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490 · Jan 2017
What I Do is Mine
Brett Palmero Jan 2017
I am no one

There is nothing special
About those before me
Their lives not crucial
To life's grand scheme

I will not inherit money
That is of notable size
Humble was my family
Nothing left for surprise

There is no fate or destiny
That makes me important
To help nurture society
My life had no intent

I am just an average person
No secrets waiting in store
What I know to be certain
I am me and nothing more

This means no path is set
Whatever I choose to do
All the challenges I've met
Is truly mine through and through

All I may accomplish alone
Whatever I may become
I can truly call my own
And really go from no one

To someone
I got the inspiration for this poem from a comic strip with a boy and his dying mother. If anyone knows the comic, please PM, so I can give credit where credit is due.
487 · Aug 2016
Silent Sounds
Brett Palmero Aug 2016
Tick Tock
Clock hands move on

Drip Drop
Rain falls down

Scritch Scratch
My heart drawn

Tip Tap*
I wait till you're back around
In utter silence, just the thought of you can bring life to my world.
486 · May 2017
For Honor
Brett Palmero May 2017
My body spins
As it enters a battle
One where no one wins
Each swing a struggle

The swords clang and clatter
While we fight and scream
Glory or pain, it doesn't matter
It's all hazy, like a dream

As the battle goes on
Reason is lost in this fight
In this war all there is,
Is an enemy in sight

So why do we shed blood
And hurt others without cause
Push them into the mud
And **** without pause?

Because it's not about us
Or the enemies in the fray
It's about those who trust
That we'll return safely one day
Inspired by the game For Honor created by Ubisoft
485 · Jun 2016
Life's Mask
Brett Palmero Jun 2016
I put on a mask that differs from reality
So I can become someone I’m not
I say “I’m afraid of how they’ll judge the real me”
But actually the person I was I forgot
So I choose to forge a new image
Whatever I was before has been lost
The person before is unneeded baggage
Forward I move, a new world crossed
I laugh and am happier than before
This mask has given me a new life
No longer is living a pain, a chore
Yet beneath the mask is strife
I go to take off the mask, ready for disgrace
But find only the touch of my own face
477 · Jun 2016
The Jabberwock
Brett Palmero Jun 2016
He comes ever closer,
To hunt and ****, a monster like no other
Down in the Tulgey Woods he hides and waits
Dark as night and evil as death he follows
"The claws that catch and the jaws that bite"
Those who venture are sure given a fright,
All dare not walk the woods in fear of sure death
All but one who took up his blade,
And braved the beast no longer afraid
473 · Nov 2016
I'll Be Fine
Brett Palmero Nov 2016
Worry is always on mind
Will she like me back?
Will my grade be fine?
Is this the day I crack?
Life is always so busy
I can't find time to relax
All these problems, I'm dizzy
On my mind it does tax
But then I realize
Life's pretty **** great
As long as I open my eyes
My life is mine to dictate
Pressure may rise in my blood
Yet I always hear, "You'll be fine, bud"
Jacque
457 · Feb 2018
Walk
Brett Palmero Feb 2018
If I walk a thousand miles
Without looking back
And admiring every step

Have I even moved?
437 · Jul 2016
Shatter Like Glass
Brett Palmero Jul 2016
I hear them like the wind
They whistle pain and terror
I always feel like I sinned
Like my life is an error
Making me hide behind a mask
Shatter these voices like glass

They tell me she doesn’t love me
And that one mistake and it’s over
Sending me off, lost at sea
But I know she is my true lover
My relief from life’s lambaste
Shatter these voices like glass

More they whisper that I am alone
That my friends lie and are fake
But I know not to listen to this drone
Because to their words I awake
Realizing life isn’t some hellish task
Shatter these voices like glass

