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I Forgot The Truth


As I put the razor to my skin,
I feel the adrenalin,
The pain is a sudden rush to me
As the blood falls to the floor

I see my pain and worries disappearing
I hide my scars in fear of what you may be saying
But without you these scars will not exist

My love, my life, my reason
I sit here and bleed

My smiles, my tears
My heart tares more and more

You deny your love, I deny my pain
The pain I feel when your not by my side

Some call it love I call it suicide

The razor can only go to deep
A person can only bleed so much
But the pain never ends

My nights are cold, my arms are empty
The cuts cover up the pain
My smile covers up the hurt

As you walk along to blind to see my hurt
The days get harder
The nights never seem to end

I fake a smile and wipe my tears away
I forget the truth
For when I am with you it feels so right

Without you I find myself lost and confused
Broken and torn kiss my pain away
Wipe away my blood filled tears
I long for you to same me





Ashleigh Gaffney









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I Am Sorry


Everything you said and did was right for me,
I can’t discern why I failed to see.
Your disciplinary action was your patter of correction,
Could it have been that I felt guilt and contrition?

I now thank you for holding me in your hands,
You love and wisdom multiplied into many grains of sand.
You taught me the difference between right and wrong,
I understood your heartfelt lullaby and song.

We went through trouble and trauma together,
But I still called you mom
Out of great appreciation of one another

We went through the phase of insecurity,
This was the breaking point to tranquility.
I was registered and restricted,
My foolish action of opposition got me convicted.

I am so so sorry mom
For inflecting on you such sorrow and pain,
Please show compassion and forgive me
For I deeply declare a sincere apology

Sometimes I wondered and worried, can we ever work it out?
You then reminded me you were a seed and I was your sprout,
I registered a feeling that we were incomplete,
I yet had not realized how hard you worked for me to eat.

Now I'm proud to say, me and my mom have reconciled,
I could raise my head high and say, “I am a gifted child.”









Ashleigh Gaffney









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I am poetry


I just write,
When I want to.
When I feel the need.
Word by word, I proceed.
Writing without thinking
Thinking without writing
And a poem comes out
A poem: a part of my life
And my life is like a Poem
Sometimes I understand
And sometimes I don’t
The less I think
The more I get out of myself
The less I write
The more of the Poem
Is left on the shelf
Waiting for the right time
For the right poem
To come out.
Looking forward
For the moment,
I will write again;
I won’t let them wait too long
Because I’m full of poetry
I’m young, I’m strong
Got a whole shelf to write about;
So I have time
To discover myself,
And in that, there’s no doubt









Ashleigh Gaffney









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I Am


I am driven,
Motivated,
Inspired,
Often crippled, by fear.
Failure is an option
And success is scripted.
If I fail at this life,
It will be said:
“I always knew she would
Turn out like that.”
Should I succeed,
It will be said
“I always knew she could do it.”
So I’m afraid,
The double standards,
Double talk,
And hypocrisy that govern us,
Stalk me like a shadow in an alley.
How I felt has never mattered,
Only what others think.
I carry around the pain
Like so many nickels and dimes,
While others poke fun
At my insecurities.
And why not? I’m afraid.
Afraid to fail
Afraid to succeed,
Afraid to be the woman,
Whoever she is!











Ashleigh Gaffney









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Good Times And Bad


You’ve been there for me
Through the good times and bad
I know I can count on you
To be there when I’m sad

Life without you
Just wouldn’t be right
I wouldn’t be able to get through
Each day and night

When I’ve had a bad day
I know you’re only a call away
When life takes a crazy turn
You’re always there to help me learn

We’ve had so many good times together
I know we’ll be best friends forever
No matter where we are
I know we’ll never be too far

You’re my idol, my sister, my friend
We’ll be together ‘til the end
Even when we’re old and gray
You be here still, to help me get on my way




Ashleigh Gaffney









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Go Back


Million have it
But it seems like
I’m the only one

Lost in my dreams
While living in
While living in reality

I’m tried of this pain
Tired of suffering
I just want to have a pain free life

I’m trapped in my body
And I want to get out
I want to get out
Want to get out

If you could only feel
What I’ve been feelin’
I think that you’d agree that
Life just ain’t easy for me

I think it’s a nightmare
And I wanna wake up
But once I do
I figure it out
And I wanna go back to sleep

I’m stuck in this trap
and I wanna go back
I wanna go back
Wanna go back
I’m tired of being me
I’m just so tired of being me

I think you’d understand
If you’d just take a second
And if you hold my hand
Together we can
Take a walk in my shoes
I would make you choose
What would it make you choose?

I paint a smile on my face
But all I am to you
Is just a disgrace
That’s all I am to you
Is that all I am to you?

