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"omniscient" poems
That blank, white, round face Almost filled to the brim with apathy As I regard it from afar. Quietly ticking and tocking Bearing witness to us all Almost everywhere As if to emphasize The impossibility of escape. It is omniscient yet knows Nothing Telling us with 12 numbers 2 spinning “hands” and 44 small lines Everything. It aggravates me That men thought wise in ages past Gave power to a thing so trite and unassuming By desiring to order the abstract. If I were to suddenly to abandon it I may be thought of as insane. But how can you not be When it is not the sun But the beat of Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. That continually spins the world?
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Jul 12, 2014
Jul 12, 2014 at 4:39 PM UTC
Clock
#*Words are the chemicals Packed in vials sublime Untouched pure in time Their base Property lyrical Words are the coefficients Reactants , The Thoughts and Emotions To balance the emotional equation Poetic are the words omniscient Combustible the thoughts, fragile the emotions Handle with care , the equations Cold storage processed, refilled Magnanimous ,the words distilled Thoughts never too dormant Never static the emotions The words a kinetic solution Potential they have Charmant*#
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Sep 10, 2018
Sep 10, 2018 at 4:32 AM UTC
The Words
I need to read love poetry For the same reason monks read bibles the irrepressible need to believe That love exists That love is omnipresent, omniscient, all powerful That it is eternal For someone somewhere, at least The emptier I feel, the more I read Let me believe Someone kisses Crusty eye-lids in perfect bliss
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Mar 28, 2015
Mar 28, 2015 at 5:20 AM UTC
Unicorns
the ashes of ancient alchemical martyrs glow in the great tunnels of Hadron, whizzing faster than time at the behest of man, the measurer of all things including whether things are worth measuring or not a sordid joke on the great minds that sorted the mystery out long before quantum physicists crawled out from under the church’s labyrinth of insulting confabulations and pillaged the fortunes of others to build the great rings shall we bow to the new God? **** your experience, I’ll prove you wrong* He bellows from the podium built from the finest endangered trees and polished with the spit of all who disagree, and yet it’s truth in action the 9mm’s omniscient song sung across this suffering world: **** with me, and you’ll discover the truth**
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Mar 7, 2011
Mar 7, 2011 at 7:36 PM UTC
Collision
By the 1960s, a disillusionment with Nationalism and war was permeating within the public consciousness. Man: jazz. Jazz! Everything sounds like jazz when you lend your hears an oscilloscope. You know what j-a-z-z sounds like? Well, it’s sweet, serendipitous or nonsensical, nihilistic. Modern in stainless steel or anachronistic in brass. Jazz! So what? Jazz sounds like anything that’s everything and vice versa. It’s a limb of that omniscient looker up and over: the tune itself. Oh, the tune? It’s what lies between your fingers when you’re writing, forging, loving, giving, perishing. You strut with the frequency of a conduit, but an unaware one at that. A change is gonna come in mere years, I know that much. Everyone will be deloused in the pain of the world; Mother Sympathy for all, even the charlatans who hide behind their crimson fur! All I’m saying is, whoever brings it ought to be from this place. I can’t fathom a recalcitrant extraterrestrial handling our own business at the expense of their planet’s water supply. I’m excited for whatever comes, believe me. So long as it ends me and with me.
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Oct 15, 2018
Oct 15, 2018 at 7:45 PM UTC
Divine Interjection
V. Ethereal Maybe being drunk is the closest I will ever get to zero gravity-- to walking on the moon. My fingers curled around the neck of a liquor bottle,   I wander to my bedroom window, as a tipsy weightlessness settles amongst my limbs (and my thoughts). Swaying slightly, I part the curtains and, in my intoxicated stupor, search for Polaris in the night sky, point to it, press a clumsy hand to the glass, convince myself that I have captured the star, and all the omniscient power it possesses, beneath my finger tips. Star light, {lips pant-- inebriated, heavy} star bright, {my breath appears a catalyst as the window pane glazes over in an impenetrable paroxysm of fog} first star I see tonight, {I take a swig, raise the bottle-- a toast to the cosmos} I wish I may, {Lashes meet in silent matrimony} I wish I might, {Behind closed, desperate eyes, ribbons of colour dance towards me in a disoriented jig} have this wish I wish tonight-- to be obliterated by the very galaxy that birthed these grieving bones and this tumultuous heart. Because only then-- as the Gods paint the Night with the innards of my soul, acrylic purples churning against the blackness-- will I become what I have always dreamed of becoming: Lovely. Ethereal.
