Hello Poetry
Submit your work and get some sparkles! Create free account
"faculties" poems
kindness eats least of all we defeat our enemies cheaply steep the leaves in hot water gently keep enemies close to you and weapons even closer our friends are like sunbeams I jump in the water your sun-burned back is peeling out loud you remind me not to bend down too quickly she hounds me with her questions lessons on arithmetic I’m so sick of it histrionics and sonic lectures his tricks are onto it moronic manic accidents red lions with long necks deflect authority and wager on credit the outcomes are certain all will fade away indefinitely understand this and measure your life by breaths and not complexity densities are hiding in visionary lightning finding new faculties every moment we are swift in our limitless capacity for adaptation a refulgent emulsion immersed in water and poetry under the highest authority or just higher scrutiny wrapped in a paranoid blanket of heightened security all is being watched right now as judges redefine your beauty if you are truly interested in finding happiness you must understand that all magic is abraxas and satisfaction unceasingly attacks this as we collapse upon the backs of ecstatic languages....
0
Oct 24, 2017
Oct 24, 2017 at 12:49 PM UTC
abraxas
We made all possible preparations, Drew up a list of firms, Constantly revised our calculations And allotted the farms, Issued all the orders expedient In this kind of case: Most, as was expected, were obedient, Though there were murmurs, of course; Chiefly against our exercising Our old right to abuse: Even some sort of attempt at rising, But these were mere boys. For never serious misgiving Occurred to anyone, Since there could be no question of living If we did not win. The generally accepted view teaches That there was no excuse, Though in the light of recent researches Many would find the cause In a not uncommon form of terror; Others, still more astute, Point to possibilities of error At the very start. As for ourselves there is left remaining Our honour at least, And a reasonable chance of retaining Our faculties to the last.
0
7.8k
Let History Be My Judge
Sadness collapses the faculties that hold together reality Disconnected the observer lost in painful recollection, experiences life with no feeling of the present A silent numbness takes over the senses, a muted movie plays. The zombie walks forward hoping for better days
0
May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015 at 8:47 AM UTC
Hurt
Once, far away, Andalusia of time. Was I, this dreamer, this student of crime. Devouring textbooks with a gluttonous glee. Of masters I conversed with, with lives like movies. FBI-profilers, psychopathologists. Faces carved from paleo-lithic stone. The hearts of sailors betrayed by Triton. Their ill-fitting suits an anarchists cry. Oh blessed hearts long since buried in the plots, of victims whose killers would never see man’s courts. Who knew the world and hoped to teach I, this fresh young prey with a predator’s eye. This fresh young prey with a predator’s eye. Sat I with the masters, in those secret little rooms where the dead are shuffled to have chosen for them a grave. And it’s never more real than when the beast sits still. In the agonising ordinary glow of the halogen buzz that shines on guilty and innocent alike. To reduce us all to such pathetic things. That if not for the debt, this creature’s crimes one could pity being on such obscene display. If it were not known to me, in great detail the river of misery and depravity he had left in his wake. As a mugshot robs the aura, so too the well lit room. And I understood why it took a much colder mind. As even though I possessed all the faculties which could follow and track and trap the prey; the predator must also **** And being in those secret little rooms I knew I could not see it through. I left it to those stronger than I and leave my mark through other designs.
