My Writing
The Ramblings of a Dork
| The Truth - Poetry |
| Adamantly Indifferent - Poetry |
| The Pool - Prose |
| Now Eternal - Poetry |
| Ripples - Free Verse |
| Does It Just End - Poetry |
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My Writing
The Ramblings of a Dork |
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The answers to life
The Truth
The question of death
Is life just euphoria, a dream state at best?
When one wanders in the world of dreams
Immaturities memories cut deep at the seams
Of existence, resistance, persistence and Hope
Past and Future sung in a single note
Truths to lies, screams to sighs
Life evades reality, so read between the lines
Then affects Now,
Now affects Forever,
Forever is Eternity,
So think before you sever
Everything accomplished, Nothing ever gained
How could anyone's minds have known?
Please escape the pain.
All the world is visions,
Real and false entwined
Honesty masked, feelings hidden
Mankind is so deaf and blind
Omniscient eyes, wanton soul
Never fully attaining it's goal
Grasping at myriads of notion, and emotion,
Adrift alone in psychological oceans
Treading subconscious, Dreading thoughts,
Is it all worth while or is it all for naught?
These questions remain unanswered
Excuses always remain
We can never escape the deception
Dragged down by emotional reins
To ourselves we are liars
Justification is always the key
To our bridges set fire
The Truth is what we must see.
Adamantly Indifferent
Apathy breeds ignorance
Or so some people say
I think I may have to prove them wrong
But just not today
Neither left nor right
Day nor night
Always sitting on the fence
They never want to get involved
I’m sure that’s time well spent
Nothing but veiled convictions
She says she doesn’t care
The life we lead, the air we breathe
Doesn’t change from standard fare
He agrees wholeheartedly
He cannot make a change
Don’t count your vote
Don’t rock the boat
Your funeral’s arranged
You need to believe in something
With a passion that’s easy to see
Otherwise you’re a hollow shell
Indifferent, Adamantly
The Pool
The hazy blue quality of the evening enhanced the sheer beauty of the desolate
pool. The cliff from which rumbling waters had cascaded in the past, was now silent.
It had been as such for a year now. The days where the vivacious spring had gushed forth
pure life-giving liquids was gone. All because of the clouds. The dark menacing clouds
that had destroyed all forms of life a year ago. The land was laid barren, and all that
remained was the utter blueness and depth of this long forgotten body of water. As life
ended, its transparent lovliness lived on. The now colorless sky emitted a lone drop of
rain. It struck the center of the pool and many concentric circles rushed outwards in
perfect unison. The sky was to cry now, human eyes being no longer able. The heavens
seemed willing and burst forth in anguish with a mighty roar. The pool now danced with
the sky's teardrops, but no human could witness this sight, or even care. All because
of the bombs...
Now Eternal
Outward thoughts, don't tell the tale
Of what I feel inside
Sordid lies escape my lips
Deep in my heart dreams die
This cell of life, I yearn to escape
Cold bars presh against my flesh
Leaning through, Grasping for you
Always, always beyond my reach
The lock of my cage is the psyche of you
My soul will never be free
Condemned to an existence in hell
Forever, for Eternity.
Piercing eyes, as black as the night
Peer through the violent storm
They can't see past the blinding rain
To the place that's warm
The fire never smoulders
It brightens, never subsides
Living flame that can never be doused
It's etched its place for life.
Wrap a fist around the flame
Insert and turn the key
You won't be burned, just set it free
If not now, eternally.Ripples
Dark billowing clouds of night envelop me.
The cold wind's icy hands grab and capture my soul.
Orange leaves whisk by unnoticing as I saunter into the moon's illumination.
I am just a speck of the humanity in this world, wishing, yearning to be free.
Free from man's logic, his norms.
With avengance I scream at the night, my voice piercing the sullen darkness
Falling to my knees, weeping pitiously, I notice my reflection in a nearby pool.
Rising, I walk to the waters edge.
The water ripples with the wind's force, and my person becomes distorted.
I understand now.
The harder we try to remain the same, the bigger the ripples become,
And a different person emerges.
Does It Just End?
(In memory of Melinda Wood)
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Crossed to the other side
Cut down in prime of life
So much was left behind
Goodbye
If there is a God
What the hell is his plan?
Taking the innocent,
She ran
No more smiling face
Blank stares pervade my soul
With so much in this world
He stole
Does it just end?
Is it over?
Is this what we live and strive for?
Shot down again
Alone in the end
It's not a good enough reason to die for
No mistakes made
I've done nothing wrong
As rain falls from the heavens
Mocking our hurt, as feelings grow worse
Now we've lost you forever
The candle burns slowly
And flickers in the breeze
But when you lose the light
No plea
Brightness is relative
Now the sky turns to grey
Proven existence, now
Someday
Salty taste on my lips
Gaze upward to the sky
Questioning his choice
Oh why?
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