<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593</id><updated>2013-08-27T14:23:10.475-07:00</updated><category term="Freestyle"/><category term="Positivity"/><title type='text'>SykoPoetry has Moved to http://blog.joshed.info</title><subtitle type='html'>SykoPoetry has Moved to http://blog.joshed.info</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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type='html'>Written while in the air somewhere over eastern California or western Arizona .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;San Francisco&lt;br /&gt;a beautiful city&lt;br /&gt;too early to leave&lt;br /&gt;feels like I Just got here&lt;br /&gt;as I head home&lt;br /&gt;it is clear&lt;br /&gt;that I can help others&lt;br /&gt;through my experience&lt;br /&gt;education and compassion&lt;br /&gt;abound around here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JIS 2009 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div_prefs id=&quot;div_prefs&quot;&gt;&lt;/div_prefs&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/4284800763738123208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=4284800763738123208' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/4284800763738123208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/4284800763738123208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2009/11/frisco.html' title='Frisco'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-9151695215661092450</id><published>2008-12-21T23:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T23:55:37.449-07:00</updated><title type='text'>tough one</title><content type='html'>I am falling for you.&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s happening so fast.&lt;br /&gt;I try to go slow.&lt;br /&gt;To remember the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like to think that.&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m smarter than this.&lt;br /&gt;But love doesn&#39;t follow.&lt;br /&gt;The same rules as logic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I fall off my feet.&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m swept off my heels.&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve obsessed with the thought.&lt;br /&gt;How do I feel?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My major hope.&lt;br /&gt;Is to give this to you.&lt;br /&gt;And have you respond.&lt;br /&gt;I love you too.&lt;br /&gt; JIS 12/21/2008</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/9151695215661092450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=9151695215661092450' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/9151695215661092450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/9151695215661092450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2008/12/tough-one.html' title='tough one'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-8830553973043422229</id><published>2008-12-21T23:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T23:54:21.643-07:00</updated><title type='text'>lost again</title><content type='html'>the way i feel&lt;br /&gt;i just dont know&lt;br /&gt;i want to die know&lt;br /&gt;just take my soul&lt;br /&gt;i cannot live now&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;m lost again&lt;br /&gt;lost in you&lt;br /&gt;until the end&lt;br /&gt;i repeat the same lines&lt;br /&gt;i use cliches&lt;br /&gt;but i have fallen again&lt;br /&gt;it feels so nice&lt;br /&gt;you dont know what you&#39;re missing&lt;br /&gt;until you try</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/8830553973043422229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=8830553973043422229' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/8830553973043422229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/8830553973043422229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2008/12/lost-again.html' title='lost again'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-1789330801546594066</id><published>2008-12-21T23:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T23:53:12.087-07:00</updated><title type='text'>does she or not?</title><content type='html'>does she love me?&lt;br /&gt;the way she giggles when i make stupid jokes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;does she love me?&lt;br /&gt;the way she looks at me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;does she love me?&lt;br /&gt;the way she stares into my eyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;does she hate me?&lt;br /&gt;the way she avoids me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;does she hate me?&lt;br /&gt;the way she responds to them, but not me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;does she hate me?&lt;br /&gt;the way she ignores the deep stuff&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;does she love me?&lt;br /&gt;the way she strokes my hair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;does she love me?&lt;br /&gt;the way she touches me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;does she love me?&lt;br /&gt;or does she hate me?</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/1789330801546594066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=1789330801546594066' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/1789330801546594066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/1789330801546594066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2008/12/does-she-or-not.html' title='does she or not?'