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Jeremy Bean Sep 2014
There is no secret
to my poetry
I'm just well versed
in exposing my feelings
to complete strangers
when they are just paper.
Jeremy Bean Nov 2014
Maybe it was insane
it may all be in vain
but given a second go
I'd do it all again the same
Jeremy Bean Aug 2013
I think I'm pretty sure
I could have it worse
but I can not ignore
that it still doesn't hurt

I can still force a smile
participate in wiles
but I'm without a purpose
to search for the worthwhile

I'll hide behind this mask
that's grown ugly and cracked
as long as you don't ask
what brought about this fact.

Holding to a secret
although everyone knows
this guise became my skin
I stretched around my bones.

Any peace of mind
stolen out of spite
an impossible bind
that has purloined my insight.
Jeremy Bean Aug 2014
I like to pretend
I no longer have a heart
but sometimes
I pull it out of the bottom drawer
and speak to it
just so it knows
that I know
its still there
and apologize
for all I have poured over it
to bury its existence
and all the times
I gave it to the undeserving
I make promises
that it will be freed again
someday
then safely tuck it away
and sneak back out of her house.
Jeremy Bean Jul 2014
The difference
between your failed relationships
and mine
Is that I am willing
to admit the fault being my own
instead of blaming
the opposite gender
in its entirety.
Jeremy Bean Sep 2014
Everyone wants to emulate their lives
like on television
fighting flaws
and protagonists
so we create them
as if our individual life
has meaning
in some sort of grandeur fashion
more than the next
doing the same
making their mark on the world
hoping it sparks a crater
the size of neuclear proportions
yet here I am facing
my own demons
without the greed of attention
and getting
the same incomplete result
if not less
must be all the selfishness
Jeremy Bean Feb 2014
I cant say its been awhile since Ive BEEN this drunk.
but I can say its been awhile since Ive FELT this drunk
as I hold one hand over one eye
and type with the other two
Jeremy Bean Aug 2014
I only hate you
because loving you
does no good
Jeremy Bean Jul 2013
With no hope for tomorrow
I drowned all my sorrows
seeking salvation
at the bottom of bottles
I chose shady ladies
to protect myself
from any love
that I possibly felt
surrounded myself
with who I thought were friends
until I only had empty arms to extend
I chose self destruction
to corner my hate
which only obstructed
my will to create

I'm no longer lost
I may still be searching
but letting go of all my wrongs
that I've been holding to for far too long
Jeremy Bean Nov 2017
Some people
learn to give up
yet survive
for years and years
their suicide
is slow
their certain death
hidden behind a smile
a laugh
a word of encouragement
as others **** away
the life they willingly give
as if they hold
some majestic secret
that everyone already knows.
Their acceptance
a prolonged curse
yet immediate blessing.
Jeremy Bean Feb 2015
I am picking up the pieces
of my hazy yesterdays
before my timeline ceases
with all I've broke along the way
Although I am a wreck
I know I tried my best
I laid the path in which I step
with stone my words are etched
Can you say the same?
Can you make such claim?
I stand by my decisions made
and I have no regrets.
Jeremy Bean Jan 2020
I'm a bi-product of an environment
that buys products
till the resource is spent
to eat drink and breathe paper
not vapor
not liquid
not Earth
not life
not Nature
To chase ghosts
and heed to celebrities
Who give toast
to excessive degeneracy
To change tides
for the evils that be
and hang sides
under veils of equality
Traverse a wasteland
of senseless information
Inert hands
given helpless stipulations
A negligent stare
over the horizon
that isnt burning to our backs
Jeremy Bean Sep 2021
Love is not enough
Love, is, not, enough
this is not a bluff
this flame in which you snuffed

Love is not enough
Love, is, not, enough
just too much to rough
I have broken its cuffs

Love is not enough
Love, is, not, enough
this final rebuff
cuts at every tuft
Jeremy Bean Sep 2015
I wouldn't have traded our time
For anything
But more.
Jeremy Bean Oct 2013
Im better, but Im worse
for it no longer hurts
nothing seems to work
these senses cant be nursed

I finally succeeded
emotion no longer needed
My resolve has been depleted
affections are defeated

So long I wish I lacked
now I only want them back
for the pain which I enthralled
was better than nothing at all
Jeremy Bean Aug 2013
How about *******,
how about that?
How about eat ****
from a ***** ******.

Ohh. . .
you want drama?
Ohh. . .
you want violence?

You want entertainment
at anothers expense?

Here is more **** for your eyelids
*****, *******, and ******* kids
Let me ***** your face with drivel
Skull-****** till my ***** a shrivel

Blow my head off
leave you riddled
something soft, you can to belittle.

Let me **** and moan for you
your attention brings my **** to spew
on the lovely **** of praise
this ******* idiotic age

Am I coming off as crass?
Shove it up your ***** ***.
Have a problem?
Go on, push me
your offense makes you a *****

What more obscenity could you want?

