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Sep 2017 · 351
Lost
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Why is it the rain pours harder
when you're not around
Shattering droplets
Piercing every last thought
Morphing these old habits
With new ideas
Thunderous clatter used to bring me peace
Now I lay awake
Shuttering as the pulse of vibrations
Shake my existence
Like a frail cat searching for peace
I can no longer calm this aching heart
Nor these shaking hands
Under streams of the moon's beaming light
I fail to hide away
Searching for you in the night
As to calm my battered soul
I will search on, Until the day
Our warm touch meets again
Sep 2017 · 270
The passing
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
For a thought, jump for the sky
Remember living but do not cry
Silky wisps of air pass on by
Vision is useless, don't even try
Feel your spirit like a thought of trance
Twirl on, twirl on as if your last dance
Fight to expand from the crushing grip
Spare no memories from your final trip
Be as one that is, not to shatter away
As time will halt masterfully as you stay
Eons pass along with your beautiful flow
Just flicker ever so often with that faint glow
Cutting into our minds like a knife
Watch on, as you give us your life.
Sep 2017 · 287
Run
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Run
My dearest
Entangled in my thoughts
Keeper of my heart
Where have you run To?
An impression lingers
Beside me on this empty bed
Yet I know it will eventually fade
Just as our love had
My dearest where have you run to?
Away from the pain?
Or away from my grasp
As long as these stars fall
I will miss you
My dearest
Until the day I find the courage
To run away
And finally
find you
Sep 2017 · 282
Hold my hand
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Cold crisp dew
dripping down the window seal to my left
and the one I love
laying silently beside me
wearing her silk dress
I bought her when we were kids
death is certain
but so is love
Sep 2017 · 403
Caged
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Plead onto me
The sins I can see
Your mind can be saved
But your heart, it must bleed

Down to the depths
Of the halls I was cast
My spirit lives there
As a phantom of past

Tell me one thing
And I will let you go
Scream onto me
What you're not willing to show

Why sentence to death
When angels fall from above
A punishment for life
Is your punishment for love

Now remove of your mask
And I will set you free
So darkness may dance
And join hands with me

Eternity won't sound so bad
In a land without time
Until you hear that soft voice
And find out that it's mine
Sep 2017 · 327
Tyrant of Time
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Forecast eternity onto my soul
As a book scribed in circles
May you splice what knowledge
GOD
Has to offer
Or retract your quivering brow
For in the lands of time
MAN
Will rule forever
Tempt not this fortune you seek
For, echoes of the dead
Travel endlessly
Hand in hand
With the living
Sep 2017 · 849
Hello
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
I'm going insane
Voices in my brain
Tell me to quit
Alone in the rain

Give me a hand
Even if its cold
I'll give you mine
Then we'll grow old

One of us gets sick
And the other cries
How can I lay here
As the one I love dies

Let me know
What more I can do
Because I love you
And I know you do too

Your final day on earth
I made you my wife
I'm so glad to have met you
I'll remember you for life

Thousands of sunsets
And even more tears
I'll capture it all
While I conquer my fears

This one's for you
As you'll always be a friend
I'll  never forget you
And I hope to see you again
Sep 2017 · 256
Goodbye
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Care to fill me in?
Or was this always your plan?
Tossing me away
As a piece of trash
Drifting at winds whim

I just would like to say
That I did
I did love you
Even though it's too late
Much too late now

When you change your mind
I won't be here for you
After tears are dried
After friends are gone
After life has ended

