Coal Walker.

By Six-Out

entrancing. it seems we're
balancing on broken shards of heartless.
moments. and I want to scream at myself
to throw away all of my .shit.
and start _living.

-

I'm hell bent {on being heaven sent}

-

so I spend minutes mixing verbs and phrases
with lead based figure eights and aces
like the hands of a dead man- when poker faces
trains head on. off the rails.

and my fingers trail like cherokee song
in language more dead than the dance
your eyes cast a glance at.
and in closing.
it's easy to fake falling apart.
so I feel like throwing away all of my shit.
and forgetting what living feels like.
so I can be text.
on this screen.
and tomorrow

I'll treat heaven like a sheet of paper
say to hell with feeling alive
and burn that son of a bitch
to the ground.

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Copyright 2010 Jon Rodgers
Published on Tuesday, May 18, 2010.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • sIo On Friday, April 6, 2018, sIo (926)By person wrote:

    I need this to be what you used to write and I need that once in a lifetime family back. You were the beginning.

  • A former member wrote: 'and i want to scream at myself to throw away all of my shit and start living'....wow!

  • A former member wrote: loved the last four lines, made for a knockout ending. great piece, as usual.

  • TheProphetUntold On Tuesday, June 1, 2010, TheProphetUntold (167)By person wrote:

    ...and use the ash as war paint. -He.

  • Malice In Wonderland On Friday, May 28, 2010, Malice In Wonderland (987)By person wrote:

    thank you. I needed this. Scholar

  • lovechild On Thursday, May 27, 2010, lovechild (43)By person wrote:

    'fingers trail like cherokee songs...' THAT was one of the most intensely demonstrative word-weaves I have seen of long. Felt it. You are a poem that never stops being itself, can not NOT BE as is.

  • Dreaming in Stanzas On Tuesday, May 25, 2010, Dreaming in Stanzas (303)By person wrote:

    Amazing, as usual. *Sigh*

  • A former member wrote: Reading your poetry is like coming home

  • Blood Saga On Wednesday, May 19, 2010, Blood Saga (81)By person wrote:

    Oh it is so nice to see another work from you. This is just beautiful. I wish I could say more but...that's all there is to say.

  • A former member wrote: Awww...it was great to read something new from you. You have a gift my friend. I felt every word and love how you mange to bring life to everything your pen touches. *big hugs*

  • Dilated View On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, Dilated View (583)By person wrote:

    Yes. This. Experiences are what define us. I often feel like I am limbo stuck between the heaven of action and the hell of inaction. I can think of no worse fate than one of staleness. And yet what are words if the heart does not follow its own lead? Let me know if you figure this out.


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