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"intruder" poems
Summer morning - pink jets of clouds splash out from the golden well of the east falling just short of an ebbing moon. Streams of swallows flutter and glide over the garden - they are all flying in the same direction as if erupting from the sun’s waking pulse. Just for a moment one of the birds hangs perfectly still - like the top-most drop of water from a fountain before it turns to face the glittering pool. Beneath them all the hummingbird makes her rounds and a dove scratches the earth below the feeder keeping an wary eye on the scribbling intruder. So many summer mornings - too many summer mornings I have wasted worrying about the world and my place in it – absent from my own body and breath the cage of my ribs rising, falling, and pausing without me. Meanwhile, another swallow stills her wings. Buoyed by an unseen breeze she is both feathered sail and cresting wave as she slices over my shoulder bearing west. Tom Spencer © 2015
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Jul 4, 2015
Jul 4, 2015 at 12:16 PM UTC
Summer Morning
From a distance, the incessant chant of monsoon from south west, sounds like an old witch practising her craft, she is all evil and dark, one would think, the overcast sky her sinister cloak. But intruder under my umbrella, she is playful, I watch this coy maiden, I desired from afar, now she walks with me step to matching step, tries to entice me with her soft tunes, tender cool fingers, rubbing my cheeks, her lover's touch unmistakable, passionate, eager I shiver, she wants me to get in to her arms, cuddle. I throw away my umbrella, in boyish rumbunctiousness,  run to her her hands moving fast tickle me, pinch then a sudden embrace, making me squirm with deep pleasure I dreamt in wakeful nights. The joy of life that  the water and receptive earth evoke, loud green glee around,  in me creates goosebumps, in my dreams she comes to me and tells the secrets of nights I long for my love and me alone. Rain, the seductress, taught me the passions of living and loving she,  awakened the spirit that seeps deep in to the core of my being. **When I lay awake in monsoon nights, across my window she tangoes in fierce passion with the wind, that keeps me excited till I get absorbed in to a dream that has love as its theme.**
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Jun 9, 2013
Jun 9, 2013 at 12:45 PM UTC
Monsoon Rain
Ganges, dawn, a luminous haze over the water. The bathing ghats are busy with the faithful. (But India is inconceivable without faith.)   The robed bathers, raising river water to the sun, pouring it back to mother Ganges, are they worshipping the sun or the river? For them God is everywhere and everything.  Water, sun, the river and the twinkling lamps floating on it are part of one consciousness. The burning ghats too (such quantities of wood stacked ready) are beginning their day. The funeral party approaching in respectful haste have a job to do. They build their pile, move the body to the wood, start the fire. I watch, but not for long. This moment, so intimate, so public, reminds me I am an intruder here. The ashes will return to Ganga unwitnessed by me. Away from the river, the vendors of tea do their trade among the stalls. Monkeys, cheerfully pilfering, are chased away half-heartedly, for they are Hanuman’s representatives, and they, with the sacred, garbage-clearing cows, are part of the one consciousness. In this land all are “the faithful”, everything is God’s creation. In this poverty is richness.
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Nov 29, 2016
Nov 29, 2016 at 2:58 PM UTC
Varanasi *
the very sadness. the very sadness of the intruder who brings his own plate to drop. the very ecstasy of telling a classmate he or she is ugly along with one finger he or she must choose. the cutting of the fingers to equal size. the unintended ecstasy of the sadness I use to *** a cobweb where I wait for something I’ll do nothing with.
