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10.0k · Jan 2015
My Understanding
We try so hard to understand everyone but ourselves
9.6k · Jan 2015
Forego Forgetfulness
They say forgive and forget
But don't you ever forget
6.6k · Sep 2014
Midnight Flower
Your beauty radiates like a flower in the moonlight
For to me that is the loveliest atmosphere
And you are the loveliest vista
Be my midnight flower
Let us count the years
5.4k · Jan 2015
Heels Over Head
They say head over heels
But that has never made sense to me
I walk head over heels
You've flipped me upside-down
*I'm heels over head
5.1k · Jan 2015
Silent Cacophony
4.4k · Jan 2015
This Twisted Love
Drown me in hate
It's all I deserve
I can love you
But I can't love me
You can love me
But you can't love you
We've got it twisted
But at least we've got it
2.3k · Feb 2015
The Void
The shapeless void beckons me
I take a step forward
Unsure of what is to be
My footing fails me
I plummet.
Or do I rise?
2.3k · Jan 2015
Concentration
The more I concentrate
The more I lose concentration
I wonder if I will ever find it again
1.9k · Jan 2015
Pieces
They tore into me
Now I rip myself apart
Put myself back together
Pieces are missing
*No one will know
My thoughts about my experience with ****** assault
1.8k · Jan 2015
Eye Sea
If you're an ocean
I'm lost at sea
Shipwrecked
Abandoning all I know
Your current
Sweeps me away
My eyes vanish
Beneath your waves
1.8k · Jul 2015
***Humanity***
Foreign emotions
Unwelcome thoughts
Cynical humans
Knuckled bones
Tempestuous relationships
Hardened hearts
Imprisoned potential
S*landerous tongues
1.7k · Jan 2015
Home
When you're so used to feeling broken,
Feeling whole again probably just feels like a different kind of broken.

When darkness and chaos become home, what used to be home seems to be so far from home that it may as well not exist.

But home is always waiting for you, regardless of where you go or where you've been.

Yes, it will take a lot of effort to get back. But it will be worth it. Just start the journey. You will stray from the path, but that doesn't mean you should give up.

Home can be a house, an idea, a pair of arms wrapped around you, or anything else. Home can take many faces, and, here's the kicker. A lot of times, home never leaves you. You just think it does.

That sense of belonging is there, just buried deep below the surface. Home goes where you go. Home is you, and you are always home.
1.4k · Jan 2015
10 Word Element Challenge
I am a burst of wind interrupting the gentle breeze
Sometimes I feel like I'm boundless

The sky cannot contain me
I shall soar into the infinite expanse
I am free to fly wherever I choose

Then, my heart crashes
Plummeting to the ground

I realize I don't even have wings
1.0k · Sep 2014
Eating Me Alive
Here it is; 4 am
And all that is
All that matters
Every thought
It's you
It's **solely you
986 · Sep 2014
Bone Crushes Bone
You don't want to mess with me
Because I'll mess back and I don't play around
I'm one tough *******
I'll take you down

The streets are my home
My fists are my tools
Guns are for pansies
Knives are for fools

My anger empowers me
To do as I please
With my bare hands
I'll rip out your knees

Spineless vertebrae fear me
For I am the reaper
Of all that is evil
Inside of all people

