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812 · Feb 2011
The Chunky Bits
Samuel Feb 2011
I try to refrain but retch
And my thoughts splatter the paper

True conversation, simple as
The twig caught up in our river
Meandering along
Strips us of the shell they covet
Within layers of their own
Shining opaque splendor
A beautiful visage
That disturbs even the casual passerby

We are not the first ones.

Careless escapists frequent our haven
And their troubles vanish
As ours ooze from our pores
A vile sludge that falls and
Squelches between toes
Leaving us clean, relatively speaking

Upon our exit, we scoop up some of the stuff
And fit it back inside
Determined, the impure
Resolved, the imperfect
To sink further
Into the madness
2011 Sam Dickinson
811 · May 2011
Summer Slam
Samuel May 2011
The heat outside must be a result of the
General increase in emotion that sometimes
Follows summer, top down and
Music eased up and maxed
Out among the sunglassed groups

Flipflop tans and cool lake water
Rubbing on bronzing lotion that
Allegedly prevents tanning

Today is a day, is the day
For adventure and discovery
All to ever want a cove in which
To waste away each and every hour

Drink plenty of water, make
Plenty of love and you'll be
Alright my friend, alright

There's always the lemonade if
Heat should assume the role of an adversary
Sparring on the green grass
What better way to live?
And where are you, to wonder
I'll play louder for you
810 · Feb 2011
Conselation
Samuel Feb 2011
What do I deserve?

My answer fluctuates between love and death
you see

Curiosity didn't exactly **** the cat
It just left it crippled in the road
For someone else to run over

Is this so wrong, this self destruction.
All you need is love
To bring you down and demolish
Every ounce of self-worth, but
Is this so wrong.

The luster that comes and goes
Sustains not myself
For lack of sustenance will be the end of me
And love, the fickle jester
Taunts and flaunts her invaluable charms
Just out of
forever out of reach.
2011 Sam Dickinson
809 · Feb 2013
Untitled
Samuel Feb 2013
What if the closest I get
to that moment is now?
808 · Mar 2012
Perspective Passing
Samuel Mar 2012
Dying is a ways off
but life slips away into the
afternoon, minute by unforgiving
minute, relentless in its
passing

keep track of time before the
change as madness, an endless round
of applause cutting corners in a
racetrack mind
807 · Jan 2013
Hemming the Earth's skin
Samuel Jan 2013
Have you ever had a moment when you were
right where you should be?

     I've just had a day.
806 · Oct 2012
Showtime
Samuel Oct 2012
to hear the music singing, an unfiltered
hum in my ears always

and want nothing else.
Samuel Aug 2011
[Orange]

Plastic eyes cannot see me
Plastic ears cannot hear me, plastic
Tongue cannot taste me

Bitter rind is protection
For sweet tangy juicy but
Plastic does not benefit cold
                   Dry air inside

We both are almost alive, I
am dying while you project life's
Illusion for reasons best left unknown

I will rot before I gather dust.
A new series I'm starting about an Orange and a Doll.
805 · Jan 2010
Dear God
Samuel Jan 2010
Dear God, I cannot stop thinking about you.
Your images is seared into my mind
Your voice echoes in my head
When I look in the mirror, I see your smile reflected back at me

My friends tell me my eyes have changed color.
Have they?
I haven't noticed.
I'm only concerned with that unique turquoise that makes up yours

The days grow colder, but
They are only as cold as the time not spent with you
And this time
Makes up for all the frigid hate that cloaks the rest of the world
Fully.

