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Hannah Sep 2017
Entry ~
I know you're scared. You should be scared. You're taking a huge leap of faith leaving the only "home" you've ever known. But that home you built isn't four walls, and a solid tin roof. It's your soul. It's that thumping in your chest that keeps you awake at 2am. It's the memories you've stored, locked away tight behind steel bars, because god only knows if those bars weren't there those memories would hit you like the eye of a storm. Calm at first, sweet, but then painful, like shards of glass beneath your feet. And I know how much it hurts to leave. To walk away from so many unresolved things. To remove yourself from the lives of people you rely on, that rely on you. But part of living is knowing when to leave. It's knowing when your environment no longer suits the shell you're in. It's easy to tell when that chapter of your life begins. It starts with a slow depression easing its way in, and an unexplained restlessness. I know how much you fight it. The warning signs telling you it's time to go again. You are so afraid of being free, but your curiosity has its own needs. It was never a choice being free. It's always been a part of your destiny. I know you've felt that unexplainable presence easing your anxiety. And it's okay to breathe. It's okay to just be. To not know where you're going to be next spring. It's all a part of the plan. You need to have faith that those guiding you won't lead you astray. You are being protected, and I know you aren't religious, but when you feel like you've lost your way, fall to your knees, and pray. Look for the butterfly, and have faith that one small act of courageousness will set your life in motion. But you have to be willing to take action first. So flap your wings, and don't be afraid of the tornado that follows. You created your fear, and only you can survive in the wake of it.
I wrote this letter to myself. I'm preparing to travel again. In a little less than a month, I'll be on the road to Oregon. I don't have much of a plan this time, all I know is it's time to go.
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Emma Linnane Aug 2014
What is a loser?
Someone spiraling within a microcosm of unfortunate events?
Or forgetting to update one’s facebook status in the macrocosm of tiresome vents?
People nowadays throw around insults as smiles and cheek,
Loser is a mere phrase between impudence and courageousness, sheik.  
Many forget the power in which words command,
“Sticks and stones may break my bones”, but words unmanned..
Rip the heart and soul and cannot withstand,
The ebbing soreness of our confused migraine.

Perhaps I misunderstand.
Twenty-first century loser on the other hand,
Means you've made it into the ‘in-crowd’,
Enshroud,
Rain twinkling like stars,
Bicycles feeling like cars.

Yet heed this warning with everlasting effect,
Your words are yours to not neglect,
Take pride in your intellect!
Those hearts you may sway,
With words of colour and not grey,
As sweet as if valentine’s day.
May encroach your direction through doors unknown,
Before hinged like an Antarctic zone,
Forget “loser”, create your throne.
Whilst scanning through my own personal news feed on facebook, up popped a picture with this quote; 'Be kind. For everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about', it inspired me to write this particular poem and I hope I can, myself, take away the positive message it utters and apply it to my own life.
Katelin Michelle Dec 2013
I've decided that should anyone
years from now
discover my body
I want them to find me blind-
not from grief and sadness that I saw
but from the beauty my eyes beheld.

I want them to find
the disks in my neck worn-
not from lifting my nose at the inferiority of this place
but rather due to the fact that I was constantly gazing up
simply to remind myself that I get to be a piece in it all.

I want my lips to have trembled, smiled, spoken, gaped
my ears to have listened, to have listened, to have heard
my wrinkles to be evidence of laughter, evidence of worrying

my hands to have been held,
to have fought, grasped
and most importantly to have let go.

When they find me
I want my piercings to be evidence of my interest in pain
and the calm that follows.

I want my body to be riddled in love
agape, philias, eros, storge
I want my scars to be testaments to
my fearlessness, my carelessness,
my courageousness, and my curiosity.

Should they find my spirit gone
should they find my body dead
I want them to know
I want them to know I lived.
RALPH Jun 2015
Once acquired you become wretched
Be it by solitude of fury
If thee ever become tranquil again
It will truly be once in a blue moon
And thee are no longer courteous
Impudent nor amiable.

Now demonstration of greedy
And animosity is all you mates
Witness though you thought
You were revealing courageousness
But the exterior powerless.

