Poetry, Short Stories or Whatever

Ello~ First time posting in this thread~ And I have to say there's awesome writing here~

Here are a couple of my more recent poems, nothing spectacular, but...It's not as bad as I used to be. ^^;;

I Never Said Goodbye

Come, come, then dance away
That’s what your life did
Flickering close, then darting away
Laughing merrily all the while

Till came that dreadful day
In the cold February air
When you dashed off permanently
Leaving me with words unsaid

Those words unsaid
I should have told
Announced for the world to hear
Letting my grief, love, and shame show

Despite my silence you seemed to know
What I was trying to say
When I looked at you I was saying ‘I love you’
When I held you I was saying ‘I care’

How, then, how
Did you hear my goodbye
Every time I bow my head to cry
That every tear I shed says ‘I miss you, why did you go away?’

My grief burns me to the core
Everyday cuts me like a knife
Knowing you never heard those words
Knowing, despite it all, I never could say ‘Goodbye’.


Can You Hear Me? [Random one I wrote when I was feeling a little depressed ^^;;]

When left you took the sun
Leaving me without the one
That to, so often, I have turned
For strength and comfort
Against the world.

I’m breaking up inside
Can you hear me?

Before you left, so long ago
I would hear laugh
I could hear you cry.
I would laugh with
I would wipe away your tears.

I’m breaking up inside
Can you hear me?

When, some time in the future
You turn to try and find me
I will be off and away
Gone from your sight
Dancing to someone else’s drum

I’m breaking up inside
Can you hear me?

 

Wow, those were very good, Treval! Very emotional. I liked the first one the best ^^ but they were both fantastic!

 

Treval those really were good!

 

OOOooooh! Very nice! Treval I hear music to "Can you hear me?" Steam_Giant, As always, I want to read more I love your stories. Lemme know when you publish a novel! Aprilblue, still my fav poet!

 

-blushes- Thank you.

The first one...Was about someone very dear to me who died my freshman year of high school, so it's special to me.

 

I started to write this short story a while ago. I'm sorta stuck although i know how i want the ending to be. What do you think so far? (btw it my first one with gay characters)


The young boy hung his head sadly over the yellow tape crisscrossing from the tall oak from the house and back to the stop sign. He sighed while hot tears flowed silently down his face. He chocked back sobs as his heart clenched tightly in its spot. He felt hopeless. His first and only love was gone. He wish he could have done something to prevent the events that occurred in the previous hours of predawn.
He lifted his head as the police carried the covered stretcher out of the small house with blue paneling and into the ambulance. Although it was pointless to try and save him now the police felt that they should do an autopsy on the body. Wasn’t it obvious? the boy thought. Wasn’t the empty bottle of freshly opened medication enough to prove the suicide? Why would they believe it was a murder? I hope they don’t think it was me, he thought. I would never think of killing my boyfriend, or anyone for that matter.

By noon the police cars had left with many bags of ‘evidence’. The boy thought it was pointless. His love was dead and that was all that mattered now. He remembered that the night before when they sat in his boyfriends room talking. His friend seemed oddly sad and kept zoning out. When the boy was going to leave he swore he saw tears in his friends eyes as he handed him a manilla envelope. “For you” it read in his boyfriends handwriting. “Don’t open it until morning,” he told him. The boy nodded and left.
Now that it was morning it intrigued him even more what the letter said. Had he really wanted to kill himself? Maybe it was murder. A framed one at that. The boy was too depressed now to open the letter so he walked home and fell asleep on the front sofa. His parents were over at his boyfriends comforting the dead boys parents. It was strange that they were doing such since the boys’ parents had never gotten along before. Each sets had never really gotten over the fact that their sons would never be able to marry a beautiful young girl and have kids like any ‘normal’ couple. But the boys never cared what their parents or anyone else said. Love was love and it was up to everyone else to decide for themselves whether they were to talk about it in a good way or a bad. Either way they promised each other in their 19 year old way that they would stay together if they were married or not, whatever the state said about them.
When they boy woke up three hours later, he wiped the crusty tears from his eyes. He remembered the death and wanted to cry, but stopped himself. There was nothing he could do to bring him back. All he wanted now was to find out what had happened. He searched the house until he found his keys and drove down to the police station to see if they had any news in. They said that the tests would come in soon but they were still investigating the case. The police said that they were still investigating on how his friend had received the prescription drugs because his parents said they never remember him going to a doctor for them. The boy left the station with a strong feeling of dissatisfaction.

 

OMG thats so great!

