Kansas's Song Attempts

[Vielence She/Her]

3 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Wrote this for a friend

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You only see the black and red and God I know the sight

The blood and shade of movie screens cannot compare to life

Two hues of color known to walk along the darker side

And they're both strong enough to loom and block out all the light

But grab the hooded cloak in hand and tear it all to shreds

And put your eye up to the parts of fabric where it rends

Beyond the muting influence of failures and regrets

A million shades of color dance the countless paths each wends

 

There's mischief and there's laughter in the plotting eyes of children

The purple sparks and dances at the edges of their vision

Their parents watch and smile as the children court disaster

And pride and love mix green and pink even as their hearts beat faster

The youthful taste of innocence gleams gold in children's smiles

Without the layered colors that come marching on as time does

 

You only see the black and red and God I know the sight

The bittersweet of sorrow colored grey outlines the sides

A dash of hazel marking change completed the grand design

An awful shroud of darker times to block the brighter light

But no dread power fierce and strange can truly stamp it out

For hope still lingers barely seen, by hues and shades not bound

The darkest times have had their end, in time all walls come down

Please trust in us to help you through, we won't leave you to drown

 

In eveningtime the sun’s last light flares orange with burning passion

Then fades and yields to night’s embrace, all darkening to ashen

But far above the moon shines down all bright and white and gleaming

A mark of what might come to pass, potential of what could be

Away beyond the touch of light the shadows sink and cluster

But at the edge the dark grows brown, no fear so much as trusting

 

Fine threads of blue drift in the wind and cross and weave together

The twining dreams of tapestries of what might be forever

The people bound together by the shimm’ring ropes of cyan

Adjust the warp and weft the threads shape in the blooming pattern

The past is fixed and locked in place by chains that can’t be broken

The future though spreads far and wide, a branching delta flowing

The path that sinks and carves in stone is that we choose to follow

The future holds our fear and doubt, but never will be hollow

 

You only see the black and red, and God I know the sight

I know you've heard these words before, but I beg you to fight

I know I cannot fight this war for you, it's not my right

But I swear when you ask I'll rise and fight right by your side

I once had made a promise, swore I’d stand by those I love

And I have yet to break that vow, I will not give it up

I choose my family not by their blood but by their trust

And once I tie myself to someone I won’t see them 

 

*claps*
This good. You have a knack for this.

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

11 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Wrote this for a friend

  Hide contents

You only see the black and red and God I know the sight

The blood and shade of movie screens cannot compare to life

Two hues of color known to walk along the darker side

And they're both strong enough to loom and block out all the light

But grab the hooded cloak in hand and tear it all to shreds

And put your eye up to the parts of fabric where it rends

Beyond the muting influence of failures and regrets

A million shades of color dance the countless paths each wends

 

There's mischief and there's laughter in the plotting eyes of children

The purple sparks and dances at the edges of their vision

Their parents watch and smile as the children court disaster

And pride and love mix green and pink even as their hearts beat faster

The youthful taste of innocence gleams gold in children's smiles

Without the layered colors that come marching on as time does

 

You only see the black and red and God I know the sight

The bittersweet of sorrow colored grey outlines the sides

A dash of hazel marking change completed the grand design

An awful shroud of darker times to block the brighter light

But no dread power fierce and strange can truly stamp it out

For hope still lingers barely seen, by hues and shades not bound

The darkest times have had their end, in time all walls come down

Please trust in us to help you through, we won't leave you to drown

 

In eveningtime the sun’s last light flares orange with burning passion

Then fades and yields to night’s embrace, all darkening to ashen

But far above the moon shines down all bright and white and gleaming

A mark of what might come to pass, potential of what could be

Away beyond the touch of light the shadows sink and cluster

But at the edge the dark grows brown, no fear so much as trusting

 

Fine threads of blue drift in the wind and cross and weave together

The twining dreams of tapestries of what might be forever

The people bound together by the shimm’ring ropes of cyan

Adjust the warp and weft the threads shape in the blooming pattern

The past is fixed and locked in place by chains that can’t be broken

The future though spreads far and wide, a branching delta flowing

The path that sinks and carves in stone is that we choose to follow

The future holds our fear and doubt, but never will be hollow

 

You only see the black and red, and God I know the sight

I know you've heard these words before, but I beg you to fight

I know I cannot fight this war for you, it's not my right

But I swear when you ask I'll rise and fight right by your side

I once had made a promise, swore I’d stand by those I love

And I have yet to break that vow, I will not give it up

I choose my family not by their blood but by their trust

And once I tie myself to someone I won’t see them 

 

THAT'S AMAZING

IT'S SO SO GOOD!!!!!!

