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what a waste Nov 2015
What's today when they're all the same
These walls became a grave
white paint chipped thin
and this room's caving in
and I can't think of my name
Now who am I supposed to blame

What's tomorrow when you can't win
Johnny Appleeseed - my only sin
I'm not ashamed
I swear I can explain
I forgot just how to swim
Now where am I supposed to exist
what a waste Oct 2015
I've lost all sense of what's to come,
long before I came to be.
what a waste Oct 2015
How many poets have I driven mad?
The solemn drum of their pen
etching marble wings with brass hands
as they run away in their dreams
with I, the strength of their stance
Like trickling of water
the question does erode
what a waste Oct 2015
The subtle wind
behind morning fog
A dewdrop grin
grows upon the young
It's cultivated hate
which lays wait
beyond the sun
The way they flock
is all but gone
In time of need
they will come
One by one
it won't be long
what a waste Oct 2015
Would I receive praise
if I told you God does not exist
or would you crucify me
and stand for all he's against?

White-out fills the worn  pages
you so carelessly thumb
Pretending to be a saint
Preaching with a gun
I think I'll skip the sermon
I'd rather not bark at the moon
what a waste Oct 2015
I hope you fall in love with
my words; dancing to the curve
of the petals I pluck from the air.
So I can hold you to them like a gun.
Placing the bitter metal against
your skin, freeing you from the
world they've been dying
to keep you within.
what a waste Oct 2015
Stop pretending
you're something you're not.
You're treading on flesh you'll never touch.
You're playing with words
at your own expense.
This pen can't even puncture the surface.
What makes you think
they'll respect the scratches it left?
Quit before it's too late.
Give up and call it fate.
You were never destined for greatness.
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