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flawed to near insanity but long as you could hold down a job then its alright isn't that a wise policy she asked i'm not so sure watching the clowns strut their stuff in the midnight sun they are reckless to be certain but self aware to a fault just makes it all the more bizarre watch em go at it with each other over the simplest thing its no way to live you can vouch for the living as long as you haven't died and this madness is just shy of being in a pine box so darling lets get outa this crazy place get away from the thinking that you gotta be like everybody else get away from the plastic hippie rat-race roll down the easy highway find us some sweet sunshine to breath in find us a better life to be
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Mar 6, 2015
Mar 6, 2015 at 2:45 PM UTC
madness sunshine
tell me what words are there to articulate this savage parade not here, not in all the Lebanons whose crystal castles sparkle like broken glass on the dark horizons at the jagged edges of the world from which cultured minds have receded and all humanity has been relinquished to the barbarity of the frenzied flavours of fools who will speak for this wild parade without impediment to mythical protagonists tell me where are the energised arguments against sophisticated yet false laments where testament is torn through weeping cedar trees producing the unpredictable accidental quality that memorialises phantom caresses that have neither been invented nor encouraged the hallow that inaugurates the distinctive features of destructive energies that are both exuberant and hard to comprehend this parade where there is a savage sensibility capable of apprehending contradictory ethical imperatives that vouch for a mocking stream of tragic political consequence displayed vividly in the inextricability of civil order and political violence that defies exclusive claim by casting itself as freedom warrior in disguise as militaristic humanism and burns the temple tree and where human identity becomes an elusive possession owned by a few who in the inevitability of ignorance refuse to recognise their tragic error and the world does not mount a strenuous protest at this headlong dash for Ephesus where antagonistic language and neutral expression of thought converge and here the value of valulessness repudiates, even in a single poetic moment
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Aug 25, 2013
Aug 25, 2013 at 4:04 PM UTC
Syria
tell me what words are there to articulate this savage parade not here, not in all the Lebanons whose crystal castles sparkle like broken glass on the dark horizons at the jagged edges of the world from which cultured minds have receded and all humanity has been relinquished to the barbarity of the frenzied flavours of fools who will speak for this wild parade without impediment to mythical protagonists tell me where are the energised arguments against sophisticated yet false laments where testament is torn through weeping cedar trees producing the unpredictable accidental quality that memorialises phantom caresses that have neither been invented nor encouraged the hallow that inaugurates the distinctive features of destructive energies that are both exuberant and hard to comprehend this parade where there is a savage sensibility capable of apprehending contradictory ethical imperatives that vouch for a mocking stream of tragic political consequence displayed vividly in the inextricability of civil order and political violence that defies exclusive claim by casting itself as freedom warrior in disguise as militaristic humanism and burns the temple tree and where human identity becomes an elusive possession owned by a few who in the inevitability of ignorance refuse to recognise their tragic error and the world does not mount a strenuous protest at this headlong dash for Ephesus where antagonistic language and neutral expression of thought converge and here the value of valulessness repudiates, even in a single poetic moment
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Don’t read this if you’re squeamish, Or if you’re eating food at the present, Since some of the subjects discussed in this poem, Are let’s just say rather unpleasant, On the subject of donating organs, Or the subject of organs at all, It’s not unusual for my claims to leave, Some subjects feeling pretty appalled, Now I’d say that most people die, In fact I’d vouch that it happens quite often, But when my time comes, set has my sun, I want all of me in that coffin, Now I get it, I’d save lives if I donated, And I don’t mean to sound like a **** (yes I do), But the unmissable flaw, the foot in the door, Is that not all of my parts seem to work, My eyes are screwy, my heart’s far too cold, The state of my lungs’ll make you shiver, My kidneys too small, I'm not sure I have a pancreas, And don’t get me started on my liver, And let me tell you with a face like mine, Not showcasing this beauty’s a sin, But it’s awfully hard to have an open casket, If I’m not sporting any of my skin It’s selfish and weird I know that, But my eyes are where my soul is exposed! …Yeah actually my soul’s pretty tainted, Can someone make sure that my eyes are closed? I only want those I love to have a part of me, So if I’m forced, if I’m forced, to partake, - - - They’ll be frying up my organs, For refreshments at my wake.
