Barnsey's book of Poetry, J.M Barnes [books for 9th graders .txt] 📗
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SUCCESS - I See You by J.M Barnes
I have seen you
Creeping on the edges of my vision
I know you're there
Watching me and mumbling aloud
I know you,
though I fear you just the same
I have watched you glide around me like a shark in a dark ocean
Your teeth are endless,
like possibilities
You are unstoppable and I have avoided you too long
Your gaping maw beckons but I resist as ever
Plaintive in my efforts there is no use,
you have caught me...
at last...
success
Why is there not silence?
Why has my sight not dimmed?
Where do my limbs take me?
Whispered promises on the wind.
At last...they cry and I seek closest cover
the beast has finally found me
and it has made me...
its lover
Why did I resist?
Just the threat of you, my jailer
Now that I know you so true
I can never return to failure.
A COLD AND UNFORGIVING WORLD by J.M Barnes
There's an iron candle inside my chest
Not always aflicker with flame
There's a smoking gun you call my fist
On its palm is written a name
My anger keeps me warm
My hatred keeps me warm
The violent boom of thunder
Quiets my storm
As I shiver under the shadow of you
My anger keeps me warm
My hatred keeps me warm
The boom of thunder quiets my storm
As I search this world for you...
LOVE POEM FOR JEANNIE
Opposites attract and we are the proof
Nothing in common living under one roof
I, an introvert, you a raging fire
I breathe in your passion and bathe in your desire
For so long voices railed against our designs
One passionate embrace pushed them all from our mind
Age no barrier, burdens no wall
Ups and downs irrelevant,
the most honest love of all
If I had known you would we have come to this?
If you'd relented would we even exist?
You are the fire that burns within me and gives me hope when all seems lost
You are the extra push I need while by these winds my world is tossed.
I have no love or purpose without you in my life
I never would have survived, my world so marred with strife.
Nearly twenty years have passed and there is little we have not seen or done
If I was asked if I had any regrets I would say there was just one.
I should have loved you more and looked past all your faults,
I should have listened closer, the advice you gave for naught
I wish I held you closer so now you would still feel the same,
and I wish we could communicate better so our together was not so strained.
I remember the passion and I remember the issues with trust
I recall the unwavering support but mostly I remember us.
This is to you...my heart...my Queen,
For without you...there can be...
no me.
JAGGED EDGES by J.M Barnes
All jagged edges,
hard,
without a grin,
A long time lost
Never quite knew where to begin,
A glare profound,
to warn away the cruel,
Your nearness draws a fearsome din.
How can I continue? With this shouting in my soul.
How can I continue? Only you can make me whole.
Let me fade from this caption,
this world,
this life,
I have no good words, my tongue a serrated knife.
Though my heart spilleth over I favor now the end,
I close my eyes, burned with the image,
of you my closest friend.
See me not as angry and full of dissent,
But as a tidal wave of fury that did finally relent.
I tried to accept the world but it was never fond of me,
Enough of the battles I cannot win, finally...
I am free.
Wolverine - Logan
One of the reasons Wolverine became so popular among comic fans and children alike was his humanity. He represented the opposite spectrum from godly heroes like Superman or Thor. He possessed all of the foibles and weaknesses of the common man. His greatest foe often was his own lack of self control. Because of his mutation he battled his savage urges with every breath. To me this was an echo of the inner struggle many men go through as they mature. This is also the struggle all good men go through as they stand by and wait for a slow and unwieldy judicial system to deliver justice to the deserving.
Forced to reign in his true capacity for violence and revenge he still managed to be one of the greatest Marvel Comic heroes of all time. He existed somewhere between civility and savagery. He was neither Man nor Beast...
