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2.2k · Jul 2012
Emotionless
J Klein Jul 2012
I wandered the hallways
I drank my coffee
I drank your water
I bought a record
I buttoned my shirt
I unbuttoned my pants
I cracked my bones
I cracked a window
I turned off
I turned on
I washed the dishes
I washed my face
I washed my hands
I cut my arm
I cut class
I cut off
2.0k · Jul 2012
Admirably Affectionate
J Klein Jul 2012
I fall in love
At the press of a button.
It rips through me
In a way that would make
Robert Smith
Outrageously envious.
You are some kind of
Annabel Lee
In the best and
Worst way.
Life isn’t perfect until I hear
You.
I drown in the happiest oceans
And need no one to
Save me.
It’s the best.
It’s the best when you
******* a kiss.
It’s the best.
1.6k · Nov 2012
Really Shy
J Klein Nov 2012
In this very moment
I'm feeling,
still dissatisfied,
but content with being
Incomplete.
I feel that
I'm standing on the brink
of success
and Death is holding my hand
and Fate is kissing my throat
and I'm shy.
Really shy.
1.1k · Nov 2012
Sentiment
J Klein Nov 2012
Never
will I ever romanticize
my youth.
Never
will I ever romanticize
my past.
I spit on Sentiment.
But it's all I have.
997 · Oct 2012
Anymore Nevermore
J Klein Oct 2012
I used to think that rolling up my sleeves
was a challenge.
Show me what you’re made of.
But time has no meaning to me
Anymore.
My scars mingle
on the in and out
and nothing
new or old
means much
Anymore.
898 · Oct 2012
The Couch
J Klein Oct 2012
I am fond of

Couches

of all things.

I remember

New Years Eve,

alone,

dozing on the couch

troubled

impatient for midnight.

I also remember

one night,

together

Only I was

dozing on the couch.

In a haze, I awoke

and there you were.

At times I realize,

such a loss.
796 · Jan 2013
Unhappy in the Haze
J Klein Jan 2013
I’m sick of sleep, I’ve slept enough.

I’m sick of pain, I’ve hurt enough.

I’m sick of blood, I’ve bled enough.
794 · Jul 2012
Fling
J Klein Jul 2012
I’d forgotten what you even looked like.
You grabbed me by my
Coattails and spun me around.
You brought me in real close
And tight.
You revealed my face
And let out one single
Lovely
Breath.
My lungs filled with a whole new life
And never have I ever
Smelled such a miraculous scent.
Everything around me was affected
By your presence.
My love and lust for the
Cold
Vanished and with your guidance
I became a new creature
And then I ran.
762 · Oct 2013
Rust
J Klein Oct 2013
I scream
"hello."

That's good enough
for tonight
738 · Jan 2013
Again
J Klein Jan 2013
I want to be strong

and fearless

again.

I long for courage.

Alas,

it was lost

in the back of the

ambulance.
675 · Nov 2012
As a Ghost
J Klein Nov 2012
You spoke
like a ghost
but you did not whisper.
Word after word
and punch after punch.
Like a ghost
as a ghost.
I have no one left anymore.
647 · Sep 2012
Wrath
J Klein Sep 2012
I said I loved you

and I did.

But how I hate you now.

We were always wrong

and I hate myself

but I always have.

I'm more angry

and more bitter

than the last time

that you saw

Me

Or what you hoped

was me.

I hope you feel it
606 · Dec 2012
Weak
J Klein Dec 2012
I can't be anybody

I can't be anybody

I can't be anybody.

I need to sleep it off.

I don't punch hard enough

to leave any

lasting impact.

