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960 · Oct 2011
Braving the Storm
Conner Hughes Oct 2011
I stand in an utterly changed world
For better or worse I do not know.
In the distance the air booms
Lightning splits the sky asunder.
Snare cracks and bass vibrations reverberate
Back to where I stand on the shore.
The screaming howls have subsided
As a monstrosity drifts away unnoticed.
I am the Lone Victim.
Lone survivor.
The torrents have cut through me like a razor.
Bleeding, broken I scream inside my skull
Too afraid to voice my sorrows.
Pains.
Fears.
Hatred.
Or love.
A storm capable of crushing civilization itself
Has just past me by.
Yet I live.
I am the Lone Watcher as it fades
Into the dark night.

I know naught of what the future holds
     but I can sleep easier in the peaceful aftermath
Under a clear starry sky
477 · Oct 2012
Let's Steal Away
Conner Hughes Oct 2012
Come live with me and steal away
we'll leave our lives to yesterday.
On oceans, forests, and green fields
and whatever tomorrow yields.

Leave the city and come with me,
we'll go places where we are free.
No rules nor boundaries hold us back,
if you say yes then let us pack.

In nature we will embrace life
and be rid of soci'ty's strife.
We need no money nor rich things
and we'll see what tomorrow brings.

I'll give you all I have to give
a life, my love, a place to live.
Away from cities, cars, and streets,
we'll see what new people we meet.

Come live with me and steal away
we'll leave our lives to yesterday.
On canyons, rivers, mountains too,
for it could just be me and you.

— The End —