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95 · Mar 2019
Mirror effect
Odd Odyssey Poet Mar 2019
Mirror wise,
Blind man's reflection locked in the eyes.
So many secrets to keep, but they're mostly lies.

Oops to say I really didn't care of myself to be,
Something of a saint in people's sight. But that's not what you actually see.

Gaze at my mirror reflection, seeing something different.
Shooting every shot I had in life, getting tired of how I missed it.

Oops to say I told you so,
But I'm not the friendly type all season. Thought you should know.

Mirror, mirror on the wall,
I've got troubling thoughts naming me wise by every call.
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Your cracks can't hide the facts of shortcomings being so tall.

Mirror effect,
Don't see the doubt in the reverse image. Not scared to regret.
Something I constantly expect.
95 · Dec 2023
Can't or cunt
Odd Odyssey Poet Dec 2023
I feel lucid as my lost dreams, loosely as could be,
To act upon my wicked heart's desire as Lucifer could have
been, and if that's just human, Lucifers all are we.
I've been mostly running out of time, with not much seconds
to count. And I don't blame the company of family wanting to
keep me out,—I don't blame you, I'd want to kick myself
out of my house. I should do better, but I don't seem to match
the words of people's expectations; never really lived on the
letter. But I sometimes hope in a next lifetime I could be clever.
        A lesser of a lessor, but I don't have much of a heart to rent
                                ...out, or let anyone I know to reflect my love.
The pro's and con's of loving me, a con of a man who only really shows the truth in his prose. Mixing the art with the inspiration
of rap; all of which are the stories that pass, and a gift towards a
movie picture of the present. I guess that's a wrap.

By the hopes of a double entendre, I hope I could double out
my life facts. Maybe if I could dream a life of living out my
best fictions, I could be justified to give a god thanks.
Masking my pride with the smiles I pull out of my pocket,
while trying to live a life on time I had to borrow.
But even if you swallow the seed of a man, you still
couldn't birth his much-needed humbleness.
                             ..."I guess pride is much harder to swallow."

And like an addiction of the pills I had, the truth of
my own addictions are all so hard to swallow.
Still every piece I write feels like a letter to my younger self,
hoping he doesn't follow in my footsteps,— I wasn't the best
role model. The teen who would roll a model blunt just
to get a flood of ideas to drown out his mind.
But that's a lie; I never really was the one who knew how
to roll up one, and of course the intention was just to get high.
          Still... what's there to expect of a shy guy,
mostly the types who refuse to cry, choosing to give a bitter
reply. Never to say what's really on their mind: the truth
                     is I'm....sigh never mind!

I'm just writing to pass the time, like passing that blunt,
feeling like I can't, but I'd rather take knowing that I can't,
          then having more people call me out as a ****.
94 · May 2021
Aspects
Odd Odyssey Poet May 2021
Better living,
better for me to have it done.
She was the world,
all of her ideas so round.
Always the down to Earth type,
so close to ground.

How do we listen for hope,
if we don't know the sound,
Bragg about wisdom,
with none of which found.
She's a world,
amongst all planets,
Who knows how to spin your words,
so beware fellas.

I'm not writing about a girl,
or a lady of such
Neither a lush woman,
a type to break your heart.
Nor a being,
to have you falling in love.

It's a piece on living,
written to be read by eyes of the living
All of us still breathing,
how's the life you're living
Playing it safe all the time,
not a risk of risking?

What are your aspects of life?

Take this aspect,
expect and accept what comes to be next.
Be it may you're desperate or depressed,
nothing keeps you away from the rest.

All aspects of time. Times of living.
All of what we are. A better end than a beginning.

A simple life of a human.
94 · Nov 2021
Smiles/Lies
Odd Odyssey Poet Nov 2021
The world is full of
smiles;

switch the letters,
but also so much (SM)
lies.
94 · Dec 2022
To the unknown writer
Odd Odyssey Poet Dec 2022
Memos to a poet's unheard speech
Could sound like a preach
Great ideas of course to promote peace
Listen intently; there's reason to pain
Expressive lyrics of love, then also shame
All is fair game in wordplay—wouldn't you know
a peaceful night after a chaotic day

Their song is unsung, written in chorus blue
A writer who is broken; fixation on their expression
                                  ....the writer you never knew
94 · Jan 2021
Purposely living
Odd Odyssey Poet Jan 2021
Sky's falling,
could you catch all the pieces?
Loads will fall,
but don't burden yourself with
Life's overload.

Even with knees shaking,
taking the weight of the world
Don't force it on yourself
to have your back breaking
Troubles always seem to follow
as you're heading in the right direction
On the other hand of it,
all that follows is left behind
Troubles won't be with us at the destination.

Take it like a train,
on this long railway of life
Learning to train your mind
on every piece of knowledge we gain
In a route of life
not always custom to follow a line.

