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12.7k · Sep 2014
Empathy
Nathan Vienneau Sep 2014
Childish eyes see deep into me,
they know me,
they understand me,
understand what I'm going thorough,
what we are all going through.

They were the eyes of an empath.
We knew each other before and we will know each other again.
5.7k · Sep 2014
Baby Duck
Nathan Vienneau Sep 2014
My duck pond polluted with human filth,
Old grizzly pidgins flock to eat the disease,
It shows in their mottled grey and brown feathers,

My little duck sits on a rock and cleans.
Wondering...
Where oh where has my baby gone!

Sickened with sadness I can stand it no longer.
5.3k · Aug 2015
Untitled
Nathan Vienneau Aug 2015
I can't for the life of me keep an orchid alive.
I've had three or four but they never survive.
I may try once more in hopes to achieve,
the most beautiful flower I've ever perceived.
2.6k · Jul 2013
Prostitute
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2013
Sell yourself for gold
Tell another lie
Cry yourself to sleep
Sing another song
2.3k · Sep 2014
Little Things
Nathan Vienneau Sep 2014
The sun wakes up,
The birds speak up,
I can't get up,
I can't get up,
It's the little things that make you,
It the little things that break you.
1.8k · Sep 2014
All the Innocents left
Nathan Vienneau Sep 2014
Cookie crumbs painted on chubby cheeks grinning angel faced,
Golden rays of Summer's end bounce off brilliant blonde curls,
Enlightened blue eyes, forever captured skies.
1.7k · Sep 2014
Rejuvenation
Nathan Vienneau Sep 2014
Sculpted by nature they tower over all,
Casting great shadows across valleys and emerald lakes,
Fresh air fills my lungs,
Chutes carved into stone walls,
Scars across evergreens,
White flowers scattered along the tree line,
Sun rays penetrate ***** clouds,

Tree covered train, trails along winding tracks,
touring though tremendous terrain,
traveling to the West,

Rock surfing down the face of Cascade
Bathed and drank from her *****
Rainbow bridges from mountain to mountain
Thunder booms in the distance
Heavenly clouds to my right, sun beaming on my cliff
Butterfly lake darkening it's greens
Rocks slip, I'm done...
...
...
Balance restored I resume breathing
Violet mountain flowers lead me to safety
1.5k · Dec 2012
The Scallop Fisherman
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
The promise of a pearl
The furiously thrown glass
Lights and sirens
Footsteps at the door
Blinding light in his eye
A slur to his speech
Fabricated fantasy story
Mysterious fat man dashed away
Gone for all eternity
1.5k · Oct 2014
Untitled
Nathan Vienneau Oct 2014
Running through frozen fields of morning frost
Blinded by Winter Sunrise golden rays
The crunching of grass beneath every step
My Sanctuary
1.3k · Dec 2012
Purification
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
Great flood vandal
Pillager of awareness
Refuse to let go
Washed away
**Cleansed
1.2k · Dec 2012
Choices
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
Decisions, decisions
One or the other
Irritatingly difficult
Why must I choose
Two terrific choices
Tormented by self
Distracted by nature
Forfeit attention
Lost in the barrens
1.2k · Jul 2013
Hedonist
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2013
Fat gut of glory
Brushing her hair
Lips tainted red
Another glass of wine
1.1k · Sep 2014
Sickness
Nathan Vienneau Sep 2014
I want to feed the world,
feed them my energy,
feed off me and I will enjoy,
grow off my spirit,
eat past my body,
gnaw on my bones,
**** out my marrow,
use my strength as your own,
I have no need.

Disturbing as it sounds, you will surely enjoy it.
976 · Sep 2014
Nighttime Journeys
Nathan Vienneau Sep 2014
Wandered to the show, a gut full of liquor.
Little did I know, I was getting sicker.
971 · Jul 2016
Pain
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2016
How do you deal with pain I ask, I cannot see behind the mask.

I punched until bare knuckles torn. I cannot wait until reborn.

I drank until I ran away, I come back home a wasted day.

I call my friends to no avail. I haven't eaten I'm turning pale.

My sleep is restless, night sweat's soaked. I screamed until on tears I choked.

She does not understand my pain. I don't know, who I am to blame.

It was love I had but now is lost. This memory it must be flossed.

It is indeed my heart she broke. I swear to God I will not ****.

