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  Apr 2016 james arthur powell
Pax
I am the clown
In this town.

To where i am the center
Of their teasing
And jokes
As if they never see me
Frown.

All they see is my
Joker's hat,
That everything
They throw
At me
Never hurts.

I guess that's all i
Ever be...

Perhaps it's my fault
For letting them think
That way,
I never fight
A war between egos.

Silence and smiles
Are all i ever
Masked
Myself...
So tiring to pretend that their jokes never hurt...
Im crying inside my friends...
Soon the truth will be awaken, and the lies once hidden will
Come forth from the ashes of being relentless
It will shatter the past, and make way for a better tomorrow.
It comes like a bolt of lightning, and then age takes hold
Looking back throughout the way, a life well lived
It forms by the wrinkles on one's face
And white color in one's hair or no hair at all
Wisdom is the truth and wisdom isn't hidden no more
Crazy
I feel it in my bones
Hazy
My eyesight is alone
Forever an ignorant man
Not much do I know
Hard to understand
Backward emotions are a show
Kicking the habit
What the hell was I addictive to?
Oh, the alcohol was it
My whole world was taken away
I hate it here
Once again it's made clear
I'm not liked
And that's okay
Because I ******* can't stand you
You're a ******* liar
You make me ******* sick
The truth will come out
And I'll laugh at your demise
The days are ******* ridiculeous
I feel like ******* dying
So much hurt and pain filled in one day
I ******* can't stand it
Do I keep this assinine smile up
Knowing full well it's fake?
I can' t take much more of this *******
It's all phony to begin with
I'm hurting here
But nobody is paying no mind
Can I find someone sincere
Or is it just lies
And no one really cares
They ******* say they do
But it's hard to believe
Give them a moment
And they disappear
Out the door they go
Like rabbits in a field
******* gone and it's hard
To get a word in
No, suicide is looking pretty good
So ******* good it's unreal
Take away this feeling
I want not to feel
Maybe numbing the pain is the answer
But that's the cowardly way out
I want to just to die
And be rid of it all
Is there anything worth living for
Any hope that can save this wretched soul?
Crazy as it may seems
Life is really hard
But I know you know that
And still have your dreams
That's really cool
So do I
I may be older now
But I still believe
That there is hope
Hope in good people
Hope in good things
It just doesn't seem that way
Because people have their agenda
And I get in their way
They bulldoze me over
And that's okay
Cause I do it too
I have my motives
To write the way I do
It's because I can't express myself
Without putting pen to paper
I find it easier to voice it
With my writings
Maybe you're a good speaker
That's all good
Just don't speak to me with disrespect
I won't do the same
We're on this planet together
Why fued?
Wouldn't it be easier to love?
But what is love
If we can't even like each other?
Life is hard enough
Than to add a lifetime of problems
With one another
So let's unburden our hearts
And find hope in life
Make this world a better place
It's so easy to write
But can we share the wonders
Together like friends do?
Life would be so much better
If people stop for one second
And realize the beauty
Of it all
Going the distance
Don't want nothing to
Stand in the way
Of your dreams
Don't let it
Keep the pace
It's worth it
O so worth it
I dreamed I was going
To be a writer when
I was fourteen years old
I took the wrong path
For a lot of many years
Don't let anyone
Or anything
Come in between
Your wishes of the future
Please don't take the wrong road
I was lucky to survive
A lot of folks don't get
That chance
And they end up dying
Stand tall
And keep the course
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