Up-dated November 13, 1999.
Steamy Desires
Arlene Joy
Hot and steamy.
I crave to taste you.
Passionately and slowly.
Savoring the moment.
Your aroma evokes me.
I am consumed with desire.
Longing for more.
The perfect cup of coffee.
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FALLEN
by Christopher
Fall washes over the sea green forest with no hint or warning of its arrival.
What would an elm or a hickory do if it knew pieces of it were doomed?
Like soldiers on the battlefield under distant fire the leaves fall before the frost.
Twisted and discolored they lie like dead warriors on a now silent field.
No warning shot to alert, no forgiveness only a quiet undignified end.
Lying on the ground their prideful uniform fades to the color of dried blood.
As with the cannon fodder of the common soldier they fade into memory.
Winters wind moves them about and scatters the remains so none may remember.
Now there is only cold waiting for the next rebirth, the next battle, the next death.
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She draws me in, then blows me away,
pushing me back, she invites me to stay.
The strength of her anger almost rivals the beauty of her calm.
Her rhythm is perfection.
She changes daily, yet remains the same.
The will of her soul, too wild too tame.
She lifts my spirit, and my body as well.
Taunting my heart with secrets to tell.
As the sun starts to set she continues to play,
knowing no difference between night or the day.
As I start to leave I can't help but stare.
Of all my past loves, she'll always be there:
THE OCEAN...
by: Greg Woerner
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Angels & Peace Harps
Rick Premo
Under the clear heavens,
dancing,
those dauntless,
to that of ageless music.
The caressing of her long strings,
the music of lights souls,
talk through you.
Wood lectures her song,
to those who care to hark,
to be shown the modus.
It perks healing of the soul,
the obscurity of music,
keeps us in new.
Music that tenders peace,
utterance of the soul,
is that of a wraith.
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"Midnight of Day"
Amy Sarah King
Stare away
into a black night
an endless sky
falling with forbidden dreams
that connect the stars
like silky thread
attached to my heart
to form a picture
of ancient absence.
A shooting star
rips the moment of peace
of thoughtlessness
I could share with no one
Beyond the clouds
of uncertainty
I rest my eyes
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WHY WAR?
Why wars in our world?
When would we stop wars?
Where is another word for war?
What would end wars in our world?
When would the wicked ones
Stop winning us as to war?
When would we stop weeping from wars?
When we can weigh our word
And with wisdom mend our fences
When we can weigh our chances
And with wisdom weaken our warful utterances
And in a warm way win with words
Why wars in our own world?
When would we put out the fire of wars?
Where are our generals for peace
Who will with wisdom make war cease?
What will make our wise ones win with words?
When would the wicked ones stop winning us to wars?
What wars can win is nothing but bullets
Pain, unwelcomed wants and unnecessary needs
What words can win is something more meaningful
Than battles, tanks, riffles and bombs
Why do we have to wait for war?
When we can willingly wake with words
What war can win
Words with wisdom will warmly win!
Adebo Jude © 1998 University of Lagos, Nigeria.
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In shadows of past
my grandmother has no face,
my grandfather?
mother as child,
father as baby?
they are no longer -
nothing
stored in mom's heart memory
dad's archival nightmares
a hearts gravestone
is it possible to love?
In her face is despair
there is nothing left
not
person, place, or thing
just shadow-memories of
names, birthplaces, a hand-made sweater
of those killed
of those still wandering this earth?
silence
the funeral
out of control
a 60 year old funeral
Remember Elektra -
and why she went mad
shadows of that madness here
by Linda B. Jacobs
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Child of mine, holding you in my arms knowing that nothing will do you harm child of mine once in my womb you are now grown up and have a child too child of mine you came to me with love you are truly an angel from above Child of mine you have gone through life and now have found your lawfully wedded wife, child of mine not a child anymore its now time for you too start your marriage and open the door.
By: Danielle, Dbuzdor
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I am Women hear me Bitch
Chanelle Raboteau
aggressive
you say you want an aggressive woman
can you handle one
you're a sissy looking, matching clothes, mama's boy.
you don't want an aggressive girl
you want a girly girl with a small butterfly tattoo on her back
you wouldn't know aggressive if she kicked your ass
well maybe you would know then
you think that you know what you want, you are young
you may know this time, but as soon as a pretty girl walks by
your type is now whatever she is
you can deny it all you want
but you rather be with somebody then alone, scratch that anybody.
just so you won't be alone
but you actually want a girl who agrees with you, but aggressively
aggressive is the butterfly tattoo covering her back
yelling across the kitchen "where's MY dinner bitch"
you don't know aggressive
you don't want aggressive and aggressive sure as hell doesn't want you
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THE LITTLE BOY
RON WATSON
A LITTLE BOY WONDERED WHERE HIS DADDY WAS?
WONDER WHY HE DOESN'T SPEND ANYTIME WITH ME?
WONDER WHY HE WORKS ALL THE TIME?
WHERE DID HE GO AND WHEN IS HE COMING HOME?
WHY DOES HE HIT ME SO?
WHY DOES HE YELL LIKE HE DOES?
MAYBE ITS ME.
MAYBE ITS ME.
MAYBE ITS ME.
I TRIED TO BE GOOD DADDY.
I REALLY DID TRY.
LOOK AT MY GRADES AND LOOK AT MY ROOM.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU YOU SAY.
WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME?
WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE YOU CARE?
WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU HEAR ME?
PLEASE TELL ME DADDY!!
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Bleak
David Riley
It's bleak when I'm without you,
It's bleak when you're not there,
It's bleak when you don't respond,
It's bleak when you don't care,
It's bleak when I can't touch you,
It's bleak when we can't see,
It's bleak when miles divide us,
It's bleak when we fail to be,
It's bleak when we miss the sunset,
It's bleak when we miss a date,
It's bleak when you don't write to me,
It's bleak without our fate,
For now life's not bleak.
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Purple Infection
Cris Austin
Spectral out from the attic,
hang'n on youth like static.
She has a bad gut feeling
that it pollutes him daily,
like unfriendly guest from
the fallen valley.
Now all you non-listeners, listen.
If your worlds a disaster.
"To have control is to be controlled"
Awh, I'm sick of the mess
that nobody believes.
I'd like carnations and
fresh tulips you see
and for my berth garden
where I'm buried and reborn,
I'd like white roses that
bloom with out the thorns.
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Cyber Union Saxaphones
(an improvised jam)
Browsing.
Instant Gratification Telephones.
As heard on my id jukebox.
I just saw a poetry web page. Ha Ha Ha
Me? Express myself on this effortless device?
Who dreams of an enlightened tomorrow here?
For this is not progress, as it is a place.
