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Contest Winners for the Unexpected Love Contest

:icontrzickus:


Hello members~

Firstly, thank you to everyone who participated in this event! It was a blast reading everyone's work and seeing the creativity in your poems. :)


Now without further ado, here are the winners:

1st Place
"Unexpected" by ~ReallyLostMyMind
UnexpectedWe walked down the stone hallway,
Hands at our sides,
Fingers bumping against each other.
We were never in step.
Our hands were so close,
But never touching for long.
Definitely never holding each other.
No.
He’s far too…
Arrogant,
Affluent,
Annoying,
“Awesome?”
He peeks over my shoulder.
I raise an eyebrow in his direction.
The notebook slams shu-

We were walking next to each other today,
As we do quite often,
But her shoulder and arm kept on bumping into me.
She seemed really off step.
She never leaned against me though.
Using me as support?
Ha!
She’s far too…
Proud,
Poor,
Pretentious,
“Phenomen

Their prizes:
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Group interview featuring the winners work from #Soul-Poets

Personal feature by =Starija

Complex manipulation by *NEFUR-STUDIOS

30 :points: donated by ~xXsugar0cubeXx

5 llamas



2nd Place
"Unexpected Love" by *outRAGEousConcepts
Unexpected Love
Our souls met long before our eyes
Every conversation held a new surprise
It was so easy, so natural, so beautiful too
My heart wasn't ready for the surprise of you
I thought I knew what I was searching for
I never dreamed there could be something more
Someone who could make me want to change my mind
The rarest kind of love I thought I would never find
Just the sound of your voice over the phone
Is the sound of knowing I will never be alone
You make my heart smile and fill my soul with song
Every day I wonder how I lived without you for so long
Just thinking about you puts a smile on my face
It was so unexpected, but you are my h

Their prizes:
3 month Premium membership to Deviantart

Group interview feature from #InnerSanityAndChaos

Free character commission from =TRZickus

30 :points: donated by ~xXsugar0cubeXx

4 llamas



3rd Place
"The Pessimist and the Optimist" by ~Octavias101
The Pessimist and the Optimist
An opposite unlikely
Together, forever seen
Holding their hands tenderly
Unfolded in a reverie

One is a darker nature
Who sees the bitter side of things
Who can not discern the positive
But knows exactly what are kings

The other a sheltered hope
Who lives in a narrow world
Who chooses to disregard
The opinion to be hurled

With one or the other
They are the split of souls
A broken half to the other
Until forever never tolls

The skeptical deserves
Someone, a far cry away
From all he looks down upon
Beyond his haunted casement

A care-free spirit
Would lose her sense of direction
Without a map or sight to lead
Her thoughts, only another

Their prizes:
500:points:

Interview with featured work by =TRZickus

20 :points: donated by ~xXsugar0cubeXx

2 llamas



Honorable Mentions

Love SurprisesI didn't expect to fall for you,
I didn't expect to fall so soon.
I didn't expect to fall so hard,
to fall so very fast.
I never thought you'd catch my fall, 
but you were there, 
you stopped me fast.
I don't know if time just stopped
or if you stopped my heart.
I don't know if I like this feeling,
to feel so strongly for you.
But when I fell, you were there;
you caught me in your arms.
So there I'll stay,
hope for the best;
I hope you fall for me. "Love Surprises" by ~jahendrick             GlaciersYour heart is a glacier
my waves cannot reach,
frozen in time, sinking ships
with your gaze.

Me, I'm just a drumbeat
resounding at random,
like a child I'm wanting
things I cannot have.

But my warmth could melt the poles,
and now your heart is vivid
seeking out a moment
to get lost in me. "Glaciers" by =Daft-Enigma

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Are you a poet that focuses on emotional poetry? Do you pour your heart and soul into your poems to the point that they inspire the reader and bring tears to their eyes? If so, this is the group for you. Soul-Poets is a group to help emotional poets reach the audience they desire and receive helpful feedback/critiques.
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The Little Girl BlinkedThe little girl blinked and he was gone
Unsure if he was ever really there
But she knew that something had inspired her
To do things she wouldn’t normally dare

A teardrop too many he once told her
Had brought him from the shadows of her mind
As those around her began to wander
Across her imagination's fine line

But now he seemed to have walked away
As she found the life she had long sought
He slowly drifted back to the shadows
From her notebook and her beautiful thoughts

And the fools around her carried the spades
Burying him with her imagination
With an epitaph etched on a tombstone
‘Here lies my potential for creation’
The Little Girl Blinked by *Rifle1980
A lion among sheep.There are ghosts in my bloodstream
kissing concrete cells &
the bedroom eyes of nerve endings.

