The Tinkerer

The Tinkerer May 2016

Sway

You feel the music flow through you,
Losing to the tune, you begin to move..
Nothing matters, you're in the groove.

People might say it's a waste of time.
They have no idea of this peace of mind.
A graceful art, dancing to music in time.
Invokes the body, rejuvenates the mind.

Care naught what people might say.
So long as in dance, you find a way,
For love and life to be embraced.

So long as sorrow it does erase,
So long as it keeps a smile on your face,
Do as you do, *sway as you sway..

Do what you love, then nobody's ever got the right to stop you doing what you do. Do what you love, so life is so easy this way.

#love #dance #happy #happiness #bold #carefree

The Tinkerer May 2016

Sleep is not my friend tonight.

Sleep is not my friend tonight.
For tonight holds with it all my fears.
The howling of a hurting heart.
The darkness engulfs all that I hold dear.
And from this darkness,
Once rolled empty tears.

It seeps right through the bone.
Once again I feel it.
That cold that grips the soul.
This torment, it is not new, it is not old.

Sleep is not my friend tonight,
For the greater good. Because I should.
I must push it all off a ledge.
Till all that's felt is nothingness.

I am the rock that needs to be, as the sea collapses on me.

#poetry #dark #down #sleepless #lament

The Tinkerer May 2016

Emerald Eyes

Many a time, it's often been said
Look into the eyes,
A soul can be read.
In your eyes though,
So gently displayed
So much more than a soul,
An entire world, there lay.

A tint of blue, and a hint of grey.
Within those emerald eyes,
Innocence and mischief play..

Watch them,
The little messages they give away,
Messages of passion and beauty,
Of power and grace.

Those little gems, embedded on a goddess' face.
Those little gems, they glint and glimmer.

With the life of a spirit.
Every color, and every shade
As open as the ocean,
I'm lost at sea with your gaze.

Not many have the immutable goodness in them like you do. We haven't known each other for too long, but I'd like to say that you're everything that is worth admiring and more. This one's an ode to you, Em. :)

The Tinkerer Apr 2016

The Poet's Alibi

Some days may be better,
Some days worse,
This maybe why I write the written verse.

Some people might be trust worthy,
Some may only lie,
This maybe what gets my rhymes to mind.

Every single moment I witness pass away,
Has with it emotion that almost bursts before it fades.

This is life as I see it through my eyes.
Is this the life of a poet, this is my alibi.

#poem #poetry #poet #life #world #day

The Tinkerer Feb 2016

The Outsider:

Trudging along.
Out, about, always around.
Always within.
Yet somehow without.

The Outsider.
Forever he is around.
Eternally quenching a thirst
Eternal is his drought.

The Outsider.
A part of many,
Apart from the many
He's forever found
Wherever, whenever.
Forever forgettable as the ground.

The Outsider.
Present as day when he's about.
When gone he's an echo.
An echo of a distant,
Long forgotten sound.

I've always lived a somewhat nomadic life. Moved around cities and schools, made loads of friends, lost so many more. I am soon moving, beginning a new chapter in my life. The first time in nearly a decade, and I'd forgotten how it felt to leave. I'd forgotten how easy and how fragile such human dynamics can be. I've never had long lasting friendships. I'm uncertain I will have many from the stay I've had. The frustration that built up in me, from my insecurities, from my fear of losing the people I consider closest to me, I've finally been able to vent. Not as romantic, not a happy ending, not something to lift the spirits, this. But a reflection of the chaos I've only just begun to understand again.

I may not be lucky. Though I know I am blessed.

#regret #fight #change #uncertainty #introspection #loneliness #chaos #relief #moving #progress

Dec 2015

lluvia de abril

Each other's end

A single gentle gaze flows unleashed
moving her soul
as the veil of a shadow leaves its restlessness
to bring the melodies of untouched winds

harmony crowns the blossoming fig trees
at summer’s end
eyes meet, lips touch unhurriedly
professing love’s unstirred resilience
becoming a last breath
each other’s end
drenched in the warmth of honeyed fruit
consumed in gardens newly claimed

Dec 2015

oui

i rambled this in the car

and this is what i feared
that you wouldn't feel this near
and i admit I've shed a tear
but you're worth that my dear

these shoes have walked a bit
maybe too far i admit
but i know id never quit
running these miles for you

#love #drunk #girl #whatever #boy #miles #song #car #random #shoes