The more you break down the walls the better you see the light
I’ve chosen a hard road
One full of slings and arrows
Regrets about what happened yesterday
Anxieties over tomorrow
I’m teaching the words
To children who don’t care to hear
Enforcing the code of discipline
Before morality disappears
I’m walking a hard road
Surrounded by ice and fire
Deciding between responsibility
And quenching my desire
I’m writing the words
For Johnny Who Don’t Wanna Read
Carving my memoir into the cave wall
Where ain’t nobody freed
The path of greatest resistance –
The frontier, never taken –
How can I gain my foothold
when my confidence has been shaken?
I travel a hard road,
Even though I seldom leave home
The ones indentured to their thoughts
Are among the last to roam
I’m preaching the word
To a fantasy-congregation
Still, I will share my testament
If for a glimmer of salvation
Borders, lines drawn in the sand
Dividing people, dividing land
But in our hearts, we know it's true
We are one, me and you
For deep inside, we all yearn
To cross these borders, to learn
From each other, from every race
And build a world, a better place
A world where all are seen as one
And love and peace are never done
Where cultures blend, and colors merge
And all are welcomed, with open courage
For in this world, we truly see
The beauty of our humanity
And realize that we all belong
Together, in a borderless throng
So let us tear down these walls
And rise above our fears and falls
For in unity, we find our strength
And create a world of endless length
A world where love is all we know
And borderless society can truly grow
Where every heart, every voice is heard
And we live together, in one world.
This morning our computer died;
Our car won’t start as well.
The bathroom sink was clogged last month;
Our hand-washed towels smell.
The pipe beneath the kitchen sink
Had water shooting out.
A total breakdown seems to be
What life is all about.
The super fixed the pipe; tomorrow
We’ll call Triple-A
And hopefully a jump will make
The battery obey.
We ordered a computer.
(Ours was really kind of old.)
The bathroom drain’s all clear
From something Amazon extolled.
For one thing I am grateful -
With our car and P.C. dead,
I have to thank my lucky stars
It isn’t us instead.
Caught in the depths of my shadows within
Breathing in the plague of all the vermin
Nauseated stomach and bile on my chin
Lips begin to crack from dehydrated skin
Follicles die out so my hair starts to thin
Hard to move forward when my head only spins
Hallucinations of bright lights and shiny sequins
These days are already over before they begin
My mind rests in pain with all of the aspirin
While drowning out my system with tonic & gin
These days are already over before they begin
Caught in the depths of my shadows within
bmdavey@06/18/18
We live in a world of so many ethnic divides
The future is in trying to unite
Healing the damage trying to make things right,
The colour of your skin or your belief
Makes you in no way different from me,
It's nothing we see when we are kids
It's something our parents and peer group taught,
To fear anything you don't understand
But I for one think if we all join hands,
We can connect in every land
And work on a new manifesting plan,
Where as ordinary people we cast away the hate
Sing with one voice and cast discrimination away,
Build societies in better stronger displays,
Where all lives matter and we are all colour blind
It's not that any longer that defines,
Just the kindness and compassion
That flows through your heart,
Is it not about time we give love, peace and unity a chance
And rediscover the humanity in you,
People are all unique and individual
And that the honest truth,
So we are all different in our own little ways
But let's not make this be a cause for discriminatory hate.
Our bodies, like machines, break down,
Their warranties expired,
So slowly we relinquish
Certain habits we’ve acquired.
The jog morphs into walking;
The glass of wine, a sip.
The dinners switch to “early birds”
At places not so hip.
The muscles and the joints get stiff;
We don’t move quite as fast.
A good night’s sleep is something
We remember from the past.
We visit doctors, hoping they
Can fix our aging parts
Which, with the help of meds, improve
But just in fits and starts.
Perhaps the future will include
A place that has displayed
Some younger versions of ourselves
So we can make a trade.
Truly my friends
My brothers,my sisters;
There is no need to search for love,only
A need to break down those barriers
Which restrain you from it...
