Hello Poetry
Submit your work and get some sparkles! Create free account
"substantially" poems
I'm on the run And not for fun The police are chasing My heart is racing When my life is at stake My morality I'll break The police release the hounds I can hear their deadly sounds They want to maim me I want to stay me I decide to fight the charging canines Because I just snorted a ******* line My judgement loses length To my influx of strength I break the dogs' legs Until they beg That's not enough Sorry Scruff The steel gun I fire A furry cop retired The police attack me For defending myself They refuse to see The danger to my health They chose to use crazy canines So I feel the fault isn't mine That doesn't change their decision For me to die slowly in prison I am in the teeth of the government Much to my human wonderment This is the way I'll spend the rest of my life For the decisions I made at the end of a knife The irony is cops **** dogs all the time Yet they obstruct their vision of the line Where it ceases to be man versus society And becomes man versus nature When a man is in peril He must turn feral But in a country that blindly idolizes aggression The police don't acknowledge this discretion They dig their teeth into our skin While draining us financially The only way we'll ever win Is if things change substantially Sadism fervently fuels the flames of conflict With an exasperated public sick of being kicked Cruelty is what they witness To lose their mental fitness How can they protect their babies When the police have rabies? The police relationship with the effected public will never shift When there's a Cereberus between them maintaining the rift
0
Oct 24, 2017
Oct 24, 2017 at 5:35 AM UTC
Canine
I'm on the run And not for fun The police are chasing My heart is racing When my life is at stake My morality I'll break The police release the hounds I can hear their deadly sounds They want to maim me I want to stay me I decide to fight the charging canines Because I just snorted a ******* line My judgement loses length To my influx of strength I break the dogs' legs Until they beg That's not enough Sorry Scruff The steel gun I fire A furry cop retired The police attack me For defending myself They refuse to see The danger to my health They chose to use crazy canines So I feel the fault isn't mine That doesn't change their decision For me to die slowly in prison I am in the teeth of the government Much to my human wonderment This is the way I'll spend the rest of my life For the decisions I made at the end of a knife The irony is cops **** dogs all the time Yet they obstruct their vision of the line Where it ceases to be man versus society And becomes man versus nature When a man is in peril He must turn feral But in a country that blindly idolizes aggression The police don't acknowledge this discretion They dig their teeth into our skin While draining us financially The only way we'll ever win Is if things change substantially Sadism fervently fuels the flames of conflict With an exasperated public sick of being kicked Cruelty is what they witness To lose their mental fitness How can they protect their babies When the police have rabies? The police relationship with the effected public will never shift When there's a Cereberus between them maintaining the rift
Continue reading...
52
Alexander K  Opicho (Eldoret, Kenya;[email protected]) let me begin my salutation to you by expressing my angst  about your ghastly night experience that you go through when in the hands of the policemen who often walk around in the name of security patrols while in truth they bettle terror in the show of evil mighty they swop you down and arrest you spreadeagled asking for bribes substantially the money of your proceeds from the ware of your trade your body the temple of christian God, Wherever  your lack money your beauty saves you as they go on to  **** you  in circles among themselves as they glorify the power of your bossom in their policeman's slang, where beauty , tyranny of bossom and your bribe is absent you are forlornly arrested from the streets of Nairobi and Lagos or Johannesburg then rounded down to a dingy police cell to be charged with  heinous crimes of prostitution and vagrancy, when the true origin of your fortune's tomfoolery is powers that be as they glorify anti woman crude cultures beseeching a girl child into despair and depravement, they are these men who refused to  see you as a beacon of glory they always link you to the filthy bedrooms from which you ennoble not.
0
Jan 27, 2014
Jan 27, 2014 at 8:52 AM UTC
Ode to African *** workers
Mark Twain to Helen Keller “Oh, dear me, how unspeakably funny and owlishly idiotic and grotesque was that “plagiarism” farce! As if there was much of anything in any human utterance, oral or written, except plagiarism! The kernel, the soul—let us go farther and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all human utterances in plagiarism. For substantially all ideas are second hand, consciously or unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources and daily use by the garnerer with a pride and satisfaction born of the superstition that he originated them; whereas there is not a rag of originality about them any where except the little discoloration they get from his mental and moral calibre and his temperament, which is revealed in characteristics of phrasing.” Mark Twain
0
Dec 1, 2021
Dec 1, 2021 at 3:39 PM UTC
On Plagiarism: Mark Twain to Helen Keller, who was accused of plagiarizing...
