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John Aug 2014
The blotchy grass and
Broken tree limbs
Greet me when I come
Spare car parts
Barrels of twisted, half-charred metal
Tin, iron and aluminum
Stacked high, Sun-glinting off

It's hot
Humid, the worst
Sometimes I could barely breathe
But I did
Even with my asthma
Tugging on my lungs
I breathed in
I breathed out
And it was just like I remembered it
John Oct 2010
At this current moment, got me breathing in noxious fumes
Walking all distorted can't even make my way across the room
You don't know what it feels like to not feel anything
Saying ****, nothing to reply but "Zing!"
Mumbling some nonsense just trying to say something
You don't know how it feels
You don't know how it feels to be shocked by electric eels
From deep in the ocean of absences
Somebody's gotta help me out, I'm drowning
I'm falling, I'm sinking
Nothing else to convey, I'm just drowning
John Feb 2013
Tread carefully
This matters
Don't look back
Just keep
Up
John Jan 2013
I'm shaking
And doubting what I once knew
My hearts breaking
Because all I think of is you
I know I should be
As happy as I've ever been
But what you don't see
Is that the Universe owes me something

For some odd reason
This grave aura has consumed me
And I'm wheezing
All I'm trying  to do is breathe
I'm convinced that what's in store for me
Is a lifetime of regret
An eternal heartbreaking
My hands just won't stop shaking
John Sep 2014
Playing with fire
Never hurt no one
Cutting the wires
Underneath the Sun
Playing the liar
And you're having fun
What have you done?

Running in the circles
Just to keep it square
Ear to the grapevine
But I keep it fair
I stay out of your hair

It's what they always told me
That it'd be like
Laser focus and miles of sight
Don't need your insight
Always took your advice
With more than a grain of salt
Like swarming lice
I won't give up the fight
John Sep 2013
Pulling up to the party
My car hums and dies
Just like as soon as we started
We were done
But even with all these people
Popping bottles and beer cans
I can't help but think of
How much I just wish you were here

One day you tell me that we can't talk
No more, no more
I am just asking you to go for a walk
But you said no more
I just don't get it, well maybe I do all too well
But without me there then I fear you will sell
Your heart, your raw beating heart
I just don't want you to sell yourself short

Now I know the truth is that you lie and deceive
Both your boyfriend and I are upset
But just know that I will be there when he leaves
Because you know he'll leave, so you say
So you keep talking to me
Just saving for that day
And you say that you love him
But you want me to stay
Lying to your friends
That you don't love me
But when ends reach the end
You know you do
John Dec 2013
Last night I dreamed a dream
A dream where everything
Wasn't at all what it seemed
Peering through a ripped screen
I liked hearing you scream
Only you know what I mean

Out of everything in the world
Tonight I wouldn't trade it
For anything else
Because I think I made it
To the top of my mountain
Through the brush and thick trees
I hope I can drink from the fountain
You see, a guy like me works up a thirst
That can never be fully extinguished
Riding high and dry inside my hearse

What you never see
You can never truly be
And what you are
Can never take you very far
So you have to go out
Climb up on the building and shout
For the love of your mother
And for your father and your brother
In the name of all that is holy
You will always be the one true and only
John Dec 2012
Filmic landscape
Black night
Lit only
By weak streetlights

Stroll into frame
Lend me your hand
This isn't for fame
While times slips like sand

Through fingers
With a rough skin
Nothing catches on
Quite like a kick in the shin
John Jan 2013
He came from nothing
A drug addicted father
And a mother who couldn't give two *****
If he lived or died
He was just another ****** expulsion to her
And she would routinely compare him to
What she flushed down the toilet every morning

Predictably, his body grew
Tall and strong
And his temper grew with it
He was a fire *******
A match dropped
Into a bucket of kerosene
He'd fight for anything
Right, wrong, man, woman
He didn't care

People on the street would stop and stare
Because after a while
He was the boy who was known
As a bomb
"He could beat bricks
Until they bled.
"
Is what they all said

