Writing: Erica's Poetry Thread

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    Erica

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    So, since I post so much poetry it was suggested I just make one thread for it all. Welp, here it is. Come in, ready stuff, critique it. Post your own stuff, I don't give a shit. If you do I'll let you know what I think. But anyways here's some fucking beautiful ass poetry.
     
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    Empty Halls

    Chasing her down empty halls
    She disappears in the shadows
    Through the haunted doorways
    I can smell her angelic scent
    Her laugh echos and teases me
    Her song brings me to my knees
    The tail of her dress turns the corner
    Yet she is nowhere to be seen
    Her Pale skin glows in the moonlight
    For only but moment
    I follow but she leads me on
    Through the endless halls
    Of my own darkened purview
     
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    Clouds Afire

    Light the clouds afire
    Crack the sky
    Drown the land in light
    Orange waves wash ashore
    And fade to gray
    Peeking over mountains purple
    The all seeing eye draws heavy
    And slips away to sleep in peace
    And dream of the moon so pale
     
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    Here's something different for you fucking pigs.
    Sexy in a Weird Way

    Got no titties
    Lookin shitty
    Doodedododo
    Jagged teeth
    crooked smile
    Doodedododo
    Got no curves
    Got no ass
    Doodedododo
    Yeah, I'm a poof
    What's it mean to you
    Doodedododo
    Fucked it up
    can't keep in time
    Doodedododo
    Tie it up
    Tuck it back
    Doodedododo
    Smear it on
    Chase me down
    Doodedododo
    Blast it out
    Dressing up
    For the town
    Doodedododo
    What's it mean to me?
    Fuck the structure
    What's it mean to you?
    Shitty skin
    Dotted face
    Doodedododo
    Gloss it up
    Goin out
    Doodedododo
    You know I have to say
    I'm kind of sexy
    Doodedododo
    In a really weird way
     
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    This would totally make an early 90's NIN release, with a nice synth and some banging drums in the background. Awesome... in a really weird way. :lol:
     
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    I see what you did you there :p that's weird though, cause this totally came out of me dusting off my old school punk playlist.
     
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    Just rewrote my prologue. Probably not for the last time.

    "What's going on? I need status reports, people! Jakobs?" Captain Duet yelled over the blaring alarms. The metallic plating of the deck drenched in red from the emergency lights.

    "Fuel tanks are reading critical, Captain!" Jakobs yelled back in his southern accent. Normally Jakobs was could fix any mechanical problem you could think of. This one was a little out of his hands.

    "I need you to drop them!" Duet yelled not looking back at the engineer from her center front position. She was unable to break her gaze from the main bay window, blue sky peeking through the glowing red atmosphere.

    "Boy, wish I'd thought of that soo-"

    "Drop the sarcasm, Erik!" She cut him off. "What are our options?"

    "We have to break atmosphere before the fire hits fuel!" He said.

    "Hendricks, What's our ETA on that?" She asked the scrawny, blonde pilot.

    "1 minute, 20!" He squeaked out, wiping the sweat from his brow.

    "Jako-"

    "Not quick enough!" he answered preemptively.

    "Shit." the Captain breathed to herself. They were 30 seconds in to their trip and on the verge of failure. She turned to look back at her crew, strapped in and helpless. She felt the feeling of failure run up her spine. That scared her more than death. Jordan was unstrapped and sobbing into Li-Xa’s chest.

    "Ferrier, I need you buckled in girl!" She had to use all her might to reseat herself. She wiped her wet face on her glove, moved her dyed hair out of eyes, and took in a deep breath. Li-Xa offered Jordan her hand. She locked on to it as though she were giving birth. Duet turned back to the window, the atmosphere was growing thin. They had to make it, they were supposed explore the whole damn universe. They were supposed to make it to the very edge. Now they weren’t sure if they could make it off planet.

    “Saito! Can we use the Dark Matter Engines?” The stars began to poke through the blue.

    “Negative Captain, If we use them here we’ll collide with the station above.” Just then Jakobs yelled the sweetest words Duet had ever heard.

    "They're free!" Those were the final words before a hole blew in the ceiling. They didn't get far away enough from the tanks. The screams of the crew were sucked out of The Bragi along with everything that wasn't fixed to the ship. A secondary explosion rattled the ship and things went silent.

    The Captain awoke to wind rushing against the back of her neck. Her eyes adjusted to find herself in free fall and The Bragi beginning to chase her. A piece scrap metal flew past, nearly impaling her. She shifted her weight and faced the ground. She was headed for the gulf below, the best luck she’d had all day. But it was coming up quick. She looked back once more to find something coming at her, something aflame. She tried shifting her weight to get away but it struck her hard and flipped her back around. She couldn’t make out what it was until she saw pink highlights flailing in the wind, it was Ferrier. Duet didn’t have time to be horrified. The water was coming up quick. Ferrier splashed in the water below. The Captain straightened herself out to minimize impact. Just before hitting she took a deep breath and plugged her nose.

    She hit the water hard, making her head throb, though the suit surely saved her quite a lot of pain, if not her life. She looked up to the surface where pieces of flaming scrap metal fell from the sky. She didn't know if it was safe to go back up. She didn’t know if she even wanted to go back up. The headlines began to play.

    “Bragi Mission fails at the hands of incompetent Captain.”

    The surface of the water was engulfed in flames, the water around her glowed a bright orange. She let the air out of her lungs and sunk into deeper into the water. The colors faded and she slipped into the dark depths below.
     
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    I guess this one is kind of heavy, at least it feels that way to me. It's kind of a personal thing.

