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May 2014 · 216
Darkness
Curtis May 2014
A pain I feel
For reasons unreal
My stomach aches
Every beat of my heart a quake
Why is it
I'm still awake

These feelings I know
I try not to let show
Except to paper
For it does not judge
Even in the sorrow in which I plunge

My mind unraveled
And the color of ink
Deeper into sorrow i sink

A journey
I go
Through a damp cave
Where no lights glow
As i near the end
My sanity will surely ascend
Sorrows no more
And life seems less a bore
May 2014 · 157
Seek
Curtis May 2014
I know not of the thing I seek
Does that make me weak?
May 2014 · 395
Bee
Curtis May 2014
Bee
Inspiration has left me
Like the stinger
From a frightened bee
May 2014 · 892
Chai Tea
Curtis May 2014
Spicy
Tasty
Embrace me
And my poetry
May 2014 · 410
Come Sit With Me
Curtis May 2014
Pretty lady in the coffee shop
Your kind eyes make my heart stop

I've not believed in love at first sight
But this certainly gives my beliefs a fright

Come sit with me?
And help me enjoy this tea?
Oh please,
For it would fill me with glee!
May 2014 · 242
(I)t Meant Nothing
Curtis May 2014
I should have never
Kissed you
Because now
I only miss you
And we should
Have never
Slept together
May 2014 · 248
Dear Self
Curtis May 2014
How shall I
Exert my energy
On the day
That is today
May 2014 · 175
Oops
Curtis May 2014
I traverse the dark
To the window
Where the walls part

Checking to see
If theres light
Bouncing off the trees
From the place where walls part
In my cave of art

A light I not see
But the dark
Got the best of me
My balance I lost
And into the window i did fall

My face up against the glass
Trying to avoid
Falling on my ***
All I can do is laugh
May 2014 · 465
Killing
Curtis May 2014
Nicotine
In my body
Dwelling
Chilling
Helping the act
Forgetting
But then again
Killing
May 2014 · 274
Blue
Curtis May 2014
A conversation would be nice
With someone
Anyone really
How about you?
How do you do?
Are you feeling
A bit blue too?
May 2014 · 215
Rain
Curtis May 2014
I love the rain
And the thunder
Destroying
Cleansing
Then birthing life new

These house they flood
And people act
As if it's spilled blood

Blame nature
If you must
But it is you
Who lives within it
May 2014 · 775
Chill
Curtis May 2014
So I'll just sit and chill
And these spaces in my brain
Try to fill
May 2014 · 240
Mindless Rant
Curtis May 2014
In the land of equality
We are anything but
"It is the opportunity
Not the man."

With my brother in a suit
And I in a collar of blue
It would seem
Agree is all i can do
But that is far from true

Mostly
It comes down to you
And what you choose to do
But there is a factor
A medium of exchange
Thats pressed into our brains

"You must not know you,
Only the thing you choose to do,
The thing to make you money."
The concept just is far from funny

With the world we live in
And the effort it takes
For a computer
To make
A computer
We surely can't rid of this medium of exchange
Bartering is for fools I'm sure
My country tells me so
And to work for my country I'll go
May 2014 · 174
Progress
Curtis May 2014
It makes me sad
Sometimes drives me mad
Should I be glad?
I guess it is not so bad
To know
Love I have never had
May 2014 · 444
Heat
Curtis May 2014
The water
Warm
Smelling of rubber

It relieves not my skin
Rather it makes
A film of sweat so thin
Holding my heat in

I envy those
Who can say heat
I do not know

I mean not
Those on a california shore
Or even those
In a middle eastern war

I mean to say
Those who dream
Of seeing even a slightest
Hint of a stream

For it is they
Who would look to me
And would say

"It is a feat
To survive such heat,
But the weather here
Will never come near."
I know not heat
May 2014 · 702
The Bitter Old Man
Curtis May 2014
There's a story I know
A story of a man
Who lived on hill
Lonely now
Still a ring on his hand

He picked up the paper
On an oh so perfect morning
"What a tragedy,
For his death by his own hand,
No one should be mourning."

The life of a boy
Whos age means none
Had been taken away
By his own gun

"What a foolish thing,
The thought would never cross my mind,
To let something so irrelevant leave such a sting,
Gods got a plan,
All in due time."

So he moved on
To the section he loved
The one with the questions
And the blanks in lines
Only to be interrupted
By an irrelevant fly

"What a pest,
You dare cross my eye,
Ill have you know,
You're now sure to die."

The paper he held
It the form of a field
Now a bat
With the tremendous speed it yield

"Now where did you go,
You annoyance you,
I swear I just saw you,
Not but a mere moment ago."

