Up-dated December 17, 1999
The See is Calm, The Ship Comes In,
by Sylvia
Susan Ault
Saint Nickolaus of great renown
is drawing near our little town
The timing right, the weather clear
He bears good things for all we here
Rowing, gently, in this stream
along the path, Orion's team
Greenly lit the portholes measure
each desire and it's pleasure
Coming shortly, all which honors
those awaiting blitz and donners
Realms of the heavens, each to lead now
Readied we to share acclaim
Westward leading, His proceeding
with glad news "an education game"
What better God could there truly be
This clear perfection we were to know
Immaculate conception of life, from now on
From the Man who loves us so.
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So You Want To Be A Poet?
Isaac M. O'Bannon
You have to be poor
and you have to drink a lot.
you have to want more than you have
more than you'll ever get
with regards to both money and love.
you have to be an addict of some sort.
you have to have a lot of free time,
so much it kills you inside.
you have to hunger for a woman's smile
one that is not paid for
by cash
by food
or by wine.
You have to cry at least three times a day--
and masturbate at least twice.
You have to accept that, at best, no one will
give a shit about what you write,
or pay for it, until after you're dead.
You have to hate yourself for
not being more than you are
when you know that you could be.
You have to hate the women who scorn you
who ignore you because they fail to see the potential
that you see.
You have to die every time you see people laughing.
And envy-
And jealousy-
and torment . . .
must be a part of every day.
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LIES
Celicia Dagget
I am not a poet
I do not rhyme nor
Analyze deep and meaningful feelings
I am a girl
Opinionated, with love
Speaking my twisted mind
Is what I most often do
So what are all these poems about
And do they tell the truth
When it comes right down to it
Isn't life and everything in it
One big lie?
Poems about love, and pain and tears
But what is love?
What is pain, with tears?
Undefinable existence
Life is not to be defined
Given a purpose
It is to be lived
Not thought about,
Not even written about
Just live your life
And give up on the poems
I am not a poet
I write not of past, present or future
I speak my mind
I am not a poet
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Winter Christmas
Ryan Sumners
T'was the night before Christmas
Everyone felt dandy
The children hoped that Santa would come
To fill their stockings with candy
It was cold outside
It snowed alot
All the families were inside
Asleep in their cot
Santa came that night
While the children dreamed
And out of the big, green bag
Presents streamed
When the children woke up
They ran to see
What Santa had brought them
To fill them with glee
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The Snowflake
g. milan
Just like a snowflake,
There's only one of you.
Only you can think your thoughts
Or do the things you do.
And out of all the people,
I could choose to know
I'm really glad that your my friend
And you're not made of snow!
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Midnight
Nicole Hartl
When that time of night
Grows nearer and nearer
The cold wind blows strong
The moonlight grows bright.
Midnight is the point
When everything seems to fit
And the darkness
Is more like a colour.
Black,
Waiting for a bit of white
To come and lighten it up.
It only lasts for a minute
Each and every night
And when it starts to fade,
So does the calmness of night.
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The Difference Between A Stepmom And A
Stepmother
goddess wendee
The difference between a stepmom and a stepmother,
Is no different from that to a boyfriend to a brother.
Some stepmoms use new toys or no rules to break,
Unknowing in the end the mistake to be made.
A stepmother will be there through the thick and the thin.
If not there in person , the child is always within.
A stepmom will seem bothered with no time to spare.
To her it will seem like the child has to ALWAYS be there.
A stepmother will cherish each precious moment they spend,
And wish that their time together never had to end.
Sometimes it is easier to give up and say, "Why do I bother?"
That is when you will see the difference between a stepmom and a stepmother.
The stepmom will only think how her life has become full of conflation.
Thinking..."Oh god, have I made the wrong decision?"
"I take care of this kid, the responsibility is not mine."
Unknowing to her the bond they could build over time.
A stepmother will be fun; alot of new things they can share.
Although it will be scary to her, all of the new emotions she will bare.
Now don't get me wrong, I know it is no piece of cake becoming a stepmother.
As hard as it is giving a piece of your child's heart from one to another.
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Snowy Dreams
Phillip E. Peurasaari
Drifting Falling - Softer than a feather
The largest snowflakes I've ever seen
Falling to make a beautiful country scene
Softest Warmest - Made by a child
I come from where the snow drifts
To watch fall the winter cloud's gifts
Lovely Peacefully - I'm extremely content
To stand here forever dreaming of you
Wishing you were a snowman too
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Bearing My Soul
Jason Meisner
As you walk by, inevitably I try
To say the words, I cannot say
As I attempt to bear my soul
I cannot speak, my feet grow cold
Radiant is your beauty
Bountiful is your heart
It would be an injustice for us to be apart
I need you here, for the rest of time
To see your name united with mine
When I'm with you, no one else is around
Your sweet soothing voice, is the only sound
Love is the gift that I present to you
My only hope is you return your love too
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Public
Lauren T.
Perspective altered,
throughout time all is changed.
The hope is gone
in despair try to find
a song who's verses are quite blind.
Symbols of the past are now on a pedestal for all to see.
Trying to hide in a world where you will be found.
Out in the open for all to see.
Opinions are now only how others gaze into your mind,
trying to pry and see what they can find.
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LIFE HAS NO HANDLES
by John Schmoyer
Life has no handles
whereby one can take hold
and move it to safer place.
It is a constant thing
changing all the time.
Life is a woman hanging clothes
upon fragrant line in late spring-
It is a man running down weaknesses
building in early winter.
Life is a pleasant dream inside secure bubble-
It is a loud voice outside breaking through.
Life is a slow moving thunderstorm
hitting hard, then moving on.
Life is a short enjoyable walk-
It is a long tedious drive.
Life is a gypsy pal you envy-
It is a stranger you hope you'll never be.
