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 Mar 2015
Jakob Walker
Forever we sit
Above an eternal pit
On a trembling floor
That one day will break in a fit

The floor is unstable
It comes with no label
It is simply known as “life”
And it’s too much to handle

At the point which it caves in
We begin to fall
I don’t know what will happen then
But I know that we can’t grab the wall.

Life has a way of surprising us
We think it’s stable and that’s when it’s the most weak
It crumbles when our happiness has reached a peak
Your balance you’re forced to keep.

So stand on this ground
Stand while you can
For when it finally collapses
You should not regret standing on your feet.
 Mar 2015
Jakob Walker
Atlas is missing

The sky is falling

The world is crumbling

My heart is breaking



Rivers form from my eyes

Sniffles emanate from my nose

It won’t get better

Not much can help



A feeling unlike any previously experienced

How does one handle it?

When someone who you love dearly

Will soon be up above?



Someday I’ll be okay

But it is not this day

For now I lie in bed

And hate the waiting.
 Mar 2015
Jakob Walker
At this time we cry
We cry right along with the sky
Why the sky cries, we don’t know why
But I think I know what it’s caused by.

He’s up there
Sad because he knows where
Watching over his loved ones
And friends lacking a bright sun

The clouds are grey
Nobody knows what to say
Nobody knows how to express in any way
But to lose a tear and forget about their day

His tears come in the form of rain
He sees our pain
The amount of response is insane
His fate has brought together a community

Those who are unfamiliar of his name
Still lower their head in the rain
Those who don’t know his name
Still run tears down their face

However, there is always light in the dark
While right now seems impossible
There has been some good to come out of it
Together a community has come, bonding and strong.

So let us all put our hands together
Cherish each other
Enjoy life
For at one second, it could all be gone.
 Mar 2015
Jakob Walker
The world we live in
No matter what it continues to spin
Not enough time to wonder what could have been
If one has no time to live, what then?



We are on a thin line
Able to perish by even a small pine
Sometimes we like to feel divine
But we all reach an end to our time.



We must learn to cherish it
Not by laying back and taking a hit
Not by living your life like a skit
But by using your wit.



We are promised no second
We must live as if we have no second
Learn what we can
And not be reckless.



Enjoy life
It is the only one we have
It all can end so fast
Don’t let one dumb mistake be your last.
 Mar 2015
Jakob Walker
The day is dark
The people with their heads down
The future has no spark
The circumstances cause a frown

We are promised no second
Spared no consequence
Anything can happen
And it could happen tomorrow

A friend who I hardly knew
Yet a friend still
Now rests in the clouds
Leaving his friends with their heads down

There’s not a lot someone can say
At least not today
We all have a lease,
And for him, rest in peace.
This was written for a friend I knew. He died on the night of Monday, March 9th. Rest in peace.
 Mar 2015
Jakob Walker
The little boy lays on his side
By his TV he is hypnotized
No reason makes him want to rise
He wants to lay there and close his eyes

His life is hard
His body full of scars
The TV is blaring cars
While the boy's future seems as distant as Mars

The tele keeps him happy
The tele calms his mind
The tele keeps the demons away
For he knows no other way to make his day

As he inhales a new breath
He worries about the rest
How much he has left
His bed feeling much like a nest

As he closes his eyes
He thinks about tomorrow
In his bed he lies
Stuck in an inescapable sorrow.

— The End —