view point

find peace within yourself
before you chastise friends
a camera with a blurry view
-you have to change the lens

worm

pipes and tubes
coming and going
like a private plumbing system
yes, i'm a private.
or was it a sergeant?
does it matter?
bed-ridden as i am?

what good are my medals if i have no eyes?
what good are my weapons if i have no arms?
what good are my boots if i have no feet?

i've done my share
the president wanted to shake my hand
-alas...
a hero he said
a man among men

i've got a plaque on a wall
i'll never see it

so helpless
why, if you'd drop me in the mud
i'd wriggle and squirm like some sort of insect
and crawl back to that field where i lost
my limbs and my brothers
who went out on a limb
for scum like me

i'm so sorry

(hurting) poem

today i woke from my blissful snoozing
to find myself trapped in a white padded room
doctors leering orderlies abusing
my every right to self-brought gloom

pumped with anti-depressants
i'm painlessly lifted to a higher place
don't you see i despise the cheery and pleasant?
what you're doing's not more than a slap in the face

why can't you leave me alone?
cast me out and burn my file
if only a life of piss and moan
without the restraint mask that makes me smile
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it might not be your p.o.v. per say, but i'd appreciate constructive crit.
thanx

have you ever

have you ever felt enormous
like a mighty redwood
catching the sun rays
as you firmly stand tall?

have you ever felt weightless
like a gust of cool breeze
nothing can stop you
no-no worries at all

have you ever been reminded
of a helium balloon
there is nothing
that is going to hold you down

have you ever felt like headlines
of the fresh front page news
cause your name
is the talk of the town

and have you ever held your fantasy
in both hands, clutching tight
hoping that when you open your eyes
everything will turn out all right?

have you ever?