Category Archives: guilt

Regret & Karmic Debt

Posted on March 24, 2019 by soitgoes1984

Some nights I want to turn back the clock a decade or more, but I made my bed so I lay awake trying my best to forget wading through oceans of regret and karmic debt and one too many mistakes, … Continue reading →

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We’re The Elves

Posted on January 10, 2018 by soitgoes1984

Blaming the president and not ourselves is like blaming santa and not his elves We’re all to blame They keep controlling us with fear so we pay our taxes year after year We’re all to blame … Continue reading →

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The Heart Of Babylon

Posted on July 24, 2016 by soitgoes1984

You say we fight for freedom even though you know its a lie our duffel bags are packed and we’re heading to Iraq and theres a good chance that we’re going to die. We took off from Atlanta touched down in Germany after three days in Kuwait … Continue reading →

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Heart Of An Octopus

Posted on July 14, 2016 by soitgoes1984

Its body was still pulsating the ink still traveling just beneath the slimy surface with tenticles still dripping and salt water dropping into the sand below through cracks in the weathered picnic table unable to say no, I held out my … Continue reading →

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pain

Posted on June 13, 2016 by soitgoes1984

Falling through hell branches breaking burning wells boiling bodies souls to sell baking in the heat laying in defeat half dead in the street forever on repeat begin to go insane drink up this acid rain to wash away the … Continue reading →

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Daily Memories

Posted on May 25, 2016 by soitgoes1984

so, it’s Memorial Day sales again and I remember when Cub Scout packs would take up the back of the parade and families would struggle to find shade along Main Street in late May with temperatures rising we shuffled our … Continue reading →

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SOS: Sacrifice Our Souls…an ode to violence, america’s pastime

Posted on September 17, 2014 by soitgoes1984

SOS Sacrifice Our Souls… an ode to violence, america’s pastime Fallen Disney princesses Are no longer needed To hide the military And the mercenaries As they continue to spread World War Three To more and more countries Filled with dehumanized … Continue reading →

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