ExTReMe FrEAk's Poetry Thread

ExTReMe FrEAkExTReMe FrEAk Posts: 118
edited December 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
From now on, everything goes in here that I write. If it is a sonnet, it will go into here, and the challenge thread.

I'm going to go ahead and put my previous poems in here, in the order I posted them. This saves space :) .

***NOTE*** I have been seeing a lot of spelling errors in my work... When I see them, I fix them... but I still miss a few. If you see any spelling errors, or what might be a spelling error, please PM me about it :) .

New poems added on

Sep 4th
My Love (Percival J. Periwinkle style) w/ Percival reading it

Sep 3rd
Mourn the Victims

Sep 2nd:
Andrew (Acrostic)

Aug 31st:
Dance for a Witch

Aug 30th:
Youthful Regression
Earth, Reborn
Astral Freedom
Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
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  • As I feel myself floating through the clouds
    I take the time to realize there is complete silence
    I feel the moister from the clouds settle on my body
    I look at the sun through my eye lids
    I get a very warm feeling through my whole body
    As I lay here in the clouds, I think of nothing
    My body begins to get more relaxed
    My legs seem to disappear
    I think on this, while I’m still relaxed
    They are floating away in the clouds
    Once I feel this through my mind, it begins to happen to my arms
    They begin floating away into nothing
    It makes me feel better
    I now feel my body start to do the same thing
    It’s drifting and floating, away from me
    It’s just me and my head, with the radiant sun
    I feel my head begin to vanish
    I am still here, but my head is leaving
    How odd this is, but there’s still beauty in the sun
    My head is now gone, it’s just me my sun

    My sun, my son, your beauty still comes
    I see all around, and you are my son
    Although you had left, I have now come
    You fill my spirit with the warmth of the sun
    Just relax, take a hold of this cord
    The silver still shimmers for you and your mom
    Take it please, and go to your mom
    My time will come, to join you my son
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • The incense burning
    As the flame dances on its wick
    The alter seems so beautiful

    The cloak seems to flow
    As the tip of the knife begins to carve
    The markings begin to show

    The wood seems softer
    As the shapes come together
    The stone work is beautiful

    The water is pure
    As oil and salt blend under candle light
    The energy begins to rise

    My body now pulses
    As energies now increase
    The spirits are kind

    The love is showing
    As sun sets in the distance
    The woods now glow

    My soul is released
    As the animals come to watch
    How lovely they look on this sunset

    My body falls limp
    As I ascend above
    The glaze is perfect

    My understanding grows
    As I become a drop in the collective
    My journey is complete
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • My senses grow stronger
    As the fear sets in
    Will I come down?
    Or keep my head in space?

    It seems so strange
    Four hours ago I used it
    Three hours ago it was worthless
    Two hours ago it kicked in
    Now I am lost in my own thoughts

    It truly was from Arizona
    Some of the best I’ve ever had
    I hope not to break my mind
    But it seems that’s where I’m heading

    Purple hands caress my sides
    As my tail drags behind me
    The ground eats my legs
    As the walls shake my hands

    Why does this always have to happen this way?
    I asked myself, as I look at my headache
    At least I would have if I could had the ability to think

    As the intensity still yet starts to rise
    I am tossed into an abyss
    In this play, nothing can be comprehended
    Only seen, if you would call that seeing

    I could feel the vibrations began to course through my body
    This is when the fear gets worse
    As I look at my hand, it begins to melt
    But was it truly my hand?