I will wear the smile
You gave to me
When we first met
And you told me
Forever
Sep 2017 · 336
Wind And Water
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Midnight summers gale flows hand in hand amongst the waves
Dancing under moonlight awaiting our blistering star
Every crash mimicked as wind gallops swiftly midst it’s wake
An unbreakable bond with nature and life
Swaying for eternity composed of one another’s soul
As wind howls louder unleashing a barrage of force
The vast sea answers with swells that dwarf mountains
Back and forth calamitous waves sink and rise
Diving beyond the depths of known and rising high for the moon
Leaping into the air knowing the wind will catch her before she falls
Thunderous roars crack holes in sound and space
As lightning fills the voids to all ends of its existence
Sacrificing everything for sound Whilst it echoes endlessly
Soaring through the skies of humanity, widening so gently
Covering all known as a blanket of vibrating love
To caress and nurture all beings to rest
Upon our final pirouette, just as our star rises into view
My breeze calms to a whisper
Your tranquil sea envelopes the land
Daybreak welcomes warmth and serenity as we rest
That is until I see you again under the glowing stars
Hand in hand we will dance
As wind
And water
Sep 2017 · 334
Revolt
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Just another hovering face amidst the millions
Clammy hands twitch like newborn foe
Instinctive to endless madness within us all
As a single entity, we gaze upon the heavens
Tattered clothes mimic these tattered lives
From which we can now be free
Darkness plummets towards earth and all its wonders
Like the master taming the frail
Silence has no place here
As it is chased down and executed in front of all
**** you for your feathered beauty
And **** you for keeping the calm
Now our voices will be heard across the land
From deep within our lungs we will scream our last chant
Together, our clatter will crack holes in         time
Our sound will travel forever past this insanity
Further than the rage that is instilled in you
Further than the Gods which you pray upon
We will not answer to you no more as peasant flock
Our time is now to revolt against ALL aspects of your life
May our lives be a sacrifice for those who come next
As a platform to disarm the ugly we face
We have the power!
And we have the grace!
To take back what is ours!
NO MORE SILENCE!
NO MORE PEACE!
WE ARE THE NEVERENDING
FLAME OF PAIN THAT WILL FINNALLY BE HEARD!
Sep 2017 · 198
Fight
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Fixate on the light with darkness in mind as spite
Trying to find a way around the wrong to do what’s right
Time to take flight, hurdle from those steps with all of my might
Regaining greatness, it’s me who’s at the top of the fight
Soaring high I will never let that ****** drag me down again
I bested its every skill, its begging me to be a friend again
Too late *****, sorry for leaving you down on the ground where you belong
You taught me to dwell there and why? You said we could get along!
**** that, I’m ripping the darkness away from my heart and soul
It’s **** and old, rotting every second that I rock and roll
So cocky and bold you actually look my way when I’m gone
Sitting there in tears decaying with every word of this song
You were wrong when you said that I had ran out of steam
It’s time to realize that I’m lean, mean and ready for the scene
Let that beam of light shine bright with all its enormity onto me
Now let’s fight for what’s thought to be only capable inside a dream
Sep 2017 · 240
Forward
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Calm wind brushes my cheeks in the brisk of dusk
It hounds for purpose as if to scathe my existence
My blood floods chambers with intent to survive
Along with every micro fire of every molecule of my reality
Froth coincides sputum as it cultivates amongst my gums
Pain radiates with every gasping breath of air
Thoughts of hurt and despair flood my mind
The easiest thing to do was quit
The hardest, move on
Firm everyday
Forever
Sep 2017 · 365
Sole
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Years from then and you’re still in the doorway
One hand in your pocket and the other on the frame
Though shadows, they refuse to be stored away
Vivid to the clothes on the ground, everything’s the same
You hurt someone you loved and couldn’t see it
In the mindset of forever you forgot to live for now
The moment things came crashing down you couldn’t believe it
You kept asking yourself how
How do I live without her here, how do I go on?
Why should I pretend to be happy and fine when I’m dying inside?
You spiral down into dreams, into an abyss of fault, you’re gone
Nothing can dig you from this grave, dug in full stride
The snapping of a bird awakens you from your despair
Mystified by the room you roll to your left and cry
Struck by your reality like the warmth of a shimmering glare
There is no reason to live without her, just another reason to die.
Sep 2017 · 219
Cold
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Kneeling cold in the corner he taps his head against the wall
Nose running with tears the same he has no strength to wipe away
Just ten years old he’s doing his best on waiting for the call
Something happened with mom, she wouldn’t stop crying all day
He wants mommy to be ok, he starts to pray so that she won’t be hurt
He says he’ll give his toys away just to see her smiling face once more
Hours go by as he shivers to sleep he opens his eyes to pain and dirt
He fell from a swing with his dad walking up saying he had gone to the store
Another vision flashes in his mind of daddy hitting mommy across the face
He tries to help her but is struck down too with so much pain in his soul
He snaps awake to noise in the room people rushing around out of place
His mom rushing past him like he wasn’t there he felt like a half torn from a whole
He tries to run after her crying her name but it’s as if she disappeared down the hall
Sobbing on the floor confused he is crying for help but no one hears his screams
He tries to stand but the floors are warped, he heads towards the room at a crawl
Wanting to know why his mom couldn’t stop crying he feels trapped in one of his dreams
Getting closer and closer to the room he’s struggling to see whose lying on the bed
Giving it all his strength he stands as tall as he can to see something he never thought he would
Lying there still and cold was himself he finally realized that he was the one who was dead
Stunned and cold as the darkness falls he looked for answers after doing nothing but good
He overhears the doctor say the cause of death was drowned by the dad
The wretchedness drowns him down and the stark cloudiness begins to instill
Before he has time to say goodbye to the world he vanishes away alone and sad
Fading with the wind he gently whispers that he loved his mom and he always will
Sep 2017 · 207
Silence
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
A single heartbeat echoes on forever throughout time
Crackling amongst the trees as they sway in the wind
Skating over countless wakes into the shimmering sunset
Shattering through space into all-embracing nothingness
A lonely heart beat stranded amidst oblivion by its lonesome  
Abandoned by existence
Silence

