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263 · Sep 2016
Emily
Justin S Wampler Sep 2016
The zipper cried
as I ripped it open
and I took deep breaths
before lighting
a cigarette,
and sigh
blue clouds into the mist.

She said something,
what was it?
I turned to hear her better.
It was something about her hair
wasn't it?
So I told her:

"I think your hair is beautiful,
I love you."
I said,
then hesitating
with a shocked look
wrapped round my head.
She smiled at me
pleased
and began to giggle.

I didn't mean to say it,
it was far too soon.
Admitting I loved her
just reinforced the fact
that we've been together forever
and there was no going back
to the lunch table at noon.
263 · Jul 2015
thoughtbound
Justin S Wampler Jul 2015
Fine is the line
between
nothing and infinity.

Failure to define,
fathom,
conceptions of eternity.

Humanity's common bind.
The shared shackles of mankind.
262 · Dec 2018
Mmm
Justin S Wampler Dec 2018
Mmm
Father had a rotary,
Whereas I favor flat four
But when Pap has a V8
I cain't argue no more.
259 · Jun 2015
Honest.
Justin S Wampler Jun 2015
Is it still a lie
if deep in my heart I believe what I'm saying?

Is it still a lie
if I'm ******* insane?
259 · Jul 2022
New pen
Justin S Wampler Jul 2022
I've calluses from working,
but writing always leaves me
with a couple fresh blisters.
259 · Aug 2022
Best friend
Justin S Wampler Aug 2022
Best left behind,
that's what I've found.

Sometimes if you can't understand why,
then just maybe
it's best left behind.

Carry me yonder,
my stubborn stride.
For the past, and all it's burdensome belongings are
best left behind.
259 · Mar 2019
Untitled
Justin S Wampler Mar 2019
Its a poetry website lol you have to write a poem rofl
*******
Alla you
258 · Aug 2015
lady
Justin S Wampler Aug 2015
hands-down
She was the first love
I have ever had

and Her face
still comes to me
in my dreams.
258 · May 2015
meh
258 · Dec 2023
Fri end s
Justin S Wampler Dec 2023
Never been quite sure
where it all ends,
whether it be down in Hell
or up in the Heavens.

Don't matter much to me
you see, 'cause
I got friends in both places.
257 · Nov 2014
Scents of fear
Justin S Wampler Nov 2014
Continuously loathing the longing I feel
for the people I'm the most afraid of.
257 · Jan 2021
Accessorizing
Justin S Wampler Jan 2021
I'm wearing a gun
And a **** ring,
I don't know which one
Feels better.
257 · May 2015
Where you've been
Justin S Wampler May 2015
Countless overlapping stickers speak
more history than a sacred sacrament.
The guitarist's personal bible
is the case for their instrument.
255 · Aug 2015
my writing
Justin S Wampler Aug 2015
It's not me,
it's Bukowski.
255 · Mar 2015
Burning ropes
Justin S Wampler Mar 2015
From the time we meet,
I want you to forget me.

And the reasons we seek,
will make you regret me.
254 · Jul 2022
Inherited cramp.
Justin S Wampler Jul 2022
Held true an honest sword, never.

Yet still a firm grip persists
from a grudge long clenched.


Gleaming and bitterly cold,
this sharpened-heartstring blade.
Forged from flesh betrayed,
handed down through ages of old.
254 · Jul 2022
Rapid eyes
Justin S Wampler Jul 2022
Even the loudest dreams
drift off into oblivion
upon my waking.
254 · Oct 2018
Tentwentyoneeighteen
Justin S Wampler Oct 2018
The air doesn't smell any different
on this cold October day.
So life goes on,
just feeling more
like a gift now
than it did before.
254 · Jul 2015
Burning Blames
Justin S Wampler Jul 2015
It's been so **** long,
trying to forgive myself.

Can't figure out what I did wrong,
but I'm sure it's all my fault.
254 · Apr 2015
yeahyeahyeah
Justin S Wampler Apr 2015
It's not that I don't care.
It's just that I don't care to care.
At least when I'm impaired.
253 · May 2015
No-joke II
Justin S Wampler May 2015
Knock-knock.
Who's there?

An abandoned child
on your doorstep.
253 · Jun 2015
totally man
Justin S Wampler Jun 2015
yeahyeahyeahdude
forsure
253 · Aug 2016
Watch where you step.
Justin S Wampler Aug 2016
Is the line as fine as you think it is?

I'm never quite sure.
253 · Jun 2015
Bee
Justin S Wampler Jun 2015
Bee
A-l-l-o-w
m-e
t-o
s-p-e-l-l
i-t
o-u-t
f-o-r
y-o-u.
252 · Sep 2015
Untitled
Justin S Wampler Sep 2015
******* all,
constant readers.
252 · Mar 2015
my two sense
Justin S Wampler Mar 2015
You'd sound much more intelligent with a **** in your mouth.
You'd feel that much more tangible with the back of my hand.
You'd look a whole lot prettier sobbing in a heap on the floor.
You'd be nothing special even if you weren't an easy *****.
Women are such beautiful beings, like delicate flowers, or silken garments.
Let's treat them accordingly, shall we?
251 · May 2015
goodbyepoetry
Justin S Wampler May 2015
If there's one
kind of person
that I despise
the most,

it's a ******* writer.
251 · Apr 2015
M¥§†Æ®¥
Justin S Wampler Apr 2015
Oh who are we
to try and decide

It's best we leave
our choices to pride

Butterfly, slash-shot,
and a magnum
250 · Jun 2015
Olra
Justin S Wampler Jun 2015
I think she forgot to look both ways
before crossing my mind one day,
for now she is but a bloodstain
upon my memory.

