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"caving" poems
He is; caving in her walls, raising up her hips tighten his grips, pulling her into him crashing her body into his like waterfalls her jaw drops as he massages her walls motioned by her motions his motions are stirred up with deep emotions It lifts her up to give him a rise their thirsty bodies capitalize on the synchronized ride eyes closed like they are hypnotized her peaks climbing the highest of highs temperature rising, fire between her thighs her soothing heat, his body mesmerized she came so hard even he is satisfied
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Jan 26, 2018
Jan 26, 2018 at 10:52 PM UTC
Swimfan
*Thoughts race through her head Tears drip down her checks Screams rip from her mouth The blade slices again Cutting deeper than the last The pain will fade but the scars wont Anger fades but the hurt doesn’t Words scar Caving them into her skin Her failure remains*
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Oct 5, 2014
Oct 5, 2014 at 11:59 AM UTC
Failure
who’s most afraid of death?thou art of him utterly afraid,i love of thee (beloved)this and truly i would be near when his scythe takes crisply the whim of thy smoothness. and mark the fainting murdered petals. with caving stem. But of all most would i be one of them round the hurt heart which do so frailly cling….) i who am but imperfect in my fear Or with thy mind against my mind,to hear nearing our hearts’ irrevocable play— through the mysterious high futile day an enormous stride (and drawing thy mouth toward my mouth,steer our lost bodies carefully downward.
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Who’s Most Afraid Of Death?Thou
Corrupt and quiet Brain damaged Like a mental hemorrhaging A ****** heart's craving Tattooed on your clear skin Running hands over it Dusting off your innocence Dancing on ground that's caving in Men and women in pain Broken children going insane Holding their breaths Hearts heaving in their chests Painstaking memories Sipping tears from souls unclean Empty verses, lyrics obscene Children who will never be seen You've lost your health Now, what do you have left? ***** just like the rest Nothing to show, no family crest Tear jerkers Hard workers Acid-bathed men You simply cannot win Thoughts under arrest Burning names off the list Fighting with a pointless fist Lost in the lifeless mist
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Mar 28, 2014
Mar 28, 2014 at 5:17 PM UTC
Corruption
I'm a big city girl but sometimes it feels like my life is in a hole with everything caving in and the landslide suffocating.
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Jul 25, 2014
Jul 25, 2014 at 5:02 PM UTC
Trapped
lustful and untrustful screaming matches and rebuttals worn out muscles and tear puddles but what did we win, cards caving in whichever way you try to spin swan song on the violin whichever play you do your eyes get under my skin I can see the hurt, the guilt, the shame I tried to heal, build, and begin again and again return to my zen listening to Gwen escape to my four white walls and write songs each melody washes away the pain of yesterday each harmony bringing back the colour to the gray lifeless self I let my body become dancing to the beat of my own drum
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Feb 7, 2022
Feb 7, 2022 at 12:58 PM UTC
zEn
A vacant room of dark spaces, where furniture once lay An empty lot of trash and cracked concrete Where weeds take root with hopes of becoming trees And cobwebs span for miles Worn wind chimes still glisten in sun Papers of bad handwriting fly with the wind This place left unoccupied for so much time Small lives make home in the walls, While this home settles further beneath dirt This place reminds me of our forgetfulness, our need to not rebuild As a place turns old we leave it behind, never to fix again, never to feel loved again Weeping floorboards Walls crying tears of yellow paint Roof caving in feeling hollow Abandoned places Forgotten Always forgotten
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May 16, 2015
May 16, 2015 at 3:42 PM UTC
Abandoned Places
This weight on my chest This feeling of 100 punches to my gut The pounding of hammers in my head The feeling of a blade slip through my fingers The smell of iron in the air as the thick red water drips and flows All these pains and yet the worst feeling I've felt was the crushing blows of your words echoing in my ears. Your words weighing heavily on my heart like an Anvil defying physics. I feel the pressure and it's caving in...