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Dec 20, 2014
Dec 20, 2014 at 3:22 PM UTC
On the Subject of Organs
Words and letters are written on walls Some as vandalization others as messages Words and letters are written on walls Words and sentences are written on billboards Some serve as advertising others to arouse awareness Words and sentences are written on billboards Words and paragraphs are written on my brain Some serve as inspiration others to support guidance Words and paragraphs are written on my brain Words are the weapons I use in a society that controls my image Words are the only thing that can divide me from being ghetto or educated My words are the only thing that I can vouch for like my ***** My words are the root of the intelligence that propels this sentence Letters in my words stand close to each other eager to make a statement If I do not show my words, my letters of cheerfulness begin to fade away Sentences are the compound of the mind that begs to be understood Sentences are made up of a tyranny chained down by a trendsetters mood My sentences contain verbs, nouns, adjectives and subjects that explain a lost purpose My sentences define the meaning of an ironical imagery that leads me to dream Sentences paint a picture that any blind character can see If I do not paint my sentences how will I ever show my brains art gallery Picasso used the paint brush to express his moods and feelings on a canvas Shakespeare and Allan Poe used ink to utter their thoughts on a sheet of paper Somewhere in my mind the collision of words and paint occurred Where I fused the essence of writing with the masterfulness of painting My words and sentences have met a significant other called paint Paint and words are my new best friend Paint and brushes are splattered and used upon walls Some are called vandalization while they represent artistic skills Paint and brushes are splattered and used upon walls Paint and words are written on subways So the eyes of the young and old can see the traveling message Paint and words are written on subways Paint and words smack up at my face So that the world sees who conveys this message Paint and words smack up at my face Paint gives visual to what words cannot picture My Paint serves as a method of expressing the mind’s tears and smiles My Paint becomes a tour guide through the loops of divine wonders Paint is just a stepping stone to the magnificent path of beauty A brush is just a brush depending on who holds it A brush is like the keyboard I constantly battle with to unleash my mind A brush can combine negativity and positivity and make peace A brush unites celibate beliefs with those whom are perverse Words and sentences along with paint and brushes help explain my motive Jonathan Pizarro Lost Cause © 2011 April 17th, 2011
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Sep 28, 2011
Sep 28, 2011 at 12:42 AM UTC
Words and Paint
Words and letters are written on walls Some as vandalization others as messages Words and letters are written on walls Words and sentences are written on billboards Some serve as advertising others to arouse awareness Words and sentences are written on billboards Words and paragraphs are written on my brain Some serve as inspiration others to support guidance Words and paragraphs are written on my brain Words are the weapons I use in a society that controls my image Words are the only thing that can divide me from being ghetto or educated My words are the only thing that I can vouch for like my ***** My words are the root of the intelligence that propels this sentence Letters in my words stand close to each other eager to make a statement If I do not show my words, my letters of cheerfulness begin to fade away Sentences are the compound of the mind that begs to be understood Sentences are made up of a tyranny chained down by a trendsetters mood My sentences contain verbs, nouns, adjectives and subjects that explain a lost purpose My sentences define the meaning of an ironical imagery that leads me to dream Sentences paint a picture that any blind character can see If I do not paint my sentences how will I ever show my brains art gallery Picasso used the paint brush to express his moods and feelings on a canvas Shakespeare and Allan Poe used ink to utter their thoughts on a sheet of paper Somewhere in my mind the collision of words and paint occurred Where I fused the essence of writing with the masterfulness of painting My words and sentences have met a significant other called paint Paint and words are my new best friend Paint and brushes are splattered and used upon walls Some are called vandalization while they represent artistic skills Paint and brushes are splattered and used upon walls Paint and words are written on subways So the eyes of the young and old can see the traveling message Paint and words are written on subways Paint and words smack up at my face So that the world sees who conveys this message Paint and words smack up at my face Paint gives visual to what words cannot picture My Paint serves as a method of expressing the mind’s tears and smiles My Paint becomes a tour guide through the loops of divine wonders Paint is just a stepping stone to the magnificent path of beauty A brush is just a brush depending on who holds it A brush is like the keyboard I constantly battle with to unleash my mind A brush can combine negativity and positivity and make peace A brush unites celibate beliefs with those whom are perverse Words and sentences along with paint and brushes help explain my motive Jonathan Pizarro Lost Cause © 2011 April 17th, 2011
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The moon had a belly ache and He told gravity to slow down He told time to slow down He told the universe to slow down. But they didn’t listen to him, Because the moon is So quiet, So quiet, So quiet, They didn’t hear him Whisper his worries And the Earth wouldn’t even Vouch for him When he mentioned it at the next Office meeting.
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Dec 10, 2012
Dec 10, 2012 at 1:27 AM UTC
Shy Pale Shy Pale Shy
*In deep psychedelic trance his companion painted canvases that mix past, present and future, factually as quantum physics would vouch; all of it co-exists, don't turn a blind eye, it's not fair. "There is more past here that try to unseat future, than the presence of present, we would make reality sleep won't believe in its patented lies, we'd create a present, in its fantasy, see the future" The narrative is pictured as fallows: The Cat and the Mouse stopped their games, they invented as a past time, and also serious business. Lucky prince befriended a happy pauper. The beauty beguiled the friendly beast, both eloped and lived happily somewhere. The bored king hugged the leader of the coup "I was dying to abdicate at the earliest, you were my last hope, good riddance" he yawned, sounding like cockerel. He looked much relieved; uneasy is the head on which a crown sits like a ****** politico at the moment of election result. The painter watching what is going on said: "Well, the colors I selected this far, were all wrong. Now, I am going to look twice before I decide" But when she worked on her imagination her manifesto was thrown out, she was far more spontaneous there is the rub. Can't say, whether the philosopher was pleased or not, one can't  definitely tell he only smiled and hurried back to catch the last bus he missed.*
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Jan 4, 2014
Jan 4, 2014 at 3:09 AM UTC
The Last Bus
