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It's Val, I talk of Value Minds off! Well I turned it on Who won't hide the idle? Not tough, If Love is just enough It's Val, or picnic in the valley Love's gone! Places and gifts are gods Demands high - higher than processed barley Want more, less love, money got the odds It's Val, still don't make it valid The show off, to make the single feel worse It's hard! Last year love addicts wish they still had it But break ups! Las Las! We all need Jesus It's Val, okay agreed! Valentine Not wrong, if love is just as strong As the vibe, the time when hearts melt fine When this poetic voice is as suiting as a love song
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Feb 14, 2025
Feb 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM UTC
Violence time or Valentine
Feel nothing                                                                                       Say nothing Be  nothing I've tried                                                Feel something Say something                                           Be something I've won I have                                  become n o n e
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May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024 at 9:20 PM UTC
I've Lost
I'm sorry I'm not a degenerate like you But that's not my fault But in your own warped minds Filth F Minus
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Jan 14, 2022
Jan 14, 2022 at 4:01 AM UTC
Dg / Degrade A
Feelin nicotine sick Tho nev **** on a stick Dealin wit dopamine ***** They don't need a fix
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Jan 14, 2022
Jan 14, 2022 at 4:06 AM UTC
Second hand envy
* * - For every story of addiction has trauma at the root - * *
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Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018 at 7:21 AM UTC
Tales
They chased dragons instead of their dreams and made love at rock bottom.
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Sep 15, 2018
Sep 15, 2018 at 3:35 AM UTC
Rock Bottom
I confess I’m addicted to my phone My observations tell me I’m not alone For when you venture out it’s plain to see The majority of us are glued to our screens Whether on the tube or pushing a pram We all have devices in our hands Surfing the net or social networking Everyone obsessed with being plugged in It’s getting so bad even in company We’re not fully there as we view our screens And now there are warnings from TFL Not to fall down escalators as a result of this swell In checking our messages, writing posts Face to face interaction up in smoke We’d rather be alone in the cyber world Than engaging in reality with other boys and girls It is an epidemic that’s spreading extremely fast Thus it seems that human contact could become a thing of the past No need to leave the house anymore When everything can be ordered and delivered to your door A society of zombies isolated could we become If we don’t down devices and venture out into the scrum And mingle with other beings physically there Where we can look them in the eye and maintain that stare Connecting on a basic level without the aid of WiFi And concentrating on each other instead of being distracted by Notifications and little beeps Incoming communication that never sleeps And keeps you up all night as your brain just can’t switch off From all the incessant stimuli we’re inundated with Time to give it a rest, take a break just for a while Look up from your laptops and perhaps give someone a smile Watch where you are going, don’t get yourself run over Be present in the moment and you hopefully won’t fall over Have a coffee with someone instead of instant messaging Regard the world around you taking note of everything Don’t zone out and go into a solitary trance Assemble your tribe, spin some tunes, have a little dance Limit your time on the World Wide Web Grab yourself a hottie and get jiggy with them instead I’m talking to myself As well as anyone else Your family and chums are precious And deserve nothing less Than your undivided attention For one day there’ll come a time When perhaps they’re no longer around And you regret being online.
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Aug 9, 2018
Aug 9, 2018 at 2:24 PM UTC
Zombie Zeitgeist
I confess I’m addicted to my phone My observations tell me I’m not alone For when you venture out it’s plain to see The majority of us are glued to our screens Whether on the tube or pushing a pram We all have devices in our hands Surfing the net or social networking Everyone obsessed with being plugged in It’s getting so bad even in company We’re not fully there as we view our screens And now there are warnings from TFL Not to fall down escalators as a result of this swell In checking our messages, writing posts Face to face interaction up in smoke We’d rather be alone in the cyber world Than engaging in reality with other boys and girls It is an epidemic that’s spreading extremely fast Thus it seems that human contact could become a thing of the past No need to leave the house anymore When everything can be ordered and delivered to your door A society of zombies isolated could we become If we don’t down devices and venture out into the scrum And mingle with other beings physically there Where we can look them in the eye and maintain that stare Connecting on a basic level without the aid of WiFi And concentrating on each other instead of being distracted by Notifications and little beeps Incoming communication that never sleeps And keeps you up all night as your brain just can’t switch off From all the incessant stimuli we’re inundated with Time to give it a rest, take a break just for a while Look up from your laptops and perhaps give someone a smile Watch where you are going, don’t get yourself run over Be present in the moment and you hopefully won’t fall over Have a coffee with someone instead of instant messaging Regard the world around you taking note of everything Don’t zone out and go into a solitary trance Assemble your tribe, spin some tunes, have a little dance Limit your time on the World Wide Web Grab yourself a hottie and get jiggy with them instead I’m talking to myself As well as anyone else Your family and chums are precious And deserve nothing less Than your undivided attention For one day there’ll come a time When perhaps they’re no longer around And you regret being online.
