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quinn ja Feb 2012
Idling in the wind,
Sour ash falling slow on my blank back,
Shadows of fears leak,
Bitterly down our temples cheek,
Don’t be stoked alive, barrels of fire
the wood is fake.
The smoke will only make you sick,
turn out your insides and eat them in bits
The only way down is a broken sad stack of books,
shivering and alone,
and everyone that loved you are now up and gone
Sit with pace when your feet are dancing in the clouds
Because you laugh inside but i laugh outlaid
You may tether and tally, count up the knots
But when you step to look down,
all that loved is lost.
I hold in my belly,
a catalog of seeds
And when i die forever
those seeds are me
They dance in the river, sleep in the trees,
eat sour cherries and practice hearts breaking free
love what you love and hold with might
True hearts beat on forever
Lily Pandera Jul 2011
Writing a poem now
seems a daunting task.
I used to write
every night
––multiples a week!
no one had to tell me,
ask,
no one had to seek.
What should I write about?
I'd just look around.
It'd come,
It'd flow
The words were happiest when found
––They'd tell me and I'd know.
But then, months later,
uninspired as I was,
Confused, upset
and just a little lost...
I looked back
and took a gander at my outlaid pride.
To my dismay, to my contempt,
my words were silly
and had no cause.
Upset upset
What am I writing for?
The talent I have
is in my head
and I need to be alone
once more.
Big Virge Sep 2021
I Dunno Sometimes...
What It Is With Some Folks...

When It Comes To Their Dough... ?!?

... Dropping Lines....
Like Dopes On Coc’... !!!

About The Cash...
That They Claim To Have Stashed...
When In ACTUAL Fact...

They’re Financially TRAPPED...
Because They OWE...

Their Bank And Fam’...
And CAN’T Withstand...
The Pressures of...
NOT Having Enough...
To Support Their Quotes...

That They Can Help You...
Cos’ Your Cash Has Run Low...

Well These Words Here...
Are For These Heads...
Who Switch Like Feds’...
In... Internal Affairs... !!!!!!!!

You Need To Get This CLEAR...

... If You Can’t Then DON’T... !!!

When It Comes To Matters...
Where Cash Is A Factor...
That People Need...
Because People Bleed...
If They Can’t Keep...
From... Insolvency... !!!

And Covering Debts...
Like Just Paying Their Rent... !!!

DON’T Lie Or PRETEND...
If You KNOW That You...
Are UNABLE To Lend...
Just... Tell The TRUTH... !!!

Sometimes You Have To ACCEPT...
That You Just Can’t Help...
... Family Or Friends... !!!

And Let THEM DECIDE...
What To Do To Survive...

Some May Choose...
To Just End The Ride...
That Has Taken Their Life...
Towards The... DARK SIDE... !!!

And Things Like... Suicide... !!!

It’s NOT Your Fault...
If That’s THEIR Call... !!!

The Ether May Be...
Where They NEED To Be... !!!

Because Life On Earth...
Doesn’t Always Work...
And Some Refuse...
To Play By The Rules...
That You Choose To Infuse...

Like Working For Those...
Who Keep Folks Controlled...
By DICTATING How...
Your Life Goes Down... !!!

Like They’re Doing Now...
Cos’ Corona’s Around... !!!

Some Choose Not To Follow...
Beg Steal Or... Borrow...

Or Make Claims That Are Hollow...
To AVOID... Dark Tomorrow’s...

If Money’s What Rules...
The Way That You Move...

Then RECOGNISE THAT...
And KEEP Your Cash... !!!!!!!!

DON’T Try To Play...
That You’ll Be Okay...
With Having To Wait...
For You To Get Paid...
For Cash You’ve Outlaid...

It’s Really OKAY...
Sometimes To Say NO...
And Let A Person Know...

That You Just CAN’T Do...
What You’d Like To Do...

So Remember This Quote... !!!

... If You Can’t Then DON’T... !!!

You Don’t Have To Feel Bad...
Or Remotely Sad...
If Doing That...
Makes Someone Crash... !!!

They Must Walk THEIR Path...
Even If It’s HARD...
And Marks Their Cards...
Like... Poker Sharks... !!!!!!

Everybody Can’t Win...
But Here’s The Thing... !!!

If You’ve Been Shown...
That There Are Ways...
You Can Get Repaid...

By Those You KNOW...
To Be STAND UP Folks... !!!

Then RECOGNISE...
That It Might Take Time...
But Things Will Be Alright...
But Might Take A Little While... !!!

So These Last Lines...
In This Set of Rhymes...
Are Words For The Wise...

DON’T CLAIM Things...
That You CAN’T Stand By... !!!

... ESPECIALLY IN...
What Are DIFFICULT Times... !!!

Because You May PRESSURISE...
A Mind Inclined...
To Take That Ride...
Towards Vader’s Side... !!!

So DON’T Make Quotes...
Or... Lend Out Dough...
If DEEP DOWN You KNOW...
That You CAN’T Cope...
With Losing Bank Notes...
And... Letting Them Go.. !!!

Because This Is The Line...
That You Know You Should Toe...

“ If You CAN’T Then DON’T “
Money matters can make people, say and do, some very strange things !
By: James Zander Young, August 8, 2013

Life is in the details and quite moments of soft reflection that illuminate the spirit from within. When alas the pale moonlight sets upon our weary bones it’s the mundane and routine that will guide us through. Not the thrilling and fulfilling of earths pleasures that we measure our final treasures. Its the eyes upon us with hands outstretched and clenched tightly upon ones impending loss, the toes among us waiting for the final due, that soft caress of a families gaze made true, a cycle of life outlaid and played. With a final view of life great success upon us, the tears of sorrow upon their faces, at once we, he, and she is now at rest and can gently flow with a hearts full cup of love and peace to that which we know not.
Yenson Mar 2022
Ain't them just a pack of halfwits
playing yaboo politics
with one stroke got them on the ropes
doubts flood their simple minds
desperation overflows in senile cancelations
when they are frightened by the outlaid truths
oh dear, she'll see all their nastiness, they fear
her eyes opened they'll lose her allegiance, gained by lies
they become even more desperate
pulling puppets strings here and there
simpletons doing as simpletons do
elementary my dear Watson
no brain surgeon amongst these buffoons
but its fun watching them panic and rage
it takes nothing to out distance them
and plague their vapid minds
they are born not to see beyond their noses
imbecilic bovver thugs playing ghetto politics
lets tickle their catastrophes
some more
or simply laugh at clowns cancellers
and feed their neurosis some more
that's the only way they feel relevant

— The End —