The Gambit
I Told Myself But Never Admitted To
What I Knewā¦..
Insinuations.Ā
And Yet Thereās Still That Part Of Me
Waiting To Get Back Home, Back To My Room
And Say,
That Trip Took A Really Long Time,
Nowā¦.What Was I Doing?
How You Managed To Keep Us All Together
Without Figuring Me Out?
A Card Up His Sleeve, The Gambit Was Mine.
But I Canāt Seem To Turn It Off.
And I Canāt Explain The DejaVu.
...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:46 am
Raven Girl
Long Story Short,
Iām Cornered.
Every Second Iām Haunted,
Gory With The Dead Of Night.
Recycle Myself,
Just Donāt Think Of Tomorrow.
And As About I Flail,
This Is My Fairytale.
Life seems Lifeless,
For The Dead Travel Fast.
Iām Catching My Breath,
Another Hopeless Romantic.
Somewhere In Between
Pop And Gothic Before,
Lost In Barcode.
Ā
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:45 am
Bible Belt
An Undercurrent Of Remorse,
The Damned Are Too Bleak To Fade.
Heās Got The Talent, Now
Where Did I Put My Puppet Strings?
Heās Gonna Leave It All Up To The Studio.
Just Mouthing Words To Be Part of The Show.
Telling Lies To Stay In Tune.
Hundreds Lost And Thousands Doomed.
And Now He Canāt Even See Me.
Did You Notice, He Canāt See You Too?
If This Is The Life You Wanted,
Then Die.
Iā...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:43 am
The Taking Of Katie
Upon The Two, A Duet, Duel Amongst The Dead.
The Cycle Repeatsā¦ā¦.Malicious Intent.
We Came Here To Die And We Came Here To Die.
We Came Here To Die And We Came Here To Die.
We Came Here(And Should Iā¦.)To Die And
(Beneath The Cellar Door)We Came Here To Die.
We Came Here(And Should Iā¦.)To Die And
(Beneath The Cellar Door)We Came Here To Die.
We Came Here(And Should Iā¦.)To Die And
(Beneath ...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:42 am
To Travel Time
Secondhand Smoke On A Summer Night.
Again Now, Iām A Traveler Of Time.
Though What Was Mine Has Died
And What Has Mind Has Lied,
Forgotten Yet Still Inside,
Your World Suppresses Me Again.
Sometimes I Get That Tasteā¦..
Like Time Travel On The Tip Of My Tongue,
Tastes Like Dirt.
Ā
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:40 am
A Reflection Within A Reflection
I Remember Never Wanting It To
End, Like Always,
Fear Of The Over.
Is It Nearly Almost Over?
Itās Like,
Every Time I Smile
Iām A Liar To Myself.
Like Youāre Looking At Meā¦ā¦
Happy Or Guilty?
We Lookā¦.
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:38 am
Focus
But When We Zoom In
We Second Guess.
Could I Even Breath Through The Rest?
Whatās That Stuff Floating In My Vodka?
Prince Charming Feeling Awkward?
Thatās Two Or Three Times Bad for My Health.
Thatās What They Say, When Iām By Myself.
Can You Bluff When Youāre Dealing Hell?
I Got A Lighter, So I Might As Well.
Iām The Numbest I Ever Felt,
Bluffing My Way Through Hell.
Because I Share ...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:37 am
Nocturnal
The Last Buzz On Earth
Went Off Without A Hitch.
I Put On My Hat And Clean The House,
Finish That And Just Pace Around.
Iām Nocturnal,
Where Less Is More.
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:36 am
Matter
Sounds Of Reminiscence
And Altogether Sigh.
We Try To Be Sure Of What Matters.
And If This Is What Youād Think Of Me-
Iām Dislocated Sympathy.
We Try To Be Sure Of What Matters,
And What Matters To The Mad?
Ā
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:35 am
Dirt
Still Waiting For That Dog To Bark,
On The Verge Of A Different Day.
But Could I Stand On A Different Ground?
Could I Stand On A Different Ground?
Could I Stay In A Different Cage?
For Days Iām Running,
And Then I Step Out Of The Wheel.
Said We Knocked, But You Didnāt Hear Me.
Got A Mission And My Bloodās Boiling.
Got A Mission And My Bloodās Boiling.
Could I Stay In A Different Cage?
...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:34 am
Kill Me Now
Every Day I Dodge A Bullet.
Every Day I Shoot Myself.
Every Day Iām Looking Inward.
Inside I Die As Well.
Death Like.
Spilling The Ink.
Iām Lost In Every Day.
I Think.........
Forget My Dreams And Sleep.
