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Mar 2022 · 149
The Dreamless Sleep
Man Mar 2022
word vomits
deluges of dialogue
the contents, like diarrhea
verbal pacing
filling the air
full of nonsense
far from
turiya
Mar 2022 · 24
Circus Freak
Man Mar 2022
thank you
for reminding me
that i don't answer
to anybody

was it circumstantial
was i ever a friend, to you
or just someone to use
levy your abuse
in bad moods

you drive me to jealously
but i suppose what has me confused
is you seem amused
to watch me struggling

watch it all fall
when this clown's
done juggling
Mar 2022 · 74
Reptiles
Man Mar 2022
wanna make me work for it
cool
you just better give it up
Mar 2022 · 14
Femme Ferrous
Man Mar 2022
rust
ferocious ferrous
rotting away
this heart you harass
lass
i love
sand me with a blast
and let metal gleam
you needn't
but i must
so badly
i scream
Mar 2022 · 91
Look To Your Neighbors
Man Mar 2022
reach out
and grab the hand
i extend
while it stands
while i can
because times are getting worse
we'll all be tightening our purse
like we should have our lips
as the dollar dips
and we are served
just desserts
Man Mar 2022
you ever been shot?
so you turn to the guy next to you
and you stab him in the stomach?
that's what dating
with trauma feels like
you've sutured your wounds
till someone comes
and undoes it
soothed the thoughts that stew
till you chop in with a
couple carrots of discussion
Mar 2022 · 37
My God
Man Mar 2022
when thoroughfares swell
ripe with blood
bodies torched
earth scorched
these sights from hell
that's war
Mar 2022 · 97
Actor's Guild
Man Mar 2022
i love the hard women
and soft men
who've let themselves fill rolls
supposedly not intended for them
Mar 2022 · 922
Marionette
Man Mar 2022
why are you there
and not by my side
sharing my bed
slide inside
my head
and make yourself at home
pick me apart
dissect, and use my tendons
your marionette man
Mar 2022 · 67
Gotta Work Harder
Man Mar 2022
i can't care about
what's in front of me
i need to be
40 steps beyond and behind
and predict the flow of time
anticipating, every chance moment
taken and missed opportunities
and the effect geopolitically,
globally;
famine, natural disasters, disease
there's so much
it's hard to breathe
and that just reminds me of the higher rates of asthma in urbanized and industrial areas
Man Mar 2022
cream rises to the top
the tippity tip tip top
atop it all
to top it all off
a headpiece
a queen
a puppet
a president
czar
dictator
prime minister
prince
and yet
it's all old fools
and young morons
running our countries
Mar 2022 · 59
Tunnel Vision
Man Mar 2022
take me to
the edge of your knife
and slice
bring the horizon line
it's all fine
when you're blind
inject your venom in
i need to feel
your poison skin
on mine
this is obsession
and love
separate

walk me down
and hold my hand
i can't let go
even when
i want you to

it's in again
he's grinnin
although a loser
with me
he always wins

and i don't know why
i hate you so
but can't bring myself
to pack up and go

try to help myself
but it just doesn't work
to stem the pain
i'll bleed and hurt

i can't take
another day
between work, and love, and family
and then the other stressors
things of lesser
importance
but still just as much
of a *****
Mar 2022 · 37
Keep The March
Man Mar 2022
i feel like i'm dying every day lately
or pieces maybe
but i'm losing things
things i will never again see
that once
mattered to me
this matter that's me
wants to cease to be
but the other matters, matter
and they give cause to gather
the little strength left
to muster on
and climb this wretched ladder
what awaits
on the other side?
well, sheet man
i dunno
i haven't stopped to fathom
Mar 2022 · 169
History Buff
Man Mar 2022
you're not like anyone else
neither am i
so stop comparing me to the people of your past
and i won't compare you to mine
Mar 2022 · 36
Otis Redding
Man Mar 2022
i am revolting trash
that should be reviled
taken round back
put on my knees
fire
another body for the pile
a name written down
reduced to a statistic
climbing ever higher
just a number now
someone you knew
when he was alive
Man Mar 2022
madam
a loud, strong detonation was recorded
by the seismic counter
within my head
an explosion erupting
in my chest
rendered me weak
buckling at the knees
to weep
and wished i were dead
Mar 2022 · 62
Life Is Anguish
Man Mar 2022
good? begets grief
befalling all to men's
warped minds
and the things they witness
but never come to terms with
it's elementary
that they should be broken
by the things that choke them
and keep them from sleep
in the night
Mar 2022 · 78
A Flame In Your Heart
Man Mar 2022
i can say
there was a line
i believe i have crossed
from to which
there is never return