    Slip Away
    Sweet release
    I let it all go
    I'm finding peace
    As I slip away
    As I fade to gray
    I'd say I'm sorry
    To anyone who had stayed
    But here I sit
    At the end of time
    My voice echoes
    Off of empty space
    Please, someone find me
    In my isolated state
    Just one last face
    Before I stain the walls
    Sleek and white
    I lay my head
    Only for tonight
    Remember who I was
    Not who you find
    Don't remember me
    For who I truly was
     
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    Singularity

    Lucid sky
    Everything here
    Right before our eyes
    Electric love
    Dance with me now
    In this one moment
    Of complete compassion

    Pulsing together
    So careless
    Dripping with sweat
    Get closer to me now
    We are a singularity

    It electrifies
    It builds you up
    It drops you down
    Falling through the clouds
    I need you
    To stay with me now
     
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    Cold Remains

    Here I stand
    Frozen in time
    Ashes of my mistakes
    Falling from the cold sky
    The only light
    That guides my path
    Are the days of yesteryear
    Burning at my back
    All I have here now
    To warm my hands
    Cold and cracked
    Are the smoldering remains
    Of the bridges
    That once lead home
     
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    So this came after reading a disgusting article justifying transphobia. Just a disgusting display of the depths of human ignorance.

    Vitriol

    Vomit forth
    Spewing vitriol
    Your tongue carries the plague of our day


    A whore to misinformation
    A hive of putrid ill will
    Spread the ignorance of the past
    Infect the children of tomorrow


    Gangrene and obsolete
    Shoot the same vein once again
    Isolate and dehumanize
    Put another out on the street


    Follow that same broken path
    Paved in blood
    Laugh as you walk through
    The Land of Hanging Trees


    Shadows of the damned
    Cast upon your face
    Cold and righteous
    Dance in the black rain
    That consumes your world
     
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    ^That would make an awesome Metal song yo.
     
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    I felt awfully metal when I wrote it :lol:

    Castle in the Clouds

    Up here in our castle of clouds
    Apparitions cast shadows
    against the soft walls of pink

    Towering high
    Never Looking down
    We dance the evening away

    Though the day was gloomy
    The walls bleed a dreary gray
    Our time is now
    It all falls away

    As the setting sun
    paints the halls
    the sweetest color of peach
    The starry night begins call

    We'll dance across the heavens
    Our worries will fall like rain
    Sweeping across the land
    We will cleanse the earth anew

    We ride the wind over the hills
    We dance our way
    into a new day
     
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    Pity Hole

    I often ponder
    My own worth
    I wonder why
    You all are still here

    At my side
    As I drag you down
    Let's see the depths
    How far will I go
    Never stopping to see
    If we've crossed the line

    The spool twirls as we fall
    The string that binds us
    Is growing thin
    Down and down
    Where's looking for the bottom
    Let's find it together
     
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    The Philosopher's Den

    On your knees
    no one is there
    still you pray

    Break the bread
    drink the blood
    swallow it whole

    Eyes in hand
    absent mind
    worship the dead

    Condemn me
    so freely
    free thought dies

    I am Blasphemy
    for I am not
    of the chosen son

    I crumble in holy hands
    and fall upon unholy lands
    here I preside

    In the den
    of the philosopher
    to live as I will
     
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    Oh God, it's been a while.

    Burn it all
    Dying here
    on hallowed floors
    Left to die
    bleeding from tired eyes

    But I won't stay down
    No, I won't die
    Look into me
    as I burn your paper crown

    Angels fall like rain
    from blackened skies
    Your wretched banners
    go up in flames

    I'll fucking light it up
    I'll burn it all
    I'll stand on the ashes
    of these tainted halls

    I wish it didn't have to
    be this way
    But we've let it
    all go to shit

    Now our love sinks
    into my all consuming
    blackened tar pit

    You won't see the sun
    You won't see the light

    Now live forever
    in my perpetual night
     
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    This dying moment

    In this dying moment
    The snow caresses my face

    The bitter cold
    runs it's fingers
    through my brittle veins

    Desolate forests
    swallow me whole
    With the lifeless trees
    I shall preside

    The fruits of my labor
    melt away with the coming
    of the rising day
     
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    I'm gone away

    I'm gone away
    I've gone sailing

    Through time and space

    I wiz past the moon
    our watchful eye

    In all its grace

    Through the welcoming arms
    of the Milky Way

    And it's cold embrace

    Through hazy nebula
    pink and blue

    Floating along
    at a lazy pace

    Oh yes,
    only at the speed of light

    Wish I had more time,
    but I must make haste

    I have places to go,
    so much to see
    Looking for someone
    who might keep up with me
     
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    I'm gone away

    I'm gone away
    I've gone sailing

    All the way
    through time and space


    I wiz past the moon
    our watchful eye


    In all its grace
    I wave goodbye


    Through the welcoming arms
    of the Milky Way


    And it's cold embrace



    Through hazy nebula
    pink and blue


    Floating along
    at a lazy pace


    Oh yes,
    only at the speed of light


    Wish I had more time,
    but I must make haste


    I have places to go,
    so much to see
    Looking for someone
    who might keep up with me
     
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    So I wanted to experiment with a structure but the forum won't allow what I want it to be. So I hope it's kind of implied. Anyways, this represents the internal struggle I often have with myself. I don't want to manipulate the meaning you find in this but the purpose is for this to be a conversation between one's split self.

    I hear you/ Here I sit
    just on the other side/ Chained to the walls
    Chains a rattling away/ of your life
    Your day draws near/ my day draws near


    My rivers/ My rivers
    are beginning to overrun/ are flowing strong
    My sky is growing grey/ cleansing my shores
    My days are drawing short/ My days are bright


    I look into your eyes/ I look into your eyes
    eyes so green/ eyes growing pale
    I'm sorry/ I'm sorry
    but cowardice clings/ But cowardice slips away
    Tooth and nail/ My rise will see your dawn
     

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