Poetry Corner

[Tainted]

Schadenfreude (what does that mean?): Same comment as aboe regarding the rhythm, and strong contrast/oxymorons used well. Although I don't seem to quite get their symbolic purpose (assuming the speaker isn't drunk, which is the only thing I can think of at the moment).

scha·den·freu·de ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shädn-froid)
n.
Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.

So, the point of the song is the chorus details hurting someone, and then "un-hurting" them, or making them better. This way you're hurting them, but they build a dependency because you're always there to heal the wounds you cut yourself.

The rest of the song has contradicting lyrics because the writer (myself) is displaying extreme emotion in a sense that he doesn't know what's the right thing. This whole hurting people, and such and such has skewed his perceptions and mental capabilities to the point where he can no longer differentiate what time of day it is, if he's happy, etc.

That's the best I could do. I'm hungover.

Adieu,
Zak Hunter

[Leon-IH]

Behold death, he loves us
Follow me and you will know
Why I'm not afraid of death
It's just a natural process
When you have nothing left

Death is everyone's closest friend
He's gunna get us in the end
Ain't nothing that'll save our souls
But there's no traces of hell coals

Nothing is my partner in the world
My earthly house of pure delight
No it's not a house of ill repute
It's just the end of wrong and right

Just another soul fake god's lost
Didn't care about the potential cost
I'm anti-flat earth society dear
And thier complex of guilt and fear

[Greyfox]

Here we go... just thought I'd get another one up for you all to muse over. Please be gentle...

-Grey

bound
you cannot see me

but you know i'm there

i cannot help you

it's just not fair

innocence
still evident in your eyes
but ignorance
even through many tries
unpossible sacrifice
you'd give it all away
even for nothing
forgiveness will fade
i hate you for leaving
without goodbye
but i am chained
to your lie
unfathomable
inexorable compromise
despite you and i's perfections
you just tossed me aside
jaded thoughts
i want to see your tears
because of all i lost over you
i want to see your fears
our light has faded
we can never be found
but in all this we are still
bound

[Leon-IH]

Why do I want to live so much
What's my reason to survive
Give me a reason, sell me a reason
Don't let me die without drive

I don't know why I'm here
Not sure if I want to stay
Sell me a reason not to cry
When I hate the game we play

Throw me in a pit of bodies
I'm just as dead as they are
But I've got right to live still
My mind is my bodies scar

Why do I live for tomorrow
Do I have some kind of destiation
Destiny is a tragic farce
When you witness the devestation

[PancaKe]

I <3 that poem, Leon. I dont know, i love the line "sell me a reason". For some reason it just stands out at me and goes "phwoar!" It really touches my heart and makes me stop and think. Which is great Good emotion stirring poetry.

[Leon-IH]

Wow Pancake, glad you liked it - this poem is a little darker: it's my way of saying I've got no sympathy for people who commit suicide because they find the world too hard.

Whipping boy won't die
Shades his eyes as they cry
He doesn't want to be
Why he's still alive to see

Let him curl up and die
Breed us a stronger man
Allow the weak to perish
Avoid them if you can

There's no point in saving
Those with no reason to live
We've got death for them
It's the best we can give

Suicide, at his funeral we cry
All he wanted to know
Was that we'd understand
But we're crying for his choice.

[Tainted]

Die a Little
Why can’t you see?
All this pain you’ve inflicted me?
I cannot breathe,
I’m just another walking disease

She loves me, she loves me not
I’m torn apart by will forgot
I’m born again, cause I feel alive
How many lies can you hold in your eyes?

I can’t go on much longer, I choke
She must’ve been much strong, I hope
She was the one for me, but I try
She was the one I see, she cries

She cries and I die a little

She loves me, she loves me not
I’m torn apart by will forgot
I’m born again, cause I feel alive
How many lies can you fit in your eyes?

What a surprise, you love me?
You lied
All these times, you mean
You cried

She cries and I die a little

She cries and I die a little

She loves me, she loves me not
I’m torn apart by will forgot
I’m born again, cause I feel alive
How many lies can you jam in your eyes?

