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"crippled" poems
"--you know, I've either had a family, a job, something has always been in the way but now I've sold my house, I've found this place, a large studio, you should see the space and the light. for the first time in my life I'm going to have a place and the time to create." no baby, if you're going to create you're going to create whether you work 16 hours a day in a coal mine or you're going to create in a small room with 3 children while you're on welfare, you're going to create with part of your mind and your body blown away, you're going to create blind crippled demented, you're going to create with a cat crawling up your back while the whole city trembles in earthquakes, bombardment, flood and fire. baby, air and light and time and space have nothing to do with it and don't create anything except maybe a longer life to find new excuses for.
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air and light and time and space
Trusting you is not hard. The rest of the world, now, that’s a different matter. But I trust you, as I trust the Sun to rise, Feel free to hide. Sometimes words fail us, We cannot find the truth within. Afraid, we feel unworthy, Our need is overwhelming, Crippled with self-doubt, words betray us, But our hearts are as honest and true as the shining moon. Fear not, I will always be here. Sometimes I hide behind the clouds But I will re-emerge to warm you, Take heart, I would trust you with my life.
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Jun 18, 2014
Jun 18, 2014 at 6:25 AM UTC
Trust
Their boat turned in towards us ready to board our vessel to take us to their island, a fastness, craggy, bleak, treeless. To winter peat fires, gales, darkness, weird northern tales of gods and trolls, black nights seared by bright light curtains, a violent Viking heritage. A place where cold sea and ocean overturn the crippled sea stacks, our lives in the boarding party's hands and our skilful Shetland pilot.
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Jan 30, 2016
Jan 30, 2016 at 9:53 AM UTC
The Boarding Party
Malnourished children Them sunken eyes. Impoverished families With no supplies. Homeless and begging. No safety net. Jobless youth Riddled with debt. Neglected elders They deserve more Our society, crippled with knees to the floor
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Nov 6, 2015
Nov 6, 2015 at 7:08 PM UTC
Our society
Elated to see you aloft in the night sky To what do I owe this enchanted boon. In the merry company of winking stars, Enthralled by this sight as I admire my moon. Bathe me in your streaks of translucent silver. Accompany me through my sleepless nights. Watching over me with unwavering vigil. Swathe me in whispers of peaceful respite. Oh how you govern the raging tides of my soul. Rest your gaze as the waters break upon my shore... Erode and weaken the load strewn over my burning shoals, Sands drowned breathless but craving for more. Few nights now... Smitten as you coyly turn away. Thick strands of shadow clad hair in gentle cascades, Alluringly obscuring a slight fraction of your face. A tiny crescent blanketed away; into the blackness it fades. More nights pass... Now I see only a lesser moon Leaving me with only half; darkness so had claimed. Please make yourself last; you mustn't leave too soon, I'm not ready to be left crippled and maimed. I silently look up as more nights go by. I watched my lunar love dissolving into space. My heart too, torn away a morsel at a time... Finally she had gone; without a sliver or a trace. Every nightfall since is rife with emptiness and despair. I asked the stars if they could soothe my gaping void... But they'd only twinkle in indifference... Regardless of the pleas I've employed. Unsure of how many rises it has thus been. Nights only brought the onslaught of mocking stars above. Still I toy with the promises made overhead, For the awaited return of my crazed elusive love. I know it's frivolous to think I'm the only one... There are others who pine just as I do. But I yearn the most for your sought after attention, For our hearts have sung in every colour and every hue. Anxiety at peak, dismayed almost broken, Then I hear a sweet song sung; distant and far. A song that shared the words we once had spoken, Again enveloped in translucent silver, with relief I sighed...,                           "There you are..." .
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Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014 at 9:03 AM UTC
Moongazer
Elated to see you aloft in the night sky To what do I owe this enchanted boon. In the merry company of winking stars, Enthralled by this sight as I admire my moon. Bathe me in your streaks of translucent silver. Accompany me through my sleepless nights. Watching over me with unwavering vigil. Swathe me in whispers of peaceful respite. Oh how you govern the raging tides of my soul. Rest your gaze as the waters break upon my shore... Erode and weaken the load strewn over my burning shoals, Sands drowned breathless but craving for more. Few nights now... Smitten as you coyly turn away. Thick strands of shadow clad hair in gentle cascades, Alluringly obscuring a slight fraction of your face. A tiny crescent blanketed away; into the blackness it fades. More nights pass... Now I see only a lesser moon Leaving me with only half; darkness so had claimed. Please make yourself last; you mustn't leave too soon, I'm not ready to be left crippled and maimed. I silently look up as more nights go by. I watched my lunar love dissolving into space. My heart too, torn away a morsel at a time... Finally she had gone; without a sliver or a trace. Every nightfall since is rife with emptiness and despair. I asked the stars if they could soothe my gaping void... But they'd only twinkle in indifference... Regardless of the pleas I've employed. Unsure of how many rises it has thus been. Nights only brought the onslaught of mocking stars above. Still I toy with the promises made overhead, For the awaited return of my crazed elusive love. I know it's frivolous to think I'm the only one... There are others who pine just as I do. But I yearn the most for your sought after attention, For our hearts have sung in every colour and every hue. Anxiety at peak, dismayed almost broken, Then I hear a sweet song sung; distant and far. A song that shared the words we once had spoken, Again enveloped in translucent silver, with relief I sighed...,                           "There you are..." .
