Brandon

Brandon Sep 2013

Is today even a different day from any other day?
I'm having trouble telling the difference anymore.
I write the same stories, the same songs, the same poems.
I see the same people who say the same things about the same subjects that everyone else is already talking about.
I see the same movies with the same plots.
I'm not even sure if they're different actors and actresses anymore.
I hear the same promises in every political party without any differences in policies.
One says this.
One says that.
A tug of war on who can get nothing changed and nothing accomplished.
I taste the same manufactured food everyday.
My tongue can't tell the difference between a cheeseburger and a cardboard box anymore.
The same crimes.
The same innocents.
The same lies.
The same truths.
The same work.
The same goofing off.
The same write ups.
The same appraises.
The same advice to change things up.
The same advice to stay the same and never change.
The same old fights.
The same moments of making up.
The same *******.
The same Groundhog Day.
The same Groundhog Life.

Brandon Sep 2013

A Hemingway Romance

I try to write a happy romance,
          An epic tale of love,
   But someone always leaves,
          Or dies in the end;

        Thanks Hemingway.

For better or worse, I'm ruined.

Brandon Sep 2013

Myself For Company

Just another day
In these endless days
Watching the clock tick time away
Alone with myself for company

All the voices have gone silent
Leaving me here with no one
But myself for company

Can't cancel my subscription
To these prescriptions
I need them to deal
I'm not good enough to do it alone
And myself for company
Just isn't good enough
To make it thru these days

Another time
In a different place
The situation stays the same
It's never ending and unchanging
The only sound is my heartbeat
Slipping

Alone in these four walls
I'm blind to the outside
Ignored on the in
When will it all end
I'm slipping

Can't cancel my subscription
To these prescriptions
I need them to deal
I'm not good enough to do it alone
And myself for company
Just isn't good enough
To make it thru these days

I'm not good enough to do it alone
And myself for company
Just isn't good enough
To make it thru these days

And myself for company
Isn't good enough
To make it thru

Brandon Sep 2013

Left Finished

I know we said we'd wait here
But it all became too much
How could we be so mistaken
To let it get this far
And just give up

Some things are better
Left finished
Or so we say

I know we said we'd wait here
But we failed to stay
How could we be so mistaken
To let it get this far
And just give up

This is tearing me apart
But I pull these strings tighter
To hold myself together
To keep from falling apart

But some things are better
Left finished
Or so we say

I feel your tears on my collarbone
They're making me feel so alone
I'm removed from everything
But your touch is too much
And I can't bear to leave

But some things are better
Left finished
Or so we say

This hasn't settled
These dreams will never fade
I'm a better man today
But that doesn't make up for yesterday

So here I am now
So much has changed
And everything's the same

But some things are better
Left finished

Brandon Sep 2013

Made Of Stone

One of us has to be strong
But why's it always gotta be me
I'd like to break down just once

Sob uncontrollably

But that's just not me
No it will never be

Brandon Sep 2013

Untitled

A lonesome day out on the lake
The sun rises and it sets
The moon does the same
In their little dance
The crickets sing me a melody
A thousand songs that all play that lonesome tune
The fish are nibbling and I'd sure like a bite
But underwater they don't hear my screams
The wind rocks the waves and the boat rocks between the two
And I'm untouched

Brandon Sep 2013

Divorce haiku

I don't believe in
Divorce. But sometimes it's the
Only option left.