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"unprovoked" poems
'tis a sad sad tale of woe of which I sing of gods and godesses and their lessening how forlorn the goddess Ceres once loved by all and wooed by many when unprovoked and unforeseen a war was wrought 'gainst fair queen caught unawares her throne assailed her forces scattered 'twas all unfair cast down she was from lofty throne no longer crowned no more beloved pierced thru with many thorns belittled and besmirched her reputation and now her station lost far beyond re-incarnation silently she slips away lost and near forgotten wounded and rarely seen her sullen thoughts of malice reign shamed and bleeding plotting her revenge till time and chance provide the proper circumstance then all the thorns that pierced her thru she shook as many blades and hurled those bitter barbs as one 'gainst Hades' mighty gates shaken he from his dark slumber his rallied forces armed in numbers their banners raised on solar breezes as trumpets blare thru breathless reaches voices shout in protestation slide rules locked in astrometric calculations oh see how Ceres scorned and mocked has wrought her rotting vengeance on Pluto's frozen rocks "Oh woe to thee my Persephone flee thee now to thy father's house for thy husband's hearth hath been broken and Hades' home now just a token My lofty edifice a shattered wrack an' all that's left 'tis a humble wretched shack" Pic Poem https://www.pix-star.com/media/cache_local/download/23fc881b88e812947b061094f5694d32/JPlutoThouHastFallen-e52.jpg .
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Apr 22, 2018
Apr 22, 2018 at 4:02 PM UTC
Pluto, Thou Hast Fallen
'tis a sad sad tale of woe of which I sing of gods and godesses and their lessening how forlorn the goddess Ceres once loved by all and wooed by many when unprovoked and unforeseen a war was wrought 'gainst fair queen caught unawares her throne assailed her forces scattered 'twas all unfair cast down she was from lofty throne no longer crowned no more beloved pierced thru with many thorns belittled and besmirched her reputation and now her station lost far beyond re-incarnation silently she slips away lost and near forgotten wounded and rarely seen her sullen thoughts of malice reign shamed and bleeding plotting her revenge till time and chance provide the proper circumstance then all the thorns that pierced her thru she shook as many blades and hurled those bitter barbs as one 'gainst Hades' mighty gates shaken he from his dark slumber his rallied forces armed in numbers their banners raised on solar breezes as trumpets blare thru breathless reaches voices shout in protestation slide rules locked in astrometric calculations oh see how Ceres scorned and mocked has wrought her rotting vengeance on Pluto's frozen rocks "Oh woe to thee my Persephone flee thee now to thy father's house for thy husband's hearth hath been broken and Hades' home now just a token My lofty edifice a shattered wrack an' all that's left 'tis a humble wretched shack" Pic Poem https://www.pix-star.com/media/cache_local/download/23fc881b88e812947b061094f5694d32/JPlutoThouHastFallen-e52.jpg .
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I dropped by my favorite place today, released another exhausted breath. My pants were bulging out and the fat kept me stretched out. I hate that feeling. My stomach turned into billowy waves of expectant marks, pinning through my outer skin. I hate that feeling. When I sit, my thigh provokes every nerve in my body. If she has thoughts, she'll be a demon whispering through the wind. My unkempt hair is spinning around like gravity does not exist. Somehow, I failed to sigh out the black smoke forming all over my body. My skin, when pinched, is like soft straps that cannot be withdrawn from their owner. My skin is like the skin of my ancestor—it keeps stretching widely, tirelessly, and unprovoked. My heart is tightening its grasp on me. God, please help me! My eyes! I swallowed all my tears away, but my reflection still reflects the dark hue of the moon. When it is sad, the moon exposes his true nature, just like rolled down skins on my neck. My hands go from gently holding my heart out of my chest to weighing the weight of my body. If I let out my thick heart, my body would be lighter and my skin would be a plethora of scars and clay. If I abandon thee and such a calloused body, art will find me beautiful, and that is one of the moon's other sides. It's thick and uncooked. The heavens may not forsake an insecure moon, but a woman hates her reflection when the moonlight lights on her flesh. "Mirror, mirror on the wall..." I called and they did not answer. I froze in my seat and waited until the sun bloomed and dried my tears. Yet I still could not breathe. I went into the sea and swam with the lonely whales. The sun reflected on the waters. I reached letter fourteen, but it was written by someone else. The ambience of the calm ocean washed over me. I released a breathy sigh, and the light went to take me.