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May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015 at 9:37 AM UTC
Crushed
Yesterday it took me 3 hours to calm down It was one of our best dates As I went to sleep and I clutched my pillow I still felt your hand in mine This is why I never got over you... Yet I know I shouldn't get attached But deep down I know I love you And we don't have long till you go This is why, I need to leave after you do I can't stand living in this city When I know I will never be happy here Not without you by my side Problem is we can't be right now ... Because we would hold each other back All your dreams and mine will have to do I would never want to hold anyone back From achieving their true potential Being together would do that to you If I love you I will let you go and not fight Although it will **** me when we are apart I will settle for the happiest I will ever be For the time we have left Yet I know it will be a beautiful goodbye The firery walls are slowly caving in Yet I am clinging on to every last second In my head I am holding you and just Slow dancing in this burning room
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Aug 10, 2014
Aug 10, 2014 at 3:12 PM UTC
Countdown
“You’re overweight,” he says, tapping his finger against his chart of heights and measurements, thighs too big and fingers too plump. I already know. I nod, and continue nodding, listening to the word echo and then fall onto the ground, bouncing and bounding, restrictions that have surrounded my whole life, my whole curvy figure. If I could be like the girls with the flesh wrapped tight and the bones loose and caving in on one another, I would grab the chance before it had a chance to flutter away from my desperately aching hands. When I look in the mirror, I try to remind myself that flaws are flaws and yet they were made to be beautiful, but I see what I see and what I see makes me want to ***** makes me want to close my eyes, makes me want to pull and tug and rip until there is nothing left but a pile of rotting decay. I am stuck, I am back on the playground in sixth grade where the boys would taunt and laugh, point and gasp, as I tried to pretend I looked like everyone else, every other small, petite little girl who didn’t have to worry about these types of things. My clothes don’t fit, I’ve gone through seven pairs of jeans in the last month alone, I look back at the pictures when I thought I was fat, but I wasn’t, I was fine then, why did I think that? I lay in bed beside the man I’m supposed to be with, fully clothed and pushing his hands away from my hips, away from my lips, don’t touch me then if you can’t handle all that I have to give. I’m not her, and she never wished to be me.
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Oct 21, 2012
Oct 21, 2012 at 5:19 PM UTC
curvy
“You’re overweight,” he says, tapping his finger against his chart of heights and measurements, thighs too big and fingers too plump. I already know. I nod, and continue nodding, listening to the word echo and then fall onto the ground, bouncing and bounding, restrictions that have surrounded my whole life, my whole curvy figure. If I could be like the girls with the flesh wrapped tight and the bones loose and caving in on one another, I would grab the chance before it had a chance to flutter away from my desperately aching hands. When I look in the mirror, I try to remind myself that flaws are flaws and yet they were made to be beautiful, but I see what I see and what I see makes me want to ***** makes me want to close my eyes, makes me want to pull and tug and rip until there is nothing left but a pile of rotting decay. I am stuck, I am back on the playground in sixth grade where the boys would taunt and laugh, point and gasp, as I tried to pretend I looked like everyone else, every other small, petite little girl who didn’t have to worry about these types of things. My clothes don’t fit, I’ve gone through seven pairs of jeans in the last month alone, I look back at the pictures when I thought I was fat, but I wasn’t, I was fine then, why did I think that? I lay in bed beside the man I’m supposed to be with, fully clothed and pushing his hands away from my hips, away from my lips, don’t touch me then if you can’t handle all that I have to give. I’m not her, and she never wished to be me.
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god gloats upon Her stunning flesh. Upon the rechings of Her green body among unseen things, things obscene (Whose fingers young the caving ages curiously con) —but the lunge of Her hunger softly flung over the gasping shores leaves his smile wan, and his blood stopped hears in the frail anon the shovings and the lovings of Her tongue. god Is The Sea. All terrors of his being quake before this its hideous Work most old Whose battening gesture prophecies a freeing of ghostly chaos in this dangerous night through moaned space god worships God— (behold! where chaste stars writhe captured in brightening fright)
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God Gloats Upon Her Stunning Flesh. Upon
What happens when we all live to one-hundred? I am expecting more wrinkles than I have now, A year before, at ninety-nine. I've lived for so long, Death shall I make it past that hundred mile mark? I feel so tired in these days of Fall, I'm wilted, I think, like untended petunias, Like leaves scalding in the midday sun. My wife is long gone, My wife I loved and made love to, Well past the age of fifty, She died at sixty-one, I sit remembering, My time alone. This horde of trees reflect exactly how I feel, This decaying oak, The willow tree caving in, The bent, broken sycamore tree, It's branches growing towards earth, Weighed down, like me with heavy sins. Butterflies flew now, the kind rare to winter, Like old people having their slow, careful version of *** You might not want to watch it, You who are young, You who are convinced, That when it comes to old age, an exception will be made. But they still want to do it, Weird love is better than no love at all. -Firefly
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Sep 18, 2014
Sep 18, 2014 at 7:57 PM UTC
Weird Love.
