I Am

[jeebus13]

a soft body in a hard place
a harsh word in the moonlight
a scream into the city's noise
a cat person
a dry sarcastic reply
the last one in my line
a pathetic mystic
a dying vision of life
a flash in the periphery
the smell that burns your nose
"that dirty hippie"
a shamanistic idiot chasing dreams he never had
fucked up
unsane- not insane, as I don't recognize science as my dictator
a light in dark places
a shadow of what I could be
a mirror
subtle innuendo
an infected mushroom
garbled conversation in public places
a voice that even I don't recognize sometimes
a man in love with the world one person at a time
a boy infatuated with death
the gritty texture of sand in picnic food
a whining call into the dark of my bedroom
a melodramatic loser
a careful plan and a simple mistake
the chariot and the driver
a keeper of the blue flame
the zen master of egocentrism
the egocentric master of zen
hysterical laughter and tears
an illegal substance that is sold in stores
a monk in Sodom and Gommorah
the last idiot
the firstborn son of a madman
an eye for the blind
charity when least expected
Samsara and Maya
a funny idea by a bad writer somewhere who thinks that I "bleed style"
a really shitty poem
a really good idea
a lost child in the forest of attention
a kiss that burns your lips
I am all of this and none of it

and so are you.

I am more than anything,
Just Another.

 

[rewiiired]

I am forever impressed. Damn good poem.

 

[katmeow]

Great stuff... big thumbs up.

 

[neverwas]

i really liked this one...

i tried to do something like this a while ago..but it came out very negative great work!

 

[katmeow]

Good to have you back

 

[Raz]

I would bet there's more than a couple of lines in there that every person who reads that can hold on to and claim to be themselves.

That was a great depiction of how being a complex individual makes you just like a whole world of other complex individuals. Very nicely done.

 

[New]

I felt it when I read it. And I liked feeling it.

 

[Catfish]

I am

An alcohlic
a fiend for nicotine
a crack addict
hopeless
a backstabber
weird

Lawls.

 

[Toltecsuperhero]

Thanks, it's great to be back on words, even if it is under a new name.
You'll see more of me...

 

[(Wordy)]

I'm glad you've come back (albeit reincarnated)!

This is great stuff, a real "outpouring" poem... I love these lines:

a soft body in a hard place

a man in love with the world one person at a time

 

[Toltecsuperhero]

the "man in love with the world one person at a time" bit is actually filched from Lawrence Ferlinghetti... a poem called, "The Love Nut" but thanks

 

[(Wordy)]

I thought it sounded familiar!

 

[Jillian Marie]

wow thats amazing..good work