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

wow that is so amazing. I'm at a loss for words

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Wee bit dark

Maybe more than a wee bit

Fair warning

Spoiler

He takes a sip and cracks the cap and dumps the bottle down his trap
He won't be found until the morning light
She knocks it back the tenth she's had then chugs one more the world goes black
They found her car next to the exit sign
The note that's found signed on his desk the message half-typed in her texts
Apologies and scars they can't forget
Nobody ever saw the tells they learned to hide it all too well
The ones who knew them say they should have guessed
They smile and laugh and dance and sing be all the things they know to be
They're here one moment then they're gone the next
They smile and laugh and dance and sing be all the things they know to be
They're here one moment then they're gone the next

There's more to people than you see
(-) We're too good at hiding things
Society ain't built to help
Just says to chuck it in the well
Where it can drown and disappear
But that don't really work not here
So keep your eyes held open wide
And be the force right by their side
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here

He feels the knife within his grip and tests the edge against his skin
He wonders what it feels like to cut in
He pulls the blade and feels the tug and eyes the crimson line of blood
Then stays the blade for thought of those he loves
She looks down from behind the lip and her eyes trace the face of the cliff
She wonders what it feels like to step in
She edges forward hair by hair and lifts a foot over the air
Her problems couldn't get to her down there
They smile and laugh and dance and sing but deep within they're eyeing things
That deem them crazy to society
They smile and laugh and dance and sing but deep within they're eyeing things
That deem them crazy to society

There's more to people than you see
(-) We're too good at hiding things
Society ain't built to help
Just says to chuck it in the well
Where it can drown and disappear
But that don't really work not here
So keep your eyes held open wide
And be the face right by their side
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here

He loops the rope and pulls it tight around the top-floor rail inside
He double-checks the loop and knots it right
(-) Just right then his phone lights up a friend he hasn't heard in months
They talk for hours and the rope is cut
She feels the cold weight in her palm and eyes it with a scary calm
She thinks it will work, all her pain to solve
Then comes a knock upon the door a friend stopped by to check on her
She eyes her choice and drops it in the drawer
We smile and laugh and dance and sing and sometimes with help we might feel
The happy that we try so hard to seem
We smile and laugh and dance and sing and sometimes with help we might feel
The happy that we try so hard to seem

There's more to people than you see
(-) We're too good at hiding things
Society ain't built to help
Just says to chuck it in the well
Where it can drown and disappear
But that don't really work not here
So keep your eyes held open wide
And be the face right by their side
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here

And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here
...[fade]

 

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

17 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Wee bit dark

Maybe more than a wee bit

Fair warning

  Reveal hidden contents

He takes a sip and cracks the cap and dumps the bottle down his trap
He won't be found until the morning light
She knocks it back the tenth she's had then chugs one more the world goes black
They found her car next to the exit sign
The note that's found signed on his desk the message half-typed in her texts
Apologies and scars they can't forget
Nobody ever saw the tells they learned to hide it all too well
The ones who knew them say they should have guessed
They smile and laugh and dance and sing be all the things they know to be
They're here one moment then they're gone the next
They smile and laugh and dance and sing be all the things they know to be
They're here one moment then they're gone the next

There's more to people than you see
(-) We're too good at hiding things
Society ain't built to help
Just says to chuck it in the well
Where it can drown and disappear
But that don't really work not here
So keep your eyes held open wide
And be the force right by their side
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here

He feels the knife within his grip and tests the edge against his skin
He wonders what it feels like to cut in
He pulls the blade and feels the tug and eyes the crimson line of blood
Then stays the blade for thought of those he loves
She looks down from behind the lip and her eyes trace the face of the cliff
She wonders what it feels like to step in
She edges forward hair by hair and lifts a foot over the air
Her problems couldn't get to her down there
They smile and laugh and dance and sing but deep within they're eyeing things
That deem them crazy to society
They smile and laugh and dance and sing but deep within they're eyeing things
That deem them crazy to society

There's more to people than you see
(-) We're too good at hiding things
Society ain't built to help
Just says to chuck it in the well
Where it can drown and disappear
But that don't really work not here
So keep your eyes held open wide
And be the face right by their side
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here

He loops the rope and pulls it tight around the top-floor rail inside
He double-checks the loop and knots it right
(-) Just right then his phone lights up a friend he hasn't heard in months
They talk for hours and the rope is cut
She feels the cold weight in her palm and eyes it with a scary calm
She thinks it will work, all her pain to solve
Then comes a knock upon the door a friend stopped by to check on her
She eyes her choice and drops it in the drawer
We smile and laugh and dance and sing and sometimes with help we might feel
The happy that we try so hard to seem
We smile and laugh and dance and sing and sometimes with help we might feel
The happy that we try so hard to seem

There's more to people than you see
(-) We're too good at hiding things
Society ain't built to help
Just says to chuck it in the well
Where it can drown and disappear
But that don't really work not here
So keep your eyes held open wide
And be the face right by their side
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here

And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here
...[fade]

 

Wow. That's really good. I like how it's really dark at the start kind of optimistic at the end, and the ending was cool. But yea, more than a wee bit dark. Cool song!

