#unforgiven
I think, looking back, I was born this way
the shadows looking out, from my eyes
and as the years went on and on
each day, a little part of me, died
A front row seat, as down the path I flow
the Darkness inside, holding my leash
innocence, the first thing, to go
I've come to this place, still I don't comprehend
how in the world, did I get, this look on my face
never having known, foe....from true friend
as totally lacking of....grace
Apr 28
Apr 28, 2026 at 11:53 AM UTC
The rain is a snitch on a dead-end street,
Drums on the hood with a jagged beat.
It was your fault from the very start,
A lead-pipe cinch to a breaking heart.
The city’s a ledger of debts and lies,
Reflected back in your tired eyes.....
A crack in the glass of a storefront pane,
Bleeding out under the midnight rain.
You buried the heat in a shallow grave,
Thinking of all of the miles you’d save.
Forgotten, you said, like a spent cigar,
Like a stolen plate on a getaway car.
The years turned grey as a sidewalk curb,
The silence deep and the air superb,
Till the past came knocking at 3:00 AM,
Looking for someone to blame again.
But there ain’t no bail for a soul in debt,
And the streetlights offer no sunset yet.
The truth is a heater pressed to your side,
With no dark alley where you can hide.
The sirens scream what the judge won’t say,
As the morning light turns the world to grey...
A cold, hard sentence, sharply driven......
Unforgiven.
Michael Powers
"STYXX ON FIRE "
Feb 10
Feb 10, 2026 at 7:09 AM UTC
I don't forgive—
The times you made me cry
I don't forgive—
The times you threw me aside
I don't forgive—
Those words that broke my soul.
You apologize,
Say you want to write your wrongs
Say you want me to treat you better
Say you want me to forgive—
But you've drowned me
You've made my life hell
And I,
Am not
Ready
To forgive you.
Apr 14, 2025
Apr 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM UTC
I am someone who—
Anyone can rely on,
A shoulder to cry on,
A sail to carry them on,
Through the worst of times,
Any time.
But when it’s my turn
To face the tide,
There’s no one by my side.
I have a heart—
That can forgive anyone and anything,
Any number of times,
Over and over.
But never once could it forgive,
If it was I who made the mistake.
Mar 16, 2025
Mar 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM UTC
in my obliviousness
inadvertent and unintentional
some may say as usual
i disturbed a wasp nest
the heightened bombilation
an anger-pitched droning
unheard somehow
therefore unheeded
until that impolite *****
a warning sting
through t-shirt to torso
followed by a few more
in quick succession
set my legs moving
apologetically away
with hands raised
chastened and contrite
both in supplication
and in order to remove
the offending article
of clothing
the oversensitive wasp
having become trapped within
defensively stinging
as nature directs
to be honest
its overzealous instincts
began to feel
more like spite
than mere survival
Aug 24, 2023
Aug 24, 2023 at 11:52 AM UTC
Coated white in a black hall, I sit.
Bonded into this macrocosm bleach.
We are in motion.
Bounding through rough terrain.
Knots of terror swell like sunspots ready to flare.
Carry on, until the day is through.
I sigh and dedicate the universe to solve an insignificant issue.
A thankless job, I'm sure.
The seconds move outward as I muddle forward.
The price of gas is increasing.
Watch, my friend is melding into a tonalist canvas.
I guess he can make a family now.
Greet, Handshake, Impression, Tone, Work, Enjoy, Laugh, Graceful exit.
Calibrate, vice, heat, bend, join, twist, paint.
Right, Left, Stagger, Fall, Crawl, Crouch, Right, Left.
Grieve for the piece of your soul you left with her.
In the end, here I am.
Most people seem to like me.
And I ***** my next relationship.
How can it elevate my position?
How can I use this experience to defend myself.
How far will I see this out?
I wonder if Latisha will come back.
And I meander through the underbrush of my empty field.
This grey nothingness.
As everyone else slowly leaves me behind to pursue their friends.
And I press on forward, even if alone.
To the font of knowledge to repair my broken heart.