I sit in front of my dressers mirror, Stare at the plain adequate girl staring back at me, Is she enough? Can she walk out this door and hold her head up high? No. And so I pull, And tweak And brush And dry, I look at the girl in the mirror again, Her hair is done up, Pretty and well kept, But dead dry and limp because of damage, And I can’t help but think it represents my inner self, Though dead, I look substantially better, But is she enough? This girl staring back at me? Can she hold her head up high with the confidence of knowing what she wants? No. And so I apply base, Concealer, Try to fix my uneven complexion and blemishes, Eye shadow, Then eye liner, Mascara, Lipstick…. And again I stop to look at the girl, She looks like women now, As every feature is defined and highlighted, Her complexion even, Blemish free… But is it enough, This women staring back at me, As the make up smudges and rubs off, She’ll become the drab adequate girl underneath it all, I can put on beautiful clothes, Amazing jewellery, But I remain the plain adequate girl that stares back at me, With her sad eyes, Set jaw, Lips that barely ever quirk upwards with a hint of a smile, That girl who’s cried so many eyeliner smudging tears, That girl who fears, Everything, Everyone, No matter how much I do, To hide her away, Keep her from the world, No matter how many layers of, ‘Happy’, I try to mask her with, She will come out, As my clothes grow rumpled, My jewellery loses its shine, Its glow, As my hair turns grey, My make up smudges, I become her again, And is she enough? I stare at her long and hard, I notice the high cheekbones, The strong set features, I realize this girl is only adequate, Because she believes it, Only plain because it’s all she’s ever been convinced to see, With all her wear and tear, She is beautiful. And so I grab my make up remover, Wipe away the mask suffocating me, I shake my hair out to its full volume, I remove the jewellery that’s cold against my warmth, And I look at this plain adequate girl, Not so plain and adequate anymore, And I ask myself, Is she enough? Enough to face the world proudly as whom and what she is? Is she? Those sad eyes stare back at me with a new found spark, Those set lips quirk up into a hint of a sly smile, And she winks at me. Yes.
0
Dec 3, 2012
Dec 3, 2012 at 1:21 PM UTC
Plain & Adequate Girl
I sit in front of my dressers mirror, Stare at the plain adequate girl staring back at me, Is she enough? Can she walk out this door and hold her head up high? No. And so I pull, And tweak And brush And dry, I look at the girl in the mirror again, Her hair is done up, Pretty and well kept, But dead dry and limp because of damage, And I can’t help but think it represents my inner self, Though dead, I look substantially better, But is she enough? This girl staring back at me? Can she hold her head up high with the confidence of knowing what she wants? No. And so I apply base, Concealer, Try to fix my uneven complexion and blemishes, Eye shadow, Then eye liner, Mascara, Lipstick…. And again I stop to look at the girl, She looks like women now, As every feature is defined and highlighted, Her complexion even, Blemish free… But is it enough, This women staring back at me, As the make up smudges and rubs off, She’ll become the drab adequate girl underneath it all, I can put on beautiful clothes, Amazing jewellery, But I remain the plain adequate girl that stares back at me, With her sad eyes, Set jaw, Lips that barely ever quirk upwards with a hint of a smile, That girl who’s cried so many eyeliner smudging tears, That girl who fears, Everything, Everyone, No matter how much I do, To hide her away, Keep her from the world, No matter how many layers of, ‘Happy’, I try to mask her with, She will come out, As my clothes grow rumpled, My jewellery loses its shine, Its glow, As my hair turns grey, My make up smudges, I become her again, And is she enough? I stare at her long and hard, I notice the high cheekbones, The strong set features, I realize this girl is only adequate, Because she believes it, Only plain because it’s all she’s ever been convinced to see, With all her wear and tear, She is beautiful. And so I grab my make up remover, Wipe away the mask suffocating me, I shake my hair out to its full volume, I remove the jewellery that’s cold against my warmth, And I look at this plain adequate girl, Not so plain and adequate anymore, And I ask myself, Is she enough? Enough to face the world proudly as whom and what she is? Is she? Those sad eyes stare back at me with a new found spark, Those set lips quirk up into a hint of a sly smile, And she winks at me. Yes.
Continue reading...
