tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53017577286304732542024-03-13T12:35:04.321-05:00Voodoo Rue's Life BytesEvery Day Should Be an AdventureVoodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-51322332024312687612020-05-28T12:58:00.000-05:002020-05-28T13:03:16.511-05:00I'm Not Okay<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to run away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with the poem of my dreams</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ride into the sunset</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on a fiery metaphor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hold hands with the moon and sun</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and fall in love with words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the people who whisper them in my ear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But there is no one near to whisper</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I don’t have any words to spare</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because I don’t want to say</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m not okay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There’s nothing poetic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in I’m not okay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There’s no way to make not okay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This poet wasn’t built for distance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wasn’t meant to ever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be more than an arm’s length away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from some kind of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">any kind of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wasn’t meant to leap-frog</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this distance between nouns</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the adjectives that make them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">feel so good</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I just want to feel good again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-5036677072152112582020-01-31T09:36:00.003-06:002020-01-31T09:36:41.850-06:00January<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tell myself</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that I can survive January</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that this bone-deep cold</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is the hardest part</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of the new year</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and how hard</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">could the rest possibly be...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...And then I slide into February</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like 10-year-old me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sliding onto a frozen lake</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in oversized</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hand-me-down skates</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">trying to find my balance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and hoping that it's safe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but in the end knowing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that I was always going to sink</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~ VoodooRue (January 2020)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-56190614985346429792020-01-31T09:35:00.001-06:002020-01-31T09:35:02.409-06:00Resolutions<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Breathe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Breathe deeply</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in January</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when breathing is the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">most terrifying</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when the cold threatens</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to gut you from the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">inside out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that it can only get easier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and that there will</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">eventually be</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a thaw</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">II</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Collapse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fall into</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the new year</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and its fresh beginnings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and start again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">rebuild</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">what foundations</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are warped and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">give no support</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and build something</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that cannot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be broken</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">III</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Connect</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are tides</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that depend on you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and there are words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that wait for</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a chance to break</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">across a silent shore</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so do not give up</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">your breath so soon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just because</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the air seems too thin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to survive</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and do not forget that</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the phases of the moon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are the phrases</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of your earth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love deeply</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">even when it is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">most terrifying</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when the fear feels</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like it will gut you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from the inside out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and know that</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it is not a blade</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">slicing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but is instead</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the burn of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">your heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">filling in its own cracks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because you let it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">V</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be loved</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Allow the sun</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">its chance to kiss</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">your face</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">instead of hiding</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the shadows</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lie back</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in a field of dandelions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and bloom</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and finally</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for once</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be warm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (January 2018)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-78022066047419971062020-01-31T09:28:00.001-06:002020-01-31T09:28:34.182-06:00The Truck Poem<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I woke up one morning</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and spit out blood</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">without any idea of </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">where it came from</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or if it was even mine</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I'm pretty sure</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the blood on your knuckles</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">matched my DNA</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">again</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was the same DNA</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on your windshield</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when you decided it should get</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">acquainted with my face</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and it got very well</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">acquainted with my face</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and my ribs</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and my knees</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And your truck</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which didn't survive</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">whatever lesson</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you were trying to</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">teach me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">crumpled</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like paper</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on its side </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">where I had already folded myself</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">into a ball for safety</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I was still looking</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for safety</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when I was climbing over</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">your body </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to find a way out</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so you can probably blame me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for that broken collarbone</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I don't care</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because I still find myself</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">climbing over memories</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and spitting out blood</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to find a safe place</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (November 2018)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-82503374532576684712020-01-31T09:20:00.002-06:002020-01-31T09:20:23.218-06:00If I Had a Nickel<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I had a nickel</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for every time I've wanted</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to tell someone</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">exactly what I need</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would have</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">more money</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">than I could</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ever spend</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if I had a nickel</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for every time</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've told someone</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">exactly what I needed</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and gotten it</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then my bank</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">would be empty</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (September 2018)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-62861806813098601162020-01-31T09:17:00.005-06:002020-01-31T09:17:44.914-06:00More After Midnight<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes I think</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm more after midnight</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">than before</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that I am more</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the