This is just some stuff I've penned over the years; just looking for some comments.
Short Stories/Et cetera
Song Lyrics
What do y'all think?
Short Stories/Et cetera
Of the Garden Eros said:The Night was falling. The sun had set behind the tall trees of the forest, its rays churning the remaining sky into a thin skin that stretched into all the colors of fire before disappearing into nothingness. It was then that a small group of rabbits wandered away from their homes, eager to explore the area surrounding the meadow which held them. They slipped past the sleeping elders of their village and silently broke the first barrier of dead leaves and underbrush.
The little creatures pressed forward. The didn't stop to examine the rushing waters they passed. They ignored the steep slopes winding down as they marched feverishly through the dark forest. As they continued, the trees of the forest rose higher and higher around them; as hands reaching towards the Heavens - but turning, instead to clasp the forest with a grip of darkness, as if, by some grave mistake, God decided not to create light on the first day. The feverish march continued; down, down, down, always down. The little rabbits no longer knew the way, but the feverish march did not stop.
Their feverish pace continued, the rabbits now locked in the march. Not one could escape now, not even if they wanted to. There were no questions, no exchanged glances, no words, only pairs. Two-by-two, the fevered rabbits marched forward. There was no thought, no light, no stopping, only silence to draw the fevered into the outstretched hands of the darkness.
The fevered did not keep time, rather the lost it, disregarded it along with so many other things along the feverish march, but after a time there appeared before them a great garden, and at the center of the garden there stood a tree, not of the knowledge of good and evil, but of pears. The fevered gathered around the great tree, their feverish mouths all longing for the pear's succulent juices. They admired the tree. They gazed upon its beauty and each absorbed the perfect roundness and firm-softness of each pear. They longed to touch the pears, to taste their sweetness, but the fevered could not reach the pears. Instead, they had to settle for the pears that had fallen to the ground, those whose seal with the great tree had been broken, and those who were already rotting.
The fevered consumed the pears with great passion. They ate them and shared them with each other. They had hoped that these pears would soothe their feverish heat, but the heat only increased. They ate and ate and ate, consuming each pear with the same feverish pace with which they had just marched. The fevered pressed forward, the marched until the rotten pears were no longer enough. They wanted to fresh pears. They began hitting the great tree, seeking to dislodge the other pears, to break their great seals and send them into the depths to be consumed.
So enthralled were the fevered that none noticed the foxes who had snuck into the garden after them. Even when the foxes began stealing the little ones away, the fevered made no notice. They continued to praise and admire the tree, yet attacking it all the while, straining for every last pear it held. The foxes stole in silence. They had no need for words. They were merely dancing; dancing the same silent dance they had always danced and would always dance. And so the rabbits were slowly stolen; by the foxes, by the fever, the whole forest seemed to devour them. When the last of the fevered was taken, the little foxes slipped back into the forest and the fevered march continued.
Sonnet 46 said:I once was cast from the city of light
Exiled in ruin left to rue the day
Outcast into the cold daughterless night
Left with no other to comfort dismay
"Decrepid, disgraceful, most wretched man"
These constant naggins tear down what I am
"No wonder no woman clings to your hand"
Viscious self-loathing made worse by a scam
Somehow she found me, somehow she saw past
A dark guarded shroud yet happy-masked youth
Remove the great stone wall, reveal the last
Love of a lifetime; conceeding "we do."
From hollowed to splendor, vessels bestowed
Vows now exchanged from the waiting betrothed
Song Lyrics
9.30 said:Come quick, Come soft with grace
Through silent melodies
I'll wipe tears from your face
As if your eyes were all I see
And take your hand in mine
And suddenly you'll seem to find
That you're a part of me
These are the dreams that keep
This dreamer's eyes awake at night
The secret longing,
I've buried deep,
Just to hold someone tight
So this is what this feels like...
[chorus]
It's 9/30 and I can't sleep
As October shifts "I" to "we"
Self slips with the autumn reds
As we look forward to the words
"'Til Death"
Come quick, come soft, my love
Through rays of light made just for us
You feel sent from above and I
Thank the Lord I can't get enough
We'll let our arms entwine
And suddenly we'll seem to find
It's how it's meant to be
These are the dreams that keep
This dreamer's eyes awake at night
The secret longing,
I've buried deep,
Just to hold someone tight
So this is what this feels like...
