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"muster" poems
can not be found in the flesh For as warm it may be As soft to your fingers it is It will lay soft and cold eventually can not be found in gold Yes, it never loses its luster But many coins you need to muster And no number will fill the gap in your soul can not be found in others For the laughs may distract The facade will crack And still you will be empty inside ilusive as it may be It follows you around It never left For within you she rest Waiting to be awoken And while the rest might feel great They serve as nothing but crutches On your own you must stand If you are to revel On the pleasures life offers... To improve one self To look on path troded It´s essence To know there is more With hunger jump forth It´s rushes To balance the mind With the desire of the heart It´s key And once held in hand You will understand That happiness flies like a bird But behind she left Tranquility And the knowledge That you can get it again...
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Sep 7, 2018
Sep 7, 2018 at 12:03 AM UTC
Happiness,
her hair blows back in the breeze as she strolls down the sidewalk between all the trees with a smile that reveals every one of her teeth and the dimples of her red, freckled cheeks she's an angel, i think her divine, secretive lips shine in their glossiness begging me for a kiss i stand aback, watching mesmerized by her beauty only able to muster the words 'dat booty'' - jared huskey
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Aug 2, 2014
Aug 2, 2014 at 4:55 PM UTC
dat *****
I could’ve woken you up in the morning and could’ve been the sun that rises even when we both live in a place where it never does. I could’ve taken you to museums, at least 2 of where I’ve been to. The first one, we’ll have to take the bus because I’d tell you that I’m too lazy to drive but for the second one, I will tell you that I’ll drive you there. My car would look at me as though it knows that there is another soul seating in the passenger seat – it was no longer some books, a box of pizza, or my dog. I could’ve taken photos of you in that place, post them everywhere but subtly so that they can see that there are at least 2 forms of art in that photo — the one you’re looking at and the one I’m looking at. I could’ve talked to you at night under the stars, in the same rooftop where I told you that I liked the cathartic experience of doing just what we could’ve done; the same rooftop where you talked about your life, at least some pieces of it. I could’ve brought you to where I used to study. We could’ve walked the halls that stared at me for being too alone and too lonely only so I could tell them, “Hey, here he is, finally.” and they could’ve smiled at me because they know how long the longing lasted. We could’ve taken a stroll in the shade of the trees or could’ve had a picnic there while watching the joggers and the sunset. I could’ve introduced you to my friends – they’ve been meaning to meet you. They too know how long I’ve been stuck on an island by myself. They know who I was when I was eleven and when I was sixteen and I bet, if you gave them a chance, you could’ve heard the crazy things we did. And maybe they could’ve liked you. They could’ve told me how lucky I was and probably would’ve warned me that if I hurt you, they’d stick with you instead of me. I could’ve introduced you to my family — my mom liked you even then. I could’ve introduced you to my little brother who I would consider as the biggest and most important judge of character because I believe that children can sense goodness in people and he could’ve seen that in you. I could’ve written you letters, could’ve left random little tokens I would've used for all the words I cannot muster to say. I could’ve played the piano for you even if I just know, at most, 3 songs; even though I don’t really know how to read notes at all. I could’ve introduced you to the artists I like and I could’ve known more of yours. I could’ve listened to them and I would have had to remember you every time. I could’ve held your hand, could’ve eaten brunch with you, could’ve read you a poem. I could’ve loved you — could have – if I was the given the chance. But, I was and I could’ve used it but I didn’t.
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Aug 7, 2018
Aug 7, 2018 at 11:01 PM UTC
Because Today is the Last Day
I could’ve woken you up in the morning and could’ve been the sun that rises even when we both live in a place where it never does. I could’ve taken you to museums, at least 2 of where I’ve been to. The first one, we’ll have to take the bus because I’d tell you that I’m too lazy to drive but for the second one, I will tell you that I’ll drive you there. My car would look at me as though it knows that there is another soul seating in the passenger seat – it was no longer some books, a box of pizza, or my dog. I could’ve taken photos of you in that place, post them everywhere but subtly so that they can see that there are at least 2 forms of art in that photo — the one you’re looking at and the one I’m looking at. I could’ve talked to you at night under the stars, in the same rooftop where I told you that I liked the cathartic experience of doing just what we could’ve done; the same rooftop where you talked about your life, at least some pieces of it. I could’ve brought you to where I used to study. We could’ve walked the halls that stared at me for being too alone and too lonely only so I could tell them, “Hey, here he is, finally.” and they could’ve smiled at me because they know how long the longing lasted. We could’ve taken a stroll in the shade of the trees or could’ve had a picnic there while watching the joggers and the sunset. I could’ve introduced you to my friends – they’ve been meaning to meet you. They too know how long I’ve been stuck on an island by myself. They know who I was when I was eleven and when I was sixteen and I bet, if you gave them a chance, you could’ve heard the crazy things we did. And maybe they could’ve liked you. They could’ve told me how lucky I was and probably would’ve warned me that if I hurt you, they’d stick with you instead of me. I could’ve introduced you to my family — my mom liked you even then. I could’ve introduced you to my little brother who I would consider as the biggest and most important judge of character because I believe that children can sense goodness in people and he could’ve seen that in you. I could’ve written you letters, could’ve left random little tokens I would've used for all the words I cannot muster to say. I could’ve played the piano for you even if I just know, at most, 3 songs; even though I don’t really know how to read notes at all. I could’ve introduced you to the artists I like and I could’ve known more of yours. I could’ve listened to them and I would have had to remember you every time. I could’ve held your hand, could’ve eaten brunch with you, could’ve read you a poem. I could’ve loved you — could have – if I was the given the chance. But, I was and I could’ve used it but I didn’t.
