Jory Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hey guys. I don't think anyone's going to read this, but what the hell. Might as well put an introduction. Basically, this is a thread where I'm going to be putting the poetry that I write. Some of it is pretty depressing, but I want to start keeping better track of my poems. As I find them in my computer or write them I'll put them in here. Enjoy. =========================== Written 2/22 Stuck We open on a young man He seems to be lost No where or one to turn to Simply drifting. He used to wait, but he gave up He gave up searching He gave up hoping To find any kind of happier half. He ambles on Going through motions Taking steps Perpetually in circles. Stuck Unable to find what he used to Look for desperately in the Dark of night. Stuck Unwilling to love himself Like he wants to be loved By someone else. Stuck Living in a cage Of his own construction. Stuck Behind shifting blue eyes. Stuck With his words on the tip of his tongue. Stuck On his own Trapped beneath the weight Of a lonely soul. He finally stands up, His eyes gleaming with long-forgotten hope Only to be battered down By the harsh winds of reality. He sits, remaining Stuck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jory Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 As I gazed up into the inky blackness of the Virginia sky, I lamented the day I was born. Then, the cold droplets of water began to patter gently on my skin. It went slowly at first, as though asking my permission to continue. I opened my arms to the sky and threw my coat off, reveling in the brisk November rain. As the cool water ran in rivulets down my face, I could feel everything that had happened melting away. I opened my mouth and let it out in one primal scream. All the anger, all the frustration, all the futile resentment of people and things that were ultimately less at fault than I. All the depression, all the anxiety, all the fear that my life had ended. The rain took it and, in one great Houdinian act, made it simply disappear. And for the first time today I thought to myself, “Everything is going to be okay.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jory Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 I wrote one in class today (3/17): ============================ Sentinel Riding thrugh an astral plane My mind my steed with star-filled mane Watching the world drift by as it is torn to tatters But my stallion sits above all its noise and its chatter I look down and see where I once lived I mourn my old home and its once-given gifts Observe as the Earth is consumed in flame And see people realize That we are to be blamed. There is no such thing as "consequence free" They'll take what they'll take both from you and from me The only thing we can do is escape to the stars To reach Heaven's gates and be at last safe from harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jory Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Written 3/17 ============= Today I woke up this morningAt least I think I didIt felt strangeAs though I watched from afar.I ate an apple this morningOr remembered oneIts taste was elusiveLike chasing a memory long gone.I spoke to Mother todayThough I can’t recall whereHer voice has faded nowSimply a whisper of eons past.I fall asleep tonightOn an ethereal bedI do not dreamFor today was dream enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jory Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Written 3/17 ============== If I Go I’ve always wonderedDo you thinkThey would noticeIf I go?Would they throwthemselves to the ground?Scream and wailand ask “Why, God, why?”Would they throwtheir voices to the heavens?Asking how, just howcan it be fair for them?Would they realizetheir woe is mine living on?And finally understandwhat my pain is?Would they move onafter just a few weeks?Wondering what hadrained on their parade?Would I be left aloneto crack and erode?Nature left to casuallyerase all that remains?Would I be forsakenby the ones I loved?Left to the same fatethere as I was here?If I gowill anyone care?If I goI hope so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jory Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Written 3/18. Feeling better today. ============================== Redeemed He stumblesFalls to the groundThe sick crack of his headA lonely sound.He lies thereUnmoving, unfeelingSimply staring at the skyOr his case, the ceiling.He wondersPonders the questionWill anyone help himAnd will the pain lessen? He feels sorryFor his lack of healthBut he has no one to blameExcept for himself.He worries so muchThat he cannot riseBut he knows he won’t knowUntil the moment he tries.He realizesSits up, knowledge gainedHe is the oneWho will end his pain.He standsWalks forward proudly“It’s a new day,”He declares loudly.He leavesHis house, his prisonTo seek happinessWith newfound wisdom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jory Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Just a dropOne of a million And that's only my cloud Among a legion. We all fall Each speeding down Made sleek by rushing wind Then splashing on the pavement. I'm sinking Drawn into the cracks Never again to feel the soft kiss Of daylight again. Time passes Then I finally feel it Drawing me in, a moth to a candle in the window. I remain with it Moving slowly but surely As my long lost bretheren Join me in my journey. We stay together Achieving solidarity As only parts of a whole can Acting in perfect unison. Straining jointly Against our bonds, Not discriminating between The imagined and the material. Finally, triumphantly We have broken free Reawakened and carrying wisdom From lives lived in days gone by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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