BarelyABard

BarelyABard Apr 2013

I know how you feel.

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and you feel depressed but you really can't figure out why.
It feels like it may be one thing but the moment you fix it the feeling returns.
It is like you are running in circles trying to get away from something you can't see.
After a while it gets old and you just want to go to sleep.

Maybe you are picked on at work or at school.
Maybe you don't have friends and you wonder if something is wrong with you.
Maybe you just want the world to see you as something more than a tool to use.

I know how you feel.

And since I do, trust me when I say this.

You will be alright.

Everything will be alright.

I promise.

-Joshua

BarelyABard Apr 2013

It's not My Fault, Oh Wait... It Is.

I looked in the mirror, then shook my head in shame.
I keep pointing broken fingers but I'm the one to blame.
I heard a story yesterday about a man who died.
They say he pulled his heart out through his chest and placed an note inside.

I guess I'm not too different dear because I never see
the man with notes inside his chest will always be
a
shackled
me.

BarelyABard Apr 2013

What's Behind Me

There is a shore I stand on every day
and what's behind me?
Who can say.
A city of lights?
Music and gold?
A magnificent sight you must behold...
Or perhaps a forest of enchanted trees
that tell us riddles in whispered breeze.

But maybe behind me nothing exists
just branded coils that always persist...
To chain us to the past and leave
nothing but ghosts we can perceive.

I only see in front of me though, a sky of blue and mirrored below.
Whats behind me, none can say,
but I'll find out sailing back someday.

BarelyABard Apr 2013

Dear Hellopoetry, I Offer You... A Riddle

So I pose a a riddle to you fellow writers and readers. The correct answer will guarantee a surprise.

I am the answer and a question that keeps you up at night. If my existence is a reality then it is a mirror you stare into each day. I could be made of magic and I could be random neurons but either way Im made of you and walk around you like a ghost.

What am I?

-Joshua

BarelyABard Apr 2013

Am I An Outlet?

I must be filled with electrical outlets because people are constantly plugging in.

And my extension cord must be too short because I can never reach anyone else

BarelyABard Mar 2013

Just Not Fast Enough

I am running as fast as I can.
He is much faster and I ******* hate him for that.
I lead her to this cliff and told her to wait.
God ******.
I am so stupid.
He is three steps ahead of me and I am not moving any faster.
He reaches her and I watch them both go screaming over the edge down into the darkness.

I can still hear them screaming.

I stand here looking out into the distance and she is there next to me.
Well.
What used to be her.
She seems more steely than before and it is my fault.
I pulled her over the cliff and more than likely she will hate me forever.
I guess I deserve it.

Sometimes when you look back at the pain you have caused a person, you just wonder if something could have been done to stop it. The answer is always yes but whether you can do anything about it is the opposite.

All that is left is a scent.

BarelyABard Mar 2013

Discovery Above Yourself

I

I took a journey above myself one day and saw the trees below.
In scene by scene and well versed memories,
mistakes and beauty of the past consumed.
And though I know the past doesn't matter, I still took lessons and discovered three absolutes in this world.

wonder

love

and

freedom

If a map for my life exists, it abides in three words.

II

I took a journey above myself one day and saw the trees above.
In jaded laughter and menacing teeth bared,
a truth arose from former ashes.
And though I know the past doesn't matter, I still took lessons and discovered three absolutes in this world.

fear

doubt

and

anger

If a storm for my life exists, it abides in three words.

III

I took a journey above myself one day and just saw the trees.

*Nothing exists without an opposite,
and in that reality, you can find peace