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"warnings" poems
I'd like to think that she's thinking: "How far have I fallen?" As she sits on the corner of her bed, Listening to the soft buzz of his battery-powered toothbrush. I imagine her, Running her fingers through her clumsy, coagulated hair. Glancing at her chipped, crimson toe nails, Then looking to her class ring, Made entirely of imitation ingredients, Wondering when is the proper time to trash it. When she was still a friend of mine, I never saw her wear make up, I never saw her show off in tight jeans or low-cut tees. But as he spews the toothpaste into the sink, Skinny jeans lay tussled on the floor, Next to the side door that leads to his sister's side room. The make up she wears is from the night before. It's skewed and shows evidence of running, Like a wasted watercolor. I'd like to think he isn't that handsome, And that he's obsessed with Paul Walker. I'd like to think when he re-enters the room, He's in grey sweatpants, He's wearing a black tank top, With a Confederate flag backdrop, With two barely dressed babes looking ****** in the foreground. His hair, unwashed and greasy. He rubs his belly, And bears an idiot grin on his face. Looking like he just learned how to smile at this pace. "Did it feel good?" feel good. After he asks, he scans her body, Beginning at those crimson toes, And Ending at that clumsy hair. Every second he scans, He still wears that drawn-on Idiot grin. I'd like to think at this point she thinks of me. Of my warnings and prophesy. Her eyes start at the chipped toe nails, Course over her tanning bed-inspired legs. And finally reach the only thing she has on, A t-shirt that belongs to his sister. A t-shirt, when given by him, It was mentioned, "thanks, mister". Though she didn't satisfy all his redneck intentions, During last night's expedition. He still paid her back with a morning one-sided session. "It felt good" she says. In reference to the ten minute ********** When her body was strummed and plucked, Underneath his sister's Terri Clark T-shirt. As she sits in the filth and the ****** fallout, On a bed that is six days ***** While he is grinning, Being everything but wordy. I'd like to think she's thinking: "How far have I fallen?"
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Jun 4, 2010
Jun 4, 2010 at 10:31 PM UTC
She was a Friend of Mine
I'd like to think that she's thinking: "How far have I fallen?" As she sits on the corner of her bed, Listening to the soft buzz of his battery-powered toothbrush. I imagine her, Running her fingers through her clumsy, coagulated hair. Glancing at her chipped, crimson toe nails, Then looking to her class ring, Made entirely of imitation ingredients, Wondering when is the proper time to trash it. When she was still a friend of mine, I never saw her wear make up, I never saw her show off in tight jeans or low-cut tees. But as he spews the toothpaste into the sink, Skinny jeans lay tussled on the floor, Next to the side door that leads to his sister's side room. The make up she wears is from the night before. It's skewed and shows evidence of running, Like a wasted watercolor. I'd like to think he isn't that handsome, And that he's obsessed with Paul Walker. I'd like to think when he re-enters the room, He's in grey sweatpants, He's wearing a black tank top, With a Confederate flag backdrop, With two barely dressed babes looking ****** in the foreground. His hair, unwashed and greasy. He rubs his belly, And bears an idiot grin on his face. Looking like he just learned how to smile at this pace. "Did it feel good?" feel good. After he asks, he scans her body, Beginning at those crimson toes, And Ending at that clumsy hair. Every second he scans, He still wears that drawn-on Idiot grin. I'd like to think at this point she thinks of me. Of my warnings and prophesy. Her eyes start at the chipped toe nails, Course over her tanning bed-inspired legs. And finally reach the only thing she has on, A t-shirt that belongs to his sister. A t-shirt, when given by him, It was mentioned, "thanks, mister". Though she didn't satisfy all his redneck intentions, During last night's expedition. He still paid her back with a morning one-sided session. "It felt good" she says. In reference to the ten minute ********** When her body was strummed and plucked, Underneath his sister's Terri Clark T-shirt. As she sits in the filth and the ****** fallout, On a bed that is six days ***** While he is grinning, Being everything but wordy. I'd like to think she's thinking: "How far have I fallen?"
