Sweet and succulent, begging from within
Yet what drives me closer,
Not of sweet, carnal delights.
The rough, hard exterior,
Flashing colors, glimpses of sweet after thoughts.
Still here, hard, unforgiving,
Placing cause for mask and facade,
For fear of granting leave to tender beneaths.
Fear not, careful Mango.
No prying fingers, nor harsh falls befit you.
In my basket, woven and dry,
I'll let you stay,
Safe beside warm rays and gentle breeze.
Ripe when you will, I've no need to rush...
Sweet beside an angels kiss
Memories fade at Time's erase
Thoughts turn stagnant
Yet still warm, my lips tingle
Long since passed
Our time returned to dreams of old
Before us lies disheartening regret
As our path beneath us turned to rubble
Yet still cold, our lips tingle
his hand, clutched a rose
its eternal glow, dim
shadowed the face of penetance
life withered, soft and barren.
in his mind, passing hours of last remembrance
darkness crawls into the reaching caverns of his remorse
into his eyes cast nightly images of his regrets
and forshadowed horrors of pain and loss
two eyes pressed against his mind
burning deep
resonating the care he took to hide his guilt
yet in the last hours
what stops his mind from breaking?
be it will or shame,
the darkness takes hold his eternal glow, dim
A Small Pain In My Chest
The soldier boy was sitting calmly underneath that tree,
As I approached it, I could see him beckoning to me.
The battle had been long and hard and lasted through the night,
And scores of figures on the ground lay still by morning light.
"I wonder if you'd help me, sir" he smiled, best he could,
"A sip of water on this morn would surely do me good.
We fought all day, and through the night with scarcely any rest,
A sip of water, for, I've a small pain in my chest."
As i looked at him, I could see the large stain on his shirt,
All redish-brown from the warm blood, mixed with foreign dirt.
"Not much", he said
the Dummy
In that forgotten part of town,
Where wasted hopes and dreams abound.
A wrinkled man with life near end,
In hopes to have one last friend,
Fashioned bits of wood and things,
And made a dummy run by strings.
He sat alone for hours on end,
Conversing with his only friend,
And found delight in the fact,
That he controlled its every act.
He told it how he never had,
A chance, since luck was always bad,
Although he'd tried so to succeed-
The dummy nodded and agreed.
And how he journeys in romance,
Had never given him a chance.
And wasnt it a crying shame,
That he was always held to blame,
When everyone knew, oh so well
The Angels song
Deep, playing the heart strings of man
Her voice, stinging soundly
Against the white backdrop of a simple life
I call to her,
I ask for her hand, her heart
But all I am left with is the sound,
Still echoed through my head
My need for her
Growing with each reverberation
My imagination building her from nothing
Her sweet fragrance guiding me
Her lip, warm, pressed against my glass prison
I awake to a lonely empty room
Yet still i feel her touch on my skin
Will i wait till another sleep takes me
To my only heaven?
Sweet and succulent, begging from within
Yet what drives me closer,
Not of sweet, carnal delights.
The rough, hard exterior,
Flashing colors, glimpses of sweet after thoughts.
Still here, hard, unforgiving,
Placing cause for mask and facade,
For fear of granting leave to tender beneaths.
Fear not, careful Mango.
No prying fingers, nor harsh falls befit you.
In my basket, woven and dry,
I'll let you stay,
Safe beside warm rays and gentle breeze.
Ripe when you will, I've no need to rush...
Sweet beside an angels kiss
Memories fade at Time's erase
Thoughts turn stagnant
Yet still warm, my lips tingle
Long since passed
Our time returned to dreams of old
Before us lies disheartening regret
As our path beneath us turned to rubble
Yet still cold, our lips tingle
his hand, clutched a rose
its eternal glow, dim
shadowed the face of penetance
life withered, soft and barren.
in his mind, passing hours of last remembrance
darkness crawls into the reaching caverns of his remorse
into his eyes cast nightly images of his regrets
and forshadowed horrors of pain and loss
two eyes pressed against his mind
burning deep
resonating the care he took to hide his guilt
yet in the last hours
what stops his mind from breaking?
be it will or shame,
the darkness takes hold his eternal glow, dim
A Small Pain In My Chest
The soldier boy was sitting calmly underneath that tree,
As I approached it, I could see him beckoning to me.
The battle had been long and hard and lasted through the night,
And scores of figures on the ground lay still by morning light.
"I wonder if you'd help me, sir" he smiled, best he could,
"A sip of water on this morn would surely do me good.
We fought all day, and through the night with scarcely any rest,
A sip of water, for, I've a small pain in my chest."
As i looked at him, I could see the large stain on his shirt,
All redish-brown from the warm blood, mixed with foreign dirt.
"Not much", he said
the Dummy
In that forgotten part of town,
Where wasted hopes and dreams abound.
A wrinkled man with life near end,
In hopes to have one last friend,
Fashioned bits of wood and things,
And made a dummy run by strings.
He sat alone for hours on end,
Conversing with his only friend,
And found delight in the fact,
That he controlled its every act.
He told it how he never had,
A chance, since luck was always bad,
Although he'd tried so to succeed-
The dummy nodded and agreed.
And how he journeys in romance,
Had never given him a chance.
And wasnt it a crying shame,
That he was always held to blame,
When everyone knew, oh so well
The Angels song
Deep, playing the heart strings of man
Her voice, stinging soundly
Against the white backdrop of a simple life
I call to her,
I ask for her hand, her heart
But all I am left with is the sound,
Still echoed through my head
My need for her
Growing with each reverberation
My imagination building her from nothing
Her sweet fragrance guiding me
Her lip, warm, pressed against my glass prison
I awake to a lonely empty room
Yet still i feel her touch on my skin
Will i wait till another sleep takes me
To my only heaven?
Current Residence: Ballston Spa, New York Favourite genre of music: Anything Favourite style of art: mostly lyrical or poetry Operating System: Linux MP3 player of choice: Zune Personal Quote: "I am the sum, not of my parts, but of my actions, beliefs and mistakes"
Favourite Movies
Equilibrium/Scott Pilgrim vs the world or nick and noras infinite playlist
well its my first time writing a journal here so i figured i should just start off with who i am. my name in Andrew Carpenter. i am 22 years of age and am currently a college student. i am majoring in psychology and massage therapy (odd i know). was born in NY and am living here still...umm really anything else you want to know about me you can just ask me.