Best Succumb Poems
Composed through flickers of ambient light
vanilla wafts permeate solemn halls this night
as life into her passionate pen breathes
talking in code and longing to be
Verdant valleys and flowing waterfalls
mist simple eyes as words echo her call
darkness drips out from the deep black
easing anguished uncertainties held intact
Freeing feelings and setting off subtle swells
releasing evocative imagery from their cells
cravings of brittle bones obediently seek out
to be heard along side her choreographed shout
Succumb slowly dear to my heart in glowing red
Where futures shall lie and pure souls are bled
Love Over Matter
A brain which is a mass of cells,
Succumbs to what the heartbeat tells,
Who needs to use their
Minds over molecules,
Rather become fools,
And so win jewels!
The rainbow comes after the storm they say
But my storms are ever lasting
And my rainbows short-lived.
I don't want to know how much I mean to the world,
When the world means nothing to me.
This constant stagnation of life is tiring
And I have waited long enough
To finally give in to the depths
Of the shadows that call me in.
To surrender to the temptation
Of being set free from this chaos that torments me
Is all I yearn for.
The garden bids me: “sit, relax”
We all, in time, shall bud and bloom
Scent the air with essence of our soul
Slowly wilt as season’s take their toll.
Bask in the touch of spring-times idle kiss
Touch the dawn dewed edges of her breath
Feel the gentle tones of stirring joy
As Spring is more than Winter’s feeble ploy.
Come also ‘neath the moon’s reflective gaze
Share with us the substance of the night
Listen as we sing in cool mist praise
Our quiet hymns between the sunny days.
Sit with us, succumb to blooming’s dream
For gardens are so much more than they seem.
John G. Lawless
©4/15/2023
"True I lust for thine alluring body," Her I apprised,
"But swear so adore thy soul."
"And to thee I succumb," promptly she replied,
"Offer my heart, my mind and all."
Dreaming disturbed
Heart arrhythmic
Breathing askew
Aimless wanderings
Of the mind
You witch, bewitcher
You've enchanted me
With your assiduous
Assault upon my being
Albeit foolishly
I let you in
With apprehension
Betwixt the passage
Of my cage of ribs
And allowed you
To stroke my heart
But only
For a little while
As it is so tender
So sensitive
So guarded
To the guiles, the
Wily wanderings
Of love.
I marvel
I fear that
The sharpness
Of cupid's
Unseen arrow
Has once more
Breached my
Defences
And i must
Surely
But, slowly
Surrender
To that opium
Called
Love
And how i always said id Let the water take me,
Im begging now.
Drown me beautiful ocean.
Let your waves tie around my ankles and tug me under.
let me watch the bubbles rise up as i sink ever so gracefully.
Seaweed tying knots around my lungs,
Consistently aching in such a bittersweet way.
Sand meets my toes that dig softly into the ground as my back
settles on the ocean floor.
Too dark to see the particles blurring in my eyesight before me.
Light filters through in certain spots,
The only thing left filling my vision.
my mind succumbs to the deafening quiet.
No more air to release into the sea bearing an anvil on my chest,
A tomb i built only for myself.
I do not know what came over me
To find myself back in this hole
To change my views so suddenly
Craving the feeling to fall
I do not know why I'm so attracted
To the things that destroy me inside
To the feeling of being lost and hopeless
Like I don't want to fight to stay alive
I do not know why I'm so addicted
To the pain from my self hatred hex
To the feeling of anxiety pooling in my stomach
The drowning feels better than sex
I do not know why I'm on my knees begging
Crying for mercy or release
When the moment I'm set free, I'm wilting
Longing for being deceased
The darkness has been buried inside me
And though the light can easily come in
I feel like maybe I do not wish to
Ever be alive again
I do not know if this is a cry for help
Or myself making peace with my hell
Though I'm saying I love being tortured
I'm saying I wish I never fell
So I'm sitting in the depths of despair
Satisfied if I'm being quite honest
Enjoying the pain inflicted on me
Like a masochist in the dark green forest
All those days spent in pain.
Memories washed away by the rain.
To have misplaced a forgotten loved one.
Falling into the depths of illness.
Now, I realize what it is like to succumb.
Where did those days of greatness go?
What have I become?
A monster with great power?
