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Zack Phillips Feb 2015
Caught in a whirlwind that won't let me go
Life seems to have caught up to me
Sometimes I sit, wondering what I can know
Sometimes I'm patient: I wait to see

Sometimes my mind wanders
Down corridors of black
And sometimes when I close my eyes
I see you looking back

It's not that your image is burned into my retinas
Or that I can't let you go
It's that I remember what used to be
A Past passed long ago

And while I start my new life
Away and safe from your curse
I still feel the hurt and strife
That feeling, the Worst

But I choose to move on
And learn from your Lesson
And now that you're gone
The pain has been lessened

I do think about you
But not as before
I think of you as a Person
And not just a *****

But as I look and compare
The Past to the Present
I notice something shared:
Love is more than a present.

The love Before and the love After
Both gorgeous and pure
Something to strive after
Something that's sure

And though I don't know
What the Future may hold
I know that in the future
She'll be the one that I'll hold

She'll be the one that I'll tell,
Everything's going to be okay
She's my moon at night,
My sun in the day

I'm living for me
That much is certain
But also for She
There behind her Curtain

There, She's protected
She lets in few
I stand there, collected
And speak of Love True

And as She peeks
From the corner of the veil
My love for Her peaks
As my doubts trail

She beckons me closer
Drawing me in
I want Her the most and
For Our Love to begin

I stroke Her hair gently
Careful not to tug
And hold Her closely
So Our bodies are snug

I look into Her eyes
A beautiful blue
With Her, a love dies
With Her, Love begins anew
Though love may come/often to your door/it's best to not always answer/if you're seeking more
Zack Phillips Nov 2014
You say I should be unashamed
I should proclaim on high to all
About the Man, the God, who saved us
And I should devote my life to him.
But see, you twisted serpent of Scripture
You're reaching for the apple
And I, like Newton, merely observe
As you, and the apple, fall
I don't claim to be better than you
Because I'm not in any way
But neither are you.
I'm embarrassed to say I follow Jesus Christ,
I mean, Jesus Christ, have you seen the others?
The self-righteous ones who picket the streets
With their crosses held aloft
Meant to guilt trip the masses into faith.

For all the Christians:
Speak your faith, don't scream it
Because the more you try to force it
The less Christian you become.

I'm unashamed of Jesus.
I'm ashamed of those who claim to follow him.
Zack Phillips Nov 2014
I wish I still missed you
I wish I'd angrily text you again
And apologize later like usual
I wish you'd want to talk to me
But you don't, and I don't
I miss wanting to talk to you
The aching, the pain, the bliss
I miss crying my eyes out and burning my arm
Sweet release coupled with intense sadness
I miss giving a **** about you
Because honestly, I don't
I don't love you anymore
Your icy heart has grown hard as stone
And your words have turned into venom
Begone from me, snake, I need you no more
Go have fun and get blown away
Because
At the end of the Day
You lied to me about who you were
Made me believe something untrue
I'll not **** away the memories
But quite frankly darling,
I'm done with you.
'I've got to admit it's getting better/It's a little better all the time'
Getting Better-The Beatles
Zack Phillips Sep 2014
The cross-tressed paintings on the wall
Let light in, but hide it all
Not to short, not too tall
The cross-tressed paintings on the wall

The gilded handle on the door
Will enclose me here no more
An hour long in this bore
The gilded handle on the door

The piercing sunlight through the trees
Doesn't seem to bother me
Now outside, I'm finally free
The piercing sunlight through the trees
Zack Phillips Sep 2014
I am a moth
And you are a light
I'm drawn to you like magic
Seduced by your aura
I drift in closer,
longing to wrap my wings around you
To feel your warmth
As I get close
Excited and Nervous
I accept your warm embrace

Burn me up with your light
Because though you're bad for me
I just can't stay away
Zack Phillips Sep 2014
Don't blame the lion for the pride
Don't let yourself whisper those insults
Don't see the bad and push away the good
Realize there's more to the pride than that
Because even though the Alpha Male
May not be who you'd choose
It's not up to you
Or me
Or he
It's up to the fittest
And his mighty roar may petrify the gazelles
Who ignorantly graze on the pride's land
Who sheepishly bolt away from danger
But the pride should have no fear
The pride should rally around the fearsome roar
Not be scattered around like gazelles
And when one member
Leaves the pride
He steps off the captain's seat
And begins to eat the grass
For you, gazelle, hopefully this means something
Zack Phillips Sep 2014
I saw your tweet today
It reminded me of you
And how you've gone away
And I was sad
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