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RobbieG May 2021
Temptation calls you
hands firmly over your ears
I cannot hear you
RobbieG Jan 2022
One year my dear
and one month
since I last saw you
One year my dear
and three months
since we broke up
I still miss you
Four years my dear
and one month
of me messing up
with no improvement
I really let you down
However many years
and months my dear
It takes you to reconsider
I'll be waiting for you
and our lost love dear
until you're actually
really mine dear
I will always miss you
RobbieG Mar 2022
Differences attracted us, differences distracted us. Differences created us, differences defeated us.
RobbieG Jul 2021
He killed himself
how could he do that
He had a family
that relied on him
He killed himself
we assume he’s selfish
For all we know
he killed himself,
to save everyone else
from his demons
He saved everyone else
from himself forever
SUICIDE
RobbieG Dec 2021
🧠
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    MENTAL-HEALTH
your brains gravity 
When it’s missing 
your mind is gone 
Outer space
rotating in orbit 

Thoughts of self hate 
you're afraid to be yourself 
Always trying to be someone everyone wants
you to become 
So you fit in 
where you can get in,
that’s no life to live ​​​​​
FOR ANYONE OR YOU 

Where’s the self-love?

A foundation of
self-worth 
you can build from 
Lost in translation
You can find one!
"No you can't"
says your subconscious
speaking a dangerous language 

Crowded contradiction 
mixed with
clouded values 
Not aware of
the disarray 
because your whole life 
you have been this way 

Born a star 
shinning bright 
with each day and night 
they took the sparkle 
little by little
out of your eyes 
and every year 
you began to fade 

Until now
and it seems
The dream
became a nightmare
and you've faded
all the way away from anything that resembles yourself from back in the day
when you felt okay
but now you don’t 
and won’t ever

it seems
no matter
the whispers you hear
of a different pattern
waiting for you
to jump ship to
but out of fear you’ll drown , you remain stuck abroad
a battling one
knowing you can fight
just fine, all the hits and adjectives you’ve taken to the flesh and ears both relaying to the heart your worthless still hasn’t broken you yet
So why chase a possible outcome that might lead to positive change? or it could cost you your life? But isn’t YOUR LIFE,  COSTING YOU YOURSELF?and then the doubt kicks in , the door is wide open and that scares the hell out of you: 
​​​​BEING VULNERABLE 
so you quickly slam it closed and put the chain and bolt through the receiver as you twist and turn the deadbolt and lock on the doorknob , falling to the floor sitting indian style against it with your head down
This is where you
feel the most comfortable
But yet: THERE'S
A WHOLE WORLD OUT THERE  but it doesn’t matter! Because regardless your heart and passion your mind just can't  fathom
the fear of loss for hope to gain, You're a train wreck and it’s not your fault but **** it you must deal with it because the real culprits don’t give two ***** about the mental warfare they started and left you to handle
But you aren’t willing to grasp it , your mind can’t wrap around what needs to be done

You keep questioning every thought that might lead to somewhere more positive , the bad always outweighing the good so you justify staying the same and remaining a pawn in the victims chess game

Serving a life sentence of giving into a past that is behind you and forgetting about the future ahead of you out of fear of your own thoughts ....... lost.... hurt ... insecure..... bitter... mad....angry....unworthy...sad...decided....undecided...?????
???­?????????????????????????????????????????????????You can’t make up your mind , hostage to the comfort of bad patterns not realizing a whole other side to this dark spectrum , not understanding why? , not realizing a change necessary to carry the burdens and discard them, but you keep giving up on yourself as a result of lack of confidence
Why do these feelings always work against you? , you ask yourself . Does anyone care?and the answer is : never as much as you do about yourself! 
So why won’t you quit giving up and give in? , why keep sitting head down in the comfort of your sorrow dreaming for tomorrow to come and it be different knowing you’ve remained the same? Versus standing tall , head up and taking today and making it your own so tomorrow will follow today’s lead and today’s grief tomorrow becomes yesterday’s pathetic sad story and tomorrow marks the beginning of the new chapter filled with battles and disaster but as a result of the pursuit to happiness and laughter

