WELCOME

..and here are a few things to keep in mind:

This blog contains mostly my poetry and a few thoughts from time to time. The thoughts will be entered when and wherever I feel necessary to keep things in proper order. Thoughts and things not belonging to me will be denoted with asterisks. Poems will be archived by the date which they were written, not by that which they were posted. I tend to update things a month or few after being written so as to keep current issues from wandering unattended around the web.

Enjoy...

[somberlife was first created July 11, 2004]


“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.”
~ Robert Louis Stevenson


Friday, June 20, 2008

Sarah is...

Sarah is
...feeling as alone as ever.

Unique.
...just like everyone else.

Only there is no one else.

Sarah feels a little like a crack addict.
...just keep going back for more.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Infatuation

I fall
into infatuation
but that is all

my love
is not
so easily won

twice. and maybe,
a half
of three others

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Car Boys

Long hair, tattoos, smoking while they work
Bunch of country boys, grew up
with cars for their play toys.
They enjoy what they do.
There is no lie in what they do,
how they look, the work they do.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Ten Years Ago

Ten years ago
you were two years younger than me.

Today I am here
wondering how this could be.

When I was ten
you were writing me.

Now I am reading you
and learning for me.

This is Madness

What do you want from me??
Stop this - it's madness!
Get out of my head,
I won't live in your world.

You think you see so clearly.
So what if you do?
I won't be the one to tell you.
This is madness I tell you.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Staff Meeting

You are adults.
Can't you be more mature?
God save me if I turn out like you.

Bad mouthing each other,
Smiling at their faces,
Do you have no regard?

Playing favorites.
Picking sides.
This is reminiscent of high school.

Listening to you,
it nearly makes me sick,
bashing each other like you do.

Give it up or find a way to deal.
You can't change anything
by whispering amongst each other.

You're So Cool

Mr. Badass in his broken-down black truck
hollers at me as he hauls on by.

I give him a glance to see if he is worth a look.
Respond to his wink with a crooked smile.

Distorts his face in concentration,
His eyes covering all my curves...

I laugh to myself as I turn away
and sway my hips just a little more.

Monday, June 09, 2008

Not Online

Supposedly, you can find anything online.
It kind of hurts when
you search for a deceased loved one
and can find no sign.

Friday, June 06, 2008

fragment of happy memory

long distance romance.
cross country travel.
sketchy bus stop.
watch him get off.
hide my face.
waiting. gets his luggage.
comes my way.
lame attempt to conceal my glee.
puts his luggage down.
smiles at me.
stand awkwardly for a moment.
lean against the car.
talk for a while.
sky looks like rain.
brilliant blue eyes stare at me.
can't stand it any longer. embrace.
don't want to let go.
squeeze tighter. both laughing.
break apart.
radiant, cheesy smiles.
first drops of rain.
we had better go.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

*mass overhaul*

Today:
Updated to the new Blogger template style
Edited the intro
Added the label/tag cloud
Changed the style of the archives
Started posting again on Ramblings
Made some changes to my profile

Hopefully to get new posts here in the next few days.