    Where the hell am I?
    Why can I hear my woods speak to me?
    I wish I could grasp their words
    This does not help me

    I close my eyes, just to find that makes it worse
    I scream without words, as the chair picks me up
    Then runs me to the lake
    It heaves me in as far as it can


    I breathe the water, and find relaxation
    As a walleye smiles at me
    He leads me somewhere
    Somewhere dry, where he can walk

    I see a stick in his hands
    He points it right at me
    I hear a bang, and see a flash
    I was then all over
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • The night cries out for a glimpse of day light
    As the day begs for a time which it slept
    Since before our lives the sun has been bright
    And the dew in the dark has always crept
    Lives passed and came at their own willingness
    Yet it seems I have always remained here
    Light brings warmth, night brings comforting caress
    Sitting by two powers brings on some wear

    I feel as though my age is catching me
    Aches and pains from mysterious places
    Oh in my youth, I truly had been free
    If I could just flip back a few pages
    When I have become youthful forever
    Light and Dark, we’ll always be together
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • Gentle is the sea as a gust blows by
    Calm and beautiful is this barren reef
    Nothing for miles but the calm wave’s lies
    As I look up, I see a cold storm breathe
    Churning and lashing, the seas are angered
    Sing softly Manannan, lend me your hand
    Your tricks and illusion bring us danger
    The hull is cracked, is this your great plan

    The rain felt cooler now, as did on our heads
    We drink beauty of our long journeys end
    She, who is our mistress, puts us to bed
    Manannan Mac Lir, now truly our friend
    Bitter water, had then touched my lips
    The spark within me, now comes to grips
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • Somehow, I find comfort in pain
    -No fear -No worries
    -No feeling -No strain
    Who cares of death?
    This pain is still working

    When my heart is broke
    I’m in my darkest hours
    My pleasure swells, before it crests
    While I’m at my lowest, my ego shatters

    Emotional masochistic, that’s what it’s called
    Creating pleasure from pain
    Sweeter than your lips
    I’ll accept without shame

    Then it all falls out, in great disappointment
    Once I acknowledge self gratification
    The pain crawls away
    Leaving memories of anguished saturation
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • Every night, I drive the same road home
    At the same hill, there is always a presence
    The shadows conceal my mysterious companion
    At this hill, I am never alone

    The path is bare on my journey home
    Except for the hill, where this creature roams
    I stop and look around, only hearing rustling in the weeds
    I can feel a stare, which I can not hone

    I see its shape on these nights
    A man, a beast, a deer, a car
    It changes and changes, and won’t leave me alone
    It may still its movements, to let me know
    On this road, I am never alone

    My mind is troubled by this thought
    This thing stalks my approach on every night
    Why does it show, does it mean me harm?
    Mysterious and dark, it slows my heart
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • He had gone to the wild to settle his mind
    For days and nights, growing wise to the way
    With never a thought, what he left behind
    Resting his mind, from his path he won’t stray
    Shadows wrap around him entirely
    He’s charmed the night to accompany him
    Light strains snap a thought, you should cry for me
    The trees respond, For you, we bow our limbs

    Their leaves had fell, as they wept for the night
    The winds then chilled, leaving tears on the ground
    The man then was covered in a bright white
    Radiance so bright, life sprang all around
    As all the great seasons come and then go
    This man takes their lives, to help them grow
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • As wounds bleed for another time
    I realize what had been done
    I was told it was the last thing that would be done
    Never realizing, that meant it was on the list

    It’s frightening how true people can be to words
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • I once met a man, with bible in hand, pimping out Christ’s word.
    “It is the word of God, and you must obey!” He screamed as I kept walking.
    He had grabbed me firmly, across my wrists, and then he started shaking me.
    “Jesus, free this man of the devil… He is innocent! Though heathen, he will find his way to you!” He began to yell, as the shock of his actions leave me.

    I clinched up my fists, and released my wrists, and drove him into the ground.
    “If you are the medium in which Jesus lies, then lies are all that you have said. If you touch me again, you’ll be feeling worse than Jesus’ head, wearing his crown on his cross. Jesus had suffered for all of man’s sins, so why don’t you give him a rest?” I had said softly.

    The man had quivered, and looked to my eyes, then told of his sins.
    “You won’t get far confessing to me, for I am your Satan… It is because of me that you listen in church, but when you die, I’ll tuck you to bed.” I had said to the man for effect.
    “Blasphemer!” He had exclaimed.
    “Idolater!” I had replied.