I guess that's what moods do
To benevolent people and
Leave them as turbulent
Monsters.
A Simillacrum Jun 2018
And what's worse
cursed
with something of a conscience
that despite being disrespected
and
***** will not let me leave.

Vulnerability
pressed
to the face of death with a smile
stretched ear to ear bowed
down
under the weight of fear.

Courageousness breaks
heavy pain. I use it against you.

Prostrate to the matrons
I begged for your courage for me.

Surprise
Surprise
Even when you hurt your loved ones
You focus on yourself
Surprise
Surprise
Even when you hurt someone you love
You protect yourself

You double down
in the name of pride.

Newsflash:

Your children are smart enough
to purposefully see
that they never procreate
if only for the world
to both act Atropos
on this overgrown
carcinogen
to humanity
and slash the path
of another hillbilly bloodline
Form inspired by the song "Smile" by AFI.
Brycical Apr 2012
I don't understand
why more people aren't following,
fanning, stalking, whatever word
they use here on HP.

Your words are sharp,
titanium thorns
made out of the edge.

I admire your work,
and the courageousness
echoing behind.....  . ..   .   .  . .  .  .     .     .

You're a lot more optimistic than you think you are.
Don't be afraid to let that shine through..... ... .. . . .   .  .  .  .  .    .   .      .
From a pretty
big fan,
~The Bryce Post
Vice D Krashdif Apr 2014
Oh the bells ring;
No one hears their mournful sound
The crows sing
Their song of sorrow

The boy standing alone
His sole fate bound
The only thing to hear, moans
From those going into the ground

The walls are tall
He will not let them down
For he is the one that built the walls
To stop from the sorrow’s drown

Around him there is loss
His chances to live in poverty are slim
Aids prevents him from being a boss
No vaccine to bring him from the brim

Death encompasses all
No act of courageousness
Can save them from the fall
Into the deep dark blackness
this poem was for a project it actually goes with my profile picture
Exposure Therapy

     A figurative light shines on me (courtesy of Pink Floyd), no matter I live on the dark side of the moon like another brick in the wall, and rarely present thyself stark naked sans emotionally. The metier viz modus operandi of writing (poetry seems to edge ahead of other structures) allows, enables and provides with utmost exhiliration, infatuation, lumination, et cetera an opportunity to test (dis)comfort zones. Hence carefree foray induces loosing oppressive repressed unvented xanax albatross drugged gewgaws, jetisonned (via Jetson propelled Segway) means producint resplendent unfettered x2c.

      I became habituated, insulated, jackknifed with non-healthy, destructive behavior cultivated detrimental habits disallowing natural maturation of body, mind, and spirit, which this middle aged mwm now more fervently revisits, remonstrates, and recapitulates when attempting to explain to thyself or another, how bing figuratively tethered to the apron strings o' me late mum promulgated, narrated, and licensed to avast quantity of active listeners, the self made parent trap (albeit synonymous with an invisible umbilical cord that well nigh strangled satisfactory quality of life.

     Thus culled from me lately (countless decades when within fledgling offspring, the progeny evince metamorphosis that display heavenly lottery phenomenal tinder phase linkedin DNA when processes of puberty per purring prestidigitation when mine deus darling daughters developed into divine dames) instilled, jolted, kickstarted personal quest to broach me interpersonal/ social comfort zones.

     The presence of generalized anxiety (with attendant debilitating panic attacks) ******, foiled, highjacked journey to experience ordinary sensate human bonding never took place.

     I copiously deprived, emotionally fleeced, gamely hocked innumerable joyous kissably leavening male natural ordinary processes qua ramping sundry transitions ushering vital wings yodeling zen attainment. emotional, physical, social discoveries visa vis via blockaded, deprived, forfeited, hamstrung inoculated je nais sais quois electric kool aid acid test disallowing, barring,

depressing, forsaking growing **** Sapiens trajectory toward autonomy free self destructive hermetically sealed reign.

     Otherwise, thru avoidance behavior, clamped down eponymous flapping gums, this now middle aged baby boomer believes he cheated himself, injuriously jarred kidnapped legendary manifold noble savage traits ushering vital willpower yawping zealous adulthood.