Through the miracle of meteorology, up high - little by little parts of me was made, without form within a clouds middle, and eventually, formed in unique designs, lighter than feathers, temperature and water work together to produce, a period of weather. When shapes, never repeated - but in approximation, begin to fall, as snow, feasibly forecasted, sometimes not so, down on to the surface below. And so as blanket laid, across town and countryside, fields and city mews, changing the familiar, smoothing contours, into new landscape views. The material soft, white glistening snow so miraculously delivered, at earliest opportunity is introduced to excited shouts, laughter, and shivers. Fittingly gathered by adult and children's hand, with the goal - to build a man. midst joyful sounds, travellers moans and snowball fights, the creators plan, By rolled ball pile and heaped snow I was born, created by many in several places, some small and really, lovingly made. Others large with various, curious, hats and faces. All - to stand appreciatively of of the makers time, to create me and proudly put on show. Winter feeds our lifetime span with cold wind, colder nights and, temperatures low, we stand as white statuary, where children play, soon - will come the expected day a thaw, will take our sustainability of cool, and so little by little I, and others go away, with saddened countenance creators watch as we bend, wither and slouch, stoically accepting this is, as is. Snowy days will return, snowmen too, I can vouch. It’s a happy sadness for snowman builders and snowmen too, who together wait in anticipation for fun and creativity, the joyful side of snowy weather. From a Snowman Michael C Crowder 23rd January 2019
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Jan 25, 2019
Jan 25, 2019 at 5:09 AM UTC
From A Snowman
Through the miracle of meteorology, up high - little by little parts of me was made, without form within a clouds middle, and eventually, formed in unique designs, lighter than feathers, temperature and water work together to produce, a period of weather. When shapes, never repeated - but in approximation, begin to fall, as snow, feasibly forecasted, sometimes not so, down on to the surface below. And so as blanket laid, across town and countryside, fields and city mews, changing the familiar, smoothing contours, into new landscape views. The material soft, white glistening snow so miraculously delivered, at earliest opportunity is introduced to excited shouts, laughter, and shivers. Fittingly gathered by adult and children's hand, with the goal - to build a man. midst joyful sounds, travellers moans and snowball fights, the creators plan, By rolled ball pile and heaped snow I was born, created by many in several places, some small and really, lovingly made. Others large with various, curious, hats and faces. All - to stand appreciatively of of the makers time, to create me and proudly put on show. Winter feeds our lifetime span with cold wind, colder nights and, temperatures low, we stand as white statuary, where children play, soon - will come the expected day a thaw, will take our sustainability of cool, and so little by little I, and others go away, with saddened countenance creators watch as we bend, wither and slouch, stoically accepting this is, as is. Snowy days will return, snowmen too, I can vouch. It’s a happy sadness for snowman builders and snowmen too, who together wait in anticipation for fun and creativity, the joyful side of snowy weather. From a Snowman Michael C Crowder 23rd January 2019
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Headland and Flounders drift alongside the edge and what is excluded bitter vetch, its famine vouch. Life was then hewed on a cusps of Moon, their points return as Libertines and Rakes. Born from the same ideal with choice to inform and saddle the consequences.
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Nov 26, 2012
Nov 26, 2012 at 3:07 PM UTC
Rakes and Libertines over Moon stalk
321 Of all the Sounds despatched abroad, There’s not a Charge to me Like that old measure in the Boughs— That phraseless Melody— The Wind does—working like a Hand, Whose fingers Comb the Sky— Then quiver down—with tufts of Tune— Permitted Gods, and me— Inheritance, it is, to us— Beyond the Art to Earn— Beyond the trait to take away By Robber, since the Gain Is gotten not of fingers— And inner than the Bone— Hid golden, for the whole of Days, And even in the Urn, I cannot vouch the merry Dust Do not arise and play In some odd fashion of its own, Some quainter Holiday, When Winds go round and round in Bands— And thrum upon the door, And Birds take places, overhead, To bear them Orchestra. I crave Him grace of Summer Boughs, If such an Outcast be— Who never heard that fleshless Chant— Rise—solemn—on the Tree, As if some Caravan of Sound Off Deserts, in the Sky, Had parted Rank, Then knit, and swept— In Seamless Company—
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Of all the Sounds despatched abroad
I thought you'd always have my back "Till the end of time," we'd say I believed it until you proved me wrong that day How foolish of me... Your man tried to set me up with his friend I didn't want to, but I didn't want to be rude That was my downfall in the end. You left us alone, and he thought the fun had just begun I kept saying no but had nowhere to run We played this game of cat and mouse. All around the comfort of your house I couldn't escape; I kept saying no He would stop for a minute, then continue to go He kept touching me and violating my body and space When I told you, you said, "that can't be the case." At one point, you both said to him, "You're lucky it happened to her and not somebody else, cause she has people who can vouch for you. Otherwise you could have a charge put on you." That statement shattered an already broken soul. I don't feel lucky at all. I was never asked or given the option to press charges; the decision was made for me. They tried to say, "He's a good guy," and "I've known him for 15 years; he's not an animal." The experience I had with him is he assaulted me. He groped, touched and tried to force himself onto me. For hours after, I constantly said no. I can't just let that go. Just because he didn't **** me doesn't mean the trauma of the assault is lessened. It felt as if you were both protecting my assailant. More than you were protecting me. I didn't ask for this to happen I didn't deserve this. You both said you'd cut him off But you told him you'd only distance yourself for "a bit." That feels like you spit in my face You're still both friends on Facebook. I can't even stand to look. You said you'd have my back till the end of time. Turns out you meant Until your boyfriend's friend Assaulted me. – Protecting my Assailant // F.C.
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Jul 20, 2021
Jul 20, 2021 at 4:02 PM UTC
Protecting my Assailant
I thought you'd always have my back "Till the end of time," we'd say I believed it until you proved me wrong that day How foolish of me... Your man tried to set me up with his friend I didn't want to, but I didn't want to be rude That was my downfall in the end. You left us alone, and he thought the fun had just begun I kept saying no but had nowhere to run We played this game of cat and mouse. All around the comfort of your house I couldn't escape; I kept saying no He would stop for a minute, then continue to go He kept touching me and violating my body and space When I told you, you said, "that can't be the case." At one point, you both said to him, "You're lucky it happened to her and not somebody else, cause she has people who can vouch for you. Otherwise you could have a charge put on you." That statement shattered an already broken soul. I don't feel lucky at all. I was never asked or given the option to press charges; the decision was made for me. They tried to say, "He's a good guy," and "I've known him for 15 years; he's not an animal." The experience I had with him is he assaulted me. He groped, touched and tried to force himself onto me. For hours after, I constantly said no. I can't just let that go. Just because he didn't **** me doesn't mean the trauma of the assault is lessened. It felt as if you were both protecting my assailant. More than you were protecting me. I didn't ask for this to happen I didn't deserve this. You both said you'd cut him off But you told him you'd only distance yourself for "a bit." That feels like you spit in my face You're still both friends on Facebook. I can't even stand to look. You said you'd have my back till the end of time. Turns out you meant Until your boyfriend's friend Assaulted me. – Protecting my Assailant // F.C.