How many lies can I cry a little?
How many cries can I die a little?
How many dies can I lie a little?
Lying and crying and dying…

… but all for you, my baby…

Adieu,
Zak Hunter

[Tainted]

Now On Sale: Love (Half Price)
I hate a lot of things, I hate a lot of people
I hate you
The way you close your eyes as I become paralyzed
It’s true

You care for nothing but yourself and nothing else
I hate to say
But I hate a lot of things, but you’re the worst thing
That I hate today

I hate a lot of things: I hate to love, I hate to think
I hate these words I speak: Is it love and is it peace
I hate the phrases true: From Hallmark, baby, I love you
I hate the fucking game: The love today is all the same

I hate the thought of God, the thought of the universe
And everything outside
These thoughts circle my head, where will I be when I’m dead
When I close my eyes

And maybe when you blink, the world shuts off cause you can’t think
You do derive
The entire world is your own imagination, you’re dreaming
Cause you died

I hate a lot of things: I hate to love, I hate to think
I hate these words I speak: Is it love and is it peace
I hate the phrases true: From Hallmark, baby, I love you
I hate the fucking game: The love today is all the same

I hate that you’re a slut, although I can’t say much
Cause I still go inside
I stay around for that, the simple sex turns my heart black
But please don’t cry

Cause I can’t stand you when you’re down, and I’m around
It’s fucking dumb
I hate that shit, I hate to think, but I love to drink
Until I’m numb

I hate a lot of things: I hate to love, I hate to think
I hate these words I speak: Is it love and is it peace
I hate the phrases true: From Hallmark, baby, I love you
I hate the fucking game: The love today is all the same

Just about how the whole "love" thing pisses me off and how "love" is a commercialized attempt at sales when you feel the need to buy your significant other a gift those several times of the year.

Love isn't derived of material possessions.

Adieu,
Zak Hunter

[Master of Paradox]

My Guest

My guest arrived just yesterday
Now he sits there
In the chair across from me
And doesn't say a word.
He's been there for quite some time.

Perhaps I have offended him?
I would not do so purposefully.
I am the very heart and soul of courtesy.
I attempt an apology
And my guest ignores me.
I will not try that again.

My guest sits there
In the chair across from me
And doesn't say a word.

I speak of the classics
Trying to rouse his attention.
He does not stir.
Perhaps they do not interest him.
Talking of the theater
Fares just as badly.

It saddens me.
I am the very heart and soul of courtesy.

My guest sits there
In the chair across from me
And doesn't say a word.
He's been there for quite some time.

Is my guest comfortable?
That chair is hardened wood.
And he wears his tie so tightly.
My servant moves to loosen it
And my guest slumps forward.

It makes me smile slightly.
I am the very heart and soul of courtesy.

My guest sits there
And doesn't move or say a word
In the chair across from me,
In the chair beside the door.
He's been there for quite some time.

I ask how long he will stay.
He doesn't give a reply
And I am not surprised.
Tomorrow, I tell him,
He and I will tour the gardens.
My other guests enjoyed it so.
They have yet to leave them.

I am the very heart and soul of courtesy.

[Captain Pringle]

Well, I'm not much of a poet, but here's a little cheesy pop/rock love song I wrote last year that became sort of a local hit in my dorm for about a week, lol. Most of the appeal lies in the melody, not the lyrics, but I thought I'd throw this up for fun. ^.^

~ Cerulean Dawn ~

Sun peaks over the hilltops through leaves of red and orange
And shines into her eyes like a bright morning sunrise
What to do with these feelings
He doesn't know anymore
It's no surprise that under these blue skies
He's falling in love... again

Against castle walls of flagstone and ivy
They sit together before the dawn
Staring out at the sun
And a sky of possibilities
They both believe it now
They're falling in love

And the sunrise captures every moment
Under skies of red she rests her head
And everything's new
And he finds her after a thousand shades of starlight
Have passed away under the rising morning sun
Sitting there with her, he knows that she's the one...

Sun rises over the ocean against a sea of blue
The crashing waves sparkle sunlight up on you
You're beautiful
And with every passing moment
That I look into your eyes
I know we're fallin in love

And the sunrise captures every moment
Under skies of red you rest your head
And everything's new
And I'll find you after a thousand shades of starlight
Have passed away under the rising morning sun
Sitting here with you, I know that you're the one...

...for me
And you hold my hand
As we walk on the sand
The night fades away
But we've still got today
Moments pass and float off into the sky
You look at me and you hold on tight
We will soar on the wings of the dawn, baby
And everything will be alright, yeah...

