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Mar 2019 · 154
How Things Have Changed
Micah G Mar 2019
a new fight
a sharp knife
a quiet plight

a new car
a new scar
went too far

a new home
a red zone
a broken bone
its been a while since i posted but here i am. things are different now for sure.
Dec 2018 · 194
Suspicious Mind
Micah G Dec 2018
If you can lie to me
who else is
and did?

If you sweet mother
can speak such injustice
who else held me down?
Nov 2018 · 260
The Kids Aren’t Alright
Micah G Nov 2018
Lost in a world we don’t know
But grew up in
We don’t know what to do
So we drink, and get high
And we laugh and we cry
And love (or so we think), and we
Have issues but are too proud to see a shrink
So eventually we die
We blow our brains out and slit our wrists
We overdose and drive off cliffs
You get it
And meanwhile
Those of us who survive support those who are lost
When we are still not out of the dark yet
I’m fine but this is for a friend
Nov 2018 · 205
The Temple
Micah G Nov 2018
The once great temple
Is now decayed and turned green
Where did the people go?
Nov 2018 · 367
US Navy
Micah G Nov 2018
Semper Fortis
Forged by the Sea
The American patriot
Ashore and afloat
The Marine Corp *****
We have the SEALs
And we own you
Kiss my salty seadog boots
For my bro Kevin
Nov 2018 · 288
The Branches
Micah G Nov 2018
Two branches alike
Of the same wood, but they will
Never touch despite this
Micah G Nov 2018
Watashi wa su o taberu ama-sa to
kōshinryō ni kuwaete kanojo wa kōcha
de watashi o tsukutta
I taste vinegar
Along with sweetness and spice
In the tea she made me
Nov 2018 · 483
Liberty
Micah G Nov 2018
A leaf in the wind
Free from the tree that bound it
But carried by hard winds
What is freedom to you? At what cost does it come?
Nov 2018 · 167
The Young
Micah G Nov 2018
So quickly they ran
And so far, they ran so far.
At last they will settle
Nov 2018 · 186
The Tea
Micah G Nov 2018
I taste vinegar
Along with sweetness and spice
In the tea she made me
Life in a cup
Nov 2018 · 175
Haiku
Micah G Nov 2018
Held by transience
Be free to be who you are
Open up their eyes
Nov 2018 · 501
Bus Window
Micah G Nov 2018
It is cold outside
And warm in here. There is mist
On the window. Can’t see.
Nov 2018 · 548
RIP Stan Lee
Nov 2018 · 302
Why I Write Haiku
Micah G Nov 2018
Why I write haiku
Because it is a puzzle
And I forget you

Why I write haiku
Because it is a puzzle
And I forget you
You are like the winter snow
And this is a summer rain
A (very) short Renga-style haiku Inspired by Haydi’s “like you”
Nov 2018 · 540
A Haiku
Micah G Nov 2018
The night sky is bright
So alive and so busy
Unlike her dark eyes
Nov 2018 · 144
Haiku #6
Micah G Nov 2018
A long-aged tree trunk
The old one has many rings
What secrets does each one hold?
More “Danrin-style” haiku
Nov 2018 · 270
Haiku #5
Micah G Nov 2018
The mist flows freely
Of it’s own free will, kind of.
In and out of the light
Yes I know it’s 5-7-6... Danrin Excess Syllable on The Last Line Style lol
Nov 2018 · 251
Haiku #4
Micah G Nov 2018
A dark bull mesquite
Old and strong and wise and good
Dies for expansion
What must we sacrifice for the expansion of our urban jungles?
Nov 2018 · 219
Haiku #3
Micah G Nov 2018
Drops on the window
Different sizes and shapes
All of one substance
Semi-traditional haiku on...
Nov 2018 · 129
Deaf
Micah G Nov 2018
To any signal you send
To any emotion
It all blends together
Into one grey concoction, always in motion
Nov 2018 · 9.0k
Why
Micah G Nov 2018
Why
Can I give a girl anything  
Except what she wants
Nov 2018 · 247
Free
Micah G Nov 2018
I loved you
But you didn’t back
You said that you did, too
But then you went behind my back