What have I forgot?

Ohh Yeah. . .

****.
Jeremy Bean Jul 2013
Im obsessed with sorrow
why cant I let things go?
I dont even know why
I follow the undertow

Made misery my maiden
but she has left me jaded
seeking out a light within
the darkness I created

Why is all I value
sold off to misfortune?
what am I to tell you
when the words I speak seem foreign

Seen so much
but feel so little
out of touch
clouded and riddled
Jeremy Bean Aug 2013
Perhaps I went too far
I have no excuse
nor any regret
for it led me to the truth
If I never took that step
that went beyond the line
I would still be left
with all the empty minds.
Jeremy Bean Sep 2013
Ohh whiskey,

I love you so
the feelings come
and you make them go
until you bring them back
tenfold
and I wish to fight with every soul.

Ohh whiskey,

Why do you treat me such way
like every woman I've chose to lay?
My father tried to steal me away
from his entire bloodline
you chose to slay

Ohh whiskey,

It can't just be the Irish in me.

You tear down the walls
as I write so enthralled
only to regret it all.
Jeremy Bean May 2014
Exactly what just happened?
I must have missed the memo
did we begin advertising
for wanna-be Longfellows?
I came here for inspiration
so many years before
now I feel such trepidation
towards hash tags and underscores

I guess in the end, we all attend
to selling out as ******.
At least I paid my money. .
where is the online store?
Jeremy Bean Sep 2014
I have actually changed
more than you know
so much, Im afraid
to let it show
I just can not help
that being with you
awakens old habits.
Jeremy Bean Jun 2013
I was willing once
to cast away distrust
for nothing in return
but a heart about to bust

I was willing once
to forgo disgust
but I have sat here far too long
only collecting dust

I was willing once
to long for your touch
but Ive been left so far behind
there is no point in such.

I was willing once
to call it only lust
but I've already said too much
about the love you left to rust
Jeremy Bean Sep 2013
My name wont be synonymous
with those who are oblivious
if you see not of my distrust
then you must not be one of us
Jeremy Bean May 2014
I knew I was far from perfect
  as were you
to everyone else
  when it came to
US
  I can not say
you were the girl of my dreams
  it would be an injustice to you
considering you surpassed
what I could imagine,
but I suppose despite
what we consider perfection
whatever our conception of it might be
remains to be imaginary
Jeremy Bean Sep 2014
She said she'd always love me
but obviously not enough
to do anything about it
and certainly not as much
as I have loved her

She said that I can find love
when I told her I wont
and maybe
she would be right
if I could stop
throwing all mine away
for her

So I'll bid adieu
Because I have to
Though it's not what
I want to do

I'll mosey down
this lonely path
because you're the best
I'll never have
Jeremy Bean Sep 2013
I think that maybe
it may be just me
maybe Im the one
who fails to see
maybe it is me
who is blaming all the others
afraid to be just another
prone to the tragedy
Running forward blindly
worried that maybe
he may be the only
and chooses to be lonely

maybe it is only me.
Jeremy Bean Feb 2016
With a poisonous past
the future
is the only antidote.
Jeremy Bean May 2015
My shell is peeling
making me feel exposed
naked
all because
I am opening
like a rose
but afraid
its petals will fall too soon
to the harsh conditions
of this world
With icy apathy
neurotic neglect
and scorching storm
crashing against
the rock hard surface
of my own creation
cracking
yet unwavering
far longer
than it should have
but with it
evolution
ready to share
part of me
with the world
like a dead dandelion
scattering its seeds with the wind
Jeremy Bean Aug 2016
All I can do
is watch
the distance grow farther.
Jeremy Bean Aug 2013
I know my heart is good
even if my mind is twisted
Which is why I've stood
in this awkward position
I feel like the moon
in the daytime sky
a sight to question why
it belongs to the night
Jeremy Bean Jun 2014
I only envision you in my mind
  because I cant see you with my eyes
I'm only with you in my dreams
   because its not a reality
I only hold you in my heart
  for our reach is just too far apart
Maybe I should let it go
  these memories become my throes

