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Only When I WriteThe drama unfurling in my lifeOnly When I Write in Free Verse More Like This
Feels like the shadow of my hand
That grows as it comes ever closer
To the light perched on my bed stand
In that I can feel the darkest cloud
Ever such a menacing sight
In time I can reverse the feeling
But only when I write
Seclusion left me with nothing
Apart from creativity
Loneliness it turns out, my friends
Is quite the aperitif
For the feast that is awaiting me
If I make it through the night
Tomorrow always brings me new hope
But only when I write
You approach me on a good day
And I will offer you a smile
The same expression on the worst days
Because my manners are so mild
But don’t take me for a t
Tragic AuthorI’m looking forward to being a tragic authorTragic Author in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
I’ll sit on a cloud with no silver lining
And become the male equivalent of a spinster
With words as my spouse and books as my offspring
At least then it is I who will control the outcome
For the lives of my heroes and heroines
And since I’ll not be afforded a happy ending
The least I can do is to give one to them
The Lord said ‘no’ to my happily ever after
Perhaps to inspire my imagination
A hollowed out heart is an ideal home after all
For my mind’s perpetual inspiration
I’m looking forward to being a tragic author
I’m such a devoted, hopeless ro
Take Another PillWhen I was just a childTake Another Pill in Free Verse More Like This
About twenty years back
I never would have thought
I would turn out like that
Or indeed like this
If I speak in the present tense
I guess I’m tense in the present
If that makes any sense
When I was at the mercy
Of the medical profession
They told me I was suffering
With clinical depression
And tapestries woven this tight
Into such an infant mind
Would be difficult to unspool
Unthread and leave behind
When I was just a boy
Around ten or so years back
I fell into a deep hole
But it felt more like a trap
I couldn’t get out of there
In fact I’m stuck here still
And all anyone can do
Is to prescribe anot
An Ode To A SmileOf late there has been something missingAn Ode To A Smile in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
From my visage, my mien and my face
My adult self not able to regain
What it is my childhood has misplaced
The absence has become more apparent
And is there for the assemblage to see
But as it did not happen over night
The origin remains a mystery
Could it be the colour and the tone
Of my sallow skin pigmentation
From too many hours indoors alone
And within my imagination
Perhaps I should pierce my ear and nose
Rebel against a faceless system
Or indeed tattoo text upon my neck
Quoting some so-called ancient wisdom
I could iron out all of the creases
Nip and tuck on my pronounced cheek bones
But thi
Repulsive By DesignLet me tell you this my friendRepulsive By Design in Free Verse More Like This
And I will tell you no more
If my passion is your crime
Then your love should be my law
I’m the exception to the rule
And the end of this blood line
I should hang my head in shame
I am repulsive by design
Allow me to elucidate
And I will tell you no lie
I am charged with being charmless
And I have no alibi
Feloniously you broke my heart
One chamber at a time
Though I’d expect nothing less
I am repulsive by design
Beware of the broken hearted
Indeed consider with caution
Repulsion cleansed my sorry soul
Such a spiritual abortion
But when a full term of sorrow
And low self esteem combine
I still r
Beautifully Flawed Wild AnimalsAs a child I was kicked by a horseBeautifully Flawed Wild Animals in Free Verse More Like This
While approaching from behind
It knocked me clean across the stable
This fragile framed boy of nine
I tried so hard to be strong and brave
And as Mother wiped my tears away
All I could think was I must return
To the stable the very next day
I barely slept a wink that night
For thinking about the steed
And how the doctor said I‘d be dead
If hoof had hit below my knee
Running my hand over the horseshoe
That was bruised onto my thigh
I felt a very real connection
Between the animal and I
Mother woke me as dawn broke
Asked if I still wanted to go
To visit the scene of the crime
To visit my equus foe
I n
In Love, I RemainI hold the guitar against meIn Love, I Remain in Free Verse More Like This
But I'm afraid it just wont do
No notes that I play could compare
To the symphony that is you
So who is the orchestrator
Of this harmonic elegance
The beauty of which sustains me
With such a lasting resonance
Angels, please sing us a chorus
And paint the clouds so silver lined
May she always dream in colour
And may I always speak in rhyme
One single whispered word from her
Always seems to eclipse my pain
With belief, hope and destiny
Forever in love, I remain
I hold the paintbrush in my hand
Until creative thoughts will cease
But no strokes could ever come close
To your beautiful masterpiece
Ea
Life Is An Intravenous DripLife is an intravenous dripLife Is An Intravenous Drip in Free Verse More Like This
With no transfusion of blood
Instead it slowly relieves me
Of a mind that once was good
Administering paranoia
Directly from the drip chamber
Suffocating me with terror
When there is no imminent danger
Life is an intravenous drip
I am fascinated by my veins
And curious as to which one
Carries the blood to my brain
Which causes the unwanted impulse
For me to question every answer
Tourniquet that varicose vessel
Curiosity is my cancer
Life is an intravenous drip
Of that I am A positive
My blood remains optimistic
So why am I so negative
I see no saline solution
Just diminishing vital signs
As my sanity transfuse
When I Was 13I am just a little boy in a grown man’s shellWhen I Was 13 in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Who finds himself lost in a daydream
That my mind manifested one Monday morning
On the cusp of being aged thirteen
Sitting on a plastic chair in a stale classroom
Looking out of the rain lashed window
Thoughts turn to the length of my imagination
And indeed what distance it could go
I was snapped back to reality as always
With my tank topped teacher's booming cry
This was not the first, nor would it be the last time
I would find myself preoccupied
Classmates around me may live their life linear
Like most people who have gone before
But I can’t see the point of a mind’s vast la
Can't Find JoyI stole the smiles from both of my parent’s facesCan't Find Joy in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
The very same one I was responsible for
On the day I was delivered into their arms
In a cloth, from the beak of a black feathered stork
From the very first day with my very first breath
Though I was not able to speak a single word
It was evident as the nurses bowed their heads
That this boy with the dilated pupils was cursed
Everything I’ve ever grown to love and desire
In one way or another I have now destroyed
Yet still I have the temerity to question
Why it is that I can never seem to find joy
I stole the smiles from both of my parent’s faces
I would do anything at all
Blanket of whiteCover me softlyBlanket of white in Free Verse More Like This
blanket of white
hide me from above
so they will not see
what the world
has done to me
so they can ignore
their fault in this
let them look away
afraid for what is
underneath my blanket
of untouched white
let them wonder
what they have done
to the thing
now covered
under a blanket
oh so very white
Your poemThis poem is from youYour poem in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Written down by me
Although it isn't mine
It's yours, don't you see?
