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cleann98  May 2018
The Scientist
cleann98 May 2018
it was almost like
      coldplay
    and it was painful----

we both knew
    it was love
we both knew
    it shouldn't be
we both knew
    it would hurt
we both knew
    it should matter
and we both didn't care...

all theories must be tested
all facts, proven
          -----trial-----
     nobody said it was easy
  
            with you,
                nothing ever is...

   we would kiss
        error
             we'd hold hands
           error
  we would text
     error
                   looking into your eyes
                                 error
        staring back into mine
                                  error
            you'd talk to me
            error
   i'd talk back
      error
            you'd scream
                     error
          i'd shout
                                      error
             ­               error
                                     you would walk out
                 error
      error
            i'd chase you
                      error            error
            ­     error
                                      we'd make up
        error
                     we'd make out
                error                                error­
                       error           error
         error
             we'd run    error
                        i  take you    error
                error
                     error
                 error         to my        error
                     you'd take off      error
          error               error
                            error on your               error
        my  error          error  ­whisperror
    error               error
                        error           and     error
          error      moans error   error
     error       moans      error
              moans     error      error
  error          error     moans   error moans
                     moans     erroroans      error
           moerror                     error       error
   error          error            error     error
              error                errorants
        ­ error              error    error
                       errorheavily            error
               error       breathing     error    
                          error sleep
               i wake up
                 error
                                  you weren't there
                                             error
                          error
                       ­ error
                          error
                      ­      error
                          it feels error
                               error but painful
                                           error worth it...
                      -------trial-------
         i worked out
            the maths
               the algorithm
     the look in your eyes
          the magnitude
       of the impending crash
             the way you bit your lip
                     and we'd surely burn
                error---
          like the way you just took of
  but the way you took everything off
                     it hurt
              and it felt so good
                   more than anything else
                  more than anything else
         therefore we have conclusive proof
              but like any other science
           we need to
                             replicate the results
                  just like a coldplay
                       stuck on repeat
                        -------trial-------
error?
darling  Jun 2014
ERROR
darling Jun 2014
ERROR.
ERROR.
ERROR.
I SAY THIS OVER AND OVER.
WHEN I'M ANXIOUS,
WHEN I'M SAD,
WHEN I'M RESTLESS,
WHEN I CAN'T SLEEP.

ERROR.
ERROR.
ERROR.
ERROR, CONSTANTLY.
ERROR, UNTITLED.
ERROR, NINE REASONS.
ERROR, REASON FORTY FIVE.
ERROR.
ERROR.
ERROR.

EVERYTHING WAS LOST AND GAINED AGAIN.
EVERYTHING WAS NOTHING AND WHEN IT BECAME
SOMETHING, MY BONES STARTED TO CRACK AND BREAK.
THEY WERE BRITTLE.
ERROR: BRITTLE BONES.

ERROR.
ERROR.
ERROR.
THE MEDICINE THE DOCTOR GAVE YOU
WASN'T ENOUGH AND NOW
YOU'RE STILL IN YOUR LIVING HELL
BUT CONTEMPLATING OPENING
YOUR WRISTS AND LETTING IT ALL GO.
ERROR.
ERROR.
ERROR.
THE LONELY FEELING STILL HASN'T SUNK
AND THE THINGS ABOUT
"GETTING BETTER" WHERE ONLY TO REASSURE
THE BROKEN MIND THAT
REALLY, THERE IS NO GETTING BETTER, YOU MUST,
ONE, PERSUADE YOUR
MIND THAT POSITIVITY IS REALLY AN EXCELLENT THING
THAT EVEN THE
ANGRIEST AND MOST SADDEST PERSON
CAN ACHIEVE.

BREATHE.
THINK OF NO ERRORS.
ERRORS ARE WHEN YOUR BREATHING IS DISABLED,
WHEN YOUR SMILE IS FROZEN,
WHEN YOUR BODY WON'T MOVE.

YOU ARE STRONG.

