Have you ever tricked yourself into believing the force of your steps is what moves the world beneath you, and that your every breath is what pushes all the people away? It's true; you alone are all there is, and you are responsible for all that exists

Climb a tower,
Reach the top,
Be faced with three choices;
Remain at the peak alone,
Go back down the way you came,
Or accept adventure: jump and see where you can land

Nobody's perfect, but I am so much less than the rest

No matter what I try to do, it never seems good enough for you. One wrong move and you'll turn from gold to blue, and you'll leave me feeling angry, bitter, confused, and so very ******* used

It wouldn't matter if I didn't write, these words would still go unread by the people whose actions put them in my head

**** me now
Or do it later
Procrastinate a while
I won't mind
I'll eat dirt
When it is served

Why do we sit?
Why do we lie?
Why don't we stand?
Oh that's right, we'd die

I can live with being tired all the time, the reason why I can't get a good night's sleep is what's killing me

Swept up into a dream
The likes of which I'd never seen
Time when fast but we went slow
And nobody around us could have known
All the incredible and amazing places that we would see
We walked out the front door into another room
We looked behind us and saw that the distance grew
There we were so far from where we began
Both standing there, not alone, but hand in hand
Ready to face the impossible and unknown world again
We reach a window open it up
We climb out and were on a mountain top
From up here everyone can hear us now
And there's not a thing in this world that can bring us down

Your thoughts are like refugees, longing to find freedom and relief, from the mind they wish to flee
And they are also like martyrs, willing to fling themselves at death, wanting to prove they have meaning

Sometimes I wonder where we each would be, if you didn't decide you had to go, or if instead I was the one who chose to leave

I used to wish for slits through my wrists and a hole in my skull, but when the blood would start to flow, I wouldn't learn anything I didn't already know, and the pain did not go, it only slowly continued to grow with each mark I left to show

I used to get into fights, screaming bouts against the wind and the sky, but when the words in my throat would finally run dry, I'd realize I had only been shouting in the hope of reaching the soul trapped behind my eyes, to free him from the denial that coated each of my lies

You'd be better off leaving me for dead, because nobody can kick the voices from my head. They sit inside with chains tied to my throat and my brain, and anytime I try to pull away, they drag me back and hold me to the pain

Someday that heart of yours is going to get you killed, and the one you die for won't stay to foot the bill

A patient heart will always take the part of the one who's ready but will wait to start, because a single mistake may make it fall apart, so it would rather be left alone with a silent ache in the dark

Some will find this to be a surprise
Every morning a new sun will rise
With this gift of a new day
We must try not to say
Nothing is worth dying for
Sacrifice will leave you with less than before
But letting evil succede will leave you alone at the door
If you load the gun or tighten the noose
You're the only one with nothing to lose

Explosive silence
Bottled violence
A vile combination
A sizable complication
Thoughts unheard from a heart not conferred
Your actions will confine you if you let history define you

Never fall prey to the promises of government or economy
They'll make you pay for the air you inhale, and if you don't give it up they'll throw you in jail
Nobody should own what was here before our race, but some day soon they'll be selling us outer space

I just want to feel
Rain on my face
Cold under my clothes
A hand in mine
Will you feel me
Or can it only
Be a dream

Why is it we don't want to be alone
Yet we curse and reject those waiting for us at home
Why is it we want to live free
Yet we pay for the fruit hanging from the trees
Why is it so
I don't know
We live lives of senseless contradiction
Never are we happy yet we accept our position
Its as if we don't know what we need
So we'll live our lives while our hearts bleed

Say it with me
Pronounce each word with clarity
Scream the message into my open ears
Let the phrase slip off your velvet  tongue
Say it now while were both still young
Every time we try to speak
Our thoughts get twisted in a verbal trapeze
If only you could say what your heart desires
We'd find ourselves free from regrets raging pyres
Claimed by the madness we've both created
Indulging in fantasies for which we are hated
And its true our worlds are not so distant
So spit out what you're thinking this very instant

What do you see in the confines of that frame
Do you see a girl broken like the pane
She sees only the pieces molded by the pain
She looks into the glass and sees only the cracks
But what she fails to observe is the man at her back
She cannot sense that he loves despite what she lacks
Because as shattered as she feels he knows she is whole
And all that he wants is to show her he mirrors her soul
Because they are the same, separated only by the lines life has made

Wanton wagons wander through county center cemeteries where people purchase poison to nurture natures needs

Our lives were crossed at a beautiful intersection
And even now as we prepare to part
I still hold a piece of you in my heart
I'll never forget the lesson I've learned
The sun only dissapears because the world has turned
But soon enough it will rise again
And when it does we'll still be friends
I'll always be there if you come knock on my door
Thank you for showing me what life is for

Someday you may find yourself in a distant land, and you'll find You've forgotten the fear from which you ran, but now you're scared and alone without a hand to hold, and you're worried that you'll grow too old, and that nobody will want to take you in from the cold.

