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 Apr 2015 A Mareship
JR Falk
This was never meant to hurt you.
It was a simple miscommunication,
a stumble of words.
"Words" can be so easily misspelled to say "swords,"
and swords can impale.
I suppose words can, too.
drabble.
Riches or Heartfill?

Crowded, Packed, and running
"Don't be late!"
"Hand in by due date!"
New to have a clue
"But don't drool!"
Eyes stapled open
"I don't want to miss a single word"
"This test is ******* absurd!"
Solving equations
"But read the text"
"If you don't pay attention, You'll NEVER be next"
Next
What is next?
A rolex?
A lot of money and some *****?
Where is the Durex?
("Remember kids, safe *** is great ***!")

I don't want to be these things that are required of me.
I want to be me
And I don't want you to see me as my failure
I need you to see me as ME
My body yearns for love and my mind longs for truth  
This heart needs more than just an empire of hard work and accomplishments.
Imagination and dreams
Dreams I work towards.
Kisses and Hugs
to back me up
Don't you dare say
I should give up
Don't you dare say
I can't
Don't you dare say
I won't.

*******
I WILL
I WILL be successful
While minding my manners
I will stay determined
No matter where the spotlight is
My will is humble
My gifts will never be numbered
And the next time they point a finger at you, you tell them
My right is not a game
Stop treating this like it's a game
We are not pawns in a game of Chess

Baby it's more than being just broke, broken, brittle, bent over
time after time after time after time again.

So make this one count!
And end it with a
"Hip Hip Hooray!"
So it starts with your eyes.
A stare. The glare.
They shimmer on me like Christmas lights.
The moon is your maker, the sun works in favor, with you and your smile.
Reflecting light on what once was hostile.
A frown you once wore, but the crown "OH, IT'S YOURS."
I made you this crown from the skin on my bones.
Please wear it so that I know this was not in vain, and in my veins I feel the lingering pain of your fingertips touching her skin.
Please wear it because maybe then, I'll hear you say my name.
You struck the match and now the fireworks won't go away, but from you I will quickly..
fade. fade. fade. fade...
But you see you are not who makes me free.
That is ME.
And you are not who makes me see.
That is ME.
And OH GOD ALMIGHTY, he knows how much I have longed for your touch, because I wanted to see.
I wanted he whom I crave to make me feel free.
But I will no longer depend on the reflection of your sun to make me bright.
The moon still as beautiful, but OH NO, It wont remind me of you, remind me of how your hues subdue, me.
You are nausea and confusion.
Your words are poison and I'm tired of listening.
Your smile still enchanting, your eyes still gems.
But perhaps I was not the one to be blessed.
I'll take my crown back, "Thank You"
Not because I didn't appreciate you,
but perhaps now is not the right time for you.
 Apr 2015 A Mareship
Mike Essig
A poet must be willing
to walk naked through crowds,
hoping they are blind
while knowing they are not.
   ~mce
"Don't hide the madness."
 Apr 2015 A Mareship
Mike Essig
Don't try to hide your scars.
They are the signatures of your life.
They speak a secret language
that reveals who you are to yourself.
No one else can ever have them.
Only you can know what they mean.
Wear them with a lover's pride.
It doesn't matter how you got them,
only that you have them.
They are secrets you whisper
into your own ears.
Listen to them closely.
As a wise man once said:
"A scar is what happens
when the word is made flesh."

~mce
I have a slight dent in my skull from when a mortar blast blew me up against the side of a chopper. It is under my hair. It cannot be seen. But it has been talking to me for 43 years and always will.

Thanks to Lenny for the quote.
 Apr 2015 A Mareship
Mike Essig
Each time
I've faced
a major change
in my life,
I was sure
I would die

and I did.
 Apr 2015 A Mareship
Mike Essig
Poems are messages in bottles
tossed into a sea
that does not care
if they be found or not.

Thank you for finding this one.

You can keep the bottle.

   mce
 Apr 2015 A Mareship
Mike Essig
Never begin a poem with
"I miss (you, her, him) so much."
No matter How bad you hurt

you won't for long enough
to make lasting
poetry
from your pain.

Look around.

The world is more than lost lovers.
Set them free.

Find something
outside yourself
and write.

It will feel good.
I promise.

  ~mce
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