( foreign words
engraved into my marrow, birds in my chest
& wars not yet fought between my hips. )

I've taken myself apart every night
since I learned how to swallow a pen
without gagging;
limb by steady limb.

Passed around by grabby hands,
a sold, & borrowed daughter;

I am a lion among sheep,
drunk on life & ink.A lion among sheep. by *DearPoetry
OverActive ImaginationLike verbal synesthesia,
    snap
       crackle
         pop
in my head.
Words go

bang bang bang

and all I think are flashes.

Computer fans are white noise
and clicking keys a melody.
I sleep on piles of books
and tell myself bedtime stories
that never, ever end.
It's the same one, every night.
  over
     and over
       and over
         and over
           and over.......
I edit, even in my head.

One color brings four hundred synonyms to mind
and the feeling of fabric is like a burst of light.
Looking at a photograph is often over whelming,
and all I want to do is know what
they were thinking,
not what I am.

It's a curse and OverActive Imagination by ~The-Authoress124
Valentine's Day? UGHA blood-colored box in the shape of a heart
What an ironic way to express a poisonous dart
Well perhaps that might be the best way
To also show how love doth decay
So here I stand with my little red box
Crimped firmly shut with bleeding locks
Digging a grave with a blackened spoon
I bury this trinket under the glow of the moon
No love for me, not for even one day
So to all I whisper: screw Valentine's Day.Valentine's Day? UGH by *InsanityAdjuster
Featured
Emotional
Swindled Out of ExistenceTime soars and withers behind every thought
Frittered, upon the rogue journeys of dragonflies
They fixate, upon fowls that flutter in boundless luxury
Forever, may they roam certain and free

Into the arms of twilit wonder
I shed the fabrics of my feeble existence
Wandering, further into cloudy delusion
Seemingly weightless within eternal ease

How these pages have swindled me
Thieving of precious exuberance
To no longer frolic, among my weightless brethren

How trouble has wrung my skin and bones dry
Risen at the beckoning of idle hands
Softly dwindling, the remnants of my better years

I carry the deathly seeds of suffrage
Locked in a Swindled Out of Existence by ~Loftydreams101
AsphyxiationI want to drag you to the floor,
and cover your mouth so you can't breathe,
Suffocating you
with my lips over yours
and feel your blood rushing through your skin.
Tear at the unnecessary garments
obstructing my roaming fingers
that can't seem to find your pulse.
Hands wrapped around your shoulders
that slowly make their way around your throat,
squeezing harder and harder to form bruises.
I will drain the air from your lungs
as I inhale all the delicious toxins
and flavors that play on your tongue
just so I can say
that I really did take your breath away.Asphyxiation by ~mcjo13
New LeafI've shelled away my coat of lies,
and set my heart out in the straw,
for the birds to peck and squabble over
my mistakes and flaws.

It's colder now without the dust
that has clung to me for years.
The broken hearts that broke forever:
the muddy stinging tears.

Please, do not forgive me
for the flaws I used to flaunt.
I am now not singular,
and I can bear the taunts.

But the coat of lies I shelled
and the heart I left to waste.
Watch them wither and decay,
As I softly fly away.New Leaf by ~FlickeringCandle
Isolation - is it Me or Them?Rejected by the world
I feel like an outcast
Does everyone hate me, and push me away?
Or do I hold myself apart, and then blame it on them?
I feel so confused, I can’t tell anymoreIsolation - is it Me or Them? by ~KurenaiSensei7912
Emotional
Human Nature
Bad RhymesI can't believe I'm so in luck
At last someone that I can love

