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1d · 40
Holiday
Im of on holiday
Following the
Northern star
Packed up my
Belongings and
Put them in my car.
Booked a week in
Scotland of to
John o, groats
Then of to Norway
On the ferry boat.
Joining up with
My lady friend
So I am not alone
Driving down
To Italy a romantic
Week in Rome.
Catching the ferry
To Sicily then the
Boat to  Spain
There we shall
Dance naked
In the Catalonia rain.
Driving up to Paris
More romance on the way
I brought my lady friend
A ring
I think it made her day.
My friend became my lover
My future bride to be
We crossed the English Channel
Went home to a nice *** of tea.
1d · 48
Harking on
You hark on about this
You hark on about that
When I throw a spanner
In your works
You create a noisy spat.
Immigration this
Immigration that
Painting the George cross
On our lovely cat.
What are you thinking
I don’t think you are
What  do you know
about reform
You might as
well crash the car.
You hark on about being patriotic
You hark on about I must protest
All I know is our lovely cat
Is not really looking at her best.
1d · 27
Whoops
Sitting in my deck chair
Drinking a glass of cider
I noticed out the corner of
my eye the biggest of spider.
Hello Mr Bell
Wow he knows my name
So I stood on the ****
What a ****** shame.
2d · 26
Broken
Wishing you
were dead
Top of my
shopping list,
If my wish
really comes true
Getting rid of
you will be bliss.
You turned the
Children against me
Because your
a heartless *****
If my wish comes true
Your not worthy
Of a ditch.
I gave you everything
Wanting nothing in return.
Now I sit here broken
Therefore you must burn.
2d · 42
Not worthy
Am I worthy
Of love and respect
When I look at you
And I cannot connect.
You are kind
I am not
I have a penny
But it don’t
fit your slot.
I am a ship
You are the shore
I Can’t find that key
To open your door.
2d · 316
Up and down
The long distant runner
He ran all day and night,
Up hills
down hills
Through darkness
and light.
Taking in the views
Through his tired eyes,
Is this helping
My depression
If so I wonder why.
When I stop running
Into the black I drop
Therefore  I must
keep running
Hopefully I don’t
have to stop.
2d · 40
The angler
Down by the riverside
An angler did he fish,
The skies were blue
The sun did shine
There he made a wish.
He wished himself
And his
deceased bride
To take to
the tunnel
Of love
for one
last
ride,
In his chair dreaming
Of that
joyful last ride,
He took his last breath
And there
he smiled
And died.
3d · 57
Molly
Molly the cat
Had a mishap
All over the
Kitchen floor
My dog
it laughed
Oh So much
So Molly
did a little
Bit more.
3d · 55
Lucky me
You smell wonderful
With silky touch,
From the moment
I met you
l love you
So much.
A bountiful harvest
From a woman
So wise,
She creates
Life
And
happiness
Because I
Do not
Have eyes.
4d · 2.4k
Family
Sunshine on
fragrant meadows
A metaphor for
my lady
She blessed me
with two children
And another baby.
5d · 42
Sweet
Flames in your tears
Ice in your heart
I like the odds
When can we start.
Tongue so sharp
With porcupine feel
Let’s get together
And make a good deal.
Those vampire teeth
And evil smile
I will give you everything
And I’ll stay awhile.
Laying on my back
Looking up into the sky
The sun is so bright
I keep asking myself why.
Why can’t I feel
the warmth of the sun
Just Be happy try
Having some fun.
I am putting up barriers
I am stopping the flow
Im Not letting this
relationship
blossom and grow.
You lay beside me
And hold my hand
The warmth from your sun
I don’t understand.
7d · 1.6k
Mobile friends
Your poison
A disruptive type,
You believe your
Social media
And all of the hype.
You are not kind
This social media
Phenomenon
Has narrowed
Your mind.
When your texting
Becomes a digital hurt,
These mobile friends
will quickly dessert.
Sep 23 · 62
It hurts
Mark Bell Sep 23
Im crying in my heart
The monster rages within
I must not let it out
Thats when trouble begins.
If Im not careful and somehow
This rage escapes
Then they get the answer
By then it’s far too late.
I am kind and respectful
I’ve try to live in peace
But someone as upset
The apple cart and
My anger will be released.
Let it be
let it be
Save me
From this ****** anger
I shall never
ever be free.
Sep 19 · 1.3k
The pugilist
Mark Bell Sep 19
The pugilist who
lost the fight,
Took his own life
Doesn’t seem right.
Fighting depression
Round after round
Hitting the canvas
With unerringly sound.
There’s no more bells
No more punches to give
Inside the ring of ropes
Where he once lived.
Sep 19 · 74
Darkness falling
Mark Bell Sep 19
Time is ticking
Depression mounts
Getting through
the night
Thats what counts.
Pills at the ready
Chair and the rope,
Im drowning in sorrow
Im losing all hope.
The night drags on
Searching for the morn
Wishing hopefully
Why was I ever born.
The cat meows
I can’t raise my head
Every passing moment
I despairingly dread.
The morning comes
It’s still so black
Every step I take
I fall
Through the cracks.
How much more
Can I endure
Pills and the rope
Are my only cure.
Sep 17 · 81
Heartache
Mark Bell Sep 17
You lied to me
I don’t know why
You try manipulation
And then you cry.
Is it a game you
like to play
To try and win
And get your
own way.
I smile
shoulders I shrug
I Make you a tea
In your favourite mug,
You do not have to
Lie to me there’s
Too much heartache
Don’t you agree.
Sep 17 · 1.4k
I miss you
Mark Bell Sep 17
I felt  alive
When you were
By my side,
We travelled
The countries
Far and wide.
Then one morning
In the night you died,
For next year
I cried and cried.
My lover
My soul mate
I miss your face
I scattered your ashes
In your favourite place.
Im still travelling
Far and wide
Everyday wishing
We were
side by side.
Sep 14 · 86
Part time
Mark Bell Sep 14
Part time flag wavers
Brainwashed by news
Lambs following evil
They haven’t a clue.
Is it really about flags
Is it really about hate
Is it about containment
Because of an open gate.
They’ve found a ***
Of golden honey
Where there given shelter
And a bit of money.
Part time flag wavers
Guarding a ***
Not knowing really why
If you wanting change
Be prepared to die.
Sep 13 · 1.6k
Cold
Mark Bell Sep 13
I lay beside you
With a troubled mind
I cannot sleep
You’ve been so unkind.
Your back is turned
Your shoulder is cold
What can I do to get
Back into the fold.
Why can’t you tell me
What I have done bad,
The longer it go’s on
Im beginning  to be sad.
I fall asleep in the
Morning your gone
Please please tell
Me what I’ve done wrong.
Sep 12 · 77
Friend
Mark Bell Sep 12
Clouds are dark
I feel the pain
Oh dear its pouring
Razor blades again.
Sit beside me
hold my hand,
I need to feel
your kindness
Please understand.
I know it’s not
The answer it’s not
going to heal,
Thank you my friend,
I  just like
the way it feels.
Mark Bell Sep 10
Patriotic nationalistic
Isn’t an on of button
Or when it suits you.
Pride in your country
Isn’t just about a flag
Or coming home
in a body bag.
Patriotism is love
Patriotism is kind
Next step is nationalism
Bring on the hate
Im better than you
Oh dear humanity
As eaten itself
Wow to late.
Sep 8 · 1.5k
Troll
Mark Bell Sep 8
Cold of heart
Brain so sharp
With poison pen
She made a start.
Words of hatred
Words of love
about a
Woman in black
Wearing silk gloves.
She was looking
For happiness in
A cauldron of fire
Her words of hatred
Tried not to inspire,
Her words of love
Of lust and desire.
In the end her pen
Caught fire.
Sep 7 · 523
Demise
Mark Bell Sep 7
Alone with my thoughts
Scary and dark,
The abyss is calling
filled with sharks.
As I sit on the balcony
Looking aloft
I Smiled at sky
And then I jumped off.
Sep 2 · 69
Together forever
Mark Bell Sep 2
With line and hook
You reeled me in.
You
Promised me this
You
Promised me that
Overwhelmed by
Your beauty
In awe I sat.
I was bewitched
I succumbed to
Your way
From this path I
Did not stray.
The warmth of
Your loving,
Kind words to
My ears
I followed you
Blindly for seventy years
I worshipped you
We held hands
and we died,
Now in our grave
We lay
Side by side.
Sep 2 · 53
Giving up
Mark Bell Sep 2
Alone and cold
Cannot sleep
Depression dark
The abyss so deep.
Stare into space
Heartbeat so slow
Static emotions
With nowhere to go.
Outlook bleak
Memories gone
No more music
No more song.
Time slides away
Into day and night
Body collapsing
With no more fight.
Is this the end
Sep 1 · 55
Friday night in
Mark Bell Sep 1
Friday night
We Uncorked
A bottle of wine,
We drank
Flesh upon flesh
Loving was fine
In the hours of
Darkness the
Sun did shine.
I was yours
And you were mine.
She fell asleep
I had warmth
In my heart
Then she let rip
With one stinky ****.
