JustKeepSwimming

My love I don’t want to hurt you But I need to be frank Your opinion’s offensive Just...

Tue, 29 May 2012 17:04:28 -0400

My love
I don’t want to hurt you
But I need to be frank
Your opinion’s offensive
Just because you don’t like something
Doesn’t mean others feel the same
And when you condemn it
You engage an aggression you don’t even see
They may not show it, may just stand their ground
Still they wish you’d understand
Wish you’d have tried to comprehend
We don’t do these things to make you uncomfortable
You forced that upon yourself
Open your mind
Take a stroll in our shoes
I hope you learn to empathize

Stop it. Enough I’m through with your controlling fingers pushing and shoving shaping my...

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:53:40 -0400

Stop it. Enough
I’m through with your controlling fingers pushing and shoving
shaping my life
The nonchalant comments gnaw away
belittling and mocking me
A disappointed frown, encouragement with masked motives
They build up, despite your defensive ignorance
I love you and want to please you
But I’m not running a race I don’t want to win
Not climbing this mountain when I’d rather white water raft
You have your hopes, priorities, dreams
Then there’s me
I’m grabbing the steering wheel
Ignoring the back-seat driving once and for all

How do you shut up a voice you’ve respected your entire life? How do you ignore a part of someone...

Mon, 14 May 2012 22:13:43 -0400

How do you shut up a voice
you’ve respected your entire life?
How do you ignore a part
of someone you love the most?
How do you hold yourself together and stay strong?
How do you feel good about yourself
when there’s a voice calling you lazy?
How do you stay healthy
and ignore the voice telling you to go too far?
How do you find yourself
when you can’t separate the advice from the manipulation?
How do you see eye-to-eye
when they think they deserve more because they’re older?
How do you find balance
when you’re caught in a game of tug of war?
How do you know the truth
when every sincerity has hidden motives?
Where’s the light in a dark room?
Where’s the love in an argument?

The Daydream

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:09:05 -0500

Often I drift away to another world
where social anxieties don’t choke me up
repelling me from people out of fear I’ll do something wrong
say something wrong
mess up
In this world, courage propels me forward
urging me from one conversation to the next
laughter and smiles surround
until one person gives me a strange look
twitches their eye
says something negative
taking me back to what is reality
my heart pounds in my chest like it’s trying to escape
tears pool in my eyes
I feel the hot, thick sweat slowly dripping down my neck
Tormenting sticky armpits
I turn to avoid feeling uncomfortable
but my feet have already become 1,000 lb. weights
supergluing me in place
‘till there’s nothing left to do
but
stumble

selfish. hypocrite. careless. I tear myself apart with these words but I do not deserve them We all...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:08:06 -0500

selfish. hypocrite. careless.
I tear myself apart with these words
but I do not deserve them
We all have problems
you do, and I’ll help
but I have my own problems
my own needs
And I need time to work on them too

people live people love people hate people laugh people cry people breathe people celebrate people...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:04:06 -0500

people live
people love
people hate
people laugh
people cry
people breathe
people celebrate
people forget
people forgive
people move on
people reconnect
people run
people chase
people feel
people try
people jump
people move
people sigh
people lie
people die

How many times can you sit back and allow a person to hurt you to belittle you swat at your...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:02:05 -0500

How many times
can you sit back and allow a person to hurt you
to belittle you
swat at your pride
How many times
will you give them just ‘one more chance’
before learning people will walk out on you
trample on your heart
leave you alone
those times that meant so much
didn’t really mean anything
and your support that was so appreciated
was worthless all along
there’s a limit
it’s time to take a stand
and stop giving in
I’m my own person
and I’m through with being hurt

one little smile that sparked one little head nod that made us dance together leading to you asking...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:24:56 -0500

one little smile
that sparked one little head nod
that made us dance together
leading to you asking my name
and later my number
which is why we talked
and realized we have a lot in common
sparking us losing sleep at night to talk to each other
when you got upset, I was there
and vice versa
we laughed together
cried
debated
eventually, we fell in love
what would have happened
if you never smiled at me?

Take a look at the pictures as you rush on by Spend a second and soak up the beauties surrounding...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:05:06 -0500

Take a look at the pictures as you rush on by
Spend a second and soak up the beauties surrounding you
Take from them what you may
A smile, brilliance, revolution, or mere stupidity
Spend just a moment with them
They don’t even have to be framed
hanging up on a wall
Your stairs can be a picture
A bird in the sky
Fallen tree
See beauty
Enjoy beauty
Don’t just move from point A to point B

People support hatred they love watching liars and skanks Look at reality...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:29:12 -0500

People support hatred
they love watching liars and skanks
Look at reality TV
cheating
whores
fights
scandals
they’re all over the place
But when things actually become reality
We might want to look for somebody intelligent
Being president is a position of POWER
not entertainment
A negative president is not something I want
Someone who puts others down
instead of working on improving themselves

i’m a cat taking a nap just sitting here nothing to do nothing to do i’m a towel...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:15:58 -0500

i’m a cat taking a nap
just sitting here
nothing to do
nothing to do

i’m a towel laying out on the beach
relaxing
relishing my surroundings
nowhere to be
nowhere to be

i’m a paper waiting to be graded
being nothing for the moment
meaningless

i’m a CEO on vacation
nobody to see
nobody to see

some may say i have no life
but sitting here
just being me
makes me feel at peace and free

Cheesy Poem for my friend Mark!

