So over the holiday season I wrote exactly 40 new poems (mostly haikus again, of course) and figured it’d make sense to share them all here, as usual…
LET IT PASS (HAIKU)
Don’t run from darkness
Instead, allow it to pass
Then you will be strong
NOW LOOK (HAIKU)
You wanted to explore
Until there was nothing to see
Now look at where you are
WHAT TO DO (HAIKU)
You will not always
Know what exactly to do
No one ever does
WHAT YOU THINK (HAIKU)
I don’t care what you think about me
In fact, I don’t care what you think about YOU
Heck, I don’t care what you think at all
SAME EXACT THINGS (HAIKU)
What’s the point in still talking to you
When all you can say is the same exact things
When you can’t understand what I do
TO NEVER AGREE (HAIKU)
Maybe we will never agree
Maybe we will always be debating
I guess that was always the point
STUFF (HAIKU)
Go ahead, steal all my stuff
Less stuff for me to worry about
It’s all just stuff anyway
CHILDLESS ADULT
No other sadness like the one I feel
When I hear that brief, faint voice
The voice of someone who never existed
And most likely never will
But we’re meant to meet who we meet
And not meant to meet who we don’t
Will I be writing this forever?
REVIEW
A clear message
Lost in confused threads
But it made a child thing work
For my adult brain
MOVIE MAGIC
If not for the movie magic we all know & love
What would have been the escape
For the sad little boy, torn away from home
Torn away from his friends and his library
Damned to a run-down town
Plagued with the unbearable cruelty
Of weak-minded, compassion-less children
Perhaps a tv show, or a comic book or two
Maybe novels, to come with age
Nonetheless, movie magic was a perfect storm
One I wish I could recreate, inside and out
CHARACTER (HAIKU)
Damage adds to character
From a flannel torn at the elbows
To a man torn from regret
SAME LITTLE KID (HAIKU)
Despite all the change
I’m still the same little kid
Scared of everything
CONNECTIONS
I often wonder of the connections
That I had allowed to slip away
But if they were genuine connections
They would have survived on their own
Even the connections I have now
That are hanging on by a thread
Are hanging on for a reason
WORDS FROM MY INFLUENCES*
Just gotta keep going now
Whether I was meant to or not
But maybe we always become
Whoever it is we’re meant to be
After all, I’m only ever happy
When I’m creating anyways
*This poem is dedicated to Andre 3000 and John Bradburne.
EACH AND EVERY TIME
Some art needs refinement
In order to come alive
And other art is best left raw
Or somewhere in the middle
It varies from project to project
Line to line, word to word
Only way to figure it out
Is to just keep going with flow
Each and every time
BOUNCE (HAIKU)
It’s always good to have
At least one individual
To bounce ideas off
NOT GOOD (HAIKU)
I’m not good at all
But I’m not trying to be
I’m just being me
AFTER (HAIKU)
“Good enough”
Is not good enough
After “great”
SHIFT (HAIKU)
What horrors await?
Replace the above line with:
What wonders await…
WHY I WRITE (HAIKU)
It’s the only answer
For one reason or another
All roads seem to lead here
COLLEGE (HAIKU)
Memories of innocent times
Times of hope, in more ways than merely one
Ignorance is bliss, as they say
I AM STUPID (HAIKU)
I am stupid
Hanging on by a thread
But that’s okay
HAIKU OBSESSION (HAIKU)
Starting small
You would do the same
In my shoes
OTHERS (HAIKU)
Do others, wasting away,
Write poems in their heads, like I do?
Anything to pass the time?
VENT (HAIKU)
Here I am, just venting
Reflecting on my shitty day
Can I at least do that?
REALITY (HAIKU)
Either settle for less
Or go to easy distractions
Spoiled? Yes, but oh well
POETRY
Let the music do the work
Let rap teach you about verses
Let coffee shop jazz put you in the mood
Let your mind expand the way it needs to
Let your goals be high and mighty
Let your frustrations all out
And then you’ll be free
MAYBE BACK THEN
“Well put together,” they once said about me
Maybe back then, that statement was true
Maybe back then, I still had potential
Maybe back then, I was luckier
Or maybe it was all in my head
And maybe I’m better off now
SOLE KEY (HAIKU)
Art can be the sole key
To make up for the shortcomings
In other life aspects
CATS (HAIKU)
Better than people
The true rulers of the world
Ask ancient Egypt!
JUST SOMEWHAT (HAIKU)
Lazy and ungrateful
I must admit, that’s who I was
Still am, but just somewhat
AFTER WORK (HAIKU)
Cannot sleep
Must rationalize
My day first
CUT YOU OFF (HAIKU)
Something I should’ve done
A decade ago, if not two
But growth was needed first
DIED
Lamenting lost love
A love that was passed on
Leaving one soul heartbroken
And the other full of regret
But who’s to say, whether or not
The love would have died anyway?
HE SAID, SHE SAID (HAIKU)
Must’ve said it without realizing
And now here I wonder, what else has been said
But it doesn’t matter, who said what
FOCUS
I try to focus on the good times
We had with one another
Like drawing and video-games
Rather than the times we clashed
Times that were inevitable anyway
NOT ALWAYS (HAIKU)
Might always be alone
But that’s not always a bad thing
Sometimes, but not always
ENVIRONMENT (HAIKU)
You’re a product of your environment
So do what your environment tells you to do
And only then, will you regain control
SAME PAGE (HAIKU)
Can’t please everyone
Or get them to see your point
Even when you try
SINGULAR
Always something new to see
Maybe I’m happier this way
Even if no one else understands
Times have changed now anyway
Peace!
Related: Poetry Repository
