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"daydreaming" poems
Since I felt your flame the way you burnt my hand its never felt the same if you only knew who I am if only you could understand Normally, I cross my heart you would love every second, al'carte piece by piece, I'd tear you apart late at night lay wide awake thinking about how good we taste daydreaming about all the faces we make each other make me deep inside of you like the deep breathes I'd make you take making your body shake like a flame stuck in a fire loving every inch of your everything it's such a sattire getting lost in your eyes making love until they tire if you only knew my plans your lips would seal our fates getting lost in a world my mind creates
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Apr 12, 2017
Apr 12, 2017 at 6:03 PM UTC
Fantasy
It sounds ridiculous but only I feel productive when I'm doing nothing. Sitting back, just relaxing. Popping blue beans, burning bowls of green. And just thinking. Daydreaming about how things could have been. How things could still be. But how things will probably be. Just close your eyes and let music be your guide. Entire lives constructed and played out in grand fashion. A world so detailed I would rather get lost, And never come back to this travesty of a society, so raw and primal. so human. My world is so beautiful and yet so depressing because it's what ours could be, but never will become. Anything to distract me from this. The 24 year old burnout grinding through school because there aren't many options left. So where will I'll be in 5 years? I wont.
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Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 4:50 AM UTC
Late night rant.
Before I begin, allow me to explain, I too loved.. once, so think of me not as some cynic- nor as a master in the ways of love- but rather as a keen observer- now, that may mean I have nothing to offer you- no insider knowledge- no secrets of love- But I do  know how to tell a true love story - Interested? Fantastic- So let’s begin, True love, if there is such a thing at all, is like the thread that makes the cloth you can’t tease it out- you can’t extract meaning- without ending up deeper in the web- and it always remains- hidden under layers - In the end, that’s all you can really say about any True love story- They don’t generalize- They don’t analyze- They arent found- They just… happen. and that’s what makes them “true.” But what is this coveted “love” - the emotion?- the act?- the mentality?- Love, is a constant state of illusionment- A collective agreement amongst humans- that it, whatever it may be,  can be treated as an excuse for recklessness, irrationality, and misplaced strife-   A quid pro quo  between two individuals- to agree that they are doing something- anything- other than mindlessly drudging through life- Now that is not to say that what love creates is pointless- I said before, I have felt the embrace of love Love festers between individuals for so long it has no option- but to mould the physical to itself- and alter our personalities- Characterized by spontaneity- by indulgence- by risk- to love is the most dangerous experience in existence- the act of being fully vulnerable with another- while promising not to hurt them the same- Love is characterized by vulnerability- and the constant fear of being hurt- So you want to know how to write a true love story? be honest- dwell not on the “romantic” blindfolds that keep us irrationally seeking our partners- dwell not on the on the memories of a love that blossomed- reveal the core of love - A true love story comes from gut instinct- A true love story, comes from experience. A true love story, if truly told, makes the stomach believe So I said I loved once, allow me to elaborate- I too have felt the “butterfly stomach” - where the insides of the lovestruck turn on their host and manifests the emotional significance of meeting “the one” I too have spent the day daydreaming... -Lost in the thought of “the one”, seeking brief breaks from reality in my mind between moments of  utter normalcy I too have melted into a puddle of emotion…. -lying next to “the one” as we slowly spill more and more of the secrets that bound us as individuals, joining a spirit much larger than ourselves- I too have felt... invincible- -to know that I’ve found something more significant than myself. Something that replaces the fear of the future.. and makes it something to look forward to. Yes, I too have fallen in love. and I did just that- I fell. ..And that is my true love story-
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Mar 7, 2014
Mar 7, 2014 at 2:12 AM UTC
How to tell a *true* love story
Before I begin, allow me to explain, I too loved.. once, so think of me not as some cynic- nor as a master in the ways of love- but rather as a keen observer- now, that may mean I have nothing to offer you- no insider knowledge- no secrets of love- But I do  know how to tell a true love story - Interested? Fantastic- So let’s begin, True love, if there is such a thing at all, is like the thread that makes the cloth you can’t tease it out- you can’t extract meaning- without ending up deeper in the web- and it always remains- hidden under layers - In the end, that’s all you can really say about any True love story- They don’t generalize- They don’t analyze- They arent found- They just… happen. and that’s what makes them “true.” But what is this coveted “love” - the emotion?- the act?- the mentality?