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Qweyku Jan 2016
The shortest distance
between pain and peace,
[between what is
&
the fruitfulness of the morrow]

is a rugged shortcut;
an unattractive narrow path
gated small,
signposted;
travail  &  obedience.

A steep elevation,
hewn of solid rock;
an ancient Roman road,
weathered,
yet
* traveled few.*


Pay mind to where you tread.
Be walked conditioned fit.
&
Foremost,
relinquish all your baggage.


© Qwey.ku
The distance between pain & peace,
Is the light at the end of your tunnel.

#keepgoing

~ QB
LexiSully Jan 2016
I'm lost in the never ending pit of my own confusion
Swaying left to right
Held up only by the wind blowing me to and fro

If only my feelings could make their opinion known,
But they long to remain hidden among the whispers of the swirling breeze

I attempt to stand
Only to be knocked back to the dust
Which leaves me dizzy and disoriented

If only the whirling tempest would cease to throw its fiery darts,
But they fail to notice me calling for a ceasefire

So I am left, lost and astray, on the cold ground,
While the gusts continue to becloud the world around me.
Flo Jan 2016
The feeling of morals and values dwindling
Step by step
As the minutes go by
My mind working strenuous
Trying to forget the past
Decisions I've made
Lose significance
Suppressed by decisions as bad
Maybe worse
Trapped into a facade of being perfect
The need of breaking out
Showing off the
Abysses deep within my soul
Not able to patch that hole
No love in this world
Seems to be strong enough
Stop forcing me to be perfect
I'm not, neither do I want to be
When the night begins
I leave my perfect mask at home
Two sides within the same soul
Two sides of the same coin
Tonight the dark is taking over
Beware...
It's hard to be forced into being perfect all the time, to be responsible, to fall in love with the right people. Sometime you just feel to revolt and show them and rub it in their face that you're not perfect and neither do you want or have to be. It's important to learn from mistakes so let us make bad decisions and hopefully learn from them. Our mistakes play a big part in forming our personality. They are a part of life and some need to realize that.
I keep making wrong decisions
chasing wrong people
for wrong reasons.

Perhaps
I have so much
love to give. People hope
I have none.

I have been chasing wrong
people. I want to know
who the right people are.
Francie Lynch Dec 2015
What did Sisyphus know
About a slippery *****;
Shoulder to stone
His feet groped,
Shifting inclinations;
Each step consequential,
A mythic joke.
Wiggle the toes,
Feel for the edge,
Sliding is inevitable.
We have no victims
On  fallacious slopes.

Which lost hair defines bald;
Which millimeter makes you tall;
How many dimes makes one well off;
Which freckle makes you cute or beautiful;
Which ounce makes you fat,
From thin to Bottacelli.
Where does one begin?

Removing sentiments,
One at a time,
You find you straddle
The love/hate line,
A line drawn on a mountain top,
And splitting  your Sisyphus rock.
ordained Dec 2015
i'm stuck between a rock and a hard place:
part of me wants to be dead
part of me wants to be with you
maybe we should die together, romeo and juliet as ever
i'm stuck between a rock and a hard place:
part of me wants to be bad,
to hear hell calling my name in the wind rustling my hair
part of me wants to be good,
to hear god welcoming me through the gates when you sing
i'm stuck between a rock and a hard place:
part of me wants to be selfish and take care of myself
love myself
respect myself
part of me wants to send my friends to heaven and support them
**** for them
help them
i'm stuck between a rock and a hard place:
heaven or hell
house or home
hated or hateful
so i consult my oracle, my trembling hands and cold lips,
and i come to a conclusion:
me: never does work, just draws on my knee and writes poetry
Jillian Jesser Dec 2015
black coffee
and
the radio
    and I'm still battling
    my demons
shooing them away
        "give me a break, I'm so young"
        I say
They argue amongst themselves
loudly
                                and  come to no decision
black coffee
and
the radio
Mica Kluge Dec 2015
They say that your destiny
Is at your feet, just waiting,
Waiting to be seized.
They say that you have
A great future, the many
Things that you will do.
But if you really think
About it, they all have a
Plan in their own minds:
A mold that they are
Preparing, you are the
Wax, waiting for any of
Them to shape you.
Wait just a minute!
I am the one that is
Supposed to have the
Destiny, but you don't
Care unless it fits into
Your scheme for me.
What happened to my
Ideas, my plans, my dreams?
What if I want no part
Of your manipulating schemes?
Time for a reality dose,
And, yes, reality bites,
Especially when your
Timid pet thinks for itself.
You can't hold reality captive
So, get out of your delusion.
When it's time, I'll do what
I want to do, not be busy
Filling your mold.
Molds break.
Paradigms shatter.
Stereotypes snap.
Puppets pull their own
Strings if you don't
Look away.
You only see
What you want to see,
So, you might as well get
Your eyes off me.
My dreams don't meet
Any of your grand schemes,
But, since I'm nice,
I'll give you a choice:
You can either support
Me, the real me, all
The way, or you can
Move off the tracks and
Get out of my way.
Whether you like it or
Not, this wax, this clay,
Has decided to mold itself.
Mica Kluge Dec 2015
I want to stop;
To never do it again.
I've wanted that before,
But I could never make it,
The threat, couldn't shake it.
This time, I have to do it,
Then, it'll be no more.
Six times that has happened,
But there was never any change.
So what's different this time?
Each time I was desperate,
I hate how that feels.
But never hated it enough
To stop what I was doing.
I can't look at myself;
I can't live with it anymore.
I'm tired of the hate,
I'm tired of the shame.
Maybe that's what makes
This time so different.
All the hate has piled up,
A ticking bomb,
And if it explodes, then I'm gone.
I don't want that, so I
Decide to try again,
To lie awake and wait for morning
And see what may come
With the breaking of dawn.
If it is the breaking of me,
Then so be it,
But I will be real.
Real and broken,
But forever rid of the
Mask and the nightmares
That it brought.
One and Only Dec 2015
Time..
ticking by..
suns and moon..
Passing by..

Long ago we did not mind,
Of the weight of choices,
of what we'd find.

Long ago we did not care,
for tomorrows and soons,
for they were always there.

Long ago we felt no pressure,
no joy to end,
no sadness to measure.

But now..
It's time,
to make a choice,
to decide.

Whether or not
we take a stride,
into the future
with dreams in our hands.

Or take a step back,
and blow everything,
to sand.

Whatever we do,
whatever we say,
It's our decision,
To go on or stray.
One choice two options, I can't decide.... life is hard but it must always be.
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