Purely Poetry

[christa lynn]

[color=blue:4by8myhk]This topic is dedicated to poetry. Share your poems and comment on those of others.[/color:4by8myhk]

[christa lynn]

[color=blue:waxhyec5]I'll go first.

Who cares
What happens
Who cares
What you feel

Bite your nails
Pace around the room
You know
What's happening

Screaming . . .

Who cares
What's happening
Who cares
What you feel

Gorge your nails
In someone's back
You know
How you hate

Laughing . . .

Who cares
What you do
Who cares
What I feel

Scream at me
For hurting you
Laugh at me
When I'm knocked down

Crying . . .

I care
What happens
I care
How we feel

I can't fix it
Throw the wrench
We know
What's happening?

Burning . . .
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[defying_gravity]

Very good

[Bananababy]

yeah, I really like your poetry... pleast post more!

[Dabekk]

"The Lord of the Fleas"

Adam
Had 'em

(Definately not by me)

[happening fish]

Where I go when I'm alone:
my world- but a small drop
of water in a non-stop
moving ocean lined with stone

Where I fly: into my mind
a lonely, distant city ruined
and feeble memories so fine tuned
they're often hard to find

Where I dive: imagination
changing colours changing faces
people of all different races
I walk ahead with trepidation

How I soar: with silver wings
through the clouds of my dark land
so small I hold it in my hand
while the sudden angels sing:

Glory be
I've set me free
and never to return

to reality so grim
so depressing, wears you thin
...and I'm free at last to let my mind expand

[Dabekk]

This is a song I just wrote today:

[u:7apvghfj]Summer Day[/u:7apvghfj]

When I got here
You were just starting to make friends
And when I got here
It seemed like your troubles were at their ends
But then I got here
And that's when everything started to bend

And I sorry for the way I ruined everything
But next time, next time . . .

It's like a summer day,
That won't go my way,
And I fell over again,
And Why can't we just be friends?

Now it's over
Just when you were starting to gel
And now it's over
You know I've learned my lesson well
But now it's over
And now I know I put you through hell

And I'm sorry for the way I ruined everything
But next time, next time . . .

It's like a summer day,
That won't go my way,
And I fell over again,
And why can't we just try to be . . .

And I'm sorry for the way I ruined everything,
But next time, next time I'll make it right, and I'll make you mine, and I'll never do you wrong

It's like a summer day,
That won't go my way,
And I fell over again,
And why can't we just try to be . . .


(it's better with music but I guess it works as a poem)

[Solidarity 9-6347]

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Very nice Dabekk, I like it a lot

~Steph
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[Dabekk]

Here's a poem inspired by "The Age of Spritual Machines" that I wrote for English 20:

[u:3ua8tn3z]The Immortals[/u:3ua8tn3z]

Faceless they stand hardly being.
The table lit with darkness surrounding.
A human being. Being.
Being left in their hands.
However, with the possesion of hands comes the compliment of personification,
Which is most undeserving.

Our souls lying with the soulless.
Our minds beneath the knife of the mechanical cardiologist.
All that is human is at their despense.
They will despend. They know.
But what knowledge may possibly protrude amongst sparks of light?
What intelligence may exist in mindless masses?

We'll live for them, die for them.
We'll believe, but they won't die.
We will though.

[christa lynn]

Dabekk: I like your work.

Society

It's not exactly good
It isn't really fine
But it's part of us
It's in our blood
So here we go again

Superficial and shallow
Images way too fast
Can't absorb
This rancid feast
That's thrown at me
Pressured to agree
Stiffled by it's gaudiness
Pulled along by the flow
Stuped things
Warped to brainless
We continue to stumble along
Promiced something
That doesn't exist
Goats in this endless pasture
Never occurred to us
To think about
Where we were going

It's not exactly good
It isn't really fine
But it's part of us
It's in our blood
So here we go again

[Ray]

I have a buttload of poetry to unload on all'ya...

Broken-Hearted

The pain starts in the leg,
wrapping itself up from the foot.
The ache turns towards the stomach,
twisting and biting like a hook.
It winds over to the chest,
where it pulls itself through the heart.
It hurts, it breaks it,
the muscle stops and falls apart.
The coldness takes over then,
and colors become bare and thin.
I had a heart once, but it was broken,
snapped by power used on a whim.


