#superpower
My superpower;
may not be the strongest,
but it’s advantageous.
Creates a path through;
the wilderness that life brings,
pain, joy and between.
My superpower,
loudest in silence;
where healing is permeating.
Jan 18, 2024
Jan 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM UTC
From the violence
of two jostling elephants --
the grass is injured.
Oct 7, 2023
Oct 7, 2023 at 3:13 AM UTC
Over in Israel once visiting the holy sites
One morning I took off on my own for a wee wander in the desert
I hadn't been walking long
When I came across this thing sticking out of the ground
It was a kind of strange looking dial with ancient markings on it
I thought to myself this could be a real find
I might get some money out of this...
I started nudging at it with the toe of my boot
But then suddenly I hear this little voice "Go on, pick it up"
So I turn around expecting to see someone there
But there's no one, no one there
Well that's odd I think. So I start nudging at it again with my boot
And then I hear the same little voice again"Go on, pick it up"
I look around and there's no one there only some rocks, the sand and... and this, this prickly looking desert Bush,
I look at the Bush a bit suspiciously and I say rather amusingly not expecting an answer
"Are you talking to me... you talking to me ?"
Well I tell you, Jaysus I nearly jumped out of my boots when the Bush it snaps back at me rather curtly "Well who the hell else would I be talking to, you're the only one here aren't you!!!
A Bush with an attitude I thought, I bet Moses never had to put up with that
Then I thought to myself 'this isn't the kind of Bush you meet every day'.
So I bent down and picked it up, the strange dial
'What is it ?" I asked
"It's a magical time piece" the Bush replied, "it's like the remote control device you use for your TV
It has 3 buttons, a Pause button in the middle, a Rewind and a Forward button
But instead of controlling a TV, it controls Time itself"
"Yeah!" I said a little disbelievingly
When you press the Pause button Time stops and the whole world stops
If you press the Forward button you can go into the future
The Rewind brings you back into your recent past".
'You're not serious', I said.
"So", the Bush continued, "if you're in a queue, say in a restaurant, you can press the Pause button and then you can go right up to the top of the queue and get your dinner and you can sit down and eat it in peace with no noise or distractions, time will have stopped for everyone else
No one will see you, it's like you're the Invisible Man. You can go up and down your whole world just like that".
'And I suppose' I say, 'if I ever need some money I can just nip into a shop and take it out of the till, or go into a Bank..'
The Bush cuts me off here suddenly saying "No! You can't steal/take other people's money
Instead you just go into the future, there you can get all the winning horses and winning Lotto numbers and bring all that knowledge back into the present".
And what's the Past button for?' I asked
"If you have good happy experiences you can go back and relive them over and over".
'That sounds great', I replied. I thought he would have made a great salesman this Bush.
"But why me", I asked kind of conscientiously, "why should I be so lucky",
"Well you found it", said the Bush, "and I can't use it, I'm only a Bush".
Then he went on "But be careful to keep it a secret, others will suddenly start getting curious and start asking questions
They'll want to know why you're so lucky and successful and where all your money is coming from
Even if you take a wife, she too will probably eventually start asking questions, trying to discover your secret. But remember always keep your finger to your lips, like a Sphinx never reveal to them your secret".
Then the Bush said "I've got to go now".
"You've got to go", I said a bit sadly (I was getting kind of fond of this Bush),"but you're a Bush"
Then he starts burning, becoming engulfed in flames.
"Are you alright!" I said, a bit concerned
Then he says finally "Enjoy your new toy, have a great time !
And he was gone. And I was alone again.
Sep 6, 2023
Sep 6, 2023 at 7:24 PM UTC
I’m a dalmatian in the park this morning
leaping with a grace I can feel
a toddler by midday, splashing
unashamedly into gleeful puddles
red wellies into small pools of sky
a bird by the afternoon
giving the impression I may take flight
as I perch wise on the wall and
stretch my feathers
watching you
a fish by the time the evening is here
paper-light and shining
pretending I am not gasping for air
but I’m gasping
because I know night is coming
And the pretence
Should really be over in time for bed.