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Feb 1, 2022
Feb 1, 2022 at 1:28 PM UTC
Letter Thirteen from Gaia's Journal
I dropped by my favorite place today, released another exhausted breath. My pants were bulging out and the fat kept me stretched out. I hate that feeling. My stomach turned into billowy waves of expectant marks, pinning through my outer skin. I hate that feeling. When I sit, my thigh provokes every nerve in my body. If she has thoughts, she'll be a demon whispering through the wind. My unkempt hair is spinning around like gravity does not exist. Somehow, I failed to sigh out the black smoke forming all over my body. My skin, when pinched, is like soft straps that cannot be withdrawn from their owner. My skin is like the skin of my ancestor—it keeps stretching widely, tirelessly, and unprovoked. My heart is tightening its grasp on me. God, please help me! My eyes! I swallowed all my tears away, but my reflection still reflects the dark hue of the moon. When it is sad, the moon exposes his true nature, just like rolled down skins on my neck. My hands go from gently holding my heart out of my chest to weighing the weight of my body. If I let out my thick heart, my body would be lighter and my skin would be a plethora of scars and clay. If I abandon thee and such a calloused body, art will find me beautiful, and that is one of the moon's other sides. It's thick and uncooked. The heavens may not forsake an insecure moon, but a woman hates her reflection when the moonlight lights on her flesh. "Mirror, mirror on the wall..." I called and they did not answer. I froze in my seat and waited until the sun bloomed and dried my tears. Yet I still could not breathe. I went into the sea and swam with the lonely whales. The sun reflected on the waters. I reached letter fourteen, but it was written by someone else. The ambience of the calm ocean washed over me. I released a breathy sigh, and the light went to take me.
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The cricket's  rhythmic chivalry slows to Autumn's droning crawl like an unwound eight-day clock unconsciously neglected by time The Sounds of summer that fall silent are never really noticed until gone things we often take for granite, a mistake rendering life benign Dreams living only in our minds beheld within, the love that keeps us alive never caring, never needing to know, "fifty ways to leave your lover" behind So many miles spinning faster, so much weight to weigh you down it never really was a simpler time just a window with a different view Fleeting time may shine like shooting star an irreverent kind of blinding light come to pass a different hue of colours cast and sown an  eerie silence may befall unprovoked As if you found an urgent message in a bottle drifting through your tides you can spend the rest a lifetime trying to catch lightening in that bottle thence Don't look away from a moment       too long ... in the blink of an eye              it'll all be gone someone you used to know ... September 16, 2017
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Sep 16, 2017
Sep 16, 2017 at 1:56 PM UTC
Message Adrift in a Bottle
My life is a virtual battlefield complete with hidden traps, layered atop cowardly assaults between highly guarded spans of peace, Inside my house chairs and walls are coarsely blown to bits by verbal bombs, and stark fists of shrapnel. Behind that simple smile, semblance of solid love so easily shaken, lies a ripened mine field I tread on tiptoes yet it erupts under calloused feet unprovoked, blasting glory to grey as sacred sanctuary falls to scarred terrain. Spears lodged inside ribs I peel myself from the ground, shake off soot, wait for dust to settle before I march forward, again. yes I lose the battles But I will win this war.
