"fallback" poems
Reanimate the dead air
But not with mindless banter
Blither blather
Comprised of
Contradicting compromises
Less is more
More or less
That's more like it
Your'e just a statistic
There's always room for improvement
Your'e only human
An ectomorph waving a white flag
A mesomorph crying "SOS"
And endomorph in the shallow end experiencing the ripple effect
It's a white world
White washed
Yup
You need a strategy
To win this raffle
So you can win a chance to rub elbows with the snobby upper crust busybodies-chatter boxes
It's win win
A win lose
In all its forthcoming splendor
Enhance your station
You spineless jellyfish
Taking your work home with you
Giving yourself scoliosis
Bending over backwards
Looking for something to depend on
A fallback anchor
You're in the hot spot
You cold sore
It's an inside job
You canker sore
Jan 15, 2015
Jan 15, 2015 at 11:44 AM UTC
a single note
a minor incident
but
a major fallback
Dec 2, 2020
Dec 2, 2020 at 12:16 AM UTC
collapse into the bed.
i love the hours we ****
the hours when our feet
forget the floor.
close your eyes.
pleasure centers and crazer neurons.
old soul music and moans.
****** asian neighbors and some televised war.
every sorrow dissipates,
every worry alleviates,
and every thought is silenced
by white knuckles grappling with skin.
May 3, 2010
May 3, 2010 at 7:20 PM UTC
breathe.
because you know what you
do when someone ***** you
over? you calmly take your
heart out of their hands
and leave. you think maybe
you'll sew it back on to
your sleeve but not now, not
today. you put their things
in a box (their cds, their
shirts, their books, their
notes, the little things you
picked up on your dates)
and you put it on the
highest shelf in your
closet, because someday
you will want to remember
them, maybe. if you don't
want to remember them, you
give them the box, you
donate the box, you throw
the box in the river. and
you breathe. because you
deserve better. you deserve
someone who doesn't consider
you a fallback, a plan b.
you will be someone's plan.
you will be the only plan.
you will be my-god-what-
was-i-doing-before-you-
walked-around-that-
corner. remember that
you are enough.
breathe.
Jun 12, 2014
Jun 12, 2014 at 6:47 PM UTC
It's winner take all
For the tile of "Belle of the Ball"
You know the in's and out's
Your familiar with the ropes
No retreat, no surrender
Don't let this siphon your energy
Don't let 'em ruffle your feathers
Bob and weave
Head, body, head, body
Feed it through
Never hand over hand
We're at such a high altitude
There is so fallback
No drawbacks
To getting this off your chest
It's fight or flight
In the moment of truth
So chalk it up to natural selection
Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014 at 12:34 AM UTC
ripped out my lungs because it was already impossible to breathe;
there was a light in the dark, there is something that i need.
i will keep going, stand on this glass beach, and
i'll sing baby, baby, baby, i just want some sleep.
yeah, i just want some sleep.
when she's talking to you your mouth hangs open
but not as open as her heart that she sewed to her sleeve
when she was thirteen. everyone says she reads like an open book,
but you think she reads more like a tombstone.
she has an expiration date and everyone knows it,
but you want to be there until her light dies out.
no doubt about it, you've lost your mind, but she
was something you couldn't slide under the rug
she kept coming back.
oh god did she come back, looking like a goddess,
and you were taken aback, trying to stay honest
but honesty is only the best policy until it reveals her frailty
over frivolity, she's precious, impressive, and beautifully combative-
but never ever yours.
slept with the devil when he promised me the love i lacked.
somehow i was surprised when everything went black
his face and eyes gave me a heart attack, and
he was my baby, baby, baby, i was just a fallback.
lust never more than a fallback.
Mar 9, 2017
Mar 9, 2017 at 8:19 PM UTC
FALL!
away
living,
lively!
Waking
Intellectually-
Novelty
Travels
Entering
Road.
Smiles of
Playful
Rain
Ignites
Naked
Green...
Sounding,
Understanding, and...
