Saturday, August 16, 2014

J.J. Campbell- Three Poems


regret always finds a way

i close my eyes
and can still
see you slowly
dropping your
panties as i
finish off a
glass of wine

on this rainy
night in my
bed alone

regret always
finds a way
to tap you on
the shoulder
and remind
you that some
mistakes will
never be

forgotten

the wine has
turned into
whiskey

soon i'll
convince
myself that
it is ok to
die alone
 
 
 
there is no point

racing the
demons of
sadness to
see who
can get to
the bottom
of this bottle
the quickest

there is no
point to
winning 
this race

the object 
is to simply
not be able 
to
remember
the why,
the reason

the anything

and trust me

if i could erase
more than just
a few hours

i absolutely
would
 
 
 
tears in a lonely place

i always
wanted to
be able to
laugh all
my worries
and fears
away

but all the
attempts
to laugh
ended up
as tears in
a lonely
place

wrapped
up like
a little
ball

ready to
be kicked
once again

it was
years
before i
gained the
courage to
stand up
for myself

too bad i
waited
until the
world had
already 
passed
me by
 
 
 
bio

J.J. Campbell (1976 - ?) lives and writes on a farm in Ohio. He's been widely published over the years, most recently at The Camel Saloon, Pink Litter, Pyrokinection, ZYX, and Nerve Cowboy. Check out his YouTube channel for the latest videos for poems from his book, Sofisticated White Trash. You can find the book wherever you happen to buy books these days. You can find him most days bitching about something only he cares about on his blog, evil delights. (http://evildelights.blogspot.com)

1 comment:

  1. Absolutely brilliant! J.J is just getting better and better...

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