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Gone and lost Lost and gone I cannot find you All is wrong Down is up Weak is strong I cannot find you Lost and gone But have I looked? Have I really tried? Neglecting books And telling lies Excuses made Inspiration died Have I looked? Have I really tried? Dates been set Plans been made No need to fret Just sit and wait Ideas none Gone a day Plans been met Nothing made I call upon you Time and time But do I listen, To make it mine? I think I do Am I lying? I call upon you Make it mine! Something done One thing's some Some's a little Make a riddle Something's rhyme But not all Something's done One thi

Feeling poetic But nothing to write Words that I saw Torn from my site Try as I will Try as I might Simply No inspiration tonight I want nothing more Than but to write Something of rhythm Of beautiful sight Try as I will Try as I might Simply No inspiration tonight I know I'm defeated But I continue the fight I swing in the dark Not guided by light Bubbling emotion I know it's not right I know I'm defeated I've lost the fight Laying in pieces Bitter in spite No inspiration Nothing to write -Shawn Partin

Like a puzzle To portray meaning Cloaked Enveloped by metaphor Hidden by simile Driven by expression Desire to communicate through riddle Desire for those riddles to be solved Silent hope of impossibility Screaming desire to be understood -Shawn Partin

I sit and wait Heart still Calm Embrace in the joy of self mutilation Masochism Forced into submission Sweating in the cold Heart still Calm I break out into silent song As blood runs down my body like hot rain hitting my flesh turning to ice as it runs away Muscles tense Heart still Calm A brutal test of self discipline Through self-inflicted art A beautiful scar facilitating memory Muscles relax Heart still Calm -Shawn Partin

Futile attempts toward happiness Temporary solutions to solitude Can true happiness be found? One young soul shackled, chained, and bound. Once more Summer's days and Summer's nights I often times do wish That I could simply return To Summer's sweet kiss I waited in anticipation for sunset Sun set and rose again Hesitation did me in I lay here now and reminisce I cherish every kiss I lay here now and reminisce I cherish the ones I miss Mangled, broken, shattered Mended by love Torn, beaten, battered Mended again All I feel now is my own pain Look deep Into my heart Three scars can be seen Three times torn apart Memo