Splinters Poems | Examples

Splinters -- revised

like splinters in the mind
thoughts that cannot be left behind
faded memories of self
like a photo on a shelf

behind that glassy shine
you're frozen forever in time
reality is divided
as the flotsam rises
like shards of broken glass
the shadows of the past
cutting you into two
marching onward to your doom

marching onward to your doom

you, 
were fed from the bowl that they showed you
were bred to do what they told you
you, 
marched in a line to a sleeping beat
you,
thought the world was at your feet
X2

You've seen places you'll never be
heard things you'll never see
you
tossed a coin and rolled the dice
for
A chance to play in paradise

fighting against the tide

in the struggle to survive
to get back to where you began
up the stream to your end
from dust to ash
it's just another rehash

down the line you were led
your fears turned to dread
they told you you were free
they told you what to be
they told you what to see

splinters

splinters

like splinters in the mind
thoughts that cannot be left behind
faded memories of self
like a photo on a shelf

behind that glassy shine
you're frozen forever in time
but as the flotsam rises
reality is divided
like shards of broken glass
are the shadows of the past
cutting you into two
as you march onward to your doom

you were fed from the bowl that they showed you
were bred to do what they told you
you marched in a line to a sleeping beat
you thought the world was at your feet

you've seen places you'll never be
heard things you'll never see
but you dream of being a big gun
to have played the game and won
tossed a coin and rolled the dice
for your chance to play in paradise

fighting against the tide
in the struggle to survive
to get back to where you began
up the stream to your end
from dust to ash
it's just another rehash
down the line you were led
your fears turned to dread
they told you you were free
they told you what to be
they told you what to see

Splinters

SPLINTERS
an
overwhelming
  image
wraps itself
 around
the tension
 compresses
 space
with  ambiguity
of perspective
splintering
the
idea of
being

the
actuality
of seeing
the
metaphysical

the&
  emotional
 distinction
unconfined
&
inexpressible
engaged
in the
physical
 appreciation
&
 connection
of
 the collective.
significance

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand

Splinters

I've heard it said 
love is many splendid thing,
But all I have found thus far 
is love is many a splintered thing.

Sterling Splinters

with sterling pen in hand and splintered heart
the poems flow day after day
beneath the old white birch



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted for CONTEST NO.380 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - December 25, 2017

When Fragile Heart Splinters

Brittle sky falls, wrecks starry night
The moon slits, dissolves in the dark
You disappear out of my sight
On journey of search I embark.

When the clouds gather, storm descends
Brittle sky falls, wrecks starry night
I hear the sound of ruin it sends
I wait, you would bring the day bright.

My mind seeks a flash of your light
To show you how in my dark tears
Brittle sky falls, wrecks starry night
For you I kept within for years.

In me shadow of past enters
Grips my present with all its might
When in me fragile heart splinters
Brittle sky falls, wrecks starry night.

October 18, 2017.

Splinters

The splinters of our marrow comes, 
Shivering thunder for a lengthy spray-
Warmth beautifies our essence;
Glittering ray sends goose down spines! 
She comes,  nostalgia drums
The lily-borne sepulchre; its beauty I ponder
Goozy feelings; my road alone
This journey be tiresome 
For I be so glad to take it
Come forth hither,  the beauty of our land! 
Hollow tremble,  belly grumble
For its angels are generous in vision,  
A journey,  I delight thee.

Splinters

Splinters

Shards of hard words in my soul
Are piercing in me a big black hole
I'm bleeding out the chemicals

Digging deep through the ground
I've been trying too hard to make a mark
The shore was washed away again

I think I'm losing all my patience now
I've given all my best somehow
But I can't carry on now, Not anymore 

The epiphany has struck me
And the longanimity has departed me
I'm no longer a part of this conundrum

No wonder the placebo didn't work
I was aware I was being tricked
Jokes on you I'm done listening 

The splinter's hurting
And I'm running out of sanity
Let me rest now

Splinters

The splinters of our marrow has come, 
Shivering thunder of a lengthy spray, 
Warmth beautifies our essence, 
The glittering ray sends goose, our spines 
Whenever she comes, nostalgia drums
The lily borne sepulchre ; it's beauty I ponder 
The goozy feelings ; my road alone 
This journey, tiresome, 
I be glad to walk it home 
Come forth hither, d beauty of our land 
The hollow tremble, my belly grumble
For its angels are generous in vision. 
A journey, I delight thee.

Splinters

Haunted,
By Faces ,
Empty places,
I try to erase this.
Echoes... from these caves
Reminding me of all those slaves.
Dismembered operation,
Complications,
On the stations.
Sexuality sold to thieves,
While snakes sneak up their sleeves.

By: Sabina Nicole

Splinters

echoes the attach
splinters of an umiak…
barbed point panges his back

Splinters Left In Mind

By the time I saw
a feller for the trees
the lumberjacks had moved in
and cut me in half


A piece of me here 
shards there
still nothing
of substance remained


so I trapped the wind
into my apathy,
and bore titanic gusts
throwing four seas
into eight deserts
till


buried in the earth
but raising 
to move mountains aside
I vomit ash
and sing with a spray


crusts were broken
in communion
with cicadas,
the sacrament
burned my lips to the mantle


and the word was all mighty
until it became a mantra
for an obsession of the insane
drinking poisoned truths 
till petals of yellow
fall on the grass
in the confusion of seven


—


if any vision or dream
burns too bright
shadows pale the heart


and the rot draws flies

Splinters

Cupid's arrow is broken in two,
The one that said that I belong to you.
You don't want to be with me anymore,
Thats what you said as you walked out the door.
You don't love me,you told me you never did,
So behind my shaddow I have hid.
I can't take this I just want to cry,
As you ignore me I just want to die.

Splinters

Going back to the begining
Seems this track is always
commin round again,
Just when I think my odds are winning
Sure as night
It all falls apart like sand...

And I'm standing here 
thinking things
About how to pull through
I'm writin down,
Mouthin sounds,
How do I bring it all back around to you...

Its the annual fall I have
Walkin on shards of glass
Feelin I'm loosin touch
And a pint don't do much now to aid me...
Sun won't you save me...

Time keeps on tickin
I'm just sittin here wishin I
was somewhere else
And the fear comes around again like winter
I've splinters in my runnin shoes
so
Which race do I run now?

Splinters

Body in yoga positions unyielding
Sun light in angles to play with the eyes
Nimble lit fingers are all concentrating
waiting for brain-waves to signal, advise
all for the loosing of splinters
Caught from the deck in an afternoon bathe
Right at the moment of consummate melt
Didn't get up 'till the clouds pulled the shade
an irritant right at that moment was felt
palming new skin holding splinters
Now in a tank top too cold for the air
whisking the house through the windows and doors
Tweezer lit fingers are handled with care
to siphon the micro-wood not to ignore
all for the loosing of splinters.
And wouldn't you know it, one's always left
a touch stone to polish with alkaline fingers
One in scar tissue, anomaly rests
and patiently beds down to sensory linger
all in the losing of splinters.

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