#substitution
Acid smiles
Simple lucre, to a faster pussycat
Worth your was, thus a loose while
Sweet knowing you, with this and that...
Solemn kinds of whether?
Looking beyond you, the truth to a smile
Fashion forward, and surviving the gall to bother
A season of choice, to keep the better of rues of denial?
Talk to me...
The rose and the voice of alright, tonight
The liberty in a merciful love, merciless to we
Simple news for an irony's me; my accept, my slight...
Yours again...
Set to rights, the tale of seeking how
For a better lover, the risks of integrity
With hold or archaic powers, the speed of knowing...
Is a reaching us, a clashing must?
To voice the other wise, in these rages and fates...
A look for bests is the only way to discuss
A misery followed by charisma; a sense of privilege, curious in the shade
Where sincerity is a favored eye, if not concern
Spare intention, in the paces we further to skill
Life with a stern lip, but know an eye to worth...
With the love it is given, the swallow of pride, in hell?
Mar 6, 2024
Mar 6, 2024 at 10:35 PM UTC
there are times
while reading
that rather
than check
the definition
of a word
a word
which is recognised
but whose true meaning
evades me
rather than
search the illumined
pages of a dictionary
to reveal
the mysteries of
this vital word
this word
which carries
the entire weight
of interpretation
and comprehension
for the rest
of the sentence
of the paragraph
of the page
instead there is
a striving
to illicit some
understanding
vague or otherwise
from whatever context
can be applied
to those words
that remain
indifferent to
the possibility
that I might
misunderstand
it all
Oct 6, 2022
Oct 6, 2022 at 5:08 PM UTC
Unsung heroes whom bare our scars
Substitutions to fight our wars
With strength and dignity that isn’t learned
To provide the freedom we didn’t earn
Like wounded victims upon their shoulder
Our weight they carry feels like a boulder
Yet in strength they stand to serve us all
So that we are not the ones to fall
Nov 6, 2019
Nov 6, 2019 at 8:48 AM UTC
To my backstabbing family,
It's me, your prodigal son.
Do you remember me?
Do you remember thine own?
An outcast among a sea of Hazy grey,
You threw me out upon the preamble
to my solitary foe -
Wasn't it you, Father who told me that
"alcohol would never bear true happiness".
Well, I hope you're happy.
You used me. Now, look at yourself.
A monster: sour, sickly, lackadaisical.
An Orange Monster in the moonlight.
I still remember the day you
gave me my things and told me to
Go -
Jan 14, 2019
Jan 14, 2019 at 7:03 PM UTC
Yesterday, I smiled.
All my worries fled.
Today they came back to **** me.
Tonight, I fear, I bled.
Why do I bother with laughter
When all that water will drain?
I can do it myself.
I can substitute laughter with pain.
Don't tell me to quit my moping.
You don't know what I'm crying about.
You know, part of me is still hoping
That someone will figure it out.
Then I remember, I'm on my own now.
So I guess I'll be bleeding alone.
No more dreaming of sleeping in someone's arms,
My pain and my tears are my own.
May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016 at 11:33 AM UTC
She relishes a slice of watermelon,when she does, it's a different act,
sitting across, he avariciously devour her,ogling can't be that intense!
Feb 26, 2015
Feb 26, 2015 at 8:53 AM UTC
You're just a substitute
Someone to hold in her place
'Cause if I close my eyes
I can still see her face
And I kinda like you
But this sure isn't love
'Cause when I fall asleep
It's her that I dream of
And it's her I want
When I'm alone at night
But you're in my bed
When I turn out the light
So I'll hold you close
But my mind isn't here
It's wandered away
Wishing she was near
You will never be her
I'll never be content
Because inside my heart
I know it's not meant
To be
Oct 23, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 at 7:07 AM UTC
I pull it inside.
It cools me as it flows downward.
It's black, sticky hands wrap around my lungs.
A cool shiver trickles down my spine.
My muscles unclench from the daily beating.
My blood calms down.
I have escaped the calls of the blade for now.
For now, the smoke flies away with me.
Mar 25, 2014
Mar 25, 2014 at 7:13 PM UTC