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Will Storck Aug 2011
Was there a need for your creation
Were your values put on sale
Who put together the pieces
And told you your actions were sins
Did you commit them for sins’ sake
Or were the sins committing all along

Who told you you could dream
The secret world before creation
Before time took its footsteps
Judgment never held happiness by the ears
And the stars were flickering before sight
Light still slept underneath space

Were you given the right to happiness
Does what makes you happy take from others
Are you living proof of an equality
How are you sure of friendships
Or love for that matter
If no one else feels how do you now of its existence
A comparison of scars and tears in cupped hands
Sweetened with smiles and good intentions

Standing tall and alone gazing up
Until a closed hand brings you down
The concern wrapped in a whisper sits
And on your knees you embrace
With the release you talk to the dirt
And draw in the mud with your fingers
It’s so hard to clean under the fingernails
The bubbles in the sink look so bright
What was there before the great command
Will Storck Aug 2011
Never truly forgettable
You were a memory I could put in a box
And let the dust build over the cardboard *****
The kind of importance
That could be left behind
Like a stuffed animal on the playground
The sight lingers behind the eyes
And is drawn forth by water
Sentimental values petrified into stone
And held tightly by the heart
Occasionally it squirms up the throat
And is cast back down with a shallow laugh
Everyday transposition brought forth onto daily life
Not quite convinced it was ever forgotten in the first place
Still waiting for the voice to melt away the rock
Dripping from the center it flows through my fingers
And I curse as I try to remember
Why I put it there in the first place
Will Storck Aug 2011
Tracing our lifeline on your back
Through every crossroad and shoulder blade
Over every vertebrae under the gray sky
One step over the edge of the world
To where the sighs and whispers fall
Where the grass is fed by our salty tears
And gods hum and ignore their tiny worshipers
Climbing up the brown branches of your hair
To meet your head in the clouds
They will see the finger pointing down
And jump off like a leaf in autumn
Snatched in the air by your hand
They can find out who they were and will be
As they rest their heads on your palm
When they wake up their masks will be gone
And they will smile
Will Storck Jun 2011
She called again
Drunk as usual
Sobbing into the receiver about her dreams
And happier times left long ago
How her steps forward have been in the wrong direction
And her heart is broken in two
She takes another gulp
Her sweet tears mixed with the alcohol
Time is not making this any easier for me
No matter what I still love the man I hate so much
She called because she needed a friend
She never asked too much from me
She fell so hard but never had the novelty of rising high above
After she calms down she tells me everything will be all right
As if I was the one needing convincing
With a small sigh of relief she hangs up
Leaving me confused on the other end
Unsure if I should have told her
It may have been largely her fault
Will Storck Jun 2011
Hands clasp
Eyes meet
Pearly smile
Hearts lift

Feet walk
Mouths laugh
Lips meet
Hearts beat

Knees bent
Box opens
Lungs gasp
Hearts sing

Vows said
Rings given
Smiles cry
Hearts kiss

Dreams had
Babies born
Love supports
Hearts live

Kids grow
Homes change
Seasons change
Hearts persevere

Lives lived
Bodies age
Love lasts
Hearts stop
Will Storck Jun 2011
I will dig myself a dream
Something I can only see
Down deep in the Earth

I will grasp its rough edges
Smooth its grittiness
With my bare hands

I will read it and learn from it
Grab and pull out
The potential

Or else I will
Step down and lie with it
And let it consume me

Filling my cup
I take a long sip
And see what I have planned for me

Embraced loved cherished
It needs me to stay alive
As I need it to truly live
Will Storck Apr 2011
Take your medication
Do as you’re told
Swallow the pills with
A cascade of water and
Watch your money fill
Our satin lined pickets
So heavy our belts snap
Our trousers fall
And the world can see the
Tattoo of your face on our *****
And the funniest thing is
All you needed was a good laugh
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