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Our silly state of paranoia,
Are leaders here to annoy ya?
Ghosts of government past,
We've had enough drivel to last!
Our systems need to improve,
Building bias, not a good groove.
Kids are born colour-blind,
They teach oldies their great minds,
We're ashamed of our politicians,
Any excuse today? Like superstition,
Then there's youth unemployment,
Disaffected youth for deployment,
Mendicants at charity, welfare dependents.
Our silly state of paranoia,
Are politicians sent to annoy ya!
Inspired by daily newspapers. Feedback welcome.
Silly girl oh silly girl
You cannot have it all
Too many toys to play around with,
Don’t notice the ones that fall

Silly girl oh silly girl
Your life is now perfect
Skin as smooth as marble, the perfect man
You’re not the ones to deserve me

Silly girl oh silly girl
What has gone to your head?
The perfectness, the popularity, the power?
You’re not the one to deserve it

Silly girl oh silly girl
Where are your “friends” now?
They’re gone now mama,
I will never understand

Silly girl oh silly girl
Did you think your life was all bliss?
Too caught up in all of the action, the worthless gold
Did you ever reminisce?

Silly boy oh silly boy
I think she deserves a kiss
Silly girl oh silly girl
Here is the one that you missed
 Oct 2015 Breana Lea Bailey
J
Silly
 Oct 2015 Breana Lea Bailey
J
We drew up blueprints of our future
Knowing we would see it pan out together

I guess now we have figured out the difference
Between knowing and hoping
Sitting in the dark wondering
when will I find someone
worth knowing,
worth noting.

You tell me that there are
many,
all around me and beyond,
But you lie or are mistaken
because all I see are mismatched
people to my desires.

I want to learn from this Her,
To kiss her sweet lips,
To render myself senseless
by touching her body,
To lose myself in her eyes.

But it seems that this unfeeling
Thing,
does not let me get close with
anyone,
before I find their flaws
and start pondering
how to break their heart.

It seems that I set my standards too
high,
or they have theirs too
low,
but the fact remains that
I am betrayed:
by dishonesty and cowardice,
by laziness and greed,
by stupidity and facades.

but most of all:
by the immoral,
the obsession with nothing but pleasure
with no depth.

I am a confused and lonely thing,
searching in the dark for a feeling Thing.

what is this Thing I seek?

Well dear reader,
Nothing less than a good Heart.

One to heal me,
in return for being healed,
before this hollowness becomes
a shadow and swallows me whole,
leaving nothing but a crass man,
a cruel and callous thing undeserving of
the veracity of Love.
In Response partly to "I made a wish; I wished I was crazy"
unedited and very stream of consciousness-y of me but I could not escape alas, the beauty of a centered poem I'm afraid. Your free verse was still good and very unbound by rules and traditions.
nothing more than raw feeling I felt in your poem, fellow scribe, not many things inspire me to write lately so kudos...and gracias :)
 Aug 2013 Breana Lea Bailey
Cory
her strive for attention
deprives her actual intention
and she thrives off tension
but she feels alive with this pretension
and what I've failed to mention
its her contrive for perfection…of love
beating hearts
skip a beat,
hold my hand
never stop.
bittersweet
kisses in the dark;
hold your breath
take it in,
they pull together
just to fall apart.
passion ignites.
stardust dies.
scream apologies.
broken glass leaves
behind self control.
cigarette-smoke
perfume lingers.
tears never fall.
runaway to your
far off never land.
make time stand
still in your world
of confusion.
nothing is worth
the loss of happiness.
happiness is everything.
written: 2.4.08
“let sleeping dogs lie,”
i said
as the ground turned sideways
topsy turvy
we made gravity our enemy

in our witless haste
drug driven day crusades
we became empty giants
standing on man’s shoulders
hoping to hold the sun

“dream your waking daylight,”
you said
as the sky shook itself
upside down
we made time our enemy

in your desperate rush
forgotten frail figureheads
i became fickle Midas
falling with the rising
daring to gild the moon

“our pretty eyes are lies”
we said
as the world fell apart
fault lines
we made entropy our enemy
Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a worm on a hook,
like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.
Like a baby, stillborn,
like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
But I swear by this song
and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
he said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
Oh like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
I am human.
I will die one day.
But on my way, I will achieve greatness.

I am human.
I am fragile.
So try not to break me.

I am human.
I act and lie better than any other creature on the planet.
So if you want to know me, you will have to destroy my many masks first.

I am human.
And humans are dumb.
All of us are.

I am human.
I don't know what love means.
I hope one day I do, but in the meantime, I love you.

I am human.
I make mistakes everyday.
But I am still alive.

I am human.
I am probably broken.
Help me.

I am human.
I respond only to those who respond to me.
I am not your female dog.

I am human.
Respect me.
I will respect you.

I am human.
I don't know much.
But one certainty in life is chocolate's beauty.

I am human.
I am still growing.
And yet I am already dying.

I am human.
Who am I?
I do not know.

I am human.
What am I?
I AM HUMAN.
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