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609 · Oct 2013
Solitude Amongst the Masses
phocks Oct 2013
Lonesome night I hear you suffer
In the midst of all this
Of all this misery & decay
All this misery & decay disguised
Disguised as profit & growth
A glorious profit & growth that
Somehow sweeps the nation
And takes on all that it passes
And passes itself off as something
Something admirable and good, while
Other such similar things are thought
To be held in contempt
This is how it holds its power
This is how it remains on the mind
Its crafty work
In remaining here
Will not go unobserved
We are watching and will report
You think you’ve gotten away with it
But we’ve got news for you
595 · Jul 2012
Up to the Stars
phocks Jul 2012
I got a hand full of instruments
I got a hand full of silly games
I got a pocket full of nuts and bolts
To build this little ship

So climb aboard my rocket ship
Oh climb aboard my rocket ship
Come and climb aboard my rocket ship
Tonight

And it's up to the stars
Yes it's up to the stars
Oh it's up to the stars
For me and you
591 · May 2013
Outro
phocks May 2013
A crimson tide
What blood spillt?
From what evil?
Or what good?

Blue morning comes
But once a year
Amongst the purple
We all sing out
Out to the stars
The ships coming in
To dock and to sink
Their drills in the ground
They come so far
For the essence of our souls
And they take it back
To their far off shores

Which side are you on?
Does it matter in the end?
To which planet do you belong?
I wonder

Look to the sky
The tirade coming down
They have come from the mind
Of so many far away
So give them your hand
Though they may take it not
For up will be down
And back again tomorrow
Forever we are turning
And long into the night
We will survive

A line
A table
A chair
A fallout shelter
All of these things
Are alive
590 · Sep 2013
Darkness Comes
phocks Sep 2013
Into the past a fortnight ago
Gritty little horror show
That I walk into, but do not know
What twist the plot will take
Although it seems my shotgun
By my side
Is slowly losing it’s colour
And the rust that is forming
Gives a solid warning
That the darkness is coming
Along as planned
585 · Aug 2014
Untitled
phocks Aug 2014
I reach for you
In all forms
Up in arms
Wound tight
Down on you
In smouldering midnight
<3
574 · Jan 2014
Start Again
phocks Jan 2014
Cycle spinning, new beginning
Calling in the night
Bright light shining, multipying
Cradles of delight

Bet someone the best of their
Best years in the sun
All along your carriage drawn
By horses from the farm
570 · Mar 2013
I Want To Believe
phocks Mar 2013
Light from the heaven heights shines
And lends its rays upon your brow
Which light up your eyes and fires
Photons through the mind at a higher
Vibration that you can't see
But you can sense there's something there
Just behind the open air
To which no one is aware but you
And you feel it in your heart
Like a dagger from Joan of Arc
Safely saying for you to listen
To the voice that is telling you
To believe
551 · Mar 2012
Cosmo Girl
phocks Mar 2012
Run away with me and die
By my side long into the future
When we are old and grey. Oh Cosmic/
Cosmo girl.
547 · Feb 2013
A Page Left Blank
phocks Feb 2013
She sank, deep down into that cold fish tank
Eyes a-bleeding from words that sank
Right into her skull, her whole world dull
From the pain of the game, she's never the same
As she was when she felt so alone with her pain

Her eyes are tired, but she must be admired
For the woman she is ain't the woman she ain't
Cause she feels no restraint when she's off with the saint
Who paints her in a different light, not so uptight any more
And she offers him more than she ever gave before
(But she wasn't too sure)

      For the days are on fire
And her burning desire
No longer goes on
For the old flame is gone
Along with the portrait
He blessed with a song

So come again soon, for the saviour's due back
******* in the sack, along with that leopard skin hat
That she wears in the night
The barman takes flight
And she looks quite a fright, with a fright
Whatever, at the girl she's become
Right under the thumb

Sees the web that she's spun
And all the **** that she's done
To be washed all away, in an instant of fun
Take care pretty lady, take care my sweet one
phocks Sep 2013
The tilt-shifted planet changes
With the seasons
As ancient ages divide
The far and wide
That storm-wearied road below
Which opens up its pages
To reveal what once its author
Used to know