I fear no human
I eat them alive
The gutters and sewers
Are where I like to hide

I'll sneak in to your home
Rip up your wife
Flee, mortal
I’ve come for your life
969 · Jan 2015
Freedom
Scratching, clawing
Clenching, gnawing
Pick at the wound
Tear it open, rip it up
Free the bone from its
Prison of skin
Separate the marrow
From within
Light it up, burn it down
Incinerate the concept
949 · Jan 2015
Sunken
I exist far beneath the floor boards
I'm an apparition
Dragging my way through halls
Carrying the weight of the world
And the weight of nothing
I feel nothing
I recollect nothing
I'm not sure I even am
I'm not even sure where it came from. Sometimes it's true, though
878 · Jan 2015
Insatiable
If love be the sustenance of life
I hope I die insatiable
I could never get my fill
Your love gives me *hope
872 · May 2017
Words Don't Do You Justyce
We say I love you
A thousand different times
But so much more is said
When your eyes meet mine
847 · Apr 2015
Growing Pains
I groan as I fumble in bed
Collapse over the rail as I depart
When my feet hit the floor
Every part of my legs ache
I'm not supposed to hurt
I'm in the prime of my life
What is wrong with my body
Then again, what has ever been right
832 · Jan 2015
DreamStar
Head upon the pillow
Hopes through the roof
*I yearn for your embrace
809 · Jan 2015
Powerless
My stomach ties itself in knots
My tongue becomes a brick
My hands tremor
My eyes sting
My skin crawls
My mind wanders
My heart drops
My will fades
Yet I do nothing
I'm lying here
Powerless
797 · Jan 2015
My Fix
Everyone has a fix
Drugs, ***, money
Anything at all

My fix is love
It's also my greatest weakness
Until I fell in love
I felt like I could conquer it all
Now, I'm vulnerable

It's odd to think about
One person
The person that is dearest
The person that makes me see clearest

This person; my greatest weakness
This person brings me down to size
This person dominates my thoughts
My dreams, and aspirations

This solitary person is my solace
And I am okay with that
756 · Jan 2015
Thought
I think I think about thinking
More than I think I think about it
706 · Feb 2015
V-Day
Valentine's Day.
What a joke.
Attempting to buy someone's affection.
How trivial.
We make reservations.
We pick up our date.
We give them meaningless things.
Candy. Flowers. Cards.
People  are exploited.
People are used.
People are dehumanized.
People are objectified.
And it's claimed to be for love.
That's not love.
Love isn't candy.
Love isn't flowers.
Love isn't ***.
And love is NOT forced.
Love is when you don't have to constantly buy or do things for someone, and they still know you care.
Love is a little note you leave someone to cheer them up on a bad day.
Love is holding the door for someone.
Love is a hug. Love is a kiss.
Love is a kind word.
Love is innocent and pure.
Love is you and I.
I dislike Valentine's Day because I think it's stupid to set a day aside to show people you love them. Especially the special someone that is in your life. You should show them you care every day. That doesn't mean buying them things. I hate the commercial racket Valentine's Day has become. People are nice to their dates because they have selfish ulterior motives. People who are single feel left out and alone. Well, I'm here to tell you to go ahead and be your own valentine. Every day. And show love to everyone. Do kind things for people. That's a love everyone can express. And everyone will enjoy that. I do love my girlfriend very much. But, I won't be doing anything for her or us for Valentine's day. I have nothing to prove to her or anyone else. If your impression of my love for you is dependent on what I buy you on February 14th, I cannot be with you. I'm just fed up with people being taken advantage of by the stores and people being taken advantage of by their dates. We need to spread kindness and love. I love you all, and please be safe.
684 · Jan 2015
The In Between
I think the longest allocation of time
Is that moment between when our eyes meet and when our lips meet
620 · Jan 2015
Chasm
My mind is a chasm
Here I lie
Crushed bones and all
At the very bottom
603 · Apr 2015
Untitled Remains
Knife as a brush, skin as the easel. With every stroke emotions run red. All she can do is hate. In fact, she hates everything about her life.
She hates it all now. She couldn't be more confused. No one understands how she feels. No one cares. They only claim to so they don't feel bad about themselves. They don't want to be around her. They don't love her for being who she is. They try to change her. They try to save her. But she doesn't need saving. She needs someone to accept her as she is, and just love her. But she doesn't need some pointless infatuation, no. She needs true love. She wants it all to go away, but with no real reason. There must be more to this life than what she sees. There must be an existence somewhere where she won't feel so alone. She's so beautiful, but she just can't see it. No matter what people say, she can't believe them. She always helps others and tells them they are important, but is unable to see that she, herself, is so precious. She can never allow herself to be loved because she thinks she's unlovable. Or maybe it's that she thinks she's not worth loving. She's so beautiful, yet so ravaged. Ravaged by her own thoughts and how other people see her. People can be so cruel, but sometimes, she is the cruelest. The depravity of humankind is something one can only truly understand once they crawl inside their own skin and make a home there. Once they get to that place, there is nowhere to go but up.

