Spoken Word Poetry by Bakos

By Dominic Jones I continue my demise As a writer Soft spoken sometimes But otherwise to the point When I begin To look inward And find the instability Volatile and fragile But yearning for interaction My soul burns for you To step outside the box And find my inner worth

By Dominic Jones Maternal instinct I no longer stink Thoughts quieted down I got so much stuff done today Vibrant social media involvement I miss my feline Don’t go over the yellow line I have established boundaries Feel like I have found my niche In the world

By Dominic Jones I really just don’t like reality Give me some chemicals to feel something different I feel helpless And my life isn’t going anywhere Be my friend and I can progress Addicted to a certain kind of sadness My cat makes it better I still get up everyday and plug away I’m a rebel just for one Get my kicks since 1981 Numb it down to the minimum senses

By Dominic Jones Woke up sober today Blessed to be alive Dark feelings go away Swarming around the beehive Woke up and took a breath It’s okay if we don’t jive Not here to impress everyone Several brushes with death Just know that I’m not done Woke up alive today Stable, sober and employed Always room for growth

By Dominic Jones I see the sun reflecting in your eyes Like a thousand prisms Throwing light in all different directions I tell you how I never wanted it to be like this I wanted to take care of you And provide some stability I kiss the salt away in your tears on your cheek And tell you how I never meant to make you feel unwanted I never meant to be insensitive The only thing I can guarantee is change And if I could hold onto those moments I had with you And relive them again

By Dominic Jones Some say it’s a gift Maybe others, a curse I just take it for what it is Pour all my heart and emotion Into every verse But something compels me now To write something new each day Because every time I do I have something new to say Embrace my flaws And my attributes Know that those that despise I don’t have to dispute It doesn’t matter what they think Doesn’t poison me anymore Over the ideas that make me sink Core irrational beliefs being worked on A little

Written for English 205: Poetry Writing, which I got a B+ in!

This is about being sober from all chemicals, legal or illegal, for a total of 4.5 years, during which time I got a 3.1 GPA at Boise State University. I know I must stay sober for myself, and not a girlfriend, or a judge, or my parents. It must be for myself, or it will not work out.

By Dominic Jones

By Dominic Jones Let go and let God Plugging away everyday sober-from-the-ganja Namaste Whooshah Breathe in Breathe out Smile And take in the world

By Dominic Jones New goals take hold in my mind When I am not happy with my situation Burn a bridge, that's okay Goals will come to fruition Because I don't take well to unkind Give this college grind one more shot And smoke less pot Priorities shift And I am feeling at peace

By Dominic Jones Reckless entanglement Necessary for survival Bursting and flowering forth From irrelevant cranium My flawed dome Producing seratonin And oxytocin Don't hate the addict Hate the disease Always trudging forth Into new, unexplored horizons Spiraling outward And always working on self Fixated on the id The subconscious I want to upload To a remote facility Maybe some of these thoughts Should be put up on a shelf But until then Be my friend Stand by me Someday it

By Dominic Jones dated 1/19/99 This poem was written for my friend Danielle. Published in Borah Literary Magazine,2000, Between The Lions: A Deeper Meaning In Shallow Waters I can`t tell you how much you mean to me I don`t know when you`ll begin to see We`ve only begun our trip down the road of life I hope you`ll make me withhold from the blade of the knife So as I gaze into your precious eyes I know that you are very wise As I hold your hand

By Dominic Jones

I wrote this during a manic episode.

By Dominic Jones

By Dominic Jones

This is about my frustration with the current state of politics in the USA.

By Dominic Jones Try my hand at something new And have a new point of view Flowers pushing up Out of the earth Forging forward Always With ever-renewing resolve And then I know I can evolve Masquerading as a secure connection Pop the firewall Don't want to be pushed aside I know in you I can confide What's on my mind Or bothering me Denial makes it harder For the stars to shine My mind may be numb But it's not benign

By Dominic Jones Sometimes I take the time To know what's going on with me Soldier on, the fight continues The struggle I deal with everyday And making progress A little at a time Family and friends support me And I will find my place in this world