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Without you I can't breathe,
But you've cut off my oxygen.
My thoughts revolve around you;
So why did you disappear?
I'm only half a person
When you're not here with me.
I stumble around, incomplete
When, again, you disappear.
Desperately I cry for you,
"Please don't leave me alone!"
I'm frightened by this future
Where you really disappear.
You are the reason I exist;
The purpose in my life.
If you no longer call me yours
I know I'll disappear.
Please don't walk away from me.
Don't take away my self.
Without you, I'm a fading dream
Without you, I will disappear.
SR Romney 2024
Don't put on your face today
Please wear ours instead
Inoffensive corporate drone
Looks better on your head
Don't wear your favorite t-shirt
Don't wear your pretty clothes
Just wear the corpo uniform
Be company head to toe
Don't think your independent thoughts
Or dream your fondest dreams
Just dream of corporate capital
Your place among our team
Don't think of trying to be unique
Smother your inner glow
'Cause if you need to be yourself
We'll have to let you go
SR Romney 2024
My body is on a call at work
My brain is online scrolling reddit
My love is curled up in her cat bed
My dreams are taking a smoke break
My thoughts are repeatedly playing the same song
My fears still hangout in the parking lot
My soul is still covered in soot
My hate lies dormant in it's cavern
My past pokes it head out from the fog
My future walks by my window
My thumbs finish typing this poem
My present finally hits publish
SR Romney 2024
For one possessing true erudition
The path forward is illuminated.
A wasted thought is an imposition
For one possessing true erudition.
Though living is made of complication;
Moments leaving one feeling frustrated,
For one possessing true erudition
The path forward is illuminated.
SR Romney 2024
Zombie walk your way to work.
The company wants you dead.
The living complain too much about
Worker's rights, overtime
Families, hopes, and dreams.
Shamble to the coffee machine,
Moan and groan beside the water cooler,
Admire the brains of your executives,
Because clearly they deserve it.
Work until you're done,
Go back to your grave
Stare at your coffin lid
Until they summon you.
Be grateful,
There a zombies in Zimbabwe
That don't even have coffins
So zombie walk your way to work
Like a good little undead
SR Romney 2024
I first accepted my cage after careful consideration.
I weighed the pros and cons of the different variations.
I asked my friends and family if they thought it was a good fit.
I asked myself, "In five years, do you see yourself cooing contentedly
As you peer through the bars?"
I told myself I was lucky to find such a nice cage, with such sturdy construction.
I told myself I should be grateful.
Now the cage has started to rust, and shakes violently in the wind
At any moment the cage might fall apart, might disappear.
When it does, will I find a prettier cage?
Or will I finally take the chance to fly away?
SR Romney 2024
Excuse me, pardon,
I saw your garden;
How do you make it grow?
It has grown so high,
And I must know why!
How did you make it so?
Is it the soil,
Hard work and toil?
Please, I really must know.
I want some advice
To make mine as nice;
Have some tips to bestow?
It is my duty
To bring forth beauty
And give the world a show!
So if you'll pardon,
I love your garden!
How do you make it grow?
– SR Romney 2023
You're sitting right across from me
With one ear in the air
You don't hear anything I say
And you don't even care
Too busy with that little voice
To even be aware
I know my words have hit a wall
And I can only stare
I could tell you that I'm upset
I don't think you would care
You only care about that voice
My words hit empty air
When it's speech is finally done
That's when you come aware
Left alone in an empty room
'Cause I'm no longer there.
– SR Romney 2023
I fear I'm a slave to medication
Without pills, I don't really feel like me
I lack any drive or dedication
To help me live life, to help me break free.
Is it slavery to want to be more
Than a slob staying locked up in my room?
Are these pills key to opening the door
Helping me escape my self-imposed doom?
Do these drugs make a farce of who I am?
Or do they let me show you what is real?
Do they finally let me give a damn?
Or are the drugs here to help me conceal?
For now, I still take them, knowing it's best.
I'm better unsure than being depressed.
– SR Romney 2023
Time in moving,
Step by step,
Will reach our
Destination.
Our reach will,
Step by step,
Move in time.
– SR Romney 2023
Shame on The Universe 