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Jun 19, 2014
Jun 19, 2014 at 12:46 AM UTC
insult stage
The Pigeon Gent, He woos and coos around the river bent. Pursues his muse with artful dance and skillful prance, With inflated neck and ruffled plumage, until his energy or luck is spent. He then resides by ebbing tides to ponder on his next advance. "Now Now", "Whats This" the gent exclaims, A shadow looming from the skies. With ***** and claps he glides and lands with  full surprise, He spies the intruder, "A fellow Brooder". Pigeon gent cant believe his eyes. Pigeon Gent cannot believe the sauce, The scurge seems intent on taking his prize by force. At once he knows he must respond, And force this illbread vagabond to abscond. At once chest puffed and muscles flexed, With wild eyes he jabs and pecks. To teach this ruffian respect, So on his actions he may later reflect. He stands his ground both large and proud, To make example of this foul winged burglar from the clouds. "You insult me sir" he shouts aloud, To make his intentions clear for all the crowd. For several rounds they fight and scuffle. With intruder retreating, feathers ruffled. Then bested suiter fairly parted, The quarrel ends as fast as started. The vanquished victor displays and grooms, As peace and honour now resumes. Soon the ripples upset the green, An armada of ducks come on the scene. Alerted by the heightend coos, They race to see what act insues. The mighty mallards, Kings of the river, None contest their right of way. Their ways of conduct such generous givers. Majestic river royalty, the law is always what they say. On bank or shallow pebbled river they have always been, They love to feed and breed amongst the river scene. There royal cape made up of browny reds and shimmering greens, reflects and intejects on mirrored water skies and evergreens. To their mates for life and lady lovers, The mallard gent is like no others. Such loyalties are seldom seen, In modern times and different dreams. Fine and lean with striking features, Best examples of river teachers. But at any moment no matter how abrubt, A river duel may easily erupt. Battle can ensue and rage, As both apponents approach and engage. For they mate for life as duck and wife, A rarity in any age or life.
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Sep 2, 2018
Sep 2, 2018 at 1:38 PM UTC
The Pigeon Gent
The Pigeon Gent, He woos and coos around the river bent. Pursues his muse with artful dance and skillful prance, With inflated neck and ruffled plumage, until his energy or luck is spent. He then resides by ebbing tides to ponder on his next advance. "Now Now", "Whats This" the gent exclaims, A shadow looming from the skies. With ***** and claps he glides and lands with  full surprise, He spies the intruder, "A fellow Brooder". Pigeon gent cant believe his eyes. Pigeon Gent cannot believe the sauce, The scurge seems intent on taking his prize by force. At once he knows he must respond, And force this illbread vagabond to abscond. At once chest puffed and muscles flexed, With wild eyes he jabs and pecks. To teach this ruffian respect, So on his actions he may later reflect. He stands his ground both large and proud, To make example of this foul winged burglar from the clouds. "You insult me sir" he shouts aloud, To make his intentions clear for all the crowd. For several rounds they fight and scuffle. With intruder retreating, feathers ruffled. Then bested suiter fairly parted, The quarrel ends as fast as started. The vanquished victor displays and grooms, As peace and honour now resumes. Soon the ripples upset the green, An armada of ducks come on the scene. Alerted by the heightend coos, They race to see what act insues. The mighty mallards, Kings of the river, None contest their right of way. Their ways of conduct such generous givers. Majestic river royalty, the law is always what they say. On bank or shallow pebbled river they have always been, They love to feed and breed amongst the river scene. There royal cape made up of browny reds and shimmering greens, reflects and intejects on mirrored water skies and evergreens. To their mates for life and lady lovers, The mallard gent is like no others. Such loyalties are seldom seen, In modern times and different dreams. Fine and lean with striking features, Best examples of river teachers. But at any moment no matter how abrubt, A river duel may easily erupt. Battle can ensue and rage, As both apponents approach and engage. For they mate for life as duck and wife, A rarity in any age or life.
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I get this feeling, It sinks through my spine. Sits in my bones. Like an unwanted guest, And I, the unwilling host. The intruder finds its way to my feet. Making my toes curl, And tap. Restlessly twitching, As if ready to run. But I'm not ready for anything. My hands do the same. Hard to hold anything, With this earthquake Terrorizing my body. Cold and uneasy, They cling to each other. Is it just a chemical, Artificial affliction? Or a symptom, Of all lost direction? Where do I put All this misplaced disruption? Now find the pieces, Paint the picture. Find some reason In this sloppy meter. My understated explanation.
