gathering stories

sometimes I write

[enigmatic-ocean]

Wipe out your tears and put on your masks You now must stop crying and align your back Be serious and respectable For you are not a child anymore

Poetry and emotion are worthless now You were made to fight and you were made to win And don’t you dare to stop and smell the flowers Or look at the clouds in the sky

The world was not made for dreamers And so you must keep your feet on the ground A straight face, looking for what may come Don’t waste your time wondering of what is not

And at night when you get home Make sure that all the curtains are closed and no light comes in Before you smoke that one cigarette Or you dive your weakened spirit in the bathtub to scream

The world is there to get you So you must prevent yourself If you don’t feel nothing You will never feel bad

[enigmatic-ocean]

The Boy With Feathery Arms

I knew this boy He used to greet me with the warmest smiles And used to hug me with his feathery arms He had a melodic voice And everyone loved his singing And so did I I eventually fell in love But the singing boy was meant to be free And he didn't even like me So one day he flew away Into the sky Leaving to me only the memory of his eyes

[enigmatic-ocean]

I like you Because we are alike You don't like me Because we are alike

[enigmatic-ocean]

A Ballad For Edgar The Ostrich

Edgar the ostrich was the finest ostrich I’ve ever met He had great art taste and listened to jazz He lived in a museum in the hills and he had a neat garden too Oh, how I want to be like Edgar the ostrich when I grow old! Edgar the ostrich was a very lucky bird When he was young he escaped from a zoo A wealthy lady once thought “oh how I want an exotic pet!” And a tiny Edgar came to live with her And all his life was completely set Oh Edgar my friend tell me your secret I want to be just like you You have a beautiful house and eat good food Instead I'm here in a cramped apartment writing in an old notebook And dreaming of the day when I'll be an ostrich and do what you do

[enigmatic-ocean]

another sundown in the city but unlike the birds people are not sleeping the spirits are too unquiet all the time and I always wonder if you're alright

[enigmatic-ocean]

every time i look through my window and see the blue sky i feel a big urge to jump it’s as if the clouds were calling me

[enigmatic-ocean]

A Girl I Fell In Love With, No. 2

She had dark curly hair and teeth like pearls I first met her when I entered a room from where came music And I loved her in the moment she lifted her eyes from the harpsichord to greet me.

I loved her smile, free and simple as a sparrow.

[enigmatic-ocean]

A Girl I Fell In Love With, No. 01

She had pale skin and long brown hair I first saw her on the bus, she sat in the seat in front of me And I fell for her when she moved her head and her hair touched my hands

I loved her pride.