Mar 23, 2022
Mar 23, 2022 at 4:25 AM UTC
I saw many people who had a place in my heart once and now they're just an unforgiven memory.
Dec 5, 2020
Dec 5, 2020 at 10:24 AM UTC
i don't want to let you down
i think i try but it's in my head
you don't have to forgive me
but you do
i'm sorry i let you down
i want to help, really it's true
but don't cut me slack
because it's undeserved
and you shall want it back
when you see me
Jun 26, 2020
Jun 26, 2020 at 9:15 AM UTC
What will come of tomorrow
Will the drunkenness run through and bits fall into place
Or will you forget all of this
Every word whispered in your ear as you’re hands seek places
My desperation of meaning more than this
And you’re simple words used for a girl in desperate need of loving
A drunken kiss and drunken man are all that I accept
Oct 29, 2018
Oct 29, 2018 at 1:09 AM UTC
Are you ready, keep it steady
I got a secret I want to share
Turn the radio up, turn the radio up
I heard a rumour
That is going around
It seems I've copped a lot of flack
For my last lyrical attack
The word is out
Now there's no going back
Watch the mirror as it cracks, oh
I'm not sorry
I'm not sorry
I'm allowed to tell
my side of the story
I'm not sorry
I'm not sorry
No more keeping it inside
No more running
Nowhere left to hide
This emotional ocean
Just exploded
And I'm the volcano
Overflowing
I don't need any safety net
Because I'm standing on the edge
I'll take all the hate
I'll take all the blame
I'll take all the shame
I'll even take the pain
Eh this is my form of communication
Was never any good
at the small talk situation
This here is my outlet
This is when I'm in my mindset
I'm not sorry
I'm not sorry
I'm allowed to tell
my side of the story
I'm not sorry
I'm not sorry
No more keeping it inside
No more running
Nowhere left to hide
This emotional ocean
Just exploded
And I'm the volcano
Overflowing
I'm not taking any prisoners
I said I'll be letting loose
So maybe just don't go
and give me an excuse
To put you in my lyrics too
Maybe I was just a little mad
But I still don't feel bad
I needed to get it out of my system
Before my emotions caved in
Yeah maybe it was a bit too much
Maybe I hit a little bit hard
In the words that I wrote
That's just the road I chose to go
I'm not sorry
I'm not sorry
I'm allowed to tell
my side of the story
I'm not sorry
I'm not sorry
No more keeping it inside
No more running
Nowhere left to hide
This emotional ocean
Just exploded
And I'm the volcano
Overflowing
©2018 Written By Benji James
Sep 16, 2018
Sep 16, 2018 at 8:41 AM UTC
There is not much I care to share
But the more I write
The more I dare
I can overcome
All of what you’re unaware
And the less I’m scared
The more I want you to know
I still care.
It wasn’t always so
“I hate you” is what you were told
You shouldn’t have went into the cold
Our cave protected you from the snow
I’m sorry our love
Didn’t have a chance to grow.
It was all my fault
In my lonesome hell I shall rot.
Jul 26, 2018
Jul 26, 2018 at 12:08 AM UTC
I stood in the sunshine and saw darkness everywhere.
All that could have been.
have you paid a heavy toll?
have you given it your all?
Are you unforgiven?
And all that could have been
Just wanted to make her proud
now i am an empty shell
left discarded
somewhere along the way, she left me feeling dead
And all that could have been
somewhere...
out the window, and across the valley
she runs free
farewell darling...
this is my final goodbye...
May 25, 2018
May 25, 2018 at 8:36 PM UTC
You took the **** from the current.
You wiped the floor with your wit.
You helped yourself to the hate on the shelf.
And now you're left stirring the ****
You put the bad in the *****
You took the **** out of me.
Your bitterness trait, your mouth spouting hate.
I'm done with you, now let me be.
You **** the life from the living.
You should just walk to the door.
Exit stage right, with your hypocrite *****
Your company needed no more.
So glad I got that off my chest now.
New chapter, we're clear, no more stress now.
