Category: 🗝️ From the Vault

Fate lined pathscovered with bloodcircus clowntumbling downdays dawnnights comethe Fate Treeis barrenstumbling downthe pathI have chosenthe Fate Treeis brokentumblingstumblingbumblingfallingfading againthe…

optimism highshot down lowfear, fate, and liesdarkness comescare surpriseloathingand groaningdaydream’s dreamnight comesso sweetlyall disappearsnever moving forwardstasis of the mindcantrip calliopenightmare’s…

I won’t give upAnd I won’t give inI’ll push myselfPast any limits I’ll tryAnd tryAnd try some moreI’ll be my…

I’ll take my chancesIn this lifeSuccess will be worth the strifeI’ll stand up for what is rightNow is the time…

Stand up for what you believeWho cares what anyone thinksOr has to sayYou are brave enoughto speak your mindthey are…

Wedding vowsBeautiful gownsTorn apartBroken heartThrough sicknessI will desert youAnd in healthI will use youTill death do us partIf I don’t…

One nation under godThat is the biggest fraudIndivisibleThough we kill each otherWith libertyWe cannot speak our mindWe cannot be ourselvesAnd…

Welfare reform is new to usWe tried to argueAnd we tried to fussBut, now it is decidedEverything’s one-sidedNo one wants…

Everywhere I goI see themThey’ve got all the moneyThey’ve got all the powerThere are people on the streetsNo one caresThere…

The man with no nameLies on the cold, cold groundThe man who has no homeThe man who has nothingTo them…

I believe this was written in October of 1992, when I was twelve, shortly after my second cousin was born…

I do not claim adept early poetry, but this is the earliest surviving piece — and perhaps my first. After…