Aug 30 · 61
Love never dies
Mark Bell Aug 30
Im not running
Im walking away
I’ve made my mind up
I shall not stay.
I shall go with my
Head held high
Because i will
still love you
Till the day I die.
I will not let in hate
I’ve already shut that gate,
I step out into the future
Unaware what
life I shall live
Hoping you will
see in your
Heart one day
to forgive.
I know wherever I roam
Without you my love
I shall always be alone.
Aug 23 · 234
I am off
Mark Bell Aug 23
You want me
To do this
You want me
To do that
Clean the car
Feed the cat.
You put stickers
On the fridge door
Like do the washing up
And clean the floor.
I got to put the bins out
On a certain day
I work twenty four seven
And you want all my pay.
This is not fair
l do love you
But a one sided arrangement
Just will not do
You can keep the cat
And the house too
Im out of here
Can’t live life like
this Im totally through.
Aug 19 · 40
Fascination
Mark Bell Aug 19
Long legged *****
In a black dress
I lust after you
I do confess.
You are a minefield
A conundrum at best
A total enigma
Just full of zest.
I walk the sidewalk
Just by chance
Hoping upon hope
To get a glance.
I know Im still in
My teenage years
But I can still dream
Of you my dear.
Aug 18 · 49
Look to the future
Mark Bell Aug 18
Don’t go bringing
Up the past
let it settle
Inside your head
When it rains
Don’t go dredging
Up the riverbed.
Please do not weep
Try not to cry,
Don’t wake the
sleeping
Dog it will only
Bring up lies.
Look to the future
There’s no happiness
Holding on to the past,
The riverbed holds
to many sad memories
For this relationship
To last.
Aug 15 · 40
Sacrifice
Mark Bell Aug 15
I walk over the skulls
On the killing fields
The wolf as eaten
His human yield.
I have twenty four hours
To slay this foe
To stop the killings
And all the black woe.
The moon rises to
End the darkest of days
The wolf is close
Tonight I must slay,
When it eats me
I shall not cry
I’ve poisoned myself
Like me it will slowly die.
I sacrificed myself
So others shall live
I take it’s life
Mine I shall give.
Aug 15 · 69
Blind love
Mark Bell Aug 15
I am blind
I cannot see
My imagination
Do's it for me.
Come to me
Let me feel
Your skin,
Don’t let the
Wheelchair
Cloud you within.
The eyes and chair
Are just my cover
Use your imagination
And be my lover.
It do's not need
To be complex
Out of my wheelchair
We can have ***.
I need you to love me
I need to feel free
Being with you
My imagination
Can see.
Aug 14 · 72
Im ugly
Mark Bell Aug 14
Ducking for apples
In red hot fat
I am ugly
I can deal with that.
Being trolled
On face book
Social media on line
Just arseholes having
A whine.
My inner beauty
Comes from a kind heart
A lovely slice of cake
A tip top start.
Trouty lips not for me
Looks silly on a
Fatty don’t you see,
I deal with everything
Except being ignored
This is plain rude and it
Makes me abhor.
Aug 9 · 156
Hard nut to crack
Mark Bell Aug 9
Prickly as a cactus
Cunning as a fox
A pretty live wire
A Jack in the box.
Sweet Marie
A burning flame
You need to
Lighten up
To play
The loving game.
You have a kind heart
Beautiful eyes,
Exterior so hard
You make the sun cry.
I will persevere
To bring out the
Kindness in you
Break through the hardness
It’s what I shall do.
Aug 8 · 55
It’s the way
Mark Bell Aug 8
Cupboards are bare
Refugees die
War and hatred
Make children cry.
Playgrounds are closed
Books are not read
Eyes of the children are
Full of dread.
Schools become hospitals
Propaganda will rule
People hate people
The child becomes fuel.
The flame of hatred
Is still alight today
It’s always been
This stupid way.
Mark Bell Aug 5
Nothing prepared me for
What was to come,
I met a woman, lovely
So full of fun.
We walked and talked
For many an hour
The day was a blanket
Of sun and showers.
Into the evening
We drank and danced
We played roulette
And took a chance,
We walked home and
Went straight to bed
Stripped of and naked
My heart skipped a beat as
Freda became Fred.
Aug 4 · 281
Sad
Mark Bell Aug 4
Sad
So many
heartaches
In the world
Are we compatible
Boys and girls.
Love is like
A ring of fire
Rights and wrongs
Attached to desire.
I really don’t get it
That’s why I’m alone,
I definitely ain’t
A rolling stone.
On my grave stone
My epitaph will say
An unopened heart
Didn’t come out to play.