I write down the words
but they come from your mind
even though you don't know
what you leave behind
I pick up what's left
and put it all together
I don't know what I do
but it's for the better
You say you can't write
but that's not your need
Just simply be there for me
it's the poet inside me you feed
Gone out of your lifeI can not think of what to sayGone out of your life in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
I have been gone long, far away
I do not know what has passed
It has gone by so fast
How can I know what you want
I dn not know after what you haunt
I want to be there, a shoulder for support
But I was gone, sailed out the port
Now I do not know about what you think
I do not know what to put on ink
I wish I had been there for you
But I must move on with my life too
I am sorry I was not here
Living in your life's sphere
But I must go away again
My return? I do not know when.
My biggest fearI would like to tell you my dearMy biggest fear in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
That I don't have any fear
But that's not what I feel inside
It's something I'd rather hide
Because if once told
My heart turns cold
With fear for you
and what you would do
The thing I fear about
without any single doubt
is my own depressed mind
and what I would find
Deep inside, my scariest thought
which I would have caught
My fear is to think and dream
Happy outside it would seem
My fear is not what really did happen
No, my own thoughts are the weapon
Of what the world could do
With my family and with you
It's not the actual action
That's just a small fraction
It's the thought that I co
Voices from the pastThey scream inside my headVoices from the past in Free Verse More Like This
The voices from all those years
Tell me this is a gift
I should not have
"YOU DON'T DESERVE IT!"
You're not worth it
You're an outcast
and different to us
Be afraid to lose it
Nurture it while you can
For we will take it away
On the coming day
We will take what you love
and leave you behind empty
From that you will learn
Everything can be taken
Hold onto what you love
For you will lose it
Maybe not today, but you will
on one of the coming days
You shouldn't have a single thing
that means something to you
they repeat it all the time
every single day I live
They repeat what they said
years ago
I give you my final breathI want to lie in your arms at my final breathI give you my final breath in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Be with you until my life is over, my death
To lie in your arms, look into your eyes
When my time is over, at my final sigh
That way I will know all is well
Now it's time for heaven or hell
Or maybe it'll be something else for me
but that's something I will then see
I want to be with you for the rest of my life
and from a certain moment call you my wife
I know it will be fine, I've done my best
when I lie with you at my final rest
With you I want to grow old
and with you watch life unfold
Love is something I finally comprehend
I want to be with you until my end
Mighty DragonDragon, may I look at your mighty sight?Mighty Dragon in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Could I do it without having to fight?
I might get a wondrous smile on my face.
Your sight always in my mind as a trace
With your wings grand and wide
A just reason to be pride
Scales shining into my eyes
Most beautiful when a dragon flies
Let me look one more time
Onto your sight so sublime
Dragon, dragon oh so grand
Now the world looks bland
Lonely nightEven just one nightLonely night in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
is beyond my might
it is to long
my heart not that strong
I can not live a single day
without you by my side
a weakness some might say
for me it is indeed a fright
there is a hole in my life
taken away with a broken knife
its edges sharp and raw
I hang on to the last straw
it is my last connection
to a faraway love
becoming a fading recollection
to the one I love most of
but it's only a single night
is even that beyond my might?
is my heart that cruel?
to take me for a fool?
I know I will see you again
in only a couple of hours
still I feel this terrible pain
of love's cruellest powers
tomorrow, onl
SnowfightChristmas, oh Christmas not so whiteSnowfight in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
The sky did not drop any snow
Sky and land both are dark
This year not a joyful sight
This land does not need your blight
Stay away, go somewhere else
Cold winds, frozen eyes
For every traveller a fright
Some want to show their might
Travel to family and friends
In a far away and warm land
They have already lost the fight
I look into the dark night
Wonder if I might survive
a journey through a white land
but it does not feel right
To afraid for a mighty smite
I stay inside with beloved
warm against each other
We stay inside the warm light
Future still unkownI dread that the end is nearFuture still unkown in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Never thought it was a fear
It seems I am afraid of change
Finally my mind thinks that's strange
I have embraced change in the past
"Why I did that?" you might ask
it was because life was rough
I was not exactly a grey dove.
People laughed at me all the time.
I seems they thought I'd done a crime,
apparently by just being around
making the wrong kind of sound
Now though, my life is going well
love has cast me in her spell.
I am afraid I could lose it all
And have my life's greatest fall.
I do not want to be afraid,
but I dread for debts unpaid.
Afters lessons are at their end
knowledge should be my friend.
B
My day offThis morning I woke up fashionably late.My day off in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Something to which I could never quite relate.
Lying on my bed, I paid my respects,
To all those unsavory mornings that were just so complex.
Waking up early to a deafening sound,
Thinking if only that alarm was never around!
Jumping out of bed to my morning routine,
Around the house, up, down, left, right even in between.
Pulling on my clothes disregarding any options.
