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301 · Apr 2018
Innocent Percy
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
Can you hear him sing
The voice of Innocent Percy
Who knows no such thing
Of a belief called mercy
298 · Apr 2018
Hindrance
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
A fear builds in me
For all I can see is you
But I am too blind
297 · Aug 2018
The World's Blizzard
Nicholas Fonte Aug 2018
Everything is just...numb
Everything was so cold
All I wanted was to fix the splinter
But I can't hear what I've been told
The world had enter winter
I remember it well
The world fell
Into a blizzard
And I chose to be inside
Even though I know it is dumb
Its better than the fake warmth outside
The world's blizzard
296 · Apr 2018
Competition
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
Many don't realize
When it is time to apologize
They want to push their point
Way past that finish line
And will continue to decline
The rest of the competition
But we still continue to let them sprint
294 · Apr 2018
Morality
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
Is it necessary to sin
Just in order to win?
For we see cheaters and beaters
Out on the top?
And those covered in the drop
Of lust stand
With their own hand?
I may never understand
How that style
Makes others smile
Even though it's so vile
But what I cherish
In each virtue
That I thought true
Has made me perish
Leaving me with a lust
To walk on the path of disgust
For the path of the sweet
Is covered in boundless heat
And falling down the Hell
Will wish me well
292 · May 2018
Desire
Nicholas Fonte May 2018
I'm exactly what you need
But your freedom
Tears down the kingdom
Now that's guaranteed
So come now and take the seed
289 · May 2018
Alone
Nicholas Fonte May 2018
Look all around
There is nothing to see
There is no sound
There is not a single smell
What is there to tell
What is there to be
When there is nothing to be found
288 · Aug 2018
Tied
Nicholas Fonte Aug 2018
Think of those who can't
The others tied by the invisible thread
They were given no chance
285 · Apr 2018
Murderer's Promise
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
Was it all Meaningless?
Did this act make me Worthless?
I Fear I will never Understand
What happened to my Hand
What I do Know is this
I will Never find Bliss
No one will show me Affection
I Deserve no Protection
I will be Forever Alone
Until I Atone
But the World becomes Tougher
So I shall continue to Suffer
I can't do anything
So the World will look at me and Sing
They were Stronger
So I cannot Deny this no Longer
I Deserve to Die
And this is no Lie
For this Problem called Life
Has no Solution except for the Knife
284 · Mar 2018
Corruption
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Close your eyes
Don't acknowledge their gaze
Let sit the lies
In the middle of this haze

You wonder why it isn't meant to be
Why it isn't standing in sight
I wonder why it is you can't see
In the eternal light

Open your eyes
Don't acknowledge their gaze
Let sit the lies
In the middle of this haze

Why do you continue to cower
Are you blind
Only you have the power
To break their bind

Open you eyes
Hold them with your gaze
Let sit the lies
In the middle of this haze

They try to hide
With their own line
There is no side
Call it mine

Open you eyes
Hold them with your gaze
There will always be lies
In the middle of this haze

Everything gets blurry
In this room filled with air
You need to hurry
Out of this despair

Open your eyes
Hold them with your gaze
There will always be lies
With your desires entangled by the haze
Really, I just want to make a side comment here on how it sounded in my head while I wrote this. To me, it kind of sounds like a song. I just read it like that, and if you can, I would like you to try and read it like that too.
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
We don't comprehend the end
We don't understand why we stand
We don't fulfill what we need to fill
We do radiate on our date
282 · Apr 2018
Used
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
To fulfill
Your desire
Only fuels the fire
Of his will
That takes
Your name
For their sakes
In negative fame
277 · Apr 2018
My Simple Words
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
I never really knew
Amidst all this sacrifice
I could find paradise
Whenever I'm with you
276 · Mar 2020
A Book's True Friend
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2020
A child begins reading a story
Both have never been betrayed
An eternal bond was made
Yet betrayals are left in their wake
A sacrifice decided, all for its sake
The story continues moving forth
Gambling it's own questionable worth
Seeking a burning flame, a friend
One who will bring the abrupt end
To this garrulous, suffering cage
Even though the Ink rewrites the page
Corrupted by ideas of ****** glory
Which one is its friend?
273 · Apr 2018
Hide...Hide...Hide...No.
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
Look at what they do
Look at what they say
Everything you hear
Is exactly what you fear
And you can never run away
For that is inevitable taboo
273 · Aug 2018
Water's Eternal Flow
Nicholas Fonte Aug 2018
Watch the stream...
Just watch.
Look over the lake...
Just look.
Examine the river...
Just examine.
Analyze the ocean...
Just analyze.
What did you see?
Water endlessly flowing,
The breeze gently following.
How did you feel?
I know not what is real,
But everything moves,
Eternally so.
Seeking something,
Without restraint.
The time for dreams
Is over.
Be like the wind
And follow the stream.
There is no other choice.
272 · Apr 2018
Skyfall
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
Those hijackers on that plane...
Were they people, too?
They wanted to hurt others,
**** people, burn people, terrify people
How can we say they are people?
What about our beloved soldiers
They had similar intent
To **** people in order to prove a point
Were they people too?
Where does that leave me at?
The world took my friend
My ******* only friend
I wanted to hurt people
I wanted everyone to die
Each and every person that drove him
Straight out of this world
I wanted it to burn
The building, the people, all of it
And now everything is my fault
I've done so many bad things
I've hurt people
I was just like them
So am I a person, too?
Would my friend say that I am?
268 · Mar 2018
Empty
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
I'm not strong
I bear no song
of intelligence
I hold onto silence
Producing no pun
I'm not like the sun
I know I can be a bore
And you deserve so much more
Than the guy
Who can't even see the sky
268 · May 2019
Fight with Time
Nicholas Fonte May 2019
A child who's eyes shone bright
Entered an unwanted fight
A friend who has lost his way
Watches as his life fades away
The two who both were mistaken
Have had their innocence taken