- Love, is a constant state of illusionment- A collective agreement amongst humans- that it, whatever it may be,  can be treated as an excuse for recklessness, irrationality, and misplaced strife-   A quid pro quo  between two individuals- to agree that they are doing something- anything- other than mindlessly drudging through life- Now that is not to say that what love creates is pointless- I said before, I have felt the embrace of love Love festers between individuals for so long it has no option- but to mould the physical to itself- and alter our personalities- Characterized by spontaneity- by indulgence- by risk- to love is the most dangerous experience in existence- the act of being fully vulnerable with another- while promising not to hurt them the same- Love is characterized by vulnerability- and the constant fear of being hurt- So you want to know how to write a true love story? be honest- dwell not on the “romantic” blindfolds that keep us irrationally seeking our partners- dwell not on the on the memories of a love that blossomed- reveal the core of love - A true love story comes from gut instinct- A true love story, comes from experience. A true love story, if truly told, makes the stomach believe So I said I loved once, allow me to elaborate- I too have felt the “butterfly stomach” - where the insides of the lovestruck turn on their host and manifests the emotional significance of meeting “the one” I too have spent the day daydreaming... -Lost in the thought of “the one”, seeking brief breaks from reality in my mind between moments of  utter normalcy I too have melted into a puddle of emotion…. -lying next to “the one” as we slowly spill more and more of the secrets that bound us as individuals, joining a spirit much larger than ourselves- I too have felt... invincible- -to know that I’ve found something more significant than myself. Something that replaces the fear of the future.. and makes it something to look forward to. Yes, I too have fallen in love. and I did just that- I fell. ..And that is my true love story-
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you are inches measured by miles away bulldozing oriental food you don't intend on eating around your plate and i am imagining the translation of asking for a broom in a foreign language for when you shatter over small talk or the first sentence to start with "so" breaks you into shaking that i can feel from across the table and i am thinking now about tectonics and how you must be daydreaming of being submerged in a book back home or gripping tightly to bedsheets begging for familiar warmth i can tell by the way you are looking at me that you are feigning our salutation embrace seconds drowned in ankle deep water and i wonder if you see my hands as jackhammers and if the reason why you hug so hard but only for a moment is to be as sharp as possible so that i do not smell your perfume or notice that you aren't wearing any and why there are few suprises in the safe you claim is a mouth where shades of plush pink hide a sickly pallor and i continue to look over brick & mortar borders and think how maybe she is thinking of kissing but certainly not me not these apologies nailed to my face i give myself a moment of benefitted doubt that you sometimes picture your frame under mine and if your clavicles would crack if i were to touch them i am sorry that i am a victim of imagination but i swear i chalk it up as the forgotten feeling for when you look up and the person you are looking at is gazing directly at you you have painted yourself as a mosaic in my mind as a mess of dust & incoherent words that all sound like please in my ears but that doesn't explain why my hands are the ones that are shaking when i imagine you imagining me in the spaces of yourself where you've forgotten you could put someone
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Feb 26, 2014
Feb 26, 2014 at 7:32 PM UTC
you sometimes bite your lip during laughter
you are inches measured by miles away bulldozing oriental food you don't intend on eating around your plate and i am imagining the translation of asking for a broom in a foreign language for when you shatter over small talk or the first sentence to start with "so" breaks you into shaking that i can feel from across the table and i am thinking now about tectonics and how you must be daydreaming of being submerged in a book back home or gripping tightly to bedsheets begging for familiar warmth i can tell by the way you are looking at me that you are feigning our salutation embrace seconds drowned in ankle deep water and i wonder if you see my hands as jackhammers and if the reason why you hug so hard but only for a moment is to be as sharp as possible so that i do not smell your perfume or notice that you aren't wearing any and why there are few suprises in the safe you claim is a mouth where shades of plush pink hide a sickly pallor and i continue to look over brick & mortar borders and think how maybe she is thinking of kissing but certainly not me not these apologies nailed to my face i give myself a moment of benefitted doubt that you sometimes picture your frame under mine and if your clavicles would crack if i were to touch them i am sorry that i am a victim of imagination but i swear i chalk it up as the forgotten feeling for when you look up and the person you are looking at is gazing directly at you you have painted yourself as a mosaic in my mind as a mess of dust & incoherent words that all sound like please in my ears but that doesn't explain why my hands are the ones that are shaking when i imagine you imagining me in the spaces of yourself where you've forgotten you could put someone
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Seagulls squeak and As thunderclaps salute the laws of physics I imagine they could speak Sensory inputs of fresh strawberries become A raging flood of summer sweetness that Fuses with the hot electrified air And I'm daydreaming that Above this veil of angry clouds Roams unseen ancient eyes With tears braver than What is boundless Stronger and brighter than even Endless darkness They lie in wait Their love Their warmth Bursting forth Wombs of rainbows And all that is precious Yet still untold Waiting to kiss the atoms of your skin And once again Paint your summer smile Blink and you might forget that They were you Before you were even born Sunset Sunrise Watch them never skip a beat Wake up. Kick *** Repeat.