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Sep 25, 2018
Sep 25, 2018 at 11:57 AM UTC
I, Ophelia (Part Five--Ethereal)
torn jeans dimples station wagons shifting eyebrows eager hands wry smiles chapped lips cheap beer deep-set eyes pirated music hates his birthday stoplight-kisses star-gazing in cornfields ****** knuckles broken minds lanky limbs poetry books scruffy faces jet-black coffee calloused hands that still feel soft adventurer's heart jumping fences midnight tokes always gives you hickeys always opens your door worn sneakers chewed pen caps late for work old windbreakers dirt under his fingernails omniscient smirks expensive cologne good intentions - but is bad with goodbyes hates himself for making you cry broken cigarettes aviator shades at night a perpetually furrowed brow and a laugh that sounds like autumn leaves as they crunch beneath your feet m.f.
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Oct 11, 2013
Oct 11, 2013 at 12:16 AM UTC
types of boys
In the light Shadows are prisoners And prisoners we are to our shadows But if shadows could speak I think they'll say *I am no prisoner I am but a listener I guide the light and shape the stars I am detailed craftily inked I am what links us all* **In the darkness Our shadows are free And we are free from our shadows But if shadows could speak I think they'll say ***I am beyond free I am everywhere omnipresent and omniscient I shade what most aren't aware of I am the protector The keeper of all secrets I am defined by none*** But if shadows could speak will anyone still feel lonesome?
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Feb 22, 2015
Feb 22, 2015 at 4:12 PM UTC
If Shadows Could Speak
by: MissPine Confidante — that's what I am seeking. Over a thousand tears are still falling. Longing for what they called love. Only time could tell how it is tough. Rollercoaster rides of painful stuff. Come to me, Oh Clementine! Omniscient I may be, but I am just a teen. Dry my eyes as well as this heart of mine. Empty my mind from thoughts once hide. Dream about love is just like a tide. Confident I am in this journey called life. Rushed imaginations end not be by knife. Unveiling on what I always been aiming. Stop for seconds, guess I'm still dreaming. Hope this be the last game I'm playing. Who is that confidante I am looking? The 'Color-coded Crush' who I'm loving.
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Nov 22, 2018
Nov 22, 2018 at 7:49 AM UTC
Color-coded Crush
We have souls that are plunging off this planet, in hopes they will be swallowed by the cosmos- fearing the hurt is never ending, leads to renovations of existence. To silence the beating of a heart, to end a life. Morality is stuck behind the gates of purgatory & society is too scared of what will happen if we use our mouths for meaningful conversation. Indeed. A tourniquet can stop the bleeding, but can’t do justice for spread of infection, or the scar serving as a reminder. People are dying from depression- faulty chemistry in the brain. As well as suicide. It is the crying of phantoms, never to be heard- wanting change, a re-birth, of the contorted humanity we proudly call ”life” Ache that’s carried lifelong, but never resolved. Truthfully, those vague questions don’t save lives. Death knows this, of course. He is an omniscient force lingering in the scenery. Possessing the inability to tolerate the teasing and the wagers. Coming to collect early because, we’ve begun to shatter every fragment of light life reflected. Now, Darkness makes him feel welcome and entitled. KRM
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Jun 10, 2018
Jun 10, 2018 at 2:41 AM UTC
Death Is Gluttonous For Silence & Stigma Feeds The Demons
There is something painfully wrong about a mother’s cry. In those seizing moments, while her nose twitches and her eyes bleed red and she lets tears smear jaggedly about her face- there is something so unsettling, so out of place. You perceived her once invulnerable, but now you find that behind her divinity are familiar fears that overwhelm her omniscient mind. When your own Goddess can’t be free from corruption, that even the holy have weak heels and poisoned matrimonies; that is agonizing acrimony.