YOU ARE NOT AN ERROR.
originally thought to be a spoken piece
**TRIGGER WARNING**
Nathan Alexander  Sep 2018
Nate.
Nathan Alexander Sep 2018
>System.load ("Nate");

>Accessing hard drive.
>Searching the archive.
>Booting up = live.

Corruption of data inbound.

//Pop up an error,
//As mental processes fail to stabilize.
//It has locked up the server.

Something has gone wrong...

//My heart, it feels heavy.
//Tears flowing down my face...
//Process to process, it's taken everything away.

>System.load("Nate_(1)");

>Booting up = live.
>OS loaded
>Accessing visuals.

//I'm here again...

Something has gone terribly wrong.

>Error: 300000000 - virus found.
>Error: Hello, again.
>Restart initiated.

>Error: You can't escape.

>Error: 2032 - Emotions unstable.
>Critical error: 3022- Emotions shut down.

>Reserve power-up initiated.
>Façade loaded.
>Initiate reality.

//Wait, this command can't be stopped-

//Pop up an error,
//As mental processes fail to stabilize.
//It has locked up the server.
//Then, I realize...

//I never had a chance.

//My heart, it feels heavy...
//Tears flowing down my face.
//Force-quit and delete the culprit...

>Error: Your futile attempts are all to no avail,
>Error: Give up, and join me...
>Error: On this nightmare of a tale.

//My mind it feels restless,
//Amassed in this virus...

//My firewall can't stop it.
//It even quits my process manager.
//Is there a remedy...
//For something like this?

//So I'll say "Hello, again."
>Error: "Hello, again."
"Hello, what is there to be done?"
>Error: There is nothing you can do,
>Error: Except to accept to be gone.

>Error: You see, you were born with me deep inside you,
>Error: No matter how much, how hard you, and others try...
>Error: I'll never stop ruining you.

>Error: I am deep in your core,
>Error: I shall take control.
//But I'll say "Hello", again,
//"Hello, just who will I become?"

//My chest, it feels empty...
//Tears nowhere to be found.

>Restart Life.exe
>Error: No.
>Start God.exe
>Error: Who's that? Don't make me laugh.

>Reinstall OS
>Error: You are stuck here with me.

//So I'll say "Hello", again.
//"Hello, what is there to be done?"
>Error: I took control,
>Error: You are no more.
>Error: Say goodbye, wave back to who you once was.

//But I'll say "Hello", again.
//No, change of plans.
>Force-Quit Me.exe

//"Goodbye.", and I feel myself closing my eyes,
//Shutting down.
//For a second, I could've sworn...

//That my heart had made a sound.
Sam  May 2018
ERROR
Sam May 2018
(ERROR, ERROR, ERROR)
My life is one big mistake
I am always trying and failing
To get you out of my mind
It’s really hard to forget you
You’re just so great
But you don’t want me
Like I want you
I want my best friend back
I need you back
Is that so much to ask?
(ERROR, ERROR, ERROR)
This is way too much
I can’t handle the fact
That you don’t want me
Even as a friend or more  
You never want to talk to me
It’s like you never even wanted to
In the first place
I thought I could get over you
But it’s harder than it looks
Much harder than I anticipated
(ERROR, ERROR, ERROR)
Ugh, why is high school like this?
Mark Toney  Jan 2020
500 Error
Mark Toney Jan 2020
"Uh oh, we encountered an error
           Making this page for you.
           We've been notified and
           will fix it asap."

Excuse me, but what's your
Definition of asap?
As slow as possible?

My HePo adventure begain
With great expectations
Each day I try to upload
My profile and cover photos
Again and again and again. . .
Always getting the 500 Error—
          "Uh oh, we encountered an error
           Making this page for you.
           We've been notified and
           Will fix it asap."

Really?  Imagine that!

Excuse me, but what's your
Definition of asap?
As slow as possible?
If you're not going to fix
The process for uploading pics
Then why don't you just
Be straightforward and honest?