    “Why do you reject my words?” He had said with a tear in his eye.
    “Your words are you own, they are not mine.” I had told him with a sympathetic sigh.

    “Who are you to defy God!” He screamed in a burst of rage.
    “I am my own, your views aren’t mine.” I had told him as I helped him up. “It hurts when defied by a strangers mind, don’t you agree?”

    He looked at me, and began to realize that not everyone views his law.
    “What should I do? I feel deceived about the word of Christ. Where do I go? What should I believe?..” He rambled as I cut him off.
    “You believe what you want, that is our gift, and what you have tried to take away from others. If not religion, there is at least one thing you can be sure of, people have sex with each other.”

    With a smile, he had left, now realizing mortality. We all die some day, in various ways, why should we be fed by others?
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • What made me so different from them all?
    I had never seen what they seem to see
    I cannot be who they want me to be
    Their egos above me, I want to crawl
    For months at a time, my life had to stall
    A shroud of darkness had come around me
    Hiding in the shadows had always been key
    Am I real? Because my feelings gone dull

    In the mirror I stare myself eye to eye
    This man is to be no one but himself
    I think to myself; my soul swells and crests
    The book slams shut and then placed on the shelf
    Then the memories were leashed up like pets
    The darkness within me left with a sigh
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • Bring off the burden we bare
    Take away the feels that care
    The more we struggle the deeper we get
    Intertwined in the branches of trees of life and death

    We are changing, ascending
    Becoming true balance of dark and light
    The arms of the scale of good and evil

    Twelve dark spirits will bring this world down
    For this I will cry
    Twelve light spirits will build it back up
    For this I will smile
    Twelve evil beings will give this world pain
    For this I will scream
    Twelve good beings will give this world bliss
    For this I will believe

    All will be appointed
    We will bring them to
    They will find each other

    There is nothing to survive
    Brimstone and fire will fall from the sky
    The seas will all begin to rise
    The winds will snap and spin
    As the Earth quakes your lives

    All will be reborn
    With only ourselves to start new ways
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • A quarrel with terms sheds my skin
    The sun is reborn deep inside of me
    Discarding this cast-off reality
    In my soul, I am free to roam

    Arcs and flecks everywhere
    I see what was once there
    However, blind to what is now
    Memories discharged throughout time

    With no focus, yet a focus on everything
    Doors and windows placed where they could not be
    Astral sight of melting hands, hands which were never there
    Behind the door awaits is my mind

    The door stepped out of a tree into a meadow
    This meadow was bare, for all but plant life
    The air kissed my cheek as I felt the soft dew
    I could smell the freedom of my mind

    In the center of this place, a wide open area
    With nothing there, but a rope hung from the sky
    How strange a site before my eyes
    I climb the rope, then went deeper inside

    The rope is gone and I am surrounded by water
    As the currents flow across my body
    Such sweet currents to relax me
    I drift as though it were I holding myself

    How wonderful this is
    But I still don’t understand
    Theses places I’ve been…
    Are they who I am?
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • anOmisanOmis Posts: 223
    this is one of my fav poetry threads
    really nice writting freakY
    thank you for sharing ...
    ~~dont mind yer make up, just make up yer mind~~

    ~~its better to be hated for who you are than be loved for who you are not~~

    F.ZAPPA
  • You go, ExTReMe FrEAk-y, deak-y! :) I know I'm diggin'!
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    It's very exciting to read your poetry and I greatly appreciate your talent and skill as a writer. :)
  • AmaterasuAmaterasu Posts: 317
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  • I'm very glad there are people who like my writting. I've never known anyone to actually like poetry the way I did. I'm very happy everyone here has given me the opportunity to write for them.

