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PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Biz Bit: A follow up to Getting Lucky. A piece written about its upcoming sequel: The Sprinter's Saga Part 2: The Best in the Biz

Best in the Biz
I'm made of bloody bruises
A man who never loses
His mind or his soul
Got total self control
Strike like a snake
As fear makes you quake
As life leaves your eyes
You will realize

Out of the dark
The true demon dwells
Hides in the light
To send you to hell
There is no escape
Your fear just says that there is
You can't run or hide
From the best in the biz

Your armies will fall
I'll cut through them all
Put your guards in the ground
Without a single sound
With a blade and a grin
Your demise will begin
I'll kill your closest friend
And right before the end

I'll give you a chance
To choose to fly or to fight
You know my bark
Is nicer than my bite
There's a truth hidden here
You know what it is
I can never ever die
Because I'm the best in the biz

Steel clashes with steel
Your anger revealed
Hell is coming fast
To put its foot in your ass
Put you down like a stray
On this my darkest day

Out of the dark
The true demon dwells
Hides in the light
To send you to hell
Nowhere to run, no place to hide
You know how it is
You can never escape
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Escape an Eternity
The sky starts to bleed
As the dead start to cry
You're left here to suffer
Without a reason why
You pray to the heavens
But know they didn't hear
Are you able to hold together
In the face of your fear

You run and you try to fight
Lost in this forever night
You can't win, their numbers grow
You're the star in the devil's show
You want to leave but its way too late
This eternity you can never escape

You hear their bloody cries
Outside in the streets
You hide in the darkness
And prolong your defeat
You look to the heavens
Ask to just see the day
Because you know that in hell
You can never get away

You run and you try to fight
Lost in this forever night
You can't win, their numbers grow
You're the star in the devil's show
You want to leave but its way too late
This eternity you can never escape

The sky turns to flame
As you let out a cry
Wonder why you've been left
To suffer and to die
You curse at the the heavens
And do so without fear
You ask why they hate you
And why they left you here

You ran and tried to fight
But couldn't survive the night
Their numbers grew, but you can win
Because you'll go out with a grin
Eat a bullet before its too late
A monster eternity you will escape
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

(Oyvay my internet is running like crap since that wind storm blew it out yesterday!)

So it took me some time to get these pages up to respond to this. But it was worth it cause I really liked both a lot.

Only word of advice and its just feedback, mind: Because you'll go out with a grin

Try changing Because to 'cause in this case. I think it might improve the flow a bit.

Otherwise, excellent work. You're paying closer and closer attention to such details and its making your poetry come across very professionally. Additionally, it impressive how you are so able to take your basic plots and convert them into a vague overview via poetry - very intriguing work bizzy!
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Battle of the Ages
A black beast rises from a frozen battleground
It lets out a scream its such a terrible sound
It thrashes about waiting for its enemy to arrive
Preparing to wage war for this, the very final time
Lightning cracks the sky as the hero doth appear
And he knows full and well that he may fall right here

So he let out a battle cry
As he let his hammer come crushing
A fire burns inside
Like Niagara, his blood is rushing
It’s a battle of strength it’s a battle of wills
Between two arch-enemies
They’ll fight till the end, when they’re burning in Hel
For all eternity

Thunder rips apart the sky with every single blow
Our hero stands tall, surrender a word he doesn’t know
His eyes burn a fiery red as this battle continues to rage
Making sure that this is a battle for the ages
The hero cries out, bloody hatred upon his breath
Determined to make the demon beg for death

So he let out a battle cry
As he let his hammer come crushing
A fire burns inside
Like Niagara, his blood is rushing
It’s a battle of strength it’s a battle of wills
Between two arch-enemies
They’ll fight till the end, when they’re burning in Hel
For all eternity

The hero finally delivers a finishing blow
But the beast is poisonous to his very soul
The hero suffers a price for his mighty win
As the creatures venom sinks in
The hero takes nine steps before he falls
Now they’ll sing his name in the halls

Because he'll never let out another battle cry
As he falls into the snow
His fire has finally died inside
Now he's so very cold
It was a battle of wills both won and lost
Because both enemies fell
And at the end of this Norse holocaust
We'll all do time in Hel
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Biz Bit: Tis was a theme for the first slasher flick I was gonna write. That project is now more. But the piece still exists. Enjoy!