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You sat on the other end of the table Glistening, shining, and taunting me Rosy cheeks with spurts of Yellow and Green Silently teasing A juicy, little Apple. Hopefully no one would see me, no one would pay any attention As I grabbed the treat and the knife And began to dangerously peel. I knew I was doing it wrong My hands shaking while my cheeks began to flush Embarrassed by my ignorant inadequacy. Are you left-handed? she asked from my left. Humiliation filled the corners of my eyes, wet and distraught. No, I mumbled. My cheeks reflecting Mose's Red Sea. I was beginning to drown. Your thumb needs to move, You make me nervous, and she sounded nervous indeed. Put it down here. Help yourself control it. Guide it. Everyone was staring now, the whole table awed My ignorance showing, like a medallion at my chest My shameful Apple as pathetic proof. You're doing it wrong. Non così. Basta, faccio io. Let me do it. You're about to graduate, and you can't peel an apple. I began choking, drowning in tears of Humiliation. No, let her do it the small Voice on my left said. She is finding her way. Let me watch her. I finished peeling the Apple Suffocating my tears as I ate. You remind me of Daisy, she said soon after From The Great Gatsby. I choked and laughed, more ashamed than ever. I'm not sure that is a compliment. I could barely muster a mumble. She couldn't do anything by herself. She looked at me, gentle and forgiving. I think it is, she replied Wistful and Wise. Daisy was vital to the story, you know. And I believe that given the chance, she could have done anything that she wanted On her own.
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May 5, 2014
May 5, 2014 at 6:27 PM UTC
growing up Daisy
You sat on the other end of the table Glistening, shining, and taunting me Rosy cheeks with spurts of Yellow and Green Silently teasing A juicy, little Apple. Hopefully no one would see me, no one would pay any attention As I grabbed the treat and the knife And began to dangerously peel. I knew I was doing it wrong My hands shaking while my cheeks began to flush Embarrassed by my ignorant inadequacy. Are you left-handed? she asked from my left. Humiliation filled the corners of my eyes, wet and distraught. No, I mumbled. My cheeks reflecting Mose's Red Sea. I was beginning to drown. Your thumb needs to move, You make me nervous, and she sounded nervous indeed. Put it down here. Help yourself control it. Guide it. Everyone was staring now, the whole table awed My ignorance showing, like a medallion at my chest My shameful Apple as pathetic proof. You're doing it wrong. Non così. Basta, faccio io. Let me do it. You're about to graduate, and you can't peel an apple. I began choking, drowning in tears of Humiliation. No, let her do it the small Voice on my left said. She is finding her way. Let me watch her. I finished peeling the Apple Suffocating my tears as I ate. You remind me of Daisy, she said soon after From The Great Gatsby. I choked and laughed, more ashamed than ever. I'm not sure that is a compliment. I could barely muster a mumble. She couldn't do anything by herself. She looked at me, gentle and forgiving. I think it is, she replied Wistful and Wise. Daisy was vital to the story, you know. And I believe that given the chance, she could have done anything that she wanted On her own.
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In all my paralyzing confusion, only one thing is needed; in all my anxiety over my much less than ideal circumstances, only one thing is needed; in all my this-is-so-unfair discouragement, only one thing is needed; in my pressing-down-like-a-boulder-on-my-chest grief, only one thing is needed; in my feels-like-my-insides-are-being-scraped-out sorrow, only one thing is needed; in my falling-apart-at-every-seam life, only one thing is needed; in my can’t-seem-to-muster-the-will-to-get-out-of-bed depression, only one thing is needed; in my sure-I’m-finally-going-crazy state of mind, only one thing is needed; in my so-mad-I’ve-got-to-throw-and-break-something anger, only one thing is needed. In the scorning and tormenting face of rejection or betrayal or failure or devastating news or disfiguring disease or the worst fears of my heart coming to pass, only one thing is needed—to come and sit at Jesus’ feet and listen to what He is saying. To entrust myself to Him, to acknowledge His presence with me, to submit myself to His perfect authority over me, to just look at Him and recognize His all-surpassing worth, to feast on Him, to wait for Him to speak and know that He longs to do so more than I long to hear it, to meditate on His Word and speak it back to Him both in praise and request and to ask Him exactly what it means for me right now, to be ready to respond to Him in obedience and follow him wherever or however He leads, to be willing to tune out every competing voice no matter how well-intentioned and to say “No!” to whatever He has not called me to, to believe that He cares deeply and passionately for me both in His emotion toward me and in His personal tending of me, to see that the details of my life matter even more to Him than they do to me and that He holds every one of them in His hands and is perfectly directing them for intimacy and glory, to refuse to be drawn away or worried or upset by the many preparations and distractions all around me by casting every burden down before Him and taking up His all-sufficient grace for every need, and above all to want Him more than anything and to let everything else fit into that all-pervasive desire—this is the ONE THING that is needed both now and throughout every season of my life, and if I will choose it, it will not be taken from me. It is the one thing worth fighting to the death for and will, no doubt, require just such a dying again and again and again...