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May 3, 2015
May 3, 2015 at 8:39 PM UTC
Warning signs
Jellyfish in the dock Quietly guarding his spot An intruder drifts by With a challenging eye So he gives him all that he's got The quarrel to settle He showed him his mettle Caressed him all over With arms like a nettle The stranger acts tough Calling his bluff Hanging around in a bit of a huff He drifted off, he'd shown him what's what There was no doubt who was king of the dock- It was one of his better exchanges But he thought how strange for a fish, To have tattooed on his chest Good food costs less at Sainsburys
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Feb 23, 2013
Feb 23, 2013 at 12:59 PM UTC
Jellyfish in the dock
The Sun shines on my computer Creating a protective glare But night comes like an intruder At pictures I begin to stare After I view their portrait online I want to see their body on mine We talk all night Until I see the light That they're not that bright Or that they like to fight Desperation swirls I enter a world Where the randomness of human interaction Meets the randomness of my attraction And the low visibility Endears no civility Will I spend infinity In this digital city? The creatures try to hide They scatter in the distance They're not hard to find When their profiles leave imprints But the parasites are quick And the scavengers stick Vultures fly from iPad to iPhone Leeches try to make my pad their home Devouring me until I'm bad to the bone Like the solicitous predators Who act like creditors And the sly foxes Who claim they're locksmiths They all have claws and fangs They're all just jaws with brains I play possum Until I've lost them When monsters are made from loneliness They try to trick me with phoniness They feel I wouldn't want us to be together And they're probably right Because all I want is to spend forever In love's divine light Nocturnal animals just want the meal Of my motion They don't want to honestly feel My devotion In the wild I am a child The creatures cut deep They make me weep Until I choose to sleep But when I avoid their glance I avoid love's chance
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Oct 17, 2017
Oct 17, 2017 at 4:39 AM UTC
Creatures
By. Lauren A throbbing pain, A moment in which I hear nothing. A bullet to the head. A scream to leave me alone. Doctors say “if a headache lasts more than 24 hours than there is something wrong." “What about 24/7?” I scream in my brain. My headache is not a scream for your help; It is a scream for the God I left years ago to hurry up and **** me. For as long as I can remember my headache has been there for me. My headache comes over at the worst of times banging on my door refusing to leave. My headache is worse than the Jehovah’s Witness banging on my door every Sunday. My headache is an intruder refusing to leave even after I call the cops. My headache makes me scream, So keep away from me. My headache has taken a hold of me. My headache makes the lights in my room look like the holy light waiting to blind me. I know not of the life I had before headache because headache has always been holding my hand. My headache is a lover who I can not seem to leave no matter how many times I say, ‘I am through” My headache is the person on the other side of the aisle Saying, “I do” Before I could run away. So when the doctor gave me the bottle of pills that rattled in the passenger seat of my car all the way home I was shocked to see I was afraid to divorce my lover headache. Because My headache loved me.
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Mar 1, 2019
Mar 1, 2019 at 1:19 PM UTC
My Headache
When I look out from the smudged and cracked windows of home, I know there's no place quite the same as right here; No place I could find that quite catches my ear, And no place quite the same that can swallow my fears, To the depths of this heated and comfortable box, In which I am protected by numerous locks, From intruders and bandits, Salesmen and clerks; I am the legal intruder, And for me, that's what works. Yet I'm here when, in fact, I am meant to be there; Not far from my home, I'm meant to be learning whats fair. I am meant to be learning what's right and what's wrong, Yet 6 hours of my time a day seems quite long, To be spending on verbs, nouns and pronouns, On algebra, fractions, and abnormal word sounds. This life is not theirs; this life is all mine, Such an old and used system would appear to be right, Yet I beg to differ, as revolution now squeaks, To push through the systems cracks and cause leaks, In which free-thinking filters the words of the old, Who believe themselves better, for they're trained and so bold. When I look to society, what is it I see? Is it a throng of a thousand people who seem to be free? Not quite, yet at the same time, that seems quite close, They are free in a box, in which authority is the host. *"Civilization has to be defended against the individual, And its regulations, institutions and commands are directed to that task."** Quite an obvious command, And it seems that at last, Man is learning to embrace what they each see as free; And it does not simply stop at being free to simply be, It goes beyond such in mind, matter, soul, and in trust; For it is the systems denial, Towards which I lust. The institutions, and nations, Corporations, news stations, Stateism, classism, all attempt to control, Who I am, what I do, where I go, who I meet; They tell me to relax, and just take a quick seat; Yet I know what I want from life is free feet, To be who I am, And take all the heat. To do what I do, And ignore what's 'elite.' To go where I go, And control, as such, my feet. To meet who I meet, And next to them, take a seat. I am not a name, And I am not a number. I am always awake in my mind, As I slumber.
