In Any Way

 

“In Any Way” 

    

Out running errands,

When I ran into someone we used to know.

I entertained my curiosity, 

Wondering how this might go.

  

They asked if I missed you,

Stunned, I didn’t know what to say.

I didn’t know how to answer, 

The words blurred while the music played.

  

I simply replied,

There was never anyone to miss.

In confusion they wondered.

How I could be like this.

 

So before they could even ask,

It was simple, I knew what to say.

There was never anyone to miss. 

Nobody was ever there,

In any way. 

  

Dg-Ub 12-18-25

Broken

  

“Broken”

 

I feel so lost.

That I fear I am broken.

And there are no words,

That can be spoken.

 

I am the one,

Who became lost?

In that moment,

I never realized the cost.

 

Broken,

Does not,

Speak much to,

Unbreakable.

 

I guess I am not,

That.

 

Dg

Unbreakable0121

 

 

 

Just One Year

 

   

“Just One Year”

 

It’s been one year,

Today.

I’m not even sure if that’s,

Okay to say.

 

Today was harsh,

It was not okay.

If you sum it all up,

It comes down to.

Today.

 

Look back and just one year,

Doesn’t seem very far.

Tomorrow can be quite different,

From where you are.

 

Just one year,

Yes, I hid my tears.

 

Danny Gunter

Dg

Unbreakable

 

01-21-2021

Month One Day Six

 

   

  

“Month One Day Six”

 

I cannot say for you,

But it makes me sick.

Just thinking of,

Month one day six.

 

I am still struggling,

To find some sort of fix.

We, all of us did not pay the boatman,

On the River Styx.

 

You horrendously wretched,

Left over,

Hounded over soulless,

Pile if sticks.

 

Oh no,

We all did not give you the coins,

To cross The River Styx.

  

Danny Gunter

Unbreakable

Dg

1-15-21

11:59 pm

I Killed My Dad

 

  

  

“I Killed My Dad”

  

Do not wish me a happy birthday,

This year.

I am torn apart,

With tears.

  

A simple glass of water,

I said no, the doctors said.

He should get it himself.

That is what they said.

 

So, I did what they said,

To make a point.

To take a stand.

I simply do not,

Understand.

 

What was I fucking there for?

What did it fucking mean?

Do not wish me a happy birthday,

The moment is all that remains.

It makes me cry,

That within the moment.

So selfish,

I killed my dad.

 

Unbreakable

Danny Gunter

Dg

1-8-2021

US

“US”

 

Our Capitol was overcome,

By Us.

We in our absence,

Will never free us from trust.

 

If we were passive,

If we were aggressive.

It does not exclude,

Us.

  

Point fingers,

Apply blame,

Avoid any sort of,

Shame.

  

We or should I say,

Us.

Is it ironic?

That Us.

Is the same as U.S.

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

1-7-2021

 

 

Change

   

“Change”

 

God after all of this,

I must seem like an ass.

As if you can look through me,

Like a pane of glass.

 

Change I assume,

Is the operative word.

Untethered,

With sails unfurled.

 

Change very much,

Has occurred.

Much like many of us,

Have endured.

 

Change is what it falls to,

Change is what it boils down to.

It all really boils down to.

What you are going to do.

 

Change.

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

11-30-2020

The Embers

   

   

“The Embers”

 

The embers are fading,

I live in the dark.

As far as I have tried.

I cannot find the spark.

 

Ashes and ashes,

Are always the same.

Drawing circles in ashes,

Is that all that remains?

 

Shoved and pushed,

Forced down to the ground.

Cry out, cry out.

No one to hear the sound.

 

The embers have faded,

I live in the dark.

I have tried and tried,

But there is no spark.

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

11-13-20

 

Life

  

  

“Life” 

 

Should I crawl out?

Am I worthy?

Was I too weak?

I find it hard to see.

 

Am I deserving?

To be reinvited,

Back to life?

Am I disinvited?

 

From life.

I am far to broken.

The words just fall out,

Some must think I am joking.

 

Should I even try to,

Crawl out of this ditch.

Bottom line,

Crawl, walk or run,

Life is a bitch.

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

11-7-20

 

The Rooms Are Empty

   

  

“The Rooms Are Empty”

 

The movers came today,

All of my rooms are empty,

I suppose a lot,

Like me.

 

I feel like a bitchy winer,

Like me the rooms are empty anyway.

A lot like me.

I have no voice left.

To speak with anyway,

The rooms are empty.

  

Dg

Danny Gunter

10-24-20

Sleep

  

  

“Sleep” 

 

The thunder rolls,

The rain is torrent.

Who am I to struggle,

Against the current.

 

I just want,

To sleep.

Will I ever do that again?

A sleep so deep.

 

I am so tired.

