Submissions by BatPowers (Bat Powers)
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th May 2023 4:36pm
20th May 2023 4:36pm
One more cup of coffee
As the light plays tag across the morning dew
I look out the window and to the days possibilities
Now, if I can get from here to there
Deep breath, it's not my fear that holds me
Not the wounds of yesterday
Thoughts going deep into my procrastination
Safe inside so that I can only imagine the breeze
Such an easy place to get what I want to attain
I tell myself to get up, to go out the door
If I don't, there will be no one else to blame
The sun meanders across the sky
No care if I go off to wander
The clock ticks, every moment chimes...
I look out the window and to the days possibilities
Now, if I can get from here to there
Deep breath, it's not my fear that holds me
Not the wounds of yesterday
Thoughts going deep into my procrastination
Safe inside so that I can only imagine the breeze
Such an easy place to get what I want to attain
I tell myself to get up, to go out the door
If I don't, there will be no one else to blame
The sun meanders across the sky
No care if I go off to wander
The clock ticks, every moment chimes...
#coffee
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Apr 2023 2:45pm
18th Apr 2023 2:45pm
Gods and Kings
It's bedtime for Bonzo and Hector Alonzo, Ronald Reagan didn't make it out of bed
So we stayed there all day watching Pretty Woman with that rug on top of Hector Alonzo's head
Dancing in circles listening to the Go-Go's, waiting for that moment we'ed all be dead
Raging and screaming while we did nothing, raging and screaming until the end
Dismayed by this ending and there is always an ending
Step to the side their story is about to begin
So get over the ashes that cleave to the wind
It's suppertime for Gumby a little hay for Pokey
Their master...
So we stayed there all day watching Pretty Woman with that rug on top of Hector Alonzo's head
Dancing in circles listening to the Go-Go's, waiting for that moment we'ed all be dead
Raging and screaming while we did nothing, raging and screaming until the end
Dismayed by this ending and there is always an ending
Step to the side their story is about to begin
So get over the ashes that cleave to the wind
It's suppertime for Gumby a little hay for Pokey
Their master...
#religion
#mythology
#redemption
#morality
#tradition
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Apr 2023 3:15pm
15th Apr 2023 3:15pm
Still we get up
Honor with our decency, replaced by lies and indignity
Hope believing in intention, pushed away by hate and its expansion
Loyalty and safety, drowned out by gossip and disparity
Love with the world's potential and dreams
Here comes the doubt the cracks in the seams
Wonder opening the sky with all the color and expectation
Depression takes over sucks out the air
Joy smiles in endless adulation
Sadness creeps in but ignores our salutation
Still we get up
You knock us down
Still we get up
Hope believing in intention, pushed away by hate and its expansion
Loyalty and safety, drowned out by gossip and disparity
Love with the world's potential and dreams
Here comes the doubt the cracks in the seams
Wonder opening the sky with all the color and expectation
Depression takes over sucks out the air
Joy smiles in endless adulation
Sadness creeps in but ignores our salutation
Still we get up
You knock us down
Still we get up
#hope
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Apr 2023 3:26pm
1st Apr 2023 3:26pm
Drag Queens and Blue Eyed Jesus
Here we are banning books about Rosa Parks
While the Pastor dresses in drag on Sunday
Spewing a sermon of love that sounds more like hate
Then goes home to berate his wife and children
But that's o.k. he asked for forgiveness
So next Sunday he'll expose the evils of bourbon
White Jesus with his flowing locks and blue eyes
Carrying all his divine interventions
Can't seem to rise above it all
WOW! He gives us a choice a rock or...
While the Pastor dresses in drag on Sunday
Spewing a sermon of love that sounds more like hate
Then goes home to berate his wife and children
But that's o.k. he asked for forgiveness
So next Sunday he'll expose the evils of bourbon
White Jesus with his flowing locks and blue eyes
Carrying all his divine interventions
Can't seem to rise above it all
WOW! He gives us a choice a rock or...