Livin’ this life just ain’t easy
I wanna go back
When two and one made three

I want to believe
And I to go back
But I take a look
And I just laugh

Sometimes I wonder
And sometime I just
Cant help but to think
Why me

Millions have it
But it just seems
Like I’m lost in my dreams
While living in reality

I’m tired of this pain
Tired of suffering
I just wanna have a pain free life

I’m trapped in my body
And I just want to get out
‘cause I just wanna go back
And change my life
For you







Ashleigh Gaffney









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Forever Friends


Sometimes in life,
you find a special friend;
Someone who changes your life
just by being part of it.
Someone who makes you laugh
until you can't stop;
Someone who makes you believe
that there really is good in the world.
Someone who convinces you
that there really is an unlocked door
just waiting for you to open it.
This is Forever Friendship.
When you're down,
and the world seems dark and empty,
Your forever friend lifts you up in spirit
and makes that dark and empty world
suddenly seem bright and full.
Your forever friend gets you through
the hard times, the sad times,
and the confused times.
Your forever friend holds your hand
and tells you that
everything is going to be okay.
And if you find such a friend,
you feel happy and complete,
because you need not worry.
You have a forever friend for life,
and forever has no end.





Ashleigh Gaffney









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For Every Child


For every child who cries at night
Alone with shame in pain and fright

For every child who wants so much
To only feel a gentle touch

For the beaten child, who cries in pain
Whose tears run silent, like the rain

For the child used to satisfy lust
Who never learns to love or trust

For the child taken from her home
And made to feel so all alone

For the child whose home is just a shell
Where life becomes a living hell

For the child who smiles but cannot feel
Because of scars too deep to heal

For every child who yearns for love
I hope and pray to God above

To hear your cries and heal your pain
And give you back your life again



Ashleigh Gaffney









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Everything


It took so long to learn that he's my everything.
Through fights and lonely nights
He's still my everything
He stole my heart and I didn't realize
He's the one who cares for me
The one who makes me shake
He's like my fairy tale fantasy boy no one knows is true.
He accepts that I'm different
He accepts that I'm imperfect

I think of him so often
It's hard to pay attention to anything else
I think of why I'm holding back
I think scared
I think too much
You think we'll make it
And so do I
They think we will never make it past a year
We've had ups
We've downs
We've had laughs and tears
I could never say I love you to anyone the way I say it to you
My voice shakes
My stomach turns
My head spins
Just when I say I love you to you
It's the best feeling ever
I love you because you are you.






Ashleigh Gaffney









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Saying Sorry


Have you lost the ability to speak
saying sorry doesn't mean you are weak
if sorry is too hard for you to say,
try harder until your love finds a way





Ashleigh Gaffney









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Shades


You wear your sunglasses to shade your eyes from the sun so bright,
But for me, they shade a totally different light.

You see and hear a beautiful person, I try very hard,
But hidden deep inside, I am permanently scarred.

You see a twinkle in my eye and a smile on my face,
But hidden deep inside, I'm in a darker place.

A place of hurt and a place of shame,
I was put there by a person who staked his claim.

You see, I wear my sunglasses to hide the agony, to shield the pain,
To cover the tears, realizing there is nothing left to gain.

He said he loved me, I thought is was true,
Maybe he did, but why was he so cruel?

The harsh words, the name calling, the implications to blame,
Oh right, we can't talk about this right now, it's time for the pregame.

The despair and the loneliness have gone on too long,
So I've decided to stand on my own two feet and be strong.

These feelings of never being good enough I can't deny, the damage is done,
They are very permanent, and impossible to overcome.

I've tried and tried to no avail,
All that's left is a bitter verbal trail.

Everytime I look in your eyes and try to see myself there,
All I see are my feelings, bruised, scarred, and bare.

I've decided I can't look for myself there anymore.
I can't bare to see that person there forevermore.

I've finally seen the light, this light so true,
But unfortunately, you still don't have any clue.

So I wear my sunglasses to hide the agony, to shield the pain,
To cover the tears, realizing there is nothing left to gain.

I wish you all of the best, I really do,
But you've realized too late that this has brought you to.
An uncompromising fate too.

Hopefully, next time you will listen and you will see,
That a prize so grand is not for free.

Love her, and adore her, and cherish her name,
Instead of degrading her, and humiliating her,
And verbally beating her down to shame.







Ashleigh Gaffney









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She Means So Much To Me


Hard as stone
with hidden fears
she love in silence
no one hears

Eyes of ice
never to melt
locked feelings
never felt

Spirit of steel
never broken
frozen emotions
left unspoken

Heart of gold
sweet as can be
beautiful soul
she means so much to me.