So I say it’s time to cut the crap
I’ve had enough of you
Leave me to the scars and the cracks
I knew you were too good to be true
Yeah
Nov 2018 · 164
I’m not worthy
Micah G Nov 2018
I’m nothing special
I could easily be a millionaire before 30
I have faced no true adversity
Despite my everyday struggles

I have no backstory
I have no PAIN
I feel nothing
To my sin I am enslaved

I go to church
And I have a nice truck
I have everything set before me
Success is within my grasp

I am not worthy to be here
I am the ultimate grey man
I’m white and straight
The image of evil to fools
Basically
Nov 2018 · 1.4k
The Cruel Mother (a la 2018)
Micah G Nov 2018
In the pale white light
    Fine Flowers in the valley
She learned of child to come in the night
    The green leaves they grow rarely

The night came sooner than expected, it did
    Fine Flowers in the valley
She went to the clinic and did it in
    The green leaves they grow rarely

Walking down the street she saw a child
    Fine Flowers in the valley
And saw the love they shared and smiled
    The green leaves they grow rarely
A shorter, modern take on The Cruel Mother
Don’t take this the wrong way. It is in no way meant to throw shade or degrade those who have had abortions.
I very much disagree with them but can’t put myself in their shoes as a male.
Nov 2018 · 452
Haiku #2
Micah G Nov 2018
Sad-hearted green man
Sickly heart too small, no love
Redemption is near
Just saw The Grinch. Good one for my little brothers. Was a fun movie
Nov 2018 · 300
Haiku #1
Micah G Nov 2018
Beautiful Flower
Golden, blue, and dark green
Captured in the vase
Are you the flower?
Nov 2018 · 694
Defy
Micah G Nov 2018
Shhh
Say the waves of the angry sea

I respond with every once of rebellion in me
I will be who I want me to be
Stay true to yourself and remember who your are
Nov 2018 · 247
Kevlar
Micah G Nov 2018
You are my body armor
My Kevlar

You protect me from enemy fire
You secure me in situations dire

You are heavy but the end result
Is worth the struggle
Who is your Kevlar?
Nov 2018 · 10.9k
Shooter
Micah G Nov 2018
Shooter
What makes you this way
Is it the game on your computer
Or is it in your DNA?

Is it alcohol?
Or drugs?
The urge to end it all?
Deathly Spirits, do they tug at you?

Or is it PTSD?
Images and feelings from long ago
That you can’t unsee?
What made us cross the line 19 years ago?————————————
Why?
I’ve always wondered why so many shootings are happening nowadays. What is it individually that causes these, and what are exactly are they thinking?
Nov 2018 · 413
Cowboy
Micah G Nov 2018
I am not of this day and age
I much belong to the open range

My Texan spirit you cannot cage
I live by many an old adage

I feel at home with danger close
A gun on my hip and a glimmer of hope

I am like the antelope
Skittish with no way to cope

Tip my hat off to the side
Here or there I can’t decide

I’m a cowboy till I die
Thats is something you’ll never pry
Nov 2018 · 371
Freestyling Poetry #1
Micah G Nov 2018
I carry the weight of my sin
I feel no worth within
ME
Is all I see at times
Self-righteousness make me blind
It’s hard to see
Anything but
RED
With all this anger in me
Just leave me be
Or I’ll snap and you may be
Excessively
HURT
I’ve done it before
And I’ll do it again
I’ll leave not only your heart but your body sore
I’m sorry bro
Freestyled in 1 min 24 sec. what do you guys think?
Nov 2018 · 219
Remember
Micah G Nov 2018
Your room is this way
Dementia
No ma’am it’s okay
Forget ya
Don’t forget those who have fallen to time. Stand with them and be kind.
Nov 2018 · 185
Where The West Wind Blows
Micah G Nov 2018
If you stand still and listen
You may hear in a whisper,
Coming
The West Wind

Like a storm it approaches
Each man and woman
slowly,
The West Wind

It is the end of an era
The beginning of new life
surely,
The West Wind

One day it will reach you
It will take us too
soon,
The West Wind

But where will we be taken
If and where will we awaken
Death...
The West Wind
We all must come to grips with our mortality, and what we will do with what time we have. And where we are going afterwards....

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