#instructions
How naïve was I—
thinking I could find the way
by asking some stranger.
No, I couldn't find the way—
the stranger did tell me
but my mind forgot it.
Turn left, go straight,
take the northern path...
My brain was a confusing
and entangled mess
of lefts and rights,
straights and turns.
And just when they said
"Have you got it?",
I nodded—I had got it—
but the instructions slipped
out of my mind
and walked away—
they left me behind,
alone and stray.
Mar 28
Mar 28, 2026 at 8:58 AM UTC
Because all you need is
Practise
To help anybody.
See
Any
Good counsellor in action and really,
It's the same
Comforting words; same
Reassuring actions to beat the same
Game.
It's the routine stand-
Up-place-
Hand-
On-face-
Or- shoulder
To push the same boulder.
Validate the emotions. Talk
Them through walk
ing away
From whatever ruined their
Day.
Put in all your love and care;
Hold their hand; stroke their hair;
Tell them it'll all be fine;
Get them not to lose their mind;
Help them leave the past behind.
It's not a bad thing--
Isn't it reassuring
To have a one-fits-all
Solution? Fall
In and out
Of love; cry about
Exam results; your ex
Found their next
Too quickly;
Unhappy
Is all you can be--
Just go to anyone fit
And perhaps you'd come out
Even a tiny bit
Happier about life
Than you were
When you first arrived.
Dec 6, 2024
Dec 6, 2024 at 8:11 AM UTC
How do I stop loving you?
Are there any instructions?
There should be, isn't it?
I guess
they're in the sequel
that never got published
Nov 21, 2021
Nov 21, 2021 at 8:11 PM UTC
"I'm not going to win.
So why should I even try?"
That's what you've been telling yourself so when the bullies try to hurt you, you won't cry.
I've been down that road
a couple times.
Told myself a thousand lies.
Felt my soul die
a little more every time.
Then one day,
someone showed me the way.
When I looked to see
where I'd come from,
I saw a sign with instructions.
It said "this way to self destruction."
Feb 6, 2021
Feb 6, 2021 at 7:26 PM UTC
Left is right... ...Because right is left... Except how does one or the other directional scenarios fair against the opposing opposites (that is themselves when conjoining as one "unifying whole")? Both directional options are just supposed to detour (each other) one way or the other (while seemingly going around each other again and again through countless twists and turns operable for success)! While also maximizing a different route, altogether! It's what makes paving a simulated pathway (so too speak) in order to free up space for the simulated pathway to give a better instruction manual about which way to properly (the next time around) carve my "simulated pathway"?!
PS... ("Which way"...) ...Is NO truer stated governing way!
Aug 3, 2020
Aug 3, 2020 at 7:36 PM UTC
Let's make a happy day
one you're sure to remember;
first, you must learn to play
the game of life with splendor.
The mind can't be a fool
and be very one-sided,
to focus on the cruel
is a little misguided.
Second, you are willing
to let yourself just unwind,
nice times are still fulfilling
in a good state of mind.
Leave worry for after
because one day isn't much,
loads of good and laughter
is an excellent touch.
Third and last, be comfy
go somewhere that you'd enjoy,
maybe get a buddy
or someone that won't annoy.
And that's a happy day,
a list to its very core,
but it's harder to be done;
if no guidelines are ignored
there will be assured fun!
Nov 27, 2019
Nov 27, 2019 at 10:59 AM UTC
By Arcassin Burnham
My frustration is my only sin,
not seeing the fuckin' sight of it will leave my chest from caving In,
only a matter of time before we even see a purge again,
except this time it won't be written with a cinematic pen,
your lives are on the line , you're steady brainwashed again,
I'm done saving people with words man,
you and you and you and you and you are all the human equivalents
of the gullible,
simply not astronomical,
Are all our feelings and emotions real,
do i really know exactly how you really feel,
well is it too much,
Is there such thing as chill,
reading the gnostic bible , what will the light reveal.