Said physiological, integral, hormonal, germinal, fantastical, external, developmental, capitalone entourage fumbled mine kempf outlook predicated unanimously withheld Mortal Kombat from finagled grim-faced hoodlums, whence thine smarting, roiling, quivering psyche broke LivingSocial will power to remain alive, thus surrendering StarWars shield, essentially via nixed invisible IdentityGuard, undermined re: self defeatedly favorable growth, when thy prepubescent self firmly believed he hermetically sealed, guarded, buffered, himself against nasty, meanly lampooning, cruelly brutal bullies when in truth he merely annihilated, boobytrapped, bolloxed against learning to deal with dangerous enfilades fired, and essentially a uselessly futile coping mechanism.

     Quest diagnostic codified by yours truly incorporates initiating, kibitzing, and making odious quirkiness stamping utterly worthless yikyaks axed. Courageousness employed grappling ingeniously

kickstarting my nifty operation quintessentially rallying strength to utter verbal warbling, especially when espying a guy or gal donned with dreadlocks.

     Inexplicable to myself why a plethora of persons (constituting various generations) attire themselves with the lengthy process to braid, maintain, and wear follicles in such a fashion most attribute to Rastafarians.

     No matter what the reason or rhyme (whether with or without sense and sensibility, yet inculcated with pride without prejudice), a fascination with curiosity asper men, women, and/or children sporting a headful sprouting knotted ropy plaits sets the impetus sans this non establishmentarian chap to inquire what influenced him/her to impress the trademark dreadlocks. Each person usually offers little objection asper what influenced such a predilection.

     Upon conniving, daring, egging, et cetera this quintessentially respectable son, the unsuspecting gal or guy ruminating about some purchase, I nonchalantly assay, foray, sashay...and issue a positive comment about their snake like confection of locked tresses.

     Most interaction with persons previously unbeknownst to me launch into a harried styled and swiftly tailored explanation.

     Poetic and/or prosaic concoctions, confections, coiled connotations configuring confusing confabulations representative of mine unsettled psychological state, which (aking to purging) oft times erupts without any sense nor sensibility, neither pridefulness, though prejudice against victorious vanquished wicked yoked zealousness toward unhealthy behavious linkedin with a nada so good and plenti outlook.
MMV Abad Aug 2010
To be a child is a gift,
laugh and play all we desire.
Delightful unending search,
of things, some treat for the eyes.

Some people stay as a kid.
Real grown men as they are,
or with children to take care,
they choose to stay young at heart.

Not with selfish childishness,
with them as the sole center.
But keeping courageousness,
compassion for the others.

Evil people my harm them.
Yet they forgive and forget,
believing in Someone,
to comfort them of their hurt.

We may feel alone sometimes,
Best bring out that child.
Because there is a Father,
always here by our side.
Copyright  *MMV Abad @March 31, 2010
Hicky has been there to bleed a knife where once it traced him
in the knees like a robot he fought his colors in a foe but his registered *** offender agreed where feelings hurt inside the belt
that flood was never analgesic again and let him gun down nights
he walked alas with cleated shoes as future most often did ****** with just his uniform search for sovereignty and dignified marksman with courageousness that ended his justiceship in Harris County.
Sheriff Hickman will survive  Houston
Qasid Ali Dec 2016
I stumble, I fall
I cry or ask
In a shriek or melody
Surviving seems the task
Torn clothes broken body


Million eyes passing by me
Ignoring the wet eyes
Asking for some mercy, for glee
A glace on me
The kindest heart flies


Sharing one room
But left for doom
By fellow humans
I feel like an abandoned groom


The strange stares
Eyes telling no one cares
Sitting walking and dancing for dimes
They throw rocks and curse at times

Asking for food
From any hood
Will do no good
You can get it sometimes
Depends on mood

Seldom they think
About the fellows in misery
Frequently they blink
Before watering the rosery


Knowing the fact
I have an ugly face
Still my tension intact
What am I doing in this race


