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pragmatic bastard! (Free verse) by skaskowski
i once thought i had it trapped in a box,
i thought metal could hold what i'd found
forever...
but you see, what i sought was unreal to this trap
i had set...
i was lost in my striving for an outlet
To this constant stream of incognizant dreams,
like a phase, on a platform
My words rang like bells
to somebody i sought
but could never quite grab onto,
i was at loss for a feeling i had to
experience, i had to
feel definitely,
and this next time, i promised myself,
would completely
encompass the meaning i kept trying to reach for,
love, or whatever the postmodern mind
calls it.
i would give anything to feel it again,
i would give up on the feeling of autumn's first smell in the air,
i would give up all my selfish pursuits
of joy
just to feel that once again...
i guess if you try too hard
the truth never comes
it sticks to the roof of your mouth
and never quite
comes out as words
or as a sound to compensate
for the pain you have gone through
to attain that one word you say...
i'm stuck inside this,
each night i dive inside this,
a sea of broken memories,
a maze of endless quandaries
where i'm lost and so sick
bored to the point of no end,
i just want to feel something,
i just want to steal something
from somebody,
anybody,
anything to make this dream
reality, finally,
to make pursuit yield something definitely worth
pursuing,
my pursuit is fruitless,
any attempt, no matter how ruthless
it may be
that i make ends up
forsaking me.
i'm stuck in nothing,
i'm sticking to empty,
i'm worthlessly bitching
about a pain i'm not feeling.
i just want to put an end to this,
some kind of period on this sentence.
some kind of final chapter,
which could end in pain, or end in laughter.
you know, maybe it won't come,
maybe i'm supposed to be
forever an entity
lost in my soul's pursuit,
maybe i'm just a ghost
of what i used to be,
maybe i'm just the q
in my word for quandary,
you know?
never mind
i didnt think so...
you're just another one
another brick in the building
i'm trying to demolish,
the feeling i can't abolish,
the metal that never tarnishes,
the ruthless aknowledgement
that this pursuit is fruitless,
and nothing could be worth this
torment i go through
to just breathe anew again,
maybe death's the only option
or love's the only potion,
either way i'm drowning
in an ocean
of confusion
and self-delusion has lost its flavor...
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