Life is a harvest hand round pitch fork
standing before mountainous haystack-
It is a fingertip pounding and pounding
mindless onto computer key.
Life is a wall worth climbing-
It is bits of broken glass.
Life is a story, a song, a poem, a play,
a concert, a sequence of sights and sounds
with no real arrangement-
It is precise, direct and to the point-
Life is a hide and a seek springing
from behind an open door-
It is an ease and a pleasure
and a want to ask for more.
Life is an endless, countless
beating of the heart-
constant ... changing ...
holding on with no handles.
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An Insightful Me!
Pamela Duff
The kind words of an unusual gentleman,
Create a very undocumented glow,
Insightful lyrics crying out to be ran,
Relying on feelings tormented when they flow.
Her eyes so blue and a persuasion clear,
The mind in which one has never walked,
A portrait displaying not what it appears,
Remaining a stubbornly sociable block.
Time fading her souls essence,
A window of beauty editing out fools,
Sensing a mystical and enchanting presence,
Her big heart becoming one of the best tools,
For the camera she will not pose,
Making the contradiction sometimes wrong,
Favorite smiles being hidden in a white rose,
Shimmers coming from her most simple song.
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I Thought...
***antisugar***
I thought you did care, I also thought rare, that you would ever say, anything to make us stray.
For we've always been, closer than kin. I hold you so dear to my heart, I hope you know that you are the biggest part.
I never thought it would come to this, I never thought I'd be the one that you dis. Friends forever I thought, At least until this time that we fought.
Now with every passing hour, I feel as though our friendship is going sour. My future now looks as though it's going bad, because I have no best friend and for that I'm sad.
I just wanted to say, I hope everything will be okay. I always thought you'd be my best friend, always until the end.
A friendship like ours must last, For I've always had a blast. I thought that I'd tell you this, for our friendship I will miss.
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Unforgiveness....
By Kim Parry
You have locked me out,
And i have lost my keys.
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The Pain
For A.M
Mjkunicorn
Words alone cannot express my pain.
Only when you find my body and blood flowing to the drain.
Then you will realize the hurt you cause,
for I long for it to be like it was.
She wasn't changing you and making you hate.
Her ever present will cause me my fate.
One day look back to this "best friend" you lost.
And think to yourself, was she worth this cost?
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"Love in Disguise".
BubbleJen
Love in Disguise is a mysterious thing
Always blinding you from the one whom you belong..
Yet showing you the right path all along..
Love is hard to find...
Yet love in Disguise is the trickiest of all
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Life
Michele Grossman
I never seem to write about happy stuff.
Why should I write about all that fluff?
Pain, suffering and despair is what life is all about.
No pain no gain, Life's not fair...
What good is in the world that can be seen?
Life is just plain mean.
Torment and torture of love lost or not yet found
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
There is some good but it is overwhelmed by bad.
This existence is very sad.
Teasing and humiliation is all around.
HA, HA, HA! Look at their...
Better left unsaid, at least one less time,
For I don't want this to be too sad of a rhyme.
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Dating You
cocollin
I loved myself,
then you loved me.
Now, your mother and your father,
your sisters and your brothers,
your aunts and your uncles,
cousins, nieces, nephews,
your roommate and your friends
don't like me.
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I wish
KELLI ANNETTE SUTTLES
I WISH I COULD CHANGE WHAT I SEE, WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR WHAT HAS TO BE ME.
I WISH I COULD TELL PEOPLE HOW I FEEL, WITHOUT BEING AFRAID, JUST BEING REAL.
I WISH I COULD CONTROL THE FUTURE, I WISH I COULD CHANGE THE PAST.
I WISH I COULD REMEMBER THE GOOD THINGS INSTEAD OF THE BAD.
I WISH THE GOOD THINGS WOULD HAVE LAST.
I WISH THINGS LIKE LIFE WEREN'T SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND,
I WISH THINGS WEREN'T SO COMPLICATED, JUST AS EASY AS THE BACK OF MY OWN HAND.
I WONDER WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IF I HAD SAID NO, OR IF I HAD SAID YES,
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FLOW.
I WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS BEING JUDGED, BY THE WAY THEY DRESS, OR BY PEOPLE THEY HUG.
SOMETIMES I WISH I COULD CHANGE WHO I AM, CHANGE THE WAY I LOOK, MAKE OTHERS UNDERSTAND.
WHY CAN'T PEOPLE EXCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM, STOP POINTING FINGERS THE WAY I CAN'T STAND.
I WISH I COULD CHANGE JUST FOR A DAY, TO SEE IF I'M HAPPY OR NATURALLY THIS WAY.
I'M NOT ALWAYS UNHAPPY, THIS IS NOT ALWAYS ME, IT'S JUST SOMETIMES I FEEL ALONE.
KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
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Return 2 Sender
M. Kuzenski
PIECE
OF MIND
NOT OF A PIE
WITHIN THIS LIFE
MY SOUL FEELS PAIN
PAIN
FROM THE ACHE OF MY HEART
CAUSED BY MY SELFISHNESS
CAUSED BY THE LACK OF MORALS
MORALS
FADING EVEN FASTER
FADING BECAUSE I HAVE DISTANCED MYSELF FROM ANYTHING GOOD
GOOD
BECAUSE NOW I REPEL GUILT
LIKE A BUG
LIKE IT WAS MEANT NOT TO BE
BE
BECAUSE SIMPLE STANDARDS SET BY OTHERS
STANDARDS I REFUSE TO BELIEVE
STANDARDS I DENY TO ADMIT
ADMIT
MY PAIN AND THE LACK OF BELIEF
BELIEF THAT EVENTUALLY GOOD WILL WIN
BELIEF BEING FALSE, ONLY JUST HOPE
HOPE
THAT SOON WE'LL ALL REALIZE
PAIN GIVEN WILL BE PAIN RETURNED
RETURNED MANY TIMES OVER
RETURNED 2 SENDER
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Oh what a night.