Imbecile! Idiot! Failure! Wrong!
I hear them scream causing conflict
But really I realize that all along
I don’t need to be perfect
For I am a human who does matter
Perfect glass I choose to SHATTER!
All my life I've thought I had to be perfect for everyone because if I wasn't they'd forget the love me back. Ironically I was tryharding at life. With the help of those who love me I realize love isn't that fickle. I had these voices who would tell me I was making mistakes every step of the way and coupled with my perfectionism, I ended up breaking. Those voices are from perfect sculptures of glass that I tried to be but I know better.
435 · May 2016
Carnival
Brett Palmero May 2016
Together they march
Towards a battle of theirs
Some ready and strong
Others feeling like it's wrong

Here comes the enemy
Swords out, bows drawn
The clash begins, metal rings
Now death the angel sings

What started the fighting?
Is it our fault or theirs?
Why spill brother’s blood
And then lay sisters in the mud

A sword in the ground
A mother’s love now sorrow
An arrow through the head
A father’s pride let go

We fight and **** without cause
Playing as God’s executioner
****** not justified
Life and love denied

We’re all the same
Born to live and prosper
It’s all a fight for survival
A **** deadman’s carnival

It’s for the entertainment
For ourselves and each other
To spill the blood of humans
And all for one’s amusement

A leader lamenting his defeat
A catastrophe begins to commence
A ruler grinning and laughing
A body unknown, life worthless
423 · Jun 2016
Black Rainbow
Brett Palmero Jun 2016
Blue was the sky above
The wind, warm and gentle
Clouds white in flight like a dove
A day to feel sentimental
There is a sudden, shocked outcry
Black rainbow across the sky

After the rain there should be colour
From the sun’s awakening light
But the sky turns red, beginning to suffer
An arch of darkness caused this blight
Clouds fade away, no longer to fly
Black rainbow across the sky

The onlookers can't look away
Raptured by the darkness that has spread
Despite their fear and dismay
They continue to look at the rainbow, dead
A grim scene plays out above on high
Black rainbow across the sky

The day they all wanted and waited for
Has disappeared before their eyes
The arch above them, out like a sore
Reaches end to end, it no longer tries
To spread out more and continue to dye
Black rainbow across the sky

Now stands two pillars of black
And a red sky for all to see
But nothing else came from the attack
The day was normal, over was the spree
But people were still mad, wanting to cry
Black rainbow across the sky

Really nothing was wrong at all
It was a simple change of scenery
But people can't handle change, big or small
They hated the idea of a kink in their machinery
It's hard to be yourself, to think, and to defy
To be the black rainbow across the sky
419 · Nov 2018
Impact
Brett Palmero Nov 2018
Why just rise
When you can ascend
Words we cry
So much meaning to lend

Impact is our goal
To leave craters
All in your soul
With words greater

Don't say what you mean
Mean what you say
Do more than dream
Go beyond pray

Go be heard
Listeners listen
Here is my word
I'm done wishing

Each word impacting
So fast, no friction
Before you even reacting
To my brilliant diction
Uhhh dunno
404 · Jun 2016
Moving along the Current
Brett Palmero Jun 2016
A leaf needing to the found
Is picked up by the breeze
The leaf now safe and sound
The wind continues, moving with ease
Dancing with the leaves
Like a current, my body weaves

Through the sky it flows
Not caring about who sees
Twirls and spins as she goes
Free of pain and disease
Ready to fly, an idea it conceives
Like a current, my body moves

It starts down to the ocean
To help move ships
Its moves creating a commotion
The onlookers awed by the tricks
Elegant and graceful, it perceives
Like a current, my body moves

It flows, stepping around gracefully
Each movement made with passion
A dancer at heart we see truly
No second thought in action
In each gesture she believes
Like a current, my body moves
403 · Dec 2016
Tiger Soul
Brett Palmero Dec 2016
A tiger never has fear
Its roar is one of power
Its path you must clear
Or else you, it shall devour
My own fear, I want to control
I want to have a tiger's soul

A tiger always has courage
To take on any challenge
No matter the disadvantage
It will find a way to manage
With this, I could achieve any goal
I want to have a tiger's soul

A tiger is always known
It's a predator respected
Reputation fully grown
In it's roar, pride reflected
Never again hiding as a mole
I want to have a tiger's soul