Love You to Death
The darkened moon calls to me
Leading me to your door
Filling my head with thoughts of you
And I know I must have more
My heart whispers to my mind
Speaking in many tongues
Compelling me to hold on to you
Until the last breath leaves your lungs

And then I'll still be by your side
As I lay you to rest
I'll watch as you are lowered down
And drop a rose upon your breast
I'll hold on to you tightly
Even past your dying breath
Because its a simple fact, my darling
I love you to death

You tell me that you don't love me
But I know its only lies
You're just playing a little hard to get
I see it in your eyes
You tell how much you hate me
But I know your love is deep
Why else would you leave your window open
So I can watch you sleep

Your eyes flicker in slumber
And I know you dream of me
And how you and I are destined
For one long shared eternity
Your love is disguised
Behind the fear on your breath
But you know just as well as I
That I'll love you to death

So just surrender to your instincts
Give in to what is right
Take your place in my arms
And, darling I'll make your night
You'll come to understand your feelings
And I'll be here when you suffer hell
But you must see, if you won't be with me
You can't be with anyone else

I'll still be by your side
As I lay you to rest
I'll watch as you are lowered down
And drop a rose upon your breast
Your love is disguised
Behind the fear on your breath
But you know just as well as I
That I'll love you to death

Your eyes flicker in slumber
And I know you dream of me
And how you and I are destined
For one long shared eternity
I'll hold on to you tightly
Even past your dying breath
Because its a simple fact, my darling
I love you to death
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

love these, Bizzy. =) as always. keep up the good work!!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That first one - the battle between Thor and the Midgaard Serpent! Nicely done! (And no, I wouldn't have needed the Norse reference to realize that. Aside from the spelling of Hel,
Quote:
The hero finally delivers a finishing blow
But the beast is poisonous to his very soul
The hero suffers a price for his mighty win
As the creatures venom sinks in
The hero takes nine steps before he falls
Now they’ll sing his name in the halls

gave enough away for me Wink I would almost have preferred to have forgone the Norse reference entirely as a result. But I can see why it was there. Not all would know Ragnarok lore quite as intimately and it may have pointed them in the right direction.

Quote:
And he knows full and well that he may fall right here
This was a 'he' that I found could apply to either one - was it supposed to apply to the hero or the demon?

So yeah, as a subject matter, especially, you couldn't possibly go wrong in my book!


The second:
Laughing I literally laughed darkly at this one. heh heh. Great attention to rhyme and rhythm in that one. And the message, as twisted as it was, was completely brilliant to have expressed. Here's to the understanding that what we write isn't always exactly what we feel but sometimes is simply a drastic exaggeration for the fun of it: drunk
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dreaming of Angels

All of my life all I knew was hate
I was a scared young man mad at fate
Tired of all this pain that i've felt
Hating this hand of life i've been dealt
Then I met you, had a taste of bliss
Finally felt Lady Luck's savory kiss
Then cupid struck, fast and hard
And I swore never would we be apart

Even though I was just a devil dreaming of angels
A blind man stuck in the light
Not remotely deserving of your beauty
Yet somehow it feels just right
You have shown me an incredible mercy
By coming to a devil like me
Will you hold me close and just promise
That you'll never ever leave

Time flew by at the speed of light
Feelings appeared that I tried to fight
If I were to act, things wouldn't be the same
My blood rushed whenever I heard your name
I always said that there would be another day
I didn't know that you would ever go away

Because I was just a devil dreaming of angels
A blind man craving the light
Never deserved a single ounce of your mercy
As you gave me back my sight
I should have known that no good ever lasts
For devils and demons like me
An angel by a demon, you wouldn't go on your own
So the gods finally mad you leave

Now I'm just a monster stuck in the shadows
Of my own personal angel
Fate longed to tear you away from my side
So it left me to dangle
Tore you from my grasp because happiness
Can't befall bastards like me
One day I'll claw my way back to your side
And I promise that I will never ever leave
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can only pray this one's more for the archives than current...