When I get a job, suits would be a simpler concoction.
Even the most important meal was never part of my day.
Just maybe choking down some toast in a confused disarray.
Out the door I go, grabbing my stuff.
Mentally
The little thingsThe little things they said,The little things in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Are what matters the most.
Hello! Goodbye! Can I help you?
Providing aid to some lonely ghost.
Are all forgotten in the blink of an eye.
I'll walk into a room and say good morning!
Noone looks up, but a few albeit they were yawning.
I'll stand in line, waiting on my turn.
A gentleman cuts in front, looking quite stern.
A passerby bumps into me and spills coffee on my shoe.
Not a word of apology, even as I smile "Hey, howdy do?"
I'll stand on the sidewalk next to a puddle so clear.
A driver will pass, splashing me while the street kids cheer.
I'll leave my phone unattended next to my l
Falling asleepI lie on my bed at the end of the day,Falling asleep in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Letting all my troubles just drain away.
An intimate time I can look forward to
By bidding the world a warm adieu!
I close my eyes and say a short prayer,
Thanking God for all I hold dear.
Into the silence I slowly fall,
Just then a mosquito decides to call!
Its tiny wings create this horrendous sound,
So under the sheets I go, where I can't be found.
This hide and seek I always win,
Till it flies away in a beaten tailspin.
Finally now I can get some sleep.
Maybe even count some white fluffy sheep.
I take a deep breath when I felt a slight tingle
Under these sheets I was baking, medium
Gaia's tearsThe familiar calm when the air runs coldGaia's tears in Free Verse More Like This
Happens more frequently as hurt gets old.
Time slows to a halt for the oncoming rain
Sparking deep from the core of the source of Her pain.
As the skies turn dark, filled to the brim
By countless sealed letters personally sent.
With written concerns calling relent.
Silence! Comes Her beckoning whim.
The roar of the thunder, the weakening gates.
Till they hold no more, breaking hinges and free inmates.
Falling with order rather haphazardly.
Hitting their mark with a message immediately.
'Tears from Heaven', fall far from home.
Misread origins and meanings from a grand tome.
Breathing
Cursive of Constellations This cosmos is contaminated withCursive of Constellations in Free Verse More Like This
congregations of outlying stars
This cosmos cannot hold
as unknown and untold
for even the lost
can't ever get that far
PostscriptCelebrate thisPostscript in Free Verse More Like This
visceral
volatile life
you've been endowed
Fill each
fiber of your being
with as much profuse
felicity
as possible
Leave the
lassitude
brought about by
the strife of life
behind
Dance sprightly
never stiltedly
over songs reminiscent
of summery
serendipity
Inspire and continue
to be inspired
inexorably fight
not just to finish
each line
Crossing each mile
sit a while
Je Ne Sais QuoiLeila DesireeJe Ne Sais Quoi in Free Verse More Like This
was born under an evening's soft rain
on the thirty-first of May
Wore emerald green eyes
and a mesmerizing gaze
Adored dog-eared bookstores
and homely cafes
Took her feistiness from her father
and his talent for trout catching
before break of day
Born with her mother's skill and grace
given swan legs surreptitiously laced
for the beauty of ballet
Repeatedly reveled
in the ravishing first few days of fall
Spinning and singing through forests
of reds browns and gray
Serendipity was a word
she wanted to assay
Serenely dreaming of a prince charming
and a love so cliche
Cher Charades: A Terza Rima Dear aurorean wraiths of past mistakesCher Charades: A Terza Rima in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
release man from your unliving remains
cast him out of your silhouette heartaches
Overmorrows are stained with past champagnes
drunk on a once implacable fervor
amassing populace from all terrains
Eros is a cantankerous server
of all who fall into his mondegreens
while Venus keeps track like an observer
L
I do not write,I do not write, I bleedI do not write, in Free Verse More Like This
schematics of synecdoches and similes
and au courant, automatic mechanisms
scratching at my skin and
sprouting from my soul
leaving me a scabbed superlative
I do not write, I breathe
alliterations and allegories in
novel repetition as nifty
contradiction to common beliefs
I do not write, I believe
in non-sequitur sensibilities seeping
stirring once sleepy sanguine spirits
while borrowing words from different
vocabularies, maintaining macaronic
anarchy as I do what I please
Moon of Neptune: A Villanelle You're my ocean eyes and my atlas handsMoon of Neptune: A Villanelle in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
I'll swim all seven seas and search their floors
I'll find a way to reach your merman lands
I'm body-soaked in brine and seaweed strands
While deeply longing for the sight of shores
You're my ocean eyes and my atlas hands
We've a love that surpasses all known spans
You're as mine as I'm eternally yours
I'll find a way to reach your merman lands
Your name's a melody I sing on stands
I'm your panacea for all cold sores
You're my ocean eyes and my atlas hands
Lulled by suffused sunsets and glowing tans
I dream of you opening heaven's doors
I'll find
circumventing hearts my frail ankles, wristscircumventing hearts in Free Verse More Like This
are inversely proportional to
your broad shoulders, chest
so it goes
that
your touch, though tangential
comes at me
full-bodied, whole
whereas
your low
Ineffable: A Rubaiyat Sometimes, when it's tranquil and I get to p o n d e rIneffable: A Rubaiyat in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
I begin to fathom we're made for each o t h e r;
I know that God plumped up my chest and its c o n t e n t
to safeguard your worn out bones from curling o v e r.
Laced, our hands trace shadows under mint moon's c r e s c e n t;
we are lost causes and divulged dances o u t s p e n t.
I know my skin is downy as opposed to y o u r s
for you to take shelter under my winged s e g m e n t.
Still, understand that you're the reason I can s o a r,
accept that we're a pastiche of paramour c o r e s.
