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239 · Oct 2015
I don't want to know
mikecccc Oct 2015
The worst lies
are the ones
we believe even though
we know there false
the lies we want
to be true
the lies we need
to be true
the ones that
when uncovered
leave the world
just a little bit darker.
239 · Apr 2016
Naive
mikecccc Apr 2016
The innocence of youth
which isn't always kept
in the hands of the young
it can be held in aged hands
though everyone wonders
how it can be
perhaps sought after
in the belief that
ignorance is bliss.
239 · Nov 2016
frozen
mikecccc Nov 2016
in stasis
metaphorically
time will take its toll
even if you call
time out.
239 · Aug 2016
It was all a game
mikecccc Aug 2016
Chess
terribly complicated
when you attempt
to take it seriously
but forget the rules
and just toss the pawns
to the horses
then you'll have fun
or at least
be done with it quickly.
238 · Oct 2016
Warped
mikecccc Oct 2016
Cosmic forces
rarely bother
to ***** their hands
bending the minds
of earth dwellers
I would assume
more than enough humans
happy to do it for them.
238 · Dec 2016
I have no idea
mikecccc Dec 2016
Well
I have an idea
I don't like it
I don't want it
But I have it
I have a few actually
They **** to
What are you going to do
Nothing much probably
I don't claim the sight
But I expect regret.
238 · Jun 2016
sleep more
mikecccc Jun 2016
weary is accurate
reading sad stories
can be such a drain
the news
more dead people
justice still only a dream
foreign affairs
****** and tense
same old same old
should probably
stick to fiction.
238 · Jul 2016
Steel lily
mikecccc Jul 2016
Crafted for servitude
freed by happenstance
brought down by loyalty
a new kind of freedom is experienced.
technically zealotry
inspired by the mechanical
a book which i have not finished
238 · Apr 2016
Memory bank
mikecccc Apr 2016
A vault full of history
with haphazard security
they lose stuff and let things
get switched out for fakes
If this weren't a metaphor
i'd suggest replacing them
with a kid with a stick
237 · Aug 2015
Creatures
mikecccc Aug 2015
They just appear
these creatures
I have no say
I can't avoid them
They could a least ask
but no
so I wander
and bam
they appear
they swarm
it's freaky
at least to me
dam creatures
237 · Apr 2016
I walked home
mikecccc Apr 2016
It was disturbing
the world is big
the sky looks infinite
the roads are full
the cars are to
this isn't all
this is barely any
I need to hurry home
and lock the door behind me.
237 · Apr 2016
Ever onwards
mikecccc Apr 2016
I walk the line
My line specifically
When that line
Went over the edge
I followed
Cause it was
My line.
237 · Sep 2016
who dies young
mikecccc Sep 2016
good folks
bad folks
neutral folks
all kinds
unless it's a joke
who dies young
the people we like.
237 · Oct 2015
Cola river
mikecccc Oct 2015
The river
Full of fizz
The carbonated
River flows
Down to the land
Of sweets and
Rotted teeth
Maybe water
Would be wiser
Unless you fear fluoride
Then maybe *****.
237 · Aug 2015
Think of the children
mikecccc Aug 2015
This thing
THIS thing
will ruin us
and them
it does stuff
to folks
it needs
to get gone
and by golly
it shall
or so I
keep insisting.
236 · Apr 2015
the road to hell
mikecccc Apr 2015
I meant well
Honest
But I hurt them
All of them
So did they
We're walkers
On hell's road
Since apparently
Cars aren't for the dammed
I passed the way back
Miles ago
We're almost at the end
Even with all this cardio
I can't outrun my mistakes.
236 · Jun 2016
In my book
mikecccc Jun 2016
You appear
and cause distress
then you away
why to where
remains untold
rotten antagonist.
repetitive
236 · Sep 2015
winged monkey
mikecccc Sep 2015
A simple minion
Is all you are
You could fly away
At any time
Staying to serve
A terrible master
You could be more
You could be
A flying ace.
235 · Aug 2016
discount sage
mikecccc Aug 2016
A young man
with a fake
long white beard
sitting to the side
giving directions
that make sense
in theory.
235 · Aug 2016
Train of thought
mikecccc Aug 2016
we are going
going somewhere
forwards mostly
getting ahead of myself really
but if I linger too long
I fear the passengers
will attack me.
235 · Jun 2016
The king and I
mikecccc Jun 2016
we danced
we laughed
alas
as naught but a pauper
I was not the right sort
so I was shown the door.
cute story
235 · Aug 2016
Matinee
mikecccc Aug 2016
The early show
Cheap tickets
For the big screen
Full of stars
Popcorn aplenty
Another tally mark
Against one more day
Worse ways to **** time.
234 · Feb 2016
Keep your hands to home
mikecccc Feb 2016
You're like a kraken
And I'm the ship
You seek me out
You wrap me up
Then I find myself shattered
The debris that was me
Just floating in the sea
This is why
I prefer dry land.
233 · Sep 2016
true to you
mikecccc Sep 2016
you know a lie
when you hear it
A Lie
Is Anything
that competes
with your truth.
silly
mikecccc Apr 2015
Your trapped
You can kick
You can scream
But it's pointless
Cause your going nowhere
Probably