Jan 8, 2022
Jan 8, 2022 at 5:09 AM UTC
I have a superpower
I can be invisible
they can't see me
neither can you
unless you try
Nov 20, 2020
Nov 20, 2020 at 1:54 PM UTC
imagination cannot be contained
with your fingertip
trace the border of the trees against the sky
now see the clouds behind
and make them mountains in your mind
Oct 5, 2020
Oct 5, 2020 at 10:05 AM UTC
When it flashes, I can't speak, except
in fra c tu
r ed gas p in
g
(I should be able to withstand the shocks much better than I do)
The vibrations, the detachment lasts for several minute after
the power has been discharged and
I can't think.
Emergency situations call for
level-headed judgement,
but the jolting of the volts is difficult to disregard.
My heat resets itself somehow each time
even though the rhythm is interrupted
time and over again with every blast my power creates.
I want to pull within myself every time I use it,
embrace the sense of power, the sensation,
without reaching out.
Brain activity,
heart activity, muscle spasmatic ripples,
and I can't see past sporadic sparking up my face.
Victims, villains, friends of mine
and all your detailed instructions,
please survive in spite of me.
They say I'm strongest on the team
in strength, and that is hard to say.
I'll stay with you and fight but my mind
can't live on another day.
Apr 2, 2020
Apr 2, 2020 at 12:52 PM UTC
Patience is my super power
On full display every hour
If someone mad gets in my face
My patience helps me maintain grace
When railroad crossings block the road
I simply enter patient mode
If caught up in a traffic jam
My calmness filmed by traffic cam
Long checkout lines leave some irate
Patience helps me endure the wait
Restaurant wait times are the worst
Composure wards off loud outbursts
Patience is my super power
Keeps my life from going sour
One exception my Kryptonite
Sibling face-offs leave me uptight!
Nov 5, 2019
Nov 5, 2019 at 2:40 PM UTC
Age 10
I went to sleep across the hall, eyelids heavy and dreams in my brain.
While across the hall my mum was murdered in her sleep
Age 11
I never slept
Age 12
Learned to sleep again
Age 13
Learned to be suspicious of every sound I heard, the creek of a stair keeping me awake till dawn
Age 14
Thought of all escape routes from the room for when they came back
Age 15
Thought of all the ways to **** a man with my school grade scissors
Summer of 16
I spent hours trying to lift things with my mind, trying to control the breeze with a flip of my hand and each night I prayed tomorrow would be the day that I found my superpower.
Do you want to know why it was so incredible because I learnt to smile again because for the first time my thoughts going to sleep weren't about how I was going to die but about how I was going to live.
Jul 27, 2019
Jul 27, 2019 at 1:34 PM UTC
Tell no one about this cape.
It could be a way to escape.
All you have to do
Is cover yourself.
Lay down in silence-
And pretend that
Everything outside
Of our door, this violence
Has been nothing more
Than a dream.
Just breathe,
And take your mind
Somewhere else.
Mar 27, 2019
Mar 27, 2019 at 4:24 PM UTC
For so long been a victim to your charm
Sweet and seductive smile
So I have seen voodoo put to work
Learned to accept it, at least for awhile.
Time has taken toll on us
Which is an excuse for behavior
Watch me grow up and grow tired
Of you being my savior.
What do I do to rescue myself?
Heart does not know how to fly
Is the leap worth the risk I take?
He isn't a hero, he's just a normal guy
Dec 5, 2018
Dec 5, 2018 at 7:14 AM UTC
I used to think I could control the weather
What I felt inside always matched what was happening outside
When I was happy, the sun shined bright and the warmth wrapped around everything in it's path
When I was sad, it was cold and it rained.
But it's more than just that.
When something was tearing me apart, it rained harder.
When I wanted to scream and cry and not be alive, it rained so hard, it flooded everything
Lightning shot through the sky and the thunder shook the ground
I'm sorry in advance for the storms I may feel
I can't help it
I didn't ask for this superpower
It was just given to me
And I try to keep it all inside
to keep the sun shining
But sometimes I just break
And I'm sorry in advance for all the damages that may take place
I didn't ask for this superpower
Sep 26, 2018
Sep 26, 2018 at 12:00 AM UTC
When are we going to wake up to start believing that we should stopped competing and start complimenting to feel like were completing.
We need to be a team player instead of the team leader, replacing that with the idea of being on the same team and building something that's takes on the dream.
How are we going to teach ourselves of what's needed to be taught? If we are communicating to each other's to misperceived when sought to read and believe of what’s being well-received.
Why are we all on this justification to be misrepresentation as to juxtapose when we are responsible for the I could and the I suppose.
