in you

ed243421ed243421 Posts: 7,659
edited March 2011 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
in you i see
the anger from a life
lived in vain
the sensation of a drain
the sum of every fear
real to me

in you i see
a hatred growing strong
taking root
a power absolute
alive and dead inside
just to be

in you i see
the devil in a dream
darkness lies
the depths of his eyes
the night with no moon
on the sea

in you i see
a man looking for a
way to go
a reflection i don't know
alone in a prison
with no key
The whole world will be different soon... - EV
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  • zarocatzarocat Posts: 1,901
    GREAT PIECE!

    I truthfully have someone in my life right now that I'm looking at in this way. I'm trying to figure out why he chooses a facade for a life instead of just being. If I could explain, I would but to put it into a nutshell ... his words & actions have yet to match up and I've been conscious of this for 10 + years. So fucked up man. Talk about self imprisonment ... so frustrating to watch. The biggest thing that gives me a mind fuck though in the relationship I hold with him, is that even in the face of conflicting evidence, evidence that shows you what is or is not, he will not recognize it and tell you something else. After he tries to convince you that evidence is not actual evidence, for whatever the case, he'll look & talk to you as if you were below him and not at his level of intelligence.
    Well, he doesn't it so much to me because he now knows I know he's putting on a front but that doesn't keep him from doing it on others when I'm around. I have learned to walk away ... I think.
    And note, that I don't waste my time on these types of people but I think I've turned this guy into my own little project of some sort ... not to save him but to be aware of him & his kind. I'm hoping he'll save himself. We will see ...

    -Frustrated To Shit Here
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    2004: Boston X2, Grand Rapids
    2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
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    2009: Toronto
    2011: PJ20, Montreal, Toronto X2, Hamilton
    2012: Manchester X2, Amsterdam X2, Prague, Berlin X2, Philadelphia, Missoula
    2013: Pittsburg, Buffalo
    2014: Milan, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Detroit
    2016: Ottawa, Toronto X2
    2018: Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona
    2022: Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto
    2023: Chicago X2
    2024: New York X2
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    XLNT Ed !!! nice work.

    Godfather.
  • rollingsrollings Posts: 7,124
    exactly.
    and well put.
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    ed243421 wrote:
    in you i see
    the anger from a life
    lived in vain
    the sensation of a drain
    the sum of every fear
    real to me

    in you i see
    a hatred growing strong
    taking root
    a power absolute
    alive and dead inside
    just to be

    in you i see
    the devil in a dream
    darkness lies
    the depths of his eyes
    the night with no moon
    on the sea

    in you i see
    a man looking for a
    way to go
    a reflection i don't know
    alone in a prison
    with no key

    BTW Ed I know this is not about you, I sense from your other posts that it could not be.
    you're a good man with a talent keep it going.

    Godfather.
  • ed243421 wrote:
    in you i see
    the anger from a life
    lived in vain
    the sensation of a drain
    the sum of every fear
    real to me

    in you i see
    a hatred growing strong
    taking root
    a power absolute
    alive and dead inside
    just to be

    in you i see
    the devil in a dream
    darkness lies
    the depths of his eyes
    the night with no moon
    on the sea

    in you i see
    a man looking for a
    way to go
    a reflection i don't know
    alone in a prison
    with no key


    this is honest... as if to oneself... and written so well
  • ed243421 wrote:

    in you i see
    a hatred growing strong
    taking root
    a power absolute
    alive and dead inside
    just to be

    in you i see
    the devil in a dream
    darkness lies
    the depths of his eyes
    the night with no moon
    on the sea

    those parts especially stuck out

    Alive and dead inside
    just to be

    ....
    darkness lies
    the depths of his ees
    the night with no moon
    on the sea

    stunning, love the imagery too
    intense and raw. can relate as someone who feels like this sometimes as well as how i feel about someone else too.
    self-loathing has become a bit of a past time for me, very hard not to feel this way. even though I try my darndest to accept myself for who I am, I mean how I can expect others to understand me if I don't understand myself?

    Anyway, rambling on

    Great work
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