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-727612454204130916</id><published>2008-12-21T23:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T23:51:30.840-07:00</updated><title type='text'>a muse</title><content type='html'>sitting, waiting, yearning, thinking&lt;br /&gt;emotion, devotion, creation, elation&lt;br /&gt;loving, caring, giving, feeling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the process of life&lt;br /&gt;it takes us there&lt;br /&gt;we get on with it&lt;br /&gt;we show how we care&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i just want to be with her&lt;br /&gt;i just want to hold her&lt;br /&gt;i just want to be around her&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;ve got so much to share&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i hold back&lt;br /&gt;don&#39;t want to scare her&lt;br /&gt;she thinks something&lt;br /&gt;something is wrong&lt;br /&gt;but i cannot scare her&lt;br /&gt;so i let her go along&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;she has so much going on&lt;br /&gt;i can&#39;t seem to stay involved&lt;br /&gt;the only problem i&#39;m having is&lt;br /&gt;unrequited love.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/727612454204130916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=727612454204130916' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/727612454204130916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/727612454204130916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2008/12/muse.html' title='a muse'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-8176362781366342437</id><published>2008-12-21T23:49:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T23:49:43.448-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TIME</title><content type='html'>Is she looking for the same things as me?&lt;br /&gt;will she? wont she? when will she get here?&lt;br /&gt;I don&#39;t know what is wrong with me again&lt;br /&gt;I don&#39;t know why i obsess over these things&lt;br /&gt;I don&#39;t know where I&#39;m going again&lt;br /&gt;but as long as she&#39;s with me it&#39;ll be alright in the end&lt;br /&gt;I miss her when she&#39;s not around, i want to know what&#39;s up&lt;br /&gt;I lay here with a hole in me, i feel all used and torn&lt;br /&gt;I cannot get enough of her, no matter what is done&lt;br /&gt;why does it always go down the same way when i try,&lt;br /&gt;I lose them from obsessing over, of all things, time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JIS 12/21/08</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/8176362781366342437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=8176362781366342437' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/8176362781366342437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/8176362781366342437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2008/12/time.html' title='TIME'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-3216046352297756426</id><published>2008-12-09T01:35:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T19:12:42.490-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Everybody</title><content type='html'>Everybody&#39;s in their own head,&lt;br /&gt;everybody&#39;s got their own thoughts,&lt;br /&gt;everybody with their own ambitions and their own dreams&lt;br /&gt;dont know what it means&lt;br /&gt;don&#39;t know what i thought&lt;br /&gt;but just when you get cought up&lt;br /&gt;things change and open up&lt;br /&gt;horizons brighter and smiles wider&lt;br /&gt;options arranging, contemplating&lt;br /&gt;we all flow along in the same sea&lt;br /&gt;each with our own currents&lt;br /&gt;fighting against them&lt;br /&gt;until we crash into each other&lt;br /&gt;some enjoy it, some prevail&lt;br /&gt;some are scared and some are frail&lt;br /&gt;why would we let life get old&lt;br /&gt;when nothings new unless you make it yours&lt;br /&gt;because the tale has been told.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JIS 12/09/08</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/3216046352297756426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=3216046352297756426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/3216046352297756426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/3216046352297756426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2008/12/everybody.html' title='Everybody'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-7311350169665383252</id><published>2008-11-03T19:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T19:06:17.659-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Freestyle"/><title type='text'>Random Wrtings</title><content type='html'>It&#39;s all a competition, it&#39;s all just a rouse, it&#39;s all set up so i always fucking lose.&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s a lost cause, there&#39;s no end in sight, it&#39;s going nowhere, just call it a night.&lt;br /&gt;The path that i choose, dark and forgotten, untrusted; despised, but we all pay our dues.&lt;br /&gt;Time waits for no man, no man controls me, i take my reigns back, take hold of my destiny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;holdin up, hold it in, ghostin it, rolled it up, smoked it up, all out, time to roll&lt;br /&gt;worldwide underground, smokin with the kings, potluck, the hill, and the junkeez&lt;br /&gt;down with the clown, with the krown, with em all, the junkeez army, and the bleste nation&lt;br /&gt;waitin for the day that i blow up on these fools&lt;br /&gt;prove to these mother fuckers who they&#39;ve been holding down so long&lt;br /&gt;time can tell you fear the, well, upcoming destruction of your morals, your plurals, you, your vowels, i grabbed em, stopped your bowels, upchuck your vocabulary, you got none at all, it&#39;s fuckin scary, empty brain without thought, who&#39;da thunkit, like skunk hit, lost in thought, bought on sale at the walmart, you come at me? oh, no, don&#39;t start, please oh please, it&#39;s a bitch with a lease on life that&#39;s about to run out, ive been around the block too many times to fuck with a little schmuck who cannot enunciate or even pronounce a word worth their life, you act like you&#39;re grand, but it&#39;s just part of the master plan, to let you all burn while you think you have learned, the secret to life, but, all the while it all ends in strife&lt;br /&gt;(ha ha ha ha ha)</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/7311350169665383252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=7311350169665383252' title='65 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/7311350169665383252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/7311350169665383252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2008/11/random-wrtings.html' title='Random Wrtings'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>65</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-114985616185138226</id><published>2006-06-09T05:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-09T05:29:21.