tears flow down dirty cheeks like rivers,
marking the passage of pain in rivulets of clean skin,
the death of a dream.
like a cloud blown apart by winds,
a dream so solid and certain,
becomes filmy and indistinct
as your words blow it apart.
it shatters like glass and the shards of a future,
a future with you-
rain down upon me and
pierce my heart and soul.
i am numb
i feel dead inside
my heart hurts-
but how do the dead feel such pain?
i am crushed by regret,
by a loathing of myself
that is so strong it is like lead
inside my chest...
i feel my heart blacken and shrivel
i feel emotion rage through me like fire
i feel the
in my dreams
i can run.
heart steady
limbs warm and limber.
effortless
i cover distance.
running feels like nothing
like nothing and joy.
i can't explain but,
i could run forever
in my dreams.
i awake and:
my feet have no feeling,
my legs don't obey
i command nothing.
my hands are pins and needles
i can hardly carry myself.
but:
in my dreams
i can run.
in my dreams
my crippled body doesn't exist.
in my dreams
i am free.
familiar paths and hallways,
flow by me.
forget me.
i can't sleep anymore,
you'll never feel the cold,
because i'm not for you.
forget me.
seasons grow brittle,
i'd like to escape.
forget me.
i'm freezing in this endless summer,
i'd build a world for you,
but i'm no longer that kind of joy.
forget me.
i've been hiding
inside my mind i'm hiding
behind logic i'm hiding
behind the hurt i'm hiding
i am crying.
deep inside,
where the sun cannot touch it
lives the hurt that shapes my life
the hurt that breaks my heart
the hurt that bends my mind...
the hurt that tears everything apart.
there is nothing that can touch it
noone can break through to it
there is too much pain
too much grief
too much and not enough
i am still hiding.
i try to let it go
i try to let you know
i try so hard to be
a me that doesn't freeze
a me that doesn't slide away
a me that can feel things...
i type these words
and they mean nothing to me
i ca
there is something,
seething-simmering,
deep inside my soul;
i am almost whole.
there is something,
breathing life slowly,
into who i used to be;
i am almost home.
there is something,
elemental-sentimental,
breaking my chains;
i am almost sane.
there is something,
freeing-believing,
setting fire to me;
i am almost named.
there is something,
ephemeral-transcendental,
in the transience of existence,
i am almost shamed.
I miss a secret shared with U by neo-tek, literature
Literature
I miss a secret shared with U
out of the darkness in my mind,
i find that you and i,
out of the darkness in my mind,
i find that i...
here where i can no longer pretend,
where i can no longer hang my head,
where the pain is so real;
so immediate,
so strange,
so fresh and sane.
life is so surreal.
nothing stays the same
nothing can live forever
and love is a mystery to me.
where do i go from here,
what can i say,
what can i do;
that doesn't remind me of you?
i'm broken,
falling down,
the wrong words fill my mind,
i'll somehow find...
i'm quiet.
i've found that i'm scared to know,
i'm scared to grow,
it's the right thing to do,
but can i be that st
ponderous the ponderosa life by neo-tek, literature
Literature
ponderous the ponderosa life
"electric:
the voices behind my back
effortless:
the lies on the attack
wonderful:
what i don't know can't hurt me
ponderous:
the suspicion that paralyzes me"
the words pound my mind raw,
making hash of memory and emotion
building bridges in places uncharted
the limbic, visceral rage escapes.
i have found,
i find,
i will find.
y o u o u t
by the shore of the ruin of the life of man
one man
all men
the heart is a mysterious force
of
d e s t r u c t i o n
the rain is no recompense.
find your own answers in that hall
of odious despair/care
riding the silence into oblivion
just what you want for me
inconceivable
in c
tears flow down dirty cheeks like rivers,
marking the passage of pain in rivulets of clean skin,
the death of a dream.
like a cloud blown apart by winds,
a dream so solid and certain,
becomes filmy and indistinct
as your words blow it apart.
it shatters like glass and the shards of a future,
a future with you-
rain down upon me and
pierce my heart and soul.
i am numb
i feel dead inside
my heart hurts-
but how do the dead feel such pain?
i am crushed by regret,
by a loathing of myself
that is so strong it is like lead
inside my chest...
i feel my heart blacken and shrivel
i feel emotion rage through me like fire
i feel the
I'm from Germany, grew up around the world and in the 2oh!2. I went college at the greatest place on earth: Ohio University. I am a code monkey, artist and writer. I am a distance runner, I am many things but the one I'm most proud of being is me.
It's a good question.
I look back to 2002 when I joined DA, and so much has happened in the decade that followed that moment.
I finished college, went to graduate school, started a company, wrote a novel, ran a (first of many) marathon(s).
Who I am now is not who I was then, but the core spirit of that boy remains.
A lot can change in ten years. A lot stays the same too though :)
-ryan
so i decided to check out my page, annnnnd dear god how much has changed since i was here last. i would like to be more active but i feel like my account is kinda dead in the water at the moment haha, ah well keep it real kids. life goes on.