dark</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">than I am in the daylight</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that I am nothing more than</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">five feet two inches of</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">unremarkable</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but goddammit</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">does this tiny vessel</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">have a voice</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and you</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are going</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to listen</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (May 2018)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-88158230476175443222020-01-31T09:15:00.003-06:002020-01-31T09:15:56.239-06:00Dear Everything I Hate About Myself<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to need you</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to take a break and maybe</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">go on vacation</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">frankly</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm fucking exhausted</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will buy you the ticket</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if you just go sit on a beach</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">somewhere</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and crack open</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a Corona</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and listen to a bunch of</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shitty Jimmy Buffett songs</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because I am still here</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">trying every day</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to get out of bed</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and you're not helping</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because you are</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the worst lover</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've ever had</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I would pay</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a million dollars</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if you would just leave me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">alone</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (April 2018)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-23099595018399667182020-01-31T09:13:00.001-06:002020-01-31T15:29:35.524-06:00Untitled<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The older I get</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the more I am nothing but mouth</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I go from aching</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to angry</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">from sadness</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to sarcasm</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">from desperate</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to just dark</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and there are no miners</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">left in the world</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">who are brave enough</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to go that deep</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (March 2018)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-59138520587413016462020-01-31T09:11:00.004-06:002020-01-31T11:44:09.153-06:00Home<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have spent a lifetime</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">writing love poems</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to places</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">that have never</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">loved me back</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">because my <i>home</i></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">does not belong</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to places</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">but it should belong</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So now I'm trying</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to build the doors</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to my home</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">because</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have enough walls</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and I'm trying</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to fill a welcome mat</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with a love poem</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to myself</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (February 2018)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-90099073625920448042020-01-31T09:09:00.002-06:002020-01-31T15:29:58.761-06:00Life's a Beach<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't know</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">where I stand</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with the tides</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">every day</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But I do know</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">that I am drowning and</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I know</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">that I have sand</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in places</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">where I'm not supposed to</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">have sand</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and saying that</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am uncomfortable</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is putting it mildly</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because life is a beach</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">that's what they tell me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">life is a beach</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">from a distance</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a sunlit, beautiful dream</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But up close it's cold</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and it's wet</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and it hurts</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">when you let it in</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">~ VoodooRue (February 2018)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-15486994834137612422020-01-31T09:06:00.003-06:002020-01-31T09:06:49.924-06:00Dark<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a child</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always feared</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the things I couldn't see</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the things I couldn't understand</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from the dark things</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that lived</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the empty space</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">under my bed</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to the dark things</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hidden between the words</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of the grown-ups' arguments</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And to this day</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm still not sure</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which is more frightening</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the blank</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">under-bed space</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from which a child's</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nightmares are born</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or the dark</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">between-words space</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from which a child's</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">insecurities are born</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here I am now</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">still not knowing</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">where to look</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to find the light</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and wondering if</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the end</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it's all just dark</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (February 2018)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-15301134912725419292020-01-31T09:04:00.002-06:002020-01-31T09:04:28.811-06:00Memo to Myself<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sleep</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the middle</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of your own bed</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are not waiting</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for someone</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to fill that space</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You don't need something</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so one-sided</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to find comfort</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can be</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the center</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of your own world</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (January 2018)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-58561214145940127502020-01-31T09:02:00.002-06:002020-01-31T15:30:13.072-06:00Fifteen<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some days I am</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">fifteen again</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and I don't really know</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">where the city</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">begins and ends</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and I don't understand why</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">everything</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">doesn't go dark</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at the end of the day</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">because all my beginnings</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and endings</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">have sketchy borders</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and it feels like I am</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">always in the dark</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (December 2017)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-84527842663237831322020-01-31T09:00:00.004-06:002020-01-31T15:30:25.818-06:00Untitled<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I run from October</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">because I don't</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">know how to relate to color</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But here I am</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ahead of the game</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for November</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because l understand</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">every shade</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of rain</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (October 2017)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-10816758485497284522020-01-31T08:58:00.005-06:002020-01-31T08:58:47.277-06:00Untitled<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have gone to war</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in every language</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">against my own heart</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">battled every god</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">created by egos</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because we need to believe</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we are loved by something</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bigger than us</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when we should be</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the singular</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">beautiful