Travis Newville
"Quiet people have the loudest minds." Stephen Hawking
September 30, 2014
Disease of the Poor
Suicide is a disease that is weeding out the poor.
We’re too stressed out to even think anymore.
No more bills, and no more pain.
This shit needs to end, so that my life can begin.
Everyone argues that suicide is not natural.
Neither is praying on each other, like we’re cannibals.
The entire human race is more primitive than most animals.
Humans aren’t a gift; we are something more dramatically intangible.
How can you use your own brother for gain?
And still expect your brother to remain sane?
There is a thin line drawn between pleasure, and pain.
And sometimes the difference is nothing to your brain.
Our checks are week to week, but we are living day to day.
The only way we know how; The American Way.
Forgive me when I don’t feel any better when I pray.
My faith was whole once, but this system took it away.
Now, I’m sitting here, and I understand that suicide is sane.
March 26, 2014
Third World
This isn’t some typical poetry
for your children.
This is some advice for some 6.5
billion.
This is for the masses that need
some positive feelings.
For all the people who can’t
stand Uncle Sam’s dealings.
These politicians only got my
people reeling.
Back on our heels, and inflated
to the ceiling.
Only numbers that don’t go up is
our hourly pay.
And yet we’re expected to make it
day by day.
No one is listening to what the
people have to say.
This is supposed to be democracy,
you say?
This is the struggle. American third world country.
Forgive me for not feeling that
the life I live is lovely.
How can I, when my family is
constantly struggling?
Ain’t no way we can make it, my
babies are going hungry.
All because Daddy doesn’t make
enough money.
March 21, 2014
Independent
For an amazing wife, mother, and woman; Jen Newville |
I’ve tried expressing my
concerns, but you don’t ever learn.
That name calling shit really is
for the birds.
I see you’re confused by what you
heard.
How could you disrespect your own
daughter?
You’re the worst; sorry excuse
for a father.
Your own daughter doesn’t trust
you, so you took it even farther.
She is proud of herself, and now
you’re looking at the product.
Father is a title that you just
haven’t earned.
So, forgive me for not caring
about your feelings that I hurt.
There’s a name for people like
you; call them lurks.
You are just another shameless jerk
with no ambition to work.
You’re an alcoholic mess, and you
made me go berserk.
Now, try to make another excuse
for your hideous behavior.
Call your daughter a few more
names, like you made her.
She’s a beautiful woman, and my
life’s true savior.
She’s completely self-made,
unlike the two failures that created her.
Now, she’s surrounded by love.
Not the family that only hated her.
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