The togetherness of words

  • 393.

    water is a hot summers day 
    with clothes in the pool 
    dripping with happiness 

    fire is the feeling in a heart 
    when it has found  
    something beautiful 
    yet destructive 


  • 392.

    do you ever notice 
    the indescribable magic 
    your face carries 

    do you ever notice 
    the fundamental beauty 
    of your eyes  

    do you ever realize 
    who you are 
    and think about 
    who you want to be 


  • 391.


    look 
    at  
    an 
    empty 
    space 
    and 

    wish 
    you 
    were 
    here 
    to 
    fill 
    it 


  • 390.

    a painting 
    and the paint is  
    the feeling that I get 
    when I see you smile 


  • 389.

    we wait for a better time 
    but the only time is now 


  • 388.

    time is up 
    were you done 


  • 387.

    honestly 
    sometimes 
    I don’t know 
    what to say 
    anymore 


  • 386.

    find me  
    when the sounds get too loud 
    and the people shut you out 
    come and find me 

    cry deep  
    with your head against my chest 
    it’s okay to protest 
    oh cry deep 

    hold you 
    when no one understands 
    when they try to break your mind 
    I will hold you 


  • 385.

    (read to yourself) 
    I am pretty 
    I am valuable 
    I am loved 
    I matter 
    I am fun 
    etc 


  • 384.

    standing in the ocean 
    as the tide comes 
    I let it happen 
    what else can I do 
    I can’t stop it 
    the question is  
    will I come out again 
    the water rises 
    the water recedes 
    and I am gone 


  • 383.

    a waterfall cascading 
    what does it matter 


  • 382.

    unfathomable delirium 
    is perhaps 
    the most fundamental state 
    of the human being 


  • 381.

    we read the back 
    and put it back 

    disgusted by lack 
    yet we lack 

    our emotions we hold 
    with no hands to hold 

    peer through the fold 
    in the end we all fold 


  • 380.

    you thought you knew 
    what you wanted to do 
    but then you broke it 
    and in the pieces you saw 
    something new 


  • 379.

    limited vision 


  • 378.

    empty mind 
    phantom hand 
    wordless pages 
    mean nothing 


  • 377.

    we still try to hide behind 
    the impossible ignorance 
    of life’s significance 


  • 376.

    we do the same thing 
    again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and again 
    and we call it life


  • 375.

    God 
    do you think 
    I am wrong 

    sometimes 
    I think I am wrong 
    because people say You say 
    I am wrong 

    I think  
    they are wrong 


  • 374.

    why are there 
    eyes in the wall 
    behind my back 
    staring at me 
    judging me 
    why  
    are they  
    always there 


  • 373.

    listen 
    closer 

    you don’t hear them 
    because all you hear 
    is yourself standing in front of a mirror 


  • 372.

    I’m afraid time 
    will cost me my life 


  • 371.

    and so I say to time 

    stop it 
    please just stop it 

    you’re not giving me enough time 
    to keep up with time 

    because I look away for one second 
    and years have passed 


  • 370.

    an eternal noise 
    engulfing 
    my life 
    breaking 
    my drums 
    scraping 
    my throat 
    itching 
    my skin 


  • 369.

    step into your own mind 
    why are you still hiding  
    from yourself


  • 368.

    I know my parents could  
    never kick me out 
    I think 
    what if they get angry 
    and look at me differently 

    so maybe 
    I should not tell them 

    maybe what I feel 
    is wrong 


  • 367.

    perhaps I won’t 
    breathe
    because 
    I  
    don’t  
    know 
    why  
    I  
    should 


  • 366.

    I know it might be wrong  
    that you are my everything 

    but if I let you go 
    everything would be gone 


  • 365.

    when the sun sets 
    what is left 


  • 364.

    never thought 
    I would be the me 
    that I am now 


  • 363.

    without you 
    it feels like I’m just 
    pretending 
    to be alive 


  • 362.

    what would it take to break the cycle  
    we’re living in 

    what would it take to break the mould 
    we were born in 

    is our potential 
    limited 

    is our brain even  
    limitless 

    or is a life in chains 
    imminent 


  • 361.

    in your eyes 
    I see my future 

    do you see yours 
    in mine 


  • 360.

    family isn’t always easy 
    sometimes it is quiet 
    air filled with tension 
    no one understands each other 
    and they fight 
    divide 

    in the morning 
    they all leave 
    but in the evening 
    where do they go 
    back to each other 

    family isn’t always easy 
    but it’s always family 


  • 359.

