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"bettering" poems
Flesh so soothing, a depression so strong, A life so short, a misery so long. A heart that's pure, with a touch of decay, Words of slaughter, bitter blasphemies to say. A God of the throne, a God in the dirt, The evil of humanity, the supremacy of hurt. A whisper of agony, a stench of audacious, A corpse to taste in all your forged graces. It is what it can't be, its not what you've said, I take no blame for the nine inch nails in the dead. The rope to devour, I refuse his blood, To catch in the mouth, and swallow the mud. Worship the gruesome sight with fear, Wait for your judgment as it treads itself near. Scream of the Hollow, shutter of harrow, Lets worship a creature without a better tomorrow.
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Nov 14, 2012
Nov 14, 2012 at 5:54 PM UTC
Bettering of Yesterday - 2008
Watch as the sun Slowly slides over the horizon Leaving behind a touch of Pearly pinks, dusky purples And vibrant hues of red Ah there, Battered dreams quickly wither Darkness settles in, The crystal envoys Paint a portrait of Pure serenity Hope is reborn Our destinies are within our Reach as our dreams soon Come to realization It's a beautiful ambiance And the solid gold Paints over the Eastern side And it's overwhelming beauty Is welcomed by those With expectations of Bettering their present
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Mar 7, 2014
Mar 7, 2014 at 3:13 PM UTC
Wonders Of Nature
Journal Entry #13 I know its been sometime since I've written, but in my defense I've been a busy girl. I turn thirty-two in a couple days, and I'll be honest.. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. This year has been nothing but changes for me. Walked away from a toxic marriage. Moved away from everyone and everything I know. Walked away from childhood friendships, Because they refused to grow... Depression took over and consumed my life... Crippling me. I was alone. With nothing... But pain to keep me company. But... See... That's one thing about me... I've always been about bettering mine. I may forget how strong I am temporarily. But I'm not the type to roll over and die just like that. All those so called people in my life that said they loved me. Always wanting me to do good, but never better than them. An ex husband who blinded me with lies and his own misery. It's sad once you realize these were the kinds of people I let take up so much of my time... But none of you really knew me at all... Never thought I'd stand up on my own two feet again.. Get my **** together again. You thought you knew me. But that's one thing about me. As soon as you doubt me, I'll show you how hard I grind. Proved all of you wrong, all at the same time. I can't give no more time to that petty **** The petty life you chose to live. You're steady complaining about your life, but doing nothing to change it. Drowning in your own misery. Assuming I'd always be along for the ride. why'd I tolerate that **** for so long? But see, I'm not that same girl you use to know. And that's one thing you just never saw. You're not moving, You're stagnate in your own misery. You're not growing with me. Its just time I let you go. I have no more sympathy to give to you. Oh, you think I'm heartless. Well get this... This is how I see this... If I can stand up from my own personal hell of... Loss... Heartache... Loneliness... Misery... Divorce... Depression.. Lift my own self up.. Walk out into better days.. All because I made the choice to change things. Why cant you? I'll be honest... I hate that I had to let you go... I get it you're upset with me.. That's okay I'll let you be. Yeah, I hear some of you are hatin' me. I had mad love & respect for you.. But that's the thing about me.. And yea, I know you say... I'm selfish... But... I cant grow with people in my life who refuse to grow with me.
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Apr 20, 2018
Apr 20, 2018 at 5:32 PM UTC
I Digress,
Journal Entry #13 I know its been sometime since I've written, but in my defense I've been a busy girl. I turn thirty-two in a couple days, and I'll be honest.. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. This year has been nothing but changes for me. Walked away from a toxic marriage. Moved away from everyone and everything I know. Walked away from childhood friendships, Because they refused to grow... Depression took over and consumed my life... Crippling me. I was alone. With nothing... But pain to keep me company. But... See... That's one thing about me... I've always been about bettering mine. I may forget how strong I am temporarily. But I'm not the type to roll over and die just like that. All those so called people in my life that said they loved me. Always wanting me to do good, but never better than them. An ex husband who blinded me with lies and his own misery. It's sad once you realize these were the kinds of people I let take up so much of my time... But none of you really knew me at all... Never thought I'd stand up on my own two feet again.. Get my **** together again. You thought you knew me. But that's one thing about me. As soon as you doubt me, I'll show you how hard I grind. Proved all of you wrong, all at the same time. I can't give no more time to that petty **** The petty life you chose to live. You're steady complaining about your life, but doing nothing to change it. Drowning in your own misery. Assuming I'd always be along for the ride. why'd I tolerate that **** for so long? But see, I'm not that same girl you use to know. And that's one thing you just never saw. You're not moving, You're stagnate in your own misery. You're not growing with me. Its just time I let you go. I have no more sympathy to give to you. Oh, you think I'm heartless. Well get this... This is how I see this... If I can stand up from my own personal hell of... Loss... Heartache... Loneliness... Misery... Divorce... Depression.. Lift my own self up.. Walk out into better days.. All because I made the choice to change things. Why cant you? I'll be honest... I hate that I had to let you go... I get it you're upset with me.. That's okay I'll let you be. Yeah, I hear some of you are hatin' me. I had mad love & respect for you.. But that's the thing about me.. And yea, I know you say... I'm selfish... But... I cant grow with people in my life who refuse to grow with me.