Things go along in curves,
don't be hell bent to force them to go straight
The journey of it isn't as easy
walking out of it through a wide gate
Still you should walk into
things you worked for to deserve.

So when all seems
to be falling in pieces
Remember,
many pieces built-up your worth
Live it out without any a cost,
perhaps to all it could be purpose.
94 · Aug 2023
Pink Hoodie
Odd Odyssey Poet Aug 2023
I left all of my dreams in the fabric;'
   all those sweet nothings for you to wear
Over-sized, baggy, and hanging-
   a perfect outfit with no underwear

My intent grabbed by your attention;
   an affection; blush of cheeks, the taste of lips/
       our escape under the sheets

We're each other's stain'
    can't be removed off each other
     tattoos to one another'
   stuck to each other's skins by every lasting mark

      Stealing my heart,
        just like you stole our pink hoodie
94 · Sep 2024
Sincerity
Odd Odyssey Poet Sep 2024
The pulsating rhythm of sound crashes against my ears,
resonating deep within her essence- those shattered fragments
have been mended, creating a sense of wholeness for both of us.
Your soul is a sanctuary where I find my refuge, and through
its window of your gaze, I glimpse the serene blue reminiscent
of a crisp, clear day, washed over by your tears. I slipped through
the fissures of time, where what feels like eternity is merely a
whisper of the long-lost days of our youth.

I extend hope to you, like a dream offered to the weary eyes
of an insomniac; I express my thoughts as gentle lullabies, soothing
enough to lull a multitude of lovers into slumber.

Your boundaries resemble a box filled with crumpled matchsticks,
a tongue parched and coated in the remnants of ash. You’ve yearned
for love, waiting for that first drop, now tasting the last. Yet, you
remain burdened by silence, unable to voice your desires, and sadly
weighed down by those you once held dear.

You've transformed into a fallen star, your essence suspended
like vibrant neon lights. It pains me to realize the depths of feelings
you'll never know— as our spirits linger in a shared dream, each of us
isolated in our own worlds.  All we seek is true Sincerity.
You see, I’m naturally an introvert — quiet corners, deep
thoughts, the type to overthink a handshake. But life? Life
keeps putting me on stages, in conversations that feel like
marathons for my soul. So yeah, stepping out as an extrovert?
That’s not performance, that’s survival. A daily challenge
with no dress rehearsal.

I’m a softie — but not the breakable kind. No, this softness?
It’s pressure-cooked from hard times. It knows the weight of
silence, and how to turn pain into patience. I’m not here to
pretend to be hard — I’m here to show that being real is rarer.

Now, let’s talk love. I’m a full-blown lover boy — heart open,
arms wide, playlist ready. But don’t get it twisted — I’m not in
the business of having my love used as someone else’s stepping
stone. I’ve retired from being the emotional charity.

And my smile? Oh, it’s got layers. A whole palette of moods.
Bright for the world, but the darker shades? Those are reserved.
A private gallery. Only for the ones I cherish, the ones who earn
the right to see me unfiltered.

So if you meet me — don’t just notice the calm, or the kindness,
or the charm. Know there’s a storm I’ve already walked through
to be standing this still.
Odd Odyssey Poet Sep 2018
Still wonder why they make us cry
Lord knows I be praying trying to ask him why.
And it's a shame it would have to come to this
Too many taking shots but really they're too afraid to miss.

Could a thousand shots to a heart be shot just to make it bleed
Knees be sore and bruised trying to pray for our every need.

But those are just my words.

**** shame I had to lose myself in all other people's selfish words
Expensive taste they try to place on me, taking wrong corners. Living a life of risky swerves

But could I be just the prey to this predators teeth
You say as much as you can to try **** me from beneath.

But those are just my words

But I refuse to be a slave to the words you use to bind me as chains
They may talk full but I won't give you any space to plant yourself in these empty plains.

For if you going to say hate to one really you should hate on yourself
If you were to think you're dying, I would blame such of your words for destroying your own health.

But those are just my words. Don't take to personal
But a word of advice, such of your words are but irreversibly.

But those are just my words.
Odd Odyssey Poet May 2021
Life so strange,
always a turning chapter.
What's the role of your story,
for every new day is a fresh page?

Think of this,
better yet, bear witness.
No full job you do,
comes without the first few pieces.
We all had something little to start with.

How'd we make the most of life,
without appreciating the little?

All of my people,
will always bleed the same.
Different in our living,
and how we face the days.
Cares of some aren't the cares for all.
Differences won't make less of a person in the world.

We all could love the worth of ourselves,
more than enough to share with the world.
Like different sectors of a boat,
each holds a responsibility for themselves.

