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"resistant" poems
Tell me why it seems like the walls are closing in Tell me why my hopes they're stretched far and thin Tell me why my dreams still struggle in this fight Tell me why every time I draw air but it feels so tight. Tell me why in this turmoil my heart does wallow Tell me why lifes' lessons by the heapfuls I choke to swallow Tell me why I'm somewhat free but then again I am not Tell me why I really do have but I haven't really got. Tell me why I try to sleep many a restless night Tell me why I am so afraid of many a fearful fright Tell me why I still feel the way I have felt before Tell me why I ask many questions which leaves me broken and sore. Tell me why so much emotions run amok within me Tell me why I look yet I do not really see Tell me why despondence is back; it's here to haunt Tell me why such uncertainties always beckons to taunt. Tell me why I want more but I am quite contented Tell me why I have to accept the path I've very much resented Tell me why I already know but I still keep on asking Tell me why it seems like the reasons are in every way lacking. Tell me why I feel so happy but in fact I am so sad Tell me why it all seems unfair but I have to be glad Tell me why I found love in the most unfortunate circumstance Tell me why to a mournful tune I am stuck in dance. Tell me why my heart feels engorged but I can't release it all Tell me why I am so scared but I would still want to fall Tell me why I feel you close when you're farther than far Tell me why it seems incredulous that we share the same star. Tell me why I long to give you more when I can't this instant Tell me why I can feel better but I seem so resistant Tell me why sometimes I look up and curse at my luck Tell me why I refuse to focus on courage that I really should pluck. Tell me why I lay in bed dreaming of a place far away Tell me why I find myself moping more and more each day Tell me why I chose to be naive and in fate I do give trust Tell me why time and time again it just gets ground to dust. Tell me why I feel so beaten and weak when I should be strong Tell me why I am so familiar in a place I don't belong Tell me why I have to live with a mask on my face Tell me why I feel like a marionette strung up by lace. Tell me why I dug deep when these words make me cry Tell me why the tears still trickle when my eyes are dry Tell me why I share this when I know you would feel bad Tell me why I would even spout the words that make you sad. Tell me why these painful wounds I didn't choose to lick Tell me why I didn't let them heal but instead I would pick Tell me why I feel as though I am quite addicted Tell me why it seems like I enjoy the dark I've inflicted. Tell me why sometimes I question, the things you see in me Tell me why you've said it many times but I don't really see Tell me why I haven't drifted far when I should've a while ago The reason is you; because you have chosen to love me.
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Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 2014 at 8:30 PM UTC
Digging Deep
Tell me why it seems like the walls are closing in Tell me why my hopes they're stretched far and thin Tell me why my dreams still struggle in this fight Tell me why every time I draw air but it feels so tight. Tell me why in this turmoil my heart does wallow Tell me why lifes' lessons by the heapfuls I choke to swallow Tell me why I'm somewhat free but then again I am not Tell me why I really do have but I haven't really got. Tell me why I try to sleep many a restless night Tell me why I am so afraid of many a fearful fright Tell me why I still feel the way I have felt before Tell me why I ask many questions which leaves me broken and sore. Tell me why so much emotions run amok within me Tell me why I look yet I do not really see Tell me why despondence is back; it's here to haunt Tell me why such uncertainties always beckons to taunt. Tell me why I want more but I am quite contented Tell me why I have to accept the path I've very much resented Tell me why I already know but I still keep on asking Tell me why it seems like the reasons are in every way lacking. Tell me why I feel so happy but in fact I am so sad Tell me why it all seems unfair but I have to be glad Tell me why I found love in the most unfortunate circumstance Tell me why to a mournful tune I am stuck in dance. Tell me why my heart feels engorged but I can't release it all Tell me why I am so scared but I would still want to fall Tell me why I feel you close when you're farther than far Tell me why it seems incredulous that we share the same star. Tell me why I long to give you more when I can't this instant Tell me why I can feel better but I seem so resistant Tell me why sometimes I look up and curse at my luck Tell me why I refuse to focus on courage that I really should pluck. Tell me why I lay in bed dreaming of a place far away Tell me why I find myself moping more and more each day Tell me why I chose to be naive and in fate I do give trust Tell me why time and time again it just gets ground to dust. Tell me why I feel so beaten and weak when I should be strong Tell me why I am so familiar in a place I don't belong Tell me why I have to live with a mask on my face Tell me why I feel like a marionette strung up by lace. Tell me why I dug deep when these words make me cry Tell me why the tears still trickle when my eyes are dry Tell me why I share this when I know you would feel bad Tell me why I would even spout the words that make you sad. Tell me why these painful wounds I didn't choose to lick Tell me why I didn't let them heal but instead I would pick Tell me why I feel as though I am quite addicted Tell me why it seems like I enjoy the dark I've inflicted. Tell me why sometimes I question, the things you see in me Tell me why you've said it many times but I don't really see Tell me why I haven't drifted far when I should've a while ago The reason is you; because you have chosen to love me.
