Every traffic laws read between the lines,
All test taken are never quite the same,
Read the instructions, and learn all the signs,
Follow the directions and learn the guidelines,
Being fully aware is part of the game,
Every traffic laws read between the lines,
Never consume alcohols or the wines,
Good rule to grasp lest you die or go lame,
Read the instructions, and learn all the signs,
If you break the law, you will pay the fines,
They will take your license, no one to blame,
Every traffic laws read between the lines,
Beware of beasts crossing like porcupines,
Your driving test jitters you overcame,
Read the instructions, and learn all the signs,
Signs bear symbols, shapes of different designs,
If you passed the test, you just sign your name,
Every traffic laws read between the lines,
Read the instructions, and learn all the signs,
2020 January 16
Categories:
alcohols, car, character,
Form: Villanelle
We met for no reason, halfway to nowhere,
Somehow you deceived my illusion-proof mind,
You told me a tale of a perfect affair,
I wrote it in rhyme, but I left it unsigned.
I drown reminiscence in sweet alcohols,
Your wraith disappears in front of my eyes,
And I realize every memory's false,
But how can I break these invisible ties?
Your tenderest words are replayed in my head,
The echo of wisdom repeats: "It's a lie".
I'd like to believe you or simply forget,
But I can do nothing. It's pointless to try.
I'd like to believe I'll be ever alive
In some of your dreams, in the depth of your heart,
But when you are ready to take a deep dive,
You might well discover I've fallen apart.
I've sworn to myself I won't yield to despair,
This time I won't wait till my blood all runs dry,
I'll probably meet you halfway to nowhere
To kiss you once more and to tell you goodbye.
Categories:
alcohols, emotions, lost love, love
Form: Rhyme
Lilies have dispersed into pixels of tears:
Each molecule can now be dissected, like fragrance in spirit;
But since, alcohols have been displeasing the desert,
Almost like the bit of smoke in the book of history,
There has been no endeavor to respite the mortgage;
And I know, even the safe-keeps will soon fade;
For the roots have been getting thin, thinner with each passing thought,
The nights, getting longer, like those odd, crimson wavelengths.
I failed to show my best-friend, the meaning of mistrust,
Now, I can't make him trust me to do anything anymore;
Anyway, the wicked drought of last year will soon retrieve it's spoils,
Like the odd, suffocating rains, that burn you, but not make you wet.
I wish there were more gardens that thrived on gunpowder,
Then, I could've offered some flowers to my poisoned heart; But-
There's no need to worry about sleeping pills, anymore:
O' Eye! Day seldom gives the sweet opportunity to cry!
-Pin Dew (03/05/2017)
Categories:
alcohols, conflict, dark, night, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Planet of the Grapes
and so the grapes
conspired
met in secret bunches
eavesdropped
on the vintners
during their
wine sipping lunches.
too win we must
subvert their minds
causing loss of focus
torturously tenderize
rendering it “mocus”.
we must accept
our crushing fate
entombment in the
vintners cellar
convince them
their dreams absurd
are absolutely stellar.
we’ll infiltrate
the highest realms
of the intelligentsia
cripple them
in brain cell death
of alcohols dementia.
they will tend
the very vines
that nurture revolution
unknowingly
complicit in
our forty proof solution.
John G. Lawless
10/18/2014
For the “Words – The Heart of Imagination?” – Poetry Contest
Sponsor – Brian Johnston
Categories:
alcohols, humor, nonsense,
Form: Verse
Change is an important part
Of making a brand new start
When you are trying to save
Yourself from an early grave
Because of all the abuse
Your body is going through
Pill popping is a routine
Drug filled needles so obscene
Leaving puncture holes and marks
Turning your world deep and dark
Alcohols another drug
Your stomach will always chug
Mild, hard, really extreme
Making you black out and dream
Of the next round you'll consume
Leading to more pain and gloom
Cuts across your legs and arms
Exploding like an open bomb
Bleeding out to release
Every hope and every piece
Of dignity you once displayed
Now it's gone with each new blade
Stopping will be very hard
But it's like a house of cards
Each step handled carefully
One at a time and you will see
Building yourself proud and tall
And not letting yourself fall
Back into habits that destroy
Making your temple full of joy
Categories:
alcohols, drink, emotions, grief, pain,
Form: Rhyme
All was lost. Everything!
None could have found a hope
For survival.
Sin was strong as the
Intoxication of alcohols.
Men tore their skin with strife
Life was lost in darkness.
Jesus, came the sacrificial lamb
He was our second Adam
He, for our sake carried our pains
He was victorious, he brought us gain.
Now that I am saved
I take it joy to note that
The greatest miracle ever
Is that of salvation.
Categories:
alcohols, religion
Form: Free verse
Alcohol, So fine, So smooth
So calm yet So strong
It brings people together yet is so straying
It makes you forget all pains, but brings more for life-long
Cigarette, So silent, So much it attracts
So expressive yet So devastating
It makes you relax
It makes you feel energized but weakens you in the long run
Categories:
alcohols, imagination, philosophy
Form: Rhyme
Most of the masses are gullible they swallow what their fed.
They feed on exotic canards, prejudice and fibs. Alcohols
Imbibed to dull the aftertaste and nothing goes to waste.
From birth to death it never changes each robbed of true identity
By unseen malevolent minds who sow these seeds of animosity,
Enmity and lies; all poisoned zombies (the living dead) who
Roam the earth mindlessly in numbers that are mind-boggling
To those of us still left. We often watch and hear their rants-
Dissonance of ad-libbed, ad nauseam and pledging of dead hearts
While humming individual anthems ad infinitum plus a day.
Follow what we say
Never, ever as we do
That’s our golden rule.
Categories:
alcohols, philosophy
Form: Haiku