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Jul 21, 2015
Jul 21, 2015 at 2:42 PM UTC
Hey sun, I like your attitude
I have spent much time on daydreaming, I forgot things I should have written, words I supposed to pen in the blank space, are now gone — gone as the night sleeps. Becoming unknown, from those fantasies I built, the heart speaks — when lips unvoiced by guilt, for those lovely words were now forgotten by time, forgotten by my mind, forgotten by the night.
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Feb 22, 2016
Feb 22, 2016 at 4:34 PM UTC
FORGOTTEN
I caught myself daydreaming of you again. Your lips burning holes in my throat. "Is this okay?" Yes. It is. I shake my head Once, Twice, to get you out. math focus on math But ****** you're better than math.
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Aug 25, 2014
Aug 25, 2014 at 7:05 PM UTC
Fundamentals of Math
I met a girl on the bus. Well, I say met, If your definition of met, Is stared at creepily. An hour of daydreaming, An hour of imagining, Your voice, Your scent, Your personality. An hour of pure bliss, And you were gone. You will be missed.
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Nov 13, 2012
Nov 13, 2012 at 12:06 PM UTC
Redhead
related to childhood emotional abuse or neglect... not to be confused with derealization or 'fantasy prone personality' maladaptive daydreaming is seeing your face when I fall asleep at night or hearing your voice in a children's store "Come look! Look at these shoes!", and seeing you scramble at a pair of sandals Big brown eyes begging me to buy them as "an early birthday present, just this once." Maladaptive daydreaming is blinking and not even having time to register the fact that you'd disappeared and I was standing alone in the children's shoe aisle, on my knees holding a pair of sandals and feeling that same twist in my gut that I did on the day the papers were signed and my passport was stamped, to get on a plane to another country without so much as waving goodbye Maladaptive daydreaming is crying through anti-abortion rhetoric and sympathising with teenage mothers it's seeing you smile behind a nikon camera, calling "Look at this pretty picture I took! See, see?" and then realising that I was only smiling at a fallen camera in the sand Maladaptive daydreaming is regretting a choice I didn't make it's steeling my jaw at immature jokes and relating to all those children raising children Maladaptive daydreaming is regretting giving up a daughter I never had
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Apr 27, 2015
Apr 27, 2015 at 1:17 AM UTC
maladaptive daydreaming
I've never been able to get good sleep. My eyes darker than black holes, I spiral down. I try to clamber up, but I'm in way too deep. Daydreaming at night. The loss of myself, but very aware of my state of mind. Release is only found within the sunrise. Every night I stumble on the moon. I jump star to meteor, hoping gravity pulls me into the space between. Maybe then I can get some real good sleep. History book worthy battles, I wonder who will be the victor. Love or loath; a sword drawn to my heart. Arms apart, head thrown back. I'm not even entirely sure what part of me I'm killing, I'm just praying for relief, I just want some sleep. I was sick of the suffering, autopilot is my new definition of personality. Memories have turned into sadistic nightmares. Let me free myself from this close eyed, open mind torture. I cant even stand to walk around my own mind, silence is full of beasts I have yet to slay.     I'd rather hide in the wounded parts of me, call myself a survivor. A survivor of nothing out of the ordinary.
