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greg-obrecht
Every day I’m Under Pressure Like there’s a Bowie knife at my neck Held by the Queen as she strokes her pet Cheshire I feel so lost I’m stranded on an island Trying to guess the weather Like the Professor But whatever I’ll keep digging for my treasure The oppressor Tries to securely hold me down On a stretcher God bless her But the measure of a man is not judged on whether he falls down It’s if he gives up and stays there forever I take great pleasure In being the aggressor And annoyingly laughing in her face Like Fran Drescher Every day I try to find a better feather To flock with But this god **** cold weather Keeps me grounded Like I’m tethered One day On the wings of a zephyr I’ll take a flight That takes me home To visit with John Denver
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Apr 30, 2023
Apr 30, 2023 at 2:45 PM UTC
Under Pressure
They came at me from all angles Mortals and angels But I’m still standing despite all the dangers Heisenberg tried with his ricin beans Stood toe to toe with Tyson when he was lean and mean Knocked out Grandpa Joe when he began to sing But now it’s time for the final battle Gonna make the heavens rattle I’ll **** you like cattle Until you finally respond on God TV channel There’s a reason you stay shrouded behind a cloud You ain’t so proud and loud now Your creation has crowded out anything from the natural world So put em up, Boomer I ain’t afraid of you You’re just a preacher teaching doom and gloom Behind a curtain But I’m pretty certain That you’d **** yourself if Toto entered the room Oh so no response from you Just looking on from the great beyond All nonchalant While the great buffoon from Amazon Booked a flight to space with no remorse Of course you can’t solve all of our problems I’ll pay you some homage You gave us awesome knowledge But we’re more interested in the dollar So as long as our wallets remain bottomless We thoughtlessly toss toxins at the jobless But we do solemnly swear That we’ll do the planet a solid Before Rome’s columns have fallen But it’s a promise that smells like rotten *******
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Aug 2, 2021
Aug 2, 2021 at 11:28 PM UTC
Mortals and Angels
My radar didn’t detect A shred of evidence That our relationship was wrecked Like a ship swept away by am immense sea behemoth I tried to tread water Like a feckless idiot Left adrift breathlessly helpless off the coast of Texas Most of our relationship Was a desperate attempt To stave off relentless loneliness Like Elvis felt after spending hellish hours on stage gyrating his pelvis Now your pillow is scentless You said our love was endless A Celtic necklace placed on the velvet It’s time to draw my lance and end this with senseless violence
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Jul 27, 2021
Jul 27, 2021 at 2:17 PM UTC
Senseless
All day Wrestling with my emotions Can’t get off the mat Deafening questions bounce of the walls Menacing intentions as I step down the hall My obsession with depression Has slowed my progression I scheduled a therapy session But I canceled at seven With acute indigestion Don’t confuse my excuse for being aloof Like a spider I’m a recluse Fighting the urge to drink all the ***** The burden of proof falls squarely on you
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Jul 21, 2021
Jul 21, 2021 at 1:05 PM UTC
Burden Of Proof
The day that I lost you I lost a piece of me Like when we lost Layne It started to rain Now I sit at your grave and weep Experiencing phantom pain Random ocean waves of emotion Flood over me Bro we were blood Forever destined to be But now here’s your final resting place Where’s my saving grace? In my mind I can barely remember your face I can’t believe you won the race To the ******* pearly gates It was supposed to be me Who took the early journey To feel hell’s eternal fury But I’m still here A complete ******* disgrace I’ll always shoulder this heavy weight Pushing that boulder day to day That’s my Sisyphean fate.
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Jul 2, 2021
Jul 2, 2021 at 6:17 PM UTC
June 7 2004
Cheek pressed against the floor Squinting into the darkness Thinking I just saw glinting eyes Really no surprise to me That demon’s been hiding Ever since my drinking days Biding his time until I showed Just a little bit of weakness Now’s not the time to freak out Old memories start to leak out My sobriety is in jeopardy A drink would be like a bullet to the head Just like Kennedy I thought those 12 steps mended me At least that’s what was portended to be No offense intended But I’m still ******* tormented
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Jun 13, 2021
Jun 13, 2021 at 7:28 AM UTC
Demons
When I die Take a moment to smile Laugh Or even cry Brighten my day with obligatory stories About our glory days When we’d crush our opponent on the field Then after the game Speed away The only things we needed were a full tank Great tunes And a sixer between our legs Some of you may remember how I used to brag That I was so clever Taking any numbers the presenter fed into my membrane center Processing them like a human calculator   Boggling and dazzling any onlookers present Maybe you wonder if I hold any resentment Since I didn’t take the path of least resistance I tried to coexist within a twisted system Make my way without viciously winning But I just became another statistic Beaten down by the sadistic traditions of Satan’s assistants  Now at least I’m at peace resting in pieces Deceased but no longer diseased Relieved and pleased that I had my chance to breathe Before I leave And Take the final eternal leap Please keep in mind Death is always creeping behind The Reaper with a signed lease Yearning to drag you to infernal sleep
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Jun 8, 2021
Jun 8, 2021 at 8:07 PM UTC
When I Die
God is made in my image A man full of fear Grimacing as my looks diminish The one I see in the mirror God is made in my image A skittish sinning queer Swimming in a sea of despair Shaking behind this veneer God is made in my image A fine vintage of yesteryear Winning a high percentage Pillaging villages on this sphere
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May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021 at 2:55 PM UTC
God Is Made In My Image
Friends until the end they say But they twist and bend That word Like blazing hot iron Until they can defend Looking to the sky and whistling When you shuffle by you still miss them I muzzle myself without raising a question. Do that enough times you’ll go crazy But here in fantasy land y’all still praise me I’ll say this as affably as I can convey Stay the **** away from me Before I start lobbing grenades your way I’m done articulating Or trying to persuade anyone To be my friend Until the end
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Apr 26, 2021
Apr 26, 2021 at 1:49 PM UTC
Friends Until The End
So here’s my confession I grabbed a bottle of pills and 750 mils of Crystal Head To cure all my ills But I woke up a zombie instead Waves of emotions swept over me like a tsunami Threadbare sanity was lost to existential dread Like when Hannity wept when Biden was too far ahead. The pain in my head kept spreading I couldn’t explain why So I grabbed a ******* drill Shrill voices and ghosts evacuated my head I was turned inside out, raw and red Still all my choices reverberated in the hills So I went back to the lab With my pen and pad Clickety clack clickety clack My thumb hit that button Monotonous motion Trying to extract From a bottomless stack Numb emotions that I volleyed forth and back Silly me seriously thought Spilling black ink deliriously Would be better than being cast away in a padded pen
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Feb 12, 2021
Feb 12, 2021 at 6:32 PM UTC
Restless Pen