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Jan 21, 2019
Jan 21, 2019 at 6:30 PM UTC
Bombshells and boobytraps
Snorers all scattered world-wide in offices and homes in boardrooms and bedrooms; O Snorers all loud and clear low and shrill - listen ye to the loud wake-up call as from Rip Van Winkle's Snore stand up united and drown the howl of protests against snoring that is surely no less divine than the Chorus of Angels in Heaven - for the great God who made the Aurora no doubt also conceived of the Divine Snore! and so, stand up, ye sonorous Snorers! unite! I call unto ye! unite against the detractors and the critics and the complainants and those of low culture who cannot lie still and listen to Snoring as one rightly would at a concert hall listening to the delightful play of a quartet of violins O how long will you take it lying down, ye blessed Snorers of the World? let the world know the first divine music was indeed the Snore; and the very height of human communication is the unabashed snore for all other modes of communication lead to mis-communication but the language of the snore is always exact and crisp! the message of the Snore always precise! the meaning always loud and clear! and the very height of the snore (let us declare to the world) is the couple in bed snoring away together beside each other making such divine music making love with the rolling thunder of snores so that one might say: *do we have a couple of wild boars copulating in the next room?* stand up, O Snorers of the World - and defy the mockers and those who seek divorce on grounds of insufferable Snoring; stand up against those who sue for loss of sleep from friendly, neighborly Snorers; stand up now against these losers, these whingeing nags uncouth and untutored in the mysteries of the art of the Snore! stand up and with one loud blast of a universal Snore, with one melodious Snore let us drown their dissenting voices, their unprovoked cacophonous complaints! stand up, Snorers young and old! unite, Snorers black, white and gold! defy the world! O ye Snorers of quite nights and of lazy days: let us overwhelm the world with the pleasing symphony of Snores; let us bless the ears of the world with the dulcet streams of varied notes and arias! stand up! unite! - O much-maligned Snorers of the World! with one voice raised in a triumphant Snore let us declare: *No longer will we be silent! Our voices will be heard!*
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Oct 22, 2010
Oct 22, 2010 at 7:21 PM UTC
United World Federation of Snorers
Snorers all scattered world-wide in offices and homes in boardrooms and bedrooms; O Snorers all loud and clear low and shrill - listen ye to the loud wake-up call as from Rip Van Winkle's Snore stand up united and drown the howl of protests against snoring that is surely no less divine than the Chorus of Angels in Heaven - for the great God who made the Aurora no doubt also conceived of the Divine Snore! and so, stand up, ye sonorous Snorers! unite! I call unto ye! unite against the detractors and the critics and the complainants and those of low culture who cannot lie still and listen to Snoring as one rightly would at a concert hall listening to the delightful play of a quartet of violins O how long will you take it lying down, ye blessed Snorers of the World? let the world know the first divine music was indeed the Snore; and the very height of human communication is the unabashed snore for all other modes of communication lead to mis-communication but the language of the snore is always exact and crisp! the message of the Snore always precise! the meaning always loud and clear! and the very height of the snore (let us declare to the world) is the couple in bed snoring away together beside each other making such divine music making love with the rolling thunder of snores so that one might say: *do we have a couple of wild boars copulating in the next room?* stand up, O Snorers of the World - and defy the mockers and those who seek divorce on grounds of insufferable Snoring; stand up against those who sue for loss of sleep from friendly, neighborly Snorers; stand up now against these losers, these whingeing nags uncouth and untutored in the mysteries of the art of the Snore! stand up and with one loud blast of a universal Snore, with one melodious Snore let us drown their dissenting voices, their unprovoked cacophonous complaints! stand up, Snorers young and old! unite, Snorers black, white and gold! defy the world! O ye Snorers of quite nights and of lazy days: let us overwhelm the world with the pleasing symphony of Snores; let us bless the ears of the world with the dulcet streams of varied notes and arias! stand up! unite! - O much-maligned Snorers of the World! with one voice raised in a triumphant Snore let us declare: *No longer will we be silent! Our voices will be heard!*
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We live in a straight world. You might not think it’s true, “Gays are coming out everyday could be them next or her, maybe you too” Well I’ll take a minute to prove it to you. If I told you I’m into girls I’d see your brain short circuit in real time, “But you don’t look gay” you’d say. “Straight passing” is what they call a girl like me, who still looks feminine but doesn’t want the D. This “luxury” of remaining in the closet is really hurting my game, Added another straight boy to my list of those who lost it when they heard me exclaim, “I appreciate the offer, but I’m gay” Let’s not forget the most important issue “Gays will ruin the sanctity of marriage” Here, I’ll hand you the tissues. Man and woman, hand in hand, till death do they part, and yet more than half of all marriages end in the perfected art of divorce. Far be it from me, to take anyone’s right to do and say what they want, while you embrace the hate and live fighting the inevitable reality of any queer couple tying the knot. It might be 2018, but I still can’t hold a potential partner’s hand in a public facility without getting disgusted leers and a dreadful look at multiple cases of unprovoked hostility. So, try to look me in the eyes, And tell me I’m not right. But despite it all I’ll keep my head up high And let that rainbow flag fly Because this might be a straight world, But love is love is love is love. And that concludes this winded verse.