   Yet still they seem to make me whole.
just as they did so long ago
Jeremy Bean Jul 2013
I fell for you
but fell too long
you let me hit bottom
now the feeling is gone
Once I believed
its was an endless pit
rather suffer impact
than more of your ****
Jeremy Bean Nov 2015
Twice as bright
half as long
great for those
who don't belong.
Who would want to
on this stage?
Plagiarized
and overplayed
Overwelcoming
its stay
Upon this
obvious
fixed game.
Jeremy Bean Sep 2017
Flooded
entombed
perhaps even doomed
this place no longer
holds the magic
which I once consumed
drowning in simplicity
an undertow of redundancy
Where do I go
when its no longer home to me?
How much must one pay
to keep the vultures away?
Jeremy Bean Oct 2013
This disconnected census
is masterfully oblivious
there is no comfort in listlessness
while drowning in indifference
Chemically imbalanced
any chance at repentance
in any single instance
is subtly dismissed
as I crush my heart inside my fist
while feigning interest.
Jeremy Bean Jan 2015
I always followed
whats in my heart
not my wallet
Jeremy Bean Apr 2017
I said I'd go through hell for you
And that's just where I went
to return and find you gone
After my sentence was spent
Who was right?
Who was wrong?
I guess I'll never know
As I carry with me
That journey down below.
Jeremy Bean Oct 2014
The words escape me
I can't describe
What feelings left?
Which still subside?
The love I used to write about
Fell silent after years of doubt.
My mind has finally won the war
Against what my heart has fought for.
I'm moving on, in hopes to find
One more deserving of my time
Jeremy Bean Oct 2014
Death stands on my doorstep
but hes afraid to knock
He sees just what
I have endured
as I contest his spot
I test his spine, as he has mine
time and time again
he knows I do not wait in line
because hes become my friend
I have kept his company
which he did not expect
seems as if my disrespect
has gained respect of him
I've learned his secret long ago
and threw it to the wind
the good die young
the bad die old
indifference to sin.
Jeremy Bean Sep 2014
I know
it was silly of me
to actually let you
lead me to believe
I deserved a girl like you
you overestimated me
I led you to think
I could handle your wiles
That I accepted them
floating through life
with a smirk
and I did
for awhile
learning to play the ****
I just thought
I met another
feral animal
My only problem
is you kept coming back
you kept coming back
coming back
back. . . back.
Why?
Or leave for that matter?
Did I not bite your neck hard enough,
was my pebble too coarse?
Were my colors too dull?
Did my stance lack aggression?
I gave you every chance in the world
to run
free into the wilderness
the Arctic
but you always went back to your Zoo
didnt you?
Why?
You know why I love you?
The honest truth. . .
your beauty
is for another ******* poem
it was because
you were the only
with the intelligence
to know not to come back
but you always did.
Even when
it wasnt how I wished it to be
I always knew
you would come back
and I guess
this is supposed to tie into penguins and wolves
or some ****.
Jeremy Bean Dec 2015
Bend it till it breaks
Use it till its gone
people, places, objects
pummeled in our palms

Value losing virtue
Appreciation, depreciating
Death hovers above you
Bony fingers reach for greeting

So work it till its worthless
then cast it away
people, places, objects
treated all the same.
Jeremy Bean Jan 2014
This thick skin
has grown heavy to carry
I am not equipped
to act as Im uncaring

I long for the warmth
my fiery passions once provided
as my heart grows cold
and my outlook one sided

I **** at the smoldering coals
trying to rekindle a flame
in my soul
any flame. . .

of which I could not tame
Jeremy Bean Sep 2014
What once burnt bright as the sun
is now but a flicker in the wind
at the **** end of a candle.
Jeremy Bean Aug 2013
Tried cutting you away
I thought Id be okay
but the pain still remains
and I'm bleeding profusely

Amputation
was no solution
now that its gone
there is only more confusion

Pins and needles
needles and pins
I can still feel you
like a phantom limb

I peeled away the scab
and still found you underneath
tried bleeding you away
but it only made me weak

Now dissected
and disconnected
way too restless
to correct this

Pins and needles
needles and pins
I can still feel you
like a phantom limb

You didn't need to cut into me
just to see what I held inside
I would of gave if freely
there never was a price

Pins and Needles
needles and pins
when does it end now
Where did it begin?
Jeremy Bean Aug 2017
Doesn't matter
what side of the wing you are on
if the bird is sick,
you all hit the ground together.
You are the mites,
biting away
at its already ruffled feathers.
or the fleas
feasting on its anemic flesh
and its invisible cage
is just big enough
for you
to make a choice.
Jeremy Bean May 2014
Dont make me conform to #hashtags

I dont want to have to spell out the portrayal of #thefuckingpoem

I want it to invoke whatever feelings they may #discernfromit

Not #spellitoutforthem

#love #pain #fun #disdain #**** #this #thoughtless #game
Jeremy Bean Nov 2017
Large
eloquent
words
with attempts
to show
big emotion
scattered
with small words
to drive it home.
Jeremy Bean Feb 2019
I like beautiful words
for ugly truths
Whats your excuse?
Jeremy Bean Feb 2013
Poets of pretentiousness
say my poems are ****
they think emotions lie inside
large words that no one gets

Poets of Pretentiousness
say the shoe doesnt fit
watching them contort their feet
to walk within their niche.
Jeremy Bean Dec 2015
I always found
vulgarity endearing
Because *******
That's why
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