To add what is the so what to the now what? But it's the actual what needs to be address in which perhaps misaddressing to the audience of nowadays. As if we are surrogate of the hideaways of the be real today.
It's we and us and all of us to address the matter of comradeship of how compassion of it to be who you are. To create this level of friendship of the desire to follow the footsteps of who you are and as it's start with you and it begins with and ending of you.
Jul 2, 2018
Jul 2, 2018 at 1:26 PM UTC
If you don't mind
Back off
Oh sorry, not you
But my mind
See, we fight often
He tries to take over
Trying to make me miserable
But I resist
I'm into happiness and bliss
Too much time spent
Playing scenarios
Suspecting things
Believing lies
We usually end up in a compromise
I used to wish for the superpower of mind control
Until I realized I already have it
I control my own mind
Call me Professor X
I just schooled my mind
Positive thoughts
No more hate
Righteous thinking
I'm changing my fate
Put me through hell
But I tied him down
Like Naruto did to the nine tails
Yeah you'll see me around
But I'll be glowing this time
Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018 at 10:50 AM UTC
people don't believe when i say i have a superpower,
one that i quite love when i need it but sometimes i hate it when i wish to be noticed,
no one notices me unless i speak to them,
my quiet voice,
a 'sorry' 'excuse me' 'thank you' became a reflex,
like dodging a ball that i so very fear,
i can be invisible rather i wish or not,
its quite a lot,
to explain,
maybe it is a bit lame,
but i'm invisible rather i want to be or not
May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018 at 5:28 PM UTC
As a kid growing up
All the way up til now
The one super power I've always wished for
Is to stop time
Because I've had problems
with saving the moment I have
Everything else seems to get in the way
But then you came along
And now my super power is any moment I have with you
Because in those moments the rest of the world stops for a little while
Time stops for a little while
And now in my pocket
A polaroid lies
And let's me stop time whenever I need
Whenever I look at you
So it seems my wish came true
Because now, I have you.
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018 at 4:54 AM UTC
the iceberg sperg
used to freeze up
when hands felt her up
and kissing her
was like
licking a metal pole
on
a white christmas
but when she met the one
she
burst into flames
Dec 15, 2017
Dec 15, 2017 at 10:56 AM UTC
at 5 I wanted to fly
soar through the sky
so i could show everyone
that i could do anything
at 9 i wanted to read minds
and learn about all kinds
so that i would never be left out
or feeling unaware
at 15 i wanted to save others
i wanted for everyone to be like a brother
so that the world would be at peace
and love would take over
But at 19 i no longer linger
on just one of these wishes
they change day by day
as they are triggered
Some days I want to fly
high up in the sky
and see all my worries
vanish in the wind
Some days I want to read his mind
know what going on inside
so i could see clearly his worries
and his deepest fears
Some days I want to save others
so I can help those in need
not so i can feel better
but so they can be happier
Mar 22, 2017
Mar 22, 2017 at 7:20 PM UTC
The trees dance to your madness!
*Dancing, dancing, dancing.
Crashing, falling and collapsing.
Oh,
They dance to* your madness.
Nov 4, 2016
Nov 4, 2016 at 12:46 AM UTC
In my dreams, it makes sense.
It's axiomatic.
Like flexing an impalpable muscle.
A curling of the toes,
clenching of the sphincters,
I feel my feet lift from the ground
and I levitate.
Oct 3, 2016
Oct 3, 2016 at 11:55 PM UTC
Skin deep scars were easy to shoulder,
while the deeper ones each hardened my heart.
Life-long wounds still wept and smouldered,
carving permanent paths.
Hidden cuts wouldn't stop itching,
and beneath my smile shadows kept screaming.
Treacherous memories would sting
and bite right through my once thick skin
then slowly burrow, refusing to die,
spreading their cured lies ...
The scars are mine, the wounds are real,
the memories are with me, still
I was the haunted boy, the wild child.
I was the son loved, beaten, reviled.
I was the dreamer. I was the drama.
I was the fiction that made me me......
--
That was then, but now see,
I have a new writing team,
a change in narrative, a brand new me,
a departure from my past continuity.
Now I have a team-up.
Now I have back-up.
And in this story arch,
I get a power-up,
one new ability:
His power to HEAL ME!
Jul 11, 2016
Jul 11, 2016 at 1:28 PM UTC