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"blistered" poems
I reached for the stars, And I think I may have reached too far. The stars, they blistered and scorched my hands, While I was just trying to understand Of why in the first place I was there; Up in space throwing a glare at the moon. The moon who shun a godly, divine light, And at night Who was so bright, white, And elegant. Space who was dark, and as dim as my soul: The colour of ash and coal. I was just trying to obtain a stupid goal That I had. And the moon was white, and the space was black. The stars were gold and I had my back Towards the earth. But the gold stars and the white moon were not all that When they brought down an evil wrath On me. So the sun, who I actually feared, Cradled and held me near. Rocked me from side to side and called me dear. Circled the earth and formed a year To teach me that looks can be deceiving, Misleading, And can lead to infinte internall bleeding.
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May 2, 2018
May 2, 2018 at 6:26 PM UTC
Deceiving Space
Barefoot, blistered and bleeding She wanders in from the street People stare, flabbergasted Very odd, unheard of in fact She doesn’t know her size So like Cinderella, she tries them on Randomly selecting pretty colours Silvery, glittery heels She twirls for the mirror Sales assistant sighs Wellingtons for the garden If she had one! Satin ice skates She would glide on the icy pond Pretty sandals To feel the sand between her toes Boring, black brogues Perfect! With no pennies in her pocket She wanders back to the street Barefoot, blistered and bleeding
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Jan 27, 2015
Jan 27, 2015 at 5:59 AM UTC
Shoes
There are grapes in my path This abundant trail now invisible as if we never were Here, to pick and preen, salvage and reap for pleasure and pain I picked you some flowers, I baked you a pie, labors of love with your own hands connected to earth. Breaking backs, and clinging sweat Under wool, denim, straw, and cotton Keeping more out than simply the sun Depleted soil Exhausted soul Bursting with juice Bountiful and hand chosen And you in a hurry just drive by Dust in the wind Skin of clay mud Day after day, A boulder among the rows Hunched in fields Blistered and callused Searching for more Ripe for the picking Migrants moving Servitude by season Benevolent harvest Handpicked strawberries By chocolate covered hands destined from birth closer to earth.
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Aug 22, 2014
Aug 22, 2014 at 6:08 PM UTC
The Grapes In My Path
She left Reno in a satin slip the color of hot coins pouring from slots, wearing chewed-up tennis shoes, mirrors multiplying her, the marquee burning out letter by letter, a hush pressed between her teeth as if saving the last note. I followed, a gangly shadow, mother’s voice in my ear: "life is not a freeway exit." But she was the exit. She drove west through a glittering throat. In Tonopah she was a waitress, red stains on her wrists, sleeves tugged low, coffee pouring thin as blood. In Barstow she was a sun-bleached Madonna, halo blistered, mouth lit in stained glass. At a gas station in Needles shimmering into a coyote’s shadow and slipped behind the pumps. Then movement along the fence, low, quick— gone again. Casinos blinked like electric relics. Truckers called her sugar, greedy hands counting her ribs as if she was the paycheck sweating in their fist, but she slipped away each time, her silhouette already moulting- a serpent skin, a smoke-trail, a saint’s shadow burning off the wall. By Malibu, the night had softened to velvet. The pier at Zuma leaned into the Pacific like a broken bridge. She sang to me— low, cracked— then let the slip fall. Her body cut into the dark tide, no disguise. I waded in after her, ankles bruised by rock. Water lit with jellyfish, each pulse a warning. I stopped where it deepened, felt the pull take hold. No exit left, just the Pacific’s mouth closing around her.
