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Primitive Weapon

Roses are red
violets are blue
Your mouth is rubber
My feelings are glue
Why must you hate
I haven't a clue
Your narcissistic
Negative mind
Affects us too
Every time
Soon you'll find
Yourself alone
But before I go
I've got one more poem
Sticks and stones
May break my bones
But your words really f****** hurt

Copyright © Dustin Branum | Year Posted 2022


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Bucket list

Sadly enough 
I'm running out of time
I remind myself 
it is love that I can't find
And this knowledge 
That I bear 
Means nothing if I cannot share 
And this pain I must endure
Will be in vain forever more 
And destiny which was never mine 
Is still so fresh on my mind 
All is Lost and gone 
But why can't I just move on 
I will never find Peace at last 
If I can never get away from my past 
I just want someone to love
Someone tell me that I'm okay 
Tell me I don't have to feel this way 
All alone and to my dismay 
I watch myself wither away 
Already gave you all that I have 
In desperate attempt
To have what you have 
I'll never be as happy as you 
As sad as it is you know it's true 
But I couldn't hurt people like you do
And you do it so well 
like it's nothing new
I guess before my time is through 
I should show the world what I can do 
Even though the truth 
you care not to know
I can see the love 
that you feared to show 
Soon the whole world 
will know my name 
I refuse to live a life in vain 
Motivated by anger deception and pain 
My revenge will fall like rain 
Then you all will feel my pain 
Then you'll know what I did I did for you 
Then you'll know my love was true 
Then you'll understand 
What I had to do

Copyright © Dustin Branum | Year Posted 2024

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Time

We can see it 
smell it 
hear it 
Touch it 
taste it
love it 
hate it
fear it
feel it
prolong it
shorten it
mock it 
curse it 
embrace it
track it
lose it
find it
remember it
forget it
abuse it
respect it
eject it
enjoy it
destroy it
change it
waste it
We can even repeat it
But
We cannot deny it
We cannot rewind it
We cannot stop it

Copyright © Dustin Branum | Year Posted 2022

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Taking Flight

On this day
A day of sigh
A wooden box
My body may lie
But Me myself
You will not find
In the ground
I won't be found
For I am no longer
Earthly bound
This I ask
Please don't cry
For this is the day
I learn to fly
With my maker
By my side
We'll meet again
By and by
If you believe
As like I
One day I'll teach you how to fly
So as I say my final goodbye
I assure you that I am fine
The wonders behold
Are beyond defy
But if you shall need me
I'm not hard to find
I'll be in the Great Divine
Showing others how to fly
Look real close and you shall find
Look with your heart instead of your eye
I am where the ocean meets the sky
With tho Lord
Learning to fly

Copyright © Dustin Branum | Year Posted 2022

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That's on me

That's on me
By Dustin Branum 
9/14/26

And they will never know the lengths I go
No fault of mine, they respectfully declined
And they will never know the pain I know
No fault of mine, they're lost and blind
And they will never know the love I show
No fault of mine, my love is strong and divine
And they will never know the things I know
No fault of mine, my knowledge grows like a vine
And they will never know the hate that grows
No fault of mine, my anger is mine
They must never know the things I know
How far I'll go to keep from show
This pain I know, this terrible glow
That burns my soul, the hatred I have for you all
The love I have to give, I gave it all
The terrible tragedy that they all saw
No fault of mine, I really tried to save you all from me
But you just wouldn't leave me be
My demons, my misery, my hate, I'd hide
Yet you begged of me to conquer and divide
To take my knowledge of power and just let it devour
The hatred you caused me to spill along with my blood you see
It's not about you, it's not about me
It's about Destiny 
Why can't you see?

