“You will never forget, never regret, never neglect, investing in yourself.”
-Da Absentee-
0 – Scribbles – 38
0 – Definition Of My Passion
I use a poem;
“A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language”
To seduce;
“entice into a desired state or position”
so you can be a part of and appreciate the love;
“A feeling of intense desire and attraction…the emotion of sex and romance”.
I have for art of romance;
“Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people”
So that you can apply the same passion in your life.
“The physical, mental, and spiritual experiences that constitute existence”.
0 – Thinking Clearly Ahead
I close my eyes…
I breathe out…
I clear my thoughts.
Or at least I think I do.
Tormenting thoughts.
Creep slow.
I feel them gearing to get the best of me…
I play music in my background…
Undertaking to drain the devilish deducing…
They are beckoning me.
So loudly calling me…
Testing me…
Taunting me to lose my cool.
To yell and scream back at the bullshit.
The obstacles and adversaries.
How? Why?
Questions I ask on a daily regimen…
Is it worth the object which I pretend.
I need an ear…
I hope someone can lend…
I laugh at how.
I only take up this pen…
When I feel so close to reaching my rope’s end.
I focus…
I am in an attempt to leave all the negative…
Here on this page…
Take this life built cage…
To transform it into a catapulting stage…
© Da Absentee 2013
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A moment of feeling irate about this life…
As Always…
Stay Positive!
0 – Your & My Ability
Funnel through me… purpose of my expected lifetime
slow through me… sometimes deny my bloodline
have to wait…
Finding me… comes in due time
soft inside, hardened outside
imploding, bleed and sell my soul
Melt… infuse myself like coal
getting old… found, shared and told
bought and sold, packed and shipped
Loved and forbidden… personal canvas
to paint my hidden
shears of life snip… cut my movie clip
whatsoever they reel at me…
no matter what they throw in front of me…
I won`t let it begin… To start stopping me
Make me slip, apply weight to my shoulder chip
can anyone tell me… what type of life is this?
it’s either escalator or pushed off cliff
Exciting progression downtrodden depressing
between is limbo… either don’t or do
when it comes down to it … only you
Trenching inside…
can find the ability to help you…
© Da Absentee 2011
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It’s so many times in life where we feel “beat up” and as if we can’t go on. This train of thought was derived from digging deep and overcoming any situation you have been placed in.
As Always…
Stay Positive!
10 – Hardly Working
4 – Scribbles – 24
I miss you…
Wherever you are
Attempting to find the words
That would bring me to you
I’m lost in my thoughts
It’s simple… what could i do?
To let you know…
I miss you…
© Da Absentee 2025
2 – Our Journey
Trying in the eyes of others.
Make them see what could have been
we work together.
How we can surpass the end
what are the parts of me,
that are transformative for you….
that pop up like an allochthon,
misplaced yet always leaves a mark.
Parts that are hurting us
yet growing me
Open mind open time
Plural or singular you are always mine
more will come with time
© Da Absentee 2024
“As Always…. Stay Positive!”
3 – So It Begins
So it begins…
HER:
The sun comes up, the world expands
As the sky brightens my path starts to dim.
There is no rhyme no reason
My chest tightens as I breathe in
I can’t.
My thoughts stop
I can’t do
My heart knocks
I can’t do this.
So it begins…
HIM:
Moon rises – Sun falls
Our world remains expanded
Even though you can walk in darkness
Light will always shine through
Build with what you have
Grow from within
You can do this
The goal is to do it again
©Da Absentee 2025
As Always…
Stay Positive!
5 – Inspector #9
I don’t carry a clipboard, pen or badge
self-appointed;
if it’s a career one can have
when I go in,
in-between the fence and doors
they let me in, turning on all the lights
I do inspections during the day
but highly prefer at night
the handbook I lay faith in
always leads me to the bottom
after my initial prolonged look around look over
Looking into the cracks of the establishment
I go through all the meat
I inspect, glove and probe if need be
I search all the folds to insure its clean
I ask management how is landscaping procured
manicure checked
if utensils are washed after every rotation
simple data per inspection
I ask for samples and a self-evaluation
I like the business to show confidence
even in frustration
weird positions, odd jobs and the turn over rate
if I don’t like the answers
I possibly check back at a later date
I search for hot zones, check boiling points
services offered
what it looks for in a lucrative relationship
I ask for future goals and employee aspirations
as I do my inspection
I don’t see nothing wrong with a one way conversation
I like to focus on the task at hand
fill my hands…
mouth and nostril glands
looking for the essence
and where we both stand
I have a job to do and I do it as I am.
© Da Absentee 2011 revised 2025
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Having fun with expression…
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As Always…
Stay Positive!
