I'm not giving you fives because you are my friend, duh :P No I seriously think each and every poem of yours deserves at least one nomination for the weekly contest.

"failure's not an option
but it somehow plagues the wooden
prison that I call home"
-Such expressive lines of a very simple wording !

"I glow with the years of my prime
but.... there is always a contradiction
a rebellion against order and fame
a reason to shame the perfection I have become"
- At times, perfection can be an imperfection too.

"I shed my pretense and leave it on the floor
only to embrace my idol"
- Hey I really loved the imagery you put here, and your metaphors were awesome. very great job on those lines.

One thing I would like to criticize: Your piece lacks lots of punctuations..I really suck at them but I'm pretty sure you know which parts I am talking about..So anyway pay attention to this..you know how important they are in poetry.

I feel like I'm reading your poems for the first time, and I swear I read each one two times-at least- haha.