The Maelstrom
**The Maelstrom** Sinking into the dark depths, why can't I feel naught but warmth. Clinging to the stark past, why can't Ieal away the wounds. Every trial to ascend, met with a heavier shackle. Never revealed to be mended, set with a silver...
Clip for my Pup
**Clip for my pup** There was once a feline, scarred and charred from the embers of hate and regret burning inside him. He wandered and floundered, trying to put out the fire within from his ire In came a bright canine, carrying a bucket of...
Doors and Cars
**Doors and Cars** We live in a world of doors, some open and some not. One opens sometimes, another opens hardly ever. The visitors from each unknown always different, yet some so familiar. Some welcome, others begrudgingly let into the...
Ode to a Goldfish
**Ode to a Goldfish** by Ephemeral\_Dreams Oh how the road twists and turns, amalgam of cruel fate and selfish decisions. Yet another held back, unable to be voiced for fear, or is it really? Oh how I curl and turn, amidst dreams of happier...
All for one, One for All
**All for one, One for All** By Ephemeral\_Dreams He has traveled far indeed, miles like the second hand. He has unraveled far and beyond, equipped only with his maimed hand. The unspeakable journey, insurmountable hills that he overcame. His...
Underwater Defender
Underwater defender By ephemeral\_dreams Slicing through the night, floundering with no might Splicing through my emotions, wandering with no sight Mistakes long forgotten but never forgiven for. Lakes long polluted but never frozen solid ...
Chasing the light
We chase after the light, Not because of our plight, Nor because of our flight. Despite the darkness trailing us, Our courage and hope never failing us Our rage and hope ever tempting us. I desire the fight, not for the conflict, The...
Crossroads
A crossroad stands before you, yet again A choice should be made, let's begin One to the left, "option A" per se, Another to the right, "option B" One may lead to wealth and fame, Other can grant health and time. Struggling on and on, which...
Mission to Live
A new day rises, another Mission ahead. A different beginning, another fission of emotions An earlier start time, another wave of blistering heat. An evening of sweat and crime, another one down. It is this time, this wave of unending heat The...
Train of Time
Every second that passes, marks another birth With every moment past, signifies another death. Seemingly a peaceful cycle, within this fairth From within nature, sorrow comes. With an unknown goal, cloudede future. With left foot over right,...
A New Day
We awaken to a new day A new dawn to hope, live and rest Albeit our lives be short today, We learn everything we see, like a pest Following here and there, seeking greater knowledge. A sea of information, unending. in it we tread, naive yet...
Possession
**Possession** Is it better to have and lose it, Or never know possession? Is it better to have a scar, Or to have unmarred soul? Those who have it would say, Better to know the feeling and lose it Those who never had it would...