Why wish for change,
upon each penny for a thought.
Make of the change,
and make it as your own.
The sense of it being
something physical to hold.

As are these final thoughts,
I've taken my last to scribe.
Don't feed yourself lies,
yet swallow down your pride.
While we're still alive,
we'd expand these thoughts to grow.
At the end of it all,
accomplish much before the end of life.

But these are just my thoughts.
93 · Mar 2022
All of me
Odd Odyssey Poet Mar 2022
All that I have, isn't all that I wish to do.
Oh how the faithless are faithful to
being unfaithful.

As in turn; the ugliest truths are beautiful
to the ears of a true friend.
Oh how the rich have plenty to give. But what
more can they receive?

We value more; that we've slaved to pay;
but would treat differently, something for free.

All that I have, isn't all that I truly want.
Oh how the needs are so little to their wants.
And only in life's tribulations, do we then consider
all of our needs.
Oh how they know me for I, but not for me.
All that you have, others would want a piece.

All that we are, isn't all the words said to be.

I am all that I am;
is all of me.
93 · Nov 2022
Untitled
Odd Odyssey Poet Nov 2022
Welcome to adult!

                       Whereby we're conned into living,
                        more likey the con is adulthood
The freedom joy from not being too young to do something
is just being forced into responsibility, and ****** feelings towards          
                     being told to have your **** together

Welcome to adult!

                    Whereby freedom of choice is diluted
                   by somehow making the wrong choices
To know how to do something on someone else's past experiences
learn how to swim early when overthinking every deep thought
           You're never enough; as adulthood asks for so much
  
Welcome to adult!

                  Whereby being so sad when you’re happy
          drinking pain, being numb to self worth and love
Talking ******* towards each other, feeling ****** about ourselves
Sunshine in the back pocket, and keeping all our bright ideas behind
           Being an adult adds on your worries as if they count

                                                          ­         ....being an adult *****
93 · Jan 2021
Joyous Serenade
Odd Odyssey Poet Jan 2021
Serenade a tune to all my
troubles and fears,
Singing till the sun is setting
down on them all.
Singing, goodbye, goodbye,
surely in deed.
I'm a sinking ship,
but I still know how to breathe.

Certainly misfortunes knows
well the misfortunate.
How could anymore misfortunes
follow me now?
I don't have anymore tears
to cry about problems keeping me down.
I just paint a smile,
laughing about it just like a clown.

Dancing away till I lose my steps,
misstep my reasons to worry.
Even knowing the entire future,
makes counting down the days you have left.
I'm in no rush to my death,
why should I hurry.

If the Heavens above me,
want me knocking at the gates till noon,
They'll send me a ticket,
if they want me arriving home soon.

So let me sing a tune,
caring not of the world's troubles.
One day it may crash and tumble,
But it shouldn't take me down
that glorious rumble.
93 · Dec 2021
Following
Odd Odyssey Poet Dec 2021
'Follow your heart',
it's been split in two

'Follow your dreams,'
life made me an insomniac

'Follow your words,'
my actions aren't the same

'Follow your goals,'
I can't see the target

So I'll just,

'Follows  my lessons,'
not to make the same mistakes

'Follow my God,'
he seems to know the best way.
93 · Jan 2023
Fall
Odd Odyssey Poet Jan 2023
If it were colours & dreams
my mind wouldn't sit still
While chasing an army-
my mind knew the drill
A beautiful face stuck in history
with no place to go
I must have missed the mystery
of the lands I've never explored
And while going out into the world
my mind was suddenly whirled
All on the wheels of fortunes, I was
so fortunate to find all I that I deserved

In an ignorant galaxy in the space
of my clouded mind
It was a beauty of ignorance that
showed my character was so sublime
A finite mind of infinite ideas; doesn't
have enough of the time
I was blind to me destiny, and destined
to sometimes fail
And coming to terms of pre-events, you start
to learn to more after you fail, and to prevail
You can't be a captain- with no strength to your sail
and you may escape the world, but an ignorant mind
still prisons you it's in jail

I've conquered an ocean
in the occasion of a blue moon
Was drawn by my foolish nostalgia
as well as a Saturday morning cartoon
A journey so long, but it's far from through
I'm not done with this world -I've got so much more to do

And if it fills like I'm falling
out of heaven- just let me fall, fall, fall
I won't be falling for far too long
93 · Oct 2023
In love with the flaws
Odd Odyssey Poet Oct 2023
Nothing comes to waste,
I'd still love you, and handle what comes with your love handles
Still for us to have a good **** session, quenching my thirst,
- I'd still adore you with a *******

I'd never get tired of you,
never getting tired of holding your baggage from those baggy eyes
I'd still admire the birds flying around your eyes,
your crow's feet wouldn't force me to walk out of our love