A place with an exact location.
Now our compulsive need for options and variety has been given geography.
Halleluhah.
We've all been given validation.
You want to know me? Check out my web page.
I'm mystical,
I'm an adventure,
I'm 14th century Gothic with dead flowers in Blue Jeans.
I'm Will Smith, I'm Pam Anderson Lee
You'll see,
Check out my web page.
I just colored in a picture. Wanna put it on your fridge?
Nah.. Come see it on my fridge.
Check out my web page.
Browsing.
Instant Gratification Telephones.
As heard on my id juke box.
Why sleep when you can count electric sheep?
Douglas Edward Wortel
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Countryside
janispearson
The countryside is such a lovely place
The fields so green, the sky so blue
The hedgerows full of insects and bees
Tall shade giving trees
The birds that sing so sweetly and twitter
Footpaths where it's pleasant to walk
Streams that glisten and glitter
Flowers that give a sweet scent
A place where it's nice to picnic
Where you can walk your dog
But remember the countryside code
And don't forget to shut the gate
Take your rubbish home
Don't leave the countryside in a state
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DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?
Barb
Moore
With one act of generosity, you have eased my burden.
With one act of kindness, you have restored my faith.
With one act of friendship, you have gladdened my heart.
With one act of love, you have lifted the melancholy of my soul.
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I'm A Rhymer
Red Baron
A strange thing happened to me once,
I fell in love, and that's a hunch.
Every moment was spent with her,
It all comes back to me, in a blur.
I wanted so much to catch those thoughts,
And pen them down in rhymes of sorts.
Showed it to her and asked for her views,
She said the rhymes were forced, and gave me the blues.
I looked back then, at masters of yore,
Saw them rhyme, and cried encore.
Now, all my words come out in a line,
I rhyme at will, and have a good time.
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A LIFE'S TREASURE
-Kimberly Kuiper
I life's treasure is what so many people seek but will never find. Many people think fo their life's treasure as jewels of gold, That is why it is sometimes never found, because they are liking for the wrong kind of treasure. Sometimes now matter how hard you search you can't find it. You can't find this treasure by searching alone or by earning it with good deeds, Someone will offer it to you plain and simple. This is the gift that can only be given to one person to another if it is meant to be. This one gift that I speak of is the gift of unconditional love from one heart to another. It's the most powerful gift that can ever be given as well as the most valued of all. Unconditional love is the one and only thing that can save a heart from being forever broken. When the gift of love is given to someone they will be eternally grateful if they accept to take it. Words cannot express the wonder of beauty of it. You will wish that you could make time stand still as you hold the one that you love in your arms and feel their heart along with your own. As every single day passes by you will find that you need each other's love more and more. As the years pass and time takes its toll you will still be able to stare into each other's eyes and remember the treasure that you share and never grow apart. Your arms will always be open to that one person. And when you're with them your world will never be cold. I have found my treasure in another heart. I wasn't on a journey or a search, but I was given the gift of love still. I for one believe that you don't always find love, sometimes you just have to let love find you.
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The Critic
There is no critic like the critic I can never escape.
The critic inside me. The only true critic.
No one tells me how badly I've failed.
No one else motivates me more to strive for perfection.
No one else strikes me down so hard when I don't achieve perfection.
It is the one that makes me creative.
It is the one who tells me I'm not.
It is the one that makes me need the most intricate comprehension and makes me realize anything less is failure.
But in all, it is something inside me and I can't tell if it is something to be cut out of me or promoted within me.
Is it to make me and build me or break and kill me?
Will it drive me further to places no ones ever been or drive me insane and make me motionless outside and in?
Author Peter Bennett 17 years old 11/19/98
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A SILENT BEAUTY
Duston Chupp
Blanketed in the pale light
Of the chilling fall dusk.
The land stretches out below
Like some beautiful painting
On the canvas that is the sky.
It's breathtaking out here
In the land that i call home.
A river below
Winding it's way
Through the foliage.
Like a snake of glass
But just beyond the trees I glimpse
The towers of industrialism.
Breaking the beautiful horizon
Like two tall sentinels
Sadly soon the land below
Will team with people
Grass replaced by concrete
Victims of human progress.
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I Am
Dorothy Callahan
I am a lemon with a twist,
I am a dewdrop full of mist,
I am a child filled with bliss,
I am but a gentle kiss,
I am invisible but I show,
I am a burned-out lamp that still does glow,
I am bold though you may not know,
I am a horn that does not blow,
I am used but still brand new,
I am a mystery without a clue,
I am false but forever true,
I am me and also you.....
I am a flower that's opening it's buds,
I do not fight with fists but with hugs,
I am a push without a shove,
Creeping oh so softly, I am love.
I am deaf but I can hear,
I am afraid but I have no fear,
I am forever constant throughout the year,
I am smart and my actions make it clear,
I am with the doll that was thrown in the corner,
I am at the funeral standing next to the mourner,
I am with the boy that's rejected because he is a foreigner,
I hear the cry of the boy saying his prayers,
I see the hearts of millions set up in flares,
I taste the bitter words and the nasty stares,
I can hear the little girl and feel her tears,
I am with the lonely man living in strife,
I am in touch with the husband who lost his beloved wife,
I am stopping the man that is holding the knife,
Creeping oh so softly, I am life.
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What is our flag,
tis skin and bones,
that rest beneath
some marble stone,
or an unmarked site
in hallowed ground,
where no life
can be found.
Knights and warriors
they became,
a piece of cloth
bespoke their name,
within the soul
of mortal men,
may you always ripple
in the wind.
Vivienne Clark
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i stood back against the wall
the sunset behind me
orange it was
with glowing fire
i hold in my hand
a bowl of glass oranges
a bowl of glass oranges
paying tribute to the sun
the bricks hold me up
as i offer my produce
to a sky which still remembers
adam and his apple
i offer glass oranges
to a sun with no faith in
humanity
for humanity
has no humanity left
and i deemed my self a demi god
or demi-size god
or should i say goddess
or goodness
or should i say?
that was the last time
i whispered to moonshine
whispered at starlight
wished on a star
the cops came and took me
peeling my oranges
dipping in coffee
the last peace of humanity
left.
-Maia
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apprehensive
-lane spear
I fear the looks in people's faces
when they look at me.
Black waters of severance flooding-
I have come apart.
An energy within has died,
leaving a waste of flesh
suppressed and dead.
What is this hell that I must swallow?
Burning my insides-
charring vain essence.
They see the girl so polished
like glass,
her uneasy eyes never resting
upon another souls face..
for there is no comfort there.
She is so refined they say,
as though it seems her outer beauty,
comes from within-
but we know,
it does not.
