Your Sanctuary (Nice Prizes)

What's your sanctuary? Do you find it in a possession, in a place? Is it your room, a place by the river? The sight of the ocean? Where do you feel safe? Where do you find stability?

That is the topic of this contest. All poems must rhyme, but feel free to rebel. If you write a poem that doesn't rhyme and you feel it is exceptional, I'll read it.

There are no limits on the length of the poem and you can write in any format and in any style. THE MOST CRITICAL FEATURE OF YOUR POEM IS THE FLOW. I JUDGE FLOW STRICTLY. I don't like choppy poems and I don't like poems that flow perfectly and then have lines where the rhyme is forced and the flow is broken.

You must use ONE of the following lines in your poem, either as a title or as simly a line in the poem. There are 12 lines/spots available. The contest is closed when these spots are filled. There are no topic restrictions, but all poems must portray the theme in some way, shape, or form. Only one entry per line. First come, first serve.

LINES:
1.When the waves roll in
2.Encased inside these wings
3.Abyssal zones of love
4.Twilight in the heart
5.The dawn sheds light
6.My covers will protect me
7.The moss of life
8.Neon lights surrender
9.The blaze devours
10.Shadows move where light should be
11.Dark lives here
12.Cast down into the halls of the blind

Reserved Spots:
1.poetess--DONE
2.Midnight Sun
3.Dan
4.Rose not your average--DONE
5.peter
6.
7.
8.Teria
9.
10.SecludedSerendipity--DONE
11.*Charisma*--DONE
12.Xgeekdreamgonewrong

PRIZES:
Only ONE winner, for 15 r/r/c. If the winner has less than 15 poems posted, I will r/r/c all of their poems. (duh)

Twilight in the heart

May I please reserve a spot?

Twilight In My Heart

by Dan

The place where I call home
Where I can travel to and fro
Is in the reaches of my person
Deep and way down low

In the twilight of my heart
A sleeping dragon rests
Rumbling and snoring
In his fiery abode

The fire in his belly
Rumbles to me so
He makes my heart beat faster
Continues my life flow

He gives me passion
A new found strength
In my deepest reaches
He proudly calls his home

I fear that he may leave me
He grows restless as I wait
If only I could tell you
Is it already too late?

The fact you might reject me
Haunts me in my mind
A thousand spools of feelings
Wound tightly yet so fine

My lips quiver slighty
As I try to speak those words
So listen as I speak them
Be they the only thing you've heard

I gaze into your eyes
Gateways to the soul
I fear that now the time is neigh
To achieve my lost goal

The dragon whom represents my love
Makes my heart beat faster
Then I say the words
They linger ever after

Upon the wind
Hark do I hear?
The soft words of our voices
Carried to my ear

So many years after
With you in my arms
I hear the words again
"I love you" they whisper, I'm so glad they found their mark

"Shadows move where light should be", please. =]

OOOOHHHHH "cased inside these wings" please! That is such an awesome line!!!!! Thanks! :)
~Midnight Sun

Only one entry per line. Once a spot has been reserved, feel free to reserve it anyway. In the event the person cancels, you will receive their spot and will be PMed. Please do not post a poem, however, on a spot that has already been reserved. It will not be judged.

Dark lives here...plz!
Charisma*

Abyssal zones of love please

^^^
Have you edited your post already? Or do you plan to write an entirely new poem? Changing a line in the poem and keeping the title the same is acceptable.

8.Neon lights surrender
I'll take that one. xD

There is love in my heart,
It’s only just the start.
But it may only last a while.
It’s the twilight in my heart.

It’s with me when the sun is behind the horizon,
From daybreak to sunrise.
From sunset to nightfall.
It’s the twilight in my heart.

You hold me tight,
At nightfall.
You whisper in my ear,
At sunset.

We tell me I am beautiful,
You are the twilight of my heart.
When the sum is behind the horizon,
We just walk.

When night has fallen.
We watch the stars,
Listen to the air,
Listening to each others breath

When the sun is setting,
We admire the colors,
Sit on the beach.
And just talk.

