stumble
By King_Crazy_Dave
It feels like I've been here before
I can see it in my eyes
like
my chest is cast in lead and my veins are pumping butterflies
drunk
on what I cant swallow
I'm topheavy with regret
diluting everywhere
i've been until I am someone that I've hardly met
Have you ever
held on to something selfish and you know
you've never been the type
strong enough to let it go?
It's a hell of a paradox, trying not to
get enough
feeding poison to your pet hawks pretending it will make
them tough,
I'm always awake on purpose for fear of trying
scared
the things i've yet to face will jump me where I'm lying
its a bipolar
world
a leaky raft patched with contented sighs
ignoring that
you're floating in tears you swore you wouldnt cry
and its my
fault
I flip calendars like bicycles and face the clock with road
rash
a dull flash
til my dreams resemble something like a plane
crash
and rain laughs
when you're the last one in the dark
with the matches that you stole desperate just to get a spark
to
burn your last dollar
and buy myself another chance to take
a
trail of broken people leading up to who I'm next to break.
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Comments on "stumble"
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A former member wrote:
I felt every line and stroke of this. Having been somewhere similar... I don't want to know this pain.
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A former member wrote:
Dude. People break on their own. You need some down time. Ever hear of Slab City?
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On Saturday, April 27, 2013, tallygrowsome
(9) wrote:
i've met people as described in this poem- and they're never really sorry. they just don't know what else they're meant to do, or how to carry out alternatives. the people they hurt become (background noise). well written, 'specially the second and third stanzas.
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A former member wrote:
i was just talking about this...the choices we make to continue our own, sloggish pace in directions which we know are not right for us...and yet we burn that last dollar, we poison our hawks...indeed i did. i poisoned them. And it made them strong, yet they were poisoned inside, poisoned with the memories...if only i could take it back...excellent capture of such a topic as is rarely discussed.
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A former member wrote:
There's this weird comedic agony to some of your works. One blunt witticism after another. Hope you find your way back here soon. This is completely brilliant & masterpiece-y.
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A former member wrote:
I often see my teeth whimsically scattered across the interstate. Thank you for the bruises.
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A former member wrote:
dark wandering, self-loathing is. pretty in its crawl
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On Monday, May 14, 2012, lupus tenebrae
(860) wrote:
You know, the rhyme scheme was so well implemented, I didn't even notice it the first time, I never stumbled on the words, ironically. Some hints of self-loathing perhaps? Perfect in this punishing verse. Thank you.
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On Monday, May 14, 2012, past tense
(16) wrote:
a walking tornado of contempt. of passive anger. i liked this.
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On Monday, May 14, 2012, elisa
(1595) wrote:
quite the wake of carnage. love the journey. well said
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A former member wrote:
Amazing, stress=Awesome writing lol
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On Monday, May 14, 2012, Devilish
(2633) wrote:
I agree with jaded freaking excellent.