82
hymn to Apollo by Michael R. Burch something of sunshine attracted my i as it lazed on the afternoon sky, golden, splashed on the easel of god; what, i thought, could this elfin stuff be, to, phantomlike, flit through tall trees on fall days, such as these? and the breeze whispered a dirge to the vanishing light; enchoired with the evening, it sang; its voice enchantedly rang chanting “Night!” . . . till all the bright light retired, expired. This poem appeared in my high school literary journal, the Lantern, so it was written by age 18, but probably around age 16 or 17. That was my "cummings" period. Keywords/Tags: sun, god, sunshine, Apollo, elfin, phantom, ghostly, magical, enchanted, bright, light, brilliant, sky, golden Moon Lake by Michael R. Burch Starlit recorder of summer nights, what magic spell bewitches you? They say that all lovers love first in the dark... Is it true? Is it true? Is it true? Starry-eyed seer of all that appears and all that has appeared— What sights have you seen? What dreams have you dreamed? What rhetoric have you heard? Is love an oration, or is it a word? Have you heard? Have you heard? Have you heard? I believe I wrote this poem in my late teens, during my “Romantic Period.” Tomb Lake by Michael R. Burch Go down to the valley where mockingbirds cry, alone, ever lonely . . . yes, go down to die. And dream in your dying you never shall wake. Go down to the valley; go down to Tomb Lake. Tomb Lake is a cauldron of souls such as yours — mad souls without meaning, frail souls without force. Tomb Lake is a graveyard reserved for the dead. They lie in her shallows and sleep in her bed. I believe this poem and "Moon Lake" were companion poems, written around my senior year in high school, in 1976. In addition to having similar titles, they had similar "staircase" indention styles. According to my notes, I modified "Moon Lake" two years later in 1978, at which time the poem was substantially finished. I then modified "Tomb Lake" in 1981, but must have forgotten about it, because I don't show that I ever submitted the poem for publication or did anything with it for more than 40 years. Keywords/Tags: Moon, Lake, Lakes, Water, Reflection, Reflections, Image, Imagery, Mirror, Magic, Magician, Seer, Prophet, Shaman, Spell, Spells, Enchantment, Sorcery, Bewitchment, Bewilderment, Incantation, Rhapsody, Love Talk, Love Potion
0
Mar 29, 2020
Mar 29, 2020 at 4:20 AM UTC
hymn to Apollo
hymn to Apollo by Michael R. Burch something of sunshine attracted my i as it lazed on the afternoon sky, golden, splashed on the easel of god; what, i thought, could this elfin stuff be, to, phantomlike, flit through tall trees on fall days, such as these? and the breeze whispered a dirge to the vanishing light; enchoired with the evening, it sang; its voice enchantedly rang chanting “Night!” . . . till all the bright light retired, expired. This poem appeared in my high school literary journal, the Lantern, so it was written by age 18, but probably around age 16 or 17. That was my "cummings" period. Keywords/Tags: sun, god, sunshine, Apollo, elfin, phantom, ghostly, magical, enchanted, bright, light, brilliant, sky, golden Moon Lake by Michael R. Burch Starlit recorder of summer nights, what magic spell bewitches you? They say that all lovers love first in the dark... Is it true? Is it true? Is it true? Starry-eyed seer of all that appears and all that has appeared— What sights have you seen? What dreams have you dreamed? What rhetoric have you heard? Is love an oration, or is it a word? Have you heard? Have you heard? Have you heard? I believe I wrote this poem in my late teens, during my “Romantic Period.” Tomb Lake by Michael R. Burch Go down to the valley where mockingbirds cry, alone, ever lonely . . . yes, go down to die. And dream in your dying you never shall wake. Go down to the valley; go down to Tomb Lake. Tomb Lake is a cauldron of souls such as yours — mad souls without meaning, frail souls without force. Tomb Lake is a graveyard reserved for the dead. They lie in her shallows and sleep in her bed. I believe this poem and "Moon Lake" were companion poems, written around my senior year in high school, in 1976. In addition to having similar titles, they had similar "staircase" indention styles. According to my notes, I modified "Moon Lake" two years later in 1978, at which time the poem was substantially finished. I then modified "Tomb Lake" in 1981, but must have forgotten about it, because I don't show that I ever submitted the poem for publication or did anything with it for more than 40 years. Keywords/Tags: Moon, Lake, Lakes, Water, Reflection, Reflections, Image, Imagery, Mirror, Magic, Magician, Seer, Prophet, Shaman, Spell, Spells, Enchantment, Sorcery, Bewitchment, Bewilderment, Incantation, Rhapsody, Love Talk, Love Potion
Continue reading...
58
Moon Lake by Michael R. Burch Starlit recorder of summer nights, what magic spell bewitches you? They say that all lovers love first in the dark... Is it true? Is it true? Is it true? Starry-eyed seer of all that appears and all that has appeared— What sights have you seen? What dreams have you dreamed? What rhetoric have you heard? Is love an oration, or is it a word? Have you heard? Have you heard? Have you heard? I believe I wrote this poem in my late teens, during my “Romantic Period.” Tomb Lake by Michael R. Burch Go down to the valley where mockingbirds cry, alone, ever lonely . . . yes, go down to die. And dream in your dying you never shall wake. Go down to the valley; go down to Tomb Lake. Tomb Lake is a cauldron of souls such as yours — mad souls without meaning, frail souls without force. Tomb Lake is a graveyard reserved for the dead. They lie in her shallows and sleep in her bed. I believe this poem and "Moon Lake" were companion poems, written around my senior year in high school, in 1976. In addition to having similar titles, they had similar "staircase" indention styles. According to my notes, I modified "Moon Lake" two years later in 1978, at which time the poem was substantially finished. I then modified "Tomb Lake" in 1981, but must have forgotten about it, because I don't show that I ever submitted the poem for publication or did anything with it for more than 40 years. Keywords/Tags: Moon, Lake, Lakes, Water, Reflection, Reflections, Image, Imagery, Mirror, Magic, Magician, Seer, Prophet, Shaman, Spell, Spells, Enchanted, Enchantment, Sorcery, Bewitchment, Bewilderment, Incantation, Rhapsody, Love Talk, Love Potion, Romance, First Love, Dark, Dreams
