Juggling 9 or Dropping 10

So you think you've got me figured out Studied every detail now you know me inside and out But do you see me as I am or as you want me to be Do you Color me - change the black from white Color me - use any hue you like Paint the picture but stay within the lines Escape your oppressor - trangress your transgressor Turn it upside down Why blame me when you don't get your way The glass house where you live is just a stones throw away It's easy to point the finger and look away from yourself So you Color me - change the black from white Color me - use any hue you like Paint the picture but stay within the lines Escape your oppressor - trangress your transgressor Turn it upside down Your masterpiece complete; but you left out one formality You can paint till fingers bleed but you'll never change reality How does it feel to sculpt the world, to your plan? Draw me the villain if you don't get your demands Now your out in the rain and the colors are washing away Still you Color me - change the black from white Color me - use any hue you like Paint the picture but stay within the lines Escape your oppressor - trangress your transgressor Turn it upside down

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Why do we loan ourselves to things by which we will never be repaid And feel consoled by tomorrow when today has been profaned? Confused by choices ... or blind to cause-and-effect and a future gravestone Today's a draft of your epitaph Keep changing it, 'til you meet the grave Update your draft of your epitaph 'Till you crash and break like a wave I'll hope to file away my account today, and see in it some value And appreciate all that I've had, before I quit this venue Confused by choices ... but alive to cause-and-effect and a eventual gravestone Today's a draft of your epitaph Keep changing it, 'til you meet the grave Update your draft of your epitaph 'Till you crash and break like a wave Something about someone with a hood and a scythe ... Something about a date you just can't ... cancel Eulogies, memories, services, tombstones, flowers, candles, tears and regrets If I ask myself, every day, 'is today the day?' Then one day, it will be ... my final draft Lost in today ... Confused by choices ... or blind to cause-and-effect ... And a future gravestone, an eventual gravestone ... Today's a draft Today's a draft of your epitaph Keep changing it, 'til you meet the grave Update your draft of your epitaph 'Till you crash and break like a wave

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

The look in her eyes as if to say she fears nothing All knowing smile as if nothing has changed She thinks I'm asleep while at night she goes on trembling She thinks I don't know how her life's been rearranged Can't move my arms, can't move my legs Can barely move my eyes To take in the last view I'll ever see It's on the stand beside my bed a picture of my son It's constantly staring back at me Want to tell him that I swear that if I can I'll be there Watching over him and every step he takes How do I say soon comes the day when I must go away What would adhear to a seven-year-old ear? Words that would make it clear I hope that you don't forget me Don't let my memory fade It's my greatest fear My back is numb, my feet are cold I fear that it's only a matter of time now There's just one thing I've got to muster the strenght to say Know that my love is forever Know that and try to remember Don't let my memory fade...

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

I think I bit my tongue today No sign of blood But this taste won't go away Even if awound does heal Its scar might never fade unwelcome words can pierce and drain the soul like aphids on the blossoms leave a hole Sometimes the heart and mind won't work together And one gets left behind While the other pulls ahead Naive of where it treads The residue of harmful words outlasts a seeming pardon Little can undo the work of aphids in the garden I can't believe that I hurt You with the words I've said I can't conceive how I fooled my heart and lost my head But as I watched with wonder as your jaw seem to hit the ground I realized that I stuck my foot right in my mouth And what a big foot it is ... I wish that I could turn back time Alter memory or pay some kind of fine Anything to make amends Fix this break to where it bends The residue of harmful words outlasts a seeming pardon Little can undo the work of aphids in the garden I can't believe that I hurt You with the words I've said I can't conceive how I fooled my heart and lost my head But as I watched with wonder as your jaw seem to hit the ground I realized that I stuck my foot right in my mouth These words are fugitives Too harsh or too honest A little pain will gain If I bite my tongue for your sake

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

The gray light of the morning, the blue-green of the sea A leaf splashed with color, falling from a tree The sparkle in a diamond, the fire of the sun They all seemed much brighter, am I the only one To see them slowly slip away Something changes a little, day by day Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed A lesson in mortality, eventually, every color fades The blush of a woman, the wamth of a touch The novelty of love, feelings within my clutch I try to savor but it doesn't taste the same Senses numbed and jaded a little day by day Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed A lesson in mortality, eventually, every color... ...fades away slowly but surely as if it were the setting sun A child comes of age, gains life experience Time gathers innocence and trades it in for wisdom Like walking through the snow its purity is stained Like a shooting star across the sky never meant to remain... Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed A lesson in mortality, eventually, every color fades

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

Cornered again, i've backed my self in and i'm fresh out of time Too much to deal with lately i feel like i'm juggling knives I'm predisposed to be composed But not of late and no time soon My list it grows by rows and rows And leads me to an early tomb Light in my eyes, i'm paralyzed I've had all i can take If we get one more drop of rain This levy's gonna break I've arranged my priorities Conversely to what i need In haste i grab a plate And fill it with things i hate Cornered again; i back myself in and i'm fresh out of time Too much to deal with lataly i fell like i'm juggling knives I'm burning midnight oil or wicks but at both ends And now the choice is juggling nine or dropping ten Cornered again; i back myself in and i'm fresh out of time Too much to deal with lataly i fell like i'm juggling knive

