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452 · Jul 2014
No Crown
Curtis Jul 2014
Downtown
looking around
I dont wear no crown
Dont wear no frown
I dont even
see the ground

my heads up high
With no reason why
Standing under a summers sky
And in the winter
My sorrow will return
452 · Aug 2014
Insomnia
Curtis Aug 2014
Equality
Is not achievable
It simply is

Inequality
Is the desire
To be equal
450 · Jul 2016
Angels Cry
Curtis Jul 2016
Live it up
Inside the greenery
Let the light shine down on all the canopies

One great garden grown from the mind
Too thick to let in any sunshine

Dry it up
Burn it to the ground
Leave it for the other side to be found

Everything around now burnt down
The fire smolders and embers surround

No mercy
From the sun
That place where we've all come from

All that energy down to a burnt land
Will soon turn it into orange and red sand

Breathing in
Hoping not to choke
On the smoke greenery had stoked

The other side has come alive
Reaching through where worlds collide

Rainclouds
Appear in the sky
And an angel begins to cry
449 · Oct 2014
Purple was the Aura
Curtis Oct 2014
Last night
I saw purple
Behind my eyes
In my mind
447 · Sep 2014
Deep
Curtis Sep 2014
Sleep
Pull me

Back into the waves of my mind

Submerse me
Drown this body
In Dreams' beauty
438 · May 2016
Sands Of Time
Curtis May 2016
The sun beats down on mounds of desert sand
Overlooked, where a withered wooden windmill stands
Fixed with sharpened blade clock hands
Spinning wildly, over the red and orange land

Specs of white fall from the sky
Shreds from calendar binds
Covering the object of the sands
Like dirt over landmines

The hourglass is empty
As it sinks into the sand
436 · Apr 2016
Zero G Sea
Curtis Apr 2016
Ive given up
On holding on
Im done with that
Im letting go

Its a feeling now like falling
With no anchor to my mind
I cant really tell whats up
Whats down

Like water with no gravity
Just floating
Moving
To anywhere but where i know
435 · Apr 2014
You
Curtis Apr 2014
You
When emotion feels good
When you're in that perfect mood
The world seems so smooth
As it's conforming to your groove

People become people
Not just hollow shells
With your mind atop a steeple
You see the shining belle

The world is great on this day
From your path you will not stray
Never stop moving forward
When you stop you seize to see the things ahead of you
431 · Sep 2014
Brush Your Teeth!
Curtis Sep 2014
The ignorance of the pineal gland
Is the difference between rock and sand
431 · May 2014
Heat
Curtis May 2014
The water
Warm
Smelling of rubber

It relieves not my skin
Rather it makes
A film of sweat so thin
Holding my heat in

I envy those
Who can say heat
I do not know

I mean not
Those on a california shore
Or even those
In a middle eastern war

I mean to say
Those who dream
Of seeing even a slightest
Hint of a stream

For it is they
Who would look to me
And would say

"It is a feat
To survive such heat,
But the weather here
Will never come near."
I know not heat
429 · Oct 2014
Now and Laters (mmm! chewy)
Curtis Oct 2014
Phones
Ever simpler
Ever farther into the future

But never smaller
Is the infinity
That lie beneath your thumb

Now
Or later
423 · Apr 2016
Good Morning
Curtis Apr 2016
On this porch
Sitting in the sun
Listening to the birds
Breathing morning air

Sips of black coffee
A cigarette in my hand
It may not be the greatest
But im the king of this land
416 · Apr 2014
Sun
Curtis Apr 2014
Sun
You need not worry
What another thinks
For you're but a sun
Shining light
each poem a ray
For those who find it
Glory such a day
But you must maintain your great waves
415 · Sep 2014
Stress
Curtis Sep 2014
i have got stress all up in the mind
no appreciation of my own art do i find
i cant rest i havent got the time
i need to organize some rhymes
 \m     \     \          /  l  /_ _ _
   \      n\o   \      /  r  / \ o   /  d /
     \i       \  v \  /     / _ _\  / a  /
       \      d\   e\    /
414 · May 2015
Knight
Curtis May 2015
I have a sword
On the wall
I see past the iron
I hear its call

I like the weight
Like i've felt it before
Maybe sometime ago
I was in a brutal war

Just a decoration now
A conversation piece
For the thoughts on how
Chivalrous knights lived life
413 · Jun 2017
To The Two
Curtis Jun 2017
A string of data
Conveying to you
The little letters
That I tell it to

Every last little line
Lingers on like moisture in the sky
Always there
All the time

A fluid place
Of ebb and flow
Where little data particles
Seem to be set in stone


The overlapping timelines of us
Ended
So udderly abrupt


I wish to you,
The best of luck.
412 · Jul 2016
Engines Roar
Curtis Jul 2016
I've got that peddle to the metal
Hear that engine roar
My foot pressed hard against the floor

It's all wasted
I'm in neutral

I've got the strongest mind alive
Feeling feelings like no other would
So deep
So deeply misunderstood

It holds so tightly on everything
That means good greens
And bad things

There's no brake peddles to be found
All I can ever do is let off the gas and slowly slow down
Until I end up in neutral
With my foot to the ground
Curtis Oct 2014
Four tonight
just us four
we will drink
and drink more!