Ashleigh Gaffney









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Sometimes In Life


Sometimes in life
You find a special friend
Someone who changes your life
Just by being part of it
Someone who makes you laugh
Until you can’t stop
Someone who makes you believe
That there really is good in the world
Someone who convinced you
That there really is an unlocked door
Just waiting for you to open it

This is forever friendship
When you’re down
And the world seems dark and empty
Your forever friend lifts you up in spirit
And makes that dark and empty world
Suddenly seem bright and full
Your forever friend gets you through
The hard times, the sad times
And the confused times
Your forever friend holds you hand
And tells you that
Everything is going to be ok.
And if you find such a friend
You feel happy and complete
Because you need not to worry
You have a forever friend for life
And forever has no end






Ashleigh Gaffney









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Sorry


I'm sorry you’re hurting
I know I was wrong
I guess this sounds like
Just the same old song

Please say you’ll forgive me,
But I will wait if I must
But I will try to convince you
That I can rebuild your trust.








Ashleigh Gaffney









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Special Friends


As we walk out path of life,
We meet people everyday.
Most are simply met by chance,
But some are sent out way.

These become special friends
Whose bond we can’t explain
The ones who understand us
And share our joy and pain

Their love contains no boundaries
Even when we are apart
Their presence enhances us
With a warm felt in the heart

This love becomes a passageway,
When even the miles disappear
And so, these friends, God send out way
Remains forever near











Ashleigh Gaffney









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Still Young At Heart


I am a child
Still young at heart
I’ve lived an interesting life
One that could break you apart

I’ve been anorexic
I have been abused
I’ve been bulimic
I have been used
I’ve been a cuter
And I have been accused
I have harmed my body
And I have harmed my life

I wanted to change
But then I realized
This is who I am

I am a child
Still young at heart













Ashleigh Gaffney









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The One Who Broke My Heart


I'll never forget the person, who made my body weak
Who always thought he was right, and never let me speak
I'll never forget the father, who hid me away out of sight,
And I'll never forget how he scared me, how he gave me such a fright

I'll never forget the insults and the names
And how he always looked so deeply ashamed
I'll always remember the heartache every time he spoke
And how hurting me so badly, to him was just a joke

I'll never forget the loneliness or how he made me feel
How hard I tried to show him, that I had feelings, I was real
I never was his daughter, I never was his pride
I was nothing special, so I was told to hide

While the other was shown all the love, lived off all the cheers
I was in the background, staring into a dark world close to tears
The world I lived in had no light, never had a thing to show
But now I've learned that I must move on, it's time for me to go

Even though he hates me, it no longer leaves a scar
I'll help other people, no matter who they are
Money means nothing to me, all I search for is love
but the hate that I grew up around, won't leave me, not even when I'm above

Just because I couldn't achieve, the top grades to make him proud
All because I didn't sing on stage, my freedom wasn't allowed
I'll never forget the father, the one who broke my heart
And how my world he messed up so much, how he continued to tear it apart

He told me I was a failure, no good, would never succeed
And although you couldn't see the wounds, inside I would always bleed
He told me that I'd never get far, like my sister I'd never be a star
He shouted and criticized what I did, until I'd given up and hid

I had no hope for my life, had no future in his eyes
He didn't stop there, he then started on my size
He laughed and sniggered all my life, and made a show of me
He ruined such an innocent childhood, and he couldn't even see

He couldn't see a hurt person, he couldn't see what he had done
But he wouldn't ever stop, not until he was done
Not until he'd killed the girl he'd created, that he never wanted to be a part of his life
Not until he'd made sure, the child grew up full of anger and strife

When he knew that his plan was working, he'd broken down a life
He'd even convinced the mother, he'd also changed his wife
I don't care how much money I have, or how big my house may be
All I care is that I'm happy, and one day I find someone who loves me

He's told me time after time now, how he's disappointed in what I've become
but he doesn't understand, even though he knows what he has done
But I'm allowed the freedom, that's when I'll make my way
To the family that are waiting, who love me and take me in one day

I have my friends around me, to help me through,
and I know that's all I need, to help me to do what I need to do
One day I'll have the job, of caring for the sick
And no matter what he says, I will have already laid my last brick

He can no longer change me, create a monster from a confused child
What give him the right to mix my emotions, and so young, let me out into the wild
He never gave me encouragement, or said he'd always be there
for I always knew he wouldn't and that he never really cared

For what I do now will help me, become the person I used to be
And one day I hope he'll understand, all I wanted was to be me
I'll love my children dearly, and stand by them with what they do
and I'll make sure I'll always tell them 'darlings, I'm so proud of you! '

All I search for in life, is the love I never had
I no longer need the money, it means nothing, it just makes a person go bad
I'll never look down on the less fortunate, and always treat each person the same
I'll never forget you father, what you did to me was such a shame

How can you want so much, To hurt one of your own
A parent to hate so much, I have never known,
But no matter what you do now, and how you put me down
In the close future I'll be smiling, and you'll be stuck with the frown!










