"RESTLESS: POETICALLY-SPEAKING"
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"AGAINST MY WILL"
Against my will I caught your presence Time stood still breeding a new conscience Against my will These eyes stopped blinking The heart in for the thrill The existence of a foreign sensation Agai...
"LIVING BODIES IN A ROOM OF SILENCE"
Perhaps you secretly wish I’d talk to you the way I used to like I fear silently whether you’ll really listen to me or just give me some more scrutiny But what should we talk about? Once again, t...
"RISING LIKE PHOENIX"
She’s been dismissed belittled considered a freak and overly sensitive ‘though she believes something’s got to give She’s been heartbroken fooled by promises then abandoned but it has taught her ...
"LET'S BE HONEST"
Let’s be honest You’re aching for a paradise not this wretched world where we all stand on this dying earth Let’s be honest Your souls have been restless Your faith’s always tested but there are ...
"FACT OR FICTION? (Yours Truly, The Hoax Creator(s))"
Fiction sells better these days It keeps you guessing anyway It depends on how well we craft and if you happen to be pretty daft For us, it’s entertainment We also receive huge payment while you’...
"THROUGH MY EYES"
Through my eyes I can see you, overcome by agony There’s your wall of misery such a painful sight as can be but the other side of you has given me that smile, so serene I wonder where you have be...
"WHEN YOU'RE GONE (I Wish For Another Day With You)"
When you’re gone I wish for another day with you Impossible but it’s true No one is ever ready for such news When you’re gone It’s a mass reproduction of memories They all come flooding back to m...
"THE DISTANCE"
Once in a while, It’s only a few steps away just to get to you yet it also feels like miles perhaps even days that I have to go through Some other times, it’s the cities we live in at separate ta...
"EVERYTHING'S FLEXIBLE; NOTHING'S PERMANENT"
There’s no amnesty granted unless well-paid Reach deeply into your pockets until perhaps, their eyeballs jump out of their sockets There’s no bravery when it comes to being a bully scaring other...
"MIXED MESSAGES"
Welcome to the country of mixed messages As all you can see, we’ve been this way for ages Nothing’s really free Put your tongues in cages It’s like them telling you that you need to lose weight w...
"THE ANNUAL SCRUTINY AND JUDGMENT"
You say it’s just a talk, like normal people making a conversation It’s part of being social, despite the annual scrutiny and judgment “Hello, there Have you gained weight? Sorry, your change’s q...
"ON THE INSIDE"
How do you comfort the one crying on the inside? You can’t find the words Nothing seems to sound right You find yourself captured by that smile as if there are no traces of bereft not even for a ...
"SOMETIMES, WORDS ARE JUST WORDS..."
Say what you like, do what you will Let your words be the strike, if you’re in for the kill Say what you mean, mean what you say You think your conscience is clean, but it doesn’t matter anyway S...
"IS SILENCE ALWAYS EASY?"
“IS SILENCE ALWAYS EASY?” (Dark Thoughts of The Bullied) It’s more than a vacant space or lack of expression on one’s face It doesn’t contain nothing, ‘though it’s not always solid beings Is sile...
"GETTING TO KNOW YOU..."
Perhaps I’m just jaded This chaotic reality always gets to me a lifetime war between worlds where all pacifists long to break free Maybe I need something new a possibility, something true What if...
"OH, YOU HAPPY PEOPLE!"
Oh, you happy people Ain’t your lives wonderful? With clarity and a smooth, daily plot it seems you’re lucky with all you’ve got Oh, you happy people wrinkling your noses at tragedies some foreig...
"TO MY DEAR SWEET FRIEND"
I wish I’d be able to be around tomorrow, just to celebrate your birthday I hope you won’ t give me that frown, because my presence is needed by my family. Happy birthday, my dear sweet friend Yo...
"THE REAL-LIVE BEAST"
The real-live beast can actually be very handsome and act like a real gentleman He pays for your meals and buys you nice things drives you home and impresses your loved ones …until that very day…...
"LET THE SILENCE ROLL..."
We talk too much but we’re losing touch Nobody wants to listen Every one wants to win the argument We all have our reasons but we care not to make amends Oh, the exhaustion Too noisy here No solu...
"I STILL SEE YOU (EVEN WHEN I DON'T WANT TO)"
It’s late I’m supposed to be asleep Even when I’m in bed and tiredness slowly creeps in it’s still hard to close my eyes I wish I could pretend or lie and just sleep well tonight Despite all the ...
"MIDDLE NAME: SOLITUDE"
It’s not a matter of zero companionship or being all gutsy with your independence Perhaps it’s something vertical, more spiritual a room for that moment of absolute silence “You’ve done this way ...
"DEAR GOD: Spare Me The Same Old Nightmares"
It’s the same old, blood-thick dreams creeping and crawling in my sleep violent and deep pushing me down under somewhere in this bottomless black hole lost in the dark abyss A punch in my mouth t...
"MONSTERS?"
How can we identify monsters? These days, every one seems more alike Not all look creepy that they make you shudder They can be harmless before that very first strike How do we know which one is ...
"THAT LONELY PIANO AND ME"
That piano is lonely, longing for your tunes Once upon a time, this room was full of joy with beautiful melodies and you singing so lovely Now that piano is lonely No one’s playing those jolly tu...
"HUMBLE BRAGS: From Timeline To Timeline"
From timeline to timeline everybody’s got their stories all the guts and glory Status1: “I am a simple man even with this new ride from Papa’s old collection of cars since he needs more space in ...
Book Description
This is where a lot of my poems get posted. :) Happy reading!
R.