He eventually ended up in the ring
Where modern gladiators go to prove their primal worth
Once he taped up his hands, slipped on those gloves
An energy ran through him, he knew no on could stop him
He took bonecrushing jabs
To the jaw, the temple, to the head and brain
And delivered skull cracking hooks
To the same areas
No matter how hard anyone went at him
No matter how much they wanted him down
He wanted it more
And one by one
Like little toy soldiers
They all came crashing
Down
Down

Down
John Apr 2013
I want to earn it
Like the knights did the queens
Your love, heart and soul
John Oct 2016
nothing ever really seemed right
I could never win the fight
I'm dying on the concrete
I'm high as a kite

every day is a battle
every day is a struggle
I never know what's comin'
all my pain's in a twisted huddle

never really gave a ****
never really had no luck
black clouds above me
blood in my eyes and I can't see

some days I don't feel like talking
some days I'm nothing
but I'm always trying the knot
I'm always tying the knot
I'm always gasping for the
I'm always grabbing for the
for the worn knot at the end of my rope
John Mar 2014
I just want
What you do
But what that is
I never know
So come with me
Down to the beach
Your eyes can't see
What you can reach

Lets just go now
Now let's take off
Lets just let go how
How we used to scoff
But now we know
Yeah now I know
John Jun 2013
Come on, little sister
Make amends
Let us know truth
Make it better
Tell us what we need
So now when we hear your words
We will no longer fall on scraped knees
Stand up like a man, sister
On those feet of concrete
And let it all out
Because I know what you think you know
But I'll tell you this
You've known no pain
John May 2016
sitting on the green
writing poetry
addressed to you
you are the sky when it's blue
but no, no more cheesy one-liners
we're only 24 but we're old timers
when it comes to these games
i no longer feel any shame
i know you think i'm lame
by the look you gave me when i came
John Aug 2013
You are such a sweet girl
And I've tried my hand
Peeked through the holes in your heart
After a while, I could no longer stand
Had you visiting my thoughts more and more
About four dreams a week, and you're in four

It's not fair
You're always there
No, it's not fair
With your long black hair
I just want peace and no more wishing
Just wonder when I can stop fishing

You've got a boy
I've known from the start
But when we started working
Think I got too close to your heart
Talking to me every day like you wanna be with me
Touching me, taunting me, like you think we could be
But then you do a 180 and disappear
You're doing okay, the last I hear
John May 2013
I don't know
Things just don't go
The things seem so
So
I don't know
I just don't know

Take me by the hand
Yeah
Please just lead the way
I'm not one for
Confrontation
Elation
However
Is what I seek
Always
Anyways
All ways
John Sep 2013
Light filters through frosted windows
It illuminates only portions, a mere subtotal
Of the whole
My mind no longer spins
Uncontrolled
It just eases on
One thought
To the next

No particular worry
Well, the worries are there
They're
Here
But not all over the place
Which I'm thankful for
No more illogical
Unreasonable thinking
On a day
Like today

No work
No one in particular to talk to
No obligations
It's just time
Time to relax
And I don't care
Which I guess is a problem
In and of itself
But
Right now
It feels right
Just to write
And think
And write
Whatever surfaces
Shows up on the screen in front of me
Glowing unapologetically
Just like I like it
John Jun 2016
let me know, before you go
keep it real and seal the deal
sign it with blood while you press my face in the mud
John Nov 2016
i was getting bored of the love.
smothered in warmth, dying inside.
on the highest cliff, all i need is a shove.
i was getting bored of the love.

you started saying stupid things again.
sometimes i wanted to sew my ears shut.
it was then that i realized i couldn't just lend
my heart to anyone that wanted it.
John Sep 2014
Never knew how to lift it.
Only knew that I felt it.
Black skies hung constantly,
clouds formed viciously over me.

Never knew how to walk right.
Only knew I didn't talk right.
Black moods ever present
and false thoughts never relented.