And the sunrise captures every moment
Under skies of red you rest your head
And everything's new
And I'll find you after a thousand shades of starlight
Have passed away under the rising morning sun
Sitting here with you, I know that you're the one.

[UmbreonCurse]

With Dapper-Dipped Ink

Hey...

Do you remember that song we heard?
It was a pretty long time ago…
But it was soft, and sweet and powerful
And if you turned it up loud enough, in your best friend’s presence
You could feel the lyrics twist around your essence
Hug it tight until your breath became short
And we drank the sonnet deep
We drank, and drank and drank until we could drink no more
And when the song was over, we‘d sing it then ourselves
And sing it in our sleep
Over
And over
And over

Until the whole neighborhood heard
Until our throats were desert dry with wear
Until we were starting to forget some of the words
Until our voices became so tired, the words were but a whisper in the air?
Even then we were singing

Because it was a beautiful song
It sang of love and wonder and fury and hate
It sang sadness and justice and demands for the truth
It sang of angels and demons and souls that danced ‘t’ward Hellgates
It screamed a melody unhampered and sung by our youth
It sang lilies and goblins and manticore dreams
It sang desperate streets and moonlight dances
It sang bitterly of lust and deception with rock n’ roll screams
And it sang of bloodlust in one’s soul and unjustified romances

It was a song
A special song
And one that everyone knew
I think my brother knew it
And your cousins knew it
Our teacher knew it
And the shopkeeper could sing it with ease
And the kid down the street, Jimmy knew it in seventeen languages
(Including Finnish and Japanese!)

It was a dancing, twisting melody
That could have been sung for ages,
That throbbing, potent rhapsody,
It must have been written by sages
Yes, it really was one hell of a song

They don’t write ‘em like that anymore
Sure, we have some imitations
Thrown out by syndication
But they feel flat and trite and dull
And nothing like that song of yore
‘Cause they decided that those kind of songs
Are the sort that nobody likes, are the sort that are vile
They said, “We know what’s best for you, we know what doesn’t belong”
So they opened the radios, they threw out the dial
And stuffed them all full with tripe

But I still remember that old melody
The one we all knew by heart
The song that breathed pure ecstasy
Even if it never climbed to the charts
It was simple
It was loud
It was glorious and honey sweet
It screamed with guitars and drums and banjos
A song surely written in dapper dipped ink
But one thing still eludes me…
How did it go?
Do you remember?
How did it go?!

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[Max Blaze aka AT#2]

~~~~
Insomnia

Eyes close.

Breathing slows.

Sleep flirts from afar,
beckoning with
the crook of a finger.

Body turns fitfully,
covers crumple
into an accordion
of peaks and valleys.

Sleep scurries
behind a corner,
peers out hopefully.

Unbidden thoughts streak
across the dark canvas
of the mind's eye,
coiling and stretching,
slithering and writhing,

Banishing sleep
to the murky shadows
once and for all.
~~~~~~~~
Another Teenager Loser

I’m just another loser.
I’m lost among this pace.
Left with nothing and no one,
On this planet’s face.
Would it ever cross your mind,
If I was gone and cold?
Buried six feet under.
Would your grievance unfold?
I hate this hell I brace.
Liked by few,
Loved by none.
I feel like my problems would be solved,
With the use of a gun.
No one would miss me,
No one would care.
And you can’t say that you would,
Because you’ve never been there.
I’ll make this quick.
Make it easy.
And when you see my blood-soaked skull,
I hope it makes you queasy.
This is my only revenge.
The only way to make you feel pain,my pain.

~~~~~~~
Fear goes to Anger
Anger goes to Hate
Hate goes to Suffering
Suffering leads to Death

*F*ck this ****
I despise this life
Love is ****
Anger is what I like
Hate is what I love

When taken away from your
Family and home
your life
Can become a living hell.
But there cannot be
Darkness without
Some light.

There is no beginning or end.
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.

*Love can be good.
Love can be evil.
Love can be blind.
What else love could be?
~~~~~~~~



Thank u for reading them and sharing your thoughts

[sesshomaru]

Why can't you get away from me,

What have I ever done to you,

If only I could see,

Without you blocking me,

From the worlds true light,

Where there is not a fight,

Oh why can't you let me go,

Why do you always tell me no,

What have I ever done wrong,

And as I sing this song,

I wonder what is truly behind the veil,

What if I fail,

On my journey to light,

Will I see the hideous sight,

Oh it terrifys me so,

Nowhere to go,

I am trapped in my own mind,

As I am in each kind,

Reality and fantasy,

But what if I succeed,

What will I do then for I still will be filled with greed,

Oh why can't you just let me go,

Why do you always tell me no,

If only I could see,

Without you blocking me...

