#poetry
I rarely care
about my ego
he only hides
inside of me
plotting
dreaming
but never daring
to be anything
but the shadows
within me
I rarely mention
the scars
he has offered
the tears
he thought
I'll never see
and so
he goes his way
I go mine
even if we're both living
inside of me
I rarely care
about my ego
he only hides
inside of me
plotting
dreaming
but never daring
to be anything
but the shadows
within me
I rarely mention
the scars
he has offered
the tears
he thought
I'll never see
and so
he goes his way
I go mine
even if we're both living
inside of me
04:40 PM - May 03, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
#poetry
it was just
another foolish notion
you know
the kind we had
when we were kids
and the world
was more black and white
than it was later
when we grew old
I wanted to be a hero
but
heroes are a rare breed
unless you watch
TV
where
somewhere
between all
the commercials
it was just
another foolish notion
you know
the kind we had
when we were kids
and the world
was more black and white
than it was later
when we grew old
I wanted to be a hero
but
heroes are a rare breed
unless you watch
TV
where
somewhere
between all
the commercials
04:39 PM - May 03, 2024
#poetry
I walked away
not just from the stench
of the dead and dying
but from the echoes
of war
echoes that fail
to fade away
until the day
I finally close my eyes
as I whisper
my last goodbye
I walked away
not just from the stench
of the dead and dying
but from the echoes
of war
echoes that fail
to fade away
until the day
I finally close my eyes
as I whisper
my last goodbye
04:36 PM - May 03, 2024
#poetry
save me
her eyes said
and I reached out
pressed her
against my chest
to keep her
from the wind
save me
her eyes pleaded
as brought her
to bed
offering her
the warmth
of my soul
she whimpers
as she hides
under the covers
barks
"good night,
I love you too"
save me
her eyes said
and I reached out
pressed her
against my chest
to keep her
from the wind
save me
her eyes pleaded
as brought her
to bed
offering her
the warmth
of my soul
she whimpers
as she hides
under the covers
barks
"good night,
I love you too"
04:33 PM - May 03, 2024
#poetry
she was never mine
alone
there were the children
there were her dreams
there were the promises
she made long ago
when the innocence
of tomorrow
was still hers to hold
no
she was never mine
alone
I had to share her
with the world
but that was enough
she was never mine
alone
there were the children
there were her dreams
there were the promises
she made long ago
when the innocence
of tomorrow
was still hers to hold
no
she was never mine
alone
I had to share her
with the world
but that was enough
04:30 PM - May 03, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
#poetry
sometimes
all I remember
are blood red yesterdays
where even the sounds of battle
where drown by the cries
of the dying and the dead
I scream
just loud enough to be heard
by a world all too willing
to forget how my scars
were born in her service
or how my tears
sometimes
all I remember
are blood red yesterdays
where even the sounds of battle
where drown by the cries
of the dying and the dead
I scream
just loud enough to be heard
by a world all too willing
to forget how my scars
were born in her service
or how my tears
04:27 PM - May 03, 2024
#poetry
sure
he kept a few pumpkins
at home
some with sad faces
others with a smile
just what ever the day needed
his name was pumpkin head
after all
sure
he kept a few pumpkins
at home
some with sad faces
others with a smile
just what ever the day needed
his name was pumpkin head
after all
04:25 PM - May 03, 2024
#Poetry
I still taste her lips
even after all these years
feel her caress
as if she wasn't gone
at all
I don't even have to
close my eyes anymore
but when I do
I still hear her call
I still taste her lips
even after all these years
feel her caress
as if she wasn't gone
at all
I don't even have to
close my eyes anymore
but when I do
I still hear her call
04:22 PM - May 03, 2024
#poetry
the matter of his demise
no longer matter
it was enough
to find the body
well pieces of it anyway
scattered about the house
and her cook book opened to
how to get the hair and flesh
off his skull
the matter of his demise
no longer matter
it was enough
to find the body
well pieces of it anyway
scattered about the house
and her cook book opened to
how to get the hair and flesh
off his skull
04:19 PM - May 03, 2024
#poetry