What Is Here, Un-Surrounds.
Kill Me Now.
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:32 am
1993
What am I doing? Blurry lights glow before my eyes. Who am I? Should I check? Where am I? 11:11, the clock reads. Always 11:11. Oh, yesā¦ā¦ I am no one, at least for the night. Red, white and blue eyes reflect black at my soul. Time to roll, for the dead travel fast. Allās in black for the backwoods. Anticipation steals my heart in storms. Chaos is on the bound. Fortunate Son plays along to my midni...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:31 am
Char
She Blew A Kiss So Sweet,
I Died On My Feet.
If My Life Would Flash
Ā Before My Eyes,
Iād Have This Moment
Ā Memorized.
You Made A Part Of Me
Perfectly.
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:25 am
To Fall Awake
But Did I Even Fall Asleep Last Night,
Or Have I Always Been Here?
Stood-Up Too Late To The Dark In Me.
Just Get Me Back To Where I Can Breath.
In Here Iāve Always Been.
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:24 am
Nazi
Itās Raining Styx And Stones.
I Wanna Pick My Bones
Out Of, Out Of My Skin
And Walk Around With Him.
Itās Raining Bricks And Lightning.
Pray Away for A Life Less Frightening
And Bet On, Bet On My Sins
Then Walk Around With Him
āCuz In The Future We All Pretend.
Eyes Ahead, The Past Is Dim.
āCuz In The Future We All Pretend.
In The Future We All Pretend.
In The Future We All Pretend.
...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:23 am
Rue
Could You Find Reason
With What Iāve Done,
Even If I Hide The Truth?
Would You Believe
All Iāve Become
Is Everything I Wanted To?
A Couple Times
Weāve Grown-Up
And Youāre The Only One I Wanted Too.
Forever Young
Is Holding
On To You.
Ā
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:22 am
Grey Date
He Sits........
Haunted By A Trickster,
Up At Night With a Grey Date,
Steady Sipping That Elixir.
She Forgets, Haunted By A Name.
If Thereās a Demon Stealing Time....
If Thereās A Demon In My Eyes....
Heās Just Eluding Life With A Weak Kid.
Weāve Been Used Long Before Meeting You.
You Think Itās Me, I Want To Leave.....
And So Do You.
Weāve Been Wrong Long Before Believing You.
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:21 am
Grimacing
One More Week Gone In A Blink.
Stares Off Reflectionā¦ā¦.
Am I Still The Same?
It Reflects The Grimacing.
I Think My Nightmares
Are Trying To Prepare Me.
Anticipating My Bones
Before They Mold,
One Day Wake-Up Old.
Iām A Week Today.
Neverās A Blink Away.
I Think In Nightmaresā¦ā¦..
Am I Still The Sane?
It Reflects The Grimacing.
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:19 am
In My Room
First I Walk Into The Room,
All But Forgotten About You.
From Behind All The Shades Of Grey,
Your Eyes Pierce
And I Donāt Know What To Say.
And Then Your Voice Is Only Mine.
And Then Your Voice Is Only Mine.
First I Walk Into The Room,
Only Never Came Too Soon.
From Inside All the Stolen Graves,
Your Eyes Pierce
And I Donāt Know What To Say.
And Then Your Voice Is Only Mine.
And T...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:18 am
The Window's Down
CāMon, Baby, Doubt Me,
I Cannot Live Without Me.
If Thatās What Makes You Happy,
One Cannot Live Without Me.
And Weāre Taking Turns Off The Road,
And Falling Back Into The Ghosts.
Drifting Back Off Of The Road.
Doubt Me And All I Know.
Maybe Iām Losing It,
But Maybe Iām Coming Around.
A Little Voice Is Singing It,
Donāt Hold Your Breath For Too Long.
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:17 am
April
Itās Last Night All Again.
It Must Have Been A Sign,
Mustāve Been The Grim.
Alabama In April
Gets Greyer And Greyer.
Storms Gather Fury
In Between Our Smiles.
Itās Last Night All Again.
Storms Gather Fury
Ā In Between Or Smiles.
Ā
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:15 am
Gauntlet
They Know I Came And Got You
But They Donāt Know Where I Put You.
Think Heās Hiding Out Under Stares.
Think Sheās Drying Out Over There.
Now Heās Drinking On The Vodka,
Eyes You Like A Monster.
Heās Got Two Brains
In A Pink Backpack
And A Roll Of Tape
And A Black Ski Mask.
So The Internal Bleeding In My Brain
Lives To Fight Another Day.
