WANTED:
Distant and emotionally unstable man. If you're inconsiderate of others, but will cling to me night and day, please call now! If you never like to leave the house, or just can't decide, let's stay in and let you molest me - I mean watch a movie.
CALL NOW
A joke personal ad tailed to my string of past experiences.
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
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Friday, September 03, 2010
Pretty, Shiny Things
Perhaps,
the best way
to deal with my stress
and frustration
is to take
all my clothes off
and
put on
lots of fancy jewelry
Fight
my depression
with pearls
and jewels
and pretty, shiny things
Have
a drink or two
just to chill the nerves
the best way
to deal with my stress
and frustration
is to take
all my clothes off
and
put on
lots of fancy jewelry
Fight
my depression
with pearls
and jewels
and pretty, shiny things
Have
a drink or two
just to chill the nerves
Anyway, Perhaps
There are always choices to be made
Some are more difficult than others
Love.
Tears.
Apart.
Fear of arrival
Un or announced
I cannot lie to you
I cannot even stretch truths
You know me
You read me
You love me
What is love, anyway?
Some are more difficult than others
Love.
Tears.
Apart.
Fear of arrival
Un or announced
I cannot lie to you
I cannot even stretch truths
You know me
You read me
You love me
What is love, anyway?
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Reality
I'm not even sure,
I recognize reality
anymore
Reality. What is it?
The present situation,
occurring physically,
in real time?
Does it also include thoughts?
...relating to past, future
Does it also include dreams?
...daydreams or nights recently had
It is not reality,
nothing happened.
Unless reality can include
such intangible concepts.
But what is reality?
Can you really recognize?
Reality?
I recognize reality
anymore
Reality. What is it?
The present situation,
occurring physically,
in real time?
Does it also include thoughts?
...relating to past, future
Does it also include dreams?
...daydreams or nights recently had
It is not reality,
nothing happened.
Unless reality can include
such intangible concepts.
But what is reality?
Can you really recognize?
Reality?
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
It's really much worse than you think
It's really much worse than you think
The black is a darker shade than you can see
This silence that you force upon me
Is a testament to your unknowing actions
Finding myself shoved into the depths
A hole this deep, only I could have dug
The black is a darker shade than you can see
This silence that you force upon me
Is a testament to your unknowing actions
Finding myself shoved into the depths
A hole this deep, only I could have dug