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The Pen
The pen is mightier than the sword Though it breaks bones, and the word Lingers in the air with care To destroy the sensitive souls who...

Jeremy Niles
Feb 20, 20201 min read
Can’t Breath
I can’t breath Five men over one I can’t breath Dying words that plead The choking one to heed The fear in his voice I can’t breath...

Jeremy Niles
Feb 20, 20201 min read
In the Hours
In the hours I have laid here alive, Yet depressed; A fruit fly has lived a whole lifetime, How stressed; It fitfully flies,hopeful, to...

Jeremy Niles
Feb 18, 20201 min read
College Rivalry
I had a rival in college Each one a show off of knowledge. We both students of philosophy The kid’s name lost to me It would seem I was...

Jeremy Niles
Jan 31, 20201 min read
The Last Cowboy
Recently I was hanging out with my dad and watching tv. He has his favorite channel which airs older shows from the 1950s and 60s, shows...

Jeremy Niles
Dec 31, 20197 min read
Murder Online
I saw an act violence I was a digital bystander I saw an act of violence And wondered if I was complicit. Sharing is caring, a saying...

Jeremy Niles
Dec 26, 20191 min read
Weed Down
Rushing cars passing by The whooshing While I’m wishing I could buy Some ease Or sweetleaves This weed is different Harsh and polluting...

Jeremy Niles
Dec 26, 20191 min read
Daybreak
I appreciate the day with the sunset With stubbornly reject it at sunrise I am like the youngest child While also being like an old man I...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 19, 20191 min read
Shades at Dusk
I feel it twisting inside Like a snake who died Convulsing, tension pulsing Throughout my hollow being. What’s the fiber I’m made of?...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Feelings
I want to cry I want my heart to fall out I want to show the world my disdain Reluctantly I admit that I don't even know What it is that...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Wherefore I Walk
I feel unnaturally natural And profoundly neutral With my fixed gaze This overwhelming culture In a daily daze In my mental maze A normal...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 17, 20191 min read
To A Girl
I really did like you I like you for so long Perhaps more than you knew I couldn't tell you I wasn't strong Your friendship was enough...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 16, 20191 min read
Another Day
From tomorrow I will have to borrow Any courage for desire From my book you may steal a look But don't expect it to linger What is your...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 15, 20191 min read
The Mind Elusive
It's a paradox or a simple matter, An obnoxious answer is handed to me like a ticket, A flutter of truism rain about me falling like...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 14, 20191 min read
Own Enemy
Why is it for all our ease Life's distress is a constant tease Every second I sit here is an eternity O disdain for such uncertainty I...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 13, 20191 min read
2012
Restlessly in pursuit of the answer I seek Not unfamiliar with its elusiveness I want to reach the peak Much like the condemned Sisyphus....

Jeremy Niles
Nov 12, 20191 min read
Catching Wind
You ask me where I’ve gone to speak I fearing I’ve reached some peak Losing the voice I use to dream in A congratulations for admissions...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 11, 20191 min read
Street Surfer
Have you ever surfed the paved streets Gliding on that wheeled piece of wood Where your idea of freedom and action meet Able to float...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 11, 20191 min read
Books
Oh book are you lonely? Your stiff pages greet my hands, Undisturbed is perhaps how they've been, Am I the first to peal them apart? In a...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 10, 20191 min read
Wanderings Year Ago
I once sat in the west wing, And thought ahead in time's line, A time's uncertain ring, Leaves focus on the sublime, The present affords...

Jeremy Niles
Nov 9, 20191 min read
A Love Story
In the quiet dale of ancient woods, just beyond a wide meadow, there lay a small pond sheltered by a ring of overhanging trees. There lived a Water Sprite. She dwelled in her clear sanctuary, where deer, foxes, and wandering birds would visit to drink from her replenishing waters. She offered nourishment to all who approached, yet within her depths she felt the ache of solitude. For though she sustained life, she did not feel connected to it. One night, far from her peaceful

Jeremy Niles
Dec 6, 20252 min read
A memory
Life changing moments Can be so simple One doesn’t realize the pivot You make with a choice. Instantly I’m back in a memory A young man...

Jeremy Niles
Jun 21, 20221 min read
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