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519 · Jan 2013
The Art of Letting Go (20w)
Ian Cairns Jan 2013
To let go
requires
a long walk
and unclenched fists

*So why does this path take me back to you?
502 · Mar 2013
Comfort
Ian Cairns Mar 2013
Who knew
Late night constructs
Could turn into such
Disastrous dilemmas
My mind races
But not around a track
Or some make-shift run way
Where runners go
To get away from such issues
I stay the course
Practicing patience
As if I really knew
What made people want to stay
It's sad
Because I really do
Is that silly?
Am I foolish?
For wanting to be here
To stay so still
Thus eliminating progress
To provide some sort
Of comforting process
To rest on the simple fact
That things just aren't that simple
Are they?
502 · Nov 2013
Golden (10w)
Ian Cairns Nov 2013
Perfection
permeates souls
willing to recognize
faults shine
golden
too
498 · Apr 2013
A Silent Speech (10w)
Ian Cairns Apr 2013
What if
I told you

Nothing.

Would you listen then?
489 · Jan 2013
Every Day
Ian Cairns Jan 2013
They say
Every day
Passes by a thousand times
Like a movie fluidly stuck on rewind
Every day
A thousand hearts swell
And a thousand more need restored
Every day
A new life starts with innocence
Yet lives are lost
Every day
At war or at your local drug store
It occurred to me that
Every day
Everyone
Sees
Every day
The same
Don't you see?
That
Every day
You have the chance
To pass the time between sunrise and sunset
You have the chance
Every day
To spend time with someone you love or never met
Every day
People collide in times of trouble
Making struggle and strife offset
Every day
A phrase is framed
That can take your breathe away
Don't you see?
Every day
Is beauty undefined
By spoken word
Or open eyes
So take it in and realize

*Every day matters
470 · Mar 2014
Shut (10w)
Ian Cairns Mar 2014
I
find myself the best
when my eyes
are shut
461 · May 2013
Potential
Ian Cairns May 2013
Forget your dreams
And focus solely on
Your everyday actions.
Soon enough
You will start to realize
They belong together.
So while you sleep
Remember this:
You define your reality.
451 · Jun 2014
Hide (10w)
Ian Cairns Jun 2014
Reach out
and feel nothing
where everything
used to hide
439 · Feb 2013
Clockwork (10w)
Ian Cairns Feb 2013
the
two                      hands
fade                             away
as                             ours
join                         as
one
419 · Jul 2014
In the End
Ian Cairns Jul 2014
In the end
To be one
There will be nothing left
To be anything at all

In the end
Everything will be anything
You want it to be
Anything at all

In the end
There will be nothing left
Anything will be everything
Anything at all

To be one
Be nothing
Be everything
In the end
410 · Jun 2013
Goodbye (10w)
Ian Cairns Jun 2013
Understand
that our departure
is necessary.
Our separation
forbids tragedy.
407 · Mar 2013
Not a Word
Ian Cairns Mar 2013
Excuse me while I hold my breath
Count to ten, puff my chest
The words I need have been suppressed
Far away, for the best
No cause for concern or distress
Silence stays, a welcomed guest
My troubles find a peaceful death
Away again, pain at rest
404 · Dec 2012
Lies Within Us
Ian Cairns Dec 2012
Never seen, hardly told
Passed around once or twice, it comes back twisted
Everyone looks- but looks can be deceiving
It's presence is present-less when presents take precedence
It's neither right nor wrong
It's merely lies within us
It's the truth
The ugly truth
394 · Mar 2013
We
Ian Cairns Mar 2013
We
I'm a people person
A look both ways
before I cross the street person
A hold the door
if I beat you there person
A pick you up
if you get knocked down person
A don't care where
you come from person
A don't care what
your skin tone is
or how long your hair flows
or if you have any hair at all
or if you look in the mirror
and see a person who you
can't stand person
A let's team up
and change the world person
Because we all are people
393 · Mar 2015
The Road
Ian Cairns Mar 2015
When you go
Follow the road
You can't see

When you go
Make the most
Of your own worth

When you go
Pick up the horizon
If you feel like falling

When you go
Watch me go
Far too

When you go
Follow the road
Of your own worth
If you feel like falling
Watch me go far too
361 · Jul 2024
Late Night Snack
Ian Cairns Jul 2024
Can’t sleep
but will eat
the fondest memories of you
when the pillows peak through
360 · Jan 2013
Stars
Ian Cairns Jan 2013
In between the lines you'll find

               you

a sign of things to come

               and

With power more divine

                me

than the stars aligned above
351 · Feb 2013
Insomnia (Or So It Seems)
Ian Cairns Feb 2013
A little past three
Makes me believe
In these dreams

The ones where
The two of us
Reign supreme

It's just a little too late
For me to believe
In such things

*I need to sleep
322 · May 2013
Out There
Ian Cairns May 2013
What do you think is out there?
Is it anything?
Is it nothing?
Is it worth something?
Is it worth asking about?
Is it worth finding out?
What do you think?
76 · Apr 28
Tool
Ian Cairns Apr 28
All it takes is a little bit of resolve
such a travesty to see
your true colors shimmer so bright

All I need is a little bit of ****** wine
and a moment to reflect
before my darkness turns to light

All of it is petty you see?
That’s the difference between you and me
a few spare seconds after midnight
You must have been high
65 · May 7
Hope
Ian Cairns May 7
Above this flesh even while these stubborn bones dissent

Underneath the blank stares even while these tired eyes are giving up

Despite every slithering excuse even while these days constrict us

No matter how I use the dissonance even while the despair compounds within me

Alive even while death greets me tenderly

I swear above all else even while this vision blurs

I swear beneath all else until these fibers prove me wrong

I swear to you it lingers even here
39 · Jul 9
Ode to Patriotism
Ian Cairns Jul 9
The wind blows and it too manifests what it must to stay alive
and this I understand
To fight even when everything within you says enough already
one feels only natural to expand as far as the limits allow every once in a while
but what then when critic and conqueror meet?

The errands of love need not explain this land to me because I see how the flagpole quakes without permission
I know what it takes when there’s nothing left to behold
to require more of what you love because the craving exists
and that’s reason enough

So exhale and be free
swallow this gathering of blemished stone and unbecoming flesh
make it more whole than you deem worthy remember
it’s this type of longing you seek

— The End —