Cliffhanger

Title: Cliffhanger

I'm on the edge
Barely hanging on
And you're just not
Satisfied with this!

I'll lose it...
It's all your fault!

You did all of this,
You put me here.
You pushed me to the edge!

Now I'm Holding on
Swaying on the edge
I've only got one hand
Can I maintain this?

Or lose it?...
It's all your fault!

You did all of this,
You put me here.
You pushed me to the edge,
And sent me over the edge!

But you're not satisfied
You want me gone
Stepping on my hands
Trying to make me fall...

I lose it...
It's all your fault!

You did all of this,
You put me here.
You pushed me to the edge,
And sent me over the edge!
Stepping on my fingers...

Do you ever learn?
This won't improve it
You don't like it when
I go off the edge...

And lose it...
It's all your fault!

You did all of this,
You put me here.
You pushed me to the edge
And sent me over the edge
Stepping on my fingers
Whenever I hold on!

 

Story-line conceived & written:
    7/26/2009
Section two modified slightly,
    refrain added after first
    three sections, & titled on:
    7/27/2009

 

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Strung Out

Title: Strung Out

It's the violence
Of your silence
That's taking seed
Inside of me

And when it's born
It's like a thorn
That's cutting deep
From your mystique
By day and night
It's pulling tight
And strangles me
In the breeze

I'm letting go
Like all your clothes
Out on the line
Just like your crime
Left high and dry
With all your lies

 

Story-line conceived & written:
    6/6/2009
Section gaps & title created:
    7/27/2009

 

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Final Release

Title: Final Release

I was just a child,
The pain was so real
Deep inside me
It rose up within
And as it grew
This anger found no release
Until I met you!

I'm burning inside out
I don't just melt
I'm like a jar of glycerine
The glass cracks
And shaders
Becoming the shrapnel
In your skin.

Sinking deeper,
Cutting further.
I'm the disease within
There's no escape -
It's time to amputate!
It's come to this,
The final release!

But Then you find
It was never me -
It was always you -
This is your heart,
Your own desires,
Set free in me,
Now nothing's left!

 

"Story-line" conceived & first
    two sections written:
    5/23/2008
Section two slightly modified:
    2/15/2009
Last two sections were
    written & edited:
    2/17/2009
Title assigned:
    7/27/2009

 

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This Pathetic City

Title: This Pathetic City

When the sky is dark
And everyone's home from work
We will be all that's left
In this vacant city.

On a corner of Lake Ave
Another victim is stabbed.
No one hears him scream
In this empty city
As his voice echoes back.

We've got to get out,
Out of this pathetic city!

Staring down an empty avenue...
All you see is a newspaper in the wind,
And flickering street lights...
You can stand in this intersection,
Looking down the road
And watch as each traffic lights
Change from green to red.

How much has it torn ya,
Past the point of pity,
When I want to be in California
And you in New York City,
To escape our miserable lives.

But we can't find a way out,
Out of this pathetic city!

But when they've all gone to bed
We'll paint this city red;
And we'll never come back.
As they question our head
When their river runs black.

We didn't destroy this city;
It was the politics,
And corporate pricks!

Though they try to lay blame
It is always the same:
The citizens get screwed
Because it's just their game,
And there's nothing you can do!

We've got to find a way out,
Out of this pathetic city!

And how about the weather
Never getting any better...
Winter is the new institution.
Until snow is all you'll ever know!
It slows you down and drives you mad
Freezing you down to the bone -
Hardening the heart you thought you once had!

Like we need another reason
to hate this city and find a way out,
Out of this pathetic city

 

Story-line conceived & first
    four sections written:
    3/21/2008
Section five & seven written:
    3/23/2008
Section eight written &
    section eleven started:
    4/1/2008
Section eleven finished, &
    section six, nine, ten &
    twelve written, as well
    as edits & title given:
    4/4/2008

 

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Invisible Person

Title: Invisible Person

You are the invisible person,
Seen only in my dreams.
Through this device you were conceived.

This communication is our secret.
Wasting the nights away;
No one needs to know about it.

Constantly caught up in drama.
Wanting so much more from life:
To be noticed and admired.

It's in the jungle of tranquility,
Between reality and desire,
You find your escape.

But in the fight to live,
wu tiger fades away:
You are the invisible person.

 

Story-line conceived 1/5/2008
First two verses & first two
    lines of third verse written:
    1/6/2007
Last line of third verse & last
    two verses written:
    1/26/2007

 

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Mascara Poem

Title: Mascara Poem

She's dyeing this time,
And draws the lines
Around her eyes.

Her hair's different,
A new color;
And new makeup.

She changes her look
To hide from it
And sneak away.

Hoping all this pain
Won't recognize
Her anymore.

As she stops to think
What she became;
"How can it be?"

