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Ludden Mar 20
Hot water freezes faster than cold
Wearing layers in the heat keeps you cool
Hummingbirds are the most aggressive bird
Sometimes life doesn't make sense

There are seashell fossils on mountain tops
On Venus, a day is longer than a year
Your head ages slightly faster than your feet
Sometimes life doesn't make sense

I know I'm not perfect
And neither are we
But together we could have been
Because
Sometimes life just doesn't make sense

But what is sense
When you stop to think
A spiral like that
Could drive you to drink

You can rationalize,
Justify,
Make recompense...
But sometimes life just doesn't make sense

-  Ludden Soss
Ludden Mar 21
The final goodbye
Its not a surprise
I pushed so hard
Saw it happening
Couldn't stop it
Loathed myself for it

The final goodbye
I thought would hurt more
But it feels self inflicted
Which took the sting
I already felt empty
Now it feels complete

The final goodbye
They say it's sweet sorrow
Why did I make it bitter
And the worst part is knowing
If I wound up back there
I couldn't help it a second time

-  Ludden Soss
This past week has been the crescendo to one of the worst two month stretches I've ever experienced.  Tragic loss, a relationship sliding away, health issues, and then the final gut punch of that relationship ending with a thud.  I hope this poem that I wrote tonight after the final nail was put in the coffin will be the closure we all look for when great things end.
Ludden Mar 20
Let it go
Get over it
Life moves on
The words echo
From all corners of the world
No one ever understands

Just need to open up
To ask for help
But even when they listen
From behind judgemental eyes
No one ever understands

Every time a door closes
They say another opens
But lately they just slam shut
No one ever understands

I'm dying of thirst
In an ocean of salt water
No one ever understands

Will this self pity ever end
No one ever understands

No one ever understands

-  Ludden Soss
This is one of the few times I found some symbolism beyond the raw emotion.  The words are still raw, but look deeper
Ludden Mar 20
I was flying high
Far above the rest
Loving the feeling
The feeling of Freedom
But then reality made me realize
That men are not supposed to fly

We're not supposed to fly
And we're not supposed to cry
Now it feels my hearts about to die
For men are not supposed to fly

Now the wind is gone
Vanished from beneath me
As I begin to fall
I now can see
That men are not supposed to fly

We're not supposed to fly
And we're not supposed to cry
Now it feels my hearts about to die
For men are not supposed to fly

I want to grow wings
And get the feeling back
So I can soar high once again
But again reality sets in
That men are not supposed to fly

We're not supposed to fly
And we're not supposed to cry
Now it feels my hearts about to die
For men are not supposed to fly

-Β Β Ludden Soss
Ludden Mar 20
She's so high
Higher
I fall to pieces
Crawling
Hanging by a moment
Its the end of the world as we know it

I miss you
In the end
A last resort
Nothing to lose
A lonely day
Its been a while
I'm in too deep

I stand alone
Lost
In the meantime
The last fight
The final countdown
No more sorrow
Nobody's listening

One step closer
One last breath
One week
Only happy when it rains
It's how you remind me
But I'm rusted from the rain
Sad but true

Say something
Send the pain below
Shake it out
Smile and wave
Somewhere out there
The sound of madness
But I'll leave a light on for you
Nothing else matters
Just let it be

-Β Β Ludden Soss
I got tired of seemingly every song I heard reminding me of someone.  So I started going through my library and stringing song titles together.  Every line in this song is a different song title
Ludden Mar 20
Please make it stop
The hurt
The pain
The thoughts
The loss
The emotion
The tears

She doesn't deserve
The words
The torment
The blame
The guilt
The stress
The anguish

I promised there would be
No anger
No resentment
No hatred
No pressure
No expectations
No sadness

But it won't stop.Β Β 
The verses keep coming
In my heart I know
I've kept my promises
Though I know it doesn't seem it

-  Ludden Soss
Ludden Mar 20
Never seen
Yet can't unsee
Burning in my mind
Searing in my brain
The image of you and him

Its a punch in the gut
My breath gone
No air left for me to gasp
Just this sickening thought
The image of you and him

I said those three words
Yet my heart sank when I saw
The look on your face
It was even worse than
The image of you and him

The harder I try
The more I push you away
But I can't be aloof
So what will I be left with?
The image of you and him

The effort so intense
Would be worth every second
But instead I'm exhausted
Close my eyes only to see
The image of you and him

Never seen
But can't unsee
The image of you and him

-  Ludden Soss

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