To them I'm a runner with no legs
Neglected like I'm a rich guy who begs

Wishing they knew my condition
So to my misery there's no addition
I guess they don't know hunger
If they did my asking food wouldn't bring them anger


I'm always trying to lend a helping hand
But they think I'm begging, there eyes filled with sand
I'm a test for them from the Lord
He's seeing which of the believers will accord
To his teachings and orders
And win the fight at borders
The borders of humanity and Animals
The borders of nature and chemicals


I'm a beggar in the streets
Walking and talking to myself
I'm lost in this ruthless world
Homeless hoping for a stranger
To pass me a smile
Talk to me for a while


The deepest secret will now I reveal
Money is the last thing a beggar begs for
I can go on without a two day meal
Even animals get food
That's no big deal

The untold wishes of a beggar never unfolds
He's begging for love, for friends, for happiness
Not courageous enough for this secret to be told
Your passing smile or a small talk can lend the courageousness
For a beggar to unveil
What he actually begs for....
Matthew Sep 2018
this is about confronting internal fears in the physical experience
this is about strength and courageousness
this is about opening your heart to love
this is about clarifying your logical mind to a point
where it is no longer clouded by your own ego
this is about disciplining the physical body
fine tuning it
this is about creating high frequency energetic balance
in your spiritual body, your logical mind,  and your physical body.
this is about how to create your merkba.
#forgottenwisdom
jeffrey robin Aug 2014
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One more     Boy

                             One more tragedy

He loved a girl
And she loved him

But                                                         ­   
Then he realized                                        

That           ­               
He just wasn't          Free

••

Unborn
                           The children of their dreams

Never to be !

He walks the Night alone

Footsteps shatter any hope
                                        That he might find a     Resting Place

That he might find some Peace                                  

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Tragic tales of          Brotherhood

Mountains    Skies           & Seas

The unborn children

The Sacred Hopes

The          Coming of       Eternity

/:/:/

We are             Men

We guard the           Holy Day

Freedom and courageousness

Are our         Birthright's Legacy



One more        Boy

                    One more   Tragedy

He loved a girl
And she loved him

But                                                              
Then he realized.                        

That
                          He just wasn't        Free

He just wasn't free
Travis Green Aug 2019
I loved him greatly, more than anything you could ever imagine,
his calming touch on my shimmery skin, bringing me to a standstill
as I gazed at his iridescent glow, a gust of passion in his **** eyes,
his melodious mansion everything I could dream of and more,
an uplifting sensation seeping through my cells, soaking
me all over in his glorious invention.  

Deep beauty running through his existence, rivers of inspiration
and thought stamped on his vivacious thighs and feet, his grand
soulfulness speaking boundless desires and drams inside my heart,
all pure and simply scintillating, a man of great taste
and courageousness, a distinguished man I will always treasure.
Nella Nov 2021
sometimes I wonder about you--

when it's late and I can't hide from the moon.

it's a one-sided text conversation,
our fear of death prematurely evaded.
song after song,
note after note,
I fell in love with self-deprecating jokes.
you were ahead of the curve,
every pattern and trend--
I've felt lost ever since film became cool again.

No discernible personality traits to adopt,
I floundered alone, I stood just to drop.

I missed drinking you in,
being your muse and your friend.
I kept your secrets and held all mine in.

Envious of your whiteness and perfect-familiness
you'd say differently, but I saw what it is.

privilege and love,
friendship I craved--
at the cost of some trauma
I'll take to my grave.

But still you had more
than I ever might,
and for that I'd trade
all our long sleepless nights.

I'd rip away all my studying of your world--
to become lost in my own,
so I didn't have to be that girl

that had to be pretty
to be a muse,
so you'd stick around,
and I'd always lose.

you make me sick
when I think of your hands
the way they could hold me
and steal all my air--

and I'd let you,
just as easily,
you'd feel the crunch of my bones--
annoyed that they poked you
and satisfied with my moans

writhing in pain,
swearing I'm not,
begging you to photograph me
covered in rot.

green from the nausea,
golden jealousy--
I kept running so that you'd chase after me.