You are the twilight of my heart,
It’s a soft little light,
That can come and go,
But for now it will stay

Okay, so just to confirm... the lines that we've reserved, they don't have to be the title, do they?

To SecludedSerendipity:

No, they do not. They can either be the title or a key line in the poem.

If after five days no new reservations are posted, the contest will be closed to new entry and once all the entrants have posted will be immediately thereafter judged.

A Sanctuary of Darkness
by SecludedSerendipity

Shadows move where light should be;
Echoes of bleakness so dark and deadly.
A miniscule room, going completely unknown,
But to this little girl, it's all her own.

Situated in a forest, darkness roams,
But this benighted area is somebody's home.
Sheltered from danger, or hardships sent her way;
Resting in peacefulness, through night and day.

A wooden cabin with spiders all around,
It's completely subdued and dead of sound.
The image could be haunting, a devastating sight,
Yet for this little girl, it became her shining light.

Mmm, can I have Cast down into the halls of the blind?

~Jess

There is no limit on the number of lines in your poem. It can be a two line poem. The point is to portray the theme. If it takes two words to do so, do it. You are judged based on creativity as well.

Please try to submit your entries as soon as possible. I don't want to keep this contest going for too long.

I was just wondering if you noticed that I submitted my poem, because you didn't put 'Done' next to it. =)

Fixed

Dark Lives Here

In heaven's heights I find release
Away from mortals wicked grip.
They will try, but fail to harm it
And it's beauty, they cannot strip.

When the world is spinning too fast
For my heart to keep up the quick pace
I know to search the nighttime sky
To find a peaceful resting place.

Dark lives here as a big backdrop
For the glimmers of light it spreads.
They are like rays of hope in black
To calm this over-anxious head.

It takes a moment, a deep breath
To ease the tension held inside.
When the moon cascades its glory
I feel no worries left to hide.

Like a tissue for falling tears
Or the words I needed to find
The sanctuary of the stars
Heals all the troubles of my mind.

Okay, thanks all. To anyone who has had a spot reserved for over a week, you have two weeks following to submit your poem. If it is not submitted you will have a week more to post and/or reply to a PM.

That gives everyone a 4 week max.

Objections? Do post.

Gun Shot Lullaby

I sit and stir just a little,
Hiding my face in my tear stained pillow.
My battered face and twisted smiles,
Make me look like a broken dolly.

Shattered dreams racing through my head.
Oh, how I wish I was dead.
Putting my fears neatly away,
I paint on a smile for another pointless day.

Cast down into the halls of the blind,
You turn your head or force a sympathetic smile.
Your pity is nothing to me.
A slight memory, flickering and dying in the back of your mind.

Fading away into the shadows,
My heart not beating anymore,
My face not forcing a fake smile,
My mind releasing the little sanity I never had.

5.The dawn sheds light

THE DRUNKEN BUM

Born to live, to age, to die,
Born to aspire to caress to watch the world go by,
The dawn sheds light, but my eyes are blind,
Vision lost in the mire of time,
Desert storms confuse my mind,
Lost in thought, lost in time,
Friends are near but not close by,
Confused, depressed, my feelings rye,
Words spoken, but my tears run dry,
Numb with pain, my heart is drained,
Am I insane?
God release me; free me, From these chains,
I'm encaged, raged, time ticks,
But the world stands by,
Fallen hero's I hear you cry,
The bell rings, last orders are cried,
"Just the drink"
The barman replies,

Thank you all. Judging will be postponed even longer, due to the fact that I am in the middle of a move and will not have such easy onine access. Lucky you! Submit, submit, people!

Change of plans, once again. The move went rather fast, so I have internet and all that. To be fair, I'll give everyone about a week or a bit more to finish up and submit posts, plus new reservations and such will still be accepted, but within the next 7-9 days judgning will take place.

Okay, considering not a single person has posted, I'm judging today and that's final. If you reserved a spot and you really really really want to submit your poem, do it and PM me, I'll read it if nothing else.

Winner: *chaisma*

Congrats, Charisma. =)