Jon Edwards
The clock serves its purpose the night slips away,
Carrying cheap gift-wrapped promises on such a false day,
Our idolized earth folk begin their jobs to entertain,
And their mannequin handshakes grab the headlines again.
With their financial fat to the arteries of the earth,
From the comfort of their homes they give reality a wide berth,
With their champagne placebos and implanted thoughts,
The purity of the water burns them back to their warts.
When life gets too easy they add obstacles to the
track,
But still with their power there's no turning back.
With their needles of freedom and their vales of youth,
They add fuel to the fire, writing fiction of the truth.
But all us plebeians do is steal, kill and bitch,
I grows clear to me the millennium welcomes the rich.
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jello world,
brian crapps
bouncing free .not worried about starvation
not worried about pain.
suffering often feels good
the animals don't worry
why? should i
love thy self love others
if they let me
sorrow grief needed for life
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This World
by Amanda O.
Into the depths of despair I do sink
Falling out of touch with reality
Cold cruel world haunts me from within
Filling me with emptiness and anger
I sleep alone in my big empty bed
wondering nightly what tomorrow brings
the stale salt on my pillow at night
Tears crusted on my cheeks linger
My soul is distraught and confused
the ever essence of life is gone
Just myself and the unbearable pain
I see my reflection in the dagger
The light dances on the silver blade
as I pierce my soft white flesh
the cranberry blood streams from my chest
Death takes over ends my life so meager
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Goodbye ( an unsent love note)
April
I watched as the car took you away. Away from me, and this view of heaven I thought we shared. You waved to me as if it were only for a short time but i knew it was forever. My heart was breaking still I smiled Knowing the choice was not yours to make. I couldn't let you see me cry. You pulled away in a cloud of dust that seemed to reach into my chest making it feel heavy.
As time went on I learned to live without you, but in my heart you still live on. In my mind I see us so happy, so free. I remember the time you fell in the swimming pool and tried to pull me in I still laugh. I see with you with your blond curly hair and sparkling blue eyes. You were so full of life.
And now as an old woman I close my eyes and dream of you. A love that could never be and I wonder when I think of you do you ever think of me.
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Pagan Holidays as seen by a Freethinker
Lanell
Sims
Winter Solstice (Christmas), Easter (Spring Equinox), May Day (just a Pagan holiday),
my how the Christian mind runs away with seeds planted from yesterday. Beliefs
are strong, it amazes me, how blind they are, but yet they see such things past
down in time, to things that make no since to a freethinking mind. Freethinkers
dare to question, dare to ask, "Exactly what happened in the past?". Billions
of years, ever changing, time continues, evolution the true solution, "faith"
a lonely way to live ones life, from day to day, waiting on that heavenly spot,
this is the life, it's all we've got! What's wrong with believing in oneself,
enjoying each day to the fullest, loving and being loved, peace on Earth for all
mankind? Live till you die, I always say, and happiness, the ultimate goal. These
are the things of the natural soul. Just imagine, John Lennon, you knew, didn't you!
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GROWTH IN TRIALS
by Kara Neuharth
do you find cherries on the mountain glance?
no, no, no....not a chance
where do you find them then?
in the valley...
yes, in the trials and temptations
that's where the fruit lies...lush and sweet
there's where LIFE explodes
it's there the stream flows
your perspective may be distorted there
since you can't see forever, heaven in where?
but God's keeping you in His care
there will be a harvest of endurance and chariot-air
a promise keeps you from despair:
GOD IS WITH YOU EVERYWHERE!
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My Hero
-Brandy Jaggers-
The light that shines out from within
Your illumination awakes my soul
Mesmerize me
My beloved
You sparkle with a whisper of destiny
Husband
Father
Hero
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Uncaged Rage
By Lindsay Rodgers
I see the mask you hide behind,
and smell the fear you hold inside.
I feel your pain that still remains,
and hear your cries inside my brain.
I know your obsession,
that's caused much depression.
I've tasted your rage,
that can never be caged.
Your misery will never cease,
unless you kill the evil beast.
So until your heart can show no shame,
Your life continues down the drain.
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Just to know you love me
Just knowing that you care
Just knowing what-ever i do
You will always be there
I can't go on living
My life with-out you
Just to know you love me
I know your love is true
Just to know you love me
And I know you do
I can lie awake at night
And think about you
Just to know you love me
Is how I stay alive
I know our love swims around
And I know it flies
Just to know you love me
Brings warmth into my heart
Just to know you loved me
From the very start
I can tell by your eyes
You care about me so
I'll also love you more
Than you will ever know
JustCallMe Crazy
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I
Jeremy Lindsay
Wish I could feel your fears
---where they all evolve
from
Wish I could feel your pain
---where it really
hurts
Wish I could feel your tears
---where they fall
against your skin
Wish I could feel your breath
---where you took the
last one in
Wish I could feel your laughter
---where it divides
the bones inside you
Wish I could feel these words
---where they mean the
most to you
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LIFE
Oz
Goodman
On the wave we ride,
caressing the foamy undertow.
Our lungs filled with salty liquid,
frothing at the
mouth like snow.
the pale moon guides us,
it's beams forcing with
an
angelic countenance.
In the stale air we sense
fragrant fields of
jasmine.
The end is near,
We Smile, cry,
we jesters in an insane world,
and dance for the true
king of kings.
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Red
daniken
Fast lasting stories of blunder
that sometimes leaves
readers
in a wonder.
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Must everything always come to an end?
Seems sadness, he lurks 'round every bend.
Merely placated by joy momentary
I'm destined, I'm doomed, joy's moment to bury
I'm lost,
In Love,
So deep.
Gargantuan hope, equivalent fear
Inevitable truth... why can't it disappear
I stand to gain or lose it all,
Rise above or resume the fall.
