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Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
Our sweet brother owl sits up on his tree
occasionally he lets out a sharp melody
All the notes, he lets out
are sturdy and stout
and quite loud, if you really ask me
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
Grit
Grime
One hell of a time

It's short, our stay
Our numbered days

They flutter...
And suddenly....

Wrinkles!?

Then....****....time to go

So...

Be free, for goodness sakes...
Be you....

It's all that matters....
Ocho the Owl Oct 2013
.....She came for me, at the last possible moment

Seconds before I was to be swallowed into the dark place which
none have returned from...

She held her hand out to me, smiling as she pulled me out...

Her timing, impeccable.
My gratitude, immeasurable.

I dust myself off, gently grasp her hand, and together we continue onward towards the light
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
Five forlorn fugitives...
take tender and subtle sips of tea...

together they camp, this lone night
stars their only source of luminescence

Forgiveness for their crimes...
are what germinates their brains...

Pray and pray they will....
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
Trembling twisted tyrannical
My senses
Livid like a beehive
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
I believe therefore I become

Believe then act accordingly
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
Wouldn't it be nice
For once
To entangle yourself in the
Urge to help others?

There's no shortage of souls here
That could use someone like you
Ocho the Owl Oct 2013
It's been a year now

Last year around this same time
I was celebrating my birthday with my now ex-partner

She was extraordinarily gifted

She baked me a cake
and made me a dreamcatcher

Both from scratch

It's been a year now
A year of being alone, grumpy and miserable
A year of dinners by myself at random taquerias
A year of making multiple promises to myself that "I'm gonna be ok"
A year of looking up at the stars when
I get home at night and sighing
A year of looking in the mirror knowing
that I'm not getting any younger
A year of watching other couples hold hands
and remembering what that felt like

I don't know how much more of this I can take
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
Glance and advance
See that the world
desperately needs people like you

Bold
Dedicated
Committed to making an impact

To leaving this planet better than you found it

Go now

Godspeed & good luck
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
I must've been dreaming
I saw everyone getting along,
all people
of all colors
They refered to each as
"brother" and "sister"
I asked about war & world hunger
They had no idea what those words even meant
They lived in giant tree houses
Most had very little possessions

Their wealth was their health
I must've been dreaming

I really wish i could be dreaming now
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
Stand tall today
As trees do
Be busy with your passion
The frenzy of a couple of bee colonies are perfect examples
Remember to have the kindness & goodwill
Of a young pup, tail wagging, exuding joie de vivre in its purest form
Be nourishing with yourself today
Be patient
Be enduring
Be a friend to the planet
Be helpful, when possible, to your fellow humans
Let your life be your message
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
An ounce of strength
Two table spoons of courage
Three cups of hope
Four pinches of perseverance
And five heaping handfuls of dedication to following your true calling

Stir often
Serve when ready
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
You are enough
When you believe that you are

You are in control here
No one else

NO ONE
remember that

You are enough
When you believe that you are
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
Imagine releasing
All your problems
All worries, frustrations

Right now
At this very moment

What does it feel like?
Ocho the Owl Nov 2013
Dandelion!

Your seeds, patiently wait
to be scattered to the four winds
Perpetually in a ready position
You sway and double over
when the wind takes ahold of you

Dandelion!

You can grown
just about anywhere
So small, yet your resilience
is down right impressive

I honor you, friend dandelion
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Ol sitting bull came to me in a dream
He came dressed in white and eyes filled with steam
He gave me five A's to be a better man
Here they are, one through five, write them down if you can...

1. ALWAYS keep both eyes wide open; never ignore what you see
2. ALWAYS keep both ears wide open; never ignore what you hear
3. ALWAYS make sure
4. ALWAYS do what you feel is most important
5. ALWAYS do what you said you were going to do, when you said you were *going to do it, the way you said you were going to do it
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Every once in a while
The gods will have pity
and grant you a single opportunity

One chance for redemption

Don't squander it
It may not come again for some time

If you happen to be
one of these fortunate souls

I salute you
and beg you...
Grab it
and never let go
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
First, spring arrives
its leaves and grasses
meet fingers and toes with much glee and
anticipation

Then summer makes its appearance
who can ignore its boisterous
and sweltering presence?

Fall sneaks in
and subtly makes itself
right at home while we dance and sing

Then winter comes down on us
like a sledgehammer

How many times have these four come and gone?
How many will I see?

*The four continue forever into eternity...
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Where do flowers get their names from?
Am I going to die of old age?
What was dr. seuss really like?
Why can't farting be outlawed?
Are walmart shoppers really aliens in poorly fabricated disguises?
What happens when we finally use all of the planets resources?
Why can we only see a certain number of colors from our eyes?
Why can't we invent a flying car that can take us to the furthest reaches of space?
What do aliens think of us....really?
Is the reason we humans are such ******* to each other due to our overly developed brains?
Why does music **** more and more as time progresses?
Are there really ant people living underneath the surface of our planet?
Are some people born atheists, or are they made that way?
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
So many slithering sunrises
came and went

A countless number of curses
Emerged from my tongue

and now?

on this day....

the sun glistens brighters than ever....
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
A  new light shines
on the putrid
Former chapter of
my life

ahead
are
greener pastures

I continue
my journey
with head held high
and heart kept warm

again....
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
So sullen
Sick and starved for hope
He flung the weight of the world
That he carried on his shoulders
Into the abyss...