6 – Hmmmm
Lyric :
Look at this,
I’m on your wall
Kinda strung out flexing, bending
Wearing your body out
………I’m speechless
My body language
has said more than my mouth
…..conversation seems endless,
but we got much more to say,
debate, but wait
I barely know your name
Absentee :
You shouldn’t have had let it happen
any rough seas… I navigate like a captain
I’m whats happening!
You had one too many and I took “full” advantage
from now on, I know you’ll be back …
held captive
my words, my style, my swag, that’s all it took
but you knew that’s not all I had
my name… it was just a second
all you had ta do was ask
and now your all tapped out…
empty glass!!
Lyric :
Naw I played drunk
I’ve always been in control,
I knew what I wanted
When I saw the way that you strolled
Into the room,
I’ve no need for the name
But I’d like to sing its tune,
I could tell you had rhythm
just not like this,
Who could have imagined
This night would end in such a body kiss
Absentee :
Its aiight…
tryna say I was the fool
its aiight…
Ima take it in strides
cuz I’m just dat cool
body kiss, body hold, body lock…
I heard you say stop…
talking bout control
I didn’t stop…
so ya body had ta fold…
but I’ll admit it was good.
cuz u was just dat hot
and ya body was just dat “cold”
Lyric :
Realize this isn’t the start,
it was the end from we began
I lived for this moment
it’s so good, I can’t pretend
but this moment is just one
an urge or fiend overdue,
from this moment forth
I’ve no interest in seeing you
not breathe you, not feel you,
not want you, not need you,
you were that
“just gotta have”
urge, the moment my eyes held you,
we sweat, we kissed, we’ve done all so grand
we’ll now part, but to let you know
you were a great one night stand.!
© Dual Perspective 2011
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Taken from Dual Perspective – Lost In Our Thoughts© (work-in-progress)
I like this one for the playful banter that it had. There are actually a few poems like this flirtatious, and cocky…
Loved working together.
As Always…
Stay Positive!
5 – Scribbles – 21
On the floor
Permeate to the core
Back it up some more
Wave on me
sea shore
Turn around
grind some more
rinse repeat like before
9 – Scribbles – 16
“The things we do when others are not looking. Some call it “the true test of a man”. Mind bubbling behind eyes, low deaths to high highs. Thoughts cooking unseen. The thoughts we have even though innocent. Are absolutely unclean.”
9 – Rain On A Parade
As I sit…
as I watch
I reminisce of the pot
looking in and tasting hot
members move in transition
making him a part of the generation
worth elation
I sit,
step back
to see there is so much more
so much to look for
forward for
help me forget
what I see
is not what I get
this is dreaming…
alternate lifetimes, alternate lifespans
another reality
more for him than for me
we see the dance floor move
see the dresses twirl
see tears turn to smiles
we are here for a while
dried up make-up
stained dresses of satin
so much detail to the little things
they could file for a patent
still…
what is it I am here for
traveled so far for…
I don’t feel right…
© Da Absentee 2012
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The thoughts for this one came together as I was sitting at a wedding reception watching all the happenings go on . Relating it to my own life with a short time travel and coming back to the sights of the evening. In the midst of all the “happiness” I feed off…
As Always…
Stay Positive!
9 – Not Having Enough
see how and why the world falls apart ?
all I know, is that I have my “know”
I have my heart, my mind, my spirit
how else am I supposed to get through this life, this instant.
all I know, is that I have my “know”
I have my heart, my mind, my spirit
how else am I supposed to get through this life, this instant.
I don’t know what to call what you have
but its all you have
you have twisted it, made it your vice
I acknowledge
you’ve made yourself unable to sleep at night
you can’t and wont let go
because it’s all you have in life
I don’t know how to help you get it right
but its all you have
you have twisted it, made it your vice
I acknowledge
you’ve made yourself unable to sleep at night
you can’t and wont let go
because it’s all you have in life
I don’t know how to help you get it right
even if I tell you there is a problem
you say im wrong
if you tell me the problem
and I dare to agree?..
im still wrong
really…
this can’t go on
you say im wrong
if you tell me the problem
and I dare to agree?..
im still wrong
really…
this can’t go on
© Da Absentee 2012
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I am not different or special when it comes to having downtimes or upsets in life. When we make the commitment to share this life with another person we sometimes have fights. We have confrontations. This is a representation of what one of those unpleasant but real conversations anyone in long relationships will have. When one disagrees with the other or you find yourself in a cycle that needs to be broken. Well I have been there. I have written about it. I’m moving on…
As Always…
Stay Positive!
