Official Poetry Thread

[Ħ]

[Tick]

So I feel pretty shitty today, and because the only way to express myself is the most cliche way possible, this is a short poem and stuff.


Nah I was never much to fit in with your group
But lay me down pull out your gun and pretend to shoot
And I'll happily play dead again

So watch me as I crawl to the wall
I'll be breaking my knuckles trying not to fall
If I even feel like getting up again

Ok, I'm officially bummed out.

[dethklok09]

Untitled dumb bullshit part 2 

Everyone's out today
Wearing all their favorite colors
I wish I could join

Dancing in the hallways
They cheer for the new year
But I look at it in apathy

Perhaps this is a false feeling
Implying that I feel no pain at all

But if anything really killed
it'd be the joy I knew I wouldn't face
even after all that is done today
I know i'm on the ground
I fell from a slippery slope
my arms and legs are broken
Even though they're said to be fine after all.


Edit: another bullshit stupid poem

lift me up in the trees I guess
Catch me before I fall and land on my head.
I can sense your hesitation
But maybe I should dispel such feelings I guess

Why should it really matter much?
I guess I should stop trying to figure out
I may be a little homesick from being home
for far too long I guess

I think it's starting to show
but whatever I guess
I know you can't stand the sight of me
So I'll just stop trying I guess


so yeah that was a bunch of stupid pussy shit but whatever :/

[Tick]

Giants smashing Patriots into oblivion
Little girls giggle at the sight
Old woman care not and tend to chores
but men will eat drink and pillage
and the world prepares to end
in 11 more months

[obscure]

never would have thought that this thread could be so awesome 

[Onno]

I'm not much of a poet, but I really like reading (mostly stories, books and stuff, but also poems). However, I have so far written exactly one poet. Here is the link:

https://authspot.com/poetry/rain-on-dry-land/

[dethklok09]

one new one before I head to bed

creeping down the steps
I sensed her hesitation

She couldn't wait to see what she thought she'd see
at the bottom

well I guess if life is full of surprises
consider ours to be right in stock

But once she reached the bottom step
she quickly ran right back up again

[Jarlaxle]

Probably won't make much sense to anyone

Turn the hourglass over again
Watch the sand fall
Watch the time fall
Watch time slip away
No plan to find where it’s gone

Every sunny day
A cloudy cover up
Storm clouds reign
A serene promise
Of paradise
Marred by chaos

I look
I see you there
I reach
Nothing there

Hourglass turns
I can’t feel
Numb
With the pain

Where did the time go?
It seems I lost it
Don’t care to look
I like the detachment
A lucid dream
Of foggy deliberation

Hourglass falls
Shatters
Breaks my concentration
Thoughts of nothing

A rose picks its own thorns
Just to plunge them back in
No blood spills
How can it live
If it can’t love
Itself?

We are told stories
Of life after death
How can we know?
I don’t see it
Can’t feel it
But it comforts us
Will you show me?
Can you?
Can’t feel you
Can’t see you

Your thorns
Pierced my skin
No blood spills
Pierced my soul
No blood spills
Pierced my heart
No blood spills
A gaping wound is left
But “time”, they say
“Heals all wounds”
But the hourglass
Already broke
Time is gone
Don’t care to look
I’ll have to live forever
Before I see the scars

RIP to my brother 

[Onno]

Dreams of wondrous landscapes
The enchanting beauty of a young world
A red sunrise over hills
Mythical forests by moonlight
Nature’s finest
But dream as well

Grasslands under a strange but bewildering sun
Not a spot of wickedness
Not a leaf withered
Nothing rotten, everything purified

Nighttime under a glass moon
Silent waters reflecting the stars
Hot air, but a cool breeze

Water flowing
Through the creeks
Pleasant shadows
Covering the hills by daylight

Awakening; you receive
A dose of reality
And you realize
You can look
But you cannot see

[dethklok09]

I don't feel i can keep it up any longer
A current silent to most is pushing me forward
And maybe one day i'll see the day
Where I can be truthful when I say
it's all ok

Meeting out in the park tonight
We'll celebrate the delight
of friends gathered round
to forget our troubled pasts

And maybe one day I can leave the park
Feeling just as happy as I did then
They say happiness is just a brief spark
I'm just looking forward to the day
that it never ends

[Ben_Jamin]

Magical Thinking

Am I dead? Am I alive?
What are these distorted white figures?
A nurturing motherly voice,
lures me in her arms.