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Jul 22, 2018
Jul 22, 2018 at 3:55 PM UTC
tears of the goddess
Is mystery dependent on me thinking of mystery? It is a safe bet. For when what is central is knowledge, then I can only become aware of mystery if upon something new or unknown. Thus, mystery is not knowledge, but the lack of it. Mystery is ignorance. Thus, my meditation is rather reflection on ignorance, As if I'm trying to better describe ignorance, or find a way out of ignorance with only the experiential. I think of mostly consciousness and the universe here, in terms of my and humanity's ignorance of them. Not only am I limited by my own understanding but also the understanding of others, however much they are even more intelligent than me. I see others working on problems that have proven to not solve the mystery, the mystery being ignorance. The only thing that could solve it is omniscience. Then it follows that what I'm really trying to solve is omniscience. "Infinite cognition" as the Buddha put it. Even if a person could have omniscience, it would be colored by how they can make sense of reality. Knowledge would take the form of what is most familiar. Thus, when wondering about a question as to what is pi, they may say about 3.14. The answer conditioned on how people and the omniscient one would have the capacity to hear. Maybe this seems more like intuition. But omniscience would denote the person as a speaker, yet only allowable to speak as what was conducive for everyone's best. This is how Baha'is look at Manifestations of God: only allowed to share a certain amount at a time. Just as the Son said "I have many things to share with you, but you cannot hear them now". Still their capacity would be limited to what they themselves were interested in. For one who is marginalized and oppressed or even thronged by multitudes, often has no willingness to delve deeply into subject matter, it causing some to stray from a correct path. Since fractal systems work strongest in more diverse settings, it would seem that the very thing that makes it strong also makes its capacity to hear weak. Omniscience therefore, if given to only a few, has a limited range of effect. But even this limited range would change the entire system. As Baha'u'llah calls His followers "the leaven" and the Son calls His followers "the salt". "Many are called but few are chosen" seems derogatory in a world where "ye are all the leaves of one tree". World consciousness almost arose to love tonight, but the lover ensared it in his anger once again. If I close my ears to them, will it go away? If they close my ears to me, will I go away? Strength in the diversity of parts. Strength really meaning pain. E Pluribus Unum.
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Mar 8, 2021
Mar 8, 2021 at 1:30 AM UTC
Mystery is ignorance
Is mystery dependent on me thinking of mystery? It is a safe bet. For when what is central is knowledge, then I can only become aware of mystery if upon something new or unknown. Thus, mystery is not knowledge, but the lack of it. Mystery is ignorance. Thus, my meditation is rather reflection on ignorance, As if I'm trying to better describe ignorance, or find a way out of ignorance with only the experiential. I think of mostly consciousness and the universe here, in terms of my and humanity's ignorance of them. Not only am I limited by my own understanding but also the understanding of others, however much they are even more intelligent than me. I see others working on problems that have proven to not solve the mystery, the mystery being ignorance. The only thing that could solve it is omniscience. Then it follows that what I'm really trying to solve is omniscience. "Infinite cognition" as the Buddha put it. Even if a person could have omniscience, it would be colored by how they can make sense of reality. Knowledge would take the form of what is most familiar. Thus, when wondering about a question as to what is pi, they may say about 3.14. The answer conditioned on how people and the omniscient one would have the capacity to hear. Maybe this seems more like intuition. But omniscience would denote the person as a speaker, yet only allowable to speak as what was conducive for everyone's best. This is how Baha'is look at Manifestations of God: only allowed to share a certain amount at a time. Just as the Son said "I have many things to share with you, but you cannot hear them now". Still their capacity would be limited to what they themselves were interested in. For one who is marginalized and oppressed or even thronged by multitudes, often has no willingness to delve deeply into subject matter, it causing some to stray from a correct path. Since fractal systems work strongest in more diverse settings, it would seem that the very thing that makes it strong also makes its capacity to hear weak. Omniscience therefore, if given to only a few, has a limited range of effect. But even this limited range would change the entire system. As Baha'u'llah calls His followers "the leaven" and the Son calls His followers "the salt". "Many are called but few are chosen" seems derogatory in a world where "ye are all the leaves of one tree". World consciousness almost arose to love tonight, but the lover ensared it in his anger once again. If I close my ears to them, will it go away? If they close my ears to me, will I go away? Strength in the diversity of parts. Strength really meaning pain. E Pluribus Unum.