I will face my demons, bring it on. Until I see my troubles gone.
946 · Aug 2015
Sandy Shores
Nathan Vienneau Aug 2015
The fire of life spreads across the wide  horizon, not even the great Atlantic can stop it now. The lack of wind sends a storm of blood ******* fiends to nibble at my *****, enjoy my juices!

I sit around the remnants of someones idea of good time and rekindle the flame. Smouldering seaweed is enough to keep those ****** parasites away from my blood. Drift wood catches, crackles and keeps the morning chill at bay. Crows, chipmunks and chickadees call out to one another.

As the ruby grapefruit awakens from her slumber I notice that the moon is in full bloom behind my head. The king and queen have set and their masters have come out to play.

Miniature seabirds preform impressive aerial stunts while searching for their morning meal. Hungry crows check for crab corpses as the crimson Sun makes its first appearance atop the curvature of the world.

Reflecting rays blind me and cause spots in my vision. The price you pay for looking into the soul of God.

Cirrus clouds soaking in coral rays. Mother duck feeds her young. Cool sand between my toes. Searching for sticks to spread the flame, running free, no better place to spend one's hard earned sand doller.
Out of bed before the crack of dawn, no use trying to get any more sleep, I've toss and turned long enough. It's been much too long since I've witnessed a Sun rise.
891 · Dec 2012
Brooding - The Void
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
It comes and goes like the fullness of the moon
The radiating darkness of night
The blinding brightness of the day
That sick, sick stench of death and decay
From the ground it sprouts, spits, twists and turns
Ever changing
Never pleased with the way it is
That sweet breeze of gentle air
Pushes it away
The piercing laugh of another lost soul
Struggling to find a place to rest her mind
Churning down the rocky river
Bashing off the roots of half submerged trees
Lost lost lost
Disoriented by time
Up is down
Left is right
Right is up and down.
860 · Dec 2012
My love
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
Her hair, the fire of life,
Lips, silk brushing against your body,
Curves of an hourglass,
The beauty of a fairytale princess,
Gentle as a soft Summer breeze,
The kindness of a Saint,
Thee grace of an angel,
Childish joy,
My Love,
My Katie.
802 · Sep 2014
Growth
Nathan Vienneau Sep 2014
One day I'll be someone you can talk to,
I'll know what it's like,
know how to feel,
to express this emotion that bubbles in the pit of my gut,
Conditioned to feel nothing,
Nothing, nothing, nothing...
This armour is slowly being taken off, dissolving,
No longer strengthened by the acidity of self destruction,
What's left is closer to the bandages of the ancient Egyptian mummies,
My emotions, themselves drind out and mummified, begin to rehydrate
787 · Dec 2012
World Spirit
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
I am God
You are God
He is God
She is God
It is God
God is life
God is glory
God is good
God is thought
God is grace
God is pure
God is joy
God is holy
God is innocent
God is magic
God is air
God is  earth
God is fire
God is water
God is breath
God is day
God is night
God is father
God is Mother
God is sister
God is brother
God is grand
God is poor
God is rich
God is gold
God is silver
God is moon
God is sun
God is stars
God is space
God is clouds
God is rainbows
God is work
God is rest
We are Gods.
753 · Sep 2014
The Bureaucrat
Nathan Vienneau Sep 2014
Rain to snow, snow to ice. Blinded by damp hair and sleet. Running down a steep ***** with tonights beer in one hand and in the other half assed tax forms that will most likely be audited by a depressed overweight bureaucrat who gets nothing better out of life than crushing lives of young suckers who didn't pay attention or toss the wrong receipt. He doesn't want your explanations, your excuses, he wants your soul. He wants your soul to fill the void. That gaping hole that was enlarged after his wife divorced him and won sole custody of his three little children. Nothing else left but to pass on his own misery and depression
731 · Aug 2013
Summer Time Blues
Nathan Vienneau Aug 2013
Soft soled shoes skipping silently along sun scorched sidewalks of Sacramento
Singing sad songs of sinners sinning
  Slinking into shadows of sky scrapers before the sun has soundly set
    Scowling at the sound of sick screaming children suffocating from the smog covered streets
  Spectators sighing, seeking shelter from scoundrels scavenging cents for smack
******* clad ***** soliciting STDs to self loathing suckers
  Smouldering remains, secreting Satan's scent on 2nd
    Sunken sailors slitting throats with sharpened sabres.
683 · Feb 2016
Untitled
Nathan Vienneau Feb 2016
I'm twisted,
I'm backwards ,
I'm all wound up,

