Long Oblivious Poems

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Waiter There's a Fly

A hot July evening, and nothing had stirred,
the minutes just ticked slowly past,
too hot for much effort, and even the birds
gave up chirping as long shadows cast.
I savoured the moment and reached for my glass,
cold lager to help quench my thirst,
when I saw something black in the bubbles of gas,
close inspection, and I feared the worst.
A fly had snook down while my back had been turned
lost it's footing and fell in the beer,
and now paddled in vain for the side of the glass
but could not make it out of first gear.
Since it spoiled my enjoyment, a spoon for employment
was acquired and from my drink was scooped
the sad fly in some drops, poured it out where it stopped
with no movement, all out it was pooped.
With it's legs in the air (and I know, I've been there)
it finally righted itself, shook a wing, rubbed it's head
but not flying, instead took a gentle walk on my shed shelf.
Oblivious now to the story of how
I'd just graciously saved it's poor life,
I wondered as it slowly wobbled off home-
what on earth did it say to it's wife?
© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Flat Earthers

I think, Flat-earthers are abundant – 

those who prefer visible planes,

never taking that leap of faith
at horizons; who would rather
focus on rosy hues out from a radiant
center; seeing sun rising and setting,
oblivious to the fact that they very well 
are walking upside down in a weightless
universe...

I think, love can be like that~ walking upside
down in a weightless universe...death may also 
have an up-righting twist...the other side of a life-coin, 

that a computer generated society refuses to lift and
turn over – willing to rewrite any chance for future
reward, thinking some new program will negate the
old desktop with its often used icons linking with 
damnation.

Premium Member Deep Stupor

“The rot has sunk in deep
Yet we continue to sleep”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grooves of habit
Becoming reflex instinct
No longer wait
Our originality extinct

Waking from sleep
We expect our body to be there 
Is it not a hypnosis deep
Of or true origin now unaware

At a secondary level
In each and every thing we do
Oblivious to Gods miracles 
So patterned has become our view

Even in thought rested awareness
In the vibrant void of cessation
Memory imagery stuporousness 
Obscures depth of our elation

Energy pulsations toroidal
Beauteous full complete loop
Would it not be tragicomical
If to lower orbits it stoops

So to feel the throb in fullness 
To become the bliss fizz
Mindfulness renews emptiness 
Then that that is is as it is

28-December-2020
Form: Rhyme

before it was fate

In shadows deep, where silence grew,
I fought a battle, none ever knew,
The weight I bare, a heavy chain,
While smiles hid deep, the hidden pain,

They laughed and chatted, lost in the day,
oblivious to the demons in my way,
I wore a mask, crafted so bright,
yet the tears fell, softly into the night,

I cried for help in whispers faint,
But their backs turned, as if by fate,
A gentle plea, a grasping hand,
Yet they missed the signs, the need to understand,

Now the echos linger a haunting sound,
Of moments lost, of love untold
They stand in sorrow, crying when it's late
Wishing they had noticed,

Before it was fate.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Venom and Stardust

h u r t me…
with your deadly devotion,
leave lethal love-bites
across pulsing pages…
I ache to wear the burning blaze
of your rhymes around my neck,
to be choked by poetic desire,
to be punished with personified fire…

but what is a jewel 
            without your touch?
there is no gold ~ free-falling
from outer space,
deeper than sparks rising higher,
in tune with the mercury madness,
the cosmos of craving ~

taste this undying thirst
for ethereal union,
wrist to wrist, poem to poem,
ink to ink, skin to skin,
lips locked in longing,
as I yearn for eternal rest ~
knowing that when
I return, you’ll still be there,
willingly mine, evermore,
leashed to my Stygian stars,
O beloved blue moon rarity,
my Orpheus of musical silver,
where the throb of Eurydice
echoes like the pain of passion
I cradle within ~ heaven’s roses
bruised by obsession,
throned in an orchard of thorns
where every petal bleeds
the fragrance 
          of fatal fidelity ~

surrender 
      to my fixated fantasy,
worship the warmth of want,
as I slip into the
void of this endless black,
swallowing the ambrosia
from your acidic tongue
that drips venom and verses,
hauntingly hypnotizing
with the wet
heat of a rain-soaked lyre,
where we will be reborn
from the underworld ashes
of ghost-glazed diamonds…

I crave to be the cluster of reasons,
the wedded widow,
still gowned in viper’s devouring,
chained in anklets jeweled
with jinxed jade,
dragging me down a realm
of the unspoken 
parts of the underworld ~
oblivious to the earthly creatures
crawling through coldness…

I am smoothly strangled 
by the symphonic sentiments
of a loyal liaison,
an epic obedience,
that made the angels of life and death
weep and sleep
to the sound of defiant dews
of a reckless romance ~
for love seeps from curling
words into a
floundering bloodstream,
tying fanatic temptation
to the corpse tunes of gothic twilight…


Premium Member Follow Me

When streams of paper roses,
bleed bitter fragrances,
evil mists of leaves slowly fall,
drifting along autumnal 
breeze of yesterdays.