So you're on your own, you've made a new home, but you're still alone, and you can't remember what you had been told, so you scramble to show just how bold you are but you fold into pieces as the story goes on just the same as it always does

Time to make this mold new, out with the old for attempt number two, but make sure what you say you're going to is true, or you'll find yourself unable to be anything but blue

A moment alone
I feel so at home
Same old thoughts waiting by the fire
Same wasted future ready to expire
I'll meet them in midnight glow
Can't let anybody but you know

Last night I longed to hear your voice
I begged god to let me see you whole
I swore I'd give up my life for just one night
I would do anything for just a moment with your soul

I know you can see me
Sitting here in despair
I know a lot of things
Like I know that you don't care
And you can hear me screaming
Oh why won't you reply
You can stop listening now
My throat has bled dry

Sometimes this love develops a bitter taste, and it becomes a pretty tough pill to swallow, but I'm here looking to overdose and reach a higher place, so I'll open my mouth and choke down the whole ******* bottle

Its incredible what you can find when you reach out with closed eyes
And Its astounding what you can start when you touch another's heart
And so amazing are the places you'll see when you take a break from memory
And if you can let your love flow free you'll have everything you'll ever need

If you're gonna play this game you need to own a quick wit, because a real man knows his words are stronger than his fists, and you're as strong as any since you've yet to slit your wrists, so take the hope you hold and turn it into bliss

The sun is shining over all I see
There's a pleasant feeling falling over me
And though my mind still finds trouble soon I'll be set free
Set a course for the clouds amongst the cosmic sea
I'll find myself in a place of wonder atop the highest of trees
Nothing but space and time will be there to keep a hold of me

I don't want the world
I don't want your gold
All that I want / is to sit beside your throne
So here I wait / on the floor
And here I'll wait / forever more
There is nothing / of which I'm sure
Except that I / want to be yours

I'm a liar
It's what writers do
We make up stories
Because if we don't
We're afraid you'll think
Less of us for
The little lives we
Lead through our misery
Without the lies
We would have to be
The worst thing you see
We hate ourselves indiscriminately

I pledge allegiance, to the brands, that fund the disjoined state of america, and to the republic, too scared to stand, one hypocrisy, under god, all invisible, with indignity and with injustice for all

Customers come
Our concern in feigned
Customers leave
Of them we complain
News is on the televisions in our burrito shop
So customers can see reports of our competitors e. Coli outbreak
Someone asks if our steak can be cooked less
The answer is no
They leave without ordering
*Come again

I should publish a book, just so people can buy it and never read a single word
They can put it on their living room tables, and point it out when company comes over
"I read poetry, go open that book if you don't believe me" they'll say, and amazingly, when the book is opened, someone will know that their host is lying
Because if a person reads poetry, they would never buy my book

I'm sorry
If my words
Have not been what you want to hear
But I'm not sorry
If my words
Have reminded you of your own fear

We have all died at least once, and if you say you haven't, then you simply are too young to remember

When you manage to let go for just five seconds, you become five seconds more whole

Clouds look like islands, dotting the horizon, blanketing the ocean

Live for the sunrise, let every morning catch your eye

It's been a long time since you rocked alone, dancing in the dark, throwing all you've got to the wind and sky, asking for nothing in return, then having it all given back, yeah it's been such a long time since you loved where you were,
and it's so good to be back and you want to stay, but the sweetest things can't be sweet memories until you can say goodbye, just stay till sunrise then be on your way, and know you're welcome here anytime you want to drop by

Do not like this, because it is sad,
Sorry,
Weak,
And poorly put together
Please, do not praise this effort
It is empty, shallow, and uninspired
I am not a poet, I hope you know this
I am alive, and so very tired of spilling words like tears onto the shoulders of people I will never meet
But this is all I have, so be it terrible, lazy, and pathetic, it is all I have, even though it is not enough

Does anybody else ever feel as empty as I do?
No matter what I try, be it drugs or meditation, or simple self mutilation,
I never feel like the child I was born as, not a single easy day has passed
Since I was taught that the world just doesn't care, and it'll take what you love and laugh as you suffer there

There's a sound that been beating me deaf between my ears
It's a melody made by mixing madness, anxiety, and fear
It's a song that you're lucky you'll never have to hear
But if you know the tune then sing it loud and clear
And I'll welcome you into the madhouse that is this mind of mine

What can you do when your heart is confused, and your brain is battered and internally bruised, and despite all the hope you try to hold in your head, at the end of the day you still wish you were dead?

She is the earth, the moon, the planets, and the stars
And when I sit alone with her side by side in my car
I can feel for once that heaven isn't very far

I was told when I was young there's a little devil in everyone
You can't spit him out
You can't dry him up
Anything that you can try will only make him blink his eyes, And you'll **** yourself before he goes blind

Sometimes the things I say make no sense
But I find no bliss in my ignorance
I can't find myself or anybody to latch on to
I don't know where I am or why I had to go
(I still miss you so)

I am so lost
I cant get out
I forgot how

Hunger and exhaustion have worn me too long
No one has offered me a love to feed on
I've been hunting forever and my feet are bleeding
Someday soon my heart may finally stop beating
(So sick of breathing)

I am so lost
I cant get out
I forgot how

Everyone around me does their best to lead me along
But every hand I reach for pushes me to do wrong
Why must I act like everyone else except for who I am
How do I know if I'll be saved or if I'm doomed to be ******
(I am not what I say I am)