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My stiff arms hit the metal of the door as I force it open, against the chilled fist of wind, pounding hard upon the glass windows and then equally upon my face and forearms. It had to be below 50 degrees, but I had hoped that the cold could help me feel again. Feel something. Unfortunately, this ice only froze my fingers, leaving my body as numb as my mind. Later, as I rid my machine of the cloth concealment, protecting the scars laced into my skin. The water boils as I examine my life-lines, these battle scars, in the mirror and can only cringe in thought of the disappointment drowning the faces of those I care about most: their eyes drooping down with the weight of eyebrows, creased diagonally, half shock and the other half burning discontentment. They purse their lips and stab my eyes with their daggers, when I chuckle nervously. I shake my head of these thoughts from my speculation and step into the steam, hoping the heat could help me feel again. However, the fire does not scorch my body, nor incinerate the emptiness, it only slides down the marble sculpture my body feels to be (equivalent to the concrete barrier that builds behind my eyes)
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Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 7:24 PM UTC
Temperature Resistant
I am not the master of my writing - my writing masters me, seizing me when the seizure is a sure thing, it dictates to its enslaved scribe what it desires this utensil to reveal and expel - the contraries who having battled to a ****** draw leaves the battlefield trembling with indecent indecision; the optimal conditions for its macrobiotic invasion of my brain stem; the she-muse offers me two choices: she wants a poem writ forthwith on the lyrical expression of depression and refusal is non optional so I fantasize escape and that becomes her property as well; evidence against me to be used at my trials, the one where there is no statue of liberty from the limitations of prior bad acts; I offer the she-muse two choices: give me a cabin with WiFi and self-enforcement of solitary confinement and tie me up with the rope remainders of broken bonds, bonds that tied me up worse when they were broken and the peaceful withering that won’t disrupt disturb nobody from a distance my other choice is to bury me forthwith next to my parents and shutter my constant tearing eyes which are drop-resistant muse says that’s no choice I own your voice stilled or not, will bill your soul’s account for denial of poetic services weep; i don’t want the noises that curse this troubled bodyship don’t want recollections good or bad the muse-bitch cackles with insanity of delight for she accepts this writ as partial payment on her commission, whispers I love your lyrical expressions of depression that ****** recognition algorithms alert me that seizing time is nigh there is no on/off switch for one like you: father son and holy ghost
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Apr 28, 2018
Apr 28, 2018 at 9:31 AM UTC
I am not the master of my writing (the lyrical expression of depression)
I am not the master of my writing - my writing masters me, seizing me when the seizure is a sure thing, it dictates to its enslaved scribe what it desires this utensil to reveal and expel - the contraries who having battled to a ****** draw leaves the battlefield trembling with indecent indecision; the optimal conditions for its macrobiotic invasion of my brain stem; the she-muse offers me two choices: she wants a poem writ forthwith on the lyrical expression of depression and refusal is non optional so I fantasize escape and that becomes her property as well; evidence against me to be used at my trials, the one where there is no statue of liberty from the limitations of prior bad acts; I offer the she-muse two choices: give me a cabin with WiFi and self-enforcement of solitary confinement and tie me up with the rope remainders of broken bonds, bonds that tied me up worse when they were broken and the peaceful withering that won’t disrupt disturb nobody from a distance my other choice is to bury me forthwith next to my parents and shutter my constant tearing eyes which are drop-resistant muse says that’s no choice I own your voice stilled or not, will bill your soul’s account for denial of poetic services weep; i don’t want the noises that curse this troubled bodyship don’t want recollections good or bad the muse-bitch cackles with insanity of delight for she accepts this writ as partial payment on her commission, whispers I love your lyrical expressions of depression that ****** recognition algorithms alert me that seizing time is nigh there is no on/off switch for one like you: father son and holy ghost
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A duo as diverse as can be found anywhere but, once we were together, full of stories to share Laughter and hardship made us both who we are And now, to find those two people, is like roping a star Baseball and cub scouts, standing in as your dad These were some of the best times that I ever had I wait for the doorbell, hoping that's where you'll stand And that the burdens developed are gone with your hand Two hard headed old mules, As stubborn as the other We've lost years of our past And missed times as a brother Two hard headed old mules Growing old with regret Both resistant to change And ..what we'll never get We'd stand with each other in times all gone by We don't know how to fix this, but, someone should try We're both so much older and wiser by now This needs to be fixed up, but neither knows how Years of missed laughter and growing as friends Is extended each day, and we should make ammends Our lives are much different, that much we know But, we still sons and both brothers, with time left to go Two hard headed old mules, As stubborn as the other We've lost years of our past And missed times as a brother Two hard headed old mules Growing old with regret Both resistant to change And...what we'll never get I wait for the doorbell, and know it's not you I'm not sure if I found you, just what I would do The sins of the father, should be put to rest For our years full of laughter were some of the best Fishing, and talking, sharing each others dreams Have been wiped from our minds, at least that's how it seems We'll always be brothers, right now just in name We're just stubborn old mules, still playing the game Two hard headed old mules, As stubborn as the other We've lost years of our past And missed times as a brother Two hard headed old mules Growing old with regret Both resistant to change And... we're not done yet!!
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Jan 9, 2013
Jan 9, 2013 at 7:13 PM UTC
Stubborn Old Mules
A duo as diverse as can be found anywhere but, once we were together, full of stories to share Laughter and hardship made us both who we are And now, to find those two people, is like roping a star Baseball and cub scouts, standing in as your dad These were some of the best times that I ever had I wait for the doorbell, hoping that's where you'll stand And that the burdens developed are gone with your hand Two hard headed old mules, As stubborn as the other We've lost years of our past And missed times as a brother Two hard headed old mules Growing old with regret Both resistant to change And ..what we'll never get We'd stand with each other in times all gone by We don't know how to fix this, but, someone should try We're both so much older and wiser by now This needs to be fixed up, but neither knows how Years of missed laughter and growing as friends Is extended each day, and we should make ammends Our lives are much different, that much we know But, we still sons and both brothers, with time left to go Two hard headed old mules, As stubborn as the other We've lost years of our past And missed times as a brother Two hard headed old mules Growing old with regret Both resistant to change And...what we'll never get I wait for the doorbell, and know it's not you I'm not sure if I found you, just what I would do The sins of the father, should be put to rest For our years full of laughter were some of the best Fishing, and talking, sharing each others dreams Have been wiped from our minds, at least that's how it seems We'll always be brothers, right now just in name We're just stubborn old mules, still playing the game Two hard headed old mules, As stubborn as the other We've lost years of our past And missed times as a brother Two hard headed old mules Growing old with regret Both resistant to change And... we're not done yet!!
