December 2011
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“What lies beyond the dream is not your reality.”
– Semblance Of Thought
November 2011
5 posts
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“if we really had a shot at being who we wanted to be.. if we really had that...”
– Semblance Of Thought
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Sleepwalk (WALK, pt2)
It’s continued on for years now, a feeling of lost desperation. A need for conflict to fuel the depression. That’s why she left, why I left, why I’m walking. Despite the need for change I cling to what I know, what is easy, and I am never satisfied. The desert is far behind me, it seems. Here is grass, sidewalks, parks. Children running and playing, laughing. The world is...
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WALK (pt1)
Let me set the scene. It’s twelve, midnight. I have no idea whose house this is, and Dirk is nowhere to be found. Friendless, drunk, and lost amongst a throng of party goers I wont remember by morning. How do I always get myself in these situations? Out back by the pool are the smokers. Fortunately one of them gives me a cigarette and a light, and I can start to relax. Surrounded by...
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The Elevator
It was a freight elevator, there’s not much else to say. Gray metal pull-down doors with an inner metal cage. The typical graffiti adorned the doors and cage, and dust covered the cheap plywood floors. There was a single light to illuminate the small space, and even that seemed too much. The elevator license mounted on the wall above the control panel showed it was well overdue for an...
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Rum Runner Island
Turned up on rocks on the shore, Broken, bruised, bleeding, and unclean. Settle down, don’t stray far From the nest that keeps the demons out. Close your eyes Sew them shut Fill yourself with poison and walk away. Fair began the retreat of life from love. Beyond the sunset lies the fruit The labors of the angels in your eyes. Step back, take a look at it all. Was this where you...
October 2011
10 posts
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The Clock Turns To Nowhere
Hi, my name is Gavin. You Do not know me, but I know you. You are, without a doubt, whoever I perceive you to be. You see, ever since I was a child, I’ve had this gift. An incredible, beautiful, ugly gift. I was born. Just in case you missed the punchline, that was not a joke. I was born. That’s my gift. See, I’m just like you. I am you. Now these are no mere words to bide...
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Bedtime Story
The path winding down another dark forest, Only seconds from civilization. It’s happening again, know this, A race for life’s suspension. Stalked by vicious creatures fast and true, Another tried and won pursuit. The fear grabs hold, a shaking grip, Knowing an entire life comes down to this. Biting, gnawing, chasing, fierce. It never lasts that long. Waiting for the...
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Penniless
Forever hung on this one, Too late to break this delirium. Self centered, narcissistic. Still moving to the beat of your own drum. Stay, life’s so much like sleeping: Under appreciated and squandered away. Sold souls for pennies, Just to keep up appearances. Just sheep among the many, So funny how it all comes down to this. Calming rhythms to ease their sympathies, Time is...
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A Nonfiction Lie
Tell us you want to stay, But how can we believe you? We didn’t ask for this, We didn’t want this superstition. But all the lines we drew pulled us apart at the seams. And all the lonely nights spent contemplating our existence Just smeared the makeup on the face of our persistence. We didn’t ask for this, We didn’t want this trepidation. I would have killed for...
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Car Crash Romance
When the lights fade out and leave us all alone, Just know I’m never coming home, And that’s the only thing that you count on.. From me, cause that’s just how it’s s’posed to be, The blindfold’s off, still I can’t see.. And it’s starting to become painful. Rub it in, shove it under my skin. Oh now where do I begin To unravel this mystery? ...
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Petals Fall
She left a wreck The last time that she left. She couldn’t see what she meant So now he’s lonely and spent. The petals fall in the wake of her departure, Petals of the flower he once bought for her. She told him she loved him, But then walked out the door. Now like the flower he gave her, His heart’s in pieces on the floor. The petals fall in the wake of her departure. ...
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The Lines That Grace Her Wrist
With a smile of complacent desperation, She falls into a thousand pieces, Blood spilling on the floor. And I swear that I’m not giving up, Or giving in. And I swear that I’m not giving up, I’ll face my fears. And these lines, These lines that grace her wrists, They speak my name, They speak my name. These puddles on the the ground, They scream silent verses of the dead, Each word...
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Somniferous Ophidian
Twilight dwindles as life floats away Have a drink to help life pass by In time you’ll know what to say Sometimes you just have to die Inside, darkness resides Sold out with those bloodshot eyes
Tomorrow’s a bright new day Holding onto a shadow’s breath Expecting nothing more than a nervous death Beloved silence Ever surrounding Goading a fruitless scream Intrepid thoughts...
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May 2011
1 post
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Reverie of a Time Lost Long Ago (WALK, pt3)
I sit at the bottom of this ocean in my head, wondering when I might float back up to the surface of my consciousness. It seems I’ve been here for weeks, but it can’t be that long.. Can it?
I’ve lost sight of who I used to be, lost sight of who I am. Left in this shell of a body while my soul is dulled and damned. I walk the streets from nowhere, to a home no longer mine;...
February 2011
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American Marionettes
The bullets tear past our faces, The shrapnel fills the air. Death in the least likely places: In homes, parks, everywhere. The dust never settles in the tracks of hate, And tension is all we breathe. The sweat and blood pronounce our fate, Destruction lends not to ease. Although it has been many years, We see it as today. The Battlefields of our worst fears, They give us all the shakes. The...
December 2010
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Semblance of Thought
I can’t see through this shade that I’ve drawn, The lights all burnt out, My eyes cried out raw. But the veil must unfold, From these stories I’ve told, And the sun will still rise at dawn. I can’t breathe through this water, This rising of tides, The scent in the air of the salt in my eyes. And as the waves crash they deafen the sounds Of laughter and heartbeats...
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DIY Lobotomy
Separated here and there, Torn to shreds, beyond repair. Pull apart the skin from bone, Left myself here all alone. Time spent wondering, never fair. Solemn answers, not here or there. Walk along the streets at dawn, Another pack smoked, and gone. Tired feet sleep on the road, Second guessing their weary throne. The soles worn down, growing thin, A battle they can never win. Lifeless,...
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“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.”
– Plato