Run. Just run. Run as fast as you can towards what your heart says. No, you can't escape, but as you run from yourself, you run towards hope. And that hope will help protect you from yourself. As you run from yourself, you live your life. When you find your true self once again is when you die. You are born as you, and through life you get away from that. And then, before you die, you connect with yourself again. But what is death? Is it a dream, is it a trance? It's something morbidly beautiful because we don't understand it. Fear of death is cliché. To embrace death is uncommon and so much more fun. This is because when you embrace death, you truly learn to live. Death is the unknown thing that allows us to realize we actually lived. This is a good thing, which means death is good. Death comes for us all, and not knowing when he is coming makes his arrival so much more special. Meeting death on one's own terms seems somewhat impolite. Death comes as a gentleman to escort you. Running to meet him is only going to damage your dress and shoes.
This something I  was working on years ago. It isn't really well thought out, but I never got around to posting it before. Here you go!
590 · Jan 2015
Fine Line
From babe's first cry
To happy hour
From beauty of life
Turning sour

Educate
Reciprocate
*******
Reiterate

There must be more
Hidden away
Searching for something
Starting to stray

Anticipation of a first kiss
Expectations of the welcomed bliss

Completion

Entering the work force

Bells tolling
Announcing a union between lovers

Creating a new being
Out of thin air
Only to bring them
Into a world of despair

Growing old and gray
Watching children stray

Seeing them struggle
And internally scream
Powerless to help
Nightmares from a dream

Is this all there is
There has to be more
My life has to mean something

Waves crash to the shore
Stranded out at sea
I look around and find
There is no solace for
What's left of my mind

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
I fade to nothing
As iron turns to rust

Filled picnic basket
Deep sunken casket


But what I want to know is this
*When does the line
Between life
And between death
Become more than fine
586 · Sep 2014
Always on My Mind
Asleep in my bed dreaming of you
With every breath that I breathe
I prove this is true

Snoring so loudly I didn't hear
The shatter of glass somewhere near
He came through my window
With one swift kick
Or maybe it was a soft click

Waking with fright
On the calmest of nights
He makes his way to the bed
And places a gun on my head

He orders me to stand
And binds both my hands
"Get down on your knees!"
I hear him decree

He asks where my valuables are
And I answer
"Sir, my only treasure was lost to cancer"

"Shut up!" He says
"I know you've got money!
You must take me for a fool.
Do you think this is funny?"

"No this isn't funny", I reply
"But the truth is I'm a very broke guy
I lost my wife, she was my soul.
Ever since that day
I've never felt whole"

"See, we used all our money
To pay for her care
She went in for treatments
That got us nowhere"

I'm kneeling here now
Seeing no purpose in another day
I wish he'd pull the trigger
I don't want to stay

When he realizes I have nothing
He hits me with the gun
I hear him remark
"Well, boy, it's been fun"

His finger clenches the trigger
I await my fate with glee
Be patient my darling
Your face I'll soon see

I hear the shot before I feel the sting
In that moment I don't feel a thing
Then a thousand volcanoes
Erupt in my brain

Seeing it in the third person now
I look down upon the scene
But what does it all mean?