I feel she was beaten to death,
one brutal pulse at a time,
by the last heart attack
that I suffered.

But sometimes the daydreams take
me away from this atmosphere,
and the shadows from Saturn's rings
form her name in space.

As I spill my coffee,
alone.
250 · May 2014
Me
Justin S Wampler May 2014
Me
I have so much hatred
pent up inside

but I don't know for whom
or even why.
249 · Jan 2021
Louder than words
Justin S Wampler Jan 2021
Ain't need to say it,
I'll let my actions
Speak for themselves.

That's all that really matters anyway.
249 · Aug 2015
Untitled
Justin S Wampler Aug 2015
a line
in a circle
in a triangle
on her skin

and the kind of pink
that makes me want to sin
248 · Aug 2022
Dylan's half-truth
Justin S Wampler Aug 2022
Baby, you ain't blue,
but I'm still finding myself
tangled up in you.
248 · Apr 2015
taking the F-U outta fun
Justin S Wampler Apr 2015
All my dead friends
haunt me.

They really put the fun
in funeral.
248 · Mar 2024
Late March
Justin S Wampler Mar 2024
That sun is deceiving.
Faux fluorescence, fickle morning light.
In my eyes
so bright,
on my skin
cold as night.

Conniving contrivance of combustion,
yellow liar in the sky
feeding my hopeful mind
full of summertime delight.

Don't step outside,
lest you find
that sun is deceiving.
False light,
bitterly white,
dancing in the
azure heights.
247 · Feb 2019
Off the heezay makes me cry
Justin S Wampler Feb 2019
what's it really matter though?
take my hand,
this is my revenge.
247 · May 2015
My various emotions.
246 · May 2015
Untitled
Justin S Wampler May 2015
There's a space between
you and I
that I just don't seem
able to find.
246 · Nov 2018
Half-hour dumps
Justin S Wampler Nov 2018
Maybe I'll read a book
Or play some tetris
245 · Aug 2016
Shakes it all out of me.
Justin S Wampler Aug 2016
I miss my truck and
I guess a piece of me
still don't give a ****
about the rest of me.

But that's not true,
I'm trying to change
these soiled linens
on my bed of rage.

Let the dust settle now,
I'm approaching the age
where time grabs hold
and ceaselessly shakes.
245 · Jun 2015
Untitled
Justin S Wampler Jun 2015
wow writing is so cool
just knowing you're reading this
is the key to making stool.

I just **** these words
out of my keyboard.
245 · Nov 2021
Just don't look at it.
Justin S Wampler Nov 2021
As hard as I try
to ignore that crumbling keystone,
I'm still painfully aware
that the arch will soon come crashing down.

I wonder if when that happens
I'll have the audacity,
and the brazen cowardice,
to act surprised.

To feign knowledge.
To play a selfish fool.
244 · Jul 2015
Untitled
Justin S Wampler Jul 2015
This website ***** golf ***** through a garden hose.
244 · Nov 2016
Honesty & Spite
Justin S Wampler Nov 2016
See, I think it's key
but she sees it differently
because hypothetically
it could be a liability,
that is, this honesty,
because maybe truth can be
painful it seems
and that will only lead
the pain to breed
and somewhere in-between
that golden honesty
can become a sheath
to house a blade honed keen
we use to cut each other deep.
241 · Jul 2015
Untitled
Justin S Wampler Jul 2015
You think so?
Because I don't.

In fact I try so **** hard
not to.
241 · Nov 2022
Untitled
Justin S Wampler Nov 2022
Is anyone here?
241 · Sep 2022
Cymbalic
Justin S Wampler Sep 2022
That bitter brass crash
punctuating every beat
is jarringly unsettling,
just a toy monkey indeed.

Tell me what it really means.
Tell me what it stands for,
why was such a thing created?
Wound up tightly, set it free.

The zombies will all chase it,
relentless and ever mindlessly.
Just a toy monkey?
More like a bomb, indeed.
240 · Jul 2022
wake
Justin S Wampler Jul 2022
This is the last time
I ever mistake tail lights
for the sunset.

Take a minute,
a breather,
a respite.

You lead me
quite well,
my friend,

but

I'll never be caught dead
treading water
in your wake again.
240 · May 2023
Meaty Ochre
Justin S Wampler May 2023
Just good enough
to enjoy it.

Can't make money on it.
Can't stand out in a crowd.
Not quite special.

That's me and
that's okay.

At least I can afford
a good steak once in awhile.
Not a great cut of meat but
just good enough
to enjoy it.
240 · Aug 2015
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Justin S Wampler Aug 2015
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