0
Dec 26, 2015
Dec 26, 2015 at 9:17 PM UTC
The Criminology Student
Kung walked by the dynastic temple and into the cedar grove, and then out by the lower river, And with him Khieu Tchi and Tian the low speaking And “we are unknown,” said Kung, “You will take up charioteering? “Then you will become known, “Or perhaps I should take up charioterring, or archery? “Or the practice of public speaking?” And Tseu-lou said, “I would put the defences in order,” And Khieu said, “If I were lord of a province “I would put it in better order than this is.” And Tchi said, “I would prefer a small mountain temple, “With order in the observances, with a suitable performance of the ritual,” And Tian said, with his hand on the strings of his lute The low sounds continuing after his hand left the strings, And the sound went up like smoke, under the leaves, And he looked after the sound: “The old swimming hole, “And the boys flopping off the planks, “Or sitting in the underbrush playing mandolins.” And Kung smiled upon all of them equally. And Thseng-sie desired to know: “Which had answered correctly?” And Kung said, “They have all answered correctly, “That is to say, each in his nature.” And Kung raised his cane against Yuan Jang, Yuan Jang being his elder, For Yuan Jang sat by the roadside pretending to be receiving wisdom. And Kung said “You old fool, come out of it, “Get up and do something useful.” And Kung said “Respect a child’s faculties “From the moment it inhales the clear air, “But a man of fifty who knows nothng Is worthy of no respect.” And “When the prince has gathered about him “All the savants and artists, his riches will be fully employed.” And Kung said, and wrote on the bo leaves: If a man have not order within him He can not spread order about him; And if a man have not order within him His family will not act with due order; And if the prince have not order within him He can not put order in his dominions. And Kung gave the words “order” and “brotherly deference” And said nothing of the “life after death.” And he said “Anyone can run to excesses, “It is easy to shoot past the mark, “It is hard to stand firm in the middle.” And they said: If a man commit ****** Should his father protect him, and hide him? And Kung said: He should hide him. And Kung gave his daughter to Kong-Tchang Although Kong-Tchang was in prison. And he gave his niece to Nan-Young although Nan-Young was out of office. And Kung said “Wan ruled with moderation, “In his day the State was well kept, “And even I can remember “A day when the historians left blanks in their writings, “I mean, for things they didn’t know, “But that time seems to be passing. A day when the historians left blanks in their writings, But that time seems to be passing.” And Kung said, “Without character you will “be unable to play on that instrument “Or to execute the music fit for the Odes. “The blossoms of the apricot “blow from the east to the west, “And I have tried to keep them from falling.”
0
4.6k
Canto 13
Kung walked by the dynastic temple and into the cedar grove, and then out by the lower river, And with him Khieu Tchi and Tian the low speaking And “we are unknown,” said Kung, “You will take up charioteering? “Then you will become known, “Or perhaps I should take up charioterring, or archery? “Or the practice of public speaking?” And Tseu-lou said, “I would put the defences in order,” And Khieu said, “If I were lord of a province “I would put it in better order than this is.” And Tchi said, “I would prefer a small mountain temple, “With order in the observances, with a suitable performance of the ritual,” And Tian said, with his hand on the strings of his lute The low sounds continuing after his hand left the strings, And the sound went up like smoke, under the leaves, And he looked after the sound: “The old swimming hole, “And the boys flopping off the planks, “Or sitting in the underbrush playing mandolins.” And Kung smiled upon all of them equally. And Thseng-sie desired to know: “Which had answered correctly?” And Kung said, “They have all answered correctly, “That is to say, each in his nature.” And Kung raised his cane against Yuan Jang, Yuan Jang being his elder, For Yuan Jang sat by the roadside pretending to be receiving wisdom. And Kung said “You old fool, come out of it, “Get up and do something useful.” And Kung said “Respect a child’s faculties “From the moment it inhales the clear air, “But a man of fifty who knows nothng Is worthy of no respect.” And “When the prince has gathered about him “All the savants and artists, his riches will be fully employed.” And Kung said, and wrote on the bo leaves: If a man have not order within him He can not spread order about him; And if a man have not order within him His family will not act with due order; And if the prince have not order within him He can not put order in his dominions. And Kung gave the words “order” and “brotherly deference” And said nothing of the “life after death.” And he said “Anyone can run to excesses, “It is easy to shoot past the mark, “It is hard to stand firm in the middle.” And they said: If a man commit ****** Should his father protect him, and hide him? And Kung said: He should hide him. And Kung gave his daughter to Kong-Tchang Although Kong-Tchang was in prison. And he gave his niece to Nan-Young although Nan-Young was out of office. And Kung said “Wan ruled with moderation, “In his day the State was well kept, “And even I can remember “A day when the historians left blanks in their writings, “I mean, for things they didn’t know, “But that time seems to be passing. A day when the historians left blanks in their writings, But that time seems to be passing.” And Kung said, “Without character you will “be unable to play on that instrument “Or to execute the music fit for the Odes. “The blossoms of the apricot “blow from the east to the west, “And I have tried to keep them from falling.”
Continue reading...
