<?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-3847015242561628708</id><updated>2024-11-01T04:45:13.894-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cookies and Cream</title><subtitle type='html'>Music, Life, and What is on my mind.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' 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love?&lt;br /&gt;God is love, right?&lt;br /&gt;I guess that means I never loved you,&lt;br /&gt;but merely served as an off-ramp&lt;br /&gt;to God&#39;s interstate of love.&lt;br /&gt;Still I miss being used,&lt;br /&gt;to serve a greater purpose.&lt;br /&gt;Maybe someday, when I am prepared,&lt;br /&gt;I can have a transplant&lt;br /&gt;of God&#39;s tree.&lt;br /&gt;Just a single root.&lt;br /&gt;It can grow and spread&lt;br /&gt;replacing my veins,&lt;br /&gt;my heart thrusting compliments&lt;br /&gt;and caresses instead of&lt;br /&gt;platelets and plasma.&lt;br /&gt;Maybe someday, when I can feel,&lt;br /&gt;I will want to feel you.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/2017226663863972655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-dont-love-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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what choices you make in life&lt;br /&gt;there will be a woman for that you.&lt;br /&gt;Relief surged through my veins&lt;br /&gt;For the immediate, my conscience was on break.&lt;br /&gt;As is typical, ramifications were out of sight,&lt;br /&gt;until I met the pivot point who caused reevaluation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her goodness was something I had once tasted,&lt;br /&gt;nay feasted upon.&lt;br /&gt;Looking at her was akin to glimpsing paradise,&lt;br /&gt;an oasis I wandered through once upon.&lt;br /&gt;Her value lay not in her own, but&lt;br /&gt;based the foundation of her existence.&lt;br /&gt;The adventurer was all that I was,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what of two bees, drunken creatures of lavish hedonism fully given over to their deprived ways?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comfort curls (breathe) calmingly,, capturing carelessly,,,&lt;br /&gt;My bastille is barren: i defend my heart&#39;s coffers with quiescence&lt;br /&gt;you make me want to be beautiful, for Me.&lt;br /&gt;You are my friend, rather, The friend.&lt;br /&gt;The familiar weaves bliss into my being.&lt;br /&gt;We tread the path of present accorded&lt;br /&gt;Indulging together and aligning our stars manually...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two stars, of the east and west, shone on me&lt;br /&gt;for One fleeting moment both lie directly above,&lt;br /&gt;each having laid anchor to my soul.&lt;br /&gt;Either promises the pain of not being the other,&lt;br /&gt;Resulting in ubiquitous regret.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I bask in the celestial rays, my body is&lt;br /&gt;Consumed &lt;br /&gt;by the specs&lt;br /&gt;turned stains&lt;br /&gt;turned mess&lt;br /&gt;turned worthless&lt;br /&gt;turned complete trash.&lt;br /&gt;Both paths demand cleaning,&lt;br /&gt;the doldrums have set in and&lt;br /&gt;seduce their way out of destruction.&lt;br /&gt;I feel as if the earth beneath me is turning,&lt;br /&gt;separating me from all but the filth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will I forever drink from the flowers&lt;br /&gt;that cause me to fall slowly downward,&lt;br /&gt;or finally break free and escape.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/5274811686364746353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-can.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/5274811686364746353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/5274811686364746353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-can.html' title='Loving you more isn&#39;t the solution to debauchery'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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Now I wasn&#39;t necessarily contemplating victims or anything, but if you&#39;re reading this you definitely made the list. So I have a real problem with procrastinating. It is a bit more far reaching than just putting stuff off, sort of like involuntary procrastination. Like my brain fears it is sinking and tosses mental to-do lists off like extra weight. So I was just think how I would be all excited about killing my first victim, but after that I would just completely forget to go after the next guy. I was also a bit concerned about being super elaborate, like carving the mythological creature that comes to mind when combining the victim and some significant event from my childhood in to their skulls, but then get super lazy and rationalize a cloud being a creature. So my other thought is that I would be so difficult to catch, because I would be flawless when interviewed, possibly influenced by completely forgetting I had ever even committed the crimes. But yeah, if I ever became a serial killer, I would definitely dress up like lady gaga and sing a different one of her songs every time I killed. Somehow I feel like she would be flattered.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/579233328652800298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/09/procrastination.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/579233328652800298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/579233328652800298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/09/procrastination.html' title='Procrastination'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' 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caress my body&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;their touch embodying the emptiness of their stalks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My eyes stare into the moon&#39;s countenance&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Searching for depth amongst the voided craters&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The only soul barely cohesive surrounded by thick nothingness&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A single tear escapes the iron clad lids&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A tear that rolls down the hills of bone to free fall into peace&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/1814722314044451053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/04/gasping-is-for-pussys.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/1814722314044451053'/><link rel='self' 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strove to control the grains of life that slipped from his grasp&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He knew he would never stop until that warm light was inside him again&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;His breath shuddered as he walked away feeling fulfilled&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yet with every step vapors of contentment were left behind&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Leaving a revealed tortured child rocking in a corner&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Each step whispered the pain inside &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The truth apparent with successive exhales&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;that blended into the cloud of self hatred that would never leave him&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/6653170529079800079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/04/deprivation-of-soul.html#comment-form' title='0 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understand the reason my eyebrow raises when you speak&lt;div&gt;I have longed forever that you would notice the signs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Maybe I should have notice their subtlety eludes even myself&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You have nothing I desire but being near you I can&#39;t breathe&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I no longer love you, sometimes I wonder if I ever did&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You are simply the ghost the slips into my mind at 4 in the morning&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am content