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When The Alarm sounds...

There is a change

Each key marks the manipulation of the strings

The extraordinary
Supernatural
Otherworldly ensemble

The very sound shifts his being to his core
His essence molded by the penetratingly profound medley

The Alarm calls...
Whispers...
Then extends

NO
don't touch me
don't take it from me
I'm saving it for someone

I shut my ears
I abhor the alarm...
take the jump
take the jump
To a New World
A new life
You would rather
Spend a second there
Than an eternity here

take the jump...
take the jump...

Wake up
Look into the Portal
It beckons
It exclaims that it desires your presence
They don't want you
They won't mind if you leave
AND NEVER COME BACK

So...

TAKE THE JUMP
TAKE THE JUMP
 Aug 2020 manlin
cleo
Byke (3/3)
 Aug 2020 manlin
cleo
i am not a woman. but
my time in the shadows
has taught me
how best to love them.

yes, i have loved others
but my capacity
for loving women
is unmatchable.

years of denial,
turns to regret-
fueled yearning for
a love ‘unattainable’

until now.

what a gift it is
to love and be loved by
a woman.
part 3/3
 Aug 2020 manlin
cleo
Deliverance
 Aug 2020 manlin
cleo
those who fantasize about death
don’t always want to end their lives
in order to achieve absolution.
some people just wish to feel no pain
or sadness but find no other solution
than permanent deliverance.
 Aug 2020 manlin
John Destalo
of the slightest touch

from the right person
at the right time

when the mind empties
and the heart fills

and the body is energized
and the soul is resurrected
 Aug 2020 manlin
kaehaniya
a heaven
 Aug 2020 manlin
kaehaniya
even if we can’t find heaven
we get three 6s instead of 7s
i’ll walk through hell with you
i’ll find a heaven with you
“even if we can’t find heaven, i’ll walk through hell with you.”
- rachel platten // stand by you
8/23/2020
 Aug 2020 manlin
thomezzz
As a woman, I have always
felt the pressure to procreate.
And if I succeed,
well, I better be the best mother I can be.
But what if, I’m scared
Of the pressures of social media.
That the moms that populate the page
will always be better than me.
That I may spread
my infected genes.
That maybe, right now, the world is
just a scary place to be.
But what if, I decide
to do things for me?
Does that deserve
to be guilty?
 Aug 2020 manlin
Carl Miller
In My arms laid, that sweet, shining child.
Holding so tightly, her gaze to her mother's glowing, humbled face.
The blues and grays and blacks of dusk, lie dormant this sweet morning.
When two came together to become one. That crisp dawn, so humble and so mild.
Not sure exactly when I wrote this one. But it's a favorite of mine. I can't explain how joyful it makes Me feel inside when I recite it aloud. But all the best poetry does that to You in My opinion. I hope You enjoy it. God bless

-Carl
 Aug 2020 manlin
Carl Miller
Running:
What he lost that day was more than love, less than hatred
What replaced it was a feeling of soft neutrality
Nothing left to lose, but everything to gain
His future is a loaded gun, his target: tenacity

Gunning:
Giving all he has, concrete monuments cement his mind
Softly spoken, but teeming with fires
A furnace laced with bullets, guarding a heart of gold
The spirit of a brother, who's fight never tires
Go Get Em'
 Aug 2020 manlin
Carl Miller
Hide Me:
Romanticize this life, make it look extravagant
Like a bust of porcelain and gold
Explain away my fears and convictions
Every day of my life, until I'm far too old

Help Me:
Paranoia does not make You beautiful
Nothing is nice about fear and loathing
The water is always warmest on the deepest end
I'd rather drown, so help me forget my fear of floating
Loathing, Loving
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