from henceforth
all things burn
from the fire inside
i've given turn

and i wonder
why i ever
kept it from feeding
Mar 2022 · 44
I'm Sorry?
Man Mar 2022
i feel like a *****
every expression
but i carry on
because i won't be misunderstood
i will stand for what i stand
and if you can't
then good
Mar 2022 · 32
Finish The Kill
Man Mar 2022
the hands on the clock
like the blades of the fan on the ceiling
they all stop
once you're keeling
can't shake the feeling
i would rather see them still
than moving
Mar 2022 · 46
Wretched Existence
Man Mar 2022
probably
i take it all too personally
i'm just having fun
what's the harm
it's only a little
but what's the outcome
look around
this is something
only our parent's parents
could've out done
Mar 2022 · 56
Stop Being Real
Man Mar 2022
i know there's something wrong with me
whatever
there's something amiss with everyone
but everyone leaves
so maybe
i'm just unlovable
voice it, to scrutiny
i get none of you say how you really feel
but i do
doesn't that count for something
Mar 2022 · 37
I Ruin Everything
Man Mar 2022
it's on me
for the people i interact with
because they don't seem
to respect that i have issues too
and they affect how i respond or act or think
i forgot
to be broken
that's just for all of you

am i making assumptions
no actually
i try not to jump to conclusions
but what about having a mind
with nine tracks running
doesn't say to you
that some are loose
i can yank
but it's a long train
and i can grip
only the caboose
Man Mar 2022
i read a poem
about limerence
and it probably should've connected
but it didn't
doesn't change the fact
you still treat me like crap
and whatever i am to you
i'd like to know
but there aren't ever straight answers
and you don't feel any need to explain things
i won't be
a solo dancer
to the tune
of a waltz
Mar 2022 · 95
South
Man Mar 2022
i am having the worst day
and my friends don't speak to me
they are the worst that way
fairweather folks
who turn to run
in the direction of the weathervane
Mar 2022 · 61
Bushels Of Hay
Man Mar 2022
his Hindenburg
is a life unfulfilled
but how does he feel
fulfilled
Man Mar 2022
a ****** and a people pleaser
but she doesn't ****
and acts evil
pushing buttons
flicking levers
with a performance
like knievel
Mar 2022 · 48
Hello
Man Mar 2022
if they're the right person
there are no missed moments
they make the moment
take it
and don't bemoan it;

what might've been
Mar 2022 · 38
We Don't Communicate
Man Mar 2022
i don't want you
to feel guilt over me
or anger or animosity
sadness, pity
don't feel
for me
i think you'll find that
easy
Mar 2022 · 58
Fishing Line
Man Mar 2022
each eve
is a deluge
of what i feel
perhaps, i should go back
to keeping it within
rather than
have to recoil
at each tightening
of the reel
Mar 2022 · 46
Then Leave
Man Mar 2022
you are a selfish person
i think the worst thing
is you know it
lead me on
because of boredom?
used
like an emotional ******
and discarded just as quick
regarded
as a contact
to complain to
when you're in a stitch
or you've
just got that itch
this is how i see it
if you needed me
for even the most miniscule
i'd drop everything
but this 60/40,
that **** isn't working
Mar 2022 · 55
Seeing Your Ex
Man Mar 2022
this clockwork device
pumping inside
waves invitation
at any soul
to spur
feeling

to morph me
into a wicked creature
a monstrous creation
nature abhors
this animation
Man Mar 2022
once
in the evening
the moon could shine
and it would never match
the bright light you cast

twice
we came close
and i could, almost
feel your warm embrace
at last

thrice
i fooled myself into the belief
there would be relief
to this feeling i expressed
whenever i saw you next