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>lost</title><content type='html'>i wasnt there for her&lt;br /&gt;and now she is lost&lt;br /&gt;i didnt hold her tight&lt;br /&gt;and now i am lost&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;m breaking... away&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;m falling... apart&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;m screaming... inside&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;m dying... for you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i didn&#39;t cherish you&lt;br /&gt;you found someone new&lt;br /&gt;i didn&#39;t show you my love&lt;br /&gt;so now you&#39;ve had enough&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;m lost without you&lt;br /&gt;broken inside&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;m dead without you&lt;br /&gt;my soul can&#39;t survive&lt;br /&gt;i can&#39;t live on (not this time)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it took all i had&lt;br /&gt;now it&#39;s the end&lt;br /&gt;she cares for him now&lt;br /&gt;who cares if i&#39;m dead&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 29, 2005 4:35 AM&lt;br /&gt;JIS</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/114985616185138226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=114985616185138226' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/114985616185138226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/114985616185138226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2006/06/lost.html' title='lost'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-114985634050046666</id><published>2005-08-23T20:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-09T05:32:20.500-07:00</updated><title type='text'>pierced</title><content type='html'>without her around&lt;br /&gt;I feel empty at heart&lt;br /&gt;without her at home&lt;br /&gt;I could just fall apart&lt;br /&gt;I miss her cute smile&lt;br /&gt;her bluntness in words&lt;br /&gt;to not have her here&lt;br /&gt;I feel pierced by a sword&lt;br /&gt;the fear that I have&lt;br /&gt;building to tears&lt;br /&gt;I hope that we last&lt;br /&gt;loss is my fear&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JIS 2005</content><link rel='replies' 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src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-111016431401138633</id><published>2005-03-06T16:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-03-06T19:58:34.013-07:00</updated><title type='text'>free</title><content type='html'>i let my heart out&lt;br /&gt;that was my mistake&lt;br /&gt;i left it all open&lt;br /&gt;there for you to take&lt;br /&gt;there for you to break&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i lose it all now&lt;br /&gt;where do i go?&lt;br /&gt;why does this happen&lt;br /&gt;why don&#39;t i regret it&lt;br /&gt;why don&#39;t i forget it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so this is it&lt;br /&gt;my one goodbye&lt;br /&gt;the time we had&lt;br /&gt;though very brief&lt;br /&gt;has ended now&lt;br /&gt;so you are free</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/111016431401138633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=111016431401138633' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/111016431401138633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/111016431401138633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2005/03/free.html' title='free'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110842004012674295</id><published>2005-02-14T14:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-02-14T15:27:20.126-07:00</updated><title type='text'>sinking</title><content type='html'>Sinking into your world&lt;br /&gt;Don&#39;t want you to go&lt;br /&gt;Just want you here with me&lt;br /&gt;Just want you to know&lt;br /&gt;This could be it&lt;br /&gt;The search could be done&lt;br /&gt;I hope it can last&lt;br /&gt;I hope it&#39;s the one&lt;br /&gt;Searching through life&lt;br /&gt;For the right one to find&lt;br /&gt;Be we never know&lt;br /&gt;When we may go blind&lt;br /&gt;When we&#39;re not looking&lt;br /&gt;Is when we are caught&lt;br /&gt;and it finds us offguard&lt;br /&gt;It reminds of the scars&lt;br /&gt;It guides us so far.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110842004012674295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110842004012674295' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110842004012674295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110842004012674295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2005/02/sinking.html' title='sinking'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110842011052500131</id><published>2005-02-10T01:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-02-14T15:28:30.526-07:00</updated><title type='text'>fineline</title><content type='html'>the line is so fine&lt;br /&gt;between obsession and sweetness&lt;br /&gt;you can go out of your mind&lt;br /&gt;trying to be sweet&lt;br /&gt;come off obsessed&lt;br /&gt;and you get thrown away&lt;br /&gt;she gets stolen away&lt;br /&gt;the moment&#39;s goin to stay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the time is so short&lt;br /&gt;between coming and going&lt;br /&gt;you lose yourself there&lt;br /&gt;wanting to be free&lt;br /&gt;we&#39;re all oppressed&lt;br /&gt;and we go down today&lt;br /&gt;we all drown today&lt;br /&gt;we&#39;ve all gone this way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the wait is so long&lt;br /&gt;for her to decide&lt;br /&gt;what she wants from life&lt;br /&gt;thinking of the past&lt;br /&gt;looking to the future&lt;br /&gt;we are all done&lt;br /&gt;what happened to the fun&lt;br /&gt;just screw it all and run&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005 J.I.S.