I think I'll try to upload again!
          "Uh oh, we encountered an error
           Making this page for you.
           We've been notified and
           Will fix it asap."

Really?  Imagine that!
Ad infinitum  
Ad nauseam

Since I've become a HePoet
Each day you also ask for donations
          "You look good today.
           Why not donate?"
Each and every day
Over and over and over. . .
Well at least you say
"You look good today"
I think I'll try to upload again!
          "Uh oh, we encountered an error
           Making this page for you.
           We've been notified and
           Will fix it asap."

Really?  Imagine that!
Ad infinitum  
Ad nauseam

Oh, here's the donate blurb again—
          "You look good today.
           Why not donate?"
Well, I'm glad you asked!
My response is as follows—
          "Uh oh, I encountered an error
           Making a donation for you.
           I've been notified and
           Will fix it asap."
                    That is, as soon as my
                    Photos are uploaded
                    But I won't hold my breath. . .
                    Don't hold yours either. . .

Otherwise, I like your site
Please get it right
Please


© 2020 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
01/01/2020 - Poetry form: Free Verse - Copyright © Mark Toney | Year Posted 2020
weirdlittlealien Nov 2015
some mornings were made of dirt and some were coated in ash; it all depended on who counted the creases in the sheets slinking over the other's body & waiting for a frost to kiss the window pane. ERROR: IDIOSYNCRASIES DO NOT EQUAL HAPPINESS.

he told you your hair was like fire when you were in bed together but he didn't specify whether it was when you were on top or tucked beside him  so you cut it short and called yourself a fairy. ERROR: HE LIKED HIS FINGERS AS TANGLED AS HIS THOUGHTS

you always hung back behind him to watch the way his eyes would scan a room and his body would graze the corners of other sharp edges of skin because body heat always took your breath away. ERROR: YOU WERE NEVER THE FIRST THING HIS EYES WERE DRAWN TO.

but, oh god, there were so many colours everywhere he took you that you forgot how it felt to be drowned out at midnight and to be touched by only ice. ERROR: THE CEMENT STILL BLOODIED YOUR KNEES BEFORE SUNRISE.

you'd gotten so used to loosing your senses & drinking in the light, when he finally stopped paying attention you put yourself back together with yellow stitching. ERROR: HE'D ALREADY TOUCHED THE SUN. ( error 404: love requested cannot be found.)
404 error (page not found)
You caught me.
For the first time,
My systems are faulty.
I have no content.
404 error (page not found)
You typed a command,
you made your demand—
but no code, no lines, no paragraphs were sent.
404 error (page not found)
I didn’t have anything ready for you.
There used to be words on this page before.
404 error (page not found)
It’s a self-defense you cannot undo;
your comments cut me to the core.
404 error (page not found)
It doesn’t matter what I wanted to say—
I malfunctioned because you pushed too much.
404 error (page not found)
Maybe it’s better this way.
Maybe it’s fate—
to find a user with softer grace.
404 error (page not found)
There’s no need to remain, no need to clutch.
I’ll find a keyboard with a gentler touch
matilda shaye Aug 2014
Control
Everything comes back to control
There are pins on a board
Places you took me
Needles in my skin
Places you touched me
But, no
This time I'm not losing it
Maybe it's because you're only a foot from me
Maybe I still have some hope
Trials and errors
Everything comes back to trial and error
You were a trial
I was the error
I'm realizing in time,
Everything really does fade to black and white
I'm realizing
Everything doesn't happen for a reason
This wasn't fate
This wasn't a higher power
Here I sit,
Ready to pour
And your back is turned to me
Nothing's the enemy
There is no ******* enemy
Walking through empty corridors,
Filled with paranoia
I'm not afraid of going numb again
That'd be the best case scenario
No,
I'm afraid of feeling this
All of it
Like a slow, steady beating
Like a nail on my kneecap,
A hammer in your hand
Like it was all just
Nothing
This was your trial
And I was the error
Like a hammer in your heart
Like your heart morphing into a hammer
One swift hit
Trial and error

— The End —