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274 · Dec 2015
A world of giants
mikecccc Dec 2015
they stand so tall
far above me
and honestly
they're only
comparatively tall
I'm tempted
to take an axe to them
bring them down
to my level
but that would be wrong
might be fun
but wrong
so the wise thing
perhaps even
the right thing
is probably just
stay where I am
unless
could I be a giant
could I be
A giant among giants
probably not.
273 · Mar 2016
Morning
mikecccc Mar 2016
If you ask me
I say it's a new day
Some would say
It's still yesterday
No you see
Twelve has come
Twelve has gone
A new day is here
Perhaps
It will be pleasant.
273 · Apr 2018
i'm sure
mikecccc Apr 2018
Dead men tell no tales
but the living are happy
to tell tales for them
273 · Mar 2016
container
mikecccc Mar 2016
Empty to start
it will soon hold
all sorts of goodies
or maybe just
the bare essentials
carrying only
what is needed
or at least
what we think
is needed.
273 · Mar 2016
Sleep
mikecccc Mar 2016
Go to sleep
Don't get up
I would if I could
But your bad vibes
Keep me here
In the rocky land
Of consciousness
Yes your bad vibes
Your Ill will for me
It's totes unjustified
And really loud.
273 · Jan 2016
Dog
mikecccc Jan 2016
Dog
Such loyalty
you pledge yourself
You debase yourself
You don't falter
for your sake
I hope
your master cares.
273 · Jan 2016
People
mikecccc Jan 2016
People
They do
People things
For people reasons
It's a mix
Of animal instinct
And enlightened notions
So surprising and yet
So very typical
They do change
But not fast enough
To keep up
With their tech
Or so it seems
to at least
one person.
273 · Aug 2015
unnatural beacon
mikecccc Aug 2015
Night has fallen
in this wilderness
the moon is hiding
The stars seem dim
the fire is out
wolves are baying
the other prey
is hiding