with you being my best friend for a few hours a month&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Except when I read you and my heart reaches out of my chest to find you&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/716753506589432111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-midnight-fantasy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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Something happens and it is the best possible outcome or the worst. For example, a month ago my stomach feels upset and before I know it I am under the knife. I apply for RA and make it through everything to be hired. I just feel like I could really stand for some neutrality. If life were to kinda just happen for a week or two and not really make a blip on the radar I think I could refresh and prepare for the shit storm. For one of the first times in my life I am extremely excited for summer. I have made several friends up here and everything, but I still feel closer to anyone else from memphis. Sometimes I wonder if the relationships I have made with people in memphis are unique and would nor could happen with anyone else. Have we simply clicked on a deeper level where we can do anything and know the other will not give a shit how ridiculous it is. I miss being able to run up to someone and jump into their arms, not having to care about perceptions. Even stone cold Takari accepts my hugs with only a roll of his eyes. Everyone always says that your deepest friendships are made in college, but I am struggling to find many that would be able to open with me like I desire to do with them. While this is all true, I still feel remotely close to people here. I have lived with them for a year and all. 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:)'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847015242561628708.post-7011283287751114437</id><published>2010-04-13T23:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T23:54:40.731-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If only you could have waited two more minutes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;My dead car would have made it on time&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My slow feet would have pounded the ground hard enough&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My gas pedal would have pushed down that far&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My key would have unlocked your door with just enough tries&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My hands would have dialed the phone number with the right speed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My brain would have known the correct number of breaths &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My mouth would have told them all they needed to know&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My wrists would have another color splashed&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/7011283287751114437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/04/if-only-you-could-have-waited-two-more.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/7011283287751114437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/7011283287751114437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/04/if-only-you-could-have-waited-two-more.html' title='If only you could have waited two more minutes'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847015242561628708.post-6553333231585725558</id><published>2010-04-12T13:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:08:34.792-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How many must die?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;I tried to become the paint on the wall that night&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To simply fade into the background and go unnoticed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I had tried to make it all happen that night&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To open myself, unprotected, to show you myself&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I never wanted it to happen as it did that night&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To make us wait, shaking, under the next full moon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wanted to salvage life under the moon that night&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To put pieces together and protect the unforeseen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I tried to be a hero for two that night&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To stop what you wanted and shine for both&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I lost the battle and the war that night&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To save three souls that were lost among the stars&lt;/div&gt;I think I would have been better as an ecru eggshell</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/6553333231585725558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-many-must-die.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/6553333231585725558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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veil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The emptiness will never be shown through the rush&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The flooding of sensory exposure makes everything good&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I don&#39;t even want to let it go when it feels so right&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Stumbling in a maze of fog with rose colored glasses&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You make the crumbling foundation of my life blissful&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nothing is worse than not feeling a thing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When the sun goes down and I wake up and your not around &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It feels like you were never here, merely a shadow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All happiness seems hollow and heavy rain is falling&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The sun only comes out to welcome the next disaster&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If only I ever realized the disaster presence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But I simply sit in the corner tasting the wisps provided&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With the penultimate calamity no end is in sight&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But in the eleventh hour the horror is revealed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The rot has set in and salvation is merely a good intention &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/8170972163344109732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/03/noxious-compromise.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/8170972163344109732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/8170972163344109732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/03/noxious-compromise.html' title='Noxious Compromise'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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system&lt;br /&gt;The problem is no one ever really did see her.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/3005033781226470708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/03/masque-of-silent-death.