A world of events Can hang heavy on your headYou turn your eyes downAnd contemplate shadows on the ground You find yourself stuckWith dark clouds in your mindThis path that you’re onIt’s not easy to climb Each steps feels a struggleAs you watch the mountains at your feetYou can’t get around themYou want to admitContinue reading “Look Up”
Category Archives: Poems
A Visit of Halloween
‘Twas the night of the spooky season, when all through the townMidnight was stirring and monsters were aroundSpiderwebs were hung on on porches to scareYoung trick or treaters who would soon be thereThe children were out on this night of deadWhile visions of ghouls danced in their headsAnd mamma in her jacket, and I inContinue reading “A Visit of Halloween”
They Say
Your workplace says you’re replaceable.Your voice doesn’t need to be heard.Just get by. Just get stuff done. Until your position overturns. Your friend group says you’re forgotten.Contact lost within the void. You determine it isn’t worth trying,And decide that friends are something to avoid. Your family says get on with your life.Get that money andContinue reading “They Say”
New Roommate
We’re learning to live togetherYou, my new pet, and me.Learning what we like to doAnd each others’ personalities You like to be up at unseen hours of the morningBut I make you go back to sleepWhen morning comes, you do nothing but playWith everything you see Your favorite is to pounce and runThe wand toyContinue reading “New Roommate”
Beat Me
Beat me, Beat me,Beat me again. One of these days I’ll probably give in But for now, it’s decidedMy happiness doesn’t depend on youI know my own worthDespite the punishments you brew I’ve accomplished a lotI can hold my head highI was successful in thingsI normally wouldn’t try Blind yourself to my progressBlind yourself toContinue reading “Beat Me”
Little Kitten
Scurrying little kittenRunning around the roomCurious about everythingThat seems to be brand new Learning what you can touchAnd learning what you can’tYour favorite thing’s the feathered toyAnd you don’t like being held in hand Curious little kittenHas never seen a can of popShe wants to get the fizz insideBut her purr echoes out the topContinue reading “Little Kitten”
Brewing Fear
Scratch your knuckle on a rusted nail and suddenly, you’re going to die.Never go out in the thick or the night or else you may not survive. Don’t ever trust other cars on the road. You’ll end up in a wreck. Don’t tell your secrets to someone you know or they’ll stab you in theContinue reading “Brewing Fear”
The End
We accomplished our goalSaved the world, in a wayFinally completed the endgameOur task is doneSo, I suppose now we move onSuch friendships were madeWhen there was danger we all facedComradery and jestsPoking fun when we didn’t think we’d last.Yet, somehow, someway, we survivedTook victory and took it with prideBut what of it now? Now thatContinue reading “The End”
Denying a Dream
How do you sate a dream you’ve denied?When that longing creeps an ache to your chest?Do you let it run it’s course?Shove it down to keep it at rest? Perhaps you humor it?Think of impossible “what ifs”Find a movie and escape for a while”Find a task to distract you from denial? What do you doContinue reading “Denying a Dream”
Words Run Out
I don’t know what to sayMy thinker just isn’t thinkingI’ve got so many things startedBut the words run out before it’s completed There’s gotta be something to giveSome inspiration I have tucked away and hidBut I stare at the screen and sighI’m not really feeling that high Take a deep breath and anotherFigure out whatContinue reading “Words Run Out”
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