Dear God, I cannot stop thinking about you.
A melody passes through my ears
Invoking memories of times since past
The stars, so inviting
Revealed many truths I have yet to find fault with

What I found then
Has changed my life
For the better
Dear God, I cannot stop thinking about you.
Sam Dickinson 2010
804 · Jun 2011
Tuesday
Samuel Jun 2011
Find a day of rest
Our lives are far from other, with years for you to
Come to your senses

We should find a weeping sunset story far from
Our lives and memories
And read it aloud together
804 · Sep 2011
Jumpsuit
Samuel Sep 2011
I'd like to be a jumpsuit
  so I could wrap myself around you
       in an endless hug.
803 · Jun 2011
Sore tear ducts
Samuel Jun 2011
Woke up this morning and for a little while
Was confused as to why my eyes were bloodshot and hurting
Gingerly prodded to assess the damages, deemed workable
And then I remembered

My cheek pressed into the carpet
Riding a seemingly endless flow, mouth
Twisted open and eyes shut
It was the watch that got me

It felt like the equating of sides, the returning of possessions
And then the door. I hate the door.
When I heard it close, I lost it
Forced myself to remain composed until I could escape upstairs
And let loose.
801 · Apr 2011
Epitome
Samuel Apr 2011
Brilliant
Deluded, perhaps
But delusions are, by definition
Slightly confusing in nature

Yet there is no confusion here
In this corner of my mind
Where there are not walls
But faces

If you look quickly
You can see where they meet
The juncture
But look again

Is it there?
It is.
Where?
     There.
There?
     Here.
Care?
     Everywhere.
Now
?
Stop
?
Interrupting
?
Me
.
801 · Mar 2012
Outside Observation
Samuel Mar 2012
sometimes happiness and
I are right
there beside you
and when you turn to
look,
            we get bored and
                              leave
799 · May 2012
To See You Again
Samuel May 2012
I feel like a bed of coals
glowing brighter with each
passing moment
799 · Jul 2011
Steal
Samuel Jul 2011
Good night, everybody
Are we wishing for one
or convincing of one?
798 · Oct 2011
For Paddy
Samuel Oct 2011
I look into his words
Really open up the stanzas
And see a man not broken by time
A man who stood strong

He deserves respect.
797 · Feb 2011
War
Samuel Feb 2011
War
Roses bloomed just below her eyes
The battle with the wind raged on
And as the Earth turned a tired gaze
It was left speechless by the energy
Contained in this slight figure

In her mind, she lives atop a great cliff
Threatening clouds of maroon on the horizon
And she gathers herself up
And she gathers herself up
To stand amidst it all

The roses flashing crimson
Signal to the world a soul who
Will not yield to adversity

But great rains fall and a massive wave
Crashes upon her
Her feet are swept out from underneath
And water closes in

The Earth holds its breath
Unbelieving, unwilling to accept what it has witnessed
Yet she surfaces atop a mountain
And she gathers herself up
And she gathers herself up
And she gathers herself up
To smile.
Audio of poem here:
http://www.ziddu.com/download/13768439/War.mp3.html


2011 Sam Dickinson
794 · Dec 2012
A Piece of Tape
Samuel Dec 2012
let's go on adventures, it's
   the simplest things that stick in
       your mind and hold us together
              like a well-wrapped Christmas present
793 · Sep 2011
Awaken now
Samuel Sep 2011
"How quickly the clouds seem to move
When there's no space for thought"
A mantra once forgiven
I'm glad that I forgot

The air between these twisted words
Jumps straight up through the page
And stays with you, awaken to
A hollow earthly grave
Try reading it out-loud to yourself or a friend or a pet.
793 · Sep 2012
Dreamaway
Samuel Sep 2012
Is it safe to assume I'm forgotten?

Is it safe to
assume this feeling will pass if I
only go to sleep and dream it
away?