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

How long can this anger last Unenlightened with fist tightened Expolde and i run from the blast My ears ringing, my face stinging And you push and pull me, beat me and bruise me 'Till i'm aching And you take and use me, just abuse me 'Till i'm breaking Too strong when you come unglued Owerpowered 'till i'm devoured No absolution till i'm black and black But it's too late Hope you feel great And you push and pull me, beat me and bruise me 'Till i'm aching And you take and use me, just abuse me 'Till i'm breaking Just around the bend we willh have to brake Careening over the edge, no other road to take Up against the ropes again, our daily regimen Cursing then hurting, apologize then console Of course it's problematic with an aggression addict Needing me bleeding is taking its toll And you push and pull me, beat me and bruise me 'Till i'm aching And you take and use me, just abuse me 'Till i'm breaking And you push and pull me, beat me and bruise me 'Till i'm aching And you take and use me, just abuse me 'Till i'm breaking Hang a picture over the hole in the wall Try to sweep up this broken glass Hide my face so i don't need to explain And hope that these things too shall pass

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Oh to see the moon through her eyes and to feel the sun the first time No preconceptions She looks at me and smiles as she stands While clutching my sandpaper hands No imperfection She elates and illuminates Every strangers face She sets free, moentarily Everyone she sees So this is what they've talked about So bountiful that you never run out A love unmeasured i feel her pain, i feel her delight I feel removed from myself in her sight An infinite treasure She elates and illuminates Every strangers face She sets free, moentarily Everyone she sees I count the days till she looks at me And saysthe words that she' heard so repeatedly Then again i wish time would slow down Because i want to savor a while Her innocent eyes an untainted smile She elates and illuminates Every strangers face She sets free, moentarily Everyone she sees Every day a new revelation

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

Woke up all alone, a bed that's cold and sterile With nothing of my own Bombarded and explored by faces unfamiliar Intrusions uncondoned Cruel thoughts in breif but lucid moments I'm losing all i've gathered all my years I wonder why these strangers look so sullen I wonder what i've done to cause their tears Swirling in my head, scenes and reandom memories Things i might have said Some of them are clear but none of them involving Those beside my bed I thought the golden years were for reflecting I thought i'd teach my grandson how to cast I thought i'd be the fireside storyteller I thought that i would revel in my past Waking only to see the shell of a man i used to be Save me i don't want to be a shell of a man Comfidence autonomy taken for granted till they leave Serenity i counted on was mine for a moment now it's gone Today i'm not alone She sparks a distant memory Someone i might have known She fills me in on things we did together She says she's loved me since that day we met She says that even if i don't remember That she will never let herself forget Waking only to see the shell of a man i used to be Save me i don't want to be a shell of a man

Beyond the broken waves, she walked the shore Thoughts diving down the ocean-floor... 'The ocean flows like life: just like life... Hope is not a thing that she inclines to take into confidence For another disappointment, there can be no recompense Like the vastness of the world, bad luck does not make sense Yet, in this disappointment, the sea can give her sustenance She cast her worries into the tidal pools The wishing wells for lovers and fools 'The ocean flows like life: just like life... Hope is not a thing that she inclines to take into confidence For another disappointment, there can be no recompense Like the vastness of the world, bad luck does not make sense Yet, in this disappointment, the sea can give her sustenance Paint another picture of the world Sketch another image of yourself Re-arrange all the contours and the lines

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

A sense of place, a sense of waste, don't know how this can be... The silence that envelops me, whispers something, subtly Exhale and change the atmosphere They've left a trace of their fear... How could something like this have happened in a place like this? Such mindless violence.. The surroundings hold their secrets How could something like this have happened in a place like this? A new day is here, but there's a trace of yesterday Here the trees can speak, in voices weak that suggest a tale of pain Of tears shed in the pouring rain... But at that, they halt their sad refrain Look up, at the vault of starts and the calming harvest moon A witness to the unspeakable, and easily repeatable Cry out to change the atmosphere Some kind of presence is here... How could something like this have happened in a place like this? Such mindless violence.. The surroundings hold their secrets How could something like this have happened in a place like this? A new day is here, but there's a trace of yesterday Red wine spilled on the carpet - we can clean it up Tracks left on the beach that the tides wash away Footprints dug deep in the snow - they'll melt away But what can wash the stain away from this place? A new day is here There are traces of yesterday This place is stained - what will it take to wash them away

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 26, 2025

Know that i tried to stay with you much longer Know i tried to be at better man Know that the pain of flesh is now behind me Know that the pain of leaving you still remains Know that my love is forever Know that and try to remember Know that...

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025