Poems. Enjoy.

[Ypres]

Midnight Stroll
I walk down the bumped, cracked sidewalk
Watching my shadow
as I approach
then depart the streetlights
I gaze into the dark shape of myself
I see scarlet-faced nights
with red cup in hand
Warm, velvet sheets
in the arms of my lover
The fog floating from my mouth
which isn't fog at all
But I approach another light
and my shadow fades
Oh, How I love the night!

[StonedChaos]

Lost again...

So again we come to another crossroad of life
Drunk off emtions barely able to stand
I question why im here
And my final purpose
I only see the world through surreal eyes
Starving for your effection
And trying to see through the rain
I want forgiveness
For all the pain i caused
Anything to see you and I
But now I sit here
Lonely and gone
Trying to find where i belong...

[Ypres]

Very nice, really applied to my setting right now. I like the dual poetry thread, keep it up. Just update it like I have been .

[StonedChaos]

Thanks i like the dual poetry too i also really like you stuff

[StonedChaos]

Falling

Tossed over the cliff
Falling from lifes edge
These feelings take over
And there is no way to control them
I cry cause the only thing i can hold is air
I search for a way
An escape route
There is nothing for me to do
But let the wind take me home
Everything gets slower
As the ground gets closer
I know whats going to happen
Even if I close my eyes
Its another disaster
Another time line being erased...


Internal War...

Cruel
Cold
Foreign
These emotions play on my pain
Holding me up with nothing to gain
Lost
Hopeless
Fading
It hurts every second im awake
Im only happy in my sleep
Devastation
Torture
Hate
The war continues on
Breaking my spirit with nothing to live on...

[Ypres]

Staring at the Ceiling
Sharp words fly past stoic faces
that show the slightest twinge of annoyance
The two faces in the screens stare at each other
The smiles seem forced
Neither of us seem to into it
Her eyes droop so I say goodnight

Now here I sit on this rainy night
the heavenly dripping
rattling my nerves like a facet
Streams flow down the streets
in the gutters
I want to join them and float away

I am struck by a sadness
Smashing me with its morning star
My lips curled down
I cannot see another morning coming
When the sun shines bright
Getting rid of this dreadful rain

I look at the pictures on my wall
Of that beautiful, beautiful girl
I long for her warmth in my arms
I can't stand her sleeping
filled with sadness, anger and annoyance
Because of my selfishness

My clothes cling to my body
They fail at keeping me warm
I need here at my side
Because without her
I am nothing more than
a lonely man

[Ypres]

Bitter Cold
Lonely nights are caused by brisk cold
I would say they could be from broken hearts
But then I'd assume every time one is lonely
that they had someone to begin with
Someone to hold, caress and cherish
Loneliness is caused by the hope
to one day stare at that person's smile
brushing the hair off their face
With that smooth motion
But instead one must sit without others' touch
Alone, cold and shivering
Sly people shine and find more
But foolish people dull themselves
and then complain when they find no one

[Ypres]

A Monologue
There was no knock at my door
She didn't show up
I couldn't believe it
I just lay there motionless
My arms clinging to my sides
She didn't show up

So I called her and ended it
And I say
I have never felt so alone
as I did at that moment
Trying to use my own arms for
That touch I desire

I haven't felt it in months
Haven't seen her since either
The pain of loneliness just draws on me
But now I get to end it
Lay there with peaceful, closed eyes
No more pain
Eternal peace

[Ypres]

Uncle
Twisted, thin legs
curl up under
the water that just can't get hot enough
to clean away the filthy feeling
Her arms clasp her small figure
which shivers amidst the steam
Her eyes closed
trying to shake away
the memory of those words
"No one cares about your secret"

[Ypres]

The Fish
Don't let yourself drown fishy
You've got so much to live for
We'll love you when you are dead
Hands to the sky
I swear