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Oct 18, 2010
Oct 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM UTC
Fractal Ambivalence
When I look out from the smudged and cracked windows of home, I know there's no place quite the same as right here; No place I could find that quite catches my ear, And no place quite the same that can swallow my fears, To the depths of this heated and comfortable box, In which I am protected by numerous locks, From intruders and bandits, Salesmen and clerks; I am the legal intruder, And for me, that's what works. Yet I'm here when, in fact, I am meant to be there; Not far from my home, I'm meant to be learning whats fair. I am meant to be learning what's right and what's wrong, Yet 6 hours of my time a day seems quite long, To be spending on verbs, nouns and pronouns, On algebra, fractions, and abnormal word sounds. This life is not theirs; this life is all mine, Such an old and used system would appear to be right, Yet I beg to differ, as revolution now squeaks, To push through the systems cracks and cause leaks, In which free-thinking filters the words of the old, Who believe themselves better, for they're trained and so bold. When I look to society, what is it I see? Is it a throng of a thousand people who seem to be free? Not quite, yet at the same time, that seems quite close, They are free in a box, in which authority is the host. *"Civilization has to be defended against the individual, And its regulations, institutions and commands are directed to that task."** Quite an obvious command, And it seems that at last, Man is learning to embrace what they each see as free; And it does not simply stop at being free to simply be, It goes beyond such in mind, matter, soul, and in trust; For it is the systems denial, Towards which I lust. The institutions, and nations, Corporations, news stations, Stateism, classism, all attempt to control, Who I am, what I do, where I go, who I meet; They tell me to relax, and just take a quick seat; Yet I know what I want from life is free feet, To be who I am, And take all the heat. To do what I do, And ignore what's 'elite.' To go where I go, And control, as such, my feet. To meet who I meet, And next to them, take a seat. I am not a name, And I am not a number. I am always awake in my mind, As I slumber.
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Paranoia in the dark of night creating shadows into figures and creatures from stacks of ***** laundry. It whispers sounds of footsteps into my ears, feigning the noise of an intruder. It makes the darkness malleable morphing it into a monster under my bed or a boogeyman in my closet. Maybe I’m paranoid of the dark… Or perhaps whatever lurks within it.
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Feb 22, 2015
Feb 22, 2015 at 5:34 PM UTC
Paranoia
I took the first sip of white wine in trepidation for the aftermath of drunk people in movies is not very pleasant. I downed it all, faster than an intruder who wiretaps an important building somewhere in America. I had vowed to not drown in the poison I had just consumed. But what happened later proved me wrong. I swam in clouds and I floated in shallow waters for the slurs that lay on my tongue were not something I would utter in a sober state. I cavorted. I danced. I showed skin. I was the frog that clandestinely dances in the rain and hides away before the ground is dry again. I swirled like a whirlpool. My cheeks were red and I emitted happiness. I made silly jokes about a plant named Wisteria and lay in bed, twirling away in my drunken madness.
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Jan 19, 2017
Jan 19, 2017 at 8:08 AM UTC
Wine Not?
A Man killing in the name of Justice A Brother slaying another in Self-defense A Son firing a round into an intruder in Fear A Nephew taking up a sword for his Country An Uncle giving up a criminal to the Authorities A Grandfather using his cane in response to Violence A Need for Power, Money, Fame. A Response of ****** Theft, Oppression. A Need for Justice, Vengeance, Retribution. A Response of Judgement, Violence, Restitution. Two sides of the same coin? Who is the villain? If both are the victims of the other, Who is Guilty? What then is Justice? Who shall decide? You? Will You be the one to throw the first stone? Do Good and Evil, Equate to Yin and Yang? Balanced forces of Light and Dark. Or, Is Evil apparent and easily discerned from Good? Contrasts of Black and White. If Neither, Nor, Do they mix into a swirl of indecision? A mess of self-righteous Grey. What if it is my own life I sacrifice? What if I am the one taking the bullet? Not in a suicidal attempt or mission, But instead in protection of Good. Am I the Villain for causing my ****** Is the intended Victim the Villain for being targeted? Are the Witnesses guilty for not acting? Are You guilty for being unaware? History is written by the Victors, So do they command Justice? Does History demand the mantle, Of deciding Right from Wrong? Everything unsure in the Present, Until the Future decides. If You name me the Villain, I’ll wear it in Red, Speak in Riddles, And break the Rules. But if I name You the Villain, Would You do the same?