It's different now, though.
I feel a certain energy.
In me, I know I can go
anywhere, despite the lethargy.
Anything, despite the misery.
And all I did was
let go.
John Jan 2013
Everybody wants just what they want
At every given moment
But the veil that blocks their logic from reaching
Dulls that very potent
Truth, is that when there is nothing but Sun
What comes of it is desert
I don't know about you
But joy becomes tiring

Girl please just do this for me
I know it's really hard
But if you just try to calm your rough seas
It will be easier to start
Something that lasts forever

Now I don't want you to get the wrong idea
Because its might sound like a fairy tale
But if you just put all of your trust in my heart
The joining of our simultaneous beats may tip the scale
It could be that no ones seen anything like this before
But I'm willing to go that extra mile
Who knows, we just might be etched in modern folklore
We might be able to make the drizzle turn to beautiful downpour

So let the water fuse with your skin
Put all your faith in me
Just open up your arms and soak me all in
I'll turn the lights on so you can see again
I'm not promising anything out of this world
But what I'm saying is that this is special
And with something like this, who knows what could unfurl?
Just let me know if you get me
Written in the spirit of Tears for Fears. Amazing band.
John Aug 2013
She texts and says she's at work
Says she's feeling down
Says she's feeling hurt
I tell her I'm down
Or I'm up for whatever
Anything to see that pretty smile on her face
Anything to see us light up the whole place
Like ****, now this is a change of pace

I met her on the job
She said she had a boyfriend
But now they're on the outs
Now I know it might be close to the end
But I don't mind just being that girl's friend
No, I don't mind being her favorite friend
And by "friend", I don't really mean friend

I know I'm on a road to Hell
On a path of destruction
Whether it be my own or hers
It's not really me if she's down for *******
I just like the sound her voice makes
And I think she's pretty **** cute
I've never been insensitive
Or, maybe I have
But I've been saving all this Karma
It's time I put some of it to use
It's time I drank some of this juice
It's time I let myself loose

I can't really blame her
When she says she really likes me
Her guy doesn't sound too nice
If he really wants to fight me
Over her then I'd probably just drop it
It's not that I'm scared
I just really don't care
Enough to get all *****
Over something that's not mine
I'd rather save my strength
For something more refined
It's not my fault if she tells me
She really likes me
It's not my deal
When she jokes with me sexually
She's just another girl
It's still the same world
I'm not about to **** my own vibe
For any black pearls
John Jun 2013
Walk this dark road
No lights, ***** lens
Look through the glass
And see, just watch
As blue turns to green
And green sizzles white
The beauty of chemistry
In the waters of our lands
Rid yourself of your mind's pettiness
And jump in
And let go
Say goodnight
To the cold and the snow
Open your blinds
Let the light in
Let yourself see
And you will
See
You will
See
John Dec 2013
These days the future is hazy
The job I work means nothing
It's 6 AM and I'm feeling crazy
I don't care about ******* anything
My life is a smudged question mark
Written on an empty folder
I just want to go down to the park
After all, I'm only getting older
I'm getting too old

Now I'm only 21 but listen here
I might not have seen it all
But I've seen enough for me to say
Answer your phone when you get the call
It won't ring twice but it always rings true
I'm just trying to get it through to you

Skipping rocks in still waters
Smoking *** up on the roof
I don't know why I even bother
But I know what I'm saying is the truth
Now it's time to go back again
And again the same feeling haunts me
I'm telling you as your honest friend
You need to adjust your vision before you see

And then run away with me
John May 2012
Trudging through life
Living hand to mouth
Too afraid to share
Why I always pout
I close the door to my room
Hold my head and begin to shout

No one sees what you see
No one knows what you know
They teach you of the birds and bees
But everything else, they neglect to show

My low whining tone
Never seems to make a dent
Their ears are closed
Like my signal never sent
My only hope
Is the line won't be bent

So now I sit and drown in a wall
Relentlessly looking through and tapping my finger
Rising anxiety, becoming wide and tall
Let my body rest, letting the thoughts linger
No sleep tonight, I just roam the halls
Of my mind and enjoy the sounds of Hell's best singer

Scream and yell
Kiss and tell
When I rung your bell
You promised you'd open your shell
John Oct 2014
made a promise for a new dawn.
never liked it that way.
this way isn't that great.
it does, however, pay.
so I'm sticking to paths.
planting my feet and twisting around.

so I move in a different way.
and I don't want to hear about yours.
I hear clearly the words that you say.
and the sweat pours out of pores.

things on the street, it's everywhere.
bottles, cans and heartbeats.
walking through forests and people stare.
if you're not part of the flock,
then you give them a big scare.
living life on the highway.
living life the high way.
John Sep 2014
Now I don't
know why,
can't explain
it.
It's like this
feeling inside me
that grows with
each passing day.
Gradually and surely
increasing in intensity
until
                                           splat!

