#released
As what I am keeps wearing away
rubbing my face in muddy times
counting days and waiting
for the grain to grow, and grow,
first the blade, then the ear, then
the harvest and the joy of measured life.
As harmony in the heavens sings judgement.
How long ago did all the noble knowledge
cease being useful for reaping and sowing?
Egypt's rich, black land, pre Aswan damming,
got flooded each summer, shortly after
solstice, you know,
Sol stands still, seemingly,
triggering rain
in the high Ethiopian plain
at Nile's head as the Dog Star
appears in the dawning
all a man could ask was heard,
all a man could pray for came,
all a man could think or ask…
balanced in the stars.
Old shames, you remember,
you feel embarrassed to remember,
the tie, the tug toward regret remembered
too late to heal the rift/
the couple split, because
the couple split.
That's as reasonable as it gets, remembered
too late to ask pardon,
too late to pay the debt, pain for pain,
for pain has multiplied today, my enemy died,
my conquest,
my contest,
my pride,
again, I remember,
not you, old shame, another,
I owed a debt of gratitude, at least,
she did not **** me,
she just hated me until she died.
Stanzas, orderly arrangements,
first thoughts first,
lasting just as long,
as verses, as if they both name
thoughts informed as ideas,
conforming the shape
of things to come,
thoughts let live by letters,
as sacred values used
in exchange, this
for that, you think.
Jul 2, 2025
Jul 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM UTC
Calm, and solid, never a riot
Heavy like a weight on a string
Muscles slow and mind quiet
All this a little pill can bring
Soft and slow like a winter storm
Freezing over a mind and body
Altering the natural form
Changing for better or worse
That is unknown
Whether it be a blessing or curse
No matter at all ‘cause emotions are alone
Stranded, but free
Heavy weighted body, what a cure
Walking through water, maybe
Sweet, blissful relaxation for sure
Dec 4, 2018
Dec 4, 2018 at 5:00 PM UTC
It's never been "just" poetry.
Its self expression.
It's art.
It's comfort.
Writing my feelings,
Putting it into words
Detailing life's milestones,
Time's I've felt
My life was essentially,
drained
Emptier than the
most empty well
in the Sahara
But also the
Times my life was full
And overflowing with joy
When my heart
Expanded with love
And inevitably exploded
Into heartbreak
you were here
to pick up
The pieces.
Without you,
My mind would
Slowly begin to
Unravel,
Become bogged down
With poisonous thoughts,
And
Self defeating prophecies...
This is why I write
Mar 13, 2018
Mar 13, 2018 at 9:37 AM UTC
Honesty is draining
and i'm mean real heartbreaking
truth the stuff your afraid to admit
the things that scare you to your core.
That's the honesty i'm talking about. When
we admit things were afraid to say, the things
we've held onto for so long we become released
from ourselves
Jul 20, 2017
Jul 20, 2017 at 1:09 PM UTC
He calls himself a runaway,
A bandit, a thief, a liar,
But I have seen a sacred place
Trapped inside of him,
And he is just as human
As he claims not to be.
He wanders the backroads at twilight,
Whistling, wondering, waiting,
Watching for a double rainbow;
He’s seen six, and is living for the seventh,
“Another sin,” he’ll say,
And maybe he’ll never find it,
Or perhaps he’ll be released, somehow.
Dec 7, 2016
Dec 7, 2016 at 2:38 PM UTC
In the coffin bear
You will find it there
If you want to know
All the secrets it will hold
All the sorrow and the strife
Will all end in the passing of life
Take a look at the empty shell
It's been released from it's cell
Jul 20, 2016
Jul 20, 2016 at 11:02 AM UTC
On this day
The world can see clearly
The lies
That we knew
Were told
And sold
To the people
On this day
The photographs
Tell deeper truths
As bereaved mothers
Hold pictures of their departed sons
On this day
The self righteous leader
Is named by one as
The worst terrorist of all
On this day
The people
Are at a loss
To know
Whom to trust
On this day
Although my heart sinks low
And I grieve
At all loss
I will try to believe
That we can change
Jul 7, 2016
Jul 7, 2016 at 2:42 PM UTC
My ears bleed
This ******* noise
Eardrums bursting
While I beg
For Silence
It creeps and crawls
Each wave crashing
Against my last nerve
Pushed over the edge
Diving head first
Into oblivion.
Feb 21, 2016
Feb 21, 2016 at 1:59 AM UTC
______
stop.
*don't give in,
don't let them,
make your worst dreams,
come out,*
shout,
*as loud as you want.
as loud as you need.
but make sure you,*
stop.
before the demands on the inside
get released,
Jan 26, 2016
Jan 26, 2016 at 2:59 PM UTC
Unleashed
She is finally freed from her cage
Her flight feathers grew back
Her wingspan impressive like the dawn of a new day
Flighted, and ready
She takes to the sky
An eruption of beauty
Never to be seen again.
Jul 12, 2015
Jul 12, 2015 at 1:59 AM UTC
She Sat with her bank statements and other bills
mass of paper and debt
too easy spending using credit cards realising
after several years of denial
pressure from debt recovery firms increased
just wanting to be realised!
Eviction from her home was almost certain
yet still had the urge to spend
from a young age she never went without
brought up n a material way
never knowing hardship so grew to expect
with money came respect!
But those days went when her father died
and mother had a breakdown
committed to an institution and remained
leaving a young woman
totally unprepared for a harsh actuality
she to struggling with sanity!
Never making friends and the only child
the family home a trap
yet containing many happy memories
deepening the melancholy
beside her containers of different pills
some laying on the bills!
The doctor did not seem to understand
said take the medication
for a few weeks and return just a phase
was his not so wise words
leaving with her a dilemma unanswered
her desperation not heard!
In a daze took the tablets lonely confused
going onto a deep sleep
the mobile rang loudly it seemed distant
as her worries began to fade
it became bright and there was her dad
to be with him again so glad!
Debt would not bother her any more!
The Foureyed Poet.
Apr 19, 2014
Apr 19, 2014 at 12:18 PM UTC