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Let's hold out hope for the crippled. Hope for the crippled? No thanks, this crip doesn't need your hope. This crip needs you to stop. Stop labeling me. Stop feeling sorry for me. Stop pitying me and my 'poor life' Just ******* stop! No, really, I'm okay. I don't need you. I don't need you or your miracles. Don't tell me God works miracles And to hold out hope Because maybe one day I'll walk Or maybe I'll get to see from both eyes Because God works miracles But you're too busy fixing what isn't broken that you forget If I was truly made in his image this crip doesn't need healed. This crip doesn't need your prayers or miracles. This crip doesn't need your God or your salvation. This crip doesn't need your hope. Poor soul, she's diminished by her disability. Diminished by my disability? The only thing I'm diminished by Is your inability to understand That before anything else I am human. I make mistakes and have flaws. I feel, probably more than most, And sometimes those feelings get in the way. I empathize but I am done sympathizing. You say my wheelchair is a blessing in disguise. Why can't it just be a blessing? A blessing that comes with lots of lessons. Some that I learn the hard way and some that come easy. But this wheelchair doesn't need a reason To teach me (or you) a lesson. Sure, it frustrates me when a wheel breaks or I fall on a broken sidewalk But it teaches me humility and patience. And there's no reason to disguise that this wheelchair is a blessing. So, please take your hope and pity Your guilt and salvation elsewhere Because they're defeating the purpose. They're detracting from the point. I am not diminished by my disability. I am not to be quieted or pitied I am not your reason to feel guilty I am not a burden I am human.
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Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 2014 at 1:37 AM UTC
Human
Let's hold out hope for the crippled. Hope for the crippled? No thanks, this crip doesn't need your hope. This crip needs you to stop. Stop labeling me. Stop feeling sorry for me. Stop pitying me and my 'poor life' Just ******* stop! No, really, I'm okay. I don't need you. I don't need you or your miracles. Don't tell me God works miracles And to hold out hope Because maybe one day I'll walk Or maybe I'll get to see from both eyes Because God works miracles But you're too busy fixing what isn't broken that you forget If I was truly made in his image this crip doesn't need healed. This crip doesn't need your prayers or miracles. This crip doesn't need your God or your salvation. This crip doesn't need your hope. Poor soul, she's diminished by her disability. Diminished by my disability? The only thing I'm diminished by Is your inability to understand That before anything else I am human. I make mistakes and have flaws. I feel, probably more than most, And sometimes those feelings get in the way. I empathize but I am done sympathizing. You say my wheelchair is a blessing in disguise. Why can't it just be a blessing? A blessing that comes with lots of lessons. Some that I learn the hard way and some that come easy. But this wheelchair doesn't need a reason To teach me (or you) a lesson. Sure, it frustrates me when a wheel breaks or I fall on a broken sidewalk But it teaches me humility and patience. And there's no reason to disguise that this wheelchair is a blessing. So, please take your hope and pity Your guilt and salvation elsewhere Because they're defeating the purpose. They're detracting from the point. I am not diminished by my disability. I am not to be quieted or pitied I am not your reason to feel guilty I am not a burden I am human.
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I'm like a tornado, spinning round and round, bringing everyone down, destroying whatever I touch. When you look in my eyes, do you see a tattered soul, a crippled heart? Or just the monster that I've become? They say that what doesn't **** you makes you stronger, but I am weak, and I am tired. All of this spinning has made me dizzy. I'm like a tornado, bringing everyone down in my righteous path of self-destruction.
