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168 · Nov 2015
Inferior
mikecccc Nov 2015
You have something
Something you love
It fills you with
Something good
Until you find
That it's really only
A malformed imitation
It may have come first
In the product line
But it most surely
Is not superior.
167 · Nov 2015
You are guilty
mikecccc Nov 2015
The world
Has decided
You are guilty
They can't see
Your heart
And they
Could be wrong
But that may
Not be enough.
167 · Jul 2015
Life n stuff
mikecccc Jul 2015
You know
the world is amazing
waterfalls
rainbows
birds o paradise
just tons of cool stuff
you hear sad things
and read it on the news
it's easy to forget
that such things exist.
167 · Nov 2015
I can't honestly say that
mikecccc Nov 2015
That's not to say
I won't say it
I will
with a strait face to
But it's a lie
Nothing personal
I just kinda ****
At telling the truth.
166 · Nov 2015
Good question
mikecccc Nov 2015
Sometimes
I ask myself
why
I never get
A good answer.
166 · Nov 2015
The apartment
mikecccc Nov 2015
A not so great
Home
A sign of
Not being settled
It has history no doubt
Sure it's a place
To lay your head
But it just
Isn't the same
As an actual house.
166 · Nov 2015
Regret
mikecccc Nov 2015
You may regret that
Or you may not
Everyone is different
And I can't read
Your mind
I don't think
That anyone can lead
A life with no regrets
Just make sure
Their a learning experience.
165 · Oct 2015
Coward
mikecccc Oct 2015
Hide in your box
Else you'll be seen
The eyes burn you
They prove your
Not alone
Play in the shadows
Where the air
Is cool and the sun
Won't find you
Stay in your place
Stay close to home.
165 · Nov 2015
sell your soul
mikecccc Nov 2015
do want something
so badly
you
would sell your soul
would you bleed
would you do anything
for it
maybe maybe not
if you do
I hope it's really worth it
I hope time doesn't show
how immaterial it was
if it's a person I hope
you don't find out
their a lie.
165 · Nov 2015
What a wonderful tree
mikecccc Nov 2015
There stands a tree
Almost perfect
So tall so old
Such fine Apples
Except for one
Twisted branch
Near the top
It can't just be
Chopped off
But it is just small enough
To be ignored.
164 · Oct 2015
The reality
mikecccc Oct 2015
It sounded lovely
I wished and worked
and I got it
but surprise
it wasn't worth it
and I can't get a refund
so I suppose
I should just move on.
164 · Sep 2015
love thyself
mikecccc Sep 2015
or at least tolerate yourself
you can run from anyone
but even in the deepest hole
or the farthest countries
you can't escape you.
163 · Oct 2015
round and round we go
mikecccc Oct 2015
I had noble aspirations
I wanted to save them
I fought with righteous indignation
Yet all I caused was harm
I lead them astray
I said that in the end
Things would be better
But in the end
Things are much the same.
163 · Nov 2015
The day is nigh
mikecccc Nov 2015
Go away moon
Your shift is over
The sun will arrive
Oh so soon
To watch over us
Go away to your
Restful place
And when you
Come back
I just might have
Some new stories
For you.
162 · Sep 2015
common sense 10w
mikecccc Sep 2015
The simplest things
That everyone knows
Or so everyone says
162 · Aug 2015
get up get going or don't
mikecccc Aug 2015
You awake in the morning
You get ready for the day
You head out the door
And you see the paths
So many this way
That way any way
Is doable
Until you start to think
That path is too dangerous
Too rough
Too full of strangers
Too dam much
But worry not
There are always a few paths
Open to anyone
Or you could
just go back to bed.
161 · Oct 2015
there are people
mikecccc Oct 2015
there are people
who **** for fun
there are people
who wouldn't ****
to defend loved ones
there are people
who try to **** trees
there are people
who wouldn't touch
a naked body for fear
of god
people are so different
they come in all shades
and all sizes
it quite frankly
amazes me when
people say that
no one would
do that or enjoy that
for every activity
or inclination
there will always be
at least one.
161 · Mar 2020
Apocalypse how
mikecccc Mar 2020
the world is burning
what else is new
oh ****
is this
what Billy Joel meant
cause I don't play with matches
A childish thing
to play
with dangerous things
is it kids these days
I should blame
for the state of things.
160 · Sep 2015
people
mikecccc Sep 2015
Such chaotic creatures
They crave order
Only to find
It isn't there kind of order
It isn't quite the thing
But if you change it
Just a bit it will be perfect
At least according to some
Others will find fault
And so more alterations
Will of course occur
They feel order
Is meant to be malleable
Not getting that order is stone
It's tradition
and that may not be
what they really want.
160 · Apr 2015
The anti-lullaby
mikecccc Apr 2015
Surrounded by darkness
laying beneath the family roof
and drifting off to the land of counted sheep.

