There's a little man
that sometimes goes sailing
over the vast oceans of knowledge
that flood my head
And a pale death
swept through my vision
and pillaged the life
of those unfortunate seers
But the man was blue with envy
and had shiny lines
in shapes as eyes
with nothing under to hide
And he beckoned with a laugh
of inconceivable humor
and died before my very eyes
a solemn little man.
I fill your head with a need to believe
A need to be thankful for all you've achieved
A desire to push out reality's greed
Laughing as man makes man bleed.
I take what you have and in return give nothing
In the minds of some men I am known as something
A liar, a thief, a killer, a fake,
A world-wide prodigy burning at the stake
I am God.
The webs were fading
glossed behind the shadow
white with impurity
stretched beyond mass
over the glimpse of darting eyes
preying on life
seeking the light.
Their comafied existence
left opinions to unravel
bleeding through lies
tearing through truth
raking the blood
from the walls and floor
dried chunks of ashes.
Slipping through the centuries
decapitating mass belief
playing the field of chief
game of human thought
no words to dwell on
only strict disease
bruised by decay.
The color interferes with the lines
My eyes tell me another story
The veil over me vanished again
And I was hated by everyone
They swivel to see me move
They pierce my inner heart's wound
I'm called again to befriend you
And give back death his due.
I'm black in love and trust
A demon chose me as his
I only see the dark dear
My tongue has split in two
I strangle the earth with force
Corrupting the weak and the faint
Creating a hate for my enemy
I opress and slay bitter truth.
You lay right next to me
Not knowing exactly who I am
You hang right next to me
Never believing anything I have said.
A vision
that I have seen before
it holds itself before me
A direction
I have chosen at times
it leads me to a secret
That total infamous place
where the skin enshrines it
and leaves me hanging
swallowed in tenacious ideation
I couldn't swim out
of such dire moving nullity
But
My senses reached
a higher level
I somehow eyed a canvas
that caved in gray hues
I took heed
to the repugnant life forms
around me
They devoured my very essence
and I was stricken
with a foul disturbance
Not soon after did the vision fade
I found myself alone again
and to this very day I know
my vision quest will be the death of me.
The neverending spiral descends
down into my inner core
Another retrieved, fake lie
splinters on the tip on my brain.
I chisel my life away
to an obsolete, unfathomable dream
I seek a somber place
for my perfect soul to wilt.
All this but do I choose to see
the rewards given by eternal life?
Nay, I say, for life is a deception
built upon a false desire.
It's an epidemic of materiality
that showers me with delusion
And takes away my burden of pain
and abhors my appalling existence.
Modesty bleeds
the yolk
of life's
unfortunate
desire's
to mask itself
into hope
lying
to the masses
framing
and
signifying
death eternal
that lies
in wait
for something
anything
that can be grasped
to take hold
of the
little strand of life
left
before venturing
on the very long journey
of your soul
to search out
endless meanings
and
to reassure
that to fear is to live
and life is death.
COMMENTS
(Bows in utmost reverence)
This is lovely vertical poem with lovely flow of rhyme. All poems are so nice that I read them twice.
I die
As I am
myself,
lonely,
nothing special,
seeking acceptance
bleeding honesty
living in the dark.
I pale at life
as I pray for it to cease
and leave me be
with pain and suffering
in the darkest depths
of my hollow mind.
Frail, loveless and thoughtless form
A beauty so fragile, none alike
Her milk-white skin and ebony hair
Has pierced my spirit
I tremble at the sight of such elegance
I am pitiful beneath her
So I sink into her happiness
And I find myself afraid of life
Her charm, it scares me
It's the cause of her rape
Her mind, it's silent
And never speaks
I thought I knew her,
I thought I loved her,
but her touch turns me pale.
Tis I who see the rushing dawn
Crush down to gather once upon
This mighty, filthy gangrel son
Whose maiden's heart has fairly won.
The seers all say the day will come
When valiant skies shall burn to rum
And seeds be planted into the sum
As death sways heavily to and from.
Alas, gray clouds at once be gone
That rained and caused sweet sorrows song
To wither into the great beyond
By journey's day and night alone.
You appeared
Unknown to me
Until now
Lingering over me
And in my head
I don't know you
But I feel you
What you mean
When you say
Those little things
And I hear you
When you don't say
What should have been said
Yesterday
In one weeks time
We were lost like lovers
Between the sheets
Of Sodom and Gomorrah
Never meeting or knowing
What the plan was
Never seeing our eyes
Meet and make love
I never got to say
how truly beautiful you are
Let me start by complimenting
on this work of art
Your smile can make a country
go from rich to poor
Your eyes can make a man of God's
jaw drop to the floor
Your hair is but a veil
to hide the secrecy within
Your hands are nothing more
than the focus of your sins
Your lips they mutter words
that leave so many scars
Your breath is like a fire
that burns apart my heart
Your body was created
so in crimes it could partake
Your soul is just the vessel
that led to this mistake
Infected
Misdirected
Silhouetted in the shades of time
Discarded
Disregarded
Inherited through the pains of life
Disease
Unease
Spiraling through ill
Relent
Descent
Tumbling down the slopes of existence
This was written for my grandfather Thormann William Clay Sr. who passed away, March 16th, 2006. It was read at his funeral in California in my absence.
"Pop"
Born April 6th of 38
As Thormann W. Clay,
This little tyke would lead a life
That we'd all cherish one day.
Through the years his mom and dad
Would quietly pass away
And he'd be left to play the role
As father and husband Clay.
He'd wake up early, make his lunch
And head out to his truck,
Faithfully, to work all day
To give his family much.
Come suppertime, his hungry gut
Would call him to the table
But not before he washed his hands
Clear up to his elbows.
And in the morning, breakfast was
Fried eggs, bacon and toast
Not to mention a big glass of milk
Is what he liked the most.
Then one day his kids grew up
And had children of their own,
His grandkids called him 'poppa' or 'pop'
And thats how he was known.
He rode his motorcycle
Every chance he could,
And liked to shoot his guns
In the mountains or the woods.
He liked apple pie and westerns
With John Wayne on the screen
And fishing in the outdoors
And country and oldies.
He squeezed my knee
He made me laugh
And he laughed at me too,
He spanked my butt
When I was bad
And I ran to Nan, it's true.
I have so many memories
Enough to fill a book,
I'd like to share with you
To me the last words that he spoke.
He was sick and in the hospital
And I called up to his room,
The same day he was put on life support
Cause I didn't believe it was true.
I asked him, "How ya doing Pop?"
He said, "I'm dying." then laughed and said, "Nah."
I listened on the phone as the silence grew deaf
And this is what he told,
"Tell John I'm sorry
That I couldn't talk,
The doctors were in here
And I had to get off.
Please tell your dad
The fishing trip is on
If I don't die
Before too long.
I'm 68 years old
I'll be 69 next month,
And I can't breathe
And I can't walk.
Don't smoke."
Rest well Pop
COMMENTS
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Angelus
01:51 Dec 20 2011
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