So get up off your *** and quit feeling sorry for yourself and make today’s problems tomorrow’s yesterday’s and tomorrow’s story a happier one than today’s or NOT , it’s only your choice to make!
👇YES, ONLY YOU!!
RobbieG May 2021
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I
I
I
I
I
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I
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I
I
I_THINKING_­__
RobbieG Apr 2022
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                 

                ME
RobbieG Nov 2021
Every pore a sensor
every movement accounted for
Every word heard and dissected
every feeling selected
Every tone detected
every emotion elected
Every single aspect about you
accepted or misdirected
every attempt to remove me from this shell
Every attempt to save me from this hell
every smell picked up on
Ever since i was young
every detail was important
Every single situation
ever created I had to pay attention
Every single second, I had to live in the moment
SCARED
RobbieG Apr 2022
The difference between success and failure for the majority of us is...
Applying ourselves.

The difference between success and failure for all of us is...
Decide for yourself!
RobbieG May 2021
Unlike words
we can create
our own antonyms
SEPARATE YOURSELF  

Unlike words
we can create
our own synonyms
RELATE YOURSELF

Unlike words
we can create
our own definition
DEFINE YOURSELF
RobbieG Feb 2022
A family tree of unemployment
A family tree of
disability
A family tree of
bad credit
A family tree of
high interest paid
A family tree of
we own nothing
A family tree of
alcoholism
A family tree of
drug abuse
A family tree of
mental disorders
A family tree of
grief
A family tree of
divorces
A family tree of
endless debt

I'm just trying
to be a black sheep
and defy all odds
Regardless the roots
or branches I came from
Be the exception
RobbieG Jul 2021
I’m tired of being a sheep
So I tried being the sheep dog
I’m tired of being a dog
So I tried just being me
I’m tired of trying
So……..
I give up
on trying
to fit in……
RobbieG Jun 2021
Please leave resentment
you were never invited
and now she is gone
RobbieG May 2021
I didn’t replace me
You can’t face me
Keep calling me someone
IM NOT
That doesn’t change me
Back to who he was
Nor make me
Who I’m not
I have moved on
Overcoming
Childhood trauma
Past pain
HEARTBREAK
Insecurities
And feelings of
WEAKNESS
IM BETTER
Now time to
DIFFERENTIATE
Realize I’m ok of that
Now I got
OTHER BATTLES
Like alcoholism
And love for others
Besides MYSELF
Narcissism
FAITH
Might be the only cure
And I know in my heart
This to be true
But one step at a time
Leads to a lifetime of
CURE
Baby steps
This transformation
But 31 years of
HELL ON EARTH
Seems impossible to
CURE
Unless you want it BAD
And I sure DO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ACCEPTANCE
UNDERSTANDING
REALIZING
DESIRING
CHANGE
TO BE
OR NEVER TO NOT BE
THAT ISN'T OF QUESTION
I WILL AND IN TIME
BECOME BETTER
A PROMISE I
MADE TO
MYSELF
RobbieG May 2022
The world from which I see outside of this screen is REALITY...

The world from which I see within this screen is fake...

   "ThE wOrLd YoU sEe Me FrOm, WeLl ThAt WoRlD iS wHaT kEePs Me SANE... FrOm EvErY wOrD wRoTe, I pReVeNt A bOtTlEd Up ThOuGhT!"

 The world from which I'm seen outside of this screen is REALITY...

The world from which I'm seen within this screen is fake...
RobbieG Jul 2021
Deep thoughts
lead to deep decisions

Deep decisions
lead to deep thinking

Deep thinking
leads to deep thoughts

“Deep decisions,
scare the **** out of me!”