A tiger is what I want to be
Someone I can be proud of
But really I need to be free
Who I am, I need to love
I will to become the tiger
Passion burning, soul on fire
391 · Feb 2019
Making It Matter
Brett Palmero Feb 2019
We go through each day
Wondering our purpose
Some ponder, others pray
Few actually sate this lust

These few don't look
They don't search forever
For their meaning in a book
Or their reason in another

These are few souls
That take what they possess
Their passion and goals
And make it their purpose
384 · Jun 2016
Drowning on Land
Brett Palmero Jun 2016
I can’t help but drown on land
Weighed down by the little things
The negativity that’s insignificant as sand
Its voices pulling on my mind with strings
I continue to fall deeper under the water
No chance of coming back
One small comment and I fall further
The inky darkness of pain almost black
All the support and praise washed away
By one perspective as naive as mine
To dwell on this makes life grey
It hurts and pains, but I say I’m fine
When really I can barely stand up
Yet I refuse to say no, to give up
I don't even know. It sounded kinda cool
375 · Jun 2017
Invisible
Brett Palmero Jun 2017
All of these eyes on me
I want to disappear
With nothing to see
But still be here

I can feel the taping
As messages are sending
All the cameras snapping
The eyes never relenting

How can I be guided
When I can't find closure
By getting reminded
Of all my failures

Everything is permanent
And I can't escape
When I'm sinking in concrete
With everyone on tape

I want to disappear
And live how I want to
I want to live freer
Act in a way that's true
Isaac / Ben
370 · Nov 2016
Forgotten Memories
Brett Palmero Nov 2016
When I look back
My life is in two
Joy, I never lack
Despair never new

Times I'd rather keep
Moments I want to last
Yet I can't sleep
Over pains of the past

So I choose to forget
The times that were misery
Ones I always regret
Better left to a mystery

And all that's left
Is what defines me
The parts that are best
Are what I choose to be
Sarah / Gazzaniga
370 · Jan 2017
The Brink
Brett Palmero Jan 2017
I see nothing beyond
No turning around
All life is withdrawn
The bottom not found
My stomache will sink
As I am pushed to the brink

Despite being so close
I still want to fight
The end nobody knows
I move with death in sight
Out comes survival instinct
As I am pushed to the brink

Suddenly I begin to fall
The air is rushing me
Life is beginning to stall
The end is here finally
Yet I can't help but think
As I am pushed to the brink

I grasp for anything
Because I'm not done yet
Can't just let death win
Still too much regret
I refuse death's drink
As I climb from the brink
370 · May 2016
Descent
Brett Palmero May 2016
Sky clean as glass
Night draws near
Here comes the ball of gas
Shining bright and clear
Yet above it feels so confining
Dying star keep shining

There is no meaning
To stay alive and lit
Why do I keep seeking
When there is no real fit
I feel the need to begin dying
Dying star keep shining

I can’t give light
As my strength goes
I give into sadness’ blight
And discover all my woes
The glow starts falling
Dying star keep shining

My body is all that’s left
Those around me scream
But I can’t help but be deaf
To those who dream
My life is ending
Dying star keep shining

This is meant to be
For all those who grow
To run and to flee
From their own show
Yet here I can’t stop smiling
Dying star keep shining

I continue this descent
Into darkness and pain
Am I ready for this torment?
I have nothing left to gain
But I can’t stop dreaming
Dying star keep shining

I see the stars around
They fall as one together
Here they come to surround
They are warm and soft as feather
I am almost done falling
Dying star keep shining

We begin the last couple miles
Till the surface and us collides
Those around me continue their smiles
Ready to be my guides
I die but keep believing
Dying star keep living
368 · Jun 2016
Winter's White
Brett Palmero Jun 2016
The last season of the year
Cold and harsh at first glance,
The land white and clear
The snow flies around as if in dance,
Feel the chill of the air, cool and crisp
The sun shines bright yet we feel cold,
The wind blows almost speaking with a lisp
The trees white, stories untold
A season to reflect, to ponder
Light shines down, the white scene lit
A time to play in a land of wonder
Snow a tool for imagination, to show spirit
Wait to see what each day will bring
While others just wait for Spring
Old poem that is actually pretty good O.o
362 · Mar 2017
It's Easy Pt 4
Brett Palmero Mar 2017
It's easy to forget
That there's good in the world
When all we're shown is the problems