Iāve Been Trying To Find Myself,
Lost Inside A...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:13 am
Epileptic
A Toxic Turn Of Events
Ā That Set In Like Cement.
I Never See The Truth āTill Iām Cornered.
Iāve Never Seen The White Of Your Eyes.
Every Word She Spoke Was Important.
Sheās Coming, I Know, In Good Time.
(My Lips Are Cold)
Where Do You GoĀ
When You Canāt Rest At Home?
My Indian Tricks Wonāt Last For Long.
Seeing Ahead And Falling Behind.
In My Pace, I Know My Time.
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:12 am
Dragon Graveyard
Inside The Souls Are Inbred
And Masochismās Our Religion Instead.
Suicidal In The Womb,
Cancerous In My Room.
Another Push,Ā
The Dazed Drag By.
Another Drag,
The Days Push By.
We Could Wither And Die,
Weāve Been Dead All Our Life.
A Turn Of Phrase
And Your Turning In Your Grave.
Ā
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:11 am
flower
A Wind Now,
The Time Has Come.
The Long Days
Are Mine To Own.
A Last Wink,
Weāre Taking Cover.
Impending Doom
Like No Other.
She Made The Wish
Upon A Flower.
āCuz Iāve Been The Shadow
Around The Coroner,
The Look Of Sadness
When Bad Things Happen,
The Missing Mourner,
The Cheapest Casket,
The Wrong Move
When Things Are Drastic,
Melan Choly Waves,
From Under Plastic.
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:09 am
Pink
All These People In My House
And No One Sees Them But Me.
Some Are Real, Some Are Ghosts,
But All Are Misleading.
And When She Talks,
It Thunders.
Evilās Not One Of Her Names,
Just Another Hopeless Romantic.
We Can Keep This Going, Baby,
Every, Single Day.
Like Saving My Cigarette
āTill I Go To Bed.
The More I Notice Myself,
The Less I Can Breath.
The More I Tell Myself,
The Less ...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:08 am
From the Edges
Nostalgia,
it can rip your heart away.
Nostalgia,
it points the way to your grave.
Every lie I ever told was true,
like all the smiles I fake for you.
Cemented guilt,
my layers of achievementsā truth.
Paranoia,
it puts the blood upon your mouth.
Paranoia,
itās washed upon the ground.
Creases cut into a romantic brain.
We spiral down.
We asphyxiate.
Romanticize a prayer
I forgot...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:05 am
Wednesday
Every Trip, I Feel It,
Like Itās The Last Time.
So I Walk Out As Anyone But Me.
Every Shift, I Feel It,
Like Itās A Lifetime.
Again We Roll Before We Breed.
Every Breath, I Felt It,
Like Itās The Last Time.
So Again I Walk Out
With A Crush On Life.
Every Trip, I Feel It,
Like Itās A Lifetime.
Again We Roll As Anyone But Me.
This Situationās Overflowing
And I Donāt Know If Iāll Find...
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:03 am
In The Shoe
Privacyās Temporary.Ā
Itās Only A Matter Of Time
āTill The Darkness Shines,
And Now In HereĀ
It Goes Away Again.
If All Is Well
That Ends Well
Then All Is Not Well.
Itās A Pirates' Life For Me
When RiddledĀ
One More Than Three.
Unto This,
Death Looks So Unnatural.Ā
Ā
Sunday 26th May 2019 3:02 am
Under the Ladder
I Donāt Even Have To Hope You Go To Hell.
With That Evil Grin
Come Lurking Around The Corner.
And I Donāt Feel The Need To
Sell Myself To You.
Turning On The Screw.
So Iām Just.
And Just Keep On Writing
Underneath The Ladder.
Old Timer, Turn The Volume Down.
Pages Turn, Yet Here I Burn.
Never One To Be Part Of This World.
Saturday 25th May 2019 5:52 pm
Method
All Day LongĀ
I Hate That I Felt
All Day Long
Is HazardousĀ
To My Health.
Tomorrowās Calling,
The Futureās Bleak
And All My MethodsĀ
Burn Like A Machine
And All My Methods
Burn Like A Machine.
Saturday 25th May 2019 5:43 pm
Smutt
ā¦ā¦.And All The While We Walk A Ways,
We Live To See Them Dye The Days.
And Do We Give āEm What Theyāre Looking For?
Quote The Raven, Evermore.
And All The While Weāre Walking On Graves
(With The Light On)
We Learn To See Them Masking Mistakes.
But Could You Give Me What Iām Looking For?
(How Long A Wait?)
Just Hold On And Hold On And Hold On
And SellĀ Your Casket.
Burn Your Mattress
A...