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Jul 24, 2017
Jul 24, 2017 at 7:27 PM UTC
The One Thing
In all my paralyzing confusion, only one thing is needed; in all my anxiety over my much less than ideal circumstances, only one thing is needed; in all my this-is-so-unfair discouragement, only one thing is needed; in my pressing-down-like-a-boulder-on-my-chest grief, only one thing is needed; in my feels-like-my-insides-are-being-scraped-out sorrow, only one thing is needed; in my falling-apart-at-every-seam life, only one thing is needed; in my can’t-seem-to-muster-the-will-to-get-out-of-bed depression, only one thing is needed; in my sure-I’m-finally-going-crazy state of mind, only one thing is needed; in my so-mad-I’ve-got-to-throw-and-break-something anger, only one thing is needed. In the scorning and tormenting face of rejection or betrayal or failure or devastating news or disfiguring disease or the worst fears of my heart coming to pass, only one thing is needed—to come and sit at Jesus’ feet and listen to what He is saying. To entrust myself to Him, to acknowledge His presence with me, to submit myself to His perfect authority over me, to just look at Him and recognize His all-surpassing worth, to feast on Him, to wait for Him to speak and know that He longs to do so more than I long to hear it, to meditate on His Word and speak it back to Him both in praise and request and to ask Him exactly what it means for me right now, to be ready to respond to Him in obedience and follow him wherever or however He leads, to be willing to tune out every competing voice no matter how well-intentioned and to say “No!” to whatever He has not called me to, to believe that He cares deeply and passionately for me both in His emotion toward me and in His personal tending of me, to see that the details of my life matter even more to Him than they do to me and that He holds every one of them in His hands and is perfectly directing them for intimacy and glory, to refuse to be drawn away or worried or upset by the many preparations and distractions all around me by casting every burden down before Him and taking up His all-sufficient grace for every need, and above all to want Him more than anything and to let everything else fit into that all-pervasive desire—this is the ONE THING that is needed both now and throughout every season of my life, and if I will choose it, it will not be taken from me. It is the one thing worth fighting to the death for and will, no doubt, require just such a dying again and again and again...
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I scream and I dream I frown and I drown A sea of melancholy engulfs me The wave caresses my cheek, then passes by As I begin to make my way down I remember what I 'd forgotten And people appear, crystal clear Faces I knew Bodies I touched Souls I explored They silently muster what I've become Hollow features and lifeless limbs They look like dolls grown up There are more and more, until I lose count They encircle me, one desperately tries to speak Only to be silenced by the sea Now they grab me by my arms and carry me down to the bottom of the sea, where my feet touch ice cold ground. Surrounded by statues of sand your face lights up this dark place like it always used to. A confident gaze, a wry smile you haven't left for a while You've been here and I've been somewhere else we've been in the same state, but never the same place. You open your mouth and words break out They sound artificial, like they're from a tape recorder They echo back at me from everywhere in the sea “He who travels to the bottom of the sea Has learned oh so many things But if he ever goes back up again all those things he will forget.” And now here I am Alive and awake Pouring cold water over my face Staring in my bathroom mirror and it stares back.
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Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016 at 5:36 PM UTC
The Story of the Parrot who killed his Pirate
Love is a ***** soup going stale but steaming like it's brand new; And I'm Oliver twist walking up to the *** with a rusty spoon full of desire and hope asking for more but getting none. Love is a Doctor gathering dead bodies and shackling them up in chains; And I'm a green freak with Frankenstein bolts ****** through my head walking around with only a mumble to muster trying to love people who just want to run away. Love is a white paper rolled so finely, full of sedatives and drugs; And I'm sitting by a fire reaching in for a log to smoke. Love is puzzle made by Einstein and Sam Loyd; And I'm a child with eyes made of glass and hands made of thorns crying to my mother because that puzzle is a ***** Love is Navy Seal training on a beach covered in cold water spilling blood for a chance; And I'm a pot-smoking hippie who holds up signs and tells soldiers they’re monsters as I take a puff of death. Love is a ten-syllable word compacted into one; And I'm a hooked on phonics children’s thesaurus struggling to find a comparison that I can actually pronounce. Love is a white egg timer sitting on the fridge set to all nines; And I'm a busy housewife waiting to cook dinner at the sound of its bell. Love is a robber with a 45 in his belt; And I'm an eager dad trying to protect his family with a wooden stick. Love is hot coffee from a luxury beverage shop; And I'm a plastic party cup melting away. Love is a doctor with a PHD in heart surgery; And I'm a sick child waiting with his mother with no healthcare ******* on a free doctor’s-office lollypop. Love is a huge pink eraser; And I'm a graphite pencil struggling to write while me and the eraser fight. Love is a pickup truck speeding through town drunk; And I'm a lost puppy running through the same intersection looking for my owner. Love is meant for fish; And I'm a bird.
