"Nevermore," quothe the Raven
Sitting o'er my writing desk.
Poetry to me is craven,
Writing it is torturesque.
E.A.P. contriv'ed quite morose
Of hearts and skulls and streets to Rue;
Prose and poetry somewhat verbose,
To problem psyches he held true.
Oft from the glass my glare return
As through the dark my homework taunts.
Ka-thump, ka-thump my heart doth yearn,
But dreams of day my weak mind haunts.
Twixt mind and pen there is a block,
So in the morn I'll just ad hoc.
Live or Let Go
Nothing much is nothing much,
Time flows on and on.
I try to motivate myself
But walls pop up and down.
I know that I am better,
I used to be the best.
But who I am is who I am:
Right now I fail the test.
Some days I crack the shell,
Not days but a minute or an hour.
Scar tissue forms so quickly now,
Breaking free takes so much power.
I know my muse is out there;
She flits across my REM.
Precious little time I give myself
To burrow out a gem.
My mind is so unfocused.
"Life Sucks!" I want to scream,
But even that seems strife too much,
Within my living dream.
How did I once accomplish much
With energy to burn?
Now living r
When will it stop?
Please, GOD, make it stop.
Hot irons on the top,
Copper bristle brushes on the bottom,
Swollen little sausages with nails about to pop off,
They feel like they could simply explode at any moment.
Yet the skin hangs off the bones,
The nails are solid and continue to grow,
The feet are red or scaly or blotchy or flakey depending on the day,
And it’s been over a year since I had any toe hair.
Maybe they will just die and get it over with.
Maybe I will.
Cramps in the night that won’t work out.
Bumble bees buzzing from the knees down—
Constantly—
With the occasional needle thrust for no reason.
No rhyme
Michael Ashley,
You have a special gift that no one can take away;
Inside your heart lives a spirit
No one truly knows but you.
Never forget that spirit lives within you,
Ever looking for a way to show itself.
Rambunctious and ready to tumble, or
Climb trees, rooftops, or mountains;
Happily seeing the fun and beauty in the world.
Inside your heart lives this spirit.
Let it out to play for all to see!
Don't ever fear to follow where it leads.
Life Under a Bushel
Isaiah 42:6-7
6 I the Lord have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles. 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Matthew 5:13-16
13 You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people.14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it
I need to stop going there so much,
But it still hurts so bad.
Im not sure why I think that will help, though.
Watching grass grow has never been big on my list.
Shes gone . . . I know that in my head,
But my heart still feels her.
I cant seem to get both parts to work together.
In fact, nothing seems to be working right lately.
Ive never been afraid to cry out loud,
But now my ducts just suck.
I cry at the weirdest times, over the oddest things.
When others expect it, I stay dry as powdered concrete.
Others need me now more than ever,
But Ive moved behind a wall.
I say the right things, sometimes,
Hospitals arent friendly places, though some people at hospitals are.
Hospitals arent tidy or sterile or even clean,
Though they are constantly tidied and cleaned and even sterilized.
Hospitals are where you go to live, though many people go there and die.
I wonder what life would be like without hospitals,
Without places where people could go to get better.
Would we live life better to begin with?
Would survival of the fittest have more meaning?
Or would the diseases of today simply not exist.
Without a place to tell us how sick we are,
Would we live well, be happy, and die young?
Without a place to stretc