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O the gorgon dread
contorting me to stone
setting my heart to a place
from whence I craved to fled

O the piercing raw gaze
setting my body to necroses
by a gale of unrequitedness
tearing my presence until it fades

O the beguiled smile
putting my nature to cofliction
with faith placed in a better you
a hope that brings nothing but arousal

O the persuasive tongue
pulling my strings of emotion
flaring me with wings
until I burn too close to the sun

O the reflection I see
of this person who looks just like me
is as unfamiliar as the next
for I plunged this self into the depths of the sea
We don't need to accept the flaws in our character as who we are
but to to accept that they are, is a flaw in who we are
DP Schott Dec 2018
Torn from my family 3 girls a boy and me  
.Like a branch ripped from a tree and thrown into this river misery.
Help is everywhere and help is nowhere. You call out to God but empty air. So much despair I'm losing my care. I'm walking thru life with an empty stare. The laugh you hear, that smile you see is simply not me. Only distant remnants of who I used to be, Phantom me an empty soul, Phantom me a man with no spirit or place to go. This empty vessel is drifting fast in need of rescue before another big crash
,
DP Schott Dec 2018
Recalling memories of a great friend,                          
                      and I wouldn't be happier to see him again.

                          This small wish will never have been,
                       for heavens spirits have called upon him.

                     So my heart sad with cheer I'll lower my chin,
               So in heaven our friendship can  begin all over again.

,
My life long friend and my Marine brother so sad you left us so young.
Love you brother wish you were here
DP Schott Dec 2018
Love is here then love is gone, our love now is nowhere found
Friends are here but never stay, grumblings of a world about to fray.
I said sure go away when I should have said no baby plse plse Stay.
All I wanted was to prove my trust, and you went out to do what ****** must. Less than 5 hours from my arms you gave another your sweet charms. All my life I had waited for you, all my life my love for you. You were so wonderful and you were so true.
I was so wrong and now I'm Blue.
DP Schott Dec 2018
Summer days and lazy waves
             To Mother Nature we'd give praise
             Half full beers and friend filled days
                Soaking up those summer ways
            Too tall trees and a warm summer breeze
              Wish these moments I could freeze
                Cool wet wind as the water falls
                           Sometimes its best just to take a pause              
         So Stop
              Soak it all in and revel in your friends
               Cuz you'll never know where it all ends.
In memory of Charles Mark Day

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