[First of the Tide He/him]

On 4/3/2026 at 1:02 AM, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Wee bit dark

Maybe more than a wee bit

Fair warning

  Hide contents

He takes a sip and cracks the cap and dumps the bottle down his trap
He won't be found until the morning light
She knocks it back the tenth she's had then chugs one more the world goes black
They found her car next to the exit sign
The note that's found signed on his desk the message half-typed in her texts
Apologies and scars they can't forget
Nobody ever saw the tells they learned to hide it all too well
The ones who knew them say they should have guessed
They smile and laugh and dance and sing be all the things they know to be
They're here one moment then they're gone the next
They smile and laugh and dance and sing be all the things they know to be
They're here one moment then they're gone the next

There's more to people than you see
(-) We're too good at hiding things
Society ain't built to help
Just says to chuck it in the well
Where it can drown and disappear
But that don't really work not here
So keep your eyes held open wide
And be the force right by their side
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here

He feels the knife within his grip and tests the edge against his skin
He wonders what it feels like to cut in
He pulls the blade and feels the tug and eyes the crimson line of blood
Then stays the blade for thought of those he loves
She looks down from behind the lip and her eyes trace the face of the cliff
She wonders what it feels like to step in
She edges forward hair by hair and lifts a foot over the air
Her problems couldn't get to her down there
They smile and laugh and dance and sing but deep within they're eyeing things
That deem them crazy to society
They smile and laugh and dance and sing but deep within they're eyeing things
That deem them crazy to society

There's more to people than you see
(-) We're too good at hiding things
Society ain't built to help
Just says to chuck it in the well
Where it can drown and disappear
But that don't really work not here
So keep your eyes held open wide
And be the face right by their side
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here

He loops the rope and pulls it tight around the top-floor rail inside
He double-checks the loop and knots it right
(-) Just right then his phone lights up a friend he hasn't heard in months
They talk for hours and the rope is cut
She feels the cold weight in her palm and eyes it with a scary calm
She thinks it will work, all her pain to solve
Then comes a knock upon the door a friend stopped by to check on her
She eyes her choice and drops it in the drawer
We smile and laugh and dance and sing and sometimes with help we might feel
The happy that we try so hard to seem
We smile and laugh and dance and sing and sometimes with help we might feel
The happy that we try so hard to seem

There's more to people than you see
(-) We're too good at hiding things
Society ain't built to help
Just says to chuck it in the well
Where it can drown and disappear
But that don't really work not here
So keep your eyes held open wide
And be the face right by their side
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here

And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here
And never take for granted that they're here
Never take for granted time spent here
...[fade]

 

OMG This is the amazingest, actually normally I love your songs a lot but this is PEAK

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Matches

Spoiler

I can feel the heat flare out

From flames that haven’t happened

I’m tossing oil ‘cross the wood

And reaching for the matches

The smoke sends up an SOS

Its tower dots and dashes

But the signal comes too late

London Bridge falling to ashes

 

I wake up screaming

On nights when I’m dreaming

Of skylines on fire

And flames over water

And I grab my keys

And head for the freeway

It’s easy to run

From something undone

 

I can feel the wind rip through

And see the orange behind me

The shadows dance beside the road

Behind the flames are dying

The air streams through and pulls the smoke

And bad air out the windows

And I just turn the volume up

And try to drown the echoes

 

I can see them lined up there

The bridges I’ve lost or abandoned

Some held by patches of blood and tears

Some covered in vines and bindweed

Many lie crumbled and ruined by time

Some fade like they weren’t ever there

And some are no more than visions I see

Pictures of futures where there’s only air

 

I wake up screaming

On nights when I’m dreaming

Of skylines on fire

And flames over water

And I grab my keys

And head for the freeway

It’s easy to run

From something undone

 

I tie my legs up with iron and lead

Wrap the chains to the top of my head

Hide my fears in a box in a chest

Close it with locks the size of my fist

Toss it overboard at the edge of the map

Sail round in circles to lose the way back

But somehow at night in the depths of my dreams

It finds its way back sitting next to my keys

 

I wake up screaming

On nights when I’m dreaming

Of skylines on fire

And flames over water

And I grab my keys

And head for the freeway

It’s easy to run

From something undone

 

I woke up screaming

One night when I was fearing

The skylines on fire

The flames over water

And I grabbed my keys

And went for the freeway

I’m scared that I’ll run

From something I’ve done

I keep the matches

In a pocket for bad rust

The help that I reach for

Not drugs or the liquor

I learned to avoid

My family’s been warned

By our history

 

I know what they’d do to me

I just wake up screaming

And run from the fearing

 

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

1 hour ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Matches

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I can feel the heat flare out

From flames that haven’t happened

I’m tossing oil ‘cross the wood

And reaching for the matches

The smoke sends up an SOS

Its tower dots and dashes

But the signal comes too late

London Bridge falling to ashes

 

I wake up screaming

On nights when I’m dreaming

Of skylines on fire

And flames over water

And I grab my keys

And head for the freeway

It’s easy to run

From something undone

 

I can feel the wind rip through

And see the orange behind me

The shadows dance beside the road

Behind the flames are dying

The air streams through and pulls the smoke

And bad air out the windows

And I just turn the volume up

And try to drown the echoes

 

I can see them lined up there

The bridges I’ve lost or abandoned

Some held by patches of blood and tears

Some covered in vines and bindweed

Many lie crumbled and ruined by time

Some fade like they weren’t ever there

And some are no more than visions I see

Pictures of futures where there’s only air

 

I wake up screaming

On nights when I’m dreaming

Of skylines on fire

And flames over water

And I grab my keys

And head for the freeway

It’s easy to run

From something undone

 