To think about where this might let
Makes me so nervous that I stutter

I might be acting like a fool
But girl you really make me feel special

You put my patience on a test
I really want to grab your hand

And walk with you under the moon
But now I want to see your smile

Inside of me a flame you lit
Therefore I take care of your problems

Why so dismissive? Did I gape?
Well then it's time for a good apologyBad Rhymes by *BloodyMess-VaoT
7 Deadly Sins: LustI am the desire in your heart,
the seductive voice in your head.
I am the tickling touch on your skin,
the lip biting pleasures surging like electric.
I am dominant and submissive,
master and slave to your urges.
I am false love and false passion,
trapping the depraved into my sin.
I am the screams and the moans,
the claw marks on your back.
I am the melting snow on your nipple.
I am the dancing fire in your eyes.
I am the sweat dripping down your face.
I am pure.
I am filthy.
I am sex.
I. Am. Lust.7 Deadly Sins: Lust by ~jul320
False ProphetsPoems and love songs breed dead dreams,
strangled by weeds, face down in the ground
with no roses to mourn them.

Singers are poets that croon
(if you happen to lose your little heart to their tune)
and poets are false prophets -
true love will last forever
if they care to write it,
but not if you swallow the lines...

yet, they always do.

We all have a place
set for us in the shade
in our own private garden of weeds.False Prophets by ~TheLunaLily
Human Nature.Human Nature.

The dreamers,
                          The believers
                                                 And the ambitious achievers.

Need the realists to stop them from flying too close to the sun.

The realists,
                     The logical idealists
                                                        And the informed defeatists.

Need the dreamers to show them how some struggles can be won.

You see I am beginning to get the gist,

Of how we all unwittingly coexist.

Neither one can ever be dismissed,

As long as the reign of mankind persists.

As one tries, the other watches.

When one flies, the other dislodgeHuman Nature. by *KelaLewis-Morin
Human Nature
Life and Death
If Death Knocked On My Door Today If Death Knocked On My Door Today

If death knocked on my door today, would anyone care?
Would they go on with their lives as if i'm not there?

Or would they show their sadness through iris rain?
leaving the people who cared for me with sorrowful pain

The fact that i can't be there anymore, physically
All they have left of me is just a memory

That I couldn't give a formal goodbye to those that I love
It's time for me to go, whether i descend or rise above

--

Death took him upon opening the door
His life ended... there nevermore

Justin SanchezIf Death Knocked On My Door Today by ~DrMario08
Burial if you find this

                                                               
                  please

cremate my feelings

                                   put my thoughts in a mausoleum
                bury my heart in a wooden coffin

                                                              dump my soul into the sea

     but

just leave my body here.Burial by ~FlickeringCandle
Under a Witches SkyAnd lo there he said: "I am darkness rising"
— ‘an apparition bleeding into a dreaming sky
Distilled in the timbre of windswept voices,
black feathers enchant earth in fevered-song
Magick ebbs & shimmers thru earthen veins,
seething like a migration of hungry wolves
Silvery eyes peer, drinking the ether of souls;
watching the spirit world fold into the mists
And where Shadows and Witches conjure,
— myriad talons beshrew Winter’s prayer

For eons I hath wandered in forgotten lore  
— a sleep walker thru ash & fire, hunting ..
Beneath Moon solemn and drifting,
I covet thy ghostly figure velvet, undressing
Pools ofUnder a Witches Sky by *ArthurCrow
Silent and GoneAlong the blue streams of those who were simplistically glassed, I drag my wooden, empty coffin; it contains only my past.

For the many decades I've lengthened have expanded pain's time; across shallow mountains and beatings I prepare my final climb.

Through harsh mists and soft grasses the journey trembles on; days on end without my voices; alas, I realize they are gone.

Near all abandonment's shelter I rest without ease; my halved demon appears before me; she speaks hellishly in the breeze.

Forgiveness and hallucination she crisply burns in my eyes; I must awaken and continue, 'tis my time to remain wise.

To a judging stream near the gSilent and Gone by =PlethoraFantastique
Life and Death
Narrative
SurelyIt was raining
when we kissed for the first time,
for the last time.

Thin rivulets
sunk into the shrunken space
between our bodies
and divided us
like nothing could before,
like everything will
from now
until that never again
when we will
see each other once more,
no more.

Your eyes were
that bewitching shade
of dull brown blue
with all of the light darkness
whirling
in a placid pond
around a pupil
overflowing with vacancy,
and me
and my frowning smile.