80
Oh, what a horrible night Definitely not late December back in '63 These are the Frankie valleys of my days Night is always black Night always comes back Night envelopes us in the abyss And makes us cherish light Heightening our senses To help us handle the unknown When my days are filled with stimulation The stillness of night sinks me Into quicksand mixed by The current of my mind Overflowing into the sands of time And reminds me Of the stillness of my eyes locked on you Or the stillness of my actions as you walk by Or the stillness of my heart when you call me a ****** My frustration boiled Night's black tar So I bottled it up Placed it in a syringe And medicated my love with darkness I worked my first job at the local Kroger's People would leave with everything they wanted And I'd push their empty carts back into the store The artificial lights of the street lamps Lacked warmth Their hypnotic buzz highlighted The stillness of night Making me wonder if there was any way I could be happy Similar to when activity would die down in rehab A pitiful wretch left to his faculties I'd stare out the window Into the concrete chasm And wonder if happiness could be found by someone like me Night continues Night confines Day comes And goes Night returns Night reburns Night relearned I really hate to see the day come to an end It'd be alright if I was on the bay with a pen But I live near sulfur vents Inside a searing tent Where the hellacious temperature rises rapidly Despite the absence of the sun's warmth The hellfire of night Reminisces of those I have thoroughly failed And my overwhelming remorse As I stare out my window Into the bramble ravine I wonder about the possibility of contentment The stillness of night answers me But at least now I can open the door And charge into the night headstrong To search frantically For someone who Erases my history And writes my future And makes me wonder if I could ever be happier
0
Jul 11, 2017
Jul 11, 2017 at 4:13 AM UTC
Night
Oh, what a horrible night Definitely not late December back in '63 These are the Frankie valleys of my days Night is always black Night always comes back Night envelopes us in the abyss And makes us cherish light Heightening our senses To help us handle the unknown When my days are filled with stimulation The stillness of night sinks me Into quicksand mixed by The current of my mind Overflowing into the sands of time And reminds me Of the stillness of my eyes locked on you Or the stillness of my actions as you walk by Or the stillness of my heart when you call me a ****** My frustration boiled Night's black tar So I bottled it up Placed it in a syringe And medicated my love with darkness I worked my first job at the local Kroger's People would leave with everything they wanted And I'd push their empty carts back into the store The artificial lights of the street lamps Lacked warmth Their hypnotic buzz highlighted The stillness of night Making me wonder if there was any way I could be happy Similar to when activity would die down in rehab A pitiful wretch left to his faculties I'd stare out the window Into the concrete chasm And wonder if happiness could be found by someone like me Night continues Night confines Day comes And goes Night returns Night reburns Night relearned I really hate to see the day come to an end It'd be alright if I was on the bay with a pen But I live near sulfur vents Inside a searing tent Where the hellacious temperature rises rapidly Despite the absence of the sun's warmth The hellfire of night Reminisces of those I have thoroughly failed And my overwhelming remorse As I stare out my window Into the bramble ravine I wonder about the possibility of contentment The stillness of night answers me But at least now I can open the door And charge into the night headstrong To search frantically For someone who Erases my history And writes my future And makes me wonder if I could ever be happier
Continue reading...
64
When we met, you made my heart wet. Like morning dew of hope, from Heaven, chemistry crept, with hope and regret of everything you may and may not get. Your faculties tasted me in anticipation... How my eyes' light might look in your bed, how my words ringing swam in your head. You perked me up like sweet grass, onto my taste buds you bled. Our souls danced and sang in embrace. When we parted they said, Well if that's that, mission accomplished. Whether covert or conscious, whether or not she even calls him, we have loved once again. Less a natural reaction, more an inexplicable combustion. From that day on it was destined, from admiration swapped and accepted, We could never return to who we'd been.
0
Jan 2, 2015
Jan 2, 2015 at 10:03 PM UTC
Soulmate Symphony