 

great poems, treval!:eusa_clap
an' writergurl, please put up more form ur story! it's just one of my pet peeves: i can't just start reading a story and stop:eusa_doh: . it's nice, btw:icon_wink .
...which reminds me, dan? still waiting on more from u!

 

i have 2 poems that i would REALLY like to share, but im afraid they're a bit lengthy...(like 3 friggin' pages). so,unless u guys r ok w/ that, i have more material for a while...

 

Definately working on it! If you'd asked me earlier in the day, I'd have said that I would have a story ready by tonight, but I just started on some medication, and it made me so drowsy! They said it would pass after a few days. I'm shooting for having a story ready to post this Saturday (unless I suddenly snap out of this, heh).

Oh, and you said it for me, I don't care how long your stuff is! It's awesome, that's all the counts! If you're really concerned over the length, do it in installments ^^ but personally speaking, I don't care how long of a post you make! In fact, I'm looking forward to reading those poems ^^

 

before i share my longer ones, here's one i just randomly found. the sad thing is, it's one of the happiest poems i have...oh well. enjoy.

A Beautiful Thing

Music shaking the foundation
You can’t shake the sensation
Gotta move
Gotta dance
Take a risk
Take her hand
The beat is strong
The rhythm moving
Carrying me away
Lifting me up to a higher place
Bodies moving
Heat is rising
Movements connecting
Emotions emphasizing
Letting it loose
Setting it free
Showing everyone
Who you can really be
Chests heaving
Breath mingling
Perfume and sweet sweat
Blending into
A toxic potion
Just one sip
A single notion
The room is spinning
Ears start splitting
A beautiful thing until
The final note is heard

 

Aprilblue, I am addicted to your poetry. Please, PLEASE post your poems!

 

Twisted Destinies

Laughter ringing
Through the room
Your smile breaks
Through all the gloom
All the messed up
S--- in my life
You are the one thing
The one thing
That keeps me alive
Tell me something
I can do to brighten
Your life; planned out
So carefully
Organized, labeled
Put into a notebook
Slipped into a file
While mine is in tatters
Stuffed into a corner
Thrown into a trash can
Stepped on and smeared
The only thing left in me
Only you can have it
Only I can give it away
I can’t let you go
I can’t make you stay
I’d tell you the truth
You’d blow me away
Like everyone else
Like no one else could
Back to the way things
Are supposed to be
Back to the way things
Should’ve been
When you’re glancing at me
I’m counting to ten
Waiting for you
To look away
When you’re looking at me
I’m wishing you could
See something good in me
Something worth your while
Maybe tomorrow
Maybe today
Maybe a week
Maybe a day
Somehow I’ll tell you
Before you’re gone
Somehow I love you
But when it’s done
Will you really love me
Will I really care…
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heheh...that one has some of my favorite lines in it, so...in case u haven't noticed, that's y i have this poem in most of my signatures
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Here’s the really long one.
It’s a story put into poem format.
Just as a warning, it jumps around a bit and has a few flashbacks; stuff like that.
A little weird, I know, but it’s…special to me. Hope y’all enjoy.

Letting Go

Now that you know
I think I can finally start
Letting go
Of all this pain I have known
I’m not alone
No more fear
When you are near
Keep me safe
Don’t tuck me away
In the unknown
Part of your heart
Don’t betray
When I just might start
Letting go
These feelings locked inside me
Letting go
Showing them to the world
That denied me
So much hope
So much freedom
All the love I’ve been dreaming of
Please don’t decieve me
As I bare to you my soul
Please, never leave me
When I decide to let go
Letting everyone know
What it’s like
To see who I am inside
No more lies
No more bleeding
Open your eyes
Can you see me
As I hold you close
Don’t shy away
I want you to know
Please let me say that
Letting go
Isn’t all it’s cut out to be
Say I love you
You turn away from me
When I press your fragile hand
To my cheek
I feel your body scream
It cuts me deep
Raw down to the core
Trying to sleep
Is there a knock at my door
I’m so sorry
Please forgive me
I didn’t ask to have these feelings
I knew she’d never love me
Colors flash before my eyes
A blur of harsh voices
My lullaby
Screaming faces
In my dreams
Suffocating the happiness in me
It’s morning, clean and fresh
Maybe today
I’ll look my best
Look in the mirror
See a monster I detest
Close my eyes and see
Your eyes darting away from me
Arrive at school
Feel like crap
On my agenda: how ‘bout a nap
But I’m still thinking about her
Maybe I’ll catch a glimpse
Climbing the stairs to my locker
You pass me by
Why should I bother
To stop and smile
To say hi
When I can’t even
Catch your eye?
Why do I care?
Despair comes to greet me
I run and hide behind my mask
The face you’re seeing
If you’d maybe get to know me
I don’t know, but, really
What could possibly go wrong
Am I really that disgusting
See all these passing faces
Sending nods and waves my way
Don’t know why this
Doesn’t change me
Don’t know why this
Doesn’t phase me
Hear the music inside my head
Singing songs ‘bout the good times
Singing stories ‘bout the bad
Playing reruns of you dancing
These stupid theme songs in my head
I barely even know you
Yet you’re the best thing that I have
When I think about the future
My thoughts flash to you instead
But you’re leaving
Without a goodbye
You’re leaving
And someday
So must I
Will you miss me
Probably not
Do you need me
Probably not
Do you want me
*HECK* no
Then why the f--- am I so sad
You’re gonna be gone?
Because I’ve been in hiding
Way to long
So why can’t I start
Letting go
What do I have to lose by
Letting go
Visions of my
Crimson fisted dreams
Come back to haunt me
This is why it’s so hard
Letting go
Once you let it out
You can never take it back
It becomes a part of you
A part I may soon regret
But I’ll never know for sure
Until I can come
Face to face with
Telling you I’m
Letting go
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there. i think that's enough for today...*whew*