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Sep 1, 2025
Sep 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM UTC
Dust Madonna
Heat beats down upon the street Birds too hot to fly, Blistered sand you cannot stand Drenched with sweat am I. Cows collect in shadow deep Panting sheep hang head, Goshawk flies in cobalt skies Hills of grass stand dead. Whisp of smoke, a puff of breeze Sirens scream in air, Running men in squads of ten Emerge from everywhere. Now the rising wind takes charge Runs with leaping flame Into crown of eucalypts To rage across the plain. Too late the tenders hoses pour, Too late the fireman’s shout Inferno hot has run amok And all control a rout. Generating mighty winds The fire charges forth Spiralling in furnace air To incinerate for sport. Vanquished men exhausted stand Watch with useless eyes, As raging flames consume their truck, Inside a good mate dies. A live thing in the burnished night It writhes and spirals high Across the flaring treetops Hot, red smoke fills the sky. As sudden as it starts, it stops A wind change in the air. Ravaged forest stark and black Hot ashes everywhere. Hills of cinders smoking now Stock in death’s repair, Homesteads rendered charcoal like Farmers in despair. A silence in the ravaged hills Birdless in the sky, Bushfire horror, death and smoke Enough to make you cry. Marshalg In support of my Australian brethren and their torched nation. 30 January 2013
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Jan 29, 2013
Jan 29, 2013 at 8:16 PM UTC
Bushfire
my clumsy limbs                            held together with wet cement               taught rubber bands                          struggle to bind my flesh I am but a mess of unimportant matter another aimless being to fill the space     unique for my twisted thoughts   hysterically pleading with a calm face                     speaking warped words i do not mean          lips sealed like the lid on my boiling ***                       dumping oppressed feeling into its contents                                      bubbling over sweetly burning my raw skin hot blistered I hide behind my cotton disguise my misshapen body covered in a gruesome sweat                          sickening wounds throb for the sight of others                           witness my plague of dry sobs and cigarettes                         and so i shriek silently like my sister and father hold my tongue saturated with sour emotion my poorly constructed moth-eaten being self sabotages in a desperate motion
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Aug 31, 2018
Aug 31, 2018 at 10:48 AM UTC
w0rse f0r wear
The cherry blossoms, pink and luscious, in full bloom. Below the koi fish swim round, round in circles. The sun reflects off silk kimonos with a shine radiant, dazzling, With red lips against painted white skin, blindingly beautiful. A walk like unraveling ribbon, And hair like ink, bound tightly a few strands bound for escape. Untouched skin tainted by stares, clipped wings useless for an escape, Freedom comes in the hope of riding a cherry blossom, swelling in bloom. The leaves swirl to the ground, spiraling in nature’s ribbon. The glares of tigers ********** her, kimono falling to her feet in circles, Eyes of blue, green, never turning away, trapping those beautiful, The nature of a hidden world, shaming and stunning, confining yet so dazzling. The snap of the gold-trimmed fan weaving in and out, dazzling The crowd with effortless twists and turns; clenched tightly, no room for escape. A dance of untamed water in a disturbingly beautiful Unity of desire and fright. A young bud not on the verge of bloom Thrown into a crowd of tigers to be spun in uncontrollable circles And entrapped by the unflinching gazes in silk ribbon. The game is simple: mesmerize a pack with grace of ribbon, Attend engagements that ask for a dance, tea pouring, but never dazzling That pure smile too brightly. Fool the ***** tigers to follow in circles, But never trust a tiger that promises a chance of escape. Never fall for love’s first bloom, Never become the next to lose the light. Stay pure and stay beautiful. A kimono is only as pure and as beautiful As the woman underneath. By cutting the ribbon Of virginity by a friendly lamb, instead of tiger’s bidding for the bloom, Only leads to the fall of a shooting star, gracing the sky with its dazzling Beauty, and the hope and wish of an everlasting escape Is crushed by the weight of a soapy rag, washing away the hope in circles. Though the pain of the cage binds the mind in endless circles, Though tigers ignored the aching backs and blistered feet, staring at only the beautiful, It is better, safer to stay in the hidden world, banishing all thoughts of an escape. Keep the tigers in a tight ribbon, Stay young, fresh, never letting the mind wander away from dazzling, And never fall like a cherry blossom after its first bloom. A walk like unraveling ribbon, The sun reflects off the silk kimono with a shine that never ceases from dazzling, And forever watching the cherry blossoms, pink and luscious, fall in full bloom.