I like my body And I use it to express myself Which is legitimate and fine Because it is mine It belongs to me So when you, Who I trust Respect And confide in Condemn me for the choices that I make I feel like my walls are caving in Like there's not a mind left on this planet who understands, who loves, who cares If I can't come to you I am alone You abandoned me Made my skin feel cold Left me out Used my confessions to hurt me Abuse me Minimize me You made me feel stupid Small Incapable You mocked my self respect Tore it out from under me and distorted it Tried to convince me I didn't own it I never thought I'd find so much hate Hidden inside of someone I loved so deeply You have no idea the pain you've caused When you decided to tell me how to live As if I'm too ******* pathetic To know on my own You think you're better than me You think I should hate myself Well I don't But I do hate you
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Aug 19, 2013
Aug 19, 2013 at 3:20 PM UTC
The Dangers of Slut-Shaming
bravery isn't just limited to fighting dragons or wearing that armour of yours bravery isn't all about protesting what you believe in or using your fists to do the explaining it's you at 6 in the morning forcing yourself to get up because you stayed up all night crying it's when you try so hard to keep that untouched blade that you always kept hidden from your parents away from your skin it's when you always try to think of "happy thoughts" and fake your smiles; although it's  make believe, it's a sign you don't want to give up it's when you feel all your bottled up emotions rushing, begging to be felt by you and yet you keep yourself from caving in completely succumbing from your darkest fears you always feel hopeless and alone, but then here you are, alive breathing grasping for that minuscule light you think you have given up completely, and that your dreams died a long time ago but when you listen closely, your heart is still beating isn't that a sign of hope? you are fighting your own wars, so never believe them when they call you weak because you have your own battle scars as proof, proof that you survive and still fighting you are the hero(heroine) of your own story so believe me when i tell you that you are brave
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Mar 20, 2014
Mar 20, 2014 at 11:11 PM UTC
bravery
The place was dangerous as hell; we had no business being there. It was a complex, composed of four immense structures, looming on the bluffs between Lake Michigan and a ghost town. I'm not sure which side of the fence brought forth more eeriness - the sight of four massive industrial skeletons was indeed an eerie one, but within the village that must endure it's haunting presence persists a dwindling heartbeat... and together they produced a heightened effect of slow decay - and that was what drew me in. The place was magnificent day or night. By day, we'd explore the groundworks while the light allowed us to admire the massive machinery, which by then had accumulated copious amounts of corrosion. All those dead giants, never to function again. In the spring time, beams of light would penetrate the ceiling above, caving in from years of stress sans stress tests. Even when the light was not shining through, one could make out where the beams have been because in their wake they left a trail of life. Up to that point in my life I thought that was the most beautiful scene I had ever seen - a thousand tons of old machinery, and a stubborn sunbeam poking through, incubating it's au natural industrialized chia pet. By night, we would ascend to the rooftops of these four story horror stories and gaze up at the stars. Sometimes, when our ***** were feeling particularly swelled, we'd venture across the rooftops as if in some post-apocalyptic videogame. And sometimes when we were feeling a bit rebellious and artistic, we'd bring along some cans of spray paint and redecorate to our desire. Oh, and another reason the place reeked of death was surely due to it being a glue factory... wherein horses were killed in order to gain access to their foot-stuff. I was told by an unfortunate local that they'd bury the unwanted horse parts in big pits back behind the place... this man had told me that he fell into one while wandering around back there - nearly died trying to get out. We knew the place was soon to be leveled, but we did not know when. Eventually I ended up moving out of state for a while, and alas, upon my return my childhood fascination was no more. shrugs... So it goes.
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Sep 5, 2012
Sep 5, 2012 at 4:18 AM UTC
The Old Glue Factory
The place was dangerous as hell; we had no business being there. It was a complex, composed of four immense structures, looming on the bluffs between Lake Michigan and a ghost town. I'm not sure which side of the fence brought forth more eeriness - the sight of four massive industrial skeletons was indeed an eerie one, but within the village that must endure it's haunting presence persists a dwindling heartbeat... and together they produced a heightened effect of slow decay - and that was what drew me in. The place was magnificent day or night. By day, we'd explore the groundworks while the light allowed us to admire the massive machinery, which by then had accumulated copious amounts of corrosion. All those dead giants, never to function again. In the spring time, beams of light would penetrate the ceiling above, caving in from years of stress sans stress tests. Even when the light was not shining through, one could make out where the beams have been because in their wake they left a trail of life. Up to that point in my life I thought that was the most beautiful scene I had ever seen - a thousand tons of old machinery, and a stubborn sunbeam poking through, incubating it's au natural industrialized chia pet. By night, we would ascend to the rooftops of these four story horror stories and gaze up at the stars. Sometimes, when our ***** were feeling particularly swelled, we'd venture across the rooftops as if in some post-apocalyptic videogame. And sometimes when we were feeling a bit rebellious and artistic, we'd bring along some cans of spray paint and redecorate to our desire. Oh, and another reason the place reeked of death was surely due to it being a glue factory... wherein horses were killed in order to gain access to their foot-stuff. I was told by an unfortunate local that they'd bury the unwanted horse parts in big pits back behind the place... this man had told me that he fell into one while wandering around back there - nearly died trying to get out. We knew the place was soon to be leveled, but we did not know when. Eventually I ended up moving out of state for a while, and alas, upon my return my childhood fascination was no more. shrugs... So it goes.