More and more I can see
the outcome of the problem.
More and more I can see
my fantasies foretold.
Was It me who was the one
That decided the fate of man?

Or was it just a coincidence

The elders prophesized
a young wise man will spread hope
strengthening the people.

Wisdom of the world,
researching when it all receded
I discovered when life grasped my soul
reality's beauty was tainted.

If I should commit suicide
would her flowers finally bloom?
If I should continue living
would she drop dead?

[Tick]

The roof is blown off with fury
Then went the covers on my bed
Thrust forward swiftly into a Black starless sky
There is nothing
I am all alone
I am no one
Perhaps I never was

[Ben_Jamin]

I can see you asleep
But I'm not sure you can hear me
absence of mind
along the thin lines of life

Slowly the tide takes me away
As I face the waves of dismay.
Still not so sure
I found the cure
as they all pray.

intention disguised
In the smartest minds
Meld into one machine
pictures portray
A future decayed
shattered skies.

I see you asleep
But can you hear me?
Whisper a song
As I lay myself to rest.

[Onno]

Bit more personal than my usual poems.

And I thought this day would never come
But it came
And I thought I would know
But I did not
And I thought there would be light
But there is not

Not suspecting the least
Like the flick of the switch
I was in an orchard
The throat of winter
Is upon me

I thought it would make me forget
And it did
I thought it would complete me
Again
And it did

And I thought
That I
Would not regret
But I do
And I must walk
One of these two grave paths
Blindly
One is the way back
and the other
Ends in flames

[Tick]

Bit more personal than my usual poems.

And I thought this day would never come
But it came
And I thought I would know
But I did not
And I thought there would be light
But there is not

Not suspecting the least
Like the flick of the switch
I was in an orchard
The throat of winter
Is upon me

I thought it would make me forget
And it did
I thought it would complete me
Again
And it did

And I thought
That I
Would not regret
But I do
And I must walk
One of these two grave paths
Blindly
One is the way back
and the other
Ends in flames

That's excellent.

[Onno]

Bit more personal than my usual poems.

And I thought this day would never come
But it came
And I thought I would know
But I did not
And I thought there would be light
But there is not

Not suspecting the least
Like the flick of the switch
I was in an orchard
The throat of winter
Is upon me

I thought it would make me forget
And it did
I thought it would complete me
Again
And it did

And I thought
That I
Would not regret
But I do
And I must walk
One of these two grave paths
Blindly
One is the way back
and the other
Ends in flames

That's excellent.

Thanks a lot mate

[Ħ]

Typed this up a few days ago as song lyrics:



Your moonlight smile is unraveling my mind
But it’s binding my heart so tight
I look toward the sky to find what to say
And hear something that just takes flight
 
Can we,
Can we just sit here?
Can we just talk for a while?
 
Will you,
Will you start knowing,
Start knowing the pain that I feel?
 
I’m spinning around in space
I’m falling toward the ceiling
I’m slipping away into haze
Your tormenting gaze has me reeling
 
You’re looking over my shoulder
You’re anxious to break away
You’re biting your lip, try to seem colder
And I wince when you act that way
 
It’s time to pack up and leave it behind
Time to move on and be through
But I’ll always remember your laughter and passion
Held close as the day breaks anew

[Onno]

Another one that I wrote today.