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Mar 19, 2014
Mar 19, 2014 at 2:08 PM UTC
The Geisha
The cherry blossoms, pink and luscious, in full bloom. Below the koi fish swim round, round in circles. The sun reflects off silk kimonos with a shine radiant, dazzling, With red lips against painted white skin, blindingly beautiful. A walk like unraveling ribbon, And hair like ink, bound tightly a few strands bound for escape. Untouched skin tainted by stares, clipped wings useless for an escape, Freedom comes in the hope of riding a cherry blossom, swelling in bloom. The leaves swirl to the ground, spiraling in nature’s ribbon. The glares of tigers ********** her, kimono falling to her feet in circles, Eyes of blue, green, never turning away, trapping those beautiful, The nature of a hidden world, shaming and stunning, confining yet so dazzling. The snap of the gold-trimmed fan weaving in and out, dazzling The crowd with effortless twists and turns; clenched tightly, no room for escape. A dance of untamed water in a disturbingly beautiful Unity of desire and fright. A young bud not on the verge of bloom Thrown into a crowd of tigers to be spun in uncontrollable circles And entrapped by the unflinching gazes in silk ribbon. The game is simple: mesmerize a pack with grace of ribbon, Attend engagements that ask for a dance, tea pouring, but never dazzling That pure smile too brightly. Fool the ***** tigers to follow in circles, But never trust a tiger that promises a chance of escape. Never fall for love’s first bloom, Never become the next to lose the light. Stay pure and stay beautiful. A kimono is only as pure and as beautiful As the woman underneath. By cutting the ribbon Of virginity by a friendly lamb, instead of tiger’s bidding for the bloom, Only leads to the fall of a shooting star, gracing the sky with its dazzling Beauty, and the hope and wish of an everlasting escape Is crushed by the weight of a soapy rag, washing away the hope in circles. Though the pain of the cage binds the mind in endless circles, Though tigers ignored the aching backs and blistered feet, staring at only the beautiful, It is better, safer to stay in the hidden world, banishing all thoughts of an escape. Keep the tigers in a tight ribbon, Stay young, fresh, never letting the mind wander away from dazzling, And never fall like a cherry blossom after its first bloom. A walk like unraveling ribbon, The sun reflects off the silk kimono with a shine that never ceases from dazzling, And forever watching the cherry blossoms, pink and luscious, fall in full bloom.
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*Wildflower 'neath a      giant weeping willow,          comforted by the shade   her fragrance wafting darkly       whispered into the wind ~    she'd been 'betrayed by the sun', frail tendrils blistered      of indiscretion below             burning discrimination,    fallen neath the cracks         suffocating a delicate essence, she could no longer bear the    deep-rooted superficiality            of seeds buried within *****                     little implanted secrets*
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Aug 6, 2015
Aug 6, 2015 at 10:07 AM UTC
Shadowed Wildflower
Dough making with flour and water Salt and butter Calls for kneading In ritualistic candor As parts come together To an irreversible matter The soft cushion of dough between the palm and the bowl pliable with every push and shove stretched and compressed In sheepish conformity Blistered on  skillet Puffed up to a chapati Heavens thanked with each bite For flat bread with savory curry Fills nostrils with soft aromas- Relished as heaven on tongue- One is contented of this flat bread
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Nov 5, 2015
Nov 5, 2015 at 8:59 PM UTC
Ode to the Flat Bread
Twisted reeds sway gently in the wind as black seabirds slice the sky overhead. Waves rolling one by one crash with increasing ferocity on to the rocky beach, And I watch the red sun set fire to the spray while  the tide encircles me. Tugging at my feet, pulling me forward, it beckons for my consent. I give in, And all is quiet even in such chaos. All is nightmarish and beautiful all the more. The blood red horizon seers my retinas; freshly unleashed tears take to the sea. These waves, such enormous swells, crash in on me; an unseen war is waging. They press  me down and back, and then drag me further into the endless blue. Over and over again, repetition loses count, my outcries die prematurely. Only seawater and air manage to sputter from my lips, cracked and worn. Not a whisper can be heard out here in such a true state of despair, but not all Castaways are without faith. The past I once cherished has been lost to the depths, Yet a knowing tingle in my gut keeps me searching for a message hidden merely 'Neath the surface. Drifting deeper into my pain, I notice a curious thing:   The force of the waves lessening as I gracelessly surrender to Sorrow and the sea. My feet torn by jagged rocks no longer felt, my eyelids blistered by the red Eternal sunset, a few waves push me under before the siege of the sea falters and I learn to ride the surf, taking each afront as it comes, whether predicted or Suddenly upon me. My pain ebbs away slowly with the passing of each episode, And with each wave I acknowledge my loss, relinquishing my burden. Like so many desparinging hearts before me shipwrecked in the sea of tears, I forcefully remind myself that one day the lush, inviting green shores of the Other side of the sea will appear in my line of vision. Yet, for now, I let myself Drift through the grief of grieving you, often unsure of whether I'm meant to float Or should let myself sink toward the blackest crags of my mind. Here alone.