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Paper. Pen.     Let's write out our feelings.     "I'm having a rough time." Cell phone Online recipes.     I should cook that soon. Hotel websites.     Free breakfast? Eh I'm vegan now so just fruit.     Swimming pool? I'm sure it'll be busy     Fitness center. Leo wants to run in the morning.     Booked. Could be a good night. Paper. Pen.     Right. Writing.     "I can tell journaling is helpful     because I'm resistant to doing it." Text messages.     Leo thinks they were too mean to me.     I think I deserve it.     I love you. Paper. Pen.     Hm. I should write some poetry. Photos.     Wow look at how my face has changed, let's make a collage.     Oo what else.     Body pictures.     Pre-surgery picture.     Damm I've really sculpted up.     Reconsiders feeling gross physically.     Arguable. Paper. Pen.     How easy it is to ignore you.     How easy it is to ignore myself     And not listen to my feelings.
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May 4, 2019
May 4, 2019 at 10:58 PM UTC
Distractions
Today, I wake with a fire, burning through the gallows in this heart of mine, searing the cavity within, and thus churning the blood into a vile silver mercury, throbbing through the aorta, veins, and into the legs, arms, hands and finally the mind, into a madness --and in madness a confession-- I yearn. I yearn, so much and so much more, than just a gaze, than just a kind greeting, than an accidental touch. But I am a beast and no more, eating, sleeping and watching, as be it societal acceptance, a self resistant machine, that renders me a master of the art of acting indifferent at your gaze. Blame me not, my love, for this act is  to ward off the seductive aphrodisiac of which vibrant colors  glows in ecstasy, (being anything but) in which I believe love to be. So leave it at that, and nothing more, thoughts of unrequited love and thoughts never to become actions.
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Dec 9, 2011
Dec 9, 2011 at 1:16 AM UTC
Gatsby
I. So long are the thoughts of someone so beautiful pulled in by a vision of body and mind so young chasing inspiration to steal the gaze of a woman like a fire that burns so to a heart seated in passion and even harder to fight the warmth of attraction, yet a gentlemen waits until he is given the pleasure. II. In a moment, one can see his eyes filled with pleasure given a glow whilst reflecting something beautiful. She never shies away from the design of his attraction, hard to build a foundation on a ground yet so young. Yet there is no limit, even one such as age, to limit passion, rarely does time measure wisdom between a girl or a woman. III. His pheromones work magic to his beating heart for a woman. She seeks to be the resting of his desires that fulfill his pleasure. There is a slow creeping thought that feelings are merely passion, and there is little but a burning lust rather than something beautiful. Harder are the connections with the ones who venture young, but an old soul has the experiences that altered fates attraction IV. There are those who walk away from such an attraction Envisioning a different path with an older woman Seeing little to gain mentally from a person fairly young Never realizing that her mind was always his pleasure Not just intellect, but thoughts that were oh so beautiful, With words that reflect such a bright heart of passion. V. No matter resistances or distances, their connection is their passion. They write to impress one another, flirting to increase the attraction. Displaying their hearts for each other in writings so beautiful, many poems composed for and because of, a certain woman. Never by touch but a pen evoking feelings with written pleasure, sharing in a cryptic way the hidden feeling from when young. VI. Still one cannot find the power to resistant a flower, young. Merely looking for a fuel to fire our deepest passion, never forgetting the strength of giving pleasure. Baring his shyness to show complicated attraction, in the pursuit of a hope that she is no ordinary woman. Like hoping on a sunrise, but knowing it will be beautiful. VII. Intricate is the passion in the face of his attraction. So too is the zeal of the wanting young woman. Still the greatest pleasure is that she is beautiful.
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Jan 3, 2014
Jan 3, 2014 at 8:42 PM UTC
Into a daydream...
I. So long are the thoughts of someone so beautiful pulled in by a vision of body and mind so young chasing inspiration to steal the gaze of a woman like a fire that burns so to a heart seated in passion and even harder to fight the warmth of attraction, yet a gentlemen waits until he is given the pleasure. II. In a moment, one can see his eyes filled with pleasure given a glow whilst reflecting something beautiful. She never shies away from the design of his attraction, hard to build a foundation on a ground yet so young. Yet there is no limit, even one such as age, to limit passion, rarely does time measure wisdom between a girl or a woman. III. His pheromones work magic to his beating heart for a woman. She seeks to be the resting of his desires that fulfill his pleasure. There is a slow creeping thought that feelings are merely passion, and there is little but a burning lust rather than something beautiful. Harder are the connections with the ones who venture young, but an old soul has the experiences that altered fates attraction IV. There are those who walk away from such an attraction Envisioning a different path with an older woman Seeing little to gain mentally from a person fairly young Never realizing that her mind was always his pleasure Not just intellect, but thoughts that were oh so beautiful, With words that reflect such a bright heart of passion. V. No matter resistances or distances, their connection is their passion. They write to impress one another, flirting to increase the attraction. Displaying their hearts for each other in writings so beautiful, many poems composed for and because of, a certain woman. Never by touch but a pen evoking feelings with written pleasure, sharing in a cryptic way the hidden feeling from when young. VI. Still one cannot find the power to resistant a flower, young. Merely looking for a fuel to fire our deepest passion, never forgetting the strength of giving pleasure. Baring his shyness to show complicated attraction, in the pursuit of a hope that she is no ordinary woman. Like hoping on a sunrise, but knowing it will be beautiful. VII. Intricate is the passion in the face of his attraction. So too is the zeal of the wanting young woman. Still the greatest pleasure is that she is beautiful.
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Looking at you as you lay asleep, unsure of whether to smile or weep, for my heart you will always keep, for you are my shepherd and I am your sheep. I will follow you until my feet run red, and I will hold onto you until I am dead, to leave you fills my heart with dread, for you are the cure for the cancer in my head. Your heart is like gold, resistant to mold, the cure that I need, and am lucky enough to receive, with all the love that you bleed, to grant me my reprieve. Words cannot fathom what you have done, letting me live, as if I am someone. Someone who deserves the love that you present, when you are the one who deserves to be content. So now that I am healed, alive and well, I will cut out my heart and present it to you, please do not mind the smell... for it has been molded for as long as I can tell. If you continue to scrub it clean, for you and only you, my heart will gleam.