in the knight's eyes
she was more
than a country maiden
seeking the pleasure
of his touch
his love
she was everything
a dream should be
if only he removed
the armor
around his heart
in the knight's eyes
she was more
than a country maiden
seeking the pleasure
of his touch
his love
she was everything
a dream should be
if only he removed
the armor
around his heart
04:16 PM - May 03, 2024
#poetry
you could feel it
undulating below the surface
like a serpent seeking
not just his own path
to providence
but in the end
he was no more than
the serpent
Jormungand
waiting for one last battle
with that fool
Thor
you could feel it
undulating below the surface
like a serpent seeking
not just his own path
to providence
but in the end
he was no more than
the serpent
Jormungand
waiting for one last battle
with that fool
Thor
01:34 PM - May 02, 2024
#poetry
at times
it felt he was no more
than another staunch ally
never daring to question
the truth
behind the orange smile
or the cost
of his unending servitude
until the children
started to die
at times
it felt he was no more
than another staunch ally
never daring to question
the truth
behind the orange smile
or the cost
of his unending servitude
until the children
started to die
01:28 PM - May 02, 2024
#poetry
it was endless road
between here and there
with memories being shaped
between hellos that were welcome
and those goodbyes that shattered
the dreams we all thought
to share
it was endless road
between here and there
with memories being shaped
between hellos that were welcome
and those goodbyes that shattered
the dreams we all thought
to share
01:24 PM - May 02, 2024
#poetry
the snake bemoaned
its place in history
as the tempter of Eve
but the truth was
he was innocent
so was Eve
it was Adam that told him
to climb the damn tree
the snake bemoaned
its place in history
as the tempter of Eve
but the truth was
he was innocent
so was Eve
it was Adam that told him
to climb the damn tree
01:20 PM - May 02, 2024
#poetry
I was smitten
by the thought of her
the promise of forever
I had discovered
in her eyes
the desire to taste
of her joy
I was smitten by her
this fantasy
that now echoes
in the reality
of my life
the woman I dare call
my wife
I was smitten
by the thought of her
the promise of forever
I had discovered
in her eyes
the desire to taste
of her joy
I was smitten by her
this fantasy
that now echoes
in the reality
of my life
the woman I dare call
my wife
01:17 PM - May 02, 2024
#poetry
the dolls were more
than a grotesque
reflection
of humanity
they were the very sins
we thought to hide
behind our smile
daring to break away
from our mortal shells
the dolls were more
than a grotesque
reflection
of humanity
they were the very sins
we thought to hide
behind our smile
daring to break away
from our mortal shells
01:14 PM - May 02, 2024
#poetry
one by one
they vanished
after each round
until only two were left
one a warrior ready to die
for his cause
the other a dreamer
willing to live
in the shadows
for his own
while in the distant
the mob was waiting
for a leader
to call their own
one by one
they vanished
after each round
until only two were left
one a warrior ready to die
for his cause
the other a dreamer
willing to live
in the shadows
for his own
while in the distant
the mob was waiting
for a leader
to call their own
01:11 PM - May 02, 2024
#poetry
the vile and viscous liquid
had escaped their bodies
pooling together
as if it were alive
and for a moment
it was fear
that ruled our hearts
as we feared
we were in a B-Movie
on Svengoolie TV
the vile and viscous liquid
had escaped their bodies
pooling together
as if it were alive
and for a moment
it was fear
that ruled our hearts
as we feared
we were in a B-Movie
on Svengoolie TV
01:08 PM - May 02, 2024
#poetry
I have grown old enough
that my memory
is overflowing
not just with
all my yesterdays
but those dreams
my heart still waits
to come true
I have grown old enough
that my memory
is overflowing
not just with
all my yesterdays
but those dreams
my heart still waits
to come true
01:02 PM - May 02, 2024
#poetry
she thought
it was nothing more
than a rude and blatant stare
but no
I was seeing her
in yet another fantasy
where she was a queen
and I
but a shadow
beneath her feet
she thought
it was nothing more
than a rude and blatant stare
but no
I was seeing her
in yet another fantasy
where she was a queen
and I
but a shadow
beneath her feet
12:59 PM - May 02, 2024
#poetry