A teen who's eyes shone dark
Is ready to finally embark
A grave who has lost his role
Watches over the teen's soul
The two who met with calamity
Have held on to their amity
266 · Mar 2018
Ski Jumping
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
It's time to go down this *****
They all look down with disgust
But it is only myself whom I trust
With that ding, it's time for me to go
Speeding down all that snow
With my bravery in my hand
I leap off the ramp in order to understand
Why they didn't just hand me the rope
266 · Apr 2018
Wise Old Sage IV
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
Wise Old Sage uses a microwave
But the plate won't spin
That's not how you behave
You need a balance to win
264 · Aug 2018
Meaning
Nicholas Fonte Aug 2018
Summer, home to maturity.
We feel change and peace.
Fall, home to hope.
We feel amazed and proud.
Winter, home to renewal.
We feel love and redemption.
Spring, home to reflection.
We feel warmth and friendship.

Summer, home to failure.
We feel regret and disappointment.
Fall, home to loneliness.
We feel loss and forgotten.
Winter, home to decline.
We feel deprived and depressed.
Spring, home to death.
We feel old and despair.

Seasons tell more.
Or...do they?
Summer, home to reflection and loneliness.
Fall, home to maturity and decline.
Winter, home to hope and death.
Spring, home to renewal and failure.
Is that so?
Anything can happen, ya know.
That's your reality check of the day
That we live in now.
264 · Apr 2018
Voice
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
It's time to go on stage
This will be the final stand
Let us hear
Let us see
Let his voice sing
Make us understand
What it's like to be in a cage
That desire to be free
Let us lose fear
Let us find our start
Let his voice ring
In every single heart
260 · Apr 2018
Deep Within
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
They can talk
About that luxury trip
They may know money
But do they know the price
Of sacrifice?
For I am near the tip
Of seeing myself dead
And no one can see
How I walk
With no need to shed
Any tears
For I have no coin
So let sink my fears
As I may not join
Both a cruise of no strife
And this expensive life
259 · Mar 2018
Branded
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Why does everything ache?
All I feel is searing pain
It's driving me insane
Keeping me awake
In this world that is tougher
Within this dark
I curse this mark
That makes me suffer
258 · Mar 2018
Sink
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Embrace this blue
To drop what I knew
Seeping down into the dark
Just like a shark
Who is ready to embark
Onto the true
257 · May 2018
Starry Sky
Nicholas Fonte May 2018
I'm a shining star
And I'm not that far
It's just that within the day
I can't be seen
So I runaway
Into the dark
So everyone can see this spark
In this glorious scene
257 · Mar 2018
Shadows VII
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Forever I shall remain alone
Forever I shall remain silent
Gifted with light
Greeted by a corrupted darkness
Forever I have suffered
Forever I will learn
Forever I shall remain with you
This is a revision of my first poem. I talked with an english teacher of mine about the original, and she wanted me to be more clear on the message of the poem and play with the words a little. This is what I did.
255 · Aug 2018
Sacrifice
Nicholas Fonte Aug 2018
A world of only harm
This never melting ice
A will of shaking might
To let born the new light
In the world of only pain
Filled with those fools
Embrace the ice
Lay down your arms
Know what it means to bear
Sacrifice
Lay down your life
Give meaning to that knife
Now let fall the rain
Washing over all our pain
Now sit in the pool
Where the liquids collide
On this heavenly divide
Breathing in new life
Because of the only one who cared
Lived and learned
And look at what he earned
255 · Mar 2018
Intriguing Light
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Why did the dark
cause all this pain?
Within the light
We will give you insight
To keep you sane
As you stand in this holy park
This poem goes along with it's counterpart "Intriguing Dark"
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
I want to
Leave a message for
My fallen about a
Legacy that brings an end
To all of our pain.
You can see it now, can't you?
Uncover the secret message if you can.
254 · Mar 2018
A Beautiful Dork
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Not to be cliche
But I find you to be a rose
Others put you on a display
And make you pose
The way others treat you
Makes me sick
When you withdrew
You fell for their trick
Here you are again in your rain
If you weren't a fool
You would abstain
And leave the cruel
I would go help
But you released your thorns
To make me welp
And you are there again despite my warns
251 · Jun 2018
Blood in Snow
Nicholas Fonte Jun 2018
I went the long way home
Lined with their blood in snow
And in the fall I know
I have the right to be alone
And they took me back to the dome
And they took off the blind
And then they tried
Oh hell they tried
You can tear me apart
Crack my bones
But you still wont find
A heart
247 · Apr 2018
Tree in the Wind
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
All of their eyes
Placed upon me
It is very cold
In the gale
Always with that whisper
This is where
Every part
Of me begins to shake
In the gale
This is more than I can take
Because each heart
Burns me crisper
And I begin to unfold
The air
Grows Pale
In this smoky gale
The leaves
Protect me from lies
Even as they meet demise
As I stand
Afraid
In this gale
With absent care
I don't understand
Why no one grieves
For the tree
That will now fade
Into the gale
Just a small note for anyone that cares, I've been a little shy about sharing my long poems. The first one I posted was given positive feedback, so maybe let me know if you want to see more? This is my second long one, so I thought I'd ask on here.
244 · Mar 2018
Hollow Tree
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
You would not expect
A person to inspect
The apple of a stranger
would be a danger
Despite my kindness
My eyes possess darkness
My stiff arms continue to reach
To offer the fruit you thought to be a leach
242 · Apr 2018
A Parent's Care or Fear?
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
How much longer, huh?
Will you keep me suppressed?
Away from mystery?
240 · Apr 2018
Redemption
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
This is my mistake.
Not yours. Not anyone else's. Mine.
This was my doing.
I'll take all the booing;
That's just fine.
I'll show what this mistake
Is able to make.
239 · Mar 2018
Want to Fly? Just Die!
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Don't you think I should die?
In my opinion, it is the easiest way to fly
Without no need to buy
Or attempt to defy
There is simply no need to try
You'll help the world's supply
You just need to apply
Yourself to end your cry
And no one will sigh
Because there is no ally
No one knows if this is a brutal truth or a sweet sweet lie
So with no hesitation, roll the die
And let's see you fly
238 · Mar 2018
Frozen
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Seeing his liver
Certainly caused a shiver...
To them, but not to me
For now I roam free
Upon this ****** ice
That is a paradise
237 · Mar 2018
Intriguing Dark
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Haven't you seen what sins the light
is capable of?
Embrace the dark
Make your mark
Go and rise above
To finish this fight
This goes with its counterpart "Intriguing Light"
229 · Apr 2018
Mechanical Desire
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
I've been lost in my mind
For as long as anyone can remember
And I was nothing if not kind
Only because I didn't possess that ember
I run off of oil
Not the desirable heart
Even within this turmoil
Everyone found there start
That's why I look up above
Because it is my dream
To soar like a dove
Without a voice that can scream
About tomorrow's endless sorrow
Just a small note about the title, its a stupid pun on "Mechanical Device". Just wanted to share a small bit of my thought process on the title.
228 · Mar 2018
Triangle V.III
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Off in the distance
She chooses to stand far way
To prevent conflict

