5 minute poetry - Page 83

Funka Genocide · 02-10-2005, 11:36 PM

flame the book from which is read
a thousand deeds of the unworthy
a noble cause with common hands
left to work the dirty

over these lines in such a haste
perused and tossed to nothingness
life will follow one direction
I promise

to my hubris, to my vanity
I swear on that which is most holy
my ego, which is strongest
because I can kill you

note: hey Packman, its good to see you're back, but that post you just made was rather pointless, next time just send a pm or something, if I remember correctly you were banned for a little while for spamming right? I don't want to see that happen again, I like ya, so try and exercise some restraint ok? please

Cloud Strife · 02-11-2005, 01:38 AM

The ice is thin enough for walkin'...
The rope is worn enough to climb...
My throat is dry enough for talkin'...
The world is crumblin' but I know why...
The world is crumblin' but I know why.

The storm is wild enough for sailing...
The bridge is weak enough to cross...
This body frail enough for fighting...
I'm home enough to know I'm lost...
Home enough to know I'm lost.

It's just enough to be strong,
In the broken places, in the broken places...
It's just enough to be strong,
Should the world rely on faith tonight...

The land unfit enough for planting...
Barren enough to conceive...
Poor enough to gain the treasure...
Enough a cynic to believe...
Enough a cynic to believe.

It's just enough to be strong,
In the broken places, in the broken places...
It's just enough to be strong,
Should the world rely on faith tonight...

Confused enough to know direction...
The sun eclipsed enough to shine...
Be still enough to finally tremble...
And see enough to know I'm blind...
And see enough to know I'm blind.

It's just enough to be strong,
In the broken places, in the broken places...
It's just enough to be strong,
Should the world rely on faith tonight...
Should the world rely on faith tonight.

"Faith Enough," by Jars of Clay.

Osterbaum · 02-11-2005, 04:05 PM

Searching

So many people
Keep searching
Through all their lives
For a purpose
For a meaning
For something...

But what if there is no meaning?
What if the goal in life does not exist?
What if we just live to eventually die?
What if...?

What if that does not matter?
Could we not still live our lives?
Who needs a meaning?
Who needs a goal?
When there's so much more in life...

So much more...
So much...
Endlesly...

Lost in Time · 02-11-2005, 08:13 PM

AKA Paranoia:

I'm walking through my mind
To find a single answer
I'm falling below myself
I struggle from this cancer
This hole that's growing deeper
Seeping out my chest
Not long before I'm swallowed
This poet put to rest
Trying to escape death
Yet still trying to break free
I can't get this voice out
Deep inside of me
Constantly shivering
Shaking violently again
Sometimes it feels like
This could only be the end
Turning corners quickly
My shadow follows me; cave surround
When it speaks it scares me
I look but nobody is around
This paranoia eats me
Makes my stomach turn to rot
I'll be safe when i'm alone
Because I'll know you forgot...
All about me.

Cloud Strife · 02-11-2005, 11:12 PM

Wandering, pondering
What is this somber thing
within her heart, residing,
confiding that she's alone,

Finding that the blinding
truth of circumstance
Isn't giving her a chance
to find her way back

to the haven provided,
for her battle's one-sided,
and the force is pushing,
pushing her back again

to the edge of despair,
Cutting off the care
of the helpers, the healers,
and the darkness steals her

love, her hope, her light,
Steals all her will to fight
from her very soul,
and takes up the role

of protector, keeping back
those who would help her
come to the realization
that she is still loved

that she is still needed
among the living,
all of us giving
her a view of the light

of loving past, so bright
and so tender, remember
the way things once were,
Make her see through the darkness

that had made her so heartless
and cold, be bold, be strong,
and help us all carry on
through the night that was brought

by you, who, feeling blue, sought
solace in darkness, hiding away
all the pain, though we are here
to help you out as you help us.

So, never fear, and take our hands,
We'll lead you back into the dawn
of the new day, back to the way
it once was....
(It was perfect)

***RaiRai*** · 02-12-2005, 06:34 AM

I can't be your strength.

