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Mar 2022 · 134
Brevi Tempore
Landon Keys Mar 2022
A brief moment of peace
Before losing it all
How underappreciated
Is the serenity
Before the fall
Mar 2022 · 218
In Partes Tres
Landon Keys Mar 2022
Vita mea est divisa in partes tres

Pars una est amare
Pars duae est lacrimare
Pars tres est mori
Mar 2022 · 461
It is what it is
Landon Keys Mar 2022
I'm not mad
I'm not sad
I just am
It is what it is
Mar 2022 · 120
Vir tristis, Vita tristis
Landon Keys Mar 2022
Fortis sed non invictus sum
Vivam sine te sed id non amabit
Tristis in aeternum ero
Mar 2022 · 203
Chapter 7
Landon Keys Mar 2022
A great realization
The first way was right
Just give me some time
And it'll be alright
The bitter sweetness
Of a friendship teetering
On the fence of truth
And needing
Mar 2022 · 128
Chapter 6
Landon Keys Mar 2022
Seeping anger
But not at you
Muddled mixture
Of love and logic
Oil and water
Gone and lost it
Mar 2022 · 475
Chapter 5
Landon Keys Mar 2022
So now you know
I was in love with you
Before I hit the ground
Don't be sad
It's not your burden
Why'd I tell you?
I really didn't want to
But my heart needed it
I want to disappear
But I don't want to
Is that what you want?
What has this come to?
Mar 2022 · 222
Chapter 4
Landon Keys Mar 2022
It's definitely set in
Emotions I cannot beat back
Wondrous expectation
Of a great perhaps
Mar 2022 · 88
Chapter 3
Landon Keys Mar 2022
In every seeming way
When I'm with you
Not a thought in my head
Just focused
On admiring you instead
Mar 2022 · 107
Chapter 2
Landon Keys Mar 2022
Don't you dare worry about me
Though I know you do
Whenever I send you a song
I'm thinking about you
When you do the same
I know you feel the same
Are we both lying?
Or just me?
Mar 2022 · 134
Crystalline
Landon Keys Mar 2022
I want to be the tears that fall from your face
The taste of salt on your lips as the journey ends
I want to be the pull of your heartstrings
The melody of restoration
I'll take solace in my ending
As healing you of your sadness
Landon Keys Feb 2022
In a breath of bereavement
Get ahold of that needment
The blossoms of Barren Bizarre

They are what they are

In the breath of bereavement
It's quite the achievement
To coalesce the conundrum afar  

They are what they are

In the breath of bereavement
It is hard to believe it
It's our journey that leads to the stars

They are what they are

Your soul in a jar

I did what had to be done
Feb 2022 · 96
Asmodan
Landon Keys Feb 2022
Sympathy
Empathy
Just an epiphany
What if I died
Without writing a symphony
That doesn't sit with me
Now it is time to be
But I'm too blind to see
Strangest catastrophe
Far away galaxy
Why are you mad at me

Voice in the fan

I'm not Peter Pan

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?!
Feb 2022 · 110
deltitnU
Landon Keys Feb 2022
I've never choked on my words
The way you gagged me with your wonder
The blessing of spontaneity
The curse of reality
The repercussions of poor choices
I've made so many poor choices
Feb 2022 · 222
Chapter 1
Landon Keys Feb 2022
Don't you dare worry about me
I'll be alright
Leave me to my sleepless night
There's no need for us both to be tired again.
Landon Keys Feb 2022
Selfishness resonated in my mind
Regret flirted on my tongue
In silence I sat
As dawn crept near
A lingering feeling of dread
I didn't want to end

Heartache in a chaos of joy and confusion
Jan 2022 · 83
Trespass
Landon Keys Jan 2022
The needment for oblivion
Amongst the chaos of the world
"The evil and the blessing will reach us all,"
Along the ley lines of serotonin and regret
Jan 2022 · 209
Untitled
Landon Keys Jan 2022
Amidst the uncertainty of Gods and Devils
One might proclaim
The only things certain in life
Are Anger, Hope, and Pain
Jan 2022 · 73
Untitled
Landon Keys Jan 2022
This is my letting go
Failed restraint
And over zealous

Pain I surely know
My love goes faint
And heart grows jealous

Eager for the flow
Ebbing from the pain
And echoes of my chelys
Jan 2022 · 436
Throes
Landon Keys Jan 2022
If you listen closely
You can hear
The strands of my heart tear
Not only because you're not here
But because I do not know where
Jan 2022 · 372
Untitled
Landon Keys Jan 2022
The one person I want to talk to
has abandoned all communication
seemingly out of nowhere
and without reason


I do not understand and my heart hurts.
Jan 2022 · 95
Aberrations
Landon Keys Jan 2022
Silver white
Darkened hold
Being withheld
With what we're told
Stories of plight
Tears and sorrow
Begging God
For another tomorrow

I don't believe in God
But for you I will
Tonight I pray
For your soul to still
Thoughts of Light
Fears to cease
Hope your torment
Be released



I love you. You'll get through this.
Dec 2021 · 232
Human
Landon Keys Dec 2021
Sometimes you worry
Sometimes you don't
Sometimes you cry
Sometimes you won't
We are all human
It's okay to feel
If it's true to you
I promise it's real
Nov 2021 · 85
Untitled
Landon Keys Nov 2021
With a broken heart I cried
Though sullen tears now dried
Nov 2021 · 79
A
Landon Keys Nov 2021
***
Listen.
Yes, you.
You hear it?
That sound, the drumming?
Constant thumping in my chest?
That is the rhythm
Of my love
For you
Babe.
Nov 2021 · 425
Untitled
Landon Keys Nov 2021
The crushing weight of uncertainty
Can certainly be
The end of me
But why lie beneath
The lies and heat
We've lived and died
In subtlety
You're ripening
Now it's time to see
Him playing for pipe and string
He's not the type to sing

Hanging from the rafters.
Nov 2021 · 2.2k
La Universa
Landon Keys Nov 2021
The vastness and beauty of the cosmos
Pales in comparison
To the utter magnitude of your wonderful soul  


"We are all made of stardust!"