We know the truth,
she and I.
you sense lunacy
and call me beautiful..
I fear the looks in people's faces
when they look at me,
I fear their thoughts,
I fear their feelings-
I fear what they see.
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The Homeless
C. Lawrence Malmquist
Lonesome debris drifts
on a cold ocean. Flotsam?
Jetsam? Who can tell.
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That forbidden night
Josie Randall
I remember
that night
you were but
a boy I
but a girl.
We had no idea
what we were getting
our selves into.
I begged you
that this would
get us in more
trouble then not,
but you insisted.
That night
ended with barley
whisper.
You got up and
went about your business
for life to you
was and is one but one big joking adventure.
I was left with a
hole
when you didn't
come back
after that night.
And scared
beyond belief
when I became
pregnant.
When I was
six months
pregnant you
stopped by and mockingly
asked me to come
with you.
I told you I was pregnant but you
didn't understand.
I can hear your
laughter in our son's
voice and see you
in his eyes.
I haven't seen
you in months
and fear you'll . . .
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True Love
By: Sabrina Lee
When I look into your eyes the pain in my heart stops and dies.
When I hear your voice in my ear, I thank the Lord that your
always near.
When I feel your hand in mine I wish that I could stop time.
Every minute, every second of everyday I yearn to hear the words
you say.
I love you more than you know, all I want is for our love to grow.
You loved me once, you loved me twice, I know the third time will
be nice.
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Bear
Dean-a Billows
I once had a dog named Bear
He had fluffy black and brown hair
We were the best of friends
but everything good eventually ends
One warm day the first of May
Bear was let out to play
He ran across the road to see a friend
not knowing his life was soon to end
A car came driving down the street
and a dog his friend he did meet
I heard a yelp and started to run
there went all of the fun
He laid so helpless and bleeding all over
in a way our friendship was over
I prayed to God every night
in hopes he would set things right
But my dreams never came true
but Bear do not worry someday I will be with you
Until that day I will miss you with no end
my dog and my very best friend
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Jeannie's Guy
Dedicated to my little brother:
C.J.
Copyright 1996, Written by: Jeannie Seaver
He waits for me patiently, then greets me with a kiss. A smile, a hug, and a "How are you?" or
"How are you?" are things I'd hate to miss. This wonderful gentleman is of
pure and fine design. He lets me know every day, how much he is mine. This
very fine looking man, could never be replaced by another. For he is not
just any man, he is my little brother. He thinks he is all grown up now, and
big as big can be. Shh! It's a secret, you better not tell! This little man
is three. It is sadly mistaken that he is a spoiled brat. Then again, he
really is. But, I can handle that! The fact is that he is growing, right
before my eyes. Tomorrow he'll be turning four, that is quite a big
surprise! I know we will have our rough times, and shed quite a few tears.
Some day we will forget all that, and remember the laughing years. Yesterday
is gone, tomorrow is forever. The little boy fades, but the memories never.
Here, real soon, this young gentleman will escort his queen to prom, taking
plenty of pictures for all to see, then bringing them home to mom. She will
choose her favorite one, then set it next to the other, the one of the
little three year old, who is still my little brother. No matter what
happens, or how much time passes by, things always change, but he will
always be Jeannie's Guy.
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"Lustrous Perforated Cellophane-Wrap Under a
Boot"
Adam Brant
My life can feel itself thumping in my brain
And I can always say "it's the last time",
But it doesn't mean that I can truly change my ways.
When I think of women my mind's a crotch
And I shame my guilt with a look of disgrace.
I can honestly say, "You've unmasked me and my way."
Venture yourself down my sacred corner.
God's a whore there-
And she sleeps like no other.
That's not to say he's the best lay or anything...
I'm sure this all sounds absurd.
Come now. Beguile me with your way.
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South Central L.A., also known as hell,
Where just the trigga can kill a n*gga, cuz their bodies are frail.
One bullet to my friend's head, I have to call the police,
I have to admit my friend is dead, those n*ggas don't believe in peace.
My friend's lying in his blood, a lonely tear in his eye,
how can I still have faith in God, if He let my best friend die?
It's just like that in L.A., but I gotta survive,
and I think the best way for that, is with a forty-five.
I went down to the gun shop, I got a glock instead,
I doubt my son will ever find it, hidden under my bed.
I'm going out with my friends, I told my son goodbye,
just one bullet killed my son, in the blink of an eye.
But the reason was mainly, cuz i never told him "i love you",
"Maybe we can meet again, son, in the heavens above you".
If I can see him again, id give him a hug, and his hair i would stroke,
I decided to shoot myself, right before my son spoke.
He says "I know you love me, daddy, God says don't die for me yet",
in those words that occurred, I will never forget.
I remember my son, every night when I pray,
it's just a typical day in South Central L.A.
Submitted by: Sacred Gemini
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Life is....
By Richie Santos
Life is hell,
spent in a round cell,
waiting for that final bell.
Life is perplexed,
like sex,
always complex.
Life is a locomotion,
of crazed emotios,
that gives you day added commotion.
Life is regression,
caused by oppression,
which causes my depression.
Life is sorrow,
of all the thoughts borrowed,
that will yours tomorrow.
Life is that game,
that never could be explain,
until after death came and was slain.
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Two-Step
~D.D.Crady~
Across the room my eyes fly scared.
I see the shadow of death in the night.
No one here to save me from fear.
And turn the wrong to right.
Loneliness two-steps across the floor
And darkness dances my final fate.
Solitude has come and taps on my door.
And death in blackness, my last date.
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xtc
michael emilio
i dream of naked souls fumbling into each other.
total abandonment of thought
and other distractions.
we bathe each other
and are born again
pure.
regret and sin are
only words
buried deep beneath the earth.
but we soar on new wings
and together are
God.
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Unwanted Saliva- dear Jonah
Alix. A Smith (c.
1999)
I crawled into the cellar of Death
Death Licked me clean
And threw me up
Out of His Belly
For I lay now in soil
And not in the stomach
Of a Whale.
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Home coming
Toraj Anarestan
When I let this moment go
another moment opens
falling into the world of other
I find myself freely falling
backward into
where I came from
Home
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IN TIMES
by Amanda Menifield
In times of despair and loneliness, you brought me joy and comfort
In times of darkness, you brought light to my eyes
In times of discouragement and anger, you brought encouragement and happiness
The times I doubted you, you proved me wrong
Now, I know I can give you my heart without feeling pain
But in times of pain, you brought me soothing
The times I was ignorant, you looked beyond that
The times I didn't think things would work, you gave me hope
The times I cried, you gave me a shoulder to lean on
The times we fought, you turned things around
The times there was something bad, you made it good
With you I know that all my dreams and hopes can come true
You are the one person I love and trust
Now I await for the time we will be together forever
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Fall From Grace
- Amanda Cobb
The grandeur has fallen from grace.
the elite discarded,
shattered by the reality
that their status means nothing.