MAN NOR BEAST by J.M Barnes
Man nor beast, upon either or, forever I will feast
Man nor beast, greater or less, more savage to say the least
Senses acute, I smell the blood on your hands
I hear the tune of your fear, for guilt is only man's
Silent as night, I follow ill wrought fate
Bloodstained steel, razor sharp is my hate
Bound by honor, righting wrongs yet they scorn
Gaijin barbarian, ex-man born
Man nor beast, I am the foe your running from
Man nor beast, I'll cut the cruelty from your tongue
Unsure of myself I seek solitude with my pain
Senses acute only humanity keeps me sane
Mostly immune, healing process keeps me whole
Unbreakable bones, all that wounds is my soul
Past unknown my friends are too few
Renowned for death, man nor beast I'm coming through
Man nor beast, I'm the shadow your running from
Man nor beast, I'll kill the beast you've become
Super Patriot
Captain America was one of the best comic heroes of all time for several reasons. He represented the core of humanity that still held morality and righteousness close to their hearts. He represented a fallen age. In our current age it was amusing to watch him adjust to how things had changed since he had been frozen alive. It was also amusing to watch him embarass villains with way higher power levels than his own. He was and is the best all around scrapper in Marvel comics, I beg anyone to disagree. His only reliance was upon his mighty shield which was pretty nigh unbreakable. No healing factor, no super invulnerability, just good old American hard work.
This is my ode to the great Captain America and a tip of the cap to the creators and writers responsible for keeping this character alive and strong.
THE CAPTAIN by J.M Barnes
We saw him as a silhouette, the bombs were crashing down
He broke through the iron lines and gave us higher ground
Bullets screamed, men fell, he saved our lives that day
We fought a path to the commandants and justice had its way
He fell one day with his partner at his side
All the world fell silent when they heard the Captain died
When my grandson screamed the Captain was alive
I felt the flowering of pride where my heart and soul doth reside
He lives again and wears the stars and stripes true
The Captain has returned with the red, white and blue
Let all the villains and tyrants hear the clarion call
The Captain has come home, the greatest of them all
"To my Brother, friend, teacher, listener and inspiration of many things."
BROTHERS ARISE by "A pair of jokers"
Through the high and the low
in the mud and in the sky
Where we were headed we never really knew
but together we could never die
The world may laugh and shake its head
although the real smiles are worn by us
So put all your worries to bed
there is no more reason to fuss
Because when the stars shine bright
and we sit in the open air
Discussing life by the firelight
we soon find things fair
So may we be for this lifelong fight
May our souls bond to a greater size
And lets promise each other we'll never lose sight
As we let the world hear our chant
BROTHERS...ARISE!
Let Me Breathe by J.M Barnes
How far do I wade? In this deepest of waters
The times I’ve tried to swim, like a lamb to the slaughter
The harder I try, the less I can go on this way
But I don’t need to breathe, unless you say its okay…
You let me know: When I can give a damn
You let me know: When I can lend you a hand
You let me know: When I’m considered a man
Will you let me breathe: I’m sinkin’ man!
I don’t even know, what it is anymore
I forget what it is I owe, and what I’m beggin’ for
No matter how hard I try, I just can’t get away
But I don’t have to see, ‘cause I’m already dead anyway
You let me know: When it was that you cared
You let me know: When it was I didn’t share
You let me see: How I’ve screwed up your plans
Will you let me breathe: I’m sinkin’ man!
This hole it gets bigger, the longer I tread
My grave already open, I’m sinkin’ like lead!
The Vision and Scarlet Witch by J.M Barnes
The Vision was not human. He was a synthetic android embedded with a spirit gem. the gem endowed him with many of the personality traits of Wonder man. Therefore although Vision had been created to destroy the Avengers his good moral fiber and altruistic nature won over his original programming for many, many years.
Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch, was the daughter of Magneto and a mutant with reality distortion capabilities. When she fell in love with the synthetic being many were shocked, including those among their own team, the Avengers. I don't know if anyone remembers this but they once released a limited series The Vision and Scarlet Witch. It was a true love story between two shunned, lonely people. One a synthetic android and the other a dangerously powerful mutant
Now, somewhere in time when I had no longer collected comics I have learned at one point Wanda lost her mind and the pregnancy that had begun in the limited series resulted
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