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Oct 18, 2017
Oct 18, 2017 at 2:56 PM UTC
Autopilot Suicide.
Failure. Everyone experiences it, In various shapes and forms, School. grades. friends. Life, Lots of frustration, Hard work and dedication, But still failed, Endless studying, Overworking oneself, Thoughts of achieving success, Like trying to find a needle in a haystack, The dream of getting the test, With the BIG A on it, Feeling the ease of the heavy stress, Uplift off the shoulders, Knowing that they did it, They made the dream they were striving for, Having the joy of saying, I have succeed. But the dream fades away, The feeling of coming out of a coma, To see yourself in class, Doing nothing, but daydreaming, You realized upon that, To be doomed to the fate, Of failing once again.
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Feb 5, 2019
Feb 5, 2019 at 11:04 AM UTC
Failure
Procrastination with lack of motivation Leading you towards devastation Favorite song on the radio station Not really caring about any education Instead daydreaming with a vivid imagination Wanting to go on an all inclusive 3 week vacation Taking a 30 minute break for some much needed meditation Rhyming this many words to make a poem takes too much dedication I really did write this so I'll put a personal problem in for some further verification Thats my poem on Procrastination Sorry Its Late
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Jul 29, 2013
Jul 29, 2013 at 12:50 AM UTC
Procrastination Poem
sit there alone in the corner daydreaming feeling lonely in the crowded nobody cares nobody interested while other girls sit there alone do nothing but everybody came to her sometimes i laugh at myself why am i so unattractive?
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Oct 16, 2013
Oct 16, 2013 at 6:15 AM UTC
unattractive girl
You whisper to me so elegantly As you kiss my forehead My head on your chest Falling asleep To the rhythm of your heartbeat "Sweet dreams, my darling..." As our heavy heads hit the pillow We each drift into our own state Of unconsciousness * * * 4,728 miles from each other Time zones which feel as if We are light years apart You are falling asleep, As I am wide awake; Daydreaming The only thing that you can say Through the electric current is: "I will see you in my dreams, my darling..."
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May 4, 2019
May 4, 2019 at 9:43 PM UTC
I'll See You In My Dreams
I carried life yet did not live until, from blood and darkness came a light that only God could give from sacrificial flesh and pain. For broken nights and restive days of drifting into starry skies hours, weeks, lifetimes I’d stay daydreaming in your onyx eyes. To look upon my face in prayer with worship in your smile so pure as if the holy land was here in my arms forevermore.
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Nov 10, 2014
Nov 10, 2014 at 12:21 AM UTC
First Born
Another drink, Another smoke. One more story, One more book. A long day out, A night awake. Two more songs, Four more games. Daydreaming again, Creating stories in her head. Dreading the moment, she's alone once again. “I’m fighting my demons,” She says. “I’m pushing them away.” He shakes his head. “My dear, it seems to me, That you are running away.”
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Jul 22, 2014
Jul 22, 2014 at 7:36 PM UTC
Escapism
Daydreaming of your face Those eyes Beautiful and mysterious Consume me My thoughts I'm warm I'm loose I want to run my tongue over the veins in your... Heart And you don't want to know me.
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Apr 27, 2013
Apr 27, 2013 at 4:33 PM UTC
Daydreaming
Can't put my mind to rest, it's another sleepless night. My eye's are wide open, and it seems a constant fight. I lay here in thought, about my long boring day. Daydreaming of tomorrow, and the bills I must pay. I toss and I turn, trying to find comfort in this bed. Punching my pillows, so I can have a place for my head. After a few minutes, the cycle must again repeat. Then there is an itching sensation, that begins in my feet. After laying here for an hour, and going through this charade. I get up and go to the refrigerator, for a midnight raid. Now that I have a full stomach, maybe I'll have better luck. But another hour passes, and this is really beginning to **** It's running close to two o'clock, and my eye's have yet to close. Then there is another itch, except this time it's my nose. My eyes begin to get heavy, and I'm hoping I will sleep. And then I hear my alarm clock, beep, beep, beep. By now it's four o'clock, and I still haven't slept a wink. My eyes hurt so much now, they hurt to even blink. I drag myself out of bed, so I can move forward with my day. And hope that I will sleep tonight, or there will be hell to pay.