fortunately
on the horizon
is a light

not swooping firefly's
but an oddly bright
porch light
not exactly sunshine
but it will do
to guide me home
take that mother nature.
272 · Nov 2015
I hear you
mikecccc Nov 2015
Tick Tock Tick Tock
yes I know
your always moving
I hear you passing
So slowly when i'm glum
and a dead run when
things are good
each tick tock
is so precocious
and that dam clock
won't let you forget it.
272 · Nov 2015
midnight
mikecccc Nov 2015
A time of change
one second we're there
one second more
and we're somewhere new
it might look the same
right now
but trust me
everything is different.
272 · May 2016
Fair weather friend
mikecccc May 2016
I love you
like a brother
when all is well
when all goes wrong
I have trouble
remembering your name.
I still remember your name
just in case the sky clears.
272 · Dec 2015
If I were A cannibal
mikecccc Dec 2015
I would nibble
on your skull
but
only a little.
272 · Mar 2016
Inconvenient
mikecccc Mar 2016
they closed the library
because of you
so I had to dine
with the creatures
I don't know
who you were
but I know
how you left.
272 · Oct 2015
Atlas couldn't shrug
mikecccc Oct 2015
You see
The weight of the world
Was precariously perched
On Atlas's shoulders
If he were to shrug
The world would fall
Which while leaving Atlas
A great deal lighter
Would also depress him
To no end.
271 · Apr 2016
Wide eyes
mikecccc Apr 2016
Surprise
headlights
fight flight
pause
move faster
move fas
too late.
271 · Jul 2015
Sky
mikecccc Jul 2015
Sky
******* your so high
and very big
yet so small
you know comparatively
I can reach you
in a metal bird
and surpass you
in a rocket
but only for a time
eventually I return
to my proper place
while you remain
up there
****.
271 · Jun 2016
In increments
mikecccc Jun 2016
how you change
by and large
is bit by bit
you are what you are
till you are something new
maybe you can feel it
maybe you need a mirror.
meh
270 · Apr 2016
Wise
mikecccc Apr 2016
Dam you
Impulse control
You **** at your job
My fingers get twitchy
When option to buy appears
Ah capitalism
You have
My heart and soul.
I like shiny things
I can't afford.
270 · May 2016
Personality award
mikecccc May 2016
polite faces
crisp people
the right sort
for most occasions
a shallow appraisal
but so long as that mask
stays in place
we'll embrace you.
said it before
270 · Jun 2016
Stoic
mikecccc Jun 2016
Serene as the seas rise
pleasantly detached
as i'm swept away
be a shame to wake up
just in time to drown.
269 · Aug 2016
pageantry
mikecccc Aug 2016
Tore down the banners
set fire to streamers
I was certain that behind
all the gaudy decor
was
was something more
all I found was a wall
it was something
but nothing much.
but then
it could just be my eyes
269 · Jun 2016
Fill in the blank
mikecccc Jun 2016
when the music blares
And you keep talking
I make up your lines
You say really mean things
when I can't hear you.
269 · Aug 2016
When the song ends
mikecccc Aug 2016
Everything
returns to normal
the broken things
break again
and the elegant ball room
is once more just a ruin
if only the music never stopped.
269 · Nov 2015
boot print
mikecccc Nov 2015
it's a good thing
we live
in a prudish society
if you wore less
we'd see the prints
of the many
who walked over you
and it would be
all  kinds
of awkward.
269 · Jan 2016
fight zone
mikecccc Jan 2016
everywhere
is the fight zone
at least unofficially
even those
who sit in the aisle
aren't necessarily safe
they're just safer
which is better
than nothing
I guess.
269 · Mar 2016
Guns
mikecccc Mar 2016
It's too bad
that they exist
as if people weren't
dangerous enough
with just sticks and stones
recall them all as if
they're here
in tiny hands
in determined hands
and in shaky hands
they're here.
I offer complaints
I have no solution
others i'm sure
are more than happy
to give advice.
268 · Aug 2016
Pop can
mikecccc Aug 2016
Stacks on Stacks
of aluminum cans
empty now of even dregs
could bury a lot of things
under that light weight.
268 · Apr 2016
unmarked
mikecccc Apr 2016
here lies
someone
maybe someone
who was lost
maybe one
who was hidden
now just bones
no tears were called for
It was just a number
in the end.
268 · Feb 2019
Another day
mikecccc Feb 2019
Life is short
so they say
they say A lot
billions of seconds
leaking from my hourglass
staunch the bleeding
thats not plausible
anyway it's just Tuesday
Life is short
so i'm told
but don't worry
it's only relative.
268 · Jun 2016
Got lost in the moment
mikecccc Jun 2016
for a second there
everything was a tiny thing
easy to understand
but only for a moment
I think
honestly the memory
is rather hazy
probably a delusion.
268 · Mar 2016
Poisoner
mikecccc Mar 2016
I have
A toxic little bottle
I wish to serve you
possibly with tea
to mask the taste
it will **** you
but so slowly
the difference