[dratinihaunter13]

one i've been working on, can't think of a satisfactory title =(

If I sit still out a place long enough I hear more.
Bugs chirp from both sides of me.
I can hear the machinery in the background, earth movers.
My eyes dart to the gravel.
Sometimes it's a gerbil, sometimes a paper bag.
If I sit still long enough I can start to put names with colors.
I merely liked and disliked once.

[Leon-IH]

Just something I invented after reading some articles about society going downhill

..And we all fall down
So I guess we're fucked again
Some lost others condemned
Lock me in with my PHD
Society is falling to misery

The minutes seem so long
So long since we went wrong
Fuck you and your degree
I live to kill this society

I'm the crusader of reality
Knocking down your idealogy
It's not my fault your alive
But you living gives me drive

Can't sell me a reason
But you accuse me of treason
I'm here to rape your ideals
Because the darkness appeals

We're only going to die
Time for lust and time to lie
Today is tomorrow's yesterday
And today is when we betray

But when we all fade away
Into creatures of yesterday
When all who know us die
Nobody will laugh or cry.

[PancaKe]

Making Yourself at Home

Your words were just
what I did not want to hear.
As we drive home,
I feel stupid for my tears

I swear, I'll be okay
Just give it time to settle in,
once it makes itself at home.
In the mean time, I'll be fine,
but pretending makes it worse

Here's how I feel,
so don't tell me I can't be
fighting currents,
just to keep my head above.

I swear, I'll be okay.
Just give it time to settle in,
once it makes itself at home.
In the mean time, I'll be fine...
I'll be fine..

I heard your sweet voice whisper
Your teeth pierced my ears
As we drove though this town
It was all so familiar

I've must have been here before
You've pretended before
I heard your sweet voice whisper
It was all so familiar

[Deathman]

Mt. Irrelevance (Lyrics)

(Verse 1)

Burning in the sun.
We never stop
For when we slow,
Reaped are our souls.
No matter how hard we try,
We walk, or we die.

(Verse 2)

Playing, having fun;
Memories past,
For now we run,
To avoid the inevitable.
To dodge the death,
On Mt. Irrelevance.

(Verse 3)

Taking it in stride.
Encouraging words,
Were all lies.
We walk a path,
A road to stay alive,
Abandoned on our line.

Abandoned by our time.
Abandoned on our line.(x2)

[Leon-IH]

Where have my wings gone?
I don't know what you did
But it's torn me up inside
I've got all these feelings
That I'd rather hide

I have these daydreams
Why can't they just die
These thoughts of happy ends
That make me almost cry

I've got to get the answer
But I don't want it to be true
Because I know what it is
And I don't know what to do

If it was up to me I'd die
I can see the future so I know why
I'm living this life as a lie
Because without my wings I never fly

[Tainted]

lol Angst

And sometimes I wonder why
I’m so fucked up on the inside
So I write some useless rhymes
And pretend I was always too strong to cry

Eyes shut, head hung with sorrow
Hoping that maybe there’ll be no tomorrow but
Maybe baby it’ll all work out for us
Maybe you’ll set me free

Oh why—I don’t know what you’re doing
Oh why—I don’t know where we’re going
Oh why—how did shit get so fucked up
Maybe baby we were better off in the past

You say one thing—but mean another
I can’t read you, but why should I bother?
I know you’re worth it—you’re worth the fucking world
And I’d do fucking anything just to please you, little girl

So now I’m fucking screaming, pulling off my skin
I don’t know what this meant to you—but I fell too far in
Everything is nothing now cause you were everything to me
And nothing can’t be something cause you were everything I need

Oh why—I don’t know what you’re doing
Oh why—I don’t know where we’re going
Oh why—how did shit get so fucked up
Maybe baby we were better off in the past

So I close my eyes, and fantasize
Of times when things were everything and being perfect was worth it all
So I grin and try, to never die
Cause you make me feel like living, girl and living makes me think of you

Oh why—I don’t know what you’re doing
Oh why—I don’t know where we’re going
Oh why—how did shit get so fucked up
Maybe baby we were better off in the past
Maybe baby we weren’t ever made to last

A song.