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Nov 1, 2010
Nov 1, 2010 at 12:56 AM UTC
Another Sleepless Night
You laid yourself a path Of the best-laid plans Of a future set in stone But she interferes When she sheds her tears And she spends all her time Daydreaming If she could she would Run your train right off the tracks You’d be forced to shed your skin Never looking back She worships the moon With a ***** silver spoon It won’t answer her prayers So with her flowing blonde hair She spends her time Daydreaming But now she builds her shrine to you She does all that she can do Are you prepared to take her on And spend your days in the sun Daydreaming
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Oct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013 at 11:48 AM UTC
Daydreaming
voice over: narrator Pemberitahuan terakhir disuarakan, keberangkatan pesawat tujuan Frankfurt Airport akan lepas landas tak lama lagi lagi, orang-orang bersiap masuk kabin. Ada satu hal yang terlintas di pikiran Atlas; ia tahu Venus tidak akan datang. Tidak dalam hitungan waktu tiga puluh menit, sepuluh menit, apalagi lima menit. Percuma saja menunggu, Venus benar-benar tidak datang. Perpisahan mereka sudah berlangsung semalam, pertemuan terakhir yang berhasil membuat Atlas berkali-kali memutar ulang seluruh adegan, mendengar suara gelak tawa mantan pacarnya dalam benak khayal, membayangkan senyuman Venus yang ia lukiskan untuknya terakhir kali. Pertemuan terakhir mereka kemarin bahkan tidak terasa seperti perpisahan, namun tetap bagi Atlas terasa begitu janggal. Mungkin karena terlalu tiba-tiba dan cepat, pertemuan terakhir yang merupakan perpisahan, pertemuan terakhir paling bahagia dan paling sedih, yang juga menyudahi hubungan singkat mereka. Sejenak Atlas merasa sendu. Dalam lubuk hatinya masih sesekali berharap Venus meneleponnya, mengatakan bahwa ia akan datang mengucapkan selamat tinggal. Namun, nyatanya ucapan selamat tinggal Venus hanya berupa memori-memori tentangnya; seratus hal yang tertanam sejati di dalam hati Atlas mengenai segala hal tentang kejanggalan perempuan itu, gelak tawanya, senyumanya, aroma tubuhnya, kerlingan matanya, rambut hitam tebalnya, wajah pemikirnya, serta sosoknya yang seringkali membuat dirinya bertanya-tanya; kisah apa saja yang tidak diketahuinya, yang pernah terjadi dalam sejarah hidupnya sehingga membentuk pribadi sepertinya yang begitu terlihat bagai keajaiban seni paling nyata di mata Atlas? Baginya, Venus adalah sebuah takdir dan keajaiban menjadi satu. Dan, ia tidak akan pernah ada niat untuk melupakannya.