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110842011052500131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110842011052500131' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110842011052500131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110842011052500131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2005/02/fineline.html' title='fineline'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110808246894917451</id><published>2005-02-01T01:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-02-10T17:41:08.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>really</title><content type='html'>02/01/05 1:35AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you sit here by side&lt;br /&gt;i look into your eyes&lt;br /&gt;you turn away from me&lt;br /&gt;you run away from me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i sit here by myself&lt;br /&gt;i cannot find my place&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;m lost within myself&lt;br /&gt;im lost without your face&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i had you here with me&lt;br /&gt;bit i didnt see&lt;br /&gt;the way we really are&lt;br /&gt;the way we really are&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i had it all for free&lt;br /&gt;but i didn&#39;t see&lt;br /&gt;the way it really was&lt;br /&gt;the way it really was&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i cant open up&lt;br /&gt;feelings locked down&lt;br /&gt;pieces inside me&lt;br /&gt;thoughts im hiding&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;behind prison walls&lt;br /&gt;guarding my heart&lt;br /&gt;from being torn apart&lt;br /&gt;from being worn down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;stepped on&lt;br /&gt;slept around on&lt;br /&gt;abandoned again&lt;br /&gt;left with nothing again&lt;br /&gt;left alone again</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110808246894917451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110808246894917451' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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feelin good&lt;br /&gt;my mind is blown&lt;br /&gt;as i head down&lt;br /&gt;will it be known&lt;br /&gt;stuck here waiting&lt;br /&gt;for a signal fading&lt;br /&gt;away with time</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110715119818123876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110715119818123876' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110715119818123876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110715119818123876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2005/01/fading.html' title='fading'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110842024794284665</id><published>2005-01-03T23:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-02-14T15:30:47.943-07:00</updated><title type='text'>can&#39;t</title><content type='html'>pushed aside&lt;br /&gt;left behind&lt;br /&gt;coulda tried&lt;br /&gt;but it&#39;s too hard to find&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;left alone&lt;br /&gt;sad and depressed&lt;br /&gt;whine and moan&lt;br /&gt;it&#39;s time to confess&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wake to night&lt;br /&gt;jumpstart the day&lt;br /&gt;cause no fights&lt;br /&gt;thats ok&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i can&#39;t make your choices&lt;br /&gt;i can&#39;t be your voice&lt;br /&gt;but somehow&lt;br /&gt;it&#39;ll work out&lt;br /&gt;as it always does&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i can&#39;t make you choose me&lt;br /&gt;i can&#39;t make you do anything&lt;br /&gt;but i can show my love for you&lt;br /&gt;and hope it&#39;s returned&lt;br /&gt;hope it&#39;s for sure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;eventual meeting&lt;br /&gt;not exactly confirmed&lt;br /&gt;grasp what you want&lt;br /&gt;is what i&#39;ve learned</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110842024794284665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110842024794284665' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110842024794284665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110842024794284665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2005/01/cant.html' title='can&#39;t'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110450300399046827</id><published>2004-12-21T17:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-12-31T07:23:23.990-07:00</updated><title type='text'>gimme</title><content type='html'> 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															gimme some weed&lt;br /&gt;gimme some pills&lt;br /&gt;get me high&lt;br /&gt;gimme some thrills&lt;br /&gt;nothing&#39;s enough&lt;br /&gt;i always want more&lt;br /&gt;when I run out&lt;br /&gt;the fiend will take over&lt;br /&gt;so gimme my shit&lt;br /&gt;i hate being sober</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110450300399046827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110450300399046827' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450300399046827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450300399046827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2004/12/gimme.html' title='gimme'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110450304628012450</id><published>2004-12-21T17:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-12-31T07:24:06.280-07:00</updated><title type='text'>mood</title><content type='html'> 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															the talking goes on&lt;br /&gt;but never an end&lt;br /&gt;complexes surround us&lt;br /&gt;complexes have bound us&lt;br /&gt;bound by our mind&lt;br /&gt;bound by our thoughts&lt;br /&gt;kill the ideas&lt;br /&gt;that we are supreme&lt;br /&gt;kill those ideas&lt;br /&gt;that are merely a dream&lt;br /&gt;constant collision&lt;br /&gt;lile the waves of an ocean&lt;br /&gt;never at rest&lt;br /&gt;always in motion&lt;br /&gt;any attempt at a fix&lt;br /&gt;will never succeed&lt;br /&gt;we are all sick&lt;br /&gt;it&#39;s all in our breed&lt;br /&gt;too intelligent&lt;br /&gt;for our own good&lt;br /&gt;sick mental humans&lt;br /&gt;who&#39;ve based all on mood&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110450304628012450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110450304628012450' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450304628012450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450304628012450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2004/12/mood.html' title='mood'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110450308471250788</id><published>2004-12-21T17:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-12-31T07:24:44.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>push</title><content type='html'> 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															push down &amp;amp; turn&lt;br /&gt;look down and burn&lt;br /&gt;get away and fight&lt;br /&gt;try with all your might&lt;br /&gt;every day it all repeats&lt;br /&gt;stay and take a seat&lt;br /&gt;take one tablet by mouth&lt;br /&gt;take it all and run south&lt;br /&gt;released from you&lt;br /&gt;to find the truth&lt;br /&gt;in the midst of the lies&lt;br /&gt;and the various highs&lt;br /&gt;a thought will remain&lt;br /&gt;deep within your brain&lt;br /&gt;a way to escape&lt;br /&gt;a way to make a break&lt;br /&gt;a chance to be free&lt;br /&gt;one chance left for me&lt;br /&gt;where we tried to believe&lt;br /&gt;but just wanted to leave&lt;br /&gt;its as simple as life&lt;br /&gt;like a thief with a knife&lt;br /&gt;locked up for his crimes&lt;br /&gt;take his life, and his time&lt;br /&gt;freedom just a thought&lt;br /&gt;imprisonment we&#39;ve bought&lt;br /&gt;locked in our own lives&lt;br /&gt;under rulers that thrive&lt;br /&gt;caught up in the mess&lt;br /&gt;that&#39;s created by the rest</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110450308471250788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110450308471250788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450308471250788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450308471250788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2004/12/push.html' title='push'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110450312181265905</id><published>2004-12-21T04:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-12-31T07:25:21.813-07:00</updated><title type='text'>poison</title><content type='html'> 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															poison your soul&lt;br /&gt;cloud your mind&lt;br /&gt;fill it whole&lt;br /&gt;make yourself blind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;find the remedy&lt;br /&gt;there is none&lt;br /&gt;come with me&lt;br /&gt;ill show you one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;stay down still&lt;br /&gt;it&#39;s time to perform&lt;br /&gt;pray for kills&lt;br /&gt;she is forlorn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;clear your mind&lt;br /&gt;let it be free&lt;br /&gt;what you&#39;ll find&lt;br /&gt;isn&#39;t what you see&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pump the bass&lt;br /&gt;pass the herb&lt;br /&gt;find my place&lt;br /&gt;write these blurbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i got it all&lt;br /&gt;but i got none&lt;br /&gt;i want to fall&lt;br /&gt;forget it some&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;take me out&lt;br /&gt;take me down&lt;br /&gt;yell and shout&lt;br /&gt;fight and frown</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110450312181265905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110450312181265905' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450312181265905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450312181265905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2004/12/poison.html' title='poison'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110450316934922798</id><published>2004-12-16T01:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-12-31T07:26:09.350-07:00</updated><title type='text'>take these</title><content type='html'> 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															take these pills&lt;br /&gt;they make you normal&lt;br /&gt;make the kills&lt;br /&gt;and write the journal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;get the chills&lt;br /&gt;its not today&lt;br /&gt;take these pills&lt;br /&gt;its the only way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;control your thoughts&lt;br /&gt;hold back the victim&lt;br /&gt;take in the terror&lt;br /&gt;that&#39;s comin&#39; with him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;split decision&lt;br /&gt;open mind&lt;br /&gt;with precision&lt;br /&gt;we&#39;re going blind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;keep the facade&lt;br /&gt;hold it up high&lt;br /&gt;worship your god&lt;br /&gt;believe your lie.