Nicely expressed Bizzy!
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Organize Your Chaos
After the sun sets
Before a blood moon falls into the sky
Chaos rules your thoughts
Draining you of all of your life
Eternity calls you
Filling your mind with a dozen lies
Glances of heaven’s gate when
Hell is all that you’ll know in a matter of time

Tell yourself that this isn’t real
Tell yourself that you know I’m wrong
Tell yourself that you’re not going mad
And your road to salvation ain’t that long
Tell everyone that you’re really OK
And that you are honestly doing fine
As you organize your chaos
To try and save your mind

I see you fight
Jabbing at an enemy that no one can see
Killing all of your demons
Letting them know that you can never be beat
Mighty is your cause
Noble is your fight as you struggle to be free
Of this nasty fate of
Perishing at the hands of all of you enemies

Tell yourself that this isn’t real
Tell yourself that you know I’m wrong
Tell yourself that you’re not going mad
And your road to salvation ain’t that long
Tell everyone that you’re really OK
And that you are honestly doing fine
As you organize your chaos
To try and save your mind

Quietly you start
Retreating into the depths of your own fear
Silently backing down
Telling yourself you must be away from here
Until your fight no longer
Vexes you so and your mind is once again clear
When your demons never
X-ray your thoughts just to see your tears
You scream for salvation but
Zero tolerance is all that you can hear

Tell yourself that this isn’t real
Tell yourself that you know I’m wrong
Tell yourself that you’re not going mad
And your road to salvation ain’t that long
Tell everyone that you’re really OK
And that you are honestly doing fine
As you organize your chaos
To try and save your mind
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Biz Bit: Couldn't post on Father's Day so here's my tribute to the holiday.

Eviscerate the Desperate
I stare into the glass upon the wall
At the image of perfected blasphemy that I call my own
I can't help but growl, knowing
That somewhere there, you are hidden
A birthmark that none but I know exist
Something I know is there but is impossible to see

My fist flies, quick and free
A finger fingered device bent on sheer destruction
My image shatters and a frustrated smile befalls my lips
As my fingers continue on their conquest
A conquest of self destructive self-preservation

They clutch a shard and
Send it straight into my forearm
Sending a violent scream to the uncaring heavens
The walls shake from my roar as I drag up
Crimson life flowing fresh and free from its newfound exit

I extract the makeshift blade for an eternity filled moment
Before thrusting it in through my ribs
Warm crimson spills forth, dying my hand
The same color as the precious liquid I now despise
I bellow your name as once again
As I continue to carve myself like a thanksgiving meal
Desperate to carve out the chromosome
That you have bestowed upon me

The genetic monstrosity that poisons my blood
With every second of my existence
I yell to the gods once again, begging them
To show you the same punishment I give to myself
The sentence that I deliver upon my body
In retaliation, for the sin that I call my worst offence
Having you as a father
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Torture You Well

The creaking of the walls
The screaming in my floors
The twisted little tune just plays
Until I can't listen anymore
It tells me of my own psychosis
How my self-defense is obscene
Day in and day out I hear them all
They speak up as I start to scream

So they tighten my restraints
Make me hear what they say

Don't fight back
We're only here to help you out
Do you know
What your sickness is really about
Just lay back
You're so sick, it's easy to tell
Don't you worry
We're gonna torture you well

The whiteness of the walls
and the smell of my straps
Blur the vision in all of my
Forced dreams in sedative naps
I can't cry because my tear ducts
Are as dead as the soul they took from me
So I lay in wait for the phantoms of all
the living nightmares I'm forced to see

Please loosen my restraints
I alread know what you're gonna say

Don't fight back
We're only here to help you out
Do you know
What your sickness is really about
Just lay back
You're so sick, it's easy to tell
Don't you worry
We're gonna torture you well

I don't fight
I know there's know way I'm gonna survive
I don't know
How my madness is just being able to be alive
I don't sleep
Because I can't block out the lies that they tell
I don't worry
Because they're gonna murder me well
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I liked all these and was quite glad you reminded me of them by posting that last one.

I think the last was my favorite too. (The only niggle was a line where you said 'know' when you meant 'no': I know there's know way I'm gonna survive )

It seems to be a comment on our society more than the obvious 'i'm a guy being tortured to death' statement (to me anyhow.) And THAT makes it rather profound really.