Love's edge,
Dare I
To Leap?
peter flynn
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SUNNY DAYS
foss
I've watched the sparkle in your eyes fall down your cheeks as tears;
I've seen the smile on your lips be consumed by all your fears;
I've heard your laughter fade into the darkness of a cloudy day,
As I've hunted for the waves that could wash despair away.
If only our problems could be wished away on a star.
If only their repercussions wouldn't stretch so very far.
I pray that sunnier days will grant you peace of mind.
I pray for the day you can leave all your worries behind.
When unexplainable emotions devour all your strength,
You can lean on me; I'll go to any length.
I'll stand by you; I'll be there through thick and thin,
For the places you will go, are places I have been.
What happens to you, happens to me.
Sunny days will come; just wait, you'll see.
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Click Right Here
By Jennifer Hamilton
I don't want to dot com
Or have Lycos go get it
I don't Yahoo
I'd rather forget it
I don't want to Ask Jeeves
Or Webcrawl around
There's a sea of information out there
We're all gonna drown
On-line banking
On-line trading
E-commerce
Sometimes the net lags like a snail
Chat rooms and auctions
Win money
Compare prices
Everything to satisfy all of our vices
If you want it
They got it
It is all too near
Just put your finger on your mouse
And Click Right Here!
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Forward we march...
Lone Wolf 30-8-96
Beyond the veil of mist
Secrets guarded by time
Drifting through the veil
Racing the darkness of evil
Together we are joined by enemies alike
Called to arms united
Forever more to stand proud
On the wings of the wind we are borne
pride and rage in our hearts
Fighting the darkness of old
Beast-like warriors we face
Their fear shows the brightest
Traveled over many leagues have we
Too long have we journeyed to turn in fear
Facing all that come to test us
Forward we march
It does not matter if we fall
So long as our enemies go first
And in song we shall be remembered
Soon enough the time will come
When we shall prove our worth.
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Change.
-Jade-
Everything in the world has to change
A baby cries, and an old man dies
Nothing ever stays the same
Old friends forget your name
Sincerity turns into candy coated lies
Everything in the world has to change
Ain't it such a shame
That they can't hear your cries
Nothing ever stays the same
That helping hand is out of range
They ignore the tears in your eyes
Everything in the world has to change
A puppy, once loved left out in the pouring rain
They peer out from where it's warm and dry
Nothing ever stays the same
A lonely child is left to go insane
Not one of them bothers to ask why
Nothing ever stays the same
Everything in the world has to change.
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beyond my facade which no one knows you have no idea how much anger has arose no one really sees me for who i really am they just look at me and don't give a damn all i really wanted was a friend but now i think that dream is suddenly coming to am end no one really knows how i feel no one really knows how much hate i conceal and some people would say this is kinda deep but how about standing on your own two feet why don't you stand up straight cause i really don't give a damn who you hate i just try to take care of my self and make sure i have good health especially mentally cause my head decides i'm gonna flip while my other emotions are telling me not to trip over this stupid shit all the people i should admire and all the love i desire hasn't come yet and maybe it never will but it really don't matter if it does or not cause in the final run it's never gonna stop so like i always say beyond my facade which no one knows you have no idea how much anger has arose
writer1010
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Alone
John Bergemann
To live life to the fullest,
Is to truly love.
If you love someone,
You must set them free.
Tough heartache and pain
May follow the break,
If your love is true,
They'll come back to you.
If they do not,
Then it was not meant to be.
So say your good-byes,
And go your separate ways.
Though caring enough
To set your love free,
May end up meaning
You may be alone for all eternity.
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Letting Go
From the Heart and Soul of
AngelicaMaria Morales "La Brownie"
One of the hardest things to do in life is to let go.
From all the experience I have this much i know.
I try to hold on to something- something good from the past.
But like the saying goes, "Nothing good ever lasts"
I'm sorry though, I have to let go - I must move on.
The past is the past not something for me to dwell upon.
Its painful cause the memories are slowly fading away.
But in my heart and soul I try to keep them forever to stay.
Letting go - its so hard to do especially what I'm letting go of is you.
I don't want to let go cause to me you still live on.
You are that someone who I loved so much and held oh so fond.
But I must go forward on with my life and not sit here living in strife.
So now I'll say my final goodbye as these tears come and fill my eyes.
But before I leave there's one thing you have to know.
I'll love you always and forever, but its time for me to let you go.
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RAIN
ALLIE
THE RAIN BEGINS
I OPEN THE WINDOW
IT SMELLS OF WET GRASS AND THE AIR FEELS HEAVY
I WATCH THE CONCRETE TURN FROM AN OFF WHITE
TO A DARK GREY
WILLING THE DROPS TO FALL IN VIRGIN SPOTS
I CLOSE THE WINDOW
BUT I WANT TO BE OUT THERE
FOR THE RAIN TO COVER ME AS IT DOES THE GROUND
THE AIR IS THICKER IN HERE
AND YOU CANT FLY INDOORS
I PLAN TO REACH THE VERTIGINOUS HEIGHT OF THE CLOUDS
THAT DAY
YOU'LL BE THE SIZE OF AN ANT
I'LL WATCH YOU FROM ABOVE
I'LL KNOW EVERYTHING YOU DO
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The Angel watching over me
Crystal L.
Kimes
She makes my world brighter
when the clouds are grey,
she watches over me
each and every passing day.
She knows when I am happy
she knows when I am sad,
She is the best friend
I have ever had.
She keeps me safe
from all I fear,
I feel so much happier
each time she's near.
My angel can change the world
with one special touch,
she is my sister,
and I love her very much.
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"Just Another Day"
Jolanda Lorraine
Morrison
"Just Another Day"
Echo's of a child's prayer
in a world so far away
huddled amongst the ruins
pleading with God
for... "Just Another Day"
Human Carnage
evidence of destruction in her life
apparent she is constantly veering
to avoid disappointment and strife
Hunger and the Child
they are not strangers
They have been acquainted
for far too long...