0
Feb 23, 2020
Feb 23, 2020 at 12:31 AM UTC
Moon Lake
Moon Lake by Michael R. Burch Starlit recorder of summer nights, what magic spell bewitches you? They say that all lovers love first in the dark... Is it true? Is it true? Is it true? Starry-eyed seer of all that appears and all that has appeared— What sights have you seen? What dreams have you dreamed? What rhetoric have you heard? Is love an oration, or is it a word? Have you heard? Have you heard? Have you heard? I believe I wrote this poem in my late teens, during my “Romantic Period.” Tomb Lake by Michael R. Burch Go down to the valley where mockingbirds cry, alone, ever lonely . . . yes, go down to die. And dream in your dying you never shall wake. Go down to the valley; go down to Tomb Lake. Tomb Lake is a cauldron of souls such as yours — mad souls without meaning, frail souls without force. Tomb Lake is a graveyard reserved for the dead. They lie in her shallows and sleep in her bed. I believe this poem and "Moon Lake" were companion poems, written around my senior year in high school, in 1976. In addition to having similar titles, they had similar "staircase" indention styles. According to my notes, I modified "Moon Lake" two years later in 1978, at which time the poem was substantially finished. I then modified "Tomb Lake" in 1981, but must have forgotten about it, because I don't show that I ever submitted the poem for publication or did anything with it for more than 40 years. Keywords/Tags: Moon, Lake, Lakes, Water, Reflection, Reflections, Image, Imagery, Mirror, Magic, Magician, Seer, Prophet, Shaman, Spell, Spells, Enchanted, Enchantment, Sorcery, Bewitchment, Bewilderment, Incantation, Rhapsody, Love Talk, Love Potion, Romance, First Love, Dark, Dreams
Continue reading...
38
Circe by Michael R. Burch She spoke and her words were like a ringing echo dying or like smoke rising and drifting while the earth below is spinning. She awoke with a cry from a dream that had no ending, without hope or strength to rise, into hopelessness descending. And an ache in her heart toward that dream, retreating, left a wake of small waves in circles never completing. Originally published by Romantics Quarterly Keywords/Tags: Circe, enigma, enigmatic, enchantress, siren, enchanted, witch, goddess, magic, Ulysses, pigs, sty Moon Lake by Michael R. Burch Starlit recorder of summer nights, what magic spell bewitches you? They say that all lovers love first in the dark... Is it true? Is it true? Is it true? Starry-eyed seer of all that appears and all that has appeared— What sights have you seen? What dreams have you dreamed? What rhetoric have you heard? Is love an oration, or is it a word? Have you heard? Have you heard? Have you heard? I believe I wrote this poem in my late teens, during my “Romantic Period.” Tomb Lake by Michael R. Burch Go down to the valley where mockingbirds cry, alone, ever lonely . . . yes, go down to die. And dream in your dying you never shall wake. Go down to the valley; go down to Tomb Lake. Tomb Lake is a cauldron of souls such as yours — mad souls without meaning, frail souls without force. Tomb Lake is a graveyard reserved for the dead. They lie in her shallows and sleep in her bed. I believe this poem and "Moon Lake" were companion poems, written around my senior year in high school, in 1976. In addition to having similar titles, they had similar "staircase" indention styles. According to my notes, I modified "Moon Lake" two years later in 1978, at which time the poem was substantially finished. I then modified "Tomb Lake" in 1981, but must have forgotten about it, because I don't show that I ever submitted the poem for publication or did anything with it for more than 40 years. Keywords/Tags: Moon, Lake, Lakes, Water, Reflection, Reflections, Image, Imagery, Mirror, Magic, Magician, Seer, Prophet, Shaman, Spell, Spells, Enchantment, Sorcery, Bewitchment, Bewilderment, Incantation, Rhapsody, Love Talk, Love Potion
0
Mar 28, 2020
Mar 28, 2020 at 4:47 AM UTC
Circe
Circe by Michael R. Burch She spoke and her words were like a ringing echo dying or like smoke rising and drifting while the earth below is spinning. She awoke with a cry from a dream that had no ending, without hope or strength to rise, into hopelessness descending. And an ache in her heart toward that dream, retreating, left a wake of small waves in circles never completing. Originally published by Romantics Quarterly Keywords/Tags: Circe, enigma, enigmatic, enchantress, siren, enchanted, witch, goddess, magic, Ulysses, pigs, sty Moon Lake by Michael R. Burch Starlit recorder of summer nights, what magic spell bewitches you? They say that all lovers love first in the dark... Is it true? Is it true? Is it true? Starry-eyed seer of all that appears and all that has appeared— What sights have you seen? What dreams have you dreamed? What rhetoric have you heard? Is love an oration, or is it a word? Have you heard? Have you heard? Have you heard? I believe I wrote this poem in my late teens, during my “Romantic Period.” Tomb Lake by Michael R. Burch Go down to the valley where mockingbirds cry, alone, ever lonely . . . yes, go down to die. And dream in your dying you never shall wake. Go down to the valley; go down to Tomb Lake. Tomb Lake is a cauldron of souls such as yours — mad souls without meaning, frail souls without force. Tomb Lake is a graveyard reserved for the dead. They lie in her shallows and sleep in her bed. I believe this poem and "Moon Lake" were companion poems, written around my senior year in high school, in 1976. In addition to having similar titles, they had similar "staircase" indention styles. According to my notes, I modified "Moon Lake" two years later in 1978, at which time the poem was substantially finished. I then modified "Tomb Lake" in 1981, but must have forgotten about it, because I don't show that I ever submitted the poem for publication or did anything with it for more than 40 years. Keywords/Tags: Moon, Lake, Lakes, Water, Reflection, Reflections, Image, Imagery, Mirror, Magic, Magician, Seer, Prophet, Shaman, Spell, Spells, Enchantment, Sorcery, Bewitchment, Bewilderment, Incantation, Rhapsody, Love Talk, Love Potion
Continue reading...