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Jan 28, 2017
Jan 28, 2017 at 6:56 AM UTC
daydreaming part 2: tentang perpisahan
voice over: narrator Pemberitahuan terakhir disuarakan, keberangkatan pesawat tujuan Frankfurt Airport akan lepas landas tak lama lagi lagi, orang-orang bersiap masuk kabin. Ada satu hal yang terlintas di pikiran Atlas; ia tahu Venus tidak akan datang. Tidak dalam hitungan waktu tiga puluh menit, sepuluh menit, apalagi lima menit. Percuma saja menunggu, Venus benar-benar tidak datang. Perpisahan mereka sudah berlangsung semalam, pertemuan terakhir yang berhasil membuat Atlas berkali-kali memutar ulang seluruh adegan, mendengar suara gelak tawa mantan pacarnya dalam benak khayal, membayangkan senyuman Venus yang ia lukiskan untuknya terakhir kali. Pertemuan terakhir mereka kemarin bahkan tidak terasa seperti perpisahan, namun tetap bagi Atlas terasa begitu janggal. Mungkin karena terlalu tiba-tiba dan cepat, pertemuan terakhir yang merupakan perpisahan, pertemuan terakhir paling bahagia dan paling sedih, yang juga menyudahi hubungan singkat mereka. Sejenak Atlas merasa sendu. Dalam lubuk hatinya masih sesekali berharap Venus meneleponnya, mengatakan bahwa ia akan datang mengucapkan selamat tinggal. Namun, nyatanya ucapan selamat tinggal Venus hanya berupa memori-memori tentangnya; seratus hal yang tertanam sejati di dalam hati Atlas mengenai segala hal tentang kejanggalan perempuan itu, gelak tawanya, senyumanya, aroma tubuhnya, kerlingan matanya, rambut hitam tebalnya, wajah pemikirnya, serta sosoknya yang seringkali membuat dirinya bertanya-tanya; kisah apa saja yang tidak diketahuinya, yang pernah terjadi dalam sejarah hidupnya sehingga membentuk pribadi sepertinya yang begitu terlihat bagai keajaiban seni paling nyata di mata Atlas? Baginya, Venus adalah sebuah takdir dan keajaiban menjadi satu. Dan, ia tidak akan pernah ada niat untuk melupakannya.
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There's a chill in the air and wind 'neath your boots There's clouds in the sky and trees with roots If all were to fall onto your crying head, Would you carry it home or lie down dead? The strength you have defines your choice Will you whimper and cry or show your voice? Through sorrow and pain and happiness and joy You either run and hide from all those you employ Or show them what you're made of inside For what you do becomes who you have to hide Not what you say with fury or a gentle tone But the actions you take when you're all alone When you're down and out, almost recluse And you feel as if you have no use If you still get up and challenge yourself You will become prisoner to no one else There's a song in the air and dirt 'neath your boots A song that carries on down to your roots Back from the days of no chores or worry When nothing was done in any sort of hurry You can hear these words in the back of your mind And it takes you back to a simpler time These little moments, spontaneous and surreal Show you how you can always feel Feel good and joyous even through the worst When tired and hungry, they give you thirst These little moments are found throughout life They can break you free from worldly strife And these things define who you were before And change who you are to forever something more Harkening back to when you were innocent and clean Can make you try your best to better your scene Your moments in life are yours to keep When daydreaming or your lost in sleep The worst will come and so will the best The dark before the dawn always sets to the west You can succumb to the pain that comes with years Or you can fight back the stress and fight back the tears Through everything that comes your way Only you can change how you live out your stay Others will come and others will leave But what holds together is what you believe Strength is within and without you Within is taken while without is beside you Hold onto a grain of meaningless sand And notice how it's light in your hand Just for that moment it's harmless and vain But if you hold on forever it builds into pain
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Aug 18, 2015
Aug 18, 2015 at 1:05 PM UTC
Strength
There's a chill in the air and wind 'neath your boots There's clouds in the sky and trees with roots If all were to fall onto your crying head, Would you carry it home or lie down dead? The strength you have defines your choice Will you whimper and cry or show your voice? Through sorrow and pain and happiness and joy You either run and hide from all those you employ Or show them what you're made of inside For what you do becomes who you have to hide Not what you say with fury or a gentle tone But the actions you take when you're all alone When you're down and out, almost recluse And you feel as if you have no use If you still get up and challenge yourself You will become prisoner to no one else There's a song in the air and dirt 'neath your boots A song that carries on down to your roots Back from the days of no chores or worry When nothing was done in any sort of hurry You can hear these words in the back of your mind And it takes you back to a simpler time These little moments, spontaneous and surreal Show you how you can always feel Feel good and joyous even through the worst When tired and hungry, they give you thirst These little moments