I’m deep thinking
aloud again…..
RobbieG May 2021
Mommy and Daddy
apart like the Moon and Sun
each doing their part
RobbieG Aug 2021
Dog eat dog world
don’t be weak
puppy chow

Dog eat dog world
don’t be to loud
barking orders

Dog eat dog world
don’t chase your tail
dog “gone” it

LOST

Dog eat dog world
move “fur”ther ahead
leading by scent

DIRECTION

Dog eat dog world
keep your owner happy
don’t **** where you eat

INSIDE

Dog eat dog world
euthanizing all breeds
population control

One day we may
live amongst each-other
NOT IN CHAINS

One day we may
roam freely spreading love
it’s a Dog eat dog world
RobbieG May 2021
Is it the $800 mortgage that prevents you from the $8 cofeee or is it the other way around

Is it the $400 car payment that prevents you from the $12 lunch or the other way around

Is it the $200 phone bill that prevents you from the $16 to go see a movie or the other way around

Priorities, Priorities. Priorities

Its the $8 coffee, the $12 lunch and the $16 movie that keeps me having to loan you money so you can keep your phone , car and house

Well I’m done being an ATM for everyone else because I need to put my Priorities first

TOUGH-LOVE

As I stream movies for free and only pay $50 a month for my phone plan

As I have a car that is paid off and still decide to pack my lunch to save money

As I brew coffeee every morning for pennies on the dollar to enjoy and I don’t even have a mortgage

But yet you keep borrowing from me,
GET LOST
RobbieG Feb 2022
I have no right to judge
nor can I forgive all
Please don't worship me
please don't call me your God
RobbieG May 2021
Listen
Whisper
Call
My Jane means
Gear talk to grin
Lost sold caught give in
****** skins
Slims cigarette burns
Put out fires with
Liars that spit out
Watered down values
WORDS
RobbieG Mar 2022
Scary came near but then ran scared, not them but me from their temptation, I'm free from myself, free..freee...freeee.....
Up in the clouds away from society, societyee..soicietyeee...
RobbieG Dec 2021
Do you know their battles?
Do you know their war?
Would you help them fight?
Would you help them defend?
THEN WHY DO YOU JUDGE?
 ________
RobbieG Sep 2021
Narrow-minded
already-decided

Vast-opinions
fast-conclusions

Many-regrets
infinite-threats

But hey!
What do I know ?

It's not my job
to judge

These are just
my opinions

And I'll
keep them to myself

RESPECT
RobbieG Apr 2022
☁️ ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
uʍop ǝpᴉsdn pooʇs I

spnolɔ ʍǝu ǝɥʇ ǝɯɐɔǝq suɐǝɔo

ʎʞs ǝɥʇ ʎʇᴉʌɐɹפ
🌊 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
RobbieG May 2021
When one quits drinking it can be quite hard

Not just from the temptation of the alcohol withdrawals

But from the drinking buddies that you feel the need to avoid

Just like you before, they don’t see you as having a problem

Not that they don’t want to be able to support you

But they don’t want to think that they have a problem too

I will say that’s where I have been pretty lucky

During this battle amidst the troubles I’ve only lost a few

But the majority of my drinking buddies have remained in my
CORNER

I’ll start with my buddy Subconscious for example

He’s been staying strong and keeping his voice to himself

Only speaking up when it gets really tough saying things like

“Don’t give up Rob! You have come so far during this journey !”

Or how about our other good buddy Imagination

Imagination has been helping to be a positive DISTRACTION

Always weighing in with his many thoughts to ease the pain

Giving me support and advice like why take a drink when you can create a write

One of my other drinking buddies that has been a huge help is Memory

He’s not really close friends with Subconscious or Imagination but rather acquaintances

He still has been a big part in my transformation

As Memory always reminds me of the reasons from my personal past that help keep me from desiring another
RELAPSE

He promised me no more drinking and driving down his lane , like we used too

If only our other drinking buddies could be as supportive as these three have been

We all 4 together think sometimes how bad it ***** that we find it hard in our heart to hangout with the other few like :  Kyle, Ralph , Chris and Brandon