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Jun 2, 2017
Jun 2, 2017 at 1:46 PM UTC
Villain
A Man killing in the name of Justice A Brother slaying another in Self-defense A Son firing a round into an intruder in Fear A Nephew taking up a sword for his Country An Uncle giving up a criminal to the Authorities A Grandfather using his cane in response to Violence A Need for Power, Money, Fame. A Response of ****** Theft, Oppression. A Need for Justice, Vengeance, Retribution. A Response of Judgement, Violence, Restitution. Two sides of the same coin? Who is the villain? If both are the victims of the other, Who is Guilty? What then is Justice? Who shall decide? You? Will You be the one to throw the first stone? Do Good and Evil, Equate to Yin and Yang? Balanced forces of Light and Dark. Or, Is Evil apparent and easily discerned from Good? Contrasts of Black and White. If Neither, Nor, Do they mix into a swirl of indecision? A mess of self-righteous Grey. What if it is my own life I sacrifice? What if I am the one taking the bullet? Not in a suicidal attempt or mission, But instead in protection of Good. Am I the Villain for causing my ****** Is the intended Victim the Villain for being targeted? Are the Witnesses guilty for not acting? Are You guilty for being unaware? History is written by the Victors, So do they command Justice? Does History demand the mantle, Of deciding Right from Wrong? Everything unsure in the Present, Until the Future decides. If You name me the Villain, I’ll wear it in Red, Speak in Riddles, And break the Rules. But if I name You the Villain, Would You do the same?
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*Come, listen all - listen to a very gentle fable Of Donkey, Dog and Man and the friendship amongst these three* 1 Donkey and Dog are loyal servants; they’ve served the same master all their lives It’s night now and Donkey and Dog sleep in the courtyard while Master snores in the house A thief sneaks in through the gate and donkey whispers as gently as he can: *Hey, dog…There’s an intruder; Why don’t you bark and let master know?* And the old Dog growls as quietly as he can: *Why don’t you bray aloud and raise the alarm?* *Hey, but you’re the dog and you’re man’s best friend,* Donkey whispers in the dark Man’s best friend, eh? says Dog. *But is man the dog’s best friend? I’ve served the master for ages and now that I’m old he neglects me and is talking about taking another dog. I bet he’ll have you skinned alive when you’re dead! To the dogs with him! You bray if you like.* 2 *Oh I’ve never seen a more ungrateful being,* Donkey says. *Master is the best and though he treats us harsh it’s all for our own good. But your ingratitude offends me and for the sake of decency and justice and for all the values I hold dear I shall have to do a watchdog’s duty instead.* And with that the donkey brays aloud and the cacophony is heard in all the village and the thief runs away as quickly as he can; and the master comes running out with a huge stick and seeing the donkey braying madly with no cause but its own stupidity the master beats the donkey well and proper till all his own hands ache and he goes back to bed And now Dog and Donkey lie down again together in the courtyard and Dog says to the quiet Donkey: *Looks like you just found out how it feels to be man’s best friend!*
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Oct 4, 2010
Oct 4, 2010 at 3:17 AM UTC
Donkey, Dog and Master – a very gentle fable
*Come, listen all - listen to a very gentle fable Of Donkey, Dog and Man and the friendship amongst these three* 1 Donkey and Dog are loyal servants; they’ve served the same master all their lives It’s night now and Donkey and Dog sleep in the courtyard while Master snores in the house A thief sneaks in through the gate and donkey whispers as gently as he can: *Hey, dog…There’s an intruder; Why don’t you bark and let master know?* And the old Dog growls as quietly as he can: *Why don’t you bray aloud and raise the alarm?* *Hey, but you’re the dog and you’re man’s best friend,* Donkey whispers in the dark Man’s best friend, eh? says Dog. *But is man the dog’s best friend? I’ve served the master for ages and now that I’m old he neglects me and is talking about taking another dog. I bet he’ll have you skinned alive when you’re dead! To the dogs with him! You bray if you like.* 2 *Oh I’ve never seen a more ungrateful being,* Donkey says. *Master is the best and though he treats us harsh it’s all for our own good. But your ingratitude offends me and for the sake of decency and justice and for all the values I hold dear I shall have to do a watchdog’s duty instead.* And with that the donkey brays aloud and the cacophony is heard in all the village and the thief runs away as quickly as he can; and the master comes running out with a huge stick and seeing the donkey braying madly with no cause but its own stupidity the master beats the donkey well and proper till all his own hands ache and he goes back to bed And now Dog and Donkey lie down again together in the courtyard and Dog says to the quiet Donkey: *Looks like you just found out how it feels to be man’s best friend!*