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Once of a bride was I by a belle informed; Who, on the very night of their honeymoon Upon sighting her groom's dower, screamed And would not let him in for his ***** boon, Until she's taken thru the script the following Morn by her parson's wife in cool counselling. Many things in morals and etiquette do Parents their children ever and anon teach Except on this single unfolding issue Will they falter to them plainly preach: The act of marriage in its detailed image, Cause it's found nay on their nurturing page. An African mother will quiver her girl to lecture, For instance, in the subject under review, But will leave it to the Omniscient Nature To instruct her like cry to a curlew. So the bride's mom will not to her say: This is how you should roll in the hay. Neither will a father his son likewise tell Explicitly of this duty--this too I know-- How to make his led-to-the-altar angel Fly on cloud nine during their maiden show. My pa never me of this nuptial scene told, How in bed my lady I should stylishly hold. Yet instinct, that great ancient teacher, The green Adam and ****** Eve taught On man's debut moment of ecstasy ever, And did lead him to her piquant spot, Whilst one another they caressed for affection, Premiering for all couples conjugal copulation. And the animals who do not the wisdom Of man have, even every diminutive creature, How each by divine smarts in their kingdom-- Like the fish in the sea of their rapture-- Do with themselves mate with none Giving them tutorials nor showing them **** To close this up where it had first started: The *iyawo after the pending deed was done, As it should betwixt man and wife, delighted Was and with glowing warmth did thence burn In the hearth of her *ókò with ultra joy, Who at the beginning of performance was coy.
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Nov 28, 2011
Nov 28, 2011 at 4:43 AM UTC
Left to Instinct
Once of a bride was I by a belle informed; Who, on the very night of their honeymoon Upon sighting her groom's dower, screamed And would not let him in for his ***** boon, Until she's taken thru the script the following Morn by her parson's wife in cool counselling. Many things in morals and etiquette do Parents their children ever and anon teach Except on this single unfolding issue Will they falter to them plainly preach: The act of marriage in its detailed image, Cause it's found nay on their nurturing page. An African mother will quiver her girl to lecture, For instance, in the subject under review, But will leave it to the Omniscient Nature To instruct her like cry to a curlew. So the bride's mom will not to her say: This is how you should roll in the hay. Neither will a father his son likewise tell Explicitly of this duty--this too I know-- How to make his led-to-the-altar angel Fly on cloud nine during their maiden show. My pa never me of this nuptial scene told, How in bed my lady I should stylishly hold. Yet instinct, that great ancient teacher, The green Adam and ****** Eve taught On man's debut moment of ecstasy ever, And did lead him to her piquant spot, Whilst one another they caressed for affection, Premiering for all couples conjugal copulation. And the animals who do not the wisdom Of man have, even every diminutive creature, How each by divine smarts in their kingdom-- Like the fish in the sea of their rapture-- Do with themselves mate with none Giving them tutorials nor showing them **** To close this up where it had first started: The *iyawo after the pending deed was done, As it should betwixt man and wife, delighted Was and with glowing warmth did thence burn In the hearth of her *ókò with ultra joy, Who at the beginning of performance was coy.
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When I leave this town of sticks and stones, And make way through the thick, dense fog, I will no longer feel anxiety pouring over me, Will no longer be, a bump on a log. When I rome free through the wild outdoors, I will no longr contemplate my past, The moment I achieve pure happiness, Wanting the moment to forever last. When I long to see my boyfriend, I won't lie there foolishly and cry, Because life is about diversity, To progressively advance and try. When I learn the true meaning of, "I love you," I will feel omniscient and strong, Despite my hardships, Whether right, or whether wrong. When Im off to college, New doors will open up for me, Such extraodinary opportunities out there, For such a dedicated, yet small me. When I'm married to the man I love, My wasted thoughts will leave my head, I'll only worry about the choices I made, The actions I took, and the things I said. When I achieve my dreams, Self-actualized, I'll surely be, Hoping to some day become a legend, With endless things to see. When I'm eventually deceased and gone from this world, I will have looked back and said I tried, Tried to make use of the life God left me with, Along such a beautiful, bumpy ride.
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Apr 19, 2013
Apr 19, 2013 at 7:05 PM UTC
"A Place Called Home"
you get so used to something; to someone; never expect them to abandon you though you condoned their departure you saw it coming it was all experienced yesterday except, then it was only a distant speck you brushed away the dust you kicked up and ignored the arguments that weighed on your conscience you saw it coming yet it still hits you like a freight train with your back to it; your earphones in because you were trying to enjoy a walk on such dangerous tracks; such thin ice you saw it coming so what choice do you now have but to finally collapse; to let it run you over and let your omniscient bones break? you saw it coming, but you let it hit you anyway. please, get out of the way next time.