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If I get lost, promise you'd leave me be Let me walk alone in my circles I'll find my way back...almost instinctively Through looping thoughts and scribbles If I should trip, promise you'd let me fall Scrape my knee and scream a voiceless scream Weight of the universe may seem crushing to shoulders so small I'll walk it off and regain newfound steam If I show signs of buckling, promise you'd let me collapse into nothing Let me fold into myself...into an unnoticeable speck There is solace in this space when the walls are caving Soon I would reinvent and renew from that wreck If I suffer a cut, promise you'd just let me bleed Let the black of my soul gush out Within it I would find the seed To which all of my rantings are about If I should begin to write, promise you'd read my scrawls Take them as they are and not to heart Just thoughts versus words that mean much or nothing at all They'd stitch me anew when I start to break apart If I keep losing myself, promise that you'd let me be The circles I tread are very much predictable They'd always lead me around... Don't treat me differently Just stay where you are... I'll come back round, fresh and able...
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Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014 at 9:47 PM UTC
Circles
Leo: Remember everyone is fighting. Be patient, forgive, but never allow yourself to be a doormat to those who care less about you than you do them. Forget the wrath. Find the joy in the power it brings you. Virgo: Do not stunt your growth trying to entertain the opinions of other people. You know in the end, you have to be the most important person in your life. Grow. Libra: Quit running. You will never find yourself in other people, so stop trying. Desperation does not look good around your neck. Hold your chin high and look inside yourself for what you need. Scorpio: Go. Stop leaving claw marks in your wake. Know that what you think you need is not always so. You are worth more than what you have been selling yourself for. Pride is important to you, but it is still okay to cry if you need to. Say goodbye to what is less than you. Sagittarius: It is okay to say no. Don’t apologize anymore for having an opinion. Speak your mind, let yourself be heard. Do not quiet your desires for someone else’s. Capricorn: The past doesn’t matter anymore. Close the book, shut the door. Stop searching for answers and know that it all happened for a reason. It will make sense soon if you let it. Aquarius: Do not make friends with your demons. Clean the skeletons from your closet. Take a long walk tonight and allow yourself to feel the weight of sadness like a moth eaten sweater. Fold it up in the morning and put it in a box. Throw it away. Pisces: Stop being selfish and cruel. Put the bourbon away, put your phone away for the night. Sleep by yourself and see what you dream of. People are not trying to ruin you like you are them. Forget revenge. Aries: Let go. Do not cling to what you think is saving you. Do not drink tonight, do not tell them you love them again if you do not mean it. Be careful to not push away the people who truly care for the one who doesn’t. Taurus: It is time to stop caving in on yourself. Reach out to someone, stop to smell the flowers. Find beauty in this world again. Gemini: You’re almost done hurting. I know your mother told you the storm never lasts forever and you doubted her. Let the rain leave you now. It is okay to not define yourself by your sadness. Cancer: Let the things and people you are bitter about leave you. Do not let memories haunt you any longer. Wash them off in the river while it’s still warm. Baptize yourself.
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Aug 12, 2015
Aug 12, 2015 at 8:18 PM UTC
August Horoscopes
Leo: Remember everyone is fighting. Be patient, forgive, but never allow yourself to be a doormat to those who care less about you than you do them. Forget the wrath. Find the joy in the power it brings you. Virgo: Do not stunt your growth trying to entertain the opinions of other people. You know in the end, you have to be the most important person in your life. Grow. Libra: Quit running. You will never find yourself in other people, so stop trying. Desperation does not look good around your neck. Hold your chin high and look inside yourself for what you need. Scorpio: Go. Stop leaving claw marks in your wake. Know that what you think you need is not always so. You are worth more than what you have been selling yourself for. Pride is important to you, but it is still okay to cry if you need to. Say goodbye to what is less than you. Sagittarius: It is okay to say no. Don’t apologize anymore for having an opinion. Speak your mind, let yourself be heard. Do not quiet your desires for someone else’s. Capricorn: The past doesn’t matter anymore. Close the book, shut the door. Stop searching for answers and know that it all happened for a reason. It will make sense soon if you let it. Aquarius: Do not make friends with your demons. Clean the skeletons from your closet. Take a long walk tonight and allow yourself to feel the weight of sadness like a moth eaten sweater. Fold it up in the morning and put it in a box. Throw it away. Pisces: Stop being selfish and cruel. Put the bourbon away, put your phone away for the night. Sleep by yourself and see what you dream of. People are not trying to ruin you like you are them. Forget revenge. Aries: Let go. Do not cling to what you think is saving you. Do not drink tonight, do not tell them you love them again if you do not mean it. Be careful to not push away the people who truly care for the one who doesn’t. Taurus: It is time to stop caving in on yourself. Reach out to someone, stop to smell the flowers. Find beauty in this world again. Gemini: You’re almost done hurting. I know your mother told you the storm never lasts forever and you doubted her. Let the rain leave you now. It is okay to not define yourself by your sadness. Cancer: Let the things and people you are bitter about leave you. Do not let memories haunt you any longer. Wash them off in the river while it’s still warm. Baptize yourself.