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Dec 21, 2012
Dec 21, 2012 at 12:18 PM UTC
Love
Love is a ***** soup going stale but steaming like it's brand new; And I'm Oliver twist walking up to the *** with a rusty spoon full of desire and hope asking for more but getting none. Love is a Doctor gathering dead bodies and shackling them up in chains; And I'm a green freak with Frankenstein bolts ****** through my head walking around with only a mumble to muster trying to love people who just want to run away. Love is a white paper rolled so finely, full of sedatives and drugs; And I'm sitting by a fire reaching in for a log to smoke. Love is puzzle made by Einstein and Sam Loyd; And I'm a child with eyes made of glass and hands made of thorns crying to my mother because that puzzle is a ***** Love is Navy Seal training on a beach covered in cold water spilling blood for a chance; And I'm a pot-smoking hippie who holds up signs and tells soldiers they’re monsters as I take a puff of death. Love is a ten-syllable word compacted into one; And I'm a hooked on phonics children’s thesaurus struggling to find a comparison that I can actually pronounce. Love is a white egg timer sitting on the fridge set to all nines; And I'm a busy housewife waiting to cook dinner at the sound of its bell. Love is a robber with a 45 in his belt; And I'm an eager dad trying to protect his family with a wooden stick. Love is hot coffee from a luxury beverage shop; And I'm a plastic party cup melting away. Love is a doctor with a PHD in heart surgery; And I'm a sick child waiting with his mother with no healthcare ******* on a free doctor’s-office lollypop. Love is a huge pink eraser; And I'm a graphite pencil struggling to write while me and the eraser fight. Love is a pickup truck speeding through town drunk; And I'm a lost puppy running through the same intersection looking for my owner. Love is meant for fish; And I'm a bird.
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Muster up the words, "I beg you." Form some kind of apology, please This isn't you and you know it Your heart is too warm to treat someone so cold The breezy winds flow through your hair just as well as they do your emotions and you're making her feel like a helpless feather with no other choice but to get blown away Even a simple goodbye would be better than this Trust me, I know closure isn't really your thing, but she deserves at least something Anything would do this situation justice, just please talk to her This isn't you, please snap out of it I know you've been hurt too many times to count and you're looking everywhere for something or someone to fill your voids but do not use innocent hearts as vices, they don't work like that Don't rob someone of their feelings just because you have a hard time coping with yours I know sometimes certain situations and feelings can be interpreted differently, but don't kid yourself, you know exactly what you're doing and quite frankly it's making me sick You aren't perfect and neither is she, but the least you could do is offer her a bandaid when she needs one instead of drinking her blood and leaving a mess for her to cleanup afterwards without even calling her back All of this is running like a train through my head when I look into my mirror and see myself start to tear up The bags under my eyes hold all of the emotions that I try my best not to let out It should be easier than this Maybe it really is easy, and I'm just not used to change I'm not sure about a lot of the things that are happening in my life However, I am sure that I need to stop becoming a bad memory to others It keeps me awake at night to think about all of the wrong I've done That there are people whose only memory of me is how I was the worst for them and I don't want that To my past friends and lovers, I can't say sorry enough To my present friends and lovers, please don't give up on me; you are the reason I'm still trying To my future friends and lovers, I hope by the time we meet, I am nothing less than perfect to you I'm not used to change, but I could get used to being a good memory
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May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016 at 1:33 AM UTC
Remember Me As I Am, Not As I Was
Muster up the words, "I beg you." Form some kind of apology, please This isn't you and you know it Your heart is too warm to treat someone so cold The breezy winds flow through your hair just as well as they do your emotions and you're making her feel like a helpless feather with no other choice but to get blown away Even a simple goodbye would be better than this Trust me, I know closure isn't really your thing, but she deserves at least something Anything would do this situation justice, just please talk to her This isn't you, please snap out of it I know you've been hurt too many times to count and you're looking everywhere for something or someone to fill your voids but do not use innocent hearts as vices, they don't work like that Don't rob someone of their feelings just because you have a hard time coping with yours I know sometimes certain situations and feelings can be interpreted differently, but don't kid yourself, you know exactly what you're doing and quite frankly it's making me sick You aren't perfect and neither is she, but the least you could do is offer her a bandaid when she needs one instead of drinking her blood and leaving a mess for her to cleanup afterwards without even calling her back All of this is running like a train through my head when I look into my mirror and see myself start to tear up The bags under my eyes hold all of the emotions that I try my best not to let out It should be easier than this Maybe it really is easy, and I'm just not used to change I'm not sure about a lot of the things that are happening in my life However, I am sure that I need to stop becoming a bad memory to others It keeps me awake at night to think about all of the wrong I've done That there are people whose only memory of me is how I was the worst for them and I don't want that To my past friends and lovers, I can't say sorry enough To my present friends and lovers, please don't give up on me; you are the reason I'm still trying To my future friends and lovers, I hope by the time we meet, I am nothing less than perfect to you I'm not used to change, but I could get used to being a good memory
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Let me show you All the words I cannot find. Let me write them On your neck in faded lipstick stains. Close your eyes. Listen to my shaking hands. They have a code of their own, One that only you can understand. Listen to them rattle against your chest. Feel the heat of my breath Glide over your cheek. Listen to what it’s telling you. Feel my teeth tug at your bottom lip. Let me get as close to you as I can Without losing myself completely. I can’t say this aloud. Just listen to my body, Decipher the language it speaks, wordlessly. Somewhere in this mess, The purest love I could ever muster. A diamond In all of our rough.