Brain's on the
                                                                ­                                                         wall.
The red
really complements
the green
paint.
It looks like
Christmas
only a little
more ******
up.
John May 2013
I like to liken
What we could be in time to
Earth, wind, water and luck
John Jul 2016
walking ever so slowly
down the sloping, lonely ramps
like no one's ever stared at you
you ignore my signals and signs
i'm calling your name quietly tonight
lookin' like i got into a fight
dancing over too you in the middle of my mind
i'm just trying to wind up finding your old signs
hanging in the doorway of your head
would i be crossing the line if i said
"before i saw you, i was the living dead"?

it really seems like everything was set up
looking up, not giving up
thought it was a waste of my time
until i got the courage to step over the line

swaggering smoothly toward me
trying & choosing to smoothly sway me
though i've seen your kind
i trip into your trap with eyes wide
animated lilies spring up around us
digital wind moves the grass, and i must
say that i think the ground feels familiar
beneath my feet, the soil's loose, you're my killer
i try to find your gaze, but it's lost in the dirt
never believe the words "this won't hurt"
that might be the biggest lie i've ever heard
John May 2012
Words
Can only say so much
Actions
Only show what the ****** sees

Thoughts
Are biased
Reactions
Are selfish manifestations

Reflection
Gives birth
Ideas
Self destruct and toss and turn

People
Are only skin deep
Blood
Is just a thick liquid

Veins
Are only a mode of travel
Hearts
Just pump for living's sake
John Dec 2010
Look at yourself
Look, look at your life
Examine your mental health
Love, is it trite?

Look at yourself, baby
Look at your life and maybe
We can find a way
To make it day by day
Feeling alright
Theres no need to fight, fight

Look and listen
And please try to pay attention
We've got to change our ways
And find the path that pays to tread
Have to make the most of this thing
Gotta make it through with broken wings
But it's just a minor stresser
When you really look at it, baby
Just look at the positives
The negatives are worthless, baby
They don't mean a thing to me
They shouldn't mean a thing
John Jun 2016
i remember when things were fresh and new
back when it was only about me & you
we lived our lives without looking back
but we were vulnerable to every single attack
no one understood what we were about
and it was okay cuz we were on our own cloud

keep looking back and fall flat on your face
i grew eyes on the back of my head just for this place
knew someday it would come to this
but before now i never gave a ****

you are the mist, a ghost, and an illusion
the queen of all of my insecure confusion
all i asked was that you take my hand and breathe
breathe with me and then maybe you'll be able to see
look at this monster hanging above my head
from the ceiling it watches me in my bed
John Aug 2013
Mounting this bedraggled saddle
Has never seemed so appealing
But it seems that my brain is crackling
And cracking under this feeling, I'm reeling
Can't help but think of you when my eyes are closed
But you don't know, no, you can't know yet
I don't mean to be the one who dares to impose
Upon you and your life, because I can't even bet
No, I never was a gambling man
Never was a fan of the one night stand

I'm not saying that we could be together forever
Until the sun goes down and comes up over the river
I'm just saying that I think you're pretty cool
Despite the fact that I've dropped out of school
And now I'm just wading, waiting in my crimson pool

Too many issues to discuss and so little time
The clock ticks and your eyes dart
Your smile never looks forced
When it's over and we're apart
My brain just hits replay
And I'm immersed in my only little film
One where I don't have to ask you to stay
One were I always win
Please, won't you be my sweet damsel in distress?
Dressed in white with nowhere to go?
You've got a man, but right now I could care less
How hard is it just to let go?

