White Noise Lullaby

It’s nine in the evening,
And it’s raining outside;
I don’t hear any thunder.

The storm sounds like
A broken television set,
Or the evening news,
Full of sorrow and blues,
And I begin to wonder…

And it’s raining outside –
Nature’s white noise lullaby.

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Sadsickness

I woke up this morning
With a headache of epic proportions
And I was weary of life
More than ever before
I wondered to myself
if the pain would ever stop
I wondered to myself
if the hurt would ever stop

The sorrow is melting my bones
And my fears are forcing these groans
Every minute I'm sighing
Is a minute I'm dying
The emotions are spreading through my blood
In a flash flood until my breathing is heavy with pain
And the little sanity left in me knows I'm going insane

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I'm Losing Sleep Again

Sleep soundly, dear
And do not dream
The nightmares I dream

Sleep soundly, dear
And do not cry
When you wake up to reality

Sleep soundly, dear
And do not believe
You have woken up already

Sleep soundly, dear
And do not stop sleepwalking
Take things slow and steady

Sleep soundly, dear
And do not pretend
I'm sleeping soundly, dear friend

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October Burns Burgundy

The feeling tearing through hearts
And minds
Quick and fleeting
Like summer winds
Before it's completely gone...
October burns a shade
Of burgundy
Flaming with fuel from
A sorrow-sudden sea
Of gasoline

Softly spoken,
Life's too short to commemorate
The battles we win against
Those we despise.
This message was replied
With screams and cries
From sorrow-sudden spies -
It's not:
There's too little time

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Dreamdreamdream

Dream of tolerance
Dream for peace
Dream for happiness
What if everyone could see and believe
That we can fill this world with wonderfulness
What if everyone could dreamdreamdream

Dream for fame
Dream of power
Dream to play the game
What if everyone could see and believe
That everyone should be surrounded by friends
Everyone can find people who care in the end
What if everyone could dreamdreamdream

Dream for love
Dream of hope
Dream of me
What if you could see and believe
How much I love who you can be

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Types of Poetic Frustration

I tried to write a haiku for you
But it grew too long
Evolving into a song
Wrapped around the sun and morning dewdrops
And giving you props
For making this the best part of my day
In every little way

I tried to write you a sonnet
But almost every line on it
Fell short a few syllables
Not to mention the intensity of end rhyme
Whose rules I broke from time to time

Oh what a curse to have all these words
Trapped in my head
When putting them down on paper
Has only led to poetic frustration

Oh, and I tried to write you a funny poem

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Swoon

I cannot sleep
When my mind is running
Faster than my will to sleep
And I'm far too busy weeping
To find solace in simply sleeping

I cannot sleep
When fears of the future
And tears of the past
Burden my head
And I'm far too busy weeping
To find solace in simply sleeping

I cannot sleep
When hope for the future
And letting go of the past
Is more exciting than a dream
In calm repose
Only darkness flows

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