Ashleigh Gaffney









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They Cry For Me


I don’t need help
I don’t cry for help
I don’t cry for attention
I don’t cry at all

My wrists cry for me
All I want and need is care
My bleeding wrist is a way of speaking
Speaking my words only for me to hear

No one ever listens
No one really wants to hear
Hearing my words would do no good
All it would do is bring heart break and fear

No one really cares what I have to say
So my wrist bleeds so I can hear what I have to say
Some only say they care because they fear
Fear that I will hurt or kill myself





Ashleigh Gaffney









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Today I Found A Friend


Today I found a friend,
Who knew everything I felt.
She knew my every weakness,
And the problems I've been dealt.
She understood my wonders,
And listened to my dreams.
She listened to how I felt about life and love,
And knew what it all means.
Not once did she interrupt me,
Or tell me I was wrong.
She understood what I was going through,
And promised she'd stay long
I reached out to this friend
To show her that i care
To pull her close and let her know
How much I need her there
I went to hold her hand
To pull her a bit nearer
And realized that this perfect friend I found
Was no one else but Jordyn




Ashleigh Gaffney









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What If Tomorrow Never Comes


If I knew it would be the last time
That I’d see you fall asleep
I would tuck you in more tightly
And pray to Lord
Your soul to keep

If I knew it would be the last time
That I see you walk out the door
I would give you a hug and kiss
And call you back for more

If I knew if would be the last time
I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise
I would video tape each action and word
So I could play them back day after day

If I knew it would be the last time
I could spare an extra minute
To stop and say “I love you, ”
Instead of assuming you would KNOW I do

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day
Well I'm sure you’ll have so many more
So I can let just this one slip away

For surely there’s always tomorrow
To make up for an oversight
And we always get a second chance
To make everything just right

There will always be another day
To say “I love you, ”
And certainly there’s another chance
To say out “Anything I can do? ”

But just in case I might be wrong
And today is all I get
I’d like to say how much I love you
And I hope we never forget

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone
Young or old alike
And today may be the last chance
You get to hold your loved one tight

So if you’re waiting for tomorrow
Why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes
You’ll surely regret the day
That you didn’t take that extra time
For a smile, a hug, or a kiss
And you were too busy to grant someone
What turned out to be their one last wish

So hold your loved ones close today
And whisper in their ear
Tell them how much you love them
And that you’ll always hold them dear

Take time to say “I’m sorry, ” “please forgive me.” “Thank you.” or 'it’s ok.”
And if tomorrow never comes
You’ll have no regrets about today





Ashleigh Gaffney









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What Were You Thinking


What were you thinking?
At a time I should have looked up to you.
I find myself lost.
Praying that these nightmares are not true.

What were you thinking?
When you took my innocense.
How could you continue?
As I cried out with resistance.

What were you thinking?
Did it make you feel like a man.
When you pressed my body down,
And you thought I'd never understand.

What were you thinking?
When you told me it was our special game.
You told me to be quiet.
Did you believe I'd never say a thing?

I'll tell you what I'm thinking.
Since you decided to violate me.
My pain is put away now,
And anger is all you'll see.

I'll tell you what I'm thinking.
As I start to get back on my feet.
You took my childhood.
And as an adult, that will not repeat.

I'll tell you what I'm thinking.
It's time that I let go.
No longer will you control me.
My heart can finally grow.







Ashleigh Gaffney









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What You Are


You’re friendly, kind, and caring
Sensitive, loyal, and understanding
Humorous, fun, secure, and true
Always there…yes that’s you

Special, accepting, exciting and wise
Truthful and helpful with honest brown eyes
Confiding, forgiving, cheerful and bright
Yes that you…not one bit of spite

You’re one of a kind, different from others
Generous, charming, but no one that smother
Optimistic, thoughtful, happy and game
But not just another in a long chain

Appreciative, warm, and precious like gold
Our friendship will never grow old
You’ll always be there, I know that’s true
I will always be here…always for you





Ashleigh Gaffney









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What You Are To Me


You turned my darkness into light;
You made everything all right.
You picked me up when I was down;
You turned my life around.
If I didn't have you, what would I be?
A blessing is what you are to me.

When I needed you the most, you were there;
Even if it seemed like you didn't care.
When I didn't think I could make it another day,
You chased all my doubts away.
If I didn't have you, what would I be?
A treasure is what you are to me.

The world is full of many people, it's true;
But there is only one of you.
You fill my heart with love;
You're a God-sent gift from above.
If I didn't have you, what would I be?
An angel is what you are to me.

Lost and alone, I will no longer be;
Because you are here with me.
There is no reason to be sad;
You've taken away all the bad.
If I didn't have you, what would I be?
A best friend is what you are to me!


Ashleigh Gaffney









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What You See


Through the eyes of a stranger,
I'm one of a kind,
I'm known to say what's on my mind.

Through the eyes of a stranger,
I have love and concern,
And for me, there's nothing left unturned.

