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how to write a poem
How can something be as light as a breeze
and as heavy as a stone?
I am the unstoppable force
and the immovable object it crashes into.
What happens?
As I fall through time and space
a misplaced face
screams against my case.
But my momentum rose.
Before my eyes could close
I passed it by, not a trace
in my psyche
because me?
I tether that force to an infinite
object gone in less than a minute.
I'm strong as the Hulk when he gets
frustrated,
electric as the silence in the ER, breath
baited.
"It's a girl!"
I burst into the world.
1:11 AM
Hour of darkness
1:11 AM
You'd better mark this
as the day darkness came and rose into light,
and the light turned to fright and the darkness I fight. I usually don't write
when I'm happy.
It may sound sappy,
but every time I write I learn about me. Map, please.
When I'm upset
I manage to calm myself down.
Works a whole lot better than
"turn that frown
upside-"
down and out is the way to go
glad you could make it to my goddamn show.
Sit in the back so when I collapse,
you can call lapse in my brain waves without hurting my flow.
See, when I'm happy,
writing makes me sad.
I use this pencil to stab
Into my brain.
My aim is not pain
but I strain to gain control
through scribbles on a page.
I can't roll another joint and act my age
forever.
To block it out and wake up again but this time
better.
I never wanted to dig this deep.
Cuz now these words are costing me sleep.
I know my mood doesn't matter.
It's not too powerful to shatter because
even with a laugh and a genuine grin,
it's still a brutal path,
and my demons always win.
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