Confused Realities

By Darren Stoneburgh

My book is a collection of poems and lyrics that I started writing about 30 years ago and finally decided to put on something more permanent. I like to write about the inequalities that seems to permeate throughout our country, from the racial ignorance and bigotry or the fact that the people that are supposed to represent us seem to never have our collective interest at heart. We never challenge the things we know to be true or false anymore. LIES THAT DAMAGE OUR COUNTRY SHOULD NEVER BE TOLERATED NOR REPEATED. WE NEED TO DEMAND HONESTY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS. I WRITE WHAT I FEEL AND WHAT I SEE AS AN ASSAULT ON ALL OF US, AND ON OUR DEMOCRACY.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543473827

Darren Stoneburgh

53 year old divorced father of 4 beautiful children, Amanda, Chassity, Jessica and Charlie. And I have four beautiful grandchildren, I am a 10 year veteran of the United States Army, and served during the first Gulf war in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Was stationed at Fort Hood Texas with the HELL ON WHEELS 2cd Armored Division. Was also stationed in Germany for four years, Fort Carson CO and Fort Devins MA. Born and raised in the beautiful state of Michigan and still live there. My father and my three brothers and their families are all still in the area. I am a believer that we all should do two for the country, it would only make us collectively a better nation. The UNITED STATES ARMY allowed me to see the world and to see how awesome this country we all share really is. We should never ever let that be undermined by anyone. We are a lucky people to have the opportunities this land offers. Love old Pontiacs, playing the guitar and classic rock music. Craft shows, yard sales, and flea markets and swap meets. And I like to write and that is the altered author info.

Book preview

70 Cuda

She drove a seventy Cuda

Three eighty three magnum

With a Dana posi four speed on the floor

This little girl does not miss with her pistol grip shifts

And now the boys don’t want to race her any more

Her daddy was a bracket man

He loved that quarter mile

He never won a lot of races

But he always wore a smile

He taught his little girl to drive

How to shift high on the tach

At sixteen she’s burning rubber on that quarter mile track

It didn’t take her very long

And to everyone’s surprise

She started winning races

In that Cuda she could fly

All her dreams are coming true

With daddy by her side

Just her and her Cuda

What a fantastic ride

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Adrift

WE ARE LEAVING FOR A NEW LAND

OUR SHIPS ARE ABOUT TO SAIL

WE KNOW NOT WHERE WE ARE GOING

AND THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE WE WILL FAIL

ESCAPING PERSECUTION

FREE WE HOPE TO BE

BEST WE TAKE OUR CHANCES

OUT ADRIFT AT SEA

AFTER TWO WEEKS ON THE OCEAN

STILL NO LAND IN SIGHT

WE FOLLOW THE SUN IN THE DAYTIME

THEN FOLLOW THE STARS AT NIGHT

NOW IT’S TWO MONTHS ON THE OCEAN

AND OUR WATERS RUNNING OUT

THE FOOD IS GETTING SCARCE

AND THE RATS MOVE FREELY ABOUT

MORE THEN THREE MONTHS ON THE OCEAN

DEATH FOR MANY HERE HAS COME

KNEEL AND SAY A SILENT PRAYER

SOON WE’LL ALL BE DONE

NOW THE WEATHER IS UPON US

THERE’S NOT MANY LEFT ALIVE

HERE IN THIS FREEZING WATER

THE REST WILL LIKELY DIE

THEN I SAW A BIRD FLY BY

GIVING HOPE OF NEARBY LAND

JUST A FEW ALIVE TO TELL THE TALE

TO OUR FELLOW SAILING MAN

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Aggression

BLINDED BY A NEED OF AGGRESSION

LOST IN YOUR OWN WORLD DEEP IN DEPRESSION

SMILE WITH THE EYES OF DESTRUCTION

BLINDED BY THE NEED OF AGGRESSION

BURNING DEEP INSIDE ARE FLAMES OF PASSION

REALITY IS CONFUSED NOW IN THIS FASHION

YOU CAN NOT SEE YOUR OWN DECIMATION

BLINDED BY THE NEED OF AGGRESSION

WE TAUGHT YOU TO BE PASSIVE

THEY THEN TAUGHT YOU TO KILL

FORCING YOU BACK AGAIN, AGAINST YOUR WILL

HOW MANY TIMES MUST YOU DIE?

BEFORE THEY START TO WONDER WHY?

THE PAIN YOU WILL FEEL IS EVERLASTING

BLINDED BY THE NEED OF AGGRESSION

YOU NEED RELIEF, SOMETHING FAST ACTING

BLINDED BY THE NEED OF AGGRESSION

TAKE THIS FOR YOUR PAIN THAT FOR YOUR DEPRESSION

BLINDED BY THE NEED OF AGGRESSION

WILL IT EVER END? NIGHTMARES BE GONE

IS THERE TIME FOR US TO MEND?

I NEED TO MOVE ON

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All Inside

Don’t cause no disruptions

Learn to create from destruction

Hold onto your dreams and never let go

Don’t cause distractions with your overreactions

Never be the reason for blood to flow

It’s okay to stand back and learn with your eyes

You haven’t seen it all and you might be surprised

Take the time to see what it’s all about

Then there’s no reason to panic

Then there’s no reason to shout

Don’t walk in circles when you know that you’re lost

Stay true to yourself no matter the cost

Wrong is wrong and right is always right

When you’re lost in the dark you have to move toward the light

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Alone In The Shadow

ALONE IN THE SHADOWS OH WHAT A LIFE

LOST IN THE UNDERTOW SHADOWS SWALLOWING

KNEW GOOD FROM BAD RIGHT FROM WRONG

SHADOWS UPON ME NOW AND IT WON’T BE LONG

HOW DO YOU DO IT NEEDLE SO THIN

ROTTING THE VEINS YOU’RE STICKING THEM IN

YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEED

NOW YOU’RE ALONE WITH A HABIT TO FEED

SHADOWS CREEPING UP ON YOU

WITH NO LIGHT FOR YOU TO SEE, WITH NO PLACE FOR YOU TO GO

SHADOWS NEVER LET YOU FREE THE DARKNESS NEVER LETS YOU GROW

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Alone

I WOULD LIKE TO FIND MY OWN PLACE

ON MY OWN LITTLE STAR

MY OWN LITTLE PLANET

INSIDE MY OWN LITTLE JAR

AWAY FROM ALL THE HASSLES

AND ALL OF THE HATE

FIND A WORLD OF MY OWN

THAT WOULD BE GREAT

I MIGHT NOT BE HUMAN

LIKE I’M FROM ANOTHER PLACE

GETTING LOST IN MY MIND

ZONED OUT IN SPACE

FROM ONE WORLD TO ANOTHER

EXPLORING AS I GO

NO TRACES LEFT BEHIND

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

ANIMATED ALIENS

COLORED NUMBERS ALL AROUND

SPINNING LIGHTS OF CARNIVALS

MUSIC WITHOUT A SOUND

I FLOAT FROM HERE TO THERE

A HOLE INSIDE MY MIND

AND ENDLESS SEARCH FOR SERENITY

SOMEDAY I HOPE TO FIND

ALONE - WHAT DO I HOPE TO FIND

ALONE - WILL THE ANSWERS BLIND

ALONE - IN AND OUT OF TOUCH

ALL ALONE – DIDN’T THINK I’D MISS SO MUCH

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Angel

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