Steven Fried

Steven Fried Aug 2013

Eden

Eden, liar
You have wormed into my heart

Whispering
sweets of tender wonder

Prescribing
hallucinogens of a future "we"

Breaking with
a straw, and fake number

Eden, where is my innocence?
I am but a husk

A thin black dress,
A swooping neckline,
You are my affection.

Steven Fried Aug 2013

Apathy

Magnesium strip
brighter than a diamond

Sierra Leon blood Stings like an eye-pin,
lobotomy,

JFK's sister,
but this is not democracy,

Vatican city,
oppression and atrocity

Iran,
What a theocracy,

Brainwash religion,
for the jihad, and crusades,

Rawanda Armenian, genocides,
aids,

killing a minority,
might gives authority,

but the greatest tragedy,
is the world wide apathy.

Steven Fried Aug 2013

Spark

I was pure white
complimenting your darkness

We were lit
and destroyed by our spark

A flash of joy
too hot, too bright

My substance melted
...you forgot

Our time was lost
through disasters and heartbreaks

I shared myself with you,
Why hadn't you done the same?

Steven Fried Jul 2013

Closure "*******"

I'm going to handle this **** myself
Be it by
Holding in
Shutting out
Getting angry
Lashing at those around me
I don't care.
Because no one can know
That I'm mad as ****

I shouldn't be
There were no feelings
It didn't matter
But for some ****** reason
I never had closure
Never thought I needed it

And now she hooked up with this tiny ****
And I'm just here
Not wanting her,
But not wanting her with anyone else

It's selfish
And confusing
But *******
It's me.

Steven Fried Jul 2013

The city

In the city
searching

Locked within its walls
she awaits

For her knight of the night
in dressed garb

Luckily
he is searching for her.

Steven Fried Jul 2013

Years like Dreams

My life passes by while I sleep
Years like dreams

People here and there pass
And I rest

Sleep is for restoration
Not for evading reality

For fantasy worlds are their name
Fantasy, fake, My life passes by while I sleep

Years like dreams
People here and there pass
And I

The real fun comes once sleep is over
So why do I sleep for so long?

My eyes droop
I need to fight to keep them open
To see the beautiful colors

Rather than
Allowing myself to fall into the black voids of my eyelids,
Just a dream

Steven Fried Jul 2013

Mild insomnia

Heavy eyes
pins in my
sockets

Yearning for peace
finding birds, crickets, and creatures

Knit brow in aggravated
concentration

Deceived.

Earlier than preconceived
trapped against my will
by my over active mind

Efforts are
Futile

Sleep is
Elusive

Life is
Conniving

because

I am
Exhausted.