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henk-von-stockhausen
Dutch I'm an amerikan folk-punk musician living in the foothills of northern California. / I write music and poetry in the hopes of making people feel a little less alone.
I want you to take this match keep it close and when the time comes burn down everything in your path it's all wicker to your flame and if you leave them a single memory they will never remember your name carve yourself a giant from the remnants a diety to end all assure no descendants ascend from the ashes as cobblestone falls as steel and bones clash when all hope is gone it's you and that match.
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Feb 13, 2011
Feb 13, 2011 at 8:43 PM UTC
Sulphur
Sometimes I swear that I bleed cement because those stains just won't go away sometimes I wonder if I'll regret it but the scars won't show up for a few days but why live for the future when we could die for today? we're gonna regret it anyway so why bother to explain our rationality our statement our mentalities this pavement that speak our names will mark the heads upon our graves but it will all just move right on while these haunted sidewalks speak so we'll build a sidewalk with everything we bleed then we'll walk down the middle of the street and it would be nice if you join me tonight because together we're all we need no, it won't last forever but that doesn't matter So hey there gypsy don't you miss me It'll all be the same when you're back close your eyes only when you're able may your heartbeat rest upon the operating table cause no one can save us now not that we bothered asking not that we know how.
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Jan 30, 2011
Jan 30, 2011 at 9:41 PM UTC
City Sidewalks
I'd pull every ******* tooth out of my head if it would solve anything at all but I would just bleed and hurt more than I do it wouldn't stop the any of the withdrawls I hereby declare war on anything I've ever loved Which isn't a lot because I still haven't found that much worth speaking of so I'll just sit in my pile of teeth and blood and try to remember where these feeling come from If I could follow the roots all the way to the source of the problem then what's the point of existing? if it's all so simple so solve them if I knew who made me feel like this I would shake their hand and kiss their ring because that's the person that taught me how to sing how to write how to live what to die for though I may never find the origin of this sickness that's allright because that one person doesn't exist yet I hate the one that taught me to resist whoever you are one day you'll be the death of me and wherever you are I hope you're safe and breathing because I'll be the one to hear your last breath leaving and on that day you'll be buried with all the burdons that you've carried every storm you've braved will be right with you in that grave because no one really remembers the dead anyway bless your heart and **** your actions free your thoughts don't fear reaction live like you died yesterday not that it matters anyway because we'll all be dead soon too.
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Jan 12, 2011
Jan 12, 2011 at 2:01 PM UTC
Whoever you are...
The wires sprouting from my chest they protect my heart like it's covered by a kevlar vest and they run from my core all the way down to my feet and back up again to wrap me in a subtle need for solitude and solidarity it's all over there's nothing left to see I self-destructed and pulled myself together one too many times it seems because something is missing something is not as it should be So let's not focus on the past when we've got this bright future spitting in our faces and what's left to love? I find nothing worth speaking of until we learn to restore our trust we speak only lies and we breathe only dust and we're weakened by time until our figures disgust ourselves can we escape this hell? can we ever help? I'm trying to forget everything that I've felt and just start clean but we fiend for that opposition we all wanna see their rendition of us to peek at their position in this race to turn to rust But the sun will rise again and someday we'll all be free from ourselves I just hope we're here to find out if it happens I just hope we're here to find out if it works caus'e that's when we'll build our plan of action constructed from our blood, sweat, tears the dirt from our hands over the years I hope one day we forget to feed our fears
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Dec 29, 2010
Dec 29, 2010 at 6:29 PM UTC
Opposing Force
so you're drowning swimming in saliva to self richeous to let anybody help ya you'll never put your hand out for fear it'll get slapped down so the drain ***** you down a little bit more so the trumpets are sounding with the war drums surrounding and when I think about it now I'm glad you're drowning so let it overtake you let the floods consume you just try to get a clear view of the horizon before it falls so just forsake truth for the sake of being true and rest assured that no one will miss you wipe that black spot clear off of the map **** it all never look back I swear to god you'll just lose track of everything you've ever had and there's no guilt I won't feel bad cause you're dying anyway fading every day wasting away Sorry, but I have nothing left to say
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Dec 29, 2010
Dec 29, 2010 at 5:55 PM UTC
Loss for words
You're the reason I'm not breathin' alone again chainsmoking this evening away all I need is nicotine caffiene and self-loathing to make-believe I'm fine the drugs make me jittery and the hatred is comforting I know **** well the answer's in the roots this is about me but this is about you So don't call me to check up it just kills me a little more and if you're so ******* worried why didn't you say something before? I don't need your sympathy to wake up on a floor I don't recognize you call it addiction I call it coping passing out each night hoping it ends before I rise I pray to god you never hear these words because you'll laugh and nothing's ever hurt me more than that.