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*peace please* private property.. intruder hurtled over seeking who knows what screaming obscenities perfect pitch.. find little solace but by going within hide well beneath veneers possible perfection.. but with one so very far away loss near calamitous pardon presumption.. get over discomfort pick up sad face work with it passable poetry.. may reveal a layer or two if the inner eye ready shove preconceived away puerile pretence.. try to prove points only to efface the truth lose bits of the light petty prisons.. all just deadly excuses against living get locked in by the self unlock the cell, throw key away *please.. peace* S T, 12 June 2013
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Jun 12, 2013
Jun 12, 2013 at 2:52 AM UTC
pass the peas...please, hon
The truth is I have no idea how to begin this because I don’t even remember how or when exactly you began to invade my consciousness. you were an uninvited guest, a gatecrasher, an intruder filling my mind with paranoia and endless dilemma — how I contemplate about going out or not because I get overwhelmed with crowded places like public transports, and malls, and fast food chains, how I s-stutter whenever placing an order, or how I could not finish one sentence without repeating repeating a word or or two. It might sound funny how I find a sea of people terrifying, how I feel a dagger or a gun pointed at me every time I step outside my comfort zone, how I would replay failed scenarios inside my head like a broken tape, how I would apologize for actions that demanded no apology. I often get nightmares about being asleep and not being able to wake up and sometimes I dream about waking up in a strange bed in a foreign room filled with people with the strangest faces talking in tones barely audible but when the voices would all stir together I would run out of air and pass out, but I still wake up though, screaming, trembling signaling another episode of survival. If I could drive, I would take you away with me and bring you to a sunset beach tell you that everything’s gonna be alright that it’s okay to knock me down sometimes but not too hard to break me just enough to remind me that I am, after all, human Or maybe I would drown you or maybe not because I get too overwhelmed with the waves I struggle against the current, and I am the one who gets drowned instead. I hate you, no, I mean I love you. I should love you because they said those we love are meant to leave So I will love you, I will love you until you get tired of me, until you no longer find me appealing I will love you obsessively, until you get sick of me, until you run out of places to run to, until you run out of air I will love you until I run out of words and metaphors and rhyme or reason, I will love you with the hopes that one day I could finally say: “My anxieties have died beautifully, with dignity, in their sleep.”
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Nov 15, 2017
Nov 15, 2017 at 3:56 AM UTC
A Love Letter to My Anxiety
The truth is I have no idea how to begin this because I don’t even remember how or when exactly you began to invade my consciousness. you were an uninvited guest, a gatecrasher, an intruder filling my mind with paranoia and endless dilemma — how I contemplate about going out or not because I get overwhelmed with crowded places like public transports, and malls, and fast food chains, how I s-stutter whenever placing an order, or how I could not finish one sentence without repeating repeating a word or or two. It might sound funny how I find a sea of people terrifying, how I feel a dagger or a gun pointed at me every time I step outside my comfort zone, how I would replay failed scenarios inside my head like a broken tape, how I would apologize for actions that demanded no apology. I often get nightmares about being asleep and not being able to wake up and sometimes I dream about waking up in a strange bed in a foreign room filled with people with the strangest faces talking in tones barely audible but when the voices would all stir together I would run out of air and pass out, but I still wake up though, screaming, trembling signaling another episode of survival. If I could drive, I would take you away with me and bring you to a sunset beach tell you that everything’s gonna be alright that it’s okay to knock me down sometimes but not too hard to break me just enough to remind me that I am, after all, human Or maybe I would drown you or maybe not because I get too overwhelmed with the waves I struggle against the current, and I am the one who gets drowned instead. I hate you, no, I mean I love you. I should love you because they said those we love are meant to leave So I will love you, I will love you until you get tired of me, until you no longer find me appealing I will love you obsessively, until you get sick of me, until you run out of places to run to, until you run out of air I will love you until I run out of words and metaphors and rhyme or reason, I will love you with the hopes that one day I could finally say: “My anxieties have died beautifully, with dignity, in their sleep.”