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ground zero i become aware of boundaries i am a dog chasing cars i sing your voicemail to sleep there are no surgeon general warnings to tell me that *the objects in the mirror are more depressed than they appear* so how do i tell you that there are parts of my life that move slower without you in them? or that i look for you every day in emails & unanswered calls in the sunrises i didn't choose to be awake to watch that i sometimes still stare at doorways hoping you would walk through them    stage 1 you tell your new lover you've got a splinter and they pull the sound of your body falling asleep on mine out of your fingertip    stage 2 your new lover says something at dinner that makes you choke so they call 911 & the paramedics do the hymleich not knowing you would ***** our promises all over the the restaurant    stage 3 your new lover surprises you by cleaning the house & washes the shirt you kept next to the bed, not knowing it was the last thing you had that smelled like me after people always ask what was loving her like? after a really long silence i just say "it must be nice" but i never say it's watching paint dry i never say it's a window seat in hell i don't tell anyone about the dreams where i am reading you bedtime stories each one is a different way you die & every time i can never save you dreams where what i think are angels in my bedroom are just homeless versions of myself you never loved i have dreams where i pay someone to shoot me just to see if you would cry just to see if you would cradle my body i don't tell people that loving you is like playing piano for someone who can't hear that it's hitting repeat on my favorite song & forgetting the words every time it starts over that it's finding out there's no milk after you already poured yourself a bowl of cereal it's getting locked in the dark & being told to look on the bright side that loving you is like being reminded of what it felt like the first time you accidentally let go of a balloon as a child it's drowning without the water it's the feeling you get when you start to dance & the song ends
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Mar 21, 2015
Mar 21, 2015 at 3:30 PM UTC
stages of detachment
ground zero i become aware of boundaries i am a dog chasing cars i sing your voicemail to sleep there are no surgeon general warnings to tell me that *the objects in the mirror are more depressed than they appear* so how do i tell you that there are parts of my life that move slower without you in them? or that i look for you every day in emails & unanswered calls in the sunrises i didn't choose to be awake to watch that i sometimes still stare at doorways hoping you would walk through them    stage 1 you tell your new lover you've got a splinter and they pull the sound of your body falling asleep on mine out of your fingertip    stage 2 your new lover says something at dinner that makes you choke so they call 911 & the paramedics do the hymleich not knowing you would ***** our promises all over the the restaurant    stage 3 your new lover surprises you by cleaning the house & washes the shirt you kept next to the bed, not knowing it was the last thing you had that smelled like me after people always ask what was loving her like? after a really long silence i just say "it must be nice" but i never say it's watching paint dry i never say it's a window seat in hell i don't tell anyone about the dreams where i am reading you bedtime stories each one is a different way you die & every time i can never save you dreams where what i think are angels in my bedroom are just homeless versions of myself you never loved i have dreams where i pay someone to shoot me just to see if you would cry just to see if you would cradle my body i don't tell people that loving you is like playing piano for someone who can't hear that it's hitting repeat on my favorite song & forgetting the words every time it starts over that it's finding out there's no milk after you already poured yourself a bowl of cereal it's getting locked in the dark & being told to look on the bright side that loving you is like being reminded of what it felt like the first time you accidentally let go of a balloon as a child it's drowning without the water it's the feeling you get when you start to dance & the song ends
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Is it true what people say did the Earth have trees and oceans did life run free for as far as the eye could see. Is it true what people say did Humans **** animals for fun pollute the air they needed, did no one listen to the warnings did no one stop them. Is it true what people say did we leave Earth because we killed it?
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Apr 29, 2015
Apr 29, 2015 at 10:42 PM UTC
Did no one listen
Flap Flap goes the Flappy Bird Was this the right choice? Seeing warnings on twitter Thinking they're all quitters Thinking you're better But in reality, you're just as equal as them. But as the day passes... Flap Flap goes the Flappy Bird Seeing your friends play, you start multiplying Not even touching a pipe and dying You're on the floor, you're crying Pressing start over and over again and trying Knowing your high score is low and start lying because you know you **** But as the day passes... Flap Flap goes the Flappy Bird Questions going through your mind "Why did I die?" "Did I really touch a pipe?" "Why do iPhone users only have day while Android have both day and night?" "Why is it slower on other phones?" "How do you get past 20?" "Why do I keep dying?" "Why do Android users have other colors?" But the question you should be asking is... "Am I going mad?" But as the day passes... Flap Flap goes the Flappy Bird Now, the resolution. Stop the addiction. Press that "x" You know its for the greater good. I know YOU feel the ANGER whenever you die. You don't wanna risk throwing your phone for that. Take my advice. DO IT. Before it ruins your life. But as the day passes... You can't. You can't. You can't. Its too late. Flappy Bird is now part of life. Even though the anger The anger that feels like your chest being stabbed by a knife Hurts you so much Deep inside you get a little happy... Knowing somewhere in the world someone trying the same game Got less than you. Less than 3, 2, or 1. And because of this you want to beat more people who **** more than you. And this should be an achievement You, state your name, got YOUR own high score. YOU did it YOU made it to one pipe or even more. And if you didn't Well ***** for you But as the day passes... Flap Flap goes the Flappy Bird
