1. An Implication (Poetry)

-Fifty Two-

Nervous:

Axis off tilt again

Teetering on the edges 

"Trying to fight when you feel like flying"

But I am a shaking leaf 

Hidden beneath sneering veneer 

I am a pathetic coward

Under the cover of anger and foul words

I act like I'm too big for this world

Like I don't feel hurt 

Like I am a hardened rock, all edge and toughed

Out in every soft spot

But I can assure it is not

I am a small shadow cowering in on itself.

Afraid of the dark. 

~J.K.M

Another One Of The Bums:

I didn't expect to turn into something akin to this

But I suppose it's not as deep as it seems

Or so they keep telling me

It's just a bit of fun, just be careful, maybe don't tell mum

Because the only time I felt a real smile on my lips

Was when I was high as a kite,

Scattered on the couch

Two brothers and a best friend

Stoned off of my face

In another place

Not coming down for hours until 

The premium wore its self out

And I am terrified of that come down

Because being sober means 

I have to feel all of the things

I cannot physically make my brain stop doing. 

I can tick the things off in my head

Of what I've learnt this year 

I can roll a joint perfectly as well as a tobacco mix,

I can tell you the difference between something well grown

And something grown in a ditch

And I can trace the moment 

I started going down the path my father did

At this exact age.

The person I usually hate the most

Is the person I'm becoming

And I can't stop it.

~J.K.M