Now they worry,
for in the real world
personality is what counts
and their egos destroyed that long ago.
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WHAT HAPPENED
dedicated to crissy and do u?
by:
Lisa-Marie
What happened to the past
the friendship that we shared.
All you do is ignore me
and act like I'm not there.
I miss the way we used to talk
the way you listened well.
Whenever I sought for your help
advice you used to tell.
You always made me smile
whenever I was sad.
You always knew just what to do
you never made me mad.
I do not know what happened
and it mustn't continue on.
I need your friendship dearly
I can't cope when it is gone.
You mean so much to me
I need you by my side.
I need you as a friend right now
I won't let our friendship die!
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Lonely.
By: PRichards
When we are lonely
no one can hear our plea
that cry for attention
that's there for all to see
Do we all get lonely?
I think maybe we do
there is a time in life
when a little loving is needed from you
I hope a friend will call
that they be lonely too
then maybe we can talk
and get rid of these moody blues
`cause friendship is a wonder
the feelings` good inside
when loneliness is banished
and you have someone in which to confide
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Lonely Sunset
by Stardust Wunch
The sun sets,
The sky becomes a blazing fire,
A beautiful show,
One of which my eyes never tire,
The stars start to shine,
As the moon begins to rise,
The sky brightens,
Right before my eyes,
So peaceful and serene,
A flourishing sunset sky,
So profound and beautiful,
Yet it makes me want to cry,
Something is missing,
Something isn't right,
I guess I miss you,
I know I love you,
I wish you could be here on this beautiful night
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when i found out he was getting engaged (at
last)
Mariah Young
The stars shine in his eyes
but not for me
his heart beats in perfect time
which I cannot feel
there is music in his words
that I am not able to hear
I have pined for him secretly
I have seen meaning in all his movements
I have been true
to the promises I made to him
I have waited
there are no tears for him
there never were
only that ache somewhere inside me
that I can never quite place
I don't mind that he steps
on my cellophane heart
and I'll make sure
he'll never see my glassy blood
that cuts as it courses through me
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FREEDOM
juliadavies
I want freedom, I want the clouds, but there you are on the ground. I want to soar, I want the sky, but there you are on the ground. I used to be happy, you were my world, with you I radiated, I felt secure. Then I changed, I matured at last, and our relationship, went downhill fast. I was no longer happy, we always fought. We almost broke, I pondered the thought. I saw the crumbling of your face, when I told you that I needed space. I see your eyes filled with pain, for the moment I wish we were the same. Hopefully through this, we'll both land standing, and together as friends, we'll reach for the stars.
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"Eyes Like Richard Gere"
by Lisa
Arellano
Why do I continue to run back to you
When I know how our story will end?
And why do I keep on believing you
When you tell me she's "just a friend"?
Large brown eyes, Just like Richard Gere
That's the only reason, I want to keep you near
Your smile sends my heart past 50
Even though it's an evil grin
My mind tells me to believe you
But my heart knows where you've been
Large brown eyes, Just like Richard Gere
That's the only reason, I want to keep you near
Maybe one day I'll be strong enough
And leave you in the rain
Then I'll find another guy
But with eyes like Kurt Cobain
Large brown eyes, Just like Richard Gere
That's the only reason why, I want to keep you near
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Suicide
Elana
Cruelty is capital on this damned Earth.
Children are cursed from the moment of birth.
Cursed to grow up in such a way
Little hope in finding a better day.
They have no choices to make, their fate has been set.
No courage and no hope leads to their death.
The few who find the strength to go on,
will find a way to right the wrong.
Enveloped in fear and weakness, and so they go,
But the few who are strong will always have hope.
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ALONE
FlashB77
Looking into your eyes,
I wonder.
Why is it we're here?
You were the only one who could understand me.
Yet now I withdraw.
A solemn tear falls to the ground.
Now that I have shunned my only friend.
I notice myself, feeling alone.
For that is now what I am.
Alone.
Then they gather round, my head spinning, feeling confused.
Then, I realize, you've died.
And now, I truly am,
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Slip! Slide! Banana's
Dev_Monkey
I once slipped on a banana,
and flew into outer space,
I once slipped on a banana,
well solving a detective case.
I once slipped on a banana,
and tumbled down the street,
I one slipped on a banana,
and landed on my feet.
I once slipped on a banana,
and stumbled to school,
I once slipped on a banana,
and landed in a pool.
I once slipped on a banana,
and traveled to the past,
I once slipped on a banana,
and ran really really fast
Maybe if i stop slipping
on these stupid bananas
Maybe if i stop slipping
O can put on my pajama's
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I saw a blind man once
he was reading a Playboy
and told me I should be a model.
by: Jade
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DESIRE
BY LYNDA NADELBERG
I FEEL YOU..
YOUR TOUCH YOUR
WARM EMBRACE
THE KISS THE
TASTE OF YOU
WANTING NEEDING
THE DESIRE OF
YOU TO TOUCH
MY SOFT BREAST
MY BODY CRAVING
FOR YOUR TOUCH
FEELING OUR DESIRES
GOING DEEPER AND
DEEPER
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It seems like nothing ever gets easy,
Some people become better while others become more sleazy,
I don't know how much longer i can take this change,
You've either become more normal or even more strange,
Everything changes so fast,
It seems like nothing good will ever last,
I want this bad dream to end,
I want to wake up and find that i'm with a friend,
Once i figured out where i belong,
When i actually became more strong,
I got pulled away,
God knows i wish i could stay.
Submitted by: Danielle Haley
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Forsaking Nathaniel
Jessica Cook
My mind is allowed to wander
contrary to what you might think
My perception of you grows fonder
with each passing day
Oh, the lies you tell me
with no regard to what I feel
You absence sets my mind free
because your honesty is not real
But you know I will believe you
For the sake of keeping you near
Your presence is unyeilding, though
My thoughts are not free to be my own
So I try to conceal them
to what you would condone
Believe me, I have will that is strong
but you cannot handle that thought
So I'll keep it under layers of innocence
that have been long ago lost
And they stay that way until
the imminence of your leaving has lost the force it holds now
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?UNTITLED?
SPEEDCOOP
AND...OH! THERE SHALL IT BE,
THAT I FEEL HER WARM BREATH ON MY NECK.
AND SO THAT OF A DREAM, THAT I DREAM,
ONLY AWAKENING WILL WRECK.
