Man - Hello Poetry

Man Jun 17

Charcoal hands
To hold my ignited love,
The only reciprocity
Is to be maimed & scarred
With flames beyond the fire's control.
Gasoline loves a match-
Bright & hot, destructive, fast.
Burns out to within, and then
It's all exhausted;
Embers smolder to ash.

#romance #love #intense #aching #fire #burning #embers #smolder #ash #charcoal

Man Jun 17

There's Your Equality

You are superior to 𝘸𝘩𝘰?
I am no one's inferior,
And if someone has differing conjecture;
Congratulations, I believe you!
Clearly, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 are less than 𝘮𝘦.

#existential #introspective #contemporary #culture #politics #equality #superiority #inferiority #idiocy #pathetic

Man Jun 17

And What Of?

I take good advice
Even if I don't like the source,
Because I trust in knowledge
And in the pursuit of more.
I think for myself,
Because I cannot allow others to;
Evidently, not many do.
I place my respect, like I place my trust-
As to how I pay-
When it has been earned.

#existential #introspective #pursuit #thought #respect #pay #advice #trust #knowledge #earned

Man Jun 17

Schadenfreude

Just like all the nepotism today,
Narcissism is wildly popular-
In fact, it's good.
You should only care for yourself,
Forget about any platonic love for others
What use can you derive from them?

#nepotism #narcissism #platonic #love #care #use #broken #ugly #little #people

Man Jun 17

Dim Synth

I stalk through the dark hallways
Drifting through remnants of a sun.
Spirals into vortexes, cascading shafts of light on
Brief transits inward, where time falters.
Forces push & pull and all around
The tide of the cosmos envelopes me,
Wading through the static sea
Waves come in crashing-
Laughter, screams
And yet, no sound escapes the vacuum

#space #time #black #holes #stars #vortexes #cascade #force #falters #static

Man Jun 10

Radio All Night

The way was long, and wrapped in gloom did seem
As I urged on to seek my vanished dream;
Yet within my soul I burned,
Not a moment passed, but I longed.
Daily, thoughts raced on the growth of distance
Traced upon by the curve of wrinkles-
The curse of the age
To draw on memories
Hope & fantasy, of what were once
The focus of the future
Belie the life before me

Excerpts from Li Sao & A Lament for Ying

#existential #patchwork #age #hope #dreams #future #memories

Man Jun 8

Tranquilly

The stork flew today,
High on over the valley;
A beautiful dream

#haiku #calm #contentment #peace #hope #dream