And i question
unseen dirt trapped
between sharpened thorns:
what if the sun,
at the end of your horizon,
seems brighter
than the skies in my mind? 
What if days are a little longer
than the spoonful of quiet nights
you’ve fought? 
Would you still paint
hollow bones of every skeleton
in your glass closet,
with black and white traces
flickering through
sociopathic holes and into
the windows of your rusted soul?

But what if, all this time,
you’ve been seeing silver linings
through ruby tinted glasses,
whilst steadying
your befogged sight with the core
of the devil’s unspoken mantras?
Maybe, the fault is in what flows
beneath your thick flesh,
that refuses to let redolent air
to rush in, 
unless wicked winds
orchestrate songs of your
delusional manifestation. 

So unlock the rails of
your iron heart,
follow me to the fields
of fluorescent fuchsias;
for I’ve always dared
to speak invisible visions
of my scarlet desires,
as I run with teal green wildflowers,
where pleasure spells my name
across lawns
in soft lavender dusks.

I fear no mourning monsters
dressed in golden feathers;
virtual vultures 
speaking in demonic dialects,
waltzing with energy vampires. 

They pretend to be angels
of cyan eden, oblivious
to the burning hell they reek,
exhaling scripted sentiments
of sanctimonious metaphors. 
Whilst rhyming with a 
cruel conscience,
seeking for meaningless endings.
They craft empty 
expressions in
ghostly recitations,
revised to ruin 
every starry sphere, 
where achromatic ink-sanity, 
remains reluctant to 
follow me and my moon.

Premium Member Cell Phone Mania

Here's my philosophy for what it's worth

Not the first time I've expressed my outlook on life

The stress of modern every day living

Is showing on the faces of people in the street

All with cell phones plastered to their ears

Oblivious to the world around them

A cold breeze has enveloped our very existence

No longer the friendly greetings we once expressed

We're totally wrapped up in the complexities

That have been thrust upon us

It's an exciting age of amazing technology

The much more simpler days of years gone by

Are gone forever never to return

Each generation longs for their past

A feeling of nostalgia grips us as we age

Wishing to relive the exuberant days of our youth

But time marches on relentlessly

As I sit here at my powerful computer

Messaging faceless people in the four corners of the earth

Like others, I tend to forget this is an amazing age

But it's only the latest chapter

Of countless more chapters to follow

Our minds can't conceive where this will all lead

The only thing that's certain is progress

So be ready to be amazed

The future is filled with untold exciting new adventures

That our minds can't conceive or even imagine

It's a exciting time to be alive



© Jack Ellison 2014
Form: Narrative

Premium Member The Cracks Appear

The void is nothing, so nothing to fear,
Try not be afraid when buried in here,
A complete empty desolate place,
Without walls, windows, ceiling, or base. 

Darkness reflects back from obsidian,
Just an endless vortex continuum,
Absolute and utter by self definition,
Yet indefinite by its own composition. 

Oh voids are stark if not very clear,
Oblivious, blind, possessing no cheer,
Always try and look beyond the black,
Thousand yard stare, uncovers cracks. 

Through crevices, now I see the escape,
Voids disappear, if you establish shape,
Never throw your hand, under menace,
for our own demons, love to condemn us. 


By 
David Kavanagh
Form: Rhyme

The Days Are Here

Time is ticking, where do you stand
Oblivious to who really controls your land
Working class… working fast
While working many perform crafty tasks
Promises for peace, truth and understanding
The undertone requires sacrifice and branding
What will you do on that day?
The bible says many will go astray
What will you think when there’s no order?
And you find out they regulate all your borders
Greed consumes the majority
It’s as if you’re already in their sorority
Fallen into the webs and traps
 Inside media, hip hop and rap
So many sink into the lies
Of hypocrisy and compromise
Judgment comes within the church first
Many of Gods people seem to live the worst
You can manipulate people and alternative places 
But I pity the day the lord rebukes all those faces
Repent while you can, turn from sinful desires
To save yourselves from the eternal fires
Seek Godly counsel, surrender your will
So your life’s purpose can actually be fulfilled.

By: Sabina Nicole
Form: Couplet

Premium Member The Silent Lover

THE SILENT LOVER   
                                             
       I knew well, you fell in love with me
      Your eyes reflected ardent ardor 
      But it seemed blunt, not sparkling splendor.
      Felt pity yet no weakness.
                                                             
       You were not the right person
        Most ordinary version,
       not my Mr. Perfect with desired intellect.
                                                  
      My blooming youth with promising present
      and aspiring future was the prime truth.
     Your eagerness to come close seemed ridiculous to me.
      It was oblivious not to reciprocate!
     
      On long journey of life, such trivial happenstances may appear 
      quite natural, I did not indulge and chose my own way.   
      Time passed by.
      
      Now still static old age lying supine
      on burnt ashes of dynamic youth revealing ruthless truth.  
                                         
      Lamentation of losing your modest lavender love
      secreted nectar of amorous flow oozing from abyss of my heart
      yielding a pearl of dolor.
      Now no way left to adore you with my pearly passion.
                      
      
   07/07/20

                                                              Third Place
   'The One That Got Away'  Contest by Silent One

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