Through the eyes of a stranger,
I'm not foolish or sad,
I don't wish for things I could've had

Through the eyes of a stranger,
There's no scars on my wirsts
My life's not imperfect, there's no sick twists

Through the eyes of a stranger,
I'm someone they know
My feelings hidden, they never show

Through the eyes of a stranger,
They're blind to see,
That this person they know, isn't quite me






Ashleigh Gaffney









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You Were There


When no one was there for me
And I thought no one cared
When the whole world walked out on me
And I thought I was alone
You were there

When the one I cared about the most
Could care less about me
When the one I gave my heart to
Threw it back in my face
You were there

When the person I trusted
Betrayed me
When the person I shared a lot of memories with
Can’t even remember my birthday
You were there

When all I needed was a friend
To listen to me whine
When all I needed was someone
To catch my tears
You were there

When my heart hurt so badly
That I couldn’t even breathe
When I just wanted to crawl up and die
You were there

When I stared to cry
After hearing that sad song
When the tears just wouldn’t
Stop falling down
You were there

So you see I will be there until the end
This is a promise I can make
If you ever need me
Just give me a call
I will be there just as you were there for me








Ashleigh Gaffney









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Pretty Girl


Pretty girl, who is to blame
Frightened girl, they don’t know her name
Saddened girl, who cries at night
Distant girl, who’s out of sight
Psycho girl, with scars on her wrists
Fairytale girl, who don’t exist
Silent girl, without a name
Ignored girl, who’s filled with shame
Faking girl, with plastic smiles
Freakish girl, from a thousand miles
Emotionless girl, cant feel much pain
Darkened girl, who brings the rain
Crying girl, tears start to flood
Psychotic girl, who drains her blood
Hated girl, who no one loves
Such a weak girl, who’s no longer though
Angry girl, there is no cure
Happy girl, she is no more
Hidden girl, she covers her scars
Prisoned girl, lived behind her life’s bars
Crazy girl, who bleeds so much
Lonely girl, who’s out of touch
Stupid girl, who no one likes
Beaten girl, who always fights
Pretty girl, don’t give up now
Suicide girl, there’s someway, somehow
Scared girl, don’t be afraid
Distant girl, don’t go away
Morbid girl, don’t die tonight
Worried girl, it'll be alright
Stoner girl, tonight she'll smoke her sorrow
Alcoholic girl, she'll drink tomorrow
Furious girl, who has no more faith
Depressed girl, who cries and aches
Fallen girl, with broken wings
Disturbed girl, fell off the swing
Pretty girl, you are my friend
Aching girl, just try to mend
Ugly girl, not like before
Beautiful girl, she is no more
Pretty girl, who made her life end
Pretty girl...no...not again...




Ashlee Kilbourn











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Tanda the lost solider


All alone she waits
nothing can she hear
the blood pounding so deeply
deep in her ear.
A man come up behind
in a different type of suit.
The soldier sitting freighted
does not think
but shoots.
Then all senses regained
she looks at the body limp
she trembles more than ever now
as she slowly thinks
was this the enemy?
The body soft and pink.
What is the difference
the hand the ears the feet
like hers
a body just 19.
And not time left to blink
she did not ask any questions
just what she was told.
But now the deed is done
and she is alone.
Was it right to take this life?
Was it right to make that choice?
Isn’t God the one with power
the one to take that choice?
So why should we play God.
We are just the same
aren’t we?
A body in the eyes of God!




Ashlee Kilbourn











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A Friend...


Is someone that everyone needs
A friend
Is that special one
A friend
Is someone you tell EVERYTHING
A friend
Is someone you never lie to
A friend
Can be a boy or a girl
A friend
Is someone that is always their
A friend
Will always listen to you
A friend
Always has input to give
A friend
Will never leave you in the dust
A friend
Will help you through the thick and the thin
A friend
Will always stand by your side
A friend
Will never let you down
A friend
Is someone everyone needs
What would you do if you didnt have a friend?

Shashidhar Kumar














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A marriage of two is for love that is true...


A marriage of two is for love that is true

A marriage of two is always something new

A marriage of two happens sometimes out of the blue

A marriage of two is worth it when it’s due

A marriage of two is a marriage of trust

They are only very few who have a clue of when love accrues

A marriage of two is about love making

It is not about money raking

You should only be glad if

A marriage of two is for love that is true





Shashidhar Kumar














--> Man

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Best Friend...


do you know what is a best friend?
a best friend is a secret sharer,
a best friend is a great consultant,
a best friend is a comfort giver,
a best friend is like a diamond.
a best friend is always care,
a best friend is always share,
a best friend makes you smile,
a best friend is loving, caring, sweet and true
a best friend is someone just like you.
thanks for being my best friend for my lifetime.