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Jan 29, 2014
Jan 29, 2014 at 8:30 AM UTC
Flappy Bird
Flap Flap goes the Flappy Bird Was this the right choice? Seeing warnings on twitter Thinking they're all quitters Thinking you're better But in reality, you're just as equal as them. But as the day passes... Flap Flap goes the Flappy Bird Seeing your friends play, you start multiplying Not even touching a pipe and dying You're on the floor, you're crying Pressing start over and over again and trying Knowing your high score is low and start lying because you know you **** But as the day passes... Flap Flap goes the Flappy Bird Questions going through your mind "Why did I die?" "Did I really touch a pipe?" "Why do iPhone users only have day while Android have both day and night?" "Why is it slower on other phones?" "How do you get past 20?" "Why do I keep dying?" "Why do Android users have other colors?" But the question you should be asking is... "Am I going mad?" But as the day passes... Flap Flap goes the Flappy Bird Now, the resolution. Stop the addiction. Press that "x" You know its for the greater good. I know YOU feel the ANGER whenever you die. You don't wanna risk throwing your phone for that. Take my advice. DO IT. Before it ruins your life. But as the day passes... You can't. You can't. You can't. Its too late. Flappy Bird is now part of life. Even though the anger The anger that feels like your chest being stabbed by a knife Hurts you so much Deep inside you get a little happy... Knowing somewhere in the world someone trying the same game Got less than you. Less than 3, 2, or 1. And because of this you want to beat more people who **** more than you. And this should be an achievement You, state your name, got YOUR own high score. YOU did it YOU made it to one pipe or even more. And if you didn't Well ***** for you But as the day passes... Flap Flap goes the Flappy Bird
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Well great goodness, where on Earth do I start? The Garden of Eden  … or the bottom of my heart? How can I make this as honest and heartfelt as I can? How would I share with every woman in the world, the emotions of every man? Yes, we hold them in. It's about pride. It's about standing tough. But you'd really not have us any other way … you love to polish what's rough. And we really love you, make no mistake, to you we are forever beholden. We'll not forget those meals and those band aides and all those clothes gently folden. You taught us to tie our shoes and look after our sisters and brothers. And that unless we are standing for something correct, we must always be kind to others. From you we learned that women are our partners, other halves and mothers-to-be. Which leads my poem in another direction … as I continue my praises with glee. Our wives took up where our mothers left off and carry our hearts in their hands. They made us soup when sick, bore us amazing children and walked beside us in the sand. They undressed us when drunk, both for fun and when it was needed. And stood understanding when we failed miserably, as their warnings went blindly unheeded. No matter our place in failure, glory or fame, they were always standing by our side. No matter our outfit, five o'clock shadow, even our beer belly … they always stand there with pride. And in the brave new age, where we all live, they now do things so amazing. They race cars, cure diseases, head up companies and set many trails a blazing! What would we do without these women from our birth to our end of days? How do we love them, now and forever? You simply can't count the ways!
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Mar 7, 2018
Mar 7, 2018 at 4:26 PM UTC
One For The Ladies
Well great goodness, where on Earth do I start? The Garden of Eden  … or the bottom of my heart? How can I make this as honest and heartfelt as I can? How would I share with every woman in the world, the emotions of every man? Yes, we hold them in. It's about pride. It's about standing tough. But you'd really not have us any other way … you love to polish what's rough. And we really love you, make no mistake, to you we are forever beholden. We'll not forget those meals and those band aides and all those clothes gently folden. You taught us to tie our shoes and look after our sisters and brothers. And that unless we are standing for something correct, we must always be kind to others. From you we learned that women are our partners, other halves and mothers-to-be. Which leads my poem in another direction … as I continue my praises with glee. Our wives took up where our mothers left off and carry our hearts in their hands. They made us soup when sick, bore us amazing children and walked beside us in the sand. They undressed us when drunk, both for fun and when it was needed. And stood understanding when we failed miserably, as their warnings went blindly unheeded. No matter our place in failure, glory or fame, they were always standing by our side. No matter our outfit, five o'clock shadow, even our beer belly … they always stand there with pride. And in the brave new age, where we all live, they now do things so amazing. They race cars, cure diseases, head up companies and set many trails a blazing! What would we do without these women from our birth to our end of days? How do we love them, now and forever? You simply can't count the ways!
