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172 · Dec 2017
Why Do I Fight
Thomas King Dec 2017
Fading the blackness
With explosion of light
Eating away chaos
As sanity regains it sight

Righteousness erodes deep trenches
Through evils thick crust
As promise wields hopes hammer
And pounds it to dust

My fight has been long
A grueling battle it has been
For my quest to be wholesome
And free of all sin

But my resolve grows weary
And my will is getting weak
Just a balance between the two
Is all I now seek

How can there be a victor
In this ongoing fight
When it takes darkness
For there to even be light.
169 · Feb 2018
Killing Time
Thomas King Feb 2018
Beware not the hour
But the minutes that slowly **** it
As the seconds bleed away
169 · Dec 2017
Leap of Faith
Thomas King Dec 2017
Forlorn in demeanor,
Thyself with heart in tatters

Solemn and beseeched,
I'm near the edge
Of loves rapturous foreboding precipice

Shall my torturous soul
Commit it’s self to the abyssal unknowns
Of sacrificial acquiescence to thee?

A force neither trustworthy nor forgiving
As it warms chilled hearts
And sooths with passionate death

Unwitting those of lesser toils within,
True to their salvation,
But blind to its deceit
And yet give reverence to thee

Alas shall I not gaze into eyes of splendor
Nor taste passion upon sweet lips?

Forsake the essence of purity sought,
And forgo righteous happenings within thy being?

To this unknown I ponder
And thus negates my apotheosis of thee

Enlighten my sorrowful remnants of gayety
And subservient obedience to thee
As was once remembered

At this I shall take that leap of faith
And boldly plunge thyself into the depths
Of your infinite sanctity
169 · Dec 2017
Alone On the Corner
Thomas King Dec 2017
Tattered and torn are my clothes
Unshaven and unclean
Weathered and faded is the sign that I carry
But to many I remain unseen

My only remaining friends
Are the voices in my head
Distorting my concept of reality
Sometimes I wish I were dead


Standing on the corner
Self-worth shattered and broken
Heads turn away in disgust
Their voice of inhumanity
To themselves already spoken

Transient, beggar
Homeless and troll
Just a few names I’ve been given
In truth
I’m just another of humanities
Forgotten lost souls
Mans inhumanity to man
169 · Mar 2018
We Just Are
Thomas King Mar 2018
My life is perfect
Because I accept it as it is
And it's completeness
Is reflected in your eyes

Our love is just enough
I embrace all you choose to give
And you never expect more than I can offer

We've accepted our fate
With open hearts
And see our future
With clear adoring eyes

The perpetuation of our existence
Is driven by our mutual desires
As we traverse our life's path
Together, hand in hand
158 · Feb 2018
Passion Fruit
Thomas King Feb 2018
Your body is like succulent fruit
Vine ripe, plump and tasty
I must quell my desire to gobble you up
I mustn’t be so hasty

Your skin so smooth and supple,
Tender to the touch
Wanting so to taste your flesh
My yearning is just too much

Your sweet aroma fills the air
And I absorb your pleasing essence
Entering my nose then body
Where it reacts like effervescence

My mouth is now watering
And I’m unable to fight
This thirst and anticipation
For the first delicious bite

I finally give in and peel your clothes away
Like the skin of some exotic fruit  
The goodness I find hidden within
Is exquisite without refute

I savor every morsel
The taste of you is divine
I’ll never share you with another
The pleasure of you is all mine

You satisfy my every desire
My hunger and thirst you sate
No other can compare to your passion fruit
It’s the best I ever ate.
158 · Feb 2018
A desperate hearts words
Thomas King Feb 2018
A desperate heart’s words
Abandoned and floating

Like falling leaves delicately embraced
And suddenly carried away
On a warm summer breeze

Whirling and drifting
With confusing excitement
Torturous expectations
And blissful discourse

Playfully escaping their meaningless desires
And emotional emptiness

Enjoying the turbulent caress of the breeze
But not wanting to believe
Its promise of warmth and commitment

For these words were only to be spoken
And never heard
156 · Mar 2019
Concerto De’ Amor
Thomas King Mar 2019
Those three little words
Were spoken softly into my ear
But as they entered my head
They sounded like a symphony

Every word, every syllable
Every letter a beautiful combination
Of intricate pleasing tones
Causing my heart
To beat to its rhythm

Melodic vibrations
Traveled throughout my body
As a crescendo of joyous emotions
Began to build within my being
Finally giving way
To a harmonious cantata

Those three little words
A symphonic poem
Meant only for my ears
An orchestration of perfection
That now plays
Only for me
156 · Mar 2019
Letting Go
Thomas King Mar 2019
Your smile has faded
And your eyes no longer see
The things that you loved
And what attracted you to me

I see only now
Your disappointment and hurt
And your adoring voice
Is now angry and curt

It is now as I’ve suspected
The beginning of the end
No longer wanting to be my lover
My companion or friend

I sit now and ponder
Everything that I’ve missed
The clues that were apparent
On the rare occasions we kissed