Maybe, I have succumb to illness.
My heart begins to beat.
Fast
Faster
Even Faster
As I hear the sirens buzzing in my ears.
In my mind...
I feel empty and dark.
In my mind...
I'm dying inside.
In my mind...
Voices are screaming words of terror.
I have lost.
The battle of life and death has been done.
It's what I hate most.
I have lost.
As I tell myself that it'll all be over soon...
I hear my mother saying "Sweetie wake up."
Stunned to death I awake.
Frantically, searching through my mind.
I find that I will never succumb to illness.
Bring your saucy smile that spark in your eye
give me sanctuary from satans hell
just that smile and a twinkle in your eye
I'm sent soaring into seventh heaven
conjure magic spells, and charms that you weave
my imaginations dreams delivered
no magicians magic wands need waving
just an acclamation of love desired
succumb now and save my suffering soul
Raise a white flag and surrender your whole
don't be wondering should I show resolve
No harm in surrender love is the goal
Surrender your body your heart and soul
when cupids arrow hits body and soul
comp entry 05/08/2016
Tracing Lines along your perfected jaw,
you draw your dark glace towards my eyes.
arms entangled, lying here
the shock sets in,
and you begin,
to unravel your undeniably seductive plan.
Your soft lips meet the tip of my skin,
and my senses start to fly,
like tiny ice crystals melting gently,
I tremble and shake,
as you move slowly down my silky thigh.
The feeling tingles throughout,
like a blur of Ecstasy,
I can feel the urging starting,
from the deepest part of me
My yearning, begs you on,
as we two closer come,
two bodies start aligning,
eyes shining
with such fires of passion's song.
Gripping, sweaty, moaning,
hot, painful discoveries
are made with loves true tools.
As we explore the every crevice,
and inch,
of each other's being
shamelessly disregarding the rules.
You tease,
I torture,
tantalized we both become,
until even the forces of nature,
cant hold us back,
we must succumb.
For the last time I surrender,
To the throne of excruciating pains,
Promising not to complain,
All like an icicle it seemed, cold and illy.
For the last time I give up,
And a tear like silver is glistening in the corner of my eye,
Yet, my voice like mournful bells crying in the wind,
Suddenly, it's hushed as the grave.
For the last time I succumb,
To principalities and powers,
It's so hard to escape and it hurts fiercely,
Like a blast from the suddenly opened door of a furnace.
For the last time I've existed, fallen and will disappear,
Like apparitions seen and gone,
Mentally round-shouldered and decrepit,
Mute as an iceberg, I'm tired of dying to live,
But I'm still alive on my death bed.
How does one describe the beauty of love
Words are just not enough
It's an overpowering and divine emotion
Leaving us overwhelmed with lust
As hard as we try to avoid love's power
There's no escaping it's grip
Ultimately even the mightiest succumb
And into it's clutches they slip
There's only one cure, it's complete surrender
Or you'll always regret that choice
A missed opportunity will haunt you forever
To drink in it's passion and rejoice
Our existence and main reason for living
Is to satisfy this burning desire
To find that someone's meant for them only
Reason for adding fuel to life's fire
© Jack Ellison 2013
Demand a love so big
Oh Yee! don't succumb to lips
It makes you choke
now don't get jealous of me
Because I'm successful and you are not
Don't envy my time
Patience is a virtue
Your time will come
For slowly slowly we blossom
No more will we have to ask...
What do we do?
How long will you play with fire
Untill your heart has no flesh left to burn
The only thing that bothers me is your jelousy
Ooh no! forgive my luck
For this little life
We walk paths our own way
Hopping it will make them feel better
Instead it makes them feel worse
Summer Succumb
Segue Cicadae,
Enwrap in sunray,
Warble a tuneful "Hooray!",
Solstice sing-song night/day,
Hydrangeas on display,
Honeysuckle blooms bouquet
Melons savor away,
Berries & cream entree,
Splashing a la Bay,
Reading enjoy, listen to Mozart play,
"Zimmer's" here! So our stars don't stray,
Our belief GPS is recalculating the way!
Madras instead of gray,
Dour somber becomes gay,
At a ballgame eye spy,
A growing white blur, wonder I why?
Then it hits me!
By dawns early light, See? Oh say!