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..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


Showing posts with label people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label people. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Double Standard of Thought

I'd tell you what I think
but you'd tell me I shouldn't think that way
and if I called you out on it,
you'd tell me I shouldn't care what you think.

Sunday, April 08, 2012

Your Choices are Yours

The moar I've had to drink,
The less sorry I feel for you

You made the choices
To be who you are
posted from Bloggeroid

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Paranoid

I'm only paranoid because I know there are people worse than me.
posted from Bloggeroid

Friday, December 30, 2011

Low Tolerance for Stupidity

I find my safety in your ignorance.
Come now, talk above me.
Give me something to strive toward.
posted from Bloggeroid

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Paranoia

Paranoia is not a relenting disease.
Luckily for you, it's not contagious,
From me stalking you.

The things you do,
In my nighttime dreams,
Keeps me on my toes,
In my daytime routines.
posted from Bloggeroid

Thursday, October 20, 2011

A Truth

Sometimes your honesty really breaks my spirit
posted from Bloggeroid

Monday, October 10, 2011

Driving Pet Peeves

1 Individuals who consistently drive under the speed limit

2 Individuals who feel as though I should yield to their desire to go over the speed limit

3 Individuals with a handicap tag who drive/park as though their disability gives them a right to do as they please
posted from Bloggeroid

Saturday, October 08, 2011

Hide the Importance

This hurts
it severs pieces of my soul
I really need to do something
But that kind of defeats the purpose

Who do I talk to
I build my walls so high
The only female to get past some
is the only female from whom
I run.

I downplay the importance
But can't you see that it really is?

Monday, August 22, 2011

Hell Pays by the Hour

I need to get away from this company
it's a downward spiral of dishonest people
and I don't want to go down with the sinking ship

It's an us against them mentality; win or quit
I refuse to be one of us and I'm not one of them
when push comes to shove, I'll be on the outside

I'm terrified I'm going to start fielding blame
I comprehend what my responsibilities are
but still defer to what is and is not my fault
(08-22-11)


I'm tired of making multi-layer ethical decisions
Daily
For my career
Where the honest one gets screwed

I feel like it's me against the company
Why does my resolve falter so much
In the face of authority
When I don't even care
I daily near the point of begging
To be fired
(10-10-2011)

Monday, January 31, 2011

Full-Throttle

You do have extremes, don't you.
Same direction, different situations. Two settings.
Mild and full-throttle.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Mr. Business Man

Dear sir across from me in Panera
you look very stressed
in your suit and tie
staring at your laptop
with that saddened face.

I see you wear a wedding ring
perhaps, you should spend more time
     with her.

Have you ever considered,
a new job?
gotta play to win?
do you ever play, just
     to play?

Monday, April 19, 2010

Simply Put

vagueness is safety.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Not on Your Level

I am not on your level.
I will not allow you
to drag me
down
to your level.

This is not your game.
This is not
a game.
This is my life.
I make the decisions.

I will not stoop
to you
to your level
to your pettiness.
Grow up.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

some things don't go away with high school

None of our stories are really all that different.
High school drama, betrayal, and back stabbery.
We're all a little warped from it,
but it makes us who we are.

Some, even with lots of trauma
still come out okay.
It's those who look down on themselves
that we should worry about.

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Fools

Normal is the majority
And I find, in my experience,
that the majority is usually
wrong.
If I want to be right,
I've got to take my own,
Hold my own,
Be my own
Person.
Not one of those imitating, hating,
Fools.

Monday, July 13, 2009

No Private Thoughts

Not private thoughts. No.
That is not allowed.
Tell the world,
broadcast your every pondering
Post it as a status
Post it in under 140
Post it to a blog
Encouragement to no longer have private lives
Everything you do is everyone else's business

Stay out of my life.

Friday, January 09, 2009

Blabbing About Something

She sounds tiring
Blabbing on
Repeating herself
Not listening
Too much detail
Blah. Blah. Blah.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Personal Views

I am so frustrated.

I am trying to find some way to explain it, but I can't because there is no logic behind it.

People who are angry with me because of stating my views. I am not really even challenging theirs. but they are angry because they don't agree with me. or angry because i don't agree with them. or angry because they don't understand what i'm saying. or i'm not really sure what the rational is...

It's all religious things.

Don't start a religious conversation with me if you don't want me to tell you how I feel...

I don't know.

I am just grr...

Saturday, July 26, 2008

To the Other Drivers

I like to play my chick rock louder than your music
I like to drive my car faster than yours
I like to ignore you and pretend that you care

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Uninformed Deception

I am a cynic
and an educated fool.
History must be studied
in order to prove your point,
but more importantly,
in order to prove theirs
wrong.

It's all in the context.
You can study and prove
anything.
However, if you look at it
in the right context
you may learn even more.

And when you pepper facts
with your self-righteous opinions
all you do is lead others away
and down your same road
of uninformed deception.

I know you believe
what it is you say,
but that does not make it
any more the truth.

Do not look at things
from a mind frame
only to prove your point.

Look for what happened,
what really took place.

Look only for the truth.