It's easy to realize
There's evil in the world
When we're taught only to fight it

It's easy to ignore
That enemies are people too
When we paint them as monsters

It's easy to pretend
Like what we're doing is good
When we think we're always right

It's hard to remember
That to bring people together
You need to learn to love them
Isaac / Ben
361 · Jun 2016
Our Gaps
Brett Palmero Jun 2016
A great divide between us
A bridge broken and battered
A love stronger than lust
A hope cracked and shattered

We look across the gap wide and deep
A gap so wide we can't see each other
The other person across scared, waiting
But a feeling of belonging, translating

How did this gap even get here?
Who made it so we can't feel one another
So that we can't love and hold
Each other's lives we want to mold

A bridge we must cross together
A meeting in the middle, two souls
A fear of falling into the ether
A connection to fill in the holes

We begin our walk to the other side
The bridge swaying, creaking as we walk
People follow so we don't go alone
All of us looking for our own home

Then the bridge breaks and we all fall
Going down we scream and cry
As we fall we grasp at what we can
Hoping our lives are more than sand

A gasp of fear and pain
A hand in mine holding tight
A darkness my soul it will stain
A light made by love, creates flight
Not my best. Wrote this in the middle of my chemistry class because equilibrium is lost on me.
358 · Jun 2016
Lost and Gone
Brett Palmero Jun 2016
Following friends and family one moment
Next alone in a crowd,
Where have they gone, what have I done?
What can I do, where can I go?
Spin in circles hoping for a glimpse
Lost and alone I wander,
As I walk people laugh and have fun
I can do that no longer, not here
For I am lost and can't find my way
358 · Dec 2016
No Pain
Brett Palmero Dec 2016
Life always somehow hurted
But I have lost all feeling
My emotions I find deserted
So much my mind is reeling
I feel my soul begin to wane
As I realize, I feel no pain

There are times when my soul
Should be black and twisted
But I look and I find a hole
As if the agony never existed
Maybe I've become insane
Because I feel no pain

In my confusion I cut deep
To see if I am truly human
I look and blood begins to seep
Feel the cut where the knife ran
Yet no emotion I gain
Why do I feel no pain?

My mind should be suffering
And my soul should be broken
But all I hear are the leaves rustling
As I look for emotions unspoken
My mind begins to feel the strain
As I cannot fathom why I feel no pain

Life continue its cycle
And more times I should be hurt
But the pain becomes spiteful
Running then hiding in covert
I decide to not wrack my brain
And let it hide as I feel no pain
This is not a cry for help, please do not worry about me. I say this to my close friends who read my poetry. This is not how I truly feel in the slightest, but the idea was intriguing.
349 · Dec 2016
Winter's Song
Brett Palmero Dec 2016
I wake up to the darkness
The morning light was gone
Replaced with the lightness
Of snow during the dawn
The gentle flakes fall and spin
The trees covered in white
Oh how long it's been
Since such beauty was in sight
There's an inherent joyful feeling
When the snow finally arrives
Warm emotions send me reeling
A welcoming of cold into our lives
Because of the stillness of winter
I see beauty so amazing, I shiver
347 · Nov 2016
Molehills Over Mountains
Brett Palmero Nov 2016
The future awaits me
I can't wait for it
Success for all to see
But then I trip
Looking at a mountain
The peaks I was counting

On the ground I lay
The dirt I breath in
In a state of decay
Pondering my sin
Molehills I didn't inspect
At my feet I neglect

Living in the future
Causes death in the present
Our intentions pure
Still we have our descent
For the roots we forget
For dreams we don't have yet
Hajar
If you focus on the mountains ahead of you too much, you'll trip over the molehills at your feet. Don't forget your roots and to live in the present otherwise the future is meaningless.
346 · Mar 2017
It's Easy Pt. 3
Brett Palmero Mar 2017
It's easy to ask
What's wrong with people
When I'm not asking myself that