Watch this pillar crumble and fall,
Cut this life and feelings raw,
Your anchor now weak and worn,
From her rock now tossed and torn,
Into the sea so vast and cold,
In need of you to love and hold,
But met with fury and uncertainty,
The lack of freedom and liberty,
No longer steadfast and grand,
Seeking for a willing and loving hand,
But finding dismay and sorrow,
Searching to the future and tomorrow,
To find her happiness and her place,
No longer dreams and thoughts to chase,
I can't be your strength and majesty,
I can be one thing and that is me.

Funka Genocide · 02-12-2005, 10:05 AM

guilty of what sin
only guilty in the mind
though suffer all the same
the pain is just as real
paranoid still
like jumpy little monkeys
scurry from the light
lest the truth be distasteful

coward, pig, inconsiderate of others needs
I
I feel this way now
and I don't know why

its always "her" or "she" from which the trouble flows
never can it be solved
just tripping through the melody
an offbeat, dizzy drunk
high on E, or something cheap
enough to keep the beat in my head

wasted, worthless, hyped up asshole
its me
why the hell?
fuck it

.................................................. ........

lonely goes the wand'ring one
aching in his bones
weary, empty, sultry one
from places no one knows

a face not quite normal
tastes of the unknown
judging in the formal
chilling wind has blown

o'er a head so highly hung
displayed with false pride
no heart still beating stung
as this, yet still not die

foolish as a hero
stupid as a child
nothing left of nero
fiddling all the while...

wanting someone to share this world, the small piece I occupy, wanting more with every day, I think I may need it now. Someone smarter, kinder, and gentler than I, with love for me...

just love please.

Lost in Time · 02-12-2005, 05:05 PM

Subdomania; Next to something real:

Lying in this stubborn subdomain of a home
The passion
The feeling of being forgotten
Left behind to rot.
An incision
A scar of hate;
The next sign of hope
For a living, a beginning
To something real
Something strong.... like paranoia
A place in the sky
For an everlasting desire
To walk beside myself,
To walk beside you,
In death
In a dream; free
As I wish
Sadly,
Lost in this subdomania
I can't get the best
I'm always second place
Running away from everything
Hiding, clammed up in the corner
While I lay next to this black hole
Next to nothing
Next to something real

Cloud Strife · 02-12-2005, 08:32 PM

Out of time,
out of place,
the air about is thick,
the smell of blood everywhere,
invading, permeating
'til nothing is left...
But I
who try to keep within
the demons
of worry and doubt,
stumbling through this broken place
of darkness, fear, disheveled fates
all around, rasping, grasping that
which brings me down...
But I
walk on, tempted not,
following light that burns away
rot and decay,
filling the darkest corners,
blasting shadows, obliterating,
restoring life, invigorating all it touches...
But I
stay out of range, keeping myself
bound by chains
of sin, stretching back
to the very beginning,
keeping me here, to rot away
in darkness overwhelming...
But I
Am not alone, for friends are here
that will cut the chains
and light the path,
leading me forward,
darkness behind me
and fading fast...
Now I,
Safe, forgiven,
bound no more by sins long past,
Stay in the light,
with friends that care,
And I know that they
are always there for me,
As I
will be there for them.

Funka Genocide · 02-13-2005, 02:14 PM

all my smiles
are hollow reflections
of the ghostly faces
surrounding me

no way to reach
my heart
no path to lead
me to truth

loneliness
that is all
nothing more or less
needing someone else

just one other
love
a kiss
and I will be fine

.................................................. .

set the weight aside my friend
let the hate subside, not again
never give yourself away
severed ties won't last the day

give it your best and nothing more
you've past the test, I kept the score
I need you now, to take you home
where we go now, you needn't know

I'm taking you so far away
where what we do we needn't say
in hearts of ours we'll laugh
then starts the hours of our past

ticking in our ears inevitable
kicking out the tires, regrettable
I loved you for a fleeting moment
I've craved your touch, I feel atonement

for my sins, in your eyes, wash this skin, of evil

02-10-2005, 11:36 PM	#821
Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	flame the book from which is read a thousand deeds of the unworthy a noble cause with common hands left to work the dirty over these lines in such a haste perused and tossed to nothingness life will follow one direction I promise to my hubris, to my vanity I swear on that which is most holy my ego, which is strongest because I can kill you note: hey Packman, its good to see you're back, but that post you just made was rather pointless, next time just send a pm or something, if I remember correctly you were banned for a little while for spamming right? I don't want to see that happen again, I like ya, so try and exercise some restraint ok? please Last edited by Funka Genocide; 02-10-2005 at 11:39 PM.