I long for a retreat.

But honestly,

I just want to sleep.

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

10-23-20

 

After 2 AM

  

   

“After 2 AM”

 

So, it is after 2 AM,

Even after my sleeping pills.

I probably take enough,

To make a baby elephant be still.

 

They are going to come tomorrow,

To pack my things,

Then on Saturday,

They will move me again.

 

I know that this,

It is for the best.

Yet I feel that I am failing,

This test.

 

So, it is after 2 AM,

Even after my sleeping pills.

I probably take enough,

To make a baby elephant be still.

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

10-23-20

 

Evicted

   

    

“Evicted”

 

 I happened today.

Gutting my niece and nephews’ part.

All of it,

It breaks my heart.

 

So tomorrow,

I intend to call my packers,

My movers.

Pac up this where I have never bent to live anyway.

  

So, I will be very gone.

Many of you may stop and ponder,

I have been in a place,

Like this before.

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

10-21-20

 

#poem #poetry #writing

 

hopelessness

    

What would someone wish for. I would think, for a peaceful moment, that for a moment. For a minute pushes aside our venomous attitude’s. We, for the most part, have offered our observations, being so opinionated may have obscured our invitations. Are we all as blind as blind as we see another’s?  A cousin, a niece, a nephew, or a sister or a brother even a father and a mom. For me I feel lost and hopeless. In this hopelessness, I should find strength in my family, yet all I find, is the hopelessness. Even so much as I knew the young ones hated it, some actually despised it. But at least in those moments we, even if falsely, in the moment, were united. – Danny Gunter 10-19-20 (It might not be good, but it is true, and those who know, know that it’s true.)

The Entrance

   

  

"The Entrance"

  

My heart was,

The entrance.

Is it too wrong hoping?

It was my way out.

 

Am I wrong?

Too many years I believed,

My heart was beyond.

Finding a soulmate, a friend.

 

Color me shocked,

When it all was a lie.

And it was,

Tricked, a lie and I cried.

 

Those involved know,

Right now, in this moment I am touched,

Those involved wish not,

Be named.

 

But you and I know your names,

Despite whom I could,

You can believe in your hearts,

I do know your names.

 

Had it been a knife.

I would have blead to death.

But you covered and lied when all you had to do,

Was so simple,

Just tell me the truth.

 

I hope you got more out of the lies.

Then I did despite.

Believing in you.

Seeing what was true.

 

I do know your names,

How invaluable I am to you.

But I will grow distant and apart.

From what is left of you.

Go and F yourselves.

 

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

10-19-20

 

Trash Bags

  

  

“Trash Bags” 

 

In the stark cold,

Where no one is truly near,

Perhaps nobody,

Will hear.

 

I few hours to toss away,

These things that make me feel so sad.

I do not know what to say anyway.

To simply toss away what was my dad.

 

It feels so harsh,

It feels so reflectionless,

Yet here I am putting into trash,

Is he meant a memory,

With no reflection?

 

This, for me,

Has no background.

 So, I am left with trash bags,

And no place to stand.

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

10-19-20

 

#poem #poetry #writing

 

Narcissist

    

“Narcissist”

 

Definition: noun

1. a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves.

 

I feel selfish,

Like a narcissist right now.

All my writings are so self-involved,

I feel blinded and I do not know how.

 

Because they are,

My personal feelings are only the view from me.

My feelings are just all,

I can see.

 

Millions of people,

Have suffered so much more.

In ways I can only attempt to empathize,

Still I do not know what is in store.

 

For our country,

For all the people of the entire world.

If I could fix it,

Only if I could.

 

But I cannot,

I am terrified, like everyone with a rational self.

Our world has changed.

I do realize this myself.

 

I cannot speak for everyone,

In the world.

But I honestly would.

If only I could.

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

10-18-20

 

#poem #poetry #writing

Out From Under This

  

  

  “Out From Under This” 

 

I wonder if I lied,

Because I am terrified.

Of this election, of this virus.

Of moving, I feel petrified.

 

I wonder what will happen,

When I get out from under all of this.

What will it do to me mentally?

Emotionally?

 

Pandemic was a generic term.

We all learned in school.

Abstract, distant, not us.

While we all have no leader, we can trust.

 

If you trust him,

I believe you are willfully ignorant.

I cannot tell you what to believe or think.

I am simply not that important.

 

We should not even gather,

To celebrate our most joyful holidays.

I know people will ignore the dangers,

So, it is going to happen anyway.

 

Will we have another civil war?

Will we plunge into a deeper darkness?

I have nothing I feel I need to prove,

I am selfish consumed by having to move.

 

I wonder what will happen,

When I get out from under all of this.

What will it do to me mentally?

Emotionally?

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

10-16-20