Anyhow, always love your poetry when I find the time for it Bizzy Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After-Life Sentence
Voices echo through the halls
From someone that I can't see
Their footsteps bounce off the concrete
I know that they're coming for me
They reach out to pull me down
Shadow hands that start to suffocate
Beckon me to join them down in the darkness
Down in the hole I will forever stay

Cuz here the dead are never quiet
Fueled by unbridled rage
And the blood spilled in a riot
They smile as you come in the entrance
Cuz now they've got company
In their after-life sentence

They scream and they shout
As they relive their final stands
They choke, fight, scratch and bite
Denfending themselves the best they can
Look to the north, up in the tower
There sits the mastermind two
Go on up, feel free to say hello
I'm sure that they will welcome you

Here the dead are never quiet
Fueled by unbridled rage
And the blood spilled in a riot
They smile and refuse to give repentance
They are perfectly fine serving
Their forever after-death sentence

Way out back in Montana way
Is a home to those who've gone away
Tis a prison of mortar, blood and stone
You'll enter by yourself but won't be alone
Men lurk in the shadows, begging you to stay
See how long you last when the spirits come to play
Try to stay the night and see if you can survive
But, tempt those within and you won't come out alive

Cuz here the dead are never quiet
Fueled by unbridled rage
And the blood spilled in a riot
They smile and refuse to give repentance
They are perfectly fine serving
Their forever after-death sentence

Here the dead are never quiet
Fueled by unbridled rage
And the blood spilled in a riot
They smile and refuse to give repentance
They are perfectly fine serving
Their after-life sentence
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey b! Will catchup on this as well as a number of other things on the site throughout the rest of the week. I figured I had limited time to write and more time later to read so I'd better write... (been over a month and a half since my last chapter and I had been keeping an every 2 weeks schedule up til now... ugh...)
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Proverbial Silver
You shoot me in the leg at the start of the race
Forcing me to claw my way up to second place
There's no honor in silver, just the glory of gold
Its the one thing I crave but know I can never hold
The only way I manage to win is to run unopposed
I get a pat on the back, that's just the way it goes
You shake my hand, wish me luck for the next time
Right before I get kicked right to the back of the line

What do I have to do to finally win
All this losing is starting to erode my grin
I congratulate you when you should say it to me
When will the spotlight finally come and be mine to see
Please answer me before I completely lose my mind
Tell me why victory is so damn hard to find


You get another medal, its one more that you don't need
I stand in the dark and stew in my deserved envy and greed
I work my fingers to the bone even when I hear them crack
I keep on pushing because for me there's no going back
Yet no matter how hard I try I can never seem to get ahead
Even when I surrender rest, knowing that I'll sleep when I'm dead
Instead I get beaten down and trampled straight into the dust
But I get right back up with the hope life will prove to be just

What do I have to do to finally win
All this losing is starting to erode my grin
I congratulate you when you should say it to me
When will the spotlight finally come and be mine to see
Please answer me before I completely lose my mind
Tell me why a victory is so damn hard to find

Time and time, I try and capture an ounce of glory
Yet time and time again, I always seem to fail
Maybe success is something that's just not for me
There is no happy ending at the end of my fairy tale
Instead, I always seem to be just one step behind
I'll never manage to make it to the front of the pack
Getting help from Lady Luck would be just too kind
Instead, she'll see that I'm always held at the back

What do I have to do to finally win
All this losing is starting to erode my grin
I congratulate you when you should say it to me
When will the spotlight finally come and be mine to see
Please answer me before I completely lose my mind
Tell me why a victory is so damn hard to find
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quiet time in the early portion of the day is always the best to read poetry in. This was some good stuff Bizzy.

Though... that last one, while really good, makes me wonder about the source of its inspiration given the polling results on the most recent spotlight Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Runaway
A young girl sits in the back of the class
Thinking of how life is kicking her ass
Her daddy's a drunk and her mom's a bitch
They get their jollies from treating her like shit
they hit her and scream for every single mistake
It's pain that she knows she just shouldn't have to take
So she grabbed her things and then she ran
Seeking sanctuary somewhere across the land

Now she's a runaway
Doing whatever she must
To survive another day
Gone without good-bye
Going far far away from home
To save her own life
Her parents have nothing to say
They're too drunk and too damn proud to admit
That they miss their runaway