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We live in a time of uncertainty No jobs Climate change Mass killings warnings of pandemics Where is our utopia where is our heaven on Earth 1900's we had San Fransisco's earthquake McKinley was assassinated First Nobel prize The Tunguska Event nothing as changed in my eyes 1910's we had Spanish flu The sinking of the unsinkable ship, the Titanic and World War 1 What else is needed to say about this decade nothing changed as the human race lived on 1920's we had Discovery of penicillin The great depression and prohibition 1930's we had Bonnie and Clyde Hindenburg disaster Discovery of Pluto Al Capone imprisoned 1940's we had World War 2 Mount Rushmore completed Big bang theory formulated Israel founded Nothing changed but who knew 1950's we had Castro becomes Dictator of Cuba Laika the dog goes into space Korean War began History never changed and neither will the Human Race 1960's we had The rise of the Berlin wall First man on the moon Vietnam War Nothing changed and won't any time soon 1970's we had First test tube baby Tangshan Earthquake Kent state shootings Elvis died 1980's we had Chernobyl Tiananmen square massacre Exxon oil spill Nothing changed and never will 1990's we had Oklahoma city bombing Princess Diana died Columbine massacre World Trade Center bombed End of the Cold War 2000's we had Hurricane Katrina Pluto reclassified Obama elected September 11th 2010's we had Haiti Earthquake Japan Earthquake Bin Laden killed BP oil spill England riots Brazil riots China banned time travel. We're only 4 years in. **** sapiens are nearly 200,000 years old nothing changed and never will
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Jun 8, 2014
Jun 8, 2014 at 6:07 AM UTC
Nothing Changed
We live in a time of uncertainty No jobs Climate change Mass killings warnings of pandemics Where is our utopia where is our heaven on Earth 1900's we had San Fransisco's earthquake McKinley was assassinated First Nobel prize The Tunguska Event nothing as changed in my eyes 1910's we had Spanish flu The sinking of the unsinkable ship, the Titanic and World War 1 What else is needed to say about this decade nothing changed as the human race lived on 1920's we had Discovery of penicillin The great depression and prohibition 1930's we had Bonnie and Clyde Hindenburg disaster Discovery of Pluto Al Capone imprisoned 1940's we had World War 2 Mount Rushmore completed Big bang theory formulated Israel founded Nothing changed but who knew 1950's we had Castro becomes Dictator of Cuba Laika the dog goes into space Korean War began History never changed and neither will the Human Race 1960's we had The rise of the Berlin wall First man on the moon Vietnam War Nothing changed and won't any time soon 1970's we had First test tube baby Tangshan Earthquake Kent state shootings Elvis died 1980's we had Chernobyl Tiananmen square massacre Exxon oil spill Nothing changed and never will 1990's we had Oklahoma city bombing Princess Diana died Columbine massacre World Trade Center bombed End of the Cold War 2000's we had Hurricane Katrina Pluto reclassified Obama elected September 11th 2010's we had Haiti Earthquake Japan Earthquake Bin Laden killed BP oil spill England riots Brazil riots China banned time travel. We're only 4 years in. **** sapiens are nearly 200,000 years old nothing changed and never will
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The Radio is turned up loud And we're all just singing along With the windows down We don't know where we're going Just off into the future To chase our dreams elsewhere Were young and were dumb Couldn't care less to listen To the warnings our parents gave us Then in the blink of an eye All our life is flashing Like the headlights we didn't see In a moment caught in a car crash All the radio plays Is the silence of our beating hearts
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Sep 28, 2014
Sep 28, 2014 at 8:59 PM UTC
car crash
Crazy passion fast deep soul kiss warnings word breathe reckless love devastated desk art struggle pinstripe attempts drunk ghost lost wind beauty hunger soul smile elegance latte knowing containment bond ink shallow identity measure chaos stumbling darling life dance frenzy sweat hole paper haunted only dreams ****** vandalized scars Achilles proceedings bare deep still pain inside lied courts darkness wind step empty rocky soul whisper eyes alone wrapped inside Athens love smile abuse truth lies time mind  bungalow knowing liar violated Pandora’s entanglement flashbacks ****** self-preservation private suit weakness baklava hide lips ******* played deserve hold earth destruction haunted coffin judgment dreams hands eternity sleep  sunset lips hidden kissed desire champagne stars taint lovers fallen what **** PR glistening intense echoes seeing taste depth care finally beach rolling salt binding heat lost quietly resumed park come believe myself arms world you skin love stranger now
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Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013 at 12:43 PM UTC
Just Words
by rgpage hollow now my world has grown with age that time has ****** on me. from carefree childhood days i'd known, from days of climbing in a tree. from summer sunlit mornings from sundays in the park. i didn't see time's warnings or see the sun grow dark. i didn't see the stranger who followed me one day. i didn't sense the danger as i went off to play. with eager youth i left from home the world was my shell. i didn't see the stranger who'd lead me to my hell. i'd lifted weights with youthful ease these weights now known as life. did what i wanted as i pleased; i took myself a wife. and with my wife we had a child we had a baby boy. with carefree sundays in the park he filled our lives with joy. we watched his life as he grew strong 'til off to war he went. he told his mom, "it won't be long until my journey's spent." and as his ship pulled from the pier i saw the stranger's face. with deep set eyes he blankly starred, he seemed so out of place. i felt as if i'd known this man had known him all my life. in parks where as a youth i ran and when i met my wife. it wasn't long our son had gone my wife had passed away. and in the war he followed her just six months to the day. old and lonely now i sit and watch the children play. on carefree sundays in the park until that final day. a day in which the stranger comes and takes me to my rest. to my loving wife and son upon my final breath.