It is safe, now
close your eyes.
791 · Mar 2011
The Medicator
Samuel Mar 2011
One slim tapered finger
Brimming with determination
Slides the plunger home
With a soft wet ripping gasp

"You may experience a slight
tingling sensation as it spreads
outward", she recalls
With moderate amusement
Written in black sharpie
On the side of a mason jar

But she had cared then
Filling the long hollow chamber
Cared as the anticipation
Held her captive
And filled her mind with lucid
Thoughts, disturbing and familiar

and this commotion makes it down
To the depths of a stone well, hidden
Inside the medicator
Where a beautiful girl
Turns her face toward the light
And curses her prison once more
789 · Aug 2011
The Idealist #6
Samuel Aug 2011
Grow up when you want to
                              

                How you'd like
          Up
Grow

                   so that when you reach the top

It's somewhere you'd like to be
788 · Sep 2011
Again
Samuel Sep 2011
Pull yourself together
******* with scotch tape
Pieced back with rubber bands
Nothing whatsoever to do with paper clips

Caffeine in crosrodaires
Kicked the habit to the curb

we're done with all that

so get back up on your wall.
788 · May 2010
Hope
Samuel May 2010
I’ve been thinking a lot about what you told me about your life

And I want to help you realize not everything is dark
Life throws you curve-***** quite a lot
Don’t worry.
You have a bright future, my friend
I’d like to tell you I can make it all go away
Shine some light into the gloom
But I cannot
It is beyond me
I can offer you one thing
That is hope.
The hope that tomorrow will bring something wonderful
That light will not only shine into your world
But preserve it and brighten your outlook
Hang on, my friend.
Turn the page and shine.
Copyright 2010 by Samuel Dickinson
788 · Aug 2012
today is nigh (but not yet)
Samuel Aug 2012
laughter all laughter cascading past mountain
caves, pushed aside for so long in lieu of the ocean
and now looked upon with fresh eyes and new time

you are not ready for this life

you are not ready but you step ahead, you
fall on the steps and catch your breath and
rise like an angel

stay where you should be, even
though we are technically free

I don't want to be.
784 · Aug 2012
Grainy Stone
Samuel Aug 2012
Where were we before I
crossed these eyes and pressed my
tees against the
grain?

against the wine when it's my
time to shine in luster I'll
do my best to muster the strength

I will need to
be that man for you
784 · Jul 2011
The Idealist #4
Samuel Jul 2011
The trees and the animals
   do not understand
          why we insist on
     h~u~r~t~i~n~g
                        them so
783 · Jun 2011
Sweet dreams
Samuel Jun 2011
I hope they surround you tonight
Grace you with the gift of serenity in your evening hours, that
Once they have been introduced to your benevolence as I have
They will do all in their power to grant you safe passage through the
Theme parks and grasslands and flowery meadows of dreams in which
You walk unseen with every whisper deafening
782 · Mar 2012
Distracted Lips
Samuel Mar 2012
come sit with me and the
setting sun (promise I'll lean
into you, all angles and whispers
this time) but our closeness always
seems to fan out past the initial
firing of chemicals, and your
hand fills my heart, leaving little room
for much else
Please comment and let me know your thoughts.
781 · Jun 2011
Goodbye is a false word
Samuel Jun 2011
She's leaving soon
[Masked bandit runs onstage and stabs in heart, leaves]
And it's going to be excruciating for
The next month and a half
But there is no such thing as goodbye

Goodbye is, in truth
A word, a phrase that should have no place in this world
Seeing as all it does is transfer its dark tail to an
Unknowing and usually unwilling recipient
[Bandit returns, retrieves knife, leaves]

The vast majority of the masses would consent to labeling my ideas as
Idealistic.

Fine then, I suppose they could be thought of as such by people who consider
Them to be impossible, improbable, or merely unlikely
There is a rhythm to my thinking, however, to
Take a good thing and expand upon it, learn from it, live with it, grow
[Clowns dance across screen]
Until all the self-righteous fools and their cemented mindsets become old and
Sodden with unknown wealth

Intellect can only get one so far before one must understand that
Not everything will be understood
[Large dog chases tennis ball across field]
And to persist in questioning, in excess discovery is to eliminate the wonder
The beauty that persists in all things, or at least to
Diminish it

Keep the volume up
The love strong
The fire burning
Your heart sound
Your dreams huge
My will stone
My mind clear
Our lives intertwined
Our lives intertwined
[Sunset fades to black]
781 · Jul 2011
Yeah
Samuel Jul 2011
I would scream
                     But that's not what I do
I would rebound
                     But that would be blasphemous
I will be strong
I will be strong