60
/ Many and Many years later My Poetry books That I had lost From the middle of the bookshelf Within Thousands of many other books Where I have found   Utterly Unknown Some Pages Yellow Pale Is very difficult to read Yet quietly reading I read with a lot of the force Crawling. As a Small child walking Many years later, Understand Know Become that Strange Poem The Poem Showed me Dreams Told me to Love Strikingly, Bought all the Colors of my Canvas Drawn your Images That happened, Many and Many years before In my Heart and the Soul Then You and I Grew as a highly Sophisticated Metaphor, In an extreme Cohesion, Nice One My Heart put on your Heart In a Romantic Tune Bode on a Small Boat Toward a Tough Sea, That happened, Many and Many years before In the Song of the Sea Then Sudden Sea Storm Came Made Substantially Vortex water We Drowned Lost you That also happened Many and Many years before In this Sea and my Soul Today I have found you again In a Sprung Dream As I lost you Many and Many years before As if I'm standing On the Shore of the Sea You as a form of Sea Angel Come forward to me- / @Musfiq us shaleheen
0
Feb 14, 2015
Feb 14, 2015 at 3:19 PM UTC
many years before I found and lost you
I Tired the long road ends by a sea wall The engine dies to cries of estuary birds to halyards’ **** and tinge A lake of light set in night’s cloudscape brims over the western marshland to seaward a dense darkness On the ferry’s step ear close to the brown water a part-song sings the ebb tide’s flow II Threading into the marshland a braid of cloud-reflected water of oval sedge and common reed In amongst the brown canes perspective vanishes only by mind’s foreshortening or body’s levitation is there sight beyond the creeping rootstock By the river path a leaf pearled with glazed dew glistening dew grabbing the photographic eye Standing backs to the horizon a sculpted triad of bronzed ancestors watch over the summer rites of music III This ****** field moves clamorously under the feet waiting waiting for the sea’s kiss Proud-coloured the boats here resting poised on railway sleepers beside their tractored guardians How to know which way to turn which view to hold for memory’s stamp this patient sky this slow exhaling sea This foreground flow of white-grey-brown pebbles each sensibly-sized for the hand in the pocket yet substantially-singular on the window’s sill
0
Dec 30, 2012
Dec 30, 2012 at 4:12 AM UTC
Remembering Britten (part 1)
"Once he is within our custody, we shall take his life. He shall be, henceforth, survived only by the image that stains my CCTV screen." Security is no longer watching the CCTV; No longer watching the purchase of a rice pouch; No longer pulsating in a sterile environment, Simultaneously monitoring an image that was never on tape; Focusing, so deeply, on a soul that was never on tape. So deeply fixated on those who have committed a crime; Those who are substantially unblemished by sunlight; Those who are continuously touched by our Heavenly Father's sight; Those who possess an artifice of the Sea Horn which was not originally their own; Those who unceasingly scale onyx towers draped in a filthy government skin, Waving pure flags against the night.
0
Feb 22, 2023
Feb 22, 2023 at 8:41 AM UTC
Citizen's Arrest
Sombre loneliness in the abyss of power Where selfishness begets solitude, In which the powerful ones that be Eminently hang alone self-ostracized In a high catacomb of democracy From which is connived the foul whims Of dictatorship, the sole protégé Of deliberate exclusion, rendering mankind To beautiful menace of powerlessness A pedestal on which civilsations of Africa Substantially dangle in a stand.