Adieu,
Zak Hunter

[Leon-IH]

Self-Help
I can't expect help from you
And I don't want to help me
This is the way I choose to be
A neverending circle of misery

I don't want to be your friend
Your just someone I don't know
All concerned I don't want to
Sorry if I say it in my show

My life's just a play for you
I'm an actor who's lost on stage
I wake up every morning
And every night I rage...

...Rage myself to sleep

[Razola]

[center]Untitled

I think you should call it "lol Angst".

[dratinihaunter13]

"So so"

So so, So so
Words after words blow by
As rain drops on a car coasting
While I face the glass gazing
Words low or lower or wonderful
Water gliding sideways
So so still, when will I grow and blow away
Welcome words low to golden
Would I be too old then
Hurry or bury, who's there
who's there
sh no

[Leon-IH]

Screwing yourself
I fucked myself over again
I've learnt to do this very well
I could be called an expert
In making my own life hell

I like to feel all sorts of pain
It's the only thing real to me
Without pain theres no life
And nothing to shade reality

I'm don't know why you run
You'll be feeling pain anyway
And I'll be fucking myself over
Every day there's debt to pay

Pain chases, follows you again
He'll catch up to you in the end
Can't deny him, can't stop him
He's going to be your only friend



A little less alive
Wake up each day and piss it away
It's only 24 hours of your life gone
Only died a little more yesterday

I'm just throwing away a little more
Just a little that I didn't need at all
Death's going to come for my life
On that day my body shall fall

Ain't no heaven, ain't no hell
Not when your dying each day
I have this life I want to sell

I can't find a buyer for my life
It's like a share dropping in value
Because each morning I'm dying
Selling chips that were once blue

Every day I get up
Each morning I wake
Look into the mirror
See the face of a mistake

[Tainted]

ze·nith
n.
1) The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer.
2) The upper region of the sky.
3) The highest point above the observer's horizon attained by a celestial body.
4) The point of culmination; the peak: the zenith of her career.

Zenith
Hello masturbation, my dearest friend
I haven’t seen you in a while
But I’d give up women, to see the end
Of it all beside your smile

I like smoking chronic, and I’m sure, honey
You love the green stuff too
Even if you don’t jump on it, I’ll call you snuggle-bunny
And schmookypoo

Zenith, can you hear me? Cause I can see
You turn your back away
Are you coming near me? Cause I can see
You do a double-take
Could you ever love me? Or are you too fucking
Perfect for anyone
Will you ever need me? When you’re all alone
And looking for some fun

I know that you’re her best friend, but sometimes
You just can’t lie to fate
I know I said I loved her, but I lied so I
Could get closer to your face

I know we’re miles apart, but I think
We could overcome it all
And it’s straight from the heart, cause baby
I’d let you be my downfall

Zenith, can you see me? Cause I’m waving
My arms as I see you turn away
Do you ever think of me? Cause I know I think
Of what could be all day
Could you ever love me? Or are you too fucking
Perfect for anyone
Will you ever need me? When you’re all alone
And looking for some fun

Zenith, can you love me? Cause I’m giving
You all the loving that I got
Zenith, can you light me? Cause the wind’s
Blown out the cherry on my pot
Zenith, can you see me? Cause when I look
You’re the center of my sky
Zenith, will you need me? When you’re all alone
And wishing you would die

Yeah, I got my problems, but I think that
Only makes things interesting
Maybe you could solve them, you could
Be my fucking everything

Baby, you’re my zenith, the only thing
I see when I close my eyes
I wish that we were in it, cause fantasies
Only make you want to cry

Maybe I can’t have it, but that doesn’t
Really change anything
Cause baby you were worth it, you
Were worth it, you were worth it

Oh baby, you’re all I see when I look into the sky
And baby you’re all I need when I think about my life
And baby, you could think, but I’d never change my mind
You’re just the kind of girl, just the kind of girl
I fantasize

Adieu,
Zak Hunter

[Tainted]

Black
And there’s pieces of your hair, they’re everywhere
All they do is remind me of you
And there’s fragment’s of your mind, they’re held inside
And I still won’t know what I lose