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:36:16 -0500

Mark is so cool
Mark is so fly
He’s the kind of kid
Who knows how to tie a tie
He’s a true friend
Someone who is there for you no matter what
Especially when it’s 3 am
And he’s at home on his butt
An active teenager,
He also adores spending time in the mall
and social action programs,
why, he organizes them all
In your window he be peepin’
‘cuz in his free time, he be creepin’
Don’t worry ladies, you are safe
He’s surfing that homosexual wave
Above all, Mark is really quite special
Because, in my heart, he’s got his own threshold
He texts me while he’s crunching
He texts me while at parties
Every time he does this, you can catch me smiling
Now, my friend, it’s you I dare
to creep on Facebook like you don’t care
And write a poem that is like a strike
for anyone cool enough to give your status a like

Why am I me? Why am do I idly sit down and watch when I’m burning with a need to scream out?...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:34:40 -0500

Why am I me?
Why am do I idly sit down and watch
when I’m burning with a need to scream out?
Why do I watch people walk out of my life
when all I need is to hold them close?
Why do I connect with people
only when a close friendship is impossible?

Why do I jump into a tub of ice cubes
when all I want is to curl up by the fire?
Why do I slip on baggy sweats
when that fancy dress is calling my name?
Why do I sign up for Spanish class
when French makes me swoon?

Why do I spend hours convincing myself I don’t care?
I only end up caring more than ever
and feeling numb.
Why do I waste my time criticizing myself
when I could be bursting with confidence?
Why am I so alone in this world?
And why do I make myself that way?
Why am I me?

Some like the storm This I understand And respect Just don’t go looking for those bumpy...

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:05:06 -0500

Some like the storm
This I understand
And respect
Just don’t go looking for those bumpy waves
Stirring them up when they aren’t there
You’ll only end up complaining about it later on…
Take a breather
there is hope
things will get better
learn to enjoy the peace and calm

I get it, you’re balancing on a tight rope You just want relief Afraid of falling from the...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:41:52 -0500

I get it, you’re balancing on a tight rope
You just want relief
Afraid of falling from the stress
Willing to jump off yourself
Things just get worse and worse
Here we are, your friends
Ready to catch you if you fall
Lift you back up again
Please don’t push us away
And start leaning off the edge
It will end badly.

i have reached the center of the tootsie pop or so i thought that bite of goodness, so pure and...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:46:52 -0500

i have reached the center of the tootsie pop
or so i thought
that bite of goodness, so pure and sincere
i opened my jaw wide
anticipating the sweet sensation
bit in hard
and only found bitterness

a rush of adrenaline a breath of fresh air a need to do everything quicker, faster, better, and NOW...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:14:11 -0500

a rush of adrenaline
a breath of fresh air
a need to do everything quicker, faster, better, and NOW
this is what I’ve been missing for all these months
waiting for
counting down by the second
for it to finally arrive
and now that it’s here
I can only feel overwhelmed with
disappointment,
doubt
delusions of the negative variety
yes, I’m having fun
but at the same time
when nobody is looking
I’m beating myself up on the side

Look at me, I’m nothing special but you look at me and see something beautiful Where all I...

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:13:36 -0400

Look at me, I’m nothing special
but you look at me
and see something beautiful
Where all I see is darkness, flaws, a catastrophe of good intentions
a harsh winter destroying all things dear
you find light, joy, kindness
you take off your jacket and bask in my sun
which makes me feel special, happy even, just for a moment
until reality surrounds
and i end up feeling selfish
to just want to see myself through your eyes

I’ve become monstrous turning feelings on and off like I’m some sort of...

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:25:00 -0400

I’ve become monstrous
turning feelings on and off
like I’m some sort of machine
I’m scared to be numb
so I force myself to feel
but then pain surrounds
and I numb myself once more
I fake these feelings
its gotten so bad
I no longer know myself

Innocent liars What we all are Does that make it okay? Make us mainstream We are all so...

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:17:05 -0400

Innocent liars
What we all are
Does that make it okay?
Make us mainstream
We are all so different
But pretend to be the same
And in that, are