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Can They,Can'T They

Can they hear the words inside my head? 
The thoughts being spoken the things being said 
Can they see the things I see? 
Are they real or imagined is it just me
 
Can they understand the turmoil I'm in ?
 
My mind races now from one thought to another 
Can’t they realise all this I’m trying to smother 
I see myself in my very own dream 
Can’t they see and can’t they hear my scream
 
These sights and sounds this uneasy sensation 
Can I stop this madness of my own creation? 
I just need some sense some clarity 
Can’t they see I need peace and serenity?
 
I need to move forward and find inner peace 
Can’t they see I want these imaginings to cease 
Words thoughts and deeds come again to me 
Can’t they realise from all of this I need to be free
 
I’m crying inside from deep within my soul 
Can’t they see I need to get out of this bottomless hole? 
I choose not this life it’s not of design 
Can they hear them the voices coming back so to this I resign?

Can someone help me ?
Can't someone make this stop ?

Scratching Baxter

When I left he was in his lounging chair

TV way too loud

The glow of discontent on his face

Made me want to cry

 

The only peace now in his life

Never left his side

He sat there scratching Baxter

Life just passed him by

 

In his day he was the man every man wanted to be

He had the looks, he had the job

The wife, the kids, all three

Then came the day he lost it all

His family went away

Left behind his loyal cat 

Baxter was his name

 

Through all times, most were bad

His cat stayed by his side

A comfort to his troubled soul

In life it was all he had

It has been said 

Man’s best friend

Has always been a dog

But in this case it was a cat

Whose love surpassed them all

 

I went to visit my friend today 

To see how he was doing

Knocked on the door several times

The TV was still blaring

Turned the knob and opened the door

I thought that he was sleep

But somewhere between the days he died 

In peace now he is sleeping

 

In his lap still sat the cat

Who had been his one companion

He knew his master had left this earth

His eyes revealed his sadness

I could not help but start to cry

When I thought of how it ended

Sitting at home with the TV on

All alone while scratching Baxter

Sleep

Studies say that sleep is essential for daily life
In sleep your body heals to prevent the pain and strife
But sleep for me is terror for in sleep my mind’s at war
Plagued by many demons from so many gone before

In sleep I dream of crimes committed from the heart
Each role played out in detail from my mind to never part
When darkness comes upon the earth I struggle deep within 
Avoiding natural impulse to lay my head in sin

There is no peace in slumber for it’s there I feel the pain
Of innocience being taken from a life no hope to gain
If a gun would end my terror I would gladly fire and aim
But sleep would then be permanent no peace I would ever gain

Reasons unbenounced to me have conflicted this grieving mind
To share the terror that many face when life for them is unkind
A blessing I think not for the hell I have to live 
Is enough to make a grown man weep 
Rest no more to give

©2009 Joshua Vick

10/27/2009 3:50 AM


Peace No Pills

I feel like I need to cry but there are no tears left.
I guess I'm not as fearless
As I wanted to be,
As I wanted you to believe,
To see only the strength in me
And nothing else.
I've never felt
More or less
Helpless
For lack of better words.
I feel the need to scream,
Let out all the frustration in me,
But my voice won't come,
And I don't know what I've done
To deserve this
Helpless,
Uncontrollable feeling
Taking over me.
It's getting hard to breathe,
And the pills in the cabinet look better every time
I look at them. I,
Well, I honestly feel the need for them to help take this pain away,
To give me peace to face another day,
Some later date
In time,
But I'll be fine.
No pills required,
Despite the desire.
I'll survive.
I'll find my peace of mind,
My peace in my life.

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