Tag: proem
group name: trialsoflife
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October 31, 2007 10:40 AM EDT --
the earth sleeps
night whispers
to the bubbling mud
man cringes
hiding behind kauri tree
dressed in flax
some naked
against the elements
primordial growls
and tiki prays for . . . more
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July 18, 2007 11:54 AM EDT --
barren
like a poisoned womb
left to rot
with nothing inside
to grow
stagnant
no phone
no connection
a dial tone
so lonely
with no numbers to dial
a page
with no words
and no ink
in your pen . . . more
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July 25, 2007 11:00 AM EDT --
need me to stay
need me strong
i can't do either
for very long
love,
is something foreign
something strange
too much effort
too much change
need...
you say i'm not enough
when it comes . . . more
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August 03, 2007 02:31 PM EDT --
i gasp
for air and space
you take it from me
with your mouth
feeding on my air
taking my space
i'm struggling in this
pond of depression
stressed by it's
whitecapped waves
unfathomed . . . more
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August 15, 2007 11:27 AM EDT --
i walked into your hell
and immediately was engulfed
in the flames
burning out of control
a blue flame
so hot
i lost cohesion
and was easily molded
into what you wanted
i couldn't put the . . . more
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August 30, 2007 01:57 PM EDT --
i moved back
i climbed in
knowing that it was going to hurt me
it wasn't long
before you took me for granted
wanting the next paycheck
left me with nothing
wasn't long
before i became the . . . more
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August 31, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
I come from
a long line of wise men
and women
our warriors were fierce
cunning
but they knew
when to draw a line
there are times
when the warrior in me snarls
and wants to strike out
and the . . . more
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September 26, 2007 03:10 PM EDT --
there you hurt
here i heal
but i can't fully recoup
not as you're laying there
with your tears
i'm used to the cape
used to the armor
just here naked
without defense
will i come too . . . more
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October 07, 2007 10:57 PM EDT --
there we sat
next to one another
talking, hugging, kissing
memories come to me
when i'm with you
i feel small again
the little boy
with the smooth face
curly black pompador
i remember your . . . more
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October 15, 2007 02:45 PM EDT --
when i was a boy
of 3 maybe 4
there was a place
i could go
when the tempers flared
outside my bedroom door
when things would break
parents would scream
skin slapping
crunching
cracking
and i . . . more
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October 16, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
i forgive your faults
the wrongs
as you've forgiven mine
i try to be without
but the yearning
too strong
distance couldn't part us
as my heart aches
to be with you
and within you
you . . . more
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October 19, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
where were you
where have you been
our crooked rulers
our dying babies
hate crimes
molestation
degradation
bullets whizzing
past the heads of our sons and brothers
stray bullets . . . more
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October 22, 2007 01:54 AM EDT --
**a bar rant, written on a napkin, fueled by whisky, spouted forth from a barstool to a drunk audience***
i am here
a rift away
screaming to ears
that do not hear
you,
bright as day . . . more
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July 03, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
where are we?
this nation
this melting pot
of technology and culture?
the land where the deer and the antelope
used to play
but progress pushes them out
where our government and celebrities
ignore . . . more
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July 03, 2007 03:27 PM EDT --
who am i
to judge the man
or woman who i think
is wrong
for their weight
their difference
their style of speech
their dress
i am overweight
i am unshaven
my smile only takes up
half of my face . . . more
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July 16, 2007 01:47 PM EDT --
mystify
people die
make us cry
no one has the answer
why?
some hold church
god on a perch
preacher's lurch
to influence your search
punishment sin
know where you've been
you've . . . more
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July 23, 2007 11:56 AM EDT --
neon blue
electric sky
flashes like anger
from the landlord above
rain pelting my face
drenching my shirt
the wind carrying my curls
at one
for a fleeting moment
with the forces of nature
smell . . . more
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August 08, 2007 11:44 AM EDT --
around here
the lakes aplenty
fishing fruitful
in spring and fall
late summer
the lakes stagnate
turn green and smothered
with algae
mosquitos buzz
during camping or fishing
picnics are sacred . . . more
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August 17, 2007 12:04 PM EDT --
this is the sea
and this is the sky
stick a needle in my eye
the sea casts it's reflective hate
for the ancient sun
fools surfing the waves of heat
synchronized swimming
among chaotic waters . . . more
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August 27, 2007 11:16 AM EDT --
my most beautiful baby
long thick blonde curly hair
the oldest among the two
the boldest
to watch the madness eat you
to watch it crumble your curious soul
kills me
your father, your hero
i can . . . more
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