Your husky voice would still be attractive to me,
especially in my many, many lows
And I'd never put up a front for that gap tooth,
cos I had fallen in love with you, with all of your flaws
93 · Apr 2023
Rapture
Odd Odyssey Poet Apr 2023
Sigh!
It was never a dream
Just a constant nightmare of this living
To have loved so many,
But never feeling any love as it seems
Restlessness;
On all those resting places, you've set your heart upon
With all of the best times slowly fading into memories
All that we've once held onto, is honestly gone
Falling into the shadows of ourselves in their every iniquity
As I've fallen short in this game of falling in love
All which we know
All but somebody else's lessons and experiences
Betting yourself on a spare hand in a game of cards
But we seem to be the we; of all our weariness

Life seems tedious

The songs of ourselves
At times plays as an unanswered prayer
Only to hear the end of ourselves
While watching those we've loved, rise to the sky
All in the time of the world,
A rapture ends off this imperfect day
93 · Nov 2023
Sigh!
Odd Odyssey Poet Nov 2023
Confined to my own mind'
-thoughts start to feel claustrophobic
While thinking of all the prettiest of things,
the pettiest of emotions are made of thorns,
And I picture them as a bundle of roses,
as I longed of chasing every dream, before
the crack of dawn, but in between all of those cracks,
All of those very dreams have left me broken.

The loneliest place, -is like not missing home
yet never truly finding happiness in my current
surroundings; as if one wasn't the loneliest  number,
I at times find myself living it all for two,
carrying the weight of solitude for both.

Still hoping I could grow wings to fly above
all of my troubles.

But instead, the days grew colder,
and I found myself caught in the clutches of a flu.
A reminder that even in the depths of my own mind,
I couldn't escape the harsh realities of life.
93 · May 2023
Freedom of speech
Odd Odyssey Poet May 2023
Walls clearly out
the scratching and chasing
They called it a kitten's mitten
'a man with a soft touch and glove
As men would say, "you're merely a *****"

Round and round; those circles
of being like a dog chasing it's tail
Said a man being a dog, "just chasing *******"
******* off strangers, ******* on the front porch
'I have to mark my territory, a terrorist for girls
going to war

Still with the shell of surviving anything
cockroaches; festering with all cockiness
Tell me when the light shines on you
does that confidence start to scatter
A little pit pat into the tiny cracks of the cupboard
where those skeletons reside; a skin disguise of pride

Oops, excuse my running mouth
just exercising my lacklustre freedom of speech
93 · Dec 2020
Crush me over
Odd Odyssey Poet Dec 2020
Eastward
rising in me rising for you.
Following behind just like a fool,
for words of your lips and kisses.

Lineage
has me walking the line
Hoping to be bound as I tap on your spine,
deserving more glances of you besides in pictures.

Darling
you become almost like spring
Forcing me to be out here jumping
while my heart is doing more than blossom thumping,
You only gave me nothing, but from it
I somehow took something.

Insecurity
always stopped me from expressing
For I've been down on my luck, it's so depressing
too afraid to actually fall in love,
Love gave only to me it's cruelty.

Babe
I don't know if I could swear to you
not to curse myself to be stuck as glue
Trying to pick out between so many emotions,
which one might keep me saved.

Instead
I act the quiet fool
or even the shy guy you've known from school,
Searching for lively words to speak my truth
but truthfully my words are dead.

Distracted
by beauty I seem unable to hold
Only really for me to watch and behold
eyes still youthful of passion
But as the rest of me it's but passive.

Action
is what I should take
But I erase the thought, not wanting a mistake,
still like a wet fish caught by a hook
I'm hoping for this to be that catch.

Crush
me over babe
It's the exact crush giving me no escape
The very rock holding me down rolls
over in a rush.

It's a crush, I hope doesn't bring me harm
if I ever again fall in love.
93 · Nov 2022
Shut eyes
Odd Odyssey Poet Nov 2022
The night plays a tune of crickets
in a perfect silence,
as I see an open window frame picture
of a white and black horse—life and death
Dancing closely as with my sleep in the middle
                   Do I brave myself to shut my eyes?
92 · Jun 2023
Poetic demons
Odd Odyssey Poet Jun 2023
Poetry coming soon...

Really at most, it's just intrusive thoughts that love to consume
A force weapon of a pen,—red; as the after article read, is the inkling of inner demons demonstrating themselves out of my head
Amongst a night of inhaling the devil's smoke, painting ash in my lungs As it's not of doing the act for fun; or being numb to the obvious self harm. The burning passion in my heart is a fireplace,
as the smoke at times comes up and out of a chimney neck
To then coughing those fumes like a dying exhaust, exhausted by
a facade of pretending not to be as odd

With voices in my head...

