Zachary Devitt

Zachary Devitt Feb 2011

I Went to California Today or I Don't Know What To Be... Or Not To Be

I went* to california today
when i arrived i ran from the car straight to the beach
there i frolicked in the surf and the sand
until i realized that i was tired from the long drive
and the sand was making me itchy
so i went inside to enjoy a cup of tea
i found that tea tastes the same in california
the walls look the same too and the textured ceiling
turns out the tv runs an hour early out there though
but thats only by my watch apparently
i will go and meet the locals
and so i did
they are no more local than me
i met a man who told me that the government was out to get me
i met an older lady who likes flowers
i met an older man who didn't like the look of me
I found twenty somethings that like to sit around and get confused
i met a happy couple with a child they were holding hands and smiling
i found myself at the end of the day sitting on a bench
i found myself bored with life
so i sat lost in a downward spiral of beautiful thoughts
my outside must have looked sad
because a pretty girl sat beside me
she said
"what are you doing here"
i looked apologetic and started to leave
she grabbed me by the hand and pulled me back
she said
"you look like you want to play a waiting game"
i was but i would never tell her that
she smiled and laid her head on my shoulder
at that moment the sun was setting
we watched and waited
*and then it was dark
and i knew that this place was special

Zachary Devitt Feb 2011

I can't hear you

word are words
no different from
the whining of a hound
we can sit in our silly circle
and bite and bark in each others faces
i will be completely entertained
dancing around the outside
laughing smiling
but there are times when all i want
is for you to see me
watch me dance
look what i can do
and how am i supposed to do such a thing
get your attention
i will howl
i will howl
i will howl and howl and howl
until you come over and
softly sweetly with a smile
scratch me behind my ear

Zachary Devitt Feb 2011

How to Have a Conversation

we are all standing out in the rain
huddled close for warmth
staring at our feet
and a blue light streams
in my ear and out the other
into yours
and into his and so on
until it comes back to my ear
and onto yours
we are standing in the rain
i look up at you and smile
you smile back

Zachary Devitt Jan 2011

When You Fell

It was a calm morning
sitting being with friends
with strangers
with the past and the present all at once
well you know, recovering
it was a calm morning
or afternoon
the ringing from the night before
still lying beneath the cacophony
of unfettered conversation
you stood up and walked toward me
smiling and I looked into your eyes
i could tell... I really could
but I did not... care...
and then you fell
it was not a calm morning
i realized as you hit the floor
how much i needed you
how much you meant to me
i realized as your glasses cut into your face
how much you must have needed me
and as you shook upon the floor i
realized

Zachary Devitt Jan 2011

Are You Digging

In this world of big lows and little highs
we've created these holes for us to live in
we've created these problems
I don't want you to solve them
I just want to forget them
and dig my way out of this entropy
girl wont you come and dig with me
dig with me
dig with me
I despise this world of little highs
little lies told by your pretty eyes
but there is truth on the surface
beyond the chaos
dig with me

"we've been workin on this plan for a long time Charlie...you and i have been here for quite a while.......but the key thing you seem to be forgetting Charlie, We are digging OUT .. not digging in

Zachary Devitt Nov 2010

There Is No Way

are you going my way
this way that way my way
which way are we going
are we going down
are we going to get down
........... get dooooowwwn
are we coming up
up up up and away from here
lets just go
come on your killing me
lets just ******* go
go go go
lets not stop whats going to stop us
that way quick quick that way
FOR ***** SAKES WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
what are you afraid of
.....please

Zachary Devitt Nov 2010

i forgot why living with my parents is depressing

my brain feels sticky
thoughts aren't clicking
dragged down in this house
being trapped like a mouse
this rolling twisting thing is icky
folding me in screaming and kicking
so long dearest friends
time is long again
beating a mouse named mickey
i long to be with you licking
your loose ends
there is love to apprehend

i got out and i found you