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Michael Ryan Sep 2012
I don't see memories
or predict the future
I can't tell you what has happen or will happen
I see only what is
I see the scars of the world
and ponder what has happened
I see what exist, and the aftermath that it is
I see the rocks erode, and tides hide their knifes
I see ripples across peoples flesh, and the formations made
I do not cringe at the pain, but realize that it has helped us grow
I see buildings, but I don't, because now I see the ruble
I see rocks, but I don't, because I see the rise of a city
I see from the rise of this city the rise of a nation
from this nation the rise of the people
and from the people I see all else I could see before
I see prosperity, devotion, familiarity, and the ambition from before
I see from the rise also the fall
I see the sun come up with the blinding light, and then I look away
because when that beauty falls and the moon shall reign
I will cease to see what I came to know
I will see, but I don't, the scars of any other any more
I will see, but I don't, for the windows have been shut to that world
as my own pain grows so big to bind my eyes closed
as my eyes closed and as my heart was swallowed whole
Pain will lead to insanity, and the need to free myself from it
from the memories I have built I will find myself
and with that found, I will scar myself
to know that I too will rebuild
Your past will build your future--Spoken word poem
Michael Ryan Sep 2012
Life, one stage after another.
each stage just one step bigger.
one step up is really one step forward.
one step forward could be even one step down.
the stages don't really get bigger, they just change.
really the stages don't change either.
the only thing that changed, would be your mind.
the thing that all people share, one as competent as Einstein.
one just as smart as a Nobel prize winner.
minds are all the same all that is different is the emotions that control it.
the stages of life. where are we and where am I.
I am on the same stage I have always been on.
it's the same stage, because the stage never changes.
the mind has and now it says to make an impression.
don't retreat, don't be neutral, be there to fight.
leave this act having people to love you.
leave this act to have others to come back to.
leave this act to begin the real you.
begin to think and use the relation that all have.
explore the mind and it will not be a stage of life.
but the connection of the life between all.
Do not fear.
Michael Ryan Jun 2012
Click
light, energy breathes in
the machine comes to life
knows nothing, new and fresh
see symbols, hear clicks
one room full of ONE thousand friends
facebook, twitter, reddit, youtube
tweet, like, spread, watch
program after program
you spread what you thought
another mega byte out of your life
data stored in the "cloud"
past saved in imaginary space
enter the net to endure a flix
another box opens but this ones RED!
open another portal and jump on in
tab to google to find your best friend
can't ask for direction it shows where you live
words of the past, "call me"
now instead skype, oovoo, tiny chat ME
glitch in the system, there's an upgrade for that
version 1.29875CYBORG
complete!
*click
the energy goes down and your world is DEAD
walk outside when you want ONE real friend
I doubt it is any good like anything else I make.
Michael Ryan May 2012
Hollow points break to pieces
memories are liquid gold
time is the jet of life
school the prison
unbound from these links
the reaper looms over the fallen
like polar bears--those released are the new homeless
Chernobyl shall be our name
Alcatraz has abandoned thy past to repeat
A heart as strong as Hank Williams
in the end we are the England Patriots of 2007
but before that sorry night
2012 will be Disney World
This is about high school and how it is ending for me right now.
Michael Ryan Apr 2012
I'm just a lonely fool
Don't know what to say so I act like a tool
though my words speak volumes
my mind speaks in tongues
all tangled up by some tough knots
my ideas are more realistic
always fleeting never staying
being intercepted by themselves
my mind ravishes ghouls
and explores the emptiness within
taken back by thy hollowed self
Earth only with one layer
Lithosphere but no juicy center
a lollipop with only a crusty beginning
body without heart only mind
depth like an ocean
never ending like the space above
pointless with no one exploring
breaking open barriers only to find fiends
through the looking glass all is bright
the eyes seek redemption and explanation
but they're Romeo and Juliet
can't see each other
Caves without torches hides the secrets of old
and only the mind can grasp hold
Know nothing want everything
just leave me alone
its what the monsters are best at.
High school what a disappointment it was in the end.  1 month left no turning back it began the same way as it ends only worse.
Michael Ryan Mar 2012
Know what you are saying
lies spur the embers to life
the flames of deceit ignite
as black ash fills the lungs
and decides to take a life
despair reins supreme over your mind
and no the thoughts wont be kind
your insides will be slain
and the outside will know no pain
your body will be made of glass
since you showed no class
smoke fills the crevasses in the heart
and finally it decides to not start
Never say what you don't really mean because in the end it will always come back to haunt you.  I may not be great friends with this person, but hurting anyone always hurts myself more.  

P.S. if you read this please send a "i'm sorry message from michael ryan" to her on FB
Shawnee Martinez lives in Modesto
Michael Ryan Mar 2012
Liar liar
I have a special telephone wire
there is not fire for you
just the inexpiable pain
because my eyes will not burn through you
nor will my words curse your name
there is not more fish in the sea
because we are on land not in the sea
neither will they say to let them go
because you are not a bird to let go
not unwanted or unloved
all was lost in the end
because my friend
the sun is gone
and the night is on
no one will know that you are gone
because I am you and you are me
and none are here to see.
what they really need.
More randomness that doesn't really make sense.
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