I know I might come across as a bit selfish
But at this moment, it just seems right
Like the last puzzle piece that you can't find
And losing makes a winner at his next fight
So just hold yourself up straight
Right now I just can't wait
Right now I just can't wait
John Dec 2010
Crawling on hands and knees
Reaching for what no one understands
The smoke fills my lungs
As the life in me clings to land
I hate this circle of emotion
It lives inside of me
Now I'm fixing myself a potion
To get rid of everything that just won't stop

My beating heart
My dead brain
I rip apart
And go insane
The haunting shark
In the black sea
Glides silent
And sneaks up on me

What you might not know
Death is my friend
Met him one day
That just wouldn't end
Took a razor blade
As the sun rose
Was too late
Ended up with something I never chose
Just tried to meet you
Awoke on a black porch
And now
I'm just trying to see you
Even though I'm way past feeling you

The cigarette smoke fills the air
And the coffee greets my throat
The despair
Never ceases
It's not fair
I never asked for a reason
But now
I'm left here wondering
As I stare
Into the abyss just pondering
The fate that awaits me
It never comes soon enough
**** me or let me be
God ******
I just want to be free
But you just can't grant me
What I need
John Nov 2017
Floating in a free-flowing mist
Thought I did, but I didn't get the gist
It seems things, through thick and thin
Remain the same through virtue and sin
Nothing changes in some high, hidden place
Once you get there, you leave no noticeable trace
For the people still stumbling through their own pain
Have to find their own way before they finally gain
What everyone is seeking, has sought and will seek
The best thing you can do is give them a peek
Spring them a leak, tell them you've saved them a seat
For when they're ready to be done being stuck on repeat
John Jan 2013
"Shala, la, la, la live for today. Don't worry about tomorrow, hey-ey..."*

I'm sitting on the edge of my bed listening to songs that make me miss her. I hear her voice in the words of strangers. I see her face before me, though only thin air rests between myself and my vision of her. Her long black hair, falls over her shoulders like Niagara. Her eyes shine on par with the light of the Sun cranked to maximum. My heart sinks at the same time that it floats. Such an odd feeling. It's like dying and being brought back to life by a mysterious, elegant, beautiful angel who you know can't be of the same species as you. It's dramatic but so is this feeling. She makes me want to write. To record every feeling I have as they wash over me like deep blue waves on a vacant beach at twilight, everything illuminated only by the light of the Moon. She exhilarates me, overwhelms me and takes me over. Holds me captive as if she's cast a Heavenly spell on me to keep me utterly and seemingly permanently in a state of grace. All of this while I just sit here, alone. Just thinking, waiting, wondering, contemplating. And I can't get over the stereotype that I'm supposed to be the "tough" one. I'm supposed to be the one who takes the word "love" and twists it, molds it into something that's insignificant. Something that is only for young girls to swoon over and devastatingly and beautifully infected by. Well, I guess I prove that caveman stereotype wrong. I'm a mess. And it's all because I'm just thinking about her. Running through, in my own head, our next encounter. Each time I see her, I feel like I'm being woken up. Being yanked out of a drab and dim dream only to be pulled into the most amazing vision of content and happiness that I can even comprehend. It's a wonder I can even conceive of such things. And I have her to thank for that. I have her to thank for pulling me from a slow and agonizing every day life that was only inching me closer and closer to another spiritual death. She rescued me, kidnapped me with her cupped hands stretched out toward me. And inside her little hands was my heart, my brain, my lungs, my legs, my arms, my life.

And for some reason... I think I understand why love is so often compared to death. I've fallen in love. And as I did, I died. Only to resurrected again with a brand new body, a brand new heart and brain and perspective. Now, I can't even imagine what would have happened if she hadn't killed me.
I don't know.
John Jun 2016
even when your skin is bleeding and melting
i'll be there to hold you while you're crying
as the sky is lit ablaze and the atmosphere caves in
you and i will watch, so helpless, as we repent for our sins
never thought, never hoped it would come to this
but when we should've been fighting you just gave me a kiss

the bomb doesn't know love
it doesn't want to
the powers that be don't believe in hugs
you know it's true
everything will be gone, from you to your bed bugs
but don't be blue

when heads get hot an the buttons are pressed
all will disintegrate, there will be nothing left
they say their trying their best but
underneath they really couldn't give a ****
if a few die here and there, no one cares
it's not them, so it's not their cross to bear
John Apr 2016
at first she was passionate
at first she was kind
at first she said she liked me
and I didn't mind
even though I didn't know why