The winter heat
fell like a rising tide
and,
for our every breath
was another death
so black and full of life --
embracing our boiled ice skin
as we drew apart,
came together and broke freeSurely by `dreamsinstatic
Petit OiseauDon’t move a muscle
I’m not even drawing in breath
Through my heart
Oh, such a tiny, naïve little thing!
Will she let me approach, if I’m careful enough?

Or will wings divide my intentions
Widening gaps from the soil to the sky
Soil in my hands, and
Purple stars in her breath
I could never hurt you, little pixie
My winged Thumbelina

I don’t move a muscle
I’m focusing on not drawing breath
Lungs contract
She gives me a heartwarming stare
And oh, I am moments away!

But stop! Coarse laughter sings
Dark notes that may injure her
But the dancer still hops, unaware
Of the tears designing my cheePetit Oiseau by ~Golden-Leaves
SpeakeasyI can feel you like a phantom,
sensation without touch,
like breath in winter
or a misty mountain morning
that stays with me
until the stars fall in evening.

Your eyes contain the secrets
your lips would dare to betray,
but your body tells the story
and I am trying
to read between the lines
of your paperback smiles.

A grazing touch, a covert glance,
the memories remain
as skin grows warm and red
beneath lying fingertips
that claim incidental contact
a thousand times a day.

Of course,
it's not the kind of thing we say
when we are speaking
without talking and feeling
without touching
and thinking without knowing...

       all of the thingsSpeakeasy by `dreamsinstatic
Sweet dreams...???Father?
Dad?
Where are you?
Dad...?
Dad !!!!!!!

Lightning pierces the darkening sky
as rain continues to pour.
But above the thunderous storm could be heard
the sobs of a little girl all alone.

Drenched in her own pool of tears...
her heart torn and bruised.
Her swollen eyes lifts towards the sky...
as her minds drifts...drifts above it all...

"Wake up, my love.
wake up!
Daddy is here."
'Dad?'

Her eyes lit up
as she runs into his arm.
Unable to contain her joy
her heart burst with excitement and laughter.

"Why are you laughing?"
'Cause you're here!
I'm so happy you're here!'
"I am happy as well."

He lifts her up.
Holds her closer than hSweet dreams...??? by ~DEANJENO--art
Narrative
Nature
Nature
Experimental
The Truth by *Angel-Tsuki
A breath of fresh airA breath of fresh air

Holding my tongue
While listening to a duck
I accidentally tripped on
My own rock

And when the guy is ready to rock
While others stab back
Refreshing addictions
Creating curves of pure lick

Seeming unfit
It was cut
Famine and lung
A throbbing sensation, highly strung.A breath of fresh air by ~Guilan
Surreality
whirly, twirly,swirly clouds
in a liquid sky
mother says be careful dear
have some tulip pie

mongrols, thieves, and vagrants dream
life beyond the sun
daddy says he's coming home
war was so much fun

cats and dogs and lizard things
raining all around
grandma flying toward the moon
won't stay on the ground

truthful lies and purple eyes
chaos at the door
people crying, pigs with wings
search for evermore

comets crashing people flee
rivers turn blood red
candy canes and chocolate drops
everyone is dead

dreams and scapes and vision quests
reality a blur
am I sleeping or awake
wish I could be sureSurreality by ~tommyboywood
Tap
They told me not to drink the water,
But I drank it anyways.
Everything I touched became covered in a layer of soot,
I desperately ran to every wall I could find,
Writing obscenities on the walls in huge letters.
I had my fingerprints on everything.
I used to write these words in fire,
Before I was left with ashes.

They told me not to drink the water,
But I drank it anyways.
The hallucinogenic that traced the water supply
Seeped into my bloodstream,
And all I can remember was
Seeing a tall building
Before I went cross-eyed.
Buildings that expansive
Shouldn’t stare back at you like that.