Never believed it until I met you.
Nov 2021 · 236
Inter Caelum et Infernum
Landon Keys Nov 2021
Trapped in this infernal purgatory
At least I have you.
Thus, while my skin sears
So does my heart.
Nov 2021 · 402
Tender Surrender
Landon Keys Nov 2021
I want to love you
Is that okay to say?
It's just the way you look at me baby
Has me feeling some type of way
I know it's new
But I knew it when I saw you
Nov 2021 · 1.2k
Death?
Landon Keys Nov 2021
Not just a bridge
But a vast expanse
Not a straight line
Wherever, whenever
It is time.
Death is emotionless
But it's not quite the end
What is death?
It's not the finality,
But beginning of eternity.
Response to Naceur Ben Mesbah. Inspired by, and a response to his poem titled 'Death.' All credit to him for the structure and idea.
Oct 2021 · 86
Train of Thought
Landon Keys Oct 2021
Four walls around me
A river flowing soundly
Look for peace in calamity
Like a pearl in a clam for me
Pumping, breathing
Everything you're needing
Even more
No less
The cause of a lot of stress
Setting behind a desk
I wonder
Do they still play there?
They took the merry-go-round out
Come to find out
A sad day in the hearts of the elderly
A sight so sad to see
A dog sitting on the beach with no master
Oct 2021 · 109
Are you the Sun Goddess?
Landon Keys Oct 2021
Gifts of fortune
All in kind
Remove the scourger
From my mind
Her painful torture
Leaves me blind
My soul to nurture
Misaligned
Landon Keys Oct 2021
What was the name of that hat?
Can barely stay awake
Once I confessed I loved You
That was that.
You let me use Your toothbrush
I had forgotten mine
What a night that was
Two souls, passion divine
Long walk, 24th street
Secret kisses in a tunnel
Who knew so much emotion
Could be transferred with a hug
A piece of my heart
Will always be Yours
Letting go was hard
Walking down those stairs
******* I loved You.
******* I love You.
Where are You?
Where?
Oct 2021 · 71
Text between friends
Landon Keys Oct 2021
"Who do you think is going to die first?
                                                                ­                   "Me, without a doubt."
"Why do you say that?"
                            "Because if you died first then have to be sad forever."
Oct 2021 · 399
Not sure
Landon Keys Oct 2021
Love is Nature
Violent, beautiful, and necessary
Oct 2021 · 234
Evol
Landon Keys Oct 2021
It need not be logical
So long as it's magical
Sep 2021 · 99
Every day texts
Landon Keys Sep 2021
Good morning, Lovely!
How did you sleep?
I hope the night's rest
Carried the worry away

Good afternoon, Darling!
Have you eaten yet?
I read that a salad
Is best for stress these days

Good night, Beautiful!
It was a great day,
Talking to you my friend.
In the morrow
I'd love to borrow
Your time again.
Sep 2021 · 253
indeed
Landon Keys Sep 2021
The world is round; it has no point.
Don't harp on that minor chord- simply cherish, "I remember."
and keep walking.
Aug 2021 · 179
ix
Landon Keys Aug 2021
ix
You are every memory I never had
You are every morsel of life I crave
You are every moment I want to live
You are everything
You are
You
Aug 2021 · 139
travel
Landon Keys Aug 2021
through every Fire
       across every Ocean
   through every Forest
                over every Mountain
I want to do this with You.
Aug 2021 · 416
viii
Landon Keys Aug 2021
I am the people.
You are the trees.
I am the monkey.
You are the bees.
I am the sun.
You are the breeze.
I am the war.
You are the peace.
Aug 2021 · 254
TE PULCHRA ES
Landon Keys Aug 2021
Grievous and unhealable
That which was my life
Was nothing
But an axe wound

And now it's curious
And without reason
That because of you
I can still smile
Aug 2021 · 595
Landon Keys Aug 2021
Reasons why I love you?
          Yeah.
                   Well, here you are.
             Here I Am?
    Exactly.
Aug 2021 · 99
sèt
Landon Keys Aug 2021
I don't know what to write
I just hope you see it
Aug 2021 · 121
6
Landon Keys Aug 2021
6
When in your darkest hour
Comes the brightest light
I don't believe in God
But maybe for tonight
If I can muster the faith
It'll be alight
Aug 2021 · 87
v
Landon Keys Aug 2021
v
The Roses I planted
Picked and placed
In another ***
In another plot
Aug 2021 · 1.4k
iv
Landon Keys Aug 2021
iv
"You're beautiful."
"Oh please, I didn't even try and look cute today."
"Not your hair, your soul."
Aug 2021 · 223
iii
Landon Keys Aug 2021
iii
Sometimes I wander
Deeper to the city
Velvet streets and
Brimstone corner stores
Silent, contemplative
Sacred Simplicity
Jul 2021 · 161
ii
Landon Keys Jul 2021
ii
Looking for Inspiration
Can't seem to find it
They say movement
Precedes motivation
I think they were lyin'
Jul 2021 · 997
i
Landon Keys Jul 2021
i
I will always cherish you
No matter the pain you cause
The strong have no business being cruel
That is the errand of the weak
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