Her silent prayer's with her Lord
her hope in tomorrow's sun...
Keep's the diminishing hope
within her...
Saunter on
a well rehearsed cry
yet from her tiny blistered lips
it's never questioned why
A master plan by someone higher
calling his people back with him
and for the villains
weighing upon their shoulder's
Guilt...
the ultimate sin...
She survives
for her she is compelled
there is no life any other way...
The struggle for existence to see
"Just Another Day"
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Darkness
Jessenia Paulino
Darkness comes and you're still not here and I've been waiting for many years. The simple ways you made me smile it made me forget all my troubles. Lonely without you I am but without you here I cannot stay.
Good-bye forever to this pretty place the one I spent so many days, without you here I cannot stay for is so hard for me to think. So many years and I still remember you, that's because I never forgot you. So many years I lived right here but now it's time for me to part. As the darkness turns to light I thought I saw you one more time but that was the shadow of the dead walking by my side waiting to see me fall into his arms. I leave here now and let you go but I'll still remember you when I go.
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Liquid Pearls
by Blair
As liquid pearls rolled down her soft, ivory cheeks,
Her chin quivered,
Her voice wavered,
And her eyes sprung multiple leaks.
Fumbling desperately to find him, she stumbled to her knees.
Her heart bled,
Her spirit dead,
Stabbing pains chaperoned sweet memories.
He heard her desperate cries.
She is broken,
He has spoken,
She watches as her self dies.
The scaly silhouette littered the spot where she lay.
He outstretched his hand,
It's just like he had planned,
He made her spirit eternal from finite dust and clay.
Her liquid pearls are now happiness - transformed from her own pain
He gathers them in his fist,
He sprinkles down a mist,
Healing is spurred by his cleansing rain.
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Mentality at the stake
-Travis Dawson
Dowd
I question my dreams,
Of fantastic un-reality,
Binding thoughts,
Compared to reality.
I blame my mentality,
Fate and the stars,
Of a minor technicality,
Of mental stability.
This great emotion surpasses,
All simple thought,
In an earthless sea,
That I am lost.
I dream of support,
From a language I do not speak,
Tired of treading metaphorical water,
I soon become weak and sink.
My mind stings,
From many unanswered thoughts,
Gasping for air,
I realize i've finally lost.
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remember when they were mean to me and i cried to you because they were mean to me cause we were together, i dealt because i thought you were worth it. remember how you never trusted me and i tried to show you how to, i cried cause i thought you were worth it remember when you said mean things to me and i cried but i stayed cause i thought you were worth it. remember when you thought we should just be friends and i cried cause i didn't want to loose you and i cried cause i thought you were worth it. remember the summer and you ignored me and i cried cause i learned to move on but i was still sad cause i loved you but i know i didn't deserve it and nothing is worth it
courtney
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Greasy
Shannon Draper
greasy food leaves greasy stains
across this bedspread here between us
you and i are sparring again
though neither of us will admit to it
i can feel you--slippery
between my fingers you are squirming
uncomfortable with all i've been saying
wiggling and giggling that i can't contain you
you are fidgeting with fidelity
toying with ideas of deception
of cloak and dagger nights
hidden between the pages of a spy novel
like some mysterious criminal
constantly evading her
i am your savior and your whore tonight
you mull it over in your basquiat brain
while i relish the stains i am creating
on the likelihood of your giving in.
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Sitting in an empty room
With just one window upon the wall
Not knowing when the sun will rise
Or when the moon will fall
Watching the shadows of the birds outside
Through the frosted glass
Another dawn will come and go
Another day will pass
An unknown atmosphere filled the room
I'm hidden from the meaning
No words, just silence, unseen life
The spirit is fading fast
I reach to cradle this fragile soul
But cannot quite retrieve it
I have the feeling that the bird is lost
I cry for this picture of innocence
debbie16
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Crystalline Hope
By Phillip Montville
In a world such as this,
So small and insignificant as such can hope to be.
Every living soul strives, in whatever way come naturally,
To find reason, love and that one crystalline hope.
The belief that holds up against the toughest criticism.
The truth that is forever truth.
The love that never ceases to love.
The strength that never weakens.
The support that never falters.
The life that never ends.
All of these: facets of that one crystalline hope.
It exists in our minds, hearts and dreams.
It is an answer, the answer.
That one crystalline hope, whose every facet reflects hope, peace and unity.
That one crystalline hope: one man, one nation, on world alone will not be enough to bring it into being
It will take the harmony of all reality to give it presence in this universe.
The belief of every entity
And the love of every soul.
One day, the Dawn will come,
And with it that one crystalline hope.
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Adam
Copyright ©1999 Sharmon Lussier
Adam I called from my sleep..
I suddenly awakened to find myself alone.
Behind you, You left a promise I can keep,
A promise of roses and not a promise of thorns.
You had escaped me and my dreams,
But you left not a promise of rainy nights,
But a promise of shining sun beams.
I woke to the sound of silence
I realized... I am alone.
My heart escaped me as did you
My words trapped within a clouded mind,
Tears began to fall, falling to the sheets,
that lay there silent, silence unkind.
My heart began to pound within my head
As I lay there still on the bed.
As my heart pounded to the rhythm of the rain,
My roses had died and only thorns remain.
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BLUE SKIES, DARK NIGHTS
NIGHTS' RAINFALLS HEARD THROUGH THE NIGHTS
SILENT WINDS BLOW COMELY AND SOFT
THE THOUGH OF HIM CAME IN A LITTLE
BREEZE ON COOL SUMMER NIGHTS
I PICTURE HIM IN DREAMS, ON A WHILE
SANDY BEACH A WAITING ME.