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The windows are dark Paint is chipping and faded Life has left its mark On this old abandoned house There are whispers in the air Ghosts of the past From the people who lived here In this old abandoned house The roof is caving in Allowing rain to sodden the interior Creaky floors squealing in distress In this old abandoned house Shadows wander room to room Some crying, others silent Life for them wasn't fair In this old abandoned house Ignored within the neighborhood Weeds overgrowing Hiding the path To this old abandoned house Always in the dark Shaded by trees of willow Drooping down to hide This old abandoned house
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Jan 12, 2017
Jan 12, 2017 at 8:57 AM UTC
Old Abandoned House
. Watching the rise and the fall of a kingdom Walls once rebuilt again tumble the ground Allowing the beasties free reign in the village Bellowing out o’er the wickedest sound Pacing the streets, seeking out bits of garbage Leaving their stains on the innocent few Leering in windows where children are hiding Tender young things and so easy to chew Thieves in the night lurk about come the morning Stealing the sun at the break of the dawn Drinking of sewage a’ flow in the gutters Checking off names as the many are gone Peering ‘round corners, down alleys, in shadows Seeking the favor of all who do grieve Laughing in spite of the torment now growing Licking their lips in the hope you believe Roaming in groups so the followed outnumber Say what you will for the king does not hear Lost in his throne made of mirrors that flatter Shivering, cowering, caving to fear Deaf to the villagers asking for reason Blind to the pillage befalling this land Dumb, well I guess that just goes without saying Nary a care what the people demand Feasting on turkey, potatoes and gravy Raising a glass to the enemy proud Taking a stand against those who support him Locking the front doors while yelling aloud ***“Carry your torches, your pitchforks, your honor It matters not for this evil shall win Even when gone there are echoes of anger Lingering on till they come back again Give them your all, what you’ve poured your heart into Down on your knees, bow to them one and all Step over rock and the piles of rubble This castle will stand even when the walls fall Shout all you like as no change is forthcoming Accept it or flee, you think I give a **** When you are gone many more will replace you Now pass those peas and a slice of that ham”*** So roam the beasties, their teeth ever sharpened Fanning the flames as so many are burned Tearing apart what the people envisioned Silly to think that they somehow had learned Nothing so happy with no ever after Always the same, it will happen again But unlike some other long winded stories Sadly in this I can not say “the end” Watching the rise and the fall of a kingdom Walls once rebuilt again tumble the ground Thankfully I can peruse from a distance Witnessing all without hanging around
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Jul 8, 2016
Jul 8, 2016 at 9:25 AM UTC
Nothing so happy with no ever after
. Watching the rise and the fall of a kingdom Walls once rebuilt again tumble the ground Allowing the beasties free reign in the village Bellowing out o’er the wickedest sound Pacing the streets, seeking out bits of garbage Leaving their stains on the innocent few Leering in windows where children are hiding Tender young things and so easy to chew Thieves in the night lurk about come the morning Stealing the sun at the break of the dawn Drinking of sewage a’ flow in the gutters Checking off names as the many are gone Peering ‘round corners, down alleys, in shadows Seeking the favor of all who do grieve Laughing in spite of the torment now growing Licking their lips in the hope you believe Roaming in groups so the followed outnumber Say what you will for the king does not hear Lost in his throne made of mirrors that flatter Shivering, cowering, caving to fear Deaf to the villagers asking for reason Blind to the pillage befalling this land Dumb, well I guess that just goes without saying Nary a care what the people demand Feasting on turkey, potatoes and gravy Raising a glass to the enemy proud Taking a stand against those who support him Locking the front doors while yelling aloud ***“Carry your torches, your pitchforks, your honor It matters not for this evil shall win Even when gone there are echoes of anger Lingering on till they come back again Give them your all, what you’ve poured your heart into Down on your knees, bow to them one and all Step over rock and the piles of rubble This castle will stand even when the walls fall Shout all you like as no change is forthcoming Accept it or flee, you think I give a **** When you are gone many more will replace you Now pass those peas and a slice of that ham”*** So roam the beasties, their teeth ever sharpened Fanning the flames as so many are burned Tearing apart what the people envisioned Silly to think that they somehow had learned Nothing so happy with no ever after Always the same, it will happen again But unlike some other long winded stories Sadly in this I can not say “the end” Watching the rise and the fall of a kingdom Walls once rebuilt again tumble the ground Thankfully I can peruse from a distance Witnessing all without hanging around
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Sometimes I wish I was blind. No, don't get me wrong. I'm grateful that I can see flowers and sunsets but, It's that many times what my eyes see is distorted. It's that I find myself making judgements about people based on what they wear, what their race is, where they come from, and caving in to stereotypes set in my mind instead of thinking about who they are as a person. It's that I use words like ugly or fat to describe people as if looks alone defined them and as if I had the power to define beauty. It's that I start comparing myself to others instead of being thankful for what I have and who I am. It's that I start checking out guys And seeing what's on the outside instead of wondering about what lies inside . It's that I start selecting people to be friends with based on their appearance instead of wondering who they are as a human being. It's that my eyes hinder me from focusing on what's truly important. And perhaps if I was blind my soul would better understand that there is more than meets the eye. That what makes certain humans great is how passionate they are when they talk about what they love. How caring they can be in time of need. How their personality can far outshine looks. How even if physically a person may be falling apart on the inside they have the greatest heart. Perhaps if I was blind, Maybe then would I truly see.
