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 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
Hilda
Endlessly onward winds the road
Dimmed by amazing mist o' grey;
Blindly I struggle 'neath my load
Yearning for some radiant day.

What terrors lurk beyond the bend,—
Horrors enough to break my heart?
And yet may I some peace impart,—
We shall n'er pass this way again.

Because for thee so great my love
Let me thy heavy sorrows bear
And palliate each strife and care;
My sacrifice a token prove.


~Hilda~
For my husband, Timothy. May you know I care about you and love you.
© Hilda November 29, 2012
 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
Hilda
Regrets
 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
Hilda
Lavender rose, thy petals broken,
So hap'ly crushed beneath careless feet.
Damask perfume breathes melody sweet
From thy bruised heart a weeping token.

Upon thoughts so drear my spirit dwells,
Shaken with guilt and hopeless despair;
Mourning to know harsh words and grim cares
Break cherished ones to death's angry knells.

No more able to shout defiance
Of their wild laughter or moods forlorn
When once from our grasp the rose be torn,
Instead of clamour - empty silence.

**~Hilda~
© Hilda December 1, 2012
 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
Brandon Webb
Me
 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
Brandon Webb
Me
I know how I see myself
but
I can't stop myself from wondering

who am I in the eyes of everyone else?

when someone asks me a question
during a discussion in CWP
and everyone hears me
as i stumble over my words
in the center of that quiet room,
trying to answer the simple question-
"how does that makes you feel?"
and i wonder,
how does my stumbling and stuttering
make them feel,
about me?
does it change anything?

Or when i go to bed
thinking about
the conversations i've had during the day
and wondering how those friends see me.

I've never asked,
never had the guts.

My self esteem has always been low
I've always hated myself,
Sometimes i just hope
the smiles are true,
the friendships, true.

I've never asked

Who am I?




©Brandon Webb
2012
It's rough, but i had to get that off my chest. It doesn't even express half of what it's supposed to, definitely gonna have to edit or re-write this.
 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
Alice
Rosie
 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
Alice
It could have been an indie flick,
The kind that makes those hipsters tick.
Her eyes, that look…
The way I shook.
Like something out of a cult loved book.
Smell of roses,
She walked right by.
I should have done more than catch her eye.
 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
decompoetry
Now was the time
for hands to come
together,

rather than to drift
apart

and accuse those who
did not control
our origins
of sadness.

In our moments of weakness,
we preferred to shed
death

rather than to shed
light.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid;=1221
 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
Apollonian
When the dark night came with her rain.
my body and mind had started to pain.
As I weighed the cost of my task against its gain,
I felt I was fighting in vain!

Little by little the night progressed,
the things in my to-do-list regressed,
with my work, my heart felt impressed,
which in turn, left my mind digressed

my blood drained
my heart pained
my spirit waned
my mind craned

I started worrying
my stomach started churning
my eyes started crying
my mind started burning

I looked into my past to find some solution
I had nothing left to accompany my determination
I was stuck in this camp with a prefix of concentration
And I was left with a ton of assimilation

Oh, how I wish I had a Nanny McPhee
especially now, when my heart sighed, Oh, Gee!
with no more fresh n fighting blood left in me,
At last, I took refuge in my old friend, *Coffee!
Of all the good things that happened
and were bliss,
The most was that he mend my heart
that I didn't guess!
 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
Lydia E
The murderer screams
Until the world ends
The liar still stands
As all falls to shreds
Tell me, my love,
Do you wish for their world?
Tell me, my friend,
Could you do what they would?
You only live once.
It is truth, but the teenager’s dream methods of showing it are uncouth.
These recklessly foolish stunts
Should tell a sleuth, the frailty of life, and the stupidity of youth.
 Dec 2012 Ryan Clark
Heather
Are nightmares only for the sleeping?
Or do they fester and grow
on the furrows of our soul
waiting to claim us?
Ragdoll demons
fighting over the
scraps
of our humanity.
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