Screaming whispers of a daily insecurity, usually when I
convince myself of not being belittled by the litter of *****
thoughts, that I quickly clean off with an innocent smile
Mr Nice Shy guy; someone you shouldn't waste to bat an eye
But the truth will swing at you abruptly

Things that all happen in the dark...

The sort of enlightening events to reveal one's darkest spot
Like those who act a little more holy than their holes in their
socks,—it's all but the stench of us all searching to be whole
But it's ironic though, that you need to feel whole to fill up a hole
And my mind is this gaping hole, that only a pen could fill in this deep abyss. But it sometimes betrays me like a Judas kiss, hanging me over
As I have an angel and demon battling over who speaks louder on my stronger shoulder

Poetry is coming soon, I'm just waiting for the voices in
my head.  All those voices of the things that all happen
in the dark

             My poetic demons
92 · Mar 2023
Fragile flowers
Odd Odyssey Poet Mar 2023
Roaring dandelion,
nature's bravery
are the flowers still brave to grow

—in cold, hail; and the result
after a storm. Often bruised, split
and torn; atone to it's fragile state
it is not a slave to a fearful fate,

And if the fragile flower
chooses to be brave
what stops you too from
choosing that way?
92 · May 2022
Beauty's denial
Odd Odyssey Poet May 2022
"I'm the sweetest"
so said the grapefruit by it's looks,
"I'm the most mature"
so said a sour big grape hanging on,
"I'm the tastiest"
so said an apple with a worm in the centre.

Oh the denial of beauty, alas it's subtleties
are just a bite in moments.
But what fill does it have,
of it's tastes?
92 · Jan 2024
Dollar
Odd Odyssey Poet Jan 2024
I feel like a dollar sometimes,
floating around in a world where money seems
to rule everything.

It may not buy much these days,
but to someone who has nothing, it always feels
like a million bucks.
92 · Sep 2021
People living.
Odd Odyssey Poet Sep 2021
See through hands of giving;
closed hand into sinning
All of us are lately tripping;
falling off, death inevitably proceeding
All at our tries of living;

As are us, of our people.
92 · Nov 2024
Red Balloon
Odd Odyssey Poet Nov 2024
My ears catch the hush of the stream,
A red balloon floats in my dream;
With worries that swell,
I count breaths as well,
Afraid of love's tender gleam.

Now my gaze drifts away from the ground,
As my heart finds a rhythm profound;
In this flight up high,
With the clouds I will fly,
In a world where true love can be found.
92 · Jul 2023
Social call
Odd Odyssey Poet Jul 2023
Early hours into the morning'
a slow scenic drive into the horizon
Not of the sun falling down, but by the
first light of new day rising
And all the few hours before,
was just of us partying, and tearing it up in the club
An all-nighter; all of the good highs of a good night,
never given the chance to say goodnight!

As we're all a full package sight'
with all of these bags under our eyes
Switching clothes before we had to go,
we're now switching up, to stay awake with a can of Switch
A couple licks of reminders, and bites of time,
are all of leftover tastes still stuck on my teeth

How to summarise the night before'
a few simple words;

            "A crazy rush"
Can’t hold onto anyone’s time—
 their life is out of your hands.
But still, we all take these
   steps of being so etched in
somebody’s memory—
     like footprints in the sand.

I keep counting all the time I
  tried to hold onto the past,
 without a watch in my hand.

Watch the moment pass—
tense, sinister in tenacity.
  A voracious hour—
      feeding off  what I didn’t say,
    what I left behind.
      Art quietly buried in my mind.

And all those things I thought
were gone— they love to
  reappear as a new regret.

Still transparent. Still off-putting.
But put off those mistakes—
  and put on the lessons.
Be beautiful in your time.
Not perfect. Just worth building.

They’ll write it down— the inspiring
  story of how you rose,
 even when time kept slipping
      through your hands.
92 · Oct 2023
Three verse love
Odd Odyssey Poet Oct 2023
Scribble kisses,
the first few are always so messy
So please cross it out of your memory,
as I become a professional; writing out
my love with the tip of my tongue
To taste how you feel,- I've had my full fill,
as every smoker needs a break
I've smoked a few of your words,
that all of your secrets beat inside of my chest
Invading my lungs; so hard to breathe
while constantly checking up on the energy you
have left, something like my vape
-I'll put you in charge

Darling, lead the way
pause for a bit, and let me press all of
your right buttons, just before I press play
Cos you're a perfect picture, and I have a photographic mind,
capturing every one of our moments
As I'll take care of you, with my every focus

While you love to blur my glasses lens,
and I'm hoping my intentions aren't less distinct
I'm just trying to have a peek of your piece,
and maybe disturb your peace
92 · Nov 2022
Ex
Odd Odyssey Poet Nov 2022
Ex
faded kiss
—nostalgic; an old picture
perfect dreams in their colour
all the memories of a former lover

                ....i used to be in love
92 · Aug 2018
Felt
Odd Odyssey Poet Aug 2018
Considering that this would be the rough touch
A thousand different days gone, yet nothing changed of much.
Though if be the felt
Had I been told earlier, that might of helped.

