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285 · Feb 2015
In The Rain
I'm standing in the rain,
I'm waiting for your love,
I can't rid of this pain,
so I wait to die.

I miss your spearmint breath,
the way you kissed my lips,
I try to feel what's left,
but there's never enough time.

I'm never gonna fall again,
never gonna love a friend,
never gonna give my heart,
I'm gonna burn all your art.

Everything we have left,
is gonna burn with the rest,
I need you out of my head,
forget everything you said.

There's a fire deep inside,
it rages and it burns,
it's keeping me alive,
but I'm running out of time.

I'm standing in the rain,
I'm wasting my time,
you're driving me insane,
but I don't really mind.

I'm never gonna forget,
everything was perfect,
but everything changes,
strange how it rearranges.

I don't really mind though,
if you have to go.
I'm already insane,
so this is nothing new.

I'm waiting in the rain.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
284 · Jan 2015
Music
The music's playing loud,
people are on their feet.
Not a single person,
is sitting in their seat.

Bass vibrates the heart,
guitar blows the mind,
lyrics save the soul,
having a good time.

Listen to the groove,
see the people move.
Time is on our side,
dancing through the night.

Everyone is free,
dancing around me.
Time is on our side,
we feel so alive.

Don't stop the beat,
don't stop the heat,
don't stop the sound,
till we hit the ground.

Music in our veins,
pumping through our hearts.
Hope you love the sound,
cause this is just the start.

Together, we are one,
tonight, we are friends,
tomorrow, we'll reminisce,
but for now, it never ends.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
283 · Feb 2015
Of Myself
All my life,
I've been in pain.
All of this life,
drives me insane.
In the aftermath,
nothing has changed.
Walking this path,
I'm my own bane.

Where do I go?
This life has led me nowhere.
Does anyone know?
Why do they all stare?

All my life,
felt like a fool.
All of this life,
has me losing my cool.
In the aftermath,
just a cesspool.
Lies and hate,
I lose the duel.

Where do I go?
There's no guiding light.
Can't take it slow,
or else I'll lose sight,
of the future,
of myself.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
283 · Sep 2015
Cycle
Every year autumn comes around,
and everyone deals with it.
But I sit on the ledge,
thinking,
rocking back and forth hoping just maybe I'll fall.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
282 · Mar 2018
Last Embers
Oh, the fire is gone,
my life crackles,
like the last embers.
Burning bright,
exploding high,
they glow and they dim and they die.
Their last life blows into the night,
and disappears as I lay asunder.
In my smoldering ruins,
I cry,
as my tears evaporate off my charcoal cheeks.
Covered in soot,
I fizzle and die.
Tomorrow,
my ashes will burn.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
279 · Feb 2015
Rise and Fall
Foster,
this lost soul.
I let it live,
inside of me.

Harvest,
a new heart.
I let it beat,
inside of me.

Grow,
a new hope.
Let it prosper,
inside of me.

Just know,
I won't go.
Let you,
destroy me.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
278 · Aug 2012
Haiku #6
War, a suicide
of the body and the mind.
Releasing the spirit.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
274 · Apr 2014
Living Dead
Sitting on a cliff,
the wind pushed him towards the edge.
Wounds he self inflicted,
on his arms and hands.

Soon he stood and then,
he let himself go.
He fell down and down,
to the ocean below.

What does it mean?
The life he lives.
It has him wondering,
what he's worth.
Is there worth,
in the time he's spent?
Or is he just the living dead.

When he crashed into the waves,
they tossed him up and down.
But he was not shaken,
he just kept trying to drown.

It wasn't till,
he saw a beach,
when he began to swim,
to loving peace.

He lived love,
and he lost.
Had he gone,
far enough?
Is there no,
turning back?
He's living death.

When he reached the shore of hymns,
night had fallen.
So he praised the moon,
guided by it's light,
he survived,
he's alive.

There is life,
and there's death.
There's an in between,
in which some of us live.
Those few of us,
lost in our heads,
we are the living dead.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
255 · Dec 2014
We Don't Care
See the man on the TV,
talking to you and me.
Hear his words, so enticing,
they almost make you believe.

The world is slowly burning,
we need a savior now.
People want to believe,
but they just don't know how.

Far inside big closed doors,
sit politicians and liars.
They scheme and plot our persuasion,
and we just put on our blinders.

This cycle is getting old now,
perpetual lies and commitments.
Just set the world on fire,
and we promise we'll sit through it.

Nothings going to change here,
we don't mind burning alive.
Just make sure we all get,
a fair slice of the pie.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
255 · Aug 2012
Haiku #5
Being one with the
spirit that moves through all things.
At peace with nature.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
253 · Jan 2015
Nothing More
Some people tell me,
there's something out there.
Everyone has a calling,
yours is just not there.
Sometimes I wonder,
what they even know,
or if they even care.

Risen and fallen,
I know the feeling.
Fell face first before,
hit my head on the ceiling.
Can't seem to break out,
of these **** walls,
and they're peeling.

Everyday goes by,
nothing seems to change.
It's like I'm living days over,
they all seem the same.
Late at night, I lay in bed,
wondering exactly how,
to win this game.

So I ride the waves,
until they hit the shore.
Ride back out and repeat,
like it's not a bore.
This life I live is nothing special,
just another life,
and nothing more.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
246 · Mar 2015
Glass
Sky glassed with pink,
makes me wonder,
makes me think.
How big am I?

In a lifetime,
how bright,
how bright will I shine?
How big am I?

Is there a place,
either here,
or in space,
for me?

What good am I?
If only I tried.

But nothing goes unknown,
except the vast planes of mother Earth,
the deep caverns and crevasses.

So when will I,
shine bright?
When will I,
have my time?

God only knows,
if God even holds the cards.

So I will wait,
staring at the glassy pink sky,
wait for my time,
for my moment.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
241 · Jul 2014
Five Years
Years have passed, they flew by,
I don't understand.
Still find myself asking why,
I don't understand.
Here one second and then gone,
I don't understand.
Every day, a new dawn,
I don't understand.

Why did you have to take away,
the only man who cold make me smile?
Why did he have to go so soon,
couldn't you wait a while longer?

With every dawn comes a songbird,
with every day, a new surprise.

There's a long road ahead now,
I must stand.
Have to walk it alone,
I must stand.
You were the only to,
understand.
Gave me hope and reason,
to finally stand.

You may be far away now,
but you're always in my heart.
I know you'll be watching,
from the stars.

I hope I make you smile,
from afar.
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio
204 · May 2020
Untitled #11
I met a girl with all the love in the world,
But nowhere to lend it
She banks it away everyday
Dreaming of where to spend it
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio

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