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May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014 at 8:08 PM UTC
Sarah
Encephalon is the flagitious syndicate target To imprison the saintly and resistant population In the research agenda which is classified We are selected guinea pigs in a nightmare To the unethical secret operations Unknown to many, is the silent suffering Of isolated victims living amongst the community Satellite surveillance includes electromagnetic harassment That burning, thought stealing, control of limbs feeling I was done by the hoary Navy's sonar Poor dolphins washed up Cornwall's beach(1) After sonar echoed in my right lughole Mind control technology has evolved The community are recruited by false propaganda Thats the local police, council, library, not restricted to neighbours Old style Cointelpro is in play Discredited, slanders, and victim blaming Who can we share with but other targets Nobody asked which human is for "use" in trials?
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Jun 24, 2020
Jun 24, 2020 at 10:37 AM UTC
Targeted Individuals Poem
She was like the iron pyrite The teacher asked them to examine, and describe; Cold, dense and prickly, Difficult to love. Given the right light And a gentle handling, Oh, how she'd sparkle, But in that place, expectations and sensory overload rendered her lumpen, and resistant. Removed from her books and her inner world - all she needed - And placed in a maelstrom, She was bewildered and forlorn. Un-cooperative, they called her, And the teachers loved the other gems instead, Pretty little nuggets; Ruby, Jasper, Jade. Two years of discouragement and dislike And even the tentative sparkles had darkened. The other gems enjoyed each other And moved away from her magnetic pull, sensing difference. No outright meanness, not yet, But hints were brewing, whispers had started And she wandered alone, in the playground, Talking to the seagulls, and singing to herself. The teachers only wanted conformity And called her parents to voice concern about her lack of friends. Had they asked her, allowed her to have a say She would have told them it didn't matter But they were determined that it did, to them, if not to her, And her parents were added to the burden of people Worried and disappointed, watching. She knew now, she was different, she had always known but never minded, Now it was a problem. She didn't fit, Like that scratchy purple uniform, around her chubby waist Food didn't judge, dislike or condemn. That life ended, and a new struggle, in a new school, began. This was harder; the meanness was apparent now, Difference wasn't tolerated And someone wandering alone was a target. She found a place to hide, behind a staircase, with a book, But they found her, removed her and patrolled her only refuge Forcing her to submit to the torture. Every day was a war zone, So she found another way, and embraced ill-health, stealthily Spraying deodorant directly into her own face induced asthma attacks; and not all those ear infections were real, She was an accomplished actress. She got through it, millions do. She found her own place, her own friends in her own time. Among Onyx, Jet and Tigers Eye Her darkness didn't mark her out as different, And all that fake illness Was great prep for theatre, Where she was able to return to her inner world, And no-one cared if you feigned madness Or embraced the real thing. Difference was celebrated, The whispers now, were that she had a great stage presence, And a talent to be nurtured, Not a difference to be despised.
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Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013 at 4:35 AM UTC
The Girl who Talked to Seagulls
She was like the iron pyrite The teacher asked them to examine, and describe; Cold, dense and prickly, Difficult to love. Given the right light And a gentle handling, Oh, how she'd sparkle, But in that place, expectations and sensory overload rendered her lumpen, and resistant. Removed from her books and her inner world - all she needed - And placed in a maelstrom, She was bewildered and forlorn. Un-cooperative, they called her, And the teachers loved the other gems instead, Pretty little nuggets; Ruby, Jasper, Jade. Two years of discouragement and dislike And even the tentative sparkles had darkened. The other gems enjoyed each other And moved away from her magnetic pull, sensing difference. No outright meanness, not yet, But hints were brewing, whispers had started And she wandered alone, in the playground, Talking to the seagulls, and singing to herself. The teachers only wanted conformity And called her parents to voice concern about her lack of friends. Had they asked her, allowed her to have a say She would have told them it didn't matter But they were determined that it did, to them, if not to her, And her parents were added to the burden of people Worried and disappointed, watching. She knew now, she was different, she had always known but never minded, Now it was a problem. She didn't fit, Like that scratchy purple uniform, around her chubby waist Food didn't judge, dislike or condemn. That life ended, and a new struggle, in a new school, began. This was harder; the meanness was apparent now, Difference wasn't tolerated And someone wandering alone was a target. She found a place to hide, behind a staircase, with a book, But they found her, removed her and patrolled her only refuge Forcing her to submit to the torture. Every day was a war zone, So she found another way, and embraced ill-health, stealthily Spraying deodorant directly into her own face induced asthma attacks; and not all those ear infections were real, She was an accomplished actress. She got through it, millions do. She found her own place, her own friends in her own time. Among Onyx, Jet and Tigers Eye Her darkness didn't mark her out as different, And all that fake illness Was great prep for theatre, Where she was able to return to her inner world, And no-one cared if you feigned madness Or embraced the real thing. Difference was celebrated, The whispers now, were that she had a great stage presence, And a talent to be nurtured, Not a difference to be despised.
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Once upon a time... You & I lived lives divided Until by fate we were united When we first lit the fire Once upon a time I would watch you from a distance Desired you, but stayed resistant To the Urges that would cloud my mind with Wickedness, persistent Your perfect fairy wings Fluttered lightly in the wind And though I did the best I could My thoughts were wrought with sin And I desired you like mad For the Angel that I had Left me burning despicably With wretched flames within And You were so Inviting. Your Body Ripe for the Taking. Guarded you were Behind Gates of the Dragon Yet I watched you intently Plotting my Ransom Waiting on the right moment to strike To steal you away from your Protected Life And to take you back with me Into my Cell In the dark and abysmal cave where I dwell To teach you the ways Us Creatures gain pleasure To make you my Slave And to ransack your Treasures And then came the day That you broke away From the Chains That held you to where you were safe I saw you And watched you and Stalked you Intently While you were out searching the world Innocently And then, When you were finally in reach And we were Alone I snatched you away from the flowers and reeds And stole you back with me into my home A cold and depressing Dungeon of Stone Your protector was gone And you were all mine When we were alone Lost somewhere in time And to my shock, and utter surprise You became the flame that lit up my eyes And slowly but surely as days slipped by I became yours more than you became mine And then, you escaped or did I let you get away? You emerged from my cave Beautiful, unscathed I just couldn't bring myself to be one you hate When your love is so sweet I just couldn't betray it But then, I thought of you out in the world Alone On your own My sweet pixie girl And I couldn't JUST COULDN'T Handle the thought of a Monster like me Dragging you through the mud Coveting you the way that I do But most of All Tasting your Love Staying put was so much harder than trying to be your Guardian and Rescue you and Shelter you from any more Hate or Abuse And now I see my sins Led me out of the darkness within Into the sunshine of your life - Where I found the Source of Light I needed to keep me alive And I feel like I owe you my life And now you're free from my Prison but I guess, so am I, in essence In the end, the Fairy Showed the Goblin, He longed to be a Prince.