*blistering day shuns a walk all flock to recycled air-con of malls few venture out* . . . 1. walk along a mountain path dislike snakes wear heavy ankle-boots rough route craggy stones grow tired 2. head on stone fall into drowsy slumber baking brains gathering aches 3. huge mountain appears espy a cut opening along the side a welcoming slit enter slowly step by step seems to brook entry to no more wonder what calls inside 4. distant drumming not afraid joy fills supreme reducing epicenter gentle hands touch and pull in negating every fear melting away bleak thoughts sink deeper into the earth down . . . down . . . down into cavities unknown follow secret canal away from here 5. sweetest eyes greet and kiss fall into soft furrows carried along canal of warmth close the eyes fall in heart with glowing ambience subtle humming felt beneath the soles sweetest honey-lake deeper . . . deeper . . . deeper sublime cocoon - always dreamt of what supreme bliss falls in lap of bearer 6. all cares washed away known memories seem to float off as a dinghy to a waterfall lost over that lip free fall free fall conscience takes a bobbing nap on waves which lull the senses into drifting buoy as conscious dips utter serenity spirit moves freely totally unencumbered / / [awareness - jolted - sudden - open as corporeal fetters take hold once more teeter into rude awakening rub eyes to verify faculties catapulting in greedy succession / / find a hessian bag on rock half-afraid to check inside seemingly empty lift the edge and peer inside / / the most silent rainbow of inner dreams long-forgotten wishes flow into being as rains come down] / / *no more fear.. again no more tension no answering to no deprivation no derision two pure doves hover quite high a pale-blue buoy ~ the only signs of hope blistering judgment dissolves beautiful buoy floating a way.... to marve cut of pure crystal away... on an endless ocean of calm* S T, 20 August 2013
0
Aug 20, 2013
Aug 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM UTC
buoy
*blistering day shuns a walk all flock to recycled air-con of malls few venture out* . . . 1. walk along a mountain path dislike snakes wear heavy ankle-boots rough route craggy stones grow tired 2. head on stone fall into drowsy slumber baking brains gathering aches 3. huge mountain appears espy a cut opening along the side a welcoming slit enter slowly step by step seems to brook entry to no more wonder what calls inside 4. distant drumming not afraid joy fills supreme reducing epicenter gentle hands touch and pull in negating every fear melting away bleak thoughts sink deeper into the earth down . . . down . . . down into cavities unknown follow secret canal away from here 5. sweetest eyes greet and kiss fall into soft furrows carried along canal of warmth close the eyes fall in heart with glowing ambience subtle humming felt beneath the soles sweetest honey-lake deeper . . . deeper . . . deeper sublime cocoon - always dreamt of what supreme bliss falls in lap of bearer 6. all cares washed away known memories seem to float off as a dinghy to a waterfall lost over that lip free fall free fall conscience takes a bobbing nap on waves which lull the senses into drifting buoy as conscious dips utter serenity spirit moves freely totally unencumbered / / [awareness - jolted - sudden - open as corporeal fetters take hold once more teeter into rude awakening rub eyes to verify faculties catapulting in greedy succession / / find a hessian bag on rock half-afraid to check inside seemingly empty lift the edge and peer inside / / the most silent rainbow of inner dreams long-forgotten wishes flow into being as rains come down] / / *no more fear.. again no more tension no answering to no deprivation no derision two pure doves hover quite high a pale-blue buoy ~ the only signs of hope blistering judgment dissolves beautiful buoy floating a way.... to marve cut of pure crystal away... on an endless ocean of calm* S T, 20 August 2013
Continue reading...
93
Come lay beneath the skylight At a time when it's calm and quiet There's always a strangeness within the silence It heightens as the contiguous melodies crescendo without a pilot Thoughts embraced are pushed aside for this moment To catch the breath in the night with rhythm as a component Still like the stem, of a flower unveiling the crown Deepening down as time is frozen to claim the golden exponent Midnight brings whimsical strings plucked by the creatures that hail Nature springs underneath man's dreams; Those clouds that we sail Through aural communication comes the cerebral provocation That latent faculties synchronize and incite with an inhale, then exhale
0
Nov 5, 2013
Nov 5, 2013 at 5:40 PM UTC
Skylight
A question carries me, scorching shores in a blazing trail. A question vexes me and provokes my interest. How do we come to know the unknownable? Should our faculties prove enough or should we push ourselves to venture further and further? Into the deep unknown we travel where a flicker of wild eyes lurk. Should the story terrify me, would my thought comfort me? In moonlight's shadow the tale begins on shores of gold my tale will end.
0
Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018 at 4:14 PM UTC
Venture
From touch, sight, smell, or thought The onslaught of ecstasy Quivers and tingles inside of me Gingerly waiting To fulfill the pleasures promised By *********** or ************ The denouement to frustration The sensual culmination Exploding and calming Aggression Restoring possession Of reasoning faculties ******* with A warm and gooey Satisfaction
0
Dec 19, 2014
Dec 19, 2014 at 7:19 AM UTC
*******
*I once had my mental faculties in check And my heart’s pacemaker functioning relatively normally Didn’t know you’d be a pain in the neck Causing my heart to oscillate solemnly From acute insanity to imagined bliss Gravity’s power rendered dysfunctional And I plunged heedlessly into love’s abyss Evidently an amateur radical My ego prostrated My emotions infatuated* Am indeed yet another statistic Of cupid’s uncanny antics.
