This is the personal writing site of Barry Hurd- online consultant, designer, writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and father.
I lost myself
to madness
Everything was questioned
the moment
every feeling
became tainted with my corruption
Like a deafening roar it consumed the silence in my head
My soul was torn asunder
I begged for mercy
and I fell to my knees as I cried so desperately
so deeply, until my eyes simply asked why
This was not who I was
I screamed at a […]
Bright sun
Warm breeze
echoes of geese on the water
Green grass
Brisk aroma
Details left so small within my mind
Simple thoughts
Magical dreams
The things that fuel my breath
Laughing casually
Aimless wandering
Defining everything of who I am
Subtle love
Living intoxication
This life I call my own
Completely freeing
Delightfully inspiring
Just a simple walk in the park
If I tried
One last time
To care
If I cried
Over losing
a heart thats mine
If I died
Peacefully falling to a slumber
I cannot define
Would I remember
That you were one of a kind
Something I can only hope to find
If I survive
Holding onto a dream
Lost in a thought I cannot recall
Would I know why
Dear heart
Can I not see you leave me […]
That moment I met you
It was remarkable
~Wait
No it wasn’t
You were remarkable
The second I glimpsed you
just standing there
dancing without moving
I swear you touched me
from across the room
your fingers brushing my neck
throwing my thoughts to chaos
Yet you didn’t move
anything but your lips
my god, do you realize
how you touched me
You know I dream
of things
Beautiful
cold
passionate
I touch
my lips pressed against you
as if you beg me to be consumed
Yet I lose everything
My hand fumbles
a second becomes eternity
bright light
loud sound
Chaos
Simple and without purpose
My heart races
it rages
the sound becomes intense
then silent
My thoughts become clear
as if crystal
defined in a vision without reason
and my world begins to change
Yet I find no […]
This one was written because I got caught writing about romance in the Sunset last night and I thought there was something worth writing about. It started out as a section of the above poem, but then became something itself – more aligned to the idea of what a real kiss embodies.
Was that a […]
This burning feeling
A hatred searing my skin
It burns me
I burn myself
Can I not be happy within
Is this damnation I give
Or is this feeling I cannot live
I lust for the calming
I want nothing more than my peace
Can I never hear my thoughts
My mind so rash I scream within
[…]
I never thought this blood would come off. I tried but failed. I saw your face so motionless that it crept into my soul. You were so young. So pretty. You looked like you should be laughing with friends or running like the wind. Why did you do it? Why? Couldn’t you keep it together […]
On my knees? That’s where you think I deserve to be? You’ve got a lot of nerve for someone who took so much from me. You can take my family and you can destroy my life, but I’ll never believe that you are anything good. I’ll grind my teeth, push myself till my bones break, […]
I awoke
In a dream
a place so beautiful
with blue ocean and crimson sky
Everything was perfect
white clouds
brilliant sun
but I was lost
My life was good
but alone
The act of breathing
reminded me I was adrift
My voice could scream
So loudly, so clear
That I dared myself to sing
A sonet carried away by a southern breeze
Simple words
Lacking inspiration
void of anythign but feeling
‘No Hope’
I […]