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Oct 9, 2014
Oct 9, 2014 at 10:58 PM UTC
The Princess and the Goblin
Once upon a time... You & I lived lives divided Until by fate we were united When we first lit the fire Once upon a time I would watch you from a distance Desired you, but stayed resistant To the Urges that would cloud my mind with Wickedness, persistent Your perfect fairy wings Fluttered lightly in the wind And though I did the best I could My thoughts were wrought with sin And I desired you like mad For the Angel that I had Left me burning despicably With wretched flames within And You were so Inviting. Your Body Ripe for the Taking. Guarded you were Behind Gates of the Dragon Yet I watched you intently Plotting my Ransom Waiting on the right moment to strike To steal you away from your Protected Life And to take you back with me Into my Cell In the dark and abysmal cave where I dwell To teach you the ways Us Creatures gain pleasure To make you my Slave And to ransack your Treasures And then came the day That you broke away From the Chains That held you to where you were safe I saw you And watched you and Stalked you Intently While you were out searching the world Innocently And then, When you were finally in reach And we were Alone I snatched you away from the flowers and reeds And stole you back with me into my home A cold and depressing Dungeon of Stone Your protector was gone And you were all mine When we were alone Lost somewhere in time And to my shock, and utter surprise You became the flame that lit up my eyes And slowly but surely as days slipped by I became yours more than you became mine And then, you escaped or did I let you get away? You emerged from my cave Beautiful, unscathed I just couldn't bring myself to be one you hate When your love is so sweet I just couldn't betray it But then, I thought of you out in the world Alone On your own My sweet pixie girl And I couldn't JUST COULDN'T Handle the thought of a Monster like me Dragging you through the mud Coveting you the way that I do But most of All Tasting your Love Staying put was so much harder than trying to be your Guardian and Rescue you and Shelter you from any more Hate or Abuse And now I see my sins Led me out of the darkness within Into the sunshine of your life - Where I found the Source of Light I needed to keep me alive And I feel like I owe you my life And now you're free from my Prison but I guess, so am I, in essence In the end, the Fairy Showed the Goblin, He longed to be a Prince.
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a magician never reveals their tricks to the joker is what you’d told you that sunday night last september as you had sloppily crashed into a river and made both of our cold bones shiver. we both knew this was not a typical drive down the road because you had broken the moral code and would soon be toad while i lay with still bones and a frantic call home on a stretcher in the back of an ambulance with hands holding my body together as you asked the police to give you a moment so you could have a breather and a smoke or two because you knew you were through. they asked if you wanted to leave me alone and head down to the police station and you just shrugged like this was not your creation because your court costs were more expensive than the knowledge of my pain and i wished I had caught that last sunday night train instead of drinking with you in the rain and making fog against the window pane. i was told not to move as i waited for the helicopter and you were pushed up against the side of a cop car and cuffed with angry resistant will and the tears spilled down hard and fast from your pretty little face because for once i would not save your ****** *** and get you out of this gory mess that had turned your sunday best into a disgrace and made my bones buckle and cry out for some rest for they had been pressed and strained under the now drowned window pane with blood creating a vivid stain. your head ducked down as you were pushed into the back of the car and you glanced up to see my motionless mangled body watching from afar. how’s that for a date night? you laughed as the tube down my throat made me cough and the police officer gave you a stern look before slamming the door on your smirking face so hard that the car shook like my body did with hollow echoing sobs that made my eyes run like the river that had made both of us shiver as you had claimed that the joker would always deliver even if the magician would not reveal their spells for the joker had his own secret way to hell.
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Dec 29, 2018
Dec 29, 2018 at 4:20 PM UTC
Untitled #2
a magician never reveals their tricks to the joker is what you’d told you that sunday night last september as you had sloppily crashed into a river and made both of our cold bones shiver. we both knew this was not a typical drive down the road because you had broken the moral code and would soon be toad while i lay with still bones and a frantic call home on a stretcher in the back of an ambulance with hands holding my body together as you asked the police to give you a moment so you could have a breather and a smoke or two because you knew you were through. they asked if you wanted to leave me alone and head down to the police station and you just shrugged like this was not your creation because your court costs were more expensive than the knowledge of my pain and i wished I had caught that last sunday night train instead of drinking with you in the rain and making fog against the window pane. i was told not to move as i waited for the helicopter and you were pushed up against the side of a cop car and cuffed with angry resistant will and the tears spilled down hard and fast from your pretty little face because for once i would not save your ****** *** and get you out of this gory mess that had turned your sunday best into a disgrace and made my bones buckle and cry out for some rest for they had been pressed and strained under the now drowned window pane with blood creating a vivid stain. your head ducked down as you were pushed into the back of the car and you glanced up to see my motionless mangled body watching from afar. how’s that for a date night? you laughed as the tube down my throat made me cough and the police officer gave you a stern look before slamming the door on your smirking face so hard that the car shook like my body did with hollow echoing sobs that made my eyes run like the river that had made both of us shiver as you had claimed that the joker would always deliver even if the magician would not reveal their spells for the joker had his own secret way to hell.