Shashidhar Kumar














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Birth Day - For Jagiriti Rani


Every year
one day is special
you meet with family
for a great celebration
a birthday to enjoy
turning one year older
but on some occasions
it may not be so pretty
people have bashes
people have parties
but i know most people
just celebrate with family
It's one night a year
there could be no fighting
everyone full of cheer
and it's delighting






Shashidhar Kumar














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Birth Day - For Jagiriti Rani - II


You’re always very special
And you should know today
That you are wished the nicest things
That life can bring your way

Like warm and loving wishes
And happiness and cheer
And everything you need to start
Another happy year







Shashidhar Kumar














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Birth Day - For Jagiriti Rani - III


Here’s a Birthday greeting
Especially to show
How much you mean
Although you surely must know
That without a doubt
There’s no-one nicer than you
Or anyone dearer
To wish Happy Birthday to Didi










Shashidhar Kumar














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BirthDay - Birthday Appreciation


: : BirthDay - Birthday Appreciation: :

Each year your birthday reminds me
That I really want to say
I’m very glad I know you;
I think of you each day.


I hope you enjoy your birthday,
All the pleasures it has in store,
And because I appreciate you,
I hope you have many more!












Shashidhar Kumar














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: : BirthDay - For ASIM: :

I’m wishing you another year
Of laughter, joy and fun,
Surprises, love and happiness,
And when your birthday’s done,

I hope you feel deep in your heart,
As your birthdays come and go,
How very much you mean to me,
More than you can know.












Shashidhar Kumar














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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN - SOMEBODY YOU LOVE & SOMEBODY YOU LIKE


DIFFERENCE BETWEEN - SOMEBODY YOU LOVE & SOMEBODY YOU LIKE

In front of the person you love, your heart beats faster.

But in front of the person you like, you get happy.

In front of the person you love, winter seems like spring.

But in front of the person you like, winter is just beautiful winter.

if you look into the eyes of the one you love, you blush.

But if you look into the eyes of the one you like, you smile.

In front of the person you love, you can't say everything on your mind.

But in front of the person you like, you can.

In front of the person you love, you tend to get shy.

But in front of the person you like, you can show your own self.

you can't look straight into the eyes of the one you love.

But you can always smile into the eyes of the one you like.

When the one you love is crying, you cry with them.

But when the one you like is crying, you end up comforting.

The feeling of love starts from the eye.

But the feeling of liking starts from the heart














Shashidhar Kumar














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Dreaming of you at night...


Sometimes at night,
when I lay down to sleep,
I embrace myself,
I start to think…
Then I imagine
that you lie beside me…
hugs and kisses
all over my body.
I wish you
could really be here,
just to whisper,
“I love you, ” in my ear.
I would turn around and say,
“I love you, too.”
But will it ever be true?
So I turn around
and I wonder some more,
still wanting your embrace,
so I close my eyes and picture your face…
I fall asleep dreaming of you.
In my dream it seems so true.
It’s as if I can really feel
your kisses against my lips…
Then my eyes pop open
and you’re nowhere to be seen,
And I feel so lonely
once AGAIN! ! !






Shashidhar Kumar














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For my beloved sister II...


Sister
Do I dare to compare your love
To the lighthouse engulfed in fog
Shining it’s beacon of light
That guides through stormy seas Sister
Do I dare to compare your love
To the soft whispers carried on a breeze
As it rustles through copper colored leaves
Words of encouragement

Sister
Do I dare to compare your love
To the snow capped mountains
Majestic peaks against a soft hue of blue
The epitome of strength

Sister
Do I dare to compare your love
To the vast meadows of wildflowers
A motley of colors put on display
Simplifying beauty

Sister
Do I dare to compare your love
To the endless skies overhead
And it’s never-ending exhibit of light and dark
Infinite

Sister
Do I dare to compare your love




Shashidhar Kumar














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For my beloved sister...


Someone who will understand
Who knows the way I feel
In every situation
Her concern is very real…

Someone who has touched my heart
Who knows my every need
Times when she would see me cry
Her heart would nearly bleed…

Everyone should have a sister
Just the way I do
Even though your far away
Richly blessed is what I am
To have a sister like you…






Shashidhar Kumar














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For my best teacher...


With a special gift for learning
And with a heart that deeply cares,
You add a lot of love
To everything you share,
And even though
You mean a lot,
You’ll never know how much,
For you helped
To change the world
Through every life you touched.
You sparked the creativity
In the students whom you taught,
And helped them strive for goals
That could not be bought,
You are such a special teacher
That no words can truly tell
However much you’re valued
For the work you do so well.







Shashidhar Kumar














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For My Love - If I could...


If I could have just one wish,
I would wish to wake up everyday
to the sound of your breath

the warmth of your lips on my forehead,
the touch of your fingers on my body
and the feel of your heart beating with mine…
Knowing that I could never find that feeling
with anyone other than my love.










Shashidhar Kumar














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For My Love - My heart for my love...


My heart about which you care,
The thoughts, the dreams, the voice you hear,
My love and all the smiles I wear,
All things in me are thine,
The way the things in you I mock,
The way I address you and talk,
The way I stand, the way I walk,
The way my eyes do shine,
They carry a request by me,
Only for you to hear and see,
To understand and then to be,
Request you to be mine,
In them, a question they conceal,
To make you think, understand, feel,
Then answer with fervor and zeal,
“Will you be my valentine?



