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Best Poems Written by Starlight Arises

Below are the all-time best Starlight Arises poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Beyond Repair

the fog clouds deep
my head grows clouded
as mist swirls in from above
enveloping my senses
and i wish i could just disappear.

it’s not that i want to die
i just don’t want to be here.
i just want to vanish for some time
and collect my thoughts in the void
i wish i could just disappear.

i’d like to hang in nonexistence
dive into obscurity
take refuge from myself
pull my brain from my head
and throw it to the ground
bursting in a shower of pink flesh 
dripping blood onto the floor.
i just want to disappear. 
why is that so hard to understand?
maybe i should leave.
maybe i should stop this poem before i-
i need to escape.
i need to get out of here.
help me out of here
i’m trapped within my own mind
the key, a gleaming knife
but i can’t bring myself to do it.
i can’t free myself from this cage.
suffering in silence
or risk an eternal stay in a mental hospital
where i’d waste away, a lunatic
i can’t 
i can’t
i’d miss too much homework
too much school
how would i ever look at myself the same way again? 
the confines of my prison are never this strong.
pressing inward upon my shattered soul
h e l p
i can’t escape.
i need to disappear.
i need to leave intact



but how do you fix what’s beyond repair?

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The World At a Standstill

all noise comes to a crashing halt
stifled by the sound of silence.
it is not a boom. it is not a bang.
it is a dive downward into nothingness.
the feeling in the pit of your stomach at the fall 
on the edge of a waterslide.

the cars 
propelled forward at breakneck speed
slam into a brick wall that isn’t there.
the drivers would catapult out their windshields
hurled into oblivion
if they could move.
but time has stopped, and they have stopped with it
as if they were encased in cement blocks.

the air hangs stagnant over the road.
it is peaceful here.
the stillness of the ponds’ waters
ocean waves suspended in midair 
desert winds momentarily lifted
everything in the universe at a halt.

and the world picks up again.

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The Citronella

She stood by the citronella
staring at its jagged leaves
hoping they would grow and carry her away

Rooted in the ground, eyes drawn into its foliage
the caretaker peered over his cigar at her despair
removing the belt from his waist
his "sword" of fury

she called it his sword 
for she did not know war
but she knew pain

the sword of fury thrashed down upon her back
she collapsed forward to the ground like a wounded soldier in battle
her face in the brown dust
blood seeping from her nostrils
igniting the soil with red

the caretaker smirked at her pain
she looked up through tear filled eyes
and saw a callous soul
the citronella plant was more righteous than him 
in her desperation
she silently begged that the citronella 
could lift her away from this hell.

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You Can'T Imagine

You can’t imagine how this feels.
To have everything in your favor
but one thought sends it crashing away
like a sand castle into the ruthless waves of the sea.
You can’t imagine how this feels
when you’re finally happy, actually happy
except for that one persistent reminder tugging on the back of your brain that none of it even happened anyway. 
You can’t imagine how this feels
when you’re enjoying the warmth of your friends
when it hits you that they were never real in the first place.
It started with my imagination.
Like a fever it spread.
It was night when it dawned on me. 
I’ll never see them again.

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The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
your kingdom will fall into disarray 
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
if you don't wake up today
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
it's been a month or two or four
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
people are sleeping on the floor.

The village people cannot move
immobile where they stood
It seems that time has stopped
Wake up to help them as you should

Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
your kingdom's falling into disarray 
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
if you don't wake up today
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
it's been a year or two or four
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
people are starving on the floor.

You must go, you must wake
You may be cursed but you must be
The queen we want, the queen we need
The queen who'll solve our misery

Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
your kingdom's fallen into disarray 
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
if you don't wake up today
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
it's been a decade or two or four
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
people are dying on the floor.

The people outside the sleeping village
Have no farmers, have no friends
because inside the town were all our lives
And we will meet our bitter ends.

Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
your kingdom's gone, and all is grey
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
you may never see the light of day
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
it's been a century, maybe more
Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty,
people are dead on the floor.

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Cat Scratch

Once upon a time, there was a girl who had a cat. 
He was a long haired siamese, with eyes of aquamarine and strands of silver fur. 
Every time the girl was sad, she'd lift her cat's paw and give herself a little scratch to remind herself of her beloved pet.  
In this way, the girl would transform her sadness to joy.

With every insult thrown her way came a scratch.
Every loss, every heartbreak, it all went scratch, scratch, scratch.
Through this scratching, she'd turn her pain to dust.

The cat knew this wasn't normal human behavior.
No one else in the house picked up his paws like that.
Just her.

One day the girl came home after a particularly hard day. She'd failed two tests and lost a close friend.
Right away, she approached the cat. 
"Take my pain away," she whispered. "Turn it to dust."
And with a scratch, it all was gone.

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The Beatles

when i was young
my father played me their songs 
and the message played from the speakers
was one of love.

"i want to hold your hand"
because when we touch, i feel happy inside.

"good day sunshine"
because you shine upon my love and i.

"something in the way she moves attracts me like no other lover"
because she is special in her own little way.

"when you told me you didn't need me anymore, i nearly broke down and died"
because i can't imagine a life without you.


09/05/19
For the Upcoming Birthday Celebrity poem contest
Sponsored by William Kekaula

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Will I Be There On the Rocket

Will I be there on the rocket
when you fly back home?
Because we all know you're not one of us
and your people love to roam.

Will I be there as you soar away
gripping the wheel with fright?
Because I know that you fly recklessly 
it'll turn your knuckles white.

Will I be there in your memories
when you lie in bed in slumber?
As your view extends skyward
Counting stars number by number?

Will I be there when you land
all the way back home from Earth?
Because I want you to remember me
and remember what you're worth.

You may be an outsider,
an alien, one would say
That doesn't mean I don't want to be with you
each and every day.

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Ocean Within a Cage

gentle streams drip out
leaking from my cage
as i lay there
emotions raining across the floor
love evaporating to salt stains
and i’m falling
an ocean opened beneath me
anything to escape, i dive down
and sink
arms wrapped around my shoulders
the tides reclaim me
as my eyes have borne them
the saltwater washes against my face
cold and rough
my thoughts fade 
and my eyes open.
i’m still there.
within a prison of iron
all that’s left of the ocean 
is a puddle on the floor.

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Sunshine When Skies Are Blue

You've always been there by my side
Been along for the ride
So you need to know it's true
You're my sunshine when skies are blue.

From state to state, place to place,
You were with me in every case. 
So you need to know it's true
You're my sunshine when skies are blue.

When skies are blue and there's a raincloud hanging over me
When I picked the lock of despair, you were my key
So you need to know it's true
You're my sunshine when skies are blue.