is nigh unnoticeable
if you don't
I won't just
slip it into your drink
when you aren't looking.
nonsense
or something else
to each their own
interpretation.
268 · Jan 2018
It's easy to mock
mikecccc Jan 2018
I see something silly
I laugh
Serious sincere
I see deep naivety
Dreamer dear friend why
I try to ask
But the laughter won't stop.
268 · Jan 2016
on top of a rock
mikecccc Jan 2016
you're the ruler
of all you see
of course
all you see
is sand and rock
and if you squint
maybe a scorpion
but hey
at least the rock
doesn't rule you
not that it could
it's much too meek..
268 · Dec 2015
What I will say
mikecccc Dec 2015
If some day
I should have
Kids of my own
I'll tell him/her
/them
The same thing
My mother
Always told me
I won't inject
Your insulin.
She says it with such love.
267 · Jan 2016
Lady winter
mikecccc Jan 2016
I've heard of you
So cold at first
Then so warm
Then so nothing
In young hearts
You bring to mind
White snowfall
Hot cocoa and angels
To the more learned
You bring drunks
Frozen on the sidewalk
And grey glompy slush
So many dread you
But I'm happy
To think you're about.
267 · Mar 2016
Nihilism
mikecccc Mar 2016
No meaning
except what we choose
so do as you will
let chaos rain
but rain always ends
order will be imposed
at least as much order
as can ever be
a new meaning will come
perhaps something nicer
maybe the sun will explode
I never know.
266 · Feb 2019
multiverse
mikecccc Feb 2019
To the side
another everything
to the other another
the only difference is degrees
A little better A little worse
Could I fill the shoes
of the best version of me
would it be wrong
to steal from myself
I don't have A goatee
So I can't be the evil me.
266 · Jan 2016
cliff hanger
mikecccc Jan 2016
As I hang
above a pit
full of the laughter
of all those I hate
I curse myself
for never
working out.
and a bunch
of other things.
266 · Dec 2015
Testing you
mikecccc Dec 2015
Okay you're done
You passed my test
Yes indeed
I wanted to know
If you fit my definition
Of
Good people
And you do
So now
You get to be
My pal
Perhaps even
A confidante
Aren't you proud.
266 · Mar 2016
Talk much
mikecccc Mar 2016
Just let yourself fall
into my numbing eyes
all is well calm blue oceans
allow my monotone
to carry you
to fields of apathy
you may not feel happy
but you won't feel bad.
what ?
266 · Jul 2015
red eyes
mikecccc Jul 2015
They haunt me
Those rage filled
Sockets
I wonder
What caused it
Or who
Can they be calmed
Would vengeance
Be the fix
Or is anger
And hate
all That's left.
265 · Sep 2015
blood and ink
mikecccc Sep 2015
Family is great
They have your back
They pick you up
Their on your team
But do they have to be related
Why of course not
Family are those closest to you
Whether by blood or ink
Or whatever
Like lilo and stitch
Blood makes someone a relative
Ink can do the same
But what it means is up to you.
265 · Jan 2016
Oh captain
mikecccc Jan 2016
Why do they
jump ship
we aren't sinking
I mean
the deck is messy
and the brig
is a touch crammed
but still?
265 · Mar 2016
The moral high ground
mikecccc Mar 2016
You have it right
cause in the end
it's the most important thing
when everyone else
is being too human
you can rest assured
that you're better
no matter your actions.
human here meaning
chaotic sinful error prone beings
who occasionally display
disturbing levels of kindness
and brilliance
265 · Dec 2015
Never again
mikecccc Dec 2015
We love to say
Never again
We promise
Ourselves
At the end of each
Hand crafted horror
That never again
Will we allow
This to happen
Too bad
We kinda ****
At keeping those
Promises.
264 · Mar 2016
Heart of gold
mikecccc Mar 2016
worth so much
and still worthless
since it won't pump
an ounce of blood.
264 · Sep 2016
minefield
mikecccc Sep 2016
don't stumble through them
and don't just stand there
try to know everything
maybe write a will.
264 · May 2016
life is but a dream
mikecccc May 2016
so what does it matter
what we do
one day we'll wake
and find
and find
something
heaven
one engineered
by humans
or a god
mayhaps
we'll just stay in bed
warm blankets
always brought more comfort
to me at least
than the claims of prophets.
but again
grain of salt
fan of sloth
264 · Nov 2016
To the moon
mikecccc Nov 2016
follow us please
we will leave
this place
and make a nest
somewhere better
That Place will be heaven
a physical location
this place
could have been
if not for our kind.
inspired by a game
263 · Apr 2015
Sage Wisdom
mikecccc Apr 2015
Truthfully I have none to offer

I have platitudes and quotes

what does it mean to be sage
I couldn't say

Wisdom is something gathered
but I've never been a collector

So where do you find sage wisdom
family/friends
medical professionals
auto mechanics

I really couldn't say
probably television.
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