It's easy to bully
And put them down
When I am afraid of getting hurt

It's easy to blame home
And say it's my family's fault
When I'm not there to be loved

It's easy to punch
And say they deserved it
When I'm the one that deserves it

It's easy to not listen
And say they don't know
When really I'm the one lost

It's hard to stop
Lashing out at people
When people look at me

*like I'm a monster
#NoBullying Fists don't hurt people. People hurt people. Stop the problem before it starts. Talk to them.
338 · Oct 2016
Falling Prayer
Brett Palmero Oct 2016
Pushed off the cliff
I begin to fall
Beginning to drift
Waiting for the angel's call

The world rushes past me
As I begin to descend
Wind screaming wildly
Maybe this is my end

This dive is killer
My demise stalling
All of life is just filler
To hide the endless falling

The ground never hits
Realizing this isn't dying
I gain bliss
As I begin flying
Belle
337 · Jun 2016
Dreaming in Circles
Brett Palmero Jun 2016
Life is a cycle we follow, a dream
We fall asleep and wake as dust
Living lucidly, flowing down a stream
Our love for life revealed as lust
Life’s dream is nothing and painful
Why do we continue this circle?

Anything that goes up must come down
Like a bird we fly and relish freedom
But eventually we fall, our pain without sound
Like that we’re gone, a predicted outcome
If we all must wake up, life mortal
Why do we continue this circle?

Like a dream we have no control
We are dictated in body and mind
Falling down into an infinite hole
Here we live as if deaf and blind
Helpless like a flipped turtle
Why do we continue this circle?

This dream is a nightmare, I fear
But it doesn’t have to be if we choose
What happens is yours to commandeer
Take life by the reigns, there is nothing to lose
Death is but a stage to life eternal
So take your life and forge it’s cycle
333 · Oct 2016
Special To Those Around Me
Brett Palmero Oct 2016
What do I mean to others?
Am I given a second thought?
Maybe I'm a bother
Someone left to rot
Yet those around me smile
When they see me coming
They want me to stay a while
I don't understand the caring
The love they share
For a person like me
Is something I hold dear
A thing of true beauty
For incase I feel worthless
People will hold me regardless
Luana
333 · Mar 2017
Pages
Brett Palmero Mar 2017
I begin to write in a diary
My life in of itself
My day to day series
Of what I think of myself

One day the page is bleak
I write of no light
Of pain it reeks
A day of complete blight

I look at it after I'm done
My sorrow in black
It makes me want to run
And never look back

But then I go to bed
Before I make an emotional cage
The next day I awake
And turn the page
Kelsey
This idea literally came from my friend stepping on her notebook and complaining the page was *****.
323 · Nov 2016
Built on Lies
Brett Palmero Nov 2016
Someone asked me how I am
And I said I was okay
But that's part of my program
Actually the world looked gray
It's not always sad and bleak
Happiness is here and real
But okay is the answer they seek
No matter how I feel
This idea of always lying
Is what makes us move on
Our truth we are defying
We put on this disguise
Only truth is that we are defined by lies
320 · May 2017
Breath
Brett Palmero May 2017
Inhale
Exhale
One step
After the other

Inhale
Exhale
One moment
At a time

Inhale
Exhale
One day
And then another

Inhale
Exhale
Fail now
But keep trying

Inhale
Exhale
Wake up
And seize the day

Inhale
Exhale
Keep Breathing
And keep going
I dunno lol
314 · May 2016
Up the Mountain
Brett Palmero May 2016
A young girl falls and trips
Wounded but alive she continues
Couldn’t care less about life’s flips
Choosing a path, she follows
Animals hurrying to scatter
She says “Life does matter”

Up the mountain she goes
Strong and clear headed in every step
Smiling as the beauty around grows
She looks at the dew on the cob web
Everything connected, organized in manner
She says “Life does matter”

Close to the top she looks and sees
A world of beauty and hope untainted
Nature with its life and its trees
All together in one big portrait painted
The last couple steps like a ladder
She says “Life does matter”