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Sep 20, 2014
Sep 20, 2014 at 2:46 AM UTC
Blindness
THEY will have the final word. Believe what the PARTY says is true. Even Facecrime gives you away, For BIG BROTHER is watching you. Honesty? Bah, such nonsense! Loyalty is what must sell. State-spread rumors incite the mob In your bleak, dystopian hell. Reject evidence of eyes and ears. That's what THEY say. Watch how hate Turns the unquestioning supporter Against the enemies of the state. The Goodthinkful, unaware How language affects their thoughts and behavior, Show how ignorance is strength And lavish praise upon their savior. Manipulating public opinion, THEY know well-spread lies will last, For that's how THEY'LL control the future, And that's how THEY control the past. Doublethink is what THEY call it: The clever art of reality control. Ignorance is strength, THEY tell you. Controlled insanity is THEIR goal. The more powerful THEY become, The less THEY prove to be your friend. It's NOT about what's good for the people. Power is NOT a means but an end. War is declared on language and memory. Inconvenient facts are rejected. Science is reviled, and THEY Discredit people once respected. Doublespeak narrows the range of thought. By caving in you might survive. Two and two make four, but sometimes THEY'LL say that two and two make five. Opinions are not tolerated. Protective stupidity: that's THEIR plan. You think THEY can't control your thoughts, But, oh, THEY can. THEY really can. Do you look at your screen, or does Your screen look at you? Or Both? Do you know how much THEY know Or if THEY know you've kept your oath? Who's the next to be vaporized? Who's the next to become an unperson? As long as THEY control your "thinking," Everything can only worsen. If only to awaken from the nightmare Where truth becomes a likelihood And we retain humanity! Wouldn't that be "doubleplusgood"? -by Bob B (8-30-18)
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Aug 30, 2018
Aug 30, 2018 at 12:21 PM UTC
Orwellian Nightmare
THEY will have the final word. Believe what the PARTY says is true. Even Facecrime gives you away, For BIG BROTHER is watching you. Honesty? Bah, such nonsense! Loyalty is what must sell. State-spread rumors incite the mob In your bleak, dystopian hell. Reject evidence of eyes and ears. That's what THEY say. Watch how hate Turns the unquestioning supporter Against the enemies of the state. The Goodthinkful, unaware How language affects their thoughts and behavior, Show how ignorance is strength And lavish praise upon their savior. Manipulating public opinion, THEY know well-spread lies will last, For that's how THEY'LL control the future, And that's how THEY control the past. Doublethink is what THEY call it: The clever art of reality control. Ignorance is strength, THEY tell you. Controlled insanity is THEIR goal. The more powerful THEY become, The less THEY prove to be your friend. It's NOT about what's good for the people. Power is NOT a means but an end. War is declared on language and memory. Inconvenient facts are rejected. Science is reviled, and THEY Discredit people once respected. Doublespeak narrows the range of thought. By caving in you might survive. Two and two make four, but sometimes THEY'LL say that two and two make five. Opinions are not tolerated. Protective stupidity: that's THEIR plan. You think THEY can't control your thoughts, But, oh, THEY can. THEY really can. Do you look at your screen, or does Your screen look at you? Or Both? Do you know how much THEY know Or if THEY know you've kept your oath? Who's the next to be vaporized? Who's the next to become an unperson? As long as THEY control your "thinking," Everything can only worsen. If only to awaken from the nightmare Where truth becomes a likelihood And we retain humanity! Wouldn't that be "doubleplusgood"? -by Bob B (8-30-18)
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We were laying down our lives from the beginning, but we didn't know how cold the nights could be or how heavy our feet would sound on wooden floors, we didn't know we were built for more than coughing up new ways to pass time, no we were only practicing for this, we were only fighting for our lives, we were only cutting out new patterns & fitting ourselves with our wrung-out hopes & dreams, but those fell limp & we didn't realize there was anything else I didn't realize these shards in my lungs were leftover from the first time learning how to crash & burn, the fall left bruises printed up and down my arms, under my ribs, but I thought that was a good thing, I thought we're supposed to fight for what we love we're supposed to feel the pain but, we are only a billion lonely strangers laying down our lives here, I'm hoping you'll pick mine up before it gets trampled on again although we really do make the finest doormats for feet heavier than ours, maybe we will remain in the dust & the sand until we are buried, or our throats are filled so that we can't ask whose deadweight we carry today; so come lie to me, tell me that this all goes away I'm tired of playing in the shade by myself, I need fresher dreams bigger things than childhood fantasies they tell me I am only make believe I am only a lonely star, I am only pretending they don't see the corners I cut or the nightmares I chase, the graves I dig just to survive, just to bury the rot of older skins I shed on the daily, we don't like the way the gas in the atmosphere hides the stars so we seek open spaces & we lay our hearts in felt-lined boxes thinking they'll be safer there than in our chests, because our chests might be caving in tomorrow compressed under the weight of passerby, if you need me I'll be here (we didn't know how cold the nights could be) I'll be laying down my life over here.