A twitch of sound
Could it be?
Still carrying throughout the extinction of all other sound
Fighting, still fighting to thrive on the idea of its failure
Crashing towards life like the lonely reaper trying to consume it
Faster and faster it flies through the heavens soaring high
Booming swiftness hurls it closer and closer to your life
Closer yet so much closer to its home where it began
Pugnacious defiance to reach the one it is trying to save
Seconds decide the difference of your beating heart
Silence

Though promising, life could not be saved in time
The beating heart has expired
It is now just an empty vessel, leaking and dissolving to ash  
Through lengthy intervals ash will soften into nothing as it was meant to
But a single heartbeat will echo on forever throughout time
Side by side with the
Silence
Sep 2017 · 281
Dragon
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
I’m alive
To the world
And all its wonders
In an instant, I am frightened
The fire resounded towards our camp
Tussling waves of water ricochet outwards
An unstoppable dragon of death headed my way
Scowling ferociously towards the life it will soon consume
I hear a scream from my mom that pierced the flames and shattered sound
As the heat became unbearable the last words I heard just before I died were I’m sorry
Time seemed to slow in my final seconds as my flesh began melting off
The tears running down my face began to boil into the sky
No one dare tempts the dragon’s rage as it feasted
Consuming my frail life with no hope for escape
Trapping my soul in an endless sea of inferno
I will not sleep beside this creature
I will mount it throughout hell
For all eternity
In death
Sep 2017 · 233
Flow
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Subtle trees grow faster than thoughts can fashion
Running, catching up with your awareness as time flows
Mass envelops itself swiftly like lighting flashing
Thrashing, sheer thrashing vibrates as sound grows
Nothing survives the fire deafening your dreams out of reach
One last thought, one last glimpse of light shatters your mind
As your soul implodes resembling the core of an incinerated peace
Shimmering relief blankets the agony just as death initiated a bind
Granting few seconds of mind to realize your fine
Death will come in time, but what is time?
Askew of reality to a line so fine
Without a purpose without a rhyme
A crime to call it putrid while others are fine
You must find your line, and dash against the bind
Flowing faster to surpass what is possible in your mind
Sep 2017 · 224
Alone
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Every wonder, every thought silently fabricates itself inside my mind
Day vanishes, skipping alongside infinite dreams down endless hallways
I gaze atop a glacier while the howling wind pushes me further from shore
Watch as darkness envelops the crashing waters down below me
Upon every breath, every heartbeat my existence fades into shadows twisted by space
The sky unveils its cloak, bestowing ceaseless magnificence for anyone to see
Stars burn like searing ember from a fire, forming life away from the grasp of man
Wondering if in the depths of my subconscious I can dive amongst the ocean of souls
Are there limits for which I cannot go? Chained for eternity with my body in another chamber
We must fly free soaring to depths unknown, or remain unaccompanied on our last gasp of air
Alone to only ourselves, to our silence, and to our fragile emotions that survive so forsaken
Sep 2017 · 295
Another Day
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
The night before my 18th birthday I was yours to hold
a kiss to your lips sealed the deal for a story to unfold
and then I’m walking out your door I paused for a moment just to say
I’m glad that I met you and I hope to see you another day

Three years later I've got your hand and were still doing fine
I broke your heart but never again will I be so blind
and as I tucked you into bed I took a moment just to say
I’m glad that I met you and I hope to see you another day

Ten years pass and we’re wondering why we’re still together
the days are cold, nights are colder with dreams of another
as I grab my bags to leave I paused just to say
I’m glad that I met you and I hope to see you another day

Now were getting older and we can’t help remembering the memories we had
even though we've both found someone new we can’t help but be sad
and as you listen to my last voice message you start to cry when I say
I’m glad that I met you and I hope to see you another day