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Save My Soul, (But First), Rub My Feet thus a poem auditorialy conceived, but! the sexuality of the deceiving dualities, irritates erogenous, exogenous perceptiveties, plethora of intensifying variables, a not-serious, harmless remark yet bring us to myriad of marauding reversals, add-venturing into harm’s way… much to discuss, but this topic bettered by much trading of traditional bantering brevity bettering our wordless battering insinuating, sensational signals bring us backwards & forwards to an exploratorium of wide boulevards back to new unfamiliar venues, narrowing alleyways & places we were before, places before we were before where, no unnecessary commas to separate, distingué, distinct tween the instinct of old and new, an uncommon commonality experiential revisionism now I understand what you said to me, a tenderizing of the sole synapses directing the brain, the old ooh ‘s, aah’s reigniting what what lay dormant, at long last, by opening doors to alternations, ven diagram of digressing yet intersecting old & new pathways, from the souls of her feet, to, too, two, we become diamond on souls of our heat
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May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023 at 4:50 PM UTC
Save My Soul, Rub My Feet
leave a mark wherever you go. plant a tiny piece of you and it will grow and grow and you will be infinitely remembered. don't be afraid, share yourself because you are constantly evolving. constantly bettering. you are a small creature crawling the face of the earth just like everyone else, but sometimes our footprints are bigger than we could ever be in this moment. you are a humongous soul contained in a tiny vessel of a body, who you are and what you've done will live on. make an impact. live, create, share. you can do so much more than just exist.
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Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24, 2015 at 4:45 PM UTC
and then i realized i was more a tree than a human
NJROTC is the one thing that made me feel confident in who I was, now it is gone. There will be no ROTC next year, most people don’t care, but the people who worked their butts off are hurting. We work all year round, constantly training and bettering ourselves. The funny thing about all of this is the fact that we all new it was coming, we just didn’t know how soon. People don’t care and I don’t expect them to but I hope people realize that having that program changed the school for the better and the cadets in it. We weren’t perfect we had our days where we just wanted to give up. We have had rocks thrown at us, yet we stood firm. We have been made fun of and still are but that never once took an ounce of pride from our hearts. I will not be here I graduate in May, so people wonder why I am so upset. I am upset because I have personally worked with every cadet who wanted to be something, I have been there when we won first place titles, I have been there for the most hilarious fails, I have been there for the biggest wins in the smallest ways. Regardless of when or where I have been there! I have seen them at there best and worst, I have given pep talks at meets that have changed the outcome within the blink of an eye. You can’t understand what it is like to be in a program like this if you aren’t in it. In the eyes of the Juniors everything they have worked for for three years have just been ripped from their hands, they don’t know how to handle something like this, neither do I. ROTC made these kids who they are, it has shaped me into the strong, confident and intelligent woman I am. How do I look them straight into the eyes and tell them it is gonna be okay when I myself don’t even believe that? I will walk out of high school with only one regret, that I didn’t prepare them properly for this hit. I have lead and prepared them for everything but this, could it be true? Is this it? It is………..
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Mar 2, 2017
Mar 2, 2017 at 3:16 PM UTC
Speechless
NJROTC is the one thing that made me feel confident in who I was, now it is gone. There will be no ROTC next year, most people don’t care, but the people who worked their butts off are hurting. We work all year round, constantly training and bettering ourselves. The funny thing about all of this is the fact that we all new it was coming, we just didn’t know how soon. People don’t care and I don’t expect them to but I hope people realize that having that program changed the school for the better and the cadets in it. We weren’t perfect we had our days where we just wanted to give up. We have had rocks thrown at us, yet we stood firm. We have been made fun of and still are but that never once took an ounce of pride from our hearts. I will not be here I graduate in May, so people wonder why I am so upset. I am upset because I have personally worked with every cadet who wanted to be something, I have been there when we won first place titles, I have been there for the most hilarious fails, I have been there for the biggest wins in the smallest ways. Regardless of when or where I have been there! I have seen them at there best and worst, I have given pep talks at meets that have changed the outcome within the blink of an eye. You can’t understand what it is like to be in a program like this if you aren’t in it. In the eyes of the Juniors everything they have worked for for three years have just been ripped from their hands, they don’t know how to handle something like this, neither do I. ROTC made these kids who they are, it has shaped me into the strong, confident and intelligent woman I am. How do I look them straight into the eyes and tell them it is gonna be okay when I myself don’t even believe that? I will walk out of high school with only one regret, that I didn’t prepare them properly for this hit. I have lead and prepared them for everything but this, could it be true? Is this it? It is………..
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I am inclined to think We all are related in a selfish fashion— Every action has a reaction Every favor comes with a rebuttal. One way or another We smother each other— Subliminal hopes of bettering ourselves At the expense of crippling those we claim to be of importance. And this alone is what makes our worlds so similar. Humans are fragile psychologically and in physicality, So much we can't help but to betray the helping hand.