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Apr 19, 2011
Apr 19, 2011 at 11:30 PM UTC
The Surf
Twisted reeds sway gently in the wind as black seabirds slice the sky overhead. Waves rolling one by one crash with increasing ferocity on to the rocky beach, And I watch the red sun set fire to the spray while  the tide encircles me. Tugging at my feet, pulling me forward, it beckons for my consent. I give in, And all is quiet even in such chaos. All is nightmarish and beautiful all the more. The blood red horizon seers my retinas; freshly unleashed tears take to the sea. These waves, such enormous swells, crash in on me; an unseen war is waging. They press  me down and back, and then drag me further into the endless blue. Over and over again, repetition loses count, my outcries die prematurely. Only seawater and air manage to sputter from my lips, cracked and worn. Not a whisper can be heard out here in such a true state of despair, but not all Castaways are without faith. The past I once cherished has been lost to the depths, Yet a knowing tingle in my gut keeps me searching for a message hidden merely 'Neath the surface. Drifting deeper into my pain, I notice a curious thing:   The force of the waves lessening as I gracelessly surrender to Sorrow and the sea. My feet torn by jagged rocks no longer felt, my eyelids blistered by the red Eternal sunset, a few waves push me under before the siege of the sea falters and I learn to ride the surf, taking each afront as it comes, whether predicted or Suddenly upon me. My pain ebbs away slowly with the passing of each episode, And with each wave I acknowledge my loss, relinquishing my burden. Like so many desparinging hearts before me shipwrecked in the sea of tears, I forcefully remind myself that one day the lush, inviting green shores of the Other side of the sea will appear in my line of vision. Yet, for now, I let myself Drift through the grief of grieving you, often unsure of whether I'm meant to float Or should let myself sink toward the blackest crags of my mind. Here alone.
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From beach to beach to beach, glimmering shimmers of sand laden waves lap lazily at your feet. The seaweed masquerade of the crab clumsily dancing amongst the foam is paradoxically poignant but apt. Sighs of relief as the soothing sensation of the sea on hot blistered feet capture the essence of the moment. The simple pleasures of the beach; sand ridden toes and remarkably veined geodes; the golden grains and barnacle encrusted rocks provide a unique treasure indeed. And then comes the gentle pitter-patter of a sunshower- putting a literal damper on things- but uniquely completing the picturesque scene.
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Dec 11, 2014
Dec 11, 2014 at 4:08 AM UTC
Day Two: The Beach
The smoke drifts up a pale blue making ribbons in the lone lights spread above our panting heads. We built ancient temples in the forest green and dug holes for warming hands on fire rocks. Do you understand? There is no time here. Sleeping in the cold grounds embrace, I kiss the sky goodnight through the holes in the roof. Lost in the eternal emerald of this season, SAvaGES was our cry, beating hearts howl out in a brooding bark. Lick your wounds, bleed your blistered hands chopping saplings. This room is finally complete. I, I am content. You, You're as angel pale as the moon, by its light I see your curves. Touching soft till the morning birds. No air between our lips to feel the words. Its *** in our bellies that sweetened southern swill. The trees groan in the breeze I groan rapped between your knees. This forest is aphrodisiac enough for us.
