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Try to know a little about a lot. Not a lot about little. And drink tea. And relax...

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Translate   3 years ago

redness


i hate these cigarettes
they remind me of you
but i still smoke
while your memory’s true
i don’t like to drink
it’ll bring back your face
i’ll take a shot
just in case

and this goddam shirt
which still doesn’t fit
that i have to put on
(you liked it)
and the time you came
i sent you away
i’ll try to get past that
but not today

the oversized jacket
that i liked to wear
is a symbol of something
i don’t often share
your brilliant smile
like the best crescent moon
isn’t going anywhere
soon

that singular night
and its passion play
still a beautiful memory
for which i’ll pay
i do and don’t miss you
regress, with regret
one more drink
one last cigarette…

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Hi Lee, great opus. Hope you are well Sir.
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    Translate   4 years ago

    you & i



    i’ll stand here, in my skin
    and you can take a shot
    i’ll show you what’s within
    and you can care; or not
    i’ll sink below my sin
    and you can book your slot
    i’ll stick, then let it spin
    and you will run to rot

    i’ll wear your fits of fire
    and only you will burn
    i’ll call me ‘pariah’
    and then, perhaps; you’ll learn
    i’ll track your taut tripwire
    and you can try to turn
    i’ll be the help for hire
    and you can yell, or yearn

    i’ll laugh when tears are best
    and you won’t understand
    i’ll smile because i’m blessed
    and you can bear its brand
    i’ll cry; it’s not a test
    and then you’ll feel the sand
    i’ll plant beneath your chest
    and that’s not what you’d planned

    i’ll know when i am right
    and you’ll just say that’s wrong
    i’ll come for you at night
    and you’ll hide in the throng
    i’ll muddle black and white
    and there’s where you belong
    i’ll win this fetid fight
    and say; you’re not so strong…

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      Translate   4 years ago

      dare



      am i here, or all sorts of anywhere?
      should i trust, should i even care?
      am i dust, finally laid so bare
      too far, too near; all & nothing to spare

      am i ruin, showing signs of wear?
      could a cast or cure effect a repair?
      am i wooing; or white from my shadows’ stare
      could impasse or impure describe this affair

      am i champion or chained to this chair?
      would i to win, or be cautions’ compère?
      am i known in a circle that’s built to share?
      would my will be my worth, or just ‘au contraire’

      am i something, or that which makes me swear?
      should i heal while continuing to tear?
      am i only small; yet the biggest scare?
      i am me, i should be; i should see, should i dare…

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        Translate   4 years ago

        7 in 10



        it’s the loneliest existence
        on the path of least resistance
        they’re all saying ‘i hate you’
        not enough to just berate you
        strength lays behind a screen
        yellows like to stay unseen
        venom curdling and cloying
        in the life that they’re destroying

        everybody’s got a choice
        and everyone should have a voice
        let’s hope they’re feeling proud
        when theirs get too fucking loud
        there are places in this world
        for all flags to be unfurled
        while theirs flutter in their breeze
        someone’s dying by degrees

        we all like to look our best
        so some dare the socials’ test
        it’s a fickle forums’ stage
        digitalis poisons page
        heaven sent? or just hell bent?
        with just a click, their comment’s spent
        then, depending on the feeling
        some are rocking; most are reeling

        there are kinder ways to die
        far finer ways to say goodbye
        but that’s not easy to ignore
        when wanker wolves are at the door
        it isn’t sociable at all
        to plot an innocents’ downfall
        they’ve only just begun to live
        yet, to you; it’s life they give

        luckily, my old thick skin
        doesn’t let the bastards in
        but i know a vicious tongue
        can be a yardstick for the young
        hate is always going to be
        a part of our society
        unnecessary vitriol
        will surely sink a sapling soul

        what on earth is there to do?
        with our ‘smart’ phones stuck like glue
        you’re all better than the sum
        of the targets you’ve become
        trust someone; find strength to talk
        leave them no weakness to stalk
        they’ve bugger all on which to boast
        and it’s themselves they hate the most...







        Having watched the documentary by Jesy Nelson, the title here refers to the repulsive statistic that 7 in 10 teenagers have experienced some form of cyber bullying.
        Not that she’ll read it, but that’s ok; this is for her, and for anyone that does read it that is experiencing, or has experienced, such life sucking hatred.
        Just know that some of us are listening.

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        Deserves a wider audience. Well done Lee 👏🏻👏🏻
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          Translate   4 years ago

          i hear you now



          i listened to
          the derring-do
          you said would come
          but fat to chew
          plus nothing new
          is quite the sum
          and something said
          inside your head
          belies the way
          that what comes out
          leaves only doubt
          and hell to pay

          i thought the fear
          would disappear
          without much fuss
          i realise
          that i despise
          you making us
          i understand
          we’re pressed and planned
          to be like you
          but what’s the point?
          when you disjoint
          what’s really true

          i never pray
          for how to say
          to what’s not there?
          i tend to feel
          for all that’s real
          and those who care
          to hear your call
          to give you all
          that’s not for me
          you’re too unkind
          for me to find
          some sympathy

          you’d say i’m cold
          or just too old
          to learn new tricks
          I’ve talked at night
          to you, despite
          your kills for kicks
          there’s something wrong
          with faith so strong
          so take a bow
          your silence shows
          god only knows
          i hear you now...






          thanks to Jon & Vangelis for the title

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