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Liam May 2013
as with good red wine
life is best only half full
we need room to breathe
Liam May 2013
a vicious cycle
ephemeral confidence
validation sought
Liam May 2013
Red
I'm seeing Red...with a capital R!

Let me tell you what you can do with those rose colored glasses
I'm seeing Red!

Life has copped an attitude
that I don't need
Got anything else to dump on me?
Bring it on...let's get it over with!

Since when is trying to do the right thing
just not good enough for you?
Give me a break
I mean, really ... I - need - a - break!

Yeah...heard it all before
Life isn't fair

But maybe it is...
maybe we do get what we give
and maybe virtue is its own reward
It just doesn't feel that way now!

So you can keep your platitudes to yourself
silver linings, lemonade, rainbows, open doors
The only inspiration I'm getting
is where they might neatly fit

I'm seeing Red!

Yeah...heard it all before
This, too, shall pass

Really?...then make it fast because I'm not sure
how much more of this I can take
And you can keep your kitchen sink
things are going down the drain fast enough

Chill out! I'm not going to stop following my heart
While I may not know exactly what I want from life
I do know the kind of person I want to be
It's just that right now...

I'm seeing Red...with a big fat capital R!
Liam May 2013
existing between
one's cautious optimism and
healthy skepticism
Liam May 2013
words deprived of meaning
  thoughts stranded in translation
   feelings imprisoned without sentencing

a stroke of life...un coup de vie
  an existence brutally stricken
   incapable of verbal expression

communication frustration...no relief
  nuances from mundane to sublime
   lost in an endless syntax maze

and sure, some actions speak louder
  but unspoken words of love and support
   fall like an acid rain of futility on the heart

Sad enough when inflicted by fate
  tragic as a self-induced metaphor
The muting of squandered opportunities
  will keep you disconnected and haunt your future

Aphasics have no say in this matter
            What's your excuse?
Liam May 2013
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*Poetry Club discussion questions available upon request.
Just an absurd response to wondering if my poems are too vague to check the Explicit? box before saving.
Liam May 2013
So much natural beauty in motion

slow dancing willows
nectar shopping bees
fluttering evening bats

wind sweeping tall grass
sand absorbing waves
cobwebs setting sail

sky surfing clouds
hovering dragonflies
twinkling fireflies

my life...wildly spiraling out of control

sometimes you just have to sit back and watch it all
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