I'm th
Rosebud InnocenceThat little bit of magickRosebud Innocence in Free Verse More Like This
you always seem to
unknowingly dust off of
the ends of
your daisy dresses and
your sun-dried,
mud-ruddy boots;
the ones that tell us all about
where you've been and
for how long gone just about
says it all to them,
methinks
Those tiny droplets of
love potions made from
the deepest, darkest secrets
we found one autumn's eve
while trespassing
that gramma by the forest river's home;
we should be incriminated
for all our vile,
boy-crazy spells that
we've stuffed in a
pair of sock each,
mind you
These little paper-cut
hearts you dragged me into
making from various art papers,
glitter, and glue-gunne
Just BecauseIs man meant to forevermore stay stagnant in life's river, once the realization that there is no such thing as the ability to acquit oneself fully surfaces? There is no mercy shown by the hands of father time, and men like naughty children, are spanked ever too often by him. Aside from our live birth, are we not allowed to ever have another genuine beginning?Just Because in Stories & Vignettes More Like This
I want to start from scratch without ever thinking of retreat.
Is it that some men are meant to stay recluse forevermore to their mind, as their wisdom plays their greatest downfall, their Achilles heel? Knowing plenty may be hazardous to one's existence, that is true, but understandi
You Told MeYou Told MeYou Told Me in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
You told me, “We only have one life to live…”
I never wanted to be ‘that guy,’ so I said, “I’d give it another try.”
But I suppose you thought that meant I had a few more chances to give…..
‘Cause nothing changed; simply more of the same straight-faced lies
Only this time, the lies became more outrageous
“You’re the most amazing person I’ve ever known,” you hesitated,
Then muttered, “I love you,” but now, deep down I knew you were no one to trust
Believe me I wanted to, but I’m not so easily persuaded
I saw through the façade; or as you put it, “Your wall,”
But you didn’t need it, not with me; at one point you really were my best friend
I would always be there for you, whenever you began to fall
I’d protect you and keep you safe; I never wanted our friendship to end
You told me, “I was the kindest guy you
InebriatedInebriatedInebriated in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
As you swallow the last drop of the golden ale, I’m beginnin’ to lose my patience
I snarl my nose and cover my mouth, trying to drown out your fetid odor
Just looking at your drunken form trying to form a sentence
You throw another bottle down, give up on talking and pass out without another word
I stand up and clean up your miserable mess
At first it was the weekends, and then it extended into the week
Now it’s everyday and I know because of that unmistakable scent
The smell of that disgusting golden ale known as Berkley
Now I know you’re downtrodden
But what about the life ahead of you
Now you live for the golden ale, you live in the bottle
I’ve tried to help, but you refuse; what am I supposed to do?
I cry myself to sleep thinking about you and your constant drinking
Thinkin’ about all that liquor that’s in your liver
And the next morning you try to tell me you just enjoy the feeling
The feeling?! Of being tor
Forgive Me (I'm Lacking)Forgive Me (I’m Lacking)Forgive Me (I'm Lacking) in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
So, I see you postin’ stuff about bein’ alone
Honestly, I couldn’t feel more validated
Forgive me for not feeling sympathy for you, bro’
Believe me, I want to; but I can’t and I refuse to fake it,
And act like I feel sympathetic, while in my heart I feel you deserve that feeling
It sucks, doesn’t it? When you’re patiently waiting for a friend to come through
But doesn’t and you’re sittin’ in your room feeling more than empty
I have some experience in that field of loneliness, ‘cause you pulled that stunt on me
Not cryin’ or whining, just sayin’ you nowhere to be found when I needed you
You say “trust no one” I say, “Don’t trust YOU,” ‘cause you’re a hypocrite and actin’ like a baby
Now you can experience what I felt for almost 6 months, too
And you wanna know the worst part?
When a girl who I can’t even s
The Feelin'The Feelin’The Feelin' in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
Sharing your art with the world is an intimidating thing at first
It’s where you open yourself to public opinions
Where if someone is rough, it can leave you deeply hurt
When you leave your heart and soul in your drawings or writings
But when you first post and see that people can relate
It’s a unique feeling, unlike anything I really felt before
And compared to anything else, there’s nothing that can really equate
And when someone understands, it makes me want to write even more
‘Cause just for a moment, a person sees what’s inside
It’s not always the light, the laughs and giggles
But rather the dark, the tears and the melancholy mind
And people can understand it
Something I didn’t know people really did
It’s an intoxicating feeling; and for me, constant inspiration
‘Cause the feeling of others understanding me, was almost foreign
Only a couple of people really got it,
And when I have words th
Look Into The MirrorLook Into The MirrorLook Into The Mirror in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
Look into the mirror and tell me what you see,
You see eyes that are lifeless; your soul isn’t there anymore
But how is that? Mirrors reflect without emotions or feelings, so how can that be?
