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Refugee
by Max Burchett


I met a man, homeless he said.
Home was wherever he stood.
He had no house, no doors, no locks,
As long as there were sidewalks,
That was his bed.
There he laid his head.

Every day I see, wondering what to do.
...

Please, will you Give me something to believe in, not this original sin? I was hoping you could give me something more potent than this drink in my hand. Hell, I'm no stranger in the crowd. They have seen my face before, so why can't they see every...

Speak with passion. Speak with the truth. No matter what it is, spinning those lies that hold you down will never allow you to be. Please do not raise your voice, use those words of choice, do not give into their foolish ways that put the look of...

What a great surprise I had when I opened my well-rested mind and eyes. SHH, can you, my sweet lines, keep my very new, never worn secret? I fell in love today, not the kind that you read or see in the movies or the kind that has you crying your...

She said it scares you looking me in my eyes because you see yourself inside. She said you gave me life, and I do not want to see you die again she said every girl needs her mom, but you, Dad, are my hero, but most importantly, my first love and...

I find myself getting lost in memories that are no longer in existence. I find myself lying on this grave with flowers and a bottle in my mouth. Why does it rain every time I die? I promise never again.

Like some romantic novels, there are...

I no longer want to strip myself down for you doing everything you want me to do like I was some two-dollar whore. I no longer want to feel this way, but you will always be my lover and know the sweetest of words to say

I no longer want to stand...

There once was a beautiful child,
Her parents very dutiful and fond,
But they both needed to,
Run the race of life,
So they would decide,
Whose turn it was daily,
To babysit the child,
Sometimes by mutual consent,
Or else by toss of a...

Why are thou like this?
So perfect in every step ,
Thy movements personifying
A passion not known before

Yet thy has not done justice to thyself
and the people who aspire to reach you
If you close the eyes and concentrate
at that one point...

Gone are the days

when hope used to rise

with the early rays of the sun

the night seems to give shelter

from the cruel truths of the day

not a day passes without

the feeling of mounting despondency

and wishful thinking akin to a...

Each day…
I wish

  I could Be….somebody else

 


  This.

  loneli-

  ness…. Has entrapped me

And the dawn broke

  It broke

  ...

The Debutante

Life without friends
is empty and bleak.
like the pit of quicksand
That they all gather round
sitting,

staring,


  ...watching me sink.

Not a cry,

  nor a yelp
seem able,
...

Inside there is a rising storm,
A simple task I must perform.
Though years have passed since last I did,
I swore this thing I would forbid.

Now things have changed and do I must
I hope my instinct I can trust.
Deep breath I take before the...

Moe jumped in the car
And his dad closed the door
A ride to the park
Was all he lived for.
He was armed with his ball
But something didn't feel good...
In the back was his bed
And the rest of his food.

Moe thought of his buddy
Old 'Rinny...

I watched her Fragile Spirit tear, like ancient, sun-scorched lace
I remember tracing the battle-scars, across her weathered face
They reminded me of riverbeds, dried up remnants from the past
Meandering through dark corridors, of things that...

These lift me through the airy height
(These wings acquired through a night),
Into a foreign world above
Of light and warmth and truth and love.

What seems a dream are days gone by
When I knew nothing of the sky—
Just toil on an earthly bed...

Beneath the skies of goddess Nuit
There lies my passion's sole pursuit—
It's her, whose soul is beauty's claim,
A Nubian of Pharaoh's name:

Beauteous Nefertiti, hail!
Arise, my love, leave crook and flail,
And let us from this palace flee,
...

Twice or thrice had I loved thee,
Before I knew thy face or name;
So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame,
Angels affect us oft, and worshipped be;
Still when, to where thou wert, I came,
Some lovely glorious nothing I did see.
But since my...

Looking for that little bit of something to get me through the day, I opened my eyes this morning thankful but hating what they had to say. there is just too much going on and I do not care for what is being written inside the walls of their...

These summer nights so frequently remind me of winter dreams. I always found comfort inside the bottle clenched inside my empty hands; it's hard to understand if you were born a simple man, but people like me like to sail wild and accessible on the...

Lately, I have been hiding inside the things that use to scare me while embracing the darkness and walking through the shadows, I am still a little fucked up yet I am trying to spread my love and light.

I am looking inside the moment while...

Who is it that seeks me knowing I am the one on the journey to the truth? the hunter becomes hunted while we all become haunted. they think they are my assassins but they do not have a quiet mind the noise of their thoughts is a dead give away so I...

I speak and search for the truth. Inside words and eyes, the things that I say are so damn loud that they shake bones and wake up the living and non-living dead. There was a time when I used to care whose feathers. I ruffled and what bridges I...

I did not believe that I could be loved or find love again
then you came along humming that angelic song,
You have become my lover and best friend we hold the secrets of each other that no one we ever told.

 
There are those days that we will...

The phone does not ring at all
tonight I will not expect you to call
I can apologize for my words and staring at another girl's tits and ass but I swear to you she means nothing to me look the pages are not even sticky
I can say that I am sorry...

