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Andrew Durst Sep 2014
For the past couple of months, I have been staying-up way too late and have been sleeping-in way too much.
      My days have been consistent of waking up just to wish that I could go back to bed.
          How ridiculous is that?

At one point in time,
I could've sworn that things would be different right now...

But not too much has changed...

       Just my attitude.
           And the long list of failure's that continues to grow.
This is personal.
Andrew Durst Dec 2013
I came, I saw, but I couldn't conquer.
These tidal waves of animosity are pulling me under.

There's a storm in the sky just overhead.
It's painting my entire life a dark shade of red.
There's no turning back now, and I will not forget.
My destruction was inspired by broken amends.

I can apologize a thousand times but it won't right my wrongs.
I'm struggling to find the place in which I belong.
Enjoy.
Andrew Durst May 2018
My death will be liberating.

And I do not say that in the sense
that I am going to find a cliff
and take a good jump off.

No.

I am just trying to find a
clever way to tell you

that I do not know what is going
to happen next.

You see,

there is a
fine line
between
dreaming and
mortality

and

I am finding out for myself
that being in love
does not always
involve

being awake.

And for my sake
I fall in love with daydreams,
nightmares,
hazy realities
and

the hung-over idea

of not being enough.

It is all out of my hands.
                 It is all out of time.

And the only thing I have left to do,
now,


is decide.
Thank you to anyone that reads this.
Andrew Durst May 2014
I'd make a
thousand
sail-boats,
a million
paper-planes,
toss myself
into the wind,
And collect in
your lungs with
every
breath you take.
Random feels.
Andrew Durst Oct 2014
I thought about you
thinking about me,
and then I simply accepted
that it was all just a dream.
****.
Andrew Durst Sep 2013
I have,
Nothing.

I have,
Nothing
To give you.

I have,
Nothing
To gain
Or lose
In this
Battle of
Trust.

I have
Nothing
To show for
The things I've
Done.

I have
Nothing
To say
That will
Make you
Stop
Dead in your
Tracks,
And turn around,
With open arms,
Bearing the
Opportunity
Of another
Chance.

I have
Nothing
To gain
And I have
Nothing
To lose

It's already been
Seven
Lonely months
Without
You.
Andrew Durst Oct 2014
and somewhere
in-between
forgiveness and
forgetting,
you took a part of
me by surprise.

And I could have never
imagined that I would be
falling in love with you tonight.
Here's some fiction for this rainy day. Enjoy.
Andrew Durst Jul 2014
I'm sure you
were expecting
something after
"love."

But It doesn't
always work
that
way.

(15w)
I think this is pretty clever and I am proud of myself. HA!
Andrew Durst Jan 2014
I used to spend time
Worrying about
How other people
Looked at me.
              Until I asked myself;
      Is there
      Anyone
      I really
      Need to
      Impress?
Andrew Durst Jul 2014
Maybe one day
you and I
will figure all of
this out.

And maybe the
images flowing
in your mind
will incarcerate
themselves
into my heart.
I love someone,
And they will never be mine.
Andrew Durst Apr 2014
and when sorrow comes knocking on my door, I will let him in.
When life comes to make sure everything is broken,
I will let her in.
Karma will also come, truthful & sure,
And just like sorrow and life,
I will let her in.
Because it doesn't matter whom I let in;
Whom stays, does.
Andrew Durst Nov 2014
When people talk
about you
like you're a
piece of meat,
                       I want to break
               their jaws...

Because you are
so much more
than just
another
pretty face.
This girl deserves to be treated with respect. And I'll be ****** if I witness someone do otherwise.
Andrew Durst Jan 2014
You're like a light at the end of a pitch black tunnel. and I'm sprinting towards you with wide-spread arms, even though it isn't guaranteed that you'll accept me the same way I'll accept you.
But I'm finally willing to take a chance.
   If I never try, then I'll never know, and I'm sick of beating myself up at the end of every day all due to the fact that I was too much of a coward to take a risk.