but i won't see you again, will i?
Mar 2022 · 43
Gitarre
Man Mar 2022
the heart murmurs
what the mind will no longer hear
it's no longer a need
to just be firmer
or to share,
the hopes and fears
because it doesn't draw you near
and i am left
holding my heart out
Man Mar 2022
remember our youth
because i will
how i would have killed
for moments with you
given nail, tongue, and tooth
would've done things uncouth
been ruthless
for just a kiss
now that i can
it's out of my hands
but there are things i still control
and a number of things
i now better understand
Mar 2022 · 40
I Should Be So Lucky
Man Mar 2022
he's a grown man
well, that petty much says how you see me
i guess i might be bothered
if i gave credence
to others' thoughts
regarding myself
but i do
yours
does it give you joy
to play on my anxieties
never see me
a faceless joke
for you to stoke
to keep the laughs going
Man Mar 2022
you are an *******
and just the most despicable person i know
dad
*******
after all i do for you
when it should be
flipped
what an abrupt end
we're putting to this relationship
but it's good
bud
i'm finished
Mar 2022 · 44
Summer Will Be Hot
Man Mar 2022
these days ahead
will be more difficult
than the challenges
we faced only
months ago
younger
naive
of course we didn't know
war lied in front of us
youth like
disturbed snow
Mar 2022 · 61
Blues Coddled
Man Mar 2022
put yourself in my boots
is that something you can do
and look through
my view
at how things rest
and you'd ask too
is there any use?
Man Mar 2022
you know why i write?
because you do
but every message hurts
because i no longer trust you
believe your intentions pure
and you claim i don't know you
then that's on you
because, who have i been talking to
a liar? someone who misleads and plays games? or is your mind so warped you can't think straight?
like me
anyway
if you're going to
just leave
Mar 2022 · 44
Da
Man Mar 2022
Da
******* old man
with the way you talk
you're lucky i don't smack you
in your **** mouth
with my backhand
god i'd like to lunge at you
and knock you off the ivory tower
from which you stand
so proudly
pathetic as you are
and cowardly
i pray for the day you fall
Mar 2022 · 71
Stalin Grins
Man Mar 2022
we will take anything
anyone
we'll give you a gun
food, and boots
and a flight there
conditions will be rough
the front is tough
and the fight
isn't fair
we need every hand
no combat training
not in the best shape
we don't care
put on a flak vest
do your best
and make the Russians run red
Mar 2022 · 56
FAZZA
Man Mar 2022
the crown prince
what will his son's country look like
his grandson's
a barren dessert?
like his predecessors have predicted
have made some attempts aimed at shifting
like a genocide and slave labor
will these old world tactics
prove worthwhile behavior?
Mar 2022 · 44
First Gen
Man Mar 2022
66
works harder than i do
is stronger
obviously, vastly more experienced
that comes with the territory
"you get raise?"
hell yeah! $2
"that nice, they only give me ¢0.60."
¿what?
"yea, ¢0.60 and they give you $2. i work here 15 years and i only make $1.60 more. how should i feel?"
i would feel insulted. to give that much of your life.
"yes, exactly. so you tell me max, what should i do?"
i don't know Jay! i understand completely where you're coming from, i would feel the same in your position. do you want $1.40 from me? seriously, i'll gladly give it to you. you tell me what you want to do
silence
acceptance
that we cannot change a thing
from where we stand
that i cannot change a thing today
from where i stand
and it kills me
Mar 2022 · 333
Green Blanket
Man Mar 2022
i have no pride
you hurt me all the time
and inside
i've died
long ago
so it's just numb
i was dumb
to think things
would be any different
Mar 2022 · 33
Dope
Man Mar 2022
i go
below
skinning my soul
to depart from the shoal
and the shores of man
all the news of war
and my failing love life
the work that bores
my two real friends
hating me
never accepting
living for nothing
while others die
for everything
but what does any of it mean
Mar 2022 · 67
Just Do It
Man Mar 2022
people hate me
the optimism, the cheshire grin, the happy-go-lucky attitude
the enthusiasm and ambition
tHeY dOn'T wAnNa sEe mE wIN
Mar 2022 · 35
Why
Man Mar 2022
Why
what type of person is she
she asks you
"how was your day?"
and then goes to sleep
the person to start an argument
and switch subjects with ease
send you her love
in words, pictures, and actions
to do a 180°
not to be explained
is there joy derived from this
i get whiplash
i'm no better i guess
but you're the one
who came back
Mar 2022 · 50
I.O.U. Meaning
Man Mar 2022
i am done
with everyone
i know
and the man
in the mirror
can finally die
when i slit his throat
slow
and beads of blood
trickle
before the flood
flows
i greet

rising
crashing
this
warm fuzzy feeling
in my stomach
creeping across me
falling peacefully
in and out
pieces of me
coming out
clinging
just to slip through
i want to shout
but i have no mouth
and prayer
doesn't work
i'm not devout
so i go on
wondering about
free of doubt
free of it all
casting a shadow
as my character
Mar 2022 · 30
I like mangos
Man Mar 2022
**** fell out
of her colostomy bag heart
whenever she spoke,
she took that for commonplace,
so much trauma
it wreaks, bending
the thoughts you think
and radiates
going on in the background
like up in outer space
standing on earth
looking at a star
light-years away
they say don't stare too long
those are ultra-violent rays
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