AND SO SHALL IT BE, OR I ONLY WISH.
TO STAY IN SLEEP AND IN DREAM, AS FOR NEVER TO AWAKE.
LET NO-ONE OR THING MY DESIRES TAKE.
FOR WHEN DESPERATE MEASURES FOR DESPERATE SOULS,
ONLY TO ALL THERE DESIRES GIVE IN!
FOR NOT ONLY, WISH OR DREAM, OF HIS LOVE LET IT BE,
BUT TO ACT UPON ANYTHING, EVEN TO SIN.
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Spring sprung...
Andrey Kneller
Spring sprung so unexpected
From melting snow
I stood in awe
Observed perfection of its flow
So flawlessly performed
Each pitch connected
Played by the notes
Reformed in form
So worthy of great words
And yet neglected
My soul alone became affected
Pecked by the rain
In gained commotion
Grain after grain
I drained emotion
In proper fashion
Gentle motion
In passing rage
And raging passion
Unto the page
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Late Summer Afternoon
karate69
Tree,
the orange and brown leaves testify.
Your time has come.
I, collapsed among the gnarled roots,
listen.
Your stiff limbs crack,
your weakened trunk shudders,
pounded by the wind.
I wither, also,
coughing bright blood and blackened lung
mingling
with moldy leaves that litter the ground.
Skeletal hands,
skin stretched pitifully over bones,
reach out to touch the dry,
disintegrating bark.
Decayed flecks fly off and sting my eyes.
I wonder, do you feel
pain
coughing your leaves?
Do you cry, too, watching bits of you
fall away?
Gasping for breath,
liquid pouring through my nose.
The fading sun begins its setting.
Darkness envelopes me.
Die quickly, Tree, and cover me.
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Why?
Allysa
You told me always to be strong,
You never saw me cry.
But when I saw you laying there,
a tear fell from my eye.
I knelt down to give you one last kiss.
I just wanted to say goodbye.
you were my one true love.
Why did you have to die?
You're making me think harder though.
Thoughts that life flies by.
So live your life to the fullest.
You never know when you'll die.
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Frozen Over
©1999 Brandon A.
eyes grow cold,
a blank stare,
turned to stone,
no soul...
eternally frozen,
dark freezing death,
complete silence,
life, faded away..
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"Maximus John"
by CHO
hair
o-pair
vroom on chair o-pair
i feel the tear.
powder chair
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"Go to the Dentist"
B. Yee Chee
oh my sled
in the winter
i ride thee upon the winter
i jump you on snow
i frost on nose
the hose
everyday my monster finds a rose
i chose the rose
rear molar
it must be pulled from the sleds mouth
it is pulled
the end.
oh. the molar grows back. i cry for my purple sled
he fears the throbbing molar.
i eat the tooth
it is meat.
he is content. the molar is dead. molar of the clouds and mud
i clout
a shout
end. end. start.
dart in the dark
THE END
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Inside you
As the night goes on
the darkness fills the room.
A day yet passed and a new one,
coming soon...
The memory inside you and the future
yet to guide you...
The soul beyond the distance,
as for you to fill.
It's your dream, it's your will.
An endless passing day, your life
has made a way.
The pain you hide, the love you seek,
it will lead you to your needs...
It's for you my friend,
this life...this love,
if you find it,
you find...........
God above.
- Elise Marie Eikeland -
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I have loved and I have lost,
My heart and Soul T'was the Cost.
Weakened By Sadness,
Brutalized By Rejection.
Ripples in the Water are my life's only Reflection.
Afflicted I am, and Cursed I must be,
I've lost all I had, I lost what was Me.
® John McCleskey
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Watching you wake from your
sleep
Bornslippi.
My love, how sweetly you slept,
my soul grew stronger,
with each breath you took.
Each time, barely moving,
you drew in life through the darkness.
I watched and held you so gently,
and as our morning broke free,
your dreaming face smiled.
And yet, still sleeping,
I watched until your eyes opened,
and I saw that they were full of joy.
Bright, burning and love full.
You smiled at me, I kissed the smile.
We were love and became of one, once more.
Till in turn, gradually slipping,
into a dark pool.
Warm, calm, of safety and love,
I became the sleeper.
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Alone
by Amanda Marie O.
Alone in this over populated world
Alone with just my thoughts and the pain
Alone in this over populated world
Alone with just my going insane
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Prelude to a Fight.
rbDALE
Here I am
There you are
With sight and sound
Our brains do spar
Locked in combat
From near or far
In the open or in a car
With our eyes, We burn holes
Into heads, Into souls
Quickly scanning for a fear
To break them down and shed a tear
Rip'em up and Spit them out
Before we know it, We start to shout
Tempers rising, Words do flare
Beyond a Hope Beyond a Care
Now we stop, the words are done
now i FEAR the FIGHTS begun.
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MY LOVE MY FEAR
by M. Greene
I'll never forget you my love,
this i swear.
I'll hold you in my heart my love,
and cry in pain.
I wish to talk my love,
and for you to hear.
I know that you would my love,
and that is what i fear.
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Wait Until the Night Is Over
Michal Goldstein
Wait until the night is over,
Wait to walk out in the bleak
harlequins of night, Seek
not fortune, nor love, nor life in this
ephemeral tempest of malaffection,
there be no joy, no bliss
in these waters, only a vague recollection
of a Dying Light, in the last cove
of a child's mind there lies a Grove
of Heaven, a mind of utter peace
in such sweet and soft release
from Time; A last sonnet to daylight
enveloped in this infinite eternity of thought,
Catch what will you can here, what brought
you to this? What strangely curious motions
took your soul to these dark oceans?
Wait Until The Night Is Over,
Wait, child, until these shadowy boughs are gone,
Wait peacefully for the coming of the Dawn.
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Two Flowers
Danoone
Two flowers,
One of pale sublties;
The other vibrant in hue,
Vie for my attention.
Their scents are quite different,
From the sweetness of morning mist;
To the heavy aroma of night fog,
Two extremes of similar origins.
As the season passes
And a choice as to preference is no longer possible,
One must perish to the wasteland of memory;
While the other will seed itself into the fertile heart
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ALL TO YOU
Jude Adebosoye Ogunade(c)1999
I will be the shade from the scorching sun
I will be the oasis in the parched desert
I will never like others from you ever depart
I will be with you always from now till ever
I will be the umbrella from the raging rain
I will be the balm to soothe every prickling pain
I will with love redo all that has been undone
I will with attention adore you in my heated heart
You are the shadow I see even in the dark
You are the footsteps that has trodden my track
You are the footprints scattered all over my path
You are the rhythms the rhymes and the joy of my heart
I will capture comfort and present it to you with love
I will arrest affection and imprison it in your heart
I will get all the past pains and replace with greater gain
I will always, always, always, honour you with my all
Your love now treads the whole form of my all
Your affection arrests all my heart with love
Your attention has centered now on my concentration
I'm lost, lost, lost, in the labyrinth of love for you.
