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I set track with this map of mismatch
That just tracks, and it stacks, and its lax,
On everyone — yet it drains, and it saps
The codex, the freakin’ stats of anyone who fights back
Try to relax, take a sip, but they snap
When I’m sad, like it’s bad, like I’m whack
Like I’m trash yet have the audacity to
bid no eye, and just wave and goodbye
To the ones who just **** up to you while I’m passin’ 'em by
And it’s always just them, and them, and again
And again and again man it pains me to bend — even then
I’m denied to take a stand, but ******* — enough is enough
Of this band — I’ma snap, I’ma crack, I’ma jest, I’ma Laugh
I’m this far away from the end of my thread
But I swear on the pain that I won’t let it end

For The years of torment, and the pains I couldn’t vent
You’ll feel till the end so just relax and repent
These verses are godsent, You fools better flinch, better **** in your pants.

And since birth, I’ve been cursed with this curse to just curse
And blurt this berserk and bizarre **** that works
And it helps in itself, it’s relief in the tension
That’s seepin’ through these sentences, stress in extension
That’s been eatin’ me recently off of my chest
And I still can’t even rest peacefully
No patience is in me, and if you offend me
I'm liftin' you ten feet in the air
I don't care who was there and who saw me, just jaw you
Go call you a lawyer, file you a lawsuit
I'll smile in the courtroom, and buy you a wardrobe
I'm tired of all you
I don't mean to be mean
But that's all I can be, it's just me
And I am whatever you think I’m not
If I wasn’t then why would I say I’m not
In the paper, the news everyday’s a ****
Everything I’m not made me everything I’m
                                                                    -Asher Graves
This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time but could never quite get down — until last night, when I just let it all out. This piece is a thank-you to Eminem for inspiring me, for reminding me that no matter how dark things get, you don’t give up. I know this doesn’t touch the original, but it’s written as a tribute — a homage to the man who lit the fire. All respect and credit to him
KK Apr 8
A park. A bench.
A sticker, I sent
Now represents...

Raw unchained emotion
You poked it, flowing
Let it out, floating...
Coasting the air in motion
My mind, corroded

Demoted my guards
Laid down, bare arms
Bare qualms... in the charms,
In the stars, hearts art
Bought to life...
In the stagnant
FIRE WORKS. It worked
Stirred my returned verbs
Words usually unheard
Places, undisturbed
Trampled over in
enchanted universal
Incanted tantrums
Where you colluded
I'm imbued with
The views which,
Is an INTRUSION
Plays on the news with
The WHETHER
You're currently disputin-

Air polluted, clouds losin'
CHEMICAL infusion
BIO-LOGICALLY diffusing
Physically abusive
As it infiltrates my lungs
My airways, VENTolin
Is USELESS....

Breathlessness in your effortless
Hexes, these expressions have me
Guessing which way the possible
Confessions, would lead.
I seethe with ideas of a correction
Facility, anger instilled in me
Bottle it up in a distillery
And Guzzle it, so if found guilty
It can run though you silky smooth
And instill me, so you can't move
Past the thought of us two
Then I'll be evenly distributing
These moods where loss debilitates twp


Its confusing,
when you're so
smooth with it
In one night of
Loose lips
Or my mind?
I seem to lose it,
In your company

Art galleries you said
Holding hands...
Growing old,
Vulnerable, unearthed
Dispersed words that
Littered the turf
I protested. But ohhh
The sweet melody
My ears heard...
I BELIEVED YOUR WORDS.

I'm in that place again...
You know, the one where
I spill my ink, instead of print
Distilled drink...
Sinking in to the taste of it...

A sticker, my mind lives with
As a phantom pushes the swing
The wind,  catching my thoughts
Dripping my love on a paper thin
Clause, sign my name on the walls
As this love, pours through my pores
And I pause in the gore, of it being nevermore
A raven call... but your caw, still mauls
While I talk to the water line shore...
Wondering if its evermore

These musings...
A-muse-sings
Ab-use could be
HANDLED by
The fine tipped finger pen
Tongue could be men-dead
By the mere touch of a hand

Do you need a hand
To PEACE it all together
A sticker is but 1 piece
1 piece of this
Conversation tbat ends up deep and something as stupid as a sticker, makes you travel a million miles... mutilated by fear, yet held ransom and captive by your heart. Then when anyone else uses that sticker, it remind you of the utter depth of tbat Conversation... that caused ghosting due to its malignant stasis of the fact your heart is not compliant with your mind
Vianne Lior Feb 15
I wore my heart like heavy armor,
Fighting shadows, none of them true.
Quixotic in my relentless fervor,
A soldier lost in skies of blue.
dead poet Dec 2024
it takes courage to step out the door;
to pick your battles,
when there’s nothing left fighting for.
Free Bird Feb 2016
In these moonlit hours
I lay here, my thoughts racing
Sometimes it's hard to handle
The realities that I'm facing

My mind is over-tired
Yet my thoughts keep me awake
It's just the way I'm wired
It feels as if there's no escape

Flashbacks hit me like a flash flood
I'm drowning in the memories
My wounds have opened, there is blood
Pouring from my arteries

As the crimson river runs
It feels do or die, this battle
The journey's never any fun
When you're up a creek without a paddle

I see everything so vividly
The visions that dance before my eyes
I'm overcome with melancholy
As I whimper out soft cries

Then just as quickly as it came
The feeling is gone, I'm no longer numb
My body's shaking dissipates
As I brace myself for when the next wave comes
Mariah Wynn Dec 2015
There are two friends, visibly best friends
gripping each other close, hugging.
a smile painted on both faces, wide and bright.
genuine in the moments grasp
their eyes fixed, entertained
by the flutter of a camera.
music takes over
devours every sector of the room
dominates the energy in the air.
everyone is a puppet, controlled
by the master of rhythm, beat and tempo.
repressed chatter is in the distance,
people craving their next solo cup
leaned over the bar,
gesturing towards the beer keg.
these two friends, absorbed in time.
laugh, smile, dance
concealing their inner battle.
the one on the right,
confused and drained
from the roller coaster
she let’s control her happiness.
trapped and torn in a relationship
full of fierce chemistry and
abundant sudden heartbreaks
captivated in the irrational
desire to be with him.
accepting love, she deserves more from.
The one on the left
unhappy, depleted.
on her own, left to be mature
to pay bills, to work, to be a student.
she is obligated to put food on the table,
to be a mother to her brother
to be strong and tough.
together they fulfill their emptiness
by descending into the party life
to cope, and escape the reality of their world
eager to welcome the fake happiness
that knocks at their chamber.
This is a moment in time. A photograph of my friend and I at a college party.
Danielle Jul 2015
They burn them, no remorse
They laugh at them, it's just a game
They whip them.  Afterall, they're the ones to blame
We watch in silence, lips zipped shut
in defiance, or is it fear?
Tear by tear we cry from them
Smelling the stench of burning flesh,
eyes stinging. Is this some kind of Test?
We hear their shrieks
until we are certain they are our own
Ears ringing, voices faint, noses clogged with ash
Take this gun and shoot me
I'll be free from this at last
Marium Iqbal Nov 2014
War
My brain is the gun.
My thoughts the bullets.
My hand is the trigger.
Society's hateful words pull it.

— The End —