I see my own head exploding
Covering a picture of us on the wall
In my brain goo
You were always on my mind
Now my mind is on you
I wrote this after watching the dead poets society
571 · Nov 2015
3:18
I lie awake in thought
A fractured shell of what I once was
Thinking about what could have been  
Thinking about what never was
Contemplating what I want in life
I now realize it's simply you
But I also know that's what I can't have
I'm going to live in discontent
I'll never find someone I love like you
I'll have to love someone else differently
Maybe the next person I love will finally be me
555 · Jan 2015
Ah, the South
The sweet scent of pecan pie
The bitter stench of bigotry
547 · Jan 2015
Skipping Rocks
I cast my cares away
Like stones skidding
Upon the surface
Of a limitless river
542 · Sep 2014
Hidden Beneath a Smile
A smile hides it all
Every feeling deep inside
All the heartache that you carry
It'll take you for a ride

Understood in every language
Yet never makes a sound
It gives the impression that you're happy
When you're hiding back a frown

No one suspects that there's anything more
Could they be mistaken?
Could they be more mistaken?
Nevermore

Under this smile
Lies my demise
It's taking me under
While fooling your eyes

All the bitterness and hatred
I've kept hidden for so long
Now that I know this
It makes me feel strong

It covers up an insult
Holds back your hate
It's a miracle worker
But it can't change your fate
525 · Jan 2015
Live for No One Else
In an expanse as vast and indescribable as the universe
Sometimes it seems as though existence is paltry
In those times, remember you are part of something grandiose
You have been granted an immeasurable opportunity
*You have the ability to live and not just be
Life has a funny way
Of making you see
That life isn't fair
To you or to me

Tricked and played
Conned and cheated
But hardly defeated
I'll rise above the rest
And give it my best

Scream for my life
As it slowly fades away
All that is left
Is beginning to fray

The rope I've held to
Now barely a thread
But if I let go
I'll soon end up dead

I'm running out of strength
I can't make it on my own
This life is too hard
To try to face alone

Send me a sign
Don't you dare leave me here
Give me your hope
While drawing me near
488 · May 2017
Only the Beginning
I'm usually good with words, but you took them all away.
The raw desire I have for you surpasses every feeling I've known.
The second our lips met, thousands of thoughts erupted in my brain.
Then, only one thought remained; it was you and I.
Us against the world.
In that moment, I knew what it was to feel again.
You've given me that.
I gave up on everyone & found my own happiness.
You made me believe in people & in love.  
I realize now that you add to my happiness.
At first, I kept trying to push you away.
I guess that was some pathetic attempt to postpone my vulnerability.
When I simply couldn't push any longer, I let the feelings envelop me.
Even though uncertainty plagued every moment, I knew one thing;
I wanted every part of you.
Even the things I could never anticipate.
Every silly moment when you bite my face.
Every deep thought about existence or purpose.
Every unspoken "I love you" that beams from your eyes.
Every confusing brow furrow when you're lost in that beautiful mind.
Every dramatic outburst and expression of passion.
Every lazy day we lie around in bed for hours.
Every seemingly insignificant part of you captivates me.
You're everything I want.
You're all I've ever wanted, but didn't know was real.
I never thought you'd come into my life, but I'm forever grateful you did.
I can't wait to see what the future holds for us, my dear.
April 15th, 2017
477 · Dec 2015
My Writing is for Me
I write words of hope for others, yes
But, truth be known
It's also for myself
The sanguine, the passion
It's mostly for me
You see, I hate all that I am
All that I was
All that I am becoming
I hate it
So I write
I write what I feel
Not what I am
I write what I wish were true
I write what I long for
I write because if I didn't
Tell me, who would?
I'm sharing what helps me with all of you
450 · Sep 2014
Escapades
Silent murmurs escape broken lips.
It is done.
The deed is through.
As I sit in the moonlight,
Accomplishment washes over my pale form.
I finally picked apart your facade,
Revealing every hidden sinew within.
You yearn for solace,
But there simply isn't any.
Everything you ever wanted
Now lies broken at my feet.
435 · Sep 2014
Nighttime Lament
The pillow kisses my face
As I only wish you could
430 · Jul 2015
SECEDE
Suppress the memory
Embrace the illusion
Conquer the fear
Erase the past
Destroy the enemy
Encapsulate the insanity
424 · Mar 2015
The Final Destination
The cat I have had for 12 years died today
I picked up her lifeless, ridged body
And placed it in a garbage bag
The same way I throw away scraps
That I no longer want
But I do want her
I want her back so badly
Why did I take her out like trash
Why could I not feel anything
Why could I not cry
Am I in shock
Denial
I'm such a monster
407 · Sep 2014
Wanderer
I wonder as I wander
I dream as I ponder
What the world would be
Without you or me
If you were not here
I'd likely disappear
Because without you
Just what would I do
Me, however
If my life were severed
It would bare no consequence
For I have no sustenance
I'm no special man
In this barren land
I'm hollow through and through
No, I'm nothing like you
I'm battered and scarred
My life's been quite hard
You're the only reason I'm still here
So don't leave me alone with my fear
Stay with me overnight
Hold me ever so tight
And anytime you want to go
There's one thing you should know
I really and truly do need you
390 · Sep 2014
Run
Run
Every time I write
It starts in a good way
Sooner rather than later
It begins to decay
By the last word
It's as black as my soul
No longer a diamond
Now a fresh piece of coal

