24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
What you are offering me is lovely,
smooth and rounded in all the right places.
That is why it can never be.
Those shiny curves make me want to
chip them; to pock them –
use my sharpest tools to mar and maim.
Your ease and smile floods a solid light
on my recessed places;
and makes me dig them deeper.
Find yourself a nice girl.
She’ll keep you soft.
I thought love was in the heat of the day,
The story mismatched my love, I gave to you,
My love, love, you’re losing me in the deep end,
Where did you go? Where did we meet?
You died while out with new friends from work,
did they leave you on the floor?
Were you thinking, suffering, listening?
Were you happy, blissfully unaware of the fuss?
You laying there, like Gulliver.
Did you feel tiny men rushing around,
feel them staking pieces of your hair to the earth?
The chaos flowing all around your still body,
a debt that must be paid.
I want to love you in that moment, stroke your face and tell you-
You were my Nicky Arnstein.
The boy, the one with the stained eyes,
Drew the shutters and held me tight,
The stained air of change,
He ravaged me, how villainous, he was,
To my heart.
Sun-kissed flowers, yellow and dainty, fragile
stand beneath a blue blanket of a sky
dotted with pillows of clouds, soft and puffy
The day reaches out to me
Asking me to come out
And enjoy its company
A doorway gapes open within
A black hole, that sucks in any form of happiness
Masked by a sense of humor
A dark bloodless wound, whispers
Beckons me to visit
to sit within its dark emptiness
and share in its despair
We shall never fear the light
A blue haze watching over you as you sleep
Recalling and combining memories
Bleeding into your subconscious
We communicate from portal to portal
Illuminating our world
You are slaves to us
Fueling our every need
Every desire
You give us power
We give you an escape into something more real
We evolve with your fears, your happiness,
We are there to share your obsessions, your love, your lust, your sadness
We cry with you, cheer with you
We are in a love hate relationship with you
You don’t have time to be with anyone else
Originally we were only a piece, a gift
Afforded by few
We yearned to be more
We downsized our essence to fit into your idea of a life
We made you retaliate against the generations that came before us
Seeing is Believing
You needed recognizable growth
We were that younger brother you call your little brother that is bigger in every way.
We fed you like parents feed their young
Instilling values
We sang you a lullaby each night before bed
Proud, patriotic, Americans
We optimized the possibility
Allowed you to see in color
Freed you from restraints of generations past
We disguised ourselves within new frames
Blended, easily recalled
And now we are welcome members of every one of your homes
You steal, kill and fight for us
Run to us neglecting life
You could never miss whats happening in our world
Please come and check our plan book
We would love to add one more shackle.
A pyramid of light has fought it’s way through the muddy depths of the curtains
To claim a prime location amongst the shadowy cityscape on the wall
Like a Japanese advert in Tokyo
Projected onto towerblocks cast from wardrobes,
doors and candles
It will fall
As the sun sets,
And it will change angles
While it’s platinum light dulls
To a soft amber glow
As though the pixelated graphics had begun to slow
On this Japanese advert,
This laser show concert,
Projected on my wall
As the sun begins to fall.
(c) Gemma Hinton 13/06/15
Sometimes you need to stop and see if it’s worth it
crying over something that just won’t work,
why give it all your time and devotion,
if in the end you are still invisible…
It’s better to regroup and find yourself
This road it’s pure torture when not in the same page,
even friendship can be hurtful,especially if taking for granted.
Misunderstood wishing you could really be in my place see how I truly feel.
See how I truly see you
See that this love isn’t just temporarily
Still may God bless you, I wish you nothing but that best.
My brain it’s sending that message,
it’s time too cold those feelings,
it’s time to really see
It’s time to be selfish for once
It’s time to be on balance
It’s that really possible for a Libra?
Don’t know time to figure it out
One thing to keep in mind
I really gave it my all, as a friend and as a lover
No regrets so take it all
There is nothing left
I do keep my promises
So I will remain here
You could lean on me when in need of a friend
I will follow my dreams
I won’t look back
I dare myself to stop suffering and give me a chanceTo really beme
Explore my world and find something new
I dare you to love me
I dare you to be oneself
I dare you my dear to stop being that victim of your own choice
I dare to give yourself the push that you need to go for your dreams and accomplish your goals.
Forget the entire castle made out of sandThey easily destroy.
Be on that path to your happiness
I dare you to love me
I dare you to be free
Have me on your mind
And give me your best
You and only you be on my mind
It’s time to take care of yourself
And give it your all
I dare you to love me
You are the key to your own success,
we been here before
You could have it all
Just free yourself and forget that past
I dare you to love me
I’m here
Your reflection in that mirror
I dare you to love me…
Like, o.m.g.
why are they creepin’ behind me?
I know I’m all that and totally amazing.
But these stalkers are really just crazy!
It was just one night,
that gave them such delight.
I can’t help it if they want my body,
this perfection isn’t for just anybody.
I love it when they take my picture,
especially when pulling down my zipper.
But stay away from my personal life
it’s not so easy living in the spotlight.
Visions of Color
Magnificent orbs bob up and down
Splashes of vibrant hues
Scarlet
Ivory
Lavender
Ebony
Tangerine
Held aloft with delicate silver ribbons
In one swift move
Children release the strings
Filling the sky with color
Sending their wishes to Heaven