I still taste her lips
even after all these years
feel her caress
as if she wasn't gone
at all
I don't even have to
close my eyes anymore
but when I do
I still hear her call
I still taste her lips
even after all these years
feel her caress
as if she wasn't gone
at all
I don't even have to
close my eyes anymore
but when I do
I still hear her call
04:22 PM - Apr 30, 2024
#poetry
sure
he kept a few pumpkins
at home
some with sad faces
others with a smile
just what ever the day needed
his name was pumpkin head
after all
sure
he kept a few pumpkins
at home
some with sad faces
others with a smile
just what ever the day needed
his name was pumpkin head
after all
04:19 PM - Apr 30, 2024
#poetry
all that remain of them
was their smoking hearts
their souls
their essence
consumed
not by their passions
as we expected
but by the moment
they realized
they could no longer
live alone
all that remain of them
was their smoking hearts
their souls
their essence
consumed
not by their passions
as we expected
but by the moment
they realized
they could no longer
live alone
04:16 PM - Apr 30, 2024
#poetry
I struggle
to find the truth of self
to be something more
than those thoughts
born of commercial tv
or the lies hidden
deep behind
the politicians' lips
I struggle
to find the truth of self
to be something more
than those thoughts
born of commercial tv
or the lies hidden
deep behind
the politicians' lips
04:01 PM - Apr 30, 2024
#poetry
she knew nothing
of the skeletons
and secrets
I had hidden away
in my diary
nothing of the darkness
I have discovered
in my odyssey of life
all she knew
was the masked
I hid behind
with a plastic smile
worn
till the day I die
she knew nothing
of the skeletons
and secrets
I had hidden away
in my diary
nothing of the darkness
I have discovered
in my odyssey of life
all she knew
was the masked
I hid behind
with a plastic smile
worn
till the day I die
03:58 PM - Apr 30, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
#poetry
moving silently
beneath the shroud
escaping the slipknot
as the audience screams
counting down the minutes
to my expected demise
fools all
I slip into the trap door
beneath the stage
appearing again
as a rescuer
smashing the cage
laughing
fooled them again
and I can't ask
for anything
moving silently
beneath the shroud
escaping the slipknot
as the audience screams
counting down the minutes
to my expected demise
fools all
I slip into the trap door
beneath the stage
appearing again
as a rescuer
smashing the cage
laughing
fooled them again
and I can't ask
for anything
03:55 PM - Apr 30, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
#poetry
moving silently
beneath the shroud
escaping the slipknot
as the audience screams
counting down the minutes
to my expected demise
fools all
I slip into the trap door
beneath the stage
appearing again
as a rescuer
smashing the cage
laughing
fooled them again
and I can't ask
for anything
moving silently
beneath the shroud
escaping the slipknot
as the audience screams
counting down the minutes
to my expected demise
fools all
I slip into the trap door
beneath the stage
appearing again
as a rescuer
smashing the cage
laughing
fooled them again
and I can't ask
for anything
03:51 PM - Apr 30, 2024
#poetry
it was the vampire
who had decided
to end it all
not because of guilt
or false nobility
but he had tired
of the loneliness
of time
outliving
everyone he loved
everyone his heart
desired
it was the vampire
who had decided
to end it all
not because of guilt
or false nobility
but he had tired
of the loneliness
of time
outliving
everyone he loved
everyone his heart
desired
03:50 PM - Apr 30, 2024
#poetry
I steal away
a minute here
a hour there
just to find a moment
where I am not
what is expected of me
father
brother
son
but a man
remembering
when all he cared to chase
was the echoes
of his dreams
I steal away
a minute here
a hour there
just to find a moment
where I am not
what is expected of me
father
brother
son
but a man
remembering
when all he cared to chase
was the echoes
of his dreams
03:47 PM - Apr 30, 2024
#poetry
in the end
he wasn't the hapless fool
the politicians had claimed
but a man daring to challenge
both the left and the right
for the greatest
of human right
their dignity
in the end
he wasn't the hapless fool
the politicians had claimed
but a man daring to challenge
both the left and the right
for the greatest
of human right
their dignity
03:44 PM - Apr 30, 2024