Not even a bruise.
605 · Jul 2012
Lost in the Mist
J Klein Jul 2012
I miss you when I set the table
and I miss you when I shampoo my hair
and I miss you when I’m kicking off my shoes
even though
you’ve never seen me set the table
and you’ve never seen me shampoo my hair
and you’ve never seen me
when I’m done and *****
and kicking off my shoes.
602 · Oct 2012
Awoken
J Klein Oct 2012
Something hurt
as I awoke
so I took the kitchen knife
to carve it out.
Painstakingly,
I remember
the note you left
in my jacket pocket
when you gave it back to me
that afternoon.
I am a whole lot of aches
but it feels better
with this gaping hole
gushing blood.
596 · Jul 2012
Loops
J Klein Jul 2012
Sometimes
I get so filled up
that I spill over.
All my liquids
spill through my teeth
and out my mouth.
I can’t stop
laughing
and I can’t
stand up straight.
I can’t tell if I
embarrass her
or
not.
573 · Oct 2012
Hurt
J Klein Oct 2012
I am some
Bloodied puppet
that is tossed to one
and then the other.
Everyone fixes me back up
and has no clue on how
I’ve hurt myself.
567 · Aug 2012
You're a star
J Klein Aug 2012
I'm depressed enough
to make it big.
Count
27.
I've drank too much tea.
I'm already self-destructive.
And every body
loves me.
538 · Aug 2012
Structure
J Klein Aug 2012
I am forever unhappy
and I never feel clean.
I'm tearing us apart
and that may be okay.
Perhaps one day
my bones will feel as good
as when you held my hand
and kissed my jaw.
530 · Jan 2013
Interrupt
J Klein Jan 2013
I long to

awaken in the night

and be unable to

ease myself

back into an easy sleep.

I don’t want to be alone.

Lips

here

there.

Unsuspecting.

Pull

like a band-aid.

Find my veins.
520 · Dec 2012
Looking
J Klein Dec 2012
Going

Don't even look at me

I'm gone

I've have always been away.
519 · Jul 2012
Grim
J Klein Jul 2012
I walked
Into the night.

The light washed over my
Filthy
Filthy
Face.

She walked right up
And hit me.
The tie slid
From ‘round my neck

Her fingers,
Like death,
Caressed
Then clutched
My throat.

The clock struck
9
And the bell tolled.
I couldn’t help
But grin
And not a soul could escape
My sigh of relief
As my body hit the concrete.
517 · Dec 2012
A Hospital Bed
J Klein Dec 2012
I anticipate the day
when my happiness
like an illness
spreads
and I find no cure
515 · Aug 2012
Every Drop
J Klein Aug 2012
I hate the blood that runs through my veins.
Weekly,
I drain myself
and boil it upon the stove.
Anger is a comfort.
I hate the blood that is so close to mine
I'm an angry son
of a
*****.
507 · Oct 2012
Be My Rebel
J Klein Oct 2012
Kiss my throat
and wish me
Luck.
Kiss me like
Death
and never let me down
Again.
Be what has never been
and free me.
505 · Nov 2012
Spit
J Klein Nov 2012
Who the **** cares
when you're lonely
and your hands are filled
with glass.
Who the **** cares.
If I'd spit in anyone's face
it'd be my own.
498 · Jul 2012
Far Gone
J Klein Jul 2012
It’s like some part of me got sick of my own *******
and hopped a train
but lied when he said
*“I’ll come back soon.”
496 · Oct 2012
Back Seat
J Klein Oct 2012
Much of my life
as been spent
sitting in the back seat
of various cars.
I have dreamt my life away.
Today has been very
reminiscent
much like any other day.
I always lose myself
and those are my favorite moments.
I feel alone
in all that I do.
489 · Jun 2013
Gazer
J Klein Jun 2013
I often forget what I'm made of
I remind myself
As long as I can see the stars
I think I'll end up okay
487 · Jan 2013
Mistake
J Klein Jan 2013
You never gave me my book back.
487 · Jul 2012
Jaded: Whatever That Means
J Klein Jul 2012
Chewing on glass
I broke every bottle that I could get
my hands on.
Chewing on glass
I'm never satisfied with the blood that pours
through my teeth.
I shoot a fine stream through
the gap
and it's all fun and games.
I like how it stains my teeth
and every other part of me.
Forget late,
I never bloomed.
482 · Nov 2012
Dining Alone
J Klein Nov 2012
Dining alone
a very late dinner
on a Thursday night.
I imagine
this is how Bukowski felt.
All alone
Surrounded by ghosts.
474 · Feb 2013
Noir
J Klein Feb 2013
Waiting
for my own
eternal
Noir.
472 · Feb 2014
The Longest Winter
J Klein Feb 2014
I'm tired
I'm tired of bleeding
I'm tired of freezing
I'm tired of working myself to the bone

I'm no poet
Kiss me until I'm warm
469 · Aug 2012
Same Same
J Klein Aug 2012
I haven't been writing
too much.
Because it's the same
stupid
stuff
that's forever
in what I'd like
to call
a brain
468 · Aug 2012
Nobody
J Klein Aug 2012
******* knows.
Nobody ******* understands
exactly who I am.
458 · Aug 2012
The Ocean Isn't Enough
J Klein Aug 2012
I dragged my bleeding feet along the beach

The ocean washed over me

and I brought more salt along

in my pocket

for a little extra pain.

