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LaFayette Aug 2020
I am just another weary, stymied Sisyphus
Slowly climbing the eternal hill of existence
Finding no rest or crest of contentment
Only the familiar face of failed endeavors

I am so sick of unrewarded undertakings
Give all of yourself to meet stolid silence
Before the boundless boulder recedes again
Dead on my feet, I retreat to the doldrums
LaFayette Aug 2020
Boundlessly broken
Shivering surrender
Cowering capitulation
Demeaning defeat

Never kneel
Steady stubbornness
Relentless resistance
Valorous victory
LaFayette Aug 2020
The way you looked across the bar
You must be a professional
Before this night is over
I’ll need the nearest confessional

The way you drive me crazy
It’s like a new kind of sin
The room is hotter than hell
So is your devilish skin

Call me a priest, call me a cop
Stuff like this ain’t legal
Get my keys out for the door
This night won’t be venial

Bouncing off the walls
Sweat pouring from our pores
The next question is
Who ends up on all fours?
LaFayette Jul 2020
You can’t see fetid decay
Evidence of damnation
Until you step back and see
Need for rejuvenation

The spell finally broken
I can’t see all that I did
The fog cleared from my eyes
Love turned from fresh to rancid

I need to move on from here
Find the space to find myself
A new home to call my own
A better place for my health

My refuge in coming storm
My beacon in darkest night
My solace in crushing loss
My support in life’s fight

You were important to me
Before I reached coming dawn
Some things seem to disappear
They are never fully gone
LaFayette Jul 2020
It’s rolling in
On the horizon
Calling my name
Challenging me

I will face it
I am unconquerable
I am undefeated
I am unbroken

It’s a new storm
It will not cower me
I will stand tall
And see the sun again
LaFayette Jun 2020
I don’t want to forget you
Contentment as we lay entwined
You said this is where you wanted to be

                    Your memory is so ******* selective
                    Agony as I lay beside you
                    I never said I was your forever

The lady doth protest too much
I remember what was real and what wasn’t
The facts and my memories still conform

                     Your dramatics don’t impress me
                     You twist reality to suit you
                     Recall it all, not only what you want

Do I cause you all this pain?
Have I misread what you wanted?
Is this all my imagination?

                      Good intentions don’t preclude pain
                      What we both want, I can’t give
                      This is real but it’s not our reality

I only wanted to see you smile
Reciprocate the exhilaration you gave me
To be everything you ever needed

                       Our happiness masked a demon
                       The feelings were always mutual
                       You can’t be the answer to this question

Then on this we can agree
                       It’s two broken hearts, not one
LaFayette Jun 2020
The first part is the best part
The excitement of control
Conjuring art from nothing
Digging into a damaged soul

Then the fear sets itself deep
Talentless and lack of insight
Going to the same stupid well
My weakness exposed to the light

I bought Poetry for Dummies
I’m no poet, and I know it
But I step up once again
I hit submit and I show it

I hold my breath as it posts
I pray for the views and the likes
My “gift” to Hello Poetry
Desperate to avoid dislikes

I don’t want forced pity
Candid confession from a man
Hiding behind pseudonym
Who hopes you can just understand
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