I tie my legs up with iron and lead

Wrap the chains to the top of my head

Hide my fears in a box in a chest

Close it with locks the size of my fist

Toss it overboard at the edge of the map

Sail round in circles to lose the way back

But somehow at night in the depths of my dreams

It finds its way back sitting next to my keys

 

I wake up screaming

On nights when I’m dreaming

Of skylines on fire

And flames over water

And I grab my keys

And head for the freeway

It’s easy to run

From something undone

 

I woke up screaming

One night when I was fearing

The skylines on fire

The flames over water

And I grabbed my keys

And went for the freeway

I’m scared that I’ll run

From something I’ve done

I keep the matches

In a pocket for bad rust

The help that I reach for

Not drugs or the liquor

I learned to avoid

My family’s been warned

By our history

 

I know what they’d do to me

I just wake up screaming

And run from the fearing

 

This is amazing!!!!! The imagery is very strong

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Spoiler

Mirror mirror in my brain

Show me who I am today

A 6 foot smile and a heart of caring

Show me who I am to them

Teacher student or a friend

A grown up adult with no bad dreaming

 

Mirror mirror in my mind

Show me who I keep inside

That younger kid with a smile in his eyes

Show me who I used to be

Stay up late and talk til three

Oh I was so happy with all my life

 

Time moves on and people fade

But mirrors fill the empty frames

 

There’s empty rooms in this home

But shallow graves don’t get tombstones

Six feet under’s for the dead

No they still live inside my head

Late at night the ghosts run free

Line the mirrors just to see

What it was before we faded

Who I was before I hated

Who I was and drew inside

Think I’ll watch here just a while

 

Mirror mirror in my heart

Show me why I fell apart

A mess just held up by years of armor

Show me where the cracks began

Where I stopped the run to stand

The doors were turned into something harder

 

Mirror mirror in my lungs

Show me once more who I was

When every breath wasn’t fighting back tears

Show me when my walls were built

When I took the joy and guilt

And hid them away with all of my fears

 

Time moves on and details fade

But mirrors fill the empty frames

 

There’s empty rooms in this home

But shallow graves don’t get tombstones

Six feet under’s for the dead

No they still live inside my head

Late at night the ghosts run free

Line the mirrors just to see

What it was before we faded

Who I was before I hated

Who I was and drew inside

Think I’ll watch here just a while

 

Mirror mirror on the wall

Show me how to stand not fall

The edges keep getting blurred and darker

6 feet ain’t the fall I’ll take

Maybe just a 3-foot stay

I’m halfway down and here feels much calmer

 

Mirror mirror show the face

One I used to know so well

The one who used to see what was hidden

I just miss the days we’d talk

Mark of everything I’ve lost

I miss the days you’d see what was hidden

I miss the days you’d see what I’d hidden

I miss those days

Mirror, I guess? 

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

10 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

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Mirror mirror in my brain

Show me who I am today

A 6 foot smile and a heart of caring

Show me who I am to them

Teacher student or a friend

A grown up adult with no bad dreaming

 

Mirror mirror in my mind

Show me who I keep inside

That younger kid with a smile in his eyes

Show me who I used to be

Stay up late and talk til three

Oh I was so happy with all my life

 

Time moves on and people fade

But mirrors fill the empty frames

 

There’s empty rooms in this home

But shallow graves don’t get tombstones

Six feet under’s for the dead

No they still live inside my head

Late at night the ghosts run free

Line the mirrors just to see

What it was before we faded

Who I was before I hated

Who I was and drew inside

Think I’ll watch here just a while

 

Mirror mirror in my heart

Show me why I fell apart

A mess just held up by years of armor

Show me where the cracks began

Where I stopped the run to stand

The doors were turned into something harder

 

Mirror mirror in my lungs

Show me once more who I was

When every breath wasn’t fighting back tears

Show me when my walls were built

When I took the joy and guilt

And hid them away with all of my fears

 

Time moves on and details fade

But mirrors fill the empty frames

 

There’s empty rooms in this home

But shallow graves don’t get tombstones

Six feet under’s for the dead

No they still live inside my head

Late at night the ghosts run free

Line the mirrors just to see

What it was before we faded

Who I was before I hated

Who I was and drew inside

Think I’ll watch here just a while

 

Mirror mirror on the wall

Show me how to stand not fall

The edges keep getting blurred and darker

6 feet ain’t the fall I’ll take

Maybe just a 3-foot stay

I’m halfway down and here feels much calmer

 

Mirror mirror show the face

One I used to know so well

The one who used to see what was hidden

I just miss the days we’d talk

Mark of everything I’ve lost

I miss the days you’d see what was hidden

I miss the days you’d see what I’d hidden

I miss those days

Mirror, I guess? 

Wow

*hugs*

This is really cool; I love how the tone slowly changes and I really like the way it plays on the stereotypical "mirror, mirror" rhyme

That said, are you alright?

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

2 minutes ago, Ink and Embers said:

Wow

*hugs*

This is really cool; I love how the tone slowly changes and I really like the way it plays on the stereotypical "mirror, mirror" rhyme

That said, are you alright?