A little more white covers on the lonely bed, just don't be mistaken of me being KKK
Better yet I wouldn't appreciate being closely like to they.
Thank you very much
To those who filled my plate with their hate, but apologises for not taking it for lunch.

And if we could have felt a relation to each through a heart, we would be The Peoples of People's
Yet alas we moved to far apart from the distance spread out in the hay stack full of needles.

Driving past with a window of dark tint
Felt as though your sour voice was disguised as Apple mint.
Magic cities but with the imagery of all but evil things and a whole lot of voodoo
Old to the minds and physical, putting brand new clothes. Try to feel Brand New.

Felt you were all on this yet I'm stuck on that
A lot of fake richness be what makes you such a spoiled brat.

Day and night would a corrupt system change
If the chapter felt to put me in a snooze could I flip to the very next page.
Just tell me of what I felt when I walked in a cold room with colder people.
Life could be a gun for it feels so lethal.

Felt.
92 · Nov 2023
Suicide dream
Odd Odyssey Poet Nov 2023
"I wish I could just die in my sleep,
to never wake up and remain a foreign
memory in my sweetest dream
A tattoo printed on the skin's of time,
rolled up by life's sleeve
With nothing more to give, as only a fraction of a second;
I'd divide myself to give people less grief
To be a tale; a folklore about my life,-
as a passing rumor on the streets
Let me go in peace, still with a piece of myself,
to that last breath of relief."

    Sadly,
        these are just the many thoughts I have
            to comprehend, each night I try to fall sleep.
92 · Dec 2023
Saints
Odd Odyssey Poet Dec 2023
A saint's prayer,
—silent, misheard, unspoken
the chaos of the world is too loud.
92 · Oct 2023
Flower love
Odd Odyssey Poet Oct 2023
I haven't exactly fallen head over heels,
but there's something about the sheer
beauty of flowers that captivates me.
92 · Nov 2023
Last born leftovers
Odd Odyssey Poet Nov 2023
I was never blessed with a sporting gene,
always lagging behind in any physical activity.
As people used to say that I had a tendency
to run away from responsibilities,
as if my lack of athletic prowess was
somehow indicative of my character.

I never had a knack for understanding
mechanical things either, always struggling
to grasp the intricacies of how things worked.
So please bear with me, as I continue to work
on improving myself in this regard.

Communication has never been my strong suit either.
I never raised my voice enough to be heard,
often fading into the background
and finding solace in the silence.
It's in those moments of complete stillness
that I feel most at ease, away from the chaos of the world.

And then there's the topic of intimate conversations.
I never quite grasped the art of discussing
the more adventurous aspects of relationships.
It's not that I'm prudish or judgmental,
it's just that I never received the proper guidance
or education on the matter.
So, it's no wonder that I struggle to engage
in discussions about the more unconventional
aspects of intimacy.

And whenever I was called to the table,
I was labeled as the spoiled favorite.
However, as the youngest in the family,
I have grown accustomed to living off the scraps
left behind by my older siblings.
92 · Nov 2023
Everyone dies
Odd Odyssey Poet Nov 2023
The end of something,
could very well be the beginning
of something better. And as I close over
a chapter in my life, I'm still open to what comes next.

Oh how so; a purest death wish is only in the form
                                                  of dying in your sleep.

To live your piece of life, and to leave in peace,
                 but to leave those you love, in pieces.

And as I blend the time into those final kisses,
 I've come to find the bitter taste of death,
 dark, black; -as like a piece of black liquorice.

Though I'd like to hope I had a few good licks
until the end, the end isn't a place, nor another story.

The end of it all really comes to nothing,
And so will another lifetime begin.
For from the very nothingness,
began the beginning of it all.
91 · Sep 2023
All the wants over a need
Odd Odyssey Poet Sep 2023
Could we make love in front of a mirror,
reflecting on what we've done,
And maybe start to see things a little clearer
I know it feels odd, but you're worth it baby,
and I know I'm just searching for love,
as you've been searching for a purpose lately
I want to be a comforting rest to all of your dark thoughts,
asking you to make me your personal pillow
As it's been a long day; so why don't take that
weight off your shoulders,
and I'll take it all, exercising myself to take all of your kilos

I want to blow some options, in the shade of your love,
rustle up all of your feelings blowing likes the leaves,
Then after take a bite of your fruit, and tell you it's not enough,
cut you down, so I can build you up as I see
Unbutton your chest, and dive afterwards into your sea,
and let me swim long strokes as much as I please

