5 minute poetry

[Mesden]

Our everything, our lives

Dark is the world

We live in today

Spreading apart everything it will fray

Tearing and shredding all ties of the past

Shaking them, Shattering them, Breaking the glass

Death is the beginning, Life is the end

Life is still changing, Death will not bend

So reads the wall you'll never forget

So reads the lines you will never quite get

[Yakubyougami]

The troublesome popups flash dance and scream
My eyes becoming numb and weak
Darkness broken by the glow of my screen
As I quest for the site I seek.

Resisting slumber and forgetful dreams
As I work onwards things become bleak
Fingers becoming tired, so it seems
This place is starting to reek

To a shower I go, before I drop
Leet using gamers and cyber request
Right now I'm just going to stop
Before any of this my mind can digest...

[Funka Genocide]

four AM
isn't the time
to fall into or out of
anything

though I find
I'm up again
twisting light behind
a paltry veil

and scratching verse
without a meter
onto the hearts
of no one

even found
even having
still holding
I search

for what?
a face
a scent
a warm embrace

a careful plan
in chicken scratch
an honest man
lying now

why keep it up?
oh, all you do
is dig a deeper grave
to lie in when they find
your secret chemistry
is faulted as your words
and you are just
another man
who sold his love for fear

these eys are drifting silently
apart or otherwise
his face a fading memory
reminding of the lies

you must have sold so valiantly
you must have made a mint
and crying so I can not see
the dawn of distant glint's

the sparkles on a foreign shore
reflections posed in rhyme
with so much the heart cries "more"
still running out of time

[RickZarber]

Hmm... Haven't done a poem in a long time...

HOPE MINGLES

I put my trust in dreams
Least, that’s what they tell me
But that’s sure how it seems

And nightly I wonder
When will I break free
Tear my wall asunder

Wish I knew
What it was
I’m waiting for

My days have gone to waste
These hands could move mountains
But I just can’t make haste

And I can’t help but think
Have I waited too long
Or does my last chance shrink

Wish I knew

[Cloud Strife]

DROP
turn and run,
gunpoint threats and debts
unpaid, collection call,
fall to the ground again
Friends are enemies, just pretend
the end will blend to fend the sight,
Lights up the night, right mind
gone eternally, just swirling
insanity, guilty plea
Convictions made, debt repaid
Judges swayed, end of days
for you.

[Burkion]

The complete collection of Burkion's Poems!

Scars of Sin

Bearing the Scars
Of Sins He
Did not Commit
Bearing,
The Pain
Of others
That do not
Know,
Bearing,
The burden
Of pain and loss
Bearing,
The hope and hate
Of all
He stands alone
Letting none
Come near him
Today
For he
must Bear
the scars
Alone for all
of eternity
For he
Must bear the scars
Of Sins he did not commit


Won

A flash of steel
A drop of blood
And I have won

Alone

Katana blade, slicing down
Blood flying, all around
I am alone

Neither

I wonder
here and there
I stay no where
Nothing will have me
Neither Heaven nor Hell

Near

Death follows me
Like a shadow
Not daring to near
Out of fear
And yet, staying close
Enough
To thrive
Off of my
Blade

Path

I walk this path
Of dark and light
I have seen all there
Is to see
And from all my years
Of traveling
I know one thing
That there is only
Hate and Pain

Lost

I am Lost
Can not be
Found-This is
God’s will, that
I must abide
But I don’t
Listen to God’s
Law-I don’t
Listen to any-
Not even mine

Pain

I am used to it
Used to all of it
I wish I could drop it
But it won’t let go
I am used to it--
Used to the pain

Drop

I bare the weight of the world
It’s pain, it’s dread, it’s sorrow
I could drop it
But I won’t
But I can’t
I bare the weight of the World
On these shoulders of mine

Same

I have two swords
One is Destiny
The other Death
It is ironic
That these twin
Brother blades would
Carry such names
But they do
And that is
What they are:
Your destiny
Your death
For they are
One in the same

Home

I’d like to
Talk about love
And forget pain
I’d like to
Think about joy
And not sorrow
But Lord I-
Can’t, Lord I-
Can’t. Lord won’t-
You help me-
Lord won’t you-
Help me-Lord
Won’t you help-
Help me home

Never
Never to
Know my
Feelings, to
Wonder my
Dreams for
Eternity-Why
Must we
Die without
Telling those
We love
What we
Feel-Why
Must He
Come and
Take them
Away? Tis
A question
Never to
Be answered
Why must
He come
And take
them away?
Why must
I stay?

Question

I have
No answers
So ask
Me no
Questions-I
Have no
Reason, so
Don’t question
Me why

I Stand Alone

Here I am
Standing here
Before this army
Of ten thousand strong
If I stand and die
Will I be remembered?
If I turn and hide
Will I be ridiculed?
No…
I will not die
I will not hide
I will stand
I will stand alone
I will live
I will NEVER fall

“On pain of Death
I swear to thee,
That I shall return,
And claim what’s mine.
Neither Heaven nor Hell
Will stop my haste
The armies of all
Will fall before me
Tis this I vow
To thee, my lady
Of All eternal Twilight”

I bow my head
To pay respect to
The dead: those who
Gave their all to
Save us all so
I sit and wonder
Why they did what
They did and I
Realize that it dose
Not matter-they did
It and THAT matters

To Death do us part,
When we stand alone
I have nothing
When we stand together
I have everything
But I wonder…
Do you know
This to be true?