    I dreamt of you last night 
    you said you didn’t dream of me 


  • 358.

    you want me to be boring 
    oh well, I’m so sorry 

    can’t handle a little change 
    am I shaking your perfect world 

    I’ll be sure to send you a postcard 
    cause you don’t seem 
    to be going anywhere 


  • 357.

    sometimes we look at each other 
    just for a second 

    sometimes we speak to each other 
    just for a second 

    and when I’m gone 

    I hope you remember me 
    for more than a second 


  • 356.

    I want to break something 
    because I feel broken 

    I see you in my house 
    but you’re not there 

    I’m scared of you 
    because I love you 

    I am so angry 
    why is it like this 


  • 355.

    it is  
    invisible 
    tangible 
    between us 

    I grab it 
    it is  
    beautiful 
    chaotic 
    dangerous 

    I offer it to you 
    and I see doubt  
    on your face 


  • 354.

    hold my hand 
    in the crowd 
    when I’m scared 

    stroke my cheek 
    catch my tears 
    with your thumb 

    lay on my chest 
    give me warmth 
    as dark clouds pass 

    so beautiful would that be 
    but the wish echoes in the well 


  • 353.

    just us 

    I wish I could pause here 
    I am happy here 
    with you 
    and me 

    just us 


  • 352.

    quiet 
    I cannot cry 

    it is quiet 
    I must be normal 

    it is quiet here 
    I am not allowed to scream 

    it is quiet here in the city 
    but in my head it is loud 


  • 351.

    everything we say 
    belongs to ‘a man’ 
    is bullshit 
    it divides us 
    and creates  
    a freedomless mould 
    for our children 


  • 350.

    a lonely soul 
    in a garden chair 
    at midnight 

    looked up 
    at the moon 
    and saw a boy 

    the boy smiled softly 
    and the lonely soul
    was a little less lonely 


  • 349.

    a boy stands 
    defeated in his bedroom 
    I’m sure you’ll bring a girl home someday 
    his father told him 
    and suddenly 
    the boy thought 
    the way he loved 
    was wrong 


  • 348.

    how do I get you 
    back to normal 
    in my head 

    how do I stop thinking about you 
    every time I see anything 

    how do I stop  
    my idea of you 
    not even you 
    from pulling all the strings 
    from being the only thing 
    that keeps me afloat 


  • 347.

    this messed up game 
    I play with myself 
    in my head 

    I pretend I know you 
    and what you think 

    if you say something anything 
    you like me and everything is okay 

    if you say nothing  
    nothing at all 
    you hate me  
    and the world no longer has meaning 

    and I die 


  • 346.

    eyes 
    that pierce 
    through my 
    life’s structure 
    that make me suddenly 
    not so sure anymore  
    about anything 
    and my mind and body 
    stop 

    my life 
    stops 
    at the sight  
    of your eyes 


  • 345.

    am I  
    in denial 
    about  
    being rotten 
    or am I 
    really not as 
    rotten as the  
    world likes 
    to tell me 


  • 344.

    I have so much 
    that I want to say 
    to someone who 
    says not much 
    in return 


  • 343.

    it breaks my heart 
    that people full of love 
    can act lovelessly 

    that words from 
    Love itself 
    can be used 
    lovelessly 

    that a child  
    in their family 
    could feel  
    lovelessness 


  • 342.

    it is not negative 
    to be empty 

    it is negative 
    to think being empty 
    is negative 

    we are empty 
    at the end of the day 
    are we not 

    God in us all 
    I believe that 
    but empty nonetheless 
    and that is absolutely 
    okay 


  • 341.

    You could borrow 
    my purple sweater  
    if you want 

    you don’t even  
    have to ask 

    it would look 
    really good 
    on you 


  • 340.