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May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016 at 9:19 PM UTC
Helping Hand
Gather up, all you roaming and innocent true eyed youths, the bells that chime the maturing of years will dictate. And our minds, even in dreaming, are flashing,overloading,constantly ON. Burning ourselves back towards the sediment, back towards the eve of light and the horizon’s sweet ascent, the hope of the bettering of Man (Woman, Child, Subject, Dependent, Enemy, Statistic) to be played out by actors unsure all over again, Plot, attempt, market research, unlikely success, unforetold rapid decline Walk on down that road. Twenty-Three years of Searching and Bafflement I still walk on down that road. The air smelling of leaking chemicals of exported decorative garden plants the odd fir tree to remind me of a progressive upheaval. I’ve read about Everything, I’ve sought out Everything; I’ve tried Everything And yet still unsatisfied. And yet onward I trot.... Left with the only things I still enjoy doing Reading, writing about reading and writing about life listening to music (Both new and the old, same old...cycle ending cycle re-entering brainwaves) Thinking about ****** and occasionally enjoying non-self centered *** (Giving, once in a while, such unexpected joy, and who’d have thought?..) And always at the back of my head wondering how if I could get hooked on some supposed poisonous deity Billfold notes stained ******* or some equally widely condemned non-popular pariah seal And if I managed not to impoverish myself and become alienated from friends and family And the moral majority Then perhaps I could evolve to enjoy even that. What is pleasure and its pursuit if not some guarantee of routine? So I continue walking down that road. Away, away, soon to return another day Fresher (hardly) enlightened, the same... and still I cannot recommend to myself anything else but walking. For to which valley the wise one goes, who knows, who knows...... Turn left, turn right, only the principles of geography can begin to decide fate. (Though I would suggest bringing an umbrella, every now and again, just in case....) To search for others, who would bring a chance of difference, on that self-same route who share jokes about this one man... Who was walking down that road.
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Sep 26, 2012
Sep 26, 2012 at 9:15 AM UTC
The Search (Walk on Down That Road....)
Gather up, all you roaming and innocent true eyed youths, the bells that chime the maturing of years will dictate. And our minds, even in dreaming, are flashing,overloading,constantly ON. Burning ourselves back towards the sediment, back towards the eve of light and the horizon’s sweet ascent, the hope of the bettering of Man (Woman, Child, Subject, Dependent, Enemy, Statistic) to be played out by actors unsure all over again, Plot, attempt, market research, unlikely success, unforetold rapid decline Walk on down that road. Twenty-Three years of Searching and Bafflement I still walk on down that road. The air smelling of leaking chemicals of exported decorative garden plants the odd fir tree to remind me of a progressive upheaval. I’ve read about Everything, I’ve sought out Everything; I’ve tried Everything And yet still unsatisfied. And yet onward I trot.... Left with the only things I still enjoy doing Reading, writing about reading and writing about life listening to music (Both new and the old, same old...cycle ending cycle re-entering brainwaves) Thinking about ****** and occasionally enjoying non-self centered *** (Giving, once in a while, such unexpected joy, and who’d have thought?..) And always at the back of my head wondering how if I could get hooked on some supposed poisonous deity Billfold notes stained ******* or some equally widely condemned non-popular pariah seal And if I managed not to impoverish myself and become alienated from friends and family And the moral majority Then perhaps I could evolve to enjoy even that. What is pleasure and its pursuit if not some guarantee of routine? So I continue walking down that road. Away, away, soon to return another day Fresher (hardly) enlightened, the same... and still I cannot recommend to myself anything else but walking. For to which valley the wise one goes, who knows, who knows...... Turn left, turn right, only the principles of geography can begin to decide fate. (Though I would suggest bringing an umbrella, every now and again, just in case....) To search for others, who would bring a chance of difference, on that self-same route who share jokes about this one man... Who was walking down that road.
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Ashlei Cottom Sweetheart, fine art is not about pride. It's about FINDING pride. It's about creating something and taking pride in the fact that you did. When I read your poetry, all I hear is "Me, me, me, I'm the best." That's not what poetry is... Poetry is not self praise. Poetry is taking the most hurtful, joyful, mixed, complicated emotions that you have and putting them into words that make everyone understand. You may tell write back and tell me everything that is wrong with my poetry, but I will not care. Why? Because I know that I have successfully been able to express myself in ways that other people can relate to and enjoy. Ways that they may not have been able to express the same feelings. I have confidence in your ability to realize your mistakes and fix them. I look forward to seeing these changes. So please, take this to heart and write. :) Loghain Carvó How laughable that one of my lessors attempts to give I art recommendations. Ashlei Cottom It's not so much your art I'm trying to change, but your character. It's your character that is reflected in your art. Ashlei Cottom And if I could ask, why do you assume I am your lessor? Loghain Carvó I am not assuming, you already have shown that you are a lessor human through your words. Ashlei Cottom By encouraging you to keep doing what you love and bettering your character? Sir, I'm sorry, but if that is your opinion, I don't think it is I who is the lessor human... Loghain Carvó That is not what makes you my lessor, You are my lessor simply because you lack the artistic vision to fully appreciate the magnitude of my grand works. Please refrain from responding to this message as I wish to waste no more of my precious breath on peasants. Ashlei Cottom And how is it that I am a lessor human if all I do is try and help? Some people cut down and criticize and make others feel like mere mud on other's shoes. I am not one of those. I try to see the good in everyone. I think you have great talent, but I wish you would use that and dig deeper. I can tell you right now, with an unbiased opinion, that you unfortunately come across as narcissistic, selfish and and as you so eloquently put it, a "lessor human."
