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EVERYONE: - Ongoing poetry for the soul [mildly dark]

ComanderHobbes

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This first one was inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven, which is one of my favorites by the way... anyways I call this Beyond the Door hope y'all enjoy now ^-^

I sit in the dark, wishing to be left alone
I wait in silence as I hear a movement outside my door

“Away!” I cry, “Leave me be!” the shadows linger outside my door
I stay in silence pondering, pondering what could be outside my door

Flushed with anger, I run to turn the handle
As the knob turns, I see nothing but the wind and trees outside my door

I close the hatch and key the lock
Returning to where I sit, I ponder, what could be outside my door?

I sit by myself pondering how strange this all is
When I see what was outside my door

A shadow of a figure, cloaked in black stands shrouded in shadow
I hear a voice, “I come from beyond the door.”

I shudder as the silent words shatter the night
“Who are you?” I ask, “To come from outside my door?”

“I am many things,” the cold shadow says to me
“To you, I will be the night that comes to take you beyond the door.”

“But I have done no wrong!” I cry in dismay
“Why must you take me outside my door?”

“It is your time,” Night says simply and coldly
“Now come we must go beyond the door.”

A chill runs through me, I do not wish to go outside my door
Night takes me by the hand and leads me outside my door.

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This one is part of a character sheet that I'm working on for a starwars rp site that I frequent enjoy A Shot in the Dark:

In the darkness a gun was shot,
In the silence it was not heard

On the body a hole was found
Out of the hole the blood did flow

In the darkness innocence drowned
As a brother protects his own

A nameless refuge in a shapeless place
No man wondering the waste

A home in the waste with a sword in hand
Looking to the stars, a boy does wonder

A wall to climb, a wall to hide
Then it crumbles, left in ruins

Reforged from the deep
He is born anew
 
thanks i'll get some more up sooner or later xD

EDIT: and sooner it is lol... anyways it's kinda short but here is my interpretation of the concept of yin and yang:

A speck of light amongst a wave of shadow
A speck of shadow bathed in rays of light

Pushing and pulling the flow of all
Finding balance in a sea of chaos

A peace to find, a harmony for a goal
Good and evil become as one
 
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thanks i'll get some more up sooner or later xD

EDIT: and sooner it is lol... anyways it's kinda short but here is my interpretation of the concept of yin and yang:

A speck of light amongst a wave of shadow
A speck of shadow bathed in rays of light

Pushing and pulling the flow of all
Finding balance in a sea of chaos

A peace to find, a harmony for a goal
Good and evil become as one

And so that which is both good and bad is born.


Anyways, I'm liking your narratives. They're dark, yet still allow enough thought to process as to allow the readers to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm enjoying what I am seeing; keep it up!
 
Thanks for the compliments! Here's one that I was debating on weather or not to post only because I kinda didn't like how it turned out but after showing it to some irl friends and got their feed back I kinda changed my mind enjoy A Bump in the Night:

I sleep soundly through the night when suddenly I wake from my slumber
I feel a prickling in my skin then it happens, boom, boom, boom

"What is that noise?" I wonder and slowly I get up dressed in my night gown
The noise continues through the night, boom, boom, boom

I walk to my window and throw open the curtains and look to the night
There is nothing, not even a cloud in the sky. Turning away I hear a boom, boom, boom

Curiosity overwhelms me and I put on a coat but once outside, I still see nothing
I turn away in disappointment heading back to my bed, then I hear it again, boom, boom, boom

What is making that racket? I ponder, still unable to see
Back in my bedroom, I hear it again this time as though right beside me, boom, boom, boom

I start to shudder, an unnatural feeling steals over me
I head downstairs and I see it, boom, boom, boom

I look on in shock and awe as pale figures dance in the silent night
They shudder and jerk about and stamp their feet, boom, boom, boom

I am mesmerized and unbidden I join this revelry
This strange night we dance away, boom, boom, boom
 
This is a bit different from what I normally write but I hope y'all enjoy just the same:

Life flows on and on like a river, like a stream
A splash in the water creates a ripple, but life still flows on and on

A shift in the water will not change life’s path
Ever moving the river flows on and on

Obstacles may cause a shift
Calmly it waits the river will flow on and on

It may freeze and slow to a stop
In the end it thaws and the river flows ever on

Surely and steadily life carves its path
The river will flow forever on

EDIT: To avoid multiposting here's another I just wrote the inspiration came from this enjoy By the Lake:

By the lake I wait, in silence alone
For my love to come home

By the willows I sit in silence as calm as the lake
My heart longing for my love to come home

In silence I wander the sandy shore
My heart aching for my love to come home

In the dark, my only comfort
My sad heart waiting for my love to come home

Next to the garden my love is shrouded
Buried next to my heart he is finally home
 
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Really enjoying reading these - especially the last two!! Looking forward to reading more!!
 
This one is still in rough draft mode but might as well put it out to see if you guys like it as is or not ^-^

In the sands I roam wandering alone
In the sands alone I try to find my way

The sun is bright, the day is new
But in the end I am lost as I try to find my way

In the cloudless sky, the sun beats me down
I will not flag, I will not waver as I try to find my way

The clouds come rolling in, at first a welcome site
Sounds can be heard, flashes can be seen

In the end the clouds bring fear
In the end I wander on trying to find my way

Heading towards the commotion
I eagerly try to find my way

At the close, I am torn apart
In the chaos I have lost my way

The parting clouds reveal a starry night
In the calm I try to find my way
 
I'm still loving your poems, but just one quick vocabulary note:
In silence I wonder the sandy shore
I do believe you mean wander, although wonder may be your intention. Keep writing! ^_^
 
anyways here we go with a birds eye view on things and such:

Soaring the vast empty skies I feel free
Dancing through the clouds I seek my prey

Running through the grass I try to hide
Only below the earth I feel free

High in the skies I dive feeling the wind in my face
High in the skies I seek my prey

A hole to find, a goal to seek
I see my foe in the skies

To reach it is my dearest wish
To take it is all I want

My hole I seek, my goal I find
One foot on the edge I am swept away
 
and two more to enjoy:

Alone

Alone I sit, a weight upon my breast
Alone I am forever to be
This feeling that crushes me

Alone I wait for someone to find me
Alone I do not wish to be
Alone I am with this weight crushing me

This weight that prevents me to be
This hurt I cannot stand
Alone I wish not to be

Alone I wait, a misery stealing over me
Alone I am, dry tears falling away from me
This is how I am, forever alone I will be

The Sisters Three

In the moonlight, in the starlight
In the shadows dark beyond all can see

Three there were, three there shall be
Of past, of present, of future for all to see

The sisters who determine mans fate
By a snip of the golden thread

Eldest of them all, they shall be after mans fall
The sisters of fate, of past, of present, of future for all to see
 
Love 'The Sisters Three' above! I assume its based on the Fates from Ancient Greece - Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos - who measured out lengths of golden thread which represents a man's (or woman's) life.

Your work reminds a bit of Robert Frost - I don't know why though! Great work!

Le meas,
Airt
 
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