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Often, on quiet days, I wade through forest paths to the outer most regions of town. Close to the brink of wilderness where the humming sounds of cars and popping noises of God knows what can still be observed. Yet, the pure land surrounding has been blessed to be untouched and unblemished. Here, I retreat. I circle the bend and climb a hill until I reach an isolated plateau of nature reserve. Where natural phenomenon rise and cease in incessant and lullabic oscillation. As if to unplug my mental cords and to store away my worry, fear, concepts and systems. I reach a haven of unity. Although I own no land for myself, out here I can't help but feel this lost land of paradise is fully mine. However, I would like to do away with the notion of possession and self and here I can get closer to doing so. As if I were a small, beautiful water droplet being plucked from that cruel water resistant surface and to glide gracefully back into an encompassing body of water where the temperature is the state of my mind. And on occasion I notice another solemn being, clearly human, stumbling down the same path I had managed to carve and from atop the raised plateau, I can watch them. They circle and turn back, but I can't help but wonder if they feel the same as I do. And sometimes I think to approach them slowly and calmly and inquire about philosophical concepts. But I wish not to disturb what is so beautifully held in the essence of the silent forest. I would wonder what knowledge or truths these men and women had attained during this life and if it were to resonate with my own. Or possibly to share. In the town and at the refill station I dare not to inquire about such trivial matters but instead I nod my head or note the weather. But I cannot help but imagine and sometimes even feel that there is something deep within us and the space and entities surrounding us that is ineffable and profound. Yet it seems that it is lost in the thicket of ideas, concepts, and biased reality just like the sunlight in a dense, cold, unlit forest. And I have convinced myself that if we could clear even enough of the baggage we carry as entrapped souls that we could create a more beautiful, serene, and harmonious state of unity and achieve transcendent heights of being right here and now.
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Feb 4, 2015
Feb 4, 2015 at 6:46 PM UTC
Silent Forest
Often, on quiet days, I wade through forest paths to the outer most regions of town. Close to the brink of wilderness where the humming sounds of cars and popping noises of God knows what can still be observed. Yet, the pure land surrounding has been blessed to be untouched and unblemished. Here, I retreat. I circle the bend and climb a hill until I reach an isolated plateau of nature reserve. Where natural phenomenon rise and cease in incessant and lullabic oscillation. As if to unplug my mental cords and to store away my worry, fear, concepts and systems. I reach a haven of unity. Although I own no land for myself, out here I can't help but feel this lost land of paradise is fully mine. However, I would like to do away with the notion of possession and self and here I can get closer to doing so. As if I were a small, beautiful water droplet being plucked from that cruel water resistant surface and to glide gracefully back into an encompassing body of water where the temperature is the state of my mind. And on occasion I notice another solemn being, clearly human, stumbling down the same path I had managed to carve and from atop the raised plateau, I can watch them. They circle and turn back, but I can't help but wonder if they feel the same as I do. And sometimes I think to approach them slowly and calmly and inquire about philosophical concepts. But I wish not to disturb what is so beautifully held in the essence of the silent forest. I would wonder what knowledge or truths these men and women had attained during this life and if it were to resonate with my own. Or possibly to share. In the town and at the refill station I dare not to inquire about such trivial matters but instead I nod my head or note the weather. But I cannot help but imagine and sometimes even feel that there is something deep within us and the space and entities surrounding us that is ineffable and profound. Yet it seems that it is lost in the thicket of ideas, concepts, and biased reality just like the sunlight in a dense, cold, unlit forest. And I have convinced myself that if we could clear even enough of the baggage we carry as entrapped souls that we could create a more beautiful, serene, and harmonious state of unity and achieve transcendent heights of being right here and now.
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Outcast I’m not trying to be distant but my name is unknown and happiness I disown My presence is nonexistent this loneliness is persistent. Nothing is worse than being alone To living I have become resistant.
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May 22, 2014
May 22, 2014 at 4:50 PM UTC
Outcast
In last night’s episode, a feeling washed over me Lonely and alone, I broke down And within those few moments of emotional inertia I wept for everything and everyone; For Prince and Bowie and all the others For the planet For my loved ones and all of their problems I can’t solve But not for myself, I wouldn’t allow it I deny myself everything I need; A person to love and be loved by A shoulder to cry on Permission to be weak Help when it’s needed A part of me died and I reflected on how trivial it is always making things difficult for yourself Questioned why my life is so hard As if it’s all some joke everyone is in on They’re laughing and rooting against me while I fall back down each time I get back up Does anyone understand what it’s like in my shoes? How can they when I don’t let anyone in? Hell, I don’t even understand my own weary soul So star crossed and aimless and pulled in every direction Searching….searching….unable to find solace Looking for home in people and places and things Put a noose around my heart, hung it for all to see There is no love for one so smart and strong There is no place for one so resistant to belong There is no hope, or so it seems Impatiently waiting for someone to prove me wrong To cut these ties To free me from myself To make me feel alive Because **** it, I’m just like a beautiful flower I thrive in the right environment I will flourish and bloom and grow into the best version of myself Stable, no insecurity My fruits will nurture you in return I will love you like you’ve never been loved before Baby, the brightest diamonds and pearls are made over time The future’s gonna be good to me Chin up, buttercup - with death comes new life
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Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016 at 4:06 PM UTC
Scorpio Moon
In last night’s episode, a feeling washed over me Lonely and alone, I broke down And within those few moments of emotional inertia I wept for everything and everyone; For Prince and Bowie and all the others For the planet For my loved ones and all of their problems I can’t solve But not for myself, I wouldn’t allow it I deny myself everything I need; A person to love and be loved by A shoulder to cry on Permission to be weak Help when it’s needed A part of me died and I reflected on how trivial it is always making things difficult for yourself Questioned why my life is so hard As if it’s all some joke everyone is in on They’re laughing and rooting against me while I fall back down each time I get back up Does anyone understand what it’s like in my shoes? How can they when I don’t let anyone in? Hell, I don’t even understand my own weary soul So star crossed and aimless and pulled in every direction Searching….searching….unable to find solace Looking for home in people and places and things Put a noose around my heart, hung it for all to see There is no love for one so smart and strong There is no place for one so resistant to belong There is no hope, or so it seems Impatiently waiting for someone to prove me wrong To cut these ties To free me from myself To make me feel alive Because **** it, I’m just like a beautiful flower I thrive in the right environment I will flourish and bloom and grow into the best version of myself Stable, no insecurity My fruits will nurture you in return I will love you like you’ve never been loved before Baby, the brightest diamonds and pearls are made over time The future’s gonna be good to me Chin up, buttercup - with death comes new life
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You turn around, You call my name But I no longer believe the same; There's paper stacked upon your window pane. The clocks are worn, My boots are torn, They've come some way since they were born And things that shine often do not conform. A whisper here Is a thunder there, A glass of wine to lay it bare; Don't tell me silence dwells behind that stare. You don't run fast Because you must; It's fine to break out from your crust And build a smile that's free from all your lust. We're far apart But all the same; Forget the shapes and forms and blame And you will see we walk down the same lane. I walk through eyes So close and distant Depending on how long the instant; Some grow warm while others grow resistant.
