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gray rain Jul 2016
As a society we are unable to help each other,
unable to notice something's wrong.

We've tried to create a perfect world
so perfect that it will crumble
because perfect is different to everyone.

We try separating ourselves
from those who hurt us
but the pain and suffering has gone on too long.

We have become as a society self absorbed
trying to climb the hierachy whilst we all sink lower and lower as one.
gray rain Jun 2016
When ink is spilled...

Do you make it into something that looks good or try clean up as fast as you can.

Do you let it soak into the paper and when you go to write it ends up on your hands.

Do you continue to spill the ink not giving a **** about where it lands.

Do you turn it into a poem or song that you could sell to the next underground band.

Do you leave it to live a life of its own and see the patterns and shapes it makes as though it was planned.

Or do you leave it for someone else to clean up just because you can.
gray rain Apr 2016
Swimming in the ocean
drifting far away from shore
alone and free
as waves push against me
and take me back
to where I was before.
If anyone can think of a better title please tell me.
gray rain Apr 2016
You don't understand
I guess you never will
all alone I stand
but in the presence of you

you don't know the thoughts
that are running through my head
you don't know the thoughts
of when my mind is red

You don't understand
I guess you don't need too
where you stand
you're not alone
so these thoughts do not affect you
gray rain Aug 2016
In white history books we learn how the epitome of privelage save the day.

In white history books black people trying to free themselves was cast away.

White history books cast aside the past and believe we have a more equal society.

White history books add to the ignorance allowing for race inequality.
I wrote this in a workshop with Zita Holbourne. It's not great but...
gray rain May 2016
In a white room
thirty people
empty and plain
yet full and lively
everyone different
everyone same
stuck in a system
for hours every day
preparing for a future
that may not exist
existence destroyed
by being uncreative

in a white room
thirty people
just numbers
in a system
different numbers
but no name
gray rain Apr 2016
A wave of tears run down my face
I leave the world without a trace
except a note on the fireplace

ran into the woods and off the trail
the note reads "I have left the world, I am a fail"

It's my decision, I have drown
and left nothing but my body and this note you've found
5th April 2016
gray rain May 2016
Without silence
sound would be
unappreciated
gray rain Apr 2016
Hiding in the shadow
no one can see my face,
hiding in the shadow
left without a trace.

No one hears my voice,
When I'm in a sound proof room.
no one hears my voice,
when I'm stuck inside a tomb.

hiding in the shadow
no one can see my face.
hiding in the shadow
left without a trace.

no one hears my voice,
crying in an empty room.
no one hears my voice,
crying without you.
gray rain Apr 2016
When you bleed,  I will bleed too.
When you die, I will die with you.
gray rain Jul 2016
Words are just words when they are not defined.
Words can be feelings when bring back memories of past time.
Until this week I had not experience death and wrote this long before, reading it now I understand more than I did then.
http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1614126/effects-of-death/
gray rain Jun 2016
I am cracked
I am broken
your words attack
when they are spoken

they made me fall
pushed me to the floor
your words they call
then push me out the door

they're just an act
but they feel so real
they were a pact
now they're a broken deal

you caused this all
your words, they surround
they pushed me off the wall
and left me on the ground
gray rain Jun 2016
Words can hit like a bullet
but the wounds are only metaphorical
gray rain Apr 2016
Write the words
of your heart
of your mind
of your soul
take those words you write
and tell them to all
gray rain Jun 2016
The girl could have fallen in love with a girl or guy
but no, instead she just wanted to die.
Characters are created to tell a story, if the writer thought of a different purpose for the character the story would change completely.

http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1669837/the-girl-trigger-warning-self-harm-suicide/
gray rain May 2016
I can't be bothered with this
I'm writing the same ****
in every way I can think of
yet these sessions of venting
just build up my hate
and make me regret
I'm afraid to tell someone
in case they don't accept
but I need to be free
free to be me
sorry for this terrible rhyme scheme
but it's flowing free
and structure isn't working for me
gray rain May 2016
Everywhere I've been
everywhere I go
everything I've seen
everything I know
is written on the walls
and burried in my soul
gray rain May 2016
On this road
This journey
I'm walking
running
maybe
I wasn't planning on stopping
until I realised I was going in the wrong direction
to where I wanted to be
gray rain Apr 2016
yesterday
I missed a chance
I missed the chance to tell you
how I feel
so my mind can be at rest
and my life become real
I couldn't tell you
those words
those words that replay
over and over in my head
for days, weeks, months
those words I need to be free from
I came so close
but my message was hidden
I need to break free
from this feeling
but I can't
I can't and it kills me
maybe next time
but next time I still won't be able to speak
I wrote this freestyle. It's just what flowed from my mind
gray rain Apr 2016
The Yorkshire accent
sounds pretty rough
"T" doesn't exist
unless you from Bradford
then you can't pronounce things propperly
and you say Bratfd
and the "o" lasts too long
the note is held on
now you knooow
how two letters are pronounced
go learn the dialect
not heard down soulth
This probably doesn't make sence unless you are one of the select few. This probably isn't true it's just things my friends pick up on and things we told them. "Y" also sounds messed up.
You
gray rain Aug 2016
You
Your eyes hide the ***** inside.
Your smile masks the counterfeit pride.
gray rain Apr 2016
I loved you
you hated me
I loved you
you couldn't stand me

my blind eyes couldn't see
who you were
you revealed yourself to me
I didn't know who you were

I loved you
you didn't see me
I loved you
but it was you and me
not us
gray rain Jul 2016
You can not lie
Yet not tell the truth

You can not be wrong
Yet still not be right

You can think something
Yet have no proof

You can not be a pacifist
Yet still not fight
gray rain Apr 2016
You tear me down but
you're not strong enough so you
fall further than me
gray rain Apr 2016
Your eyes
a dark sea
so full
yet so empty
I looked in
to see what I could find
but it was only you
dead inside
gray rain May 2016
I can't look at you
I can't give into your lies
but it is still hard
gray rain Apr 2016
I don't want to hear about your problems.
They don't really matter to me,
I have a life,
that you never seem to see.

I don't want to hear your stories
I've heard them all before.
Their nothing revolutionary
and that's for sure.

I can't solve them for you.
I don't care what you think when I don't give a ****.
It's your life,  your problems.
Just accept the hint and stop telling me about it.
This is about one person and only them.
gray rain Apr 2016
Your weaknesses is that you think your stronger than what you are
your strength, you do not have any
You fake your own strength to protect your ego
You think you are but your not a hero
you cannot defend yourself so you attack others
you lost your dignity when you had your first fight
your self respect only grew stronger
your strength, you don't have any
but your weaknesses there are too many

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