things were just great
things really seemed bright
things couldn't have gone better
she showed me the light
but then we started to fight

the end was creeping closer
the end of the line
the end of the bad and the good
every night I wanted to cry
and this time I knew why

now things are better
now things seem sort of right
now things pass me by
I feel like a bright red kite
with things on its mind
yeah these things on my mind
always these things on my mind
and I'm not sure if I know why
John Sep 2015
I've got this feeling
That I can't put into words
But I'll try my best
As these thoughts come in herds
Circling 'round my head
And landing in my heart
While I'm laying in bed
Thinking just of you
John Apr 2013
You hit that note with grace
Every time, every single try
It puts a big old smile on my face
And you never ask, never ask why
Now I don't know exactly where it comes from
And I don't care to even try to find it out
But when you're here and your vibe starts to hum
You induce a phase of long lasting doubt in me

Because you're too good at what you're doing
Don't know where you come from, baby
You're too fine as you walk that pencilled line
Do t know whether to go or come now
That sound, the sound you make
That buzz, that hum for God's Sake
John May 2013
I sat there beneath the big Maple tree in the center of Sunkenwater Park. I leaned back onto my hands, peering over the compendium of countless smaller trees that littered the grounds like so many cigarette butts and beer cans. The Sun hung high, looking down at me with a smile you could only see if you were staring directly at it, which I did for a moment until my vision became bleached with Godlike light. I sighed, scanned the grounds again and then slowly descended onto my back. I stared straight up into the spider leg set up of branches above me, hanging there indifferently and silently. I sighed again without even noticing, this time completely unintentionally.

And that's when her head found it's way into my kind of sight. She was standing over me, looking down, eye squinted like she was examining some microscopic and otherworldly specimen.
"Hey," slipped from her pretty pinkish lips.
"Hi," I replied, staring right back.
She smiled slightly and sat down next to me, descending slowly and gracefully into her back just like me, right next to me.
"What's up?" I turned so I was facing her ear as she refused to face me yet.
"Nothing, just thinking."
"Oh. About what?" I narrowed my brow inquisitively.
"Us. Me and you. And why."
I cocked my head slightly. "Why what?"
"Why you love me so much."
I pursed my lips. Turned my head back so I was staring at the spidery branches and breathed slowly out if my nose. Then I pointed up, aiming my finger at the the beams of cut up Sunlight that was finding its way through the branches above our heads and onto us, the source if all life.
"Because you remind me of the Sun."
"The Sun, huh?"
"You give me what I need. You give me my reasons. You give me movement. Physically and emotionally. And you do always fund a way. A way through. A way out. You're a resilient person. And you do it without even trying. I love you because you are who you are. And who you are is pretty **** ridiculous in the sense that I've never net a soul quite like you. For lack of a less cliche term; you are my light. And I wouldn't trade that for anything in the world."
She kept her gaze upward for a long time. I did the same. Soaking up the Sun's rays with a dumb grin like I knew it was the last time is be able to take part in such a miracle. It didnt matter in that moment that she didnt love me. All that mattered was that I loved her. And would continue to do so, unapologetically, until her rays of light stopped finding their way into my heart, which had been growing increasingly dimmer and dimmer until I met her. I was thankful and I felt dumb but I was too proud to care.
She turned to me, but I didn't turn back. She lifted her hand up off of the grass and found mine, interlocking her fingers and turning again to face the sky.
John Oct 2016
i don't trust anyone
because i know no one's perfect
for a while, it was fun
but it wouldn't, it didn't stick

love will wear us out
love will tear us apart
love will make us doubt
love inside an upside-down shopping cart
another ode to joy division & ian curtis
John Sep 2014
Luna is everything.
In the air we breathe
and the nighttime wind.
The stories we weave.
And the things we see.

Luna is everything.
She hangs innocently.
With sinister intentions.
What is it that we're seeing?
The Moon and what she's doing.
John Oct 2014
playing with bright light.
desperate to make it right.
everything is a muddy fight.
when you shoot on sight.
everyone's got their gripe,
marginalized into hate or like.

so take the time out.
breathe, breathe in and out.
I never meant to shout.
but then things got too loud.
things always get too loud.

you walk around like nothing's wrong.
I sit down and time is long.
feeling like a little, useless pawn.
where can I find the comfort to lay down?
why don't you just go on your way?
no one here asked you to stay.
John Sep 2014
Moving hard out
of the gate.
Zip-lining, flying out
of this state.
Everything seems so small
as I elevate.
People sound so slow
as they dissipate.