Supporting your escapades,
girlish advice-- "no this is what you should get her! it will be nice!"

planning your dates,
practiced your lines,
I had stars in my eyes,
yours were red from the high.

I admonished your ****** roommates,
first-world and nuanced
too-much-too-late--

sealed and delivered,
I wish this could go back in time
to your doorstep where I
hung out all the time

sitting with the paper,
copying a pose from your lover--

I stalked her instagram and ran for cover.
She stared and mocked me-- "He's mine forever"
Her perfect pout practiced, while I sat and pouted about
you merely glanced.

Measuring down and counting how much lower my score was--
I knew how it would go but still I bet on my odds.
because the idea of being with you made me feel drunk--
I never knew when to quit
pushing my luck.

and on your lifeless body,
CPR with ghostly arms,
killing myself slowly
while you pursued new hobbies.

transported to another dimension
where you can't hear my cries--
nothing plays but your music,
as I struggle against our severed ties.

you left marks,
which you liked--
I knew as much about your kinks as your quirks,
Crude and contrite,
Pinked and perked.

I remember how you'd sing for me, twirl me around,
the neon lights in your kitchen,
the air mattress we found
and wore in nicely,
spent nights on cement clouds
whispered inside jokes and screamed obscenities
at unsuspecting crowds.

your shyness, my courageousness,
your smile and my smirk,
your compartments for my mess,
You promised your best and gave me the worst.

Shorted and barren,
walk-of-shame, scarred larynx--
no one would know of the desert we walked
the girls you ran through and
the way that we fought

kisses on white sheets,
made up in my mind,
your skinny body under the suds,
marked up flaws that I'd find--
I was sure to sit carefully,
wipe them away,
run the tap for the bubbles,
you'd soak and I'd bathe

until you were ready,
pruned and eyes-heavy,
I'd help you step out,
you'd fall into my body--
I'd guide you to the floor
where we'd sit for hours.
you'd hug me and drain me,
your special power.

I'd guide us to bed and you'd lay on my chest,
smiling up at me,
you'd earned a rest.

just one of many
memories
I stole from your place
and put them in a cardboard box--
gone, without a trace.
Tom D Jan 14
So beautiful was she
that to gaze upon her
was to be willing
to lay down life for her
as was her right
and the world’s privilege
The sight of her
could inspire the worst of cowards
to courageousness worthy of a knight
protecting his queen
If only to live a short time
happy in the moment
of such sacrifice
Travis Green Jun 2021
He is voluptuous
In the truest sense
He is a homeland
Of monumental desires
He is everything
That I aspire to be

He is a ride
That I long to take
He stimulates my mentality
I venture effortlessly
In his sensuality

He is full of compassion
He brings me ample happiness
I adore his courageousness
He is a calming place
Where my heart will always belong

I carry him with me
Wherever I travel
I trust his intelligence
I admire his growth
His soul is the only space
I want to stay everlastingly

Cling to his hard chest
His perfect pecs
Lay my head there
Feel his broad shoulders
His creative tattoos
His hands on my waist

He makes me so vulnerable
My defenses are down
He astounds me
I drown in his glittering smile
His tasteful drip
His amazing chains and earrings

I long to dance
In his firmament
Arms of love spread open
For him to take me in
Hold me like a teddy bear
Make me see all
The glowing showiness
In his eyes
Ryan O'Leary Nov 2020
.    Truth is a calculated
                cowardice

    Lying’s a premeditated
           courageousness

       No comment is not
               an opinion

         Silence is guilt by
               omission

       Repentance deserves
             no forgiveness

     Confession is the art of
      concealing falsehoods

      If honesty was valued
     penance wouldn’t exist

        Al's a teetotaller but
           he goes on Anon

     His candour’s concealed
      sans vino non est veritas

   There must be no contrition
     Hell's where the Hooley is.
Ryan O'Leary Nov 2020
Truth is calculated
cowardice

Lying is premeditated
courageousness

No comment is not
an opinion

Silence an omission
of guilt

Repentance deserves
no forgiveness

Confession is the art of
concealing falsehoods

There is no contrition
Hell is where the Hooley is.

— The End —