Copyright © Dustin Branum | Year Posted 2026


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Not who you think I am

Not who you think I am
6/22/26
By Dustin Branum

I’m not crazy, I’m lost....
I’m not depressed, I’m suppressed....
I’m not lying, I’m selective....
I’m not paranoid, I’m aware....
I’m not high, I’m enlightened....
I’m not weak-minded, I’m indulging....
I’m not hateful, I’m disgusted....
I’m not resentful, I’m resilient....
I’m not angry, I’m expressive....
I’m not wrong, I’m open for the debate....
I’m not picky, I’m exploring my options..
I’m not mad, I’m disappointed....
I’m not rebellious, I’m standing up for what’s right....
I’m not selfish, I’m protecting mine....
I’m not denying, I’m refusing to condone....
I’m not enraged, I’m enslaved....
I’m not unstable, I’m unstoppable....
I’m not delusional, I’m conclusional....
I’m not stupid, I’m far from it....
I’m not deaf, I choose not to listen....
I’m not resisting, I’m refusing to bow down..
I’m not dangerous... to all....
I’m not a con, I’m a prophet....
I’m not dismissive, I’m filtering....
I’m not evil, I’m confused and tired....
I’m not woke, I’m awake....
I’m not okay....
I’m not you, I’m not me no more either....
I’m not accepted, I’m rejected....
I’m not jealous, I’m in envy....
I'm not a psycho, I'm a Scorpio....
I’m not for sale, nor doomed for hell....
I'm not the warden of this jail cell....

Copyright © Dustin Branum | Year Posted 2026

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Just Saying

Seems like the older I get
The younger I grow
Finding it hard to keep
My ducks in a row
Yes i see the fork in the road
Don't ask me
I know not which way to go
I'm just as lost as you
In case you didn't know
Your demeanor is weak
And starting to show
Peace of mind I seek
You just go with the flow
The knowledge I hide
You'll never know
No fault of mine
You respectively declined
Our Love and respect
Diminishes with time
You're starting to neglect
My intellectual divine
I'm starting to think
You're leaving me behind
For reasons unknown
Nothing but love 
Have I've shown
Acceptance is dire
And i let it be known
My only desire
Was you
Along

Copyright © Dustin Branum | Year Posted 2022

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Let's Go Play

If only I knew the words to say
To make your pain go away
If only my words could really heal
I can't imagine how you feel 
If only my words can color the gray
Just maybe I could make your day
If my words could find a way
I'll put your burdens down to lay 
If only my words could ward away
All the evil spirits that keeps you at bay 
Then maybe sister could come out to play 
I wish my words were as strong as you say
I would put my words on display
If only I knew the words to say 
To make your pain go away 
I hope my words brightens your day 
The way you brighten my day everyday
Although my words might not can heal 
I just hope they'll make you feel less ill
My words might not take away your pain 
Or part the clouds or clear the rain
But with my words I can pray
If only I knew the words to say 
to make your pain go away
I love you sis in every way
I guess the only thing left to say
Can Becky come out to play today
Love: your brother
Let's go play©

Copyright © Dustin Branum | Year Posted 2022

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Monkey Business

Here's where I left behind
Back in time
Trying to find 
What's in Monkeys mind 
In 2006, 08 
Or maybe 09
And the years grow longer
The deeper I ponder
What's in Monkey's mind
And Father time 
Not being so Kind
Not wasting no time
Trying to find
What's in Monkeys mind
Here is where I return
In the year of 2021
To show to the world what I've learned 
All this time
Trying to find
What's in Monkeys mind
Deep inside the darkest part of Monkey's mind
I'll come to find 
That time 
is never wasted
If you're wasted 
All the time
So we don't have time 
For your little mind
To grasp the fact 
Life's about death
How fast we can die
And just for that fact
I like my mind right where was at
Because time 
is never wasted
If you're wasted 
all the time
So if you Don't mind
I will take this time
And smoke this dime
As I try to find
What's in Monkeys mind

Copyright © Dustin Branum | Year Posted 2022

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A Mother's Love

A mother's Love is pure and strong  
in her arms I feel at home  
in her eyes I do no wrong  
in her heart I belong  
in her love I'm never alone 
so let it be known  
write it in stone  
a mother's love never dies 
it lives on 
long after she's gone             

It is a proven fact that the strongest force on earth is that of a female's adrenaline activated upon fear for her cub Tru story..

Copyright © Dustin Branum | Year Posted 2022

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