0
Aug 27, 2013
Aug 27, 2013 at 8:48 AM UTC
Free fall
Making The Right Choices With Your Money While You Are Alive We think we'll live forever. Who among us will readily admit that they will ultimately die, without maintaining that secret hope that somehow, not me! How many people get swept away in there lust for money? Saving, calculating, weighing, balancing, adding, economizing, with frugality and ultimately for what. So they can amass this tremendous wealth that they won't be taking with them in the end anyway. Sound advice, use you money wisely while you are still alive and with your full faculties intact. You can do much good with the money you have saved, while you are alive, that will bring you happiness even when you are long gone! Faith that the good you do will live on (in your merit). It's only a matter of faith. Perhaps a faith worthy to live by, as well as die for. When we pass that final gate, there might not be any opportunities for a last chance. What we have accomplished in this world will be ours forever more. This my friend will ultimately, and truly, be our "final score." **wealth not happiness here today, gone tomorrow with death, nothing left**
0
Jul 30, 2015
Jul 30, 2015 at 3:49 PM UTC
What Money Can & Can't Buy -Haiku Poetry
These times strike monied worldlings with dismay: Even rich men, brave by nature, taint the air With words of apprehension and despair: While tens of thousands, thinking on the affray, Men unto whom sufficient for the day And minds not stinted or untilled are given, Sound, healthy, children of the God of heaven, Are cheerful as the rising sun in May. What do we gather hence but firmer faith That every gift of noble origin Is breathed upon by Hope’s perpetual breath; That virtue and the faculties within Are vital,—and that riches are akin To fear, to change, to cowardice, and death?
0
1.8k
October, 1803
Parents are the weirdest - of God's creation. I mean, who on Earth would desire the responsibility of another human being from the time they **** in their pants to the time they leave saying 'what have you ever done for me?' ? Who would, of all the things in the world, like their homeroom stuffed with stupid CDs and stuffed racoons, waterguns and Legos, dried acrylics and miniature utensil sets, ugly pyjamas and strange half-knit sweaters? I need to know why parents don't object to their kids pooping everywhere. It's either the kids are super cute or the parents are super crazy. I'm sure it isn't the former. A certain lack of imaginative faculties, in parents, is evident to me,quite frankly. Think of it this way- if it weren't for us - kids, our parents would have been carefree playboys and playgirls, and 'living their lives' - cliché. What weirdos really! Their standards of children's safety too possess a particular oddity. It's only the exact moment of physical contact during a hug that our parents feel we're safe. Their sense of economy and finance is oxymoronic. They love discounts. But they'll pay extra for whatever their kids wish. I wonder how they resist TV shows of most sorts just because they won't have their kids watch remotely explicit content, visual or auditory. I bet their sense of direction is most unnaturally affected too. Why do they even follow their kids, when they know kids don't have a working GPS? Do you have any idea, to what lengths parents go to make veggies seem delicious? Veggies, Really? Parents will have you take disgusting syrups and painful **** injections, And claim they love you. Parents will have you hit the books, And claim they love you. Parents will ground you because you do something they don't like (but they too did it when they were kids), And claim they love you. Parents will stop you every time you say a swear word (but they swear all the time), And claim they love you. Parents will claim they love you, Maybe, because they really love you. Oh, their weirdness never ends. Parents may seem eccentric, Their ways might seem a bit too bizarre, Maybe that's how the people who really love us behave! Yet, we're always rushing away from them. If you have ever traveled in a bus, you'll know how absurdly keen the passengers are, to get off, when it stops. That's how keen the kids are, to leave the laps of their mothers, quite literally the most comfortable place in the world. Parents really are - the weirdest of God's creation. And the loveliest too.
0
Mar 12, 2019
Mar 12, 2019 at 1:31 PM UTC
Parents - The Weirdest of God's Creation
Parents are the weirdest - of God's creation. I mean, who on Earth would desire the responsibility of another human being from the time they **** in their pants to the time they leave saying 'what have you ever done for me?' ? Who would, of all the things in the world, like their homeroom stuffed with stupid CDs and stuffed racoons, waterguns and Legos, dried acrylics and miniature utensil sets, ugly pyjamas and strange half-knit sweaters? I need to know why parents don't object to their kids pooping everywhere. It's either the kids are super cute or the parents are super crazy. I'm sure it isn't the former. A certain lack of imaginative faculties, in parents, is evident to me,quite frankly. Think of it this way- if it weren't for us - kids, our parents would have been carefree playboys and playgirls, and 'living their lives' - cliché. What weirdos really! Their standards of children's safety too possess a particular oddity. It's only the exact moment of physical contact during a hug that our parents feel we're safe. Their sense of economy and finance is oxymoronic. They love discounts. But they'll pay extra for whatever their kids wish. I wonder how they resist TV shows of most sorts just because they won't have their kids watch remotely explicit content, visual or auditory. I bet their sense of direction is most unnaturally affected too. Why do they even follow their kids, when they know kids don't have a working GPS? Do you have any idea, to what lengths parents go to make veggies seem delicious? Veggies, Really? Parents will have you take disgusting syrups and painful **** injections, And claim they love you. Parents will have you hit the books, And claim they love you. Parents will ground you because you do something they don't like (but they too did it when they were kids), And claim they love you. Parents will stop you every time you say a swear word (but they swear all the time), And claim they love you. Parents will claim they love you, Maybe, because they really love you. Oh, their weirdness never ends. Parents may seem eccentric, Their ways might seem a bit too bizarre, Maybe that's how the people who really love us behave! Yet, we're always rushing away from them. If you have ever traveled in a bus, you'll know how absurdly keen the passengers are, to get off, when it stops. That's how keen the kids are, to leave the laps of their mothers, quite literally the most comfortable place in the world. Parents really are - the weirdest of God's creation. And the loveliest too.
