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WhyamIaSpoon Dec 2011
There is a smolder
The light beats like a babies heart
Dark soot struggles to hold the feeling within

It smells alive and faintly familiar
The ashes shudder
The heat breathes
It starts again

Tentatively, it prods the ash
Rearing its back, it remembers
pain
betrayal
sacrifice
Approaching cautiously
Trying to bring back the warmth

It flickers with familiarity
A touch of warmth
They bond and flare
Sending sparks into the air

Glimmering, the air rises to the skies
On the ground it shimmers
Scarred by ash, it still shines
WhyamIaSpoon Apr 2012
Roses are red
The stars are blue
Your eyes shine bright
Such a beautiful hue

Love is red
Violets are blue
In this moonlit dance
We move as one, instead of two

Your lips are red
My eyes, a calming blue*
The fireflies light the sky
As I kiss you
WhyamIaSpoon Dec 2010
I'm so so sorry i broke the rules
I lost my left hand and now my right one too
Our only connection is the one i wear on my neck
Please save me
My world is failing
Temptation takes me over
I no longer have the strength
I have done wrong
I no longer can go the length
When i get down on my knees
why can't i feel you there
I need our bond back
Save me please
WhyamIaSpoon Sep 2013
It's something new
Yet reminiscent
It slowly creeps on you
Just like it did once before

The stars glow in her eye
Evilly pulling
Stop what you're doing
Before it turns to something you abhor

Get it out
It worms deep through
The crevices of my mind
Planting a seed

It's forbidden, unethical
Use your protection
But the craving
I can't fight the need

Save me from her wrath
And whisk me away
Hold my hands and cover my eyes
Deafen my ear from her lies

It's you I love the soil underneath
Always grounded beneath my feet
With you I keep my scarlet ties
Stopping me from my goodbyes
WhyamIaSpoon Dec 2011
The air is tense
Something is wrong
I'm the intruder
I've jumped the fence

Their backs all turned
Their faces hidden
The place is cloudy with noise
But some how well litten

Why do I feel out of place
What is the difference here
Searching and feeling
I'm stuffed with fear

Mysterious faces
No that's not it
My breath shortens to my paces
As I realize what it is

I'm not different in color or race
Just something worth while
Because everyone except me
Has on a smile
WhyamIaSpoon Dec 2011
I hear the songs that say wish you were here
They ask me to think about who I want near

My thoughts instantly race to you
why can't they go
I can't tell what you want or how you feel
since you don't show

Actions speak louder than words
but obviously you don't get what that means
You tell me you care
but you say that through a computer screen

Where are your emotions
Why don't you act the way you feel
I don't want your words
I need you to release what you conceal

But by now I'm not sure if things will last
Too many secrets, to many fights, we're a thing of the past
WhyamIaSpoon Dec 2010
Don't say you love me
Don't look at me with those eyes
Don't get on your knees
and pray at the skies

I'm higher than a satellite
and your stuck on the street
Please don't call for me
the next time when we meet

Don't call for me
Don't call me when you can
Don't call for me
I won't be your superman

I'm not flying through your hoops again
You'll never be my wife
Don't ask me to stop your bullets
I won't save your life

Don't you torture me with your words
You know that I can feel
Just keep shooting those bullets
my heart is made of steel

My heart is made of steel, but even steel can dent
Superman still has his weakness just covered by might
My dear love you dent my steel
You are my kryptonite
WhyamIaSpoon Apr 2013
He sits behind the fence
Only to be drawn out by the smell
Of fear, of the air getting dense.

He puts on a show for the crowd
Only seeing reality when the master
Cracks the whip, screaming "You're too loud!"

Because of you, he waits to be pulled
By the edge of his choke collar with a
Grin on his face, knowing he'll never be fooled.

