Category Archives: I’m No Poe

we share some common dreams
but your nightmares
are my reality

Originally posted 2008-07-12 07:01:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I wrote this one to my childhood friend Sarah, who got me started with poetry in the first place. This is actually the very first poem I ever wrote. I wrote it for her during a visit that she and her mother made to our house. Two years later it was published in one of poetry.com’s books. Yes, I entered one of their $10,000 contests. Looking back, I wish I would have bought that book. Sorry to say I don’t even know the name of it, or I would track down a copy and buy it now.
Sarah, this is for you.

to my left
to my right
in front of me
behind me
engulfing me
all these people
get me out
before i crack

Originally posted 2008-08-17 19:11:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

people always told me
to do the best i could
that no other man
could match that which i did

but this man came and beat me
never thought he would
now i cannot stand
to face this world again

Originally posted 2008-06-12 07:09:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

break me
hit me
shove me
push me
beat me
abuse me
unleash it all on me
then run

Originally posted 2008-07-25 07:25:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

my back is sore
my neck is sore
i feel like dropping
to the floor

my hands are weak
my legs are weak
they feel like spaghetti
so to speak

my eyes feel weighted
my feet feel weighted
my body feels unresponsive
like ive been sedated

my strength is growing meek
my esteem is growing meek
i feel like i could go to bed
and not wake up for a week

Originally posted 2008-07-02 06:21:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

hold me still
let me heal
allow these wounds
of mine to seal

let me feel
the hardened steel
salt my wounds
this pain is real

hold me still
let me heal
allow these wounds
of mine to seal

make me cower
be a friend
start all over
and do it again

Originally posted 2008-08-19 06:30:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

excuse me while
i bite the hand that feeds
as i sit back
and watch it while it bleeds

i sit and smile
happy with my deed
but it has bitten back
and blood now flows from me

Originally posted 2008-06-11 06:20:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

everyone left but she stayed and
listened to me
as i told her my
ideas on life and death
never did i tell her
everything on my mind

Originally posted 2008-08-10 08:48:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

my body is weary
my mind in a fog
i hear the barking
of a far away dog

i open the door
with rifle in tow
and step with bare feet
into the cold wet snow

yet i do not notice
because from all around
comes the incessant barking
of an aged red hound

i cannot find the direction
from which it is coming
and i do not even notice
how quickly my feet are numbing

i trek across my land
looking for the tracks
that will lead me to this beast
when i notice the pain in my back