20th poem posted!!! - Loop

This poem is weird... there is no capitalization and no punctuation. The idea is that it is a loop. You could start from every other line and read it through all the way around until you hit the line you started at and it would make sense (minus the and and so). And each way gives a different meaning and you can pick which way you like best. This is the order in which I wrote it:

you don’t want
to be here
so don’t be here
just leave
and blow it up
already

but this is the order that I personally like it best:

just leave
and blow it up
already

you don’t want

to be here

so don’t be here

Be

This is sort of a random mash of ideas and lines. I like some lines better than others. And some make more sense than others. So rather than calling this a poem, perse, it is more of a joining of ideas... I'm probably going to steal one line and write a whole poem based around it... ideas?

Be
Never make the same mistake
twice.
Ignore all things that are
stupid.
Hear your own voice over
others.
Listen to what people have to
say.
Take a breath and come back
later.
Try to understand and
learn.
Draw lines in the sand to be
sure.
Give space to save your
friendships.
Don’t trust anyone
ever.

He Who Shall Not Be Named

So there is this kid that I really hate. He frustrates me more than anything else I suppose. He doesn't seem to have common sense, and he doesn't listen to reason. He also has gone out with two of my good friends. I don't understand his eager ignorance. So I wrote this (pretty non-bias) poem about him.

Him
Holding his heart in his hand
Always
Ready to give without thought
Waiting to be hurt.
He's hurting himself.

He has this love.
He plays his music
To soothe his should and forget life
Making a path for himself
Closing off so many others.

Growing in, growing up,
Growing out.
Understanding his fate.
Getting older, slowly.
Maturing like a child.

Friendships like leaves.
Hands grasping tightly
Clutching to select ones,
Special ones.
Changing, falling, fleeting.

What will become
of him?

Wait Forever

So, this is a song that I wrote... it's really short and would be a verse or the chorus or something. But it has a little tune to it and if I could sing I would sing it to show you... but I also like the words and so I'm posting here as a poemy thing. :) It sortof talks about me and my struggle to trust, but also my struggle to love.


He can’t wait forever.
I can’t wait forever.
These bonds with which
I chain myself
Will never go away!
Why him?
Why me?
Why this time and place?
How to love without a heart?
How can I love without a heart?
It doesn't quite makes no sense
and yet it's true.

If That's What It Is...

Clearly I write best under stress... for lately I have been stressed... and due to this I have come up with what I think of as one of my better poems. The title is inspired by a song title (actually it is the same) from the musical 13 by JRB (yes I love him he is amazing, but I swear I listen to other music too, he just has particularly interesting songs/titles... him and Duncan Sheik)

If That’s What It Is…
Life comes with no remote
Only now and what once was.
The sun rises and sets
As the moon balances the night.
Tales of the human head on an animal’s body
Live on in our minds,
Tales of pain and woe, of love and gain
Live on in our days and hearts.
Nothing is to be rewritten
Nothing can ever be changed.
Trying too hard or not hard enough
All will fall, all will end the same.
It is what it is what it is.
Take the pain, that comes from the love
And let it live on, in our minds.
Take that which matters,
And turn it into that which is loved.
What we have ought not be
What we are given but rather
What we want.
Life is only now, many infinite nows,
And that’s what it is.

The System, and Why it Fails

This is a pretty self-explainatory poem. The system is a fail and people need to realize this.

The System, and Why it Fails
Useless, senseless, mind-less
Is the system.
Why advise such a system
That will not suffice?
Life is too short
To waste time waiting.
Working the system
Is an unfair advantage,
I don’t wish to have.
Why can’t the system
Have common sense?
Cutting corners could save
A life, or at least time.
Wasteful, tedious, pointless
Is the system.