Devin Hogg

Poem: The Monster

I am a many-headed beast I am relentless and insidious I exist within the depths of your mind I am all your hidden fears— I make your heart beat And passions rise I make you scream and cry I am a monster, known as anxiety Yet I can be defeated When one has hope WhenContinue reading “Poem: The Monster”

Poem: Battle Against Myself

Pain in my heart Separation Discord and anxiety I hate it when this Happens to me I feel overwhelmed And isolated Fighting tears that Threaten to well In my eyes I try to reason Try to ignore the pain But I fail There is no rhyme Or reason to The feelings I am Suffering fromContinue reading “Poem: Battle Against Myself”

Poem: Brotherhood

I’ve known great friends in my short life The greatest there can be I’ve known love and support Tears and pain yet something Was absent still A gaping hole in my life That only now has been filled I know now the joys of brotherhood With those not of my blood I know the funContinue reading “Poem: Brotherhood”

Poem: Passing of Time

They stand The majestic giants Figures from my childhood A constant presence in my life They’ve been with me All my life Helping me, guiding me Making me realise my full potential They are fading away Taking my sense of security To the grave and beyond It gets worse As the ones who Look upContinue reading “Poem: Passing of Time”

Poem: The Greatest Light

Life It is contradictory How we deal with it Tells the world Who we are The greatest light Is spread by the the smallest acts Even one person can make a difference Alexander, Jesus, Hitler All were one All brought change One can make the world A very different place

Poem: Admiration From Afar

I sit and I watch Feeling the constant tattoo of my passions Beat against my chest It is thunder, rolling across the plains It is fire, surging forth All enveloping, all consuming Madness Yet I do nothing I lack the courage Though I posses will a plenty I am the baby bird Too scared toContinue reading “Poem: Admiration From Afar”

Poem: Shot Heard Round The World

I go silently with my love Toward his destination He’ll be leaving soon And I wish to see him off As countless others are doing With their loves We arrive and we pay Our driver handsomely We walk in silence for a while Then we stop He turns toward me His eyes begging for understandingContinue reading “Poem: Shot Heard Round The World”

Poem: Tormented

The old man Sits in his home Reading a book of art Written by a famous playwright Unbeknownst to him A youthful young man Scarred by the old man in his youth Watches outside the window Waiting like a panther For the perfect opportunity To strike and kill The old man is Withered and shrunkenContinue reading “Poem: Tormented”

Poem: You Lie There

You lie there, beautiful and angelic An eternal laugh On your glowing face Your having a grand old time Giggling like a sprite Alien devices monitor you As you fight for life Your family worries about you Tears and cries ring through the night! You lie there, in blissful ignorance, that you fight for lifeContinue reading “Poem: You Lie There”

Poem: Winter

Winter White light coats all The fire is bright The world will fall I feel so tall And so right White light coats all I am held in a thrall As comes cold of night! The world will fall Yet there is a pall Mind you very slight White light coats all You have theContinue reading “Poem: Winter”