     I'm not grown; I'm growing.
         Part of growing is learning,
And I believe knowledge is a power locked deep within our heads and passion is the key to unlock it so we can let our minds run free.
     So that our ideas can become a vast landscape blooming and teeming with life!
     But, in order to learn, I have to take risks.
So I'll step into darkness with faith and hope.
Because if I never try, then I'll never know.
I hope you enjoy this!
It's an "off-the-top-of-the-head" idea.
Wrote whatever came to mind (:
Andrew Durst May 2014
It's amusing how
guys my age
line up for a
female
as if she was
the last piece
of *** on earth.

The right things
come with time.

Impatience is not
a virtue
by any means,
so don't be
shocked
when she drops you
like a bad habit.
Is this rude of me to say?
Whoops.
Andrew Durst Apr 2014
Your life is on
center stage.

and we all know
you hate the
curtain call.
We all know someone.
Andrew Durst Apr 2014
Let me
move you
like this
pen.

I can't
promise I'll
stay in
the lines.
Andrew Durst Feb 2014
The
Children
Can't
      Sleep
At night...

    ...And
We're the ones
Protecting
   Them...
Flashbacks.
Andrew Durst Dec 2013
I thought I had meaning but I've meant nothing all along,
And now I'm stuck at the bottom because that's where I belong.

Every day, it's all the same.
I try and I fail.
Tomorrow won't be different,
I can't escape this hell.

I'm living my life on repeat and simply wasting away,
Because usually it's all worth nothing at the end of the day.
Andrew Durst Dec 2013
Old insecurities,
Throwing me to the wall,
I break into pieces,
But you never cared at all,

So I'll keep on watching you,
In that bed where you lay,
So many nights before,
We were lost in our own ways.

So just what happened here?
I guess they'll never know,
That you just left me lying here,
Entirely lost for words.

Old insecurities,
They really bring me down,
So I'll just keep lying here,
Broken on the ground.
It's something.
Andrew Durst May 2014
Trying to sleep
is growing
tiresome
and
the voices
in the back
of my mind
still seem
really
******
off.
I've had writers block these past several days
Andrew Durst May 2014
Interests
bare
questions
only
inspiration
can
answer.
Andrew Durst Sep 2014
In the midst of my confusion-
             I find peace,
Even though I haven't slept in weeks.  
              -is it justified?
I'm always asking questions like
           "how?" or "why?"
Because believing in something
      is just too **** hard to try.
             Can I compromise?
Please, can I compromise?
                Is it true that we only ever
              practice what we preach?
         And that everything in life
is simply based on our beliefs?
         Is this all a dream?
                 Is this all a dream?
Andrew Durst Aug 2014
Last night,
in a moment where I was lost somewhere between doubt and honesty, I found myself left asking only more questions;
       Left with more answers that
    I don't have "right now."

This moment revealed something to me, as well as made me think of many other people in my life.

We are all just kids with
commitment issues that are
trying to make everything
"okay."
But God is good.
Andrew Durst Mar 2014
There's something
About listening
To the rain
Fall on the streets
Below
While looking
Out from the
Third story
Window
That I find
So peaceful.

As I hit my
Cigarette
The last few times
Before dying it out,
Like everything I've
Ever dreamt about,
I stop to wonder
Where my life
May go.
I could live to see the
Age of twenty-five,
But I guess time
Only knows.
Andrew Durst Mar 2014
I don't mind
that you care.

I mind
that you worry.

Why?


Because I don't understand.
It's not important.
Andrew Durst Mar 2014
My father once told me
"In life, you either sink or swim."

     I wasn't expecting the water to be so deep.
So I keep treading and holding my breath; Waiting to be pulled under by all the promises I never kept.
Andrew Durst Apr 2014
Lets be kids again and fall in love with everything we find along our journeys in this world.
Lets recapitulate all the moments of innocence and happiness we once lived.

Walk with me;
tell me about your day as if you were planning for tomorrow.
Express every detail with passion and energy.
Describe to me exactly how you feel.

Ponder with me;
question everything like it's the only thing you've ever known.