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Nov 22, 2018
Nov 22, 2018 at 3:46 AM UTC
The Distance Between Stares
From a child's eyes To a child's heart. Impressions lasting First one's the start. Young and innocent Even more pure. The smile to a bad day Sometimes the cure. An empty vessel To fill and to mold. A respectable child Does as they're told. Taught right from wrong Morals are planted. Posture is straight Not crooked and slanted. Religion is introduced Traditions hallowed out. Expectations set No time to doubt. Captured over time In the parent's planned future. Trust earned and lost Disappointments need suture. What happens when that child No longer hears praise? Repeated in their head "This is not how you were raised." When conflict of interest And what's stood for changes. When a child's soul is not Resistant to the turning of ages. Product of their environment It's not just what's taught. It's every lie and hardship That they've ever bought. The bruises the tears For some the neglect. Do they become the examples We all forget?
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Oct 5, 2015
Oct 5, 2015 at 6:27 PM UTC
The Forgotten Child
stay fight cataclysm summary resistant eyebrow crackle dinner fishhook blunt tribute margarine widow **** scar glory elephant planet swallow forget blanket fear smooth black vent curvy translation smooth warrant concussion fluid red airway postmark testament carpet denial flex touch real married armchair sink ebb soft touché foam stone float torn away see tremor marrow bright side god deep hurry inject wither moon noun full stop wild year done everyone enough disco skin same dream chest roses proof tacit dire soul posit wide shy city run
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Mar 19, 2013
Mar 19, 2013 at 11:52 AM UTC
For Your Consideration
Dear life, Let these closings of long battles And roads of new exploration be my new path for a new serene normalcy. May these paths lead to answers, Answers of who I am. It's been so long since I've been the real me it hurts to a pain staking degree. Trying to remember what once was me. Nothings normal, all I once knew is now forgotten and gone. You cannot expect to accomplish a new road in life, without having the knowledge of how to overcome its new and demanding challenges. Simply its obstacles are to great to exceed without knowledge. And even scarier to face. Not knowing the unknowing being thrown to survive in the Lions den. As a writer I write, my thoughts, feelings and dreams. I feel like a caged animal At a zoo, behind glass Looking at my once life Now held captive From this disease. I miss my old life, I progressed so far. Able to challenge my strength of mind,body and soul Each and every day. Now that is gone. Grateful yes I am Sad and ****** off? You better bet. Although grateful, I am not in good standing with the life I lead now. I never asked for this change, I loved my then life and only pleaded for the healthiest body. So I may be the best I could be in all strengths from muscular to mental. I would love to see the old me and old life I once had. I would apologize with all my might for whatever I did for it to stop accepting me. Then maybe I would learn how to live this new resistant relationship I am in. It's hard to accept that your own body is fighting its every move and with its every move it is literally chipping a little by little of your life and freedom away. All you can do is wonder why and watch it pay severe tolls each day. If I cannot return to the past then please may my future be at a level of any normalcy that my present future lacks. For the sake of my mind and all who are a very important part of it.
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Nov 22, 2016
Nov 22, 2016 at 2:46 PM UTC
Dear life (a letter from my invisible self)
Dear life, Let these closings of long battles And roads of new exploration be my new path for a new serene normalcy. May these paths lead to answers, Answers of who I am. It's been so long since I've been the real me it hurts to a pain staking degree. Trying to remember what once was me. Nothings normal, all I once knew is now forgotten and gone. You cannot expect to accomplish a new road in life, without having the knowledge of how to overcome its new and demanding challenges. Simply its obstacles are to great to exceed without knowledge. And even scarier to face. Not knowing the unknowing being thrown to survive in the Lions den. As a writer I write, my thoughts, feelings and dreams. I feel like a caged animal At a zoo, behind glass Looking at my once life Now held captive From this disease. I miss my old life, I progressed so far. Able to challenge my strength of mind,body and soul Each and every day. Now that is gone. Grateful yes I am Sad and ****** off? You better bet. Although grateful, I am not in good standing with the life I lead now. I never asked for this change, I loved my then life and only pleaded for the healthiest body. So I may be the best I could be in all strengths from muscular to mental. I would love to see the old me and old life I once had. I would apologize with all my might for whatever I did for it to stop accepting me. Then maybe I would learn how to live this new resistant relationship I am in. It's hard to accept that your own body is fighting its every move and with its every move it is literally chipping a little by little of your life and freedom away. All you can do is wonder why and watch it pay severe tolls each day. If I cannot return to the past then please may my future be at a level of any normalcy that my present future lacks. For the sake of my mind and all who are a very important part of it.
