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1.3k · Dec 2015
Give Me Stairs
Zackbobo Dec 2015
Give me stairs
To attain some lofty pinnacle
For stairs are sheer simplicity
An elegant solution to reach some apogee
Incapable of failure unlike the
Mechanical complexities deriving from indolence
Presumed superior to the apparent drudgery
Of clambering upward unhurriedly and
Thus assembled ultimately to fail and frustrate my overwrought soul
While archaic stairs continue unwavering ever upwards  
Give me stairs
521 · Dec 2015
Cairn
Zackbobo Dec 2015
I am a cairn.
Built up out of stones
Each cobble a manifestation
of some idiosyncrasy
no one stone describing completely but
the sum total of comprising mine entity
give me criticism, i wish to improve
421 · Jan 2016
They Call It A Crush
Zackbobo Jan 2016
Because of the asphyxiation
Of the inebriation caused by another soul,
Perhaps she is the half to complete your whole.
Spending your time in reverie
Woolgathering the next time you’re fortunate enough to see
Her smile.

Overthinking comes naturally
So Plans are fabricated tactfully to meet with her again,
Thoughts of her consuming you like some euphoric sin.
The infatuation only brief
Ends usually with demoralizing grief
So they call it a crush
368 · Dec 2015
It's Complicated (Haiku)
Zackbobo Dec 2015
Love is a chessboard
And no matter how I play
I am always checked
361 · Dec 2015
Antithetic
Zackbobo Dec 2015
Stoic as I stare,
Into the limitless abyss
Encompassing our limited lifespans.
Incomprehensible: The amount which I will forever be unable to comprehend.
Knowledge: unobtainable and forbidden.
And Sun, moon, and stars,
you vain celestial bodies,
Cursed to far longer an egotistical existence than mine own span,
you are but vapor.
With this cogitation, I might face death with sheer tenacity,
I shall stare him in the face and claim I am not afraid
For all die one day.
And still I tremble.
257 · Jan 2016
Bright Eyes #2 (haiku)
Zackbobo Jan 2016
When happy her
Eyes turn green like verdurous
Hills I hold so dear
255 · Jan 2016
Am I?
Zackbobo Jan 2016
I am good enough
such a catch
with countless talents
personality to spare
of course I am good enough

Then I delve deeper
shining light on where I had not seen
to see the gems that sparkle
her character her qualities
her endearing idiosyncrasies
were brighter all along

They were only concealed by the murkiness
of my own vanity
my narcissistic ideology
that I am more than good enough for her.
Am I?
248 · Jan 2016
All My Doting
Zackbobo Jan 2016
I have not written as of late
I’m sorry but I’ve hardly found the time
For she possesses the ability to elevate
My soul high above cloud nine
243 · Mar 2016
Just feeling Introspective
Zackbobo Mar 2016
Why is it that we’re with the wrong people
why do we accept the love we think we deserve
And when we think we’ve gained the courage to leave
in the moment of truth we lose all our nerve?

I keep thinking if I just do this or do that
then I’ll gain the acceptance I’ve been craving so bad
but nothing is ever enough when these people only take
this sad fact is one I believe I’ll never shake.
reference to perks
231 · Jan 2016
Farewell
Zackbobo Jan 2016
What would you do if I were to leave
If something were to happen, a horror to conceive
My darling I don’t mean to be
So melancholy
But what would you do if I were to leave

What will you say when I have gone away
Was I still a stranger on my dying day
Had I let you in or kept you locked out in the cold
My dearest I pray I loved you well
As we both grew old.

What will be done as I’m laid in the ground to rest
I hope I’ll not be dressed in my very best
Some old worn and tattered clothes will do
For it seems such a waste
To leave fine things to death and decay

When you’ve finally passed my dear
Will your soul come rest with mine
As the world continues turning, paying us no more mind
Our tombstones declare me loving, yours will claim you were kind
But both words suit yours better than just one does on mine.
229 · Dec 2015
Thought
Zackbobo Dec 2015
Your emergence into the corner of my musing;
Is like a virus, initially subtle and unrecognizable.
Then, steadily and swiftly, dominating my mind
Until you are my sole infatuation.
A disease from which I hope to never recover.
227 · Dec 2015
Hips
Zackbobo Dec 2015
Her hips swayed like the leaves
Caught in a crisp Autumnal breeze.
211 · Feb 2016
Untitled
Zackbobo Feb 2016
Tremendous curiosity floated in the air
                                   *gleaming eyes of experience

         with so much malicious intent
                                                                work
                                                                           *about
slam poetry from the girlfriend
210 · Dec 2015
Loveless Life
Zackbobo Dec 2015
dying from the cold
metaphorically speaking
for it was summer
195 · Jan 2016
Bright Eyes
Zackbobo Jan 2016
I saw her today
Eyes alluring and seductive
bewitching my soul
172 · Mar 2016
Nothing Left
Zackbobo Mar 2016
I am tired of life, how nothing coming is ever new
the skies for too long have been grey, never again to turn back blue
nothing to left to create, nothing worth striving for
so when opportunity knocks
I now simply lock the door.
170 · Dec 2015
Amnesia
Zackbobo Dec 2015
I
    forget
                   how
                               this
                                           one
                                                      goes...
139 · Feb 2018
The Final Say
Zackbobo Feb 2018
We all must be ready for the ends of our times,

For death does not waiver so neither shall I.

And when my hour comes; Ill look to the next life,

For death’s "final say” is merely a lie.
133 · Aug 2017
Broken
Zackbobo Aug 2017
She didn’t want you so she left
you hanging out in the air,
remembering not how you got there to begin with,
but you fall nevertheless, and
the softness you had expected
has been replaced with nothing
but rocks sharp as daggers to break your fall,
and leave you broken.

— The End —