no one there
unnoticed
glance over shoulder
not my mess
hands are clean
no trace
played the cool
slipped away
not owning up
done nothing wrong
nothing to see
I'm bye bye stander
looking on
stepping away
at bay
slipping away
when no one's
looking, seeing
it don't matter
to anyone
don't care
if they do
I'm outside
looking in
nose is clean
good riddance
skated on by
Whew!
Ah! a clearing!
Oh No!
Is someone there?
Hollow odes lament where waves crash depthless
Oh! How ocean lacking light spills woe so!
Lackluster grays wail unkempt longingness
Lone stander bleeds the dreams of times ago
O'er the screaming wind, a seagull's bleak cries
weeps of cloudiness usurping the day
Heaven's warmth obscured, and now coldness vies,
overwhelming where vast emptiness slays
Left purposeless, wavering dark takes hold
looping tight a lynch-like corrosive noose
Otiose life sucks vim where sharks enfold,
wrecked in sunless abyss of night let loose
But Sol, unconquerable, beams once more
and the lighthouse sings, full of birds from shore!
(6/10/18)
head stander beetle
waiting for morning fog
precious water drops
Waiting for a brisk autumn wind
swept away the heat wave
Put out the fire-like light day after day
It roams the city as cheap love
It drills into cold eyes
Chasing lonely souls
Can I hate this light?
It makes me nervous
Force me to tore the deepest scar
To face my own ugliness
The evil secrets that lurk within my body
Like deep deep blue elves
Constantly expose themselves
I wish for the Goddess of Darkness
Help me hold the last line of defense
Not pierced by light
Let all be at peace again!
The dark equals with the light
The noble equals with the humble
Up-standers ask a bully to please stop.
But not in a bullying voice.
Understand?
Head nod.
Down-standers join the bully.
They call the victim names too
Scared they will be the next target if they do not.
Cowards.
By-standers stand by,
Trying to ignore what is happening, feeling badly later
Wishing they had been an up-stander.
So what do you want to be?
An Up-Stander, a Down-Stander or a By-Stander?
“I want to be a run-a-way-er,” he said, demonstrating.
Courage is to stand up for another
On social media,
To ask the coward to delete
The mean
To not show the victim
For feelings might not crush
Or crucify her
If she is never told
Resist the urge to be cruel
Or mean
Little bullies are
Usually tormented
By big bullies
Unseen
Do not go along
Be an up-stander
Retain your integrity
It may never
Be revealed how
Many you
Will be
Saving
You
Owe it
To yourself
To be an up-stander
By-standers are often
The next target
A world without peace
Fires blare from buildings
as bloody, horrific scream are the oly thing able to escape,
No by-stander tries to give aid
or even a care.
Burning flesh soon takes over the aroma
but the only thing that has changed is a hand that now covers the nose and mouth of every citizen.
Bullets fly through the thin air
and soon reach the delicate skin of innocent people,
The bullets quickly rip though their flesh and penetrate an artery or two,
Their blood leaks onto the pavement
as their last breath is taken,
But everyone glances over their body without a care.
Money is the control of the world
Instead of peace, unity, and love.
Children starve in poor, poverty contries
as selfish, ignorant people live luxery lifes
and spend hundreds of dollars without a single worry,
Living their greedy lifes with everything they could ever want
but never once thought about another soul,
A soul who is in jeperdize of slowly perishing.
in the doorway
half way in between
here and not here
you stand there wanting only one thing
we have different wants
different desires
you wont stay close
just in the doorway
half way in between
here and not here
but this is not good enough for me
i dont want a half way man
a doorway stander
clear the doorway
your time is up
im not letting you hang around
my door anymore
clear the doorway
others want to come in
others want this place in my heart
your hogging something you dont want
so stop standing in my doorway
and block someones elses heart
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