Odd Times
(a poem I've written back in 2013)
I've encountered something quite odd
I'm receiving brand new information
I've given up too many times to count on my underestimated fingers
Trying to think rationally...I've been tricked by your lies that linger
Beneath my skin...I've been your brother and your kin
Maybe I was just too under pressure
Beyond a million measures
Don't trespass in my property...
My mindset is as upset as it already is
You're like a bittersweet berry...
Your poison slipped its way inside me...the abyss...
Turns its malicious head...
Dodging all the devious dread...
Face my fury
Feel my injury
I would die tonight
Just for your hope tomorrow
I would live for you
Even though you are filled with sorrow
I'm sorry for being me...
I'm sorry, my darling...be...
Courteous of us...
We are on the same bus...
We bear responsibility
Together as one, bro...
Clearly, cooperation is key
But...you made me anxious tho...
It's obvious that you don't care
You're oblivious of my feelings just a hair
I'm sensitive to the core
You win, I lose...I will do your chore
Because I love you in these odd times
In these hard times
2013 is the hardest year of my life
2016 would hopefully be an end to my strife
Alas, it is not so
So, let the sun glow
Let happiness and hope...
Wrap around you...please don't mope...
I'm your rope to protect you from all harm
I will be your unique charm to save you from harm
But, you don't mind my hurt...
I hurt like an expert and the pain is real
In this distress, I take comfort
It might feel like the whole world's after you, but it isn't frankly...we love you and you are big deal...
In my life, bro...
I love you tho...
Our bad habits can take over us quite easily...
I've been surviving for a long time hardly...
I'm alive to see you well,
Not plummeting in your own hell
Quit the laziness
Quit the haziness
I love you when you're not drunk
This ship called Philadelphia has sunk
Friendship didn't really matter to me
Familyship matters to me to be honest, mate
Fanship doesn't matter much to me either
Maybe it's fate that I arrive undone...I've arrived late...
In the hands of love from above...
I'm sorry for everything...I'm not a suave, flawless dove...
I am just a weird, naive teenager...
I'm only human, so catch ya later
I can't stand the anxiety here at this house
I feel like I'm a hunted down mouse
Please don't shut the door on me
I didn't know you had an abundance of misery
It will take courage, patience and time to change our lives around
Self-control is what I'm developing - yet, I'm feeling gravity-bound
Dig me up like treasure underground
I'll pick you up without a flash of a sound
I'll be bold for you, bro
Don't you know
That I care about your health altogether?
I just want you to get better...forever...
The bullets of pain
Murdered my hope
Driven rather insane
By your million mopes
I'm tired of hearing it
I'm tired of your ********
I'm tired of being nothing
In your eyes of something
I want to be someone in this home
Not this other guy that's left to roam
In the cage of rage...
We are still on a different page
I'm twisting and turning like a tornado
They always say, "Go with the flow",
But, why...
Why did I break?
I begin to bake in here...
I shed a tear of utter fear...
For heaven's sake!
Cast me away like a stone, hopping in the river
Of your whatever's and your bipolar weathers -
I can take it
I will use my wit
I won't throw a fit
Like you did, nitwit
Pieces and pieces of me...
Are falling into place...
Now, it's about time...
During these odd times...
To take a sip of pure grace
From the Lord of Accord's cup
I see my brother from afar - what's up?
Copyright © J.W. Earnings | Year Posted 2016
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