Up above the clouds on high
Stands a girl victorious and complete
But already saying her goodbye
To the world up above the concrete
There was still more to do after
She says “Life does matter”
314 · Apr 2017
Can't Save Em All
Brett Palmero Apr 2017
Everyone falls down
But it's their choice
To go without a sound
Or have heard their voice

As friends it's our choice
To listen and help them
So we can later rejoice
That we saved a friend

But there are some
Who fall too far into the brink
To darkness they succumb
And we can't do anything

**but watch
Isaac / Kate
314 · May 2016
Falling Leaves
Brett Palmero May 2016
I hear something’s wrong
Whispered into my ears
Like a malevolent song
My heart caught by its lures
All around I see trees
Down go falling leaves

I hop from the ground
Wind whistling through
But I am caught by the sound
Of the darkness’ coup
Pain and disease
Down go falling leaves

Where does this lead?
A path not taken by most
But one I must heed
If I want to run from this ghost
The voice cuts and cleaves
Down go falling leaves

I arrive to see light
A clearing so clean
It can cleanse this blight
The darkness not seen
It's time for new beliefs
Down go falling leaves

A new song begins
One of clarity and calm
I hope for the sins
To be healed and gone
Music that weaves
Down go falling leaves

The notes start play
No longer sad and corrupt
I see a new day
A song saying Wake Up
My broken soul it relieves
Down go the falling leaves
310 · Apr 2017
We Rise
Brett Palmero Apr 2017
Fall down
We grasp at everything
But as we drown
We realize we have nothing

Climb back up
We continuously fight
Take each step even though
We barely see light

Walk a mile
We want to give up already
But we can't help but smile
At the progress we're making

Run toward the skies
We reach for the blue
And we rise
To enjoy the view
Isaac
305 · Feb 2017
Online
Brett Palmero Feb 2017
Some people say
That those I meet online
Will lead me astray
And are far from fine

Some people think
That those friends
Don't hold a real link
They are fake in the end

So I ask those people
"Why can't I imagine
a world without them?"
I have a lot of online friends I cherish. Never met them face to face, but that will never matter.
298 · Dec 2016
Be Someone
Brett Palmero Dec 2016
If I'm not proud of who I am
If I lost all my self worth
If I am a part of the program
If I ever curse my own birth

Then I change who I am
Then I make my own worth
Then I write the program
Then I cherish life given by birth

I will become someone
Who makes others proud
So when the day is done
I will say my name loud

And acknowledge my existence
As a part of this world
Even if I live only for an instance
*It was a life worth being told
Kate
291 · May 2016
Follow the Flow
Brett Palmero May 2016
Down the river the canoe floats
Under a clear sun and cool breeze
All the details the girl notes
Drawing the scene before her with ease
The fish swim under below
Let our journey follow the flow

Down the river approaches
A fork, a decision, a choice
The fear of it encroaches
But the driver hears a voice
“It doesn’t matter left or right we go”
Let our journey follow the flow

The fork comes faster and closer
Driver scared, can’t continue calm
A decision made now or never
Yet the artist continued to draw a palm
Don’t be filled with fear and woe
Let our journey follow the flow

And so they went left
The current pushing them this way
Poor driver still feeling stressed
The artist stood up, admired the day
For her art was done, quite the show
Let our journey follow the flow
279 · May 2016
Broken Fragments
Brett Palmero May 2016
Hundreds of battles until now
A broken and cracked sword
Fought, protected with all its might
Slaying enemies left and right

Is it time for a new one?
It’s just a tool, used to ****
Why would it matter, replaced?
Broken is a word sided with distaste

A blade now dull, sharpness gone
A hilt now scrap and crack
A warrior needing to move on
A need for a weapon on his back

He goes in search of new
What he finds is not his
Only the sword now broken
Is of his character, his token

Desperate he goes back
To the sword that broke
He knows it can be repaired
Their journey, not done being shared