©abpoetry2019
Nov 13, 2019
Nov 13, 2019 at 11:37 PM UTC
Don’t allow grey skies to dampen your hair,
soak up your shirt,
seep into your
socks.
Let the tears fall if they brew under-lid,
saltwater
cleanses and
soothes.
Don’t stay up late ‘til the birds start to talk,
spreading secrets
you don’t need to
hear.
Smoke always rises and wind blows you sideways-
even gorse ****
has bright yellow
bloom.
Oct 4, 2019
Oct 4, 2019 at 2:22 AM UTC
Be not the Clown,
But the Joker.
Don't wear the pendant,
Wear the choker.
Please, take your time,
But only if you hurry.
However, do not stress,
Unless I tell you to worry.
**** yourself,
But **** me first.
Believe in fortune,
Believe you're cursed.
Look good in white,
Look great in black.
Come here tomorrow,
and never come back.
Vote one way and please vote the other.
Hate your rival, yet love their mother.
Take down notes and burn them all away,
Collect the ashes and do your chores for the day.
You gotta be smarter,
But you better be dumb.
Play the violin,
But bang the drum.
And the most important thing of all
Is to never take anyone's advice EVER.
- Because everyone on God's green Earth
Think they're so **** clever.
Mar 2, 2019
Mar 2, 2019 at 5:23 AM UTC
All this having spanned
since a borning
is the activity of Sleeper Agent
This Agent has grown Impy
of this lively drumming of clingings
It is recognised and marked as ;
distraction
an entertainment
an irreverent viewing
A clearer work must commence
an underlying detached being
Operations within the drama life
are now operations in a training ground
All these efforts are toward Project Awake
and projected life is now secondary
though useful.
Jan 5, 2019
Jan 5, 2019 at 5:09 PM UTC
#
September 16th 2018 1:34 pm
The war started between the illegible instructions and chunks of wood. I decided to enlist, well, more like volunteered. I arrived at the camp today and met a few loose screws. They don’t have time to train us, we are being shipped out as I write this in my journal.
I hope to god I survive this thing so I can see her face at the end. She will be ecstatic to see me alive, I know she has her doubts. We can not let the engrish win.
September 16th 2018 3:17 pm
We have arrived to our camp. It’s a pigsty. Styrofoam specks cover the yard like snow and cardboard chunks are blown to bits just over the trenches. No time to settle in. Just enough to down a cup of dirt coffee before we charge in. It’s been storming all day, everything is covered in mud.
September 16th 2018 3:56 pm
Stage one has been complete. We have a wall up. This should help stabilize anything that comes after us. It was no easy task and we have been told this was the easiest part.
September 16th 2018 4:32 pm
The foundation has been completed. There were casualties. Henry, a brave man, lost a hand and had to be evacuated. We can hold them back if our aim is true. I hope there are angels watching above.
September 16th 2018 4:33 pm
There are no angels watching, only devils in the disguise of pictures with the number on the wrong side and the finished side flipped around. The foundation had to come down. Back at square one.
September 16th 2018 5:56 pm
The foundation has been rebuilt. Correctly, I hope. More men have been lost. I know this is dark, but one had a flask on his body that hasn’t been emptied. It is now emptied.
September 16th 2018 6:29 pm
The wheels have finally been installed. We are now mobile! Thank god. We can now trek over anything that gets in our way. It’s still pouring rain. I wish I could find another flask.
September 16th 2018 6:53 pm
Hooks and roll and top have all been fitted and examined over. We may have done something right for once. There’s hope that we will win this thing after all.
September 16th 2018 8:48 pm
We stumbled onto a cache of cold ones. We lost sight of our goal for a while. We are back on track marching forward.
September 16th 2018 9:17 pm
The last wooden peg has been hammered in, the last ***** has been ******* and locked. This is it, it’s finally over. We won!
September 16th 2018 9:18 pm
“It’s about time” was my only reward.
It’s ok, I came out stronger than what I was. I have scars I can tell my kids about. The blisters from using hand tools and the knowledge on how to decipher Chinese disguised as English. Useful talents I’m sure.