How could I be so clueless
To your boredom and disdain
Your lack of enthusiasm
When I now call your name

I guess I was just stupid
To think I had what was needed
To make you happy and content
My inner voice should have heeded

But now it’s too late
My inadequacies are too much
You no longer enjoy my company
My voice or my touch

I have only myself to blame
For wanting more than I deserve
For thinking you could really be happy
With someone who’s a little too quiet and reserved

I do want to thank you
For all the years you did try
For trying your best to love me
And to this day I’m unsure why

This is not self pity
Or an attempt to make you feel sad
It’s just a realization of me
At what I almost had

I now know it’s time
To let you be free
To unburden you with all my crap
And to succumb to what’s not to be

Losing you will be painful
And losing our life together even more so
But seeing the ghost you’ve become
I see I must now let you go.
152 · Feb 2018
The princess Bride
Thomas King Feb 2018
He came in the night
Hearing the wish you did plead
Your knight in shining armor
High atop his white steed

His armor did shine
With a pleasing white light
As visions of hope
Filled the lonely dark night

Features so striking
But gentle and smooth
The warmth of his smile
Of his gallantry it did prove

He vowed to protect you
To vanquish any foe
His loyalty and honor
Unlike any you’ll ever know

You took his strong hand
And he swept you away
Bold and flamboyant
In that old world way

You’re now his fairytale princess
But his love on you he did not shower
Now trapped like the poor maiden
Who had been locked in the tower  

Unhappily ever after
You now live a storybook life
You fell for his deceitful facade
And now you’re his prisoner and wife

He protects by controlling
He’s violent and cruel
To believe in real life fairytales
Has made you look like a fool

So be careful what you wish for
Sometimes they may come true
But they may not always turn out
150 · Jan 2018
Wishful thinking
Thomas King Jan 2018
The infinite dreams
Of a beautiful mind
And the visions of love
Held within

Can give forth
Immeasurable powers of beauty
And kindness to the soul
Feeding an unyielding passion
For life

If given a chance
To be thought
And then realized…
149 · Feb 2018
Love is not blind
Thomas King Feb 2018
My finger traces the lines of your elegant form as I try to capture your exquisite contours in my mind. Your skin is soft as silk as I lightly move across the surface of your body, slowly outlining the intricate features that holds your beauty.  

My sense of touch paying close attention to every detail, as not to miss one single line or curve that defines your true essence of perfection. As lines of the portrait of you takes shape within my mind, I start to envision a kaleidoscope of pastel colors in which to color you in.  

Hues of light violets warm pinks and soft tans, pale yellows and reds merging into the very color of the sun, which shines deep within your eyes.  I paint you lazing on a lush green bank of a slow meandering stream, as vibrant as the light blue sky above of which it reflects.

Rays of silvery sunlight pierce downward between billowy clouds and dance upon the surface of the stream shimmering as if tiny diamonds were scattered across the surface, in your hand you hold a single calla lily as soft and white as the clouds above you.

Above your left shoulder on a low hanging brow of a conifer is perched a lone blue bird, singing praise of your kindness and beauty so that all shall know your wonder.

I complete my masterpiece with an almost invisible golden mist that surrounds you. An ever-present aura that represents your undying passion for life and eternal love, that radiates deep from within your being.

At last, my mental canvas is complete, a work of art that would rival even the greats if I had the ability to escape my mind or had sight within my eyes. So as my hand comes to rest upon your tender cheek. I add another mental portrait of you to my minds gallery walls, dedicated only to you.
A Prose poem I wrote many years ago
148 · Mar 2019
Where Did You Come From
Thomas King Mar 2019
Where did you come from
A distant time or place
From one of my dreams
Did I imagine your face

Your voice is a familiar song
That plays through my head
The lyrics were written
From the beautiful things that you have said

You touched my heart deep
With emotions so strong
With those beautiful eyes
And your sweet loving song

Do I know you from another life
Can this be true
I see in your smile
you are wondering this too

Our closeness we have
Is beyond all compare
The understanding is simple
Of the connection we share

Both knowing and wondering
Sometime and somewhere
Our hearts were as one
And we had not a care

Though my mind is unsure
How all this can be
One thing I know for certain
Is our love was to be
146 · Feb 2018
Shoulda Woulda Coulda
Thomas King Feb 2018
Should have been something
Might have been everything
Probably wasn’t anything
And most likely nothing

Would have been happiness
Might even have been true
Probably was hopelessness
And most likely a lie

Could have been promising
Or may even have been love
Instead it was emptiness
That I regrettably have chosen
144 · Mar 2019
Quiet Please!
Thomas King Mar 2019
Please shut up
You’re always talking
Like a ******* chicken
You’re always squawking

Going on and on
About things you don’t even know
It’s like diarrhea of the mouth
Just a constant sickening flow

You have not a clue
On how annoying you sound
Your constant useless babble
Is causing my brain to become unwound

You’re always running your mouth
So shut your trap
And stop filling my ears
With all of your crap