Once again
The fly caught his eye
And he let out a scream
"It is you i will best,
Why even try!"

He swung and he swung
With force like thunder
Twas the tiny flys blood
For which he hungered

"It seems it so,
That I have lost you again,
With a bit of whiskey,
You'll certainly show."

Into the kitchen
And into the cabinet
He pulled out a glass
And continued to slam it
On the bare counter
Where his whiskey silently stared

"Who could resist,
Such a sweet smell,
Ahh the smell of bourben,
And it's not even twelve."

Just as he took
His first big sip
He was certain he felt
Something land on his lip

"Oh I have got you now,
Goodbye you **** fly."

He took up his bat
Swung he did
His face now red
Covered with a frown
He saw no fly
Nothing dead on the ground

"Fine,
I'll just sit here,
Sit here in my chair,
And you feel free to come near."

And to his face
He brought a bottle
Liquid and golden
With nothing but anger
Growing
And growing

"Ahh,
Is that you that I hear?
You hope to die,
If youre so close to my ear."

He swung his bat
But one last time
But what he hit
Was no fly
He hit the ground
And began a ****** pool
It looks as though
A simple wasp
Played him a fool

Startled he fell
Back still against his chair
The wasp
Never even touched a hair

And once again
A lonely old man
Will look at the paper
And see the story of the fool
With death at his own hand
May 2014 · 324
Friends
Curtis May 2014
The humid air
And the blue sky
Today
Are my friends
May 2014 · 407
Inexpressible
Curtis May 2014
I want
To write
A poem
But cannot
Find words
May 2014 · 812
Thunder
Curtis May 2014
The sound
When nature takes back its crown
So violent as you look around
As lightning strikes the ground
May 2014 · 168
Purpose
Curtis May 2014
I'll play a game
I'll smoke a cigarette
I'll read a book
I'll watch some tv
I'll write a poem
I'll play some guitar
I'll go for a walk
I'll pass the time
I'll do it by myself
May 2014 · 202
?
Curtis May 2014
?
An empty page
As is my brain
I fill with words
And work towards
My mind without pain

What to do
What to see
What is it I look to gain
A line between
Dream
And reality
May 2014 · 258
Short Story (Part 1)
Curtis May 2014
A mountain
Faced of earth
Iron at its core
A tip like a blade
Earth at its peak no more

A great iron wall
To hold in its place
A bustling palace
With no human king

Cities surround
Low to the ground
As they envy the mound
The king of trade
And the endless supply

When approached
The palace not dare
To give even the slightest
Evil stare

"Take what you will"
Say every wise man
"For we are not unfair,
No war should be declared"
Say every wise soul

Every city takes
As much as they will
Some leave in its place
Food or things of great taste

But the strength of iron
Is to be unmatched
So city upon city
They all attacked

Not one city
Is to be left bare
Each with its own
Scar or tear

There was but one place
Left to thrive
The palace among
The cities that die

An unspoken agreement
That the palace be kept
For its people never left
With such great source
They must have one great force

When cities collapsed
And lands lay bare
The cities that remained
Thought it unfair
One little palace be left to stare

The suniest day
Brighter than the rest
The iron tip
Looked its best
A reminder of the palace gift
May 2014 · 2.1k
Guitar
Curtis May 2014
The subtle ache in my fingertips
Where calloused skin now grows
The love for my guitar certainly shows

I cannot wait
For the work day to end
So I can venture off
Guitar in hand
To the place
Where suburbia dare never blend

Amongst the trees
And a calming breeze
Beautiful music comes with ease

What things today may hold
What people i may meet
Is to be untold
Whatever the case
Amongst the beauty of growth
There be not a better place
To venture off
And put on a smiling face
May 2014 · 1.1k
Telescope
Curtis May 2014
To stare into the craters of the moon
Is a reminder that we will be returned soon
To the grips of a black holes' tomb
And this, brings the furthest feeling from gloom
From death something new will always bloom
May 2014 · 305
Real World
Curtis May 2014
The definition
Of the "real world"
Is not for you to decide
It is up to the individual
What he has determined in his mind

Do not look to me
And discriminate for what I see
Happiness is what I let it be
May 2014 · 250
Sparks
Curtis May 2014
Creativity is overwhelming me
Why now!
I must sleep

I want to play and write and think!
I do not want to sink
Sink into my dreams tonight
Only to be awake before mornings light!