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Jun 24, 2018
Jun 24, 2018 at 11:14 PM UTC
if you need me, i'll be over here
We were laying down our lives from the beginning, but we didn't know how cold the nights could be or how heavy our feet would sound on wooden floors, we didn't know we were built for more than coughing up new ways to pass time, no we were only practicing for this, we were only fighting for our lives, we were only cutting out new patterns & fitting ourselves with our wrung-out hopes & dreams, but those fell limp & we didn't realize there was anything else I didn't realize these shards in my lungs were leftover from the first time learning how to crash & burn, the fall left bruises printed up and down my arms, under my ribs, but I thought that was a good thing, I thought we're supposed to fight for what we love we're supposed to feel the pain but, we are only a billion lonely strangers laying down our lives here, I'm hoping you'll pick mine up before it gets trampled on again although we really do make the finest doormats for feet heavier than ours, maybe we will remain in the dust & the sand until we are buried, or our throats are filled so that we can't ask whose deadweight we carry today; so come lie to me, tell me that this all goes away I'm tired of playing in the shade by myself, I need fresher dreams bigger things than childhood fantasies they tell me I am only make believe I am only a lonely star, I am only pretending they don't see the corners I cut or the nightmares I chase, the graves I dig just to survive, just to bury the rot of older skins I shed on the daily, we don't like the way the gas in the atmosphere hides the stars so we seek open spaces & we lay our hearts in felt-lined boxes thinking they'll be safer there than in our chests, because our chests might be caving in tomorrow compressed under the weight of passerby, if you need me I'll be here (we didn't know how cold the nights could be) I'll be laying down my life over here.
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You’re frightened but, there is no need for fear. Your eyes are barely open. Your vision is blurred beneath your thickened lashes. Blinded, you are. Hazed, you are. Sick, you are. Lying on the minted tile floor, back arched and your cheek pressed to a faded rug, you roll on your side. Tilting your head up, you moan. The vicious pulse begins pounding your wounded head. You roll again on your shrunken stomach, bubbling over with an ocean of alcohol. You drag your eyes up to the piercing light above you. Adjusting yourself slowly, your hands fumble for the floor beneath you. The muscles in your arm strain as you push yourself to sit. No strength. The stained bathtub provides something stable to grasp. Smeared makeup. Hair stuck to your hollow face. Memories scattering in the wind outside. More pounding, but this time it isn’t in your head. It’s booming outside the door. Screaming and movement is caving in on you, suffocating you.   Who’s outside?   What’s outside? "It's okay”, he says “You’re fine now.”   You turn and stare. How long has he been here?   He’s been watching you the entire time. He knows something. He’s done something to you. That’s why your in this frightening room below the ground. He stands and walks towards you. You must stay strong. Don’t flinch. No weakness. A gentle arm glides just under your leg and the other behind your waist. He lifts you up and a small whimper escapes your lips. There’s pain. He carries you into a familiar room through another door. The pounding from outside grows softer. Shoulders relax. Forehead cools. Sleepiness comes. He sits on the bed with you in his lap. Suddenly your alertness fades and you feel comforted. “How much did you drink?”  He asks timidly.   You lean your head back. Funny. “Just a little”, your words slur from your swollen tongue. You start to giggle. Arms begin to sweat. Stomach tightens. Puke. Tears. Hushed. “Shh now.  You’re fine.  It’s alright.  Breathe.  Breathe.”,  He coo's and slowly strokes your spine. Tensions released. He stands and walks to the door. “No!  Come back!”, You cry. He’s leaving. Why? You reach your hand out, like a child, but draw it back quickly. “Haven’t I always come back?  This time is no different.” Only a second passes and you’re out. Not all the way. Eyes closed. A window opens. The fan goes on. A blanket covers you. He’s there.