Hot tubs
Fires
strangers
And alcohol galore!

We partied
with more
than what was
bargained for!

Some kid
passed out
stretched across
A bathroom floor!

'Hey man
I have pills
happy pills
watch me take more!'

Surprised
i was capable
of traversing
The yard to the door!
405 · Oct 2014
Temporary
Curtis Oct 2014
Mind blank
Body numb
Eyes sore
Ears ringing
Clogged nose
Burnt tongue

Just one of those days
405 · Sep 2014
Honesty
Curtis Sep 2014
No lie is worse
Than the lie
One tells themself
403 · May 2016
The Forest
Curtis May 2016
Pasts come alive
Futures die

Lost in limbo

Reaching out to see
The markers on the trees
Where's the path gone
I left it to be free

Through a forest in perpetual night
Creatures all around
But none in my sight
No tools
No weapons
No light
No chance of a fair fight

This path I have chosen
Is now my home
I must build some shelter
Some fire and soon
I'll see the sun
A light in the forest
Brighter than the moon
403 · Aug 2014
I Understand
Curtis Aug 2014
Ever have nights when you can't sleep
Don't worry friend
I understand
The chasms of my mind too, are deep
403 · Jun 2014
Constriction
Curtis Jun 2014
The fear of death
The disagreement with ends
Taking life like path
And forgetting it bends

I have faith
my god is true
Read this book
Then then ill listen to you

Love
All those who believe
Love
only those who believe
Hate
the ones who choose to perceive

Love is the word
of every religion
Yet
The amount of hate
That it creates
Is absurd
402 · Nov 2014
Dive
Curtis Nov 2014
Standing before the ladder
As i lay to fall asleep
slowly up
i start to creep

I find myself to the top
A world created just for me
Feeling the bounce beneath my feet
Just how long could this dream be?

My feet to the surface
less often now
Feeling my self come up
and come down

Up higher now
And forward
further now
Falling backward

Back to the ocean
the ocean I've known before
when the alarm wails
I put my feet back to the floor
398 · Aug 2014
Reflections
Curtis Aug 2014
Just take a second
And look down at you
From a third person view
397 · Oct 2016
Apnea
Curtis Oct 2016
Is there a warranty for my brain?
This one's broken and it's driving me insane.
Where oh where can a new one be claimed?

If I can't replace it, I guess I'll get it fixed.
All of its wires seem to be in a mix.
Leaving my body in unrelenting twist.

The circuit to my lungs just doesn't work,
I can't breathe when I fall asleep, mentally that hurts.
Please can you fix my brain?
I need my breathing back or I'll be in the back of a Hearse.
397 · Sep 2014
Matter and Energy
Curtis Sep 2014
Constantly collecting
Gathering energy
From around
And the things you see
Or from inside
And what you be
Duality
Is a key
396 · Oct 2014
Pairs
Curtis Oct 2014
People are like shoes
Wanting to be paired in twos

Different colors
For different days

Different styles
For different ways

That is
If you're a woman

They have many shoes
But I'm a guy

And I don't need shoes
Just thinking lol
396 · May 2014
Come Sit With Me
Curtis May 2014
Pretty lady in the coffee shop
Your kind eyes make my heart stop

I've not believed in love at first sight
But this certainly gives my beliefs a fright

Come sit with me?
And help me enjoy this tea?
Oh please,
For it would fill me with glee!
391 · Apr 2015
Unexpectation
Curtis Apr 2015
To be shocked by joy
And the jolt of surprise
To feel the warm rays of appreciation
Defibrillation to a stalling heart
What a sign to see
To help me return to my lost art
For Sophie, Thank You
389 · Jun 2014
Bridges
Curtis Jun 2014
Worry not for the bridges you have burned
For they are merely lessons to be learned
If it comes to such a day
That you find the charred remains
And on the side that you can not reach
Looks to be a newly born beach
Prepare now for the lot of time
A new bridge you must design
388 · Nov 2014
Bits
Curtis Nov 2014
Well.

hey,
hey.

hey!

I've found it again,
the write things to say!

The words flow,
Like the blood often go,
A dry faucet nose,
****, it's getting cold.

The year,
Once passed,
Held winter,
And it's people,
All in one grasp.

The other hand,
It used to clap.

Applauding the crowd,
The unhappy people,
Cars crashed all around.

Mine crashed.

It's six feet underground.

But it's ok!

I'm free this day,
from all things yesterday.