Musical
Moments of
Everlasting
Rain...
Fallback
Astounding
Lives to
Language of
Seasons
Sep 19, 2014
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:27 PM UTC
I think too much
And you stay on my mind
So you know,
i think of you
-the plan was to stargaze the nights away, with you
now, i dont know, im proud, so very proud but shook because it's too soon to fallback and I'm writing this hesistantly because we're different people, i am who i am and this may not be the same to you.
Mar 16, 2017
Mar 16, 2017 at 7:25 AM UTC
A Zen Drill Sergeant
once told me,
(screamed at me)
you always got to have
a fallback position, boy.
I asked what happens
if you don't.
He said, you don't
want to know that,
**** for brains.
The Buddha is
everywhere
at once.
Enlightenment
arrives from
strange mouths.
- mce
Oct 18, 2015
Oct 18, 2015 at 10:38 AM UTC
My knees were cold as they called my name
We’re all problematic we’re all the same
They’ll tell you the story
Spoon feed it to you
And you’ll take it
Tales of triumph and glory
Human nature is no fallback
It’s no safety net
Lives of give and take
Lies of forgive and forget
My society
Your society
Her society
Their society
Front page news
Post industrial smoke stack trees
Dying dying dying
Turns to ash
Harsh epiphany
First things first
The rest shall follow
Now please choose
Choose what pill you’ll swallow
Dec 3, 2013
Dec 3, 2013 at 5:48 PM UTC
I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you
You make my blood boil
You make my fists clench
My eyes squint
into a scowl
when I see your smug smile
lips curled
teeth bared
slandering my name
Go on ahead!
I know I am not to blame
for all the late nights of confusion
and all the moments of obsessive intrusion
You twist the story
say I'm no better
Leaving on my doorstep
a grammatically incorrect letter
Ah, nothing makes my skin crawl
more than the improper use of "you're"
"your a liar"
"you never take responsibility for you're actions"
God, I don't know where I ever found attraction!
You can condemn me all day to hell
but at least I know how to ******* spell!
You say that I make you absolutely sick
doesn't mean much coming from a
wannabe preppy pretense of a *****
Delete my number from your phone
Get a life and leave me alone
Stop penciling paragraphs
full of mean and spite
saying you don't know how I sleep at night
Well, the joke's on you
I don't actually sleep
And I don't miss your stupid Jeep
I literally have my own.
Again, put down your phone
and pick up a book
because being a *********
isn't exactly a fallback career
You got that? Have I made it clear?
You can go assassinate my character
to your nonexistent group
I'll just be ranting to my poet friends
on an online website everyone can see....
oops
Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019 at 11:59 PM UTC
I won’t reach out again—not now, not soon,
Though my heart still whispers to the silent moon.
Your voice still lingers in the corners of my mind,
But I’ve learned that love can’t outrun the unkind.
You said goodbye—so softly, yet so clear,
A dagger wrapped in words I still half-fear.
And though I’d trade the stars for one more day,
I’ll not beg a soul who chose to walk away.
Twice, you will not tell me I’m not your choice;
I won’t silence my worth to quiet your voice.
I’ll assume you’re happy; she holds your hand,
While I hold my silence, as was your command.
I miss you so much; how I wish you could see,
But I’ll carry this ache with quiet dignity.
You’ll hear no message, no pleading refrain;
The echo of absence will call out your name.
If you wish to speak, you’ll know where to find
The woman who once gave her heart and her mind.
But until you seek me, this truth will remain:
I’ll never again walk toward love through the rain.
Though you chose her, you said it was ease—
A history shared, and distance that pleased.
You spoke of your love, how real it had been,
But love that’s weighed against ‘easy’ can’t win.
I’m not a fallback, a regret to erase,
A comfort you seek when you’ve lost your place.
I’m not the safe harbor you turn to in shame,
When the love you chose no longer feels the same.
I won’t be a shadow, a thought in the haze,
A memory you chase on your loneliest days.