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Is it where you come from that matters? Is it your history, your line of descent? Do they really know you, they chatter Would they sit down with your friends Where do you come from they ask What is your story they say Will you do away with your mask Let them know you if they may What went before doesn’t matter Only the present counts It’s a fresh start you barter For your past in the ground But when it comes down to it They still want to know Where did you come from Where will you go You choose your own fate Your life is in your hands Your future’s for you to make You’re not bound to the land Let them know you by your deeds By your words and by your song Do they need to trace your feet To know where you belong? What is a reputation - But a binding rope No leeway to stumble For it’s a slippery slope If the days gone by are to colour Every speech and action Where is the scope to discover? Aren’t our lives but a fraction - Of what they could be If we believed we were free To set forth and make waves Or float along with the sea But then again you may say - Do people really change? Can they let go of the hate - Washed clean by the rain? And can we trust someone who lays No claim to yesterday - For whom nothing can vouch But the words of their mouth? If one is constantly changing - Then where does one stand? How can the others trust you - How can they shake your hand? Is trust merely an illusion We conjure up for ourselves - To alleviate the confusion To put reason on the shelf? One day we all must choose When there is much to lose Whether to cling to the family tree Or take flight and be free Those you grow up with are forever They’re the ones you never leave Where you came from is your start The first page of your story But it can’t tie you down It can’t hold you back You mustn’t be afraid For in the attack They may have the armour of the known And the weapons of their forebears But you will have freedom And an army of others Your brothers in thought And ideals and humanity Sisters with whom you fought The winds of disparity So I suppose what I’m saying is The only story worth telling Is the one that unfolds In the final reckoning
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Sep 16, 2021
Sep 16, 2021 at 7:06 AM UTC
Judgment Day (Repost)
Is it where you come from that matters? Is it your history, your line of descent? Do they really know you, they chatter Would they sit down with your friends Where do you come from they ask What is your story they say Will you do away with your mask Let them know you if they may What went before doesn’t matter Only the present counts It’s a fresh start you barter For your past in the ground But when it comes down to it They still want to know Where did you come from Where will you go You choose your own fate Your life is in your hands Your future’s for you to make You’re not bound to the land Let them know you by your deeds By your words and by your song Do they need to trace your feet To know where you belong? What is a reputation - But a binding rope No leeway to stumble For it’s a slippery slope If the days gone by are to colour Every speech and action Where is the scope to discover? Aren’t our lives but a fraction - Of what they could be If we believed we were free To set forth and make waves Or float along with the sea But then again you may say - Do people really change? Can they let go of the hate - Washed clean by the rain? And can we trust someone who lays No claim to yesterday - For whom nothing can vouch But the words of their mouth? If one is constantly changing - Then where does one stand? How can the others trust you - How can they shake your hand? Is trust merely an illusion We conjure up for ourselves - To alleviate the confusion To put reason on the shelf? One day we all must choose When there is much to lose Whether to cling to the family tree Or take flight and be free Those you grow up with are forever They’re the ones you never leave Where you came from is your start The first page of your story But it can’t tie you down It can’t hold you back You mustn’t be afraid For in the attack They may have the armour of the known And the weapons of their forebears But you will have freedom And an army of others Your brothers in thought And ideals and humanity Sisters with whom you fought The winds of disparity So I suppose what I’m saying is The only story worth telling Is the one that unfolds In the final reckoning
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1 **I like your light makeup, mangled logic that never served its intended purpose, the svelte figure that creates an awareness indelible on proportion, and the intelligence you have to keep it just as petite all through the years the out law male chauvinist, that  lurks in me is pleased, lopsided analysis of contemporary affairs you make, allows me to intervene, put you back to the track. I dig the coiffure that makes the birds think, its their nest, newly built. Your purple prose I learned to like, as it gets more and more evocative. Syrupy songs you write, and sing used to get one bored easily no more, your emotions now are more rooted and move me very much. you know better than any one, how much I love bitter concoctions you cook. 2 But then I realize that the cadence you create is unique, you look life at its *** and frown, your poems though rare, show plenty of evidence of quirky charm, which I like. Your weepy stories and convoluted plots too I learned to like, all these are just habits, right? They bear a stamp of your originality I can vouch, love your starry eyes when each is filled with admiration, for me in those special moments, when I pull you out of quagmires time after time. 3 I can't take eyes off your face, exuding such innocence, that vouches your genuineness, each time that assures me that you cannot ever be bad, unless you want to portray yourself that way cleverly. Though not my cup of tea, I love the gizmo culture you love, your craze for computer games, (though bit bizarre at this age!) I enjoy it and get fascinated when you go too far. You love to make love in the dark, I later learned to appreciate  its tactile advantages, and encouraged you unleash the panther in you, on me though I love to do it with lights on so that we can see the rainbow the moment it spreads on , till it dissipates and we dive deep in to sleep. 4 You touched my depth in a way different, made it possible to love the woman you are- the way you are,  I love it because, you are unique,with all imperfections together we are complete.**
