you can sleep when youre dead
By whisperer
the end of another cigarette
what do i do
everythings a mess im so stressed
just trying to find something clean to get dressed in
just to keep from being arrested
now what you do if someone told you all you'd ever do is nothing
just staring through headphones music blaring spending all your time on
your lines where you keep your caring
every single day working life away
rubbing the two dimes in your you pocket figuring out away to get a hand
on your next meal next job next place to lay your head
when every cent spent feels like a bet
now what do you do
thats how it beats in these streets you think solving problems makes it
nice
thing is there are always more rising up disounting your vice
if you could put it all in packed ice and send it all away
remember the ice melts and itll come back in another way and it seems
worse when nothing works
have you ever tried to wash it all away, drink away, think away, fuck away,
drug away and nothings for sure all that i can say i cant rest
all the while you compile the words
and you spread them out before you inspiration ignores you yet you push
ahead
you can always rest when youre dead and you know
safety isnt the issue its how the story goes
to which you rather die than give up what you live
sweating at your reflection in the dark screaming wake up you son of a
bitch
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Comments on "you can sleep when youre dead"
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On Monday, June 3, 2013, Deviated09
(90) wrote:
well this echoes pieces of me in a little too familiar way. Excellent write!
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A former member wrote:
enjoyed this piece..nicely done .
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On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, Poetic Warlock
(7) wrote:
This is like I'm reading some lyrics to a song Whisperer-I likes! 2nd stanza is my fav.!;)Peace -PW
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A former member wrote:
loved it. wonderful and inspiring.......write on.......~S
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A former member wrote:
a really good & strong poem. i like it :)
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A former member wrote:
this is so powerful. it totaly has me thinking about my reality right now...
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A former member wrote:
this poem inspires me. it is thoughtfully put together. so very beautiful and clever, every line has a purpose and a meaning behind it.
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A former member wrote:
Very intense, I like it a lot :)
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On Friday, April 17, 2009, Riven Waker
(317) wrote:
i particularly like the third line of the second verse... the whole poem is just great... packed with raw energy and cleverness
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On Monday, April 6, 2009, Rachel
(210) wrote:
I typically hate this style, but you've done it exceptionally well. This shouldn't be read - it should be shouted.
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On Monday, April 6, 2009, urbanhumility
(1158) wrote:
cunning and containing "the" urban wisdom of cyclical pitfalls........ your prose is beyond value to those who know and feel your word.....................so very well done....................urban