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Jan 25, 2015
Jan 25, 2015 at 7:59 PM UTC
Tornado
PTSD is not something you get over. It is when soldiers get tired of hearing their own shots fire Into a purple horizon of nothingness. It is when assault victims are scared of becoming a statistic And their brokenness is suffocating It is when fear compels the mind to change And it willingly obliges. PTSD is when the darkness of human nature becomes evident It is when it's stronghold is suddenly More prominent than the beauty in the world It's brash fingers create a vacuum That ***** the sanity from your mind Until you wake up in the middle of the night screaming "Don't shoot me!" "Don't **** her!" You see him and now he is with your little sister Taking her into his Jeep While you stand there, watching Tied up because you can do nothing about it. This has not happened And probably never will But you are crippled by paralyzing bouts of anxiety and guilt and fear From which your mind cannot console you You can no longer hide the loss That this event, this person, this illness Has placed strategically within you. It is when you will do anything to get these memories to stop playing on repeat An endless loop maybe ended by alcohol Check Cutting Check. Promiscuity Check Anything that will eliminate cycle of not knowing Of reliving If only for a short time Even pretending you believe in God Because it makes it seem like there is a reason for this confusion But then you begin to question why God would do this to his child So you digress into darkness once again Left feeling unsure. PTSD is when you stop repressing memories And they come back so forcefully that they knock you to the ground Leaving you bruised and ****** Leaving you lost. PTSD is different from other sicknesses Because you do not feel sick You feel there Like you are in his bed again And his room smells like mushrooms That is actually a field of grenades Waiting to explode throughout your small body You remember the tone of his words Slipping from his lips as though they are snakes Strangling me, leaving breath unable to escape This is not sick As you feel no symptoms But an altered state of consciousness You do not even realize you are disconnecting as it happens But this is Hell This is war You are broken And the worst part about it Is that you must understand your triggers Your dissociations Before you can get better.
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Nov 26, 2014
Nov 26, 2014 at 10:59 PM UTC
PTSD
PTSD is not something you get over. It is when soldiers get tired of hearing their own shots fire Into a purple horizon of nothingness. It is when assault victims are scared of becoming a statistic And their brokenness is suffocating It is when fear compels the mind to change And it willingly obliges. PTSD is when the darkness of human nature becomes evident It is when it's stronghold is suddenly More prominent than the beauty in the world It's brash fingers create a vacuum That ***** the sanity from your mind Until you wake up in the middle of the night screaming "Don't shoot me!" "Don't **** her!" You see him and now he is with your little sister Taking her into his Jeep While you stand there, watching Tied up because you can do nothing about it. This has not happened And probably never will But you are crippled by paralyzing bouts of anxiety and guilt and fear From which your mind cannot console you You can no longer hide the loss That this event, this person, this illness Has placed strategically within you. It is when you will do anything to get these memories to stop playing on repeat An endless loop maybe ended by alcohol Check Cutting Check. Promiscuity Check Anything that will eliminate cycle of not knowing Of reliving If only for a short time Even pretending you believe in God Because it makes it seem like there is a reason for this confusion But then you begin to question why God would do this to his child So you digress into darkness once again Left feeling unsure. PTSD is when you stop repressing memories And they come back so forcefully that they knock you to the ground Leaving you bruised and ****** Leaving you lost. PTSD is different from other sicknesses Because you do not feel sick You feel there Like you are in his bed again And his room smells like mushrooms That is actually a field of grenades Waiting to explode throughout your small body You remember the tone of his words Slipping from his lips as though they are snakes Strangling me, leaving breath unable to escape This is not sick As you feel no symptoms But an altered state of consciousness You do not even realize you are disconnecting as it happens But this is Hell This is war You are broken And the worst part about it Is that you must understand your triggers Your dissociations Before you can get better.
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“Life was easier when I was young.” Was what my grandma used to say, “We didn’t have all the problems that people have today. All of this technology, it helps clutter our mind, Without it we’d be much less stressed I think that you would find.” I never used to understand how she could think that’s true, It’s obvious computers have made life easier for me and you! Just look around at all the incredible things available to man, The most powerful technology that can fit in the palm of your hand! We have Email, and iPods, and TV you can record! We have every kind of website to peruse if you’re bored! We have Netflix, and GPS, and don’t forget Smartphones, And we can do all our shopping with a mouse click in our homes! Things have gotten so convenient that it’s so hard for me to know, How somebody could think life was easier many years ago. But as I grow older, I now slowly begin to see, The difficulties that were also invented along with technology. We now have cybercrime, which poses a very real threat, Credit card information gets stolen and you can be crippled with debt. And all your personal information sits vulnerable on your home computer, Hackers can easily break in and take it like a cybernetic looter. There are too many channels on TV you feel like your mind could drown, And people in the ‘50’s never had their DVR break down. People had only one phone at home; no cellphones at all; Nowadays, I hate that anyone at any time can give my cellphone a call. We have an entire of world of problems that we never had before, And with the pace that society is moving they’re impossible to ignore. As I get older, all this convenience slowly seems less grand, And when I think of what my grandma said, I finally understand.