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Jul 21, 2013
Jul 21, 2013 at 2:18 PM UTC
My Love for You Springs from Here
1 **I like your light makeup, mangled logic that never served its intended purpose, the svelte figure that creates an awareness indelible on proportion, and the intelligence you have to keep it just as petite all through the years the out law male chauvinist, that  lurks in me is pleased, lopsided analysis of contemporary affairs you make, allows me to intervene, put you back to the track. I dig the coiffure that makes the birds think, its their nest, newly built. Your purple prose I learned to like, as it gets more and more evocative. Syrupy songs you write, and sing used to get one bored easily no more, your emotions now are more rooted and move me very much. you know better than any one, how much I love bitter concoctions you cook. 2 But then I realize that the cadence you create is unique, you look life at its *** and frown, your poems though rare, show plenty of evidence of quirky charm, which I like. Your weepy stories and convoluted plots too I learned to like, all these are just habits, right? They bear a stamp of your originality I can vouch, love your starry eyes when each is filled with admiration, for me in those special moments, when I pull you out of quagmires time after time. 3 I can't take eyes off your face, exuding such innocence, that vouches your genuineness, each time that assures me that you cannot ever be bad, unless you want to portray yourself that way cleverly. Though not my cup of tea, I love the gizmo culture you love, your craze for computer games, (though bit bizarre at this age!) I enjoy it and get fascinated when you go too far. You love to make love in the dark, I later learned to appreciate  its tactile advantages, and encouraged you unleash the panther in you, on me though I love to do it with lights on so that we can see the rainbow the moment it spreads on , till it dissipates and we dive deep in to sleep. 4 You touched my depth in a way different, made it possible to love the woman you are- the way you are,  I love it because, you are unique,with all imperfections together we are complete.**
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"Amour is the most intense kind of sweet fever,I can vouch that When it's clandestine, the effect on victims is much more acute" As the trembling example of that condition, she whispers in his ear, Between adventurous  samba steps, every one watches agape. "Don't you know merciless girl,that's what makes me go pale quickly in your presence,this illness is mutually induced, that's for sure"
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Apr 21, 2016
Apr 21, 2016 at 3:12 PM UTC
The medical history of clandestine amour
The shadows get frighteningly long, he watches in silence like a painter whose mixed up colors in the palette are found to be of no use, the pictures are muddled by inept handling of colors. once colorful skyline is suddenly pecked in to pieces by winds, the belligerent evening birds in discord; the child playing in the park now gives up her carefully structured house, receiving cues from swarms of darkness, looks at her mother as if she isn't  interested, anymore, as if feeling the encroaching loneliness. "Evening is a spoiler of beautiful things" he jots down on the page of the day in his mind "it's  enticing beauty is just a masquerade" a truth he would vouch as a fact of life. It's time to be back home, the dusk falls holding mom's finger she goes back to the lighted space of warmth that has an assurance of kiss any moment, on his way she sends a smile, just a stranger till two days before, as if saying "See you tomorrow" this little one is a fresh guest of breeze a pure blessing, sunshine rare in winter. This rusted garden bench knows him well, the fragrance of mango blossoms from a land distant in a season long past still spreads the scent of musk touches somewhere deep, brings memories from a land so far,  a land where evenings were spent under the shades of mango trees in exhilaration, awaiting the mango fruit season. A change in the lighting of sky overturns everything. time administers it's hidden poison drop by drop, the memories of an evening from afar asks in a feeble voice "Will the child come to the park to play tomorrow again?"
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Oct 23, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 at 12:30 AM UTC
One More Evening
The shadows get frighteningly long, he watches in silence like a painter whose mixed up colors in the palette are found to be of no use, the pictures are muddled by inept handling of colors. once colorful skyline is suddenly pecked in to pieces by winds, the belligerent evening birds in discord; the child playing in the park now gives up her carefully structured house, receiving cues from swarms of darkness, looks at her mother as if she isn't  interested, anymore, as if feeling the encroaching loneliness. "Evening is a spoiler of beautiful things" he jots down on the page of the day in his mind "it's  enticing beauty is just a masquerade" a truth he would vouch as a fact of life. It's time to be back home, the dusk falls holding mom's finger she goes back to the lighted space of warmth that has an assurance of kiss any moment, on his way she sends a smile, just a stranger till two days before, as if saying "See you tomorrow" this little one is a fresh guest of breeze a pure blessing, sunshine rare in winter. This rusted garden bench knows him well, the fragrance of mango blossoms from a land distant in a season long past still spreads the scent of musk touches somewhere deep, brings memories from a land so far,  a land where evenings were spent under the shades of mango trees in exhilaration, awaiting the mango fruit season. A change in the lighting of sky overturns everything. time administers it's hidden poison drop by drop, the memories of an evening from afar asks in a feeble voice "Will the child come to the park to play tomorrow again?"
