#confussion
It's all a lie
Drowning in fire
Violent desire
I lost my mind
Just buying time
Sinking lower
Quicksand shower
Feb 22
Feb 22, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTC
I look at myself in the mirror,
A young artist, so lost - couldn’t see clearer.
Where to go and where to drip the paint?
I might as well lose consciousness and faint.
Confused, confined, cannot define the meaning of my life.
I don’t belong to any tribe,
Combining stories of my past,
I am so lost, alas.
The right, the wrong, its all collapsed,
The life will always just elapse.
Complex and very simple at the same time,
Oh look, another rhyme.
Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020 at 10:44 PM UTC
Life is a paradox it's a mirror of confusion,
Present to the paradox
Of a thousand conflicting truths
I inhale with a smile,
As life is a paradox,
It is a mirror too all its confusion.
People have hated themselves
because of their imperfections;
yet, will often love others
because of theirs.
I inhale with a smile,
As life is a paradoxs,
It is a mirror too all its confusion.
If everything right is wrong, go left, if everything left is wrong, go right,
You can't stay in the middle.
I inhale with a smile,
As life is a paradoxs,
It is a mirror too all its confusion.
Read me enough times
A paradox you will find
Hidden in plain sight,
I inhale with a smile,
As life is a paradoxs,
It is a mirror too all its confusion.
Aug 2, 2019
Aug 2, 2019 at 5:11 PM UTC
If being in pain is scary,
letting the world see what,'s on your head is worse.
A regular battle between the dearest brain and heart.
Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019 at 12:04 PM UTC
my feet are tired of walking,
yet i've only been in circle.
- s.r.
Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018 at 10:32 AM UTC
Living in your head
Is like living in a maze
Of wildfire;
Thoughts never stop, but they burn.
I wish I never stepped in.
Jul 1, 2018
Jul 1, 2018 at 2:56 PM UTC
Time is of the essence
And against the timeline of deliverance,
I have struggled to focus
Which isn't normal because
I have a special deadline
For something destined for my timeline.
It's a masterpiece I have to write.
If the universe plants words in the constellation
And blesses each poet through his imagination,
why then is my diction so quiet,
And where are you dear inspiration?
Please rescue me in my time of desperation.
Kindly tell the poetic overlords
That I ran out of words
Tell them I'm in a limbo and it *****
I need a solution that works
because all boils down to the mechanical wall clock
Held hostage by this episode of writer's block.
#IvanBrooksPoetry©️
Jan 27, 2018
Jan 27, 2018 at 7:00 PM UTC
when we hugged
I was the perfect size
to lay my head on your chest and hear your heat beat
When we made love
my ******* were the perfect size
for your hands to fill
When we held hand
the spaces were the right size
for every finger to interlock with yours
When we kissed
my head was the perfect size
for you to hold with one hand and gently rub with your thumb
But in real life
am I the perfect girl
to live the rest of my life with you and to build a future with?
Jul 2, 2017
Jul 2, 2017 at 1:54 PM UTC
Looking at you,
And your beautiful eyes,
I see you with a guy
And wonder why...
Longing for you stares and
Your sweet smiles.
While with another
And I'm here standing by
Acting as if I'm fine,
While all I want to do
Is to have you,
All mine.
I might not even be your type
As maybe you're not bi.
Oct 28, 2016
Oct 28, 2016 at 3:52 PM UTC
I don't understand how one person can:
Send my heart into overdrive,
Make my stomach do backflips,
Lift me into an everlasting happiness.
I'm not quite sure how:
Your eyes are like gateways to a place I've been longing to find,
Your touch is as magical as the childhood dreams I once had,
Your kiss is as powerful as an army defending their home.
What are these feelings I seem to possess?
I don't quite understand what you do to me,
This grip you have that sweeps me off my feet
And leaves me feeling as if I am unbreakable.
What are these feelings I have when I'm lost in time with you?
Apr 17, 2016
Apr 17, 2016 at 8:32 PM UTC
It was a heartbreaking sight.The overcast sky darkened,blocking out the moon's vibrant rays & my heart sank deeper.
Nov 18, 2015
Nov 18, 2015 at 5:53 PM UTC
I seem to be bound to something that's out of bounds...drowned to the sound of nothing cause she aint around, now I'm here with these windows down writing nouns, we used to be high together but lately we're on different clouds...I seem to have found higher ground with you, the only woman, I would ******* ride or die for you, my world was so complete, but I guess dreams aren't for keep, I got a bottle of ***** a gun and your voicenotes on repeat
Sep 15, 2015
Sep 15, 2015 at 5:05 PM UTC
Every time you decide to show up
feels like a storm inside me.
Why is this so difficult to deal with?
I think I'll just have to get used to it.
Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 3:16 AM UTC
*Do you know what rain is?
Rain is heaven crying
For all the pain in the world
All the people who hurt themselves and others
All the children who die
All the fear
And all the ill gotten gain.
People don’t care
They keep hurting others
They keep killing and thieving
They keep hurting with the knife or gun
Screaming at other
Words hurt more than the knife sometimes*
Oct 6, 2014
Oct 6, 2014 at 6:55 PM UTC
*Someone once told me that I was too young to understand, well I'm older now and I still don't get it
Some people can sail through life without a care in the world
Me, well I just try to make it through the night
Try to convince myself that tomorrow will be a better day.*
Oct 6, 2014
Oct 6, 2014 at 4:13 PM UTC