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Tag: Struggle

  • Always Poor

    Thank you!We finally broke!!Half serious…Almost a joke?But it happened –To stop it all…It was needed!While ignoring this crawl!Because as longThere was a dollar or cent…There was no way to stopThe nickels spent.So at last . . .Closing the cracked door-Because nothing changed …We were always poor!

  • Wasted

    I was once less goodWhen my vision was clearI did less listeningWhen I could perfectly hear…Selfishness was abundantLike years when you are five-But it’s when I changed,Emptiness would thrive…I keep taking stepsOn this wiser road-And while I’ve learned muchThe heavier is the load.I can’t help but wonderWhy I continue to stay,When the path is so…

  • Circumstance

    I am notAnythingBut the thingIn which toPrevent! YesI amJustSimplyThe circumstance.

  • Lost in the Game

    The vessels are smallerBut destination the sameUnless you are the playerLost in the game…

  • Hourglass

    Am I angry?Sure!Every thankless roadNo matter the fork-Or knife! Still the houseWithout a lakeA bountyOf giveAnd take… And lifeContinues no matterWhat miseryOr happinessThe loss! The picture…It’s bigger!Then rulers and dollars…Or boxes-Of course. So I bendWe passTo a timeAnd directionIn a glass.

  • Wasted

    Sometimes it’s a wasted lifeNot because you were so greatBut because othersLeft you wasted

  • Repeat

    She you’re a puppetIn a showBut the oneWho doesn’t know So you playWithout beginning or endUntil the momentWe begin again.

  • Chaos

    Always in the face of madnessThe insurrectionOf the mindsOnly I’m different. . .Than the other kind.Bow to it now!Or submit!Just know-What you see-Is what you get!

  • Different

    Crazy became different

  • Manipulation

    I think I knew who you were. .Before you did,And that’s hardBecause I loved you anyway…And now “The Empty”-Though predictable-Is sad nonetheless.

  • Hello Life!

    Hello crazyHow have you been?You know me. . .Bending my mind again. Goodbye sanity!You are a disgrace!!Leaving behind a mess…It’s such a waste. Hello lifeIt would be nice to have you back!Can you pickup sanity?It’s the one thing I lack.

  • Enemy

    The worst enemyIs in thy self Being the brakesOr gas withheld… Just a causeAlmost short of witNot by brainBut choosing to quit.

  • Dead Day

    There are momentsWhen you break-Like a vaseA shelf forsakes…Still the shatterDespite being strong-All in resistanceOf what is going wrong…And you begFor hurt to be seen-And hopeOf what someday will bring…And there is a planSo much bigger than yours-And that knowledgeDoesn’t change what’s ignored…Because you are humanDespite any goal-And in some casesLife is just a toll…So…

  • Seek

    It’s just never the right timeOr dayBut weakAnd so the stones layOneBy oneYou’ll hideI seek.

  • Enemy

    Darwin saidOnly the strong will survive-But if I am not strong,Nor Weak-What am I?But the middleman…Still crushing the weak-Only to be extinguished?Survivals problem-Is the Who-Who could be helped,Or stop the inevitable.Yes Prosperity-On the backs of the weak,To build a new strength,Pushing an unknown,In the ignorance of history-Erasing what you could have known…So the enemy survives.

  • Need

    Need

    I found a shoelaceMissing a purpose-And a mouseWho didn’t respond to cheese-Thus explaining a clockWhose minutes have no need.

  • Vice

    Soft scratches alert  To hear you  That you are there  Until you aren’t  And I wait  As any caged prey would do For a return Or consequence  Of proportions beyond me Or anything  Even the moth runs from the flame While perched on the door  Waiting for eternity  Or just the day.

  • Illusion’s Candor

    Sounds of sandpaper rubbing- Walking through drying fields Drops escaping the puddle As toes remember their feel. Noises promise company- Loneliness weighs on shoulders . . . Walking up high for peace- Leaves the body feeling colder. Pieces fit into the puzzle- Broken as eggshells on the floor . . . Knowing something is different…

  • No Good Deed

    Callused by logic Confined by youth Ignorance for fun Pain to soothe. No lack of hope Just wrong and right Deaf to No Up for a fight. Alone with silence A past staying awake… Good deeds punished While watching you break.