Shashidhar Kumar














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For My Love - My love like...


My love is like an ocean
It goes down so deep
My love is like a rose
Whose beauty you want to keep.

My love is like a river
That will never end
My love is like a dove
With a beautiful message to send.

My love is like a song
That goes on and on forever
My love is like a prisoner
It’s to you that I surrender.





Shashidhar Kumar














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Friendship-I




Dream makes all things possible,
Hopes makes all things work..
Friendship makes all things beautiful,
Smile makes all work possible.







Shashidhar Kumar














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Friendship-II




Keep the lamp of friendship burning with oil of love,
Because sun rises in the east and sets in the west,
But friendship rises in the heart and sets after death.









Shashidhar Kumar














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Friendship-III




Hi, moon dim your light
hello wind breeze soft,
hi flower, blossom slowly
hello earth spin gently
because my friend is going to sleep.










Shashidhar Kumar














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Girls: : - a Complex



Girls are like apples on trees.
The best ones are at the top of the tree.
The boys dont want to reach for the good ones
because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt.
Instead, they just get the rotten apples from the ground
that aren't as good, but easy.
So the apples at the top think -something is wrong with them,
when in reality, they're amazing.
They just have to wait for the right boy to come along,
the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.












Shashidhar Kumar











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Good Friends...


What good is a friend
if you can't trust them
can't believe in them
can't be their friend

What good is a friend
if you can't tell secerts
can't share secerts
can't be their friend

What good is a friend
if you can't love them
can't love each other
can't be their friend




Shashidhar Kumar











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HAPPY NEW YEAR-2008


If it didn't bring you joy
just leave it behind
Let's ring in the new year
with good things in mind

Let every bad memory
that brought heartache and pain
And let's turn a new leaf
with the smell of new rain

Let's forget past mistakes
making amends for this year
Sending you these greetings
to bring you hope and cheer




Shashidhar Kumar











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Husband to Wife



I wrote your name on sand it got washed.

I wrote your name in air, it was blown away. Then

I wrote your name on my heart & I got Heart Attack.







Shashidhar Kumar











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Husband to Wife

God saw me hungry, he created pizza.

He saw me thirsty, he created Pepsi.

He saw me in dark, he created light.

He saw me without problems, he created YOU.




Shashidhar Kumar











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[Man]

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Husband to Wife


Twinkle Twinkle little star

You should know what you are

And once you know what you are

Mental hospital is not so far. .




Shashidhar Kumar











--> Man

[Man]

Poem




Husband to Wife


The rain makes all things beautiful.

The grass and flowers too.

If rain makes all things beautiful

Why doesn't it rain on you?




Shashidhar Kumar











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Crush

First Love

This morning I decided
I will lock up my heart
And throw the key in the deep waters
No more fear of getting kidnapped,
No more danger of getting bruised,
Let it be safe in the cool waters of the Ganga
Tranquille and calm below the moonlit sky.



By Gayatri Lakhiani Chawla







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Rain


It comes down like a soothing balm,
To wash away unpleasant memories
And remind of pleasant ones
Deep down a soar heart,
Awaiting a new start
Let the rain come down
As a prayer for the living.



By Gayatri Lakhiani Chawla







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Checkmate


As strangers we met
To make love and separate
In dark rooms with no walls
Do you see me in her eyes
Love, Lust, Loneliness
A trilogy.


Sinking in your memories
I dream
I float,
I feel
Your skin touch mine.


Making love to a ghost of time
I cry
I sigh
I die
Making love to reality.



By Gayatri Lakhiani Chawla







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Don't give in to the dimwits


"Listen son," said the old Leung Chen,
"there're all kinds in this world.
Many are insecure with themselves,
they'll think you make fun of them
no matter what you tell them.
And some are downright rotten
they'll be rotten, nothing will cure them."

"Ignore the insecure, ignore the rotten.
But do keep this one thing in mind -
you can be diplomatic sometime
but never ever be an hypocrite
and start praising the hypocrite.
They're all insignificant sycophants
and will phase out with time. Don't
give in to the dimwits. Be yourself always."



By White Wings







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Don't give in to the dimwits


"Listen son," said the old Leung Chen,
"there're all kinds in this world.
Many are insecure with themselves,
they'll think you make fun of them
no matter what you tell them.
And some are downright rotten
they'll be rotten, nothing will cure them."

"Ignore the insecure, ignore the rotten.
But do keep this one thing in mind -
you can be diplomatic sometime
but never ever be an hypocrite
and start praising the hypocrite.
They're all insignificant sycophants
and will phase out with time. Don't
give in to the dimwits. Be yourself always."



By White Wings







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Dear Christians


What is truth?
That what God says in the holy Bible.

Who speaks it?
Jesus, the Christians, the clergy.

Who hears it?
Christians, for example.