Thanks

Well, I'm still living, so ..probably?

Idk that's really my benchmark for the moment

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

8 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Thanks

Well, I'm still living, so ..probably?

Idk that's really my benchmark for the moment

That's a start! Try not to die! *hugs* If any of us can help, please say!

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

River?

Spoiler

White water

Watch it flow

Twist and turn over rocks and stones

People

Come and go

Drifting by on painted boats

 

One two three four

Boats tied up on the shore

Five six seven more

Loose ties and sail once more

One two three four

Gather round my campfire

And one two three four

All sail away come morn

 

Asshole

You don’t like the way I speak

Defensive

You don’t like the way I think

stormed up

You don’t like the man you knew

My growth

Just ain’t fast enough for you

One two three

Silhouettes against the trees

One two three

Row your boat away from me

 

One two three four

Boats tied up on the shore

Five six seven more

Loose ties and sail once more

One two three four

Gather round my campfire

And one two three four

All sail away come morn

 

Four fading

Not by else but my own hand

Retreating

Shadow cast along the sand

On shore

Love and fear are waging war

I miss you

But I don’t want to hurt you

 

One two three four

Boats tied up on the shore

Five six seven more

Loose ties and sail once more

One two three four

Gather round my campfire

And one two three four

All sail away come morn

 

One two three four

One two three four

One two three four

All sail away come morn

One two three four

One two three four

One two three four

One two three

Four

 

[Vielence She/Her]

On 4/27/2026 at 12:52 AM, Kansas Stormcursed said:

  Reveal hidden contents

Mirror mirror in my brain

Show me who I am today

A 6 foot smile and a heart of caring

Show me who I am to them

Teacher student or a friend

A grown up adult with no bad dreaming

 

Mirror mirror in my mind

Show me who I keep inside

That younger kid with a smile in his eyes

Show me who I used to be

Stay up late and talk til three

Oh I was so happy with all my life

 

Time moves on and people fade

But mirrors fill the empty frames

 

There’s empty rooms in this home

But shallow graves don’t get tombstones

Six feet under’s for the dead

No they still live inside my head

Late at night the ghosts run free

Line the mirrors just to see

What it was before we faded

Who I was before I hated

Who I was and drew inside

Think I’ll watch here just a while

 

Mirror mirror in my heart

Show me why I fell apart

A mess just held up by years of armor

Show me where the cracks began

Where I stopped the run to stand

The doors were turned into something harder

 

Mirror mirror in my lungs

Show me once more who I was

When every breath wasn’t fighting back tears

Show me when my walls were built

When I took the joy and guilt

And hid them away with all of my fears

 

Time moves on and details fade

But mirrors fill the empty frames

 

There’s empty rooms in this home

But shallow graves don’t get tombstones

Six feet under’s for the dead

No they still live inside my head

Late at night the ghosts run free

Line the mirrors just to see

What it was before we faded

Who I was before I hated

Who I was and drew inside

Think I’ll watch here just a while

 

Mirror mirror on the wall

Show me how to stand not fall

The edges keep getting blurred and darker

6 feet ain’t the fall I’ll take

Maybe just a 3-foot stay

I’m halfway down and here feels much calmer

 

Mirror mirror show the face

One I used to know so well

The one who used to see what was hidden

I just miss the days we’d talk

Mark of everything I’ve lost

I miss the days you’d see what was hidden

I miss the days you’d see what I’d hidden

I miss those days

Mirror, I guess? 

That was unreasonably good

I love twisted fairytales, this felt similar 

‘‘twas very cool

12 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

River?

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White water

Watch it flow

Twist and turn over rocks and stones

People

Come and go

Drifting by on painted boats

 

One two three four

Boats tied up on the shore

Five six seven more

Loose ties and sail once more

One two three four

Gather round my campfire

And one two three four

All sail away come morn

 

Asshole

You don’t like the way I speak

Defensive

You don’t like the way I think

stormed up

You don’t like the man you knew

My growth

Just ain’t fast enough for you

One two three

Silhouettes against the trees

One two three

Row your boat away from me

 

One two three four

Boats tied up on the shore

Five six seven more

Loose ties and sail once more

One two three four

Gather round my campfire

And one two three four

All sail away come morn

 

Four fading

Not by else but my own hand

Retreating

Shadow cast along the sand

On shore

Love and fear are waging war

I miss you

But I don’t want to hurt you

 

One two three four

Boats tied up on the shore

Five six seven more

Loose ties and sail once more

One two three four

Gather round my campfire

And one two three four

All sail away come morn

 

One two three four

One two three four

One two three four

All sail away come morn

One two three four

One two three four

One two three four

One two three

Four

 

…

damn

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

3 minutes ago, Vielence said:

That was unreasonably good

I love twisted fairytales, this felt similar 

‘‘twas very cool

…

damn

Processing rust

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

12 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

River?

