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  Jun 2014 NLB
karma is dead
I am the architect
of my own destruction
So don't be under any assumption
That this is self inflicted pain
I just consume corruption
So when the devil returns
Relief is what I'll feel
Knowing this is the end of our deal
  Jun 2014 NLB
nichole r
we keep them in cardboard boxes
old and frayed
with holes poked in the sides
so the gut wrenching wisps of
a flashback
can sneak out
and attack us
in the middle of the night
  Jun 2014 NLB
Julia
I don't feel the way
Most girls do

I'm usually sad
I always feel bad

I am not the way
Most girls are

I'm not thin and beautiful
Nor curvy and cute

I was never loved
Like most girls were

Just words and lies
And my burning eyes
NLB Jun 2014
that voice in your head is deceiving,
it wants you to think it's your best friend,
but it's your worst enemy.

it wants you to think it wants the best for you,
to help you,
but that voice in your head,
it wants to see you dead.

*n.l.b
NLB Jun 2014
you have to keep reminding yourself,
when you're feeling weak,
that drugs are kind of like an aeroplane,
crashing.

you feel bad,
they'll lift you up,
take you high into the sky,
above the clouds,
where everything is beautiful,
you'll feel better up there,
but it's only short term.

remember,
eventually the engines will start to fail.

you'll be falling at a ridiculous speed,
you'll crash against the ground,
and everything will go up in flames.

and that will feel ten times worse than anything you felt before.*

n.l.b
inspired by a poem i reposted, an na meeting and a conversation with a friend.
  Jun 2014 NLB
Jordan Dean Ezekude
The unrelented grotesque of the old town centre
Buzzing strongly from its high
Too many unpleasantries for me to count
Is what I discovered after midnight

While everyone was laughing, shouting and wandering around
I was cowering, screaming and pleading for no more sound
My butterflies were neurotic - they were eating me inside
It's a wonder why I didn't throw up one single time

And so, I ran away
Through the flags and bunting
I ran away
Past the ranting and blubbering
I ran away
I'm anxious to tears
I ran away
Get me out of here!
This poem was written after witnessing my town centre at closing time last Saturday night. You can tell from this poem that I didn't find it the least bit pretty.

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© Jordan Dean "Mystery" Ezekude
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