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Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018 at 10:05 PM UTC
Heteronormativity
We live in a straight world. You might not think it’s true, “Gays are coming out everyday could be them next or her, maybe you too” Well I’ll take a minute to prove it to you. If I told you I’m into girls I’d see your brain short circuit in real time, “But you don’t look gay” you’d say. “Straight passing” is what they call a girl like me, who still looks feminine but doesn’t want the D. This “luxury” of remaining in the closet is really hurting my game, Added another straight boy to my list of those who lost it when they heard me exclaim, “I appreciate the offer, but I’m gay” Let’s not forget the most important issue “Gays will ruin the sanctity of marriage” Here, I’ll hand you the tissues. Man and woman, hand in hand, till death do they part, and yet more than half of all marriages end in the perfected art of divorce. Far be it from me, to take anyone’s right to do and say what they want, while you embrace the hate and live fighting the inevitable reality of any queer couple tying the knot. It might be 2018, but I still can’t hold a potential partner’s hand in a public facility without getting disgusted leers and a dreadful look at multiple cases of unprovoked hostility. So, try to look me in the eyes, And tell me I’m not right. But despite it all I’ll keep my head up high And let that rainbow flag fly Because this might be a straight world, But love is love is love is love. And that concludes this winded verse.
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Death, comes to us all For some, it rings the doorbell It brings flowers like a gentleman caller Sometimes, it creeps up on us while we sleep Snatches the life Like a thief in the night For some, it is The end that justifies the means It is the cold truth After the hot soup of lies in between Others, it stalks Like prey Licking it's lips As it gets closer every day It is a random act of violence Unprovoked, Waiting in silence But for all of us, It is life's only guarantee.
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May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014 at 7:16 PM UTC
Life's Only Guarantee
They punch me in the face Until it is apparently asymmetrical They call me human waste And tell me not to be sentimental When they're insistent On our difference I begin to see asymmetry In the way they're treating me Does anybody remember or even care About what happened in Nisour Square? A Blackwater slaughter Killing sons and daughters An unprovoked Macabre joke The militants were convicted The victims remained deceased The locals were livid When the problem would repeat We don't mind taking innocent lives intentionally When we see their value asymmetrically Does anyone remember when the city of Fallujah Smoked like a hookah? Thermobaric rocket launchers That used depleted uranium To melt insurgent craniums Left behind waste That is radioactive The citizens could taste The shame of being passive When they couldn't reject The spike in birth defects A child is born with its heart protruding from its chest So we can more easily grab it That child was born with an asymmetrical breast Because of our capitalist habit Contractor corpses hang from a bridge While we stand on a ridge Separating chaos and order A symmetrical border Order oppresses Chaos undresses Both cause messes We need to see each other equally Or we'll continue seeing sequel sprees We need to stop seeing asymmetrically And adopt a completely loving creed
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Jan 11, 2018
Jan 11, 2018 at 6:24 AM UTC
Asymmetrical
the wind that howls in the deepest night is a comforting sound the dog that moans in the earliest light is a soulmate found I abhor the thought of wistful bliss of nervous laughter unprovoked I slip into my warm abyss this sea of pain on which I choke I wade in pools of sought despair while cowards seek their mothers I dance on floors of rotted wood and sing to ghosts of lovers I find it my salvation to document this pain to analyze the demons and revel in the rain perhaps one day I'll leave this place and walk into the Sun to share the light of happiness content my deed is done
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Jul 27, 2018
Jul 27, 2018 at 9:32 PM UTC
abyss (repost)