02-11-2005, 01:38 AM	#822
Cloud Strife Stranger in a strange land. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Walla Walla, WA. Posts: 2,846	Not my usual thing to do... The ice is thin enough for walkin'... The rope is worn enough to climb... My throat is dry enough for talkin'... The world is crumblin' but I know why... The world is crumblin' but I know why. The storm is wild enough for sailing... The bridge is weak enough to cross... This body frail enough for fighting... I'm home enough to know I'm lost... Home enough to know I'm lost. It's just enough to be strong, In the broken places, in the broken places... It's just enough to be strong, Should the world rely on faith tonight... The land unfit enough for planting... Barren enough to conceive... Poor enough to gain the treasure... Enough a cynic to believe... Enough a cynic to believe. It's just enough to be strong, In the broken places, in the broken places... It's just enough to be strong, Should the world rely on faith tonight... Confused enough to know direction... The sun eclipsed enough to shine... Be still enough to finally tremble... And see enough to know I'm blind... And see enough to know I'm blind. It's just enough to be strong, In the broken places, in the broken places... It's just enough to be strong, Should the world rely on faith tonight... Should the world rely on faith tonight. "Faith Enough," by Jars of Clay. __________________ You know, I'd put up something witty and clever right now, but eh. I'm lazy. Last edited by Cloud Strife; 02-11-2005 at 11:17 AM.

02-11-2005, 04:05 PM	#823
Osterbaum The revolution will be memed! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: FIN Posts: 5,967	Searching So many people Keep searching Through all their lives For a purpose For a meaning For something... But what if there is no meaning? What if the goal in life does not exist? What if we just live to eventually die? What if...? What if that does not matter? Could we not still live our lives? Who needs a meaning? Who needs a goal? When there's so much more in life... So much more... So much... Endlesly... __________________ D is for Dirty Commie!

02-11-2005, 08:13 PM	#824
Lost in Time Fungus Among Us Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On Your Nightstand Posts: 1,967	AKA Paranoia: I'm walking through my mind To find a single answer I'm falling below myself I struggle from this cancer This hole that's growing deeper Seeping out my chest Not long before I'm swallowed This poet put to rest Trying to escape death Yet still trying to break free I can't get this voice out Deep inside of me Constantly shivering Shaking violently again Sometimes it feels like This could only be the end Turning corners quickly My shadow follows me; cave surround When it speaks it scares me I look but nobody is around This paranoia eats me Makes my stomach turn to rot I'll be safe when i'm alone Because I'll know you forgot... All about me. __________________ Eat me!

02-11-2005, 11:12 PM	#825
Cloud Strife Stranger in a strange land. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Walla Walla, WA. Posts: 2,846	Wandering, pondering What is this somber thing within her heart, residing, confiding that she's alone, Finding that the blinding truth of circumstance Isn't giving her a chance to find her way back to the haven provided, for her battle's one-sided, and the force is pushing, pushing her back again to the edge of despair, Cutting off the care of the helpers, the healers, and the darkness steals her love, her hope, her light, Steals all her will to fight from her very soul, and takes up the role of protector, keeping back those who would help her come to the realization that she is still loved that she is still needed among the living, all of us giving her a view of the light of loving past, so bright and so tender, remember the way things once were, Make her see through the darkness that had made her so heartless and cold, be bold, be strong, and help us all carry on through the night that was brought by you, who, feeling blue, sought solace in darkness, hiding away all the pain, though we are here to help you out as you help us. So, never fear, and take our hands, We'll lead you back into the dawn of the new day, back to the way it once was.... (It was perfect) __________________ You know, I'd put up something witty and clever right now, but eh. I'm lazy. Last edited by Cloud Strife; 02-13-2005 at 02:24 PM.