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Jun 6, 2014
Jun 6, 2014 at 12:54 AM UTC
Loghain Carvó
Ashlei Cottom Sweetheart, fine art is not about pride. It's about FINDING pride. It's about creating something and taking pride in the fact that you did. When I read your poetry, all I hear is "Me, me, me, I'm the best." That's not what poetry is... Poetry is not self praise. Poetry is taking the most hurtful, joyful, mixed, complicated emotions that you have and putting them into words that make everyone understand. You may tell write back and tell me everything that is wrong with my poetry, but I will not care. Why? Because I know that I have successfully been able to express myself in ways that other people can relate to and enjoy. Ways that they may not have been able to express the same feelings. I have confidence in your ability to realize your mistakes and fix them. I look forward to seeing these changes. So please, take this to heart and write. :) Loghain Carvó How laughable that one of my lessors attempts to give I art recommendations. Ashlei Cottom It's not so much your art I'm trying to change, but your character. It's your character that is reflected in your art. Ashlei Cottom And if I could ask, why do you assume I am your lessor? Loghain Carvó I am not assuming, you already have shown that you are a lessor human through your words. Ashlei Cottom By encouraging you to keep doing what you love and bettering your character? Sir, I'm sorry, but if that is your opinion, I don't think it is I who is the lessor human... Loghain Carvó That is not what makes you my lessor, You are my lessor simply because you lack the artistic vision to fully appreciate the magnitude of my grand works. Please refrain from responding to this message as I wish to waste no more of my precious breath on peasants. Ashlei Cottom And how is it that I am a lessor human if all I do is try and help? Some people cut down and criticize and make others feel like mere mud on other's shoes. I am not one of those. I try to see the good in everyone. I think you have great talent, but I wish you would use that and dig deeper. I can tell you right now, with an unbiased opinion, that you unfortunately come across as narcissistic, selfish and and as you so eloquently put it, a "lessor human."
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Requiem for a dream, A dream of bettering oneself, A dream of freeing oneself from the cycle of poverty, Cruelly woken by Debt’s chains, Heavier than before. The ladder kicked away, Cruelly, swiftly they kick it away! Goodbye Judas, Was the 30 pieces of silver worth your honour, You rob the hope of a better tommorow with a wave of your hand, Your betrayal ,your lies, Your words and deeds are the rope on which you will hang! Requiem for a dream, laid low in the cold.
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Sep 18, 2013
Sep 18, 2013 at 6:50 PM UTC
Requiem for a dream
Finally made it to where I want to be but now I need to change my goal Build up on what I've started make the quest more challenging I get bored and need more inspiration to be more I don't settle I don't friend anyone unless they are resourceful I need to grow develop into the person I'm meant to be Hard work pays off so don't give up things have shifted in my direction All I ever needed was a fighting chance to become who I see myself being Focused on what matters my health Achieving goals not settling proving them wrong Bettering my image moving up at work
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Sep 14, 2013
Sep 14, 2013 at 1:59 AM UTC
sizing
The only thing that interests me is the computer. Clearly. I let days and months and years pass me by while I stay behind the blue glow of my screen. Obviously. I don’t care about my future. I don’t care about my friends. Or my family. Or my career. Or the state our world is coming too. Simply. Oh no, ages ago the anxiety of this planet and it complications came crashing down to me and trampled over my well being. It is why I stay isolated. It is why I do not care. Undoubtedly. My own crippling fear of responsibility holds me back, this is why I achieve a grade ratio of A to B and my chest is full pain. Certainly. The fact that the computer is an outlet for me to talk to friends of all sorts who care and understand, or work on bettering my writing or my art, is a horrible useless thing. I learn absolutely nothing. Of Course. I am happy. For once I can feel calm, there are people out there and things out there that grasp my attention as to say “No, there are still great things in the world” and remind me that the world is beautiful. This is stupid. The computer is a virtual object. Undeniably. And the burning pressure to finish in time, to get it done and succeed in the academics so that I can venture forth. The fact that sometimes I freeze up, thinking about the hard work and the disappointment I may have ahead of me, and how if I do nothing it only gets worse, and that I could be advancing like the rest of the world ,but instead I am held back? That I like to calm myself and rationalize my time by fitting things to my own rhythm? And it makes me so uncomfortable when people bring up my responsibilities? Blatantly prodding? That I am taken back to my cryogenic stage? And we have it hammered in our minds that it's our lack of control and better judgement. It is a weakness. But humans are not allowed to be weak. So the blame goes to the 3DS. The phone. The computer. The TV. The Wii. The technology. Definitely. If it’s so unreal, then how do you suggest I am affected by it? That I am its slave? I control nothing. I contribute nothing. It’s that dastardly computer. Without a doubt.
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Dec 1, 2013
Dec 1, 2013 at 10:03 PM UTC
Without a Doubt
The only thing that interests me is the computer. Clearly. I let days and months and years pass me by while I stay behind the blue glow of my screen. Obviously. I don’t care about my future. I don’t care about my friends. Or my family. Or my career. Or the state our world is coming too. Simply. Oh no, ages ago the anxiety of this planet and it complications came crashing down to me and trampled over my well being. It is why I stay isolated. It is why I do not care. Undoubtedly. My own crippling fear of responsibility holds me back, this is why I achieve a grade ratio of A to B and my chest is full pain. Certainly. The fact that the computer is an outlet for me to talk to friends of all sorts who care and understand, or work on bettering my writing or my art, is a horrible useless thing. I learn absolutely nothing. Of Course. I am happy. For once I can feel calm, there are people out there and things out there that grasp my attention as to say “No, there are still great things in the world” and remind me that the world is beautiful. This is stupid. The computer is a virtual object. Undeniably. And the burning pressure to finish in time, to get it done and succeed in the academics so that I can venture forth. The fact that sometimes I freeze up, thinking about the hard work and the disappointment I may have ahead of me, and how if I do nothing it only gets worse, and that I could be advancing like the rest of the world ,but instead I am held back? That I like to calm myself and rationalize my time by fitting things to my own rhythm? And it makes me so uncomfortable when people bring up my responsibilities? Blatantly prodding? That I am taken back to my cryogenic stage? And we have it hammered in our minds that it's our lack of control and better judgement. It is a weakness. But humans are not allowed to be weak. So the blame goes to the 3DS. The phone. The computer. The TV. The Wii. The technology. Definitely. If it’s so unreal, then how do you suggest I am affected by it? That I am its slave? I control nothing. I contribute nothing. It’s that dastardly computer. Without a doubt.