I guess I feel threatened by your strength I guess I feel threatened by your beauty I build brick layers between us. What is that? She ushered me to that golden path of sacred My hands seek but grasp not But there is something there to be taken Why the blinders? Why the stammer? I have never been so confused ‘Olobeouch,’ the Yapese say A tangling predicament worth Unraveling with a fine-tooth Bamboo comb What about awareness Emotional terror both by day And by night The subtle insidious kind Calm waves of sad Inertia creeps What is that? How do I heal when-- (and thanks for putting words to it, Rudy): When it feels like the arms of my Clock have arthritis? Ship wreck on the wrong shore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My feelings for you have grown needlessly ornate Yours for me, simple Sullivan says: Friendship is underrated Because of its inherent Ability to be so earthen So organic And, thus Conceptualized Less So why have I built Nonsensical negativity? Self-sabotage What is that? I’m not that guy. I told you: “I want so much more of you than I need” I didn’t know at the time that I got it twisted Maybe: I need you more than I want to admit Love the one you’re with I idealized, romanticized the **** out of you Before I even came back I shot myself Big toe on rifle trigger A nice distraction from more Pressing issues? What is that? I thought I was alone But you reminded me I am not I can’t tell you how much that means to me Those words: Struck match In a dark room I’ve not let anyone acknowledge or Sympathize with my lingering ache Much less help anyone understand it What is that? I’m not that guy I’ve never been that guy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I let news of: Thousands killed by super typhoon Refugee birth ******** hunter casualty Child victim of AIDS Remind me that my pain is small Pretending that that news is Good enough to build perspective And deal with pain When it isn’t “We accept the love we think we deserve” I guess I thought I didn’t deserve you Thank you for reminding me that that is Not Truth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ask me unprovoked questions By the sea, under a tree Whisper me stardust Because one day I want to say: Love me for the man I’ve become Not the man I was I touch the tip of your nose
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Nov 14, 2013
Nov 14, 2013 at 5:31 PM UTC
What is that? (for Davey)
I guess I feel threatened by your strength I guess I feel threatened by your beauty I build brick layers between us. What is that? She ushered me to that golden path of sacred My hands seek but grasp not But there is something there to be taken Why the blinders? Why the stammer? I have never been so confused ‘Olobeouch,’ the Yapese say A tangling predicament worth Unraveling with a fine-tooth Bamboo comb What about awareness Emotional terror both by day And by night The subtle insidious kind Calm waves of sad Inertia creeps What is that? How do I heal when-- (and thanks for putting words to it, Rudy): When it feels like the arms of my Clock have arthritis? Ship wreck on the wrong shore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My feelings for you have grown needlessly ornate Yours for me, simple Sullivan says: Friendship is underrated Because of its inherent Ability to be so earthen So organic And, thus Conceptualized Less So why have I built Nonsensical negativity? Self-sabotage What is that? I’m not that guy. I told you: “I want so much more of you than I need” I didn’t know at the time that I got it twisted Maybe: I need you more than I want to admit Love the one you’re with I idealized, romanticized the **** out of you Before I even came back I shot myself Big toe on rifle trigger A nice distraction from more Pressing issues? What is that? I thought I was alone But you reminded me I am not I can’t tell you how much that means to me Those words: Struck match In a dark room I’ve not let anyone acknowledge or Sympathize with my lingering ache Much less help anyone understand it What is that? I’m not that guy I’ve never been that guy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I let news of: Thousands killed by super typhoon Refugee birth ******** hunter casualty Child victim of AIDS Remind me that my pain is small Pretending that that news is Good enough to build perspective And deal with pain When it isn’t “We accept the love we think we deserve” I guess I thought I didn’t deserve you Thank you for reminding me that that is Not Truth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ask me unprovoked questions By the sea, under a tree Whisper me stardust Because one day I want to say: Love me for the man I’ve become Not the man I was I touch the tip of your nose
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She stands on the sandy beach Her hands shake; she’s afraid She steels herself with a breath And into the ocean she starts to wade Her brother jumps in, dauntlessly “The sharks will get you!” he jokes She ignores him, she knows the truth. Sharks don’t attack unprovoked She stares at the endless blue Who knows what really lies beneath? She walks with slow, hesitant steps Into the ocean till she’s in waist deep A brush against her leg, she jumps, Shrieks and falls under, A giant wave hits the beach, She sits up and looks in wonder On the ocean floor, a starfish sleeps Its fins moves, she’s fascinated A crab goes by with its sideways gait, By the busy shore, she’s captivated Tiny coloured gems shine on the beach As if just waiting to be discovered Shells of all shapes and sizes, Waiting to be kept and treasured. A small wave splashes her gently, Sand and salt water everywhere, Nothing to be scared of; she decides She’s found her perfect spot right there. No need to go any further Into the ocean; into the unknown Her friends make sandcastles nearby, And she sits there happily, on her own.
