I Am One

I am just one of ten lying awake,

Trying to retrace my steps

And find where I went wrong.

I am one of a hundred

Living life hopelessly,

Staring at stars desperately.

I am just one of a thousand

Staring off to space night after night,

Waiting to been taken away.

I am one of a million

Wasting my life,

Rotting from the inside out.

I am just one of billions

Who has a story to share,

But lacks the ability to write it.

     DannYetman
www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com

A Girl so Beautiful

I know a girl so beautiful,

Her eyes sparkle like the water around her.

She is prettier than the shells that lace her—

She’s more breathtaking than the highest mountains,

Voice like an Oriole.

I met a girl with skin so soft

She makes my spine tingle when our two hands brush

Her hair blows perfectly in the evening breeze

That’s when I think she is at her prettiest,

By the moon’s dawning light.

There’s a girl, who turns grey skies blue,

With two eyes so strong they could cut through metal

Sometimes when I see her I lose my balance—

I stumble, and when I talk to her sometimes,

I begin to wonder.

This girl is not hyperbolized

For surely she deserves every metaphor,

And on occasion when I write about her

I lose myself in a fictitious moment,

Staring to sea, waiting.

      DannYetman

www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com 

Insanity

I’ll say sorry for what I said,

I’ll apologize for my actions—

But I stand by my thoughts.

I don’t want to remember my name,

I might forget where I am,

But I’m glad I lost my mind.

You better hold on,

For life soon becomes a wild ride,

When you lose all sense of yourself.

I’m not convinced this is my face,

My hands feel foreign at best,

But such in insanity reflects on me.

   DannYetman

www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com

Turn Back Time (Lyrics)

I walked the streets without a name,

I wished that someday you might feel the same—

My mind blank as night turned to day,

Face blank to what I had to say.

She looked so pretty in the light,

I tried to speak—she left my sight.

Never will I tell her my regret

I just pray we will both forget

  

Now by night I seem to lose my mind,

I can’t help but think of everything

And my heart will always feel this divide,

Hoping that words will turn back time

Sleepless nights are my best friends,

Counting stars till we meet the end.

I stand by you, try to speak—

Slowly thoughts begin to leak.

Now eyes begin to drift away,

All I want is for you to stay

But he’s the one who hears you,

And he’s the one who holds you.

Now by night I seem to lose my mind,

I can’t help but think of everything

And my heart will always feel this divide

Hoping that words will turn back time

Bloodshot eyes affixed in a glance,

Tears down my cheeks as you begin to dance,

My heart beats—I can’t stand to glimpse,

With each breath I begin to wince.

And when he looks into your eye,

I breathe and hope I’m soon to die—

Left alone in memories of you

Walking alone in a world without you

Now by night I seem to lose my mind,

I can’t help but think of everything

And my heart will always feel this divide,

Hoping that words will turn back time

Hoping that words will turn back time

Hoping that words will turn back time

Now by night I seem to lose my mind,

I can’t help but think of everything

And my heart will always feel this divide,

Hoping that words will turn back time

Now by night I seem to lose my mind,

I can’t help but think of everything

And my heart will always feel this divide,

Hoping that words will turn back time

Hoping that words will turn back time

      DannYetman
www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com