Because of you, he'll come out.
WhyamIaSpoon Oct 2010
Late at night, i'm thinking of you.
The way you supported me it was true.
Remembering the time where we sat near the pond.
No lies, nothing false you just respond.
That's what i need someone that was there for me.
I'm very happy and you fill me with glee.
Just to listen just to hear me through.
So thanks for hearing me out i love you
- From Love and Pain Go Hand in Hand
WhyamIaSpoon Feb 2012
Box kid, Box kid
He's got a box head
He looks fairly weird
And that's commonly said

But he's not to be feared
He just wants a friend
He'll be faithful to anyone
To the end

You don't know this box kid and many don't
It's because the things you said
That left him alone

And with your words of hate and terror, you wanted to transcend
When in reality, if you stayed put, the box kid could've been your friend
My friend actually showed me a song that she wrote that originally was supposed to be funny. However, when she gave me the lyrics, I felt like the box kid was kind of an outcast and so it led me to edit the song a bit and make it relate more the the theme presented in the poem. I know the poem already sends the message, but I would just like to reiterate once more. Please, just because someone looks weird, acts in a funny way, or has odd habits, don't make fun of them or alienate them. For all you know, they could be very cool people. For all you know, they could be the life of the party. Most people these days are so boring and unoriginal; frankly, you should be looking for these "weird" people so they can spice up your life.
WhyamIaSpoon Oct 2010
Today on the bus I saw a child whose skin was dark and race was black.
She could not have been over 6 but she wasn't in school.
I wondered what her life would be like in 20 years, what she would lack.
For her summer was spent riding her dad's bus day after day, not able to play with other kids at the pool.
It hurts to think that this child's future is so bleak.
No education, no opportunities, just the clothes on her back.
Seeing this i realize how lucky i am and also what i seek.
There isn't much i can do for her now but i will make a pack.
I will use my resources that you never had
and put myself somewhere that you'll never go
I'll use my money to help you when times are bad.
i don't know you, but this is the love i show.
WhyamIaSpoon Nov 2013
Oh, how I want to sail away from here
Everything smells like fear, smells like beer
How can I sleep when I know what's going on in the next room
Laying in the darkness you just want it to go away
Every scream, every slam brings chills down your back
My toes are cold with sweat how long am I going to stay
This way let it slip and fall and hit the rack
Love is about making sacrifices, not blaming the other for all it's worth
You clean the dishes
No you're lazy
You don't care
Who took the kids out then?
I'm going to pull out my hair
Why is it that everything good on this earth is yours
Are these your kids? I gave them birth
What do you do besides run to the corner and hide behind your palm tree
Watching your own dad turn into a monster
Pushing her down, you turn and flea
How can you be a son, to watch your mother cry and feel nothing
Broken, hopeless the sky falls
Stuck looking in the mirror wondering what you've become, wondering where all your feelings have gone
Grab the keys, slam the door harder than any of them
Rationalize my actions for leaving my family alone
I've seen my sister scared for her life
I've seen my mother cry and want to **** herself
I've seen my dad hit his wife
But all I care about is myself
Listening to them until the break of dawn
Can't you see what your doing to your daughter
How can you call yourself a father
Having your wife and children hide locked in the bathroom cause you're such a bother
Maniac, but depressed what do I do
He just wanted the love of the family but not getting it through
Slamming his head on the bed frame in the daughter's view
What does it take to love someone so much
How does it become such an obligation
How do you lose that touch
Oh, I want to sail away from here
I'm never following my fathers footsteps not going to be molded into that shape
Just going to drive, going to strive for you
I've seen what I've been denied, throw it all away, living the great escape
WhyamIaSpoon Jan 2014
It's quiet
So, so quiet
I hear nothing but the tick tock
tick tock, tick tock
I live for the tick tock
tick tock, tick tock
Coming home, I see you
What a strong knot you have around your neck
I can almost see the veins burning into the fibers
What a precarious position your body swings
Tick tock, Tick tock
Your feet dangle
Obsessively grasping for the ground
Tick tock, Tick tock
You falter, you drop
Tick Tock, Tick Tock
My love for you will not stop
TICK Tock, TICK Tock
Wait, I'll be home soon
*TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK
WhyamIaSpoon Oct 2010
I hate going through this every day. It’s torture and it’s pain. To see your loved one everyday but not be able to speak to them, to not be able to love them. I feel like there is a wall between us now, time slowly eroding our bond. The past looks so much better, much more welcoming then the present. It looks tempting and all the memories we had together make me want to live in the past rather than now. We’re stuck like two stone statues looking at each other. Unable to speak, unable to touch, and only allowed to gaze into each other’s stone cold eyes. I miss your liveliness, I miss your warmth. And as I’m writing this, I’m thinking about what you’re doing. You’re probably running, running with thousands of other people. Visiting hundreds of other countries, going aboard trains, planes, boats, and cars, and seeing everything there is to see in the world except for me. Your mind is off somewhere else, somewhere in the future. I guess I’m the one who’s at a loss now, since while you’re fighting your way into the new world, I’m still dwelling on our past. Sadly enough though, we all grow up sooner or later, but before I give in, let me remember the things we did on last time. I’ll miss you.