            Mature with me;
understand life for what life is,
we cannot control it's terms;
      we cannot always be there.
Spend time with yourself instead of worrying about others for a change. Reevaluate yourself as honest as can be. Get to know who you really are.
Accept that person,
    cherish that person,
        never let them go.

Consider the times where you thought you'd never see tomorrow but still woke up the next morning and things got better as time killed everything with age.
Find comfort in the present, live for the moment, and don't be afraid to fall in love..

         It's what kids do.
I wrote this for the most beautiful girl.
Andrew Durst Jul 2014
and I will
bare every
burden
that it brings
me.

Why?

Because you
are worth
it.
Andrew Durst Jul 2013
Sometimes I wish I could fly
So I can go to the highest point in the world
Look down
And not be afraid

I'd sit there and watch as everyone crowded around
Down below
To see what I was up too
And I'd listen to their faint voices
Asking questions like
'Is he going to jump?'

And I would

I wouldn't start flying until I was almost to the ground
Just to see their expressions
'It's a bird, it's a plane!'
No, it's just me

That's why I wish I could fly
Just to mess around.
Andrew Durst Jan 2015
start
at the
beginning
just to
follow
you to
the
end
over
  and
over
  and
over
  again.
Enjoy.

Check my instagram for my newest works: @andrewdurst
Andrew Durst Mar 2014
For everything I've said;
For everything I've done.
But I'm not sorry,
For any of it.
The only thing I'm sorry for,
Is that I didn't speak
My mind *sooner
Andrew Durst Dec 2013
Jack ***** and hypocrites,
Wanna be's with no common sense.
Wealthy men and beautiful women,
Sell their souls although they shouldn't.
Back stabbers and manipulative ******,
Plucking and pulling with kaniving tricks.
What a disaster this world must be,
We're all trapped behind bars;
Confused as to what it means to be free.
Andrew Durst Aug 2013
You're a beautiful women
With a sinister heart.
You have eyes like tornadoes
That tear me apart.

You break me down
In the most ****** up way.
But when it comes down to it
I always stay.

Your kiss is but bittersweet.
Like coffee and cigarettes
After a really long day.

When I am with you
It's like being on a really good high.
And I'm talking way past cloud nine.

That point when all the lines become a blur
When making sense is just absurd.

Because when I'm with you.

The beautiful girl with a sinister heart,

I get lost in your eyes that tear me apart.
Andrew Durst May 2014
I'm going to continue smiling,
opening the door for others,
laughing at my mistakes and flaws,
enjoying what I find interesting,
and being polite even to those who probably don't deserve it.
But I am not a judge
nor do I have the power to dictate what anyone should receive.
So,
I will try not let anyone's
bitterness or intolerance
prevent me from being the good person I know I should be.
It's not "being stepped on"
It's understanding that not everything goes as planned.
Andrew Durst Jul 2014
I fell in
    love with you
    during a
    game of
    cards...
                         You played a
                         queen of spades
                         and I played a
                         king of hearts.
You may have
lost this hand,
But you gained
mine.
                        So I will
              forever hold
        you by
my side.
Andrew Durst Jul 2014
I could have really used a shoulder to lean on;
Even though I was at home,
I still managed to feel completely alone.
And as I lied there, with thoughts about suicide and everything I've done wrong racing through my brain,
I never once bothered to make a call.

Now I'm not entirely certain as to why I never reached out to anyone when I needed someone the most.
I'm just starting to believe that maybe no one would had even cared,
        at all.
Andrew Durst Aug 2014
I've been trying
to convince
myself that I
don't
need anyone
at all.

Just sleep,

and long
intervals
of insanity.
Proud of this one. Been trying to formulate this into words for a while now. Happy with the simplicity.
Andrew Durst Oct 2013
Leave a light on for me
In case the night grows old.
And leave a blanket on your porch for me
In case the night gets cold.

Leave a light on for me
So I can hopefully find my way.
Because I'm kind of lost on this barren path
Searching for answers so I can try and make things "okay."

