Phony Friends @ MindSay 
The Spirits
Grandmother's voice
leaves a sound in the empty house
years after her death
her wisdom lives on
the deserted house
is my refuge
a safe harbor from the world
walking around
looking at the home
she created
and what it is now
a place for spirits
to come and rest
their tired souls
tired from walking
"Son, grab a chair
and sit at this table, boy
I got some stories to tell"
drinking green tea, inhaling deeply
and remembering, reminiscing
"... this world is a different place now,
you've got to move ahead,
you've got to move faster than
the rest"
silence is golden
in front of the fireplace
saying nothing, but again
words don't speak
whispering soft words of comfort
but don't let anger be brought in here
for hell will break loose
for they are spirits,
and spirits don't play
Weeping Willow
don't got nothing on
Mary Ann;
the tragic mulatto story
who had dreams
but no guidance,
but now here to guide those
who seek the advice
of the spirits
hearing my grandfather's troubled spirit
creak through the house
wondering where the family went
"did not they loved us in life,
why depart us in death"
but still pleased by the thought
that a blood son still returns
often
to seek advice
the spirits
have stories
have secrets
have wisdom
to tell
about baby Jo,
who died 4 days old
an embarrassment
to Aunt JoAnn
who killed herself in
anguish
her room is still haunted
the spirits are my second
family
my relief place
get away from the world
a refresher
a breather
'"come, sit,
have a drink"
the spirits...
are waiting.
today is a weird day for me, but one thing was clear: friends are phony as fuck and you should watch your back when you are dealing with them, because they say a lot of shit about you to your back and to your face act all lovey dovey and shit.
not that this happened to me, but it happened to someone that i love very much
i still haven't told nilly nile how i felt about her, i've been called almost every name in the book and still i won't tell her
my feet are hurting from playing basketball and ballroom dancing
i went to every class today, but i fell asleep in biology and i didn't dress up in gym
but i hope you like my poem, it's an old one i wrote about 4 months ago.
happy reading, spread the word
justin
aka
DiStAnT vOyAgEr
my mother is still irritating the hell out of me for many reasons
i want her to just get lost or something
damn, WTF? I want her to leave me the hell alone
but any the tower city situation still didn't get resolved
the boy that thought he saw me posted on his myspace page
under his rumors about me and what he saw at tower city
i want to type something else, but you have to watch what you say
when you're around certain people
i just got a Duke poster in the mail yesterday
i want to put it in my room today, but i don't know when
i also got some mail from Fordham University
i really want to go to Fordham, but they only have
pre-architecture and not architecture as a major
so now I'm back to square one with my choice of
Cooper Union
some people really shock me sometimes though
i don't know for what reason, but a lot of reasons
i hate it when i really like someone and for some unapparent reasons
i can't tell this person
am i a punk or not
no, cause it's a crush to me , so i could care less
I swear, V, if you read this and you leave a pointless comment
i'm going to choke the living mess out of you
lol
justin