A new blade sharp, steady
A hilt new but familiar
A duo back in the fight already
A sky lining now silver
Broken fixed renewed friendship
279 · Oct 2016
Don't Regret
Brett Palmero Oct 2016
I have too many regrets
In my mind they rage
These feelings I want to forget
Put me inside a cage

The past catches up
And rips apart the future
My feelings pileup
And I can't stop the torture

Then I open my eyes
The dawn is here
Beautiful is the sunrise
I never want it to disappear
276 · Nov 2017
Another Day
Brett Palmero Nov 2017
Even though
The night may be dark
You just need to weather it
Till the sun rises again

But sometimes
This is difficult
To see the light
Without it being there

To have faith
That it will get better
When you can only see
The black darkness

You may wonder
If there really is
A light at the end
A release after agony

But you have to
Keep going still
Despite the trials
Through the hardship

Because the only ones
Who stay in darkness
Are those who give up
And succumb to the abyss

All it takes
Is one step
After the other
To find the light

*Of another day
274 · Oct 2017
Demon
Brett Palmero Oct 2017
Your inner demons
They want to tempt you
Into being the only thing
That can hurt you

They want you to fall
A pit that has
No bottom
And no light

They want you to choose
A path that has
No right way
And no sky

They want you to destroy
A pillar that is
Made of motivation
And determination

They want you to become
The only thing that can hurt
You're own worst enemy
You without love

Without hope
Without morals
Without dreams

So become you
With dedication
And loyalty
Your own ally
274 · Apr 2017
Falling
Brett Palmero Apr 2017
If someone asked me,
What's the best part
About falling in love?

I'd say to them
It's the part when
Someone catches you
Kate
273 · Feb 2017
Weather
Brett Palmero Feb 2017
Gray sky above
Rain hitting the stones
Lost is the love
That warmed my bones

Wind swirling around
Leaves go up in flight
In this storm I found
My reason to fight

Snow is now falling
The cold wakes me
To a life worth living
One where I'm free

The sun is shining
The clouds up higher
Dreams are brimming
Passion on fire
The weather in Illinois changes too much
271 · Sep 2018
Fire
Brett Palmero Sep 2018
INCOMING!!!

Here comes the words
Right and left, they're swinging
Each truth you deserve
Even if your ears are ringing

Break ups, break downs
Each one hurting more
Never ending rounds
But giving up ain't yo core

Verse and verse
Line after line
You wanna go in reverse
But you don't lack spine

Each word leaving its impact
Eloquent and poisonous
No time to react
Until its pointless

Why is this spit fire
So bright and strong
Each full of desire
So much I wanna prove wrong

Here I come back
Can't see my passion
As my counter attack
Turns you to ashes
Learning about JayZ right now. I think his lines are real fire, so I had to put that emotion into words.
271 · Jul 2017
Typewriter
Brett Palmero Jul 2017
Click click click
Ding!

Click click click
Ding!

Click click click
Ding!

Goes the typewriter
Each letter pressed with purpose
Otherwise the letters are lighter
And the line losses earnest

Any mistake cannot be erased
Merely written over
The correct letter is paste
But the mistake still remains under

Each line manually changed
The writer can stop and start
But nothing can be rearranged
So each must line must contain heart

Click click click
Ding!

Click click click
Ding!

Click click click
Ding!
A typewriter embodies human nature more than one might think.
266 · Jan 2019
The Endless Moment
Brett Palmero Jan 2019
One moment in life
stops the coming knife
holding it together

The rest of it all
shatters our resolve
again, over and over

Maybe that one moment
ought to be permanent
if the rest doesn't matter
Inspired by Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover"
256 · Oct 2017
The Beast
Brett Palmero Oct 2017
Inside everyone
Is there own little beast
You, it seeks to own
It, you seek to best

This beast can be anything
From a wolf in shadows
To the void and what it may bring
Only you truly know

It comes at the worst times
To haunt your every move
It's voice chimes
So that at your worst, you lose

But the beast has no control
Of your actions and thoughts
It has no true role
In your do's and do not's

It is merely a voice
That you can listen to
Or use your choice
And bid it adieu
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