Falling Apart Because of Power

The power we hold is the power we abuse.
The power to snap ligaments;
the power to break hearts.
The power to drop hints,
The power to stop it.
The power we hold is the power that burns.
The power to crack under pressure,
the power to make others feel helpless.
The power to turn everything around,
the power to take more and leave less.
The power we hold is a power too great.
The power is what we don't deserve,
because with it comes moments that break.
Break a person's heart,
break apart their reserves.
The power we hold can break everything.
The power here makes us fall apart.



Yin-Yang

A kiss.
A hug.
A look away,
a tiny shrug.

I get the latter
more than the former
and get left to feel
like I should stand in a corner.

Some help.
Some consoling.
Some learning,
some controlling.

I need what I need
and I don't get any at all;
I can see the shadows
wrapping up down the hall.

Love.
Life.
Pain.
Strife.

The yin and the yang;
is that me?
a term of black and white;
it all comes in so clearly.

The High School Song

I guess I'm not much anymore.
I guess I'm just done for.
Didn't you want to stick around?
If so, why didn't you make a sound?

Weren't you going to help me out?
Weren't you going to tell me what it was about?
Is there any reason you went away?
Could there have been anything to say?

Was there something in the way I spoke
or the way I wrote
words down on the note
that I gave to you that day?

Why didn't you tell me if anything wasn't okay?
Why didn't you let me be what I'd promised that day?

Wasn't this supposed to be one forever?
How come it only turned into one alone,
naked as the bone?
Wasn't this supposed to be us together,
instead of me standing behind
and feeling the effects of the grind?


Angels Drop From The Sky
I think someone dropped you from the sky.
I don't know the when, I don't know the where,
and I don't give a damn about the why.

I just know you floated to me, maybe in a dream,
and I've got the chance to see this all through,
it's a chance I'm damn sure is more than it seems.

I don't care where your thoughts lay,
or where you came from,
I care about some three words to say.

I wonder, I blunder, I stumble, and I crumble
just because I'm looking straight at you
and it's all I can do to even just mumble.

I didn't think it would be hard to say it
but when angels drop from high above,
you can't even say love, in the slightest bit.


See? I warned ya.

[stlloki]

My latest attempt :wink:

The thing's that I've done in the past
Has brought me to where I am today
The memories that I've collected
Will never go away

The people in my life that I've hurt
With the lies that I've told
Were all hard lessons I've learned
And forever my mind will hold

I can't change the way my heart feels
When I care about someone
I can't take back the the fears inside
That makes me turn and run

The tears that I've cried
Are because of who I am
The man I am today
IS because of the child of yesterday,
So when you ask if I'd change anything
I wouldn't
I'd change everything

[Bananababy]

I love reading everyone's poetry Maybe I'll post mine if I have the nerve to.

[happening fish]

Do it!!!!

[happening fish]

posted a while back by TOOJADED:
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this is something really short that I wrote once.

you're sending me to hell and i like it
you're sending me to heaven and i'm scared
i don't know what it is about you
to make naive righteousness seem fair

let me in
i need your light
i need you to tell me
do not be afraid
_________________
http://www.doublethinker.com (my website)
never losing faith in you ~ fifth season

[happening fish]

posted a while back by TWINK:
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eloo everybody! iam a new member to clumsy monkey, im called twink and i be english, i first heard OLP when i was travelling out in canada and then i went and saw them in vancouver when they played with deftones, foo fighters and smashing pumkins, anyway i fell in love with them at the gig, and have never gone back!
heheh
anyway thought i would share some of my poetry with u all
this is something i wrote last year.