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Nov 27, 2016
Nov 27, 2016 at 1:00 PM UTC
Speechless
Millennials at Work and War Scorn not the snowflake who stands watch for us Now thrown into the existential struggle Surrendering their youth and taking up life They muster in the fields and factories And in their elders’ undeclared, shadowy wars Uniformed in an unappreciated sense Of duty and dignity while scorned by those Who take their ease upon the couches of sloth And fling cheap mockery at millennials Who take up tools and work and love of life Sometimes to die in deserts still unmapped While generals dismiss their casualties as light Despised as snowflakes by keyboard commandos Who never got closer to any war Than a John Wayne ketchup-bloody movie. Some work long double shifts through university In a sawmill, shop, or fast foodery Only to be dismissed as slacker layabouts, But expected to trust those who condemn them For not being the greatest generation As defined by those who never served at all And while being criticized they will grab A quick cup of coffee for the night shift Staffing the hospitals and police patrols That keep their sneering critics alive and safe They drive the trucks, they man the ships, they work They drill for oil, these useless millennials While idlers lounge long in the coffee shops And YooToob computered jokes about them Millennials have no time for coloring books Or comfort animals or revolution For they are weary with study and work The best of them make no demands, but, sure A little respect, hard-earned, would be nice If only the scripted singer-songwriters Would pack up the tired old stereotypes And see millennials as they truly are But darkness falls – they must go back to work On the eleven-seven, the graveyard shift They do not burn draft cards or Medicare cards Instead through work they illuminate this world And build it up with continued sacrifice Scorn not the snowflake who stands watch for us
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Dec 13, 2016
Dec 13, 2016 at 4:39 PM UTC
Millennials at Work and War
Millennials at Work and War Scorn not the snowflake who stands watch for us Now thrown into the existential struggle Surrendering their youth and taking up life They muster in the fields and factories And in their elders’ undeclared, shadowy wars Uniformed in an unappreciated sense Of duty and dignity while scorned by those Who take their ease upon the couches of sloth And fling cheap mockery at millennials Who take up tools and work and love of life Sometimes to die in deserts still unmapped While generals dismiss their casualties as light Despised as snowflakes by keyboard commandos Who never got closer to any war Than a John Wayne ketchup-bloody movie. Some work long double shifts through university In a sawmill, shop, or fast foodery Only to be dismissed as slacker layabouts, But expected to trust those who condemn them For not being the greatest generation As defined by those who never served at all And while being criticized they will grab A quick cup of coffee for the night shift Staffing the hospitals and police patrols That keep their sneering critics alive and safe They drive the trucks, they man the ships, they work They drill for oil, these useless millennials While idlers lounge long in the coffee shops And YooToob computered jokes about them Millennials have no time for coloring books Or comfort animals or revolution For they are weary with study and work The best of them make no demands, but, sure A little respect, hard-earned, would be nice If only the scripted singer-songwriters Would pack up the tired old stereotypes And see millennials as they truly are But darkness falls – they must go back to work On the eleven-seven, the graveyard shift They do not burn draft cards or Medicare cards Instead through work they illuminate this world And build it up with continued sacrifice Scorn not the snowflake who stands watch for us
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I hate death The slow menancing presence Always there Biding its time Counting down the time for us all Not letting us in on the big secret Not even a hint Just culling us when he deems our time has come My beautiful Nan She's given up She's not fighting anymore She's ready to be taken She's awaiting her flight leaving She's lost her lust for life She doesn't see all that's beautiful Just darkness and misery within her mind Her time is coming She's wishing it here She would probably be excited if she could muster the strength Like children wish for Christmas We all know he's coming Like an unwanted family member Never invited but has to come He will arrive when we least expect him Sneak in and take her from under our noses She will walk hand in hand with this well known stranger Enter the house I call home Like a thief and take my most precious possession The ticking of the clock counting down her time Counting down our time with her Removing the batteries changes nothing Every minute, a minute less Wiping tears away, calling out 'Cup of Tea, Nan?' Hoping she will answer
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Jan 24, 2014
Jan 24, 2014 at 12:00 PM UTC
Tea