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Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015 at 9:19 AM UTC
the stranger
Hey I’m sorry if I interrupted your class with text messages because you hate putting your phone on silent it’s just that I should be there with you laughing at your confused faces during Calculus I and staring at your look of sheer concentration during Creative Writing You were always the poet, not me But it’s 1pm and I’m stuck in Calculus with someone else as my partner who doesn't get nearly as confused as you and puts me to shame which ****** me off because you would never correct me in Calculus and so I can’t help but wonder who your new partner is Is she smarter Is she funnier Do you quote Shakespeare to her like you did to me? Is she better than me? There’s no doubt that a. I ******* it all up and that b. you’ll move on from me because you were always the popular one, I was the antisocial outcast that most people barely tolerated For some unknown reason you decided to become my friend that faithful day in Calculus I and ever since then you became my 3am conversations and midnight laugh I depended on you much more than you did on me I cared so much more and maybe that was my fatal flaw because if I hadn't cared so much then maybe I wouldn't feel like screaming and throwing my partner’s textbook at the teacher but I did I cared too much; against all warnings not to and now I’m wrecked then again, I always was in a way I just didn't know it You told me that it didn't matter that they couldn't separate us; no matter what that you would never let me go and you kept your promise but I can’t keep mine The words “I’m sorry” come to my head but those aren't the right words because I’m more than sorry I’m bleeding I’m crying I’m devastated I’m torn I’m broken and perhaps that’s why I can’t keep my Okay?Okay promise to you because no, I am not okay and you deserve so much more and this is not okay me lying to you through a computer screen is not okay me putting my gashes of regret on my arm is not okay me making you wait only for you to find a fraction of the girl I was is not okay and that is why today during Calculus I I will finish this ****** poem and excuse myself and go to the girls’ bathroom and cry my eyes out after sending this to you I should end this with a ‘goodbye’ because there’s no use giving you false hope but I can’t bring myself to end there so I’ll just say something and hope that you still remember what it means P.S. I’ll always love you (h.l.)
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Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 6:52 PM UTC
Calculus I
Hey I’m sorry if I interrupted your class with text messages because you hate putting your phone on silent it’s just that I should be there with you laughing at your confused faces during Calculus I and staring at your look of sheer concentration during Creative Writing You were always the poet, not me But it’s 1pm and I’m stuck in Calculus with someone else as my partner who doesn't get nearly as confused as you and puts me to shame which ****** me off because you would never correct me in Calculus and so I can’t help but wonder who your new partner is Is she smarter Is she funnier Do you quote Shakespeare to her like you did to me? Is she better than me? There’s no doubt that a. I ******* it all up and that b. you’ll move on from me because you were always the popular one, I was the antisocial outcast that most people barely tolerated For some unknown reason you decided to become my friend that faithful day in Calculus I and ever since then you became my 3am conversations and midnight laugh I depended on you much more than you did on me I cared so much more and maybe that was my fatal flaw because if I hadn't cared so much then maybe I wouldn't feel like screaming and throwing my partner’s textbook at the teacher but I did I cared too much; against all warnings not to and now I’m wrecked then again, I always was in a way I just didn't know it You told me that it didn't matter that they couldn't separate us; no matter what that you would never let me go and you kept your promise but I can’t keep mine The words “I’m sorry” come to my head but those aren't the right words because I’m more than sorry I’m bleeding I’m crying I’m devastated I’m torn I’m broken and perhaps that’s why I can’t keep my Okay?Okay promise to you because no, I am not okay and you deserve so much more and this is not okay me lying to you through a computer screen is not okay me putting my gashes of regret on my arm is not okay me making you wait only for you to find a fraction of the girl I was is not okay and that is why today during Calculus I I will finish this ****** poem and excuse myself and go to the girls’ bathroom and cry my eyes out after sending this to you I should end this with a ‘goodbye’ because there’s no use giving you false hope but I can’t bring myself to end there so I’ll just say something and hope that you still remember what it means P.S. I’ll always love you (h.l.)
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Only Love It began as a love story Crazy days with you Crazy days of faith, love, passion We grew so close so fast You said we were soul mates for life I lost my world to you I trusted you with my deepest thoughts Most intimate moments My future Our future Bonded with Artfetch The future of art We would make it together A global player Unwavering faith In the chorus of warnings I battled your place with me Bold and revolutionary No one would take this away from us But then you did You took it away Without a word You left me in a haze Took my breath away Your force so strong Chaos controlled my mind The lie so real My passion abused Reckless abandonment My faith, my love, my passion You did not face me You left me with nothing My life shattered I wonder through my Art Profoundly A part of my life For the delights and hopes of life Seeing in them memories of intimate times Calming my fears My sadness Evoking as only art can do The spirit in me to live again I no longer care Why I got lost in your deceit In your ****** up mind Why You hunted me down And played me as a game Why You abused my passion My life You crushed my soul, I sit at my desk and find my dignity My strength I look around and see what I nearly lost Artfetch the mystery of my life without which I could not carry on No more Crazy Days living your lie A resounding realisation No soul in you I continue To live my dream So as I sum this up Go listen to our song Remember in your heart I gave you my heart and soul, my mind and body My life I believed in you I am wishing for you to stay strong Wish upon every star you see And if its meant to be it will come true… No more Crazy Days with You
