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James Walker Mar 2016
Call the ones you
care for
while you have the
chance they
move now but who
knows When they end the
dance
life is one
big culmination of
circumstance so
take not part in
worry It's
a story
things will happen and
we'll be
okay
The title. Everything's fine and dandy and then they change, 100% and 100% of the time
James Walker Mar 2016
The wind dances about
me
the Sun warms my
eyelids as I look down
at my shoes
it's
chilly but
the beer makes it
okay
the singer is
gentle and
maybe these phones have
value after all and
I am in
love
James Walker May 2016
Mother always told me
to be
Patient
I sit here surrounded
by these Hospital walls,
sick and
deathly
all around me
I'm sorry to say that
I'm the only
one
who remembered to smile
Copyright 2016 James W
James Walker Mar 2016
She always wondered if
they cared
Always wondered if
it was all a
game of pretend...again
She found it hard
to trust
after all the
pains from days long
run away
We
always wondered how she
could produce the sweetest
of tunes just by entering
the room with
the brightest of smiles she
carried on through
her days
not a soul
knew of the past that
blazed
At times she felt
inside so
crazed
with heartbreak and
betrayal but she,
Determined to be a Light
shined brightest
when it mattered
James Walker Mar 2016
The moon in the sky
    A feeling of fly
  The corona ever bright
This feeling oh-so-right
   The message would appeal
    If they would just get real
     Cuz my ambitions pouring
    I've got no time to ****
   The essence at my feet
  The pulling at my head
The provocations as I sleep
The pounding in my bed
  Life was good when I was lost though  
found I find it better
    Back to the old days when music was good and there was no need for the crimson sweater
   I try and try I must succeed
there is  no other choice
  I will be heard, I will be spoken,
power will be my voice
Business made, money conquered,   passions sliced, that won't suffice
  The breath of the dead are filled with ice
  The passion of the flame ain't nothin nice
Play....and get burned
I wrote this in 2010, my first poem
James Walker May 2016
Sunset roses
falling on sky green horizons
the thickest winds couldn't
wash away the sins
of our fathers
yet,
the world has everything
well in its place
and what will be
will be
no matter our stance
on the issue
the presentation of the universe
remains the same
© Copyright
James Walker Mar 2016
The graveyard is
filled
With Men who
thought
they'd see another
Day
Life is truly precious, every moment matters most
James Walker Mar 2016
You can't
just
carelessly
toss about
words
and expect people to
call it a poem
James Walker Mar 2016
A shark
senses mangled by
sensation
temptation of
blood
A hint of it there
Furious impulse takes its
place.

same is
man
when he catches sight of
swaying hips,
waving long hair with turn of
head
to
and
fro
back
and
forth like a
pendulum, stopping time
making the destination
known
everything forgotten one
moment
thoughts
taken over
senses a barbaric
state
I must have her!

Steps
taken
heart quickens pace
eyes laser
focused
nothing else matters
curiosity inflames!

Hi...
James Walker Nov 2016
Double down
stumbling
through mountains
of my own assholery
enjoying the range
of ******
left in my wake

once upon a time
they apologized less
men were men
and
able to test their mettle
of courage and bravado
but
now emptied of all
filled with remorse
the only word they know
is 'sorry'
Stop apologizing for standing to close, almost touching me, and for looking in my direction. Have you no shame? We all have a right to exist you know... people seem to apologize just for being there these days
James Walker Mar 2016
I am about
to write a most beautiful
poem
for the stars of the sky
are akin to the sea
with life in every corner of
the universe and we
will see soon, so soon
that corruption
has left us used up and
it's time for paradise on
Mother earth...
so our
fingers will touch
many hands will join and
the connection will be felt
by All
© Copyright
James Walker Mar 2016
A target in sight
Filled with fright
I must succeed
But this ain't right
Compulsions pull
Yet I'm no fool
This lust, this hunger
It makes me drool
The water below me is now a pool
Swim I must so swim I go
Enter the pond and now I flow
My call is answered and I succeed
In the room I plant my seed
A passion with fashion a Sirens call
Her voice serene, I give my all
The bed was creakin and now it falls
To pieces as I waddle in the sin
I pray I cry is this the end
Why must my love be such a pain
All I wanted was to get some brain
So much fun to run that game
I gotta stop if I am to stay sane
Another poem from 2010. I was 16, the second one I've written
James Walker Mar 2016
I am distracted by
my love for you girl from
California
Who thrived on the needle..
the drip drip of bliss supreme I
see your passion for
all things living
a spirit was never known to
be more free
your ever-so-***** blonde
hair
soft against my touch the
way your cheeks
jiggled
as we played
the constant journeys
to
    and
fro
you would always go...
but you always came back
James Walker Mar 2016
Boom, boom
Explosions sound
A birds around
Dropping pellets
Running screaming, the people say
Please stop dropping, for just today
Prayer unanswered, crops destroyed
Beauty now rendered, a lifeless void
Pilot smiles, his job well done
Onto the next town, he found it fun
Medals and glory await his return
All he has to do, is make people burn
Cry and scream, the good it will do
Bird drops the pellets, gone are you
Simple command, life in hand
They say to stand but we can't fight
Bird chooses death and bird is right
All for the money.....is that not tight?
Another from 2010. 16 and angry at the war, this was my voice against it
James Walker Jun 2016
Insect carcassi
litter the floor
but
who has time
to go out and buy
a floor sweep with
sturdy wooden handle
that doesn't snap
while ridding the world
of your bug ridden plight
Copyright James W 2016
From now on I'm writing to the harmony of music
James Walker May 2016
Marshmallow soft-roasted
honey dew drops
fall from the
belly of the sky
deep within the depths of the one thing
we all
share
a great release is
brewing
let it rain let
it rain
Copyright 2016 James w
James Walker Jun 2016
Look mom
it's broken
the clock you gave me
stopped ticking
long ago
no hands
no face
lost in impressions
and wondering
where it all went wrong
but
ever willing
to stand the test
of time
Copyright James W 2016
James Walker Apr 2016
Another man's shoes never quite fit
the way you'd expect them to
but hey
go figure,
it's the walk that shapes the feet
and everyone's gone places
they would never visit
again