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Mar 30, 2013
Mar 30, 2013 at 11:11 PM UTC
Blushing Woods
You wonder why she loved you Deceit lust and betrayal But  she did,eyes blinded Till truth unfolds with time Love it fades in the face of reality Bitter but real Let her flyaway Let her breakfree Listen,the sound of drums Toes taping in rejoicing Hear  the the laughter of freedom She is no longer your prisoner Let her walk with her head held high She is beauty,elegance and dignity You wonder why she loved you Toture disrespect and hate But she did,Ignorance She held on though her blistered palm Knowing not her worth But she knows today See she smiles at her reflection She is beautiful not because you say Let her flyaway Let her breakfree
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May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016 at 12:22 AM UTC
let her Break free
A mother whispers into the fire of Night I hold a match I hold Yarn I Am Wool Shrinking to the formation The intricate designs of your rib cage of your brother's belly of your Grandfather's waist Am I simply a fool? And Who Doth I ask This question too? A Torn book A tattered sonnet of Man's sore feet blistered eyes that are Green That are Brown That are Blue I Lay with myself Tonight I am Awake I am Loud In your Night I Am the Janitor beneath the hardwood floors of your Dream I am the Poorly Waged Electrician With Shoes that resemble an old dog I Light Your Highway Your Street Your Morning coffee your cigarette Am I The Child? I fall in love with women I see on the streets Their Wavy hair like a French sea Her pale complexion the Brown Glimmer in her eyes And I paint on her on Tombstones On Coffee Mugs and on carpets rolled up for the Dumpster At Nights I prefer to dream awake and sit with a BathTub of words of stories that melt like cheese that stiffen like Ginsberg **** that Shriek and Strum like Tom Waits stomach when he starves on backroad streets And when I cannot reproduce I make love to a woman And a poem is made and I kiss her and my lips say 5 am and I wish her not to go But the Dog is waken by Robins by the Pigeons by the digestion of night to day by the Greek Gods and Goddess' Light That Falls down like long hair of woman you have so longed for and you kiss her chest And there is no Death There is no Sleep or ****** addicts or gasoline or paved roads or shaved faces or mothers or Dostoevsky or Beethoven There is just her and you run your fingers across her skin through her hair She is the bottom of the Ocean You are a homeless crab a Shellless Clam falling down down down to the bed of the great ocean and there she lays With a reflection of Youth and Beauty And her complex simplicity makes me think of me as a boy running behind brick collapsed business buildings Kissing a girl behind church Buying Icecream with Josh in Winter That's what a woman does She erases Death from the palms of your hands and your thoughts and you sink to the bottom and you watch the Coral The other fish swimming along and you laugh Because you do not know Death And Death does not know you.
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Apr 28, 2013
Apr 28, 2013 at 3:16 AM UTC
child
A mother whispers into the fire of Night I hold a match I hold Yarn I Am Wool Shrinking to the formation The intricate designs of your rib cage of your brother's belly of your Grandfather's waist Am I simply a fool? And Who Doth I ask This question too? A Torn book A tattered sonnet of Man's sore feet blistered eyes that are Green That are Brown That are Blue I Lay with myself Tonight I am Awake I am Loud In your Night I Am the Janitor beneath the hardwood floors of your Dream I am the Poorly Waged Electrician With Shoes that resemble an old dog I Light Your Highway Your Street Your Morning coffee your cigarette Am I The Child? I fall in love with women I see on the streets Their Wavy hair like a French sea Her pale complexion the Brown Glimmer in her eyes And I paint on her on Tombstones On Coffee Mugs and on carpets rolled up for the Dumpster At Nights I prefer to dream awake and sit with a BathTub of words of stories that melt like cheese that stiffen like Ginsberg **** that Shriek and Strum like Tom Waits stomach when he starves on backroad streets And when I cannot reproduce I make love to a woman And a poem is made and I kiss her and my lips say 5 am and I wish her not to go But the Dog is waken by Robins by the Pigeons by the digestion of night to day by the Greek Gods and Goddess' Light That Falls down like long hair of woman you have so longed for and you kiss her chest And there is no Death There is no Sleep or ****** addicts or gasoline or paved roads or shaved faces or mothers or Dostoevsky or Beethoven There is just her and you run your fingers across her skin through her hair She is the bottom of the Ocean You are a homeless crab a Shellless Clam falling down down down to the bed of the great ocean and there she lays With a reflection of Youth and Beauty And her complex simplicity makes me think of me as a boy running behind brick collapsed business buildings Kissing a girl behind church Buying Icecream with Josh in Winter That's what a woman does She erases Death from the palms of your hands and your thoughts and you sink to the bottom and you watch the Coral The other fish swimming along and you laugh Because you do not know Death And Death does not know you.
