- He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
- -Confucius
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
- Kurt Vonnegut
The Smell Of Burning Dust
Everyone’s gotta make the journey
We’ve all got to go home some time
But I don’t want to stay, no
I’m done with your games, go
I may not be fuckin’ perfect
No, not like you
And I come home
Drive my car
Smell the burning dust
And I am ready to leave now
This isn’t my home anymore
I’m ready to go
So, goodbye
Sorry to leave under these terms
But my time you haven’t earned
And I ain’t givin’ it up no more
Then the storm came
Wearing shorts out in the rain
And the thunder howled
The sky lit up
And I could see for miles
Ready to wake there
Ready to leave here
Need another try now
Leaving this town
So goodbye blue sky’s
Golden fields
And mosquito bites
Drown me in the cleansing rain
Don’t care if I never see snow again
All I need is a pick me up
But you threw me down
Now I am out
- Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.
- -G. K. Chesterton
Seven Hates You So Much
Wind blows through
My window into
My parents home
I don’t live here anymore
And I’ve got a month
Until I move
Portland here I come
But on destruction I run
Burning bridges
And blowing out roads
As I go
I’m sick and tired
Of this town
And it’s tricks
I’m tired all the shit
I get because I am young
And helpless
I’m hopeless
I’m an anarchist
And I’m being beaten down
By the cogs in the machine
They wear me down
With words like knives
I was hoping these last days
Would be some of the best times
Now I’m ready to leave early
Tired and lonely
No one left to call
I’ve got no one to comfort me
Alone in my old city
I havent left
But I am ready
I am so ready
Here comes another day
Ready for it to blow by
Like the passing storm outside
When you leave it will be goodbye
Goodbye
And when I am gone
I won’t sing
I will come back again
And now I wonder
Maybe?
Maybe, burning bridges too soon
They’re as tired of me as I am of you
So goodnight, farewell
Goodbye
I’m done living in my self created hell
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Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Take One Every Hour Until You Die
I’ve got boxes
needing packing
I’ve got lungs
That are blackening
I’ve papers to fill out
And I’m not taking medication
like I should be
I wan’t the warmth
I miss the body next to me
I’ve got no physical attractions
So I better get packin’
I’m unchained
Unhindered
I have no need to stay here
I’m sorry my friends
but it all had to end
At least on my part
I know you’re rejoicing
and I’m still here
Might as well be already gone
It’s how you speak of me
When I am standing there
It’s not a friendly scene
You intend to tear until I crack
Pull me apart
Now I’m losing my mimnd
I’ve lost my friends
I’ve got some books and junk
In my possesion
Giving it away
Pawning the pain away
So I can live another day
Start a new life
For the third time
is it right?
I’m not sure
But I do know
That I am not fine
It’s not alright
But I don’t break
In front of your face
and I don’t run away to cry
Just wonder why
I really tried to be a good guy
Thats not enough in the world
Move west
Try again
All I can do is keep trying
- When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.
- -Albert Einstein
Monkey, Monkey, Monkey
She said
Go your own way
She dissapeared
He said we’ll be friends
For years and years
And I say
Hey
I’m so afraid
Life’s not a game
But I play anyway
Afraid
To let down
Can I live up to the expectations?
Drown in critizism
Lie, lie, lie
Die…
Someday.
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Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
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-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Delete, Delete, Start Again
Write some words
Observe the meaning
Worry about whats heard
Hide the taming
Come one
Grow up
Come on
Throw up
I can press delete
When I don’t want to shed light
On my feelings
Contemplate
Then erase
You’re not worth this
I’m not worth it
Art school student
A bright futrue looks for me
And all I can see
Are the dark alleyways
Shortcuts I could take
But I won’t be worthless
Someday- Observe Everything.
Communicate Well.
Draw, Draw, Draw. - -Frank Thomas,
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Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn’t original sin. He’s born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it’s a tragedy. A lot of people don’t have the courage to do it.
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-Helen Hayes