we think we're all on the same page
but
we're writing different books

we think we're literate but
we can only read our own story
and somehow,
every message we send is
unintentionally
encrypted
in ways the greatest minds couldn't decipher
yet we all look up and see
the same sky
the same moon
the same stars
and we all call this land
Own
© Copyright
James Walker Jun 2016
Somehow
the floor isn't
sticky anymore
yet I'm rooted,
stuck in this same
eternal
lackluster state of
having everything
I could ever want

they all wish to be here
while I only desire to hunger
to yearn - to thirst
for the next...
Copyright James W 2016
The journey is the destination it seems
James Walker Mar 2016
write a
Poem they said
it's good for
soul and the
beater of veins
the days they drag
on and people they
see dreams fall to
pieces
and the others
leave but
we want to lay our
eyes upon their beautiful
faces again and this
gets tough
tougher when the casket
has closed so
We
persevere
the world is dog
eat dog
they say but it's
not it's
get along or ****...
it seems the
bloodlust is stronger
than the will to
connect
We're so intent on escaping reality it seems but it's time to face it head on
James Walker Apr 2016
Everything
leaves an impression on
us
but we never know
where it
leads
Just a thought © Copyright
James Walker Mar 2016
We long for
the simple days
without the
Hustle and bustle
and rustle and tussle of
the ******, I
mean city

A margarita on a beach
sipped out of a
pineapple her hand
gently ever so gently stroking my...
arm
as the rays
of the celestial ball of
flame burn the sand
a
bird flies overhead and
is kind enough not to drop
spatter
upon our heads
kids playing on and
on and on
The waves lapping against
the horizon...
But seriously, absolute freedom sounds great
James Walker May 2016
I'm going to war
with myself
enough with the
holding off
tip toeing around
enough looking for
handouts
while I stand above ground
today
is the day
that I become one with
the flame
today is
the day
that I pronounce myself sane
proudly will I
conquer
the weakness
my Aim
no more have I room
for doubt
Insecurity
nor shame
no more tinkering with minds
nor playing silly games
on days like this the
Spartans became
with myself on this day
it shall
be the same
Copyright 2016 James W
James Walker Mar 2016
Let it be
Let them see
We will rise
From the sea
As we grow we leave behind
All the stupid
simplicities and
lies
Time moves flowing
Day by night
Things happen moment
to
moment
We think we're in control but
We're not
Eyes open to the truth and
The fighting stops
James Walker Mar 2016
What are those marks on your leg
I asked
After much oooh and ahh
dancing the night away
she reached over to the
window sill
and showed me a
razor blade
the marks some of them
are for me she said
it was there when she left
to ***
three kidneys made her go often
maybe just throw it away I sat thinking
I blew dark gray smoke
and left
James Walker Mar 2016
Seeing her's
fine
Seeing her's
enough
I'd rather let out my
Slytherin
but
It's sunny outside
James Walker Apr 2016
If you can
write it
on a whim they said,
then
do it
we will constantly be
bombarded
by difference
so
what matter whether the words listed
speak
to the soul or not?
Shakespeare was a poet
and
he said
to be or not be

if the breadth of
life
circulates my being then
I will
be
© Copyright
James Walker May 2016
I've forgotten
so
many faces and
even more names
just to say
we're all the same
whether we like it
or not
we're gonna get a knife stabbed
deep
within our being in the
darkest
recesses of our
nether
regions
we will come face to face
with the void
and
understand that
the fraught
the nothing
was everything all along
Copyright James W 2016
James Walker Dec 2021
The face is
a...
Canvas
of radiant
everwarming
everlonging
ever...saying
everything that matters in this
world