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Don't play with broken toys, Mama used to say, They're twisted and rotten, leave them be, They'll rob your soul blind, and leave you that way, Till your world no longer exists, just you wait and see, Their wind-ups are broken, and their springs are twisted, They'll bleed you dry, and leave your heart blistered, But your porcelain flesh was unblemished, And your springs worked just fine, So I played with a broken toy, and when I was finished, You bled me dry, and my world was no longer mine, I fell for a broken girl, and now my heart is coal, I fell for a broken girl, who broke my soul.
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Mar 30, 2015
Mar 30, 2015 at 3:55 AM UTC
Don't Play With Broken Toys
A kiss of death, Before you can safely visit the realm of the deceased, the long gone, A last breath, before it can end, escaping the boundary of this reality, The embrace of death might not be always gentle, it may take some cruelty before it sets you free, to fly away, leaving us, finally behind, It may happen in a restless night, or when you are asleep, that a lady comes to engage her lips, pressing them against yours and spiriting you away, lifeless, the corpse would remain, but worry not, darling. If the kiss lacks of passion, more importantly dedicated affection however, it shall be unsuccessful, leaving a mark of fear in that soul, Without a sound, the light dies, plunging everything around in deep yet loitering darkness, burnt, blistered and fallen is the blooming life, Even so, humanity has no other choice but to follow this chosen road, Living as they do now, unable to escape the endearment of dying, I hope that, this body of mine can disperse in a gentle peaceful way, Carried away with a single kiss of love, then sleeping, for eternity, With that being said, would you like a kiss, Darling ? ~ Umi
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Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 at 6:33 PM UTC
A kiss of the coming Death
August, the Red Line, connected tanks of bolted plastic vertebrae. Every seat gone except five rows up, where a sea lion sprawls across two, stuffed backpack, yellow jacket spread out like caution tape. His grunt a wet bark at the glow of his screen. Middle-school deer slip into the aisle, chatter clipped when the sheriff drifts past, their ears flicking, smiles bitten shut. Not a predator- just a gelded ox, chest puffed, badge sagging, glass-eyed, chest rig clattering with blanks. Two lemur-children cling to their tortoise elder, her shell steady against the sway of the car. She shepherds them from the surge of riders: loud Dodger blue parrots in cholo socks, moth-women with plumed lashes beating the stale air, a stray dog, gutter musk dragging at its haunches. And one gray bear muttering alone, arguing with her reflection. Between Koreatown and MacArthur Park, somewhere the sea begins to breathe again, then, feathers forcing through my skin- an alley gull knifing into this clamour, scavenging inside its exhaust. The car rattles, its ribs plated with blistered posters: museum wings open to no one, ‘register to vote’ fading into graffiti script, flu shots promised by smiling ghosts. A bruised hatchling staring out beside the words See something, say something. The warning lights glow like eyes hunting in the dark. From its flanks the train unfurls iron claws. They rake the tunnel walls, the city’s bones, the dark itself.