Let the sunshine in thy form continue the warmth
Let the shade of thy thoughts continue to calm
Let the beauty of thy form continue to impress
Let the thoughts of thy heart deliver me from distress
I will be all to you all in my all
I will be all to you all that I can haul
I will be all to you all with love
I will be all to you all in all
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Delight In Hurricane
by Kate V.
Where once a skipjack raised it's web
To catch the wind in desperate songs
The joy among the blowing sounds
Was enough to disguise what did go wrong
And the throat that sang away the wind
Was sore with distressed projection
Through a ripping cold and water unclear
Inside the neck of sick interaction
Undying love for pulling these ropes
And battling the air that burns my face
Has put me out to sea again
Though thick and fiery, I'm not misplaced
Calm the storm if by my hand
Is a flag of white raised high
Avoid anchoring any port for now
My home is the greyest sky
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Earthquake
Herman bugeja (malta)
Today I will make the land shake
I'll take an atomic pea
That changes life from day to night
It's drinking from my stream
It's killing my best crops
I feel like a puppet
My body shook tonight
I took a couple of atomic peas
I felt breathlessly free
I turned into a dry desert
That freezes when its dark
And everybody walks over me
It's like nothing happened
The next day everyone recognized me
The paper headlines made me
The prince of the underground
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I dreamed I was a graceful dove, soaring through the heavens way above.
With the wind rushing beneath my wings, I saw so many wonderful things.
The crystal, blue oceans, the fresh green trees, the snow-capped mountains, how I felt so free.
Unfortunately this sight could not last forever, for as I soar higher, things blurred together
But then I could see stars shinning brightly, all year round, daily and nightly.
They brought such a glow to the never-ending sky, and I saw all the planets as I passed them by.
I feared then, that I might possibly fall, because the earth was so distant and so small.
And then I woke up, that's all I can tell; but I know for sure that I will remember this dream well.
Submitted by: angl74722
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Windows of the heart
Braidini
In her beautiful eyes you can't see no lies, you can't see no hate, you can't see selfishness because there isn't any, in her eyes you can only see the sweetness and pureness of her soul, because her eyes are the windows to her heart. If you asked for something she would give it to you, because like some people are born to sing, she was born to give.
Her eyes reflect love, they reflect honesty and sincerity, her eyes are as clear as the sky, and beautiful as a rose, and fresh as the rain and playful as a dog. But now her eyes must close, and every time you want to talk you won't see her eyes, only her soul.
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behind the door w/ my shadow
Kassondra fay
standing in the darkness
behind the door with my shadow
my mind is telling me to face reality
but it is too cloudy
the sun never shines
theres always tears in my eye's
there is no time to come unwinded
this shadow is fear of failure
to be with you i try to
but instead i always hide behind you
help me hold on
lend me a hand
I'll stand beside you
if you will make me understand
how to control my life
without you as my man
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When You're Hero Falls.
Emily Williamson
When your hero falls from grace
All fairy tales are uncovered
Myths exposed and pain magnified
The greatest pain discovered
You taught me to be strong
But Im confused to see you so weak
You said never to give up
And It hurts to see you welcome defeat
When your hero falls so do the stars
And so does the perception of tomorrow
Without my hero there Is only me alone
to deal with my sorrow
You're heart ceases to work
And you're soul Is not happy at all
What are you expected to do
When you're only hero falls
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The day is remembered
The day is remembered, and quietly kept
no need to remind me I shall never forget.
We would walk together hand in hand
I shall always remember, you were my man.
We would talk all day and all through the night
The day is remembered when we had our first fight.
You are not forgotten, but you are gone,
I will remember as they play our old love song.
The day is remembered and quietly kept
no need to remind me I shall never forget.
The day is remembered, when you found,
The day is remembered, when you were put under ground.
By: kaycluv17
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Missin you
Stephanie Starkey
We gaze at the stars,
imaginary ones will do,
What-ever it takes just to be with you.
Wrapped in your arms, our heartbeats combine,
so close together, our souls interwine.
Together all night as one,
that night may be over,
But we've just begun.
My love for you grows,
with each passing day,
I never thought it possible,
to love one this way.
We've been through it all,
good times, and bad,
And everyday we've spent together,
is another blessing we've had.
Our love is so strong,
it will stay through the years,
It will in in the laughter,
and brave though painful tears.
You are gone now,
but remain in my soul,
Left with thoughts of you, my heart remains whole.
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Only 4 Months
Sin
You know you're so beautiful and I love you so much.
I get that tingly feeling inside with every sweet touch.
I tell you everyday how beautiful you are,
Better than any girl I've ever seen by so very far.
You might just think that I'm playing some kind of mind game,
But if I could change it, beauty would be you name.
If beauty was money, you'd be richer than Bill Gates,
If beauty was size, you'd be 100 times the size of the United States,
If beauty was knowledge, you'd be smarter than Albert Einstein,
If beauty was heart, I'd know because you have mine,
If beauty was power, you'd rule the world as queen,
If beauty was a miracle, you'd be a wonder no one has ever seen,
If beauty was fame, you'd be every day's news,
If beauty was a mystery, you would have all the clues,
If beauty was a game, you would win without having to try,
If beauty was a sin, then you can kiss heaven good-bye,
If beauty was a crime, you'd be in jail for life,
If beauty is in my future, then you'll be my wife,
If beauty was a question, then you would be the answer,
If beauty was a disease, yours would be stronger than cancer,
Where beauty's in the dictionary, your face is right there,
And if beauty was a picture, of yours every day I would stare.
I'm so glad that I have you, and that your beauty is mine,
Four months have gone by, and I think we're doing just fine.
I feel like you're mine forever though the months are only four,
But I want it so much to be so, so much more.
We do have our ups and downs every now and then,
But as we make up, our love is stronger times ten.
I knew from the start that I need you to complete me,
With only four months gone by, I made no mistake for I can see.
You had me at 'Hello", so don't ever let go
Of the love we have, don't even let it slow.
Are you for real when you say you want me forever?
Cause I'm not playing when I say I want to be together.
Believe it or not, but don't ever forget,
That I'll love you forever, and I was yours since the day we met.
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Instrumental Love
copyright (c) Joyce Brown 1999
Spooning bodies measure time
in swing tunes of long ago.
My hips stroke rhythms upon
your tympanic belly as you respond.
