Saturday, November 19, 2011

A Freestyle Piece: Nothing's Ever New to You - 11/19/11

"Nothing's ever new to you. You spend the day jaded, spend the night faded, all while dreaming of what the right man would do to you. In the meantime, you continue selling dreams, buying favors, and bartering your essence for money and glasses of over-priced effervescence. Nothing's ever new to you. How is anyone supposed to get through to you when you only let your guard down when the risk is greater than the reward? Russian Roulette is not a game for the heart, but if pain makes you feel better, and neglect makes you feel important, logic was a non-factor from the start. Your values are warped...you don't even understand yourself. Anything other than confusion would be an intrusion into your mental maelstrom though. That's why I'm letting this go. You're not even completely honest with yourself, so why would I be true to you? Just another good guy leaving you alone. Nothing's ever new to you. That's the problem; waiting on someone new while you still have the same old mindset."

-A. Lewis

2 comments:

  1. this was beautiful. the rawness of this poem is what drew me in. i started following your blog after i read your blog on troy davis. you are very talented. i would appreciated it if you read my blog and gave me feed back. but even if you don't keep writing and i will definately keep reading.

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  2. Thank you very much for reading, it is greatly appreciated! I will definitely read your blog as well and give you feedback.

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