Why can’t you see what we see?
The way he’s crushing you,
Beneath his self serving greed. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #66 – Shout”
Tag: old poems
Misplaced Missive #62 – Airplanes
For a moment, I’ll hold it.
Freeze the memory in mind
Of needs not negated by time. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #62 – Airplanes”
Misplaced Missive #61 – LOVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYxY31qt7E0
You make me feel.
You take everything that could be real
Steal it away
Make it unworthy
You’ve cursed me
and I can’t reverse these
Feelings.
I’m under your sway.
Your spell. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #61 – LOVE”
Misplaced Missive #60 – Doesn’t Matter
Playing with blades
Handing you the hilt
One turn, one tilt,
To cut me open.
Let me bleed,
All I’m hoping. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #60 – Doesn’t Matter”
Misplaced Missive #59 – Armor
I’ve crafted this armor,
Of someone you’ll honor,
Run to for cover,
Never see suffer,
And trust easily.
So now, how can it be,
That you seem to see
Through to me? Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #59 – Armor”
Misplaced Missive #58 – Perfection Is A Lie
You’re perfect.
This isn’t a confession,
And that’s not a complement. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #58 – Perfection Is A Lie”
Misplaced Missive #180 -Dead End Want
Temptation in the face of practicality,
Shackled by conservative morality,
And the reality of significant others;
The dead end want of would be lovers,
Will how long stay under covers,
Of normalcy and friendship? Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #180 -Dead End Want”
Misplaced Missive #111 – Broken
I broke my promise.
I can’t move forward,
But there’s nothing to move back to. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #111 – Broken”
Misplaced Missive #25 – Mind/Heart, Brain/Feet, Accept/Defeat
I want you to know
I never gave you my heart.
It chose a path I can’t follow
The idea too hard to swallow.
And it’s not something I wanted
To have you hate me if I’m honest.
So now I suffer in the silence of lies by omission
Forsaken to friendship and avoidance
Of a simple sort of truth. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #25 – Mind/Heart, Brain/Feet, Accept/Defeat”
Misplaced Missive #7 – Curiosity and Fear
Curiosity and fear warring within;
By telling you the truth,
Tell me:
Did I commit an irredeemable sin? Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #7 – Curiosity and Fear”