They told me not to drink the wateTap by ~jackgunski
Experimental
"Prosetry"
The Disillusionist„You can´t kill an idea.“
She takes a sip from the cup of tea before her. „Who told you that? Of course you can. It´s called disappointment.
Disillusionment.“
There are more ideas killed every day than people.
-
Blown with your lips, whispered words dwell behind the shell of glass. Finger prints cover the bulb that is your illusion, memories of every time you were touched. Every winding in the thread feels familar in your head, and the light it projects on the surroundings has just the right warmth. It´s just –     
you´ve been carrying it for so long
-
She loads the gun
with murmured truth and honesty
and points it, straight forward, at your illusion.
„It´s for the best.“
Your hand pressed to your heart, your face averted    
she blows your light off.
It´s been projected, protected
too much
Calm descends upon you.
You feel at peace
when actually you know
youThe Disillusionist by *Yordaniella
ExpectationsTonight is the great night!
Tonight Vicki will finally return!
He promised to get it for me.
A replica of the awesomest weapon ever!
Only a few minutes left.
Oh this is so exciting!
A real replica of the famous Kyle!
The sword wielded by you, the White Warrior!
I have all your posters, trading cards,
And even a blood sample of all your victims!
Cozly I'm also wearing the original 4-V-Costume.
Made of 100% elven leather!
The only thing missing now is Kyle!
When I have him I can be just like you,
Move like you, fight like you!
Dance, crush and slash!
Oh I wish I could hold Kyle in my hands right now!
His ebony grip and blade forged of the finesExpectations by *BloodyMess-VaoT
My ReligionAt the right time, in the right light
Out in the ocean, the horizon line gets lost and the sea reflects the sky
That reflects the sea.
And at night
I'm swimming through the cosmos
Like I could reach back and touch the swollen silver sailing moon
Or is it a lead weight moon?
It's turning in the sky or circling the currents in this crystal clear wavy glassy ocean.
I swim through the cosmos and I'm a giant.
The sun is a bonfire on which I warm my feet,
And the world is just a dollhouse of a planet next to me.
I slip through a black hole and realize how small I am
I'm floating through this mysterious land, microscopically
And the molecules are soMy Religion by ~OceanHeir
Confession to a wolf
My dearest wolf, how delightful it is to meet you. You think you overtook me by surprise? No, you are quite mistaken. I've been longing for you. Day after day I've been watching the paths you took, the territories in which you hunted, the rivers from which you drank. Why the weird look, wolf? I am merely a girl, you caught my scent. And forgive me for smelling like a fox - our paths keep crossing each other; I am cutting the tail of vulpes vulpes with silver scissors and it keeps growing back and this madman keeps stepping on the same rake. Not my fault, now, is it. I know - you can't run with the foxes and yet hunt with the wolf. But you will make an exception for me, won't you?
You look gaunt, my dearest wolf. You are running with chain snippets asphyxiating your neck - did someone try to tame you? Dupes. Come, let me take that old collar off your fine neck. Ah, stop looking at me in such a distrustful manner. We know Confession to a wolf by ~kittycrime
"Prosetry"
Romantic
Singular Touch.With that singular touch of his precious warm hand,
His finger slowly skimmed her porcelain cheek,
As her eyes fell upon his delicate soul,
It was then he knew,
He had captured every single ounce of her being.

JL Thomas.Singular Touch. by !Aspiringwriteroflove
IfIf

She asked me "Do you love me?"
To which i replied "Definitely"

She then got ready, ready to ask more
I simply smiled, ready for the questions she had in store

"What if i left you for some other guy?"
"I'd fight to get you back, but before that, cry"

"What if i see this relationship going nowhere?"
"Love is a safe haven, and i'll take you there"

"What if you fall in love with another girl?"
"Impossible, you're my entire world"

"What if you grow tired of me?"
"That is a future i do not see"

"What if i leave you in the friend zone?"
"It's better to be a friend that to be alone"

She had one more question
And i had an answer, giving it If by ~DrMario08
So Set Our Shadows Ablaze
In trench-wrapped suit he left,
hurriedly; the hushed clock is fooling no one
knowing well one might end up sobbing.

In lip-biting hesitation she kept
promise shards and vintage grudges bottled up
Awaiting the next heart fission.

Let the tongues do the talking this time
between two lovers a language is resurrected
cold wind only making the inferno grow.

In dishonesty they once drenched
Yet now, ruby port lips numb the leftover kiss
A five-star performance facing vacant cushioned seats.

For a language only drunken fools fathom
yet wise ones too sober to translate
one can only wonder; wandering thoughts in drowning liqueur.