I understand mistakes—we all lose our way,
And maybe you’ll see it more clearly one day.
But know this: I will never be second to none;
A choice made for comfort is a love that’s undone.
If you realize the weight of what you let go,
I’ll forgive the mistake, but still, you should know:
I may understand, but I’ll never comply;
I’m no one’s ‘what if,’ no matter the why.
Dec 17, 2024
Dec 17, 2024 at 7:59 AM UTC
Your hand in mine
we walk into the places that lack radiance,
the places I've never shown anyone before.
Comfort me, you do.
Elusiveness my fallback.
I emptied you of your love,
your company no longer given.
Manipulation of the heart,
regret is my companion.
My hand now emptied,
though not just my hand but my heart,
places that used to be occupied by forgiveness,
though forgiveness no longer given.
Your heart turned grey with the passing of each day.
My being no longer wanted.
Aug 12, 2015
Aug 12, 2015 at 4:06 PM UTC
You stare at me blankly
You stare at me constantly
I wonder what you're thinking
I don't even see your eyes blinking
Your eyes tell me you want me
Maybe just a part of me or my body
I see questions, but are we talking?
Is this called communicating?
I'm snobby, sure I'm rude
You didn't think you're the only dude who stares
I feel this sensation of people looking at me everywhere
You got guts, I got the attitude
You look for a chance to be near me
Where do you think this is going?
You rush to a crowded elevator
None of your feelings I'm gonna cater
I got a man who loves me to the moon and the back
Can't wait to go home to him and lay in bed
He's my world, my fallback
So **** all your feelings
You'll never have me, keep dreaming
Mar 8, 2016
Mar 8, 2016 at 2:39 PM UTC
You are not missing out.
You have to take a break.
You need to keep your sanity.
You have to be sane.
The world will always run it's course.
It does not wait
Nor does it stop
But life is not a race
You have to stop in order to appreciate the view in front of you
You need to be patient and wait for your turn
You get to sleep to refresh your body
Taking a break is natural thing
It is our mind and thoughts that fastens up our pace
But we control our minds and our thoughts
And once we let go of it
It will fallback to what we trained it to do.
May 2, 2018
May 2, 2018 at 1:15 AM UTC
The liquor invades my system
I try to comprehend love from lust
But all I fallback into is you
My soul mate but your soul less
Invading my mind like miners seeking gold
I'm not using you correctly
Because your in my veins
I'm losing control crashing home
Feb 18, 2016
Feb 18, 2016 at 2:14 AM UTC
darling,
you have the sweetest constellation
of a smile.
i love to play connect the dots
with the corners of your mouth.
i want
to use my pinkie finger
and drag it along your lips as
you
lay still
and my
hands shake.
i'd take
my time
and love you like an angel.
darling,
i love it when we embrace.
you always squeeze a bit too tight,
you call me el - i
only allow you to call me el-
and then you look me in the eyes
with those
blue, lightbulb, l-e-d, pastel coloured eyes
of yours.
****
darling,
i'm moving forward
from the heartache,
and i'm looking at you.
you are not a fallback
and i don't even deserve your attention.
but when you say that you told your family
i sneeze like a kitten,
i imagine meeting them,
your mother saying:
that's the one.
darling,
maybe you'll save me from myself,
because he never could.
darling,
one day,
if
we kiss
goodbye-
no.
one day,
when
we kiss
hello
i hope i can say
i can give you all you deserve.