I just can’t get enough.

I just can’t get enough.

I’m all by myself

and boy,

I sure can hurt.
455 · Jul 2012
Death Bed
J Klein Jul 2012
I better tell all my friends
that I'm
Dying.
Because that's the only
thing that seems logical to do.
I'm running out of coffee
and the fan just fell out of the ceiling.
Running
the blood is pouring from my hands
God,
I'm beautiful right now.
454 · Aug 2012
Miss Much
J Klein Aug 2012
And so I am free
in a way that I was not
before.
I will miss so much

Every memory
and bone of mine
will ache.

I will miss so much.
448 · Apr 2013
So
J Klein Apr 2013
So
Time can really pack a punch

No wonder I’m covered in bruises
448 · Jul 2012
A Lost Soul
J Klein Jul 2012
I’m faced with a lot of frightening
Situations.
Everyone I hate is screaming into my face
About what I should be doing and
Who I should be being
While everyone I love is screaming into my ears
And telling me that it’s okay
To do what I’m doing
And be who I’m being.
I’m gutless
And really frightened
About living.
But, no matter how cracked my hands are
I can always latch onto something.
My anger and love
Will carry me through
Despite every punch that you,
And sometimes even I,
Throw.
I may even crumble, crumple, and collapse
But there will always be a gear
Melting and twisting
Inside of my heart.
447 · Apr 2013
Living (not)
J Klein Apr 2013
My head has been blank for a while
which must explain the silence.
Life overwhelms me
and the irony is
suffocating
437 · Jul 2012
Untitled
J Klein Jul 2012
For we went out last night.
All 4 of us.
We drank 4 coffees each
And by the time we finished all our poetic banter
It was 4 in the morning
And we were the only 4 people left
In the whole **** place.
But you surprised me,
For four bruises
Found themselves along my body.
You were always hidden by 5 and 3,
You’re smooth
And slick
And easy
And I like you.
435 · Jul 2012
A Gift
J Klein Jul 2012
I had it all.
Everything was brought to me
In the form of sharp wires
And cement.
I have stalked it
And traced it
And hunted it
In every relationship.
Because it takes a special
Something
To bring a real,
Heartbreaking
Kind of smile
Out of me.
432 · Dec 2012
Untitled
J Klein Dec 2012
Is it too
much to ask
to be smothered
in candles
and love
414 · Oct 2012
A Story
J Klein Oct 2012
There was a time when my heart pumped

and then it was promptly ripped out.

I wandered

and then picked it up

brushed it off

and pump

it did once again.

Again, it was ripped out

but by yours truly.

I wandered

and then picked it up

brushed it off

and pump

it did once again.

Once more,

it was ripped out.

Now I wander

scar on top of scar

Not yet healed

and bleeding just the same.
410 · Jul 2012
Take Me Away
J Klein Jul 2012
My skin was pulled off yesterday
And I am sore
All over.
I look at you
And you’re *******
In every sense of the word.
I look at myself
And I am nothing
In every sense of the word.
Stand close and
Breathe
In every breath of mine.
Let them out
Slowly
For me to breathe
Back in.
389 · Nov 2012
Good Mourning Moon
J Klein Nov 2012
I sleep all day
But don't party all night
Yet I am still
Somehow
Exhausted
When the moon rises.
I am a whole lot of
Ache.
388 · Dec 2012
Boys Don't Cry
J Klein Dec 2012
I imagine
it would feel like
Heaven
to have composure
and balance
with another.
I am crushed
by my own
Rubble.
388 · Oct 2012
Romance is Dead
J Klein Oct 2012
Cold weather
remind me of
every romance.
Romance is dead.
I am different
and boy,
Boy,
can I hit the bottom quick.
I’m real sad
and real lonely
and it’s all I ever wanted to be.
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