I feel your heart beat,
beat against my back
as you caress my breasts.
Let me pluck your thigh
like an upright bass,
chord your ivory ribs.
Your tongue plays soft sax
melodies on my neck.
I slide upon your form,
a trombone teasing out notes.
My voice hits notes of ecstasy
against your trumpet moans,
the slow bump and grind of
hips moving to jazz phrasing.
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Justice
allie
I cried myself to sleep last night,that time you said goodbye.
They try to tell me it's not my fault,I couldn't change in time.
I can't go back to yesterday,oh boy I wish I could.
I would turn around,I would change my life.Just like I knew I should. But I can't go back to yesterday,I can't go back,
I know.Days change,but feelings don't.I know my feeling for you won't.I know we shouldn't have done what we did.
We shouldn't have gone to the jive,I shouldn't have let you drink and drive.
I was out of it myself,I couldn't say no.So I let it slip by.
And this is what I get,I guess.For being hesitant.
My love is gone,my love,so strong.I'm getting even.Just for you.Even though you wouldn't want it.
You'd want me to live my life.And die when it was time.
I've got the knife,I'll make the cut.And see you once again.Just once more.
Cuz I can't live my life without a love,without someone to care.
I can't live my life without my best friend,someone who's always there.
There's blood all around me now,all of it is mine.I'm in horrible pain now.
But I'll see you in good time.The colors around me are fading.
I close my eyes and see,this beautiful little picture.A picture of you and me.
It's worth my life to see you again,It's worth my life to know,you love me and you forgave me.
And I can't wait,for Justice has been shown.
Do what you want with your life,but just don't drink and drive.
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Sad Hearts
Donna Huckerby
A love as vivid as fire
and as cool as ice
a longing for such a love
that upon it's thought
a tear that runs silent but represents
a thousand lovers
for it is lost
no love as such will ever come
to those whom ache for it's arival
and love only for the hope that it will
pain that fills a heart
with sadness for it's loss
for a love
that cannot exist
for a love
that dreams make
for a love we lost everyday
to a world that cannot live
without you
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My Dear
Sandra Dyer
You are so sweet, you are so dear.
You make me happy, when you are near.
You make me laugh, you make me smile.
You make my life, all worthwhile.
It must be fate that sent you my way.
I'm just glad for that day.
When you're not here, I feel so sad.
When I see you, I feel so glad.
I never thought I would find such love.
I know now that you were sent from above.
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My Love Belongs
-Christina Fischgrabe
I'm caught within a pool of shame,
with shattered dreams I am to blame,
In memory of love and lust,
never again to be of trust.
Holding on I can't let go,
In majestic visions long ago.
Intimate passion at once subside,
Only somber in untrue tides.
Dark and cold my world has gone,
But only to you my love belongs.
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freeverse
mary chase..11/5/99
alone in a vivid world sometimes you feel captured, lost unattached, thrown here not brought here left instead of loved your purpose remains distant ,he never seems to find me. gathered among them, crackheads in uniforms, blaming it on the music this world distorts the children's eyes . the boy looks around for his idenity, it was taken to long ago the technology generation produces the most potent chemicals. they were never warned , or was the danger inviting. I almost tripped my life away but my roots saved me, we must rise above find the pride and the innocence unravel with the wind but always know your name
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On The Side
by Ashlie Demers
Use me up and walk away
The mouse cheats on his cat when she's at bay
Don't say you love me, I know you don't
I won't chase if I know you won't
But anytime you need to mess around
Just _ _ _ _ me up and kick me to the ground
When you hurt me it feels like bliss
I've never loved anyone like this
Just leave me here and let me cry
Crush me so hard that I choke and die
But before you leave kiss me again
Nothing's sweeter than this kind of pain
I'll always be here like a stolen toy
Is the deeply kept secret of a bad little boy
And anytime you need what she can't give
Remember you're the only reason I live
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SWEET LOVE
sara wallis
When I'm feeling lonely, a little blue
I close my eyes and think of you
Hopefully you'll stay, hopefully you'll stay with me
Just stay here, stay all eturnity
Another person wants you, she wants your gentle touch
Please don't leave me, I love you oh so much
You say,"I love you and I'll leave you never"
But does that mean you'll love me forever?
You're so sweet, my teddy bear
You're only mine, please don't make me share
I hate sharing, you're meant for one
That's got love and kindness, I might be that someone
I 'll love you in my heart and head
And I'll remember everything you've said..
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Remembering the Past
Shannon Marie Whitted
Seeing you for the first time since we parted,
has made me realize that I'm broken-hearted.
I know that everything was for the best,
but now it's time for the real test.
It's time to see if our feelings are still the same
or were we just playing a childish game.
When I said, "I Love You,"
my words were true.
Your words had no feeling
and now my heart is healing.
I know you said it because you knew you could,
and just to make me feel better, you thought you should.
I'm beginning to wish that you never did
because you were toying with my heart like a kid.
I know that I've lost you,
but I can't believe that it's true.
We gave up something that we both had,
what happened? why did it go bad?
Goodbye doesn't mean I'm gone,
but I need to stop holding on.
I need to stand on my own
until I feel that I have grown.
You and I both need to see
how it feels to be free.
You have accused me of being a child,
even though you acted just as wild.
I'm truly hurting deep inside,
you can't see, it's something I hide.
Outside I may seem alright,
but I'm slowly dying night by night.
I'm slowly learning to deal with the pain,
but my friends keep saying it's all in my brain.
They don't understand; they have no clue,
because they've never been loved by someone like you.
I remember what it was like to be in your arms,
you kept me safe from everything that harms.
It was obvious that true love was not for us,
we couldn't leave without a fuss.
Even though you still hold a place in my heart,
for now we must be apart.
Don't take this wrong; don't feel blue,
always remember that I love you.
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mousula
Sir Yakob Beauman
whence flowers sleep
and moonlight craves
the other
and you
my darling...
forget
Thy hand restored
to a crimson resolve
hue
Hast thou forgotten already?
I'd die a thousand
no a million
lives
desecrate me no more
for I cannot take
the pain
nor the sorrow
nor the anguish
of thee
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THE ADDICTION
By: Nikki Baird
Life is death if death is life,
With pain our saving grace.
Through hurting them and hurting us
The truth will take its place.
The orgiastic sense of lust,
The face of death revealed.
The true peace we allow to those,
Whose death through us is sealed.
Eternally we live and breathe,
While masking our true face.
And with the lives of those we take,
We weave our bloody spiderweb lace.
Though we walk on through the light,
In darkness we will always hide.
To secure the groom we took,
When we became his bloody bride.
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The Beauty of Dreams
-Laura Mitchell
Your life is full of endless dreams,
and they're not as far off as though they may seem.