are found throughout life They can break you free from worldly strife And these things define who you were before And change who you are to forever something more Harkening back to when you were innocent and clean Can make you try your best to better your scene Your moments in life are yours to keep When daydreaming or your lost in sleep The worst will come and so will the best The dark before the dawn always sets to the west You can succumb to the pain that comes with years Or you can fight back the stress and fight back the tears Through everything that comes your way Only you can change how you live out your stay Others will come and others will leave But what holds together is what you believe Strength is within and without you Within is taken while without is beside you Hold onto a grain of meaningless sand And notice how it's light in your hand Just for that moment it's harmless and vain But if you hold on forever it builds into pain
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I’ll split the hairs, I’ll split an atom And never leave the bedroom. I most identify with December, Not because of the crushing temperature But the lack of cosmic dawdling Is no more mesmerizing than a frozen phoenix. And as she arrives by train from Phoenix, I study who she appears to be, the atoms Composing her auburn hair with dawdling Authenticity shout “Take me to the bedroom!” While the wedge of geese in this temperature Head to the Southern Hemisphere’s December. The common chill of this morning in December Prevents us from rising from out the covers like a phoenix, And our blankets like ash defend us from the temperature That stills the vibrations of the atmosphere’s atoms. I curse the insulated walls of the bedroom, Trapping in heat and discouraging our dawdling. A rafter of turkeys outside my window are dawdling, Printing their runes on the documents of December Between the thickets surrounding the bedroom While the sun, golden like the plumage of a phoenix, Awakens in my bones every dormant atom, Instilling in me courage to brave the temperature. I follow her, dressed, from the bedroom And her footsteps serve to punctuate the temperature Like the smoldering beak of a phoenix Too busy being risen for dawdling. She leaves, by train through the chill of December, Me daydreaming of fission. The splitting of an atom. I’ll split an atom daily, safely within the bedroom And sleep through December’s pitiless, hollow temperature, Waking only for dawdling until Spring is a phoenix.
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Mar 24, 2010
Mar 24, 2010 at 10:16 PM UTC
Fission
I’ll split the hairs, I’ll split an atom And never leave the bedroom. I most identify with December, Not because of the crushing temperature But the lack of cosmic dawdling Is no more mesmerizing than a frozen phoenix. And as she arrives by train from Phoenix, I study who she appears to be, the atoms Composing her auburn hair with dawdling Authenticity shout “Take me to the bedroom!” While the wedge of geese in this temperature Head to the Southern Hemisphere’s December. The common chill of this morning in December Prevents us from rising from out the covers like a phoenix, And our blankets like ash defend us from the temperature That stills the vibrations of the atmosphere’s atoms. I curse the insulated walls of the bedroom, Trapping in heat and discouraging our dawdling. A rafter of turkeys outside my window are dawdling, Printing their runes on the documents of December Between the thickets surrounding the bedroom While the sun, golden like the plumage of a phoenix, Awakens in my bones every dormant atom, Instilling in me courage to brave the temperature. I follow her, dressed, from the bedroom And her footsteps serve to punctuate the temperature Like the smoldering beak of a phoenix Too busy being risen for dawdling. She leaves, by train through the chill of December, Me daydreaming of fission. The splitting of an atom. I’ll split an atom daily, safely within the bedroom And sleep through December’s pitiless, hollow temperature, Waking only for dawdling until Spring is a phoenix.
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*A penny for your thoughts, Is what we used to say. When someone looked many miles away... To fall into a reverie, Be in another place. With a distant look painted on your face. It sometimes happens, when you least expect. Almost as if the memory, Just slipped into neglect. Vivid images on your mind, Random thoughts of a kind. Daydreaming..*
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Nov 11, 2011
Nov 11, 2011 at 12:33 PM UTC
Daydreaming
Spilled ink. Old film. Crumpled paper. The click of a shutter. Pens dying. Wiping lenses. Flashlights under the covers. Struggling with a tripod. Daydreaming. The Rule of Thirds. Tattered pages. Beautiful sunsets. Coffee shops. Skittish animals. 3 am. Cropping. Always thinking. The horizon line. The frantic search for pen and paper. Frustrated with trying to capture the beauty of the world In a small package.
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Jun 30, 2018
Jun 30, 2018 at 6:57 PM UTC
On being a poet and a photographer
Another day spent dreaming of you, Another night spent awake.
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Nov 11, 2014
Nov 11, 2014 at 4:03 PM UTC
Daydreaming (10 words)