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Sometimes I imagine sitting under our dining table wanting to chop my hair off, days and nights oppressed, yet not to run the rat race. Partly because I was too resistant to be happy, but with the first monsoon showers, I almost collapsed inside my oversized grey T-shirt that began to turn white, infinite gaps inside mind channels, I sat and watched strange men winning Wimbledon. I stopped writing one thousand words a day, themes and perspectives slipped into a closed brown diary, and I always worried what if someone finds it and reads it aloud in the public sphere in Prague, right in front of David Cherry’s rotating Kafka, how miserable he died thinking he was worthless, how miserable it would be to listen to voices that came beneath my dining table. I talk to a shy Kafka, every day, under our dining table, today he shaved my head.
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Jul 8, 2016
Jul 8, 2016 at 4:48 AM UTC
Where is Kafka?
**Scattered Thunderstorms The radar shows a band of multi-green storms, Parallel running to the East Coast, Stretching from So. Florida to Falmouth, Rhode Island. Path-dependent, the edges skirt my present location, Instrumented, but not weather resistant, Water teases, invites me to a head clearing session. Breezy gusts of overcast, caramel salty bay waters, (weirdly calm), Spray sprites whisper, scattered thunderstorms, starboard side I am the only boat out, especially, The only one going for sure aimlessly, Radar non-discriminatory, stupidity legal, So fools like me go out alone. Scattered Thunderstorms, Unavoidable, summer's favored annoyance of choice. The melancholic platelets budding off my bone's marrow, Forming wondrous clots of sadness, Running strong in the currents of my veins, Downtempo'd, there is no relief for Inside of my radar scanned brain, the scattered thunderstorms, Have arrived much earlier today. What sourced this elegiac distich, Too many poets, fully disclosing their downbeat, aroma of defeat? The world is in a **** mood, not one of us, got nothing Good to say, seems that love storms ripping hearts With no trace of mercy, the radio has elected nonstop Taylor Swift and Jonas Bro's Just to make the point! It is so easy to feel ****** When the sun is unshining, elegant distich, **** me. Thinking back, getting a good idea, Found some long necked Corona overlooked, Turn on the tv, pretend I'm a real cowboy, And for god's sake, shut down poetry, Good Bye Poetry, for the rest of the day Value you more than me, but you've worn me down My blood streams your anguished distress, I cannot survive these scattered revolver-repeating Anguish-Cries-For-Relief from the Thunderstorms, That now having reached, breached, That now, having infected my heart which started This day brow beaten, First poem of the day, already shell-shellacked, Now, I must shut me, batten me, down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The average lifespan of a platelet is normally just 5 to 9 days. Platelets are a natural source of growth factors. They circulate in the blood of mammals and are involved in hemostasis, leading to the formation of blood clots.
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Jun 30, 2013
Jun 30, 2013 at 2:26 PM UTC
Scattered Thunderstorms: From Your Poetry, Into My Blood...
**Scattered Thunderstorms The radar shows a band of multi-green storms, Parallel running to the East Coast, Stretching from So. Florida to Falmouth, Rhode Island. Path-dependent, the edges skirt my present location, Instrumented, but not weather resistant, Water teases, invites me to a head clearing session. Breezy gusts of overcast, caramel salty bay waters, (weirdly calm), Spray sprites whisper, scattered thunderstorms, starboard side I am the only boat out, especially, The only one going for sure aimlessly, Radar non-discriminatory, stupidity legal, So fools like me go out alone. Scattered Thunderstorms, Unavoidable, summer's favored annoyance of choice. The melancholic platelets budding off my bone's marrow, Forming wondrous clots of sadness, Running strong in the currents of my veins, Downtempo'd, there is no relief for Inside of my radar scanned brain, the scattered thunderstorms, Have arrived much earlier today. What sourced this elegiac distich, Too many poets, fully disclosing their downbeat, aroma of defeat? The world is in a **** mood, not one of us, got nothing Good to say, seems that love storms ripping hearts With no trace of mercy, the radio has elected nonstop Taylor Swift and Jonas Bro's Just to make the point! It is so easy to feel ****** When the sun is unshining, elegant distich, **** me. Thinking back, getting a good idea, Found some long necked Corona overlooked, Turn on the tv, pretend I'm a real cowboy, And for god's sake, shut down poetry, Good Bye Poetry, for the rest of the day Value you more than me, but you've worn me down My blood streams your anguished distress, I cannot survive these scattered revolver-repeating Anguish-Cries-For-Relief from the Thunderstorms, That now having reached, breached, That now, having infected my heart which started This day brow beaten, First poem of the day, already shell-shellacked, Now, I must shut me, batten me, down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The average lifespan of a platelet is normally just 5 to 9 days. Platelets are a natural source of growth factors. They circulate in the blood of mammals and are involved in hemostasis, leading to the formation of blood clots.
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You find love in a beer and a body part You find love in ******* In pretending. In power. You find you feel powerless. You find yourself scared. You run Taking with you your end of the tin can telephone we made together My fingers hold tight. Wrapped around the cylinder like a grenade I wont let it explode "I'm sorry" you whisper. "This isn't what I want" Your head turned, doubt flashes like lightening Electric across your face. Then stop running, I shout. "This is the only way" Your oblivion. Your fears. Your ignorance. They cloud your ability to hear And suddenly you aren't receiving And so I run to you Grab your resistant wrists with my fists and plead Press my excuses into your skin and beg that you stay and absorb them With a cloth and some bitter spit, you wipe my words away. The truth gone Only your notions of what it means to be loved remain. But I could have.
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Oct 21, 2012
Oct 21, 2012 at 11:53 PM UTC
Tin Can Telephone
* In poetry I unload to explode To break free from all the dynamite I usually kept hidden My passive nature makes me resistant to its pollutants. Sometimes they’re more like landmines Awaiting for someone Who stomp the wrong buttons Then detonate And explode between my shouts And cries.* *In all honestly No matter how resistant I am to become resilient my core is too vulnerable to crumble By a simple backslash of toxic tongues And suddenly I fall in my knees to simply walk away No battle is worth an effort When you know it’s just pride Battling himself. *
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May 30, 2015
May 30, 2015 at 3:47 AM UTC
landmines