You find value in my deficiencies, and fullness, in my vacancy. You find stability in my inconsistency, and bliss, in my melancholy. You find fortitude, in my frailty, and competence, in my inability. You find seriousness, in my buffoonery, and clarity, amidst my perplexity. You find exquisiteness, when I feel ugly, and offer hope, to […]
Tag: poems
Odds
Nine out of ten times, it means nothing. Ninety-Nine percent of the time it won’t occur. 999/1000 is the likely chance of failure. It has a one in a million chance to succeed. It’s like hitting that green 00 on the roulette wheel, or tripling up with a straight flush, when all your chips are in. It’s […]
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One step, one breath, one touch, one blink. One love, one sadness, one anger, one bliss. One summer, one fall, one spring, no thaw. Single vision, solo feel, one impression, one song. A direction, a choice, a journey, a life. One is what we are, what we believe. One is how we feel, how we […]
Nebulosity
It was everything I could do, want, and be, that man that you could love and need. It was all that I could possibly desire, to be the one to light those fires. I was the bastion, the fortress, the high ground, the steadfastness when you felt down. I was the light, the warmth and […]
What you truly need…..
In all the ways that you neglected me, she was there. In all the ways you abandoned me, she stood by my side. In all the ways you chose not to understand me she was considerate. In all the ways you ignored my simple needs, She satisfied. When I needed to feel the universe, She […]
The given moments
All of this each fleeting second all passing moments every ticking minute each counted hour and guaranteed day all worked away weeks and planned on months and goal setting years. even the wisdom-granting decades. We own none of it. it is all leased, borrowed, and rented, this time we are so sure that we own. […]
Exculpation
It doesn’t matter how deeply you dig the hole, how much dirt you’ve flung in my face, how much rancor I absorbed as it flew from your lips, or how fiercely you shake your fists at the sky, in misguided rage. When the sun beats down, I will make myself a canopy to shield you […]
Tribulation
In wakefulness I’m with the living, their energy vivifying, giving strength, and toughness. In sleep I’m among the dead, they swallow my dread, giving peace, and forgetfulness. It is the space between, consciousness and dreams, that tortures this host. It’s this void in my chest, that robs me of rest, the haunting of nagging ghosts. It’s the hole in my mind, […]
Say Goodnight….
Of all the dreams I have when I’m awake, The best are about finding sleep. I’ll yearn not for currency and wealth, Sustenance and supplement, acceptance and embrace, death and dying, Futures and frivolities, power and politics, gods and deities, Passion and pain, Fear and failure, happiness, catharsis, coitus, or when I will rest. I […]