[crash&burn]

By Six-Out

my voice is hoarse- so pardon me if I whisper my urgency
tasting the lips of such a forbidden lover. I never wanted this again

it's just so easy to run away/ it's just so easy to not care
when the only way is up- and the comedown hurts so much
I never wanted this again. but I'd never give it up
I'd never care- if I could

there's a broken picture on the nightstand. a shattered image
fractured just enough- to hide the lines of fault
luminous enough/ to tell me that it's all alright- everything is alright
every.thing. is fucking [ok] in a cold set of eyes
and nothing is ever right.
nobody could care- and I couldn't give a damn
if only

apathy would be welcome- in liquid form. and denial still blinds me
and it would be so easy to just _run.away. /to not care
to never look back. I can go back on a word or two. it never hurt anyone
[but me]

and it would be so easy to watch the world die- through those cold eyes again
to kill tomorrow.

-
I never wanted this. again

my arms ache and my eyes are bloodshot- is this really life.
is this how it always goes- you fight- and fight
to end up back where you began/ to end up dead. with a fake smile upon your face
punctuated by periods of peace- often. far too short


an empty ashtray and a broken heart- with smoke filling the room
it's so easy to run away. it's so easy to not care- far too easy
and I don't want this again

the fall is what kills you- and the nights are always too long
I'd die again- just to make [this]

go.away

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Copyright 2005 Six-Out
Published on Monday, January 10, 2005.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • CharlottesWeb On Sunday, October 9, 2005, CharlottesWeb (511)By person wrote:

    damnit...Your a strong one.

  • A former member wrote: I'm stunned to silence. Knowing what this is about all I can say is it's a worthy adversary. Chinese standoffs could go either way. You took the war and painted a picture with the blood and it came out perfectly. Intense. ~Ryan

  • A former member wrote: Deep and powerful as always

  • AniDayz On Friday, March 4, 2005, AniDayz (820)By person wrote:

    i could just kick back and read you all night... this is incredible. grabbing at me through every letter of every word of each line in the entirety of this magnificence...i am entangled.

  • Malice In Wonderland On Monday, February 7, 2005, Malice In Wonderland (987)By person wrote:

    Well Spoken. I know the feeling. Scholar

  • Liz On Wednesday, January 12, 2005, Liz (267)By person wrote:

    I really like the repetion. Again and again, "an empty ashtray and a broken heart." That really is life, if you think on the utopia long enough.

  • elisa On Monday, January 10, 2005, elisa (1616)By person wrote:

    fake smiles hurt more than tears....it feels like I'm betraying everything inside with a lie stapled to my face....you translate pain into words very well Jon~elisa

  • K_Love On Monday, January 10, 2005, K_Love (525)By person wrote:

    I felt this rip into my heart, the emotion just bled through every written word. This in a way kind of inspired me, I can relate. Thank you.

  • BeautifulCalamity On Monday, January 10, 2005, BeautifulCalamity (428)By person wrote:

    the pain seeps out of every word , hopeful but hopeless... beautiful, very emotive piece, that I can relate to. .

  • A former member wrote: Yeah…Yeah…beautifully and heartbreakingly true. The 2nd stanza is all too familiar. And the 7th stanza is something I’ve asked one too many times. This was worded perfectly.

  • A former member wrote: It’s so very weird how life is one big fucking circle and we seem to be stuck in choosing heartache time and again. Nothing ever seems to last. And happiness seems so much like a fantasy.

  • Sin On Monday, January 10, 2005, Sin (1168)By person wrote:

    this hurt to read, damn is all i can say...

  • A former member wrote: dizzam man, you write so well.

  • stormtalk On Monday, January 10, 2005, stormtalk (729)By person wrote:

    Jon, my friend... every plane, given enough flights, will crash and burn... but it takes a survivor to fly again... you'll be alright. We both will, eh? ;)


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