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Graff1980 Feb 2016
Not a poem. Not my regular thing that is months behind what I am currently working. I am emotionally exhausted.  As much as I would like my faith in humanity is **** near non-existent. If everyone who claimed they were revolutionary or non-conformist actually were things might be better. People run off at the mouth how if in such and such a situation they would not follow the crowed. they say they just haven't been tested. However, every day is a test. Every potential act of kindness is an act of defiant against the status quo. 99% people fail to even meet the basic standards of being a half decent human being. It is what obsesses me, possess me to write frequently. I am physically and emotionally tired. I am angry at the world for the cruelty. I am jealous to a certain degree of those who succeed in the system at the expense of others, while I struggle for the scraps. I do not want to be rich, I just wish to be recognized and understood. I want to feel like I am not fighting a monster that is not only beating me but getting bigger.
Esther Jan 2016
I woke today
tired, worn, drained
as if I had slept to the point of exhaustion
only to wake to an even deader city
for all I saw were zigzag avenues
and twisted streets
and broken boulevards
that led to nowhere
but dead ends.
STB Dec 2012
Claiming to have none,
yet I waste it everyday
an intangible desire
always slips away.
I hunger for the seconds
that I may close these swollen eyes,
dark with rings of consciousness,
red with stressful cries.

I beg this ticking mockery
and its spinning arms that pass
the wasted hours of my life,
so crying I may ask:

When can I shut my eyes and feel them close for real?
How am I so tired but I never feel
the satisfaction of sleeping,
of starting a new day?

Open and shut my eyes
I blink hours away,
as I wish I could collapse and make it all stop
I need to get some sleep before I drop
where I stand
like a zombie in the unreal world
where I can’t tell where a day ends
and the next starts to uncurl.
written Winter 2011
Graff1980 Jan 2016
The cycle of my mood shifts
From high to low to slow
Soul scabs over
The things I love
Become mundane
No shame
Because I cannot
Drive my mind and body so hard
And expect to maintain
Such creative highs
Graff1980 Jan 2016
The night consumes
And from this room
I see no light

I’m so sleep deprived
Ready to cry
But tired eyes
Forgot how

The night retreated
Shadows shrink and receded
The light returns slowly

And with blues, and orange hues
The moist morning dew
The birds chirping to
My dark moods
Lessen, no lesson required
Just naturally inspired
Till I hit the pillow
Kyle Kulseth Jan 2016
Signed us up. One more round.
Stagger through another year
of attrition, searing heat and self-effacement.
When that black **** bubbles up
                       through every crevice in the ground,
we'll know our heroes finally died
                       down in the basement.

This city's getting small.
I've gotten mean, you're getting old.
But your cold feet won't save you
when you're dancing on those coals.
The verdict's been returned,
it seems they're moving to convict.
And I can't really blame them anymore.

Every Summer it gets hotter
than a crooked priest's Hell.
But we're shaking while we sweat
with too much time that's left to ****,
'cuz it's ****** in the courtroom
when the judge cracks a joke.
But you've heard this ******* punchline before.

Here we go, one more time.
Keep it fluid, keep it light
as you're waltzing through these streets that aren't your friends now.
You've got so much love to give,
                        I won't say what I've done with mine.
But there's no such thing as rest
                        for tired, old clowns.

Light me up, then play me out.
Stumble through another year
of attrition, mounting bills and self-debasement.
When that black **** bubbles up
                        through every crevice in the ground,
we'll know our heroes finally died
                        down in the basement.
Johnny Hunt Sep 2015
remain wept and kept,
go deaf
with
my little chime.

pass me your shoulder,
i’ll cry it out.
move boulders
and boil the tides.

grey gardens
and gallows.
wounded words
for the narrow;
hanging on lines.

move two steps
closer
and hear
this little chime of mine.
Johnny Hunt Dec 2015
my breakfast of thesaurus
and chorus.

as to not miss
that quick bliss,
moment
of genius.

forcing wit;  i’m done with it.

i lay in bed and moan:
"mouth was a blue sash of rain
raining convocations of flesh."
like Sonia Sanchez said in her poem
to Nina Simone.

“owls coo, only see blue,
and through storm windows,
they yawn like nothing’s new."
what did my words just do to you?

i hate all the rhyming
all the timing.
the
whining.

all this meditating
and levitating.

but if you don’t swat the fly,
you become the fly.
Devashish Kumar Nov 2015
As the relentless sun sets, a rich velvet of black engulfs the sky.
Under it, hang the twinkling stars with the strings of yearning.  
The night’s tranquil silence and the impending darkness announce, it is time go home.

The long way to home is glistening with the soothing light of the waning moon.
The cosy bed awaits you to pack off your fatigue.
Swooping puffs of grey clouds play hide-and-seek on your way.

After the day’s tumult and exhaustion, it is time to lie down.
The shimmering stars welcome you to the hours of solace and unwinding.
The whispering of the leaves and the splashing water from a nearby waterfall make the perfect lullaby.

Go tenderly into the night.
Let the soft wind caress you the world of dreams.

Nathan Wilson Oct 2015
Heaven feels far away.
With exhaustion I sway.
Trying to run the good race.
But it seems evil is more of my pace.
With every sin I still want to be holy.
Born into darkness it swallows my heart.
A soul full of sin rips me apart.
I can hear it's voice in my head.
A shiver down my spine, full of dread.
I collapse to the ground, in sin I'm bound.
My actions make me sick.
My body aches, my hands shake.
I look to Heaven and know God is ashamed.
Of the things I've done, and this monster I've become.
Isolated from His grace I lie down.
But I still reject Satan's offer of a crown.
Despite my actions I don't want to live in darkness.
Living like a husk, heartless.
Maybe God will see my plight.
And resurrect me with his light.
He'll put me back on His holy path.
We'll walk together and won't look back.
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