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Sep 1, 2014
Sep 1, 2014 at 12:52 PM UTC
Into The Ocean
without the humans pedaling along like ants following paths the redwoods still stand still and mighty and feeling the faintest breeze and dampest touch of the birds nestled between branches never moving unprovoked or uncaused they wait for nothing because there is nothing to a redwood but the earth and the sun and the rain and the ants still pedaling between grooves in her hardened flesh, no wringer so efficient and wise ******* fallen water and moist air through the tips of toes and out into the world above the wood ceiling so green and full and bourgeoning life into the lungs of the moving types unable to stand still and breathe and watch their god turn miracles by unspoken stories of growth and sheltering persistence and resolve to manufacture life and color from dirt and water and air so quietly respired
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Dec 8, 2014
Dec 8, 2014 at 1:17 AM UTC
nattering with time and tree rings
without the humans pedaling along like ants following paths the redwoods still stand still and mighty and feeling the faintest breeze and dampest touch of the birds nestled between branches never moving unprovoked or uncaused they wait for nothing because there is nothing to a redwood but the earth and the sun and the rain and the ants pedaling between grooves in her hardened flesh, no wringer so efficient and wise ******* fallen water and moist air through the tips of toes and out into the world above the wood ceiling so green and full and bourgeoning life into the lungs of the moving types unable to stand still and breathe and watch their god turn miracles by unspoken stories of growth and sheltering persistence and resolve to manufacture life and color from dirt and water and air so quietly respired
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Nov 30, 2014
Nov 30, 2014 at 3:22 AM UTC
nattering with time and tree rings
on one overcast afternoon under a dull sky when the wet grass tells a story of a storm you just missed i will learn to compose my heart beats to match the slow dripping of water off a steel roof’s edge i will play its strings like a harp the soft music will regulate an even pattern of inhales and exhales a rising chest falling there are no bruises i do not wince i’ve forgotten the feeling of sharp venom my blood pumps the antidote and the ire at my temples in my lungs on my chest dissolves into a vapor of knowing i am safe within myself no matter how low the clouds hang
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Jul 16, 2018
Jul 16, 2018 at 11:33 PM UTC
unprovoked
I harbor a gentle whiskered beast made of quiet sighs, all knees and elbows jabbing my ribs while I sleep, a weight shifting among the sheets in the long shadows of earliness. Suddenly, unprovoked, he is startled as if threatened by an electric presence. He listens intently to the silence and bristles as though a ghost in the corner has spoken in a tongue meant for beings higher than myself. When the spirits have gone he sighs again, his paws turn circles and he lays himself down curled neatly behind my knees, quietly pondering primal truths that I was never meant to understand. Outside he chases skittering leaves and imagines he is wild in the great wooded taiga, flushing fowl from the brush, scattering them like gasps of color, with fluttering hearts beating warm in their ******* among pines capped white with snow.
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Oct 8, 2013
Oct 8, 2013 at 2:22 PM UTC
Scotty
noise falls away in colorful strokes to reveal the solid backdrop of silence a glaring white canvas with unprovoked audacity I turn away, but find my nose pressed against the same blank page in frantic movements I look up, down, around a white prairie surrounds me, deep as the horizon
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Mar 19, 2013
Mar 19, 2013 at 4:47 PM UTC
listen softly
Under marmalade skies over sands swept whirling, midst the wind of one night I learned my Rome was burning While the flames sneaked higher I trudged forth like some cattle, looking onto the horizon when under my nose Rome burned in the shadows Smoke danced to the moon but first ran through my eyes, clearing my vision memories crashed back like the tide Now under the moon she was new and enticing, the way that city smiled at me was beautiful but fueled by brevity like lightning Quick flashes of maybe her lips and story made me see the glass as half full I bore the weight of that city under the moon, now her presence is an obstacle I used to speak simply to hear her voice, but now unprovoked silence and no chance to make a choice Under marmalade skies I learned that Rome was burning, even as she led me away with smiles masked fires were churning Over sand swept whirling her ashes play through the beac,h through the rain through the lightning shared memories grow deceased All that's left of my city is a shell. and in its grain I see her face, I throw her into the bay wishing I found the spark that made my city now erased
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Jan 3, 2013
Jan 3, 2013 at 10:04 PM UTC
Rome, We
too FAT too SHORT too WITHDRAWN too THIN too DUMB too SMART too OLD too WEAK too GOTH too QUEER too PARANOID too PREPPY they judge, they mock, they laugh, they jest. a game they play, all fun and games. Who cares what they say, why should i listen the taunts of the others, out for their own. I don't care, I refuse to see They will never get to me.. and yet.. Tune it out, look away, doesn't make it end. no harm intended, death resulted. Their words have no conviction, no meaning. This I know, this I believe, but then tell me why.. Why I cannot stop reading the writing on the walls? too TALL too GROSS too UGLY too NERDY too SMELLY too CREEPY too SLOW too HYPER too SENSITIVE They point, they mock, they regret, they don't care. Today, tomorrow, last night and before. They vandalize the air with words they don't intend. I don't care, I refuse to see They will never get to me.. and yet.. I walk away, talk to me back Put you behind me, i cannot hear. Your words are mute, they matter not. This I know, this I believe, but then tell me why.. Why I cannot stop reading the writing on the walls? And why don't they put down the pen? Too cruel Too harsh Too unprovoked Too Jealous Too abused Too angry Too Beaten Too unheard Too unloved They've been there, they try to cope. Lashing out instead of lashing in. Fighting for the chance they never got. This I know, this I believe. I don't care, I refuse to see They will never get to me... and yet.. Tell me why, even knowing this, why can I not stop reading the writing on the walls?