September 16th 2018 9:20 pm
Finishing off that cache.
#
Sep 16, 2018
Sep 16, 2018 at 7:39 PM UTC
How to find an absent parent:
Step one: mention it to family,
Listen to them tell you how ****** up that person is.
The third step is: believe them.
Four: you get through your childhood and into being a teenager,
Also classified as a troubled youth,
Because, come on, no one gets to eighteen having escaped being mentally *******
Step five, this is where it gets messy.
This day was always going to come,
It's the day you considered looking, you make a start of it too.
The sixth comes slowly,
Maybe a year later after things have finally calmed down
In this complex situation,
You get some kind of response.
Number seven, you start to question things.
Eight: now you question everything.
You officially realise almost everyone is a liar.
Nine, someone else comes along to make you confused,
You conflict yourself so much as if it's good news.
Ten is where you welcome back the mixed emotions you've had the whole way through,
Except now they're amplified by tenfold,
Have fun getting through!
Eleven: you get some answers that half work to your advantage,
Yet still tell you absolutely nothing,
And now you're back to how you felt before;
Longing for the opposite outcome;
To have someone that cares.
Step twelve is where you're at right now,
You're absolutely horrified,
Do you look once more,
Open your soul up to people,
So that they can tear it up again?
Ask if you can become their slave,
So that you get the chance to feel their mass rejection of you?
This whole way through,
You question, do you want to know who made you?
Are you really sure that you want to find out what disgusting genes exist within you?
Jul 9, 2018
Jul 9, 2018 at 11:55 PM UTC
She knew she wasn't supposed to fall for him
But she was never
Really
Good with following instructions
Even ones she wrote herself
She would glance at the manual
Every now and then
But always focused more of the final picture
More than anything else
Nov 9, 2017
Nov 9, 2017 at 10:45 PM UTC
Sometimes you just have to let go
For a second
A minute
Just one moment
There's no need to always keep busy
Boredom is just the period of adjustment towards peace
If you lay in your bed
Gently floating between the blanket and the sheet
If you lay there
Just lay there
Focusing on your toes making small mountains under the cloth
Eventually you will find yourself letting go
When a ringing begins in your ears
A gentle rhythmic hum
You are done
Or you can wait just a little longer
Till your eyes start to water
Your limbs feel heavy
Cloth like clouds on your skin
Lay there and enjoy your new acquisition of feelings
Dec 9, 2016
Dec 9, 2016 at 11:39 AM UTC
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Dec 25, 2015
Dec 25, 2015 at 10:48 PM UTC
Open your mouth wide,
Feel it in your hand.
Put it in your mouth,
And try to close your mouth.
Don't Bite, Don't spit!
Make sure the liquid is in your mouth for a while before you swallow.
Notice it slide down,
down your throat,
And feel better now that it's over.
That's the proper way to take pills!
Mar 2, 2015
Mar 2, 2015 at 12:44 PM UTC
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Feb 21, 2015
Feb 21, 2015 at 10:23 AM UTC
Her eyes will **** you
like a futuristic sound
I'm warning you
she will spin you around
and you, much like Troy
will fall to the ground
Your legs may be strong
but knees become weak
with her poison
Control is lost
Off the ground
One last look
I Love You now.
Sep 27, 2014
Sep 27, 2014 at 9:27 PM UTC
When you asked me to prove if you're safe with me:
You're asking me to be the airplane and the parachute, as well as your jump partner
You're asking me to dive down and explore your depths while I'm covered in waste and hoping I don't mess up the place
You're asking me to drive through lightning storms to Reno and be assured neither of us will lose on the poker table waiting at the end of the overpass
You're asking me to hold you so close the pressure cauterizes open wounds where our hearts keep falling out, and hoping I won't stain your clothes
You're asking a controlled fire not to burn too hot for fear of hurting your eyes
You're asking for poison and antidote to mix without either being diluted.
I'm going to need your help.
Sep 23, 2014
Sep 23, 2014 at 6:38 PM UTC