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She popped pills To catch thrills Chasing dreams While searching for something real Addict is her identity Chasing highs but end up catching lows Empty was her heart She fell in love With something that tore her apart Popping pills to feed her ego This addiction she didnt want let go Now to the grave she goes
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May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018 at 5:07 PM UTC
Pills
Can we talk about something real quick? Do you remember what you did last night? I do. You remember that video you watched when ya girl went to sleep? Yeah, I've done that too. Although, in my case, at least I waited till she went to work. If you say it can't be so, I'd be a big fat liar. Women don't watch **** , I say the hell yes we do. After-all it's so accessible, these desires of the flesh. For the Women who have, know you are not alone. Yes, I have been there too. My eyes forever tainted. Next thing you know, you start embellishing these images of the "perfect" man. Guess what, MR. "PERFECT" DOESN'T EXIST. Fiction. Face it, that muscle man eventually turns into an old man.
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May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 at 6:58 AM UTC
True Life: I Was Addicted to ****
You are allowed to be angry. You are allowed to be angry that you missed out on childhood. That the sound of a slamming door terrifies you. That the slightest touch of a hand makes you flinch. You are allowed to be angry that it took you years to be able to look at yourself in the mirror. You are allowed to be angry at the way you were treated. You are allowed to be angry at people who hurt you. You are allowed to be angry.
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Nov 13, 2017
Nov 13, 2017 at 7:47 PM UTC
you are allowed to be angry
Sometimes I wish you were never apart of my life. But if it wasn't for you, what the hell would be left of me? Would all of the cuts and scratches and scars disappear? All of these ugly, little things that tell my story would simply evaporate? It's because of you that I can tell the good days from the bad. And it's because of you I appreciate the small things. I appreciate smooth roads because I've driven on rocky. Some days I close my eyes so tight they hurt. I beg and I beg and I beg that when I wake up, all of the bad is gone. The memories. The hurt. The ache. But I open my eyes and I'm still just here. So I exist. And some days, that's all I need to do, Simply exist.
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Nov 13, 2017
Nov 13, 2017 at 6:42 PM UTC
simply existing
one Be gentle, because they don’t know any better. I know that you’re the child, and I know that you’re scared, and I know that it isn’t your job to be gentile or kind but I also know that being gentile is easier than being angry. two Make sure to give up your heart and soul first. Take your feeling and put them into a box, and shove that box far away because God knows that they’ll only heart them anyways. three Read well and often. Send your mind into a new, completely different world for a little while. You need it. We all need it. four Learn how to be distant. Learn how to love from afar. Being close will only hurt more in the long run. five The most important part of loving an alcoholic is loving you first. You are not your parent’s mistakes. You are not what caused them to break so harshly that they turned to a bottle rather than a book, a drink rather than their daughter. I learned how to love an alcoholic before I learned to love myself. And to this day, I’m still learning.
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Oct 22, 2017
Oct 22, 2017 at 9:36 PM UTC
how to love an alcoholic
I grew up drowning in whiskey. I grew up quickly. I grew up alone in my thoughts. And now when I look in the mirror and see myself, I know that I hardly grew up at all.
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Oct 22, 2017
Oct 22, 2017 at 8:55 PM UTC
growing up
Emotions lay at the end of empty liquor bottles While Pain sits in the middle of his ****** filled syringe The struggle of leaving love left a feeling so strenge She drunk her way out of love As he drugged his way out of love Getting over love is painful don't overdose while getting over something that wasn't meant to be Forcing you to be who you not supposed to be Remember that addicts were once lovers looking for a drug more powerful than love
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Sep 2, 2017
Sep 2, 2017 at 11:04 PM UTC
Out of Love
Misguided with glazed eyes, they gleam in an effort to encourage impulsiveness. I no longer have a desire to be the windows inside of you. Admiring a lavender sky, sunsets continue to die, plagued by the thought of night creeping in again. I am vulnerable to the pale moonlight. You once told me, 'There's a cracked home that you carry inside of you.' No longer am I the thoughts filling your head, that I'm the cure to your sickness. Isolated myself in heavy sheets of sadness, suffocating- in an uninvited guest room, just some extra space. A breeze persistently tugging, the tattered curtains. Someday, you'll understand- I was never your home. Never becoming a garden, never a lonesome white gate. Paint chips from my decaying bones, from years of damage. Been here before a ghost to these creaking stairs. Fixing everyone else's homes, a loose floorboard bares secrets, but I continue to keep things just to have something to hold. Stairs cave, with each step I take. I end as it begins; your body becomes an earthquake, the house crumbles, words evolve into raspy whispers Damage has been done, marks are on the wall, as demons claw. They're ripping through your veins as I feel the foundation in my fingertips. The walls won't be here tomorrow, no longer holding everyone's hands, or breathe through these polluted lungs. I've begun to feel a need to repent and with every move I make, my happiness is spent.