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Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014 at 6:25 AM UTC
Crazy Days with You
Only Love It began as a love story Crazy days with you Crazy days of faith, love, passion We grew so close so fast You said we were soul mates for life I lost my world to you I trusted you with my deepest thoughts Most intimate moments My future Our future Bonded with Artfetch The future of art We would make it together A global player Unwavering faith In the chorus of warnings I battled your place with me Bold and revolutionary No one would take this away from us But then you did You took it away Without a word You left me in a haze Took my breath away Your force so strong Chaos controlled my mind The lie so real My passion abused Reckless abandonment My faith, my love, my passion You did not face me You left me with nothing My life shattered I wonder through my Art Profoundly A part of my life For the delights and hopes of life Seeing in them memories of intimate times Calming my fears My sadness Evoking as only art can do The spirit in me to live again I no longer care Why I got lost in your deceit In your ****** up mind Why You hunted me down And played me as a game Why You abused my passion My life You crushed my soul, I sit at my desk and find my dignity My strength I look around and see what I nearly lost Artfetch the mystery of my life without which I could not carry on No more Crazy Days living your lie A resounding realisation No soul in you I continue To live my dream So as I sum this up Go listen to our song Remember in your heart I gave you my heart and soul, my mind and body My life I believed in you I am wishing for you to stay strong Wish upon every star you see And if its meant to be it will come true… No more Crazy Days with You
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Another silent mid-Fall afternoon Icy raindrops slash into my neck The forecast calls for falling thumbtacks soon One thin umbrella folding Just 18 feet to the front step With champagne acquainted But forgot how to sip it I slurp it down, eager, 'til I sit soaked and dripping In time, fevered minds will lower ears made for hearing under waves of migraines as mighty storm fronts are nearing So I close down the bars and stumble home under awnings Just to search for your name among newspaper cuttings I've read the whole issue and I've frowned over headlines put it down Now, soaked or dry, I've got only time I've wasted so much of it losing my mind I'm blind in the rain that now sticks in my hide and they were right-- The forecast called for this squall to last all night Another lonely mid-Fall morning walk I follow gangs of specters in their steps And, in the crunching gravel, ghosts will talk November winds come howling The second I leave my front step The flavor's familiar It comes back every morning, when sunlight and sparrows ignore tornado warnings So the gales pick up strength and a small bird's bones are hollow The clouds lay oceans down setting many sips to swallow "So goodnight." I depart, but circle back in my wanderings I'll always wind up here--shaky, ash-faced and yawning I've read this before it's printed on poor paper in red ink I can't say why I'm still walking by Those other front doorsteps that I never try The thick thumbtack rain stopped but I can't stay dry the ghosts were right-- But if I find your name I might stop by.
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Oct 26, 2012
Oct 26, 2012 at 7:09 PM UTC
Forecast
Another silent mid-Fall afternoon Icy raindrops slash into my neck The forecast calls for falling thumbtacks soon One thin umbrella folding Just 18 feet to the front step With champagne acquainted But forgot how to sip it I slurp it down, eager, 'til I sit soaked and dripping In time, fevered minds will lower ears made for hearing under waves of migraines as mighty storm fronts are nearing So I close down the bars and stumble home under awnings Just to search for your name among newspaper cuttings I've read the whole issue and I've frowned over headlines put it down Now, soaked or dry, I've got only time I've wasted so much of it losing my mind I'm blind in the rain that now sticks in my hide and they were right-- The forecast called for this squall to last all night Another lonely mid-Fall morning walk I follow gangs of specters in their steps And, in the crunching gravel, ghosts will talk November winds come howling The second I leave my front step The flavor's familiar It comes back every morning, when sunlight and sparrows ignore tornado warnings So the gales pick up strength and a small bird's bones are hollow The clouds lay oceans down setting many sips to swallow "So goodnight." I depart, but circle back in my wanderings I'll always wind up here--shaky, ash-faced and yawning I've read this before it's printed on poor paper in red ink I can't say why I'm still walking by Those other front doorsteps that I never try The thick thumbtack rain stopped but I can't stay dry the ghosts were right-- But if I find your name I might stop by.
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maturity admired exaggerated by far assumed mutual care me, stepped on Satans tail ignoring elder warnings believing Satans whispers building, dreaming forging forever happiness on a whisper, sweat whisper i enjoyed the dripping yellow whisper smooth clear honey, flowed my deity please remember me think me i Begg for my soul, please mercy please release my soul ties that bind, please destroy by faith alone, a righteous prayer my redeemer lives standing on faiths shoulder, my enemies crumble and fall father please forgive an ignorant youth no more old spit out toy, emotionless the road is hard, please carry me by faith alone, by faith alone
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Mar 4, 2013
Mar 4, 2013 at 8:32 AM UTC
exagerated maturity
Parallel tremors follow your heavy footsteps through the moss that carpets a maze of tired oak. Solemn warnings calcify soft thoughts and point you at the coal on the horizon. Its splinterglow peeks hot squints through the arboreal tangle. Topaz streams convene and braid themselves around your spine. The stones in the riverbed grow smoother and each becomes a grain of sand. You let the sand console your roots as you curl your toes and fall asleep.
