Author Archives: Devin Hogg

An adherence to Beliefs Morals Ideals Is laudable But there comes a point Where it ceases to be laudable Starts to be dangerous You must think critically Take emotion into account But think! The mind is strong The heart is stronger The soul is stronger still The three combined Make their own Holy Trinity ThatContinue reading “Poem: Adherence”

It’s amazing What you hear If you only listen Cries for help Pleas for deliverance From the forsaken Of the world If everyone would Only listen They may stop whining Over what they don’t have Help others get Anything If people would Only listen Feel the need to help The world may be A muchContinue reading “Poem: Listening”

There exists two Very different worlds On this one Earth The world of comfort Plenty and riches Where everyone Has What they need Then there is The world of discomfort Lack and poverty Where everyone Has not What they need This is the world of the forsaken Where hope has long been Hope against hopeContinue reading “Poem: The Forsaken”

Our world is A world of illusions We fool ourselves Into believing That we are safe home-free That our fellow man All live in comfort This is all there’ll ever be We comfort ourselves With these delusions Ignore the majority Embrace the minority The majority is An ugly sight indeed We must not look away!Continue reading “Poem: Illusions”

We want food We scream injustice We want the comfort That food provides Our tummies scream in hunger We want to return To our good old lives In the world of illusions We want We want We want In our wanting Our railing and screaming We ignore the fact That this is what we choseContinue reading “Poem: Wanting”

The wait is long The hunger grows Divorcing my mind From my body I can feel The devouring beast Inside me Waiting to be Set free I sit and talk I read and the walk Through the stretching hours Around the world Others wait for meals I and those with me Know the wait willContinue reading “Poem: The Wait”

The storm is coming I know that well enough There will be tears and bloodshed Noise, chaos The breaking of bonds I will be the eye of the storm The anchor The light in the darkness Some things must be broken In order to be rebuilt For the better

My time of reckoning Is approaching Soon I shall take control Of my own life They do not expect it I have chosen careful phrasing They think they have control In truth I have broken the bonds I am prepared for anything Expect the unexpected Now I start the process Of saving the world MyContinue reading “Poem: The Approach”

She Is my inspiration She Is my cattle prod She Is the wind that lifts me She Is the sun that warms me She Is the water that sustains me She Is the air that I breate She Is the beat of my heart She Is the pace of my breath She Is the bloodContinue reading “Poem: She”

What you see in me I really don’t know I’m nothing special Just a regular fellow A nerd and a poet A dreamer and a writer That is all I am Not even a man I want to go I want to grow But I know that I am Not likely to succeed What youContinue reading “Poem: What You See In Me”