    They you for all the positive reinforcement.
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    You're welcome. I look forward to watching this thread grow. :)
  • I broke the laws of Salem
    I had danced once again
    ‘Possessed by the Devil’ they say
    They’ll put me to a rope for him

    But it was really worth it, dancing in the woods
    Joy and freedom around me
    But now they’ll put me down for good…
    For this great sin…

    They slip the rope around my neck
    The knot sits in front of me
    They ask for final words
    I told them, “from this rope, I dance again”

    They kicked the barrel out
    I am suspended from my chin
    As I promised them with final words
    I had began to dance again

    The rope kept getting tighter
    As my movements slowed a bit
    I danced and danced, it made me proud
    I danced ‘till my end
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    Originally posted by anOmis
    this is one of my fav poetry threads
    really nice writting freakY
    thank you for sharing ...

    i agree with the grecian goddess :)
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • ***Comment*** I just dug this up now. I know most acrostic's are lame, but this one... I do like this one. I suprise myself everyday. Now to the acrostic.

    All these burdens wear me like a
    Noose. I am standing on a sharp blade
    Darkened with the blood of those who stood before the
    Raging demons. My heart and mind pleas; sorrow is not
    Enough for these beasts. They thirst for my soul. The soul
    Which now contains the poison of dark repetition.

    ***Comment*** Not only does this peice contain my name (which is why it is an acrostic)... but when I wrote that.... it described my inner conflict of dealing with depression. The worst part of the depression wasn't the fact that I was depressed, but how it would swing all the time. I would never go manic, or normal, I would go from depressed, to zombie all the time. I would act without knowing; I could watch myself do things, but could do nothing to stop myself from doing them... That is where this peice is coming from, a sane moment with me and the paper.
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • I proclaim on this night, the water I gave to this day shall wash away my fears.
    Tonight I dance for the lives that were spared.
    There will be mourning for those who had not a chance for morning.
    Let my words spread love and compassion to all.
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    Originally posted by ExTReMe FrEAk
    I proclaim on this night, the water I gave to this day shall wash away my fears.
    Tonight I dance for the lives that were spared.
    There will be mourning for those who had not a chance for morning.
    Let my words spread love and compassion to all.

    i like this EF.. thank you for sharing.
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • Thank you. Quality matterial will come tomarrow hopefully. I have been working on quite a few peices.
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • ***NOTE*** This is part of an on going joke a friend of mine and I have. The character telling the story is Percival J. Periwinkle. All the stories end with "and then I pulled the trigger". As soon as he does the voice for it, I will put a link to it here. If anyone is interested, I can post the other stories and sound clips from this on going joke.

    That night had been very lonely and sad
    I had nothing more than a broken heart
    With my actions, I made her very mad
    Time was spent alone, ‘till I fell apart
    Why didn’t she understand how I feel?
    She had never returned my love for her
    Why had it been my heart she had to steal?
    It is revenge, with my self I concur

    I then prepared my 9mm
    I was going to her to show my love
    Her words I noted, seemed a touch sweeter
    She said she had missed me, at least kind of
    I looked into her eyes with much vigor
    We shared love, and then I pulled the trigger

    Percival himself reading the sonnet

    ***comments would be appreciated :) ***
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Percival's a great character. And I'm pleased to hear you're working on more material. :)
  • I have been working on talking backwards quite a bit. I decided to take a particular line from one of the poems on the first page of this thread, and say it backwards.

    Here it is played forward

    Go ahead and try to guess it first...

    Here it is backwards

    Do you understand it now? If not, just ask what it says.
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • anOmisanOmis Posts: 223
    Originally posted by ExTReMe FrEAk
    I proclaim on this night, the water I gave to this day shall wash away my fears.
    Tonight I dance for the lives that were spared.
    There will be mourning for those who had not a chance for morning.
    Let my words spread love and compassion to all.

    that totally took my breath away

    R.I.P

    nice writting as always...
    ~~dont mind yer make up, just make up yer mind~~

    ~~its better to be hated for who you are than be loved for who you are not~~

    F.ZAPPA
  • rubyruby Posts: 103
    Mine too, amen.
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