This winter I remain,
All bits sane.
387 · Oct 2014
Money Money Money
Curtis Oct 2014
The burner fluids low
The crack will only grow
The fan oil doesnt flow

You need a new furnace,
Bro

Anything
In my industry
Can be a lie

Customers haven't an understanding  why
They just call
And then I try
To fix
Or make money

Good thing I choose
Not to lie
387 · Oct 2014
Competitive
Curtis Oct 2014
At night
The sun knows best
Not to test
Its shine
To mine
386 · Dec 2014
Holey
Curtis Dec 2014
For someone
who claims
to emit
such great vibes

I find it hard
To believe
Your holey
mouth of lies

Truths hidden
deep behind your words
To think i do not know
is truly absurd

All the dimensions
And all your talk
you seem to forget
The third
386 · Jun 2015
Back To The Drawing Board
Curtis Jun 2015
What is money to a man
When he has no real plan
385 · Sep 2014
This Page
Curtis Sep 2014
The taste
Of coffee
So fresh
So new
A rush
A flow
Down it goes
And up I float
In my brain
A different way
Pulling
Pounding creativity
On a page

This page
More stream of consciousness
383 · Nov 2015
Vicious Cycle
Curtis Nov 2015
The struggle
As real as it is
It comes from within

Ive veered astray
From a beautiful place
A garden
An Eden

And what else for
Than a filthy pleasure

The physical world
Taunts me again
Pulling me
Further within

But fear not,
My loved ones
And my love

My journey in
Is at its end
And coming forth
Is me again

Back from the depths
And twists of my mind

These are places
i dare not dwell
Today however
Ive been in hell

Trekking back now
Through the fog
Climbing up
Climbing out


Soon my love
Ill be free again
380 · Apr 2014
Medication
Curtis Apr 2014
What ails you?
A sickness?
The flu?
Purge the unnatural with something we have made!

Maybe you feel weak?
From an injury?
From a bone you have tweaked?
Purge the unnatural with something we have made!

Or maybe you just feel blue?
A sickness of the brain?
Well then.
We can help you.
Purge the unnatural with something we have made!

No matter the problem,
No matter how small,
A simple little pill,
Will fix them all.

Take this pill.
It is normal you know.
You will no longer feel ill.
Yes,
You will no longer feel...
Ill.
378 · May 2014
Inexpressible
Curtis May 2014
I want
To write
A poem
But cannot
Find words
377 · Oct 2014
I Wish to be the Rain
Curtis Oct 2014
Mildy unpredictable
Fully unstoppable

Beautiful
Nurturing
Comforting

Destructive
Cold
Dep­ressing

Nothing but cyclic
And anothers perspective
377 · Aug 2014
Exhausted
Curtis Aug 2014
I'm tired today
With all the things I have done
I'm happy to say
374 · Apr 2014
Dream
Curtis Apr 2014
Losing faith in reality
When a dream is what you see
I see her
I see her with me
But i know
It will never be
I see anyone really
Just someone
To share my company
And help me feel free

Time to snap back reality
Work waits for me
373 · Jan 2017
Ink
Curtis Jan 2017
Ink
A flood runs down my wretched spine
So many toxins
And wasted time
Flushed on out
Of this brain of mine
Here it lay on this little phone screen
All this blackness
Shimmers with colors I've never seen
373 · Sep 2014
Explosion
Curtis Sep 2014
All that we are
The absorption
The explosion
Once a burning star

All the things to be absorbed
All the things to which we form

Everything we percieve
Ever have and ever will see
That beautiful thing energy

So proud should you be

Experiencing explosion
In the slowest slow-motion
373 · Sep 2014
For Zoe
Curtis Sep 2014
Once you feel
The inner workings of your mind
You fall in fear
Of the racing thoughts inside

Focus on the things around
A sight
Or maybe a sound
Hear your thoughts grow loud

That is where the beauty of racing thoughts is found

At least for me anyhow.
371 · Aug 2014
Metro
Curtis Aug 2014
Into the tunnel
And out of the world
Fast we shall travel
To a fitting techno beat
370 · Oct 2014
Moonlight Shadows
Curtis Oct 2014
Moonlight shadows
Scattered in the dark
If it wasnt for work
I would be down in the park
369 · Aug 2015
Keep Turning
Curtis Aug 2015
Imagine,
If you will,
The inner workings,
Of a watch.

All the tiny gears,
Gently colliding,
Slowly sliding,
Like lovers locked in dance.

All different sizes,
Shaped in their own way,
But all equally as important,
To keep constant flow.

Turning and turning,
The little ones go,
Turning the larger,
But the larger turns slow.

Their size and their speed,
Mean nothing to them,
In their own little circle,
They forever go.

They maintain their rhythm,
Their sense of immortal flow,
Then and only then,
Will the bigger things ever go.
So lost in the larger things are people today.
Worried over what is much larger than they.
Just keep moving
Always go about things
In your own unique way
367 · Sep 2014
Dull
Curtis Sep 2014
It seems as though
The brush i had
Has now grown thin
The brush lies within
My very skin
The skin that i'm in
Behind my thick skull
That **** brush is dull
Covered in black and gray
What a gloomy dreary haze
It is just another phase
A rock under my flow
As i'm water
Over the waterfall watch me go
Into the basin i am home
Or at least part of a biodome
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