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He lived his eighty years well, they said he often knotted his wrinkled hands around the smooth fleshed hands of his grandchildren still, his heart gave out eventually, swollen with love I went to his funeral, a bystander, an intruder of grief I take flowers to his grave, purple tulips with petals that eat up rain clouds and sunlight like a **** taking nourishment from the red and white roses that neighbour them photosynthesis, I recall the word, from chemistry classes an age ago I never knew him, though I got his name from a newspaper obituary I ideally flicked through at 4am I had never known old age, you see and it seemed beautiful to me
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Mar 25, 2016
Mar 25, 2016 at 9:31 AM UTC
Photosynthesis
A yellow belly cardinal launches itself at my window Pecks away at the old window pane, Should I chase the intruder away? Or should I make him the subject of my next poem He became my inspiration, and I his adversary It slurred whistled phrases calm my inner soul After a while the pecking annoys my daughter’ cat So, here I am compromising myself and not caring Because I am about to compose a piece: About war and peace: title Fluffy and the **** bird I took out my camera and zoom in on its beady eyes, and realize that it was as blind as a bat Teeth-chattering, tail going from side to side, doing the war dance this **** cat, A blind cardinal with a sweet melody what more can I asked for, but to watch and learn from the intruder, the spoil feline and the observer, A yellow belly cardinal launch at my window Pecks away at the old window pane, Should I chase the intruder away? Or let my daughters’ cat razz it?
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Mar 29, 2015
Mar 29, 2015 at 9:23 AM UTC
The Intruder
Awakened mind Body trapped In reduced consciousness Laying in a comatose state Stitched to the mattress Frozen Cannot speak Cannot scream Repressed hysteria Suffocating Under the weight Of the invisible intruder The presence Anchoring me down Obstructing my breathing Dark shadows Dancing By the chest of ****** drawers An apparition of a bearded ****** Standing at the edge of the bed Appears Dark particles of fabric fill my eyes I fight the fight This shall not be my demise Wake me up I will die another day.
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Jan 19, 2014
Jan 19, 2014 at 5:19 PM UTC
Sleep Paralysis
I bought myself a gun today. I’ll give you a moment to process the mental paper work. Is he serious? Is this guy for real? Is this a metaphor? Is it loaded? Are these questions you might ask? Isn’t this supposed to be a poem? I said I bought myself a gun today. Do you feel better? Safer? Do I seem more dangerous? Are my words more weighted now-- with violence? with virility? with *********** Are you looking at my crotch for an extra bulge? How do you feel about me now knowing that I’m packing? I bought myself a gun today, And just like that I’m a gangsta upholding the second amendment. I’m a citizen of the constitution holding up my right to bear arms, and raise my hand in a fist-- a fist, that’s gripped in tension a fist that’s an extension of man and invention and I really should mention I can blow your ******* head off without the slightest intention. I bought myself a gun today, Are you scared: that I don’t know how to use it? That it might want to use me? That I might become overwrought with emotions, and respond to an argument “Arnold” style with, an, “I’ll be back?”-- that I might settle things once and for all with my noisy neighbor in a language he might finally understand? Are you scared? I bought myself a gun today. Does that make you worry? You know what the statistics say, That I have a better chance of shooting myself, than some intruder, or mugger, or ****** or therapist even. Are you worried about my self-destruction? that I might I might accidentally have an accident? Or, maybe, you may think, that it might be on purpose? that I might be singing the, “Barrel-in-the-mouth blues?”-- not just fantasizing about ‘em, but singing ‘em with a with my mouth wide open, and feeling them for real for real: feeling the cold steel ‘cross my tongue, choking on the taste of cordite, really singing, “I can’t breathe,” and how much this ***** and having the means to put and end to it all-- Are you worried about that? If you are then don’t, ‘cause I’m not thinking about that at all. I bought myself a gun today. Wouldn’t it be great if we all could say: I bought myself a gun today.