Tight grasp verSo Set Our Shadows Ablaze by ~parisdolly
Oakhe's oak
although on the inside he's a willow
softer than a pillow out of a dryer

he's nervous
not used to having a bunch of people picnic around him
since all of his friends got turned into houses

selfish
he shades them various shades of green with his leaves
that fall off  his tree

branches

so afraid of being cut down
and turned into a house
he hires killer bees for payment of a home
and so he wouldnt feel all alone.

Blooming season
and now he's looking for a lady tree
not just any tree a special tree

one who's as oak as he
but willow when she needs to be
evergreen evermore
maybe she'd leave his acorns on the floor

and he wouldn't fOak by ~rockerbabe221
Romantic
Satire
P-Comfort by *BloodyMess-VaoT
Dear Mr. Tim John SirDear Mr. Tim John Sir

Please don't throw bombs at other countries.
I live in a country and my mommy and my daddy, too.
I think there are children living in other countries, too.
If you throw bombs at them their mommies and daddies might die.
If my mommy and daddy die, I would be very sad.
Maybe you are sad?
You could make another song.
Your last song made everyone happy!
Or did I make you angry?
I'm very sorry and send you Mr. Fluffle.
He will cheer you up again!
He always cheers me up.
Please send him back when you feel better.
He likes your song very much, too!

Please don't kill everyone.
Thank you!

Timothy

PS: Please don't wash Mr. FluDear Mr. Tim John Sir by *BloodyMess-VaoT
Werewolves, vampires, and ghosts
Werewolves, vampires, and ghosts, oh my!
And here I was sure they were friends.
Bela, one night, for my neck did try,
till his cape got caught on the fence!

Werewolves, vampires, and ghosts, good gawd!
Am I dreaming or is it all true?
When Lon grew a beard I found it quite odd,
was it real or he used super glue?

Werewolves, vampires, and ghosts, good lord!
Am I in Transylvania or what?
Casper came callin' one night, I was bored,
and then green-slimed me right 'cross the gut!

Werewolves, vampires, and ghosts, oh please!
I say enough is enough is enough!
I wish to gawd these wackos would cease,
before I grow fangs, turn into a wolf!

WerewolWerewolves, vampires, and ghosts by ~tommyboywood
Yadda Yadda
So the doc said to him
"You're looking too thin,
to fatten you up is a must!"
 
      no...

It was not on a whim
that the doc said to him
"Our goal is eight ounces or bust!"

      so..

"Gained eight ounces how's that?
And in less than a year!"
But the doc just frowned and he said

      (and I quote...)

"You are now way too fat
you must diet I fear,
eight ounces must go or you're dead!"

"Now look doc" I bellowed,
"I'm up then I'm down,
it's way too confusing for me.

      (so listen up...)

I'm an average fellow
now please leave me alone,
I'm as healthy as I need to be!"

Doc just let out a sigh
and said "Go your waYadda Yadda by ~tommyboywood
Satire
Spiritual
Learning to Live
Humility for me was never a virtue, nor one of my strengths
In vanity I lived, in vanity would have been my end
Reprobate is a lifestyle, usurped into the minds of man
How could we value others, when selfishness is our best friend

The same tired cycle day after day
Blinded in ignorance we can't see how we're enslaved
We've idolized the creation and the Creator we've put away
As if the creation was the source from whence we came

But glory to God a plan is always in place
That brings us back to the design that He originally made
Living to love Him and others is the lifestyle to strive for each day
Though impossible on our own to achieve, He mLearning to Live by ~Tigueron
Let the World GoThis is the way I see
Is this a poem
or a song?
Is this a right
for a wrong?
Is this a fight
to prolong?
Is this the place
I belong?
Are these borders
shore to shore?
Is there an end
to this war?
What am I still
fighting for?
Does it matter
anymore?
Are there reasons
for these lines?
Is there purpose
in these rhymes?
Is there penance
for my crimes?
Is there still hope
for these times?
This is the way I breathe
I will let these
questions go
Forget what I
used to know
Set my sights on
a new goal
Exposition
of my soul
My own limits
create this quirk
I don't let them
define my work
I'm in control
of this meter
Of my own will
I'm the master
Everything is
breaking apart
A condition
of my heart
Broken rhythm
and failed rhyme;
punctuation
added this time...
It doesn't matter
anymore
It didn't matter
ever before
Because the planet
doesn't know my soul-
this is the way I
let the world goLet the World Go by *goldshroom
Haunting InvitationA lonely manor rests in secrecy,
Pristine and noble once, of high regard,
With gates denying pass, a sight to see,
To keep away intruders with no guard.

