I know I should care
- but I don't
"You may not have enough money"
- fine
I'll get it somewhere
- loan?
Can it really be a problem?
- denial
It'll come from somewhere
- right?
I'll get a job
- just not right now
I have class
- and reading to do
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
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
College Daze
I want to write
I want to yell out
what it is I have to put on paper
I have college
I have class
...I have friends
I want sleep
I need to go to bed at night
but life is good
Class has not started
I am dozing
There is no teacher
I want to yell out
what it is I have to put on paper
I have college
I have class
...I have friends
I want sleep
I need to go to bed at night
but life is good
Class has not started
I am dozing
There is no teacher
Saturday, July 15, 2006
*Email recieved*
Vous n'avez pas besoin de me remercier cher, parce que je n'ai eu aucune main dans votre beauté. Vous, vraiment êtes un souffle d'air frais des jours nuageux et un ami évalué.
Façade
If you keep your façade somewhat loose,
things bounce off the exterior.
But once you're wound too taught,
the slightest bump will make you crack.
(visual: chisel lightly tapping on the shell of an egg)
things bounce off the exterior.
But once you're wound too taught,
the slightest bump will make you crack.
(visual: chisel lightly tapping on the shell of an egg)
Friday, June 23, 2006
Prayer Room
Mighty Father,
Holy God,
Jesus!
You are mighty
holy
all powerful
and just.
You are unique,
creative,
all imaginable,
and immensely kind!
Holy God,
Jesus!
You are mighty
holy
all powerful
and just.
You are unique,
creative,
all imaginable,
and immensely kind!
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Why'd It Take You A Week?
You made me feel so used.
You touched me like you cared.
You spoke soft things to me.
You said you might love me.
I didn't want to believe it
I didn't want to hurt you
I thought you cared
I ended it anyway
I didn't want to break your heart
I didn't want to hurt you
I actually even (almost) liked you
I ended it with the thought you'd be okay
You're great
You have her now
It's been so long
since we were together
It's been all of one week
You touched me like you cared.
You spoke soft things to me.
You said you might love me.
I didn't want to believe it
I didn't want to hurt you
I thought you cared
I ended it anyway
I didn't want to break your heart
I didn't want to hurt you
I actually even (almost) liked you
I ended it with the thought you'd be okay
You're great
You have her now
It's been so long
since we were together
It's been all of one week
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Another One Gone
So many questions
So little understanding
I care for you
but I must be rid of you
This seems my life story
So much drama
So many guys
I can't seem to find one to care about
So little understanding
I care for you
but I must be rid of you
This seems my life story
So much drama
So many guys
I can't seem to find one to care about
Double Exposed
Double exposed photos
Double exposed mind
thoughts, dreams, hallucinations
(Is it real, is it not?)
(I'm in my bed, You're in my room?)
I'm in two places at once,
One physical,
One merely lapsed over.
Which layer am I on?
Underneath it all?
Lying on top?
So many questions,
So little understanding,
What is it my mind does?
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Imagination
I can use my imagination for a story,
I can use my imagine for emotion -in a story,
but I don't want a story,
I want a poem,
a poem -with emotion.
A story is overtly logical.
A poem -it is not.
It is only a sequence of thought.
I can use my imagine for emotion -in a story,
but I don't want a story,
I want a poem,
a poem -with emotion.
A story is overtly logical.
A poem -it is not.
It is only a sequence of thought.