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Jul 31, 2016
Jul 31, 2016 at 11:04 PM UTC
I Bought Myself a Gun Today
I bought myself a gun today. I’ll give you a moment to process the mental paper work. Is he serious? Is this guy for real? Is this a metaphor? Is it loaded? Are these questions you might ask? Isn’t this supposed to be a poem? I said I bought myself a gun today. Do you feel better? Safer? Do I seem more dangerous? Are my words more weighted now-- with violence? with virility? with *********** Are you looking at my crotch for an extra bulge? How do you feel about me now knowing that I’m packing? I bought myself a gun today, And just like that I’m a gangsta upholding the second amendment. I’m a citizen of the constitution holding up my right to bear arms, and raise my hand in a fist-- a fist, that’s gripped in tension a fist that’s an extension of man and invention and I really should mention I can blow your ******* head off without the slightest intention. I bought myself a gun today, Are you scared: that I don’t know how to use it? That it might want to use me? That I might become overwrought with emotions, and respond to an argument “Arnold” style with, an, “I’ll be back?”-- that I might settle things once and for all with my noisy neighbor in a language he might finally understand? Are you scared? I bought myself a gun today. Does that make you worry? You know what the statistics say, That I have a better chance of shooting myself, than some intruder, or mugger, or ****** or therapist even. Are you worried about my self-destruction? that I might I might accidentally have an accident? Or, maybe, you may think, that it might be on purpose? that I might be singing the, “Barrel-in-the-mouth blues?”-- not just fantasizing about ‘em, but singing ‘em with a with my mouth wide open, and feeling them for real for real: feeling the cold steel ‘cross my tongue, choking on the taste of cordite, really singing, “I can’t breathe,” and how much this ***** and having the means to put and end to it all-- Are you worried about that? If you are then don’t, ‘cause I’m not thinking about that at all. I bought myself a gun today. Wouldn’t it be great if we all could say: I bought myself a gun today.
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I love watching swallows Gyrating and playfully swirls; Mingle above over the river Forming in a malee a ball. Swiftly riding the thermals Scooping the swelling water. They shriek wheeling freely Like boisterous little girls. I came to see the lively acrobatics In graceful motion of symmetry. See enormous body of water flow Pour itself into it's wide open mouth. Slowly eroding shaping contours And lives living along it's banks. Constantly foreboding danger And yet beauty and the mighty Together in harmonious chemistry. There I was many hours In thought. What do I ever get? At the jetty by the imperious River where until dark I will be. Time spent the opportunities Passing by I have no regrets. I'm like a ship from harbour To harbour of a predestined life With cargoes of worthless experience Till I rot at the bottom of the sea. Laboriously river meander and flow Agile wings twist and turn in the air With invisible brush of arcs and lines With a vast sky as an open canvas. The two characters, elements Of nature, demonstrate their part; In the theater of strength and grace. While I am but a nameless intruder Grateful of the kindness forever last.
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Jun 25, 2018
Jun 25, 2018 at 11:02 PM UTC
Watching The Swallows And The River Flow
Uninvited Guest* Annexed We are seated on opposite sides of ottoman, Brother and sister, long history of knowledge tenderness contention attachment, sharing glances psychological plotting. The uninvited guest plops down between us large foreign hand touches both our thighs We look beyond to each other The intruder senses our bond knows where we belong but must go separately Far away from the other Curled fingers tell us we are Strangers on infinite journey And all we know is nothing The air turns chilly I am fraught with fear My sister is the braver one She makes a move to stand The uninvited guest breathes deeper Weight she cannot oppose Our eyes search frantically for each other But it is too late * http://oursalon.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-uninvited-guest
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Dec 7, 2012
Dec 7, 2012 at 2:17 PM UTC
Uninvited Guest* Annexed
Your intrusion Is conducive To my city burning down So I defend from inside my castle Civilian hordes Wield swords And I've gotta flail In my chain mail My city walls have been manned So use your battering ram And intrude on me Muscle into my muscles And burrow into my bones By disarming my mob While catapults lob Incendiary boulders That protect me from Temporary shoulders That have exploited my nation before Mining the resources from it's core Avoid all the blasts So we can clash In the arena of my mind Where steel strikes time And my defenses Defend me from my life So intrude on me And shatter my protections And shatter my conceptions So intrude on me And break my perceptions But be careful Intrusions have reflections
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Sep 8, 2017
Sep 8, 2017 at 1:11 AM UTC
Intruder
My shotgun smile Laugh away the edge You know I love you And you love the way we're intertwining I love the way way the blood spills My shotgun smile A sun dial and music Always time that's true And your time is all that is me I'm happy as can be My shotgun smile Loaded with dreams Sweetest schatzi I'm aiming for your heart The place we start My shotgun smile You intruder You know I love you The way you break and enter I know your face
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May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016 at 12:16 AM UTC
My shotgun smile