A young man sits at home, down on his luck
If he lives or dies, no one give a fuck
He sits in silence as tears stream down his face
Trying to resist suicide's tempting embrace
He's starting to lose sight of reasons to live
The world has spurned all he has to give
But he refuses to let it make him fall
He'll keep his life by leaving behind it all

To become a runaway
Doing whatever he can to
Keep himself sane
Running into the sun
Knowing that he has to
Look out for number one
Off to ecstacy another day
He'll make it through to the end
Now that he's a runaway

I felt the icy stare of an entire town
I'm the madman to be kicked around
It's just wrong when I fell great
Even if I can retaliate
Unwelcome because I took a stand
Against a self-righteous preacher man

Now I'm a runaway
Sometimes you have to
Run and get away
Do your best just to survive
Escape from the world, take a breath
And just close your eyes
It's not wrong to stand up and say
I've had enough of all of this shit
Fuck the world I'm a runaway
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Changes
Hey there stranger, do you know who I am?
Your best friend, worst enemy and a lion-like lamb
You beg for mercy when you've already had a taste
A blood red morning sunset is the object you chased
You mourn for a life you only wish you had
Can't say that you know sorrow when you've never been glad

Greetings, my friend, are you finally on your way
Riding toward the moon because the sun can't make you stay
You tell me you love me with your darkened demon heart
Because hate is too strong when secret keeper's part
You walk on a path you hope no one sees but you
Because you can't call it a lie, when you don't even know the truth

Hello again, cretin, I see your finally back
How long has it been since you've actually laughed
Are you sure your serious this time around
As in your pool of self-pity you start to drown
You hide in the darkness with a grimace and a gun
because you can't feel bad when you can't see what you've done

Goodbye, dear lover, I wish you only knew
How often I wonder if I could have saved you
I've fallen to my knees to make myself pray
Only to find I didn't know what to say
So I didn't cry for you at your sorrowful wake
Because the promise I made for you, you yourself did break
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Amazing poem biz! That said, it was clear message and it could pull a few heart strings into either directions, but it teaches also a lesson.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep, two more great poems there Biz! Thanks for sharing the pits of darkness in your heart... they truly are a beauty to behold when expressed in this manner.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can't Kill a Cowboy

You run your mouth and flash a grin
Cause you think you're an outlaw
You're untouchable, protected by sin
Too bad you're totally wrong
You come at me like a bullet from gun
With delusions that you can win
I'll shoot you down, take you out, son
Cause I'm the best there's ever been

You can't kill a cowboy
You can only slow him down
Go ahead and rough me up
I'll keep on coming around
No you can't beat a cowboy
Once he has you in his sights
Once the 12 Gauge is drawn,
You've already lost the fight

I'm filled to the brim, full of piss and whiskey
Take every single shot that you can
I know that every one will miss me
I'm bulletproof like Butch Cassidy or John Wayne
Kept strong by a steady stream of Jack
The brilliant burn takes away all of my pain
So I can bring you down like a heart attack

Because you can't kill a cowboy
When he has to much to say
Got the six-guns drawn and ready
To blow your sorry ass away
So go ahead and step up to me
If you have balls of steel
You brag about your outlaw state
When I'm the real deal

I've got blood on my boots, dirt on my brow
Black Tooth in my gut, ready for the showdown
As high noon comes I go for the gun at my hip
Fill you full of holes simply cause you gave me lip
As your body falls to the dirt, I smile my wicked smile
Loot your corpse and ride into the wind, laughing all the while


You can't kill a cowboy
You can only slow him down
Go ahead and rough me up
I'll keep on coming around
So go ahead and step up to me
If you have balls of steel
You brag about your outlaw state
When I'm the real deal
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, mirror
Tell me why do you laugh
Please, reflection
Will you just take me back
I can't, I can't
Seem to shake the nightmares
I'm stuck right here
Will you pull me over there

And will you save me from my shadow
Let me tell you things that I can't know
Dance with me down to the Rabbit Hole
Beat me down and then just steal my soul
Leave me alone, buried deep in the sand
Take me away into your madman's wonderland

Mirror, Mirror
Will you join me for high tea
We'll sip and sing
As my friends die to leave only me
Dear Reflection
Can you promise that I'll be OK
That I won't die
Until I've screamed all I can say

