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3.4k · May 2017
Classroom
Craig Irving May 2017
Classroom, you have gone through much
witness of devotion and inspiration,
of boredom and slumber;
partner to the late learner and early comers;
have experienced a stream of personalities;

Classroom, you have gone through much
unliving witness to adult's birth, growt and depraving;
lifeless room filled with feelings:
that of the boy, thinking he loves,
that of the girl, who shares not that love,
that of the two, hoping it will last,
those of the students, who leave with hope;

Classroom, you sure have gone through much
victim of time, witness of fights;
have observed chaos and intense silence;
your walls reveal our will to be remembered;
Classroom, realm of memories and shadows of the past.
870 · May 2017
Being Human
Craig Irving May 2017
Human, being said to be conscious
living is defined by what he does
lifes are chenged by his choices
But how could I be called human
when all I choose seems predefined
when to me, the meaning of life is unknown
Conscious I am said to be,
but how could I be more unconscious
When the world's sadness fall upon me when a loved one dies
and unaffected I am when when million other's die each day
When, at eas I sit before my TV
as one's life, in an alley is taken away
I am human, I am called conscious, living and intelligent
But not more than a sleeping lion am I aware of the child who died at birth
Not more than a walking ant am I aware of a family's hope,
whose dreams are taken away before him powerless
I sure am conscious, of how little I know
that I live, only until I die
that I choose, until I have no choices left
That being human, is knowing
that my life is but existence
and my consciousness mere awareness
before what lies beyond the midst of life
311 · Apr 2018
Friends
Craig Irving Apr 2018
I now see how frail was the link that binded us
How much effort we all put in to make it seem easy to be with you all

I am now far from then,
drowned in new voices,pleased by new faces
unknowing of what they think when looking at me

I now only endure this new reality awaiting the bliss of slumber
living in a past which is now all beauteous
trying to remember the moments I was then unable to forget

You are all now gone,left behind or forgotten
And I am left wondering how easy it was for you to make new ones.
259 · Jun 2018
R3ACH1NG W0RDS
Craig Irving Jun 2018
I have known you for a while now
Unable to tell you what I think, to reveal my feelings
Witnessed our relation become awkward and our conversations turn to greetings
Unable to reach to you with me words, unable to understand those said to me
we talked through writings, I tried to talk and share more
but we were never close enough for me to share all that I stored
Random chitchat and deep feelings, but I have found a way
To write down these thoughts and emotions in a way that pleases the soul
I am still unable for fully comprehend all you try to convey
But let this once the beauty of my words bewitch that heart, I have so long wished to know
258 · May 2017
Path Of The Worthy
Craig Irving May 2017
I'd love to die and leave this world
all it's sufferings and countless conflicts,
where this silence doesn't make me feel lonely,
where time flies but nothing changes,
This, the wish of the unrealistic;

An evil mind as mine shall bring about nothing but sorrow
my taunted soul and selfish desires,
shall carry with me the torments of this world,
upon that peaceful world my lineage shall introduce chaos,
These, the effects of the weak;

First, toughen my mind, body and soul
to desire only that I need,
to accept sufferings upon me and the world,
rejoice about all good that happens,
let this silence be a chance to meditate,
awaiting our next encounter,
observe the world change and learn to accept that change,
This, the mind of the worthy;
One who accepts all lives simply,
how ironical life is,
for a soul worthy of that peaceful world, needs not to live in such a world.
258 · Jun 2017
Sin
Craig Irving Jun 2017
Sin
"What has happened?"
When the first is committed;
"What is happening to me?"
For the next five;
"I have to ge tout of this"
When you stop counting;
"What has happened to me?"
Trying hard to remedy;
"It is all over!"
Stopped for sometime;
"Not again"
When you fall back;
"Guess that's what I am"
Too much deceptions;
"..."
When next you fall;
"For their sake"
Now you know they don't count that much
"I have to get out of this"
A stranger's touched you more;
We all have sinned against someone,
Well I have, I need not a judge,
My conscience is the best,
Merciless, knows and sees all
234 · Jun 2017
Once human
Craig Irving Jun 2017
We sure felt alot,
Sorrow, grief, guilt and a little of joy;
Each was a different experience, different voyage;
We were Humans,
Not of those who each day die,
Rather each day was a new life;
But one was differnt, wonderful emotion,
Unique, above all.Love;
Love made you smile,
Love made me cry,
Love made us guilty,
Love gave rise to all, fragile,
weak being, shortlife who changed us;
It was special,
A second in love became years,
And years loving you was a wonderful day;
When all was over, it was like nothing had happened,
But when I looked at you and you at me,
In the time of a heartbeat,
We felt that stream of feelings flow through us,
Yes, we once lived.
231 · Jan 2018
The Feel
Craig Irving Jan 2018
I now and then have this feeling,
different from the overwhelming sadness,
the comforting joy and happiness from enjoyment.
It makes me forget my troubles or rather I feel that way when I do forget them,
about the happiness, sadness and injustice,
when I am no longer human and the beast within me vanishes.
Then sin exists no more and all is beauty,
I become a mere watcher and I observe with wonder the fullness of the creation,
which I cannot and might never fulfill to conceive.
Then with sadness, I am flooded as the feeling is swayed,
slowly but surely and I am back to being human, weak, emotive and conscious of that.
Then that feeling retreats deep within me, in parts unknown to my conscious self
now all I can do is live on and hope that feeling engulfs me once more.
132 · Jan 2021
Prayer Drop
Craig Irving Jan 2021
Dear God, why create me this way??, Another Being for the world to sway.
God do you even listen when I pray??, Lend me your ear I’m in disarray
Lend me your hand my soul breaks away.
Lord, I’m tired of pretending to be okay, weakened by every obstacle you throw my way
My heart hurts it’s on the verge of decay
This life you’ve forced on me and I’ve fallen prey, victim from the very first light of the day
Sad and sorry I have to say, anything I owe I’d be happy to pay
But I’d rather be far away, than live in this world for another day.
110 · Oct 2020
His Sadness -- Epilogue
Craig Irving Oct 2020
I enjoyed a world only I could see, in a way only I understood
You came to me and spoke words we both knew
About a world only you understood
Each time we talked and in each your smiles
I could see how hard you tried and how with every word
with every smile, you tried to stir my thoughts
Ever so slightly towards your world, away from mine
Towards your definition of sadness, away from mine
My sadness you never understood, and It never left
The proof that I didn’t belong, the cause of your pity
I am happy, even without your smiles
Happy to be different, happy to breathe, to think, to live
Happy to be sad, Sad to be lonely, but happy to be me
To accept that fact one's uniqueness comes our difference and the sadness we feel about being different
88 · Oct 2020
His Sadness
Craig Irving Oct 2020
He sat away from every one, he talked to no one
Not saying he was, but he seemed lonely
Not saying he was, but he seemed sad
Out of empathy I went towards him
Because I cared I talked to him
I smiled and I shared the joy he so much seemed to lack
Each time we talked, I smiled. He inquired and I answered
His interests, his dreams
Everything I could understand and everything I couldn’t
I accepted and in return I smiled
I smiled and I shared the beauty of life.

— The End —