Saturday 25th May 2019 5:42 pm
Reality
I. Unlost
We Distort Reality
Ā With Spellbound Words,
Pick And Choose Todayās Illusion.
When Every Truth Could Be Absurd,
Prove I Am By Exorcism.Ā
II. In A Corner
Glowing Little Children,
Glowing Through The days Of Rat.
Head Inside My Hands
(Older Than I Am),
Push In Past The Skin
(No Matter Iāve Been Damned)
I Was Born First Thing In The Morning
And I Shall Die At The Stroke Of ...
Saturday 25th May 2019 5:33 pm
Darker Side of Reason
Can You,
Wanna Ā Move Ā Me?
Itās Hot In The House
But We Still Got Sound
And Donāt Live For Tomorrow.
A Sideways Glance,
I Feel You To.
We Stood There Watching
Too Hot To Move,
But I Had To.
Intake,
Iām Back To The Woods.
But Again,
Weāre All In Dire Need.
Ā
Saturday 25th May 2019 5:19 pm
1960
It Came For You In Black And White
When It Was Not That Easy.
It Fostered Homes For You All Your Life
But They Were Not That Easy.
In Third Person We Can All Agree
That The Kennedys Killed Norma Jean.
If Nothing Will Ever Be The Same,
Who Could You Turn Into?
Just Stray Doll, Into Another Day
And Mystery Ensues.
I Want To Take Your Picture.
Where Can I Find This Creature?
Love In 1960,...
Thursday 23rd May 2019 4:31 am
Diablo
Heās Back Today
For The First TimeĀ Again.
TomorrowĀ Weāll CarpeĀ Diem.
We Had The Calm
But Missed TheĀ Stormās Path.
Just Continue On This Path In Life
And Hope That Lightning Donāt Strike Twice.
Just Continue On This Path And I-
I Know Diablo Wonāt Mind.
Diablo Wonāt Mind.
Everybody
Is Running
Out Of Time,
Never Knowing
Which Day Will
Be Yours.
We Had The Calm
But Missed The
...
Thursday 23rd May 2019 4:29 am
Killer
I Was Planning To Take You Away,
Where I Could Cut You.
I Was Planning On Digging Your Grave
When I First Saw You.
But You Runā¦ā¦ā¦.Awayā¦ā¦ā¦
Inside The Dark I wait Here Awhile
Where I Can Watch You.
Iāve Been Dying To Feel Your Insides
Since I First Saw You.
But You Runā¦ā¦ā¦Awayā¦ā¦ā¦..
I Will Miss Her Something Awful
And We Will Miss Her Something Awful.
And When We Dine, Youāll Come Inside...
Thursday 23rd May 2019 4:27 am
Latter
First He Saw The ShadowsĀ
Sitting On His Roof
And One Began To Walk Around.
It Wouldnāt Be Long Now
āTill The Spell Has Unfogged.
Whatever Plans He May Have Had,
Have All Come To An End.
Thursday 23rd May 2019 4:25 am
Crows
All.............I.............
Know.............I.............
Go.............Find.............
Crows.............In The Night,
Like All That Iāve Known.
Like All Iāve Known......
Like All Iāve Known
Was All Alone
All Along.
But You
Know Me All Too Well.
You Know Me All Too Well.
Ā
Thursday 23rd May 2019 4:24 am
Grimwood
The Monsters Could Be Your Friend,
Just If You Help Them On Their Way.
Weāve All Felt The Glowing Eyes
With Chill Bumps And Walked On Graves.
We Help The Monster On Their Way.
In These Sticksā¦ā¦ā¦.
In Grimwoodā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦.
Like A Final Fix, Fire Grows.
In Grimwoodā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦
In These Sticksā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦
Fire Grows Like A Final Fix.
Dark Day, The Night Is Calling.
A Dark Day I Never Wanted.
Found Escape,...
Thursday 23rd May 2019 4:22 am
Apathetic Empathy
In A Sad World,
With A Broken Heart,
I Will Wait Here. I Will Wait Here.
And All I Got-
Just āTill Tomorrow.
I Know The World
āCuz I Am Hollow
And Apatheticā¦ā¦.And Empathetic,
Anything While We Wait Around.Ā
Now Iāve Seen My Kind.
It Really Outta Show By Now.
Weāre Apathetic And Empathetic,
Anything, Letās Go For A Ride.
They Came After Me, Killing My Family.
Find Out What It Mean...
Thursday 23rd May 2019 4:19 am
White
Me And You Holding Our Breath That Afternoon.
Me And You With Blood On Our Hands
We Drew The Moon Then we Gave It Away.
