Pen And Paper Stories

  • Tormented

    Numb Frozen Tormented Reason Lost Found Living Season Stumble Seek Footing Found Sky Limits Fall Ground. Listen ⇢

  • Enigmatic

    Someone unknown While having a name . . . Walking the mile Assigning guilt and shame. Performing a role Without knowing how it’s done – Challenging the winner Before the game is won. Defending a stranger Offering means to succeed… Not knowing the problem But fulfilling the need. Hearing a… Listen ⇢

  • Disorder

    Spoken softly  Stories are riddled Worm decadence  Satan’s scribble. Humming anthems Rattling cage The war inside  In which to wage. Dissolution necessary  Within the head Silence the voices Respect the dead. Listen ⇢

  • Hope and Prayer

    I sip my coffee And prepare my mind Hoping to make the right changes For the interview  this time. Three months unemployed  Has taken its toll on the account  Loving the extra time Not the bills starting to mount. A humbling process. . . Different from years passed Always having… Listen ⇢

  • Just Imagine 

    A gentle giant Leading the way  A joy to see But destruction on the way. Imagination in play And a Transformer seen Only for moment But still a king. Listen ⇢

  • Keeping Youth 

    Walk into walls To see if they fit Finger in socket Until the shocks quit. Ring around the Rosie Truck bed rides Drinking from a hose God is the guide. Eat off the floor Before the final second ends Remember it all Even when time isn’t a friend. Listen ⇢

  • The Joker

    I walk in a dimension There are truths Dressed in stories Of the liars den. I walk carefully To not wake curiosity In me Or in anything. Whispers taunt Like wasps circle No Trust But fear. The joker laughs As the fool trips On the truth of the ledge And… Listen ⇢

  • Memorial Day

    The sun is shining As I remember today Those before us And the price they paid. We must thank them for all As freedom rings Feel the love Their spirit brings. Life today Is because of them Appreciate their sacrifice And your life again. Listen ⇢

  • Not Knowing Why

    So often a need to understand  Is a puzzle that can’t be solved Delusions hide a truth  Impatience hides resolve. Magic is an illusion  Much like reality in a group . . . All life faces death  The old once had youth. Moments are a consequence  To a past coming… Listen ⇢

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