Jul 31 2010

Works Out

Category: poetryIronWynch @ 9:13 pm

one day you’ll look back on that moment
you could have but didn’t because
it just didn’t seem to be worth it
so you put the potential on pause

one day you’ll look back on your reasons
to levy your options against
to find they have passed like the seasons
and like me they came and they went

then instead of wondering how you brought yourself to kiss me
you’ll wonder why i haven’t called and realize you miss me

and when you see me except it’s a better me
you’ll wish that you’d been there to cheer me

dear me

one day i’ll look back on that moment
you could have but didn’t ah well
it probably didn’t seem worth it
i didn’t know and i couldn’t tell

i had an idea of your reasons
the details didn’t matter to me
because i was changing like the seasons
becoming a much better me

and if by the end the change makes me a better than you
then it’s for the best maybe i’d find reason to be through

with you

it all works
it all works out in the end
it all works
it all works out

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May 15 2010

Dealing With Haters

Category: Gratitude,Social Issues,poetryIronWynch @ 4:21 pm

I love my haters.  They’re my best press and the evidence that I’m doing something right.  Their attempts to “put me in my place” are welcome challenges that ultimately end up confirming the legitimacy of my position.

What’s funny about that is that I’m not particularly rich or famous.  I’m just me, and don’t apologize for that.  Yet for some reason, the self designated sheepdogs of the herd sniff me out for saying the simplest things like it not being a good idea to abuse people for not being close enough to whatever the herd deems perfect.  That’s like blasphemy against their Santa god, and they attack with religious fervor.

Like severed hands on the belt of Kali, I tend to wear their sorry excuses for insults like jewelry.  They are the sacrifices of dignity voluntarily amputated and lain at my feet.  Their songs over the years are as stylized as hymns.

There’s one of my old favorites: You Are So Ugly

You are so ugly
Why can’t you see?
You are so much more
Ugly than me.

This makes you worthless
Worth less than me.
You are so ugly
Ugly to me.

You must be sorry
Apologize
For being unpleasant
To my tender eyes.

If you do not
Well then you’re a bitch.
You should be hanged
Or burned like a witch.

I demand you agree
With my view of your worth.
Most people do
All over the earth.

We all think you’re ugly.
Why don’t you submit?
Why don’t you enjoy
The taste of our shit?

We do so love shitting
One hole just won’t do.
We open our mouths
And can’t help but poo

That you are so ugly
And worthless to us.
We sorely resent
Your making a fuss.

Not only must you
Account for your actions
But you’re required
To bear our contractions.

We can be human
But if we are honest
What we require is
That you be a goddess.

You Angel of Ugly
Must suffer our sins.
While we reject you
You must want us in.

While we abuse you
You should smile and dance.
While we just use you
You should want romance.

When you do not give us
All that we pray
And show the same boatman
You one night will pay

We’ll punish you for
Defending your life.
Oh shit! It’s a gun.
We’ve just got a knife.

I really don’t see how people figure they should be able to spew all manner of crap at people, and those people aren’t supposed to hand it back to them.  Well, yes I do.  That’s what most people do: suck it up while the more aggressive, just as mortal as they are, verbally defecate on them.

It’s funny how that works.  I learn a lot about humans from watching cats.  I have a female calico who is not the biggest, but is the loudest.  Whenever I’m distributing snacks, she always feels she has to be first.  What’s even weirder is that when I put a little in one bowl, and move to the next, rather than finishing what was in the previous bowl, she jumps to the next bowl.  Every bowl I fill she has to beat all the others to.

Her little plan always gets foiled when a bigger female swats her in the face.  Then she moves away but is still complaining and trying to make all the others miserable because she didn’t get what she wanted for being merely aggressive and not actually better.

Something to think about.

I’m just a cat who wants to get to her bowl without some little wannabe standing in my way, growling at me because they think they’re entitled to what they didn’t earn: my respect and good will.  Too many people think that the way to earn people’s respect is by being a dick because there are too many pussies.

I understand that’s not going to change, but it would be nice.

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Mar 05 2010

Reiteration: I Love All My Bitches

Category: poetryIronWynch @ 8:55 pm

i love all my b!tches
i treated them well
fed them when they hungered
picked up when they fell

helped them pay their bills
when i had and they didn’t
encouraged their dreams
shared their disappointment

i never asked
for more than i gave
all had their freedom cause
i don’t want a slave

yes i loved all my b!tches
when they went away
i was not going
to stand in their way

i had a good time
i hope they did too
but i cared and they didn’t
nothing i could do

sometimes i think of them
each one was special
the one who liked manga
and one had a weasle

there was one who just fit
in one leg of my pants
then there was the one
who’s allergic to ants

i used to braid one of their
hair on night shifts
then there was one
who could really shoot the gift

yes they were all sweet guys
talented and smart
but there was no real connection
only a false start

i have no regrets
i did it from love
but when it’s one sided
i gave them the shove

one must go about this
on good faith and honor
100%
unless they’re just a sperm donor

abject humility
to love and its expression
push pride aside
and don’t hold back affection

a warrior in love
does not win every time
but shows they’re a diamond
in a dozen of dimes

in love i am much like
a mad kamikaze’s vision
if i crash and burn
i’ve still accomplished my mission

it’s simply to show that
they’re special to me
if i’m not special to them
i don’t have to agree

my love is special
enough to myself
so much so in fact
i won’t stay on a shelf

so to all of my b!tches
you know who you are
i hope that you find her
your special bright star

it wasn’t me so
i had to move on
no ill will is left behind
i’m just gone

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