In battling the wind
A subtle story begins
Infusing fortune's favour
From that latent palace within

Six lone lost troubled travellers
Trail behind
The world's once long wandering vagrants
Left alone with
Their tell-tale hearts
Forever torn apart
To begin that lonesome
Journey
Once again
Towards home
written in a park the other day
535 · Mar 2013
俳句
phocks Mar 2013
christ! it's nearly three
you raving insomniac
stop thinking of her
a haiku
530 · Feb 2012
What Now?
phocks Feb 2012
Someone lead me now, failing that, this ship may sink,
Though no one stands there behind the curtain.
No one is pulling at the puppet strings.
Should I invent an entity so great,
That I, even I, could consider following?
Oh how diabolical a deed.
It must be done,
And right away.
My creation will create myself,
This new self,
Leading to the infinite
There for all to see.
Now I become the puppeteer,
That no one can see.
524 · Sep 2013
5pm
phocks Sep 2013
5pm
the workers’ day is done
but they do not foresee they’ve come
as far as the eye can see
and over the hill to me

draw down a path no longer
where they belong. only to
find themselves with
nothing to do.
“so what now”, screams the
lone poet from the
balcony of life.

they do not know him
any more,
and no one pulls him
from the floor

so he becomes
as everyone.
515 · Feb 2012
Reason & Wonder
phocks Feb 2012
I’d like to welcome, you to the show
We’ve got all you need, so no need to linger
On thoughts that betray, the games that you play
In the mind you create, you wouldn’t be late
To the party inside, illumination resides
With the path that is paved, with a golden glow
That you know will awaken, the darkest of nights
And let you take flight, through the airwaves untamed
And into the brains, of the modern day prophets
Of reason and wonder, if all you discover
Has always been there, and existed between
All the thoughts that we share, then the path will evolve
and we’ll watch it unfold, in a thousand directions
Of new found perfections, that branch high above
For the love that is leading, the ultimate meaning
Of freedom to be, to listen, to see
That we all sing the same, song in the end
It’s not time to pretend, any more that the war
Raging outside, is not just the same
As the one that you keep, bottled up in your brain
482 · Feb 2012
Never Miss Anyone
phocks Feb 2012
Never thought it was possible
To miss anything this much
Days seem indefinable
And nights out of touch
And now see what I've become
Now that you're not around
I hope you never miss anyone
As much as I miss you now
477 · Jan 2013
Destiny’s Gate
phocks Jan 2013
She wouldn’t let me see her
Behind the busy lashes of her eyes
I tried to disappear
Beneath the many veils of her disguise

All the destinations that you had
Were wound up in the twistings of your mind
Something that you made up
Waiting for everything to unwind

Sadie said she’d never hurt you but she lied
‘Cause everything is gone but you and I
And I can’t be here when there’s nowhere left to hide
It’s not because of you that I decided to die

Don’t take too long
Take all the time you need
Falling through too fast for me
I cannot wait

Destiny she’s waiting at the gate
With her box of pills and a glass of wine
No time for you to wait
To find out what’s inside

Don’t take too long
You’ll find the apple in your eye
Has become what you defined
I cannot wait
464 · Oct 2013
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phocks Oct 2013
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Castles in the sky, don't ask me why
The blind man comes, while others run.
Turn away, don't look back
The one you seek is dressed in black
With dreams of riches in your head.
She seeks a place no other treads
And sits alone along the fence
Waiting for some evidence
That her lover, far away
Somehow feels that same old way.
Time tells itself to halt and start again
But you my friend are waiting for when
Your high-school class has run away
Now they rule the games you play
Never look away. The sun will
Come another day.



j.b.
432 · Feb 2014
Eyes Like Yours
phocks Feb 2014
Last night
I kissed a girl
With eyes that
Reminded me of yours

And in my eyes reflected
She could certainly see
That she
Was not you
392 · Sep 2013
The Breeze
phocks Sep 2013
You are the breeze
Come in to fill my sails
I'll catch you soon
334 · Dec 2013
Untitled
phocks Dec 2013
One year ago
I saw you last
You said "I love you"
As you stepped
On to the bus
331 · Oct 2013
Anything
phocks Oct 2013
Looking out,
What is it we see?
That there’s something
There at all
Is the real mystery.

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