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475 · Mar 2013
Comfort
Ian Cairns Mar 2013
Who knew
Late night constructs
Could turn into such
Disastrous dilemmas
My mind races
But not around a track
Or some make-shift run way
Where runners go
To get away from such issues
I stay the course
Practicing patience
As if I really knew
What made people want to stay
It's sad
Because I really do
Is that silly?
Am I foolish?
For wanting to be here
To stay so still
Thus eliminating progress
To provide some sort
Of comforting process
To rest on the simple fact
That things just aren't that simple
Are they?
474 · Mar 2014
Inside Voices
Ian Cairns Mar 2014
Introductions
are better left for
the way your eyes
scream out for sanity
the way your mind
knows only to greet your skull
because safety seems latched
inside the voices within our senses
465 · Jun 2015
Fallen
Ian Cairns Jun 2015
In the distance I can hear the preacher man scream Gospel verses to the patrons with ears tried enough to listen.

On this table I meet one hundred ants who didn't know the end would come sooner than expected
Some survivors mourn the table cloth body count.
Others trample on without worry.

Forgive them Father, they know not what they do

Forgive them Mother, they lost fathers and mothers too


The struggle comes not from death but the belief that your fate is greater than the fallen before you.

I watch this congregation.
Hear the prayers of those still struggling to find the most peaceful way to apologize.

And it all stops.
At this time I wonder if heaven can be folded up and shaken out this easily.
If angels ever feel their wings begin to fall this fast.
460 · Nov 2013
Golden (10w)
Ian Cairns Nov 2013
Perfection
permeates souls
willing to recognize
faults shine
golden
too
459 · Apr 2013
A Silent Speech (10w)
Ian Cairns Apr 2013
What if
I told you

Nothing.

Would you listen then?
449 · Jan 2013
Every Day
Ian Cairns Jan 2013
They say
Every day
Passes by a thousand times
Like a movie fluidly stuck on rewind
Every day
A thousand hearts swell
And a thousand more need restored
Every day
A new life starts with innocence
Yet lives are lost
Every day
At war or at your local drug store
It occurred to me that
Every day
Everyone
Sees
Every day
The same
Don't you see?
That
Every day
You have the chance
To pass the time between sunrise and sunset
You have the chance
Every day
To spend time with someone you love or never met
Every day
People collide in times of trouble
Making struggle and strife offset
Every day
A phrase is framed
That can take your breathe away
Don't you see?
Every day
Is beauty undefined
By spoken word
Or open eyes
So take it in and realize

*Every day matters
435 · May 2013
Potential
Ian Cairns May 2013
Forget your dreams
And focus solely on
Your everyday actions.
Soon enough
You will start to realize
They belong together.
So while you sleep
Remember this:
You define your reality.
425 · Mar 2014
Shut (10w)
Ian Cairns Mar 2014
I
find myself the best
when my eyes
are shut
401 · Feb 2013
Clockwork (10w)
Ian Cairns Feb 2013
the
two                      hands
fade                             away
as                             ours
join                         as
one
400 · Jun 2014
Hide (10w)
Ian Cairns Jun 2014
Reach out
and feel nothing
where everything
used to hide
387 · Mar 2013
Not a Word
Ian Cairns Mar 2013
Excuse me while I hold my breath
Count to ten, puff my chest
The words I need have been suppressed
Far away, for the best
No cause for concern or distress
Silence stays, a welcomed guest
My troubles find a peaceful death
Away again, pain at rest
382 · Dec 2012
Lies Within Us
Ian Cairns Dec 2012
Never seen, hardly told
Passed around once or twice, it comes back twisted
Everyone looks- but looks can be deceiving
It's presence is present-less when presents take precedence
It's neither right nor wrong
It's merely lies within us
It's the truth
The ugly truth
375 · Jul 2014
In the End
Ian Cairns Jul 2014
In the end
To be one
There will be nothing left
To be anything at all

In the end
Everything will be anything
You want it to be
Anything at all

In the end
There will be nothing left
Anything will be everything
Anything at all

To be one
Be nothing
Be everything
In the end
374 · Mar 2013
We
Ian Cairns Mar 2013
We
I'm a people person
A look both ways
before I cross the street person
A hold the door
if I beat you there person
A pick you up
if you get knocked down person
A don't care where
you come from person
A don't care what
your skin tone is
or how long your hair flows
or if you have any hair at all
or if you look in the mirror
and see a person who you
can't stand person
A let's team up
and change the world person
Because we all are people
358 · Jun 2013
Goodbye (10w)
Ian Cairns Jun 2013
Understand
that our departure
is necessary.
Our separation
forbids tragedy.
340 · Mar 2015
The Road
Ian Cairns Mar 2015
When you go
Follow the road
You can't see

When you go
Make the most
Of your own worth

When you go
Pick up the horizon
If you feel like falling

When you go
Watch me go
Far too

When you go
Follow the road
Of your own worth
If you feel like falling
Watch me go far too
339 · Jan 2013
Stars
Ian Cairns Jan 2013
In between the lines you'll find

               you

a sign of things to come

               and

With power more divine

                me

than the stars aligned above
312 · Feb 2013
Insomnia (Or So It Seems)
Ian Cairns Feb 2013
A little past three
Makes me believe
In these dreams

The ones where
The two of us
Reign supreme

It's just a little too late
For me to believe
In such things

*I need to sleep
272 · May 2013
Out There
Ian Cairns May 2013
What do you think is out there?
Is it anything?
Is it nothing?
Is it worth something?
Is it worth asking about?
Is it worth finding out?
What do you think?
269 · Jul 2024
Late Night Snack
Ian Cairns Jul 2024
Can’t sleep
but will eat
the fondest memories of you
when the pillows peak through

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