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Jun 15, 2015
Jun 15, 2015 at 3:17 PM UTC
I Finally Understand
“Life was easier when I was young.” Was what my grandma used to say, “We didn’t have all the problems that people have today. All of this technology, it helps clutter our mind, Without it we’d be much less stressed I think that you would find.” I never used to understand how she could think that’s true, It’s obvious computers have made life easier for me and you! Just look around at all the incredible things available to man, The most powerful technology that can fit in the palm of your hand! We have Email, and iPods, and TV you can record! We have every kind of website to peruse if you’re bored! We have Netflix, and GPS, and don’t forget Smartphones, And we can do all our shopping with a mouse click in our homes! Things have gotten so convenient that it’s so hard for me to know, How somebody could think life was easier many years ago. But as I grow older, I now slowly begin to see, The difficulties that were also invented along with technology. We now have cybercrime, which poses a very real threat, Credit card information gets stolen and you can be crippled with debt. And all your personal information sits vulnerable on your home computer, Hackers can easily break in and take it like a cybernetic looter. There are too many channels on TV you feel like your mind could drown, And people in the ‘50’s never had their DVR break down. People had only one phone at home; no cellphones at all; Nowadays, I hate that anyone at any time can give my cellphone a call. We have an entire of world of problems that we never had before, And with the pace that society is moving they’re impossible to ignore. As I get older, all this convenience slowly seems less grand, And when I think of what my grandma said, I finally understand.
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*she's a corrosive story Hidden within a mirror Never to be heard again As I gulp down my favorite cheap ***** I wondered  with amazement at my ignorance And the vicious adage that crippled me love is blind You were a ruthless callous soul and still remnants of your cold heart still linger in my thoughts loving you was devastating*
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May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017 at 2:10 AM UTC
Those days (III)
A monster appears like one from your childhood An inner battle commences Between the bad and the good At first, you'd find them in movies or under the bed Now as you grow, you fear The monsters live in your head Disguised as shadows in night, New monsters now appear These monsters are sneakier, They know what you fear Struggling to breathe, your eyes filled with fear Trapped, alone, no where to hide Can't escape, it's far and it's near This monster is tricky, It plays tricks on your mind, You plead for it to stop, But there's no where to hide This monster knows you It makes you question your past With a bleak outlook, You wonder how long this might last The one place you felt safe Before this monster invaded Now your mind is no solace Every good memory faded How do you run from something That plays tricks on your mind? How do you know who you are When it's yourself you can't find? How do you feel joy from things that now trigger pain? How do you move forward with life when only fear remains? We all grow up It's a natural part of life No one ever warns us though That life comes with great strife No one ever tells us To be afraid of our thoughts Feeling lost and alone With many battles still to be fought Once this monster invades, It's hard to get back To a life once lived, Before this monster attacked Our parents warned us of the bad guys outside They never told us of the ones in our minds And now this monster has control You no longer recognize the mirror You pray for this to end, For prayers fall upon deaf ears You question your sanity, You question your morals This monster knows how to torture To envelop you in its toil You know you have a battle ahead This monster can't defeat Crippled by the past You must overcome and beat This is an illness This is internal torture But you mustn't forget You've got a bright future You must fight on, Between this inner war Good versus evil, What do you fight for? Fight for love, Fight to win back your mind Fight for family and joy Fight for what you still must find Monsters can attack Anyone, anytime Lest not judge For you never know when a monster might prey upon YOUR mind Author note: end the stigma of mental illness. Talk about it.
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Apr 14, 2016
Apr 14, 2016 at 4:16 PM UTC
Light and Dark: my battle with OCD, intrusive thoughts, anxiety and depression
A monster appears like one from your childhood An inner battle commences Between the bad and the good At first, you'd find them in movies or under the bed Now as you grow, you fear The monsters live in your head Disguised as shadows in night, New monsters now appear These monsters are sneakier, They know what you fear Struggling to breathe, your eyes filled with fear Trapped, alone, no where to hide Can't escape, it's far and it's near This monster is tricky, It plays tricks on your mind, You plead for it to stop, But there's no where to hide This monster knows you It makes you question your past With a bleak outlook, You wonder how long this might last The one place you felt safe Before this monster invaded Now your mind is no solace Every good memory faded How do you run from something That plays tricks on your mind? How do you know who you are When it's yourself you can't find? How do you feel joy from things that now trigger pain? How do you move forward with life when only fear remains? We all grow up It's a natural part of life No one ever warns us though That life comes with great strife No one ever tells us To be afraid of our thoughts Feeling lost and alone With many battles still to be fought Once this monster invades, It's hard to get back To a life once lived, Before this monster attacked Our parents warned us of the bad guys outside They never told us of the ones in our minds And now this monster has control You no longer recognize the mirror You pray for this to end, For prayers fall upon deaf ears You question your sanity, You question your morals This monster knows how to torture To envelop you in its toil You know you have a battle ahead This monster can't defeat Crippled by the past You must overcome and beat This is an illness This is internal torture But you mustn't forget You've got a bright future You must fight on, Between this inner war Good versus evil, What do you fight for? Fight for love, Fight to win back your mind Fight for family and joy Fight for what you still must find Monsters can attack Anyone, anytime Lest not judge For you never know when a monster might prey upon YOUR mind Author note: end the stigma of mental illness. Talk about it.