Leave a light on for me
In case I forget.
My memory is hindered
From all the nights I haven't slept.

Leave a light on for me
Above the doorway to my love.
And leave a light on for me
Even if you hate who I become.
Andrew Durst Apr 2014
With every second chance
        I'm given,
                        I only
        make another mistake.
when will I
      Learn?
Found this in my notebook.
I forgot I wrote it.
Andrew Durst Aug 2014
I wanted to thank you
for being everything
to me whenever
I had nothing to
call my own.

You didn't just
get me out of a "rut."

You saved me
from the empty,
soulless shell in which
I was about to
become.
This is for the people that have helped me and have had my back. I will always be there for you all as well.
Andrew Durst Nov 2014
The hard part was
trying to convince
myself that it
was the right
thing to do.
Close to home?
Andrew Durst Dec 2013
You're a mistake.
A burden I live with every day,
You're a mistake,
Don't tell me to trust you
because you are all the same.
Liars.
Yeah, I call you by name.
You kicked me when I was down
And left me with shame.
Liars.
You're the reason for all my pain,
Never again can I trust what you say.
Andrew Durst Jan 2014
There's not much
You can really
Do about it.
        It's
Something
       You eventually
Let go.

And when you
       Do.
All the
   Little
    Moments.
Really don't
     Seem
That
        Small.
Andrew Durst Jul 2014
How low is low when you're already being kicked while you're down?
And how high is high when your feet refuse to leave the ground?

How do I get to the destination
of weary dreamers and broken hearts?
How do I finish this game of life (and love) when I don't know where to start?

Maybe one day I'll be able
to think things through.

But nothing will feel as close
to the way that I loved you.
Wrote this for a friend of a friend.
Andrew Durst Oct 2014
I didn't want to be lonely;
I just wanted to be alone.
And I know that sometimes
silence can be your best-friend,
but I needed something
so much more than that.
Now I'm stricken with this
resentment;
this unsettling feeling that my
attempts at isolation have been
nothing but selfish-acts of
pitiful-shame.
I need someone now
more than ever,
but I can't seem to admit
my need.
For you late-nite readers.
Andrew Durst Dec 2013
I'll be the first to admit
I'm really out of shape,
My hair is way too long
And always in my face.

I'm not that tall,
I'm actually really short.
I don't have nice features,
And I'm not good at any sport.

I'm kind of like a black eye;
Nobody wants one.

I can make you smile
I can make you laugh,
I can make you feel wanted,
So you can forget about the past.

I will always be here for you,
Day and night,
You'll never have to raise your voice,
Because we would never fight.

But none of that matters,
At least that's what it seems,
No one really wants
The unattractive me.
Andrew Durst Mar 2014
If life
itself
is solely based
       on finding
ourselves,
even though
there's so much
to live for.

Then yes;
I believe in
fate.
Why else
would we
waste our time
with something so
          tedious?
Andrew Durst Feb 2014
I'm trying to run but I can't hide.
So if you find me I won't be surprised.
Please, tell me all your plans,
And I'll do my best to understand.

I can't believe,
What you've done to me,
And I cannot breathe,
I'm drowning in,
    All your apathy.

I'm looking for the pieces of my pride,
I lost it all in the seems of time.
I do not care for the pain,
I have what I need to make it all go away.

I can't believe,
How could you do this to me?
It's getting hard to breathe,
     I swear I'm drowning
In all your misery.

Tell me you lost it,
Tell me you lost it,
Tell me anything.
Make this all okay.
I think I'm beginning to
            Suffocate.
Intended to be a song
Andrew Durst Mar 2015
don't
  be honest
       for
          their
              sake,

      be
         honest
               for
                 yours.
For a friend.
Andrew Durst Sep 2016
I've been in love
(or thought I was)
twice now
and I'm only
twenty years old.

I've spent my entire life
practicing the art
of letting go
and I lost track of
my losses
because I've never
been good with
numbers.

I have
added,
subtracted,
divided
and solved
my way back
to you

countless of times

and this is how
I know I am

no good at math.
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