I find myself in a pleasant limbo
a place of quite and rest
after a day of this
and that.

I know soon
my eyes will close
and tomorrow will arrive.

I do not dread
the coming day
but this pleasant limbo
is something I treasure.
159 · Nov 2015
the best defense
mikecccc Nov 2015
Attack
when you are afraid
Attack
or they will see
your weakness
that's the thing to do
I think
unless you want to trust
to
open up
a risky prospect
but perhaps worth it
or perhaps not.
159 · Jul 2015
Too much
mikecccc Jul 2015
It *****
that too much good
can turn sour
but heaps of woe
never get any sweeter
159 · Jul 2015
so close
mikecccc Jul 2015
I lose
Once again
Typical
I tried
But that
Was yesterday
Today is a new day
And I'll try again
Maybe today
Is the day
Probably not
But
Nothing ventured
Nothing gained
I tell myself
Again
And
Again.
158 · Sep 2015
Forgiveness
mikecccc Sep 2015
It can be easy
to say
I forgive you
but that's only half
of the battle
the hard part
is meaning it
it's a fist
that just won't
unclench.
157 · Nov 2015
What to do
mikecccc Nov 2015
I know what to do
Well I think
I do
OK maybe
It's impossible
But I have to try
Okay I don't
Have
to try
I can just
Put away those
Silly notions
And listen to you
You know what
You're doing right
You can tell me
The right
Way to live my life.
157 · Feb 2016
where did it go
mikecccc Feb 2016
the sun never rose
we set up camp
and waited for sunrise
but it never happened
the moon is still
just lounging about
is it the end
will the earth
begin to freeze
or is my watch busted
I can wait
for a few more minutes.
157 · Aug 2015
perfection
mikecccc Aug 2015
It's a lie
There is no perfection
All things that are
Are flawed
But we persist
And some things
Just a rare few
Are dam near perfect
Which will just
Have to do
Or say some.
156 · Jul 2015
nevermind
mikecccc Jul 2015
What are you doing
Should I do that
Would that be weird
No okay
Well carry on then
I will do the thing
And hope it's right
Or maybe I won't
Oh nevermind.
156 · Feb 2016
Introvert
mikecccc Feb 2016
Fleeing the club
Almost swept away
By the human tide
I need to breathe
I need some room
Why did I think
This would end well.
156 · Sep 2015
Ram
mikecccc Sep 2015
Ram
Slam your head
Against the issue
That will solve it
Unless of course
It's somehow harder
Than your head
Then all you'll have
Is a cracked skull
And an unimpressed audience.
156 · Feb 2021
Drive
mikecccc Feb 2021
Hands at ten and two
I control my fate
so I'm told
swerve into oncoming traffic
cause a cacophony
go out on a high note
I control my fate
but where the ****
do I wanna go
nowhere really
being awake
makes me uncomfortable
I see why so many
choose to give themselves
to more certain Hands.
silly me
155 · Sep 2021
on the outside
mikecccc Sep 2021
I'm in
how the ****
did that happen
always on the outside
looking in now
im in
I
always knew
you had bad taste in friends,
155 · Oct 2015
brick 10w
mikecccc Oct 2015
A small part
Of something bigger
Or maybe a weapon
155 · Jul 2015
The Way Of Things
mikecccc Jul 2015
Things happen
Things change
for better
for ill
You can demand
things freeze
and on a small scale
things may
but really there is naught
that can be done
ways of speech
ways of thought
ways of dance
they come and go
what will be
will be.
154 · Sep 2015
Just a second
mikecccc Sep 2015
I looked away
For only a moment
And you were gone
Things had changed
It was all wrong
But I swear
I only looked away
For a moment.
153 · Feb 2016
Whispers
mikecccc Feb 2016
Discuss the events
Of your day
Just a little
Ways away from me
Not outside my hearing
Just a little too far
To hear clearly
And I'll know
You're in reality
talking about
Me.
Probably saying
Terrible things
At that.
153 · Aug 2015
touch
mikecccc Aug 2015
Lost in a mental whirlpool
I'm drifting away
With nothing to anchor me
I wonder could you keep me here
Would you want to
Maybe I'll find someplace nice
Up in the clouds.
153 · Jan 2016
grounded
mikecccc Jan 2016
You lost
One of your wings
You poor angel
Now you're mundane
Just like me
Just like them
I wonder
If you'll get use
To walking
you could still fly
the human way
but it wouldn't be
the same.
151 · Jul 2015
you can't lose
mikecccc Jul 2015
In that it's not a competition
There are no winners
And no losers.
That said
Some people really ****
At this not competition.
151 · Jul 2015
what is it
mikecccc Jul 2015
Adversity
theirs a little for everyone
and a lot for some