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Eyes like massive clanks- gazes morphed to lanced boils, lungs ache and the tumour of hopeless alien weird melts an old painting we used to call 'existence.' Ankles dry, calloused thoughts, skin peels to reveal oozing flesh. **** sinks in and swallows floating zinc; immune. Consuming ex-cadavers in mall parking lots and pushing the crippled in shopping carts, an ankle twisted, a mother swallowed monetary ***** the stock market became the shelf market, and creation wondered if we were okay with frozen pizza for dinner. Life dragged on and on, the world swirled on twitter feeds and Facebook statuses, the streets completed laps around our better judgements and our better lives, we sank to scheduled escapism and believed that one day we would find the light despite our never left-look. Massive intention swelled to disjointed shark search. A witch-hunt to burn unhappiness in it's own angry passion. Bones; cost efficient at the least and designed in the weirdness of erosion-return. Miniature intention swelled to grabs solidarity. A manhunt to freeze stillness in it's own endless silence. What complete? What shatter-tastic ****** Eyes like massive clanks- gazes morphed to lanced boils, lungs ache and the tumour of hopeless alien weird melts an old painting we used to call 'existence.'
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May 25, 2013
May 25, 2013 at 1:50 PM UTC
photography and morphed photography
I cried as I saw pimples in her dimples Encycling her two cheeks like ripples She was the one that got all my respect To her I gave my time, no day of neglect She was always having my annual rose And her smile, my only efficient dose I wept as I saw pimples in her dimples As big as the size of Alaboyun's ******* She was a blend of white-blue always And tarried for common, countless days In the earliest moments of our fight My emotional cord was tough and tight I cried as I saw pimples in her dimples For no more were those fresh apples Those fruity, pleasant things she faked As if there was no debris to be raked She was always appearing ten-over-ten And no signs of going from men to men I wept as I saw pimples in her dimples For I taught we'd be best among couples The soft fingers of her green flowers Captivated me every twenty-four hours Then the flowers had music and mellow Their nectars today are in sweet sorrow I cried as I saw pimples in her dimples Encycling her two cheeks like ripples Her folks called me a playing tool And her best friend, a funny fool I danced through her demanding soul I almost got crippled by its pot-hole Now I cried as I saw those two dimples Molested by her open, plenty pimples If I knew she went after many men I would have left her there and then Had I known she nurtured many wrinkles I'd have gone before an eye twinkles.
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Mar 30, 2015
Mar 30, 2015 at 4:18 PM UTC
Pimples In Her Dimples
Droplets tap the dusty windows Tipping pleasure on the pane Dribbles every time the wind blows Prophesize a hurricane Kisses linger on the backseat Desperate to delight in more Suffocated by the heat, but When it rains, it starts to pour Panic storm that quickly closes Smashing waves upon the sand Tension tearing up the roses Stuttered poems, shaking hands Though the pressure keeps you floating And the ocean licks its shore There's no way of sugarcoating Once it rains, it has to pour Stick a finger in your ceiling Let the plants hang onto youth Sunday jazz, petrichor feeling Hear it tripping on the roof Smell it shifting all around you Leaking through your drying veins Leave your stagnant dragonfly blue Open up into the rain When it rains, it pours I'll blossom being yours Downpour cleans the ***** traffic Rippling madly down the drain Paints the artist something graphic While he's waiting for the train Laughter echoes in the morning Licking soil and clouds to raw From the vision that's been dawning Once you rain, it has to pour Spitting bombshells pelt your raincoat Tears in quiet pools of green Holes inside your getaway boat Water's sweet but can be mean You've avoided all the warfare But the stars rampage for more Douse the thin comfort you still wear Once it rains, it starts to pour Stick a finger in your ceiling Give the plants a thirsty truth Fairy lights and freedom feeling Tunes of our torrential youth Smell it changing all around you Bursting through the shrivelled veins Leave your crippled summertime hue Open up into the rain When it rains, it pours, I'll bloom so much being yours We're a perfect storm, I guess Fire has been stopped with less When it rains it has to pour.
