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Zack Turner Dec 2011
Three seconds left
There’s no timeouts remaining.
The fans are full of resentment
With hope surely waning.

The ball bounces against the floor,
Repetitious with its nature.
Congruence with each ascension,
Life gasps for air with this momentous suspension.

There’s nothing that can be changed or rearranged.
Nothing to help, nothing to hurt,
Unexplainable anxiety as you slowly tear your shirt.

A bounce,
A roll,
A movement,
A fall.
An exorbitant amount of disbelief.

The stopping clock brings a new sound.
A collapsed heart, and a detached soul,
The new demeanor now begins to take its toll.

It’s the end of all of this noise,
And all of this hope.
No longer precariously wavering upon this rope.

It’s snapped, it’s different, no longer the same.
If only this was about a game.
Zack Turner Dec 2011
Life as a kid not thinking about much
Nothing about sadness, pain, and such
Little did she know that drugs would soon become a stress-relieving crutch

It all started simple; teen rebellion; all for fun
Nothing too serious, nothing really done
Years passed and life became more intense
Happiness now costing hundreds, and no longer cents
She started to realize that things were slowly getting worse
Scared, confused, and far too deep into everything
She blamed god for the curse

Her eyes gazed upon the sky, while tears streamed across her cheeks
And slowly fell off of her face
Wondering why she had become such a waste
So frustrated with her actions she decided to ease the pain with a knife
This river of blood revealed a new low in her life

She came to realize that ends do not always meet
So felonies were committed in order to pass defeat
All of her funds were for fun, whose duration was only measured in brevity
Distraught over the shortness, and the time that had been wasted away
Now realizing that dogs are not the only strays

Walking down the street she is passed by
Many stares from strangers due to the power of her cry
Vacant and empty without a feeling or remorse
Distraught about her actions, and their inherent course

Envisioning her family and loved ones alike
Makes each step and each breath a more painful might

Too close to the lives she has hurt and destroyed
Too angry with herself and far too annoyed
Thinking about her so-called life makes her sick
That it all ended with prayers, regrets, and a single click.
Zack Turner Dec 2011
So distant the slow rolling wave breaks
Crest after trough
Cascading through what is mostly nothing
Rising and falling
To a rhythm from within
Zack Turner Dec 2011
It's all so beautiful
The inherent qualities upon which we live our lives
To learn, to love, to protect

While apparent to some, others are left behind
Lacking the luster which propels them to see
Afraid, perhaps
To truthfully divulge
One's essence
Something pure

Unlike these others
There do exist few
Who have fully assembled
These pieces
These thoughts
This love
Zack Turner Dec 2011
Unannounced and uninvited,
Who did reckon these
Immaterial obstacles
To fall from their freeze?
Zack Turner Dec 2011
Lies, all spoken backwards at first
Floating in a balloon of a smile
To hide what's veritable
It all must burst

Run from your feelings, it's likely safest
Confuse and misuse the other
And now I'm outrageous?
Blame this upon no one but yourself

I came with open hands
Eager and ready to help
But my ambition was a wild fur
From which the hunter could make her pelt

Now that all has been revealed
My eyes are looking forward
As well as my heart and mind
A chin held high
I  smile, and I feel fine
I wrote this after breaking up with my ex-girlfriend when I found out she cheated on me. It ****** at first but I soon realized all of the things that were going wrong all along, yet I remained blind to them at the time.
Zack Turner Dec 2011
Consume me, eat me
More bites before few
To make it all seem important
The things that I do

Direct me, move me
Like shepherds before sheep
Past the first hill
A message more deep
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