Then will you pull me into your dark
Cut up my face to get at my heart
We shall wine and dine at the Oyster's Cove
An talk of cabbages, kings and hells that we know
Shove me into the mud and then offer me your hand
Then drag me straight into your psycho's wonderland

Mirror, mirror
Will you cure me of all of my ills
Take away my breath
With hopes that I may be still
Honest Other Me
Will you kindly feed me their souls
Then we will leave
And watch the terror unfold

Then we will run and shatter the glass
Close our eyes and fade into the past
Run through your forest and into the mist
You'll turn to nothing with blood on your fist
I'll die while I sing like a sorrowful madman
Smile as I go, off to find my own wonderland
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mayhap some insights into your plot work on another tale? hmm?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My First Love

My first love dresses all in black
She's not afraid of the stone cold facts
I run to her as she calls my name
She doesn't give a damn that i'm insane
I love her with her teeth in my neck
Goddamn she is so complex

She lights her flame all over the world
Let's loose a scream, she's always heard
She's been from the gutter to the stars
She's always close, and she's never too far
She's the devil who makes me whole
All my life, I give her my soul

She's a leather clad godess with killer hair
She has a million armies everywhere
She pounds her fists in my ravaged brain
She makes it so I never have to complain
She's the voice that I always hear
No matter what, she's always near

She lights her flame all over the world
Let's loose a scream, she's always heard
She's been from the gutter to the stars
She's always close, and she's never too far
She's the devil who makes me whole
All my life, I give her my soul

My first love dresses all in black
She's not afraid of the stone cold facts
She's a leather clad godess with killer hair
She has a million armies everywhere
She doesn't give a damn that i'm insane
And heavy metal is her name
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PostPosted: Mon May 27, 2013 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last Night I dreamt
As most often do
It was so very vivid
I could've sworn it was true
I sat up and gazed around
At the morning in my home
A little voice whispered in my head
I was not alone
So I laid back down
I took a deep breath and then
Closed my eyes to think back
To the Dream and where I'd been

I sat alone with Van Gough
So I could watch him paint
His life splashed upon the canvas
So he could forget his pain
The world seemed to disappear
As he he sat with a brush in his hand
He wasn't called mad by a world
That refused to understand

I stood beside Hemingway
With a strong drink in my hand
He told me stories of his life
Of war, women and Cuban Land
A large smile sat on his face
As he spoke and forgot about his strife
I drank his scotch and thought
Could I be as great in my life

I laid beside Elizabeth Short
And I watched her as she lay
I heard her speak of fame and stardom
And that she would know it one day
With stars in her eyes, she told me
Her name would be known far and wide
And it pained me to know
That she'd be known for only the way she died

Then I sat back and gazed upon all three
With which I had shared my time
I took their words to heart
And stashed them within my mind
I could be like Van Gough
And focus my pain and fear onto the page
My blood is ink and I can wield it
Like some unholy Mage
I could be great like Hemingway
Forever destined to destroy myself
I could hit the top of the pile
And drown out the future with top shelf
I can be like The Dahlia
Forever dreaming of the day I'll be known
Chasing fame until the end
When my final fate is finally bestowed
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:06 am    Post subject: I Think. . . Reply with quote

I like that last batch, very. . . .In tune with me at the moment. Keep it up Biz-kun!
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 4:23 pm    Post subject: Hopes From A Survivor Reply with quote


Hopes From a Survivor

I hope your crucifix burns
When you grab it in your prayers
May a mark be left seared upon you
A symbol of the unseen scars left in your wake
You wear the symbol of a god but the things you do are unholy

I hope your friendship soured
With the grinning imp at your side
Who spews niceties as sweet as poisoned fruit
The one who made first contact with your adoring follower
Spreading her venom through lips and tongues to corrupt and condemn

I hope you remember
The bitter taste of your sins
The tense embrace as you took your turn
The trust you soiled, the bond you broke, the boy you defiled
The forever felt impact of your soft destruction of your own flesh and blood

I hope your son is safe
I pray he never suffers my fate
May he always just refer to you as Mother
Whereas once that I called you Hero, Goddess, Cousin
Now my mind has opened and I can hardly speak your name, Betrayer

I hope I can hate you
Your cruelty caused compassion
I forgot your deeds but not the after effects
I loved twice as hard for each shred of shame you left
Placed on the brink of darkness, I fought to keep others from falling over

I hope I forget again
Not out of fear or pain but peace
I pray that your touch fades from thought
I wish that your taste washes clean from my mouth
I want to not just forget what you have done but that you exist
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a hell of a poem, Biz. The way with each stanza it gets more specific, more personal, until it's about a particular person instead of a generalized being, really hit me.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Powerful af, wow. Really well written. And it's great to see you here, really missed you!
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's really good Bizzy! I like the way you've managed to make each verse the same 'pattern'.

