Stammering while Endeavoring.

by Eraqio

Published December 28, 2010

Alex, tell me what makes you sad.

I make you sad, the sunset, the shift in winds.

This world was built to cause sorrow,

who knew it was so focused.

Clever little inventions,

emotions,

situations,

relationships.

They rigged the game.

Better yet they watched while we rigged it ourselves.

Every chamber was loaded,

we just forgot we were the ones who loaded them.

Niceties hurt no one,

but they sting you to tears,

wasps from my heart to yours,

we’re both generous.

I sit miles away and assume consistency.

You sit in the same spot and demand depravity.

Let’s trade one liners and get too close again,

let’s sing songs we pretend have no pertinence,

then smile under our breath

when my forehead is pressed to yours.

You never grow up when you’re already old,

a child who threw on extra years by dramatizing.

I can blame the trauma,

the blunt rudeness bruising my ego.

What am I?

A distraction, no, those are brief,

though I’m not lasting.

I’m more like Cardiac Ischemia,

a reminder of bad habits.

I threaten alot of things, but your life wasnt one of them.

Toss around self-mutilation like a catch phrase.

You had bangs, I had hands, we were a perfect match.

Simplicity makes for perfection

but complexity is just so much more enticing.

I’ve done this before,

string words together with a thread of association.

A trailing, diminishing thread.

Stiched together enough times to be a ball of string

let’s pull eachother’s till we turn back into a mess.

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TheWalkinDude
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TheWalkinDude wrote a review Review · Dec 31, 2010

Wow. Heavy, dude.

However heavy, this was still a nicely written piece of work. In a sense it kind of reminded me of a monologue, except in poetic form. I did have a problem though:

Niceties hurt no one,
Okay, it's not really a problem, because at first I thought that word was made up, but then I found out it really was real. I wish I could clap right now, because that word caught me like a fishing line. It's definitely a first time for me to ever see that word.

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ehte92
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ehte92 commented Comment · Dec 29, 2010

Great use of words and good rhyming....
and a very original idea...
One of the best works i saw today....
keep up the good work... :)

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tarini Comment
tarini commented Comment · Dec 28, 2010

This is the first work I'm reading here. And I found it to be absolutely Brilliant ! I love how your words make such lasting impressions. Good Work. :)



i got called an enigma once so now i purposefully act obtuse
— chikara