Be quiet a minute
And rest your mouth a bit
Then you may realize
No one really gives a ****!
141 · Feb 2018
Releasing the Demons
Thomas King Feb 2018
I want to scream
But I’m down to my last breath
I want to cry
But I fear my death

But today I will be silent
And hold it all in
And let the demons subside
Within me again

I want to shout
But I’m down to my last breath
I want to laugh
In the face of death

But today I will be silent
And hold it all in
And let the demons subside
Within me again

Tomorrow I will do it
Take a deep breath
Scream and cry
Without fear of death

Release all my demons
For all the world to see
Let them all out
Before they **** me

But today I will be silent
And hold it all in
And let the demons subside
Within me again.
138 · Mar 2019
Once we used to talk
Thomas King Mar 2019
Why do I speak?
Spoken words silenced,
My human voice no longer heard.

Verbal communication obsolete!
Replaced by this small device
Whose buttons I now push
To spell out my thoughts and words
To deliver my now digital voice.

Emotions sent and received
Via bits and bytes
Through the cyberspace of our now wireless existence.

Uploading and downloading our virtual desires
And deleting our unwanted emotions
Like a no longer needed text.

Our need for physical human interaction
Sent with a click straight to the recycle bin
And then quickly emptied as not to be reminded
Of the reality of our own human betrayal…….
135 · Dec 2017
Love Gets Under Your Skin
Thomas King Dec 2017
Moist lips
Swollen with passion
Sent from thy red throbbing heart
Once resembling obsidian

Nerves once numb
Tingle and burn anew
As rivers of red
Course through
Thy once arid veins

A cacophony
Of maddening inner voices
Echo within the hollows
Of a once silenced consciousness

Newly awakened emotions
Now ready to unfurl and blossom
Within thy once dormant being

Flushed skin warm and red
With newfound emotions
Brighten the lingering gloom
Surrounding thy darkened dreams

As tears of new found reverence
Spill from once blind eyes
That once again behold
The beauty and desire
Buried deep within thyself.

Alas life flourishes
Abundantly growing
With each new word of adoration
Whispered into thy long deaf ear

As love buries it’s self
Deeper and deeper
Under thy now soft
And no longer pale skin…
126 · Jan 2018
Mister “Know-It-All”
Thomas King Jan 2018
Pushing and pulling
With all of your might
Never bothering to listen
Demanding your way is right

Your unwillingness to compromise
Along with your stubborn closed mind
Has clouded you judgment and reason
And left you deaf, dumb and blind

Your arrogance and gall
I really wish you could see
And clearly don’t understand
Why this is the way you choose to be

This is just a testament to your ignorance
To think you are always superior
And further proof you’re just afraid
Of being exposed as someone who’s inferior

Trying to reason with you
Is like talking to a brick wall
You’re just a self centered fool
Another Mr. Know It All


So stop your foolish way of thinking
Open your eyes, heart and your mind
And then you will see
All your friends and life
Have left you behind
125 · Mar 2019
Keeping It Real
Thomas King Mar 2019
I bury these feelings
Deep in my heart
To keep my soul
From falling apart

Push the memories back
To the deepest part of my mind
To a place I hope
I will never again find

Emotions and memories
So painful to bare
But I know I will be safe
As long as they are there

I will stand tall and strong
I can not dwell on the past
I must focus on the here and now
If I want my happiness to last

I’ve come so far
And fought hard to heal
But understand I’m still a little broken
So I’m keeping real.
109 · Mar 2019
BLEEDING HEART
Thomas King Mar 2019
My heart is bleeding
And I wish you could see
The pain and sadness
You have inflicted on me

I have given my all
Everything that I am
But you clearly don't see
Or just don't give a ****

You feel I'm obligated
That it’s my duty to stay
To try and make you happy
In some sick and twisted way

Uncaring and condescending
Your words cut to the bone
You feel you are my life’s ruler
Sitting high upon your throne

But your reign over me has ended
No more torturing my soul
It’s my dignity I need to salvage
And my heart I need to console

You’re a fool to have thought
I would lie down at your feet
That I could live with the pain
That I would cower and retreat

I have gathered all my strength
Bandaged my bleeding heart
Now it’s time to say *******
And gracefully depart.
100 · Dec 2017
Living In Sin
Thomas King Dec 2017
In the stealth of night
You may find me creeping
Pursuing my prey
On a midnight reaping

I slither and slink
Without the slightest of sound
As I silently make my way
Through the unsuspecting town

My killing blade
Tucked neatly away
As I cautiously stalk
My next deserving prey

Visions of my last
Fill my filthy little head
As I relish in the fact
That another sinner is dead

**** all these people
Who pretend to be just and clean
While behind closed doors
They‘re all bigger hypocrites and fiends

As they all pray by day
And fornicate in the same breath
I am the night’s judge and jury
And I sentence them to death

It gives me great pleasure
To be Satan’s next of kin
To punish all these ******* pretenders
Who are comfortably living in sin

— The End —