A master lived so proudly in its walls,
A man so bold who lived and ate and spoke,
Untimely death had bound him to its halls,
A friendly spirit who could take a joke.

His guests, not live nor dead, reside within,
A coffin with no corpse to lay inside,
And even one's own shadow has a grin,
So sinister and grim, it walks beside.

A doll with jagged lips stands on rotted floors,
Come in, leave sanity at the front doors.Haunting Invitation by ~TheSpartanDrifter444
Perceptually GrotesqueFind beauty in the forgotten things
Embrace the obscene
Love the macabre
Because even beautiful flowers wilt
And stars lose their glow
Replay the screams
Study your scars
Remember how they got there
And continue your story
Even when the lights go out on stagePerceptually Grotesque by ~SeigiChou37
Spiritual
Visual
Visual
Family Life
Pages
We're not on the same page
We're not even in the same book
Charred and crinkled, your pages
Probably don't look much
Different from mine, but Mama
How can I tell? When you keep
Hiding the words from me?
What language am I speaking
That you don't hear me?

It's not that I'm trying to
Shut you out or
Ignore all your advice
(I know you have so much to give)
But I can't ignore this barrier
Between what used to be
An innocent child and her
Mother... how I miss my mother
Do you miss me at all?

I'm looking for your books
Littering the shelves after
Memories of time, age, and space
My tears black as ink, I recall
All we said and Pages by ~Golden-Leaves
SisterSister

A sister is like a soul mate;
Someone who is always there
to guide me through fate.

A sister is,
a part of childhood that I cannot erase;
A sister like you,
is one that I would never replace
because you always know how to
put a smile on my face.

I know I can depend on you
to always be there for me;
This is one hundred percent guaranteed!

I've had great memories with you
in the past;
and I hope there are many more
to come,
in the future.Sister by ~Simbalonso
MontaukThe sun still rises
even though you are not here.

White light blasts through parted curtains,
a blinding reminder of yesterday,
a grim declaration of the gray days
that will raise up like ghosts and haunt me
until my memory passes away too.

Some days I don't think I can do it,
kick these white sheets back
and strap these shoes on
just to walk an earth without you on it.

But,
I remember your smile
and I can revive the joy I felt
when your skin was still warm,
when I'd lay my head
against your stomach and listen
to the roar of your laughter.

Somewhere, off of Montauk Point
where the Atlantic merges with the Sound,
you are there,
laughing stMontauk by `dreamsinstatic
Misfit in the FamilyI can't force them to be close to me
I can't make them want me around
I can't force them to like me if they don't
I can't make their values match my own

They loved me enough to care for me as a child
But now they don't like me enough to talk
My hard-won personal philosophy means everything to me
But nothing to them

I can't get to know them if they aren't interested
I am too different to be accepted
I don't match their mould

It hurts not to be wanted
The pain fades if I pretend that I don't care
So now all I can do is to walk away
And Let it Go, Let it Go, Let it GoMisfit in the Family by ~KurenaiSensei7912
Family Life
Horror
Death WalkEyes closed you can still feel the night
Darkness embraces this loss of sight
Listen quite closely and you shall find
There is no such thing as silence of mind
Thoughts wailing in a scream and roll
Shrieking banshees twirling out of control
Overwhelmed these sounds tear within thee
Eyes sewn shut by fright and no longer see
Lost within this seemingly timeless breath
The path we walk is the path of deathDeath Walk by *InsanityAdjuster
Recreate and ControlFormaldehyde bracelets twined bitterly with dusted cuffs of expected rust; a must to overprotect the masses, for their minds contain our very lust.

Twice paid the price our souls have completed, to deplete the credentials from exterior's precision; it maintains the strength we have always needed, one to eliminate the wisdom's decision.

To the highest of clouds we stray near subduction, our rays of lied blindness obscure those in the plains; factories of children lay wasted in grounds, here shall begin our wretched games.

