Dain Brammage

There is Hope

DainBrammage — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:00:32 +0000

Yet, deep within me
Resides a place of great light
Balancing darkness

Love Sick

DainBrammage — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:00:05 +0000

Stomach somewhat soured
Churning from your words
Like bile spat in my face
Your truth now has emerged

Heaving contempt for me
Bubbling off your tongue
The acidic slight toward my affection
Has left my heart unstrung

True love leaves you nauseous
More bitter as it grows
But when you belch your rejection
Your fear is left exposed

The Effect of Music

DainBrammage — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Listening to the music
I try to linger on each note
But the next forces me forward
Keeping me in the moment

and yet

DainBrammage — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:00:35 +0000

I am trying not to think about
The way the World now is
I do not want to give it
Any of my energy

Even with all of the hope
Our new President does bring
Singing of the possibility of
Rebuilding humanity

Yet in the face of this
I have not heard him utter
The solitary idea I think
Could make this a reality

For the human race
To truly love mankind
He must repeal the right of personhood
Bestowed upon corporate entities

My Sun is Setting

DainBrammage — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:00:26 +0000

A brilliant light
Blinds my eyes
But warms my decaying soul
I am dying

I do not ask for redemption
I have lived a just life
I have not repented for my sins
There are no such things

I have answered to myself, always
I have forgiven myself, daily
If there is a God that lives within me
Then I have done right in this world

And if there is not

Then no amount of last-minute gestures
Will help me pass or ease my pain
I cross-over with peace in my heart
Ready to live and love again

Growing Up

DainBrammage — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:00:11 +0000

For years my mind ruled me
Kept itself busy with thought
Ran wild with what ifs, if onlys,
Should haves

Unchecked

I could spend hours sitting and thinking
About a single situation
That had not yet occurred

Obsessing

Carrying on conversations
With someone who was not with me

Present

Angry about what they might say

Arguing

I am in the process of putting that person away
The brain is not as smart as it thinks it is
Living a conscience life begets wisdom
And that resides in the heart

It is Still Winter

DainBrammage — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:00:26 +0000

Bright and sunny day
Looks warm and invites one out
Bitter cold ruse though

Soul Searching

DainBrammage — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:00:40 +0000

Who are you?
Do you know?
Have you looked inside
To see if you can see?

Who you are is there
You are not what you show
To the World through your skin
Nor are you who your ego tells you to be

You can see your spirit within
If you are brave enough to look
The idea scares you
You have so much tucked away

You keep yourself hidden
Not from others
Not from the ones you love
But from yourself

Your spirit leaks into the world
And reveals your nature, your truth
Many others see this around you, diluted
You can see it in full vibrancy when you look inside

Look first to your heart
It has something to say
Hear it speak to you
Receive its message

Look next to the brain
Find the contradictions
Note them, they are the fallacies
Let them drop away

Now who are you?
Are you who you thought you were?

Reading into What is not Said

DainBrammage — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:00:42 +0000

Tell Me
Communicate
Don’t shut me out again
I am feeling oh so helpless
Lonely

It’s me
I know it’s me
That is why you won’t talk
You are afraid you will hurt me
You won’t

You won’t
Unless you go
Do not leave me alone
I love you deeply, you know I
Need you

Tell me
I can take it
I can’t take your silence
Your secrecy is killing me
I ache

Say it
You don’t love me
You never have loved me
My heart is broken, my soul too
Just go

Misguided Quatrain

DainBrammage — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:00:12 +0000

I’ve been down so many times
And for so long at a go
Happiness, it seemed to me
Was something that only the sky knows