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Mar 15, 2013
Mar 15, 2013 at 6:58 PM UTC
Tree of Life
the moulding unseen centre of the Earth fire and brimstone spells of witches all not to be taken that serious swept ignore under the carpet at your peril
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Jul 19, 2014
Jul 19, 2014 at 2:34 PM UTC
Warnings From Healthcare Workers
Happy Valentines Day If Venus child Come loves melody sing I shall break the bow And slash the string If he dare to infect me Trick my heart into desire Seasoned on a spit he will be Roasted in a blazing fire Conniving Whisper sweet nothings in my ear Tear off his wings Turn my eyes from his tears Not by the all the gods decree Will I commit my love to another Binding his mischievous hands Return him swiftly to his mother My warnings are clear Unheeded Towards me he point the arrow His last sweet breath This cherub shall inhale Never more see the morrow This poem is copyrighted and stored in author base.  All material subject to Copyright Infringement laws Section 512(c)(3) of the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. S512(c)(3), Tammy M. Darby
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Jul 19, 2013
Jul 19, 2013 at 8:46 PM UTC
Child of Venus
*The smell of rain precedes the storm that looms out in the west. The sound of distant thunder causes racing in my chest.* *The temperature begins to drop as I begin to flee Seeking shelter from the storm beneath a lonely tree.* *I cower there, although I know this haven's a mistake. I know this is a lightning rod but that's the chance I take.* *The clouds, like battlements, now, tower overhead Ominous...majestic...and they fill my heart with dread.* *Drops of rain begin to fall and plop among the leaves Followed my the icy hail that toward my shelter weaves.* *A branch has fallen near my crouch and nearly I am crushed. My choice to wait beneath the tree now seems a little rushed.* *I stumble out into the storm.   The rain is driving hard. Lightning strikes the tree I'd left.   The trunk is black and charred.* *How foolish was my little hike in spite of warnings thus. Stay at home when storms approach or next time...take the bus*
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Jun 2, 2017
Jun 2, 2017 at 11:03 PM UTC
a Storm's a Comin'
Dear Addiction, could you please stop knocking on my door?         I already have your ***** syringes scattered about my floor.                You keep on telling me that I want more         But I’m not very sure. When you pierce my skin everything stills         Even though I hate it it feels so much better than the pills                 I don’t want to do anything you have taken my will         Not only that, you’ve taken everything, including all of my dollar bills I know that feeling of dry mouth too well.         They tell me that I can stop but honestly, I can’t tell                 Right now it seems like the only way out of this is a bullet shell          I don’t know why I crave you when you bring me so much hell When you crawl your way back into my veins         Those first hits of pleasure make me go insane                 I start to remember why I got on this crazy train         But then I remember just how badly you’ve ****** up my brain I wish I could get your illness out of my head.         They tell me that I am one twentieth of a gram from ending up dead                 Yet no matter how many warnings are said         You seem to be the only reason to get out of bed. I have lied for you.          I have ****** for you.                 I have done for many awful things for you.          And I will most likely die because of you. Dear Addiction, why do you make this so tough?         They say that abusive relationships aren’t made out of love                 And I know the way you treat me is rough         But I cannot help what I love. They say that all you do is harm.         Yet when my happiness comes into me through a needle in my arm                 And my brain tells me that I should be alarmed         All I can do is crave your harm. Your harm makes me feel like I am whole.         But it also seems to drag me further into the hole.                 It seems that you have taken my soul         Getting you out of my life is a faraway goal. Dear Addiction, you’ve hit me with a huge smack.         You’ve shown me how easy it is for life to get out of whack                 I probably should have stopped before your first attack         But you had seen to put my life back on track. Dear Addiction, you fill up my hunger.         But at the same time I’m starting to feel more and more like a jumper                 I hate you more than I’ve hated any other        You are my most hated lover. Dear Addiction,          I’m giving you an eviction.                 I never even gave you any permission          To take away my ambitions. Dear Addiction, I want to send you away.          But you are still knocking at the door where I stay                 You always do know how to get your way.         Time to go back to my decay. Dear Addiction         Stop ******* knocking. I’m coming!
