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 Aug 2014
Keaton Rutz
Much like this poem,

everything

that has ever existed,

or will exist

including you,

your heart,

your life,

and your dreams,

always have,

and will forever be

composed of




"           "




and
sunlight.
Inspired by commentary that has come up in my life very often recently.
 Aug 2014
Keaton Rutz
War
The idea
that there is a time
                                             for violence, or guns;       that there ever is a need
to slaughter peaceful, innocent bystanders
in the name of an officer who willfully, and wrongfully
ended a young man's life for no other reason than he can is
u      n      e      q      u      i      v      o      c      a      l      l      y
f              u              c              k              e              d              .
Inspired by the events of August 9th, 2014 in Ferguson, MO.
 Aug 2014
Keaton Rutz
I've got a funny story of my own actually;
I rose from the dead,
and then after that
I ripped people apart.

Okay maybe it’s not that funny but
you can sit there and listen to it anyway.

Listen to the story.

It’s weird at first because
all there is, is just darkness.
It’s so
dark;
it doesn’t make any difference
if your eyes are open or closed.
What you think
is that you’ve been
buried alive.

Not ideal.
That’s proper... panic, you know.
You hit out at the lid of the coffin
even though there’s no way.
But then...
it starts to give.

You have to push your way through
all the soil.
It takes ages doesn’t it?
It takes so long.

But all of a sudden
something’s different;
you feel the wind on the
tips of your fingers.
And the rain.

Because before that
you’re not really sure where you are.
But now
you know.
And you’re pushing through.
And then all this stuff at once.
The moon.
And this incredible storm blowing
and the church bell
ringing midnight
and just standing there,
nobody else around
and all of it
pushing into me.

That feeling.
It’s what being born must be like.
Except you’ve got
context.
Because honestly, dead...

Everything up to then was fear.
Everything,
even when I was alive,
different levels of fear.
But then
it’s gone.
And you’re like that:
‘Yeah, come on.
Give it to me!
Fill.
Me.
Up!’

But I tell you what,
this
hunger.
This appetite.
I could not wait to get started.
New favourite monologue forever.
 Aug 2014
Keaton Rutz
The sky is so dark.
It has been nothing but bright
after being so ******* dark,
for so long.

The dark is so heavy.
It has been nothing but light
after being so ******* heavy,
for so very long.

I feel alone.
Lately I've been surrounded by love
after feeling so ******* alone,
for so very ******* long.

I miss you.
I've been so busy
that I didn't really get a chance,
for what feels like forever, but I guess it's been 6 months.

I hope you're doing okay.
Sometimes it really ***** out loud
that I can't stop loving anyone
I've ever once felt love for, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I love you.
I hope you do too; love yourself that is.
I hope that the job is what you want, if only for now.
Sweet dreams.
I'm always looking for the right way to describe how I feel.
Felt a pang in my heart; could be clinical depression, but I feel really good now.
I always feel great once I can find the words.
 Jul 2014
Keaton Rutz
Sitting on your porch.
Talkin video games, and weddings.
After a night of drinking;
what more could a brother ask for?

Under the black of this dirt town.
Wanting out.
Nowhere to go.
So we wander:
moving at a liesurely pace.

I can't quite place our de ja vu.
It's lost to month old dreams,
and past lives.
We don't talk enough, but we drink.

I love you.
As a brother does, for his sister.
Everything will be okay in the end,
and if it's not okay
it's not the end.
For my sister.
 Jul 2014
Keaton Rutz
a Gestalt principle
of organization
holding that there is an innate tendency
to perceive incomplete objects as complete
and to close
or fill gaps
and to perceive asymmetric stimuli
as symmetric
It might not be the word, but ******* if it ain't perfect,

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