- Poetry -

Poetry Slam Session Six (Friend Edition)

Frozen Night
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Icy winds
I cannot see
No longer can they
see through me
Close my eyes and
start to pray
Frozen night and
frozen day.
Frigid mist and
black ice skies
Angels singing
battle cries
Chilling whispers
pierce the night
Hush the dark, but
drench the light
Howling silence
Choking white
Dying embers,
weary fight
Trembling, trembling
curse, unsaid
hanging, hanging
by a thread
Slowly falling
time and space
Crystal tears
upon my face
Glitters drifting
in the air
Beauty foul,
foul fair
Gentle spiral
Such still flakes
Now and always
quite awake
Softly white and
shadow grey
Frozen night and
frozen day
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werewolf
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Carefree, laughing with the sun
Joy, before the day is done
Smile, perhaps, for everyone; that is
Until the sun goes down...

What? Why do you ask? Can't you see,
how perfectly grand it is to be?
how completely intact my sanity? That is,
Until the sun goes down...

Put on a mask of makeup and smiles
You see what I want you to; but, all the while
I hide my own truth; my unique exile; that is,
Until the sun goes down...

I wish
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I wish that time so slowly fell
and ne'er stung with heat;
That hearts were true and words so too
were wings upon my feet.

I wish that bitter was the day
when such of us should fall;
While Seasons turn and Onces burn
a cry, a song, a call.

I wish, I hope, I dream, I pray
in vises of my fear;
To see that prey of gold, that day
when laughter is my tear

I wish that forest hush were green
upon the weary eye;
That shriek of pain and greed for gain
was nothing but a sigh.

I wish that darkness was but rest
like midnight in the sea;
Cool water, Orion's daughter
weaves the silent plea.
Invisible

I could simply fade away
Without a word or cry
I could vanish from your sight
You'd never wonder why
I could sing a thousand songs
And dance a wild dance
I could take a crazy risk
Just seeking out a chance
When all is said, when all is done
When runs the water clear
If you wished to see me, then
Quite hard you'd have to peer.
My voice is winter hush, you see,
My laugh is but a sigh
This face you see, I do not know
My smile? It's a lie.
Do you know me? Really?
I don't think you do
If your eyes could see, my friend
You would see right through.
When will you hear my silent cry
Of longing and of shame
When will you hear a whisper, saying
Nothing but your name?
Someday,
I hope,
Someday,
I pray,
you will.
But, for now, it seems,
I will stay
Invisible...

Seasons
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On the wings of the weary summer
The little sparrow dares to fly
He doesn't know where he's going
And he never wonders why...

Sing, little sparrow, sing
Of the cares you do not know
Of the burdens you do not carry
Of seasons, passing swiftly
The seasons passing us by...

Fragile is the spring, as are you
Little bird, and yet you float
Your wings, small sails on waves of clouds
Upon the air, a drifting dream...

Fly, little sparrow, fly
Free of fears you do not know
Free of guilt you do not carry
Fly through seasons passing swiftly
The seasons passing us by...

Sleepwalker...
hush.
careful, quiet
tiptoe down the creaking halls
clinging to my sanity
clinging to the crumbling walls
hush.
so as to not wake
the peaceful sleepers,
so as to not disturb
the numb oblivion
hush.
and a smile
creeps
along my face
so quietly
i do not notice its approach
until it is much too late
until it has wrenched
my lips back,
baring my teeth
hush.
how true
how familiar
is this?
how real?
hush.
and i sway
under the weight
the crushing weight
that no one seems to
see, feel, stagger under
as i do.
hush.
i dread the numb oblivion
i fear the peaceful sleepers
and i want so badly,
so entirely...to become them...

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these were written by my friend and i'm just saying now, you can send in some poems of your own and i will publish them in this book!! (as long as they aren't inappropriate or contain swearwords or if they are directed hate towards someone) ✌🏼️