0 – Thoughts – 12
Stops… Hearts do every second
leaps and bounds; it calls and it beckons
life has so many lessons
to teach
so many souls out of our reach
imagine things we can do
with the things we put our mind to
love sometimes stays or goes
grows, fades, passes us by
wind blows, like winning blows
as river flows, time goes…
listening to the world around
loud crashes, breaks, and peaceful sounds
turn around to see and learn
wait… you will always get your turn
in the same order
history repeats itself…
common case disorder
some things fall into place
when & after tears roll down your face
what’s near, can be far
this you already know…
final thought…
everything changes…
thats life…
© Da Absentee 2012
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So to all of you who faithfully read and visit…
Writings labeled “Thoughts” – these usually come out of what I guess everyone calls “writers block” or not knowing what to write. I have found that even in this stage. You just need to write something , anything.
With that being said, the work that will be put into the “Thoughts” category will not be normal. They will be eccentric or a little off, according to standards…
As Always…
Stay Positive!
9 – To Poetry – A Private Convo
You know…
I need more than a moment.
can we sit down, converse
we…I mean, I
need to throw some ideas around
we know each other all to well…
the more the secrets, the more a friendship is held.
You have been there for all my secrets
shoots!
you’ve even helped some unfold
you were there when I first dreamed of creativity,
I didn’t even know,
but you brought simplicity.
You’ve held my hand one to many times
we’ve grown, we’ve understood
we’ve silenced doubters
haters and friends
I know now
you will be here with me to the end.
So with that
I want to keep you in my arms
keep you in my heart
don’t want us apart
your my confidant, my desire,
my fire, I can bring you anything
we can talk and write,
with no tainted flare, your my love manifest
when I close my eyes
you cross my sight.
This might seem corny or cliché
but you are my day,
brought me from darkness to light
even when I denied, you used your insight
made me right,
write…
You helped me see
I didn’t like what I had to see
I had left you alone
but now your back to me.
It’s the weather
it’s where I am in my life.
you came and made moments right.
You’ve opened doors and close them
gave me memories, that no matter how old
who or where I am, I will cherish and hold them
your like the girl, the love, the instance
my un-ending romance
my other partner in this dance
we call life.
You make me re-live everything
when I see paper, ink, pen and hand
I bleed to do it again
you torment my soul
make my right, make me wrong
make me dream of growing old
my left; my pause.
You leave me in awe.
In disarray.
There is so much I would like to say.
You make my world complete
I tap your energy to fuel mine
my mind equates, defends
walls are broken, thoughts spoken.
I swear if you were a prospect
you would have me open
I just wanna get closer
you are my drive, drive and do it all over.
Your my imagination come alive
you make me strive, dive
make me reveal inside,
share ,dare and compare
you take me low
and bring me highs
hives…
goosebumps and dimples
couldn’t sum you up in one word
that’s why this isn’t simple
you bring the rush
triple fold.
You’re the embers of my being, make me see things worth seeing and you have always given me a dream, worth dreaming…
© Da Absentee 2011
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One of my odes to Poetry.
As Always…
Stay Positive!
9 – Turn You Away
There she goes
“oh boy, there she goes”
bad… and it shows
seen her dissect and cripple foes.
She`s what every man wants 
“but does not know”
they all approach and leave dismembered
hearts trampled
“gone forever.”
She is perfect to say the least.
“She is beauty;”
but she is beast
driving possible suitors to the curb
she can destroy
only by the use of her words
“her speech”
“still…”
she is impeccable to me
she is strong…
She does not need my praise
“she is flawed”
still as much of a diamond
any woman can be
but she is not
“any woman”
“to me”
she can be a hearts desire
a cool ocean breeze
she is Kelvin…
“when we speak of degrees”
soft sweet serenade
on a sunny day
she is shade
your iced lemonade
she is earthy, whole, passionate, unrelenting
so she never folds
the answer to the question
“what is life”
yet she is cold
wet, blurry, howling as a stormy night
for every companion that would darken her door
attempt to enter her section
“to her…”
before they have even approached
they were the wrong selection
even tho righteous
she makes herself a treasure
they can not afford
they will
“can never be on her accord”
for she is a brick as tall and as long
as the eye can see
she is dangerous…
life taking
as a hurricane sea
she is what every man wants but does not know
she can turn you away as Alaskan waters chill to the bone
“she should not be alone”
but no companion
will ever be chose
she locks her heart
behind a door that will always be closed.
She sees it as protection…
“For the evil men may do”
one was guilty so all others are too
friends
are untrustworthy…
family has fallen short
“they’re nobody”
it seems like lies
that don’t hold up in court.
so maybe a gesture
of love and insecurity
will somehow
be introduced…
to brighten the day she doesn`t turn a possible love…
“away…”
© Da Absentee 2011
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As Always…
Stay Positive!
Muses… 