Words touch the soul no matter how you care to hear them. the sentences that I drop down to these pages are meant for those who need to know it is all going to be ok yes right now life is hard it is not making any type of fucking sense. I am sorry...

When you are ready, meet me
Where we can share our pains
With no more blame
no more regret
no more anguish.

When you are ready, meet me
Where we can tell our good memories
With no more heartaches
No more arguments
No more tears.

When...

If you choose to be around those who are wise
Your future will be far from surprise
For those that you learn from, you can never forget
Knowledge and strength is something you will get

If you choose to be around those who lack ambition
Then...

Depression, Anxiety, Abandonment, Homelessness, Addiction
The pain of living without a home
The struggles of addiction and feeling so alone
The fear of being abandoned, the sorrow that it brings
The overwhelming sense of depression that nothing...

After the storm, the rumble
Of thunder fades,
Replaced by the whisper
Of raindrops on rooftops.

I am hanging on to the words
That slipped from your lips
Like petals falling
From a dying flower.

The world spins on,
Oblivious
To the...

Even though you left this world
There will always be a part here
For you are here in my heart
You will always hold a special place

So I do know for sure is
I will miss you more each day
This world won’t be the same
For each day that...

Maybe next time I’ll know better
Maybe I’ll never feel the same
Every moment was red letter
But it was all just apart of your...

I always wait; procrastinate.
It happens all the time.
I seldom do and follow through
My plans, an uphill climb.

When will concern help me to learn
That timeliness is good?
I must try hard to be on guard
And do the things I should.

...

I can’t believe you’re gone
I love you so much.
But perhaps my love
Just wasn’t enough.
You just moved on
And walked away.
It took everything in me
Not to beg you to stay.
Though things change
I can’t forget the past.
I prayed so many...

I can not, could not and won't,
Belong to you and others too.
I'm not a toy to be played,
A game everyday unchanged to play.
I'm not your toy to enjoy.
Awaiting to be annoyed.
Hoping while I pray to be your victim.
Not me!

I too live to...

There is no Mountain high enough to keep me away from you and there is no river wide enough to keep me from Crossing to see you, just know that My Love Will Always Remain, just know that my love is as far as any sea and wide as any ocean and that it...

A picture I can paint for you
Without a canvas near.
No tint or color come to view,
Yet magic will appear.

For those who let their minds take flight
And travel night and day,
A poet helps their second sight
In fascinating ways.

Come make...

In the realm of dreams, where words take flight,
Where emotions dance in the softest light,
Let me weave a tapestry, a verse so fine,
To capture the essence of moments divine.

In twilight's embrace, as stars ignite,
A symphony of whispers...

I felt lost
No direction in which to choose
Unsure, lonely and afraid
Walls so high to keep myself safe

I met you
We talked, we fought
I tried to
Run away from you
But you stayed
I pushed you away as a safety net
You stayed , told me...

It’s me and NJH my little man on the couch. We are playing the switch a game called Ori. you are a creature of light that fights against the darkness creeping creatures . Anyway he turns to me and says daddy is this real. Is this a dream. The game...

I await the hands of Fate
to shape and mold me through the years
I feel the strain of each subtle change
preparing for laughter or tears

I hear the bells in the chapel knell
across the hills of the country parish
and I stand nude for a...

I must allow myself to like mission impossible message destruct to feel these feelings of melancholy that I feel for you deep inside of my withering heart

I must be knocked down and torn apart
I allowed you like a raccoon in the middle of the...

I am not sleeping. My mind is racing like a locomotive, and these goddamn voices keep getting louder, taking away the moments that I feel proud, and I refuse to look down at that bottle that they say holds the key to happiness while making me feel...

Music has the power to heal and mend a broken heart.
Whether a single note or a gentle strum of a guitar.
Music allows us to pour out every hurt and anguish
Our hearts have been feeling into a beautiful melody.

Music has the power to take...

I finally told my story, an act of bravery.
I unlocked a cage, I didn’t realize I was trapped in.
As the words poured out of me,
I felt as if I was watching at a dove soar away towards the horizon,
Feeling lighter with every beat of his...

He emerged beyond my gloomy face
Accepted my flaws and insecurities.
He embraced me wholly and confidently,
With no hesitations or impurities.

He loves me like a graceful swan,
True, elegant, and phenomenal.
His unwavering commitment,
His...

“Unrecognizable” the headline screams
Heckling the latest actress who dares to show her face in public
Code for old, fat, or changed by plastic surgery
How dare she have laugh lines and forehead creases
Or cover those “flaws” with fillers
Look!...

Unrequited
Love
Where are you?
I look for you
Nowhere to be found
Nobody
Knows
Where my sweetest
Of my heart
The dream woman
Who came my way
By some prophetic chance
With her I wanted to dance
Even though I don't know
How
I'll let her lead
I don't...

Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie track
I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black.
I suppose I've passed it a hundred times, but I always stop for a minute
And look at the house, the tragic house, the house with nobody...