Maybe I'm foolish
To trust the excuse
"I'm only human"
Just defies the truth
© Matthew Harlovic
Jul 15, 2021
Jul 15, 2021 at 10:46 PM UTC
I'm at one with nature
My learned behaviors
Once brought me to
A place full of anger
Love lost its flavor
When cost of labor
Cut deep like a razor
Hope was my anchor!
Lost in a temper,
The love for myself
Burned in the embers
I needed some help!
I turned to my friends
They heard what I said
The end wasn’t near
It was all in my head
Call it a figment
But who would’ve thought
A little mistake
Would leave me distraught
It seems I forgot
The cream of the crop
Can wither and rot
When the time’s not right
Caught in the spotlight
With nowhere to run
I pray, “Please God.
Help me out of this one”
I can’t see the path
You put me on
When the odds against me
Are slim to none
© Matthew Harlovic
Aug 3, 2020
Aug 3, 2020 at 10:57 AM UTC
I tried to cultivate a garden
When my world was burning.
The metaphor is simple:
I was working with no purpose.
© Matthew Harlovic
May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020 at 11:08 AM UTC
Ebb and flow, stepping stones
Learning how to "let it go"
All a part of how we grow
The feeling is incredible
Once you finally let it in
It becomes your medicine
A daily dose of hanging loose
Is something that I recommend
Used to be a pessimist
And my own nemesis
I know it sounds repetitive
But I focused on the negatives
Now when I reminisce
I think what was the benefit?
Well the answer is darkness
Comes before the exodus
© Matthew Harlovic
May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020 at 11:39 PM UTC
I’m tryna move on I’m tryna let go
but all I’m feeling is I’m better off left alone
I always set the tone for I’m set to explode
It goes, 3, 2, 1 of my episodes
© Matthew Harlovic
May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020 at 9:47 PM UTC
You profess to value all life
so you don't strike to ****
You hype the truth, and
gorge on the fear you instill
© Matthew Harlovic
Sep 24, 2019
Sep 24, 2019 at 3:01 PM UTC
People are like plants, they need care to live
to survive diseases and die peacefully.
We are looking for someone who will give
us the chance to be treated equally.
© Matthew Harlovic
Aug 30, 2019
Aug 30, 2019 at 4:18 PM UTC
the pervasiveness of this type of grief
is hard to comprehend: it's debilitating.
it's the first thing you think about when you wake up,
and it eats at you at varying levels of pain, and anger,
and sadness throughout the day.
onto year two.
jimmy i miss you.
© Matthew Harlovic
Aug 4, 2019
Aug 4, 2019 at 10:10 AM UTC
Aphrodite.
Ocean girl.
Bleach my bones.
Make 'em look like pearls.
© Matthew Harlovic
Jul 11, 2019
Jul 11, 2019 at 10:42 PM UTC
you owe me nothing.
yes, nothing at all
your nothingness owns me
and I await your call
© Matthew Harlovic
Jun 12, 2019
Jun 12, 2019 at 9:57 PM UTC