Now lift yourself out of the water to be drenched in sunlight
Rays of gold flashing over your scaly body
The air drying your flesh making it peel away
Showing the pink underneath which we all feast upon

Pull away the skin which is your facade
I'll watch you
In that way
Bowing all the while

Spin around in the sky as you are pulled into heaven
The golden beams illuminating you as you ignite
You are so fucking beautiful as you rip apart into the brilliant sky
Go where you belong in the clouds that wisp briskly

Now you are holy in your martyrdom
People put their hands together for you
They pray to your incineration
Little fishy show me you are God
Not insane
Otherwise you are just an incinerated piece of meat

[Ypres]

The streetlight dialogue
Ruffled looking man stands holding the smoking stick
Talking to the well-groomed stiff
With a curled lip the clean man asks, "What is life?"
Life is short and to be enjoyed
"What will you do?"
I will do what comes naturally
"When will you do it?"
When the time is right for me to enjoy
"Where will you go?"
The path of least resistance
"Why do you have no desire for wealth or power?"
Because that has never done anything but cause grief
"What must i do to be like you?"
Inhale deeply and hold it in

[Ypres]

Shiny Little Slot Machines
Bright lights twinkle and sound reverberates in the smoky air
Glazed eyes reflect everything they see
No longer weighing odds or chances
or putting value to their belongings thrown into the fire
All they want is to win win win
To create a colored mirror of themselves as the lights shine
Because they are so very dull
So old, so lazy, so worthless

[Ypres]

A Bright Midnight Descent
My car slides down the hill like a convalescent-bound man in his favorite chair
No pressure on the pedal
Just let gravity do all the work

The view in front of me is of
the cities dazzling lights
Each one shining for its own purpose
Marking the location of something worth making visible

Where houses are brightened so the owners can sleep
Like a night-light for the entire city

But the sea of lights is equally filled with people
And I know that at this very instant
someone has just fallen in love
has had their heart broken
is trembling in fear of a once-lover
deep in sleep
laughing at a shining, antenna-ed box

I know that our lives are like an ocean
rippling to the sky and to our depths
with our waves and our troughs
Because in the end our life doesn't follow a flat path
But takes us on a cliche roller coaster ride
Our minds always gasping to see the next turn
Whether we will plunge into the ground
or fly off into the sky

The city lights shine in many colors
like I wish I could shine
I know I am not the city and not even responsible for one of its magnificent lights
But I am part of the show that we call life
I will make the lights shine until we can be seen from space
And not with a magnifying glass
but with binoculars facing the wrong way
We will be unmistakable

As long as we let our own lights shine
Let the city lights shine
Never burn out

[Ypres]

(Original Poem sucked so I removed it)

[Ypres]

Mother Earth and Father
The lake reflects the pure yellow of the sun
My eyes watch its dazzle
Oh! How many joyous times have been had here

Waves are lifted up from waves and boats
Kids kick in the water
Creating memories that hopefully will not fade
Their parents look on with smiles while they rumble the boat's engine

The sun screams its heat down on the land
And like an angry home some of its screams do not leave the air

The people on the lake will die of heat stroke
Waves upon waves smack against their boats
Sweat drops raise the water level in the lake

What do we know about what our boats belch?
The sun screams and we scream back
We don't let it the fight cool down
We raise the stakes and continue shouting
We throw away our futures as we burn inside
As a race we begin digging our graves
But they will probably melt first anyway



Revelation
We are at the doorstep of our destinies
just like every other generation

The scribes write of the end of the world
every ten years
We are all so special
The chosen ones
that God has plucked from time
to due the work of his glorious shining hands
Across the land that he shaped from nothingness

Every time the world goes on
and the generation ages like fine spirits
Their memories to be consumed in the feasts of their children
They're spirit remains

So stop predicting God's judgment and make your own
Let the cities drench the sky in light
Let the cars trample the asphalt
Find the wisdom of the apocalypse
To live like fire will consume us tomorrow