I've tried many times To not cut, To not fall into teptations you single handliy abolished whatever piece of my heart was left you see the struggles i've been through but you still leave me like i'm nothing I'm sorry for existing I'm sorry for loving you I'm sorry for having you to love me I'm sorry for all the struggles I've put you through But what i'm most sorry for is wasting your time I'm sorry that i can't live up to expectations I'm sorry i broke down I tried to hold out, To be strong, but i physically and mentally can't I'm sorry i can't be the ideal perfect girl everybody makes me out to seem I'm sorry you can see my scars but that's the only thing beautiful about me I've totally lost control Don't know where or how to start Don't know if i want to start , maybe i should just give up I cry too much , too many tears in only a short time I'm sorry I couldn't put on my fake smile, I just can't find it anymore However what I'm sorry for the most is affecting you and everbody I'm sorry for getting into your head and heart And once again I'm sorry for apologizing too much
You’re scaling an invisible wall
Dissolving statues in desert sands
Please catch me before I fall
Iron grip slowly slips from my hands
Breaching steel barricades
Toppling false regimes I've built
Grounding moors in afternoon shades
Trample on my blooming guilt
Toppling false regimes I've built
Please catch me before I fall
Trample on my blooming guilt
You’re scaling an invisible wall
The day has come to hear the inner voice
Once whispering now yelling it out loud,
The time has come to make a simple choice,
Or drown in shame and forget to be proud.
For years it has been tugging at my heel.
Until I kicked it down and turned away,
Too scared to face the truth and how I feel,
The time for love would come another day.
Yet now the day has come and I feel fear,
Afraid of passion taking o’er my heart,
All senses lost as thoughts now fall apart
But worse, the fear of not having her near.
All barriers broken by her sweet touch,
For her, the girl I love beyond too much.
Form: Australian Sonnet
i see you and you see me
your breaking me down completely
your words say so much
i hate it but i miss your touch
days seem to pass by
why did you have to lie
false hope comes crashing down
the grave laid out you have found
thoughts keep spinning
im never winning
rock bottom i have finally hit
sometimes i can't deal with this *****
im in a carnival of souls
made up of a million holes
trapt in the darkness of the night
wanting to hold on tight
go ahead take a bow
its all over now
darkness sweeps in
ive finally paid for my sin
As the door opens and behind me slams shut.
It was like someone punching me hard in the gut.
In jail is where I'll be for the next nine months.
This is where myself, I had no choice but to confront.
The doors slammed on all my dreams.
In my head, all I hear is my screams.
In this small room is where I'll do my time.
This is a true story, not one made up just to rhyme.
Locked up for nine months in one space.
Alone with my thoughts and life I had to face.
This wasn't a jail cell, it was more like a tomb.
One in which I died, but was reborn from this womb.
When I got out, nothing was given to me.
I earned everything I have and everything I'll be.
No door was opened with people saying come on in.
I had to open them myself, and break them down to win.
I made up for the person I was, and the mistakes I made.
I became someone to be remembered, I will never again fade.
Some doors aren't made to be opened, but to be ran through.
I broke down my own doors, now I just want to know, can you?
You have broken down the wall,
That I put up in my heart...
Apparently I didn't make it strong,
Strong enough to keep you out...
Cuz you got right through it,
Even without trying...no effort...
I guess I am so numb that I don't care...
Just please...I beg of you....don't hurt me...
I don't know if I can take it...
The next time I put the wall up,
It might never come down...
As I'm standing in the shower
The water changes cold
Now head hid in the corner
Some tears start to mold
But I don't cry 'cause it's freezing
The chilly water just made me crack
Stacked on top of everything
And I try to choke sobs back
I can't let anyone hear me
I've never tried to whine
So I'll just suffer silently
Acting like I'm just fine
And in fact I've played myself
Denial to depression
Pretended I had happy wealth
And joy in my possession
And who am I? To focus on me?
Though it's a lie and truly fake
Others can have it just as badly
So I shouldn't fuss for their sake
So I take a deep and long inhale
Not wanting to open my eyes
To see the ugly truth unveiled
Just to put on my disguise
December 2009
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