We marched to the words of "We Shall Overcome" courting justice to walk at our side, seared into memory with the heat of sun brothers and sisters, arms linked one to one beneath that day star's unblinking eye, we marched to the words, "We Shall Overcome." We swore an oath to forego the gun, to carry only freedom's cry beneath the impassive afternoon sun, through bludgeon and cudgel one by one, each truncheon summoning others to rise, to join in the words "We Shall Overcome." As we embraced, the marching done, a crosshairs trained a sniper’s eye to wrench malice from the indifferent sun to hew a path in blood and bone, to rend flesh                      and a rasping                                               fatal sigh . . . in the fading caress of the afternoon sun. Beneath the eternal arc of the sun, again we will muster side by side, a sanctified chorus, whose song will be sung, let our marching echo...                                           "We Shall Overcome.” Copyright © 2018 Gary Brocks Conceived after visiting the LORRAINE HOTEL (Memphis, Tennessee), the site of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Thursday, 4 April 1968. In 1991 the NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM at the LORRAINE HOTEL was opened to the public. "We Shall Overcome”, an anthem, title and refrain, of the American Civil Rights Movement of the mid 20th century.
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Aug 26, 2018
Aug 26, 2018 at 4:18 AM UTC
INCANTATION OF RESISTANCE
We marched to the words of "We Shall Overcome" courting justice to walk at our side, seared into memory with the heat of sun brothers and sisters, arms linked one to one beneath that day star's unblinking eye, we marched to the words, "We Shall Overcome." We swore an oath to forego the gun, to carry only freedom's cry beneath the impassive afternoon sun, through bludgeon and cudgel one by one, each truncheon summoning others to rise, to join in the words "We Shall Overcome." As we embraced, the marching done, a crosshairs trained a sniper’s eye to wrench malice from the indifferent sun to hew a path in blood and bone, to rend flesh                      and a rasping                                               fatal sigh . . . in the fading caress of the afternoon sun. Beneath the eternal arc of the sun, again we will muster side by side, a sanctified chorus, whose song will be sung, let our marching echo...                                           "We Shall Overcome.” Copyright © 2018 Gary Brocks Conceived after visiting the LORRAINE HOTEL (Memphis, Tennessee), the site of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Thursday, 4 April 1968. In 1991 the NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM at the LORRAINE HOTEL was opened to the public. "We Shall Overcome”, an anthem, title and refrain, of the American Civil Rights Movement of the mid 20th century.
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I am not in the business of being you or him or her or they we doesn't even really interest me. you hated me within the first 20 minutes like a shallow predator experiencing virginal danger you have the limbic system of a prey obvious to anyone in touch with their senses. you were threatened- you cracked a joke and among the robotic laughter and among the generic thoughts I stood back, blank-faced a novel piece of art you haven't the ability to muster up the courage to understand. aloud, I said it wasn't funny which I'm sure your emptiness already betrayed in a booming, and terrifying fashion *(I'm an intellectual sadist- I get off watching you squirm)* you know enough, that you have no basis that the status quo is the stale stream you do nothing but soak in. you're superficiality is so pervasive that your thoughts are unfilled, plastic discarded long ago by anyone with stamina (you're a carbon-copy of a Xeroxed person) looking the same as the others of your degenerate breed with much less vibrancy than the original and far less worth. your boundaries have been in place for so long passed down by generations of generations of generations great-great-granddaddy's barbed wire is the only thing protecting your prejudice. you're not funny- you're scared ashamed and lonesome. ashamed of the person you wish you could be but don't have the strength-or the guts to morph into lonesome because even yourself is someone you don't feel close to you are so basically human. I have no pity. for you are no Muse.
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Apr 24, 2013
Apr 24, 2013 at 10:07 AM UTC
Intellectual Sadist.
I am not in the business of being you or him or her or they we doesn't even really interest me. you hated me within the first 20 minutes like a shallow predator experiencing virginal danger you have the limbic system of a prey obvious to anyone in touch with their senses. you were threatened- you cracked a joke and among the robotic laughter and among the generic thoughts I stood back, blank-faced a novel piece of art you haven't the ability to muster up the courage to understand. aloud, I said it wasn't funny which I'm sure your emptiness already betrayed in a booming, and terrifying fashion *(I'm an intellectual sadist- I get off watching you squirm)* you know enough, that you have no basis that the status quo is the stale stream you do nothing but soak in. you're superficiality is so pervasive that your thoughts are unfilled, plastic discarded long ago by anyone with stamina (you're a carbon-copy of a Xeroxed person) looking the same as the others of your degenerate breed with much less vibrancy than the original and far less worth. your boundaries have been in place for so long passed down by generations of generations of generations great-great-granddaddy's barbed wire is the only thing protecting your prejudice. you're not funny- you're scared ashamed and lonesome. ashamed of the person you wish you could be but don't have the strength-or the guts to morph into lonesome because even yourself is someone you don't feel close to you are so basically human. I have no pity. for you are no Muse.
