Fly me away to a place never reached
fly me away from here
fly me through space, or the atmosphere
fly away these thoughts that I think
Sometimes I sit a while all alone, just to wonder
times of better days to imitate better times
Sometimes I hide away when voices grow stronger
sometimes more than a while when I can't fake any pride
fly me away from here
perhaps to an island near
fly me away from here
Sometimes I sit a while all alone
to forget all the things that've heard
sometimes I sit a while like a child to be sober
But silence is louder than the words
fly me away, find me some place
a place where I cannot be found
fly me away my dear fly me away
where voices and choices aren't loud
Another Bleak Candid Dreamy Evening Fades,
And the house of cards that stands on a tip
Slowly crashes, through the time flip
And first falls the heart and then two spades making the roof.
Leaning, Meddling, Nodding On Purpose
I have cared, pretended tried it all ways
But anger, ego, disagreement surpass
My growing fear of losing him in days.
Plenty Questions Return Skimming Through Under
From the deep traces of mind that lay bare
A falling house, find excuses of wind and thunder
But times heals, the initial scar and scare.
26.07.2021
The maddening click of key strokes
The shrilling of the phones
The crunch of crumbling paper balls
Slices to the bone
The dull humming of the copier
Four million paper clips
The smell of tacky wite out
So sick of all of it
It's like sitting in a coffin
This tomb with three gray walls
Choking on monotony
In a stifling, dreamless stall
I need to find the exit
Won't be like all of them
A dead eyed walking corporate corpse
Fake smiles, no brain stems
I know I need to hurry
Before they bury me away
And I become a pro quo victim
Soulless zombie for the pay
BREAKING AWAY
I say I saw our future together. It was charred. His speech was electronically charged. Did he hear my plea? My memory is cascading. The new wounds kept forming where the old ones flaked. That was the problem with him, you understand. Nothing much was wrong with him. Nothing much except his vision of the world; monochrome. And his monologues. The white was white. The black was black.
So I walked away! To the adjacent . Still the folks called me Shirley Valentine.
I am happy with my new man. The future is bright; not charred. Said the grandmother.
There was a time when we were together,
Living with each other creating wonderful memories,
Having fun going to the beach and playing in the backyard,
Sitting down at the table and coloring with you,
Every time I hear your voice it makes me want to cry,
It’s just been that long since we looked each other in the eye,
Even though you’re a thousand miles away your always in my heart,
I’m just afraid to hear that one day you’ll be gone,
Never to feel the same,
I’ll always miss you and hope to see you again,
Before we start going our separate ways,
I’ll love you forever and this is a pain to say,
It’s going to be a while before we get together one day.
Heard whispers float around
Sacrifice your peers to live
All driven to the ground
Why would I stay?
Even if they are friends
It matters not at all
Means justified by the ends
The scars all multiply
Left an outcast
Among the freaks
Safe within
My mask of indifference
Alone I stand against
The constant warfare
I smile freely
As they fight all the while
I'm breaking away from the life they serve me
Leaving to die those who don't deserve their
Lives
I'm breaking away from the fighting and lying
Political waste replicates in their dying
Eyes
I'm breaking away from what is defined as
Normal, I find it's all a great waste of
Time
I'm breaking away from the curse of society
Outcast among outcasts, no one to me matters but
I
Breaking away from all the chains
Written By Dean Masciarelli
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Breaking away from all the chains
that have kept us from discovering
ourselves is truly a reawakening
And just like the
caterpillar
and the cocoon
We also fight for change and that’s when
we begin to go through our own
unique individualized transformation
Because we are finally willing to
break free because of the offerings
that were bestowed upon us to give us
the freedom to break out of our old skin
So that we can have the freedom to roam
just like the butterfly that fought
endlessly to break out of its own cocoon
Because we had the willingness and
the determination to fight for change
Blue,
Cold,
and Wet crashes against Stone.
smooth,
strong,
unmoving Stone cradles Blue in its mothering bosom.
Cloud,
independent in its constant transition,
mocks Cold from above a cliff.
Cold,
defiant, yet afraid,
whispers desire to Stone.
Voice cracks Stone’s beautiful exterior;
threatening lingering stains like a blackberry against a pristine white sheet.
Wet licks Stone’s cracks promising it will never leave.
You see me and I see you
Our friendship is one that's very true
We met a time ago
Back when life was very slow
When I left I saw you cry
Bloodstained tears I wanted to die
All summer I thought of you
I lived in my shadows cold and blue
I wanted to give up then you appeared in my mind
“Wait a few days life’s always timed”
I went to school and waited by the door
You walked out and I withered no more
I wanted to smile
But it took me a while
As you helped me I tried to help you
Trouble came fast and true
You left from red to blue
Back to my shadows all so cold
Tired of crying I broke the mold
I wrote to you and one came to me
I’ll be waiting for you just wait and see
Freedom from your smothering love
Is all I want from you.
It's been over for a long time,
There's nothing you can do.
I know you're waiting like a vulture
To sweep my carcass away,
Drag me off to Hell again
Never to see the light of day.
Once, I loved you,
But we've run out of time.
You tore apart my entire world
With your drugs, abuse, and crime.
I sincerely apologize
For being so heartless and cold,
But you are too heavy a burden
And you make me feel so old.
I bid you farewell
After all these years.
Move on with your life,
Don't mock me with your tears.
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