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benjamin-poirier
benjamin-poirier
"The history of human thought recalls the swinging of a pendulum which takes centuries to swing. After a long period of slumber comes a moment of awakening" -Pyotr Kropotkin
Like yesterday or was it tomorrow Metallic and smooth but is it mine? Is this love or is this winter's sorrow I feel as I begin the endless climb I could never hear since that day My efforts lost at sea I cannot hear what I want to say Is it the object or is it me? I can't blame the bird for how he plays Or how Oscar hits the keys I can't quite remember what I was supposed to say So in my mind it repeats There's a void somewhere in my heart No matter how I beg or how I plead Its like my thoughts our giant steps apart Doomed to listen- never free What happened to the jazz? Like the notes scribbled on the page With four limbs and one of brass Im forever locked in this fleshy cage Am I a failure? For reasons I don't quite understand Am I a failure? No- Im am just a man
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Mar 25, 2015
Mar 25, 2015 at 12:47 AM UTC
Jazz
Cracked in several different pieces lies a mask bound by the school of flesh A clever tool used to blur the lines Between a saint and filthy wretch Archaic would be the best word to describe The spring snow I ought to see And yet there's still something beautiful about suicide I think Mishima would agree But these metaphors are every bit as absurd As the films you made me watch Silent whispers never heard And yet again I ruin the plot In the mood for love Yes, that's all you've ever been Like the sudden slap of a glove A life once hidden now is seen Somewhere there is a man I used to know Better yet revere Blood stains red springs gentle snow Giving way to flowery years There is death before dishonour If not of the body then of the mind As summer winds blow warmer So do memories fade in time
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Jun 9, 2014
Jun 9, 2014 at 12:10 AM UTC
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My body slowly trembles As sweat begins to fall I thought myself a giant At merely two feet tall I thought it almost certain an oak tree I would be Instead I lay here broken A useless sprouting seed An anchor never lifted A sail never drawn I stood still unassisted By the earth's feeble yawn Like a crown without its person A lock without a key I dreamt my humble visions Of all the things id of seen A constant disappointment I stumble endlessly Without the slightest sign of movement An empty broken seed
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May 14, 2014
May 14, 2014 at 11:58 PM UTC
Untitled #2 (Seed)
Through all the one word conversations Lost between the countless vines They say a smile is a friend But it's no friend of mine I question if love and life Can really coexist I look it in the face And I blow it a kiss I try to answer the all the riddles I go back and forth between That sweet taste in my mouth The only indication of where I've been I haven't slept a minute I can never rest my head The hours pass by slower So I bite my lips instead The questions never stop The riddles always persist Was the answer a landmark Or something I've already missed? Here lies the grave Of a friend I've never missed Who I've loved in life But have long since dismissed And there one of a man Who I can say I've truly loved But who never knew how I felt Like a foreign film badly dubbed I beat my head against the glass After every passing thought I swore I'd never think it again And look at what it brought Thinking I was being courageous I was only being crass I am something so worthless As old tattered brass The questions never stop The riddles always persist Was the answer a landmark Or something I've already missed?
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May 13, 2014
May 13, 2014 at 11:07 PM UTC
Landmark
Eyes of different colours meet A heart that beats in sync with no conceit Laboured breath, a sword and sheath A place to rest my tired feet. A message poorly written, tapped Pupils once closed dilate Minds so alive no longer sedate Shortcuts taken, never on time but never late Grapes on a vine crushed to make wine So does the labouring sun shine A breath of yours, A breath of mine A subtle crescendo and a steep decline. A tarnished sword and withered sheath Nevertheless a place to rest my tired feet.
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May 12, 2013
May 12, 2013 at 2:24 AM UTC
Untitled #1 (Sword and Sheath)