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Maybe, this thing does not matter. It feels like a current, But maybe it’s just another stream with the promise of leading to the sea when it’s truly just heading for a lake. Maybe, I can watch the ducks paddle over the water and the twigs float on by. It could be that this is how you learn, that your gut doesn’t have eyes. But it could also be how you learn that there are some things no eyes can see. Whether it be for the worsening or for the bettering you are floating down this river an island in the water it’s viscosity carrying you, with your hands at the side of your hips where you’ll end up grace cannot be too far when you follow the flow who knows where you’ll end up maybe next to those ducks or in the vast open sea
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May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019 at 12:10 PM UTC
The Ducks Or The Vast Sea (Maybe there)
I grant thou wert not married to my Muse, And therefore mayst without attaint o’erlook The dedicated words which writers use Of their fair subject, blessing every book. Thou art as fair in knowledge as in hue, Finding thy worth a limit past my praise, And therefore art enforced to seek anew Some fresher stamp of the time-bettering days. And do so, love, yet when they have devised What strainèd touches rhetoric can lend, Thou, truly fair, wert truly sympathized In true plain words by thy true-telling friend; And their gross painting might be better used Where cheeks need blood; in thee it is abused.
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Sonnet 082: I Grant Thou Wert Not Married To My Muse
(This is a poem I wrote with a friend. Her lines are capitalized.) THREE-LEGGED CHAIR From start to finish Never diminish I ALWAYS TRY I GIVE MY PLENTIEST This I say Sometimes I follow thru That's me What about you? I DO WHAT I CAN IS THAT ENOUGH? SOMETIMES I WONDER THOUGHTS...YEAH THEY'RE TOUGH Don't forget to breathe It's an always And most underappreciated need When everything seems wrong Take time To take time To see the best The pure The beauty Of being good No one can be you But you WHEN TRYING ISN'T ENOUGH WHAT DO YOU DO? NOTHING IS GOOD ENOUGH SHOULDN'T THAT BE A CLUE? I SHOULD GET ONE YEAH I KNOW An ever attempt At bettering reality A step is a step An attempt at betterness To sate destruction Never let it listen To ******** Never give up Ever WE HAVEN'T WE WON'T WE CAN'T WE HAVE HOPE Don't be a dope Always and forever More than a chance Sometimes A dance With possibility Forever Reality LOOKING THRU THE WINDOW STARING AT THE TV ANYTHING I CAN TO ESCAPE REALITY I LIVE AND BREATHE I TRY MY BEST An attempt gives you strength Because it's more than the rest WORDS OF WISDOM WORDS OF TRUTH Actions See what is being said SOMETIMES IT'S THAT THAT HURTS EVERYONE DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTS But if you keep the hurt to yourself That's your fault SOMETIMES TRUTH HURTS THIS I KNOW I'M AN ADULT WE ALL HAVE ROOM TO GROW No matter how much We know Or have learned Stand up To be loved Or burned IT TAKES HEART TO HAVE THAT DONE IT TAKES TIME WE'RE ONLY ONE PERSON THAT IS WE'RE NOT THE SAME WE ALL FEEL DIFFERENT WE ALL HATE PAIN WE'RE ONLY HUMAN WE ALL BLEED THE SAME SOMETIMES LIFE ***** I WONDER WHERE'S THE GAIN? Humanity has survived Up to this point With or without a joint Keep trying Never lying Breathe it Live it NEVER A LIAR I KEEP MY WORD IT'S NEVER BOUNCY NOTHING LIKE A CHEESE CURD Yeah, nerd A bottle in a brown bag Never is an End Until this one How many times Saying Never again? YOU WISH THIS WAS THE ONE TO BE DONE IT'S FUNNY SO I'M NOT READY TO STOP THE CLOCK THIS POEM IS GOOD SON DON'T HATE APPRECIATE WE'RE SITTING HERE PLAYING A GAME Somebody won Somebody lost Hello and Goodbye Always lost
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Dec 10, 2014
Dec 10, 2014 at 4:37 PM UTC
Three-Legged Chair
(This is a poem I wrote with a friend. Her lines are capitalized.) THREE-LEGGED CHAIR From start to finish Never diminish I ALWAYS TRY I GIVE MY PLENTIEST This I say Sometimes I follow thru That's me What about you? I DO WHAT I CAN IS THAT ENOUGH? SOMETIMES I WONDER THOUGHTS...YEAH THEY'RE TOUGH Don't forget to breathe It's an always And most underappreciated need When everything seems wrong Take time To take time To see the best The pure The beauty Of being good No one can be you But you WHEN TRYING ISN'T ENOUGH WHAT DO YOU DO? NOTHING IS GOOD ENOUGH SHOULDN'T THAT BE A CLUE? I SHOULD GET ONE YEAH I KNOW An ever attempt At bettering reality A step is a step An attempt at betterness To sate destruction Never let it listen To ******** Never give up Ever WE HAVEN'T WE WON'T WE CAN'T WE HAVE HOPE Don't be a dope Always and forever More than a chance Sometimes A dance With possibility Forever Reality LOOKING THRU THE WINDOW STARING AT THE TV ANYTHING I CAN TO ESCAPE REALITY I LIVE AND BREATHE I TRY MY BEST An attempt gives you strength Because it's more than the rest WORDS OF WISDOM WORDS OF TRUTH Actions See what is being said SOMETIMES IT'S THAT THAT HURTS EVERYONE DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTS But if you keep the hurt to yourself That's your fault SOMETIMES TRUTH HURTS THIS I KNOW I'M AN ADULT WE ALL HAVE ROOM TO GROW No matter how much We know Or have learned Stand up To be loved Or burned IT TAKES HEART TO HAVE THAT DONE IT TAKES TIME WE'RE ONLY ONE PERSON THAT IS WE'RE NOT THE SAME WE ALL FEEL DIFFERENT WE ALL HATE PAIN WE'RE ONLY HUMAN WE ALL BLEED THE SAME SOMETIMES LIFE ***** I WONDER WHERE'S THE GAIN? Humanity has survived Up to this point With or without a joint Keep trying Never lying Breathe it Live it NEVER A LIAR I KEEP MY WORD IT'S NEVER BOUNCY NOTHING LIKE A CHEESE CURD Yeah, nerd A bottle in a brown bag Never is an End Until this one How many times Saying Never again? YOU WISH THIS WAS THE ONE TO BE DONE IT'S FUNNY SO I'M NOT READY TO STOP THE CLOCK THIS POEM IS GOOD SON DON'T HATE APPRECIATE WE'RE SITTING HERE PLAYING A GAME Somebody won Somebody lost Hello and Goodbye Always lost
