Chewing On Glass…

Author: chewingonglass

  • Something Different…

    Of Something That Doesn’t Matter If no one knows you’ve read itDo the words even matter or what they saidFrustration is sinking inAll the technologies broke againThe simplest tasks don’t seem so simpleDriving me under…Why is this the only way things can end?Pushing harder against the skinWhy is no plan…

  • The Most Serious Job… At The Most Serious Time…

    A lighthouse in the distance desertMy coffin is buried in a sea somewhereWatching life from the edge of a cliffIt only goes down hill from hereCan’t seem to find my current place in thisAm I the sea or the edge of the cliff?Out of body experience metaphorsAren’t what anyone should…

  • Trying Real Hard… Not To Be Extra…

    Uncomfortable with the thoughtThe idea that any of thisCould actually mean more than I sayUncomfortable with the thoughtThe idea that I’m okay with any of itMy death doesn’t mean as much to meAs the thought of losing you to timeUncomfortable with the thoughtThe idea that I won’t be hereUntil the…

  • The View…

    “Help.” Each letter reverberating against the stone walls that surround him. “Help. Help,” he repeats one syllable at a time. “Help,” he says once more into rocks and dirt, confident that this time it will mean more than the last. “There’s isn’t anyone coming to help. Will you please shut…

  • The Voices Said It Couldn’t Be Done… And Yet Here We Are…

    Defeat is the mother of inventionsIf that were true Edison wouldn’tHave shit on meDeceit is the father of intentionsIf that were true you wouldn’tMean that much to mePutting it together isn’t the same as figuring it outLife doesn’t hold as much mystery with eyes closedBeing isn’t like trying… covering our…

  • Where Does That Leave Us?…

    Dancing in the shadows of the lightThe future comes to me in a visionThere is no fire, no brimstone to holdViolence built in our heads unknownA peace washes over what’s left of the bonesFlowers growing where your heart once restedWithout any of us maybe this could be homeSomething better than…

  • Justice Unserved…

    “It’s really easy when you think about it,” the man across from him says in a casual tone as he tries to get comfortable in the steel chair. “What is easy?” He asks. “The first kill, your first kill,” the prisoner across from him answers, hands folded in a prayer…

  • We Will Not Be Stopped… Unless You Ask…

    Closed off from my own mindNot sure what to say about anythingHistory is passed down by the victorsWhen the information was limited by platformAll the talking heads say the same shitYou’re fucked and get used to itClosed off from the rest of youNot sure what to say about anythingOpinion is…

  • Much Darker Than I Intended…

    Keeping a journal of my darkest thoughtsHasn’t been as cathartic as I thoughtA recollection of my own bullying ideasBeating myself into compliancyHasn’t really been the best for meListening to thoughts I haven’t heard in a whileRemembering this isn’t how I used to be…Only what I have allowed myself to becomeIf…

  • I Don’t Know But It’s Been Said…

    “This is my first time in the big city.” The clerk hands him his change with a blank stare. There is no contempt or concern that anything living or dead is standing in front of her at this moment. She stands motionless from the other side of the glass. “I…