I suppose escape
Isn't impossible
Per say but it is
Quite unlikely

Sooo good luck
With that
Hahaha ha ha.
233 · Nov 2015
figurine
mikecccc Nov 2015
So well made
Tailored clothes
Perfect hair
It's all most real
But it isn't is it
No pain
No panic
No pleasure
No blood
No bile
Just well shaped plastic
And a chiseled smile.
233 · Jun 2016
Red Light
mikecccc Jun 2016
Just shine
crimson lighthouse
be something
to stumble over to
in the dark
why red instead
of blue or white
we want it to look
ominous.
colors are interesting
233 · Apr 2016
Poorly worded
mikecccc Apr 2016
Say the right thing
which was what again
good morning is a good start
but
that is too
cheerful
i'm not here by choice
can I complain
that would be natural
No normal people are polite.
and lie
232 · Aug 2015
T.V.
mikecccc Aug 2015
A portal
to other worlds
that
can inform and amuse
or a horrible brain leach
depending
on who you ask.
232 · Dec 2015
Poor thing
mikecccc Dec 2015
An unearthly wail
Echoes across the town
It comes from a metal monster
Always spinning in its
Predetermined track
While small fleshy things
Climb all about it
And other angsty fleshy things
Draw all manner of things
On it
The poor accursed monster
If you got loose
Many would suffer.
232 · Nov 2015
step 1 step 3
mikecccc Nov 2015
I have a plan
Well more of a notion
It's like a plan
But less complete
It's quite masterful
Even with those holes
You know kinda
Sorta
Okay maybe not
I just need one more part
Do you have it?
232 · Apr 2016
A shame
mikecccc Apr 2016
A Scarlet Letter
or something
less obvious
A mark against you
that you know
they will notice
and they will
condemn you.
Probably
232 · Jul 2016
They follow
mikecccc Jul 2016
I found heaven
and found
it had its own demons
So I moved to limbo
Not sure where
I will flee to next
I hear the void is nice.
232 · Sep 2015
Hideaway
mikecccc Sep 2015
A secret place
To escape everything
And everyone
The loving ones
The unpleasant ones
And those that don't care
Someplace quiet
Maybe somewhere
Over the rainbow
But really anywhere
Just not here
If only for a visit.
232 · Dec 2015
Remind me again
mikecccc Dec 2015
Why don't I drink
Why don't i take
Shot after shot
And flee from reality
Into sweet sweet oblivion
Oh right
That's not healthy
And no one in easy reach
Has any
They have drugs
Prescription And not
But I suppose I'm too dam
Law abiding for that
Ah well
I'll just write poetry
Instead.
232 · Dec 2016
Rainbow
mikecccc Dec 2016
The colors clash
make a mess
an acid rain
drip drop
on the citizens
who wonder
why
Why
human nature.
232 · Feb 2021
Greedy gus
mikecccc Feb 2021
I'd bite off your fingers
if you offered A hand
its not an attack
just thought
you might fill my void
is that not how it works
impolite perhaps
the material
can fix the immaterial
so they say.
only metaphorically maybe
232 · Apr 2016
That moment
mikecccc Apr 2016
when does hope die
right before you do
is probably the best case
some live long lives
with their hope dead
A sad bunch
resigned to the shadows
they know the future
it isn't good.
is that why I hate the sun
232 · Aug 2016
Hidden notes
mikecccc Aug 2016
You
you who
you who can read
inbetween the lines
will probably drive yourself crazy
discovering coincidental patterns.
you would say that
232 · Dec 2015
The rules
mikecccc Dec 2015
There are always rules
Some are unwritten
Some are set in stone
But they are everywhere
Of course if you want
You can break them
Though
You may regret it if your caught
You may feel guilty
Even if your not
But it's up to you
What to do
In theory
At any rate.
231 · Jan 2017
is that madness
mikecccc Jan 2017
it's not crazy
to scratch an itch
might be uncouth
does it become
A mad action
if you scratch
till you bleed
but the itch remains.
if you have to ask

maybe you just need a knife
231 · Sep 2015
Rock candy spine
mikecccc Sep 2015
Your totally prepared
To look like
Your prepared to do
What needs to be done
But we both know
When push comes to shove
Your confidence will shatter.
231 · Sep 2015
The grand scheme
mikecccc Sep 2015
All things look small
In the big picture
Such a lofty perspective
Makes clear the unclear
Any horror can be minimized
It might be a wise view
Unimpeded by emotion or bias
But it isn't a kind one
And it's hard to have
Especially when a small view
Is so much more natural
And fits like a glove.
231 · Jul 2015
made of butter
mikecccc Jul 2015
Cut to the quick
with plastic knives
you are weak
and not
in fighting trim
on the pro side
you go well with toast.
231 · Dec 2019
soporific couch
mikecccc Dec 2019
collapse
the days weight
is a bit much
the doorbell rings
I try to rise
I can't even open my eyes.
zzzz
231 · Oct 2015
Frankenstein
mikecccc Oct 2015
You raised the dead
Though not very well
The thing you resurrected
May breathe may even walk
But that special something
Just isn't there anymore
I suppose it's stuck
In the grave.
231 · Jun 2015
Others
mikecccc Jun 2015
There they are
those folks
they stand around
doing things
things you dislike
possibly just to spite you

What to do What to do
you could freak out
but then you'll be on their radar
and it probably won't help

you could try getting to know them
learn how they tick
maybe they aren't so bad

or you could try hiding
under a rock or in plain-site
that can be very stressful
which is bad for your heart

Whatever you do
best be quick
cause their coming
over here.
230 · Sep 2021
sanctuary
mikecccc Sep 2021
What good
are doors on the floor
just invite yourself in
I can't stop you
I'm asleep
everyone sleeps
thats no weakness
still unsafe
close my eyes
never again
I can try.
230 · Jul 2016
Waiting
mikecccc Jul 2016
The thing is
I need to do something
but I need something
to begin .
230 · Aug 2015
wandering brain
mikecccc Aug 2015
My mind wanders
often to places
i'd rather not be
you might say
it
has a mind
all its own
very meta
and aggravating
but whats a body to do
meditation perhaps
maybe some mindfulness
Ah such grand choices
there are other options
of course
but they are
a tad grim.
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