02-12-2005, 06:34 AM	#826
*RaiRai* Check mate. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Down your pants. Posts: 2,210	I can't be your strength. Watch this pillar crumble and fall, Cut this life and feelings raw, Your anchor now weak and worn, From her rock now tossed and torn, Into the sea so vast and cold, In need of you to love and hold, But met with fury and uncertainty, The lack of freedom and liberty, No longer steadfast and grand, Seeking for a willing and loving hand, But finding dismay and sorrow, Searching to the future and tomorrow, To find her happiness and her place, No longer dreams and thoughts to chase, I can't be your strength and majesty, I can be one thing and that is me. __________________ I AM FURIOUS

02-12-2005, 10:05 AM	#827
Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	guilty of what sin only guilty in the mind though suffer all the same the pain is just as real paranoid still like jumpy little monkeys scurry from the light lest the truth be distasteful coward, pig, inconsiderate of others needs I I feel this way now and I don't know why its always "her" or "she" from which the trouble flows never can it be solved just tripping through the melody an offbeat, dizzy drunk high on E, or something cheap enough to keep the beat in my head wasted, worthless, hyped up asshole its me why the hell? fuck it .................................................. ........ lonely goes the wand'ring one aching in his bones weary, empty, sultry one from places no one knows a face not quite normal tastes of the unknown judging in the formal chilling wind has blown o'er a head so highly hung displayed with false pride no heart still beating stung as this, yet still not die foolish as a hero stupid as a child nothing left of nero fiddling all the while... wanting someone to share this world, the small piece I occupy, wanting more with every day, I think I may need it now. Someone smarter, kinder, and gentler than I, with love for me... just love please. Last edited by Funka Genocide; 02-12-2005 at 04:31 PM.

02-12-2005, 05:05 PM	#828
Lost in Time Fungus Among Us Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On Your Nightstand Posts: 1,967	Subdomania; Next to something real: Lying in this stubborn subdomain of a home The passion The feeling of being forgotten Left behind to rot. An incision A scar of hate; The next sign of hope For a living, a beginning To something real Something strong.... like paranoia A place in the sky For an everlasting desire To walk beside myself, To walk beside you, In death In a dream; free As I wish Sadly, Lost in this subdomania I can't get the best I'm always second place Running away from everything Hiding, clammed up in the corner While I lay next to this black hole Next to nothing Next to something real __________________ Eat me!

02-12-2005, 08:32 PM	#829
Cloud Strife Stranger in a strange land. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Walla Walla, WA. Posts: 2,846	Out of time, out of place, the air about is thick, the smell of blood everywhere, invading, permeating 'til nothing is left... But I who try to keep within the demons of worry and doubt, stumbling through this broken place of darkness, fear, disheveled fates all around, rasping, grasping that which brings me down... But I walk on, tempted not, following light that burns away rot and decay, filling the darkest corners, blasting shadows, obliterating, restoring life, invigorating all it touches... But I stay out of range, keeping myself bound by chains of sin, stretching back to the very beginning, keeping me here, to rot away in darkness overwhelming... But I Am not alone, for friends are here that will cut the chains and light the path, leading me forward, darkness behind me and fading fast... Now I, Safe, forgiven, bound no more by sins long past, Stay in the light, with friends that care, And I know that they are always there for me, As I will be there for them. __________________ You know, I'd put up something witty and clever right now, but eh. I'm lazy. Last edited by Cloud Strife; 02-13-2005 at 12:48 AM.

02-13-2005, 02:14 PM	#830
Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	all my smiles are hollow reflections of the ghostly faces surrounding me no way to reach my heart no path to lead me to truth loneliness that is all nothing more or less needing someone else just one other love a kiss and I will be fine .................................................. . set the weight aside my friend let the hate subside, not again never give yourself away severed ties won't last the day give it your best and nothing more you've past the test, I kept the score I need you now, to take you home where we go now, you needn't know I'm taking you so far away where what we do we needn't say in hearts of ours we'll laugh then starts the hours of our past ticking in our ears inevitable kicking out the tires, regrettable I loved you for a fleeting moment I've craved your touch, I feel atonement for my sins, in your eyes, wash this skin, of evil Last edited by Funka Genocide; 02-14-2005 at 12:06 AM.