So beat it - retreat, turn sour into sweet.
Our future no longer depressed now.
Mar 13, 2018
Mar 13, 2018 at 6:32 PM UTC
Well blow me down, and spit me out
my salmon can gone awry
Spilling in my lap and chair
I think, that I, will die
My co-workers gag and complain
I'm embarrassed as all hell
Never will, another can I bring
to release, such an awful smell
I've three more hours to contend
smelling like a bad bait shop
No way, no how, to pretend
this odor, ever stops
Home I'll go, when my shift ends
and do, some needed laundry
Nothing to say that could defend
a stinky, clumsy, spilling spree
Tomorrow, I'll procure Febreeze
and apply it, liberally
Hopefully killing, this fishy whiff
escaping, notoriety
Jun 26, 2017
Jun 26, 2017 at 1:38 PM UTC
Reminiscences I hold
Of my little girl
Love unconditional
Her eyes could unfurl
The unforeseen can happen
Before given thought
Harsh words once spoken
No forgiveness be brought
Time oh time
A pain that won’t end
All I want back
Is my little best friend
May 8, 2017
May 8, 2017 at 6:36 PM UTC
During the brief moment
Of utmost vulnerability
The end of fairy tale kisses
Marking the era of a cruel reality
With the intention of shattering
You came, caressing the scars
With glimpses of desperation
And envying the collision of stars
With my inability to hinder
Your plans to have mine stolen
During my reconstruction of walls
You planned out the forbidden
You acted, without a shred of doubt
I responded, through utter loss
Now that its ended, I still can't believe
That what I warned others of, happened to us
Feb 19, 2017
Feb 19, 2017 at 2:26 PM UTC
Her heart is chipped and broken
she gave her all, and more
Words that went unspoken
what "I love you", is for
He's always been real dense
gotta spell out every line
No excuse or good defense
messed up real bad, this time
Repairs and amends
no option now, my friend
You spilled all her emotions
you've come to, the bitter end
That kind of stain, you'll never lose
as bleach and worse it seems
Tangled in your heart for now
forever lost, within your dreams
Jan 11, 2017
Jan 11, 2017 at 11:06 AM UTC
We live amongst ourselves in recognition
memorialized for our distinct deeds rendered
It is here that we witness ourselves flourish
as our aged reflections are kept pristine
Rehearsing our roles to absolute perfection
awaiting for this progressive saga to be told
As we are the revered immortals here...
never to be forgiven
Dec 2, 2016
Dec 2, 2016 at 4:16 AM UTC
When it rains I am cold
When it rains I have no shelter
When it rains I try to hide but fail
When it rains I'm ALONE
But when you are there
I fell warm
It's as of the rain stops
Were the world goes silent
You warm my heart like no other
You dont have to be perfect to be mine
I hope you feel the same
Because with out you
I would be cold
Confused lost and unforgiven
I would be nothing
No one would would be there through the hard
What I just want to say is I love you
I know you love me but is it true
That's not for me to answer only you can do that
Oct 13, 2016
Oct 13, 2016 at 10:31 AM UTC
How much rope?
for the misanthrope
hang em high
theres no hope
like a high plains drifter
what you seek is what you find
within death there is life
within the pen
there is a knife
and it executes
with surgical precision
when you look into his eyes
know that he's the unforgiven.
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 2016 at 8:36 PM UTC
The lighting of streets' corners -
Even those corners that hitherto were dark and unwelcoming.
As the sunset bleeds
on the city's disappearing silhouette.
The shimmering traffic;
The blares of multiple cars as they try to rush home.
As windows smile brightly to passersby.
The return of Santa Claus!
The holiday seasons,
Winter to the snow laden,
Harmattan to the arid lands.
Chilly on all sides.
The warmth of the fireplace,
The joy of the days to come.
The jingles of merry bells.
The bright lights of Christmas trees.
A reminder that all of humanity can still be happy.
That there is still hope.
That we can share in each other's joy.
And always be there for each other.
Dec 30, 2015
Dec 30, 2015 at 2:18 AM UTC