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Nov 26, 2015
Nov 26, 2015 at 1:12 AM UTC
railroad
You there  Yes you  You sit there so quiet  Pretty blonde hair, green eyes  You play with dolls you don't notice peoples size  You see beauty and that's all  You there  Yes you  You sit there so quiet  Pretty dark blond hair, green eyes You cry in front of the mirror because someone told you someone told you to hate your size You see ugly and that's all But wait   You there  Yes you  Pretty red hair, green eyes  You stay so quiet You sit in the bathroom  You play with razors because someone told you someone told you to hate yourself  You see red and that's all But wait  You there  Yes you pretty black hair, green eyes  You still sit in silence  You play in the bathroom  You won't keep anything down They taught you to keep up the hate Hate yourself  But wait  You there  Yes you  Faded blonde hair, dull green eyes  You will lay there screaming, **with no one hearing ** All you are is an empty shell  They taught you hate and **now it's too much ** You'll lay in the hospital  But It’s still to much But wait You there Yes you Hair freshly dyed blonde  Eyes shut so tight Ribbons over freshly cut wrists Best dress on, white stained with red at the hips You lay so quiet  Whispering your final goodnight
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Dec 19, 2014
Dec 19, 2014 at 5:26 PM UTC
You there (A narrative? A autobiography from an omniscient point of view)
The ancient Chedi stands eternal in the gated town of the golden land among thousand peaks, this is the primary pilgrims take refuge and tourists wow can one have desire and not suffer? therein the omniscient one answers
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Apr 3, 2018
Apr 3, 2018 at 9:36 PM UTC
The Phra Pathom Chedi
WHAT is a Hindu, a Moslem or a Christian?     Whence he comes and where he goes?         Ocean is a solution, salty, but-      Corers of Suns gleam on the crest of waves-      One, only One at the helm in the blue.           Pools and streams and lakes and bays      Wells and springs and rain and ice      We see nothing but a drop, in them drops      Nay, vapor condensed: Nay, H2O-right?      Think a little straight, sit up aright       Am I not right? -break, break that H2O      Baffling bright white-light you can see.     Of heat and Energy, Oh! 'Sivam'!     You may call it 'Noor' in Arabic     'Siv' in Sanskrit-what then-     Releases combustion in cells?    Nothing but very heat and Energy.    Uranium and Thorium release the same.    We find Energy unborn eternal     Omnipresent, Omnipotent    Omniscient, and Formless.    The Almighty is Brahma,    Paramatma and Allah.    Jehovah may be for some,    For some Agni, may be that-    Radiant and resplendent Yogic Light.    Cant you see Ocean in rain drop    Cosmic power in a cell or shell?    Cell or Shell-what is in a name?    Is chariot, coat or prison of the soul.    When walls get weak the soul will part    Out through the vent as air off the balloon.    Reading Holy Scriptures, not knowing the sense-   What use? -observe the Nature and think   Knowledge is a chain of fact as pearls   Stringed by Reason and Faith with a Coir of the Truth.   Tension brews as experiences tightly    Loaded on the string, still stronger by Faith.   Knowledge is light to enlighten the folk   Not to **** but for, co-existence in Peace.                  =================
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Dec 21, 2011
Dec 21, 2011 at 10:47 PM UTC
Brooding at Ramzan
WHAT is a Hindu, a Moslem or a Christian?     Whence he comes and where he goes?         Ocean is a solution, salty, but-      Corers of Suns gleam on the crest of waves-      One, only One at the helm in the blue.           Pools and streams and lakes and bays      Wells and springs and rain and ice      We see nothing but a drop, in them drops      Nay, vapor condensed: Nay, H2O-right?      Think a little straight, sit up aright       Am I not right? -break, break that H2O      Baffling bright white-light you can see.     Of heat and Energy, Oh! 'Sivam'!     You may call it 'Noor' in Arabic     'Siv' in Sanskrit-what then-     Releases combustion in cells?    Nothing but very heat and Energy.    Uranium and Thorium release the same.    We find Energy unborn eternal     Omnipresent, Omnipotent    Omniscient, and Formless.    The Almighty is Brahma,    Paramatma and Allah.    Jehovah may be for some,    For some Agni, may be that-    Radiant and resplendent Yogic Light.    Cant you see Ocean in rain drop    Cosmic power in a cell or shell?    Cell or Shell-what is in a name?    Is chariot, coat or prison of the soul.    When walls get weak the soul will part    Out through the vent as air off the balloon.    Reading Holy Scriptures, not knowing the sense-   What use? -observe the Nature and think   Knowledge is a chain of fact as pearls   Stringed by Reason and Faith with a Coir of the Truth.   Tension brews as experiences tightly    Loaded on the string, still stronger by Faith.   Knowledge is light to enlighten the folk   Not to **** but for, co-existence in Peace.                  =================