Take your picture off my wall cause after all
It won’t matter who I still love
And maybe tonight I’ll make it right cause this
Moonshine will only get me drunk

When I’m lighting up a smoke, with every toke
I’m only reminded of you
I try to drink it all away, every memory and pain
Only comes back more true
Every girl is nothing more than a fucking whore
When compared to what I try to choke back
And still sometimes I’m fucking blind and look inside them
And see nothing more than black

All that’s good, it falls away, what’s here to stay
Is only what you’ve not yet lost
At the end of the day, you weigh your pay and wonder maybe
If it was worth what it cost

I try to lie and hold inside what makes me cry
It’s nothing that I ever saw
I say that you weren’t much, but now you’re lost, I’m out of touch
You were nothing that I ever saw

When I’m lighting up a smoke, with every toke
I’m only reminded of you
I try to drink it all away, every memory and pain
Only comes back more true
Every girl is nothing more than a fucking whore
When compared to what I try to choke back
And still sometimes I’m fucking blind and look inside them
And see nothing more than black
I see nothing more than black

Oh, black is the color of everything
Black is painted on my skin and clothes
Black is the way that we die every day
Black is what God only knows

I wear black cause my clothes are sinners
I wear black cause it’s the sun and the sand
I wear black cause I might be a murderer
I wear black cause it’s all that I am

When I’m lighting up a smoke, with every toke
I’m only reminded of you
I try to drink it all away, every memory and pain
Only comes back more true
Every girl is nothing more than a fucking whore
When compared to what I try to choke back
And still sometimes I’m fucking blind and look inside them
And see nothing more than black
Oh, I see nothing more than black

Black is the sun, and the sky, and your eyes
And the way that we all live and die
Black is your lips and your tits and the shit
That tells you the way to get high

I wear black cause my clothes are the death of spring
I wear black cause if not, I’ll be damned
I wear black cause you might’ve been everything
I wear black cause it’s all that I am

I wear black cause it’s all that I am

Adieu,
Zak Hunter

[wickedwiccaboi]

I am new at this but i wrote this a couple of days ago.
Burning
Burning passion rages on
Like a bon fire it always roars
Warding away all that I love
Finding out who I am inside
Means little as I lay in a pool
This pool is red, and always growing
From the effervescent cuts of pain that’s deep
If I cried you’d never see it because the pain is down so low
So deep inside I never knew
Where it lead to while it grew
In constant fear and pain I trust
All that lies in my eyes full of lust
If ever you pass me on the street
You’ll see the skin falling to my feet
This fire’s burning at my soul
Ripping its way through a monstrous whole
It runs rapid through the streets
That filled my soul with something cold
Until you blessed it with your love
So deep inside I never knew
Where it lead to while it grew
In constant hate and rage I trust
All that lies in my eyes full of lust
You turned away when I said hello
I never thought you’d be like this
So cold and distant in pain you sought
To find the one that burnt your heart
But why you take it out on me
Where only our eyes can see
I know you feel the way I do
But you just don’t want to admit
So deep inside but now I know
Where it leads to as it grows
For I can no longer trust
My burning eyes so full of lust

[Tainted]

Just A Drinking Song
Oh, I’ve been drunk, drunk, drunk for two years or more
The bottle’s empty, broken and I’m sleeping on the floor
And it hurts, hurts, hurts cause my baby is a whore
Left me for another man cause I love drinking more

And I smoked, smoked, smoked the fucking day away
My eyes bloodshot and nothing but laughing in my brain
And it hurts, hurts, hurts cause I’m all out of grain
I’d call my dealer up but he’d think I were insane

And I shoot, shoot, shoot the fucking night goes by
I shoot so much I swear I might just crumple up and die
And it hurts, hurts, hurts cause I told her all the lies
And now she’s gone, I’m here alone with nothing but to cry

Ah, Johnny’s coming over, he’s bringing lots of beer
Mary Jane we’ll be smoking for sure without a fear
And memories of miseries will surely fade away
But they’ll come back to haunt us when we sober up some day

Me baby left me empty, no money to my name
My kids might as well be dead, they think their Pa is lame
I’ve got no job to work, I lost it long ago
I’ve just got Johnny Walker and a reddened drinker’s nose

Drinking’s destroyed everything, it’s made it all the worse
I’m near-death, starving and ordering my hearse
Concerning my fragilities, my strengths must be a myth
For I’ve only got alcohol and friends to drink it with