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I concede that the evening is bright,   That the dawn does not exist, That leaves were meant to be brown to be beautiful,   That the sky will always stay blue. The hurricane that came to be music,   Windy days that fanned flames. Can you catch my sighs and I'll keep your whispers,   So nostalgic is your croon.    I taste the skins with whiffs of pepper and plum,   Where my senses rise leaving me lost amongst the stars, Giving a glimpse of the eternity of the galaxy,   Will your lips feel this way? Like the sights of autumn foliage in portraits,   I only wonder about your touch, Muster memories, scenes and scenes,   Until you're mine not just in dreams.
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Nov 19, 2014
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:36 AM UTC
Vino
waiting for some white winged fantasy to fall from the sky, landing half dead before my feet and lead me away to caves back to morocco to long tombs where chilled in our cartilage we could await dawn. tired from numbers, tired with names all I ever muster is to sleep, warm and alone wishing to be cold again wishing for winter, to know dark without end wishing to watch the city lights from the reservoir churning through cigarettes, heads hung and sunrise on hooks.
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Nov 3, 2012
Nov 3, 2012 at 4:46 PM UTC
Back to Canada
Inaction in action A most frightening thing Eyes flash from green to brown Was that a smile or one of your cute frowns? I can’t tell up from down In this vacant hole I feel like I am supposed to remember Impact has dried up Like a drought that makes farmers Wonder if their crop ever did flourish Or if the dust simply snuck into their heads With paintbrushes and vivid imaginations Of what fresh picked berries once tasted like I want to run Faster than ever to where I once was To where my emotions began To when a kiss was still intoxicating And you smiled at clasped hands Mirrors in my mind turn Reflections of you blur Engraved lessons I’ve learned Were you ever my home? I trace the walls of your character Each knot and groove familiar Reflexive fingertips Gliding over walls as they turn inside out I forgot what all this was about Do I long for a light that once shown Or just another culpable excuse To regain the throne My wishful thinking kingdom Though my senses are honed To both authenticity and mirage I fear I am equally prone Even so. If… If you were ever Or still are And we cross paths again Or maybe for the first time Kiss me with your brown eyes Or were they green? And I will try my best to recognize A love I fear I’ve never seen But I can’t muster pursuit when consciousness is stolen by a dream Inaction in action Is a most frightening thing
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Aug 29, 2015
Aug 29, 2015 at 11:25 PM UTC
Hiraeth
I failed to save another soul today. On my high patrol, I heard their last gasps leave their lips, and I let their salvation get away slipping through my super-powered fingertips. If I can write assurance to a thousand souls lost, humorous and witty "If I muster all the words that I know," I thought, "Surely I can save this city." But life can't be measured by honeyed words, and it's agony to see the souls' salvations that I'm missing beneath my red-caped nobility. Even if I flew higher still, with my cape waving proud and free, no great power I could bring to bear could match my responsibility. For every orphan girl I save, there's another not too far afield. For every chain broken, for every freed slave, there are chains that will not yield. I'd fly around the world and turn back time, but I know t'would be in vain. What's a single Superman to do, when the whole world cries to be saved?
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Jan 6, 2015
Jan 6, 2015 at 8:08 PM UTC
The Superman Dillema
Five years ago I knew an 8th grader who felt ashamed for who he was who felt constantly out of place who tossed and turned at night with deep enough despairs with ideas of throwing it all away with plans for those actions with no dreams, and only one long nightmare Three years ago I knew a sophomore who finally just started to accept it who reached out and tried who thought everyone felt the same with only blank stares for replies with only confused "friends" with no family backing with no true "inner circle" Last year I knew a senior who carried the burden alone who perfected his mask who finally learned how to hide with perceived success with sarcasm and quick jokes with pushing everyone away with justified fear of opening up This year I know a college freshmen who is struggling for acceptance of himself who brags of the physical scars who is afraid to reveal the deeper ones with walls as big as he could muster with iron bars to conceal what is beneath with pandora's box within with that same scared kid locked inside.
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Apr 13, 2014
Apr 13, 2014 at 12:31 AM UTC
I know someone
I love you much with every ounce this heart could muster I love you such yours is what my heart's trailing after I'd love your touch even if it'll cause me shatter Into a million shards yet still it does not matter A mere breath and you will meld me back together With every shatter and every meld makes me stronger It's bitter sweet but I'd do it over and over
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Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 2:37 AM UTC
Bitter Sweet
I look in the mirror and see a wonderful girl with big brown eyes and short brown hair I smile, what a contagious smile I can't help but smile even broader I muster my body I think of all the perfect thin models and embrace myself out of joy for not looking like them I love all my weird habits as well as my beautiful character traits and I love the fact that I'm completely unperfect. I appreciate everything my life offers for me, I am grateful for every instant I am able to enjoy my surroundings. I have to admit I have fallen deeply in love with myself.