WE SIT TOGETHER SILENT AND CALM,
JUST WATCHING THE TIDE COME IN AND
THE SUN SET OVER THE OCEANS HORIZON
ALL I WOULD DO IS LOOK INTO HIS EYES
AND THANKS WERE TOGETHER HERE,
IN EACH OTHERS ARMS
WHISPERED "I LOVE YOU'S" ARE HEARD FROM
BOTH WAYS.
WHEN I HEAR THOSE WORDS COMING OUT OF
HIS MOUTH I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL THERE'S NO ONE ELSE.
I SAY IT "I LOVE YOU TOO"
I MEAN EVERY WORDS I HOPE HE DOES TOO.
MARTHA AVELAR
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oh lord take us by the hand,you got to make us understand. I tell you we need the jew or we will die. i tell you i tell you i tell you i tell you we need god or we will die a sinner out alone is like a dog without a bone
into jesus house we were born. don't try to hide or you will die I say you will die. Oh god knock knock on our soul. kids you got to answer that door
soon or later and later might be to late before that end comes, Now he's going to love you for the rest of his life. I tell you. i tell you i tell you. i tell you we need god or we will, we will DIE!
CHRISTOPHER E. miles
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The Wall
Lee Richardson
Curvy
Large
Hand Made
Ancient
Strong
Man Made
wide
It Don't Hide
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The Stranger
Kelly Hartnett
I walked along the dark and lonely road
Listening to the sound of my breath
All around me was black as far as I could see
And I realized no one was around except for me
I kept walking on towards the darkness
Alone in my physical state and alone in my mind
Reaching out into the nothingness
Feeling for a hand to guide me
I know that I must strive to make it alone
For no one can help me, no one is around
Yet I turn around looking back into the black
Feeling tired and resting on the ground
As I sit there wondering where do i go?
I see a stranger approaching me
He is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen
He stretches out his hand and slips it into mine
Before I realize what is going on, I am walking towards such beauty
The light I see is so bright
The sky so blue
For there is no more night, I am no longer alone
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life now 99
martin c. daly
Working in an area of something i don't like,
doing things that mean nothing to my humanness!
why have we gone so far-in the wrong direction?
If you say we have not, then why do i feel inside we have?
I myself feel like going another direction,
someday they'll be a whole gang of us!
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As we enter this week of joy
Known by every girl and boy
Wishes come from the strangest places
Seen at times in others faces
And so I pray, with all my heart
You're filled to the highest part
With happiness, joy and love throughout
And feel the need, your voice call out
With laughter, singing, joy and praise
And know that this is the best of days
Neal
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SEPARATION
k. j. bennet
Worshipping at shrines of self-deception,
The ego makes blood-sacrifice of love
At altars to the god of Separation.
Communion is the sacrificial dove.
Hymns of self-indulgence rise to heaven,
Prayerful songs that strike a thankless chord -
"Keep us safe, protect us from our brothers.
Let no thought of oneness be explored."
Bodies forge for us an independence
>From God, and from the Sons of God as well.
The ego hides from Spirit as a body
And dreams of heaven while promoting hell.
Surrounding us, our conscious oneness hovers
On formless pinions just beyond the din
We hear as egos genuflect to falsehood
And Separation labels oneness sin.
Worshipping at shrines of real selfhood,
No ego thoughts intrude on Love's domain.
Though bodies strive for cherished separation,
Yet one in holy Sonship we remain.
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Blood dripping from the hands of the great one
grave images passing thorough my head
that's that I wish would not remain
seem to hover over me causing extreme terror
the spirit inside me aches with horrid suffering
when can I come out from under this horrendous covering
why can I not escape what is so evident to come
what make me want to run
this is what there is time that is not absolute
Jessica Holcomb
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"HIDE, DON'T SEEK"
-DIONA
CARRILLO-
HIDING BEHIND PETTY EXCUSES
FOR MENTAL ILL AND SOCIAL ABUSES
STAMPING OUT OTHERS; GOOD OR NOT
TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT YOU HAVEN'T GOT
FAILING TO SEE ITS YOU WHO SHOULD CHANGE
THAT ONE LOOKS TOO GOOD, ITS TIME TO REARRANGE
DIG UP, POINT OUT THE WORST
AS LONG AS THEY'RE LAST, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE FIRST
DESTROY YOUR FRIENDS IF THEY TAKE A STANCE
IF THEY DON'T BUY INTO YOUR CHEAP SONG AND DANCE
THROW THEM ASIDE AS YOU HAVE ALL THE REST
JUST POINT AND LAUGH IF THEY TRY TO PROTEST
ONE DAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PAST, YOUR LIFE
YOU'LL FIND A COVER WITH NO PAGES INSIDE
NO ONE TO REMEMBER JUST THE IMAGE INSIDE
WHEN YOU LOOK FOR THE AUTHOR YOU'LL FIND THE NAME "PRIDE"
THE ONES YOU DESPISED SHOULD LEARN GREATLY FROM YOU
LIVING THEIR LIVES AND LOOKING FOR TRUTH
REFUSING TO BUILD A THRONE MADE OF LIES
ACCEPTING AND REACHING FOR WHAT'S HELD INSIDE
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A Silver Broach
(For You)
S.R. corbett
Leaves in August
Tides in Springtime
Kisses were all mine
The Sun never set
Shade never shed
That's what I said
(but the words
were for you)
I took a victory lap
The gun went off
You took a little nap
I did it all for you
I took a victory lap
The gun must've got up and left
Officer, I didn't snap
Could've been anyone
I was only thinking of her
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Living In A Song
Jerry Garafolo
When Jesus comes to show his hand
Then maybe I'll understand
Where my life has gone
When a Jesus wind blows through my soul
The ashes of my being. Will be scattered in a song.
When Jesus comes to show his hand
Maybe then I'll understand
Where my life has gone
Living for nothing. Just living in a song.
There just might be a word or two Someone wants to hear
That may be the answer to all this fear.
