you will never know
what you did to me
you will never know
who you are to me
you will never know
in your disconnect
you will never know
your own specialness
you will never know
how i will forever suffer
you will never know
there is no buffer
you will never know
only in your mind
you will never know
you are forever kind
you will never know
how much i bled
you will never know
the amount of tears shed
you will never know
what i gave to you
you will never know
everything i would do
you will never know
what you seemed to be
you will never know
what i could see
you will never know
inside your heart
you will never know
right from the start
you will never know
the silent agony
you will never know
the quiet symphony
you will never hear
what you never said
you will never see
what you never read
you will never feel
such a gentle grasp
you will never exhale
such a final gasp
you will never
forever

[manillascissor]

when you dance and kiss
and reminisce
when he hugs with love
and gently tugs
when a wink and blink
are upon the brink
when flashing a smile
across the mile
when longs and songs
all become wrongs
when words that birds sing
become thirds in a string
it is then, you will know
you have forgotten
all that i was
all that i could be
all that was imagined
all that was pretend
and simultaneously
all that was real
all that i could be
all that was imagined
all that had no end
and no beginning

forever and ever in love
is all i can do
this silent poem
a feeble nothingness
an exercise in doom

but what can i do?
what can i say
when feeling so alone
when feeling so astray

to just say, one last time
you were forever mine
with no ill will
with no harsh rhyme

with no advertise
with no publicize
without your eyes
you remain my prize

 

[manillascissor]

fragile magicians
as we fly
wind and wing
to pull the sky

leave the sun
a broken neck
accelerate to zero
instant wreck

feathers pinned
on the glass
a dying aves
classified class

flying closer
to myself
a reflection
sleighted stealth

who took you out?
i hit my head
so delicate
a mirror instead

fly again
infinite direction
just pay mind
to the reflection

truth is told
in scarlet flight
designed to remind
of starlit height

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