carrotpotatoe's Saved Poems

From ages 12 to 22 I was just a regular jock or athlete.
Hustling for the sports machine.
I went to four pro tryouts: three baseball tryouts as pitcher and one soccer.
And one college basketball tryout.
Cut each time.
I started out getting...

People entitled to be undisciplined.
Lazy, disrespectful and negligent.
Only know what to them told.
By those less knowledgeable,
Who attempt to correct...
The ones tolerating with patience,
Their limitations to accept.

This acceptance of...

Galaxies abound.
The universe expanding.
With no seeming end.
And a new discovery.
Of the largest universe.

Alcyoneus.
A new galaxy observed.
By astronomers.
A hundred fifty three times.
The size of our Milky Way.

This new galaxy.
...

Death passed by and said it would return.
I was barely two years old and I was close to drowning
that day.
Seventy have already passed and he has forgotten me
I hope it will take time because I'm still working;
and things are always pending
...

Summer night crickets
Bells ringing on the still breeze
A concert all...

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I'd do anything to not think of you.
You haunt my dreams,
tell me lies.
All the screams,
it's just a dream is what I don't realize.

I begged you to leave me alone,
Even locked doors you couldn't be stopped....