Turmoil plucks my heart strings creating a symphony of confusion,
Their shriek is shrill and penetrates all levels of my consciousness

It burns,
a blazing fire reborn from the ashes of a left over pain that had been long forgotten,
Receptors singed but still quite intact
Am I a puzzle or a teacup, shattered on the floor

Does grinding down graphite dull down the pain?
678 · Dec 2012
Unconsciousness
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
Sweet smell of cyanide
Into my nares
Death flows freely
Around in the air
Hurled into space
Somewhere out there
Feelings removed
Sensory obscured
Carcass aroused
Comatose no more
677 · Sep 2014
Visions of the Night Before
Nathan Vienneau Sep 2014
Drunken camaraderie, Casey who's hair grows fire,
Who's laugh pierces the silence and looks that pierce the hearts of men,
Who's drama cannot be contained in a glass bottle, or two glass bottles,
We walk with no intention, speaking of camping and snow storms to rival an Alaskan winter breeze
We drink, laugh, smoke, chat, whoop, shriek, spit and holler
A playground hit and run witnessed only by the steel barred helicopter pilot,
Who speaks of *** as though she wants none of it,
but then again, neither do I,
Young Moon grins, yet stars still hide from this city, and all cities.
Waiting to find you in nature before showing off the mysterious wonder of night.
643 · Dec 2012
Soul Song
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
You are me and I am you
Don't you know this to be true
That I am you and you are me too...

We live on earth engaged in war
We fight ourselves and count the score
We'll never win so what the **** for...

We must make peace and change our way
Before they bring the bombs to play
For that would make a very sad day...

Think happy thoughts and they will be
The mind's the only place that's free
Open your eye and then you will see...

If you love yourself you love the world
Your thoughts be clear no longer curled
Once you feel for real you are unfurled...
633 · Dec 2012
Monsters in the Light
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
What I feel is limitless, in a world of confinement.
Passively progressing in strength.
Altering my alignment.
At a very great length.
Until the very moment it erupts.
Spewing far and wide.
Abhorred by uncounted mortal rabble.
They try to force me to hide.
When all I express to them is idle babble.
What is wrong with this creation.
When the blessed created cannot see past sorrow and agony.
And all they cause is wretchedness upon acres of peacefulness.
What is wrong when lovers turn to beggars, crooks and killers.
When the blessed are scared to walk in the midnight sun, for fear of vicious assault.
The rotten outnumber the pure.
Smashing faces into asphalt.
While others hoot and cheer.
And some just watch and endure.
No one stops it, mouths no longer agape to such heinous acts.
Who is the morbid, malicious monster?
597 · Dec 2012
What am I?
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
You ask me what I love,
I don't know.
You ask me what I want,
I don't know.
You ask me who I am,
I don't know.

How can I be me,
when I'm different to everyone?
The way I act,
The way I talk,
The way I think,
I fit everywhere
but belong nowhere...

What am I?
A freak
A monster
A criminal
An addict
A liar
A coward
A sinner
A hater
A lover
A Friend
A brother
A son
A life line.
570 · Dec 2012
Exodus
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
There is nothing left for me here,
no job, school nor mother
no place of my own.
This town of my birth,
can no longer be home.
I learned all I could,
Now I ****, moan and groan.

My love wants to leave,
And so do I.
Friends and family will be missed,
but I must say “Good Bye”

After my voyage out west,
I’ll be back in the spring,
to explore the mysteries of life.
Enoch it’s you I will bring.
Will that not suffice?
Mind refreshed for a quest.
Together again,
no longer depressed.
A journey will be had,
for us, Gods of men.
541 · Dec 2012
Sojourn
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
My journey begins now
Not the first, not the last.
On the rise
There is no stopping now.
Soaring with pseudo wings, I am an eagle
Gracefully ascending
There is no going back
This is not the end