- From Love and Pain Go Hand in Hand
WhyamIaSpoon Dec 2013
I treasure my treasure chest
For treasuring treasure chests leads to pleasure -- the best
The treasure in my treasure chest I treasure because it's a treasure of no measure

Somehow ten cases in, there's more to discover
More to uncover about my treasure chest

On the outside, she looks like golden plated happiness
Shining with her spirit through gems of holiness

I am the key

But this treasure chest itself is not a treasure for the treasure it holds but because it is a treasure
Look at the chest
See how its been blessed
Look past the gems
And see what's repressed

It's dark ten layers down
******, grimy, and bitter
You see what's underneath wallowed in litter
But this is the true face what's treasured for pleasure
Ten layers down you find that bit of glitter

That you hold them in your palm
Trusting you with the key
That when the treasure is revealed
You will turn and be their shield
WhyamIaSpoon Mar 2011
You face the north and I face the south
Everything is still from our hands to our mouths
There is no need for me to turn and see your face
And you look straight ahead into the blank white space
There is no need for me to call your name or hold your hand
And you don't need to say hi or make a stand
Because deep down inside you know that I'll never leave you for another
We've reached the state where our love for each other
Exceeds our need for each other

*i can't think of a title, if someone could come up with one i would be thankful
War
WhyamIaSpoon Oct 2010
War
Here comes the fire
Here comes the pain
Here comes the liar
Running through the rain
Here comes the car
Carrying the dead
Here comes some water
That is running red
WhyamIaSpoon Oct 2010
I hear the sirens but it couldn't be.
Smoke and ash everywhere there's nothing i can see.
Deep down inside my heart has sunk, but the ash settles down and on the ground is me.
WhyamIaSpoon Oct 2010
What makes a poem a poem?
Why do rhyming words in a certain fashion have such a great effect?
Is it my expression?
Your fascination?
Or is there no explanation
Why do the few descriptive words set the scene of tranquility and beauty?
Serenity
Amenity
is my identity
How is it that the rhythm gets you going just the right way
Setting the beat
Beating the heat
because no matter what i just can't be beat
But sometimes isn't poetry more of your feelings?
I'm not striving for the perfect line
Frankly i don't care i just want you to be mine
Oh (insert lover's name here) you are just divine
So here I am with my pen and paper trying to impress the world
But poetry should have more of a meaning
it should come out of your heart
but my heart doesn't have much in it, it has quite a bit of room
so brb ttyl bada bing bada boom
WhyamIaSpoon Oct 2010
I'm left for dead,
my family and friends are in bed.
Never again will they awake.
When a man has nothing to lose, a path of destruction they will leave in their wake.
So give me all you've got, I'll dance with the devil tonight.
When a man has nothing to lose, he's got all the fight.
WhyamIaSpoon Oct 2012
I'm trapped
The Glare
The Air
kills me

I want to go
But need to stay
Away
Awake
Alive

Where does it go from here?
Aspire to my goals

Thoughts of freedom
Do they soak?
As I sneak away
Gone like Wisps of Smoke

— The End —