Nov 17, 2016
Nov 17, 2016 at 9:06 PM UTC
Be at peace in Gods plan
Gods gifts
An Gods lands
The King shall demolish you
You will never **** my White Rock
Gold domes
Jesus Christs
Joshuahs
Riahs
Epic cost pals
Sumerian Rick
Tablet Brick
GOLD CUPS
GOLD THRONES
my wifi so strong
Walk a mile walk a preach
No guns my brothers baught them
Rip hooks
No sama no bin ladins
The Greatness Moving
Pour a cup
Nevermind fallback
Pay a tax
Giant tree petrified
Blocks
**** a stock you need water
No sink
No toilet
Sit on a bucket
Kitchen closed
Wash your hands dust your soldier
Out the mag charge
Compton baby DieGone alley
No pres Z no Pres X got Next
Pop an dip
Sip a syrup
No vial
Straight *****
Jan 31, 2024
Jan 31, 2024 at 5:21 PM UTC
First came the pioneer
Who’s first glance preceded
Any other aspect of hers
She thought was needed
So she came short
Of wit and of strength
Which she had, but had left
And put her life at arm’s length
Next came the savant
Who’s past bore her soul
Her lion’s den rose above
And claimed her whole
She could all but escape
The temor it left
Which made the trail
That lay her to rest
Third came the loyalist
Dismissed as an outcast
Yet she found a place
Amongst the other Three fast
But it wasn’t enough
To keep up
So her way was made crawling
Fruitfully but deficiently
Last came the dreamer
Denominated rash yet elegiac
She wasn’t the cub expected
For they were frankly a fallback
Born to diligence and discipline
But turned to hiraeth and lies
She sought out the moon
The stars, the seas and the sky
She took her time to raise her flesh
And examine stories beneath
Of what could’ve been, what could be
If only she escaped the heath
That was what the Four planned to do
Yet outside came out only Two
And the One who best survived
Was the one who didn’t let her life
Deprive her of what could’ve been
Power erupting from her skin
She wrapped a hand around it’s wrist
And let go.
It took the fury of years
Blood, sweat and tears
To escape the heath
And the years left that lay beneath
If she weren’t to leave
If she were to grieve
The loss of her future history
And find defeat in victory
Then would her flame still flicker?
My doubt gets thicker
She isn’t a poet, merely a girl
Unable to find her place in that world
And as she recalled a wise woman saying
‘There’s escape in escaping’
Aug 11, 2025
Aug 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM UTC
Anger froths from my mouth,.
Boiling onto your skin,.
Depression conjures emotion,.
Projecting from hallow eyes,.
Intruding into my soul,.
I cannot let go,.
Smiles evoke a feeling of safety,.
A fallback security feature,.
Laughter grows as the day passes on,.
Carrying on until we finally embrace,.
As for now, the vision is totally obscure,.,.,.,,
Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 at 4:46 PM UTC
I'm gonna give up this fight
you never once laid your hands on.
— I'll surrender the hopes I fight with
Jul 16, 2018
Jul 16, 2018 at 8:26 AM UTC
A handful of years ago,
from the Light, appeared the Dark.
And then, a flashback meant no fallback;
for the reality of yours became
more desirable than my fantasy.
I was wasted but not spoiled, though,
I have already made my peace
with the void of you,
for all I need now
is not your parts
but my own wholeness:
a structure in the flesh.
May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 at 12:57 PM UTC
You know that I won
Some say I clear lost
Their whines so exhaust
Wrong man they just crossed.
How wrong they all are
Fools to a man
When I've only began
To work out my plan.
Just wait and see
The Don at his best
When put to the test
I’ll make them all stressed.
First up I'll sue
Reverse the dumb vote
My win then promote
Un-float their small boat.
That all said and done
If not quite enough
I may tweak the math
Then get rough and tough.
Call up our fine troops
Coerce the weak judges
Then when in my clutches
It's me or coarse crutches.
I think that will do it
But should I be wrong
There's a place I belong
The land of the strong.
A country of Lochs
Of moors and steep hills
Abundant in stills
Real folk with few frills.
That land I can buy
In fact much I own
And Celt to the bone
I’ll claim Scotland's throne.
A great fallback plan
Melania as queen
All day she can preen
Unspoken just seen.
Once king I can rule
Play golf and write laws
As a man without flaws
Days filled with applause.
My plans fully set
I'll ponder and see
For whatever will be
Yet I’m ready to flee.
Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020 at 11:58 AM UTC