  Reveal hidden contents

White water

Watch it flow

Twist and turn over rocks and stones

People

Come and go

Drifting by on painted boats

 

One two three four

Boats tied up on the shore

Five six seven more

Loose ties and sail once more

One two three four

Gather round my campfire

And one two three four

All sail away come morn

 

Asshole

You don’t like the way I speak

Defensive

You don’t like the way I think

stormed up

You don’t like the man you knew

My growth

Just ain’t fast enough for you

One two three

Silhouettes against the trees

One two three

Row your boat away from me

 

One two three four

Boats tied up on the shore

Five six seven more

Loose ties and sail once more

One two three four

Gather round my campfire

And one two three four

All sail away come morn

 

Four fading

Not by else but my own hand

Retreating

Shadow cast along the sand

On shore

Love and fear are waging war

I miss you

But I don’t want to hurt you

 

One two three four

Boats tied up on the shore

Five six seven more

Loose ties and sail once more

One two three four

Gather round my campfire

And one two three four

All sail away come morn

 

One two three four

One two three four

One two three four

All sail away come morn

One two three four

One two three four

One two three four

One two three

Four

 

*hugs*

Very cool poem!!!! The rhythm is interesting, it feels like rapids (at least to me)

[Vielence She/Her]

3 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Processing rust

That’s how it goes

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Been stomping round on hardwood floors

It’s almost been a decade

I don’t look pretty but that’s fine

That ain’t the rust that I crave

Tie bars of steel over my face

So I can take the beating

I tape my storm-ups to the bag

And beat down what I’m fleeing

 

It’s hard to hold a hand of steel

It’s hard and cold and cannot feel

Touch my skin and let me see

The love that I fear in my dreams

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

Are carving up my storming peace

And pouring out in burning tears

 

It started slow, I do not know

The day that it began to grow

One day the silver took my thumb

The next it spread inside my lungs

My very breath is wrapped in chains

My words can’t ever speak my pains

My armor’s just something I wore

Until it turned to something more

 

It’s hard to hold a hand of steel

It’s hard and cold and cannot feel

Touch my skin and let me see

The love that I fear in my dreams

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

Are carving up my storming peace

And pouring out in burning tears

 

My heart and limbs and lungs are gone

Now all that’s left is all things wrong

I’m steel from hair to lips to thighs

The spark that’s left burns in my eyes

Two windows in a soulless shell

Look in deep and maybe see

The things that I have buried deep

If you go looking for my soul

You’ll find it cracked instead of whole

 

It’s hard to hold a hand of steel

It’s hard and cold and cannot feel

Touch my skin and let me see

The love that I fear in my dreams

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

Are carving up my storming peace

And pouring out in burning tears

 

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

They’re carving up my storming peace

Oh hold me now and let me weep

Hold me now and let me weep

Let me weep let me weep

For things that I have buried deep

And cannot flee even in sleep

They’re carving up my storming peace

[Vielence She/Her]

2 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Been stomping round on hardwood floors

It’s almost been a decade

I don’t look pretty but that’s fine

That ain’t the rust that I crave

Tie bars of steel over my face

So I can take the beating

I tape my storm-ups to the bag

And beat down what I’m fleeing

 

It’s hard to hold a hand of steel

It’s hard and cold and cannot feel

Touch my skin and let me see

The love that I fear in my dreams

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

Are carving up my storming peace

And pouring out in burning tears

 

It started slow, I do not know

The day that it began to grow

One day the silver took my thumb

The next it spread inside my lungs

My very breath is wrapped in chains

My words can’t ever speak my pains

My armor’s just something I wore

Until it turned to something more

 

It’s hard to hold a hand of steel

It’s hard and cold and cannot feel

Touch my skin and let me see

The love that I fear in my dreams

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

Are carving up my storming peace

And pouring out in burning tears

 

My heart and limbs and lungs are gone

Now all that’s left is all things wrong

I’m steel from hair to lips to thighs

The spark that’s left burns in my eyes

Two windows in a soulless shell

Look in deep and maybe see

The things that I have buried deep

If you go looking for my soul

You’ll find it cracked instead of whole

 

It’s hard to hold a hand of steel

It’s hard and cold and cannot feel

Touch my skin and let me see

The love that I fear in my dreams

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

Are carving up my storming peace

And pouring out in burning tears

 

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

They’re carving up my storming peace

Oh hold me now and let me weep

Hold me now and let me weep

Let me weep let me weep

For things that I have buried deep

And cannot flee even in sleep

They’re carving up my storming peace

THIS
this good

*applause*

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

12 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Been stomping round on hardwood floors

It’s almost been a decade

I don’t look pretty but that’s fine

That ain’t the rust that I crave

Tie bars of steel over my face

So I can take the beating

I tape my storm-ups to the bag

And beat down what I’m fleeing

 

It’s hard to hold a hand of steel

It’s hard and cold and cannot feel

Touch my skin and let me see

The love that I fear in my dreams

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

Are carving up my storming peace

And pouring out in burning tears

 

It started slow, I do not know

The day that it began to grow

One day the silver took my thumb

The next it spread inside my lungs

My very breath is wrapped in chains

My words can’t ever speak my pains

My armor’s just something I wore

Until it turned to something more

 

It’s hard to hold a hand of steel

It’s hard and cold and cannot feel

Touch my skin and let me see

The love that I fear in my dreams

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

Are carving up my storming peace

And pouring out in burning tears

 