Time will stand still

We will fall for time
780 · Jan 2012
Parking Lot
Samuel Jan 2012
A greeting
        twirled across blacktop

     lazy in the sun, grown
        deeper in the eyes that

     reveal cloudy soul thoughts
          billowing like smoke before a fire
777 · Dec 2010
Funny
Samuel Dec 2010
Expectations are a funny thing
You expect things of yourself, which is beneficial
Goals you'd like to achieve, a future you work to write

it's the expectations of others that bring to the table a problem.

There's a thing to be said for letting your loved ones choose their own paths
There's a little teensy thing that always gets stepped on

name's freedom, mom.

In its small voice it cries out and argues on your behalf
Too often do we set it aside
Disregard a valid point
Stifle a light

So I ask of you a simple thing
Let me live my life how I choose
Not how you'd prefer me to build myself, dad.
But the crooked, beautiful way I piece things together

on my own.
Sam Dickinson 2010
776 · Oct 2012
Out like a light
Samuel Oct 2012
need sleep, will
love?
765 · Aug 2011
Lunch
Samuel Aug 2011
Everyone wants to
                           box things up
                 Seal it all behind zippers
       and buttons and clips and plastic wrap

         In the hopes that what is
                               inside the box is
                In some way better than what
                                             Exists outside
Samuel Oct 2012
(-x-)                                       
                    ­                                           up to the top of the world and
                                        will lift you                                                         let you see how softly
When I am capable, I                                                                ­                  the sunrise beckons
                                  

because life is sprawled out around
us like a sphere surpassing our
periphery, that is
                                we should spin in
                                circles holding each other
                                tight, laced fingers whispering until you and I
                                figure it out well enough to

land on the cool, sweet grass
(together after all)
Sitting back and considering this point in time.
Everything is quite alright.
761 · Jul 2011
Walk
Samuel Jul 2011
One way
                               Stood at the top of a knoll
                A new low
No waiting looks welcome
                               One ultimate perspective

      A thousand open faces
                                                     Enjoy the passage of time
You had me at
                        Today matters, darlin'
You had me at
                        Archipelago Lotus Flowers
      3 pink hearts, an ornament of a house
Your world in
                        Every
                                ­ Square
                                             Inch
Just for fun
                         Make it worth remembering
Just for fun
                         Love heals (hazy yellow dreams)

      These hand-forged items
                                               Absolutely ridiculous
Became beautiful earth
                           that happily shapes us
    
       Though our feet may leave
                                             Have faith in the future

Jackson's trespassing music
(Written following a stroll through downtown Nashville, USA)
760 · Apr 2012
Ties to Carry
Samuel Apr 2012
will you never
learn? fill me with
insignificance, set
me on fire and I'll
burn off like a tick

:

with social graces carried
over in naive rubato, it
always goes too far before
I notice the source of all
this flying dirt

:

I don't share well, never
intend to pursue that
strange notion, always
feeling that I am not
alone should be warm but
buries me alive in
soggy thinking
tonight

:

mind over (it
shouldn't) matter

:

oh if time were a
bomb I'd blow us all
up and forget to look
under my ribcage

:

p(our) (my)self out
like it? let me know why.
760 · Apr 2012
Watered-Down Midnight
Samuel Apr 2012
so many laughs and
loves and glasses of watered-
down whiskey to share with
all of you

out of concern for your
general well-being, let's
boil all of the sludge and drivel
down to choice words (it'll
slide down your
arms more smoothly)

not what is wanted or
wanting, never allowed
whistles to get into the
dreams that keep you
up at night, down when-
ever they appear in your
periphery

only words, syllables (only
an overpass at night, halogen
halos on a concrete angel) can
carry the undeniable weight
of my thoughts

living and dying every day
in silence
Let me know your thoughts on this one in particular.
759 · Oct 2010
Response
Samuel Oct 2010
Bravery is not a small feat.

