nature

Five random short-stories and poems

Submitted by Tayme on Mon, 06/21/2010 - 19:21

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One: Just out of reach.

For the affect I search, search wide search deep

So incomplete.

Perfect flaws, scars seep,

Just out of reach.

Black birds fly soar high,

Just out of reach.

 

For the feel I search, search wide search deep

So incomplete.

Anxiety stalls, stops quick,

Bravery just out of reach.

The life in need of saving

Just out of reach.

 

For the words I search, search wide search deep

So incomplete.

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Submitted by paperpoet on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 15:17

Cloudy days and muddled thoughts
Blend in time as big raindrops
Fall like sacred tears on dirty sidewalks

Umbrellas up and all around
Shelter those who never found
The beauty deep within the dripping water

Who is left untouched by pain?
Or never felt the hurt and shame
Like stone, remains; unchanged, unbroken?

The clouds will clear and life goes on
But sunshine never lasts for long
And rain returns to give and take away

A Someday

Submitted by Hannah W. on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 17:17

**inspired by my imaginings of what life might be like many years after a dystopia (and by watching Independent Lens and POV, and reading The Other Side of the Island too many times). I apologize in advance for any go-green sentiments or other cheesiness... (cringe)**

Arbitrari

Submitted by Mandi on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 00:33

       The days pass by
Blending in a monotonous blur

The blaring sun sets
Only for the alabaster moon to replace it
Ends another day
Begins another night


Search out answers among the stars
Await a god that never came
Make a futile attempt to recite a prayer
Watch the clock rewind


Thorns covered in hemlock entice our touching
We always covet what we cannot have
Wanton desires lead to eternal damnation
Keep searching for your god that never came

O Almond Tree

Submitted by Annie on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 20:22

I would like to know, it's simply the nature of curiosity,

How does one grow so, and yet does not bow?

What does one see, you're simply so high in the sky.

It's just the nature of my curiosity. 

 

I would like to know, it's simply the nature of curiosity,

Do you mind all the climbing, clambering children? 

They scale your branches so effortlessly, and I wonder, what do they see?

It's just the nature of my curiosity. 

 

I would like to know, it's simply the nature of curiosity,

What of your glorious pink blooms?

White Dawn

Submitted by Bernadette on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 17:30

 

The hawk took wing

And stretched out his flight

Soaring above the earth

As the sun was raised

Breaking the coldness.  

 

Shivers ran through the ground

And a silent tremor

Rustled through the trees.

 

The sky shone vast

Like a golden sea

The hills were gleaming

As the snow faded

All the earth below him

All the sky above him.

 

The glory of the seas

Rippled and glinted

The sky spread blue

As the white dawn