A man yells at a woman
While a boy watches
His language is ******
and simple, out of anger
He doesn't have the words
But he tries his best to apologize
She doesn't care, or understand
They're so different
Takes off his shoes and suit
While she finishes dinner
Neither knowing the other's struggles
A question of empathy
A boy does not recognize the problem
Still clinging to youth
He sees his parents in one way
They are his guides to the unfamiliar
He's been learning all the while
Though not realizing what happened
He saw the actions and heard the words
While the mirrors inside his head replicate
A boy grows up now escaping youth
He sees the world much like he did as a boy
Yet he learned from the best
The good and the bad, he got it all
Nature and nurture, a simple debate?
While the feelings inside scream
Trying to be heard amongst the pain
He wants to be different.
Jan 24, 2014
Jan 24, 2014 at 3:08 PM UTC
What happens when two people love each other?
They love
They fight
They laugh
They cry
They dance
They float
They hurt
They lie
But what happened to talking to one another?
We avoid
We surprise
We wait
We abide
We pretend
We think
We conceal
We hide
Jan 24, 2014
Jan 24, 2014 at 2:40 PM UTC
I worry where my ship will drop anchor,
and where the journey will end.
I worry if you'll set sail with me,
or tear down my mast.
I worry when the winds change direction,
while I'm asleep below deck.
I worry that my crew will call mutiny,
for a captain's mistake.
I worry where I'll throw my line,
or if I'll even get a bite.
I worry why I worry so much,
and then I remember that I'm
in open water.
Jan 6, 2014
Jan 6, 2014 at 5:01 PM UTC
I can't look away from the wrong that I see
I can't look away from the evil in me.
I can't look away from the beauty in nature
I can't look away from you and I'm sure
I can't look away from this small block of tech
I can't look away from the marks on my neck.
I can't look away from the addiction I hide
I can't look away from the demon inside.
I can't look away from the trouble you cause
I can't look away from the blood on my paws.
Jan 6, 2014
Jan 6, 2014 at 4:47 PM UTC
She danced beside the fire
While he watched her from his position
The floor glowing like hot coals
And resonating in their glistering eyes
To make amends for her misfortune
He showered he with many pleasures
But the girl did not once hesitate
For she desired a luxurious life
As the embers turned to ash
With the ghostly crescent set in sky
The nightlife emerged from their rest
And danced to the sight of the moon
Dec 29, 2013
Dec 29, 2013 at 5:52 PM UTC
The white widow climbs
towards the crisp summit
Where the purple haze
Seeps off from the
Northern lights which
Shine bright up above
The many blue dreams
Of unhappy people.
Dec 28, 2013
Dec 28, 2013 at 11:24 PM UTC
A deep inhale
is all it takes
to feel the breath
of that which bakes .
Dec 28, 2013
Dec 28, 2013 at 11:17 PM UTC
We all seem to think that
No one cares
But in reality there might be
a whole team of supporters
just waiting in our corner
but we
Can't seem to see it
when our heads are clouded
by the
Smog of tomorrow
and then we
Lash out in disbelief
thinking that someone cares
is harder than it seems
but once it happens
bliss.
Dec 26, 2013
Dec 26, 2013 at 2:24 AM UTC
Tightly gripping the
back of my neck
like some barbed vine
******* the life from
my every thought
and action
Doubtful ideas pulsate
through my head like
the worries of a
midlife crisis
I should really
be getting to bed
Dec 26, 2013
Dec 26, 2013 at 2:19 AM UTC
Three crayons laid out
With no one in sight
Last time it was different
We had more at stake
There was more to this house
Something worth fighting for
There was more to me
Something worth living for
The day we came home
From the hospital cold
Inviting in our new guests
To share what we had
Dec 25, 2013
Dec 25, 2013 at 12:37 AM UTC