Into the abyss...

His eyes now glisten brighter than ever...
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
So sullen
Sick and starved for genius
He pushed harder than anyone has ever pushed before
Day and night
Night and day

The gods be ******...
No one can stop him...
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
So sullen
Sick and starved for love
He danced and danced and danced
Until his skinny legs could move no longer...

Move no longer....

He collapsed on the dance floor...
Glistening in glorious sweat...

Gargantuan as a sequoia
Ocho the Owl Oct 2013
That distinct smell of my sanity sizzling
Sadly I know it all to well

What I wouldn't give to
have a hand to hold as I watch the sunset this evening
The sacrifices I wouldn't make to have a pair
of eyes to greet my own as I awoke every morning
If only my journey here were not such a solitary
one filled with dismay, solitude & misery

Only darkness is there for me
together we welcome the road ahead

Day after day
Month after month
Year after year
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Dwindling; your minutes
Trickling; your time
Aging; you are always
Sitting idle; is a crime

This gravestone is a wakeup call
To all of those who breathe
Take advantage of your time here
because before you know it, it's by your time to leave....
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
So sudden
Unbridled...she arrived and nestled
next to my shivering arms

Those arms
which were empty for eternities

Now have purpose again...
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Do you know
what its like to wake up

next to a
glowing creature

who adored you
With all
her heart?

I do
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
So sullen
Sick and starved to take flight
He leaped off the tallest building he could find

As he leaped
He wore wry smile....
And not much of anything else...
..........
PLOP!
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
She is my helen of troy
I fall to the dirt
To thank the gods

Perseus turns green with envy
Hades scouls heinously
Jupiter & Posiden both conspire meticulously

Yours truly just maintains a grin that extends from ear to ear
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
So sullen
Sick and starved for the death
of his former, parasitic self

He reached down
and cracked open the
shackles of mediocrity with bare teeth

Ahhhhhhhhhhh.......

they flung open...
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
I got nothing
No hard evidence
Nothing tangible

Except, of course  
for that pair of haunting eyes that
Greet me in the morning

To know that the universe
Listened to my endless prayers

Thank you
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Seriously

Give thanks

You're one lucky *******

Many, many people
did not get the
privilege
of
breathing
today

You
did
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Forty
five
steps
and
I'm home
SIX WORD STORY
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Growling
furiously
the abyss
swallowed
everyone
SIX WORD STORY
Ocho the Owl Oct 2013
Sunday evening
Around 5ish
The sun readies itself to set
a well earned rest after a long week

Very righteously earned

Right about the same time, the solitude that is now so
familiar to me begins to slowly tip-toe in my direction

It approaches me like a lion stalks a
wounded gazelle

slow at first

then it lunges and grasps onto my jugular

It bites down
HARD

It suffocates the life
the breath
the hard earned oxygen straight out of me
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Slowly
she
transformed
into vibrant
colors
SIX WORD STORY
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Noboby asked
Why
she wept bitterly
SIX WORD STORY
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Totally
appalling.

Completely
ludicrous.

Frightfully
inexplicable.
Don't you agree?
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Can we pretend to be something that we are not?
In this world filled with distraction filled LED screens...
I ask you.....
Is there nothing left that is genuine and true?
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Why does **** smell so bad sometimes?

Do bacteria have feelings?

Do jellyfish have *******?

Why is water invisible(sort of)?

Why can't animals learn human languages and
then use them to scold the humans on how
****** up we are being to our planet?

Cats...WHY?

Would sherlock holmes excuse himself
and leave the room when
he had to ****...or would he just
let it rip on the spot
because he was so awesome?
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Albeit
short
his song
raged
violently
SIX WORD STORY
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Binding & blinding
the demons squeeze harder and harder
until
all that is left
is....
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Absent albert once so glad
Absent albert now so sad
Absent albert sits now silent, silent,  silent

Stares, he does...
At the empty space
He once shared
With the one who now walks amongst the clouds

His chair, his hat, his corncob pipe
Now sit collecting dust
He stares blankly

Sighing not crying
Being strong
As his beloved would have wanted
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Be a jewel of a man
Always glistening with joy & good will
The kind of fellow that people are proud to know
Be a shining one
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Shrewd
And
Majestic
And
Proud
And
Onry
And
Willing
And
Gargantuan as ****

Ochito retreats from NO SETBACK
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Death takes a step back
to reconsider giving him more time
Ocho the Owl Oct 2013
I much prefer the sounds of piano concertos to that of nature
Rain, waterfalls, things like that
The whizzing and gyrating motion of notes
pushing silence out of the way is more my style

It always has been

My meticulous way of dealing with the world

It my way of pretending to have control

This ride, as real as it may seem, is exquisitely exhausting

So exhausting
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
Things I've learned about love & relationships so far:




























































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...
Doesn't surprise me one bit...
Ocho the Owl Dec 2013
No
I don't feel like
continuing

This repetitive
cycle of
heartache
Goodbye & good riddance 2013
******* very, very much
Ocho the Owl Jan 2014
So long to you
I'd wanted these words
to be more poignant
More youthful
More alluring

They're not

here is all I am:
gentle
melancholic
soulful down to the ******* core
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