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Oct 29, 2018
Oct 29, 2018 at 2:46 PM UTC
When it rains, it pours
Droplets tap the dusty windows Tipping pleasure on the pane Dribbles every time the wind blows Prophesize a hurricane Kisses linger on the backseat Desperate to delight in more Suffocated by the heat, but When it rains, it starts to pour Panic storm that quickly closes Smashing waves upon the sand Tension tearing up the roses Stuttered poems, shaking hands Though the pressure keeps you floating And the ocean licks its shore There's no way of sugarcoating Once it rains, it has to pour Stick a finger in your ceiling Let the plants hang onto youth Sunday jazz, petrichor feeling Hear it tripping on the roof Smell it shifting all around you Leaking through your drying veins Leave your stagnant dragonfly blue Open up into the rain When it rains, it pours I'll blossom being yours Downpour cleans the ***** traffic Rippling madly down the drain Paints the artist something graphic While he's waiting for the train Laughter echoes in the morning Licking soil and clouds to raw From the vision that's been dawning Once you rain, it has to pour Spitting bombshells pelt your raincoat Tears in quiet pools of green Holes inside your getaway boat Water's sweet but can be mean You've avoided all the warfare But the stars rampage for more Douse the thin comfort you still wear Once it rains, it starts to pour Stick a finger in your ceiling Give the plants a thirsty truth Fairy lights and freedom feeling Tunes of our torrential youth Smell it changing all around you Bursting through the shrivelled veins Leave your crippled summertime hue Open up into the rain When it rains, it pours, I'll bloom so much being yours We're a perfect storm, I guess Fire has been stopped with less When it rains it has to pour.
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*The dark sets in Her mind is calm, She sheds the skin Of social harm. Her heart beats slow Then picks up the pace, No longer below, Peculiar grace. A falling crown But safer now, A crippled heart, But not to drown. No more cries No tears of pain, Only joy And wild rain. She shuts her eyes And breaks away From all the lies, A diamond ray. No more burning In her soul, No more hurting, Lips unsewn. A beautiful aura Of dark and light, The night will fade Into the bright. Her heart lights up With ecstasy, Happy, although A tragic story. The true meaning Of being sad, Lips grinning, But not glad. A peek of sun rays Through the curtain, A blinding haze, A painful burden. She doesn't want The happy to end, But in the daylight She has to bend. Monstrous faces Without a smile, Hunger that chases Till the last dime. The day drags on, A hurting stab, Her life is a storm Without a God. No rainbow or sunshine In the light, But colours so vivid Through the night.*
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Jul 17, 2014
Jul 17, 2014 at 11:42 AM UTC
Ecstasy
Rusty nail by rusty nail the floors come down. Floor by floor the old men of the old town slip away, and leave old shells like the stone bread of Pompey. We board these windows and bolt these doors and slate them in the young sun for the hungry cranes, but I return in the twilight of going home traffic when five o'clock lets loose blue collars to fumble through the ruined rooms of time gone by, I kick through our broken bricks. Their red dust stains my shoes and wears on my cuffs. A hopeless hearth, discarded news, a crippled doll with matted hair and I all share the crumbling of the day, but only I shall not remain come compline. Neither can I pack these walls with me. So this is adieu to former strongholds. To our old fidelity, adieu. It is not fit to go forth less than brave, for they built seven cities over Troy, seven worlds not knowing where they stood so long the first could not be said to be. The docks of Caesarea sleep in the sea, and tourists sit for lunch on the prone pillars of Jaffa.
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Nov 10, 2012
Nov 10, 2012 at 9:09 PM UTC
Demolition Day
What if grass is greener on the other side, Because it’s always raining there, Where the ones who never fail to give, Hardly have enough to spare, Where the people with the broadest smiles, Have pillows filled with tears, And the bravest ones you’ve ever known, Are crippled by their fears, It’s filled with lonely people, But they’re never seen alone, Where those that lack real shelter, Make you feel the most at home, Maybe their grass looks greener, Because they’ve painted on its hue, Just remember from the other side, Your grass looks greener too. ~e.h.
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Nov 16, 2017
Nov 16, 2017 at 1:17 AM UTC
(Erin Hanson)
Shadows I am, trailing behind you, Heaving and reversing, for your slightest attention, Intimate you are not, forgetful you are, Never do you, have this much conviction. Noises inside, my head and yours, Illusive we are, to what matters most, Perhaps nothing we do, could really save us, Hating and aching, to that we toast. Untouched, crippled; and heavily misunderstood, Arching our ego, that's all we ever could.
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Jan 23, 2015
Jan 23, 2015 at 12:45 AM UTC
shadows
Words, thoughts, like chords; Sewn, printed, onto paper. Works, strewn, unwanted; Taken to ground like ashes. Owners forgotten, children; Stained, broken, like old dolls. Worn, exhausted, crippled; All to become their elders.