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The problem with phantoms, rings so clear Like fear, they don't just go away The more is learnt of the world, the smaller it becomes The less of open space is felt. The mnemonist lives in a pretty tale And heads the way off rocky shores For, oft a fool will come along And wilful, bash his mind on reef. Spill then thee, cantankerous spirit Thy guts of ill-placed rancour For in puny efforts to uproot Fresh soil turned is...fresh soil turned. The more we feed on empty words The larger grows that aching void Engulfing all but esurience Engorged thus, thee will choke. A mere gesture of goodwill And extending act of kindness Will conquer every wicked sentiment And leave thee broken ... in thy own mess. So, thy tiresome pictures on the wall, we see Paint on, dear artist, paint on These very merry parties, ye assemble Will ken thy sharp and twisted ire. Push on, weary soul, try to find thy heart Thee seest not thy efforts fall in vain, Fail to latch, for thy error sits too tall In the absence of saving grace. So caught up in thyself, art thee Thine eye too bright upon the prize That thou did not see thy plot at play Thy goest yet on; breaching full redemption. Weave thus thy tale and clothe thy mind For, in this act, thy mind doth shut So ill-fitting thy own garish attire Seams must needs split eventual. Seeketh truth and truest, thy find's a trove But sadder yet's the day, indeed All vouch that in thy heavy plunder Its value now plain conferred. Treasure trinkets, happy hoops Whatever be thy favour's currency When day is done and swift sea smoothes Revered will always be...saving grace. Star Toucher, 17 February 2013
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Feb 17, 2013
Feb 17, 2013 at 4:49 AM UTC
Saving Grace
The problem with phantoms, rings so clear Like fear, they don't just go away The more is learnt of the world, the smaller it becomes The less of open space is felt. The mnemonist lives in a pretty tale And heads the way off rocky shores For, oft a fool will come along And wilful, bash his mind on reef. Spill then thee, cantankerous spirit Thy guts of ill-placed rancour For in puny efforts to uproot Fresh soil turned is...fresh soil turned. The more we feed on empty words The larger grows that aching void Engulfing all but esurience Engorged thus, thee will choke. A mere gesture of goodwill And extending act of kindness Will conquer every wicked sentiment And leave thee broken ... in thy own mess. So, thy tiresome pictures on the wall, we see Paint on, dear artist, paint on These very merry parties, ye assemble Will ken thy sharp and twisted ire. Push on, weary soul, try to find thy heart Thee seest not thy efforts fall in vain, Fail to latch, for thy error sits too tall In the absence of saving grace. So caught up in thyself, art thee Thine eye too bright upon the prize That thou did not see thy plot at play Thy goest yet on; breaching full redemption. Weave thus thy tale and clothe thy mind For, in this act, thy mind doth shut So ill-fitting thy own garish attire Seams must needs split eventual. Seeketh truth and truest, thy find's a trove But sadder yet's the day, indeed All vouch that in thy heavy plunder Its value now plain conferred. Treasure trinkets, happy hoops Whatever be thy favour's currency When day is done and swift sea smoothes Revered will always be...saving grace. Star Toucher, 17 February 2013
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My mum tells me to be careful as I close the front door Every footstep the tick of a bomb about to go off And I know that she will worry until she hears me return That maybe this time I wasn’t careful enough But I know Careful Careful is a woman who walks in our skin when the door shuts behind us Faceless and watchful With keys jammed between each finger And her honey voice is flowing through a perpetual conversation with the home screen of her phone Her gait wide and her hood up, hair down but tucked away She never looks up only shifts her eyes from left to right on a pendulum trajectory determined to read the cadence of the shadows Like they are palms or tea leaves or a CCTV in operation sign on the front of a shop window On the walk home She is always moving A waterfall rushing down the steepest drop to get back home with all her foundations in tact Careful is always waiting for the other shoe to fall She is texting texting texting details of her plans Where she has been where she is going what is the license of the taxi she is in Are the doors locked as soon as she shuts them? How salty is too salty for a margarita or a tequila or a glass of water Can anyone vouch for the milliseconds that her drink was out of her sight? She has a  pair of earphones attached to nothing jutting from her ears and her key clawed hands wrapped tightly around a can of pepper spray And her car is parked right outside the building Careful is always a woman living in a war zone where the enemies can be the ones that she has trusted most Or strangers that cast long shadows She is a landmine that is always in danger of being stepped on She is made into a three star salad that the jury reject because she was underdressed Overexposed like the photos that Careful should never have sent Because even she knows that she cannot exist A woman is always careful But never careful enough.
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Mar 28, 2018
Mar 28, 2018 at 2:27 PM UTC
I believe Her
My mum tells me to be careful as I close the front door Every footstep the tick of a bomb about to go off And I know that she will worry until she hears me return That maybe this time I wasn’t careful enough But I know Careful Careful is a woman who walks in our skin when the door shuts behind us Faceless and watchful With keys jammed between each finger And her honey voice is flowing through a perpetual conversation with the home screen of her phone Her gait wide and her hood up, hair down but tucked away She never looks up only shifts her eyes from left to right on a pendulum trajectory determined to read the cadence of the shadows Like they are palms or tea leaves or a CCTV in operation sign on the front of a shop window On the walk home She is always moving A waterfall rushing down the steepest drop to get back home with all her foundations in tact Careful is always waiting for the other shoe to fall She is texting texting texting details of her plans Where she has been where she is going what is the license of the taxi she is in Are the doors locked as soon as she shuts them? How salty is too salty for a margarita or a tequila or a glass of water Can anyone vouch for the milliseconds that her drink was out of her sight? She has a  pair of earphones attached to nothing jutting from her ears and her key clawed hands wrapped tightly around a can of pepper spray And her car is parked right outside the building Careful is always a woman living in a war zone where the enemies can be the ones that she has trusted most Or strangers that cast long shadows She is a landmine that is always in danger of being stepped on She is made into a three star salad that the jury reject because she was underdressed Overexposed like the photos that Careful should never have sent Because even she knows that she cannot exist A woman is always careful But never careful enough.
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Man, i have one hell of a mean appetite, my brain is stuttering and my fists are ready to fight. Feel my mettle, heat the core, watch my face, as my feet hit the floor.. Come one step deeper, one head **** behind, they say scream harder, as i begin to lose my mind. But there's no vouch in my voice, and no breath beneath my chest, i can hear the thunder roaring, in the beating within my breast. And i can't see the boundaries, between where me and i begin, you want to see me roar, as if the game is ready to win. I'm one step caning it, 3 steps naked on your floor, I beg you to be harder as you come through the door. No-one asked for this music, as i turned the juke-box on, but i danced the night away til my feet bled, and sang where there was no song. I am 10 beats harder hitting, My heartbeat is keep time, throwing my hands up to the sky, and i look for the horizon line. Pull me in harder, throw me out with the acrid air, that you left with the ruffled sheets, and memories of me being there. I have a deep insatiable hunger, that is lost upon the ground, and i have a rumbling scream, that is vacuum packed in sound. Running, running like there are care packages, being dropped from the sky, yet everything is an illusion, and i'm left digging through a 'wondering why'. Shadow boxing in candle light, with someone i barely know, and i am ready, and i am ****** willing, for you to enjoy the show. ******* harder, faster, til the sweat becomes pearls of dew from my lips, and i bite hard down upon some skin, and rip apart the sheets with my fingertips. I taste, and choke, and i come up for air, Hunger; hungry desire is written in my skin, and i let my body release endorphin's and i dance with the passionate demon within. Eat me, excite me, exhume my heart, my hands are shaking with pure white heat, so i will sit quietly breathing nothing, and calm myself from the soles of my feet. Man, do i have an appetite, Come feed me with cucumber sandwiches, and cups of tea.