But when the day is dead and the night has gone too fast
Drinking’ll be better than the hell that I lived past
For my buddies are everything, they’re everything to me
So let’s throw back some liquor, boys, and sing our miseries

Ah, Johnny’s coming over, he’s bringing lots of beer
Mary Jane we’ll be smoking for sure without a fear
And memories of miseries will surely fade away
But they’ll come back to haunt us when we sober up some day

I think of what I once had, I’ve laid it all to waste
But with me lover alcohol, it’ll be okay
Memories of miseries will surely fade away
But they’ll come back to haunt us when we sober up some day

- - -

Adieu,
Zak Hunter

[Phoenixsong]

Howdy-hey, all. Well, I've got about a bajillion ideas for fanfics and I can't focus on any one of them or get any of them half-way started or anything like that. However, I am still in the mood to post something here, so I've got this poem I did for English class about a week ago. We're studying the poets of the Romantic period, and this is supposed to emulate the style of... the style of... I forget which one. They were all a bunch of fairly depressed guys who had visions and died young anyway, it's hard to tell them apart.

Now, this here poem has no rhyme scheme and no organized meter, so if you're the type that finds this aesthetically displeasing then you might want to hightail it out of here... I just... kind of wrote it. See below the poem for more.

Something out of Nothing

Just a few words on a sheet of paper-
At least, there are supposed to be.

Sitting and staring at empty blue lines
Or a blank white computer screen
A thoroughly obnoxious plane of absolutely
Nothing.

Dear God, how frustrating this is!
The words just aren't coming out.
The only sounds are gnashing teeth
And pounding fists, a banging head-
Not altogether helpful when you need to concentrate.

Why is it so always so freaking difficult
To get your thoughts on paper?
To press a few keys on the keyboard
And make a cohesive sentence or two?
To write something beautiful that resonates with people,
That means something to someone, something to me.

Just a single sentence, a single paragraph
That just might help someone relate to me-
Bring a friend a little closer,
Make a stranger not so strange-
Something out of my heart, my experience
That I can share with some
And help others start to explore...

It's such a noble plan, such a lovely undertaking...
So why is it so hard?!... hey...

Just a few words on a sheet of paper-
They've finally appeared, and I like what I see.

So yeah, there she is. I couldn't come up with an idea for a poem for this assignment, and then I figured: Hey, why not write about my writer's block? Who knows, maybe looking at this again will inspire me to just pick a fanfic and write the dang thing already.

Comments? Critiques? Any human conversation or companionship at all?

[Kratos Aurion]

Hrm. Not bad, Phoenix, not bad at all. Of course, I've seen your work and this isn't your best, but I still like it. Certainly a clever idea, though... reminds me of the time in fourth grade I put off writing my story until like the morning before, and I wrote it about the dream I'd had the night before, ending it with "And then today, October 30, I uh... I woke up." ...okay, so all you other people didn't need to know that, but I am currently in the mood to ramble and so you'd all better deal with it.

I don't care too much for the last lines of some of the stanzas, like that one about needing to concentrate... would it have been possible to re-write the line so that it was more about the noise specifically being distracting, and then maybe made it fit the meter a little better? I know you said it's not supposed to have a meter, but that line just seems jarring to me; it looks too long compared to the rest.

All in all, though, very nice. Are you gonna post those other ones you did for class that you told me about?

[Phoenixsong]

Thank you, Kratos, for actually deigning to reply to this even though you told me yesterday you wouldn't.

Yeah, I know this isn't my greatest, I was really just looking for something to post while I was stewing angrily and trying to think of which fic to work on first. Why don't you post one, like The Domino Detectives, Pokemon Trainers, God of War or Tales II: Seeds of War? Maybe seeing your stuff up here, after years of telling you that this place is where your fanwork needs to go, will help get my brain juices going...

And I remember that story. It was stupid. Why must you bring back a memory that serves no purpose other than to make my brain hurt again after seven years of trying to forget it? You have the most idiotic dreams, Kratos... thanks anyway for the reply though.

[Gavin Luper]

I'm no poet, so I can't give a lengthy critique or anything. It's a cool poem, pretty much reflects writer's block to a tee. Fortunately *knocks on wood* I don't have writer's block at the moment, but I certainly have in the past, so this is certainly something most writers can relate to in some way or other.