#anger
#death
#religion #hypocrisy
#religion #hypocrisy
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Mar 2023 2:12pm
13th Mar 2023 2:12pm
Bookends
Her lip dripped blood onto the pavement
Looking up at the tyrant that put her to her knees
Left eye closed shut, right eye burning and blurry
As his hand comes down
Bringing the chords of ringing to her ears
Sirens faint wailing comes from the distance
He leans down real close
To make sure she could hear
He says
"Your so dumb they should sow up your vagina so your brain won't fall out"
Chuckling some more a shot to the ribs with his boot
If you would of done what I told you
There would be no trouble
Defied me so now you can...
Looking up at the tyrant that put her to her knees
Left eye closed shut, right eye burning and blurry
As his hand comes down
Bringing the chords of ringing to her ears
Sirens faint wailing comes from the distance
He leans down real close
To make sure she could hear
He says
"Your so dumb they should sow up your vagina so your brain won't fall out"
Chuckling some more a shot to the ribs with his boot
If you would of done what I told you
There would be no trouble
Defied me so now you can...
#courage
#violence
#power
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Mar 2023 2:46am
8th Mar 2023 2:46am
Gas Station Cheeseburgers
I like gas station cheeseburgers
Those red hot burritos too
The sun coming to shine on my back yard
Got a woodpecker and squirrel, they think they own the place
I suppose they probably do
I like getting high in my basement
Listening to David Byrne and John Prine
I like the things that just pop in
Yah I think that works just fine
Got an old house and two old dogs
We are all rotting together
I like this person I've become
I like that I got better
Got an old '78' K5 blazer
It's rotting too
But I like the...
Those red hot burritos too
The sun coming to shine on my back yard
Got a woodpecker and squirrel, they think they own the place
I suppose they probably do
I like getting high in my basement
Listening to David Byrne and John Prine
I like the things that just pop in
Yah I think that works just fine
Got an old house and two old dogs
We are all rotting together
I like this person I've become
I like that I got better
Got an old '78' K5 blazer
It's rotting too
But I like the...
#learning
#SelfReflection
#SelfDiscovery
#healing
#SelfWorth
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Mar 2023 6:49pm
7th Mar 2023 6:49pm
Hold the door
That old man with the walker
Took one to the knee another to the thigh on his trip to Vietnam
Comes to everyone of his grandkids games
If he doesn't get a move on
He'll miss the whole thing
Hold the door
Oh yah, here comes the kid with the finger nail polish
Nothing but trouble look at his face all black and blue
Came up to get away for a bit
Maybe tonight someone will glance him kindness
And he'll carry it with him on his long walk home
Hold the door
There she is the girl who stole the diapers
Ran right out of the dollar...
Took one to the knee another to the thigh on his trip to Vietnam
Comes to everyone of his grandkids games
If he doesn't get a move on
He'll miss the whole thing
Hold the door
Oh yah, here comes the kid with the finger nail polish
Nothing but trouble look at his face all black and blue
Came up to get away for a bit
Maybe tonight someone will glance him kindness
And he'll carry it with him on his long walk home
Hold the door
There she is the girl who stole the diapers
Ran right out of the dollar...
#kindness
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DARK POEM
Published
4th Mar 2023 1:56pm
4th Mar 2023 1:56pm
Dead for sure
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
Won't you kill those bad men at my feet?
Take my heart
Make it pure
And kill them Won't you kill them till they're
Dead for sure
Take my body dust to dust
Oppress the others this you must
Have mercy upon me
I am weak
Still could you plunder the people of who I speak?
Til their dead for sure
Dead for sure
From the fowl of the air to the fish of the sea
Could you find a man more righteous than me?
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Come on take me to...
Won't you kill those bad men at my feet?
Take my heart
Make it pure
And kill them Won't you kill them till they're
Dead for sure
Take my body dust to dust
Oppress the others this you must
Have mercy upon me
I am weak
Still could you plunder the people of who I speak?
Til their dead for sure
Dead for sure
From the fowl of the air to the fish of the sea
Could you find a man more righteous than me?
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Come on take me to...