0
Apr 20, 2014
Apr 20, 2014 at 4:22 AM UTC
SOLITUDE OF POWER
I stare into non-existence Taking breaks from existence Restoring my resistance So to come back substantially fit To feed my realism
0
Sep 26, 2013
Sep 26, 2013 at 5:09 PM UTC
mind-escaping
Its 1:30 in the morning.  And I’ve begun to think of the rarities and adversities in life, which shape us into the hollow ghosts called humanity. Machines that listen, and obey.  Becoming slaves of a mundane existence as we go about our days.  Wake.  Eat. Sleep.  Repeat.  With the slight possibility of variation that may never come to fruition.  Why must we consume, but not provide?  We multiple uncontrollably, take from this earth, yet never seem to substantially give back.  Something so beautiful and yet so abused.  To give, may be to take away from ourselves.  But is selflessness so horrible?  To make the life of another better, at the small expense of ourselves should be but a small price.  Yet the few whom know this and continue to give out of the goodness of their hearts, are scoffed at  by the selfish majority.  Why must we, the hollow ghosts of humanity, make decisions for whatever objective we may have, in whatever situation should be presented, and then complain of the results or the consequences should they not go accordingly?  Rather than vowing to improve on the matter of contempt?  The decision was made, and cannot be changed.  Why fret so much, over something that is now unchangeable?  Why not simply decide within one’s self to, when presented with a choice of a similar nature, make a different decision?  We, being the hollow ghosts we are, dwell so frequently on the past.  Thinking so hard, as if to change events of times long behind us.  We think, as if to comprehend our very nature.  And in the absence of the desired understanding and/or enlightenment, we complain about our very existence.  As if anything and everything in our daily lives may hold precedence over the very fact of our existence.  As if to curse our Creator for making us such simple creatures not able to grasp the complexity or diversity of His design.  Rather than taking existence itself for face-value, and enjoying the many fruits of this beautiful earth, we **** ourselves with selfishness and passiveness.  And we, the hollow ghost of humanity, will ultimately be our own miraculous yet untimely downfall.
0
Apr 15, 2013
Apr 15, 2013 at 8:01 AM UTC
Rantings Of A Sleepy Man
Its 1:30 in the morning.  And I’ve begun to think of the rarities and adversities in life, which shape us into the hollow ghosts called humanity. Machines that listen, and obey.  Becoming slaves of a mundane existence as we go about our days.  Wake.  Eat. Sleep.  Repeat.  With the slight possibility of variation that may never come to fruition.  Why must we consume, but not provide?  We multiple uncontrollably, take from this earth, yet never seem to substantially give back.  Something so beautiful and yet so abused.  To give, may be to take away from ourselves.  But is selflessness so horrible?  To make the life of another better, at the small expense of ourselves should be but a small price.  Yet the few whom know this and continue to give out of the goodness of their hearts, are scoffed at  by the selfish majority.  Why must we, the hollow ghosts of humanity, make decisions for whatever objective we may have, in whatever situation should be presented, and then complain of the results or the consequences should they not go accordingly?  Rather than vowing to improve on the matter of contempt?  The decision was made, and cannot be changed.  Why fret so much, over something that is now unchangeable?  Why not simply decide within one’s self to, when presented with a choice of a similar nature, make a different decision?  We, being the hollow ghosts we are, dwell so frequently on the past.  Thinking so hard, as if to change events of times long behind us.  We think, as if to comprehend our very nature.  And in the absence of the desired understanding and/or enlightenment, we complain about our very existence.  As if anything and everything in our daily lives may hold precedence over the very fact of our existence.  As if to curse our Creator for making us such simple creatures not able to grasp the complexity or diversity of His design.  Rather than taking existence itself for face-value, and enjoying the many fruits of this beautiful earth, we **** ourselves with selfishness and passiveness.  And we, the hollow ghost of humanity, will ultimately be our own miraculous yet untimely downfall.
Continue reading...
23
The ocean caught fire the first time I laid eyes on you, the world was perfect & wars didn't exist for that split second, also people weren't superficial but instead loving & appreciative for what had been right in front of their eyes for so long. I'm sorry it took me so long to notice you before, I had been so caught up in my own little chaotic world that I had never before noticed that the ocean had caught fire long before I was ever born, long before I knew how repulsive the taste of saltwater in my mouth was, long before the curtains could draw themselves, & even before songs used to be written because of pure joy & not the idealistic lifestyle of endless fame & mountains of money. I'm only 18 years old but I swear to you my dear, i've loved you for centuries. Ever since the big bang theory, the universe has known what pure love has looked like because you have always existed, in the dark matter, in the dying stars, in the evolving cities inside the galaxies that won't even exist for another 10 billion years, you were always there, being loved; unconditionally, unimaginably, substantially, overconfidently, loved. & whether I fade off into a heaven-like nirvana, or reincarnate into all of the tears running down your face, or just rot in the ground for all of eternity; always know that every star in the galaxy will always love you if I can't, & the sun will burn out to the thought of you, & every burden that I ever put on your shoulders (including myself) will always remember (& appreciate) you for breathing all the air inside of a gasp-less room & will always love you for that; even in 10 billion years after the earth is dried out & the sun is on its death bed, the universe will still love you, for everything, every kiss you gave me, every time you let me lay in your arms even though you hated me at the moment; every "cheer up champ, you'll get over me sooner or later" line you said to me, every single piece of advice you had given me for ways to love you better, ways to love you harder, ways to give myself to you without seeming vulnerable, & ways to kiss you without actually being in the same room as you. The universe will always love you, & the same goes for me, I will always love you as well, even when a meteor destroys the tree house that we built together, or a heat wave so powerful wipes out the human species, or you decide one day that the way I look at you in the shower isn't as meaningful as it was 6 months ago; no matter the catasrophe, this aquarius constellation will always remember how happy you made it, & will always love you for that.