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Solemly  all this I swear! And with all I am! And Never to waiver from! Oh yes, I claim my love for you to be pure! For it is from my heart, and no other possibly i’d see fit to, could or id want to compare! Oh yes I, claim my love for you to be true! Oh yes true for the very thought of you makes my heart smile, and excited to see you even if its a mere glimpse of my wallpaper on my phone! ”yes your picture, why its on my phone screen and proudly so” And every visit starts with that exciting heart racing glee! That can't be anything but true! For me, there will never be another! Yes, I claim my love for you forever learning! As there is never a moment I will ever pass up again in bettering my self if the opportunity is needed, I will do my all to create such an opportunity! From the moment intimacy was shared I felt as if I was more, being with you, my heart had no choice! With its what I believed as unscalable walls, oh yes you make me want to be more! Oh yes,, I claim my love for you to be selflessness and only realize just how so, more and more so, for even in me wallowing in fear and sadness my greatest hurt and total resentment was mine towards myself for unwittingly or not nonetheless hurting you! And as learning brings growth, enabling me to promise to remain true and pure! And there will never be a sacrifice id not give to ensure my love remain just that! Oh yes, I claim my love to be unique! For there can be no greater love from a man to a woman than the love I promise you! This I know to be true with all I am! Or I would rather no longer myself exist! Oh yes, I claim it to exclusive! For this, I say this with all the conviction of my every breath! But stronger than just my hearts conviction! I say this with conviction of my soul to bear before God! And with his strength in me a strength no other can compare! Oh yes, I claim my love for you to be legendary! For Jenni, you deserve no less! And there will never be a second of any hour, ill strive with all my heart and soul to show you all this! I love you to no end I promise
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Aug 27, 2018
Aug 27, 2018 at 7:51 PM UTC
What I wish could be seen
Solemly  all this I swear! And with all I am! And Never to waiver from! Oh yes, I claim my love for you to be pure! For it is from my heart, and no other possibly i’d see fit to, could or id want to compare! Oh yes I, claim my love for you to be true! Oh yes true for the very thought of you makes my heart smile, and excited to see you even if its a mere glimpse of my wallpaper on my phone! ”yes your picture, why its on my phone screen and proudly so” And every visit starts with that exciting heart racing glee! That can't be anything but true! For me, there will never be another! Yes, I claim my love for you forever learning! As there is never a moment I will ever pass up again in bettering my self if the opportunity is needed, I will do my all to create such an opportunity! From the moment intimacy was shared I felt as if I was more, being with you, my heart had no choice! With its what I believed as unscalable walls, oh yes you make me want to be more! Oh yes,, I claim my love for you to be selflessness and only realize just how so, more and more so, for even in me wallowing in fear and sadness my greatest hurt and total resentment was mine towards myself for unwittingly or not nonetheless hurting you! And as learning brings growth, enabling me to promise to remain true and pure! And there will never be a sacrifice id not give to ensure my love remain just that! Oh yes, I claim my love to be unique! For there can be no greater love from a man to a woman than the love I promise you! This I know to be true with all I am! Or I would rather no longer myself exist! Oh yes, I claim it to exclusive! For this, I say this with all the conviction of my every breath! But stronger than just my hearts conviction! I say this with conviction of my soul to bear before God! And with his strength in me a strength no other can compare! Oh yes, I claim my love for you to be legendary! For Jenni, you deserve no less! And there will never be a second of any hour, ill strive with all my heart and soul to show you all this! I love you to no end I promise
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There’s always a time for something, a place for something, a feel for what something is, what something isn’t or will be or won’t be, or what it might’ve been since it never really was much more than a pay it forward, but I could tell that wasn’t a hollow ‘good morning’, because I held the door for a reason, one larger than an excuse, a reason deeper than the diving end, louder than the traffic, the chorus of car horns, conversations and noise variations, behind me; a reason better than I am myself, a reason beyond bettering myself, a reason because I am myself and you are you and from what I noticed you had your hands full, and maybe I just wanted an excuse after all, to say ‘Good morning.’