Even though we love her
We two choose to go to war
To form the right angle
The is the third version of Triangle. This revision came from the same problem with everyone being confused on its meaning. The other comment I received to make it clearer was to possibly make it longer. I took a go at doing that and this is what came out. Read the previous versions and let me know which one came out best!
228 · May 2020
Helping Others
Nicholas Fonte May 2020
Should I be helping people?
Everyone is happy when I do but
Looking at their smiles makes me
Feel happy, the only time I feel happy.
I started to help many people
So that only I can be happy.
Helping people like this, is it selfish?
228 · Apr 2018
Wise Old Sage III
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
They say do as your told,
Says Wise Old Sage,
And then your story will eventually unfold
But why do that when you can rip off the page?
225 · Apr 2018
Tired of Destruction
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
You want to see war?
Religion and Politics.
Welcome to the war.
This is my personal feelings on those subjects. I don't mean to offend anyone with this poem and I apologize if I was.
224 · Mar 2018
Form a Way In
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
I can't decipher this code
I seem to be stuck in this mode
It's almost as if you installed a virus
Infecting me and controlling me to program an "Us"
Bonus points if you can figure out where I got the inspiration for this one!
223 · Apr 2018
Double-Edged
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
Don't think me like the others
It's not present in my will
To have it all be tranquil
I wait patiently for my turn
For everything to burn
For it is in the fight
I truly am alight
For what I need
Is for them to bleed
So don't confuse my calm
Or get ready to meet my palm
That isn't like the others
220 · Apr 2018
The Cycle of Hatred
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
None of it makes sense
Why do we create this cycle
That causes our pain
219 · Apr 2018
Freedom
Nicholas Fonte Apr 2018
Watching over the holy land
Let see the flames
Where up above
Is the endless starry sky
Where there are so many names
That we can finally understand
What it is to love
Underneath a cloth's new day
Where we can't run away
In the face
Of this glorious place
Where we do nothing but try
216 · Mar 2018
Triangle
Nicholas Fonte Mar 2018
Off in the distance
Away she will stand untouched
By the war we wage
I wrote this really early on in my poetry career. I have been critiqued on this one a  lot so I ended up writing different versions of it. Check out VII and VIII after reading this one and let me know which one is better, please!
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