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Sep 29, 2025
Sep 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM UTC
The Gull Below
We've been running with blistered feet and weak knees for centuries. Yes, we've come so far but no one ever said it would be this hard. Just lay your head to rest you have run enough. I've got your hand and I'm holding it tight. You're all I have in this world so I won't ever let go. Don't you cry no more because you gave your all. It's just this time god wasn't so kind. You put up a good fight and I'm so proud of you. You'll finally be at peace when these dark days are behind you. You slayed your demons and monsters. You did your job and you did it well. Don't worry too much, brother, because I won't be able to live in this world too long without you. I'll follow you down the path and into the dark. I won't let you die alone. On the other side we'll just drive down the endless road back home, or god knows where. We would always dream of tomorrow but this time tomorrow never came. We gave our live's to protect others. We've come so far up the mountain just this time got caught in the landslide and fell all the way back down. But look how far we got. Look how much we've done. Look at how many lives we've saved. We're just two brothers born from the fire but this is where our lives end. I look back and see all decay, but I won't apologize I did my job. We saved lives and protected the land. We always stood tall no matter how hard we'd fall. I'm proud of you. I'm proud of us.
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May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014 at 6:55 PM UTC
I'm Proud Of Us
We're standing outside in a cold, blistered wind, for a quick pull of smoke and the chemicals within? A quick rush of joy, euphoric train wreck, a cure made illegal for a chemist's blank cheque. Plant matter burning, charring my lungs, an irritated throat and a cough soon to come. Pass it to a friend and beg them to be quick so I can burn my lungs again - let my blood run thick. Serotonin chained and forced to make me feel good, yet a non-addictive substance, apt misunderstood. Less harmful than tobacco, alcohol still worse, a sadly brainwashed nation where impression's pre-rehearsed. Generations plagued with loud misguided cries. They say it makes you stupid, another heartless lie. We'll strap a gas mask to a monkey, and force it THC. Forget about the oxygen... I wonder what we'll see? It seems their brain cells died - it has to be the drug! Government made a discovery? They ought to be less smug. But back to my friend, and I in the cold, forced to be hidden from long outdated scold. Celebrating beauties in the world that were forgotten, we're told it's overrated, like fine Egyptian cotton? I know from experience that this has to be divine: it could not exist if the sun could not shine. The wind has stopped blowing, the rain takes it's place, to feel divine beauty of liquid touching face. It is something natural, and comes from within, wow, I'm still standing in a cold blistered wind.
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May 20, 2012
May 20, 2012 at 10:48 AM UTC
A Brainwashed Nation
His fist scarred, beat-red fistful of intention Rugged, crass unchiseled wonder wrapped in a gentle smile A bear of a man, broad shouldered hulking bent Stuffed-fluff heart tattooed with the echo of love The times he grappled in sweaty- slick tangle of arms and drew blood blooming bright-crisp-apple-red upon white mat. Beat, Beat, Beat, down Tap, Tap, Tap, out White knuckle-grasp uppercut Full mount, disengage Joint locked, feet hooked, Triangle hold Submission. The times he brought grown men to their knees, and humbled himself on his own The times he never gave up and the times he gave in To the fight To the system To the sweet draw of relief The times he fought not for the thrill but to make it by Rage hot-red facing the injustice of poverty His steel spine riddled with the rust of life, the rust of reality The corrosive sludge of hate, and words left unspoken. Busted well-worn hands held soft smooth skin Grooved fingers and velvet mouth The scratch of bearded stubble, red-lined skin prickled with goose flesh, slick coated in sweat A new fight, wrapped knuckles cushioned with the promise of forgiveness Of acceptance a force to be reckoned with in her own right. Broken hand, dreams stunted, depressed-mind-numbing Lost in his own thought, out of the fight Desperate to be back in the game mind and body Envy-red, drawn to the fight of others Soft smooth hands, short-small-painted nails calm bristled hair Growling bear, baring teeth in silent-wounded pride The time she bandaged pride, and encouraged humility The times she scalded his senses the raw-red liquid fire of love His shade in the heat of a red-blistered sun Cooling, and igniting inspiration The time she became a fight worth winning.
