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Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

Lies

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

Joseph Schneider

Lies

I lie here soaked in my own confusion

My mind seems at dismay searching for its conclusion

I wonder why decisions I've made have my life in disarray

As I search for myself those memories replay

The seeds I've planted I hope one day will grow bright

Although now I remember, these seeds were bought in spite

-Joseph B Schneider

© Joseph B Schneider. All rights reserved

Never shape decisions through greed, revenge, or pure spite.

#life #pain #confused #memories #lost #grow #spite

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

to be truly lonely

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

Kurt Kanawa

to be truly lonely

is not to be silent
but to have voices competing
drowning each other out
so that we only hear the words
coming out of our own mouths

it means not to be cold
but to be scorched with the frustration
of being misunderstood
and pushed away
watching as our bridges burn
before they have ever even been built

it means not the darkness
but the light, blinding light
of the stage we stand
where we must deliver our lines
and play our parts eternally
never to remove our masks

it means not to be broken
but not being able to break
even when we want to
always on the verge of crying
we let our eyes swell but never flow
pretending everything's fine

and as i look from eye to eye
i know that i am lonely but not alone
in this cageless prison

#fear #alone #loneliness

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

Monday Morning.

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

Andrew Durst

Monday Morning.

Today marks another day that I woke up.
One more day I was able to smell the scent of fresh cut grass and early June.
      Where I was able to feel the gentle friction from these cotton sheets.
See the sun glistening through my blinds.
     Listen to the birds sing and my ceiling-fan hum a tune while all the air brushes down upon me in patterned strokes.
    Today marks another day where I am able to make sense of things.
Like the bold taste of coffee,
and a well-timed cigarette.

I often hear of people being stressed out;
Being so caught-up in this day-to-day "rat-race" we call life that they "can't find the time" to do what they love.
And every time I think about this, I find myself left with the same questions:
Is this really what "life" is all about?
How are we supposed to LIVE and BE FREE if we can't find a way to take a breather every once-and-a-while?
To escape off into our heads or into our passions?
What is a life if you don't know expression?
Why have a voice if you never bother to speak?
If you feel something-
If you love it.
Then let it move you even in the most simplistic of ways.
Find time to stop and realize that this life is a gift.
No one asks to be born and no one wants to be taken away.
We need to appreciate every day and everything we have.
We'll never know when we could literally lose it all.

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

At Sea

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

Nick Strong

At Sea

White tipped, towering waves,
Crashing down upon the bow,
Tossing, twisting, turning,
Wood creaks, groans, straining
Against unnatural movements.
Yellow coated men, cling for life;
Whilst the captain, etched by fear,
Fights to keep the stricken vessel afloat,
Beneath howling angered, skies.

Meanwhile the kraken roars,
From the deep abyss.

© Nick Strong 2014

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

Love Letter

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

Ofentse Tsie

Love Letter

Your love
So beautiful
I feel so warm in between your thighs
Your deep breaths taking over my life
This is what I have longed for
Long phone calls, 4AM texts and writing poetry as your honor
You're like hip hop
My heart never stops racing in your presence, that's how powerful your love is
I love you

#LoveLetter #TestingMySkill #FourLetterWord

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

summer colour changed

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

nivek

summer colour changed

sea is flat calm silver
her tide is in
maybe on the turn
sky is bright white
with sunlight vying
fighting the mist
When she wins
heat will wither-
evaporate the wet
and all things
will be summer-
colour changed

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

New Year's

Jun 2014 Braulio Romero

Conor Letham

New Year's

Semi-permeable
translucent vibes;
rhythm through
a château door
into neon nights,
and lanterns like
red-eye photos
look down on us.
They look down
on me, and they
see me shaking
the vibes out on
cement cobble-
blocks. I got the
cancer / excess
disease, we say
I'm the new-old
where the auto-
focus is good
but around us
is gaussian blur
forgotten future.

Experimental. Drunken mess with the new and old blending. Nothing explains better than New Year's where we're out with the old, in with the new and still we hold onto and build from the year before. Anyway, bit of fun.

#love #drunk #red #new #experimental #phone #camera #vibes #digital #lantern