#power
#death
#religion
#hypocrisy
#tradition
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LOVE POEM
Published
26th Feb 2023 4:11pm
26th Feb 2023 4:11pm
What we learned at the orphanage
She held his hand tight
He squeezed even tighter
From here there is
No path forward
No road back home
No pact to stay together
Fate mixed with where they would go
Passing by doors
That would never let them enter
Sending them back
To a place nobody belongs
The smile on his face
Even with what came after
Made her world light up
Still holding his hand tight
She vowed to never let go
On to lives they would have to find
Lives to call their own
She holds his...
He squeezed even tighter
From here there is
No path forward
No road back home
No pact to stay together
Fate mixed with where they would go
Passing by doors
That would never let them enter
Sending them back
To a place nobody belongs
The smile on his face
Even with what came after
Made her world light up
Still holding his hand tight
She vowed to never let go
On to lives they would have to find
Lives to call their own
She holds his...
#love
#grief
#children
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2 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
25th Feb 2023 3:01pm
25th Feb 2023 3:01pm
Anxiety in real time
The god damn raft!
The god damn raft!
It won't open!
Come on! Come on!!
The god damn raft!
The god damn raft
Finally the air through it like a reverse explosion
The god damn raft!
The god damn raft!
The swells must be 30 ft!!
I lost one of the fucking paddles!
The god damn raft!
The god damn raft!
The rage of the water is subsiding
Thank God!
As I fall into slumber
The god damn raft!
The god damn raft!
Keeps taking on water
I see the shoreline
Thank you Jesus
For the...
The god damn raft!
It won't open!
Come on! Come on!!
The god damn raft!
The god damn raft
Finally the air through it like a reverse explosion
The god damn raft!
The god damn raft!
The swells must be 30 ft!!
I lost one of the fucking paddles!
The god damn raft!
The god damn raft!
The rage of the water is subsiding
Thank God!
As I fall into slumber
The god damn raft!
The god damn raft!
Keeps taking on water
I see the shoreline
Thank you Jesus
For the...
#anger
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#PTSD
#denial
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Feb 2023 5:27pm
22nd Feb 2023 5:27pm
Some People
I have a friend
A real carnival barker
Up on an old Hickory stump
Selling the oil
Telling anyone who would listen
How wonderful it is
Still there is the limited amount
So get your's fast
Truth be told
The big storm took it
Washed him clean
Of everything he had
First it took his wife
Then his children
Real estate fell next
Then every dime to his name
Found himself a pretty little princess
Didn't even know she was playing a game
Promised her a shiny gold kingdom
From a...
A real carnival barker
Up on an old Hickory stump
Selling the oil
Telling anyone who would listen
How wonderful it is
Still there is the limited amount
So get your's fast
Truth be told
The big storm took it
Washed him clean
Of everything he had
First it took his wife
Then his children
Real estate fell next
Then every dime to his name
Found himself a pretty little princess
Didn't even know she was playing a game
Promised her a shiny gold kingdom
From a...
#identity
#LifeGoals
#hypocrisy
#masculinity
#fear
129 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Feb 2023 4:14pm
19th Feb 2023 4:14pm
Here comes the Sun
I need to know before I'm gone
That love don't leave those welts
Your hand in mine
Would've been just fine
Without the leather belt
Here comes the rain
Comes falling down
Make brown turn green
Love spoiled straight to mean
Can we wash this dirty clean
Something I've ever been
Here comes the rain
Grey skies all
Words meant to cut
Words to shine
Like a hook to a line
Shining till I close my mouth
Pulling me in
Reeling me in
See the blood drip from my lip
Here...
That love don't leave those welts
Your hand in mine
Would've been just fine
Without the leather belt
Here comes the rain
Comes falling down
Make brown turn green
Love spoiled straight to mean
Can we wash this dirty clean
Something I've ever been
Here comes the rain
Grey skies all
Words meant to cut
Words to shine
Like a hook to a line
Shining till I close my mouth
Pulling me in
Reeling me in
See the blood drip from my lip
Here...
#courage
#LifeChangingMoment
#redemption
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