Brutality
A heart beats inside a womb that can only be known as the womb of a child.
Rivers run deep and cold, translucent, a clear taste of liquid rushing over rocks and pebbles.
And as the fresh green leaves fall, spiral down upon the cascading water of the river, its cold edge rapes the seed of a freshly born flower.
Youth is stolen as the rough skin pushes, against the fowl stinking molten ash and rock, which is created by the best friend of such a kin.
The brightest minds slowly realise the domination of an evolving culture, children paint their faces, call and cry, the body convulses with the tribal fear of the screaming diversion of their laughter.
Bones of the whitest purity crack with the weight of a thousand clockwork minds, which bow down upon them.
Movements are escaped by time, age looses its boundary’s as did gender, and silken ties are pulled around a bag, and weighed down with sharp rocks and stone.
The cotton turns translucent as it descends to the riverbed, the shape and colours of the mislaid and forgotten, as are the bodies of our children’s dead.

well um anyway if ur on msn or yahoo add me to ur messenger i'd love to talk to other olp fanzxxx

[happening fish]

my favourite poem ever

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A Whispered Word

A whispered word of kindness
an enemy of fear
a shield made of your blindness
a sword of memories dear.

A twisting path to heaven
a worse one leads to hell
another day of life gone
a shooting star that fell.

A trial of my patience
and one that tests my hope
a train of thoughts left endless
a hangman’s dangerous rope.

One single spark of life left
that threatens to be gone
one tiny ray of light left
enough to keep me strong.

And so I draw you closer
I try to keep you near
a whispered word of kindness
you spoke in to my ear.

[sandsleeper]

hey guys this is my first CM post, woot!

Anyway, this is about a dream I had. It's called Two Words.

Deep in the forest there is a place
Where the trees space themselves greedily
And the mists of my mind run thick.
I see him in the distance,
Starting up the great maze,
A rope lader which glides from tree to tree,
Dipping, twisting, and rising again.
I know I must climb after him,
He is the reason that I've found this place.
And through my mending body is still weak and feeble
I start the climb.

How terrifying it is.
The thick fog obstructs my view,
But every once and a while I catch a glimpse.
The dark and unclear figure I know so well,
Standing in a God-like position upon the ropes.
His arms are crossed and he is waiting.

Suddenly the ropes peak,
And I know he'll be there in the valley below.
I let myself tumble down,
For I cannot fall when I have come so far.
And there I land, at his feet.
There are others there too.
Others who have inspired me just as he has.
He reaches out his hand,
Helps me up and steadies me.
I reach out my own hand to touch his face
And know that he is real.

I bow my head and utter the only two words that exist in this moment.
I can climb past them now, and let the true journey begin.


hope it didn't bore you too much,
-KimmayC-

[Susan]

Hey Citrick! Nice to see you here

[happening fish]

posted by Andre (olpman07)
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I call this one Insanity. P.s. Hello everyone at CM!

Insanity

The understairs
to my bodies & bodies
for decoration the plans
the closet is opened
my eyes are opened
the light is too bright
Close Away
my site
swing the door, take a peek
I DARE YOU
to drink my past
swallow the glass
so you can cut like I have
the hours of time
were LEAPING
WALKING
DIEING
Another antibody for the soul
another curtain in its place
but I guess we all have
GHOSTS
in our heads
Haunting apples & cores
like a child were bord
Kill &Kill &Kill
the toys that killed
the boys that killed
soldiors climb the poles
embray the arms lets gather
AROUND
Their coming, sing a song
lalabuy the sadness
STIROPHOME SCREAMS
cloud starstrain love
My arms, My legs, My limbs
MY LOVE
Think postive
bring my eye &eye
float conclusional river beds
TEAR THE SKIN bleed
BRAKE THE RULES bleed
DISTROY THE HEARTS bleed
My life, My disease
To bring a cure?
cough choke up in smoke
Skulls into toasters
POP UP WhEN READY
The burning, The burning, The yearning
Coffin for a $1.25
at the local rest
Angered at being Angry for them
get into a telephone booth
FLY AWAY
Photocopy images in ink
Jobs are gone, Jobs are gone
TEARS SHED THE TEARS
ONE BITES AND BITES ONE
Manmade dung on fly eaters
nature takes a hit
Now comes the chorus
all at loud
raise your heads
scream the sound
INSANITY
WE ALL HAVE INSANITY
RIGHT IS WRONG, WRONG IS RIGHT
Normality still comes
the majority
fashion fling
Sex is all we need
Kill the child
Kill the next
GENERATION
THE LIERS THE CRIERS
O' give me a pill
so I can stop my
INSANITY