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 Mar 2014 Steve D'Beard
Sjr1000
Novices
Our love
stands on stilts
twisting weaving
struggling
to maintain balance
a strong wind
could tip us
a pulsating bass
could trip us.

Eye to eye
but yet
so
high
wobbling.

Trying to find
our footing
if we lean to close
we are bound
to
stumble and fall.

But your breath so sweet
kerosene
beneath my wooden feet
ignites
the fire
too hot to handle.
Have you ever tried
taking off
your clothes
when
eight feet high?

**** the stilts
she cried
and in
mid air embrace
rotating in ****** embrace
the stilts were gone
my legs were gone
circling each other
round and round
We fell
Calling for that
one true sound.

In simultaneous
bliss
a holler
a harkens
Link's Zelda song
a lightening storm
we screamed
for the sound
of our
exquisite joy
and
far too fast
we crashed
to the ground.
 Mar 2014 Steve D'Beard
Sjr1000
There is a constant mystery
which beckons me.

We go about our time
in
clickety clakity clarity
routine
clockwork puppets
marching in time
to
bad relationships
toxic jobs
frozen states of mind
wed to routine
married to the grind.

When a mild minor
barely alive flickering
a little flame
smaller than a bic lighter
ignites
and
the straight and narrow
develops
not just a *** hole or sinkhole
but
a geyser that shoots you out.

The next moment
you're taking your clothes out of the closet
walking out of an office with the meeting waiting
getting on a plane
lining up for a train
hopping in the car
Sayonara.

Revolution is in the air
the program has changed
you sit in that rocking chair
the last piece of furniture
in
an ending chapter
and
realizing
the previous moments of life
the identity of who you once were
is
dead and gone
all that had defined you is done.

This is the mystery
which speaks to me
in
deaths and resurrection
rebirth
what begins as a decision
becomes the riding
of
a wave
crashing
thrashing
heading for the sand
heading for the light
will I be all right
praying to Jesus
wondering
where you'll emerge
as melancholy
longing
displacement
excitement too
reigns
and
the change
the revolution concludes
and
you become
a
new form of you.
 Mar 2014 Steve D'Beard
Sjr1000
If your
expectations
are
in line with reality
no rejection.
All my little 10 W's are rules of the road,  wish I had thought of it sooner.
 Jan 2014 Steve D'Beard
carmen
lists
 Jan 2014 Steve D'Beard
carmen
I make lists
to organize my life into lines
on a page
some lists are for groceries
others for wishes
I make lists of "to do's"
for the satisfaction of crossing them off
I scribble thoughts onto paper in the late hours of the night
I make lots of lists
of things I'm grateful for
of goals still awaiting their accomplishment

to remind myself I exist

I guess it's also a form of obsessive compulsiveness
that comes with not knowing who you are
or being unsure of where you're going
I make lists
to slowly, deliberately, write myself into a person
cp
***
i
don't
have
a
steady
job
but
my
expenses
are
low,
you
could
say
that
i've
been
blessed
with
all of
what
i've
got
and
all
of
what
i know.

i
like
the
clothes
on
my
back
and
i
have
a nice
place
to live,
i've
got
friends
who
love
me,
because
you
see,
i get
as
good
as
i give,
ah- huh,
yes,
all
of
my
needs
are met,
and
it's
all
because
i
give
just
as
good
as i get.

i like
my
music
and
i like
my
wine,
i know
everything
will
work
out
alright,
whether
it's
pouring
rain,
or
the
weather
is fine,
i
will
be
leaving
all of
my
lonesome
troubles
oh
so
far
behind.

when
the
sun
goes
down
and
i am
ready
to rest,
i
call
out
for
my
baby
because
i know
that
she
will
give
me
her best.
oh yes,
my
baby
can be
a sweet
little thing,
she's a
real
free spirit
don't you know,
when
i call her
'sweetheart'
she
doesn't
crack
a smile,
and
'honey'
don't work
for
anything
anyhow.
when
i call
her
'babydoll'
it
doesn't
raise
the
roof,
but
when
she
calls
me
'god',
oh
my
'god',
that's
when
i get
my
proof.


© 2013
Real, but make believe.
 Jul 2013 Steve D'Beard
dania
society in the form of TV
telling me
what to buy
what to get
what to have

society in the form of magazines
telling me
what to look like
what to appear as
what to resemble

society in the form of movies
telling me
how i should act
how i should behave
how i should respond

society in the form of school
telling me
how to learn
how to understand
how to comprehend

society in the form of books
telling me
how to feel
how to relate
how to think

society in the form of society
telling me how to live
 Jul 2013 Steve D'Beard
dania
You are the ringing bells in my ears,
     A whispered inside-joke that no-one else hears.

You are the fleeting scent on my clothes,
     You are a daisy and a light pink rose.

You are the rising sun in LA,
      Eye-candy, for me, with each bright ray.

You are a smooth spot on a bumpy path,
    The bubbles in-between my fingers in a nice, warm bath.

You are a sour candy still classified as a sweet,
    
     I'm certain you'll be the greatest person I'll ever meet.
 Jul 2013 Steve D'Beard
dania
we are praying
by the day

we are hoping
to find the way

in a crowd
we are lost
open your mouth
speak your thoughts

in this world
you are judged
for many things
but
your beauty
has no amount
if the words
stuck in your mouth
on the very tip of your tongue
in the essence of air you breath out don't
make their way
around.
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