#shoot
my optimism seeps like tea
i sink my naive teeth
into all the potent possibilities
everything is in my reach
i teach, i learn
i leach, i unearth
what do i deserve?
ask myself slowly
watch the flames burn
i tend to
i mend my words
the words i speak
reap the harvest of tomorrow
play my own games
shoot my tentative arrows
bullseye when i don’t try
Nov 26, 2025
Nov 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM UTC
I try to speak, and my tongue tries to run,
and tends to trip when strong words come.
The rhythm and pace of his steps taste
like sweet songs that almost land with grace—
into your ears. But hopefully, you hear
the plopping of boots that my tongue tied loose.
Even when he trips and falls,
know that his words still risk it all.
When his dance becomes daring,
and his stutter turns to swearing,
his beat becomes apparent—
because no words, and no walk,
no pucker nor path
could portray the way my tongue trips up
taking to you at last.
Aug 5, 2025
Aug 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM UTC
Your questions have
been selected carefully.
Like bullets in a gun,
they are loaded.
“How are you?”
Shoot me once.
“How’s your job?”
Shoot me twice.
“How is school?”
One by one.
The bullets land.
Wear me down.
Break my heart
and my skin.
Mar 7, 2025
Mar 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM UTC
There is a curse in every name.
Shoot me in the back of the head and I’ll be dead,
But my name shall carry on
In the depth of my killer
If he was a friend
Or in the wallet that he stole from the corpse
Now lying dead on the floor.
"But the curse", I explained
"Is neither in the ****** nor in the theft,
Nor is it retribution for a life shamelessly taken.
It’s in the neatly shaped boxes
In which the mind must be bent
To fit the guilty and the innocent alike
And each and all of their names."
That is the real ******
And that is retribution.
Jun 24, 2023
Jun 24, 2023 at 6:21 PM UTC
Shotgun Birds
In the sky the birds fly up high
Dodging shotgun pellets
Fired from the ****** off farmer
See how they turn and roll
This way and that oh yes
One is hit on a wing
Spirals down to fall
Like a wounded bomber plane
Wait till one lands
On the irate farmer's head
Bang bang goes his gun
Up high fly the hot lead
Hit is another seagull
His white feathers now red
On and on the fight goes
Shotgun farmer versus birds
Feb 4, 2023
Feb 4, 2023 at 8:53 PM UTC
Take a gun
And shoot the one holding
the contrary view, with sword
Slice head and torso in two,
If that is not enough, dig graves and
bury them alive, dig it again give them
momentary light and life, then bury again,
Your view and perception are perfect,
you should not allow others to contradict you?
Feb 8, 2022
Feb 8, 2022 at 3:53 AM UTC
if you were given a gun today
and told to fight for freedom
who would you shoot first
Oct 24, 2021
Oct 24, 2021 at 6:09 AM UTC
I've fired a gun
felt it's rage
heat on my face
uncompromising
unstoppable decision
could I project
such inexorable
hate on another human
see them destroyed
by my anger
projected into their soul
Oct 18, 2021
Oct 18, 2021 at 5:20 PM UTC
I was back in my prison-- the four walls of my room.
Emotions were shooting like pistols.
My head is about to go boom.
Feb 4, 2021
Feb 4, 2021 at 11:56 AM UTC
Wrap my wrists in silver
And see what I do.
I saw the girl and shot her;
You want me to shoot you too?
Throw on the jacket,
Surround me in white,
I'm still going to escape it.
So come and join the fight.
Feb 4, 2021
Feb 4, 2021 at 8:41 AM UTC
Vacation wear: for photo shoot
**** sundress
Cute underwear
**** *******
Thong
Moo moo dress
Moo moo dress
Moo moo dress
Moo moo dress
Moo moo dress
Moo moo dress
Polka dot bikini
String bikini
Silky robe
Flowers
Nothing
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020 at 5:11 PM UTC
Shoot a bullet.
Shoot a bullet right through my heart
so it will stop beating.
Shoot a bullet right through my brain
so my thoughts stop racing.
Shoot a bullet at me
so I will stop feeling
so I will stop hurting
So I will stop trying.
Shoot a bullet.
Shoot it now.
May 3, 2020
May 3, 2020 at 8:54 AM UTC
Your mouth is a smoking gun.
Reloading for the next reply,
After insults have been fired.
Shoot me down where I stand,
Silence me before the quipped-barrel clicks.
Triggered, you shoot the messenger,
Before our story had finished.
Jan 13, 2020
Jan 13, 2020 at 2:56 AM UTC
i'm a fool
with a camera
and i must stop
and shoot
the rusted lattice i
walked under
my friends
wait
patiently for me to finish
i aim and fire
my photographic rifle
and capture a luminous sun
Nov 14, 2019
Nov 14, 2019 at 7:27 PM UTC
I'm floating and falling
And sinking and sailing
Can anyone save me?
Prevent me from flailing?
I'm shooting and missing
And running and tripping
Can anyone help me?
Stop my feet from slipping?
I'm wishing and hoping
And wanting and praying
Can anyone see me?
Hear the words I'm saying?
Sep 17, 2019
Sep 17, 2019 at 10:56 PM UTC
A pensioner's long walk today,
Yes, the mailman's been, no yah!
What bills did arrive this way?
Postman, postman, stay away,
I am putting up a sign,
"BAN THE BILLS!' about frigging time!
If all bill payers went on strike,
Bills would go down, not upwards hike,
Yes, it's that dreaded long walk again,
Should I throw the bills down the drain?
A gutter too far, or in the bin?
Bringing us bills is the postman's great sin,
Can't afford that, can't afford that,
"I'll shoot you, postman, now don't come back!"
Is shooting postmen a capital offence?
"BAN THE BILLS!" on everyone's fence!
Sep 14, 2019
Sep 14, 2019 at 5:01 PM UTC
hammer click
whip crack
cordite burn
God
the power to take
or spare life
in the palm of a hand
lay down the law
terrorise
oppress
destroy
no returns
no time to apologise
a decision made in haste
regretted for life
Jul 29, 2019
Jul 29, 2019 at 2:32 PM UTC
you shot me down
with your negligence
unspoken words
hang in the air
and disappear with your cowardice
how could you shoot me down
when all i wanted was the best
for your heart
i don’t deserve your silence, babe
i did everything i could
to please you, babe
i know being a people pleaser
destroys your soul
but babe i was willing
to destroy mines for yours
you did me wrong
because you’re used to
people doing you wrong
you can’t accept the good things
that come with love
so you would rather run and hide
until the demons disappear
from your bedside
don’t come running back
for my company
i know you won’t come back
but if you ever do
i won’t accept your apology
Jun 22, 2019
Jun 22, 2019 at 12:51 AM UTC
shoot me with the words of yours
oh, you can't ?
was it a fair ceasefire because it is hurtful
or it was out of pity ?
Jan 6, 2019
Jan 6, 2019 at 9:43 AM UTC
Belt or boot,
U didn't care,
It would hurt,
But still you shoot..
I cried and tried,
To lift myself high..
But stumble and fall,
Prayed almighty,
That day save me..that's all.
I will blame,
Because there is no shame,
Pain had accumulate,
When u did humiliate.
Journey till twenty,
Harsh was reality
Full of cruelity.
No love no peace
Was torn piece by piece.
Dec 16, 2018
Dec 16, 2018 at 2:39 AM UTC