But as I get stronger with the support from my other strong friends then maybe one day we can all meet again .....
WITHOUT  TEMPTATION
RobbieG May 2021
Purchased
used phone
upgrade
jail broke
good deal
but no
insurance
Fall call
phone cell
call dropped
concrete
cracked screen
works still
microscopic cuts
from screen
touch fingertips
hurts to
text message
voice text
speak to
speak through
phone mic
to prevent
touching screen
if only
You purchased
phone insurance
scam
maybe not
after all
especially
after fall
cell rings
answer carefully
please
to close
to ear
and it
hurts
hair gets
caught
in cracks
or it
cuts ear
from head
movement
from cell
phone
to touch
screen
to
fail phone
touch scream
all because
you literally
and physically
dropped your
call
on concrete
sidewalk
moral of
story
buy insurance
and save
money
fingertips
ear
hair
and prevent
from looking
crazy
speaking aloud
into a
cracked screen
or from
saying ouch
from the
pain
RobbieG May 2021
You’re feeling down, tired and slow
You just need a quick pick me up
You contemplate ******* or adderall

You’re feeling depressed and insecure
You just need a substance to numb yourself
You contemplate ****** or alcohol

You’re in so much pain and you hurt
You just need a quick fix to take it away
You contemplate pain-killers or muscle-relaxers

You’re drowning in anxiety and stressed out
You just need something to calm yourself down
You contemplate cbd or marijuana

You're so heartbroken you feel all the above ⬆️
You just need a drug to help numb yourself
You contemplate which one will do the job

One thing for certain is, you’re done with the most powerful drug of them all
lOvE

It always leaves you with the worst hangovers and is a gateway to the
REST

For it wasn’t until your heart was torn into two that you tried any of the
ABOVE

Now you can’t get enough of anything to make you forget about the
hEaRtBrEaK

Love is one drug you refuse to get addicted to, monetarily it is free but costs the
MOST

You are in no danger of ever being tempted to try it again after the last
RELAPSE
RobbieG May 2021
Cocktail
Cockfail

You’re drunk again

Mixed drink
Mixed emotions

Try thinking sober

Multiple shots
Multiple plots

You keep ordering

Pitcher perfect
Picture perfect

From drunk eyes

Hungover again
Hungover pain

Still same problems

Alcohol calls
Alcohol falls

Your name again

You answer
You catch

Maintaining the pattern

Alone, afraid
Alone, unsafe

Numb the pain

You feel
You need

But you don’t

Your week
You’re weak

Put the bottle

Down now
Move on

Overcome the pain

Don’t count
Don’t love

Your buzz more

Than yourself
Than health

You got this

You can
You will

If you try


Angry sober
Happy buzzed

Sad when drunk

Regretful after
Disappointed after

But then you

Drink more
Drink none

Break the pattern
RobbieG Nov 2021
D.T.I.P
please 
Its not 
your fault 
D.T.I.P
we know 
you 
deserve 
way better 
D.T.I.P
please 
understand 
I did 
love you 
D.T.I.P
I accept 
full 
responsibility
for
my actions 
D.T.I.P
just know 
I still 
love you 
more than 
ever
D.T.I.P
I've
changed 
for 
the better 
D.T.I.P

finally 
became 
better 
D.T.I.P

finally 
b­ecame 
what 
you needed
D.T.I.P
you 
never 
got 
through
to me 
D.T.I.P
you were 
the motivation 
until you 
went missing 
gone 
I never 
heard 
your words 
or accepted 
the truth 
reality 
D.T.I.P
because you 
still could 
be with me 
But please 
D. Dont 
T.Take 
I. It
P. Personal
i finally grew 
and became a man 
that you thought
I never could 
be
D.T.I.P
RobbieG May 2021
To be or not too
to be that is the question
I choose not to be
RobbieG Dec 2021
1 joint
2 shots
3 beers