What she used to be
Was better then -
With bigger dreams.

After it's all lost
She tries so hard
To get it back;

But it's just so hard,
And nothing works -
Not even this!

She's drawing more lines,
This is her voice -
Letters and words.

Expressing it all,
Writing it down
For all to read

Not even these words
Say it as well
As those black spots

When the mascara
Runs down her face
Onto this page.

She posts it online,
Medievalluck,
And hides this pain.

 

Story-line conceived 12/14/2007
Written and finalized 12/16/2007

 

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Burning Pictures

Title: Burning Pictures

You told me to let it go
I did and now you wonder how
I made a three-sixty recovery
All because it was pointless

It's rather-simple psychology
Since it was all in my head
Nothing said and nothing done
But the simple thought

Imagine it once, imagine it twice
However many times it takes
Memories and pictures in my mind
Light them all on fire

That's all you need to do
Is take all those thoughts
And with the lighter in your mind
Turn them into burning pictures

Set them on fire 'til they blaze
And you hear the screams of pain
Satisfaction for you soul
Now you feel - retribution

 

Written 12/11/2007
Verses written before the title

 

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A Tragic End

Title: A Tragic End

You've carried that rock all your life
Dropped a few lines just for the fun of it
But you never realized it before
That rock was your gravestone

You wanted to live life to the fullest
But you never knew what that was
Now you've got no time left
And you're buried with these regrets

You're nothing but a tragedy
A lost soul in this poor world
You can't hold on any longer
When it all comes to an end

You never stopped to ask why
Or wondered what's the point
You always thought things were just fine
And nothing would ever go wrong

You always looked in the wrong places
Trying to find something that you lost
Even though it was right in front of your eyes
All those things that made you blind

You're nothing but a tragedy
A lost soul in this poor world
You can't hold on any longer
When it all comes to an end

After it's all said and done
In the end you realize it all too late
These addictions were your lies,
Lies when all you needed was Truth

You failed to embrace it -
You ignored all the signs
And now you seem so surprised
When He says "I never knew this man!"

You're nothing but a tragedy
A lost soul in this poor world
You can't hold on any longer
When it all comes to an end

There's nothing you can do now
His mind is made up
Final judgment is passed
And to the depths your soul is cast

 

Written 12/11/2007
Verses written first then refrain then title

 

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Killer / Kill-Her

Title: Killer / Kill-Her

You always keep a knife in your pocket
Much to his ignorance
He tries to keep this alive
Everytime you stab him in the back
You push him too far he's gonna snap

You are the killer
He did everything for you
But now there's nothing left to do
Other than for him to kill her

You had no clue how much he loved you
Because you always pushed him away
He'd bottle it all up for your love
You never knew the pain he went through
Now it's over and he's the one who lost

You are the killer
He did everything for you
But now there's nothing left to do
Other than for him to kill her

Slowly you were killing him
You destroyed his soul piece-by-piece
Yet you want to be forgiven by him
And still want to be friends when it ends
But there's nothing left for you when it's done

You are the killer
He did everything for you
But now there's nothing left to do
Other than for him to kill her

 

Verses written 12/10/2007
Last verse edited 12/11/2007
  - Changed 'when he's dead' to 'when it's done'
Refrain & title written 12/11/2007

 

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Shadow Of A Person

Title: Shadow Of A Person

You will never know what it's like to live
You just do what everyone tells you
You have no life of your own
To call your own
So long as you listen to what they say

You're nothing but a shadow
The shadow of a person
Someone you wish you could be

You think you know what you want
But there is nothing that you want
You just do what they tell you to do
You are no individual
You're a slave to what they say

You're nothing but a shadow
The shadow of a person
Someone you wish you could be

I thought I knew who you were
But that was all in my head
And now I realize all too late
That it was never worth the fight
You were never worth the time

Because...

You're nothing but a shadow
The shadow of a person
Someone you wish you could be

 

First two verses written 12/09/2007
Last verse written 12/10/2007
Refrain & title written 12/11/2007

 

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Original Material

I'm going to start to post some of my Original Material....

Stuff that I wrote myself, that is my own and doesn't belong to anyone else.

This is various writing and stuff, though I hate to use the word poetry, because that's a little sissy.

I'm a guy, so none of this stupid crap will be about rainbows and butterflies!

Much to the contrary, it will probably be dark and heavy stuff.

All my Original Material will be placed in my... you guessed it... 'Original Material' category on this blog.

I am retaining all the rights to my Original Material and don't want to see any part of my Original Material to be found anywhere else... So don't even think of using it!!

If I see anyone using any of Original Material without signed prior written consent there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble going on.

Given this, it's all fair warning to everyone!

Plus, on all my Original Materials I will be placing a blatant statement of the reservation of all rights.

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