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110450316934922798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110450316934922798' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450316934922798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450316934922798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2004/12/take-these.html' title='take these'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110450322082716842</id><published>2004-10-23T22:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-12-31T07:27:00.826-07:00</updated><title type='text'>forgotten</title><content type='html'> 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															another saturday home alone&lt;br /&gt;no one calls, no one cares&lt;br /&gt;no one answers their phone&lt;br /&gt;they&#39;ll be there they say&lt;br /&gt;but when the day comes&lt;br /&gt;they&#39;re needed they&#39;re gone&lt;br /&gt;they&#39;re off in their lives&lt;br /&gt;they&#39;re off in their fun&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve been forgotten</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110450322082716842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110450322082716842' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450322082716842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450322082716842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2004/10/forgotten.html' title='forgotten'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110450326042577903</id><published>2004-10-21T08:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-12-31T07:27:40.426-07:00</updated><title type='text'>waiting</title><content type='html'> 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															waiting to meet you&lt;br /&gt;as you permeate my thoughts&lt;br /&gt;waiting to hold you&lt;br /&gt;an illusion at hand&lt;br /&gt;i can almost see you&lt;br /&gt;waiting for me, stagnant&lt;br /&gt;but as i appear, you vanish&lt;br /&gt;to forever elude me&lt;br /&gt;ahead of me, anticipating&lt;br /&gt;my every turn, plagued by uncertainty&lt;br /&gt;can i find my way out&lt;br /&gt;a way to sanity&lt;br /&gt;a way to happiness&lt;br /&gt;a way to you</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110450326042577903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110450326042577903' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450326042577903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450326042577903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2004/10/waiting.html' title='waiting'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110450330427025785</id><published>2004-10-21T08:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-12-31T07:28:24.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>life</title><content type='html'> 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															 															I can&#39;t find myself&lt;br /&gt;because I&#39;ve locked myself away&lt;br /&gt;because I&#39;ve taken a wrong turn&lt;br /&gt;it&#39;s all gone, torched&lt;br /&gt;ashes falling, smoke that rises&lt;br /&gt;an escape of longing&lt;br /&gt;torn from desire&lt;br /&gt;without me it can flourish&lt;br /&gt;living within memory&lt;br /&gt;forever it seems&lt;br /&gt;signals of thought&lt;br /&gt;tied up in this game&lt;br /&gt;essence of choice&lt;br /&gt;fed up with the shame&lt;br /&gt;some don&#39;t live at all&lt;br /&gt;some live too much&lt;br /&gt;life&lt;br /&gt;so divine&lt;br /&gt;so enriched&lt;br /&gt;so sublime&lt;br /&gt;life&lt;br /&gt;it&#39;s our downfall&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110450330427025785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110450330427025785' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450330427025785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450330427025785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2004/10/life.html' title='life'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwiWkcnMEKs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAJrA/Qk35xL6A4ok/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9870593.post-110450370565704934</id><published>2004-09-09T00:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-12-31T07:35:05.656-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rise Above v2</title><content type='html'> lost inside yourself&lt;br /&gt; looking for escape&lt;br /&gt; lost inside this place&lt;br /&gt; memories taking shape&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; folding your hand&lt;br /&gt; in the game of life&lt;br /&gt; a deck full of jokers&lt;br /&gt; each one with a knife&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; taking time to be&lt;br /&gt; to find yourself within&lt;br /&gt; to figure out the answers&lt;br /&gt; and why you&#39;re so willing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; to let these people crush you&lt;br /&gt; to let them take you down&lt;br /&gt; to let them hold you hostage&lt;br /&gt; and keep you on the ground&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; everything they say&lt;br /&gt; the negative way they are&lt;br /&gt; constantly eating&lt;br /&gt; away at your heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; it&#39;ll kill you inside&lt;br /&gt; take your pride from you&lt;br /&gt; you&#39;ll never get it back&lt;br /&gt; you&#39;ll never get the truth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; you&#39;ve got to rise above&lt;br /&gt; just say you&#39;ve had enough&lt;br /&gt; it&#39;s all just testing you&lt;br /&gt; feelings arresting you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; just wanna get away&lt;br /&gt; from all those things they say&lt;br /&gt; but no one understands&lt;br /&gt; things get outta hand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; you&#39;ve got to rise above&lt;br /&gt; just say you&#39;ve had enough&lt;br /&gt; it&#39;s all just testing you&lt;br /&gt; feelings arresting you</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetry.syko.org/feeds/110450370565704934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9870593&amp;postID=110450370565704934' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450370565704934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9870593/posts/default/110450370565704934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetry.syko.org/2004/09/rise-above-v2.html' title='Rise Above v2'/><author><name>Joshua Shear</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/113581984289692358560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' 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