I want to wrap you up as a coat to set you a blaze with my touch,
whispers those personal secrets I fear you may not believe,
Make myself your personal seat, till I can barely breathe,
scraping a little fibre off my tongue with a taste of my skin
I want to be your personal heater, keeping you warm at heart,
as I slowly put myself in

I want to be your water gun, to play with a quick trigger,
an itchy trigger finger- to shoot a few shots for a thrill
I want you to call me, "mine,"  to go a little deeper and be
a personal digger

I want the mattress to tell a tale, that these walls can't deny,
from all day chasing tail, I must be in time to chase you
from behind
I want to be the face to your canyon; to rock your world
to do something I've never done before, that makes me feel like I lost all of my morals
To lick every drop of your dripping cream like an ice cream cone,
to have a scent of you leading me all of the way,
A man the world calls a dog, and an animal who has a hint of you
stuck on his nose

I want your model bottle shape, to drink to the bottom,
train my actions into giving you a regular rhythm
Especially when all of my inners are constantly throbbing,
seeing all of the green flags inside of your passionate eyes
As what's any reason to have of me ever stopping

I need you here tonight, by wanting what you're also wanting,
putting all of the work when you choose to join me with your company.
91 · Mar 2023
Drive
Odd Odyssey Poet Mar 2023
I’ve got an itch on my mind
Trying to scratch out all that ill intent,
Sickening words, and vomiting out my anger
Screaming in my head, bouncing echoes of a shallow mind

Though I’m always in deep thought,
Over internalizing, self sizing with the daily voices
Conspiring, in these confines of a usually trapped thought

A hand of ****; guilty pleasure, and ***** ideas
And always wanting to touch it all,
Still as someone who hasn’t been touched at all,
More or less of what you call a touch of love
When a so called love, has molested your mind;
Wondering if the way you act is ideal, or just you replaying
your abuser’s ideas

As I bought myself a licence to keep my drive
Sometimes I feel my dreams lead me in the wrong direction
As pride is a weapon; whether you it point at people or yourself
There’s always a direction to point your shots,
Make your point and leave your mark in the world
Just be careful of your mind; not to deep dive into too many
thoughts, and try your best to keep straight with your drive.
91 · Feb 2024
Unfamiliar faces
Odd Odyssey Poet Feb 2024
Dealing with a shallow soul, love so deep it scares them
away, drowning in the weight of my own thoughts,
has become a perpetual struggle that engulfs every
aspect of my being.

It feels as if I am trapped in a maze of emotions,
unable to find solace in the confines of my mind.
Each day is a battle, so intense that it feels like I am
grappling with my own existence.
Alone in this abyss of tangled emotions,
          I search for a lifeline -
a glimmer of hope to guide me out of this darkness.

But the words fail me; I am feeble in my attempts to
articulate the overwhelming complexity of my emotions.

It's like trying to paint a vivid picture of happiness when all
I see are shadows and despair. Love, once a source of joy,
now leaves me floating in a bewildered daze-
     brings me on my knees as a bad religion.

It's like being suspended in thin air, unable to grasp
onto anything tangible. With each passing day,
I find myself entangled in the suffocating webs of death,
forced to wear a mask of fake smiles to navigate through
the sea of unfamiliar faces.
91 · Jun 2018
Breathe
Odd Odyssey Poet Jun 2018
It's a bit of a tragic event, how much pain I surely bare.
Life is in with me a game, not playing fair.
I  could tell you of how much my tears fallen are filling the oceans.
We all standing in the same line, a few causing a couple commotions.

You probably lost my attention span at Hello,
if I were to break down and shutdown, know it's for the hurt in my heart far below.
I'm often feeling so low to the ground, you could smell the dust that chokes your air.
Hurt being a person who hears your downfall could meet you at the bottom. Meets and greets  you there.

It would be a crime to be sad and we all are serving life sentences.
To have your own judgment of pain be the evidence to a court, who's love for you is just black emptiness.

I would tell you to duck down but I did it first.
O'look how I could taste the soil particles from being so down. We could lie to each to be always cursed.
Just say  goodbye and goodnight to unhappiness. It never stays long.
If we all could sing the one thing to bring us up, we would all have a song.

Breathe, breath of sweet realise,
Tomorrow is always a brand new day. Go find in it your Peace.
91 · Jan 2021
For anyone listening
Odd Odyssey Poet Jan 2021
The echoes of life
cracks bones, and may shatter us all.
Like a glass hanging off the window,
all are often broken and fragile.

In tiny little whispers
silence calls you closer to fear.
As it always knows your name
knowing who and what you are.
It's a voice within us all.

Life can feel so lonely,
as an empty dark corner
In that very dark, it seems no one cares to see you.
You feel so alone.