Blackened leaves on dying trees
Once beautiful grass
Now rotting soil that hides your feet
A blackened sun
Upon a never-ending sea of sorrow
The nights begins and darkness reigns
Waiting for tomorrow

Could everything just disappear
In the blink of an eye
Or would you need
To say goodbye

Drowning in confusion
You can’t tell
If this is all just an illusion
Hoping for
One way or another
To end this now
Soon it must smother

Entangled by vines
No chance of release
Still focusing on hate
But there’s a missing piece

How far do you have
To go
To stop
Fooling yourself
Or will you just forget?

[Ħ]

That's freakin morbid.

[Onno]

That's freakin morbid.

Yep^^

[Tick]

Time is time, we leave behind
We lose the things we never find
Do you know what I mean
Life is life, its not in the grand scheme
In the morning you wash your face
But in the mirror remains a trace
Find a way to break the spell
Life becoming just a shell
A days a day, its all the same
The way you lives a crying shame
Don't forget a man who's wise
Will have the vision to look through his own eyes

[Onno]

Time is time, we leave behind
We lose the things we never find
Do you know what I mean
Life is life, its not in the grand scheme
In the morning you wash your face
But in the mirror remains a trace
Find a way to break the spell
Life becoming just a shell
A days a day, its all the same
The way you lives a crying shame
Don't forget a man who's wise
Will have the vision to look through his own eyes

That's very good

[Tick]

Time is time, we leave behind
We lose the things we never find
Do you know what I mean
Life is life, its not in the grand scheme
In the morning you wash your face
But in the mirror remains a trace
Find a way to break the spell
Life becoming just a shell
A days a day, its all the same
The way you lives a crying shame
Don't forget a man who's wise
Will have the vision to look through his own eyes

That's very good

[Onno]

Let's breathe some life into this topic...

Standing in a forest
Surrounded by trees
Spring is in the air
Yet you panic
Sight is blurring, frustration rises
There is a feeling that tells you were to go
But that place is far away

Kind hands reaching for you
But you thrust them back in maddening hate
The chaos inside
Created by the enigma of your mind
A soothing light far away
But there is always a river you cannot swim across

Walking on a derelict bridge
Under blood red moonlight
The rotting wood squeaking from the chilling wind
And slippery underneath your feet
Just a spark of hope remains
In this dark night

And when you’re almost there
Strutting towards the soothing light
You look back and see the trees
You still haven’t left them behind

[ThroughHerEyesDude6]

As I stand, upon a, mildew covered wretch, I feel the anger rise, and I am slowly hiding
Mechanic springs of light, become a dew-filled valley, and I fear what comes, in spite of my, eternal grace
They all stare, and behold, what I've done to her, and now I just care for, a quick and painless snapshot
But I don't think they'll be, so sentimental with their, lack of grace and care, for what I did, to that poor girl

[Tick]

As I stand, upon a, mildew covered wretch, I feel the anger rise, and I am slowly hiding
Mechanic springs of light, become a dew-filled valley, and I fear what comes, in spite of my, eternal grace
They all stare, and behold, what I've done to her, and now I just care for, a quick and painless snapshot
But I don't think they'll be, so sentimental with their, lack of grace and care, for what I did, to that poor girl

[ThroughHerEyesDude6]

As I stand, upon a, mildew covered wretch, I feel the anger rise, and I am slowly hiding
Mechanic springs of light, become a dew-filled valley, and I fear what comes, in spite of my, eternal grace
They all stare, and behold, what I've done to her, and now I just care for, a quick and painless snapshot
But I don't think they'll be, so sentimental with their, lack of grace and care, for what I did, to that poor girl

Mock my jest, sure I can't, see the lightning strike, from whence I saw her lie, but they all crowd around me
To bear an anguished strife, they hurl their blood-stained curses, towards my aching chest, and I am all, that I became
So just shut, down the fear, a frightened boy caught, in the wake of disease, and he has no words to scream
My mortal tale so true, it's overcoming your mind, and the time keeps on, always in chime, of Tick Tick TOCK

[True Death of Life]

one new one before I head to bed

creeping down the steps
I sensed her hesitation

She couldn't wait to see what she thought she'd see
at the bottom

well I guess if life is full of surprises
consider ours to be right in stock

But once she reached the bottom step
she quickly ran right back up again

This is truly stunning. I love it.