Tale
This is my tale
A tale of a fallen-
Warrior, a tale of
All who fell before
Me, a tale of
Tragedy, This is my
Tale, what is yours?

The Ballad of Black Lightning (Lost)

I stand here now,
Thinking back on what
I did, Here I stand
Broken, battered, bloodied, but-
Not defeated, I stay
Here to fight, fight
A pointless, senseless war
Here I stand, knowing-
I say, knowing my-
Lose. I have lost
Everything I could care
For, my friends, my
Lady, my life and…
And yet I do
I do not bow
My head, I just
Stand and fight, just
Stand and fight, here
I can not win
I know this now,
I can not win
But I still defy-
Still defy Death’s claim-
Death’s claim on me,
So I stand here-
Here to fight, fight
Them all, no one
Can help me now
I stand alone, not
Not by choice, but
But fate will have
It so, but I
I defy fate, I
Defy the stars themselves
So here I stand
Facing the wrath of
A God, but I-
I don’t budge, no
I stand and fight
I shall not bow
My head in defeat
I shall rise, alive
But not well, as
I can never be
Well/ I have lost
All that I am
So why, why do
Why do I fight?
There is no answer
I only do, and
And that is what
Matters, I defy all
And now I stand
Now I stand still
I stand still and-
Wait. Death comes quickly
Pain lingers on, but
I, I stand forever
I stand here, at-
This gate, to neither
Heaven nor Hell, only
Oblivion. It is one
We all must go
But I turn my
Back on it and
Walk away. I still-
Still stand, still stand,
I still stand alone.

[Nikose Tyris]

Long time since I posted. here's my latest peice of work, finished 5 minutes ago.

GYPSY

she gets out of bed
she looks in her mirror
She fixes her hair carefully,
checking and rechecking it
to make sure she isn't going to look stupid
she hates when they tease her
she hates when they taunt
she hates that same darkness
that makes her hate back.

She runs crying from her class again
not knowing why they taunted her.
she only knows to run.
She has no idea she's so lovely
she has no idea she is so fair.
She only knows those hurtful words
from those liars, sinners
and whores.

when they let their jealousy
hurt what is so pure
to see someone so beautiful
cry tears so passionate
so desperate
it makes me bleed inside

I want to take the stars
and wrap them around your brow,
but God has already set
a thousand more beautiful sparkles
in your eyes.
your eyes capture whoever look at them...
anyone who looks in your eyes
sees how stunningly gorgeous you really are.
it's like like the sun and the moon
created two magnificent stars,
too perfect for the sky,
and the only place beautiful enough to house them
was your face.

I don't know why they teased you so,
I don't know why you had to cry;
I know that you are beautiful,
and needn't ask God why.
You were sent here for a purpose,
and only God knows true;
so stifle down those angry tears
and know the truth:

You're beautiful.

[BlackMageGirl!]

No glamour here.
Just short,
sweet and
straight to the point.

The silk torn off
Just meek,
quiet and
pale at this point

It's all subtle
Just faint,
slow and
now past this point

So blatant though
Just blunt,
upfront and
True at this point

Feels good for once.

[Nikose Tyris]

this soul that burns so desperately
this heart thats dead within
spurned again by loves cruel touch
I know again why this day is dead to me

Every worthless hour spent today
is an hour lost of my life.
Given the chance to make things right
i'd leave these hours upon the shelf

the hate i feel for this day
reflects my darker sins
For though I have done no wrong
I'm trapped within this skin

on my face you see hate
in my eyes you see blood
why trapped as a fiend
am I, god Damned!

I can't get past the way I look
and neither can the lovers.
I'm left alone on this dark day
and I'm reminded;

It's a stupid day.

[RickZarber]

It's time once again,
my online friends,
for zombie poem fun!
And though a year's not gone by,
I feel the time's nigh
for more of these grisly puns.

So recall if you will
the horrible chill
of groans and a shuffling walk;
that lumbering gait
of silent weight
(we all know that zombies don't talk!)

They can't be sated,
their pursuit, abated
they’ll hunt you 'till they rot.
Heedless they follow
all flesh, to swallow
as soon as you're caught.

But do not despair!
Don't be caught unaware
and you may survive this yet!
Be sure you're well armed
and you might not be harmed
if these rules you don't forget:

By shotguns I'll swear
but ammo is rare,
so keep a sharp blade within reach.
If you don't like to Hunt,
find something blunt
and heavy, this I beseech.

Keep good provisions,
and find someplace risen
that you might retreat to in need.
Zombies can't climb,
not a few at a time,
and those can be picked off with speed.

If you get ringed in
just start swingin';
your plight is desperate at best.
You can out-run 'em,
provided you find some
secure place you can rest.

That's all for today,
though I've got more to say;
I think I've written enough.
But don't be scorning
this serious warning
unless you're made of stern stuff...

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(First zombie poem)