 

Writergurl...more! I'm intrigued ^^ please, if there's more to the story, I'd love to read it! It's very well done, and definately a work to be proud of

Nicole, that was awesome! What's more is that I just happened to be listening to a really catchy techno song when I read it, and it really flowed very well! Great work!

As promised, here's the next story ^^ I hope it works out, the mood's a bit different from my normal stuff. Let me know what you all think!

Note: For those paying attention, yes, Leanna's a lot less on edge in this one. There's a reason for that ^^

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Crouching behind an overturned desk, Alicia scanned the battlefield. The large windows that all but made up the walls of this office were shot to shards. Ahead, she stared at the wrecked cubicles, a fog of smoke grenade discharge clouding the open work floor. A muzzle flash in the smoke drew her attention, and as the bullet buried itself in the wall behind her, she recalibrated her steady aim and cracked off several shots with her pistol. Silence once again prevailed. There was no way of knowing that her shots struck their target, just that the shooter had, for the moment, ceased fire.

Kneeling just beneath the wall that accepted the shooter's bullet, Leanna practically jumped out of her skin. She glanced around nervously and, seeing only that Alicia continued to faithfully protect the corner that they occupied, returned her attention to the minicomp she held. Touching the small screen, she switched between her many running programs, pausing at each one to check on their status, or to enter in a different set of operational parameters. As she did so, her eyes would occasionally glance at the terminal that lay on the floor next to her, as though her efforts to gain entry into the system would be physically visible.

Out of the blue, the small device locked up, and refused to respond to her commands. Cursing, the threw the thing at the wall, then ran her fingers through her disheveled hair in frustration. “That's it. That was the last one.”

Alicia fired two more shots. “You're completely out?”

“Well let's see,” Leanna said, wiping the sweat from her forehead with sweaty fingers, “they fried both of my laptops, the break room terminal I was able to crack, your minicomp, then mine just now. Yeah, I think that just about covers it.”

“You can't crack another terminal,” Alicia asked.

“I could, if I had-” Leanna's eyes opened wide as her final option came to mind. As she considered her course of action, her left hand subconsciously traveled toward the back of her neck, fingers resting on the port that poked out of her spine.

Ducking behind the durable desk, Alicia pressed her back against it as she reloaded her pistol. When the weapon clicked, her eyes fell upon Leanna. “No. I'm not going to let you do it.”

Leanna snapped out of her trance and withdrew her hand. “We don't have a choice.”

“What makes you think you can break their barrier this time?”

The hacker angrily grabbed her backpack and began fishing around inside of it. “Don't ----ing do this to me. It's bad enough I have to risk my life for you ----heads. Don't make this any harder than it has to be.”

Lowering her weapon, Alicia leaned forward, placing her free hand on Leanna's leg. “We can find a way around their security system. If they zap your neural computer, you'll die!”

A victorious grin finding her face, Leanna pulled the backpack away to reveal a coiled wire in the clutches of her dominant hand. As she worked to plug one end into the back of her neck, she locked eyes with her companion. “Why don't you let me dance with death this time, yeah? Little miss 'I'll dismember everyone who notices you.'”

Pulling her arm away, the killing machine looked helpless. “Please, Leanna. Please don't die.”

Reaching over for the terminal on the ground, Leanna chuckled nervously. “Thanks for the vote of confidence,” she said, then leaned back against the wall, closing her eyes.