Verged on moving this to the Poetry Corner, but it is substantial enough - and individual enough - to stand in it's own thread. If any other mods have a prob, PM me.

Cheers!

[darktyranitar]

Writer's block... now having one... Funny, I just read somewhere, on a comic strip on how to cure writer block.

Quite good poem. Who would have thought to put the subject of writer's block as a poem? I ain't an expert on poem, but it's pretty good.

Now off to fix my writer's block then...

[Phoenixsong]

Ah, yeah, darn it. I forgot there was a Poetry Corner... whoopsie. Thankies for the replies, though.

[Tyler and Hobbes]

Death is the Finale
That’s what they all say
so don’t care what’s around you
Just be happy that we let you live another day

So drink your spirits down and laugh
As the cripple sings his tune
If Death is the finale
Let this goddamned show go on
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Meh, back to life %.%

[Bulbasaur4]

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Distant dreams melded into one abstract portrait of views.
If only I could but grasp one of those ideas, one of those saviors, one of those aspirations.
Perhaps then I could taste the ripe flavor of reality and feel the carress of sensibility.
But the eyes are closed and blind to the light, seeing nothing in darkness and darkness in nothing.
Divine harmonies floating upon a bath of intertwined fantasies.
If only I could remember the forgotten, remember the faint truths, remember the burdens.
Perhaps then I could sense the self and tremble to the cold of lonely absense.
But no breath will come for all is evaporated to the bleakness of winter.
Brilliant happiness expanding to burst the crimson worlds.
If only I could paint those colors, paint those dancers, paint those simplicities.
But the none are lost in the darkness to the unforgiven lands

A Little Girl

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There is a little girl

She cries at night
There is no one to tuck her in
No one to place a soft, velvety blanket over her body
No one to sing her a lullaby of olde
No one to place a sweet kiss upon her forehead
There is no one and she is alone

There is a little girl

She screams at night
There is no one to feel her pain
No one to wrap their arms of protection around her
No one to whisper a comfort
No one to smile and make her forget
There is no one and she is bleeding

There is a little girl

She walks at night
There is no one to take her hand
No one to guide her along the darkened path
No one to give her a ride
No one to pick her up and carry her off
There is no one and she is lost

There is a little girl

She falls at night
There is no one to catch her body
No one to cuddle her with warmth
No one to arrive to rescue
No one to show her own wings
There is no one and she is dying

There is a little girl

She died at night
There was no one there
No one to offer a hug and a prayer
No one to save her from herself
No one to watch over her and understand
There was no one and she is gone

[dratinihaunter13]

I'll dive in with hired energy
That's what I've decided
Shock value aside
Call this what loss of pride did
Shyness curtained curtailed curt
One line after one line
And after that?
No one clapped
Long drive back
I won't but the songs fight back
The next day zaps by
While I dive in with hired energy

[mr_pikachu]

Just something I put together the other night. Kinda dark, kinda weird. Probably sucks, but oh well.



Closed Door


Are they near?

I hear them.

Are they coming?

Those are their footsteps.

Can they hear me?

They are louder now.

How close are they?

They have stopped.

Are they there?

I hear knocking.

Are they entering?

The knob is rattling.

Am I safe?

I hear a keychain.

Can I hide?

The door is unlocked.

Can I run?

They have entered.

Can I die?

[dratinihaunter13]

i'm digging the darkness

this one isn't as dark

--
when the advice quiets
and the mobs and riots leave
me with an evening,
and even their echoes exit single file.
when truth shows up best
against a dark ceiling
and so do you.
when we fall asleep as fatalists
because that's the only way to.
we fall asleep to eventually,
but til then no one sees
our what ifs and could bes
against that private dark.
imagining again.
and we can be each other's lullabies
and we can hum through
our inexplicable smiles at dawn
but for how long before we're drawn enough
to want more and admit this.

when emotions come as a threat
prepare for regret

[Darkmaster Kagemusha]

Hourglass


With skin so pale
As to be translucent
As light shines on it and through it.
Fluted from top to middle
And from the bottom too,
The body curves gracefully.
But so fragile is she,
With a soul of sand,
She is surrounded by crutches,
Like the columns of a temple,
And she will stand beautifully
While time drifts by,
For not even time
Can cause glass to die.