January 25, 2012

Because you care
I tell myself
And maybe you do
But more than likely
It’s poor justification

So we all type
We all speak
We all write
But who really says anything

We feign creative
In hope of being seen

Who really changes the world
Or the simpler
Yet still important
Mind of another

Is that all it is
The hope that
More will be
Just as we
A reflection on the screen

That maybe we could
Stake our claim
On someone else’s fame
By association

Or be hoisted up
Onto the stage
To join in the spotlight

Of course
None of this
Means anything
And this isn’t so much a poem
As an inquiry to your motives

3:01pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zu5QHxFM4HN3
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January 23, 2012

Send me away
Don’t call for me again
I’ll be long gone
When the world has come to end
Your fear has spread
And it’s tearing you apart
When you collapse
Will you see it then
That all along I was
Just inside your head

7:35pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zu5QHxFGCQds
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January 7, 2012

Is intelligence just relative
Or is that thought
The product of stupidity
I’ve been told that I am bright
Myself, I’ve never seen that light

Is heroism attained
Or is that hope
The plea of a coward
I’ve been told that I am brave
But I tremble on the inside

1:45pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zu5QHxEPbHjz
(Notes: 3)
  
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January 5, 2012
Adding to the Noise

Copy and print
Circa 20th century persona
The paper thin generation

Recycle and reuse
Modern day industrialism
A cardboard community

This is the world we live in

Tasteless and generic
Modern artistic style

Cheap imitation
Shallow perception

And I’m just adding to the noise

10:41am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zu5QHxEImW4u
(Notes: 16)
  
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January 3, 2012
Nation After Nation

Nation after nation

Each person one by one

As buildings are burned asunder

And roads are broken to pieces

Monuments and memorials incinerated

And man made structures crumble

Each person one by one

Is taken in by chaos

Nation after nation

Collapses on the ground

9:29am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zu5QHxECQE8-
(Notes: 6)
  
Filed under: Poetry Bad Poetry War Chaos 
December 27, 2011
I Don’t Need A Map

Like static on my radio
You never change
Wherever I go
Tiny particles I can’t see
That permeate my brain
Making every song and word
Sound about the same

My ambitions are riding along
Reflected in the glare
Of the sun on my dashboard
When reality looks back at me
With a dim light
And an arrow on ‘E’

Your hand grabs mine
Don’t lose your drive
Are you willing to push
I ask with a smile

Closed roads and detours
But I’m not discouraged
I’ll drive through the night
While the moon
Keeps my dreams in sight

We are not lost
I’ve seen these roads
In dreams and travel magazines
They are
My only way home

12:01pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zu5QHxDs9Zcp
(Notes: 7)
  
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December 22, 2011
Stardust

I stood
In my citadel
And asked the stars
To inspire me
Heard
I was answered

Their light
Rained down on me
To cover me


I fell
From my tower
As it crashed down
To bury me


She rose
Out of the dust
That swallowed me
Engulfed
I was overcome

She spoke
Out of the silence
To settle me

10:24pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zu5QHxDfHT9p
(Notes: 7)
  
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December 22, 2011

I’m far from fearless
But I find myself commanding courage
The general of your armies
They named me for the dog I am
They called me loyal
Still there’s a dagger in my hand
That I could place at home
In my own back if I were asked

5:30pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zu5QHxDeOnc-
(Notes: 10)
  
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December 21, 2011

I might
Just let go of the wheel
And see where it takes me
Cause the ditch is looking
A lot like home

And if this fog
Opens up and swallows me
It might not be so bad
When I can’t see the world
Even on the brightest days

So now
I’ll round this corner
With eyes shut tight
And see if it takes me
Somewhere new

My wheels
Screeched to a halt
It seems the brakes have locked
I’m left with no way to go

I’m stranded
On these all too familiar roads
they’ve turned their back on me
They won’t even take me home

9:10am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zu5QHxDZ-XV4
(Notes: 5)
  
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December 19, 2011
Distractions

I’m so distracted that it hurts

And it seems to be a recurring theme

In my thoughts I mean

Of my self-destructive tendencies

Or my lack of motivation

The absence of ambition

And the loss of inspiration

Staring at this box

Does it hold me to a limit

Or is it the extent of my talent

Because the things I think

I cannot speak

And typing them makes me wonder

If I didn’t imagine it all

And I begin to ramble

Now your attention wanders

You wanted this to be good

Well, so did I

So we both have unmet expectations

I do apologize

I never meant to waste your time

6:05pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zu5QHxDUxZJu
(Notes: 2)
  
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