Several poems I dug up out of a notebook that I have written. Some are about five years old, some more recent. It's a little strange for me when I make my poetry so public because regardless of how I try to arrange the words, and no matter how many metaphors, its..."me". The story these poems tell is a lot of myself and a little of this person, and a little more of that etc...etc.
I rarely show my serious side because it makes me feel vulnerable, but here they are anyway:
Armored HeartsShe remembers when ... she was a a younger woman, waking up with no memories of them, and nothing hidden behind that smile. Now her eyes open and shes lucky if she can stop crying for just a little while.
Shes got a new obsession ... nurses it every day, ever since cupid clipped their wings and fell apart ...when they found out that their arrows couldn't pierce armored hearts.
The fabric of love isn't always what it seams, sowing herself that wedding dress before she got the ring. Now it burns like the black hearts in her skin ... remember when.
She remembers when ... it was just a living dream to walk out side in the pouring rain, now it's just to hide the tears behind the pain, of them not being by her side.
She's breaking her heart, one memory at a time ...
Nothing to her is the same, it's all been stolen and rearranged, and the world she created in her mind is coming to an end ... remember when.
She remembers ... the first light of the morning and how it made her eyes glow like the fading moon. But now those lights are growing dim with the blinding images she can't get out of her mind of him ... remember when.
Now it burns like the black hearts in her skin ... remember when.
Ivory (
written about an old friend in a extremely abusive relationship, through what I thought her perspective would be.)
Sitting with pieces of glass from the broken window in my hand, you'll never change, you'll never change. I can deal with your part time affection, lost without your sentimental rage, you'll never change, you'll never change. It's written on the walls, you'll never change.
The colors of your wrath on my skin, running out of my ivory base, you'll never change, you'll never change. I can live with the other women, downgraded when you tell me they have a prettier face, you'll never change, you'll never change. It's reflected in your eyes, you'll never change.
I can't do any better than you as you say, you'll never change, you'll never change. I can handle your jealousy and the embracing finger impressions around my throat, you'll never change, you'll never change.
For some reason I stay, for some reason I love you, knowing you will kill me someday...I'll never change.
Popular UnlikelyShe hasn't bought a year book since the 9th grade, why would she want pictures of all those that she hates? Now it's only 3 weeks until graduation, so she borrows one from a half-ass friend out of morbid fascination.
Flipping through the book 10 pages at a time, finally reaches her photograph and stares wild-eyed at the underlying paragraph ... it say's:
"Voted popular unlikely for the 3rd year in a row, this beats the old record set back in nineteen ninety four. Popular Unlikely is most likely to never amount to anything, so let's all give 3 hooray's for our new unpopular queen."
She lit a cigarette with her last match, ripped out the page and set the book on fire, tossed it in the trash. With tears streaming down her face she just walked away, saying that she'll prove them wrong when she becomes somebody some day.
Now sitting in her room looking at the page she taped upon her wall, talking a pull from a stolen whiskey bottle she screams "It's happening all over again, fuck them all! Somewhere out there is a place for me, away from all this bullshit known as popularity. And when I find it I'm never coming back again ..." then the bottle shatters on the floor out of her frustration, because she was ...
Voted popular unlikely for the 3rd year in a row, this beats the old record set back in nineteen ninety four. Popular Unlikely is most likely to never amount to anything, so let's all give 3 hooray's for our new unpopular queen.
Now it's 48 hours before the big night, she's preparing for the worst by putting the final touches on her preemptive strike.
She's got everything squared away, the letters written out and all the phone calls made. Hugged her little sister and told her "Now everything will be ok."
"Welcome graduates, we're proud of you one and all" smiling at the sign as she walks into the auditorium hall. Looking around at the crowd, she understands what she's been after all this time can't be found ... and then she takes her seat and thinks "They're gonna be sorry now for voting me ..."
Popular unlikely for the 3rd year in a row, this beats the old record set back in nineteen ninety four. Popular Unlikely is most likely to never amount to anything, so let's all give 3 hooray's for our new unpopular queen.
Finally the time has come for the calling of the names, she hears hers and stands up turns around and starts to wave. Taking a strange pleasure from the confused looks on the others face.
Walking up the stairs she goes past the principle to the podium on the stage, opens her graduation gown to reveal the explosive device and blows them all away.
Then the police arrive to her home, laying on the coffee table was a envelope ... they took the letter out and this is what she wrote:
"They voted me popular unlikely 3 times in a row ... did you know that beat the old record set by my big brother when I was the age of two ... 15 years ago?
He pinned the year book page to his shirt just before he put the barrel under his chin, so if you're reading this it means we both got our revenge.
I could only imagine what "now" they'll say about me ... but I'm willing to bet they will think twice before voting someone else "popular unlikely."
Between Then and Now (
I wrote this in the perspective of a woman who's husband is an alcoholic. Why? I'm not really sure, it's just one of those moments when an inspiration hits me and I can't explain it.)
It's 10am and I know where you've been, you're smiling but nobody is laughing at the condition that you're in.
It's all the same everyday, you're the one that I still love when you drive away.
When you come back to this house, you've changed and turned into something else.
Is this the best that you can do?
Is there something missing inside of you?
I'm running in circles trying to get things straight, but you won't even walk that mile in my shoes to meet me half way.
I really can't tell you how things became so complicated, but if it's not love keeping us together then it's love that's keeping us separated.
We've been on this long hard road since we took those vows, what's come over us between then and now?
Was it me that drove you to this point in your life? I'm so sorry if I haven't been the perfect wife.
Maybe this is the best I can do, the only thing missing inside me are the memories of the good times with you.
I really can't tell you how things became so complicated, but if it's not love keeping us together then it's love that's keeping us separated.
The lights go out and you're laying next to me, but it's not the you that I once knew but he's still there in my dreams. It's not too late to turn this around, but we've got to find some common ground. The later we wait the more it's driving us apart, but I'm not ready to throw away the pieces of my broken heart. But sooner or later enough will be enough, of all the hidden bottles you chose over this woman you swore that you loved.
I really can't tell you how things became so complicated, but if it's not love keeping us together then it's love that's keeping us separated.
If it's not love keeping us together then it's love that's keeping us separated.
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That's all for now, thank you for reading these.
-S