Continue reading...
37
I’ve felt lost Like tangerines being pushed into the Discotheque of animosity slowly murdering each other’s nebula with Arms crossed over and eyes blazing joints among the durable and dangerous Architectures where the faculties of the skull No longer admit the worms of the senses How much time may be disjointed while everyone Takes to their wondering sky The glass floor the rock beaten path The somber shadow of neglect justifies My hiding from the world somewhere I shatter into a billion pieces and slowly the collapse remembers how it once Felt the ugly ball of lights thrusting each beam into my skin A metallic taste in my mouth The groovy red liquid that makes life dependable as painted laughs Migrate to the other side of dawn No one hopes for anything Let it all disintegrate into the coming rainfall Gathering in small odd shaped holes all over the cities belly Barbwire disguises melancholy gasps of breath I’ve seen you in those hours where anything can happen And it does No longer waiting at the long table No response no self doubt My particles coagulate in my throat The simple thought disappears A night of unrest turns your skin inside out as The violence escalates into silent picture mode Only thirst recovering from three days of religion And no explanation is needed I know when all those beautiful sad laughs you send out on every Other month finally arrive I’ll be ready to open my eyes Hold my hands out and receive you in full Is this your spirit? Or the glare coming off the street lamps Just close the door And lose all memory of me
0
May 31, 2013
May 31, 2013 at 10:23 AM UTC
The Faculties Of The Skull No Longer Admit The Worms Of The Senses
I’ve felt lost Like tangerines being pushed into the Discotheque of animosity slowly murdering each other’s nebula with Arms crossed over and eyes blazing joints among the durable and dangerous Architectures where the faculties of the skull No longer admit the worms of the senses How much time may be disjointed while everyone Takes to their wondering sky The glass floor the rock beaten path The somber shadow of neglect justifies My hiding from the world somewhere I shatter into a billion pieces and slowly the collapse remembers how it once Felt the ugly ball of lights thrusting each beam into my skin A metallic taste in my mouth The groovy red liquid that makes life dependable as painted laughs Migrate to the other side of dawn No one hopes for anything Let it all disintegrate into the coming rainfall Gathering in small odd shaped holes all over the cities belly Barbwire disguises melancholy gasps of breath I’ve seen you in those hours where anything can happen And it does No longer waiting at the long table No response no self doubt My particles coagulate in my throat The simple thought disappears A night of unrest turns your skin inside out as The violence escalates into silent picture mode Only thirst recovering from three days of religion And no explanation is needed I know when all those beautiful sad laughs you send out on every Other month finally arrive I’ll be ready to open my eyes Hold my hands out and receive you in full Is this your spirit? Or the glare coming off the street lamps Just close the door And lose all memory of me
Continue reading...
37
I miss being filled with a sense of here and now from the unclouded mental vision of youth before the eclosion from adolescent reverie to adult delusions. Every moment thereafter being crystallized with serene debasement of self. With age eagerly gripping the hand of heartache, will you worry about losing relevance? survey says, an astounding "YES" Frightening, knee-knocking shoot the stranger who walks at dusk questions arise... How long will my mental faculties survive this torment of existence? How long till I am the stranger blinded and in the dark? How long till I am the fly caught in a web of ineptitude? Forever the convalescent, I revel in and reveal the depths of human insolence. For, ever striving to be the emotion-less outsider, I become buried beneath the inherent ephemerality of cerebral acuity.
0
Sep 22, 2010
Sep 22, 2010 at 11:45 AM UTC
Flowery Angst.