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Jul 31, 2017
Jul 31, 2017 at 5:11 PM UTC
Renovations
Now this verse has begun, Who does have the most fun, *** addicts or tea ladies? Who'd want to be your tea lady? *** addict have the best smiles, Tell you why, if you listen for a while.......
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Jan 17, 2017
Jan 17, 2017 at 12:42 AM UTC
*** ADDICTS!
You can't save a loser They have to save themselves. No matter how you love them You can’t breathe for someone else. You can’t pay their emotional bills With the love stored in your heart. You can’t be with them 24/7 So it’s best for you to start Waking to reality’s demands And wash your hands Of this self-destructive fantasy. Soon, even they will understand. And if they don’t see wisdom In what you are trying to do Let them go on and ruin their life But it won’t be because of you. Maybe you think it is too late Because you spoiled them already, So now they need your guiding hand To keep their courses steady. If you’re strong enough to realize You’re not helping them a bit You can gather enough love And strength enough to quit Babying someone who today Is no longer just a little child. Let them find their own rock bottom At the risk of being totally wild. It’s really the only thing to do. So, if you are the wife, the friend; Sister, father, brother or mother, You will find you have the time For you and the loser to recover.
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Nov 29, 2016
Nov 29, 2016 at 2:58 PM UTC
YOU CAN'T SAVE A LOSER
So this is a poem for all the people out there. The people who used to live like they didn't care. The ones scared to speak up. The ones who always felt like they messed up. To all of you who have a history. It's that story. The one that makes up you. Yeah there are very few. Few similar. Many who have walked down the road you went down. The road you ran to when you felt like nobody else was around. There was always someone who saw your pain when you cried. Someone who would have stayed up countless nights. Someone who let go of themselves to make sure your alright. So this poem is for all the recovering people. The ones who feel like they were lost. Hopeless even. Relying on drugs, achohol, *** and other outlets. Personal my Ive found that you can't always have those to rely on. Eventually they are gonna be the reason you refuse to carry on. You are all so important. You are all so different. However you wound up where you are today, Know there is important in your history. Everything you've ever done has led up to someone. I know friends who have gotten past everything that used to drown them. I'm so freaking proud of them.
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Jun 7, 2016
Jun 7, 2016 at 8:46 PM UTC
Recovery
Junk sickness unearths this Deep-rooted, oozing desperation. Slack jaws, Eyes Bouncing in the back of your skull. Tear through the paper flesh, Scraping for a vein Needing of Molestation, Mutilation, Shredded from that constant need, That whining itch, To feel nothing And everything all at once. Praying for the earth to melt Around the bare bones Of the walking dead. I am But an observer Stuffed in the back seat While needles clog, Blood surges, Rage stirs. I am Just a spectator To their universe coming to a Creeping Dull thud, As they dream of better days that will Surely come. I am Not sure If it's possible to dig yourself Back up From the depths of a self-made grace. I am Not sure If there is life after dope. Lust swelters, The shot is done, We drive on.
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Apr 5, 2016
Apr 5, 2016 at 7:06 PM UTC
When you're wandering the city with junkies
because I have not seen it, because I have not found it, then the question remains, if so and how and why, those thoughts, can’t control, look behind, the crowd roar, distance chill, hit my lungs, the white smokes dwell, with broken smile, received, that exists, unanswered, emptiness, always bottom out, truly believe, hit me high! (c) Ko Win Khine aka. D Hlaine (December 17th, 2014. NYC)
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Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 2:29 PM UTC
white smokes
They don’t remember her Well, she got burnt out in a hotel and lost herself Now, you can’t make anything out of her. -DDF
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Dec 2, 2015
Dec 2, 2015 at 10:18 AM UTC
Burned Memories, Old Photographs (black out poetry)
tufts of grass stand in the yard   hairy green patches of tenacity in a field of neglect half a screen guards a **** stained door where someone painted, 214 the pit bull sits behind it waiting to be fed, and to be chained again to the stake where, like any beast bound by gravity and the grave, he will make ceaseless circles   smaller  e a c h  day,   unwitting sentry to those two legged creatures inside who, with or without the pit, lie prostrate, in dreamless bug rich beds     when they fall from sleep, they too make circles bound by stakes and chains… invisible     though their pull is felt and their infernal rattle heard no matter how far from home the prisoners of Tulip roam
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Oct 19, 2015
Oct 19, 2015 at 2:42 PM UTC
214 Tulip