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/3005033781226470708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/3005033781226470708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/03/masque-of-silent-death.html' title='Masque of the Silent Death'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847015242561628708.post-3537033449572445759</id><published>2010-03-10T02:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T03:02:35.134-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Shades of prostitution</title><content type='html'>You can do nothing but open your legs&lt;div&gt;I stare into your eyes, searching the depths&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The more I look, the less I see&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All that exists is an emptiness&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You try and rub it out but it is ingrained in&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That sweet smell only lures them in &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They stay because of the prompt service&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You feel so much pain and won&#39;t stop it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I want to hold you until it stops&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am afraid that I do not have that much time&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/3537033449572445759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/03/shades-of-prostitution.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/3537033449572445759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/3537033449572445759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/03/shades-of-prostitution.html' title='Shades of prostitution'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847015242561628708.post-3532859345527689643</id><published>2010-02-24T08:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-24T08:35:16.331-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Creek</title><content type='html'>The sun glints in the ripples of the water&lt;br /&gt;I let my feet hang in and the fish nibble on my toes&lt;br /&gt;The breeze weaves itself into my hair&lt;br /&gt;The sunlight seeps into my skin like a solar ointment&lt;br /&gt;I stare into the depths of the river&lt;br /&gt;Seeing the tendrils of flora wave against mossy boulders&lt;br /&gt;The verdant frogs stroking through their mighty waves&lt;br /&gt;Two fish circling each other in a loving fashion&lt;br /&gt;This is my home, my sanctuary&lt;br /&gt;Where the sun caresses me awake every morning&lt;br /&gt;and the stars tuck me into dark skies every night</content><link rel='replies' 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src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847015242561628708.post-3273403738400802512</id><published>2010-02-23T06:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-23T07:19:18.013-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Lost World</title><content type='html'>A vast land with endless possibilities surrounded by evil tyrants&lt;div&gt;We had a love that could never be severed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But the tyrants decided to prove us wrong&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;True, you were never perfect, you had your problems&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But you were mine, your imperfection and problems were my relish&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I could spend endless days with nothing but you and our tribes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Battling against outside invaders&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The tyrants were simply too much, threatening my food and water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our bond was one that could be severed by none but death&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Grievously, the tyrants had my life in their grasp&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Based solely on your tumultuous history, condemning you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I never wanted another but had no choice when you were banished&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When you came around I got such a high&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I had no choice but to go into withdrawal from your essence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You hated the pills you had to take but you were my pill&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I loved every minute of treatment&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With one simple leap I was at your fort&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I had arrived at the place you existed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The place that I could never be&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Where the tyrants deemed beneath&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Years after you were banished I still think of you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You and your spirit and your needs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If only we were older, if only it were a different time and place&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If only I could find and shoot that damn woodpecker to make this reality&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then we could rule our forgotten kingdom&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Together, as one, never apart&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But the woodpecker is fictitious&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our reunion is impossible&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Together, forever, is quixotic&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even if we were to see each other&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You would never remember our ideals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You wouldn&#39;t care of the battles we fought&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The dangers we survived&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The difficulties we surmounted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You have probably gone and found another&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I will never be able to fully find replacement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You may not continue in the forefront of my conscious&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But you will never leave my entity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In my mind we will still always love each other&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If I ever saw you again I may not say anything&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I could not go acknowledge your presence &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But if you ever came to me again&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I would take you in my arms&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We would again go to our castle&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We could rule and love&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But that flash we end as soon as the second did&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Because you never would see me&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But I will still escape to our land every now and then&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And I will lie next to you and hold you under the stars&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/3273403738400802512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/02/lost-world.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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hand-me-down cliches, I should belong to you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I know your soul and have felt it against my own&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am simply too close for you to notice me&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our banter is not argumentation, it is chemistry&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My feelings would take you to the edge of belief&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anytime I try to be cute I feel you see immaturity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anytime I try to be desirable, you see douchebaggery&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will it ever happen or should I give up?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Everything would just be simpler if you initiated the reaction&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have I already missed the train or should I plunge?