(2015)
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Gazing at the heavens, wondering if I am to blame for evil. Incorrigible self.
The ladder is before you Will you climb? Well of course you will You have the time Those first rungs are easy
“You gotta let your poems sing, ma… the old poet said. His red ball cap perched atop his… like a lonely old moment of youth, covering a mind alive with creativ…
Leap forward the meadow An articulate sound The seams of reality Never glistening, seldom found A life measured by pulse,
Filled with sins, Lying in bed, No fear though, Limitless mindset Body to bear,
Here’s the bet. What’s a blind? Pass the pretzels bro. I’ve never had this beer before.… Have these cards been shuffled?
I have seen my own death, it isn’t pretty. My face as a corpse is unkempt. It’s ok, I wasn’t perfect. It is strange,
A sight of sympathy for the man, who never thought himself too gran… or even fair to look at for long, The ballad entails his fateful son… Afraid of estranged looks and whis…
I view death as my friend. Sitting on my bed, playing a guitar for a weeping woman who has just lost a child. I view life as a mustard seed.
Remember when shots were stolen, foreign dreams left melted in the chamber. Left fulfilled
You’ve got to bleed life and be able to write it with a grip in your hand that knows no limit, clenching 'til the roots
There’s four of them, circling aro… not doing or thinking of tomorrow. Just simple thoughts and words sha… to each other. Today yet another d… Dressed mostly in black, with rand…
Do your work and remove yourself. Don’t check the follower count. You are a rock, immoveable in your… You are the river that breathes an… You are provider. And receiver.
Wind in this still, distinct... thin I swim in sin till gin is rid. Finding might,
Life to me is covered by a velvet sheet, suffocating me with rich fabric and delicate dreams.