    I fear many of us 
    try to piece together 
    the puzzle of life 
    without ever looking 
    at the picture 

    I even fear many of us 
    are using pieces 
    that don’t belong 
    in the puzzle of life 


  • 339.

    If you love trees 
    I love trees 
    because I love 
    someone 
    who loves trees 


  • 338.

    yesterday 
    someone fell 
    you kind of  
    laughed 

    today 
    you fell 
    someone kind of 
    laughed 

    so do you see 
    you are the person 
    that fell yesterday 


  • 337.

    It is not negative 
    to be alone 

    it is negative  
    to think being alone 
    is negative 

    we are alone  
    at the end of the day 
    are we not 

    God with us all 
    I believe that 
    but alone nonetheless 
    and that is absolutely 
    okay 


  • 336.

    your trash bin 
    or garbage can 
    is not a portal 
    to somewhere out of  
    this universe 

    the things we throw 
    keep on existing 
    we just move them 
    to a different place 

    and we are relieved 
    that it is not our problem anymore 
    but we do not realize 
    that it still is 


  • 335.

    In the glass jar 
    on my bookshelf 
    I keep all my love for you 
    so that it won’t hurt 
    to walk around  
    and miss you 

    but every day I 
    open the jar  
    and take you with me anyway 
    because I love you so much 
    even if it hurts 


  • 334.

    could we have 

    our forever 



    for a while 


  • 333.

    it’s funny how 
    it seems easier  
    to capture 
    a feeling 
    in small words 
    than in  
    the towering shelves 
    of books and books 
    and books 


  • 332.

    what single word  
    could topple me 
    you ask 

    no 
    yes 
    today 
    tomorrow 
    everyone 
    nothing 
    sorry 
    goodbye 


  • 331.

    if a single word 
    is enough to  
    topple  
    the strongholds 
    of the mind 
    and the statues 
    of the heart 

    what do you suppose 
    many words 
    together 
    could achieve 


  • 330.

    behold 
    the togetherness 
    of words 

    they speak  
    to each other 
    and give  
    each other meaning 

    so let  
    the togetherness of words  
    now speak to you 


  • 329.

    isn’t rain just as sweet 
    as strumming strings 
    of a soft guitar 

    yet you run from  
    the miracle of 
    heaven’s water 

    you curse 
    the way of nature 
    as if it is 
    against you 

    but you are against it 


  • 328.

    If you would ever read this 
    then know that this page  
    is for you 

    Dedicated to the most lovely 
    person 

    in this chapter 
    of my life 


  • 327.

    the fire at your mouth 
    does not impress me 

    it makes me  
    silently scream  
    save your life 

    you laugh it off 
    and relight the fire 


  • 326.

    You don’t impress me 
    anymore 

    because the way you 
    left me standing there 

    broke my view 
    of you 


  • 325.

    why  
    does it sometimes just feel 
    like every breath 
    is in vain? 


  • 324.

    Beneath  
    the highest point 
    is everything 

    And above it 
    is God 


  • 323.

    Took the bus again 
    but didn’t leave it 
    rode it out 

    Knew the windows and doors 
    till I didn’t 


  • 322.

    I piece together
    sounds of broken words

    words you said
    when you would still smile at me 
    but words that broke 
    when your heart grew cold 


  • 321.

    What should I do alone? 
    If he is still breathing 
    but not here? 


  • 320.

    someone hurts us 
    but we still love them

    we remember what they said 
    when they still loved us 

    we piece together sounds 
    of broken words 


  • 319.

    If you are here 
    why do you think about 
    somewhere else? 

    If you are not here 
    where are you? 


  • 318.

    (being or leaving) 
    to be 
    or 
    to leave 
    truly we must have strength  
    to choose  
    to be 
    because how strong  
    are the reasons to stay? 
    what is their fundament? 
    is their fundament not only smoke 
    in the sight of life? 
    yet somewhere in us lies the strength 
    to deem the reasons to stay as enough 
    to be 
    so admirable is our strength 
    to choose 
    to be 


  • 317.

    To be 
    or 
    to leave


  • 316.

    Our 
    forever 

    for a while 


  • 1.