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/5209490170586598191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-know-that-we-could-be-so-amazing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/5209490170586598191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/5209490170586598191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-know-that-we-could-be-so-amazing.html' title='I know that we could be so amazing'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847015242561628708.post-3671136255795623395</id><published>2010-02-18T12:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T12:27:33.586-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just please don&#39;t call me Brett Favre</title><content type='html'>I had given up completely&lt;br /&gt;Love was not something I would ever be able to attain&lt;br /&gt;One night stands with introductions pushes the envelope&lt;br /&gt;Call me jaded, call me faithless, my heart just wasn&#39;t made for trauma&lt;br /&gt;Now after just one braze from your glance has me gasping&lt;br /&gt;It is all I can do not to grab a fistful of your hair and inhale it&lt;br /&gt;Are you just hurting to be thrown against the wall in fervor?&lt;br /&gt;Now I am begging just to be brushed by your shoulder&lt;br /&gt;All I ask it that it not be your turn to not know my name</content><link rel='replies' 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src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847015242561628708.post-7260498427697210797</id><published>2010-02-18T11:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T11:57:22.016-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Since you dared</title><content type='html'>You really should not have done that&lt;br /&gt;Now I have no other choice&lt;br /&gt;I am going to rain on your parade&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m not talking about drops&lt;br /&gt;Get ready for the deluge&lt;br /&gt;And I will keep the revenge precipitating&lt;br /&gt;Run as you might&lt;br /&gt;My cloud will find you&lt;br /&gt;You really should not have done that</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/7260498427697210797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/02/since-you-dared.html#comment-form' title='0 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Just keep this shuffling soundtrack and dark surroundings for a long while. Sometimes Im convinced the tentacles come out of the ground and mentally keep me from doing things. What the hell is wrong with me. Normal people arent so easily led astray into nothingness. I need someone to follow behind me and slap me awake sometimes. All times really. I hope I am able to escape from life tonight. Just for the evening. Maybe not even remember what happens. Just let the night slip away and go straight from dinner to the next morning. I am so glad I don&#39;t get hangovers. Or at least not from the alcohol.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/2129156816526618980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/02/hungover.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/2129156816526618980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/2129156816526618980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/02/hungover.html' title='Hungover'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847015242561628708.post-8106724555926277077</id><published>2010-01-10T03:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T03:42:43.371-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Old Enough</title><content type='html'>The mask.&lt;div&gt;She put it on every time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The yelling would begin and things would start breaking.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These were the moments he wished he were dead.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He would peer around the corner, to see that face.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The real suffering instantly covered with it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;It is ok, honey, I just tripped.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But I knew his mother was too careful for that.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lying in bed, sinking into the sheets.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He clutched to me, begging me to make it stop.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I pray, embodying all that remains of his innocence.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He hears the thud and anguished cry.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;His eyes are squeezed shut, but I look over.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;She is over him heaving sob after bloody sob.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;You did this, you did this&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The whispers were lost in the wind.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I still sit in the corner, next to the sardonic smirks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;hearing he is till not old enough to live.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/8106724555926277077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/01/old-enough.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/8106724555926277077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/8106724555926277077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2010/01/old-enough.html' title='Old Enough'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847015242561628708.post-6096711724629889473</id><published>2009-12-08T21:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-08T21:27:34.578-05:00</updated><title type='text'>hardy vapor</title><content type='html'>&quot;Am I that unimportant, am I so insignificant?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;The cottage is not seen on the city skyline.&lt;br /&gt;Does it belong amongst such titans?&lt;br /&gt;Fierce competition swirls among facades&lt;br /&gt;Elusive luxury is displayed forefront&lt;br /&gt;yet does not bleed in the rain&lt;br /&gt;can the cottage remain at all&lt;br /&gt;or does the zoning committee have other plans in mind&lt;br /&gt;no it can&#39;t compete with fantasy&lt;br /&gt;but it does stand when the sun goes down</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/6096711724629889473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2009/12/hardy-vapor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/6096711724629889473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/6096711724629889473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2009/12/hardy-vapor.html' title='hardy vapor'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847015242561628708.post-2931994589874451353</id><published>2009-10-21T08:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T08:33:56.734-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Collapsed in the Shower</title><content type='html'>&quot;Work for me &#39;today&#39;, please?&quot;&lt;div&gt;Endless requests do not fix deep rooted problems&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I only have time for a first and maybe second try&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Running on the second try no time to turn back&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Though it has started out all wrong it is all I have&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Simply wishing it to be better just doesn&#39;t cut it anymore&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ignorance may be bliss but it isn&#39;t practical.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/feeds/2931994589874451353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2009/10/collapsed-in-shower.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/2931994589874451353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3847015242561628708/posts/default/2931994589874451353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joshilishus.blogspot.com/2009/10/collapsed-in-shower.html' title='Collapsed in the Shower'/><author><name>joshthephoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08205543175353827417</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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