Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
 
 Dec 2017 Gavin Betty
Lior Gavra
Am I just a wheel?
Consuming meals?
A speck in blue sea?
Bound by what I see?
Life amongst trees?
Breathing means free?

Am I my beliefs?
The truth I seek?
Flag of a country?
Defined by currency?
A liability?
Part of society?

Am I what you see?
The way you judge me?
The values you pick?
First impressions stick?
Norm defined by you?
Do I dare to be rude?

No...

I am who I choose.
I fill my own shoes.
I win when I lose.
I create my own views.
I see black beyond blue.
I pick me over you.

Who are we?
I am me.
Who are we?
Depends on you.
 Aug 2015 Gavin Betty
Peanut


Many nights I have waited
Hoping my wish would be granted
To ride upon the luminous express
And kiss the cheeks of my dearly beloved

Luna


Death knocks Life
and asks,
"Can I too live?"

Life responds,
*"You can't, I am afraid.
For I too dread myself,
And envy you instead."
- - -
I was at a party last night
tipping poison down my already-burnt throat
because I thought it could help me to forget you.
however, I forgot my own name
and left yours stuck on my tongue.

they asked me for drugs last night
but they laughed at me
when I told them about your smile.
everything about you is addictive
to the point of me craving you every second.

when everyone had gone last night
and I was left alone to pick up
the shattered pieces of themselves
that they left on the floor,
I wished you were there.

in a way, you were with me last night.
forcing me to empty the bottle of *****;
whispering with your lips touching my ear;
occupying every single thought I had.
I thought I didn't miss you anymore.


I was wrong.
you were never the one that was missing.
you took me with you.
 Jan 2015 Gavin Betty
Y R
i sat amongst a parking lot of wayward people
dreadlocks & hair dye
& anything else to look alive.
bright colours - making deals;
shake on it and pay later is the mantra of the night
i want my hands over my ears,
i do not belong here-- my life isnt as vivid or as wild
i am not falling off the empire state
no. i am not at that stage
did the ocean whisper its love to you?
is that why you are what you do?

the lights are brighter for this generation
a world of people raised, artificial and capitalistic
shouting their poetry at the stars across
long forgotten paths

they call you reckless. i call you the only friends i ever had
but neither of us know you like you do.
ive never breathed a sigh of relief like you have &
my eyes dont close like yours do --

how can anybody talk when they dont walk in your shoes?
Next page