You feel out of place, like seaweed from the ocean floor being washed ashore
And left to decompose to a hard, dying shell of a leaf
Alone, and it will never return back to the ocean, and it will die with no one, without remorse
This is how you look at yourself, how you feel
A decomposing piece of seaweed as you look back at your reflection
Your wounds are not evident on the exterior, but they control your psyche
And with your sanity, your soul has left you as a desolated combination,
Of isolation, aggression, dejection, abjection, degradation and depression
And as you look into the mirror, the tiny shred of hope you had left has now been devoured,
And you fall towards the bathroom tile in a crippled, crushed heap of sadness
Downtrodden, you fall into
What We Have (Life)What We Have (Life)What We Have (Life) in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
What we have is life,
And with mine, there doesn’t have to be a rhyme or reason,
However, if I make it so, then it will coincide
It is what it is, and life is what you make of it
And the true meaning of life is how you see it through your eyes
Life, to me, is based on perception, behavior and reactions
How you perceive things, from the media to your family
The way in which a person behaves in light of certain actions
And how one reacts to many different things in life, from elation to tragedies
Perception is far more than optimism, cynicism and pessimism
It even goes as far as you how look at little things,
It’s not whether the glass is half-full or half-empty; it’s how you see yourself, the flesh and skin
Are you beautiful or ugly? Full of joy or in a constant state of melancholy
Behavior is the aggregate responses to internal and external stimuli
So do you behave in a way that’s giving and altruistic, or in a manner tha
Love Is...Love Is…Love Is... in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
Love is patient, love is kind, it does not boast, it does not envy,
It does not delight in evil; but with the truth it does revel in
Love isn’t proud, it isn’t dishonorable, it doesn’t record right or wrongs, nor is it self-seeking,
It always protects, it always hopes, it will always carry on despite oppositions
Love, when it is true, will never fail you or me,
It will take two beings and form them into one,
Love will always conquer evil, no matter the circumstances
It will live on forever and ever, it will never be done
Love lives on through children, and their children’s children; this is why it will forever stay in existence
It is a smile on a child’s little face; it is the protective holding of hands between siblings
Love is a warm embrace between a daughter and her mother
It is tried, it is true, and it is unwavering
Love is a son playing catch with his father
It is most of all real, and I feel everyone can have th
GirlsGirlsGirls in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
This poem is for all the wonderful women, ladies, girls
And I think women actually may rule the world,
But humans of the female persuasion are more than pearls
They’re diamonds; critical to man and his kind, but if men do rule the Earth,
It’s probably a woman’s universe
And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise
The world is yours and you can do anything your heart desires
And to the stereotypes and prejudice, you ladies should throw to fire
You’re more than just a pretty face, an object of desire, or housewife
You’re not meant to just play with barbies or like pink, being into sports is more than fine
You’re far more than the exterior; you are the inside
You’re the soul and mind, the most important part of a human being
You’re more than a damsel in distress, you can be Katniss Everdeen
You can be the focus of the music that everyone sings
You can be the face of an entire nation, if you wanna be
If you apply
I Miss.....I Miss…..I Miss..... in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
I miss the brotherhood; I miss the Phoebe to my Chandler
I miss the brother I’ve never known,
I miss the cousin, who was fun and was a trickster,
Now she’s gone and moved with some “swag” kid she barely knows
And it’s not necessarily the PEOPLE I miss,
But the memories of happiness,
The euphoric emotions I’ve experienced while I was with them
I even miss little Beatris,
And part of me wonders how we even spilt when we were lil’ kids,
It was so long ago, I can’t even remember what exactly happened,
And this isn’t to say I don’t love what I have now,
And I don’t even think I’d change anything
I just want to go back and see those sights and hear those sounds,
‘Cause I am where I am now for a reason and because of that, I wouldn’t change a thing
But sometimes when you’re reminiscin’, you want to go back for a minute,
Just a second, just a moment,
I’m n
the city told meThe city told me to tell you,the city told me in Free Verse More Like This
That it misses you.
The river circled by bridges,
Couples steal across, on the way home,
From dinner and jazz in utopia.
The saxophonist on the corner,
Blows out one more note and stops,
Lights up a cigarette and exhales.
The painter on the street,
She sits and paints in chinese ink,
Portraits of unnamed lovers.
The photographer stands in the cathedral,
Looking up at smashed windows,
Holes in stained glass filling with night.
So the city told me that it misses you,
But I know that you'll never listen.
I get up and turn the city lights out.
We'll never be loversHere we are, sat just on the edge of toxicity.We'll never be lovers in Free Verse More Like This
But we're not leaving yet.
The night still has secrets to let slip.
You lent forward to me,
Your eyes lingered on my neck.
And my hand was tempted to touch your leg,
But that's okay, we'll never be lovers.
Just as readily, you looked away again.
You politely left to find another drink,
And when you returned, it was quieter than before.
But that's okay, we'll never be lovers.
And so, we made our excuses,
We both know how worn down we are.
The time has come to take the train,
There's only two seats left together.
But that's okay, we'll never be lovers.
As the darkness wears on your
DartboardI'm the face on your dartboard, and you're an afterthought walking through the background of a forgotten afternoon.Dartboard in Free Verse More Like This
A bystander at a public natural disaster who decided they knew who was going to have to take the blame.
The only people in this world who are good are ugly,
And the only people who are bad are beautiful.
No exceptions.
So the angels in heaven prey on the poor devils below.
You saw me as your antithesis, the only archenemy who could ever kill you.
But you're a sonder, an ineffectual villain from a discontinued tv series.
All it takes is BIFF! BAM! POW!
And you're behind bars before dinner.
Tune in same time next week.
Whipping BoyHe's the whipping boy,Whipping Boy in Free Verse More Like This
He takes it like a man.
Blood running down his back,
In the shape of angel's wings.
As I hear his bones crack.
He's the warrior poet,
He walks on in the rain,
Boots soaked through with rain,
Raindrops on the end of his eyelashes.
As the wind still blows.
He's the whisperer in darkness,
He says things that aren't said.
If those words are still small,
They can still be strong,
As the world starts to change.
Do you think you'll buy me lots of diamonds?Do you think you'll buy me lots of diamonds?Do you think you'll buy me lots of diamonds? in Free Verse More Like This
She said, lying upside down on her bed.
He looked up from his fingernails.
I would buy you the stars in the sky,
And all the Tea they brew in China,
If it would put a spark in your eyes.
I would raise up an army and kill kings,
Storm the halls and burn the towers,
Raid the storehouses for gold and rings.