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Jun 9, 2013
Jun 9, 2013 at 2:40 PM UTC
Best enjoyed with tea
Man, i have one hell of a mean appetite, my brain is stuttering and my fists are ready to fight. Feel my mettle, heat the core, watch my face, as my feet hit the floor.. Come one step deeper, one head **** behind, they say scream harder, as i begin to lose my mind. But there's no vouch in my voice, and no breath beneath my chest, i can hear the thunder roaring, in the beating within my breast. And i can't see the boundaries, between where me and i begin, you want to see me roar, as if the game is ready to win. I'm one step caning it, 3 steps naked on your floor, I beg you to be harder as you come through the door. No-one asked for this music, as i turned the juke-box on, but i danced the night away til my feet bled, and sang where there was no song. I am 10 beats harder hitting, My heartbeat is keep time, throwing my hands up to the sky, and i look for the horizon line. Pull me in harder, throw me out with the acrid air, that you left with the ruffled sheets, and memories of me being there. I have a deep insatiable hunger, that is lost upon the ground, and i have a rumbling scream, that is vacuum packed in sound. Running, running like there are care packages, being dropped from the sky, yet everything is an illusion, and i'm left digging through a 'wondering why'. Shadow boxing in candle light, with someone i barely know, and i am ready, and i am ****** willing, for you to enjoy the show. ******* harder, faster, til the sweat becomes pearls of dew from my lips, and i bite hard down upon some skin, and rip apart the sheets with my fingertips. I taste, and choke, and i come up for air, Hunger; hungry desire is written in my skin, and i let my body release endorphin's and i dance with the passionate demon within. Eat me, excite me, exhume my heart, my hands are shaking with pure white heat, so i will sit quietly breathing nothing, and calm myself from the soles of my feet. Man, do i have an appetite, Come feed me with cucumber sandwiches, and cups of tea.
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A visible spirit She came to me and Asked for my name I asked her why: Does she need my name for? She said that I yelled at her And if I do it once again I would see the visible spirit of her I have come across so many spirits, On my job, and none could match My mines: I stood my cool, And I vouch never to encounter her I would walk through the valley Of the shadow, of death, and I would Fear no threats, not for the likes of her, I know her, I once was her, but Not as stupid as her, wraith I will not let it rest, I whisper Under my breath, another one On my radar, another close called My way of doing things:
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Sep 1, 2018
Sep 1, 2018 at 9:10 AM UTC
A Visible Spirit
Death Be Knocking 28 December 2009 at 00:21 Death be knocking in your sleep While you lay there peacefully in a dream The Angels came and took out your soul Now your rest in peace in your eternal abode The struggles you went through Those painful headaches of yours grew Your complaints and worries you told me so often Which made my heart soften You made me laugh so much For your character id always vouch You were my big brother to me Despite all your anarchy The way you made my blood boil When you'd say I smelt of desi oil I'd get into a hefty frenzy about it Then you'd always make me sit Tell me to calm down And don't frown You made me happy and sad Sometimes you'd make me a little mad But most of all, I just want to say; 'I miss you so much , I just wish you'd stay Just one more day Even just for word play I'd tell you how great you are To me you are a star Death came knocking in your sleep Inshallah your in a better place away from the stressful day to day race
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Dec 27, 2010
Dec 27, 2010 at 1:38 PM UTC
death be knocking in your sleep
634 You’ll know Her—by Her Foot— The smallest Gamboge Hand With Fingers—where the Toes should be— Would more affront the Sand— Than this Quaint Creature’s Boot— Adjusted by a Stern— Without a Button—I could vouch— Unto a Velvet Limb— You’ll know Her—by Her Vest— Tight fitting—Orange—Brown— Inside a Jacket duller— She wore when she was born— Her Cap is small—and snug— Constructed for the Winds— She’d pass for Barehead—short way off— But as She Closer stands— So finer ’tis than Wool— You cannot feel the Seam— Nor is it Clasped unto of Band— Nor held upon—of Brim— You’ll know Her—by Her Voice— At first—a doubtful Tone— A sweet endeavor—but as March To April—hurries on— She squanders on your Ear Such Arguments of Pearl— You beg the Robin in your Brain To keep the other—still—
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You’ll know Her—by Her Foot
Babe, if you were my man I'd start off by calling you babe. I think it's **** in a confident to the point kind of way, just like my love for you. I would run into your arms in a ***** dancing lift kind of manner each time I see you, just because that's how excited I would be to see you, every single time. I would kiss you. I would ******* ravish you with my tongue, lips, teeth, and you will know what it's like to kiss, what it's like to really kiss. I would run my fingers, all of them, through your hair sweeping it back from your face and just hold you really close to mine, spending an eternity figuring out what colour your eyes really are, cause you'd always crinkle them when we're together, cause I'd make you smile, laugh and happy all the time, so I'd have never really seen what colour they really are, and when I find out it wouldn't matter anyway, cause that will be my favourite shade of eye colour to begin with. I would sit on your lap and put my arms around your neck and continue to tell my aimless yet superbly animated stories of things I saw, people I met, thoughts in my head, when all I really want is to be just that close to feel the heat of your body, your pulse and your gaze. I will cook for you and make you do the dishes just so I can stand next to the counter and watch you align them on the drying rack with ridiculous precision, which I find lethally adorable. I would re-learn physics, follow football, play video games, listen to punk rock all of which I really dislike, just so I can be another step closer to your world. I would do anything, absolutely anything for you, and let you do anything to me, cause I trust you a 100%, interestingly the only man I can say that about other than my father. I would learn to speak your language just so I can meet your family for Christmas and thank your parents from the very bottom of my heart for bringing you into this world and raising you to be the man you are. I would however never try to change you. I would preserve you and the perfect, raw, uncontaminated essence of humanity you carry, and rather change, adapt and give up myself to be with you. I would vouch to spend the rest of my life with you, change my name for you and bear your children. Babe, if you were my man I would in a heart beat die or **** for you, and the latter over and over again. I know you would never want me to change and like me for who I am, ironically, you wouldn't be my man.
