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Jan 2015 · 354
Untitled
matthew listener Jan 2015
Its hard to make it through
each day I'm left to spend
with chin falling on fist
from rising thoughts of you.
An hour drones and though
closer to you I know
I am, I'm not complete
So lonely, empty.  Here
I lie and concentrate
with thoughts I must compete
to keep myself from our
temple, shelter, shower
Love me, love you, over
and over everything
Dec 2014 · 560
Know Nothing
matthew listener Dec 2014
As the matter falls around me
I know that what I call matter is all around me
And though matter molded into meaning
I go on continued disbelieving

I know the truth
I know nothing

As the world contains existence
I know that what I call the world is but an instance
And through my senses (low pass filters)
All but truth can be delivered

I know the truth
I know nothing
These are song lyrics I wrote that were inspired by Apology by Plato.
http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html
Nov 2014 · 820
Last Days
matthew listener Nov 2014
When we met in hot rain
you got wet and stayed late
you took your breast into my hands

When we spend our last days
I'll be there for always

Took our tests and kept our best foot forward
I knew it was for you
My cherry blossom
summer sweetness
*******
favorite color blue
I love your smile while you defile me

When we spend our last days
I'll be there for always
A video recording of this as a song can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smv_H5d_FWk&list;=UUKscFqAq7JO8Vd1T-5lD6dA
Nov 2014 · 1.1k
Spinning (No Other You)
matthew listener Nov 2014
My head is spinning
Temptation winning
I've lost what to live for
Instead I'll spin for you

Went to the doctor
He asked "What you broke for?"
Communication
And lack of patience

Spinning for you
Feeling for you
And I cannot take another
There is no other you
This is recorded as a song here:
https://soundcloud.com/thegraffbrothers/spinning
Nov 2014 · 696
Harem
matthew listener Nov 2014
A question grave but known has greeted thought
For one to hurt another whom they love
Would not a thought that's greater need to shove
that of their love to places to be fought
and freed from under strain?  But then what point
is there to through the others she loves fight
when knowing all that you have done is right?
Allowed allow your heart and mind anoint
her flesh while she anoints all, you as well.
And placed beside, that ******* gladly takes
position with your apparition.  Fakes
his love is jealousy until you've fell
thus leaving him with one less man to ****.
And watching all her jesters play and drop
her thought is entertained which made you stop
to wonder if your love was just a thrill.
For if a love proclaimed has led to pain
take comfort that your love has entertained.
I wrote this back in college, circa 2000.  Iambic pentameter.  I love structured meter.
Nov 2014 · 369
New Shoes
matthew listener Nov 2014
I can't see
Something's always wrong in the context of you and me
It's not a horrid song
It's the notes we play in the harmony

I can't breathe
Air is scarcely found in the context of you and me
It's not the piled up ground
It's the echoing
It's the worms that ate me

I can't be
Cannot carry on in the context of you and me
It's not the broken bond
It's what isn't said; it's the blood we bled
It's the conscious streams
It's the lucid dreams

You can try to buy some new shoes
Rake me over and cruise on over
To see what time will bring
Nov 2014 · 354
Thy Kingdom
matthew listener Nov 2014
Pretend to be
a sinking clam into the sea
your last breath has been breathed

All your will, it has been done
All your battles fought and won
Rest your head on your Kingdom

Pretend to be
a castle wall that has been breached
and no help can be seen

All your will, it has been done
Forms presented by the sun
Rest your head on your Kingdom
This is a song I wrote.  My band played it at an event with 98rock, and we have a video of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxZ4TIX-Qs4

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