some go through it quietly
and some shout till
their voices give out

but i wonder
why some go through it
and come out the other side
stronger and others weaker
or not at all

what quality is it
and how do you know
when you have it.
149 · Nov 2021
Jinx
mikecccc Nov 2021
Anarchist fingers
honed by habit
assembling
A future fit
for no one.
149 · Sep 2015
Shelly
mikecccc Sep 2015
Your kinda hollow
I went to lean
And fell right through
What happened to you
I know you had more inside
Once upon a time
It was life
It was love
It was what what
that hollowed you out?
149 · Sep 2015
Tomorrow 10w
mikecccc Sep 2015
A new day
with any luck
a good one
hah.
148 · Jul 2015
fact
mikecccc Jul 2015
A solid word
What is is
And what isn't
Is not
A fact
Sometimes things
That are false
Pretend to be facts
Which causes confusion
Among the masses
But worry not
In time all will be revealed.
147 · Nov 2015
The claw
mikecccc Nov 2015
hovering above
waiting to steal you away
I pray it passes us by
but I know
it's only a matter
of time.
147 · Sep 2015
fire vs fire
mikecccc Sep 2015
this is actually
a way to deal
with forest fires
which is surprising
because often
when this is tried
in a metaphorical sense
you just get
third degrees burns.
146 · Aug 2015
demon/angel weight
mikecccc Aug 2015
I'm weighed down
With angels and demons
The angels say go
The demons say stop
They are not good
And evil isn't right
The angel insists I live
However I will
The demons says
You should just surrender
They both make good points
Or maybe they don't
And I just hear what I want.
145 · Sep 2015
disappearing act
mikecccc Sep 2015
Day by day
You waste away
I know why
But I don't know
How to stop it
The professionals give advice
As does everyone else
Yet nothing works
And still you fade
What can I do
What can I say
What will I do
Without you.
145 · Apr 2015
Windows to the soul
mikecccc Apr 2015
Holes in the skull
They hold so much
Lakes of fire
Wells of sadness
Pools of light
A challenge
An invitation
And none of its said aloud
It's just there.
145 · Sep 2015
there it is
mikecccc Sep 2015
the sun is here
throwing out
the dark
and bringing in
the light without
a thought to those
who prefer the night
I asked it to leave
and was ignored
no doubt today
it will glare.
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