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”
Category Archives: Poems
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”
Little Problems Piling Up
One.Not bad, we can handle one.Roll it off the shoulder and we’re done.Two.Wait. There’s more of you?Why is there confusion in the room?Three.Uh, this isn’t our usual cup of tea.Can we just go back to one?Four.Not enough people are coming through that door.Don’t tell me we’re short-staffed again.Five.It’s a hundred and eleven degrees outside.We’re allContinue reading “Little Problems Piling Up”
An Old Poem
Familiar. The breeze of a tongue.The warning of the storm to come.A shelter long built. In time made strong.Keeps the feelings away and the tears long gone.To stand a receiver of frustrated blows.Give nothing back. Don’t let anything show.There is no reason. Not even the truth.It’s only taken as a worthless excuse.Let the storm runContinue reading “An Old Poem”
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