i am Dags

Help your pleading eyes
That stare at
A question unanswered
As I realize this is
The first and last greeting.

We may never meet again,
So let us learn the insignificance
Of strangers, enemies,
And friends.

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The chorus to my song "Dance Off"

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#singersongwriter
#synthpop

Some mornings
You feel like
A marionette
Discarded in the corner.
Strings tied in knots
From years of
Shuffling about
In boxes.

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#poem

As knowledge expands
I leave aside man and his fables
While seeing symbols
For what they are.
A white dove of peace
Is shot down.

I try to push over bookshelves
But they fall over me.
All this knowledge
And preserved memory
Forever leaving me bound.

#Poetry
#poem

Dealing in open wounds
Like standing
On an exposed heart.
Holding down the love
Of a disgraced man.

The smell of blood
Conjures memories
Of angry love.
The site of light
And darkness
Pivot around the other
While two stand
Over the edge.

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#poetry

In my loneliness I could not recall my past, present, or future.
There was only void and bruising.
I could not even self-edit my awareness.
I was left to feel the breadth of a sad reality.
Learning truly the lesson of impermanence
Knowing truly that we repeat it time and time again.

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#poetry

Stomping my feet around my head.
I do this not to prove that someone is home,
But to wake up and then regret a memory.

I never considered her insight.
Now I can see that
Half the time the world really is beautiful.

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#poem

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

Lonely Soul

I haven't shared a poem or music in over 2 months. Not sure anyone cares either. Nevertheless, I released this a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy

Life feels pointless—
A breath cursed
And justified by fragile purpose.

You age into loneliness,
Stare into coffee,
Regret every word.

Rage silent,
Sincerity rare.

Your note revealed it:
We never reached the stars. Now, just flesh, bone,
And fading sympathy remains.

#vss365
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As we wait to see if WW3 is coming our way this week.

From the child it is clear
That their elders are Generally careless.
Wearing their youth
In a larger suit.

Not on the left
Nor on the right.
No direction
Shows approval.
This is how
We perform existence
With little knowledge
Of our destination.
We receive nothing
But silent applause.

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#poem

We dreamt of deep caverns,
Shielded from light,
Guided by unseen wisdom.

We turn inward to survive, Shaping futures
We don’t yet grasp.
But when we return,
All is changed—
Displaced by insight,
Left with only
The will to carry on,
Riding the echoes
Of greater souls.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry

That incidental force
Lacking concern
For the next five minutes.
Living in the moment
For the pulse
Of our glorious momentum.
Pushing forward
Like an artist's brush.

Material turns to dust.
We come to form,
Then we shatter
And fade.

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#poetry

She turns to the side,
And I see
No smile or frown,
But a nose
And I may sit and wonder
What reason is this
That I may sit and wonder
Of nothing but
My own heart
And not the complexities
Of a silhouette.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry

My head is blank.
Once life felt like a puzzle.
Now it makes sense,
But thoughts come slow.

I chase the focus I once had, Grasping for flow.
Men grow on knowledge,
Yet I stall.

In dreams, we fly.
We are heroes in sleep,
Blind to the wounded
Soul inside,
Waiting to be seen.

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#poetry

I call her
My heroine
Of the vanishing.
I pay the price
To smell her flower,
Trying to keep
The scent in my mind,
But the flower withers
And the scent turns sweet.

Into my nose,
Into my mind:
Sweet.

In my soul
I can feel
This abundant light
#promoting
Completeness unknown.

#vss365
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#poetry

We've all felt pride in living,
Glimpsed the cosmos,
Then shattered—
Seeking the next to infect
With nirvana’s
Violent beauty.

We marry uncertainty,
Bury courage,
Tire of insults.

Screaming, kicking,
We emit air—
Failure’s scent
Is guiding the way.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry

In the coming days
Death keeps its promise
To hold you tightly
As we cease to
Sculpt the future.
Rather, we light
The world on fire
With an accidental
Candlelit vigil.

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#poetry

He is an angry young man
Fed with guilt.
Walking around like
A wounded animal
Too full of pride
To show pain
On sunny days,
Proving his
Imagined strength
To his enemies.

In his wrath
He prays for some god
To smite his brethren
In an attempt
To cover his shame.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry

I speak,
But the abyss
Swallows my words.
Truth lingers
In one selfish thought.

I won’t claim to give meaning.
War fills the void.
In the end,
Justice is
The butchering of one's senses.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry

You put your notion
Of love down
On the table.
Staring at the walls
Like some abstract painting.
Thinking of every soul
That harmed you
In your formative years.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry

Misfit Dags · Menagerie · Song · 2025

The moment we come to be
We cry that we're born
Upon this great stage of fools
That's built upon the labor of life's scorn.
But we're made of brighter things.
We live to grasp the brass ring.
Oh, take the carousel home and call in the morn’.

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#diymusic
#musiciansky
#synths

Confabulation Dags · Menagerie · Song · 2025

Before everyone commits their sin,
Why don't we admit we cannot swim
In this shallow puddle we call time.

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All my life
I have defaulted
To these excuses,
Forgiving everything
That is done unto me.
On late nights
I travel home,
I reflect
On every second of the day
Dividing good fom evil.

The passing lights
Flicker a message
Of love indescribable.
Blinded by the illusion.

#vss365
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#poetry

I simply could not
Tell when in rapture
That all of these changes
Were inevitable.
If I had the chance
To turn to our beginnings
I would shrug off love.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry

You remember how
You bled emotions
Onto paper,
Marking thoughts in
An inexperienced language,
Meant for your eyes only.

Poetry felt easy—
Until you saw its depth,
Its artistry

The experts seemed
Like gods or
Distant stars
Shining far beyond
Your reach.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry

Come tragedy.
Come unforeseen outcomes.
I inhale all of this
To feel that life
Remains beautiful.
It is a dream
That will never be.
We become angry
Once we have
To wave goodbye.
Throwing internal tantrums.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry

Writing On the Wall Dags · Menagerie · Song · 2025

A witness to the mess all night long.
We separate as if to right a wrong.
It is evident that we are lost
In this wilderness so what's the cost?

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#diymusic
#musiciansky
#synths

We are out
To take a chance on love
In a place wherein
Truth cannot comprehend
Salt-filled tears.

The sky is eager.
Rain falls on
Every successful path.
You sense your own nature
Healing every broken bone
With a simple gesture.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry