Thread: write a poem that expresses your thoughts and feelings

Flesh

I have a fist for a heart
And a cauldron for a stomach
One is clenching, one is bubbling over
My head is a hive and the buzzing -- infernal buzzing
My legs are kicking, up and down, hitting nothing
I'm trying to breathe, but my lungs are paper bags

And I'm hollow
My intestines vacate my gut, leave it empty
And wrap round my chest instead
Squeezing like a thick muscled snake

I'm full of the motion and rage and bluster I want
But devoid of the purpose or thought I need, that makes me human

I'm a stupid automaton mindlessly sweeping the floor
And theres no dust to sweep,
Theres no heart to beat
Only blood and veins and meat, pulsing
Only dumb flesh

Silly cat, silly cat
Stop trying to get in my lap
I typing on Dream Views
and I am sick of your mew-mews.

Nobody knows him his always alone,
His not the guy thats well known,
His fellings seem like a cold stone,
His life is unbeknown.

Others see him all the time,
But everyone is afraid to ask,
Whats he hiding behind the mask?

So why would you even bother to ask?
Give urself a task,
Just go there an try to unmask.

So don't judge befor you go out,
His life seems to be hard,
For what you have heard about,
Has cleared some doubt.

You will soon uncover his hearth,
Its not thorn apart,
His life is writen on a back chart.

So just talk and sit down,
Maybe you are the one that can turn it all around,
In his eyes you will be crownd.

So you see,
He just needed some one to bound,
Couse his heart was run down,
For once his life was found.

I'm feeling lonely

Dark black trees
reaching over and around me
growing around me
I cannot find a way out
beams of light from above
reveal a trail
vague
I don't know where it goes
following it
on and on
and on

falling through the cracks
Avoiding monsters roaming in packs
Hiding all alone
unsure of what my future holds
living in a bottomless dark cave
hard to see

Lay in your bed
Forget what was said
Hunger widespread
Just want to be fed
Nowhere was I led
Left alone and bled
Soon they’ll be dead
Blinded by red
Run away, they fled
But couldn’t stay ahead
So now they dread
Even eating their bread
Can’t sew with this thread
So the lead will embed
Their lives they pled
But death instead
They lost their head
Blood shall be shed.

I'm kinda sleepy
I think I'm falling asleep
I won't do much
I will just write this scribble
then I'll finally log off

Fire
and Water
and Wind
and Earth
Death and Destruction;
Life and Birth;

Hand in hand in hand these all go.
Only one will kill my Foe.
Two will kill my friends galore.
Three kills me forevermore.

Brightest dark of darkest days,
Protection from the harmful space,
Betwixt the covers, another place.

Eyes are closed,
Thoughts are gone.
Everything,
Nothing.
All are one,
In the land of never sun.

Forever free
to always be
anything I can see.
A friend,
a ghost,
Of whom I like most
Appears before me.

"Come, lets fly!" s/he says to me.
Snags my hand, set's me free.

In the meadow,
stands two people,
waiting on one other.

We land lightly,
Ever slightly,
In the shadows.

"I'll go now." says the ghost.
of the one I like most.

Sadly s/he flies away,
Having nothing more to say,
I wave goodbye, trot on out
preparing for the coming bout

The two in the meadow.
There now stands another fellow,
Words are changing; rearranging.

Forming now, a group of friends,
Together 'till the very end.

'twixt this land of sheets and meadows.
ghosts of friends; friendly fellows.
alas, times up, we wave goodbye.

to share our thoughts in another time.
another place in a different space,
one more last friendly face clouds my face
before I'm completely wide awake.

It's once more the ghost
of one of whom I like most,
Grabs my hand, and makes a plan.
tonight again,
Same time
Same place,

As I'm thrown back to the space,
rushed along at a breakneck pace.
I smile.

I grab the hand,
from that ghost,
the one that I
like the most.

I reach in fast, before I'm gone,
to the land of the rising sun.

One quick kiss before I'm done,
a tear escapes.
I am gone.

Betwixt the sheets, I awake.
Force myself to a sitting state.

Grab a pen,
A paper too.
I have an entry I must do,
Quickly now, 'for it's erased.

In that ever harmful place.

I'm drowning in sleepless pleasure that I cannot enjoy
Water englufs me in the desert,
take me far away, lead me far away,
for the years they turn like time.

No need for words, time moves on
Ice runs on to the horizon,
Frozen, yet I burn true I journey
knowing you're near I will carry on
to hope again for something new.

The stars burn bright,
and as the stars, we will never fade.
Where are you?

I'll scream to reach the sky
Your stare speaks into my soul
I want you, I feel your cry
If I should die no more,
I'll want to sleep in eternity.

The absolute
The unfailing truth
Is that we belong
among forest, among trees

What the world has done
many good, many bad
We should always know
that we are people of the earth

Because sometimes I long
I long to run
and long to flee
To somewhere I have never known

cause what am I doing,
among asphalt
and never ending light

I want to be free

Originally Posted by NobleDreams

The absolute
The unfailing truth
Is that we belong
among forest, among trees

What the world has done
many good, many bad
We should always know
that we are people of the earth

Because sometimes I long
I long to run
and long to flee
To somewhere I have never known

cause what am I doing,
among asphalt
and never ending light?

I want to be free

Need that question mark at the end.

I love this poem. I feel the same.

Put a Blizzard in my mouth
Wanna be chill like the pole in the South

Mix it up, Oreo and Skor!
There ain't much that I love more

Om nom nom, om nom nom
You're the best, I love you, mom!

It's to cold for my flower to bloom
Stuck waiting
In the cold
so I can show my colors
And eventually plant seeds to keep what I created alive

Originally Posted by saltyseedog

It's to cold for my flower to bloom
Stuck waiting
In the cold
so I can show my colors
And eventually plant seeds to keep what I created alive

Woah. I really iked that

The depressed clown apon a mountain top
looks down in dispair at the dying world below
A sickness of polution and hatred
the scent of garbage and toxic fumes
expanding lungs
pain from the inside out
Who will care for a freak?
All alone standing on top a of mountain
what a great view of horror
Who will hold me as a I watch it die?
Who would hold a freak like me?
It's all a joke
but who wll laugh if no one is around?

Wandering alone the clown fell apart
in the hot desert god left him to die
No water to drink
No shade to hide in
He dryed up in the sun
And was eaten by animals

Bones rot in the ground as time passes by
No one will remember

Children with glowing hearts
Play in the sunlight without care or worry
Time rots at their bones
They decay into bitter adults
Falling apart and dying slowly
What use of a life?
What purpose
All things created decay in time
and all things of beauty become broken structures
And out of the chaos of death new life is born
What hope does the baby have
born out of such a ugly decaying world
What can it do with what life has given him?

A broken heart
and broken bones
i get what i've found
yet still i roam
emptiness in full
fading away i start to see it
it's all i want
but i can't reach it

apologies never rendered my burned apathy, quite
visceral are these temptations to be gone;
i've changed this push and pull, too devout--
like a fool's chase unto collapse and good vibrations,
i waste away, and call upon neverone to take
away this burdening pain forever.

stir crazy

need some fresh air
wanna go somewhere
you can take me anywhere
please anywhere but fucking here

drop me off, it's late
you don't have to wait
if I die there in the lake
just know it was my fate

Monotonny interweaved with sadness,
Occasional glimpses of madness,
Happiness and thrill is what I strive for,
As I travel through future's door.
Boredom glued with procrastination,
To the lapel of my imagination,
Way too lazy to describe,
Far too clever to bribe,
And even though sometimes it works in my favour,
Most of the time its comments have a sour flavour.

Don't know. won't know.

Don't know what that look meant
That brushed against my eyes,
Won't know now that the looker
Has dissappeared from my life,
I should have kept awake
When you beckoned me with those eyes

Don't know. Won't know.

(This is the first time I've done something like this that actually sees the light of day . I'm not sure if this one is finished but I just came up with it 10 minutes ago so I'm fairly happy.)

you look at me, you point and laugh
you think you're a rebel; you're progressive, eh?
trying to change the system from the outside; blunt force
you're a rebel, there's no doubt about it

tell me something, though
why is it your kind is looked down upon?
is it because your train of thought is dangerous
is the status quo really threatened by you?

no, idiot.
you're shunned because you're on the outside
on the outside is where we came from
not where we're going.

no matter how fast you run from it, its always there
no matter how hard you fight it, it doesn't care
its like a shadow that never goes away
its there with you twenty-four hours a day
it begins from a thought and spreads like a cancer
it is what keeps us searching for answers
it is a survival instinct that is necessary
it is the emotional energy that makes us predatory
it is the glue that holds society together every year
.......this is fear

baby's 'bout to bounce
he has no idea--
he's too busy trying to find an ounce.

can't blame her for trying
but he does anyway--
he's so tired of her crying.

he doesn't care to know why
his ego has had him since birth
can't stand to hear her sigh.

but it's time, baby,
she'll be gone when you get home
it's definite, there is no maybe.

baby's 'bout to bounce
he has no idea--
he's too busy trying to find an ounce.

Why are you so far
And each star in the sky
Reminds me of you ?

Why I can't kiss your cheeks
And tell you close to your ears
What I feel ?

I love you