[True Death of Life]

Bit more personal than my usual poems.

And I thought this day would never come
But it came
And I thought I would know
But I did not
And I thought there would be light
But there is not

Not suspecting the least
Like the flick of the switch
I was in an orchard
The throat of winter
Is upon me

I thought it would make me forget
And it did
I thought it would complete me
Again
And it did

And I thought
That I
Would not regret
But I do
And I must walk
One of these two grave paths
Blindly
One is the way back
and the other
Ends in flames

That's excellent.

WOW. Gorgeous.

[Onno]

Thanks man!

[Onno]

I wrote another poem yesterday. Here it is, it's somewhat less negative than my last few poems


A golden light on the horizon
It drives away the stains of black
Cloudy memories no longer valued
Leaves on trees are growing back
Still he seeks to find a way
But no longer is he sure
That one will blacken the light of day
And then there'll be no more

He strives to take his chance
And to enter a defying stance
But his sight is still blurred
And uncertainty unheard

Afraid of the moonless dark
And threatened by a force
That long ago has left its mark
Upon his very source

This time determined he moves on
To find a way that once was gone
Chaotic peace rests in a frame
A turbulence which has no name

One that was
Two became
One that is
And might remain

[Tick]

We ride the night, until daylight
From the shadows of the Forrest
To the shadows of dark dreams
I knew I'd lost reality, when the shadow came and beckoned me
Oh no, you know that its over
The storm has come, and its over....

[Tick]

Wrote this one in honor of my towns trash pickup Inspired by how fast my shit disappeared from the edge of curb.


Metal sitting by the curb, gone before you blink
Old dvd player, printer too, taken faster than you can think
One mans trash, another's treasure. Take it, leave it, theirs no pressure
 You will find this sunny day, many gems all thrown away
 Take a breath, the sheer bliss, of old stuff from a basement, that smells like piss
 Old record albums covered in mold, is someones idea, of sheer gold
 Its a garbage mans dream, all covered in dust, the smell for some is just pure lust. Take it away, its all for you, my neighbors got some neat stuff too

[Onno]

As I stand, upon a, mildew covered wretch, I feel the anger rise, and I am slowly hiding
Mechanic springs of light, become a dew-filled valley, and I fear what comes, in spite of my, eternal grace
They all stare, and behold, what I've done to her, and now I just care for, a quick and painless snapshot
But I don't think they'll be, so sentimental with their, lack of grace and care, for what I did, to that poor girl

Mock my jest, sure I can't, see the lightning strike, from whence I saw her lie, but they all crowd around me
To bear an anguished strife, they hurl their blood-stained curses, towards my aching chest, and I am all, that I became
So just shut, down the fear, a frightened boy caught, in the wake of disease, and he has no words to scream
My mortal tale so true, it's overcoming your mind, and the time keeps on, always in chime, of Tick Tick TOCK

Wrote this one in honor of my towns trash pickup Inspired by how fast my shit disappeared from the edge of curb.


Metal sitting by the curb, gone before you blink
Old dvd player, printer too, taken faster than you can think
One mans trash, another's treasure. Take it, leave it, theirs no pressure
 You will find this sunny day, many gems all thrown away
 Take a breath, the sheer bliss, of old stuff from a basement, that smells like piss
 Old record albums covered in mold, is someones idea, of sheer gold
 Its a garbage mans dream, all covered in dust, the smell for some is just pure lust. Take it away, its all for you, my neighbors got some neat stuff too

Those are really good

[True Death of Life]

I never thought I'd be so in love with this thread. There is so much talent here.