Submissions by J_Alex
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Every once in a while, inspiration will come to me and make me start writing. Even though I do not write very often, I could not do without it.
Sins of Our Fathers
Here I am
Ready to give
Ready to get
Here I stand
on legs and feet
Flesh
and
blood
and
bone
just like they were
Just like they are
playing with fire
old habits do die hard
There they were
Ready to get
But never to give
Sitting atop the bodies
of their own
Those who do not believe
must die
There they came
Ready to give
in order to get
With minds wide open
they took down the Sun
and ofered its throne to another
not everything that seems is so
...
Ready to give
Ready to get
Here I stand
on legs and feet
Flesh
and
blood
and
bone
just like they were
Just like they are
playing with fire
old habits do die hard
There they were
Ready to get
But never to give
Sitting atop the bodies
of their own
Those who do not believe
must die
There they came
Ready to give
in order to get
With minds wide open
they took down the Sun
and ofered its throne to another
not everything that seems is so
...
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Relatively Speaking
"Everything's relative" they say
And from way up here
Why would you care?
The mighty oak and the sturdy pine
The fields of blooming flowers and the green pastures of grass
The rich brown soil and the rolling hills stained with jagged stones
Concrete cities that spill out into the valley below
A maze of houses and roads built by human hands
The mothers and fathers working in the stores
and the school children skipping back home
The hopes and dreams of a people
the strife and struggle
the battles
and the losses...
And from way up here
Why would you care?
The mighty oak and the sturdy pine
The fields of blooming flowers and the green pastures of grass
The rich brown soil and the rolling hills stained with jagged stones
Concrete cities that spill out into the valley below
A maze of houses and roads built by human hands
The mothers and fathers working in the stores
and the school children skipping back home
The hopes and dreams of a people
the strife and struggle
the battles
and the losses...
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2 Comments
Last Chance for the Little Blue Planet
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The Greatest Lie of All
Love is the greatest lie of all
It is pushed on to us from the very first moments of existence
To the last moments of life
And even in death
We can't get a break
The pastor says love is eternal
The rabbi says love is tradition
The imam says love is paradise
And the basketful of others declare that love is immortal
That love will stand the test of time
as if it's some giant monument made of steel
But it isn't a monument
Love is a word
And words sell
They tell you love is a bag of Lay's potato chips
and can of Coke on a hot...
It is pushed on to us from the very first moments of existence
To the last moments of life
And even in death
We can't get a break
The pastor says love is eternal
The rabbi says love is tradition
The imam says love is paradise
And the basketful of others declare that love is immortal
That love will stand the test of time
as if it's some giant monument made of steel
But it isn't a monument
Love is a word
And words sell
They tell you love is a bag of Lay's potato chips
and can of Coke on a hot...
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Micro
To put on a mask
Is just to ask
Do you enjoy the lie that you're living?
Why do you dig the grave that you're digging?
What would you do for a life worth living?
Tell me then,
What would you be?
Dead or Living?
Is just to ask
Do you enjoy the lie that you're living?
Why do you dig the grave that you're digging?
What would you do for a life worth living?
Tell me then,
What would you be?
Dead or Living?
54 reads
1 Comment
O Woman!
O Woman!
Speak!
Shout!
Yell!
Your voice
Though it seems
So low
Speak!
Shout!
Yell!
Let them know
That you
Are woman
Speak!
Shout!
Yell!
Let your voice be heard!
Through the grasslands of the Serengeti
In the swelling waters of the Mississippi
Past the scorching sands of the Gobi
High above the Pyrenees.
Speak!
Shout!
Yell!
In the Godless cities
Paved with fear and hate
In dark alleyways
Where the dead
And the desperate
Congregate...
Speak!
Shout!
Yell!
Your voice
Though it seems
So low
Speak!
Shout!
Yell!
Let them know
That you
Are woman
Speak!
Shout!
Yell!
Let your voice be heard!
Through the grasslands of the Serengeti
In the swelling waters of the Mississippi
Past the scorching sands of the Gobi
High above the Pyrenees.
Speak!
Shout!
Yell!
In the Godless cities
Paved with fear and hate
In dark alleyways
Where the dead
And the desperate
Congregate...
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2 Comments
Ignorance is Bliss?
They say ignorance is bliss
But for a world full of ignorant people
Everyone's sure uptight
But for a world full of ignorant people
Everyone's sure uptight
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Blood in the Street
Brother, have you heard the news today?
There is blood in the street.
There is no drum
There is no beat
Just blood in the street
"Brother, are you sure that's the news today? It wasn't on E News. I was watching 'The Kardashians' and they never mentioned it. Brother have you taken your 'One a Day' All natural multivitamin? Brother, are you sure that's the news? I certainly didn't see that in this month's 'People Magazine'. I don't even think there's an app for that."
Brother Listen!
Didn't you here the news today?
The president...
There is blood in the street.
There is no drum
There is no beat
Just blood in the street
"Brother, are you sure that's the news today? It wasn't on E News. I was watching 'The Kardashians' and they never mentioned it. Brother have you taken your 'One a Day' All natural multivitamin? Brother, are you sure that's the news? I certainly didn't see that in this month's 'People Magazine'. I don't even think there's an app for that."
Brother Listen!
Didn't you here the news today?
The president...
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