The strings were pulled of a bitter signal Erratically hateful in their draw Commencing the judgment of her mental state As a bloodthirsty crowd looked on in awe All her pleading notations were met with objection By all their unfeeling eyes Who merely wished to bear witness to the surrender Of sanity and to see its quiet demise Suddenly without warning an onrush of light Blinded the probing eyes of the crowd A curve of great decision was suspended in space As they began to read her crimes aloud Guilty as charged a voice rang out from the light For moving against the grain For not following behind the shadow of others She is guilty, she must be insane Completely unnatural, no control of her faculties She cannot possibly be competent, the voice loudly rang Daring to be optimistic in the face of grievous pain She holds no resentment, she must be insane Her sentence was pronounced for the entire crowd to hear Claiming her incompetent and unfit All the eyes in the crowd remain blinded by the light Yet she doesn’t mind at all as she smiles and sits She smiles into the faces of the blinded crowd Knowing she has not changed a bit ****** she may be to the unfeeling eyes of the blind However, they can never take her own happiness
0
Jul 30, 2010
Jul 30, 2010 at 6:13 AM UTC
Against the Grain
In the morning, I gather my thoughts of yesterday Like the foraging chipmunk, collecting acorns And stuffing them miserly in my jowls The past is sustenance for a somnolent soul As age condemns my faculties I pull, from my once copious jowl A jewel of sorts A garnet set in fool’s gold My memory is manufactured Assembled and disassembled No longer what was or is or will be But was and is and never has been I confine my thoughts to winter Where barren fields and sterile trees Offer less to recollect And empty my jaws of these useless reminiscences
0
Oct 29, 2014
Oct 29, 2014 at 7:11 AM UTC
Alzheimer's
Neither man nor machine, these beings; being pipe dreams were conceived by the silver screen. Unseen by the naked eye, they have taken you and I by surprise like a tractor beam. Neither the factor of genes nor factories nor anthropological capacity. These beings, being faculties of thought, predetermine the preface of the plot. © Matthew Harlovic
0
Mar 17, 2016
Mar 17, 2016 at 12:22 PM UTC
Cyborg
aware of my depravity pressed down by the gravity kept down by the havoc it spills actually it's sweet like a cavity it'll confront you callously, it'll tactically relieve you of your faculties aware of my depravity seeing how it got to me, seeing how it held hold of me No plan of letting go of me, feeding me feelings of apathy my demons parade me, pageantry , steal from me, give me fantasy somebody send the cavalry, somebody take this pain from me somebody save myself from me, give me back my captaincy.
0
Sep 11, 2018
Sep 11, 2018 at 9:17 PM UTC
Self aware
That shining tower built tall and Proud earth a mother and blue skies its lover seeking perfection,that entity ethereal so, by minds mystical and practical together conflicting hard the dreamer and the doer the willing and unwilling driven mutual as one. Designed vision a force inexorable, realized slow, a conviction human spreading action like wildfire energized faculties stretched,knowledge all exhausted euphoric waves creative ridden like a master boatman a slow birth of creation delivered combined by men all with bodies drained,minds triumphant,heads held high. Attempted perfection teaches wise, taunting,teasing us, so elusive with our minds limited and bodies ever tiring. reach it you can never, just beyond grasp,evolving ever founded in your mind but form it physical you can never. I agree nodding yes, i caught you momentary,to the best of my abilities now, I learned and shall keep chasing you!
0
Jan 12, 2013
Jan 12, 2013 at 3:20 PM UTC
An Ethereal Perfection Chased. ( An Architects Poem)
Would you now go spitefully hating the sun Or go viciously plundering pretty flower beds Or go crushing underfoot, fall leaves in contempt Or turn gently into the fresh fold of snow? Come, come, dear child, hold out thy hands Let me gently embrace thy spindly frame And divest thee of thy onerous cloak For thou art at journey's end; thy vessel awaits repose. If I told you which season you'd die in Would you relent with ease, when the hour falls upon you? Should you know I'm not as fearsome as most believe Could you surrender the lent Light I must return? You already know the answer without knowing For it is not how you look, but how you look! You no longer remember, it's been so long So, I ask it plain: Would you really want to know? You are not just a spoke on the wheel of Life Which needs to, as the seasons, turn resolute Yet you pass through them all, simultaneously Save, your linear faculties confine your esoteric bridge. Take joy in aestival airs, the apex of fruition Springtime soil so easily squandered, bear in mind Access introspective glimpses with hiemal hibernation Autumnal foliage is but a screen, time to get real! You cannot have the sunshine without the rain Nor expect fine blossoms without fair travail Seek thus the true bounty bedecked in full view If you had but the seer's eyeless sight, dear guest. As you travelled from one season to another Did you live fully, even in between them? Yes, the tiny labyrinth-passages you overlooked Time to exact the price now run overdue. Too attached you are to world and kin For none of these, can you take with you But beneficial acts and and good intent Cosmic trick of genes is cecity delivered. The one whose life you may regard so worthless Retains a level which allows his soul to pass through The eye of a needle, not measured in numbers Hoist your soul on, tilt your core... I carry you home So, come, wayworn traveller, hold out thy hands Let me tenderly close thy brief visit here And divest thee of thy onerous cloak, prithee For thou art at journey's end; thy vessel awaits repose. Star Toucher, 24 March 2013
0
Mar 24, 2013
Mar 24, 2013 at 4:06 AM UTC
If I told you which season you'd die in......