Birthed before us the acquainted fallen, risen now are the mindless dead; our slaves have at last clearly awakened, let Recreate and Control by =PlethoraFantastique
CannibalWhat a taste which has scarred the very life out of me, and I cannot seem to get such a taste out of my

Mouth, mushing such hymns only to buzz out and roll back and forth over my tongue, for I am deathly

Frightened my mind has swept into the bitter delusion of darkness, and has made my flesh have the

Urge to seek pleasure, which I so do not wish to conquer, I am hungry for the chase such ones should

Hurry and stab out the light, for I am ready to taste the blood and let it run down my chin, cease for your

Life, for I cannot seem to hold this grudge any longer, so please forgive me when I bulge and rip through

Your skin, for it is not whCannibal by *Bewildered-Soul
The Defiler's Song by ~xLosersRuleTheWorldx
Horror
Philosophical
illusions of importanceI write like I have something to say
but the universe sees me through my tiny window
as the youngest, most naive being to sprawl like this on a bed
ignorance splayed across the sheets
illuminated by the tiny light of my laptop screen
snaking its way through my tiny fingers and into these tiny words
that feel so big as they form in my tiny soul
and look so big to my tiny eyes
but in the end, they're tiny black shapes
strung together with some illusion of reason
by a tiny girl on a tiny bed
with absolutely nothing to say.illusions of importance by ~asecretoutlet
Good Days and Vice VersaHello,
good morning,
how are you? 
What happened to
your glistening dew? 
Evaporated
and disenchanted,
I’m sick and tired
of being jaded;
bad days are to be
anticipated… 
But either way,
I’ll be okay- 
A bad day is
on the same coin
as a good one-
the two conjoin 
Good night,
sleep tight,
turn off the light 
For the moment
I give up the fight 
Over-exerted
and discontented,
I’m sick and tired
of feeling faded;
better days should be
anticipated… 
But either way,
I’ll be okay- 
A bad day is
the other side
of a good one-
the two collide 
I flip a coin
for it entails
duality
of heads and tails
Ultimately
both love and strife
are two faces
of minted life...Good Days and Vice Versa by *goldshroom
Levitate, lurid light enlightened living mindLevitate, lurid light enlightened  living mind

The wriggling womb of this withering wrestling world,
Wakes in the weary wary winter of its wounds,
The woe waddles inside the wame, wailing the word,
That burns, bides and basks its bright insides, its bounds.

Beneath the blinds behind a bay bust bonfires,
Bathing the blue and belike bay in a beauty,
Beyond the imagination of  beholders,
Fires filling the infinite fertility.

This tedious word tortures it, a twisted hot smite,
Tainting it and turning it into a tacent,
Tear. That word is a torn taw.  Let the light ignite,
To destroy that ravenous rod, rare and recent.

Requiem creatures, risLevitate, lurid light enlightened living mind by =LyricalInfinity
Uncompromising LoveWelcome to existence.
Welcome to your conscience.
You may find some substance
in abject resistance.
Welcome to the planet.
Welcome to your summit.
You may find some merit
to throw down the gauntlet.
I know how you feel-
this emotive rawness;
I think we've all been there
in our self-awareness.
Then I dared myself to
love like never before...
Welcome to the world.
Welcome to the old lies.
Love is a commercial
wrapped up in a disguise.
Love is a chemical
you need to reproduce.
Love is a medical
condition I must beat.
Consumerist values
over my own heartbeat-
a dollar for a touch
and a dime for some heat.
Then I dared myself to
love like never before...
And ever since,
words have failed
to recapture
the detailed.
Because the pure and true
of what I never knew
seemed extremely askew
to my old worldview-
Uncompromising love
forgives every heartbreak;
uncompromising love
is never give and take.
No reason,
no rhyme,
no treason,
no crime.
You know some words I hate?
Ex-wife,
ex-husband,
ex-girlUncompromising Love by *goldshroom
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~coolkid82829 6 days ago  Student Writer
This group is my new haven...
It's perfect for me!
emotional poetry... It's my occupation.
I hope I can become more than just a member.
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~ZeeInKooo Mar 4, 2013
thankew for accepting my deviation..:)
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~tommyboywood Jan 12, 2013  Professional Writer
only 2 per week! gee...
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