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Jun 4, 2012
Jun 4, 2012 at 9:15 PM UTC
Reassurance
You’re frightened but, there is no need for fear. Your eyes are barely open. Your vision is blurred beneath your thickened lashes. Blinded, you are. Hazed, you are. Sick, you are. Lying on the minted tile floor, back arched and your cheek pressed to a faded rug, you roll on your side. Tilting your head up, you moan. The vicious pulse begins pounding your wounded head. You roll again on your shrunken stomach, bubbling over with an ocean of alcohol. You drag your eyes up to the piercing light above you. Adjusting yourself slowly, your hands fumble for the floor beneath you. The muscles in your arm strain as you push yourself to sit. No strength. The stained bathtub provides something stable to grasp. Smeared makeup. Hair stuck to your hollow face. Memories scattering in the wind outside. More pounding, but this time it isn’t in your head. It’s booming outside the door. Screaming and movement is caving in on you, suffocating you.   Who’s outside?   What’s outside? "It's okay”, he says “You’re fine now.”   You turn and stare. How long has he been here?   He’s been watching you the entire time. He knows something. He’s done something to you. That’s why your in this frightening room below the ground. He stands and walks towards you. You must stay strong. Don’t flinch. No weakness. A gentle arm glides just under your leg and the other behind your waist. He lifts you up and a small whimper escapes your lips. There’s pain. He carries you into a familiar room through another door. The pounding from outside grows softer. Shoulders relax. Forehead cools. Sleepiness comes. He sits on the bed with you in his lap. Suddenly your alertness fades and you feel comforted. “How much did you drink?”  He asks timidly.   You lean your head back. Funny. “Just a little”, your words slur from your swollen tongue. You start to giggle. Arms begin to sweat. Stomach tightens. Puke. Tears. Hushed. “Shh now.  You’re fine.  It’s alright.  Breathe.  Breathe.”,  He coo's and slowly strokes your spine. Tensions released. He stands and walks to the door. “No!  Come back!”, You cry. He’s leaving. Why? You reach your hand out, like a child, but draw it back quickly. “Haven’t I always come back?  This time is no different.” Only a second passes and you’re out. Not all the way. Eyes closed. A window opens. The fan goes on. A blanket covers you. He’s there.
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Every felt like the world is caving in on you? Like there's no where to go anymore? Like you're being kicked out? Don't freight my little angel, For I am Unwanted too I am the 5th wheel So I'm not even on the wagon I was kicked out By my best friend Every felt like crying? Or even like dying? Don't freight my little Angel For we are both Unwanted But don't be sad Dont be mad We are alike So unwanted, so lets be friends :)
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Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014 at 9:26 PM UTC
Unwanted
i can't remember when i last heard your voice and i need you to know that i miss you. but i don't think the words alone are enough. i miss you. I MISS YOU LIKE A BLIND MAN'S BULLSEYE. I MISS YOU THE WAY A POOR MAN MISSES A ROOF OVER HIS HEAD. I MISS YOU LIKE THE RUMBLING IN HIS UNFED STOMACH. I MISS YOU LIKE THE COLD ACHY SPACE IN THIS HALF-EMPTY BED. I MISS YOU LIKE EVERY POEM I ALMOST WROTE BUT FORGOT ABOUT BEFORE I FOUND A PEN TO WRITE IT DOWN. I MISS YOU LIKE A FORGOTTEN BIRTHDAY. I MISS YOU THE WAY JANUARY MISSES GREEN. I MISS YOU LIKE MY FATHER'S BEDTIME STORIES. I MISS YOU LIKE THE LAST TRAIN HOME. MY CHEST IS CAVING. MY LUNGS ARE SHRIVELING, AND WITH MY LAST BREATH I WILL SCREAM THROUGH SPACE AND TIME - I MISS YOU. IT'S TRUE, WHAT ALL THOSE POETS SAY ABOUT THE SUN & MOON - THAT THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP CHASING EACH OTHER FOR ETERNITY, THAT THEY WILL NEVER KNOW ONE ANOTHER'S TOUCH. SO I AM SENDING UP VENDING-MACHINE PRAYERS TO A MAY-OR-MAY-NOT-BE-THERE GOD, BEGGING HIM TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN YOUR FINGERS AND THE SPACES BETWEEN MINE. - m.f.
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Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 at 4:48 PM UTC
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