Thoughts of a Violinist Giraffe

How do you speak for the byways and hidden vales of a sleeping city? As the billows of pale blue, tainted                                    smog grips the throat and chokes the words until an uncomfortable silence peppered by sickly coughs blankets the streets in industrial ignorance,                 strained, ember-tinted, dull eyes peer out in sentry-form alarm, fearing almost-morbid intent to punish, lurking like serpents in the alleyways. A smile is silenced by the grip                         of violence and degradation. The wise, outwardly clothed, seem no different from the vagrant soul. A plague of greed and gluttony                             makes victims of many. How do you speak for all these? How ...

I am lost in the turbulence of thought, meandering through the byways of drenched despondency. Words left unspoken take opportunity to ravage my heart with abuses until the bruises bleed outwardly - so to speak. But one thought - alas, how pure the thought! - of you has cured me. All is calm, all is settled. ~~~~~~ Short poem this time around. Not everything has to be like an essay. Cheers!

I haven't touched Blogspot/Blogger since I was in US History Summer School in High School. Ah, those were the times. So now I'm in college and things are as everyone thought - college is a crazy four or so years of losing yourself, finding yourself again, and learning lots of new things about yourself in the process. I should be a little more than halfway done by now, but this isn't the case, unfortunately. I've expanded into all sorts of things lately - namely singing R&B, pop, as well as dabbling in rap. There's something hard-hitting about hip-hop that has been missed a bit in rock. At the same time, it isn't as harsh... if you know where and who to listen to, heh. So this is a new beginning on this public blog - I'm sure I won't spam it with unnecessary memes or chain stuff like that. This is purely for poetry, thoughts, and kind-of-essays! So here's to new beginnings... *cheers*!