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Adversity climbs aboard when least we can afford it
The gremlins of the fools of fate are primed to raid the ship,
Murphy's Law adds substance to the soup's interpretation
And the parasites engage with glee when first, they take a sip.

Resistance at its lowest in the darkest throes of struggle
Endurance at its lowest ebb when caste against the tide,
The secret's in the stance and stare which moulds the way to combat
Determined by the grit and heart and fibre deep inside.

Bad enough to buckle in initial ****** and parry
Bad enough to give concession well before it's due,
Hard enough to muster the support of all and sundry
When corrosion from within is unraveling the glue.

Sleep eludes the tired mind and worry lines occur
The Bank you've used for 30 years has fled,
Your dependents you supported in their time of dire need
Will no longer meet your gaze or keep you fed.

And the crowning factor crushing you is not the battle waged
It is not the lack of energy or will,
The crushing blow which flattens you and leaves you destitute
Is that FAMILY leads the charge to wish you ill!


Marshalg
In support of my dearest, dearest Sister.
12 August 2013
People tell me I live in a ghost town
but there are no ghosts to see
as good as luck would have it
they're unaware of the ghosts in me

they hang around at midnight
forcing me to stay
but all I really crave for
is to escape and get away

Sometimes they're really nice to me
and cheer me up when I'm down
but mostly they're evil as the devil
leaving me in the sea to drown

It's impossible to even run from them
since they're living in my soul
and not even your sweet love
could save me from this dark hole

But most of all they're my friends
'cause they are always hanging around
keeping me company in these lonely days
so it's okay, that I'm the one they found.
 Aug 2013 JAK AL TARBS
S
Wake
 Aug 2013 JAK AL TARBS
S
Somedays I wake up,
and I pray to whatever is above me,
whether it be God or something else beyond my comprenesion,
isn't there to wake me up.

Somedays, I lay there,
In my bed,
surrounded by the warm layers of fabric that seem to hold me together,
and wish that they would just curl tighter around me,
and constrict me closer into myself,
and pray that they can gently convince my lungs to stop working,
so I can just not wake up.

Somedays, I wonder,
Just gazing around me,
If i can just stop the clock, and stay right where I am,
safe and sound comfortable in myself,
away from all of the anxiety I feel as it would
rise and fall in my chest and bury itself with the confides of my stomache,
and all the other nitches that it can find,
and I dream of not waking up

Somedays, I win.
Somedays, I lose.

I usually lose.

And I find myself uncurling from my happy prison of warmth,
and I feel my feet on the cold hardwood floors,
sighing as I run my finger thrugh my ***** hair,
wondering, not praying
how I ever was able to wake up.
 Aug 2013 JAK AL TARBS
Fatchoom
Everything starts with an eye
But what is everything?
Is it lies or is it fright
Are you filling your lust? Are you wasting your time?
Do I look like your past one?
Your eyes felt like home, your eyes slipped through my soul
Just like paint on new walls
Are you a mimic and I'm the wondering fool?
Will it help to think of it as two fools?
If this is love, then the curtains in this room would be my dress
If this is love, your eyes would stop to ask
If is is love, you'll be a hanging man
If this is love, your angelic likelihood might take you down
If this is love, then there are others to love.
 Aug 2013 JAK AL TARBS
Mreezi007
War
 Aug 2013 JAK AL TARBS
Mreezi007
War
The man has fallen
To the poor family who have lost a beloved.
The destruction that was caused
Leaves a scar on the country.
The struggle, pain and loss
All result to power, money and control.
May the heavens bless the fallen heros
Who no one shall forget.
And forgive the ones at fault
For I only pray that they are forgiven.
 Aug 2013 JAK AL TARBS
Mreezi007
Sorry for the things I have done,
The tears I have caused to fall
Stuff I have said wasn't meant at all.
All my regrets add up to one hundred and one.
This can't be put into words that are said,
So i put it in this poem instead.
 Aug 2013 JAK AL TARBS
Mreezi007
As the dove flies
People die
Tears fade to dust
The heart stops beating
The love has gone
The crack in the sky
Signify the people who cry
Flowers turn to stone
People turn to dust
As the dove freezes
Life comes to a end
 Aug 2013 JAK AL TARBS
Quinn
looped layers linger on
terraces as terror takes
form in bandaged brains
chock full of deranged
discernment

****,
climb into the cabinet

find fear washed away
in dead eyes that
shrivel and shrink with
each passing moment

squirm, squirm, squirm

stomach walls suction cup
one another as sludgy
slime slurps between
cracked crevices

bile belches amidst
odd laughter, an onslaught
of imagery, insecurity,
and imagination

not a sound in the world,
but every sound in the world

slip slowly through
diversions from truth
mad man or master?
monster or magician?

a circus of dark circles
comes rolling into town-
come one, come all!

certain death lurks
around every corner,
shrouded in shadows  
between daylight
and dreaming,
daring you to look
away as it steals
whatever it is that's left
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