We say so much
with
so little

We think too much
and too
little

We do just and never
enough

But life must go on
So
let's just keep
smiling
James Walker Mar 2016
Am I the only one who
still
thinks about the
pains and sufferings
the trauma and
tragedy
it's always out there
just beyond the walls that constantly
surround
Waiting to engulf us as we
leave the
house
they are there bleeding
somewhere in the world
Crows and
vultures
salivate
as they sense a soon-amongst-the-dead
cockroaches clamber to the top of their
dens as the boots
of the unliving
soil
their beds
we speak of light
there's a bright one
up there
in the sky but,
on dusky nights
it seems to show us
the dark
instead
© Copyright
James Walker Nov 2016
You're such a
Neanderthal
your
barbaric ways will be the death of
us
the truth shines bright
like the star in our sky
but
you stopped seeing
long ago
when they lied about
God
James Walker May 2016
Don't act
like you love me
when my face
turns
for half a millisecond
I hear thick
whispers
chanting, the
darkest curses tossed
at my name
these lovely ears of mine
these beautiful sound nets
capture
your dark melodies
fine,
just fine thank you
Don't act
like you love me
We all experience it so whatever dude. Still, it's fun to write about
Copyright  James W 2016
James Walker Mar 2016
People are always
Showing you
What works for them
James Walker Mar 2016
they say
what doesn't **** you
makes you Stronger
but
the pain lasts and the
blood-pump grows weary,
A heavy
heart is quite the burden
and shoulders only hold
so much..
but,
for as long
as the sun
shines there will be
brightness
The tough times
Are balanced
By good times too
James Walker Mar 2016
Charge your
phone
before you leave
the
house or they'll
know
how little you
like
them
James Walker May 2016
Battle-borne
broken
strung out
And
looking for more
Coyright James W 2016
James Walker Apr 2016
I can't stop
laughing haha
words are so ****
funny
lol
except when they
bleed
into the pages
and leave
scars
in the deepest recesses of
flesh that
haunt you as you
dream at night
killing every
fairy detail
in the fairy world you
escape to
the moment
you close
your eyes
Okay I admit I was bored haha
James Walker May 2016
I have a bug under my skin
crawling within the depths of my
soul
it fritters on and about
like a teapot
short and stout
ready to release the contents of its
spout
screaming and shouting
LET ME OUT!

it loves to write
frightening details
on starry nights
Copyright James W 2016
James Walker Sep 2019
Poetic Satisfaction
Still trembling at the finger
Tips

The scale of all for all to see
Like open arms’ embraced

A word
A song

Such depth and
superfluidity

Ever longing for...
more
Copyright James W 2019 - Back to writing poetry again after a mild hiatus
James Walker Jun 2016
People try to say
too little
with so much
and it comes out scrambled
and wrong
like a cookie
on a large plate
Copyright James W 2016
James Walker Mar 2016
the keys I
touched
and unlocked My
heart
as warmth
radiated From the
hammering of strings I
remember
days long gone
when the sweet
ivory spoke to
soul and
I made a friend
James Walker Jan 2022
A deflection
Swift. Graceful

But not eternal

Waning respite
Scarlet under the moon

the rain keeps
pouring
James Walker May 2016
So! sweet victory of
youth
eternally looking
for nothing
better
Copyright James W 2016
James Walker Mar 2016
Pain is an
excuse for
nothing
they hurt you
you
hurt them
It never
ends
but
it has to or the
bombs will
drop and
we can't have
that now
can we
James Walker Mar 2016
Unfinished thoughts
litter the
pages
and the
need to be
understood
is never Quite
achieved
but perseverance is key when
it's all we have left
James Walker Mar 2016
Just
run in
head
first and don't
worry
about it.
Experience will
show you
everything
My
dear
James Walker Mar 2016
Your eyes
they are...grey?
she smiles head shakes hair,
dances
blue?
smile brightens they
are hazel
she was very affectionate
been a long time since I met,
one like that without, the
screeching
her dog jumped
on the bed I
pushed him off pet him
she touches arm I touch
leg and
***
so much leg and we go
back to sleep
She was from Wisconsin
Oil
James Walker Mar 2016
Oil
Oil, oil, black as night
Tonight we stand tonight we fight
You say it's yours but we don't care
Give us oil, that's what's fair!
War we bring cuz war we want
Missiles will sing a tyrants haunt
Flag of glory tonight made gory
Bodies will die, that's our story!
Fury ignites, revenge takes flight
Bomb us again you never will!
Tonight we come in, for the ****
Yeah we america, we so real!
We got all the oil, We can steal!
It's ours, now can we end this war?
Or will money forever make us a *****...
On the war in Iraq. 2010, age 16
James Walker Mar 2016
Click clack
crash
the plates are
stacked again
do they always have to
drop them?
I understand
the need to feel
the drive to express the self
so day in
day out
the iron is pumped
the veins are filled with the
blood of men turned
warriors but they leave
warriors turned men
A day at work
James Walker Dec 2016
The months pass by
The children play their silly games
I wonder which step to take
Next
My dreams are filled with thoughts of
New places and
Exciting things
But
My car broke down
And all I'm getting is
the side of the road
Copyright James Walker 2016
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