My heart and limbs and lungs are gone

Now all that’s left is all things wrong

I’m steel from hair to lips to thighs

The spark that’s left burns in my eyes

Two windows in a soulless shell

Look in deep and maybe see

The things that I have buried deep

If you go looking for my soul

You’ll find it cracked instead of whole

 

It’s hard to hold a hand of steel

It’s hard and cold and cannot feel

Touch my skin and let me see

The love that I fear in my dreams

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

Are carving up my storming peace

And pouring out in burning tears

 

Hold me now and let me weep

The things that I have buried deep

They’re carving up my storming peace

Oh hold me now and let me weep

Hold me now and let me weep

Let me weep let me weep

For things that I have buried deep

And cannot flee even in sleep

They’re carving up my storming peace

This is really really cool!!!! I love the really strong rhythm!!!!!

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Man...it's been a good week for songwriting. At least in terms of volume. Not so much for my emotions

Spoiler

How are you?

I’m fine, how are you?

 

How are you?

I’m fine, let’s talk about you

 

How are you?

I’m fine, how are you?

 

I’m good

I’m great

I’m fantastic

I’m thriving

 

I’m doing fine, let’s talk about you

Are you doing okay, eating enough food

I’m doing fine, I swear I’m good

Don’t talk about me, let’s talk about you

Are you wearing that mask, did you finally break

Is it quiet enough that you can fake

Are you still trying not to cry

Be the strong one that everyone finds

Are your demons locked up in chains

Are your dreams finally up for the chase

Have you found the way to fix it all up

To wave round the wand, and to do what you want

Have you found the way to live in your mind

I’ll help you out, the way I couldn’t in mine

 

I keep smiling

Keep my rust locked up inside

I’m trying

To learn a little not to hide

But some nights I can’t take it

I feel down drunk and wasted

My fingers on the knife

My eyes toward the light

I’ve got one hand on the rope

One slip and down I go

I can stop and rest a while

But soon it’s forward or fall

 

My parents are asleep, can you call

There’s a lot on my mind, I need to talk

I know you’re not well, I’m sorry to ask

To step into your space, I swear I’ll be fast

You say it’s fine, but what do you mean

I’m fine can mean a number of things

You know what, it's fine

I’ll be fine, I’ll survive

I’m sorry that I stepped into your time

Let’s talk about you, what’s wrong in your life?

 

No, don’t ask, I’m doing fine

What’s wrong in your life?

Won’t you tell me please

What’s wrong in your life?

No matter how I am

That’s not the point now

Don’t ask how I am

I can’t say how

 

I’ll keep smiling

Keep my rust locked inside

I’m trying

To learn a little not to hide

But some nights I can’t take it

I feel down drunk and wasted

My fingers on the knife

My eyes toward the light

I’ve got one hand on the rope

One slip and down I go

I can stop and rest a while

But soon it’s forward or fall

 

Some nights I can’t take it

My mind’s

down drunk and wasted

My hand holds the knife

While my eyes follow the light

 

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

13 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Man...it's been a good week for songwriting. At least in terms of volume. Not so much for my emotions

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How are you?

I’m fine, how are you?

 

How are you?

I’m fine, let’s talk about you

 

How are you?

I’m fine, how are you?

 

I’m good

I’m great

I’m fantastic

I’m thriving

 

I’m doing fine, let’s talk about you

Are you doing okay, eating enough food

I’m doing fine, I swear I’m good

Don’t talk about me, let’s talk about you

Are you wearing that mask, did you finally break

Is it quiet enough that you can fake

Are you still trying not to cry

Be the strong one that everyone finds

Are your demons locked up in chains

Are your dreams finally up for the chase

Have you found the way to fix it all up

To wave round the wand, and to do what you want

Have you found the way to live in your mind

I’ll help you out, the way I couldn’t in mine

 

I keep smiling

Keep my rust locked up inside

I’m trying

To learn a little not to hide

But some nights I can’t take it

I feel down drunk and wasted

My fingers on the knife

My eyes toward the light

I’ve got one hand on the rope

One slip and down I go

I can stop and rest a while

But soon it’s forward or fall

 

My parents are asleep, can you call

There’s a lot on my mind, I need to talk

I know you’re not well, I’m sorry to ask

To step into your space, I swear I’ll be fast

You say it’s fine, but what do you mean

I’m fine can mean a number of things

You know what, it's fine

I’ll be fine, I’ll survive

I’m sorry that I stepped into your time

Let’s talk about you, what’s wrong in your life?

 

No, don’t ask, I’m doing fine

What’s wrong in your life?

Won’t you tell me please

What’s wrong in your life?

No matter how I am

That’s not the point now

Don’t ask how I am

I can’t say how

 

I’ll keep smiling

Keep my rust locked inside

I’m trying

To learn a little not to hide

But some nights I can’t take it

I feel down drunk and wasted

My fingers on the knife

My eyes toward the light

I’ve got one hand on the rope

One slip and down I go

I can stop and rest a while

But soon it’s forward or fall

 

Some nights I can’t take it

My mind’s

down drunk and wasted

My hand holds the knife

While my eyes follow the light

 

Oh wow

This is really, really good

It seems kind of trapped and it's really cool

*tackle hugs* I hope things go better for you soon

[Vielence She/Her]

14 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Man...it's been a good week for songwriting. At least in terms of volume. Not so much for my emotions

  Reveal hidden contents

How are you?