When a Jesus wind is drawing near.
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From a Brother, To a Brother
by: Brandon
Thompson
What's up there brother?
IS everything all right?
You say the ways of life has gotten you?
Come here let me help you out.
Now listen to me, listen here good.
I've just been in the same place, and I never understood.
Why life picks us, why not someone else,
But here's the answer I got from my best friend, listen up.
Okay, here it is, brace yourself good.
Don't worry too hard, it's just a test your going through.
See, God allows us to go in, and then he brings us out.
Don't cry too hard, don't fret, don't pout.
See, I'm here now to encourage you.
To help you out, to see you through.
Anytime you need me, my phone's right there.
This test is a learning experience, and believe me i care.
Remember what I said,
Wipe your tears and don't pout.
This test is your storm,
And everything's gonna work out.
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Sitting in a big green grassy field...nothing around you but
grassy the greenest grass you've ever saw...
looking up at the beautiful big blue sky and the white puffy
clouds...
as the warm summer air blew through your hair.. as you look
around the sky has began to darken, the air has a bit of a
chill now as it whips over your skin
...now your cold, but at peace with the dark with sky with the
shiny star dots as you gaze up into the endlessness that is
the sky.
Tia Sturgeon 12/6/99
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KISSES
Amanda L. Baker
Flirty little ones on
the cheek. Warm and tender
from the one you love.
Long ones that are
born out of pure passion.
How can a person go
without the joy that comes
from kisses?
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Be A Man
moon_62
people always tell me i was dealt a shitty hand
people always tell me to grow up and be a man
but who the f*** are they to give me advice
there not in my shoes and there not liven my life
and if i to do the crime
i'm the one who does the time
i'll make my own decisions
and if i want to die, i'm the one who will make the incision
not them me
i wish they could see
i'm not listening to there voices
i'm old enough to make my own f***ing choices
i'll live my life how i want to
and if you disagree well f*** you!!!!!
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DESTINY
Raven Moonwolf (James Forman)
Can we resist?
Can we Stand ?
Against our mortal
enemy?
Yes, we can if we stand,
If we stay our hatred to one
another.
Our race can survive,
If we ourselves revive,
Our ancestor's fellowship and
Their love
Their love of life, of nature, and
Their reverence of
each
This done then we can finally reach for the
stars.
Facing our final destiny in their arms.
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On The Wings Of The Dove
Sara Frank
An aura of light led me to you
From across the moon-lit lands
Your eyes of sadness conjured my soul
As you placed your heart in my hands
Our shadows merged inseparably
As I reached out my hand for your warm, tender grasp
You rose to your feet in one beautiful motion
For nothing more I could ask
We danced slowly through the night's cool air
Holding each other close
I gazed longingly into your eyes
Until the morning's sky arose
As we slept on empty dreams
Visions of desire fell from above
And the thunder crashed around us
As we flew on the wings of the dove
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Doubt of Self
Nicole Kleppinger
I do not truly see me.
For what me exists besides what others see? I don't know.
Allowed creation of me thru all your eyes, millions of eyes.
Who ever really sees me? Is the me you see the one I
expect to be seen? Is it even possibly the same
as him, or her, and what it is that they see? Eyes
do not make you see me, though you
may see me in my words. The language
of the real me; insane, shy, emoting a self that doesn't
truly know if the real me will be seen.
I see people, try to see the realness.
I use every nerve, cell, and function of myself to see.
Who is to say there even is a real self to see? I cannot
see myself, only glimpses of the me I could possibly be.
Possibilities that stretch down the years. You,
and I do not truly see me.
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Come...
Paulina Weinckowski
Come and stay forever
Never feel the hands of time
Remain where you are safe
The universe of places
Will let you keep your spot
Burn through the likes of flames
Imprint your feet in sand
Dance with the handsome winds
Thirst on the pouring rain
Write your name on my plate
Bless my fork with your gains
Wear my sandals to walk the world
Come and stay with me forever
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maryjane
lkenerson
why do you see great pain and urgency in our way to escape our lives that you have ruined
did you know who was raped
violated
did you see the murder
did you see the mother crying
because she knew she would never see her son again
did you know of racial crimes
have you seen my blood
don't tell me when it all comes down
don't try to blame it on maryjane
don't try to make this pain end
torture
find your case
don't blame me or maryjane
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The room is empty
jhawkins
Vacant.
Cobwebs strewn upon the walls,
Show that this place,
Has been this way,
A long time.
No one comes here.
Many don't know it exists.
There are no doors.
The walls, cold and grey and hard,
The ceiling and floor wear the same somber attire.
No lights, no windows, no people, no sound.
But then a knock,
Gentle, yet strong,
From the outside is heard.
But no one listens.
Then again the knock resounds,
Off the walls of the small dark room,
Constant and firm,
But loving and comforting.
Once more comes the knock,
But this time is different.
The sound is softer, not hard,
As though something is happening.
And yes, behold the walls are changing,
Bending, curving,
And colour too is seen on the surface.
Pale but growing.
A split and light, such glorious light,
Fills the once dead annex,
Flooding in and darkness flees away.
Life at last has come.
To look at the room as now it is,
One wouldn't know it was the same.
The place which once sat still and cold and dead,
Is now beating.
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YOUR LOVE
by Sarah Fay Cox
Your love,
It covers me like a blanket on a cold day.
Your peace,
fills my soul on a lonely day.
Your joy,
fills me with happiness,
when I find myself sad.
Where can I go
to flee from you?
Is there anywhere,
where you are not?
No.
Well...only one place,
but that's not where I'm headed.
My focus is on you,
or at least I want it to be.
You will always be by my side,
and for this,
I truly rejoice.
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Precious Baby of Mine
jasrivers
You are my most priceless gift
And one of God's most beautiful designs
You are the Essence of who I am
Precious Baby of Mine.
