Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
 
 Dec 2011 Day
Chris Ott
I woke up on the bus today.
for the first time in two months
I actually felt awake, alive, atlast.

So my little orange bottle plummets
from my third story window, into the
gutter, and out of my head.

I'll face my problems myself, thanks.
starting with this poem.
ending with this person.
 Dec 2011 Day
Odi
I gave your voice to the sun
I tried to catch the stars in my hands
But they fell through and cut me
Sliced my fingers into two

There is nothing in the sky but your silence
Looks like the sun burned the sound of music away
And the stars sparkle on the floor from when they landed here
As for me I am nowhere
Nowhere

I tried to give your voice to the sun
But the sound of music burned away
And the stars, they fell one by one
Cut my hands away
Tried to give you to the sun

Our moon is incompatible
November's cold and grey
You have ***** fingernails
Whereas I try to wash the dirt away

And what I once thought was music
Was just the sound of a thousand shattering stars
And what I once thought was beautiful
Was merely a thousand glittering scar's

You are a silly little man-child
And I am just a little girl
But as for me, I am tired
Of the blunt beauty of this world

I am on Pluto dear
You are on Mars
We sold each other out honey
We destroyed the stars
 Dec 2011 Day
Grace McQuillan
I walk around from place to place
and I see beauty
and I **** my head
and I think

and I go back home
and I find my mirror
and I touch my face
and I fix my hair
and I fix my stance
and I straighten my skirt

and I think I need new
and I spend my quarters
and I hope new things make me

shiny

and I hope you like shiny.
 Dec 2011 Day
Overwhelmed
we were raised to be unsure

to be doubtful
and confused
and trustless

to wonder

but only because we
cannot assure
ourselves

we were told to be quiet,
sit silently, and do good

we were never asked
our opinion and we
never asked why

we were told:

we need to listen to our parents,
our teachers, our papas, mamas,
uncles, counselors, and bosses,
to the politicians and back-alley
preachers because they know it
all, they’ve been around the block
and seen the world, and they know
how it goes

we need to believe their advice
and do what they say because
god is always watching you
know

we were raised in a
universe devoid of
reason

we were left pursuing questions
without ever knowing there were
actually answers

we, the doubtful,
confused,
and trustless

how to do we know
anything?

too many,
I say,
look skyward for
their answer

only to miss,
a tiny whisper,
constantly
humming out of
their hearts
 Dec 2011 Day
Joel Emmanuel
csb.ro.
 Dec 2011 Day
Joel Emmanuel
i,

fell in
         two
every single
******* ripple
superior to the delusion,

still, still,

I'll run this time
And never come back

I'll run this time
and never look back,
        never wish to ,
            never need you
              
                                again.
 Dec 2011 Day
A Thomas Hawkins
We divert rivers for desert fountains
Mine the very souls of mountains
yet we cannot spare the cash to feed the poor

Election hopefuls promise lies
while they look us in the eyes
then line their pockets like any other corporate *****

The treasury of this nation
thrives on fiscal *******
massaging figures til the money is all spent

And while we're all left to drown
some get bailed out to higher ground
as they stand upon the ninety nine percent

Why does the power of human greed
come before helping those in need
or is compassion blind, no longer can she see?

I pray to god I'm not alone
so if you appreciate my tone
come out and Occupy this planet Earth with me
Follow me on Twitter @athomashawkins
http://twitter.com/athomashawkins
 Nov 2011 Day
Lucy Power
Am I so bad
that all I see in this compliment
is sarcasm
and all in you is bitter.
Bitter is only a way,
never a taste
so why say bitter.
That taste is sour
and sourness is when things go off.
When you're off with me
I know it's because of the bitterness.
Our bitter is strong.
Toxic.
The result of fermented anger.
Locked in some small space
cooling in a steel casket.
Fermenting.
To be consumed in moderation.
I dream of drowning in our
corrosive distillment,
setting a flood upon you.
But no.
It's still ours and so
I couldn't bear to waste your half.
I'll drink deep mine own.
Keep it inside.
Not near you.
Let this fortified feeling burn through me.
Scorch  my mind.
And I will live.
Unrecognizable.
But always the same.
Next page