I’m fine, how are you?

 

How are you?

I’m fine, let’s talk about you

 

How are you?

I’m fine, how are you?

 

I’m good

I’m great

I’m fantastic

I’m thriving

 

I’m doing fine, let’s talk about you

Are you doing okay, eating enough food

I’m doing fine, I swear I’m good

Don’t talk about me, let’s talk about you

Are you wearing that mask, did you finally break

Is it quiet enough that you can fake

Are you still trying not to cry

Be the strong one that everyone finds

Are your demons locked up in chains

Are your dreams finally up for the chase

Have you found the way to fix it all up

To wave round the wand, and to do what you want

Have you found the way to live in your mind

I’ll help you out, the way I couldn’t in mine

 

I keep smiling

Keep my rust locked up inside

I’m trying

To learn a little not to hide

But some nights I can’t take it

I feel down drunk and wasted

My fingers on the knife

My eyes toward the light

I’ve got one hand on the rope

One slip and down I go

I can stop and rest a while

But soon it’s forward or fall

 

My parents are asleep, can you call

There’s a lot on my mind, I need to talk

I know you’re not well, I’m sorry to ask

To step into your space, I swear I’ll be fast

You say it’s fine, but what do you mean

I’m fine can mean a number of things

You know what, it's fine

I’ll be fine, I’ll survive

I’m sorry that I stepped into your time

Let’s talk about you, what’s wrong in your life?

 

No, don’t ask, I’m doing fine

What’s wrong in your life?

Won’t you tell me please

What’s wrong in your life?

No matter how I am

That’s not the point now

Don’t ask how I am

I can’t say how

 

I’ll keep smiling

Keep my rust locked inside

I’m trying

To learn a little not to hide

But some nights I can’t take it

I feel down drunk and wasted

My fingers on the knife

My eyes toward the light

I’ve got one hand on the rope

One slip and down I go

I can stop and rest a while

But soon it’s forward or fall

 

Some nights I can’t take it

My mind’s

down drunk and wasted

My hand holds the knife

While my eyes follow the light

 

OHHHH this song

damn that’s cool 

*hugs* 

*offers chocolate*
hope you feel better

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Spoiler

Mama I’m so sorry

But I ain’t been feeling good

Dragged around this weight

Probably longer than I should

Oh and I’m so sorry

For the damage that I drew

They gave me a knife

Before I knew what it could do

 

Mama please forgive me

For the lessons that I learned

Time is cold and brutal

And this world will quickly burn

Fragile hopes and dreams that

Dwell in youth and golden skies

Truth is but a candle

In a darkened room of lies

 

Mama I’m so sorry

For the shadows in my eyes

You had no idea

My eyes hide the bleeding cries

Oh and I’m so sorry

My eyes run far over miles

Mirrors to grand halls

Hiding all my lost goodbyes

 

Mama please forgive me

For the lessons that I learned

Time is cold and brutal

And this world will quickly burn

Small attempts to speak up

In the South that rust ain’t done

Smile and bite your teeth down

Just keep rising with the sun

 

Mama I’m so sorry

For the way that I turned out

Beaten up and knocked down

Bruises framed inside this house

Mamas teach your babies

To hold on as best they can

This world is cold and brutal

And someday they’ll have to stand

 

 

10 hours ago, Ink and Embers said:

Oh wow

This is really, really good

It seems kind of trapped and it's really cool

*tackle hugs* I hope things go better for you soon

*Hugs*

Thanks

9 hours ago, Vielence said:

OHHHH this song

damn that’s cool 

*hugs* 

*offers chocolate*
hope you feel better

*Hugs*

*Gladly accepts chocolate*

Thank you

[SpartanBrigade He/Him]

8 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

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Mama I’m so sorry

But I ain’t been feeling good

Dragged around this weight

Probably longer than I should

Oh and I’m so sorry

For the damage that I drew

They gave me a knife

Before I knew what it could do

 

Mama please forgive me

For the lessons that I learned

Time is cold and brutal

And this world will quickly burn

Fragile hopes and dreams that

Dwell in youth and golden skies

Truth is but a candle

In a darkened room of lies

 

Mama I’m so sorry

For the shadows in my eyes

You had no idea

My eyes hide the bleeding cries

Oh and I’m so sorry

My eyes run far over miles

Mirrors to grand halls

Hiding all my lost goodbyes

 

Mama please forgive me

For the lessons that I learned

Time is cold and brutal

And this world will quickly burn

Small attempts to speak up

In the South that rust ain’t done

Smile and bite your teeth down

Just keep rising with the sun

 

Mama I’m so sorry

For the way that I turned out

Beaten up and knocked down

Bruises framed inside this house

Mamas teach your babies

To hold on as best they can

This world is cold and brutal

And someday they’ll have to stand

 

 

*Hugs*

Thanks

*Hugs*

*Gladly accepts chocolate*

Thank you

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