Would you now go spitefully hating the sun Or go viciously plundering pretty flower beds Or go crushing underfoot, fall leaves in contempt Or turn gently into the fresh fold of snow? Come, come, dear child, hold out thy hands Let me gently embrace thy spindly frame And divest thee of thy onerous cloak For thou art at journey's end; thy vessel awaits repose. If I told you which season you'd die in Would you relent with ease, when the hour falls upon you? Should you know I'm not as fearsome as most believe Could you surrender the lent Light I must return? You already know the answer without knowing For it is not how you look, but how you look! You no longer remember, it's been so long So, I ask it plain: Would you really want to know? You are not just a spoke on the wheel of Life Which needs to, as the seasons, turn resolute Yet you pass through them all, simultaneously Save, your linear faculties confine your esoteric bridge. Take joy in aestival airs, the apex of fruition Springtime soil so easily squandered, bear in mind Access introspective glimpses with hiemal hibernation Autumnal foliage is but a screen, time to get real! You cannot have the sunshine without the rain Nor expect fine blossoms without fair travail Seek thus the true bounty bedecked in full view If you had but the seer's eyeless sight, dear guest. As you travelled from one season to another Did you live fully, even in between them? Yes, the tiny labyrinth-passages you overlooked Time to exact the price now run overdue. Too attached you are to world and kin For none of these, can you take with you But beneficial acts and and good intent Cosmic trick of genes is cecity delivered. The one whose life you may regard so worthless Retains a level which allows his soul to pass through The eye of a needle, not measured in numbers Hoist your soul on, tilt your core... I carry you home So, come, wayworn traveller, hold out thy hands Let me tenderly close thy brief visit here And divest thee of thy onerous cloak, prithee For thou art at journey's end; thy vessel awaits repose. Star Toucher, 24 March 2013
Continue reading...
45
Yesterday some files got stolen Felt a numbness for long As if some part of life got erased No one said its coming, Alzheimer's; not a virus Ironically, the latest to lose was, The one on, 'Mitigating Risks' A 'Stolen Report' was filed The format wanted a lot of details What, when, where and how Penning them down was a struggle After all, the life lost was beyond "Time" and "Space", for Alzheimer Life said "I can't bear this tension, Pray hard to get those stolen things back" Some random thoughts, some arguments, Some evidence, some case law Some reminders, some proofs, some records "God, be kind enough to get me those- random thoughts back" Yesterday I got robbed of: My unblemished, false pride of never losing My faith in "big brother" to watch me, over My pseudo faculties of intuitions My blind faiths in miracles, and My impulses to get worked up Yesterday, as I retired, Rewinding the day and that dusk My soul murmured to me "5 o' clock will come anyway Relish, those robbed by the stolen files. (all rights with author)
0
Sep 21, 2016
Sep 21, 2016 at 10:27 PM UTC
Those stolen files robbed me off...
You're quite the trickster, With tall pair of gin and tonic. Shall we dance a set or two, Before you assail me In the dark, with objects Stowed away in your Glove compartment? I promise to walk into walls, Become pliable in your arms. You even have my word, I'll lose control of all My faculties right about The time you begin ********** me. And I will wake up In the morning, With no memory And no underwear. You can then move Carefree, on to your Next hapless victim. While I merrily go about My day in the numbed womb's Afterbirth of that last sentence. Forever to ***** at Flesh and membrane. Sincerely quiet, Candace
0
Nov 20, 2019
Nov 20, 2019 at 11:23 PM UTC
Candace, After