Lonely Poet
There was a lonely poet Who had nothing but his words And who didn't have the freedom To fly amongst the birds. Since his wings were broken He was forced to live on the ground.
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There was a lonely poet Who had nothing but his words And who didn't have the freedom To fly amongst the birds. Since his wings were broken He was forced to live on the ground.
I keep a little bit of nature, A pure shaft of snowy grace, Which sits upon my desk Where it holds pride of place.
In the old toybox Lived many little things , An old doll of a sultan With lots of golden rings, A dinosaur, a spinning-top, A bunch of bouncy balls And an old jigsaw Which got no love at all.
The world seems so colourless, I'm numb feel no pain, Stumbling around this deserted town, Life, I do feign. Darkness surrounds me, I acknowledge no-one, I scream to myself wishing this hadn't begun.
Slipping into the crystal depths Of my pearly oyster shell I am transformed into something else A graceful ocean belle.
Lay your head where my heart used to be Hold the earth above me Lay down in the green grass Remember when you loved me Come closer don't be shy Stand beneath a rainy sky The moon is over the...
I was young and experienced, but I still had a young mind. I came across an old ship shop, a place to find the bits and pieces. I thought hey, this is my experience.
Her head flew back, her hands went out and Her senses did go wild, On that famous day when Athena's temple was defiled. A random Grecian outburst, there will be more refined ones.
I run despite my pain wrecked body because the alternative is unbearable. I haven't survived this long to surrender now. Maybe it's only pride that keeps me alive.
If you could shake the happy tree And dance beneath its open glee, Would the World change. If you could shake the happy tree And hear its leaves and wind agree, Would the World change.
You stood tall and mighty,. 'Till they burned you down,. But out of the ashes,. Rose a Pheonix,. Stronger than before,. Now they kneel at your feet,. And beg forgiveness,. Yet nothing can undo,.
She's ghostly pale, With tapered limbs, She waits beneath the sea. She sings her song, With thick-lashed eyes, Directs that gaze at me. Bewitching noise, Sculpted cheeks, Her perfection is unreal.
There is a girl. She is staring at me; her eyes narrow slits, but from what I can see, are vibrant yellow. How strange. There is a glow from her eyes in the aphotic area of the shrubbery.
The waves lashed against the shore With a sound that was loud and thirsty for more As I lay my feet on the soft sand The waved caught me by my ankles And led me away from land I was caught in an...
Where once was heat, calm descends Where once was wrong, truth defends Where once there was a ratings stealer Where once was hurt, time the healer Where once was dark, now the light Where once was...
Always calm after the storm. Tornado fades. Spirals out of control. Chaos. Falling. Pain at the loss. Always calm after the storm. Restored. Order. Silence sweeping. Still lingers. Left behind.
(from beauty and the beast) Monster. Freak.
She howled at the moon, the moon above the sand. She howled a wolf alone, in a far off foreign land.
I screamed, it was so hard to resist. Phillip patted me on the shoulder reassuringly. "Shh, Shh. Calm down, Gywn. Don't panic, it's fine.
Rare cat. Snow leopard. Coloured black. Eyes of green. And aqua blue. Waits to be unseen. White spots. Black sleek fur. Covered in dots. Hunt me a while. Prowler. Taste me with a smile.
Baa Baa Black sheep. 'Sorry you don't quite fit in so off we creep leaving you go take the flying leap'. Baa Baa White sheep.
// Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger. // It felt completely unnatural. Before, I'd been nothing above an average sophomore who had a passion for track that no one could ever understand. Track.
Life is basically a railway. You set off along the track, Stopping at the stations you choose. School, college, romance, heartache, marriage, children. Everything goes along as expected.
There once was a tiny maiden Not much bigger than your thumb Hatched in a barley corn flower Who cheered you up if you were glum Just by speaking to you sweetly Her laugh tinkled like a stream This...