Tag: dark
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In the Yellow Maverick
Out on the open road,a young boy, should’ve been in school,instead, a passenger,riding down highways from one trouble spot to the next. We always left just in time,before shit hit the fan,before we made long-lasting friends,before report cards arrived,before we got comfortable,before we called it home,before we felt ashamed of who we were. We hit…
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Tragic
The truth, so bitter,Provokes nausea, churnsIn your gut, a scenarioThat could have been bypassed. Vitality, entirely squandered,Did you presumeI’d remain in the dark? Those who place their trust,Find their beliefShattered by thoseUnfit for faith. Falsehoods and manipulationsOf reality have morphedInto the contemporarySermons, cloaking theGenuine truth. Furious, you seekThe culprits, andThey smirk backRight into your eyes.…
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Broken
I am fundamentally broken In the hush of a thousand midnights, Underneath the star-pricked cloak, I confess to the silent cosmos, “I am fundamentally broken.” In the mirror of my soul’s reflection, There are cracks too deep to mend, A mosaic of shattered memories, A tale too fractured to end. In the orchestra of existence,…
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Old
Maybe I’m stupid, maybe too hardheaded , I don’t want to give up I’m old, parts of me starting to sag, gravity is a bitch, so they say. Who are “they” anyways? These days, the cold wind cuts through my clothes, I feel the icy touch in my bones. Theres no escaping the cruel reality, I’m…