*This is.
540 · Jul 2013
Companion
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2013
Right hand man
Bringer of truths
Island of rock
Right place to be
528 · Jul 2014
Long Gone Now
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2014
Night air chills
Nightmare thrills
Strawberry sunrise
Warms exposed limbs
Magpies surfing skies
Dream vision dims
I see you behind closed eyes
Snooze, snooze, snooze
It’s you I don’t want to lose
I rise from our bed
It was all in my head
You are long gone now
Slipped through my fingers
524 · Dec 2012
Bright lights from beyond
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
Life energy
Forever a flow
Do you see that?
Right there,
A glow
Have no fear,
We are here.
Together as one
Three armed beast.
Embraced by shadows
Tentacled appendages
Fractaling  in
forever outwards.
Subconscious in the air
While Devils and Divas
Dance out of my head
Petrified by the dark and unknown
Tall cloaked figures
Round fat men
Nixon grins
510 · Jul 2013
Rebel
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2013
Speaks out of turn
What's right and wrong?
Metamorphosis society
Just wants peace
510 · Dec 2012
Battles in the Sky
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
Walking in the twilight sky,
Dream state,
Last ray of light,
Double ****** from above,

Awestruck.
508 · Jul 2013
Student
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2013
Learning the lessons of life
Longing to live long and large
Labelled a loser
Loves the labour of learning
501 · Dec 2012
Sensibility
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
Unshackled emotion,
Raw and pure,
Showing itself,
Not to others,
A curse, a blessing
Forever grateful.
498 · Jul 2014
My little cumuli
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2014
Drifting happily in its sea of mountain air,
Growing heavy, it gives life to the earth,
Rolling hills spotted with evergreens,
Oldman River wizened with the flow of time,
Nature’s wall reaching to the heavens,
Emerald valleys, Castle in the Clouds,
Golden eagle  hunts for prey.
496 · Feb 2013
Pleasant Tears
Nathan Vienneau Feb 2013
I cried
It felt good
Now I am over it
...
483 · Dec 2012
Prior Life
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
How can you overcome the past,
Patch yourself up and return to life
Reborn each dawn
Can you hold my attention?
For how long?
My gaze forever adrift.
Peaceful
Confused by,
Living,
Dreaming,
Sensing.
A prisoner to yourself
In more ways than we understand.
*******.
477 · Jul 2013
Victim
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2013
Shielded by the smog
Cowering in fear
Not again! Not again!
Tears falling to the sea
471 · Jul 2013
Addict
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2013
Needle in arm
Bottle in hand
This last time
Seething with regret
449 · Mar 2013
"Crazy" is "Normal"
Nathan Vienneau Mar 2013
When I grow up I'm going to be
Crazy
Crazy as in
SuperHuman
Super as in
Extra
Extra Human
So the most **Normal
426 · Dec 2012
Third time is the Charm
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
Reminiscent smell
It took hold so quick
Exhale
Twisting  turbulence threatening existence
Pealing back
Seeing though the vale
Mangled foreign words in my ear
They too feel it.
Turning
Those poor pitiful particles
******* skirmishing.
Don't close the book
Creatures all round
Faces?
Was I one of them?
Are they me?
Is that you?
Are you, you?
I am me,
am I you?
Are you me?
Dose it matter?
The end is near.
Fear.
Because the end is near?
Or because it's near the end?
Acceptance
Protruding brass sculpture, little black rectangle.
Have the voices stopped?
Silence.
What now?
Blurred vision
Boxes, boxes, boxes with dots.
Sweaty , running around.
Alone...
Where are they?
Living? Dying?
Exhausted.
390 · Jul 2013
Shape-Shifter
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2013
Drifting the sea of the mind
All too familiar
King of the moment
Face left behind
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
I saw a world of only me
Deep in my mind
I saw a place where all particles and cells were me
I was in a place where the greater presence was me
In this place, everything was one
Everything is one
We are one
This place is not so different from our own.
Everything changed
Nothing changed
I was everything as was everyone else
385 · Dec 2012
The Phoenix
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
I woke up*
Remembered to feel
It came in a dream
That felt so real
How could I have forgotten?
I enjoyed feeling rotten...

A new person now
A new person later
But this time around
I am my own savior.
383 · Dec 2012
Freedmind
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
Vacant of blight,
Traveling the speed of light.
370 · Jul 2013
Hermit
Nathan Vienneau Jul 2013
Alone in his life
Alone in his cave
Alone in his mind
Lost in vibrations
369 · Dec 2012
Waves of Fury
Nathan Vienneau Dec 2012
Submerged in thought
Ripped asunder
No survivors...
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