ZACHARY DILKS - POEMS

Zachary Dilks is a poet and writer currently residing outside of Austin, TX. A lover of nature and the contradictions of life, his passion for such can be found in most of his writing. He aims to upset the apple art, delve into each and every one like a hungry worm, compare them to oranges and somehow make lemonade.

                        "A Small Little Piece Of One"
(Monotetra poetry form)

I've given myself to the row
Bleak lines from repetitive shows
Just tell me whatever I know
Where oft we go, where oft we go

I've taken my permanent seat
Admitted myself in defeat
I hum and I drum to the beat
And stomp our feet, and stomp our feet

                                         "Just the Gist"

It's just the moon
And just the stars
Just a brand new house and car
Just the things you've wanted most in all your wildest dreams
It's just the sun
And just the sea
Is justice just a word to thee?
Oh, love and hate and life and death; we're just the in between

                                                "Daisy Petals"

I thought I saw you there before 
Beside the daisies
Always daisies
You were picking off the petals, saying "loves me, loves me not"
And I knew the thoughts you wore
How all these maybes
Drive you crazy
But these questions that you ask can make a field an empty lot

And I watched you for some hours
But it's weird
It felt like years
Then you left a trail behind you as you're
 always known to do
So I picked up every flower
Shred of fear 
And shed of tear
And I wrote on every one of them "I'll always love you too"

                                          "Moments"

All the jewels and all the gold and all the fame of legends told and all the knowledge eons old couldn't compare to a moment.


And moments they were of me and her and her and I and, idly by, I'd wish the time to pass, alas the fool beholds the stolen

Taken, ripped and shaken grips. I'm apt to sip from metal barrels. Sterile as could be, I'm setting free to ride to lands of golden

All the laughs and all the cries and all my nervous butterflies and all the times your mother's eyes befell you, oh I can't tell you the feeling it was and the reeling sensation, compelling my racing and constantly aching heart to feel and believe in a moment

And moments they were

                                           "Better Days"

We live in a world where
Expectations aren't real
And segregation is still relevant
Hate selling it
Calm a whole nation with pills
And the combination
Of domination and sex appeal
Only leads to beliefs that something you want is something you steal
And then we scream peace 
Murder in the name of a god
And judge others because he said if it's different it's odd
So gays can't get married
And soldiers can't get buried without people picketing
We don't know, but we know it's scary
And if you're athletically skilled
You'll me gifted a mil
Even though the people who need it will die with medical bills
We idolize what we see on screens and magazines
Rule of thumb
Cool is dumb
We're following that scene
Politicians aren't loyal
On a mission for oil
We live in a jungle paved with concrete over the soil
We let the earth toil
And water supplies boil away
Because our greed won't affect us today
We are the blind
Led by a single mind
And though you're free to disagree
If you do you'll be left behind
But if we got to rewind and start anew
We could make for a better tomorrow starting with you