And up to your usual cheery standards as well, but powerful stuff. Powerful stuff.

Nice to see you shambling about again too.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:13 am    Post subject: Organizing My Chaos Reply with quote

After allocating all my anarchy
Between bricks beset by bountiful boundaries
Crammed in cranial crannies to contain the chaos
Do I deserve to decompress from the darkness
Entertaining exhaustive emotions in the eventide

Falling far from fevered favor
Growing great gallons of grief in my grey matter
Hating how I feel either too harried or too hollow
Ignoring the imminent implosion I expect from insanity
Just jacking jolts of energy into my system

Killing kilobytes of caring by the kilo
Lying lifeless in low lighting
Mayhem makes for miserable moments
Noise keeps me numb and needy
Obsidian oblivion orders my obedience

People pass pursuing perpetuity in their passions
Quietly questing for quality quantifiable quaintness
Running when my uproar resumes its relentlessness
Some stay to offer solace and speak sympathies
Telling me to trust in their truths

Under cover of understanding, you are a universal upholder
Vanity makes vigorous attempts at valiance done in vain
Weathering my woes has made me weary and wary
X-rays can't extrapolate broken excuses or exceeded expectations
Yesteryear yells "You can't yank me from my uselessness!"
Zeal and zest have been zapped at the zenith
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 19, 2020 12:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good to see you haven't lost your touch Bizzy. Very Happy
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Dear Friend, it has been so very long
Since you vanished to distance and time
I hope that you took the world by storm
I sincerely hope that you are fine
I never gave you the proper thanks
For everything that you did for me
I don't know if you ever really knew
I don't know if I just let you see
Did you know when you sat to talk
That you were really saving a life
Did you know that I had set date and time
Did you know I'd chosen the knife

Could you see the same dark I did
Did you see me teetering of the ledge
Could you hear the abyss calling me
When you pulled me from the edge
Could you hear the pain in my voice
Did you see the hurt behind the "fine"
Was it the note that I was composing
Did you understand those lines
Was it the look lurking in my eyes
That said how I was dealing with strife
Did you know I scouted a location
Did you know that I picked the knife

I'm sorry that I clung too tightly
Hero worship devolving to madness
I couldn't separate simple adoration
From someone who kept me from sadness
My darkness has only gotten deeper
And I wish that I found drop you a line
So I could finally thank you proper
Say I'm sorry I wasn't worth your time
Part of what keeps me from falling
Is that you would ask me to choose life
I can only hope that I'm strong enough
To honor your deeds and not chose the knife
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another Biz classic!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:08 pm    Post subject: Pleas Reply with quote

Odin, if you could possibly be so kind
Grant me a bit of your wisdom
Maybe it will ease my restless mind
You gave your eye up for it
Give me just a taste, I promise I will find
A way to pay you back
I’ll give you my blood, its pain unrefined

Thor, please, could you help me through the storm
I’m lost in the dark very far from home
Could you light up the sky and illustrate its form
Or let me hold the hammer
Maybe all that power could help me then transform
Maybe then I could find my way
Out of the relentless cold and back into the warm

Freya, goddess of war, help me in my fight
With my inner darkness
That is pouring in to drown out my light
Your the queen of love
And I promise that I’ll be your knight
If I can love myself
Any small amount, no matter how slight

Eir, I come to you ‘cause I know that I’m sick
Pull the poison from my soul
And I’ll give you any reward that you pick
Or give me the cure
Tell me it slow, maybe then it will click
If I’m a lost cause
Give me the news, and please make it quick

I beseech all of the gods, in all of their halls
Can you hear any of my please
Or am I forgotten outside of your gilded walls
Help me to survive
And I will answer every one of your calls
Please tell me that you care
And we’re more than your little mortal dolls
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