Floating in ninety-eight, point six
degrees.
Nobody cares for tricks
as your thoughts leave.
Yeah, they leave you
stranded, you see.

When you see the stars
you're still not even close.
Realizing rational decisions
were never what you first chose.
Brain waves, surgical incisions
you can be the King and everyone knows.
Harnessing grandiose visions,
as the wind cuts through your petty shows
and lines up your mistakes in neat little rows.
John Feb 2013
Richard enters the same bar he's been frequenting for twenty-three years. His coat whips behind him and his hat nearly flies off his head as he rushes to his place at the bar. He looks at Ron, the bartender, who's been making his living on drunken tips and minimum wage his whole life.

Ron looks down at Richard and offers the man a weak smile. "The usual?"

Richard just stares down at the whiskey stained oak. "Make it quick, I feel like my heads about to explode."

Ron fills up a glass with straight gin and sets it down in front of Richard, who immediately snatched it up and tips it back.

Before the liquid can reach his tongue, Richard's brains decorate the ceiling with a new coat of wondrous crimson paint.

"I really have to work on my speed," Ron groans as he reaches for the mop.
Just some random prose, I suppose.
John Nov 2012
Notice the change in tone
Pace may be out of step
Heart rate increased
Eyes may blink rapidly
Short, quick breaths
Take note

The footprints in the snow
Cut so perfectly into the fine, crunchy white
Is that blood?
It definitely looks like it
Bend over
Take a closer look

Magnifying glass
Offering a bigger picture
It is blood
My mouth drops slightly
Exhalation creates clouds
In this kind of weather
John Aug 2014
Up with the birds
Out with the wind
Through with the confidence
And nothing makes sense
Like the up and up
Careening into the dark
And down, down, down
I'm stranded in the park
Dilapidated and dated (and what's my consolation?)
My brain's been thrown to the sharks

Floating, blue water dyed red
As they cut to the surface
My body is cast-iron lead
Watching as this place
Roars from nil and naught
To somewhere I want to stay
I don't know where to look
Now and again I'm turned on my head
Only now I can read it like a book
When I'm not sunken so deep in my bed
Personal life stuff. I guess.
John Dec 2012
A man with a big black eye strides down the street
People nearly come to a full stop when they pass him
The man keeps walking, head up, confident as can be
People whisper and stare, some even point
"Wonder what happened to him," one man whispers to his girlfriend
"He probably deserved it," the girlfriend says

Yesterday, the man came home from work
He didn't have a black eye then
He loosened his tie and made some coffee
And his cell phone rang so he picked it up
"Michael, you have to get over here," the desperate voice breathed
So Micheal put down his mug, grabbed his keys and rushed out the door

When Michael got to his destination, he rushed to the front door and knocked on it
He knocked and knocked but no one answered
Then he heard the screaming
So he lifted his foot and kicked the door in
His girlfriend was screaming
Her ex-boyfriend had apparently decided to pay her a visit

Her ex was a big guy, tattoos littered his massive arms
And he had Michael's girlfriend by her hair, yanking her down, dragging her around
Michael quickly approached, the ex swung his elbow around
Smacked Michael's eye and Michael hit the ground
But when Michael got back up, he brought with him his own limbs
And struck his girlfriend's ex until he no longer knew the meaning of sin
John Jun 2016
Hailey
The hail is dropping inside you
Barely
Showing through your eyes too
I can't see it in your eyes*

your eyes are deceiving
never showing what you're thinking
mysterious enigmas aren't my forte
though, that game, i've learned to play
i can't see you when i need you
so i just hit the bar to sit with you

and when you complain
with you, i retrace all your rain
tell you to brush it off and run
and to never mind that ****
but we're always in a hole
maybe together we can grow
maybe together we can glow
maybe together we can go
maybe together we can
maybe together we can
maybe together
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