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Jun 3, 2017
Jun 3, 2017 at 11:32 PM UTC
Words Uncovicted, Unignored
too FAT too SHORT too WITHDRAWN too THIN too DUMB too SMART too OLD too WEAK too GOTH too QUEER too PARANOID too PREPPY they judge, they mock, they laugh, they jest. a game they play, all fun and games. Who cares what they say, why should i listen the taunts of the others, out for their own. I don't care, I refuse to see They will never get to me.. and yet.. Tune it out, look away, doesn't make it end. no harm intended, death resulted. Their words have no conviction, no meaning. This I know, this I believe, but then tell me why.. Why I cannot stop reading the writing on the walls? too TALL too GROSS too UGLY too NERDY too SMELLY too CREEPY too SLOW too HYPER too SENSITIVE They point, they mock, they regret, they don't care. Today, tomorrow, last night and before. They vandalize the air with words they don't intend. I don't care, I refuse to see They will never get to me.. and yet.. I walk away, talk to me back Put you behind me, i cannot hear. Your words are mute, they matter not. This I know, this I believe, but then tell me why.. Why I cannot stop reading the writing on the walls? And why don't they put down the pen? Too cruel Too harsh Too unprovoked Too Jealous Too abused Too angry Too Beaten Too unheard Too unloved They've been there, they try to cope. Lashing out instead of lashing in. Fighting for the chance they never got. This I know, this I believe. I don't care, I refuse to see They will never get to me... and yet.. Tell me why, even knowing this, why can I not stop reading the writing on the walls?
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The gleeful laughter was like myrrh, Dewy, unprovoked, Mouth opened, like a gaping hole In Elysium…. She laughed, and I watched, She laughed like life was bereft of pain; I looked at her… and I laughed; Cause her laughter bore a spell.
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Jun 6, 2012
Jun 6, 2012 at 12:06 AM UTC
The Laughter
Unprovoked, you often squabble With strangers you don't even know. Often spouting unkind ramblings, Seems like your head suffered a blow. You rant and rave, not making sense, You babble such mindless drivel. The head you carry seems so dense; In your little world, you revel. You spew such foul atrocities No one can seem to comprehend. Still, you speak in this gibberish No one wishes to understand. Your madness and stupidity Are such a sad combination. Hopefully, you enjoy all your Nonsensical fascinations.
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Jan 31, 2016
Jan 31, 2016 at 4:28 PM UTC
The Village Idiot
Someone called me a scorpion today Scorpions are spirit animals representing determination So thank you. Someone called me a scorpion today Scorpions don’t go into attack mode unprovoked So thank you. Someone called me a scorpion today Scorpions have magical virtues of fortitude, grit, mental keenness and willpower So thank you. Someone called me a scorpion today Go **** yourself.
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Jun 11, 2018
Jun 11, 2018 at 12:19 PM UTC
The scorpion
Lorenzo is what I call my lupus Because …. Why not?! From now on, it’ll be just the two of us So best commit and tie that knot Lorenzo was the guy I never noticed Sometimes trying to give out a sign And when quiet, never really missed Resigned to be benign But every signal missed Simply lingered and formed a stack Their evolution was dismissed So came the revolt…the unprovoked attack Lorenzo was sad, Lorenzo was mad….Lorenzo wanted to be seen Depression, anxiety, inflammation - my body on fire Lorenzo hit and Lorenzo kicked…. I found out he could be mean Fatigue and ….what was I saying?..panic levels going higher It took nearly a year but finally I met him No longer in shadows haunting my body Here in the open, Lorenzo didn’t look so grim Now introduced, it took time but I asked Lorenzo to be my buddy I asked him to help me know When what I was doing triggered him He agreed to be patient and take it slow He’d stick around and wouldn’t act out on a whim We sat down in the comfort of our home I asked him questions he couldn’t answer Where did he come from? How long had he been around? Why hadn’t he wanted to be found? Did I do something wrong? Was I going to be sufficiently strong? Would I ever go back to being fine? But as he shrugged the questions away Lorenzo said to me : “at the end of the day I don’t make you better or worse… I am with you, for better and worse!”