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GHETTO GOSPLE. You aren't born to please anyone, neither accepted by everybody. But your purpose is to make sure you live good making better thangs, making thangs better. Spreading love across to each and every one wisely. You're born to rule not ruled. Everyone is meant to live fee free. But it takes bravery to make a living, on the field of struggle, busting and jostling, in search for fortune, get yours, I'd get mine. living in dreams, getting goals accomplished unyielding. Thinking of living again tomorrow, when we hadn't none reaped ou'ta momentum.  Is there future promised to us at all.? When we had spent perhaps even the half of our lifetime , achieving nothang. Stagnated, disdained, and denounced crazy sage, labeled mad. Does it not mean we were plagued? God forbid! Sango in the altar. History's mystery new testament era. Jesus is Lord a slain Saint sent from above. Make a melody 🎶 sing to the world, lengthening fasting season. Faithful journey  along with Supreme omniscient ghost. Awe! - C9fm
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Mar 15, 2023
Mar 15, 2023 at 7:40 PM UTC
GHETTO GOSPLE
#Soaring over the idyllic fields of poet's day dreams an opening exposes some endless blue the sun cast's his golden rod and waits while humming his bright tune Suddenly submerged for his bait we had chewed turbulence drops yellow bags and white fog blinds our view The sun is toying with us letting the line out farther and farther the old sun and the sky a departure within a departure Finally the sun pulls the line screaming, we steady then ascend are we going higher now? better make amends                                  via amens Look all the fog is gone this isn't the suns pole the light is fleeing and this cabinet grows so cold The air thins into non existence yet somehow we can breath in these celestial waters watch as the earth takes her leave Reeling faster now how these stars pass by what's beyond the celestial sphere this fisherman sure is spry Finally a golden gleam approaches splash through the pearly gates into the net of heaven pietistic fingers embrace An omniscient voice speaks NOT AGAIN, ANOTHER USELESS CAN? and he tossed this metal heap away who do I eat and who do I romance It's going to be a long journey home. #
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Oct 2, 2018
Oct 2, 2018 at 2:54 PM UTC
The Old God and the Celestial Sea
Treacherously torrid torrential tempestuous The warrior on the mountain confessed to us Sordid sully suborn salacious Only the worst will ever keep pace with us In extremis extremity exigence exodus Is the answer clear to all of us Intuitional intrepid impetus intrigue Spontaneity's tortoise trauma fatigue Heuristic horizon hornswoggle huckster Or just another cauldron muck stir Mystical magical manumission mandate That only the good would ever relate date Fornicating fecund finite's fate I can only hope it will be I rate Tirade treatise's transpicuous treachery Adjunct juxtaposition may get the best of me Estranged ensemble's ethereal expletive Won't be contained, like water in a sieve Wanton wayward warrantee wrangled And all of that surreal newfangled Omnipresent omnificent omniscient omnipotence How I wish I could float its boat sense
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Feb 26, 2013
Feb 26, 2013 at 5:54 AM UTC
Oblique Assault
Words are a fickle thing. They claim those faint of heart, Destroying those heathenish men, Who dare try to control the world Through the power of words. Those who try are instantly conquered By the omniscient dictionary, Destroyed by their constant use of a thesaurus, And taken over by attempting mimicking another man’s voice, Instead of trying to find their own. They fail because they write for the wrong reasons. They fail because of their selfishness. They fail because they want fame. They fail because their words are… Lifeless…. Hopeless... Stubborn… Their words refuse to conform to their ideas. Their words punish their minds with sleepless nights, Over their horrid word choice. Crush their dreams with metaphor upon metaphor. Win over their imaginations by continuous simile stacking. Imagine if you would, Attempting to perform heart surgery, With a sledge hammer, While a hungry lion is in the room, And you’re in your underpants. That is the challenge that these miserly men face When they sit at their desks, with their pens twirling, And their minds racing, asking why their characters Are like puppets with no puppeteer. Why their poems have no reason. Why their words truly have no power. When you write, think not about what you want to accomplish. Don’t think about what will make people stir. Think about what you feel. Feel your heart pound and your soul quake. When your words make you want to dance, That’s when you know that you wrote something worthwhile. Because it made sense to you, someone else will feel it. Someone else will know exactly what you mean. Always remember that your first draft comes from the heart.