0
Apr 5, 2014
Apr 5, 2014 at 5:05 PM UTC
Love & Space
The ocean caught fire the first time I laid eyes on you, the world was perfect & wars didn't exist for that split second, also people weren't superficial but instead loving & appreciative for what had been right in front of their eyes for so long. I'm sorry it took me so long to notice you before, I had been so caught up in my own little chaotic world that I had never before noticed that the ocean had caught fire long before I was ever born, long before I knew how repulsive the taste of saltwater in my mouth was, long before the curtains could draw themselves, & even before songs used to be written because of pure joy & not the idealistic lifestyle of endless fame & mountains of money. I'm only 18 years old but I swear to you my dear, i've loved you for centuries. Ever since the big bang theory, the universe has known what pure love has looked like because you have always existed, in the dark matter, in the dying stars, in the evolving cities inside the galaxies that won't even exist for another 10 billion years, you were always there, being loved; unconditionally, unimaginably, substantially, overconfidently, loved. & whether I fade off into a heaven-like nirvana, or reincarnate into all of the tears running down your face, or just rot in the ground for all of eternity; always know that every star in the galaxy will always love you if I can't, & the sun will burn out to the thought of you, & every burden that I ever put on your shoulders (including myself) will always remember (& appreciate) you for breathing all the air inside of a gasp-less room & will always love you for that; even in 10 billion years after the earth is dried out & the sun is on its death bed, the universe will still love you, for everything, every kiss you gave me, every time you let me lay in your arms even though you hated me at the moment; every "cheer up champ, you'll get over me sooner or later" line you said to me, every single piece of advice you had given me for ways to love you better, ways to love you harder, ways to give myself to you without seeming vulnerable, & ways to kiss you without actually being in the same room as you. The universe will always love you, & the same goes for me, I will always love you as well, even when a meteor destroys the tree house that we built together, or a heat wave so powerful wipes out the human species, or you decide one day that the way I look at you in the shower isn't as meaningful as it was 6 months ago; no matter the catasrophe, this aquarius constellation will always remember how happy you made it, & will always love you for that.
Continue reading...
21
Lost in trials and tribulations; testing one’s patience as malignant lesions formulate morphological alterations ceaselessly swarming throughout this mortal embodiment Erratic mitotic divisions serving as propositions carrying calamitous conditions - prescriptions from physicians functioning as baleful contradictions augmenting one’s overall condition Salubrious air would substantially repair in lieu of a multimillion-dollar pharmaceutical snare chemically altering the brain chemistry unsympathetically.
0
Nov 21, 2014
Nov 21, 2014 at 11:27 AM UTC
Matrix
From deep within; Emptiness. As if you're trying substantially to chase a ghost; Aimless. You look around and there is no one, nothing Simply yourself and some nonsense.. then I ask myself, is it me? Am I the problem? subsequently.. I take a look at my heart; I wouldn't find pureness but lucidity and daintiness However.. Im still on my own Fighting the feeling of loneliness everyday The day ends, I go to bed Cry myself to sleep.. But I wake up hoping that my day would be different no, it just ends horribly.. like every other day. Giving up.. It hurts to give up though Specially giving up on him As if you're yanking, stripping out, extracting a piece of your own heart and mind. .. Holding way too many feelings Nodding to people and heads When I wish to have a simple happy life With my loved ones, Instead they misunderstand me, hurt me, blame me, disrespect me, enough.. .. I can't explain my love to him, infinite emotions of love, flowing thoroughly within every inch of my heart ..
0
Jul 30, 2014
Jul 30, 2014 at 11:58 AM UTC
Hollow
Some call me a prophet Others see me as a derelict These stories I’ve stored in my head Can easily be twisted to fantasy Am I reliable? You have no choice But to take what I say and believe At least for a little while I believe the listener Is as naïve as I seem Sitting on every detail Every word While visiting Southwark I met a variety of characters From different means of life With different perspectives on the world Looking innocent has its advantages It gives me a leeway To invade other’s privacy And extend the truth to the edge of fabrication Have you ever questioned a storyteller? We all seem friendly We talk highly of everyone we meet Until we dive deeper into their secrets The Squire Composing music is his forte I say it sounds beautiful And he seems fresh as the month of May The Friar A gossiper full of language I hope to understand To grasp A Sailor Having bad joints From extensive labor. He must work substantially to acquire those injuries The Summoner Full of white pimples Yet drinks red wine As red as blood I create a story Yet can end it all the same I tell you what you want to hear Not what reality presents in front of me For life is not exciting Without a bit of imagination. And with my mastered poker face It may be impossible to seek out my lies The darkness inside us all Can peek its head at any time Consuming us into a downward spiral Of lie after endless lie So am I reliable? We’ll just have to see. So here comes a story Told by me.