language</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">spoken by our own hearts</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">enough</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But that's the only word</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in any language</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (September 2017)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-63548162826776459942020-01-31T08:56:00.004-06:002020-01-31T08:56:54.307-06:00Untitled<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Punish me today</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for the sins I have committed</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Punish me later</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for the sins I will commit</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't punish me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for the sins I wasn't</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">even original enough</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to think of yet</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (August 2017)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-66741973464880220272020-01-31T08:54:00.004-06:002020-01-31T08:54:57.903-06:00Listen<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Listen</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">said the prisoner</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">kiss me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and let me tell you</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">all my secrets</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am as naked</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">as I have ever been</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and I have nothing</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">left to hide</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I answered</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and turned my face</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">into the sun</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">because you are drunk</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">on the perfume</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of my freedom</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and you have nothing</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">left to lose</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ VoodooRue (July 2017)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-43734929113580903912020-01-31T08:52:00.003-06:002020-01-31T08:52:45.492-06:00Scenes<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A bottle of red</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A bottle of white</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I'm sitting in my favorite</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Italian restaurant</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in Hell's Kitchen</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and waiting for my glass</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of red</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and thinking that</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brenda sounds like</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a materialistic bitch</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and that Eddie sounds like</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a bit of a pushover</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But in the end</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they both found someone</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">who wanted to be with them</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for a little while</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At least until last call</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (June 2017)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-4504152487631075402020-01-31T08:50:00.002-06:002020-01-31T08:50:21.023-06:00Bones in My Teeth<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are bones in my teeth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from all the words</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've had to swallow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">trying to consume</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the broken parts of me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that will not be digested</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have no more room</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am full</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and this mouth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">will never be clean</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (June 2017)</span>Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-7868360135398166082020-01-31T08:46:00.001-06:002020-01-31T08:46:25.542-06:00I'm Almost<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
I'm almost 9</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
I'm almost 16</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
I'm almost 30</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
I'm almost 46</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
I'm almost 9</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
for a summer in Queens</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
and the days are sunshine and</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
beaches and city streets</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
and baseball games</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
and dirt that never touches me</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
I'm almost 16</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
at my first Broadway show</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
with my high school chorus</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
and I don't understand</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
all the things I see on stage</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
but I know I want to</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
I'm almost 30</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
and this company has agreed</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
to pay me for the only thing</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
in the world that</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
I'm good at</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
and here I am again</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
I'm almost 46</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
and my company has agreed</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
to bore me to death</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
so I will I write poetry</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
sitting in a bar</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
with red duct tape seats</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
and wonder</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
if I'm almost</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
where I should be</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
if I'm almost home</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
and if I'm almost</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
happy</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
~VoodooRue (5/2017)</div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-39405232412002832192020-01-31T08:37:00.003-06:002020-01-31T08:39:30.870-06:00Untitled<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm at that age where</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">loss becomes a regularity</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and not a rarity</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">where stories still start</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with once upon a time</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but never quite make it</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to happily ever after</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">where dreams fly south</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for the winter but decide</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they like it slower and</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">warmer and easier</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and never come home to roost</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and here I am still</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sitting in my nest</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just trying to figure out</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if my wings are strong enough</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to carry the miles of unfinished drafts</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that weigh me down</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (5/1/2017)</span></div>
</div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-67875504722409565002020-01-31T08:34:00.000-06:002020-01-31T08:34:00.390-06:00Untitled<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That view<br />of Manhattan<br />that hyper-lit<br />skyline silhouette<br />of a million dreams<br />that, like me,<br />don't know how<br />to go to sleep<br />seen from the rear window<br />of a cab<br />on the 59th Street Bridge<br />on the way back to Queens<br />is everything<br />I'm supposed to remember<br />and everything<br />I'm prone to forget</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~VoodooRue (4/8/2017)</span></div>
Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-7097356435285606602017-03-29T15:59:00.001-05:002017-03-29T15:59:18.926-05:00Someone <div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Someone hunts the hunter<br />in the coldest, darkest night</span></div>
<div class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
Someone hides their monsters<br />where the sunlight never shines</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
Someone watched the angels<br />and eventually they fell</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
Someone's lust is poison<br />but she's looking forward to hell</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
Someone's got the fever<br />for a life she's never led</div>
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Someone long for stories<br />where the characters aren't dead</div>
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Someone wants to dream of something<br />anything will do</div>
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This girl she wants to dream of something<br />anything but you</div>
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3/21/2017</div>
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Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-23354750223718521302017-03-29T15:55:00.002-05:002017-03-29T15:55:44.316-05:00To One Who's Never Met the Sun<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you see more clearly<br />when the sun goes down<br />when every light around you dims<br />and you can finally find your way<br />because your eyes <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />are so accustomed<br />to the darkness<br />that's inside you?</span></span></div>
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Where will you go<br />when confronted<br />by the light<br />How will you find your way<br />in the sunshine<br />when you've never met<br />the sun?</div>
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Will you close you eyes<br />and stumble back into<br />the dark corners<br />of the comfort zone<br />that has become your home?</div>
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Or will you open your eyes<br />and let all<br />of your dark places<br />burn up in the light?</div>
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3/20/2017</div>
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Voodoo Ruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003077309046789529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301757728630473254.post-86082447248165319812017-03-29T15:52:00.003-05:002017-03-29T15:52:42.032-05:00Dreams on St. Peter Street<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can hear the calliope<br />on the Steamboat Natchez<br />playing faintly on the river<br />down Saint Peter Street</span></div>
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I think it's playing<br />La Vie En Rose<br />but it's hard to tell<br />because I'm not sure<br />if it's real and I'm awake<br />or if all of this is just a dream</div>
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I want to go outside<br />and listen for the answer<br />for all the answers<br />but I'm not really sure<br />I want to know<br />because the dream<br />is just so sweet</div>
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2/26/2017</div>
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