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Daniel Magner Aug 2014
And
Dad still in his apartment
Mom in the house
changing things to make it hers
not theirs
When I feel the stairs
like they've always been
I wonder when "theirs"
turned in to his and hers
when "ours"
went out the window
was it when Dad started sleeping
in the office
or when the tree came down
or when Dad moved away?
I miss them, I miss them
not Dad or Mom
but
Dad and Mom
Daniel Magner 2014
Daniel Magner Jul 2014
been alone a lot lately
no new friends to keep me company
maybe when school starts
I'll open up and touch a few hearts
but right now it's just me,
my mind, and my body
which I'm working on every day
you know what they say
look good, feel good
burning calories like fire wood
sweating out toxins like
I know I should
Daniel Magner 2014
Daniel Magner Jul 2014
gazing at my front porch
I don't see an empty
concrete rectangle with one couch
I see plants sprouting up
I see deep talks with friends
sitting at night under the open sky
the palm trees wafting gently
I see a new chapter
full of laughter and growth
I see a little garden
that I can call
home

(temporarily)
I've found that I must be my own home, where ever I may go

Daniel Magner 2014
  Jul 2014 Daniel Magner
Margrett Gold
we seesawed on sallow vines,
it gripping the crux of me
mid-swing,
pioneering through overcast intuition,
yet seemingly nearer to the light.
There are so many times that I base my reactions only on my own perspective, no matter how smart I think I am  handling" it" and we're creating our own functionality. I'll have epiphanies at times when answers seem simple, and then it changes as if the light is always in my peripheral reach. We learn every day through new experience, but each of us experiences differently and has one's own interpretation, which is why it seems to me, that nothing is solid. Even scientific fact changes as the world moves on. It doesn't wait on others to finally notice, try as we might to keep up.
-just a scattered rant.
Daniel Magner Jul 2014
LB
the highway lanes began to spread
like my veins, full of life
criss-crossing, bobing, weaving
and my heart began to pulse
so **** fast
faster than the cars that passed me
going eighty, cruising
driving a little reckless
despite having my whole life
packed in the back
of a ten foot Uhaul
everything I own bouncing
up and around
while heat waves
swam from the ground

That's when it really sank in
everything I've grown to know
is changing
Daniel Magner 2014
Daniel Magner Jul 2014
It's the end of an era,
for the friends I leave
I hope their waters
become fairer
and that the wind
blows them toward
a grand new
adventure
Daniel Magner 2014
Daniel Magner Jul 2014
Bye
My going away party
ended up with Garrison seizing
and Hailey getting a DUI
too much for one night
I like a good time but not
when people I love could die
it hurt my heart
I want to go home
and sit as a family
get a kiss from my dog
visit Ingrid and hear her laugh
grab some horchata then
crash in my old bed
lay down my weary head
only to wake up
and find myself
here
instead
Daniel Magner 2014
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