How can you not notice?
– It feels obvious –
Like a neon sign has taken residence
On my forehead, permanent evidence
Of the maudlin mess
Manifest in your presence. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #33 – Water Metaphors For Misery”
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Misplaced Missive #198 – Believe
So much spirit for trivial things,
When nothing is risked,
When what could be lost,
Will never be missed. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #198 – Believe”
Misplaced Missive #32 – Like Knives
Lies are a cover –
Cloaking me from the outside,
From a night I can only assume to be starless.
It’s an art, this,
Hiding from the bad so completely,
You are no longer aware of the good. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #32 – Like Knives”
Misplaced Missive #31 – Shell
Blank ceiling silently staring down
at me
Lying motionless
lethargic
apathetic
static
It’s all white noise
Empty and colorless
What reason is there to continue?
No one gets the dreams they pursue
No one loves the people they do
No one enjoys the path they choose Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #31 – Shell”
Misplaced Missive #201 – Lady Luck
Lady Luck, fickle and cruel, Who will sleep with any fool, But only for a short time. Choosing lovers with divine randomness, In her arms, there's bliss; Fortune given with every kiss, But not for long. 'Til the next is chosen, And you're dismissed. Lady Luck, you uncaring whore, Who will you next bless, With your attention and caress? How can I earn more? How can I earn less? I'm always waiting for, My turn to be selected, by fate. So Lady Luck, please. Leave me be. I'd rather court The hardworking sort. One to inspire and motivate, Not one to make me wait, and wait, For something that may never come.
Jessie Gutierrez
…I definitely don’t dig WP’s new ‘editor’. It is not improved. Why must they keep changing things…
Also, for your amusement! Related only by the luck of the draw that is life:
Moonlit Musing – City Living
Center
Ever present
tires squealing on asphalt
voices in the streetlight
motion in movement in mind Continue reading “Moonlit Musing – City Living”
Misplaced Missive #208 – Volcanoes And Oceans
It’s disruptive; the constant eruptions
Of quaking earth and rising flame.
Shaking me from where I once
Stood my ground,
Destroying all the worthy around. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #208 – Volcanoes And Oceans”
Misplaced Missive #211 – Plans and Pathways
I can’t plan for the future,
But I can follow your future plan.
I’ll never understand –
Your timeline and timetable and timeframe,
But I think it’s a shame,
To let that stand in the way. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #211 – Plans and Pathways”
Misplaced Missive #120 – Future Strangers and Never Again Friends
How long can we hold on,
To something so broken,
It no longer exists?
Something diminished to dust,
With all too quick fix ups,
Abrupt remedies, and
Corrupt intentions. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #120 – Future Strangers and Never Again Friends”
Misplaced Missive #21 – Promises & Betrayals
I foolishly promised I’d always be there,
To look out for you, to listen, to guide, to advise,
And I’m trying so hard to simply be anywhere,
Struggling to find a way to more than survive. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #21 – Promises & Betrayals”
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