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Dec 12, 2015
Dec 12, 2015 at 11:44 AM UTC
If you were my man
Babe, if you were my man I'd start off by calling you babe. I think it's **** in a confident to the point kind of way, just like my love for you. I would run into your arms in a ***** dancing lift kind of manner each time I see you, just because that's how excited I would be to see you, every single time. I would kiss you. I would ******* ravish you with my tongue, lips, teeth, and you will know what it's like to kiss, what it's like to really kiss. I would run my fingers, all of them, through your hair sweeping it back from your face and just hold you really close to mine, spending an eternity figuring out what colour your eyes really are, cause you'd always crinkle them when we're together, cause I'd make you smile, laugh and happy all the time, so I'd have never really seen what colour they really are, and when I find out it wouldn't matter anyway, cause that will be my favourite shade of eye colour to begin with. I would sit on your lap and put my arms around your neck and continue to tell my aimless yet superbly animated stories of things I saw, people I met, thoughts in my head, when all I really want is to be just that close to feel the heat of your body, your pulse and your gaze. I will cook for you and make you do the dishes just so I can stand next to the counter and watch you align them on the drying rack with ridiculous precision, which I find lethally adorable. I would re-learn physics, follow football, play video games, listen to punk rock all of which I really dislike, just so I can be another step closer to your world. I would do anything, absolutely anything for you, and let you do anything to me, cause I trust you a 100%, interestingly the only man I can say that about other than my father. I would learn to speak your language just so I can meet your family for Christmas and thank your parents from the very bottom of my heart for bringing you into this world and raising you to be the man you are. I would however never try to change you. I would preserve you and the perfect, raw, uncontaminated essence of humanity you carry, and rather change, adapt and give up myself to be with you. I would vouch to spend the rest of my life with you, change my name for you and bear your children. Babe, if you were my man I would in a heart beat die or **** for you, and the latter over and over again. I know you would never want me to change and like me for who I am, ironically, you wouldn't be my man.
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۱ Where do we come from? Where are we going to? طَرِيقً What sense is there in our life? We never have a clue. الحَيَـاةً مَعْـنًى How many blameless souls under the wheel azure نُفُـوسٌ أَطْهَارٌ Are being burn’d to ash and dust – where is the smoke, I ask? دُخَانٌ ۲ Thou shall not plant the trees of grief... شَخَرَة حُرْن Though for enlightenment search the sun: إِنجِلاَءٌ Shall care thou of lovely and love wine! رِعَايَةٌ For time we live’s unequal to divine. وَقْتٌ ۳ I came into this world – has it become more splendid? مُوسِر I’m gone – will it be hurt so badly? خَسَارَة I wish somebody told me why سِرّْ I came from dust and dust become will I. هَـبَاء ۴ I drink not wine for cheer, I drink not wine for vice, عِلَّةًُ Nor drink I to deny all that is bright and holy. سَبِب I just want to forget myself if only for a while – نُكْرَانُ اَْلدَّاتِ That’s why I drink all time – the price I pay is solid! خَزَاءٌ ٥ Neglect the Law, the Prayer and the Lent, رَفضٌ Though feed the poor with what you have, instead: رَحْمَة Be good... Then your reward will be – I vouch for it – عَهْدٌ Now mortal bliss, then – immortality. حَظّْ وَ خُلُود
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Sep 21, 2012
Sep 21, 2012 at 4:41 AM UTC
Inspired by Abu al-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayami’s Rubaï
I think it very sad, don't you?- That we grow old but songs never do. I'm listening to Kim Carnes sing of Betty Davis eyes but I can't will myself back to the Dublin Pub where I heard it the first time. We were young and beautiful then. (Vouch for me, I'll vouch for you) I hear they've torn the old place down. That's a **** shame, sad but true
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Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018 at 5:55 PM UTC
The Songs remain the same
Your words cut me open Even deeper with each one you’d spoken I’m not one for revenge But between you and a bench Dangling from a fatal fall from a ledge I’d have a seat and call it a day And I’d fall asleep perfectly okay It was a poor excuse for a bench to be honest But it beats a skum-bag, heart breaker like you any day Maybe ‘cause it’s got nothin’ to say, really While you’d ***** ‘til you hit cement Even then, I’m sure you’d vouch your soul to be my personal torment But first the devil would have to give you back the soul you spent   To buy a ****** bench
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Jul 31, 2013
Jul 31, 2013 at 6:40 AM UTC
I think I'll sit
Saying what I feel Ain't no easy feat Yearning for something that Isn't what it's meant to be Lying through my teeth Over and under again Vouch for my existence Even though it's through a pen Yearn for me Over many a mile Unbreak my heart and open a smile.
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Feb 26, 2010
Feb 26, 2010 at 7:42 PM UTC
Four Letter Word