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The Unknown Poem

Whether or not you fall on your own face cannot erase what you thought was the biggest waste of all you've got to now replace and what you're without is the love you made with me What you've chosen to belong in didn't bring back all your prose; petals of flowers to line your doors As anyone can see you've tripped the line Surrender, lest you be decieved by your design Undo the anchor from yourself and face the waves of your regressions

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Joann Grisetti

Date: 10/9/2012 9:59:00 AM

I got more out of this reading the second time, especially with the comments below. I am sorry your love is not returned. But pain makes great poems. Emotions exposed and left to absorb the reader. thanks.

Justin Bordner

Date: 10/4/2012 12:26:00 PM

I respect the cathartic element to this write Josh - sometimes it is necessary to surrender our hypocrisy to gain the higher truth, the higher strength - the last two lines contain very mature & therapeutic metaphors - J.A.B. %

Josh Kirkwood
Date: 10/4/2012 4:36:00 PM

thanks justin. i included this in my arsenal because of those lines, i think. you can imagine, the struggle of coordinating lyrics with sound. well, this was to someone i loved, who didn't think i did. sh*t. truth be told, 15 yrs later, i still do. will be checking ur stuff out as soon as i get off cloud Aechtner ...haha. that dude is A~W~S~U~M.