I Versus Me

[whoami]

I Versus Me

Honestly, nobody honors me;
nobody understands nobody's fond of me.
They paint a mockery of what I ought to be,
docking the ocean's autobiography
. . . when it's a pond they sea.
Hollow dreams skip scenes of life's slipstream
amidst seams buried beneath Gacy's aching floor beams.
Faith hopelessly glistening for anyone witnessing
the wordsmith whose words ripped Hurt's/Hertz ribs
frequently to preserve everything that is perfect.

Honestly, honesty's the worst policy:
A hollow creed bearing possession - an apostrophe.
Pieces of peace are far gone and deceased.
Removing the leash to relinquish the freak
beckons morning glory of gory mourning
storming the moral of the story before me.
None can prepare for repressive despair.
Poltergeists convene in dungeon and lair,
possessing depressed priests without blessings to spare,
tormented from reckless repair of forcing the fare to be fair.

I versus me: my own worst enemy
pretending to defend the writing friend inside of me.
Befriending fiending demons sleeping right to the side of me,
left with deceiving insight of thee, blindly receiving a fright to see.

Needlessly, I say this:
I cannot sleep when my mind becomes brainless,
rupturing from promiscuous paces
of baseless races tainted by faceless racists.
Solo participant, yet still somehow in last place - shit!
Somehow being Heaven sent has me graced with
maintaining a faith in faithless angel faces
worshipping the master's aides, conjuring bastard plagues.
Fuck this masquerade - shaving off the mask today.

[Emily]

Honestly, nobody honors me;
nobody understands nobody's fond of me.
They paint a mockery of what I ought to be,

Honestly, honesty's the worst policy:
A hollow creed bearing possession - an apostrophe.
Pieces of peace are far gone and deceased.
Removing the leash to relinquish the freak

I versus me: my own worst enemy
pretending to defend the writing friend inside of me.

worshipping the master's aides, conjuring bastard plagues.
Fuck this masquerade - shaving off the mask today.

Just a few of the quotes I love. There are more.
You inspire me to write. You inspire me to get better.
I sometimes read some of your lines and think...
"I wish I'd written that."

This is yet another example of what a mature writer you are,
and how you can put pen to paper and mold a thought like clay.

Stunning work.

[Jukon]

I liked this, an easy read. Everything seemed to fit together and flow freely. I myself don't prefer constant rhyming in poetry, I like them to be littered throughout the piece here and there, but you made it work for you. It didn't hinder your words choice or make anything mean less. Your descriptions are up there, too.


I versus me: my own worst enemy
pretending to defend the writing friend inside of me.

I really relate to this, especially now. Good read I enjoyed it

[whoami]

Thanks for the excellent words. Very much appreicated @Jukon and @Emily .

Bump. http://www.rapbattles.com/showthread...=1#post8762245