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Oct 23, 2013
Oct 23, 2013 at 11:02 PM UTC
Good Morning
Was willst du, was brauchst du? - what do you want? What do you need? Would the smell of my hair, Or touch of my hand surfice? Or prehaps solve everything? Or do you need more? Possibly the sound of my breath, Could ease your beating heart; Heavy and upset. Or the taste of my lips against your own, your neck, your skin - prehaps that could help to still your sense of unease, Your certainty that nothing is quite how it should be. And if not, my dear, If all my attempts remain futile, And lead to no bettering The last I have to offer are my eyes. Look deep, lover, Pull me apart, piece by piece, bit by bit - and do not be frightened by what you see. Until no doubt remains that you know every colour, line and speck and space. Then tell me, sweet one, Is it all gone?
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Oct 21, 2015
Oct 21, 2015 at 6:05 PM UTC
Offerings
“My friend was cremated today” “Being a mom is so ******* hard” “Not everyone follows american culture” “I JUST ORDERED PIZZA FOR THE FIRST TIME” “Its hard looking at people around you progressing with life and being happy while you’re stuck battling mental health” “I’m going to collapse this week. My bunny is going to die” “I have deleted my Facebook of 6 years for the bettering of my health and to focus on myself” “After 1 year and 6 months I finally gave my girlfriend her first ****** ever last night!” “I love my girlfriend” “I’m so happy right now” “Nursing is not an honorable profession” “Happy Birthday Bro…” “Let me sleep” “I’m heavily considering not fighting for parental rights” “Just shaved my ****** hair off.. And **** do I look good” “This is What a Lifetime of Abuse Looks Like” “I feel like I’m not going to amount to anything” “I feel lost” “I haven’t shaved or trimmed my yoo hoo since the pandemic started” “I just want some ******* tortillas” “I miss you” “People cannot handle it if you don’t drink with them. Why???” “Let’s Pray for peace and comfort this year” “I’m just not made for this world” “I could’ve been killed today, but some how I am still here...” “I am a bad person” “I’m going to graduate college without having one friend or relationship” “Missing my best friend...” “Is it just me dealing with constant unhappiness and frustration” “I messed up my grades” “Stop Dwelling.” “My Father is Dying, And I Wish I Was Upset About it” “People who abused others emotionally deserve everlasting mental aches!” “Have you ever felt special to someone and realize you weren’t that special after all?” “I wish I was a cup or 2 bigger.” “I wish I had a do-over for high school and college” “I feel like everyone these days is lonely”
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Jan 19, 2021
Jan 19, 2021 at 3:53 AM UTC
Uniquely Human
“My friend was cremated today” “Being a mom is so ******* hard” “Not everyone follows american culture” “I JUST ORDERED PIZZA FOR THE FIRST TIME” “Its hard looking at people around you progressing with life and being happy while you’re stuck battling mental health” “I’m going to collapse this week. My bunny is going to die” “I have deleted my Facebook of 6 years for the bettering of my health and to focus on myself” “After 1 year and 6 months I finally gave my girlfriend her first ****** ever last night!” “I love my girlfriend” “I’m so happy right now” “Nursing is not an honorable profession” “Happy Birthday Bro…” “Let me sleep” “I’m heavily considering not fighting for parental rights” “Just shaved my ****** hair off.. And **** do I look good” “This is What a Lifetime of Abuse Looks Like” “I feel like I’m not going to amount to anything” “I feel lost” “I haven’t shaved or trimmed my yoo hoo since the pandemic started” “I just want some ******* tortillas” “I miss you” “People cannot handle it if you don’t drink with them. Why???” “Let’s Pray for peace and comfort this year” “I’m just not made for this world” “I could’ve been killed today, but some how I am still here...” “I am a bad person” “I’m going to graduate college without having one friend or relationship” “Missing my best friend...” “Is it just me dealing with constant unhappiness and frustration” “I messed up my grades” “Stop Dwelling.” “My Father is Dying, And I Wish I Was Upset About it” “People who abused others emotionally deserve everlasting mental aches!” “Have you ever felt special to someone and realize you weren’t that special after all?” “I wish I was a cup or 2 bigger.” “I wish I had a do-over for high school and college” “I feel like everyone these days is lonely”
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U can see that something's on my mind But I guess it's a convo you don't care for To many lies to be uncovered To many feelings unexplored I get it. I have to move on Knowing that I can only trust my own eyes Upon my ears where the tales reside They don't give fuel to my heart No vacancy on my mind. So no need to be bothered Or let it trip me up. I have to work on the bettering of me. That greater responsibility enough.
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Apr 25, 2015
Apr 25, 2015 at 6:58 PM UTC
Focus
The immediate introversion, A safe solitude. Alone and alive. Lacking loneliness, At this disturbing depth, Unlike the saliently superficial. The calming confusion Relaxes and reassures. Defiantly deliberate, And thoroughly thoughtful. Marvelously mesmerized By my continuous contemplation. Overtly observant, And insightfully introspective. Fiercely focused On building and bettering. I meticulously memorialize, And succinctly summarize, My lavish love, For being Alone and alive.
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Aug 24, 2016
Aug 24, 2016 at 4:45 PM UTC
Alone & Alive
1. missing you used to come and go but now it's that constant feeling behind everything i do and everywhere i go 2. kissing you at certain places in the city was a mistake because they seem to be engraved in my mind with that moment etched into their cobble stones forever 3. when my feet make a run from everything that's in my mind i realise that there's always a hope somewhere you'll be the thing that i run to 4. i want to take back everything i tell you because i never feel like it's adequate enough 5. whenever we talk my brain turns to mush and i'm stuck stumbling over words trying to connect some kind of saying from a string of sounds that come out like i either give too much of a **** or too little 6. whoever invented playing hard to get hasn't met me and my capabilities 7. i've forgotten how you kiss but i remember how i felt and that feeling is all that's stayed with me this long 8. i can't sleep anymore because i'm scared to fall asleep and scared to wake up and i wish you were here because for a while you were the main reason i was motivated to do either 9. metaphors aren't coming as easily as before but maybe that's because my hands have forgotten what it's like to write down anything but i miss you i miss you i miss you 10. seeing everybody in love around me ******* ***** 11. bettering  yourself stops being beneficial when you realise no amount of bettering is going to help the situation 12. i don't know what i'm going to do when i see you next because twelve weeks has made me comfortable in your ambiguity and i don't know if i can leave this state of numb
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Jan 10, 2017
Jan 10, 2017 at 9:20 PM UTC
twelve points for twelve weeks
1. missing you used to come and go but now it's that constant feeling behind everything i do and everywhere i go 2. kissing you at certain places in the city was a mistake because they seem to be engraved in my mind with that moment etched into their cobble stones forever 3. when my feet make a run from everything that's in my mind i realise that there's always a hope somewhere you'll be the thing that i run to 4. i want to take back everything i tell you because i never feel like it's adequate enough 5. whenever we talk my brain turns to mush and i'm stuck stumbling over words trying to connect some kind of saying from a string of sounds that come out like i either give too much of a **** or too little 6. whoever invented playing hard to get hasn't met me and my capabilities 7. i've forgotten how you kiss but i remember how i felt and that feeling is all that's stayed with me this long 8. i can't sleep anymore because i'm scared to fall asleep and scared to wake up and i wish you were here because for a while you were the main reason i was motivated to do either 9. metaphors aren't coming as easily as before but maybe that's because my hands have forgotten what it's like to write down anything but i miss you i miss you i miss you 10. seeing everybody in love around me ******* ***** 11. bettering  yourself stops being beneficial when you realise no amount of bettering is going to help the situation 12. i don't know what i'm going to do when i see you next because twelve weeks has made me comfortable in your ambiguity and i don't know if i can leave this state of numb
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Excellence is what she is striving for Not settling for second best Totally focusing on her studies And putting herself to the test What a great attitude she has Spreading nothing but great cheer Educating herself immensely And bettering herself each year
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Jan 28, 2016
Jan 28, 2016 at 1:45 PM UTC
Excellence Is What She Is Striving For
Feeling has become the antithesis to my being The tumbling thinking ridge of my sanity seems mute When words stick in dry throat And your jabbing lance of perverse reason Stings worse than lemon juice in the freshly Singed skin Still pulsating with the abuse of forked tongue I have become the offering to the supremacy That is your wit Oh how your horns shine bright and the malice of your ego Glints like slimy limestone In the cave in which you stash your better half The one not spoiled by the sheltered mentality Of which you claim to have no association How can you presume to tell I whom in your best interest did such minor affront to your person That I am wrong For gods sake I bought ginger ale instead of soda You act as though I have poisoned your dog and slapped your mother Looking for something small to defuse and use as a weapon **** that! If my countenance is so appalling that you cannot see what innocent slight you believe me to have done Was done in favor of you Wanting to promote the bettering of your being Because I care Not that I think you a child or incapable of doing things yourself But ****** it's my money if I want to buy turkey bacon instead of pig Ill ******* do it! It's still bacon but without the **** that is processed into it! Moreover should you ever analyze  you're own disgrace I want you to see what you blew up in my face While I provide and make sure you have All the pretty little commodities you wouldn't have Your spoiled nature and childish wines Just affirm to me how Secular you are inside That you cannot see the view point of others and skew love with control
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Jan 28, 2014
Jan 28, 2014 at 12:26 PM UTC
Frustration: explosion
Feeling has become the antithesis to my being The tumbling thinking ridge of my sanity seems mute When words stick in dry throat And your jabbing lance of perverse reason Stings worse than lemon juice in the freshly Singed skin Still pulsating with the abuse of forked tongue I have become the offering to the supremacy That is your wit Oh how your horns shine bright and the malice of your ego Glints like slimy limestone In the cave in which you stash your better half The one not spoiled by the sheltered mentality Of which you claim to have no association How can you presume to tell I whom in your best interest did such minor affront to your person That I am wrong For gods sake I bought ginger ale instead of soda You act as though I have poisoned your dog and slapped your mother Looking for something small to defuse and use as a weapon **** that! If my countenance is so appalling that you cannot see what innocent slight you believe me to have done Was done in favor of you Wanting to promote the bettering of your being Because I care Not that I think you a child or incapable of doing things yourself But ****** it's my money if I want to buy turkey bacon instead of pig Ill ******* do it! It's still bacon but without the **** that is processed into it! Moreover should you ever analyze  you're own disgrace I want you to see what you blew up in my face While I provide and make sure you have All the pretty little commodities you wouldn't have Your spoiled nature and childish wines Just affirm to me how Secular you are inside That you cannot see the view point of others and skew love with control
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