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Sep 20, 2012
Sep 20, 2012 at 4:19 PM UTC
Words are Fickle
Words are a fickle thing. They claim those faint of heart, Destroying those heathenish men, Who dare try to control the world Through the power of words. Those who try are instantly conquered By the omniscient dictionary, Destroyed by their constant use of a thesaurus, And taken over by attempting mimicking another man’s voice, Instead of trying to find their own. They fail because they write for the wrong reasons. They fail because of their selfishness. They fail because they want fame. They fail because their words are… Lifeless…. Hopeless... Stubborn… Their words refuse to conform to their ideas. Their words punish their minds with sleepless nights, Over their horrid word choice. Crush their dreams with metaphor upon metaphor. Win over their imaginations by continuous simile stacking. Imagine if you would, Attempting to perform heart surgery, With a sledge hammer, While a hungry lion is in the room, And you’re in your underpants. That is the challenge that these miserly men face When they sit at their desks, with their pens twirling, And their minds racing, asking why their characters Are like puppets with no puppeteer. Why their poems have no reason. Why their words truly have no power. When you write, think not about what you want to accomplish. Don’t think about what will make people stir. Think about what you feel. Feel your heart pound and your soul quake. When your words make you want to dance, That’s when you know that you wrote something worthwhile. Because it made sense to you, someone else will feel it. Someone else will know exactly what you mean. Always remember that your first draft comes from the heart.
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I wish it was easy to say who I am. I wish God was less of a creator and more of an author Ink stained fingernails glasses brimming the edge of his nose type Whiskey on the side of his computer; optional. I wish that in place of these veins and hair and bendable thumbs I had poetry, soliloquies, syllables, punctuations. That marked my existence I wish my mind was a novel and each word inside it Moved through my organs and around my chest And when you cracked it open knowing who I am Would be as easy as reading a book I wish that when I get so angry I forget to speak That you could just rip off the end of my skirt and read the Internal and omniscient monologue in place of my skin That would explain everything When I smile during turmoil I wish it wasn’t a mystery And the chapters printed on my visible teeth Could tell you exactly why. If God was an author I would be a character And each of my traits would have meaning, and significance Why do I bite my nails? Because when I was five years old I saw my mother do It and when I’m nervous I do it to be close to her That would be the reason and I wouldn’t have to sit and wonder about it Because that fits my story Every page of my life would be narrated by someone who knew Me better than I knew myself and that, that Would take a lot of pressure off my shoulders. The horrible weight of self-defining Wouldn’t it be nice to not have to discover yourself? To have someone do it for you Instead of taking years to find out that you work better under pressure And that being a doctor really wasn’t your true calling after all What if you could just look down at your body And see words that told the story of you. What if you were armed with the knowledge of knowing Who you are and what your purpose is. I wish I was literature So finally I could through my hands up Shout back at you saying “Here, look this is who I am.” I like the sound of the ocean Black and white movies I get sad when it rains Just read me.
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Jan 27, 2013
Jan 27, 2013 at 6:24 PM UTC
I Wish I Was Literature.
I wish it was easy to say who I am. I wish God was less of a creator and more of an author Ink stained fingernails glasses brimming the edge of his nose type Whiskey on the side of his computer; optional. I wish that in place of these veins and hair and bendable thumbs I had poetry, soliloquies, syllables, punctuations. That marked my existence I wish my mind was a novel and each word inside it Moved through my organs and around my chest And when you cracked it open knowing who I am Would be as easy as reading a book I wish that when I get so angry I forget to speak That you could just rip off the end of my skirt and read the Internal and omniscient monologue in place of my skin That would explain everything When I smile during turmoil I wish it wasn’t a mystery And the chapters printed on my visible teeth Could tell you exactly why. If God was an author I would be a character And each of my traits would have meaning, and significance Why do I bite my nails? Because when I was five years old I saw my mother do It and when I’m nervous I do it to be close to her That would be the reason and I wouldn’t have to sit and wonder about it Because that fits my story Every page of my life would be narrated by someone who knew Me better than I knew myself and that, that Would take a lot of pressure off my shoulders. The horrible weight of self-defining Wouldn’t it be nice to not have to discover yourself? To have someone do it for you Instead of taking years to find out that you work better under pressure And that being a doctor really wasn’t your true calling after all What if you could just look down at your body And see words that told the story of you. What if you were armed with the knowledge of knowing Who you are and what your purpose is. I wish I was literature So finally I could through my hands up Shout back at you saying “Here, look this is who I am.” I like the sound of the ocean Black and white movies I get sad when it rains Just read me.