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Mar 8, 2017
Mar 8, 2017 at 3:48 PM UTC
love letter to myself
She puts on a sun dress Trying to emphasize the lumps on her chest But no amount of makeup or even a bow Can distract from the fact that her self esteem's low She's ugly and she knows it She's bitter and she shows it Keep writing your chicken scratch and waving it high As all of the people keep passing you by You crave their attention and desire their praise But they just keep on walking, ignoring you for days. So she pulls down her collar to an all new low Trying to put on a better show They have no more pity for the girl with short hair They just can't seem to muster a single care
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Oct 22, 2014
Oct 22, 2014 at 9:39 PM UTC
The Girl with Short Hair
There was a fly who only had one eye. He lived a simple life on the River wry. One day the fly with only one eye began to cry. I'm very lonely he said to himself, I feel as though I've been left on the shelf. From out of nowhere an Elf appeared, an Elf who had only one ear. Your not alone the Elf did shout, come on over let's hang out. The Fly with one eye flapped his wings and said loudly so the Elf with one ear could hear,  I'm going to try to fly to the other side of the river wry. The Elf with one ear said do not fear I'll be your eyes and you'll be my ears. But half way across the Fly with one eye gave a big sigh and said  to the Elf with only one ear, I do fear that I will not finish the ride to the other side of the river wry. Do not fear said the Elf with only one ear.  With my perfect eyes I can see that half way across in the middle of a bog on a log are a frog and bee, surely they will help me. The Elf with only one ear shouted loudly to the frog and bee, can you please help me? The frog and the bee shouted back "gladly".  But the Elf who only had one ear could not hear the reply from the middle of the river wry. The Fly with one eye heard the reply and shouted as loudly as he could muster "the frog and bee have agreed gladly to help you and me" The Elf with one ear was relieved to hear this and set about outlining his plan. The Fly with one eye would flap his wings and start his trip across the river. The frog would jump up and down on his lily pad and make a noise which sounded like ribbit, ribbit, the Fly with one eye and the Elf with one ear would use the frog for direction, tuning into it. Once the Fly with one eye had passed the frog by the bee would set about buzzing loudly, the fly with one eye and the Elf with one ear would follow the buzzing to the edge of the river. The plan worked the Fly with one eye gave a shout hip hip hip hooray. The Elf with one ear gave three cheers and the frog and the bee clapped merrily. Hooray said the Fly with only one Eye and the Elf with only one Ear, let's get all our friends together and bake a cake to celebrate. The Fly with one eye looked at his friends and knew that life would never be quite the same now he could count on his new found friends, the Elf with one ear and the frog and the bee were like one big family.
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Sep 2, 2017
Sep 2, 2017 at 5:40 PM UTC
The Fly with one eye and the Elf with one ear
There was a fly who only had one eye. He lived a simple life on the River wry. One day the fly with only one eye began to cry. I'm very lonely he said to himself, I feel as though I've been left on the shelf. From out of nowhere an Elf appeared, an Elf who had only one ear. Your not alone the Elf did shout, come on over let's hang out. The Fly with one eye flapped his wings and said loudly so the Elf with one ear could hear,  I'm going to try to fly to the other side of the river wry. The Elf with one ear said do not fear I'll be your eyes and you'll be my ears. But half way across the Fly with one eye gave a big sigh and said  to the Elf with only one ear, I do fear that I will not finish the ride to the other side of the river wry. Do not fear said the Elf with only one ear.  With my perfect eyes I can see that half way across in the middle of a bog on a log are a frog and bee, surely they will help me. The Elf with only one ear shouted loudly to the frog and bee, can you please help me? The frog and the bee shouted back "gladly".  But the Elf who only had one ear could not hear the reply from the middle of the river wry. The Fly with one eye heard the reply and shouted as loudly as he could muster "the frog and bee have agreed gladly to help you and me" The Elf with one ear was relieved to hear this and set about outlining his plan. The Fly with one eye would flap his wings and start his trip across the river. The frog would jump up and down on his lily pad and make a noise which sounded like ribbit, ribbit, the Fly with one eye and the Elf with one ear would use the frog for direction, tuning into it. Once the Fly with one eye had passed the frog by the bee would set about buzzing loudly, the fly with one eye and the Elf with one ear would follow the buzzing to the edge of the river. The plan worked the Fly with one eye gave a shout hip hip hip hooray. The Elf with one ear gave three cheers and the frog and the bee clapped merrily. Hooray said the Fly with only one Eye and the Elf with only one Ear, let's get all our friends together and bake a cake to celebrate. The Fly with one eye looked at his friends and knew that life would never be quite the same now he could count on his new found friends, the Elf with one ear and the frog and the bee were like one big family.
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