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Oct 31, 2021
Oct 31, 2021 at 3:50 PM UTC
Lorenzo
Unconditionally Without condition The more I think This is the easiest To live, all forgiven Mistakes are like rain Evaporating in the sun What chance does a drop have Against the warmth, sweet blaze? It's a nothing, just a drop To give oneself, Unconditionally Is the greatest freedom A positive motion Steps, one by one Unslaved, there is nothing to hide No embarrassment so great A bit of soul to hide, no shame It's the hardest thing to begin But love forgives, breathes It's new life, birth of hope Prayers, delivered, a peace Distractions fall to the side Nothing more than what they were Easily wiped away, nothing; no blame Some small parts bring pain Harder to deny, but to swim Overwhelmed by love Great, pulsing heart's force It's spectacular, leaving awe Touch your hair, massage and laugh Kisses in the morning, holding that A quick moment everyday, all day And to return to you I'll want nothing more Live my life on my terms Society is a hellish thing I eat, sleep and with every breadth Your scent is my motivating blanket With three simple words, I am. Your heartbeat is my earth Eyes become the skies, I soar Your unprovoked touch Electricity, brings life In life, you are my dream There are no conditions You can be whoever you want Explore yourself, your soul I would hold your hand Raise you when you are down Bring smiles to your lips, Grease broad laughs and Tease honey from your kiss In every moment Who you want to be Let me be there I want to give you this A special gift Rare and pure All my vows
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Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 7:28 AM UTC
Certainly Positive
Unconditionally Without condition The more I think This is the easiest To live, all forgiven Mistakes are like rain Evaporating in the sun What chance does a drop have Against the warmth, sweet blaze? It's a nothing, just a drop To give oneself, Unconditionally Is the greatest freedom A positive motion Steps, one by one Unslaved, there is nothing to hide No embarrassment so great A bit of soul to hide, no shame It's the hardest thing to begin But love forgives, breathes It's new life, birth of hope Prayers, delivered, a peace Distractions fall to the side Nothing more than what they were Easily wiped away, nothing; no blame Some small parts bring pain Harder to deny, but to swim Overwhelmed by love Great, pulsing heart's force It's spectacular, leaving awe Touch your hair, massage and laugh Kisses in the morning, holding that A quick moment everyday, all day And to return to you I'll want nothing more Live my life on my terms Society is a hellish thing I eat, sleep and with every breadth Your scent is my motivating blanket With three simple words, I am. Your heartbeat is my earth Eyes become the skies, I soar Your unprovoked touch Electricity, brings life In life, you are my dream There are no conditions You can be whoever you want Explore yourself, your soul I would hold your hand Raise you when you are down Bring smiles to your lips, Grease broad laughs and Tease honey from your kiss In every moment Who you want to be Let me be there I want to give you this A special gift Rare and pure All my vows
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love has become a national sport but what about the rest the rest who believes in love with all there heart and soul that believes in the pureness and sacredness of it they who cherish the innocence of it people like me people justify a lot with motivational speaking in the end the picket fence is littered with nail wholes each whole resembling a day someone trampled my dreams , unprovoked in the name of the game
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Nov 9, 2013
Nov 9, 2013 at 1:24 PM UTC
love, a game
I know myself, and i know i'm nice, So why would you act as cold as ice?, You're horrid to me, and it hurts me so bad, And i thought you were a funny, likeable lad. But my skin is thick, and i have many friends, Who will step up to the plate, and see me to the end, So bring it, this unprovoked attack at my expense, I'm blameless, nice, and will never sit on the fence. If you wanted to blame me, why didn't you just say?, Instead of attacking me, and then running away?, It seems like you target who you feel like, at that time, So please, leave me and mine, to do what we love, to just rhyme..... This is my attempt at speaking my mind, as everyone keeps saying, we are welcome to do so. But when i do,, i get attacked,albeit from afar, which frankly ****** me off!!!!!
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Oct 30, 2010
Oct 30, 2010 at 6:46 AM UTC
unprovoked