To stand tall and announce to the world your hidden
          it takes formidable inner strength.
The very idea of taking it to the open
          haunts and frightens you.

To what end?

If we succumb to the temptations of silence
Jump toward the Siren song
          we are finished.

Why are we here if not for chance?
          for chances are, chances are everything.
Why do we persist if not for triumph?
          risks are the surest paths to reward.

If then, chance and change are gates to paradise, why
Do we shy away?

fear.

Unjustified, unnecessary, indescribable
          fear.

Demolish it, and in the ashes of what was once a god-forsaken
          wasteland
You will discover
    
          hope.
Sam Dickinson 2010
759 · Aug 2011
Tunnel Rock
Samuel Aug 2011
You've left a hole
                             (In case you didn't remember)
  With no darkness left inside

             A bright hole - unlike any other

that engulfs me as I light four candles on a rock
        and think for forgiveness
   and rise with the smoke

                                                                ­    because we all want to drift away and
          singe our faces in the aftermath
759 · Aug 2011
Initial Writing
Samuel Aug 2011
The eraser came before the pencil
                          Mankind wanting
                            To purify its slate
          Long before anything was written

   The pencil a justification
                after the fact
755 · Mar 2011
Siege
Samuel Mar 2011
Your mind is a fortress
My mind a battlefield
Your views are precise
Mine deluded

Your love is new
My love is worn
Your pages pristine
Mine wrinkled and torn
You observe the truth
And dish it right out
I fuel the fires
That only lies spout

Sure, you have your faults
But that's quite alright
I'm happy to have
You with me tonight
And as for mine, dear
There's no need to fuss
I can assure you
Of all this because

You are the air I breathe, to clear my head
You make my life worth living
And that's the truth
Please let me in.
754 · Oct 2012
Winter Words
Samuel Oct 2012
Believe in the unabashed wonder plain on my
open face

         we sow the future now, and my veins flow with the
                best for you

     nothing is torn down like walls, we'll live a long life, we
                                    will, as beautiful as the leaning forest before this mighty breath

   close your eyes, you
know I share my voice, now
         take comfort, everything
   is alright.
753 · Jan 2013
Untitled
Samuel Jan 2013
It's a silly thought but
    am I being tested? compared as
                  one of two?

I hope not.
746 · Dec 2010
Vision
Samuel Dec 2010
I do not dream as of late
It is most peculiar.

You see, I used to dream
Quite often, in fact.
But those I cannot remember

The fanciful wishes of a lighter man
I wish I were still a dreamer.
Sam Dickinson 2010
745 · Aug 2011
Good Evening
Samuel Aug 2011
Conscious nonsense
             Don't you see I'm trying to
  think about my  
                             next
                                      ~move~
                   ­             I've
               run out of pawns I've
babbled with this brook for too long to
                             think
                             is the
                             idea
                             but
                             not
                            even
                           idealists
                           consider
                            that a
possibility at this stage, do they?
                                                        
  ­                                                   Ripped fabric in my head
                                               kerpow
                                                         and the lights
                                                                                                     go
out.
(Inspired by "tryingtohaveathought" by Katie Buddle)
Go read it if you have not already.
744 · Sep 2011
Nightmare
Samuel Sep 2011
The face that passes before your eyes
Is it mine that plagues you so?
Oh to condemn its actions and wander
A featureless phantom
Lest you be troubled
743 · Jan 2012
What I didn't tell you
Samuel Jan 2012
the other night
   after you were kidnapped
              I ran
lost behind in the shadow of taxi
                    cabs parked at green lights
jumping statues and sleeping smiles
               until my heart's wheezing kept time with
cellophane yellows, reds and
                                   popped like a bubble, still
not suppressing any bit of you, only
                        anxious to learn more about what
lights your fires and soaks your skin
                  desperate to discover whether
jumping into rain-showers curls your lips upward
           in half-melted lazy warmth that
I might drown in you and
     be happy
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