0
Apr 24, 2015
Apr 24, 2015 at 7:44 AM UTC
Storytellers
Some call me a prophet Others see me as a derelict These stories I’ve stored in my head Can easily be twisted to fantasy Am I reliable? You have no choice But to take what I say and believe At least for a little while I believe the listener Is as naïve as I seem Sitting on every detail Every word While visiting Southwark I met a variety of characters From different means of life With different perspectives on the world Looking innocent has its advantages It gives me a leeway To invade other’s privacy And extend the truth to the edge of fabrication Have you ever questioned a storyteller? We all seem friendly We talk highly of everyone we meet Until we dive deeper into their secrets The Squire Composing music is his forte I say it sounds beautiful And he seems fresh as the month of May The Friar A gossiper full of language I hope to understand To grasp A Sailor Having bad joints From extensive labor. He must work substantially to acquire those injuries The Summoner Full of white pimples Yet drinks red wine As red as blood I create a story Yet can end it all the same I tell you what you want to hear Not what reality presents in front of me For life is not exciting Without a bit of imagination. And with my mastered poker face It may be impossible to seek out my lies The darkness inside us all Can peek its head at any time Consuming us into a downward spiral Of lie after endless lie So am I reliable? We’ll just have to see. So here comes a story Told by me.
Continue reading...
56
I read somewhere that there is a natural process of renewing all the cells within your body. That it takes something around the time of seven years to substantially be a new person. So I guess                                              I’m waiting. In seven years, I’ll see if my heart wants to start up again without the scent of your fabric expelling from each beat or to suddenly enjoy the unremembered feeling of your skin warmed close against mine or to experience the exhale of I love you finally leaving my lungs for the very last time.
0
Mar 25, 2015
Mar 25, 2015 at 10:07 AM UTC
For the Both of Us (Thoughts on College: Part III)
I have forgotten what it feels like to be loved. It is so odd and most definitely sad, as I still know so substantially what it feels like to love. My existence is so unrequited, for even when you again shared your body with me, even though two years time had passed since our last dance, the wall you built remained intact. I searched every surface in hopes of finding a crack in the stone that, with some effort, could finally help me to topple the blockade. But your love, or what I have (probably pathetically) convinced myself exists on the other side, it is as well-protected and well-hidden as ever. So I soldier on, fighting my losing battle, feeling love for you, the love from which I am doomed to be destroyed, shot down, blood staining the ground beneath me, no shield of your love with which my body, my heart, could remain intact.
0
Jan 10, 2019
Jan 10, 2019 at 10:00 PM UTC
Stronghold
I am an open book, yet not a long one. However, I seem to not be easily read. I am not tucked into a nook or cranny, but know some Sticky pages should be pried to see inside my head. At times, I feel like a journal of dreams, Scrawled into and left beside a bed. My cover, it alternates, older and sewn with intricate seams. My author is only He who bled. Do I have a title? No, yet I was named with a purpose. It would be unfortunate to find me an eyeful, And stop when you have yet to scratch the surface. I can only pray for my pages to add Substantially to my true story. To see experiences passed down to younger ages, I would be glad, To share true wisdom before I am in glory. I am an open book, but certainly not a long one I want to share love any way possible and be blessing Either a single work or in volumes, how ever it is done It should be one that only adds to life, never lessening.
0
Aug 14, 2016
Aug 14, 2016 at 1:08 AM UTC
Open Book
Your smoky cloud foams Got my eyes tripping Chronicles of biology lab Lacking of chemistry You burn your forest down Slowly reaping Lucid crystals bowls Enticingly got me dreamy Two individuals Trapped in a poetry emotion Reminiscing on each other Mysterious sedation Writing of riddles With sincerest caution Preventing straying lines Infecting our rhythm Hearts shattering mirrors Reflecting smiles Memorizing words Into a typography file Reflecting daily circumstances Shadows by my side No one could judged Your moody ocean tide Like a fish flying high Against the currents flow pride If I could continue writing Scribbles with your permission No words in my vocabulary Could ever substantially passed I've never caramelized My riddles with lies Sugar coating inks Luring ****** and flies If my feelings for you Never sober and true Why does it hurts When I'm thinking about you There is no other love I could simply lose Valentine just over But.. I'm still missing you @2014 Maman Screams
0
Feb 14, 2014
Feb 14, 2014 at 7:56 PM UTC
Valentine's Gloom
Incessant insolent innocence lies broken by a bedside. Am i taking psychoactive substances, or am i substantially psychoactive? Puzzling proportions of a mirror lie shattered by my knees. Am i broken? shhhhhh We just want to fix you. Are you broken? HUSH I just want to feel free.
0
Aug 5, 2010
Aug 5, 2010 at 12:00 AM UTC
substantially psychoactive?