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Jan 25, 2015
Jan 25, 2015 at 3:56 AM UTC
Generation
Black cabs and ab-dabs. Dashing through London streets, High heels and crippled feet. Back street bars, wealthy sheiks, ever running, Hide and seek. Black panther's in lippy, Colourful hippies. Turbans and tunics, Kiddies in cotton, with mud on their bottoms. Big Whigs and stiff prigs. Market stalls and rubber ***** Undergrounds and all around. City beats, it's hopping on. On and off off of buses and train. London love life, kicking pain. Picks up his drink and thinks like a fish. A couple more beers, three seconds of fun. Slipped into his glass. Glass one, two three, Freedom four. Needs more. (c) LIVVI
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Mar 21, 2015
Mar 21, 2015 at 5:25 AM UTC
DIVERSITY
always the bridesmaid, never the bride you have no idea how many times i cried asking, "why me? why not me?" well, for starters i always oversleep my eating habits are on repeat i've worn the same clothes, same filth for three days this week i don't make an effort because i'm not going out but no one asks me out because i don't make an effort i write love poems i never send i creepily covet people i consider friends while my heart is stuck on the same old trend hearts yours and mine your heart pure and prone to breaking bones my heart crippled and casually crashing cars the destruction duo probably foreshadowing if i'm honest i never get any rest purple hues rise to the surface furthermore, my life lacks any zest and to top it all off no matter how hard i've tried i know i'll probably never be satisfied so yeah maybe that is why
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Aug 30, 2017
Aug 30, 2017 at 7:10 PM UTC
this is the opposite of self-love and cutting ties with toxicity.
I am learning how to love you You're like a foreign language and I'm just learning to say hello I am trying to pronounce you if I can I am learning how to love you Day by day It comes naturally almost Like I have loved you for years without knowing it Like I have been unconsciously looking for you on every street corner Every bus station, red light, checkout line, and hallway You reign in the shadows of missing love, crippled love I feel I am learning how to love you like I am learning to walk You have kissed parts of me that have been lost for years Parts of me that I have forgotten about, that I had given up on There are so many ways to love and then there is only one and you are all of them I am learning how to love you Like lyrics to my new favorite song I cannot wait to sing you in the car, play you on a rainy day I am learning how to love you Better than I ever loved Because you deserve at least that You are exquisite. You are art. You have eyes like forests and lips like hurricanes You deserve the world So I am learning to love you Slowly, in a way you will understand So be patient, be gentle, I'm doing the best I can
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May 9, 2016
May 9, 2016 at 10:17 PM UTC
I am learning how to love you
People keep asking me how I’m doing. If I’m getting better or if I’ve taken the time to process what’s happened. If I’ve sought professional help for the metal percussions induced by my career-ending injury. In all honesty though, professional help is futile. It can’t save me now. I’m walking through hell and sitting in a ring of fire discussing the temperature of the searing flames would be idiotic. Why would I allow the flames to dance along my already seared skin longer than necessary? I know they’re hot. I know I’m in hell. I know the pain I feel every day is real and crippling. Talking about this pain wouldn’t end it. It wouldn’t diminish the heat. It wouldn’t help. I need to keep walking. I just need to keep walking. My crippled body can’t run anymore, but I’ve got to keep walking. Others continue to rush by. Frantic because they’ve never felt the flames. They aren’t familiar with the burn. The idea of being in hell is novel. They are novices.   But life hasn’t been kind to me. These flames are familiar with every curve of my body and they dance around with trained feet. I’ve been in hell for years. People continue suggesting I find the light at the end of the tunnel, but that’s near impossible here. I’m too blinded by the brightness of a vehement flame. Sizzling with an angry vigor for the lack of gratitude I bestowed on my past life. It mocks the speed at which I used to be able to run. It laps sardonically at the feet that used to run cheer-inducing speeds without thanks from their owner. But crowds don’t cheer my name anymore. I now stand on the sidelines and watch my team play. I burn alive for the game I used to breath and as I watch each and every game, the deep breaths of oxygen only continue alighting the fire. There’s no way out it seems, but I will try to keep walking. Because talking is futile. Note: Spinal diseases are crippling mentally and physically. Watching the body you've sculpted for years turn to mush because you can't workout is dilapidating . The despair and helplessness are unfamiliar feelings, feelings that can't be overcome. Disease is disease and sometimes it can't be stopped. Sometimes, it just becomes a burden to bear. And sometimes people aren't strong enough. It's different when careers end after four years of college. An expected end, an anticipated end. But when things you love are taken from you abruptly, before your finished. The pain is exponentially worse. Exponentially. Worse.