I would burn all the flags in the world,
And write your name into the national anthem,
If you'd put your hand in my hand and by my girl.
She looked up at him from across the room,
With eyes full of tears, and walked out,
Because she didn't want diamonds,
And she never would.
Noone's ever lostI woke up entirely too early for a Saturday, and stumbled half-open out to the kitchen. The view from the tiny second-floor window wasn't very good so I stared at the linoleum while I waited for the kettle on the stove to boil.Noone's ever lost in Short Stories More Like This
I shivered. It was colder than it'd been a few hours earlier.
We wandered away from our friends for a second in the carpark.
"Do you have somewhere to stay tonight?" He furrowed his brow.
I didn't look at him, I knew the look he'd be giving me. "I figured I'd find somewhere to crash later."
"Then you'll stay with me." He walked away.
"...what?"
The night started out quietly, we got Chinese from the place off the lane
Oncoming trafficWhen I come to I'm staring down oncoming traffic,Oncoming traffic in Free Verse More Like This
And I don't know how I came to be standing here.
Honeymoon cars speed past me and off the edge of the map,
I wonder if they end up in Heaven or Stepford.
Or maybe they find their way straight to oblivion.
I roll out of bed and make a cup of instant coffee.
It's already two p.m. and I know even though my day's just started,
It might as well be night already, I won't open my curtains.
I remember that I used to see sunrises every day,
And now all I can see out my window are sunsets.
As I open my eyes I realize that they've become camera lenses,
So I start to document small things, flas
Crack your jawThe hills behind us,Crack your jaw in Free Verse More Like This
Are lit up in magnified stars.
And we're high above Saturday night,
You're touching the top of the sky.
I look out across the valley,
At that distant red light,
And I feel the chill in my ribcage.
But you put your warm arms on me.
You bite my lip,
And for that moment,
We're a stillframe, all orange and white orbs,
That's how I knew, this night won't ever end.
The night wind is cold now,
Colder than it was the first time,
But you said that your bed was warmer.
And that made me smile to myself.
I took the ring from my nose,
And set it down, no interruptions.
Your rhinestone eyes glint in the light,
From t
Ash TreeThe first leaves of the season were falling,Ash Tree in Free Verse More Like This
While I wondered if you will remember me in ten years.
It's been a while since I've seen you; I hope you haven't changed.
There was a bench that we used to sit on, in the garden,
Beneath a golden ash tree, down on the boulevard,
We found ourselves there on our first night together,
And if I'm being honest, it was the last.
I still have the portrait that you gave me,
Though it looks less like me now that I'm older.
I've cut my hair and lost of big, innocent eyes.
But I still remember that way you'd take your glasses off,
Before we went to bed.
Don't tell me that I'm an old man now, my he
Painted PicturePaint me a picture of tender eyesPainted Picture in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
of determined love, of countless tries,
paint it the soft hues of blue
paint with every love that is true.
Paint it with your beating heart
paint it with the abuse that tore things apart
paint it with your every sin
paint it with the blood on your skin.
Don't forget to do it with sorrow
or the feeling of an uncertain tomorrow.
When you paint it, remember me
because sometimes you're all I can see.
Paint me a picture of the past
of when time didn't move so fast,
paint me a picture of loneliness
and across my cheek please brush a kiss.
Light UpLight up your cigarette, light up my mouthLight Up in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
watch the flames fall through the sky..
Light up the kitchen, light up the house,
watch the people fall through their lives.
Let smoke drift to smoke,
and the embers burn bright.
Let the smoke clog his lungs
just like Icarus in flight.
So light up your cigarette, light up my eyes.
Light up my false beliefs, light up your lies.
Light up our bedroom, light up the roof,
and light up every memory of our youth.
QuietSoft snow is sliding down the walls,Quiet in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
cover up your shoulders, come when I call
Dance with me under the moon
I promise I'll see you soon.
Every night before I lay
I think of you and I'm okay.
I know the earth's turning right now
yet I can't help but wonder how.
Soft snow is sliding down the walls,
cover up your torso, answer my call
Wander away under the sun
promise me that you'll never run.
And every night before we lay
we'll have each other and be okay.
The earth is turning round and round
but we don't need to make a sound.
The Singular ChorusShed your tears like you shed your clothesThe Singular Chorus in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
—far and few in between.
Bleed through me as if you're going through paper,
I promise I can handle your blood.
With the night comes the memories,
with the memories comes the pain.
Drink me down, fill me up,
enjoy the stretch and the strain.
You thought no one would notice
how you never wear white,
but I'm much smarter than that.
I know it's rare for you to plan ahead.
There is so much left unspoken,
and your hands seem so empty
but you never let me touch you
—not once, not ever.
Young PerspectivesDive deep into that teenage angstYoung Perspectives in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
that was so fresh years ago,
Sleeping with one eye open now
we've forgotten what youth feels like.
Drive away from your old home
forget how light falls in your room in the morning.|
Buy a house, buy a car, have kids
and when the time comes, assume you know how they feel.
Either that, or you just don't care.
We are all already soaked in our past,
dripping wet and about to drop dead,
like the bandages that cover young veins.
If you didn't have them, you caused them.
Young PerspectivesDive deep into that teenage angstYoung Perspectives in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
that was so fresh years ago,
Sleeping with one eye open now
we've forgotten what youth feels like.
Drive away from your old home
forget how light falls in your room in the morning.|
Buy a house, buy a car, have kids
and when the time comes, assume you know how they feel.
Either that, or you just don't care.
We are all already soaked in our past,
dripping wet and about to drop dead,
like the bandages that cover young veins.
If you didn't have them, you caused them.
Brittle GirlThey fashioned her from their brittle bones,Brittle Girl in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
whittled away at the wilted, weakened hearts,
The ones that had erratic beatings.