A
Bad
Combination

1 driver
2 drunks
3 killed

A
Bad
Crash

1 life-sentence
2 different charges
3 families affected

A
Bad
Choice
RobbieG Jun 2021
I need time
just time
that’s all I need
and I’ll be better
life keeps threatening me
but I’m ok with it
I know I’m not perfect
but I’ll keep fighting
trying to become
BETTER
RobbieG Mar 2022
Quit teaching yourself, start learning life!
RobbieG Sep 2021
When everyone tries
everyone should win
but life is so cold
RobbieG Sep 2021
When you try
your best
and it wasn't
good enough
it really *****
RobbieG Nov 2021
An entire team 
each player unique 
individually designed 
with specific roles 
making up my heart 
telling me how to feel 
playing together within
practicing hard to compete 
always looking for the win
acquainted with defeat 
reading the competitions 
ENERGY 
An entire crowd 
each person unique 
individually made 
with specific roles 
making up my mind 
telling me how to decide
reacting together within 
paying attention to the game 
regardless loss or win 
acquainted with defeat 
reading the teams 
ENERGY 
An entire man
extremely unique 
collectively created 
an entire team for a heart 
an entire crowd for a mind 
living life based off feeling 
leading with his heart 
winning and losing battles 
transfering energy from 
his heart to his mind 
fueling his decisions 
ENERGY
RobbieG Nov 2021
Horrorscope
from
Virgo
to
Virgone
All
my
things
i
had
to
have
Now
in
a
box
placed
on
the
sidewalk
As
she
yelled
"Get
the
****
out"
From
the
door-
step
Four
years
of
mad
love
bad
love
Finally
she
got
me
out!
Will
work
for
love
SIGN
Lie
She
knows
just
as
I
do
I'm
not
capable
Damaged-
goods
RobbieG May 2021
No vacancy amidst this heart and mind

The sign well lit for all to see that crosses my path

An aftermath to a blurred past mixed with undesired emotions

My soul a landlord to an apartment of bad tenants

Well not anymore as all the flaws have received notices

It’s time to GET OUT ! I’m done no longer willing to be the host

One by one, door by door, I’m meeting them all and personally saying goodbye

Some I have known longer than others, while some only a few years

It may take a while but I dream for the day they all get out
FINALLY

And then I can start fresh with a total makeover from within
REMODEL

Only then will I accept applications for good morals and values

That’ll be the day when I can feel good and be proud of myself

That day isn’t quite as far away as one may think as I keep
KICKING THEM OUT

And with each argument or self acknowledgement I feel a little more strong

Gaining the confidence to continue to carry on with this mission I’ve had for so long
RobbieG Dec 2021
Far [                                  ]Far
.......[            HERE           ]...........
left [                                  ] Right

I BELONG TO NONE OF THIS 
   
  IT IS ALL JUST PURE EVIL!
  🔥🔥🔥🔥😈🤵🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
RobbieG Nov 2021
Evil does exist 
We all cross paths with evil 
some of us host it 

Evil does exist 
Should we try to avoid it?
some of us try to 

Evil does exist 
How can we conquer evil?
if we are afraid 

Evil does exist 
But im not afraid of it 
I used to host it 

Evil does exist
But not inside of me now 
because I chose love 

Love will overcome 
All evil and conquer it 
evil does exist

But so does love too 
Evil is a choice you make 
but so is love too 

What will you decide? 
What side do you belong to ?
Evil versus Love
RobbieG May 2021
efil evol ym sdrawkcaB
rehtie ti pleh t’ndid ehS
sniamer evol sdrawkcaB
RobbieG Sep 2021
I work little and make to much
I spend to much and spend to much time off
I need to work more and make less
I need to spend much less and spend more time at work
FULFILLED
But it must be something I love to do
But it must be something I'm passionate about
So I can have a normal schedule
So I can have a normal life
I'm tired of all the traveling
I'm tired of the uncertainty
I just want to write
I just want to love
I just want to live
I just want to
SURVIVE
RobbieG May 2021
Insecurities rest in peace
the day has arrived
Cremated
Flames are finally gone
from the fires you caused
Me
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
one day I’ll rest with you
But
Until then I’ll continue to live
the way anyone deserves to
Comfortable
In my own skin and in my own head without your doubt so
Farewell
You had a good run but we both knew I would get better
RobbieG May 2021
Barely scraping by
arms to my side