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Dec 27, 2010
Dec 27, 2010 at 1:09 AM UTC
Waste
Let's leave right now and never tell a soul pack some water and a shovel let's dig some new plot holes 'cause who would really miss us? who would even notice? you're down to take a risk I trust to put this **** in focus so let's leave tonight before the light creeps past the blinds before the world wakes up to find that we're gone that we're gone we'll get new names to replace the old ones 'cause I don't want a thing to hold on to and it can only get better there's nothing here for you let's leave right now Let's go we're done we're gone so long let's go life won't wait and if we miss the train we're gonna sink where we stand and i can't do that anymore than you can.
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Dec 27, 2010
Dec 27, 2010 at 12:59 AM UTC
We're gone.
We peel back the curtain for another early morning sermon you are my religion you're the devil but I'm never certain did we fall to lust? did we fail to trust? did we lie until our mouths rotted and filled with rust? the symbolism's heavy and the conversation's petty it's not worth your time don't even bother to forget me I'll crawl out of your head when I'm done If you only let me
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Dec 21, 2010
Dec 21, 2010 at 12:18 PM UTC
The congregation
Well i'm stayin up late every night and i've started to realize that this is why i feel so dead so let's get some sleep tonight and dream that we're all really free hopefully we'll recognize How stupid it is that we drink but we won't So let's drink to the though that we're free wonder if it's worth the trouble for anarchy whatever that means no one really knows but I guess it involves alcohol and noisy basement shows and I guess that means that it's something that's worth living for I don't trust it but It's better that whatever I had before so let's life for this if nothing more I'm sleeping in today before the sun starts to decay my bloodshot eyes and as that star rises I will fall into my ways to rest up for another night away but it's worth it just to say I'm sane just so we feel safe we all know the cycle just as well as we know you but now we've got some hope some spark to make it feel less true.
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Dec 19, 2010
Dec 19, 2010 at 11:32 PM UTC
Sleep
You're not alone you never were we all just lost you when you got hurt so welcome home I hope you've had a chance to grow to show us all that you can do it on your own I allways knew that you would make it you're so cold Now sit right down because you're mine to have and hold They x-rays get old we're not really so transparent you twist your crown of thorns upon your throne and with no shame you wear it you still have your pride and no one can take that away but that life's on the brink and could slip up anyday so live while you can as we watch the heavens fall to earth again and nothing really changes good god goodnight amen You're not alone you never were we all just lost you when you got hurt so welcome home I'm glad you made it out alive do you feel alright? do you feel revived? do you feel alone? do you need more time? should I stop asking all these god **** questions? The blood runs cold it all gets old it's nothing new and never will be we've seen it all before and we all know when you're unhappy so ******* say something don't waste our time you fell in love you didn't fall in line and don't worry you not crazy you're just lost You're not alone you never were we all just lost you when you got hurt so welcome home come take shelter we'll hide you from the rain whenever it must be tough in this bleak december but when you leave again i just hope that you remember you're not alone The scabs will all fall off but don't scratch you don't want scars you don't need any help reminding people who you are and when it's cold all the scar tissue turns white but you can't see it in the dark So just hide em one more night and hope it all just soaks within one day maybe good god goodnight amen
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Dec 19, 2010
Dec 19, 2010 at 11:12 PM UTC
GoodGod
You're not alone you never were we all just lost you when you got hurt so welcome home I hope you've had a chance to grow to show us all that you can do it on your own I allways knew that you would make it you're so cold Now sit right down because you're mine to have and hold They x-rays get old we're not really so transparent you twist your crown of thorns upon your throne and with no shame you wear it you still have your pride and no one can take that away but that life's on the brink and could slip up anyday so live while you can as we watch the heavens fall to earth again and nothing really changes good god goodnight amen You're not alone you never were we all just lost you when you got hurt so welcome home I'm glad you made it out alive do you feel alright? do you feel revived? do you feel alone? do you need more time? should I stop asking all these god **** questions? The blood runs cold it all gets old it's nothing new and never will be we've seen it all before and we all know when you're unhappy so ******* say something don't waste our time you fell in love you didn't fall in line and don't worry you not crazy you're just lost You're not alone you never were we all just lost you when you got hurt so welcome home come take shelter we'll hide you from the rain whenever it must be tough in this bleak december but when you leave again i just hope that you remember you're not alone The scabs will all fall off but don't scratch you don't want scars you don't need any help reminding people who you are and when it's cold all the scar tissue turns white but you can't see it in the dark So just hide em one more night and hope it all just soaks within one day maybe good god goodnight amen
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