Staring at the defenseless hacker, Alica's expression shifted from helpless to determined, and she whirled around, transitioning to a standing position. Reacting to the three security officers who were creeping toward the pair, she took them down with a single shot each. In the distance, the ruined cubicles lit up with enemy fire. Resolute, the girl returned the favor, standing defiantly in front of her ally. A bullet grazed her bionic arm, taking a bit of machinery with it. Gritting her teeth, Alicia crouched lower, but continued to lay down fire.

With practiced skill, Leanna channeled the noise out, and concentrated on connecting. As though in a dream, program windows opened up before her, and she navigated them quickly. Like a machine herself, she methodically initiated the proper processes, and could envision the gates of the terminal near her as she bombarded them. Her programs negotiated the system's automated defenses at her direction, some distracting their attention, others too nimble to be caught. User interfaces flashed before her faster than she could navigate through any physical terminal as she unleashed hell on her opponent.

Too caught up in her own assault, Leanna failed to spot her target's counter-attack. Needles covered her skin as it drilled through her barrier, and a pounding migraine indicated a breach. The pain was nearly unbearable, and she felt the sudden need to vomit. Tears filling her closed eyes, she clenched her fists and ran her defensive programs, repairing the damage to her barrier. Now aware of her opponent's aggressiveness, she shifted to a defensive strategy, and carefully intercepted the attacks against her with programs of her own, all the while patiently awaiting the appearance of a weakness. For what must have seemed like an eternity, she studied her target, scrutinized its strategies.

Finally, she made her move. Feigning a weak spot of her own, Leanna directed her opponent's attacks on a single quadrant of her barrier. Then, using the signal strength of these programs as a booster, she took control of this signal, and followed it back to its source. Squeezing every ounce of willpower she had into this attack, she could feel her signal strike the barrier of the hardened system. Sensing her opponent's attacks approaching her neglected defenses, she pushed hard to infiltrate the system before they reached her. Every muscle tensed in her body as she drilled through the defensive mesh behind which lay her goal. A pinhole formed first, which widened to a giant gash. Her program leaked through, and began corrupting her opponent's core.

Suddenly, Leanna's breath stopped, and her eyes opened wide once more. Glancing back, Alicia gasped and flew to her fellow soldier's side. Clutching the hacker in her powerful bionic arms, she shook her. “Leanna! Snap out of it! Please, Leanna, please, don't-”

The brunette blinked, and let out her breath. “I...I did it,” she barely whispered.

Overjoyed, Alicia embraced her ally with a powerful hug that threatened to snap the girl in two. Suddenly aware of this, the bionic woman apologized and withdrew. “I knew you could do it! There's no system you can't crack!”

“About that,” Leanna said, looking away. “Yeah, this machine isn't networked, or at least it isn't anymore. I did, however, get a good look at this guy's porn.”

Alicia was confused. “Wait, so Akiton's security net is still up?”

“You got it. But hey, it's not a total loss. I mean for one, I've seen porn before, but this stuff is really, really nice-”

“Leanna...”

“Sorry, but the good news is, we won't have to shoot our way out of here.”

“Why's that?”

“Don't make any sudden moves,” a male voice commanded, his tone muffled by the gas mask he wore. Slowly turning her head, Alicia laid eyes on seven security officers, outfitted in full assault gear, each training an SMG on the pair of infiltrators. Outgunned, the mercenaries remained crouched in the corner, awaiting their capture or, if they were lucky, execution. The one that had spoken reached for a small device on his shoulder and leaned his mask over to it. “Sir, we-”

The man's head was severed from its body by the magnificent force of a 12.7 mm rifle round. The others reacted just in time to be sliced to pieces by machinegun fire. Stepping out of the smoke, Asegam's familiar figure came into view, rifle barrel smoking. His gaze shot from one girl to the other.

“I heard 'porn,' and I see hugging. Should I come back later?”

 

Whoa, I totally missed that post, Nicole! You put that up while I was putting mine in there! Dude, those were completely beyond words. Letting Go is like the best poem I've ever read ^^ and I was wondering when you'd post the poem you showed in your signature ^^ both very, very awesome!! Like, wow...you rock!

 

HAHAHAHAHA...Steam Giant, I LOVE the last line! I am howling over here!

Aprilblue, I am SO glad that you chose to post those! Loved them!

 

Thanks! ^^ I'm glad you liked it! I'm usually not very good at putting jokes in my stories, because I write stuff that I find funny, and I'll re-read it later and laugh at my own jokes

 

Wow! you peeps are doing great...i love reading from this thread...so much talent running through this thread...i still havnt had an ounce of inspiration to write yet...lol

 

Excellent! I love reading Haiku! Very well done ^^ and it's great to see your stuff back up here!