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Upon a path of trepidation Walked I along with hesitation I trudged forth in contemplation, Remarking on my indignation. I felt as though the road would end, Each step came forth again and again. To pass the time, I counted sins, Not religious exactly, just decision’s wind, I thought of my own life, and how much change Had plagued my mind and my own cage, The prison in my head that I live through, Even though there’s worse that I could do, I closed that link before I could Think of things I knew I should, I “forgot” them throughout the years, To push away all of my own fears, With that then settled The road I reveled. I noticed the dust on this forgotten trail, Each step disheveled the dirt so stale, I noticed I hadn’t been the only one To walk this trail and be undone, But I was however the first in a while, The steps i left behind me were straight and filed. - Withered whispering romance had wilted away A faceless me, within I decayed, The road was vast and all omniscient, The weather indeed was quite consistent, Muggy, dreary, a hint of mist, Melancholy so, that I wished to be ****** I would have loved to be drunk again As I had been so before like many men, To take upon this journey but straight, Would have felt like bringing train and freight, It is important to realize That I was alone and not in guise, For to find myself, I was myself, There was only I to seek for help. - about three days had passed along, Wondering if I was even strong Enough to find the cross in road To decide which way that I should go, When in sudden surprise there came, The cross in road appeared to exclaim, I could go straight, left or right, As one would think it might, But each direction had their own feel, So much so, I thought it may not be real, I gazed at each about an hour, And witnessed their foretelling in my head as they showered. - The road ahead was static and unchanging I found myself to be salivating, Nervous, the feeling crept on through me, The sensation of the same emotions, unruling. I thought of the looming possibility, That to change anything was not in my ability, That I would be forced by past to walk this path, Straight on and forward in a droning, mindless trance. This startled me and I quickly thought That I had best my chance be wrought, Left or right, like straight, I felt both, Like a voice somewhere inside bequothe, “Lest ye not choose wrong dear boy, Or you, I fear, will die empty in ploy.” Chanting choruses of Gregorian nature Repeated that stanza in mocking stature, The repetition to the point of depravity, I digressed, I became my insanity.
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May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013 at 12:25 AM UTC
The Crossroad.
Upon a path of trepidation Walked I along with hesitation I trudged forth in contemplation, Remarking on my indignation. I felt as though the road would end, Each step came forth again and again. To pass the time, I counted sins, Not religious exactly, just decision’s wind, I thought of my own life, and how much change Had plagued my mind and my own cage, The prison in my head that I live through, Even though there’s worse that I could do, I closed that link before I could Think of things I knew I should, I “forgot” them throughout the years, To push away all of my own fears, With that then settled The road I reveled. I noticed the dust on this forgotten trail, Each step disheveled the dirt so stale, I noticed I hadn’t been the only one To walk this trail and be undone, But I was however the first in a while, The steps i left behind me were straight and filed. - Withered whispering romance had wilted away A faceless me, within I decayed, The road was vast and all omniscient, The weather indeed was quite consistent, Muggy, dreary, a hint of mist, Melancholy so, that I wished to be ****** I would have loved to be drunk again As I had been so before like many men, To take upon this journey but straight, Would have felt like bringing train and freight, It is important to realize That I was alone and not in guise, For to find myself, I was myself, There was only I to seek for help. - about three days had passed along, Wondering if I was even strong Enough to find the cross in road To decide which way that I should go, When in sudden surprise there came, The cross in road appeared to exclaim, I could go straight, left or right, As one would think it might, But each direction had their own feel, So much so, I thought it may not be real, I gazed at each about an hour, And witnessed their foretelling in my head as they showered. - The road ahead was static and unchanging I found myself to be salivating, Nervous, the feeling crept on through me, The sensation of the same emotions, unruling. I thought of the looming possibility, That to change anything was not in my ability, That I would be forced by past to walk this path, Straight on and forward in a droning, mindless trance. This startled me and I quickly thought That I had best my chance be wrought, Left or right, like straight, I felt both, Like a voice somewhere inside bequothe, “Lest ye not choose wrong dear boy, Or you, I fear, will die empty in ploy.” Chanting choruses of Gregorian nature Repeated that stanza in mocking stature, The repetition to the point of depravity, I digressed, I became my insanity.
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