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Sep 20, 2012
Sep 20, 2012 at 12:03 PM UTC
The Fighter
His fist scarred, beat-red fistful of intention Rugged, crass unchiseled wonder wrapped in a gentle smile A bear of a man, broad shouldered hulking bent Stuffed-fluff heart tattooed with the echo of love The times he grappled in sweaty- slick tangle of arms and drew blood blooming bright-crisp-apple-red upon white mat. Beat, Beat, Beat, down Tap, Tap, Tap, out White knuckle-grasp uppercut Full mount, disengage Joint locked, feet hooked, Triangle hold Submission. The times he brought grown men to their knees, and humbled himself on his own The times he never gave up and the times he gave in To the fight To the system To the sweet draw of relief The times he fought not for the thrill but to make it by Rage hot-red facing the injustice of poverty His steel spine riddled with the rust of life, the rust of reality The corrosive sludge of hate, and words left unspoken. Busted well-worn hands held soft smooth skin Grooved fingers and velvet mouth The scratch of bearded stubble, red-lined skin prickled with goose flesh, slick coated in sweat A new fight, wrapped knuckles cushioned with the promise of forgiveness Of acceptance a force to be reckoned with in her own right. Broken hand, dreams stunted, depressed-mind-numbing Lost in his own thought, out of the fight Desperate to be back in the game mind and body Envy-red, drawn to the fight of others Soft smooth hands, short-small-painted nails calm bristled hair Growling bear, baring teeth in silent-wounded pride The time she bandaged pride, and encouraged humility The times she scalded his senses the raw-red liquid fire of love His shade in the heat of a red-blistered sun Cooling, and igniting inspiration The time she became a fight worth winning.
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from the sky above to the dirt below under blistered feet the green inside your toes this feeling can't be beat high in all the trees i can feel the breeze through every strand of hair cold air and it's embrace man, i love this place kindle fires with your eyes just to feel surprise greatness burns within just a little sin starting over again nevermind the past living all too fast i hope this feeling lasts remember every night turn on every light make the feeling right
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Aug 24, 2014
Aug 24, 2014 at 11:18 PM UTC
awakening
Ancient doors creak and groan scraping back the dust of ages gone A formidable sight... like standing guardians since time immortal Slinking in past swirling fog I pause to calm my fear adding strength to resolve when suddenly... a deafening voice ERUPTS with EXACTING FASTIDIOUS truths Solid ground shatters beneath me... I hover helplessly Below me... a noxious boiling maelstrom The voice of truth EXPLODES from above ECHOing my 'Every Sin' the resounding shock-waves drive me down Legs lifted high to avoid the searing pain then a tangle of blistered hands reach out and drag me within the churning inferno Blinding spin and unbearable suction envelope Scream fades to gurgle Unconsciousness welcome though never met The searing pain still rising yet Each fibre ripped apart to molecular particle Riding the vortex of purification Separating sins from soul Finally Cast out and caught yet again by the uterine web with the voice of truth still taunting ... " BETTER LUCK THIS TIME "
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Jan 18, 2015
Jan 18, 2015 at 1:48 AM UTC
Reduce Recycle Reuse
If I were to collect all the stars to fashion them into a necklace, you would slap me on the head and tell me to return them. If I were to steal the moon and turn it into a comb, you would toss it back into the night sky right where it belongs. I would never be able to turn the sun into a ring. I would burn myself before touching it. But I know you'll berate me, scold me, while leading my blistered palms towards the sink. I do these selfish things, steal the treasures of the sky, thinking that they would make you happy. I forget that you smile when you share these treasures with seven billion other people.
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Apr 15, 2015
Apr 15, 2015 at 1:37 PM UTC
Selfish
Let this be my legacy - The only things worth remembering Are worn out shoes and blistered feet As we stand among the stars; The silhouette of history Made by your shoulder Pressed against me And the way we loved so carelessly As we held hands in the dark - Don't look down, Pick your feet up off the ground, Forget about the little things And fade into the galaxy Don't look back- The memories we had Of sleepless nights and playground swings Will fade into our waking dreams, We'll never return; We're coming home.
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Sep 24, 2014
Sep 24, 2014 at 8:18 PM UTC
Toxic Lithium