Sunday, October 16, 2016

Everything Will Be; I'll Write

It's not a block...
It's a lock with a swallowed key
And I might have to vomit up crap
Before meaningful words come out of me

It's not depressing...
Like it always used to consist
It's just trying to change gears 
In a vehicle that no longer exists

It's not stuck...
It's a reflex that isn't used as much
The clock still passes time
The hands are just out of touch

It's tough to hear...
Damn near silent with fright 
It's trying to be everything it used to be
Wanting everything to be; I'll write

It's not forgetful...
It's a thought without sufficient conduit
Tangled in intangible darkness
Without a guiding light to find it

It's in love...
With what could come from pen and page
But terrified of something real
Trapped in effort's anxious cage

It's nostalgic...
Pained and pleasured alike
It needs coaxing through fond memories in one hand
While the other holds reality's spike

It's tough to see...
Damn near impossibly out of sight
It's trying to be everything it used to be
And everything will be; I'll write 


Monday, September 21, 2015

My Idea

Something jumps.
Then it kicks.
Biting, scratching
Hoping it sticks

It rips and shreds
In an effort to escape
It’s angry, impatient
And desperate to take shape

There’s something funny
There in the dark
There’s something fuse-less
Hungry for just one spark

It strains, runs, falls
Gets up again to heed a call
It stings, swings, clings
For even something small

It’s trapped. – It thinks
It’s caged. Deranged?
It’s happenstance, coincidence
Longing to be arranged

It’s hitting a wall
That isn’t there
It’s tangled up
In invisible snares

It’s snarling, malcontent
Yet eager to please
It’s boisterously humble
And an easy tease

It beats, slams, pounds
In a rage to get out
Then gingerly confounds
When it shyly pouts

Honestly! It’s childish!
How immature and aggravating!
To put me through
This headaching

Come here! Get out!
I’ve got you now!
Just spill from this pen;
Show them all how.

Listen to me!
Enough is enough!
I mean really,
You’re not that tough.

[Sounds of ink
And a struggle I think
The beast roars
Eager for more

It sounds like it’s coming
In a violent intangible mess
Tearing up the page
There won’t be anything left]

I’ve won!” I say
All bloodied and bruised
I now understand
What previously confused

Rough, unpolished, unrefined
Tamed, restrained, and confined
Gracious in defeat, seemingly ready for design

But I’m still suspicious, about this idea of mine…

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Who Cares?

Plate out their pride
And unveil their vanity
Always working to ensure 
They assert their own insanity

Presently the proud parents
Of validation-needing offspring
Perfection for just one month?
Does that even mean anything?

Sticker on their car says "Honor Roll"
But doing nothing for something can take its toll
Sit back, relax, but make sure everyone's aware
All eyes on them to see who cares

Voice their own brand of colorful vomit
And throw up their hands in disgust
Remind us again why they think they're above it
Then try hiding the fact that they also rust

Bare-knuckle box with knowledge
And argue they came out on top
Detest logic backed up by detailed data
And for the love of God don't ever stop!

Stamp on the meat says "Grade 'A' Beef"
But doing nothing for something can find no relief
Sit back, relax, but make sure everyone's aware
All eyes on them to see who cares

Fifteen minutes of fabulous fame
That grew into a grotesque game
Finally at the top of what's still the bottom
Arguing that they're better than "them"

Strut their stuff and politely curtsy
Then act like their shit doesn't reek
Display that pearly white fallacy
And convince the world attention isn't what they seek

Plaque on the wall says "Most Valuable Player"
But doing nothing for something can start to wear
Sit back, relax, but make sure everyone's aware
All eyes on them to see who cares

Help yourself to some self help books
And continue ignoring the mess of dirty looks
A sultry shamble of shifty crooks
With too much already to know what they took

God's gifts to the world
Or so they'd like you to believe
A world without them
Would be impossible to conceive

With the title of "Entitled" they'll all agree
That "Everyone needs to know about me!
I am right! Hear me roar!"
Blind to a world that doesn't care anymore

Tombstone says "The Dopest Fool There Ever Was!"
Died doing nothing for something just because
Lie back, relax, because we're all now aware
All eyes on them, but who cares?


Monday, June 09, 2014

Out of the Past

I can't find where I used to be
An all too distant memory
I re-read the words that followed me here
They've pinned me down in another year

I set out to tell a story
And I ended up writing quite a few
But the problem with getting older
Is forgetting what once was new

It's not a feeling I can recreate
Nor do I want to. Perhaps simulate?
It's a chapter I've finished reading, I suppose
But I'm not sure how the next chapter goes

It reads confusing, like a different language
And it feels distant like an unknown age
The difference is distinct, but utterly satisfying
I'm finding so much happiness while not even trying

I have no regrets save the pages still pending
I have no idea how to get to the ending
I have a new love that sets pages a fire
And yet there remains and unfinished desire

Enough already! Stop trying to retrieve
Just put pen to paper and start to believe
Work from new emotions and let those feelings go
That work was built through depression, or didn't you know?

Finish the story, find a new way to start
You can finally end it because you have her in your heart