They put her together just to take her apart.
She danced across their puppet strings,
followed their each and every rule.
Now she's realized she was never important,
all this time she was such a fool.
A fool to think she was wanted,
and a fool to believe that she mattered.
Looking back it's time she noticed
everything at home was shattered.
So now she's strengthening those brittle bones,
and trying to feed that weakened heart.
She's making every preparation
so that no one can ever take her apart.
Stifling CriesHeavy is the heart that bears your weightStifling Cries in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
because you are broken, those deadly shards
they cut so deep, and you're unable to hate
the very person that's causing you anguish.
You sit there again, drowning in your pain
throat all tied up, face flushed and wet
wondering how you ever thought you could refrain
from being burnt once again.
Everything translates into this sickening awareness
and the voices in your head hold fast to their knives.
Just sit there, just lay there, just stay there.
Energy is hard to come by, screams are not.
I could swear that I don't care
but not caring can be hard.
And hiding away so people don't stare
s
FallenIt's too cold outsideFallen in Free Verse More Like This
air is biting.
It's too cold outside
my veins are fighting.
It's been like this for days
and days and days and days.
The blades are calling
in my sleep I'm falling.
Ideas have pierced my mind
they remain, untamed,
flicker like flames.
My nerves are shot.
You're all I've got.
This is a repeat
everything repeats.
Does that mean
that you'll leave me?
Winter WonderlandI like it in the winterWinter Wonderland in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
when they light up the park
every light shines bright
even though it's dark.
And despite the cold
that invades every bone
I still don't feel
as if I'm alone.
Liquid kisses pour
from lips made of ice
our arms around each other
like a vice.
As the world spines around
I'll remain here
amoung all the happiness
love, even fear.
Fear that this happiness
might come to an end,
fear that you
are just playing pretend.
But every time this fear
awakes in my heart
you always manage
to break it apart.
I...Tears form, they roll down my cheek, they fall on my pillow.I... in Free Verse More Like This
I draw a breath, I hold it, I exhale and let my body melt onto my bed.
I close my eyes, I shut them tight, I open them wide, and stare at my ceiling.
I hear the clock above my door ticking, second by second.. tick, tick, tick, tick
I move my gaze down, and stare out my barely visible window, I stare at a moving branch.
I draw a breath, I hold it for as long as I can, I let go and feel relief.
I close my eyes, I let my thoughts go crazy, my face twitches.
Tears form, they roll down my cheek, they fall on my pillow and meet the others to form a wet patch.
I cry.
I sniffle.
I
MelancholiaMelancholia cascades down pale peaks,Melancholia in Free Verse More Like This
that once supported the weight of smiles.
The clear blue skies that gave it birth,
damp with reasons, surrender to the urge.
Two plump, silky rubies,
drown in the salinity of sadness.
Grey fabric clouds, abruptly moisten,
with the imprint of bedewed defeat.
Wake me up whenWake me up, when crying is only for those moments that are unbearably beautiful.Wake me up when in Free Verse More Like This
Wake me up, when helping someone else, is done genuinely and joyfully.
Wake me up, when society becomes less interested in falsities and more aware of truth.
Wake me up, when equality is real, apparent, strong and inevitable.
Wake me up, when children's innocence is untainted with maturity.
Wake me up, when control is dead and freedom roams wildly.
Wake me up, when poverty only exists in bad decisions.
Wake me up, when money is last, on the peoples to get list.
Wake me up, when power belongs to us, and not the self-proclaimed.
Wake me up, when we heal the ea
Peel back the layers of falsityShow who you are, proudlyPeel back the layers of falsity in Free Verse More Like This
Release inhibitions, loudly
See yourself for yourself, lucidly
Be as free as can be, wildly
Throw yourself into love, blindly
Learn from your mistakes, forwardly
Love your being, wholeheartedly
Understand life, appreciatively
Respect yourself, undeniably
Cry of the BansheeCry of the Banshee in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
I heard a wail so soft and low,
from the wood I caught an eerie glow.
As the night wore on 'twas louder yet,
I laid there still, did moan and fret.
To what did the lonesome cry portend?
I shivered to think 'twas near the end.
Could it be the death of a man was nigh?
I waited for my answer from up on high.
The men who dress in long white robes,
who spread their lies across this globe.
See there! Some who dress in red!
Their councils and decrees fill men with dread.
But the one who holds that staff so tight,
the one who's conquered in his might,
was he the one for whom she wailed,
or will they all go down unveiled?
The sound did fade as the
The Fountain of YouthThe Fountain of Youth in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Many a wanderer for your springs did thirst
for one sip; they would be set free!
Free from the misery and free from the dearth
of more years; to live endlessly!
But your source proved elusive, many have tried
to find you; the fountain of life!
Some have lost patience and many more have died
in their quest; their lives filled with strife.
They've merely sought what was planted in man's heart
from the start; a life without end!
If only you were real we'd all do our part
to be good; our ways we would mend.
But the truth we must face is there's no fountain
to be found; and there's never been.
Life eternal was inscribed on a mountain
on two tab
The SeductionThe Seduction in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
He'd seen her face a hundred times before,
but now 'twas different, of that he was sure!
Her eyes were afire, her lips were blood red.
The fruit in her hand: "Eat some," she said.
"For look I was blind. Behold, now I see!
The fruit doth taste well, now harken to me.
The earth is our home, it's ours to explore.
We'll experience it now like never before!"
He gazed at the fruit, then looked up at her.
He felt somewhat flushed, his blood was astir.
That body! That face! He wanted her so!
He snatched at the fruit, he'd give it a go!
The rest, as they say, is history now.
For six-thousand years we've suffered, and how!
