(2014)
just an acrostic poem about loyalty
a cynical look life had kicked you in the dirt, then the kicks got a little harder and the cynic in you flourished wi… the kids suffered
the addict in me wakes as fury rai… like a freshly transformed werewol… in the pursuit of a end to an unwa… my heart races and saliva glands p… furtive eyes in the throws of frig…
I etched my name upon the gatepost at the front of your house, your mother said I was from the ch… and could only fight my way into s… I was from working and you from mi…
how easy it would be to slip back into old familiar way… back to a time when control wasn’t… and self loathing made decisions e… once upon a misery
all those books they stretch across a wall a bookshelf filled with all sorts… all those books I’ve never seen you read
The angel came to aid me All hurt imbued dispersed A thousand battlefields roared Immeasurable soldiers cursed A victory won with a white flag
drinking down your arrogance like a bucket of molten steel, your glance evicted all my nicetie… as you surveyed the world with con… your circuit boarded marginal walk
she breezes through like a tiny hu… bringing smiles and things to stem… bursts of laughter and childlike c… turn my anguish and worry on its h… before she came I was so lost in m…
to you I’m less than derisory it seems I’m viewed as empty space… a nocturnal drift to an overspill as you scream without fear or grac… respect is just a word without wei…
It seems I spend my life trying n… The egg shells that I’m walking o… All the while, your hearts thunder… As my egos tossed from pillar to f… The whirlwind spins, the tornado b…
You hide in the shadows The ones where I hide, me, myself Un sheath your weapon And glide with ease and the grace… A subtle ploy, a distraction
you live your life forever unhappy persistently vexed at who you are, permanently gazing at the treadmil… wishing you were them, while they… you live your life forever unhappy
Silence comes like a gentle rain A drizzle that cools the heat of n… Silence comes like a soothing kiss That takes away the stress of toil Silence comes like dawns sunlight
one strange day the sun played warm and bright you broke the seal around my heart not much to add or say it was soon as cool as night
You will never wash yourself clean… You will never see daylight if you… You will never win an argument if… You will never see real beauty whi…