[chorus]
It's 9/30 and I can't sleep
As October shifts "I" to "we"
Self slips with the autumn reds
As we look forward to the words
"'Til Death"
Lying By Omission said:When you look at me
With your pretty, blue eyes that burn of hipocrisy
I can see that you don't mean
Anything you say when you talk to me
Late at night, you share your falsities
But you can't see that
*When you spread these lies
Of hands-on-hips and hearts and, baby, you know I
Cry out because it hurts inside
When you spread these lies*
When I look at you
Through your pretty, blue eyes I see that it's not true
It's no one's fault, baby, it's just you
You're just a liar, and I won't stand to
Let you treat me the way you do
*When you spread these lies
Of hands-on-hips and hearts and, baby, you know I
Cry out because it hurts inside
When*
You lift me up then you shoot me down
Can't you see why I wear this frown
Because I won't look back, but I can't move on
Stuck in your memory when the lights are gone
*When you spread these lies
Of hands-on-hips and hearts and, baby, you know I
Cry out because it hurts inside
When you spread these lies*
[
When you spread these lies
Like you spread your legs on the cold, dark nights
I could never hurt you, but he's doing just fine.
Hook, line, and sucker;
"No, child, you're not mine."
A Horsey just broke through,
An army got in.
The Trojan ruse worked,
But couldn't hold back the men
Blood loss from the fortress,
A Pain/Passion delight
You fell for the trick, girl,
You've earned all this plight.
Thought he'd actually love you
Like he said he would
Push-pulling has ceased now,
He'd run if he could.
Of traitors and turncoats,
A new song is sung
From the same little mountains
where your childhood was hung.
And there's no going back.
The gates just came down,
Legs spread over track.
Where he took you to town.
]
Much Ado About Nothing said:Come to me, provacative stranger
With your idealistic images of illicit (love)
Love's lost in the back alley brawlings and inner city scrawlings
On condement stalls, watch as it falls
Through the darkness of pages
Lost through the ages and long since forgotten
Oh, it's become rotten
To ever love at all
[chorus]
Why is there so much about nothing?
And everything's something to somebody else
My dear, there's no sense trying,
You'll end up crying, wondering why
Late last night, you climbed in his car
And then went too far
Now there's a scar, where he ripped out your heart
Listen to me, Sixteen-year-old mother
Illegitimate baby a-brewing inside
Your sentence decides the end his ride
Without permission, you cancel his (life)
Life is a choice, you choose to create it
But it's not your place to just up and negate it
You can't erase his forming face
To try to retrace the night you lost your grace
[chorus]
Life is a choice, you choose to create it
But it's not your place to just up and negate it
My Treacherous Friends said:My treacherous friends, they dig way too deep
Executing the plan plotted out in my sleep
These daggers that bite hide such burning blades
The poisonous tip of a cheap serenade
Disgrace me, why don't you
I can bite my thumb too
No, not at thee
But, I do
Not brute, nor beautiful, nor bold as can be
But you're all so jealous of my hooks, it would seem
My treacherous friends, bring curses so foul
My body lies broken, but you're in for it now
You bring your own downfall and the fall of your land
The death of your nation lies all on your hands
Disgrace me, why don't you
I can bite my thumb too
No, not at thee
But, I do -- bite my thumb
Not brute, nor beautiful, nor bold as can be
But you're all so jealous of my hooks, it would seem
3 o'Clock strikes twice
The Second time brings night
[repeat a couple times]
Nightmares said:I must say, this turned out far worse than I could have ever dreamed
Or whatever it may be when you wake up and feel you need to scream
I can't tell you how many times I'd take it back
You must know that you are like a heart attack
When you come swift, soft, and graceful, lighted up my room
But I have learned that your light is more truly a gloom
Speaking of these nightmares aforementioned in a song
Why must you haunt me long after your time is gone
It is over and there's nothing you can do
Before you spread your lies maybe you should've thought things through
Try to talk in private, you pretend that you have changed
Won't talk to me around your friends, it seems, you're still the same
Cry a river, but that can't fix these nights
I offered you my everything, all you wanted wasn't right
Argue it all, convince me of your reasoning
Have you not realized you're the reason why I sing
Of hearts and lust and teen tragedy
Of faith and trust and spread falsities
I'm running out of time
Running short on a few good lines
And I can't seem to find anything that rhymes with "I hate you"
Let's call it quits tonight
I'm tired of your damn fights
And endless confessions
And heartfelt appologies that I know you want to mean
But you still won't mean anything to me
Your lies and my hate keep you from being all you could be.
What do y'all think?