You should always set yourself a high goal,
and reach for it with all your soul.
Everyday you are given a test,
which is to see if you've worked your best.
You can have all the success in life that you want,
as long as you know what to do and what not.
Everyone is unique in his or her own special way,
and you show this everyday.
If you believe in yourself, than you will succeed.
Believing in yourself is a definite need.
You should always do what you know is right,
and your life will take off like an airplane flight.
All of your dreams can come true.
If only you know what it is you must do.
You should reach for the stars,
and your life will improve by far.
Your life is full of endless dreams,
but they're not as far off as they seem.
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STATIC?
-Sean Tyler
I lose it all I feel I fall,
I've run into this flaccid wall.
REGRESSING,
I must break it all.
But who's the one,
who will make the call.
So what if it hurts,
I'm not supposed to feel.
Who cares if I BLEED,
they told me that I'd heal.
Break these gates oh please, oh don't
you lock me in.
I've come here to start, but have
yet to begin.
Am I the end of something,
completing nothing at all?
I lose it all I feel I F
A
L
L.
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Summer's Past
-----Mark Flannery
When summer's flown
like all the years I've ever known
The days grow shorter and the nights
go longer than any I've ever known
There's a coolness in the air
and there's a catch in my throat
and a soft fine mist blows everywhere
Like memories of the past
and the things that don't last
there's a longing in my soul
the depths of which I've never known
for all of the summers past
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__________________I'M_IN_LOVE_________________________________
AMANDA
I'm in love with guy which don't understand
to me, he's the greatest man
I love him so much
but he's the one that I can't touch
why i sit here and sigh
i wonder about this guy
I feel like I'm about to fall asleep
but my thoughts are to deep
tomorrow I'm stayin' home & in bed
I can't get him out of my head
when he goes to my school
I feel like a fool
I am in love with a guy
but very soon,I'll have to say good-bye
I can be lonely so long
but could I be wrong??
I see him sometimes
to me he's so fine
but if he doesn't notice me soon
I feel like he's far away like the moon
I can see him
but I only do when everything goes dim
I talk to him and stuff like that
why do I feel like a mouse sneaking past a cat?
I guess I'll have to say good-bye
because I'm in love with this guy
if he doesn't ask me out
then I'll have to go out with this other guy, no doubt
so this is good-bye my sweet
in my dreams that is were we'll meet
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Lonesome Angel
Dark-Angel
A beautiful angel, draped in sadness...
A restless soul.
Imprisoned in her golden glow...
Her thoughts and memories hold her captive,
In forever space.
Trapped in her own mind's seclusion...
Never able to escape.
Tortured by evil and pain...
Long tight arms from Hell hold her,
In their tightest embrace.
Her torn, golden wings...trying, crying, dying...
To gently return her to the heavenly skies.
Blood-drenched nightmares
Darken her soft, smiling eyes.
My angel's voice...a quiet, silvery shimmer.
Is now transformed into hard, painful cries.
As her soft, mournful whispers are carried away...
The wind becomes a subtle, hurting howl,
Above the mad, darkening clouds.
I cry for her...I cry with her...I cry.
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Escape
Tammy Pemberton
Morning falls
On this faraway place
Where we all go to play
Some come out
One way or another
Soon we must all come down
Leave this dream
Return to the coma
Otherwise known as life
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Dvaita
-Nik
Oh, the warmth felt
from agony and bliss.
Sick, like a new born baby,
cold like the Father's embrace.
Burning like gentle sunlight
on decaying skin.
A multitude of colors,
considered polluting the river.
Water, sangre del mundo,
is drowning me.
Reciprocal compassion, not to,
but from a companion,
long forgotten.
And I feel alone,
and long forgotten.
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The Repetitive Offer
Jess Lippold
My head hurts
from your lies,
Most elegantly told.
I search for a smile
among the damp streets
Oww, I've hurt myself again
again
and
again.
But alas- I once again
reach out to you.
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Mirror Mirror....
-Jessica Rose
Silly little counterpart
How did you grow so vain?
I can't see your reasons
so how can you complain?
You've acquired no true basis
for your reluctant disdain
And all your "normal" beliefs prove
Is that you're conformed; the same
So leave me little counterpart
before you go insane
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Sweet Misery
By: Anita Berg
A day that shines as dark as night
The black in your heart while your eyes shine bright
A sweet pink rose with thorns of pain
Lips that smile when you soul is slain
A candy coated razor blade
The will once strong begins to fade
Green oasis mirage that's only sand
A burden so heavy you can barely stand
Cold blade in your belly when you're kissed
The scalding passion you can't resist
A mind of reason verses heart of lust
That cries in the night "You must, you must!"
A grim life sentence with no parole
The madness inside you can scarce control
Ancient ailment with yet no cure
That brings untainted pain so pure
And so this is the irony of love
This is sweet misery
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Powerless
-Cory
I want you more than you want me
And it makes you powerful when you're not here
Cause there's nowhere I want to go and no place I want to be
I just need to have you here - I need you here with me
I'm completely at your mercy when you're not here
I've waited by the phone and you're message is clear
It's like I need you more than you will ever need me
And I'm barely afloat, I'm drowning in you're sea
My feelings are fading for you again
Until next time we're together and were swimming in skin
Then I'll miss you for days, for days on end
And that's when you take control of me again
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Just a letter
taking dictation for
the floating seconds by
notation of decay
stretching meat
and recognition
celebration
of the rising suspense
By: Tod Caviness
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The poem: You have given me hope, love and confidence.
You have helped me through a lot of tough times.
You have brought my hope up higher than it has ever been.
I have found myself since I have been with you.
I have found my self esteem.
I have found that I do care.
Will you stay?
Will you hold me?
Will you love me?
Will you care for me?
Will you make me happy?
By: Jessica Gates
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Tragedy
Edwin R Collins
Take a look, Remember me.
Take a moment, what do you see.
Take a minute as years where taken from me.
Look around but where are we. Who is here, that I can not see.
I feel your presence but I can not see your contrast, that is felt inside of me. Feelings of someone from my past, who is it? Whom could it be. Looking back to remember the one I lost that night beneath the trees, where the rocks throw down upon the trail. That knocked her to her knees. As the brushes on her fragile skin looked so awkward and unreal to me. I can not remember the pain, has it come back to haunt me, Does she see me now is that what I feel inside of me. Time was lost as time will remain nothing changes except the dream. It fades in and out upon the scream. It lowers and raises inside of me. TO only be free, to only know she would forgive me. Hold it against me. Why let it be. Take time from me. Not to me, The more the time has slowed the more it will haunt me.
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