If only he'd listened to t
What do you think of me?What do you think of me? in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
When you think of me just what do you see,
a babe, wrapped up tight in a cloak?
Or a fairy tale myth who's been set free,
or a man whose back nearly broke?
When you think of me just why should you fear,
the end, it's not what you believe?
The coming wrath will eliminate tears,
bring mankind's long needed reprieve.
When you think of me do you miss the point,
your troubles, were they caused by Me?
It's for you my Father did thus anoint,
his Son, who will soon set you free.
When you think of me does it move your heart,
to sing, give praise to my Father?
I promise you this, if you'll do your part,
I'll take care of you, my brother!
Listen...and hear!Listen...and hear! in Free Verse More Like This
the rain on the rooftop
the rustle of the leaves
the roar of the sea
the crackle of thunder
a baby's lament
a snoring grandpa
a child at play
a lover's even breaths
the purr of the kitten
the laugh of the hyena
the buzz of the bee
the song of the toad
the words of the Master
the hymn of redemption
the music of hope
the dirge of a death
"With our ears we hear the whole world,
the wonders of God's creation.
Yet with our minds and our hearts unfurled,
will we accept his salvation?"
Perhaps Life IIPerhaps Life II in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
Perhaps life is like a fairy tale
where all your dreams come true
it exists to give us memories
most of mine will be of you
and when we fall and stumble
yes, when we lose our way
our memories of life will save the day
Perhaps life is like an open road
perhaps a narrow path
some will experience happiness
while some are trapped by wrath
and when we're troubled and confused
and when our spirits sink
our memories of life can be our link
Oh, life to some is like a curse
to some a gift from God
For some it comes with healing
and some just feel the rod
And some say life's worth living
and some say that it's not
and some say life'
Summertime!Summertime! in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Oh joy, oh bliss, old man Winter is gone,
and the Spring has passed like a storm.
Summer's now here 'tis my season of fun,
for this I have lived and was born.
We'll laugh and play, watch our cares fade away,
and at night we'll sleep out of doors.
My animal friends will come here to stay,
we'll chase shadows out on the moor.
When Summer is gone the memories sway,
and help me get through the next Fall.
When Winter comes around I won't dismay,
next Summer I'll again have a ball!
The toad that wouldn't leaveThe toad that wouldn't leave in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
What a romp we've had the party was great,
the dancing, the song, and the cheer!
But right about now it's getting too late
for more food, more fun, and more beer.
Soon all the guests say their final goodbyes
and say thanks, give hugs, and the like.
The last two to leave are Sal and her guy,
time for cleanup, a bath, and goodnight.
As I climbed into bed I felt a strange bump,
it was warm, kinda lumpy, and weird.
I pulled down the sheets and here it was Hump,
a friend, an old buddy I'd hired!
Now look Hump I said the party's long done,
they've left, we've bathed, now we're tired.
Can't you see that it's now a quarter past one?
Ti
Affirmation (Dreams of a Prince)Affirmation (Dreams of a Prince) in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
The days come and go as the earth spins around
and my life moves along to its end.
But while I am here I will stand on my ground
and fight for my family and friends.
I believe in myself and in what I believe
but at times I find that I'm stuck.
I want to do right but my thoughts make me grieve
when I think of all my bad luck!
Then at night I lay down and fall fast asleep
while my dreams swim around in my head.
I have to admit that my dreams can be deep
and quite often they fill me with dread.
Still, I know deep inside that I am who I am
and that nothing will cause me to fail.
to be a just and good king is part of my plan
to en
Taste...and enjoy!Taste...and enjoy! in Free Verse More Like This
the sweetness of a cherry
the tart of the grapefruit
the sour of the lemon
the saltiness of seawater
the best kiss ever
the milk of a nursing momma
cookie dough on my finger
the nape of a lover's neck
prey for the lion
fodder for the bull
bacon for the mastiff
tender leaves for the panda
the Lord's evening meal
the Passover lamb
food shared with a poor brother
a meal with friends after prayer
"We have been blessed with so much good food,
yet, can we share with our brother?
As we taste and see that the Lord is good,
let's all take care of each other."
Quietly, GentlyShy smiles and fluttering butterflies,Quietly, Gently in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
My heart would beat faster when I looked into your eyes.
Even then, as I held you warmly in my arms,
Every word you said put me under your charm.
Dozing off, I sent you a little smile.
And told you that it’s fine to fall asleep for a while.
When you awoke, the sun was setting for its own time to sleep.
So I pulled you close and breathed in so deep.
Quietly, in the dark, I slowly fell in love.
Gently in my arms, I called you my little dove.
Screaming SomethingThere was something about your eyesScreaming Something in Free Verse More Like This
That just screamed “Save me!”
If you could only just scream out to.
Everyone to save you from.
There are just so many to save you
From. How I wish I could help.
I tried to look in your eyes and say to you
“Trust me! I can’t stand watching you hate it!
I could never stand watching you hate me!”
But your eyes went blank; I could see how
You stopped to look, no longer searching,
And you glared at me, knowing that I couldn’t
Save you.
Help you.
Look at you.
With true.
Love now.
Without yours.
My love.
Is lost.
Broken, you watch as my heart is broken,
With a blank face and sc
Far AwayI don’t see how you could want anything from me.Far Away in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
I’m cold and I’m gone and I won’t ever be
There for you, even though I know how you
Need me to; it’s what I want too.
But I’m lost in a land far away from all others.
It’s dark and unknown without my sisters and brothers,
So I scream out. Why am I lost in this way?
Why do I watch you all suffer and do nothing every single day?
I know that all that I am to the people around
Is a cruel twister of words who brings everyone down.
That’s all I am to me, at least.
But there are people who stick around this cruel beast.
So I can’t be all that terr
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