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Jerard Phillips Jul 2016
Sun filled day.
The song of birds flooded the air.
Vivid colours stolen from a French painting panorama pleased my vision,
Freshly roasted Colombian sang like a siren to my nose.
It would be rude to not sit down.

The oak chair cradled me, like a Madonna and her babe.
A pure white angel with golden hair, asked me for my order.
I gave it to her, black coffee and ham on rye.
She floated away, like the vision she was,
But a darkness returned in her place.

In came my order.
Carried by a creature from the darkest jungles of Africa,
A lowly beast no higher in status than my crooked table.
It gave me a gap toothed smile, as it placed my order down.
It was wrong, my order was wrong.

Why was I surprised?
Of course this beast could not comprehend the simple concept of service.
One would assume with its history, service would be ingrained in the blood.
I refused the plate, sent it back, demanded the angel back.
Like a dove from above she returned.

Something was wrong.
She walked straight up, and informed me that she had asked not to serve me.
Was it because she was in cahoots with the black one?
Due to some ancient server code of morality?
No, she just did not want to serve a curry eating terrorist.
Jerard Phillips Mar 2015
I never really knew you, never really saw you.
Yet I see your eyes on the face of every woman I see.
See your soul in every longing gaze in my direction.

We were never really friends, never really close.
Yet I smile when I see your personality traits.
Miss someone I never really had.

We never knew each other, never barely met.
Why do I think of your dark silky hair, everytime I see a brunette.
Seeing the ghost of someone, I never even met.
Jerard Phillips Mar 2015
Something is missing nowadays,
a familiar beating in my chest.
Well this is strange,
not having the usual DONKEY kick in my breast.

Never realised how much I would miss that beat,
morning, noon and night, put a smile on my face at a repeat.
I wonder where I lost my beat,
left in the bed, in another room, maybe under my seat?

Really worried now,
still cant find my beat.
Body slowing down, life begins to cease.
Things just arent the same, without my beat.
Jerard Phillips Mar 2015
Keep busy, keep control, keep calm.
Stay safe, stay sane, stay in the moment.
Maintain the balance, maintain the joy, maintain the peace.
Forget the past, forget the now, forget the future.
Drift away, drift to where you don't want to be, drift away into darkness.
Jerard Phillips Mar 2015
Just stumbled in, heartbroken again,
weight of the world, on my conscience.
wallowing in depths, cheap *** on my breath,
got deceived again, by nostalgia.
But this time I swear, with my angry glare,
I am hanging up my hat.

Slump down in my chair, the world isnt fair,
drunken words, screamed at the darkness.
Fate settles in, another bottle of gin,
cavity in my chest, now forever heartless.
I no longer care, medicated my despair,
I am hanging up my hat.

Sit on my bed, lower my head,
draw the final curtain.
My day is done, the world has won.
I've hung up my hat.
Jerard Phillips Jan 2015
Same ****** mattress
Same ***** white walls
Same pile of unwashed laundry
Same window left ajar

Winters cold wind blows
Hollowing through the trees outside
Something colder and familiar travels on tonight's cold winter chill
It bangs on the ajar window, knocking, no, insisting to come in

It knots the stomach
It Cracks the spine
It Tightens the jaw
It Poisons the mind

Its grip tightens
It whispers memories best forgot
It sends shivers up and down the chest
It laughs as it leaves

Same ****** mattress
Same ***** white walls
Same pile of unwashed laundry
Should really close that **** window.
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