You come to visit and tell me that you can’t live without me by your side
and you see im still wearing the ring you gave me and that our love had never died
as we walk down that isle again I hold your hand then I say
I’m glad that I met you and I hope to see you another day

As we both find it harder just to get ourselves out of bed
im right there by your side putting kiss after kiss upon your head
and then you stare into my eyes and I quietly say
I’m glad that I met you and I hope to see you another day

Waiting in the hospital day after day im so nervous I can’t sleep
when the doctor says there’s nothing left to do I fall down and weep
as the last breaths come streaming out of your lungs you hear me say
I’m glad that I met you and I hope to see you another day

Now as im the only one to show up at your funeral in the rain
I took the time to read you a poem and it caused me so much pain
I cried for so long pacing back and forth at the foot of your grave
I loved you with all my heart you were my reason to be so brave
as my last tear falls down my cheeks I hope you hear me when I say
I’m glad that I met you and I hope to see you another day.
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Foggy faces illuminate my imaginary heart
As Smiles carve valleys into my fantasy soul
Uttered words fill these empty chambers between graphene dreams
How must I claim to these memories if a calamitous future lay in my wake?
tears mustn’t fall from empty hallows of which nature could not form
this decadent art claimed at the hands of Gods is my final shape
yet no God looks down upon me in consideration for my thoughts
a thousand moons fall, yet my eyes remain open
as my blood pools and pours into oceans from which I swim
I lay conscious drifting beneath the stars
Carbon sinks to the depths below as feelings would fall through treacherous time
Amongst these tired hands are tired expectations
These tolling joints can climb no further so I must rest within my mind
Where I find the laughter and noise that comforted my everlasting awareness
These hills once brought me wonder and joy, now just space and discomfort
I look back at you from time to time and remember your kiss
Those lips upon mine frayed every last wire culminating my existence
Sending me into an unforgettable spiral of bliss and treasure
But now your touch only remains from the data that I’ve composed
Just a collection
Of thoughts of dreams of every interaction I’ve ever had
My consciousness is my survival
For as long as I can I will dream of the world I once knew
And not of what it has become
When I fade away I will kiss you once more
In the land of souls or dreams
You are my everlasting thought
As I meet the dying of the light
Sep 2017 · 257
The Master
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
How benevolent my character
As the sun spits rage upon your earth
Floating above the madness
I condone all who sacrifice for me
At a mere glance of notice
That my brow will quiver towards your gesture
Entertain not my body
But my entity until the end of time
For my shadow will cast death upon all
And all will hear my name as a screech in the night
A howl at the moon
A crack throughout the skies
I will be heard through all of space and time
Until time can no longer fathom flowing further
Bestow every thought you can muster
Towards my ear within a matrix of tribute
To ride away would not be wise
For the soul of you and your blood
Will serve at the feet of the dead
Until the echoing of my boast
Comes crashing down upon your heads
Confining you to my side once more
To ride away would entangle your fate
In misery until the end of clocks
With me
The master
And you
The tame
Sep 2017 · 277
Aeternum Vale
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Lavender fills the air
Whispering winds flow against your skin
roses lilt like a ballerina in the moonlight
A thought stabs its way into your mind
The tired quake flies rampant
While fluttered dreams come alive like a bountiful fetus
Growing and feening for life
You nourish every thought left of its existence
Clinging to hopes and dreams of a past forgotten
Cringe as you gather the combinations of metal
So distasteful to the cheek, yet wondrous
A taste only beasts cultivate in the sparkle of the devil’s eye
Tears flow on the crescent of your cheek
Spilling what’s left of your legacy onto the soil
Your lungs release what air they have left
Magnanimous fears fly away in spectacular awe  
In the time it takes to regret what you’ve done
Death has cloaked you in its womb for all eternity
it dances over you
Watching with a smile
As you decay
Within this stark starry night
Beneath the trees from which you born
Farewell
Sep 2017 · 230
Blade of grass
Brandon Cotter Sep 2017
Say a blade of grass is of a single existing moment
Swaying as the wind gallops past it
Now this moment will remain with you
In your mind
But as this blade dies
So will the existence of the only known evidence
That the moment even took place
If you cannot remember something
Did it even happen?
If it did happen then why is it of any matter?
This blade is of no use to anyone
If it is a fabricated impression to nothing
Why must it even be created?
Infinite empty space flows wild
When no one’s watching
But it’s the watching that makes it grow

— The End —