Long Clam up Poems

Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, 
Your tongue is the enemy of your soul 
Death and life are in the control of the tongue
Your tongue can be sharp, ugly...

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If you want to keep 
             your expanding 
              ...

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It's What's under 
the hood that counts.
 
Antiques  are worth money-
Like old things have much value.

Knowledge and wisdom
are the title's transferred.

Only people are
devalued with time.

One day sit down
and speak to an elder.

Open up his...

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I have finally realized it’s time to let go
Took me to loose a friend to realize what I already know
I’ve apologized for my actions to you with no avail
Which leaves me to do what I...

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When I was one and twenty
a moral with a twist ...

They say I am the key
that will unlock the cell
yet how can I get free
for I'm wrapped so well

Don't wrap me or cell me
just give...

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I'm a dream for a therapist
Except I'm unable to express my pain in person, But on paper I have no issue with sharing it
I've battled depression for too long to hear "life is too short,...

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As I walk along this city of lost an broken souls, 
all yerning for peace in our hearts and a mind that just lets go.. as we try to show not only ourselve that were...

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Eleventh of November is armistice day
A day in the year where we remember
Remember what I hear you say
The sacrifice of many far far away

They fought for freedom
Did not die in vain
Our lives would have changed
Those...

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This is more about nothing 
There's no happiness without suffering 
I'm dented because I fell to rock bottom without being caught by cushions 
This is more about nothing 

Drinking vodka with a mixer of pain...

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The Erebus Experiment
                  The Lewis effect......
            ...

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It is hard living with asperges
Everything is black and white
Nothing is illogical 
Day is day and night is night

You can not read emotion 
You don't want to cause commotion 
All you want is love and...

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More mental toughness,
More togetherness,
More mental toughness
More happiness,
More mental toughness.
More kindness
More mental toughness,
More openness,
More mental toughness,
More gratefulness.

Less mental toughness,
Less togetherness,
Less mental toughness,
Less happiness,
Less mental Toughness,
Less kindness,
Less mental toughness,
Less openness,
Less mental toughness,
Less gratefulness.

How do we become mentally...

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They draw me punk, they draw me clean, they draw me messy, my kid machine.
I have a cult, they are my regular beings, they come in droves, pretending mean.
They get referred more times than all...

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I am naturally friendly,  or so I’ve been told
But that feels like bragging, exceedingly bold
A bit embarrassing, I tell you no lie
To tell you the truth, I’m naturally shy

When meeting new people I tend...

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I remember like it was yesterday,
Singing for all the patients on stage,
At every event the hospital had,
Hundreds would come and attend these events,
My heart would pound, and my hands would clam up,
I had to go...

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unable to wither away 
and crawl under bedrock
wanting to clam up
turn off all the lights
you the grieving father
in unfathomable anguish

the tragedy shakes the world
leaving it breathless
connecting each one of us
through your heartache 
compelled to share...

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Deep beneath the dark blue sea,
tranquil, turquoise serenity,
as aqua waves wash ashore,
sand dollars, brittle, are no more.

Twice the tides will ebb again,
stirring creatures from their dens,
don't ask the oysters, they'll clam up,
they always keep their...

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The Battle of the Sexes
By Franklin Price
1/28/2017

The battle of the sexes
Not about the sword and sheath
Who will be above
Or who will be beneath

Who will be the leader
Who's the underling?
Neither one is who I say
Equality's the...

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