And If I Get Lost, It Wonāt Matter To Me.
I Know That Heaven Lies Just Out Of My Reach.
And If Heaven Is Not For Me Then Hell Wonāt Do.
They Think They All Know, But They Donāt
Mimic The Moon And Scorch The Sun,
Count All The Stars āTill thereās None.
Iāve Caught The Sce...
Thursday 23rd May 2019 4:17 am
Time Another
Feels Like Halloweenā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦.
Again Iām Rollinā. Iām Drivinā Safe, Here, In My Car.
I Read A Billboard.....
It Seems That Life, Here, Can Be Bought.
We Time Anotherā¦ā¦
Oh, How We All Grow Up So Fast.
We Time Another.
All Those Lost Arenāt In The Past.
Again, Iām Rollinā.
Ā The Fields Are Safe, Here, In The Park.
But They Said So Much For Me.
And Now Here Comes The Rain Clouds.
Seems That ...
Thursday 23rd May 2019 4:07 am
Yellow
She Said, āLetās Go.ā
So I Rose
āCuz I Know Where The Dead Go.
Though I Grow Too Hollow,
The Dead Leaves By Window.
If I Spoke Into You,
Would I Close Like An Echo?
Her Eyes Glow
Like Shadows.
Her Hair Grows Black Widows.
Sheās The Ghost
In My Home,
At My Throat,
Approaching Slow,
Thatās The Road All Shall Know Well.
And Her Eyes Glow,
So Here I Go.
Da' Dead Leaves
Out In the...
Thursday 23rd May 2019 4:02 am
Red
Flower Child Folded In My Pocket.
That Little Note You Wrote, I Mustāve Dropped It.
But Count Me In, You Can Paint Me Red.
Though Count Me In Today, Tomorrowās Dead.
So Paint Me Red, You Can Count Me In
For Just A Trip Or Two. Iām Falling All Over You.
Stars, Iām Howling Bleak,
Come Inside With Me.
Though I Think Iām Falling Through
While You Trip On Me.
Iām Here, In Tune, Haunted.
Yo...
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 2:04 am
Moon
The Moon Hangs Out For The Night
Searching For Ā A Muse.
The Draftās In For The Night.
A Rue Moon Hangs Out For The Night.
Somewhere, Someone Chose Not To Lie.
Las Vegas, The Outcasts,
Is Elvis Your Golden Calf?
With Dead Stars Floating Around
Satanās Fury Is On The Bound.
In June The Leaves Fall From The Town.
And I, Past Due, Fall To The Ground.
In June The Heat Blisters The Sky
And I...
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 2:02 am
Curse of the Fuzzy Dice
Again I Scream My Demons Out.
Iāve Torn Into Another Soul.
A Searching Flow.
A Glow Of Hope.
Insideās Hide Decadance.Ā
Itās The Curse Of The Fuzzy Dice.
Why Must We Get Along,
When Every Step That You Take Is Wrong?
Thereās a Reason Why I Wrote This Song,
āCuz Even Evil Has A Place To Call Home,
To Belong.
(Now Something Wicked)
Itās The Curse
(This Way Comes)
Of The Fuzzy Dice.
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 2:00 am
Witches and Wizards
Like All Of Our Christians
Hiding Behind The Finger,
And Listen To Wizards.
Take Now Whatās To Come,
The Holy Days Are Done.
Witches And Wizards Are Walking Among Us.
Witches Selling Black Magic Pills.
Wizards Telling You What To Feel.
An American Flag Upon The Devilās Hill.
To Spread Our Love, We Must Kill.
Plagued With Demon Tearing At Our Souls.
Theyāre Still Here, Looking For A Gr...
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 1:58 am
Manning
And Just When I Think Itās Rainingā¦ā¦..
Iāve Learned To Love The Pain.
Iāve Grown To Love The Rage.
Iāve Blown Away All The Days
And Hate The Weeks All The Same.
Iāve Got A Story Writing In My Head.
Beheld A Villain And I Saw Red.
Another Mission And I Woke-Up Dead.
Here We Go, Just To Repeat The Same.
Pass The Time, Another Unfinished Game.
I Took A Life, Never Knowing His Name.
Hig...
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 1:56 am
Blue
Morphine Pulls The Fire Out Of Me
Even Though, When I Glow,
I Barely Breath.
And It Pulls The Fire Out Of Me,
Even Though, Demons Know
I Barely Believe-
What Kind Lies Seem True
And What I See Through.
The Reasons Sheās Blue.
But Wonāt They Ever Notice
How This All Came To Be?
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 1:53 am
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