Submissions by zooapop

A turning point? A muse? My breath quickened as my thoughts raced. My mind poured over all the implications of the haves and have-nots. How could she just vanish? Remembering how fast she came into my life that chilly night. As we danced on her porch to a song that is all but forgotten, we shared that fateful first kiss.

Then as quickly as it all had set in, it fell apart. Once present in the physical, now only in the metaphorical. Yet somehow she still lingers in the recess of my mind. Like a ghost that haunts an abandoned home. Roaming the corridors. Reliving the memory  of...

I am but a man,
A mere mortal man.
I have my ups andmydowns,
My forwards andturnarounds.

I may be goofy.
I may not be thatcool.
I may not make sense,
I might even act afool.

Among these faults,
there is but another.
I make mistakes
just like any other.

What I did wasfoolish,
I hate what I put youthrough.
Sorry is just toosimple,
But I’m at a loss forwhat to do.

I am not makingexcuses,
I’m just trying toplea.
That you will realizeI’m sorry,
And to please…pleaseforgive me.

Take my mind my love,
Take my nose, my ears, my hands.
Take everything I use to sense you.

Take my soul my love,
Take my eyes, my lips, my heart.
Take everything I use to love you.

Take my everything my love,
Take my friendship, my care, my compassion.
Forever I am at your disposal.

Take my life my love.
For the day I have run out of things to give you,
Will be the very day that I die.

The room is spinning,
The clock is ticking,
My brain is racing
It’s like I’m high.

It’s condescending
It’s overwhelming
It’s paranoia
I feel high.

The air is tasteless
The walls are stainless
I feel contagious
I must be high.

Trapped in this room of torture,
My conscience is like a vulture.
Thoughts of you are choking,
Sinister and provoking.

I am wound up so tight,
I feel like I’m losing this fight.
My temptations are overbearing
My pain I feel like sharing.

Inflict it I will,
To the...

I watched the world crumble.
I watched it spin and whirl.
I watched it erupt and hurl.
I saw it.

No one else did though.
No one saw it but me.
I alone saw the tragedies it caused,
The lives lost, and the fires ignited.


I watched the world crumble.
I watched her break into chaos.
And still no one watched or listened.
And I alone felt her pain...her anguish.

She called to me
andI called back.
She screamed to me,
And I screamed back.

I watched the world crumble.
I watched as her trees...