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Mar 28, 2015
Mar 28, 2015 at 1:41 PM UTC
Career-Ending Injuries: the collegiate struggle in hell
People keep asking me how I’m doing. If I’m getting better or if I’ve taken the time to process what’s happened. If I’ve sought professional help for the metal percussions induced by my career-ending injury. In all honesty though, professional help is futile. It can’t save me now. I’m walking through hell and sitting in a ring of fire discussing the temperature of the searing flames would be idiotic. Why would I allow the flames to dance along my already seared skin longer than necessary? I know they’re hot. I know I’m in hell. I know the pain I feel every day is real and crippling. Talking about this pain wouldn’t end it. It wouldn’t diminish the heat. It wouldn’t help. I need to keep walking. I just need to keep walking. My crippled body can’t run anymore, but I’ve got to keep walking. Others continue to rush by. Frantic because they’ve never felt the flames. They aren’t familiar with the burn. The idea of being in hell is novel. They are novices.   But life hasn’t been kind to me. These flames are familiar with every curve of my body and they dance around with trained feet. I’ve been in hell for years. People continue suggesting I find the light at the end of the tunnel, but that’s near impossible here. I’m too blinded by the brightness of a vehement flame. Sizzling with an angry vigor for the lack of gratitude I bestowed on my past life. It mocks the speed at which I used to be able to run. It laps sardonically at the feet that used to run cheer-inducing speeds without thanks from their owner. But crowds don’t cheer my name anymore. I now stand on the sidelines and watch my team play. I burn alive for the game I used to breath and as I watch each and every game, the deep breaths of oxygen only continue alighting the fire. There’s no way out it seems, but I will try to keep walking. Because talking is futile. Note: Spinal diseases are crippling mentally and physically. Watching the body you've sculpted for years turn to mush because you can't workout is dilapidating . The despair and helplessness are unfamiliar feelings, feelings that can't be overcome. Disease is disease and sometimes it can't be stopped. Sometimes, it just becomes a burden to bear. And sometimes people aren't strong enough. It's different when careers end after four years of college. An expected end, an anticipated end. But when things you love are taken from you abruptly, before your finished. The pain is exponentially worse. Exponentially. Worse.
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I feel as if my head is sliding off my neck like ice cream melting down the cone. I am a witch melting, shrinking smaller as my spine stacks horizontally like shiplap. My body has been refurbished into a pinball machine. Something so tiny as a silver ball destroys so much. It bullets through my body, shooting off like Cuban missiles. I feel the turmoil and chaos seeping through the gutters of this old home of bones. It's like spilled oil sludging through my blood vessels or rats scattering through a sewer, nibbling and feasting away on these muscles of mine until they are frayed like gnawed-on cable wires. At odd hours of the night when time is propelled by the safe travels of breath (that weave in and out like Victorians at a ball) from sleepy children who have yet been touched by monsters or nymphs, whereas each of my breaths steer Odysseus's weather-beaten boat through ten years of treachery. My heavy, melting head slowly sloping like clay off a bust makes its home on my dingy pillow as I lay on a prison bed with cold shackles around my ankles that make my bones shatter into a mosaic as if that could shrink my ankles so I can slip out. I feel like a chained hawk at these hours of the night when I just want to fly until I screech to a halt and flail over the cliff that waterfalls into the ends of the universe. I'd be reluctant at first, perhaps, but what other escape does one have other than to make an autopsist's Y-incision on one's body, then slip out like a hermit crab freeing himself from his heavy shell? Embarking onto a new dimension where there's hope for a radical swap of atoms that don't shape a crippled, deteriorating human is the only choice when you want to live a life other than what you were cursed with. May we then find peace and live as naked souls bearing no heavy shells.
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Jul 7, 2017
Jul 7, 2017 at 4:53 AM UTC
to be without shell
I feel as if my head is sliding off my neck like ice cream melting down the cone. I am a witch melting, shrinking smaller as my spine stacks horizontally like shiplap. My body has been refurbished into a pinball machine. Something so tiny as a silver ball destroys so much. It bullets through my body, shooting off like Cuban missiles. I feel the turmoil and chaos seeping through the gutters of this old home of bones. It's like spilled oil sludging through my blood vessels or rats scattering through a sewer, nibbling and feasting away on these muscles of mine until they are frayed like gnawed-on cable wires. At odd hours of the night when time is propelled by the safe travels of breath (that weave in and out like Victorians at a ball) from sleepy children who have yet been touched by monsters or nymphs, whereas each of my breaths steer Odysseus's weather-beaten boat through ten years of treachery. My heavy, melting head slowly sloping like clay off a bust makes its home on my dingy pillow as I lay on a prison bed with cold shackles around my ankles that make my bones shatter into a mosaic as if that could shrink my ankles so I can slip out. I feel like a chained hawk at these hours of the night when I just want to fly until I screech to a halt and flail over the cliff that waterfalls into the ends of the universe. I'd be reluctant at first, perhaps, but what other escape does one have other than to make an autopsist's Y-incision on one's body, then slip out like a hermit crab freeing himself from his heavy shell? Embarking onto a new dimension where there's hope for a radical swap of atoms that don't shape a crippled, deteriorating human is the only choice when you want to live a life other than what you were cursed with. May we then find peace and live as naked souls bearing no heavy shells.
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