FIRM

Shoulder to shoulder
confined within the edges

TRAPPED

Within this life
within these problems

CAPTIVE

To worldly temptations
battling my self-worth

WAR

Values disarrayed
confidence shattered

CONFUSED

Power in faith
strength in love

SUPPORT

Lost love
faith unfamiliar

ALONE

By myself
for the first time

CHANGE

Poetry came along
after a long distance

TIME

Providing an avenue
allowing a healthy vice

ART

No longer alone
with my feelings

ESCAPED

Forever learning about myself
through my own words

EDUCATION

Words forever kept
and some far to long

GONE

Bad memories, dark tales
past trauma, a bitter heart

FORGIVEN

The cause of myself
the cause of who I was

MINDSET

Others can affect us
and they did to me

REALITY

However the most important
lesson poetry has taught me

TRUTHFULLY

It doesn’t mean they can
control my feelings

ANYMORE

When you are of sound mind
when you are of a good heart

GENUINE

When you wear your heart on your sleeve and actually care

COMPASSION

You will attract the energy you strive to become

MAGNET

We must save ourselves before we can save someone else

FACT

We must love ourselves before we can love someone else

FACT

We must want to be saved and loved to become both

FACT

Faith is calling my name as it’s weighing heavy on my heart

BELIEVING

This life makes no sense without there being something

MORE

Thoughts of why I have been so unconvinced or scared

QUESTIONS?

As a broken person I had no foundation to build from

Weak

I felt undeserving and like a hypocrite knowing my sins

PATHETIC

Afraid of knowing what’s right but going against his word

GOD

Bitter from a childhood past that wasn’t his fault nor mine

ANGRY

That’s the only way to explain the way I treated us both

BADLY

That explains why my relationships always failed

HURT

In life most things are self-inflicted, but we must find the

CAUSE

Poetry saved me, poetry taught me , poetry shined the light

BRIGHT

To what it was that caused this, to the importance of love

HAPPINESS

For better or worse poetry never escaped me

LOYAL

The truth is a poet will never be alone unless they want to be

REALIZATION

It’s in our hearts, it’s in our mind, our souls and gives purpose

FULFILLMENT

My words aren’t combined letters but rather released

EMOTIONS

I write with rawness, the ink my blood, my pain becomes yours

EXPOSED

My happiness and self-growth also equally transferred

NOW

But who I was, I wish on no one nor those feelings

EVER

It was a necessary journey but one I’m glad has transformed

GONE

So my deepest apologies to anyone that felt left in the dark

SORRY
RobbieG Jul 2021
Read all about it
she says she misses me too
I feel so happy
RobbieG May 2021
Yesterday’s newspaper becomes today’s toilet paper

But yesterday’s toilet paper is today’s newspaper
RobbieG Nov 2021
Its not my eyes that scare you, so look me in the eyes when I speak. If you are not capable then please go work on yourself. Its not my eyes fault you cannot stand
YOUR REFLECTION!
RobbieG Nov 2021
A mentally unhealthy family 
is hard to deal with 
WHEN 
You know its not their fault 
they are the way they are 
WHEN 
You are forced to be a part of their life, forever you will hurt 
WHEN 
You know they need help but you cant save them all 

PS: Its equivalent to being in a house thats on fire and everyone you love is burning to death and you can only save yourself 

HARD
RobbieG May 2021
How many generations
carry the burdens

Of yesterday’s problems
and deliver them to

Tomorrow’s newcomers
rather than acknowledging

A much needed change
and ending the age old cycle
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