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


Monday, March 29, 2010

Obsession

Boy, you're on my brain.
You're in my head.
That's not a good place to be.
It's dangerous in there.

Consider this your warning.
I will not mention it again.
If you fall in, don't tell me
that I didn't tell you.

You amuse me; bemuse me;
Cryptically abuse me.
I like it, I cannot
like you.

Consider yourself an obsession.
Harmless? Probably.
Intriguing? Definitely.
Time consuming? We'll see.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

My Rave Drugs

Gin and Adrenalin.

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.

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Bourbon

Red wine is classy
light beer is trashy

I'm just a Kentucky girl
so I drink my Bourbon straight.
;)

1000 Years

We've been here for 1000 years
And you still haven't learned
I'm not like you
This will never work

Why are we so repetitive?
The first four times ended
...in utter disaster
This shall be no different.

You always try
I always fall.
Over and over,
Again and again.

Will we ever learn?
We've been here 1000 years
And can only continue
Repeating our endings.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Ryan Joseph

"I'm a father..."
Words I wasn't prepared to hear.
Words I wasn't prepared
to respond to.

I usually associate thoughts of you
with 3 Doors Down,
but I need Limp Bizkit, instead.
It really is significant.

Still not sure what to say.
Congrats? Best of luck?
Thanks for thinking of me?
...After all this time.


(I always have thought that you'd be a good dad. Do this and do it well.)

Friday, January 22, 2010

Short

Short bouts of sharp words say more than sentences ever could.

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.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Me - End of a Decade

I'm unlike any other and original just like the rest. I fill my time with IT work, online classes, and SGA IT stuff. I love music, computers, and words. Hobbies include: riding my bike, mixing drinks, loving on my cat, various sorts of artsy things, fixing, and organizing stuff. I wish I had more time to read, but I always find time for xkcd. I like digging junk out of dumpsters and giving mine away (on freecycle). I cut my own hair. I like mushroom hats, classy people, and dry humor. Most of my clothing is dark, "earthy" colors, beyond that, I believe any day is a good day to wear black.