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Apr 27, 2016
Apr 27, 2016 at 8:13 PM UTC
Dear Addiction,
Dear Addiction, could you please stop knocking on my door?         I already have your ***** syringes scattered about my floor.                You keep on telling me that I want more         But I’m not very sure. When you pierce my skin everything stills         Even though I hate it it feels so much better than the pills                 I don’t want to do anything you have taken my will         Not only that, you’ve taken everything, including all of my dollar bills I know that feeling of dry mouth too well.         They tell me that I can stop but honestly, I can’t tell                 Right now it seems like the only way out of this is a bullet shell          I don’t know why I crave you when you bring me so much hell When you crawl your way back into my veins         Those first hits of pleasure make me go insane                 I start to remember why I got on this crazy train         But then I remember just how badly you’ve ****** up my brain I wish I could get your illness out of my head.         They tell me that I am one twentieth of a gram from ending up dead                 Yet no matter how many warnings are said         You seem to be the only reason to get out of bed. I have lied for you.          I have ****** for you.                 I have done for many awful things for you.          And I will most likely die because of you. Dear Addiction, why do you make this so tough?         They say that abusive relationships aren’t made out of love                 And I know the way you treat me is rough         But I cannot help what I love. They say that all you do is harm.         Yet when my happiness comes into me through a needle in my arm                 And my brain tells me that I should be alarmed         All I can do is crave your harm. Your harm makes me feel like I am whole.         But it also seems to drag me further into the hole.                 It seems that you have taken my soul         Getting you out of my life is a faraway goal. Dear Addiction, you’ve hit me with a huge smack.         You’ve shown me how easy it is for life to get out of whack                 I probably should have stopped before your first attack         But you had seen to put my life back on track. Dear Addiction, you fill up my hunger.         But at the same time I’m starting to feel more and more like a jumper                 I hate you more than I’ve hated any other        You are my most hated lover. Dear Addiction,          I’m giving you an eviction.                 I never even gave you any permission          To take away my ambitions. Dear Addiction, I want to send you away.          But you are still knocking at the door where I stay                 You always do know how to get your way.         Time to go back to my decay. Dear Addiction         Stop ******* knocking. I’m coming!
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His fur catches twinkling light spots motifs hypnotize. He paces the cage, restless. The black claw wants to tear open raw flesh. Pulsing dense warmth flows in the heavy air. To get closer— just for a while, to look into gold-red, cold eyes To touch the mystery, to ask what it feels when it rips apart the skull and slurps the fading beingness… Is curiosity worth it? Nature is no accident, Nothing is left to mere chance. Stare too long into his eyes, the barriers come down… Is that you, or is that I? An ominous gaze is a gift that unveils the fated future. If they open the door He reacts without control. His instincts unerringly detect unspoken warnings. Run away, Turn to stone, Scream or Faint if you want. The shrinking, narrow space puts everyone to the test in a world of large and small cages.
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Feb 20, 2025
Feb 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM UTC
Jaguar
Scarborough circa 1989 Jacqui in the night of the instant sunrise Raises the morning on her shoulders Swelling between tears and laughter She melts words into meaning and gambles on intuition and power Jacqui in the night of the instant sunrise looking back and looking forward finds the dawn most appealing and issues commands and warnings to all those with the inner strength to heed them Jacqui in the night of the instant sunrise smiles, and the strength of metal and the purest of beauty are forged anew Into the eyes of this miraculous woman I enter a new beginning where wisdom lives, and moves, behind her horizons Jacqui in the night of the instant sunrise becomes the centre where all truths are issued passage and all lies are refused Jacqui in the night of the instant sunrise blends courage and compassion into hues of fine precision and automatic weapons Jacqui in the night of the instant sunrise spreads warmth like a familiar blanket and moves the day by her power just as it moves her. James H. Webb
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Jul 13, 2014
Jul 13, 2014 at 12:02 AM UTC
Jacqui in the Night of the Instant Sunrise
for the 111 yr. old young lady from Mars <•> fluids in, fluids out   wake up at midnight, lips, throat, even eyes, California Death Valley parched, white crusted-stuck together, it takes Poland Spring water from the Northeast to unlock the throat, ****** not sipped, from a plastic gourd  the chilling wetness slap to the body and brain screams metaphor, poem in there somewhere, so what if it's spat-past midnight, isn't this one of those soul-criticality's, staying hydrated, (is) disco staying alive   make sense to you? the older I get, thirstier I am, could be I'm drying/dying out from the inside out,   doctors clueless, but then again they don't reveal all they see out of poetic professional courtesy and they are tired of yeah yeah yeah, my professional courtesy answer to their  dire warnings repetitious   tonight tho the metaphor runs strong like a mountain stream, a Mt. Marcy beginning trickle growing into a mighty Hudson, and the driving urge to drink, simple replenishment, birth fluid   is strong transformed into words water is words, the water is wide, the poems hydrate what's left on the inside, and the metaphor transforms itself again water is words, words are water,   the difference huge, the difference minuscule, both pour, both refresh like a mother's body fluids, all for one, one for all, and as closing time grows nigh, staying-hydrated is primate place a new cold bottle in readiness for my 3 o'clock feeding
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Nov 14, 2017
Nov 14, 2017 at 1:50 PM UTC
staying-hydrated
I share the fault with all the world sheltered women who haven't heard the division of society more than young and old the innocence of one the truth of all the escape that was mentioned of life and love and thought and the law who insisted with no place to have undone the time that's spent blood shed as it went no notice, nor crime just warnings, every "this time..." so society as a whole each of their individual souls made, to end, prescribed, then sent along its path, too soon, too soon a pre-destined night under a moon and the lust of attraction the haste of their actions all death is meant to be the hero is he, you see
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Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014 at 3:59 PM UTC
On Romeo and Juliet