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Oct 2020 · 59
2020
Chris Minner Oct 2020
I don’t wanna know
Please don’t tell me
It’s been too much already
My mind is weak and I’m unsteady 
Please don’t tell me what insanity is coming round the bend

Each day is ever darker
While slowing all the more
Our whole world’s a dumpster fire
Those in charge, our expert liars
The truth, too painful so I try to just pretend 

But reality’s unrelenting 
No inner sanctum to be found
Though I try to hide away
The truth still finds me every day
So please don’t tell me what insanity is coming round the bend
Sep 2019 · 72
Rosalinda
Chris Minner Sep 2019
We all have a song
In our heart and in our head
Some sung soft and low
So no one dares to hear

While others strong and loud
From rivers we have bled
Too sharp to keep within
Too cruel to keep it near

Many are never sung
Some we would die to feel the words
But these doors will never open
They will never feel that light

So much salvation's been denied
From the muted, absurd
Strains too pure to bear the day
And so will stay through the night

So if you can sing
Then sing your song
And if you can't
Then sing ours too

And know that
We all belong
Through our pain
You'll know you do
Nov 2018 · 108
For Lili
Chris Minner Nov 2018
Though it’s what you think you see
I am not your enemy
And I don’t want to lose you to yourself

I will break down walls and shout down silence
Though I know I don’t want to be heard
Cause baby you’re worth saving
You are worth the world
and so much more

Your darkness does not scare me
I won’t stop until you see
That I don’t want to lose you to yourself

I will break down walls and shout down silence
until I know that I have been heard
Cause baby you’re worth saving
You are worth the world
and so much more
Dec 2016 · 188
Leonard
Chris Minner Dec 2016
I've worn out my welcome
I've worn out my shoes
Spent too many fortnights
Drinking the blues

I've drifted for ages
My coat faded, threadbare
Dancing for habit
For the hearts no longer there

My song has long faded
Like the owl's late at night
So please let me go
I haven't the fight

Let me go wander
Let me drift away
Then let go of the memories
Embrace your today
Jun 2016 · 151
Live
Chris Minner Jun 2016
Let it out and let it go
You've got so much more to give
Celebrate your imperfections
And live the life you want to live
Mar 2016 · 392
Why take the chance
Chris Minner Mar 2016
Why take the chance
To ask her to dance
When you know she's a cold hearted *****

She'll take all you've got
Leave you with naught
And laugh as she walks out the door

Because to her it's a game
And you're one and the same
As all of those begging for more

So why take the chance
To ask her to dance
When the ending is already known

You end up dead
In the heart and the head
And desperately all alone

So don't take the chance
For once skip this dance
And leave that soulless ***** to her own
For Brian
Mar 2016 · 223
Untitled
Chris Minner Mar 2016
when I think of you
I remember strawberries in the summer
and love as light as butterfly wings
yet stronger than steel
Feb 2016 · 394
How Long?
Chris Minner Feb 2016
How long until I fail again
Fail again to die

How long until I fail again
I feel the time is nigh 

Tinman goes along in life
With no heart in his chest

Few know he chopped his own heart out
To put the pain to rest

He hoped leading a heartless life
Would let him live life without pain

Yet he still feels each sling and arrow
Over and again

How long until I fail again
Fail again to die

How long until I fail again
I'll never fail to try
Feb 2016 · 227
Time
Chris Minner Feb 2016
Time is all we have
Time we never know
Time to live and love
Then it's time for us to go

You slipped right through my fingers
While I was busy living mine
I thought that we could catch up
Though we were so very far behind

Time was all we had
But little did we know
That your time to live and love
Would end before our next hello

— The End —