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Power
Exuberance
The misfortune
of having it all

I’ve become one like them
Growing accustomed to the norm
Finding peace of mind in
the minimal
Pretend people
practicing prayers
they don't believe in
truth be told

They ran, for they feared
having something real
They wanted to have security
in falsification
Those little laughs in between
re-lived stories of the time
when nothing really happened

Nothing ever really happens for them

Rather than love and happiness,
Money and clinical-depression
Censorship in their realities
They had nothing having it all

In the end
we are all but one
Carrying the deeds of
another man's profits
While street prophets
carry out the deeds of
our days that will
never be shed
onto the normality of
the dead
 Sep 2016 Anthony Perry
kyle
don't you ever wonder about the fact that even rockstars sing about heartbreak?
i realize it now.
it's not so much about who you are or what you can do, it's more that you're human.
so, instead of looking for a nice house, like the one i used to rent, I'm going to settle for a cabin in the woods.
I'm fine with nothing, because with that, I'm guaranteed to keep it.
 Sep 2016 Anthony Perry
Sophia
Sometimes, I walked pass you
Sometimes, I took a glimpse
Maybe, you saw me, maybe.

Sometimes, I stare at you
Sometimes, I touch you
Maybe, you felt it, maybe.

Sometimes, I think of you
Sometimes, I fell for you
Maybe, you fell too, maybe.

Sometimes, I'm hurt too
Sometimes, I care for you
Maybe, you cared too, maybe.

Sometimes, I don't care
Sometimes, I give up
Maybe, you noticed it, maybe.

Sometimes, we don't fit
Sometimes, time came late
*Maybe, Sometimes will be our Always.
 Sep 2016 Anthony Perry
Sophia
Once in a certain time
Things went fast
With my own two eyes
I saw you lying on the ground

Pale, dull skin of yours
Your lovely brown eyes
turned into a blank stare
With wires entangled in your neck

With a blurry sight
I ran unto you, Mom
Hoping you'll return
Still, I can't let go of your cold hands

Our last talk I grieve
Trembling from shock
Confused with these things
I can't put into words

Why must it be you?
Things should've been better
With lonely soul of you
Still linger through me

How do one lose another?
When one already lost itself
Can't I take the blame
and reason empty words

I'll never grasp your reason
for leaving us at once
I'll talk to you again, Mom
When we meet in another time.
It's for my friend's mother who passed away.
 Sep 2016 Anthony Perry
Sophia
He's my 3am thought,

tired eyes, blinking lights
cold breeze, dry lips
but it's worth it
if it's him

She's my 3am thought,

firm hands, dark room
heavy sighs, pale skin
but it's worth it
if it's her
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