I can't see through you
I can't see around you
I can't see without you
Help I am lost
I'm trapped by your laughter
By my need to create it
I'm afraid of the silence
So I let my rumination fog the glass
All I want is clarity
But maybe I'm too transparent
Dec 8, 2014
Dec 8, 2014 at 12:19 AM UTC
I never understood why your lips were confined,
To the uninviting flatness of a line.
Or why your presence was lost,
In mundane routine and apathy.
I thought maybe you didn't enjoy my company.
I didn't know if your smiles and laughs were real;
They seemed so ephemeral,
Like stifled strikes of resistance ,
Against your solemness.
When I began to burden the weight of knowledge,
I finally understood the safety of the guaranteed.
When they dismantled your family,
And starved you to emaciation,
You forgot what faith was.
You forgot what love was.
And you forgot the impact you could have on others.
But you would never forget what work was.
Your perseverance accounts for my existence.
For that you are unforgettable.
Dec 23, 2013
Dec 23, 2013 at 1:29 AM UTC
You poisoned my mind,
Left my innocence behind,
I can't get you out of my head
The things you never said,
The way you assumed all,
You let me fall,
Pretended to catch me,
With no integrity.
Apr 28, 2013
Apr 28, 2013 at 11:35 PM UTC
She sits inside a class and listens with respect;
She sprinkles in some new ideas only when requested,
Though I know her head is bursting with bright thoughts.
She has an average face but her smile lights you up;
She laughs contagiously and never disparages life,
She is the girl you cannot hate.
Jan 17, 2013
Jan 17, 2013 at 6:25 PM UTC
Remember that goal you left behind?
All the time you would dedicate,
Then your motivation began to unwind.
Why, such a small thing can wait.
You stumble upon it again,
Renew your will to commit,
This time with a new action plan.
The fire's finally been lit.
The flame holds strong,
Until priorities creep back in,
Reality comes along,
You realize the dark will win.
To protect the heart of the fire,
You must work through detail by detail,
Let perserverance overcome desire,
And you'll find that you no longer fail.
Jan 13, 2013
Jan 13, 2013 at 4:39 AM UTC
I see people stare into it
It reflects in their eyes like pools of hope
I make glances at it
A glimmer traces my retina
I process it in bits but never see a full picture
I've seen people reach and be scorched
I'm too timid
Maybe if I waver through it fast enough
I won't be burned
Nov 4, 2012
Nov 4, 2012 at 3:17 PM UTC
And it rushes through me,
a force of power,
the weight of loneliness,
unbounded in it's affliction,
aided by the rumination,
the thoughts that slip through my head,
through a sieve they fall,
and I feel it again,
that pulse I have succumbed to.
May 9, 2012
May 9, 2012 at 9:03 PM UTC
Rush through me.
I stand tall, motionless.
The surface floats by me,
But i am rooted in the Earth like the great oak tree.
I wait for my time to be carried by the rapids,
For I am patient and will not give in to your torrents without a fight.
I deserve a grand contention.
The flood will come one day and I will be swept away with honor.
Apr 29, 2012
Apr 29, 2012 at 8:15 PM UTC
drip drop and wash away
come fall off my lashes
turn the sky gray
light the night with flashes
pound the ground
calm the town
let the rain come down
Dec 22, 2011
Dec 22, 2011 at 6:19 PM UTC
We sit comfortably with our backs to the earth,
Satisfied with what we've accomplished of our insurmountable work,
The challenges we've faced to push ourselves forward,
So we can out achieve our peers.
We struggle to win the respect of those we wish to surpass,
So they can catapult us above them
But we left them behind didn't we?
Did we look back as we flew aloft?
When the thunder crashes on us,
Who'll be there to save us?
No one but our precedent friend,
We'll get by with ourselves again.
Dec 10, 2011
Dec 10, 2011 at 3:27 PM UTC