But you're not,
just a victim to a mental state.
A state you don't fight on your own,
we're a lot feeling let down by life.
Why we're really so down.

We're the echoes screaming
from inside ourselves.
Please. Can anybody hear us.
91 · Sep 2023
Vague
Odd Odyssey Poet Sep 2023
I

The enraged beast; a cutting tongue
to every word that she spoke
Drawing all of those shadows that you
make, with a pencil that was so blunt
She'll cry a river of crocodile tears,
with emotions left behind, as she puts up a front

II

Send shots to the skin,
bullets for eyes, and words of it's smoke
To the smile of death, heard by that
phone call. -I have enough senses towards violence

III

Oh I'm leaving-
now to that place far away to love
And it's tears that taste of gold
            ...sigh, once previous memories!


IV

A soul so *****, so close to the end of day,
I scrub, I scrub, and scrub again until I
can see how it was on the very first day
Knots tied in dust, and a stench unlike
no other, walked all over by the end of day
That's both of us; really just the same,
how I often feel like my pair of shoes at
the end of every single day
91 · Oct 2023
Dreaming of my youth
Odd Odyssey Poet Oct 2023
Oh,
how I yearn for the era
when existence was adorned
with the bliss of simplicity.

It was a time,
when my grandest ambition
was to emulate the adults,
to engage in make-believe
and assume their roles.

The mere utterance,
of those two words, "young man,"
would instantaneously illuminate
my innocent countenance.

It was a designation,
that bestowed upon me
a sense of significance, reverence,
and recognition in a world that
appeared so immense and unfamiliar.

Those were the instances,
when I genuinely believed
that all was attainable, and
the future held boundless prospects.

The recollections,
of those untroubled days
still kindle a warmth within my heart,
reminding me of the sheer felicity
that can be discovered in the most
uncomplicated of matters.
91 · Nov 2023
Luv U
Odd Odyssey Poet Nov 2023
Cherish my love
It's all in your heart,
In a place I hid away
And buried the keys with,

A solid kiss of promise,
On top a bed of roses, is where I rest
It all; all of the time in a world
To live a few seconds longer,

Loving you in my vulnerable phases,
And it has become just a place for few
As I made it a place for you.
91 · Oct 2023
Bathroom walls
Odd Odyssey Poet Oct 2023
In the dimly lit bathroom, I find solace in my tears.
It is here, hidden away from the world,
that I allow myself to release the pain that
weighs heavy on my heart.
The worn-out tile walls, with their rustic charm,
bear witness to my vulnerability.

As I stand before the mirror,
my reflection distorted by the cascading tears,
I realize that counting my tears has become an impossible task.
They flow freely, like a river that knows no bounds.
Each drop represents a moment of anguish,
a fragment of my soul that I have let go.
91 · Aug 2024
Sundays pt 2
Odd Odyssey Poet Aug 2024
Authoritarian control; manipulated religion
masked in a subtle political ideology
Commonly those who don’t exalt or lift high
thy name- but are so good at tell an enchanting story
To store up their pockets with the
materials of your lonely pocket
10% of a dollar, is more 100% of what you owe
to receive a prophet word

Welcome to the modern world, with all these
mega corporations; oops,
I mistook them for megachurches

“Do not commit ****** sin,” still there’s the
modern churches more interested on body counts
I have horrific flashbacks of feeling claustrophobia
in the arousing curiosity of people being drawn
by an attractive conference poster
Places well establishment, to establish the
dangers of following the words of false prophets
91 · Oct 2023
Petite Poet
Odd Odyssey Poet Oct 2023
I reserve my freedom to be free,
but I don't talk enough to earn freedom of speech
I'm just a piece of peace, and the resounding sound of silence
spelling out my thoughts in cursive; who could read my mind
But just a person more of an open book with charming words,
as I sliced my throat to be cutthroat at most
In those days I used to pray more often when I was sixteen,
still feeling like a preteen; thinning out himself to fit in with others
—I was always petite
91 · Jun 2018
Clouds
Odd Odyssey Poet Jun 2018
Jumping clouds on empty air.
Feet above a ground that holds me down. You all happy to join,  we'll all meet there.
Though I was never born with wings to fly,
My dreams could carry me, so at least I could try.
Dancing like my feet instantly knew all the moves to that song,
I have a thousand steps stuck beneath my toes. I still have some time to walk along.

Living like we had no tomorrow. How fun.
Today could be my last day, so I'll live it like it's exactly that one.

Hold hands with peace and love, couldn't we do this long before.
Happiness is kissing my lips. I'm still wishing for more.
But let's be dancing like all our problems are never,
Though not being much of the genius, I can still be quite clever.

Look brightly at the skies, all those clouds. My space in them, cloud by cloud.
If I scream right now to feel happy, excuse me, this shall be loud.

All those clouds, all so many.
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