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Jared Jan 2020
A place beside the trees,
A vibrant place for me.
Surrounded by the leaves,
A place where I can be.

The trees don’t jeer.
The leaves don’t even ask me my name.
The wind’s blow judges not,
Whose face is graced with its kindly breath.

This is not my own however,
As many share it too,
Opened doors to whomever,
Worst of even you.

People carelessly walking,
Without the slightest aim.
The thought ever pervades my mind:
“I wonder if they feel the same?”

In this fruitful land, my greatest catharsis.
And yet, there is something not quite right here.

A gentle, creeping darkness,
Whispers in my ear:

“It is said that where you look,
You can find and see,
A place with all the answers,
The place inside your dreams.

But when all is said and done,
And nothing’s left but rot,
There was no place at all,
And you will be forgot.”
Jared Dec 2019
Someone once told me that the greatest evil in life was to not be able to see all the beauty that it has to offer--
To be eyeless.

But looking around, how could it be so evil ... so wrong to not be able to see?
Glance in any direction, and all that is, is a hellscape.

Violence glorified, the devil incarnate.
Vicariously living through the blood of others--the hate.

Not to mention the soapboxes made of tissue, and the horses so high they could scrape the very sky.

And I'd be remiss to fail to mention all the masks.
A mask for work, a mask for when we're out.
A mask for family?
You need not even ask.
We even have our very own mask to wear when we stare at ourselves in the mirror.

So, I believe this person is wrong.  
The greatest evil is not to be eyeless but to have eyes and not see--
Not see the pointlessness of it all.
a little more experimental than my typical poetical diarrhea
Jared Dec 2019
I thought I was in control.
I promised myself that it wouldn’t happen again,
And it was going so well, it really was.
But things appear to have fallen through.

I tried, you know, I really did,
But it’s like a darkness consumes me,
A howling tempest grips my chest,
And no matter how hard I struggle,
I just cannot break free.

My mind tells one story,
My mouth expresses another.
Words that are not my own form,
And all that remains are regrets.
Jared Sep 2019
I was not hurt.
They did not hurt me.
Nothing can stop me now.

They looked into me with warm eyes,
I believed in all their lies.
But when it came I was not stunned,
I was not even hurt.

They spoke so softly, as though they were meek.
A caring heart, a blooming flower.
That’s how they wrapped their façade.
But I am not a man to be tricked;
I am not a man to be hurt.

Regret is a word, a world, others know,
But not me.
I couldn’t feel it, even if I tried.
So then, you see, it’s quite simple.

How I was not hurt.
How I feel nothing.
How nothing can stop me now.

— The End —