More evil than Satan
Don't you even start hatin'
Always bringing me down
Far under the ground
I’m six feet underground
Hear that empty sound
It's the noise my chest makes
As blood circles around

Thanks to you I'm now heartless
You crushed all my spirit
Don't start with your ****
I don't want to hear it
Spilling from your lips
The truth is denied
Back out of that corner
There's nowhere to hide

You made me what I now am
It's crystal to see
You lied every time
You said you loved me
I told the truth every time
Every kiss was sincere
Now I'm wasting away
Hiding in fear

What did I do
To deserve all this pain
I drained every drop
Of blood from my veins
Slice into my arm
I'll cause myself harm
This is all the memory of you
Pushes me to do

This is the end
We'll never be friends
You had your chance
Never again
Always keep an eye open
Never turn your back
Don't give me a reason
I won't hesitate to act

End of your move
Game, set, and match
I never look back
Batten down the hatch
Now it's my turn
Get the ammo, load the gun
I'm on my way now
Run, girl, run

I have been fighting
An ever pointless war
My heart was ripped away
Ripped right from the core
Your whispered words
Shredded away
No longer alive
No breath left to stay

Behind the mask
It’s your face I see
I won’t let myself forget
But I will always regret
I’ll always be the shadow
Lurking behind your door
Waiting to throw you
Down to the floor

Run, now
Get out of my face
I've finally had enough
This is the end of your race
390 · Jan 2015
Dilemma
She wants to die,
More than live.
She loves me.
She hates life.
I love her.
I hate life.
I want to live,
But only with her.
Quite the dilemma.
374 · Jan 2015
Depression
*******
You choke the life out of the person I love. You won't even allow a tap out.
As she's choking, she hates herself.
It's because of you. Why don't you
pick on someone your own ******* size? A person can only take so much. Humanity is a curse.
374 · Sep 2014
Underwhelming
To be completely honest
I am probably underwhelmed
By what should overwhelm me
The things that greatly astound others
Barely make me double take
But give me skin
Let me see the patterns within
Let me count the stars
Show me the small things
And you will see passion
You likely aren't used to
I think I have my priorities
Completely opposite of most people
And I like it that way
369 · Feb 2015
Wash Away
Implore the river to take what remains
360 · Sep 2014
The Wolf Inside
Roll up your sleeves
Fall to your knees
Smile through those fangs
For you now I geeve

Every part of you disgusts me
You aren't who you once were
You'll never be her again

You used to be my everything
Tell me how does it feel
To be nothing to me now

You fake, you coward
You waste of human flesh
How did you fool me all this time

Now I see your true colors
Black and grey is what you are
Beauty in the midst of evil
Emotionally scarred

I deserve so much better than this
Love is not a game we play
It's only a word we say

True actions give words meaning
Your meaning is so clear
I hope you get what you deserve
You have the entirety of life to fear
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