regretfully, as I wave goodbye
a single tear drips from my eye
This was something that I
had always known would be one day
There was nothing
either of us could say
This once magical connection
could never have been saved
Both swore we were willing to change
But after the ways we each had behaved
The pain & doubt could not
be erased from our brains
Souls bonded by fate
magnetically drawn to one another,
Had set the stage for the most soul changing, eye opening, painfully magical escape..
from a place of sadness and heartbreak
i write this as i say
"now i always disappear on people,
you see this has been a great escape
others first performed this one on me
when i almost lost my sanity"
i slowly disappeared from my friends life
so the call lines finally end up rusting
before any betrayal comes my way
this is my new greatest way to love, live and escape
Slow your breath to calm
pause stop relax to still your mind
conjure your dream vacation place
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Oh,my dear Red wattled lapwing bird, Are you a naughty, nature noisy bird, When I tried to catch a butterfly, You made a did-you-do-it lullaby, No one escape from your vigilant eye , Your act is an alarm for creatures, not a lie.
Flying past the hillsides,
flying pat the bays,
flying past the cabin
where I might just like to say.
Flying past the tall trees,
branches scrape my feet,
’tis the finest jetpack
you can buy with money.
Ain’t no toil,
in my jetpack royal,
my view is unspoiled
in my jetpack royal,
so high the blood boils
in my jetpack royal,
the schemes that I’ll foil
in my jetpack royal.
Flying through the cities,
over the suburbs,
flying past the park where
kids by swings wait their turn.
Flying over mountains,
past the birds of prey,
the eagles give strange looks
then dive out of my way!
Ain’t no toil,
in my jetpack royal,
my view is unspoiled
in my jetpack royal,
so high the blood boils
in my jetpack royal,
the schemes that I’ll foil
in my jetpack royal.
Oh, free flying,
so high and free,
I wish you had
a jetpack like me.
If I had cash
I’d buy you one,
we’d soar up high
and have too much fun!
Ain’t no toil,
in my jetpack royal,
my view is unspoiled
in my jetpack royal,
so high the blood boils
in my jetpack royal,
the schemes that I’ll foil
in my jetpack royal.
Moonlight’s bright tonight.
Let’s go outside and play
In the streets of the city.
Morning’s far away.
We’ll dance in the streets,
Race under the stars,
Staring into the eyes
Of oncoming cars.
They’ll tell us their wisdom
In archetypical style
Of the roles that we play
And if we survive.
The dogs of the city,
They howl and they fight,
Then fortune they share
For our hungry delight.
When morning comes early
With its fresh silken dreams,
We shake off the dust
Of what we have seen.
We’ll feel the warm sun
Wake our guarded souls,
To feed us again
As we make our way home.
Our lives have been spent
Living other’s requests.
Now is the time
For our own conquests.
The streets of the city
Are daring and sheer.
Come with me now.
Experience no fear.
Moonlight’s bright tonight.
Let’s go outside and play
In the fields of the village.
Morning’s far away.
Still crisp air holds its breath
In silence as we watch
Moonlit shadows creeping west,
Forever out of reach.
We try to chase the shadows
Running through the trees,
Standing tall like rocket ships
Against the lonely seas.
Come along and run with me,
The fields await our gaze.
There lay mysteries to be seen
Beyond the twilight haze.
We’ll chase our noble destiny
Into the howling storm
And catch those fleeting shadows,
Running with open arms.
We’ve stayed in this tiny village
Longer than we aught.
The world awaits, bold and bright
Even if we’re caught.
It’s time to make our journey
To lands far and wide.
I’d rather face the future
With you by my side.
Moonlight’s bright tonight.
Let’s go outside and play.
Time to forge our future,
In the streets with me today.
I wish we could pack up and escape
to wherever the road will take us
I wish we could forget the world
and together start anew
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Every day it seems a battle,
finds a way to leave you rattled,
the nonsense you see on TV,
lots of lies from the legacy,
traffic jams, can’t work from home,
boss demands, tell his where to go,
just goes on, the price we must pay,
comes a time you must get away!
I want to go off,
let this thing blow off,
the stress I’ll throw off,
I want to go off.
I want to go off,
let this thing blow off,
the stress I’ll throw off,
let this thing explode.
Find the time, bleed it off slowly,
clear my mind of the unholy,
make a plan, or maybe wing it,
find something that I can sink in.
Get a drink, maybe a woman,
take a trip, get up and go then,
some chaos, can be balancing,
feel alive, that’s what I’m wanting.
I want to go off,
let this thing blow off,
the stress I’ll throw off,
I want to go off.
I want to go off,
let this thing blow off,
the stress I’ll throw off,
let this thing explode.
Let this thing explode,
let this thing explode,
let this thing explode…
every man must unload.
Tipsy when under the influence
world closes in for a private party
~ the illusion of escape brief
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Teleological
hypotheses bore me
Tautological phraseology
snores me
A beer and a burger ~
I adore thee
conjuring monet's
enchanted gardens
~ midday reverie
AO: 2nd place 2025
Since they obtained the matrix fleece
Our fates were redesigned
Although we didn’t ask for this
No purpose was defined
From human smell to robot dust
Is that a great escape?
What’s good for them, is bad for us
Back to the age of ape
And further on, through maze of time
And maybe backwards too
What has become of us and why
I really have no clue
Why must Sisyphus roll uphill
His boulder to the top
Forever, so he does it still
But we can’t see the flop
What stays untouched like it was meant
When overnight we die?
Was that a message left unsent?
Neither you know, nor I.
You’ll Pick out everybody’s problems but you wont help your self
You’d rather sit alone in pity then take care of your health
You act like it’s everybody’s fault you’ve got nothing to gain
using Magic capsules to escape your own brain
Can’t give yourself a break so you wanna do it over again
Someone help this monkey in a cage from going insane
[Verse]
Fear leaks out my pores
stinging as it rolls down
running on and on
I turn my head around
And I see
You’re still chasing me
So I run on
I run on
[Verse]
Dread crawls up my spine
claws reach down my throat
crushing me inside
until I choke
I try to hide
to turn aside
but I don’t
no I don’t
[Chorus]
I run away then back again
I can’t stay but here I am
My choices are not made by me anymore
since I became yours
I’m chained to you
I’m bound and gagged
I try to scream
You pull my strings
and I lay down
I just lay down
[Verse]
There’s no way out…only through
I see a light shining from you
I won’t close my eyes anymore
I start swimming to the shore
I am safe
I am free
no one pulls my strings
You gave me peace…
[Bridge]
And you gave me bravery…
you gave me hope
You gave me the keys
you cut my ropes
now I have a life
I can be proud of
because you gave me love!
You gave me Love!
You gave me love.
You gave me love.
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