**One thing left to say....

[LavenderMenace]

Am I to blame

If I wont face your grave

maybe my mind's deceiving me

but i think you took the easy way out

you left me standing there empty handed

as soon as you put the gun in your mouth

so please dont keep on asking if there's something wrong...

a little older, a little wiser

with every breathe I learn a little more

enough blood in my eyes

call it what you will

call it suicide

disregard how you feel

I'm just freeing my mind

clench my teeth as I sleep...

Am I to blame, if i wont speak her name

If i wont face her grave

[loch]

i had no idea it's open mic poetry reading night. k, my turn:

"i stand,

and i feel,

a drop,

land on my hand.

rain?

i look up.

i look down.

i look at my hand.

nope.

bird shit."

--mark, interludes bbs

(sorry, just wanted to inject some comic relief)

[echostar]

i dont have any poetry...but shannon how was the party?

[bLizAnci]

Originally posted by lavendermenace

Am I to blame

If I wont face your grave

maybe my mind's deceiving me

but i think you took the easy way out

you left me standing there empty handed

as soon as you put the gun in your mouth

so please dont keep on asking if there's something wrong...

a little older, a little wiser

with every breathe I learn a little more

enough blood in my eyes

call it what you will

call it suicide

disregard how you feel

I'm just freeing my mind

clench my teeth as I sleep...

Am I to blame, if i wont speak her name

If i wont face her grave

life of agony....

Catch me if I fall

I'm losing hold

I can't just carry on this way

And every time

I turn away

Lose another blind game

The idea of perfection holds me

Suddenly I see you change

Everything at once

The same

But the mountain never moves

Rape me like a child

Christened in blood

Painted like an unknown saint

There's nothing left but hope

Your voice is dead

And old

And always empty

Trust in me through closing years

Perfect moments wait

If only we could stay

Please

Say the right words

Or cry like the stone white clown

And stand forever

Lost forever in a happy crowd

No one lifts their hands

No one lifts their eyes

Justified with empty words

The party just gets better and better

I went away alone

With nothing left

But faith

some depressing shit.....but there is always...faith.

[Xpander]

I woke the same as any other day

Except a voice was in my head

It said seize the day, pull the trigger, drop the blade

And watch the rolling heads

The day I tried to live

I stole a thousand beggar's change

And gave it to the rich

The day I tried to win

I dangled from the power lines

And let the martyrs stretch

Singing...

One more time around

Might do it

One more time around

Might make it

One more time around

Might do it

One more time around

The day I tried to live

Words you say never seem

To live up to the ones

Inside your head

The lives we make

Never seem to ever get us anywhere

But dead

I woke the same as any other day you know

I should have stayed in bed

And I learned that I was a liar

Just like you

--Soundgarden "The Day I Tried to Live"

[thehacker]

Cat's in the Cradle

by Harry Chapin (lyrics by Sandra Chapin).

My child arrived just the other day,

He came to the world in the usual way.

But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay.

He learned to walk while I was away.

And he was talking 'fore I knew it, and as he grew,

He'd say, "I'm gonna be like you, dad.

You know I'm gonna be like you."

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,

Little boy blue and the man in the moon.

"When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when,

But we'll get together then.

You know we'll have a good time then."

My son turned ten just the other day.

He said, "Thanks for the ball, dad, come on let's play.

Can you teach me to throw?" I said, "Not today,

I got a lot to do." He said, "That's ok."

And he walked away, but his smile never dimmmed,

Said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah.

You know I'm gonna be like him."

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,

Little boy blue and the man in the moon.

"When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when,

But we'll get together then.

You know we'll have a good time then."

Well, he came from college just the other day,

So much like a man I just had to say,

"Son, I'm proud of you. Can you sit for a while?"

He shook his head, and he said with a smile,

"What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys.

See you later. Can I have them please?"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,

Little boy blue and the man in the moon.

"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when,

But we'll get together then, dad.

You know we'll have a good time then."

I've long since retired and my son's moved away.

I called him up just the other day.

I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind."

He said, "I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time.

You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kid's got the flu,

But it's sure nice talking to you, dad.

It's been sure nice talking to you."

And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,

He'd grown up just like me.

My boy was just like me.

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,

Little boy blue and the man in the moon.

"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when,

But we'll get together then, dad.

You know we'll have a good time then."

[trancebaby]

An old man turned ninety-eight

He won the lottery and died the next day

It's a black fly in your Chardonnay

It's a death row pardon two minutes too late

Isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day

It's a free ride when you've already paid

It's the good advice that you just didn't take

Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly

He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye

He waited his whole damn life to take that flight

And as the plane crashed down he thought

"Well isn't this nice..."

And isn't it ironic... don't you think

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

When you think everything's okay and everything's going right

And life has a funny way of helping you out when

You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up

In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late

A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break

It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

It's meeting the man of my dreams

And then meeting his beautiful wife

And isn't it ironic... don't you think

A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out

Helping you out

Ironic by Alanis Morisette

[bigpoppanils]

A pregnancy test when you're already late

A no-cumming sign on your bathroom break

It's like ten thousand condoms when all you need is a pill

It's meeting the man of my dreams

And then fucking his beautiful wife

And isn't it ironic... don't you think

A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...

its like cum on your sheets after washing day

its a free blowjob when youve already paid

its the good advice that you just didnt take

and who would of thought, he fingers!

-the xxx version of ironic

i need help

[Xpander]

morning smiles

like the face of a newborn child

innocent, unknowing

winter's end

promises of a long lost friend

speaks to me of comfort

wind in time

rapes the flower trembling on the vine

and nothing yields to shelter it from above

they say temptation will destroy our love

the never ending hunger

but I fear

I have nothing to give

I have so much to loose here in this lonely place

tangled up in our embrace

there's nothing I'd like better than to fall.....