Mark Bell Jul 30
Some people
Like to gamble
You will
Generally lose
Some people
Like to love
Some people
Like the *****
When all is done
You will lose.
When angels sing
The door bells ring
You will lose
From the beginning
Of time
Life and death
Should be a crime
The sun don’t shine
Please don’t whine
When you lose.
Jul 29 · 142
Sweet
Mark Bell Jul 29
Black bird and the worm
Became the best of friends
They lived a long life
And a story with no end.
Jul 25 · 51
Circle of madness
Mark Bell Jul 25
Searching through madness
The outcome will be bleak
You shall never know
What you are trying to seek.

Dazed and confused
Just one pile of mess
Entangled in hopeless despair
In a turquoise dress.

Battered and bruised
Encased in a ****
Nobody is listening
It’s all to absurd.

So here you
are standing
Totally blind,
Trying to
catch hold
Of something
you will
never find.
Mark Bell Jul 24
Social media a platform
For good and bad
If you are a snowflake
It’s going to make you sad,
Catholic Protestant Muslim Jew
The problem is not the platform
The problem is you.
Are you a deceiver
Are you a believer,
Good and bad
Exist only in the receiver.
You do not need to cower
To social media power
Be strong don’t open the gate
Don’t be inane and take the bait.
Good and bad lives in us all
If you climb higher and higher
The harder you will fall.
Jul 20 · 48
Hide and seek
Mark Bell Jul 20
I needed you
You threw me aside,
Every night without you
Tears I cried,
I lay there not knowing
What to do,
You left me mother
I was only two.
In my teens my
Thoughts did grow
Did I really want to know
Who was my mother
Who tossed me aside
I had no more tears
I wished to cry.
But alas I had to know
The thoughts in my head
They would not go,
For five years I searched the land
No information was coming to hand
What sort of woman
Could abandon a child
This Made me who I am
A little bit wild,
So with my adopted names
I shall not pursue this
Cruellest of games.
Jul 16 · 51
Sunshine days
Mark Bell Jul 16
The promenade is full today
With sunshine walkers
Enjoying the day.
Children with
beach *****
In sand
they play,
This is the
life on a
Summers day.
Fish and chips
Inside beachside cafes
Policeman in glass box
Having a laugh.
Attraction of thee
Arcades ready to
Take your money,
Fifty pence machine you
Might win a bunny.
The day ends the sun
Needs a rest
Sunshine days
Simply the best.
Jun 30 · 106
A little lie
Mark Bell Jun 30
Being tried for ******
In the first degree
Execution is waiting
Waiting for me.
Finally to get rid of
The monster
That lives inside,
I know Im not guilty
They won’t know I lied.
Jun 29 · 160
Why
Mark Bell Jun 29
Why
My girl with
Golden eyes
My daughter
Reached the
Age of five
Her journey
Was about to start
Then disaster
Our world
Fell apart.
She was gone
Tears I cry
Why do children
Have to die.
Jun 27 · 74
Finding ones roots
Mark Bell Jun 27
I was born
Under a wandering star
Didn’t have any money
To buy a car.
Bedraggled suit
Holes in my boots
Had no job
Had no roots.
I was born
Under a wandering star
I didn’t need money
To wander far.
Still had good looks
Lots of charm
Did my best
To do no harm,
Hey ** I met a witch
Lovely woman
Walked around naked
Not wearing a stitch
Was rather weird
Oddly at first
I stopped wandering
And drank my thirst.
Jun 23 · 55
Kindness
Mark Bell Jun 23
I crave some kindness
From whoever I meet
My emotions and feelings
Are damaged and weak.
Mental health shattered
Every thought is bleak,
I crave kindness
in people
the ones
I meet.
This fruit cake
Has ingredients
Some have gone amiss,
I don’t tick boxes
I don’t deserve this.
Jun 16 · 58
Ease
Mark Bell Jun 16
Im burnt out
Love is cruel
Our arguments
Have become
A titanic duel.
It shouldn’t
Be this way
It’s like a butler
Thats lost his tray,
Come on my lover
Let’s get through
This day.
Me and you
Can work this out
Let’s ease up
It’s a good shout.
At the end of another day
There we shall sleep and
There we shall lay.
Jun 10 · 88
The moody
Mark Bell Jun 10
Im drowning in
The tears you shed
You say you hate me
Then take me to bed.
Im confused it’s all inane
Completely mental
****** insane.
You don’t
Then you do
Please forgive me
I haven’t a clue.
Your a two sided coin
loyal and true,
Im stuck in the middle
Between happy and blue.
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