Submissions by giraffeparade
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
SONG LYRICS
Published
26th Apr 2015 11:53pm
26th Apr 2015 11:53pm
Relativity
It's dark now and will be dark again
but light shines on the in-between
and every now and then
it gets easy with some vaseline
try not to be conditioned
adjust your eyes to something new
if you don't feel broken by it
a wound will only strengthen you
Everything is terrible
if that's how you choose to see it
evidence abound to support
your hypothesis, so really
you're entirely correct in saying
everything is shitty
and I'm correct when I say you're wrong
that's simply relativity
change comes from within...
but light shines on the in-between
and every now and then
it gets easy with some vaseline
try not to be conditioned
adjust your eyes to something new
if you don't feel broken by it
a wound will only strengthen you
Everything is terrible
if that's how you choose to see it
evidence abound to support
your hypothesis, so really
you're entirely correct in saying
everything is shitty
and I'm correct when I say you're wrong
that's simply relativity
change comes from within...
671 reads
0 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
23rd Apr 2015 1:20am
23rd Apr 2015 1:20am
Earth Day
A day of empty platitudes
reciting basic truths
to discard tomorrow
as we always seem to do
A sea of plastic refuse
kissing a beach of broken glass
cities sinking, drowning
beneath our endless heaps of trash
what can I do
as a fervent consumer
buying my comfort
the Earth cries while we consume her
Now praying for something
that one day will surely come
a reflection of our negligence
so we might see what we have done
A sudden reversal ...
reciting basic truths
to discard tomorrow
as we always seem to do
A sea of plastic refuse
kissing a beach of broken glass
cities sinking, drowning
beneath our endless heaps of trash
what can I do
as a fervent consumer
buying my comfort
the Earth cries while we consume her
Now praying for something
that one day will surely come
a reflection of our negligence
so we might see what we have done
A sudden reversal ...
599 reads
0 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Apr 2015 11:00pm
19th Apr 2015 11:00pm
Thanks for Talking
Push and pull
rhythm of waves
a dance of thoughts
lasting for days
debate verbose
conclusions made
now I stand
foundation laid
Like alchemist
turns lead to gold
like mother's milk
enriched my soul
like messiah cures
and mends the lame
so too did you
by words exchanged
*my submission to a challenge found on this site, after a bit of reworking.*
rhythm of waves
a dance of thoughts
lasting for days
debate verbose
conclusions made
now I stand
foundation laid
Like alchemist
turns lead to gold
like mother's milk
enriched my soul
like messiah cures
and mends the lame
so too did you
by words exchanged
*my submission to a challenge found on this site, after a bit of reworking.*
644 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
19th Apr 2015 00:41am
19th Apr 2015 00:41am
The Pit
I set into a hole I dug
left the better choice behind
and sunk into the darkness
to see what I could find
Now I'm climbing in and out
and feel as if I've changed myself
as if I'm burdened by the thing I found
or free with what I am without
I begin to live again
this time i'm going to try
but not so I reveal myself
it's all internalized
to follow what i long for
despite the doubting eyes
the worst doubt I had was in myself
best intentions turn to lies
sink back into the darkness
I'm...
left the better choice behind
and sunk into the darkness
to see what I could find
Now I'm climbing in and out
and feel as if I've changed myself
as if I'm burdened by the thing I found
or free with what I am without
I begin to live again
this time i'm going to try
but not so I reveal myself
it's all internalized
to follow what i long for
despite the doubting eyes
the worst doubt I had was in myself
best intentions turn to lies
sink back into the darkness
I'm...
716 reads
3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Apr 2015 8:16pm
16th Apr 2015 8:16pm
Laughing with Myself
Sometimes I wish I had wheels instead of feet
But then I see some stairs
But then I see some stairs
684 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
16th Apr 2015 3:54am
16th Apr 2015 3:54am
Drown Yourself
Sitting atop the helm of the world
steer towards nothing, a leaderless herd
we transmute our rivers and oceans to plastic
crying for change, and immediate action
so drown yourself or everyone else
biding for comfort as times running out
in our own separate boxes, everything for ourselves
ignoring the pain, with gold in our mouths
what have you done but died while sedated?
it's worse than we started, I feel powerless, hatred
is gripping my mind, compassion's elusive
a single good person in every ten thousand humans
steer towards nothing, a leaderless herd
we transmute our rivers and oceans to plastic
crying for change, and immediate action
so drown yourself or everyone else
biding for comfort as times running out
in our own separate boxes, everything for ourselves
ignoring the pain, with gold in our mouths
what have you done but died while sedated?
it's worse than we started, I feel powerless, hatred
is gripping my mind, compassion's elusive
a single good person in every ten thousand humans
691 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Apr 2015 6:14pm
15th Apr 2015 6:14pm
This is a Title
query not into the pain
but into the hope you'll feel again
if worry whispers a dark doubt
if harmful words spill from her mouth
then rally courage in thy self
brandish steel hung at your belt
and bury it within her breast
then reflect, let your sword rest
but into the hope you'll feel again
if worry whispers a dark doubt
if harmful words spill from her mouth
then rally courage in thy self
brandish steel hung at your belt
and bury it within her breast
then reflect, let your sword rest
607 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Apr 2015 4:13pm
15th Apr 2015 4:13pm
Keep Walkin', Christopher
I'm a god damned artist
and you're an artist too
maybe not through songs you've sung
or pictures that you drew
maybe not through any active act of creation or reflection
but you've created you
or at least had a hand in helping
now you create your present
passing it into the future
a passive craft you can't escape
until the conclusion of your fate
if you feel like your art suffers at times
know we all get creative block
passing it's a simple matter
of continuing to walk
and you're an artist too
maybe not through songs you've sung
or pictures that you drew
maybe not through any active act of creation or reflection
but you've created you
or at least had a hand in helping
now you create your present
passing it into the future
a passive craft you can't escape
until the conclusion of your fate
if you feel like your art suffers at times
know we all get creative block
passing it's a simple matter
of continuing to walk
762 reads
2 Comments
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