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415 · Mar 2015
Words
Tiberias Paulk Mar 2015
Dip your dark quill into a vast ink
draw forth anomalies to make me think
drink in the night just to spew it back
in a shape unfathomed by those that lack
those eyes which see and know to burn
and bring form to lessons aptly learned
come the dawn I'll wonder at deep words
if your voice in the dark was truly heard
411 · Jan 2015
Learning
Tiberias Paulk Jan 2015
Now I'll live separate and must learn to lie still
the days all drone on, yet I've no time to mend
I gather some semblance of what once was my will
and I use it to journey toward the light at the end
411 · Mar 2015
Alone
Tiberias Paulk Mar 2015
a stumbling drunken stupor through the alleys of my mind
alone is what I chose, alone I'll watch the time
a starving sense of hunger as the pains of tooth take hold
alone I had been born, alone I will grow old
a slow lament for old ways as madness takes my hand
alone is where I live, alone is who I am
408 · Dec 2014
The Cycle
Tiberias Paulk Dec 2014
Poetic injustice leaves you full, of impromptu injuries when pulling the wool, as if everlasting enemies claw at your eyes, for these prophecies weave broken dreams leaving you blind, dark as winter mornings the dagger sharply twists, you whisper paltry warnings and offer up your wrists, to morbidly seek comfort as if death can conquer pain, but all it does is transfer to those that still remain
404 · Mar 2015
Men
Tiberias Paulk Mar 2015
Men
The thin man grasps at straws to fill up his own holes
while the old man sleeps to dream, of days he used to know
the straw man wants himself back, from one who's known the void
the small man wants only credit for the things that he's destroyed
401 · Feb 2016
Paper cups
Tiberias Paulk Feb 2016
Bloodlet in a paper cup, my chalice has been broken
one that spills and fills right up when sanguine lies are spoken
half forgetting where I was, the path was long and winding
she asked me why and it's just because the breadcrumbs seemed worth finding
but please don't lose that special one, the smile within the locket
for the darkest night has just begun, and you'll need light in your pocket
when once I fell, you picked me up and dusted off my chalice
but now your words just trick me up and fill my cup with malice
400 · Sep 2015
Nix
Tiberias Paulk Sep 2015
Nix
He dreams of night lines while many moons pass
she cries for lost time she had spent way too fast
he lovingly wonders as cold fingers spill sand
at one twisting in sorrow that she cant understand
he awaits the day this burning will fall into place
but chemicals at night time reconstruct her face
she's known many dreams but loved his the most
and so it seems time would see fit to torture them both
395 · Feb 2015
Familial
Tiberias Paulk Feb 2015
My eyes tell the stories my lips dare not speak
of uncertainty and doubt, but perception is weak
my face hides in smiles and the world in jest
but in truth, many burdens lay heavy on my chest
my love is just a shadow, reflected as if by glass
for it like all that lives, if given time will pass
my blood goes on in children, so the future is bright
I will wade through this pit, to see them alright
394 · Dec 2014
Raindance
Tiberias Paulk Dec 2014
If my words could burn a hole, I'd aim for your heart, though if by chance you have a soul, it would be as good a place to start, so I sing my laments for the warm rain, though with this spirit in my body there is a chance, to purge all the doubts from my brain, and wake up on clear skies just to dance
388 · Feb 2016
Mirage
Tiberias Paulk Feb 2016
Are you but a shimmer a glimmer on the lake
are you truly colder do you smolder for my sake
are you really hollow or shallow like you said
if you're only guessing stop messing with my head
383 · Feb 2016
For a Painter
Tiberias Paulk Feb 2016
Paint yourself a fire in me, make your eyes my lovely yoke
and just when embers start to glinting, tamp it out by single stroke
381 · Jul 2016
My Bed
Tiberias Paulk Jul 2016
I dance under stars and with the wolves sing, spend all night by fires and the warmth that they bring, and the moon just an echo of the days sweet light, leaving egos blinded by clarity of sight, the people that pass are friends to us all, their voices carry onward unhindered by walls, though all men are different for whatever it's worth, make your home in the city but my bed is the earth
378 · Feb 2016
D.O.M
Tiberias Paulk Feb 2016
I went on a journey six star systems deep
and wound up in some twilight world without any sleep
just child like wonder, my third eye scanned the night
while ever present lumen shifted in my sight
my mind out on the ocean and body on the shore
I rearranged the constellations just like they were before
aware of all these changes I brought within reach
my pocket full of serenity tranquility and inner peace
377 · Dec 2014
Vehemence
Tiberias Paulk Dec 2014
if the bright sky was your idol I'd try to tear it down
if you laughed only in whispers I'd just ignore the sound
if your body was a temple I'd surely desecrate it first
if your mind became enlightened I'd remind you of thirst
if you willingly discarded all that we once had
well I guess it's plain to see that I'd be pretty mad
374 · Feb 2016
Broken
Tiberias Paulk Feb 2016
Violently I shake like the eye of the storm
'cause broken is just open in it's purest form
356 · Feb 2015
Rending
Tiberias Paulk Feb 2015
If your absence burned my stomach like your eyes do
then I'd take you back and beg you not to go
it feels so tragic trying to live the way that you do
each day spent forgetting wishes that I know
now it hurts just keeping busy like your hands do
and it scars my mind to dream of what's unreal
but I still cant kiss off pain the way your lips do
so I'll just leave it there for someone else to feel
356 · Jan 2015
Edit History
Tiberias Paulk Jan 2015
The wise ones will clamor for a place at your side
you'll rule with an iron fist and use history to hide
the weak ones will love you until the end of your reign
before all power's usurped the sanctioned deal in pain
though soon to be a memory on a stinking heap
or unknown to all posterity just edit and delete
349 · Dec 2014
Time
Tiberias Paulk Dec 2014
I am death, breaker of men, rider of winds, shade in the glen, I am deep, I rise like tides, when owls call, another dies, for I am time, I crumble walls, I span the aether, and take whats mine
345 · Jan 2015
Where
Tiberias Paulk Jan 2015
Where are the whispers that graced my ears
Where are the songs that soothed my fears
Where are the raindrops on skin like silk
Where now are all the others of your ilk
Where are the fingers that traced my spine
Where are the eyes that once held mine
Where are the hearts that together did weep
All lost between the contrast of awake and sleep
324 · Feb 2016
Mercy
Tiberias Paulk Feb 2016
Two birds had fallen from a tree
when a question dawned on me
would mercy say return them home
or did mercy set them free
315 · Feb 2016
An Offering
Tiberias Paulk Feb 2016
Some of us burn both edges of a bridge  
in hopes the two sides never meet
for all they ever wished from love
is laid in ashes at their feet

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