The stars twinkle in honor of your beauty
And the Earth is in awe of your prime.
You are the Essence of Life
Precious Baby of Mine.
The sun shines only to enhance the beauty that is you.
And the wind blows leaves as a gesture of
Praise to One of God's most Unique Designs.
You are the Essence of All that is Beautiful in the Earth
Precious Baby of Mine.
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I tripped over myself again today
I'm always getting in my own way
It could be the numb hand I've been
guiding myself with
Or the sun punishing me for a crime I've
yet to commit
Its not easy living under your own dark shadow
Everyone needs a window of opportunity to look
out of.
Brwneyes00
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rebel coward
postal
i can see beyond the jungle
to the stars that lay ahead;
i can see beyond the thickness
to the clarity that lays a step away.
i can feel the coldness of night envelope me
with the warmth of a winter's light.
i can touch the pot of gold half empty
with the tears streaming out.
i can run away forever
but i'll always be found.
i've been hiding for a million years
and now i've met my match..
the only thing quicker than i am
is the fear that's at my back.
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ONE TRUE LOVE, ONE BURNING CANDLE
Meah
Obliviously people wish upon fate,
Not even realizing it. Fate is something
Everyone has, but when they realize it, they use it.
Tranquilly people hide their hopes, their
Rush towards their
Unknown destiny and their
Exertion towards fate.
Lovingly they show their
Own affections towards the
Vast society that surrounds
Everything around them.
Obliviously people wish upon fate,
Not even realizing it.
Everyone abuses the certainty of fate.
Blindly they run around in circles,
Uncovering their past to
Rush into the future.
Not realizing their
Intentions, not wanting to
Negotiate the consequences of their
Gigantic step - from past to future.
Carefully they step into the present,
Allowing themselves to go one step at a time.
Not wanting to
Dwell on the past and deciding to
Leave fate in the hands of the
Everyday day man - God!!
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" HEAVEN"
IVORY WILSON
SOME SAY HEAVEN IS IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS OF THE MIND
SOME SAY IT IS BEYOND THE SKY
' HOPE I WILL FIND IT IN PLENTY TIME
' PRAY I WILL FIND IT BEFORE I DIE
WITHOUT HEAVEN THERE IS NO PEACE
ONLY SADNESS PERVADES THROUGH THE AIR
GOD!! HELP ME FIND WHAT I SEEK
' CAUSE I AM REALLY NOT HAPPY HERE
' WISH I HAD WINGS TO FLY
FLY TO A PLACE TO FREELY ROAM
SO TIRED OF LISTENING TO MY SOUL CRY
LORD!! WHEN CAN I COME HOME??
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Before the Days of Gold
Sweet is the day i met you....
forever colored in my memory with love and adoration,
and within that day or two,
there came an intuition....
i feel you are loving me so....though at first i acted so strangely....
even so, your love began a slow and steady growth,
and now it reaches heavenward....
our search is over,
and end with this blissful sigh....
I, more thankful than ever,
feel the miracle when you pray....
and now, in sweet reminiscence,
i find every moment forever etched in my memory........
written by: April Joy Rabanes
edited by:
Eryn Foster
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FRIENDS
premila
as we go through this life,
we will make many friends,
some we will know for a short while,
others for a much linger time.
some we'll always have close to us,
to share our daily lives;
others we won't see so often.
yet we think of them just the same.
whether they're near or far,long or short,
friends are important to have,
friends are the best there in life.
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tilted kiss
-
sijour
if you would give
a peppermint juice tilted so you would kiss
me a second longer
whole universe'd be sputtered
such beautiful thoughts
are hard to seek
these thousand moonless pantomimes
so please pretty love
spare me a peppermint juice
tilted so you would kiss
me a second longer
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Sweet Pools of Night
Brad Sizemore II
From the first your eyes I glanced, on that day my soul was chanced
to be placed within a hopeless dream, and cast about with fruitless schemes,
then nearer still you came to me and still I thought that it could be,
for without hope ones soul is lost and upon this hope my heart was tossed.
Then came the day when you did leave and then that night I did bereave,
for you were sure and gone away and my hopes were left to sway,
like boughs upon a tree when the gusts of storms they flee.
Now each moment I do weep, for our encounters when I do sleep,
it is only there we meet, in dreams embrace so sweet.
But the morning's light is come to take, my sweet dreams away and I awake,
for some it is enough to dream but it is your eyes I dream to see.
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ME AN ERRANT
arcpauley
I am a knight-errant,
Dashing off like Don's adventure
To take down a giant
For only a name...
I do this deed for...
and God
I seek the venture
The venture for content...
Content for his name,
The content for...
but void
Fills where satisfaction should be.
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Looking for
Love
Melody Villaflores
I put on fake smiles, I laugh and I play,
I hide the stress of a hard-worked day.
No one sees the bags under my eyes,
Or the heavy-hearted sighs.
I talk as if there's nothing wrong,
I hide the hurt as I play along.
The pain and the aching means nothing to me,
as long as you're smiling and feeling happy.
You don't notice or hear me utter a moan,
And you never caught me crying alone.
I walk slow 'cause I'm tired, but you don't notice that,
You just want to gossip, to talk and chat,
I listen uncomplaining, you do that instead,
I shake off the pounding in my head.
I'd rather not bother you with all my strife,
I know you have other worries in your life.
I'll go ahead and try to survive,
I'll eventually find love to keep me alive.
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TO DESCRIBE YOU
Lauren Olsen
To describe you,
A song,
A whistling wind's mourn,
pouring through the windows crack,
I feel a voice that's torn.
All over me you run your tears,
rivers that never end,
waters of a murky heart,
leaking through my skin.
Now I am infected,
blue vibrations rotting content,
such power your pain has over me,
such sadness you have sent.
You've forced my soul to join you,
in this melancholy zone,
Now I know that it is true,
Misery hates to be alone.
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