Shadowdrake27

Just an amateur writer who is trying to improve and too lazy to write longer stories.

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Shadowdrake27

Just an amateur writer who is trying to improve and too lazy to write longer stories.

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Behind The Beauty

Shadowdrake27

1 min read

Every rose is beautiful/

Or that’s what people say/

But a rose doesn’t bloom in a day/

Born a seed/

Beneath a scorching sun/

Life didn’t start with joy and fun/

Even as it grows/

Grass hoppers lick their lips/

And there is no means to avoid children’s grips/

A rose grows thorns first/

Because the world is cruel and brutal/

Without thorns even beauty is but futile/

It’s hard to enjoy/

Something...

Poetry

Romance

Great Minds Think Alone

Shadowdrake27

1 min read

As news spreads about a disaster like a fire

And the situation grows more and more dire

She sits awake thousands of miles away

Worried about what others need that day

Nothing can turn off her mind

It’s the way she was designed

There is nothing I can do to help her tonight

Though nothing would bring me more delight

For my brain is wired in much the same way

Trying to figure out the perfect thin...

Poetry

Hide And Seek

Shadowdrake27

4 min read

Gary laughed awkwardly, looking around at the strange collection of people from all walks of life. He did not recognize anyone, nor did he remember how he got there. An Asian man nearby spoke to him in a launguage Gary didn’t recognize. He heard a dark skinned woman call out in Spanish, but he couldn’t understand what she said.

Then, a platform raised from the ground with a lone figure standing o...

Action

The Matriarch

Shadowdrake27

1 min read

My grandmother always told me

If you aren’t learning you are dying

It’s something I’m always applying

So continued growth is a guarantee

My grandmother always told me

That we have to be kind to others

Of all orientations sizes and colors

So of ignorance I would be free

My grandmother told me

That you had to have fun

Without it life hasn’t begun

Which I’ve found to be key

My grandmother told...

Poetry

Soul Snatcher

Shadowdrake27

2 min read

Two glowing red eyes peered out from beneath the bed. They watched as two kids ran around the small bedroom, toys in hand, pretending they were airplane pilots. Narrowing, the red eyes glowered until a voice called for the kids from outside the room.

Dropping their toys, both children giggled and ran out of the room. They seemed blissfully unaware of the eyes watching their every move. The instan...

Horror

Dear Child

Shadowdrake27

1 min read

I would be anything for you

You can feel it’s true

When you were a baby I was a bed

Rocking you to sleep and kissing your head

I would be anything for you

You can see it’s true

When you were a toddler I was a horse

Carrying you on my back through a set course

I would be anything for you

You can hear it’s true

When you were a kid I was an example

Telling you to say thank you and giving you a samp...

Poetry

Nobody

Shadowdrake27

1 min read

Destined to be forever alone

Trapped in a prison I’ve grown

From a single seed of doubt

I prepared to just go without

Because the mistakes in my past,

I assume, will make me an outcast

Nobody could care for me it’s true

But you say the same about you

You don’t know all I’ve done wrong

Terrible history that is sad and long

Decisions I have made like a fool

Building a reputation that is cruel

As ...

Poetry

To Have Loved And Lost Pt 2

Shadowdrake27

5 min read

*Note-this is a continuation of a story I wrote awhile ago for a different but similar prompt. This will be stand alone, but it will make more sense if you look up the original in my profile*

Melissa stroked the grey hair of the elderly woman shivering in the bed in front of her. “I don’t remember…” she muttered as her eyes blinked twice and closed.

“Get some rest, Hellen,” Melissa cooed as the ...

Science fiction

Romance

Can You Hear Me

Shadowdrake27

1 min read

I’m so glad that works for you

But I’m here too…

It’s nice that your having the time of your life

But mine is filled with strife.

Wow I guess that’s really really cool

But for me it’s cruel!

What do you mean you didn’t even know?

You have me feeling so low…

I wasn’t silent I just didn’t shout!

How could you be in doubt?

Is it too much to ask you to be able to see?

Can you hear me?...

Poetry

Diamond In The Rough

Shadowdrake27

1 min read

Your past casts a shadow dark and tall,

But are you alone or is that common to us all?

You think if someone finds out they will run,

But why abandon a story that has barely begun?

Foolishly to everyone you start to compare

Rating your self against others causes dispair

No one like you has ever done enough,

But could you be that Diamond in the rough?...

Poetry