There need not be such a schedule!
To think twenty-four is to be a fool
Why waste this spark!
Why must I sleep in the dark
May 2014 · 172
Red
Curtis May 2014
Red
Those little hearts that glow red
After each wonderful poem I have read
I know they mean the world to you
Because they mean the world to me, too
Curtis May 2014
The moment when
Your dream is good
Too good
And you wake up from the intense joy
Only to be dropped heavily to the ground
Ouch
May 2014 · 351
Do Me A Favour
Curtis May 2014
Do me a favour
Do a good deed
And never bleed
For something you don't need
May 2014 · 273
Sad Song
Curtis May 2014
I just want to steal
A love that's not mine
For love it seems
I cannot find
But stealing is wrong
Love will come one day
I am an honest man
So i'll just sit and play
Another sad song
May 2014 · 277
To You, All of You
Curtis May 2014
To be poetic
Is to be far
From pathetic
All of you are awesome
May 2014 · 506
Low Energy
Curtis May 2014
My candle grows dim
Like I have burned my wax thin
Just a bit more burning
Until the wax is thick again
My flame will be bright
And i will be full of life
May 2014 · 218
Land of Dreaming
Curtis May 2014
I wish to return
To a place I yearn
Where I never learn
And my stomach never churns

The place in my mind
A place I'm far from blind
Where strange adventures I find
No worries of unclear signs

Dreaming
Of anything but
My internal bleeding
May 2014 · 201
Where?
Curtis May 2014
It hurts me so
To not know
Where my customer could go
He was old
But kind
And you are cold
You not care
I ask to where?
You know not
You only know your contact
You care only about a contract
I fear the worst
But expect nothing
Mr. John klein
You were certainly kind
To show up to a customers house, with people cleaning it out, and not knowing what happened. Cold hearts work and i wonder.
May 2014 · 1.5k
3am
Curtis May 2014
3am
What to do
When it's boredom
Not exhaustion
That takes hold
May 2014 · 279
Flow
Curtis May 2014
My body a river
Constantly flowing
Through the world
Through time
Producing such rhymes

Some choose different
To be a rock
In a river
Or in many
Never to move
Only to corrode
To never sway
Only to fade away
Just hoping one day
They will be the sand
Where all the rivers end
May 2014 · 152
The Artist
Curtis May 2014
The things you do
What they do
For whom they do
From where did it come?
If the answer is anything less then your soul
You know not how to be whole
May 2014 · 1.6k
Annoyance
Curtis May 2014
The ache of a sore gum
Annoyance
It compares none
To the ache of a fickle heart
May 2014 · 502
Heavy
Curtis May 2014
Where is my creativity
It flowed so easily
Like a river flowing steady
Now like a block of iron
Heavy
May 2014 · 232
Hey You
May 2014 · 237
Up and Down
Curtis May 2014
I hate roller coasters
Why do I let my mind be one
Apr 2014 · 570
My 10w
Curtis Apr 2014
This poetry
Will most certainly be
The death of me
Apr 2014 · 398
Dream
Curtis Apr 2014
Losing faith in reality
When a dream is what you see
I see her
I see her with me
But i know
It will never be
I see anyone really
Just someone
To share my company
And help me feel free

Time to snap back reality
Work waits for me
Apr 2014 · 341
Life
Curtis Apr 2014
Why oh why
The need to say a man has died
To say he did it for us
And he did it for love
Then why must you hate
No man is free
No man is safe
From humanity
Be what we are
We are what we convey
If we choose to pray
Or nay
We need not god
We need not drugs
What we need
Is love
Apr 2014 · 175
Untitled
Curtis Apr 2014
If you could generate,
All the energy that you absorb,
Is it not but then worth more?
Apr 2014 · 3.0k
Energy
Curtis Apr 2014
Energy
The fact that it is
Not what it was
But that it is
The fact that it exists
Ahh can you feel your mind twist
As you pull past the curtains
Of what makes your mind go
Worry not what it is
But please let it show
Let it be the light we see
Let it make you whole
Apr 2014 · 272
Untitled
Curtis Apr 2014
The things i do
They are not you
They are what you perceive
The things i do
Should amuse
And astound you
There is no word
For which i seek
The one that describes
Energy
Apr 2014 · 428
Sun
Curtis Apr 2014
Sun
You need not worry
What another thinks
For you're but a sun
Shining light
each poem a ray
For those who find it
Glory such a day
But you must maintain your great waves
Apr 2014 · 220
Light
Curtis Apr 2014
What is this light?
This light that i see?
Wonderful
Every light you see
Every little light
Even you and me
You need not clarity
What it is you may not see
But that theres energy
Thats beauty
Something creating
Something to see
Cause without light
See would not be
It is of light
That makes you see
That cradles the eyes
Of you and me
Light shine on my vocabulary
And let from it be shown
Creativity
Apr 2014 · 517
Subtlety
Curtis Apr 2014
The subtlety of hints
My door cracked
Only about three inch
An object on the floor
One that was not there before
A drape pried open
A little fur left on the curtain
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