By White Wings







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Truths are hard to bear


Truths are hard to bear
Lies are easy to make

When lies are painted as truth
Hypocrisy prevails, whether it is

Faith, politics or holy poetry.
Why man can't face truth

and hides behind lies?
Is he born a coward?



By White Wings







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Don't screw your mind


Either way the extremes are bad
He said after years of meditation

There's suffering in the world you can't avoid
To be happy and peaceful live in moderation

God, ghosts and souls are things unreal
Those who say they know God are liars

Be loving, generous, righteous, compassionate, kind
You need no God to live your life, don't screw your mind



By White Wings







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Who were the women we slept with

Death Life Deepak Chopra Sacred Poetry

when we die, the Yama,
the one in Deepak Chopra's
book on Life After Death,
brings us before God
and loosens the noose,
he asks us questions like
how many times and to
whom we have lied to,
how many times we have
cheated on our wives
and who were the
women we slept with
we weren't married to,
and from whose coffers
how much we stole when
we had the chance to do.

there "we fall on knees of memory"
and tell God we do not recall,
but God knows when lied to.

all such data are counted
and figured out on abacuses
and then the sinners are
sent either to hell or heaven.

in heaven they fall
in mother Mary's hands
who is there with Lord Jesus
and then fall in the "embraces of God".

but when sent to hell,
they see John Milton sitting
near the bottomless pits of
the red hot coal fires,
with a pointed plume in his hand
and a sheaf of papers in his lap
rewriting Paradise Lost for the
new edition.




By White Wings







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Destiny.............Who You Are


Destiny
is it a lovely word,


Destiny
is it A a pain ripping word,




Is It
Destiny cries,

Is It

Destiny laughs,



The destiny of two hearts joined by one path


The love each other all day and night


Their dreams become reality and wishes come true


But suddenly,

so rapidly

their life was changed


who has cast an evil eye on their love


Why did it happen with them?


Is it not our life?


Is it not in our hand?


Who knows

what is going to happen here


In the next moments who will tell us?


Who knows

when and what this life will do


Is it called Destiny?


What is the purpose?


Is there really even one in motion?


Is it all reality of our Destiny?

cannot we change this Destiny



I wish to change my fate and make


My tomorrow a better day


But how

Who will tell us



I have done what best I can do,


I am just struck though,


I am not moving


I want to come out


I want to live


I want to be free


I just want to change my destiny






By Womans Love







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Invisible Strings .........


I started writing
I just stop..........
Breathing...
Gasping for fresh air
I would like to write positive thoughts
Destiny played apart many years ago
in puting me in this spot

we all have a date with destiny
but
some times our whole life to find
what we were meant to find
The pictures of the heart Trapped within our frailties
This journey for some, sweet for some, and mixed for others
no one goes where they want to go
Invisible strings the hands of god bind us

Trust is the connection
that can't be broken
it carries us to heights

A kind of pain that no one sees,
No one hears, no one feels,
and no one knows..
but me
I can feel your closeness in the space between us
Invisible strings pulls me in again

If I have own thoughts and feelings,
I can feel your voice wash over me
A familiar tune, I sing along with you
An Invisible strings pulls me in again
Invisible strings the hands of GOD bind us!





By Womans Love







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My Best Friend .........


It’s nice having a kitty


That we can call our own


I am so happy with my kitty girl


Bright two little stars with adorable cute face


She all ways says “Pet me! Cuddle me! Hold me”!


She stares at me with soft liquid eyes


That can say a millions things


She rubs my leg to show her affection


She loves sitting on my lap


She loves to watch TV shows with me


She is always so sweet except for when


She bites my feet.. or when she climbs a curtain


Especially when she taking her nap when I am


Sitting down to watch my favorite TV shows


When she scratches on my computer when I am working


But when she comes to lie on my lap so fluffy and warm


It’s very hard to imagine. my anger is all put to rest.


She is not just a pet, or an animal


That knocks others down..

She is the link to my life!





By Womans Love







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AM I HAPPY.........


A FEEL FROM MY LIFE..


New Year’s Day

Every one should be happy

But I am just normal…

I sit alone and thinking

About my life, family and friends

Is it a time to feel so sad..

I know this happens to me every year

Today is a second chance at my life

A new dawn awaits let’s go

Make a fresh start

Remove myself from

The clutches of the past

Another year, another year

Today is again New Year’s Day

Going out, partying all night long

Laughing, dancing the night away

Happy New Year!

Turing of the same old pages

First day of the year

First love, first kiss, first night

Life, the existence and

Heart beating with life

Today, tomorrow, next year

It does not matter, I still feel the same

I am not negative, only realizing the pain

I have not lost my faith but my mind and

My heart needs to regain to keep living my life

I am sure. I don’t have Control over my fate

So I decided to leave my soul in the hands of my fate

This is my new year Resolution as always I made!!!

I took a deep breath and let my feelings free….






By Womans Love







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A WISH FROM MY HEART

HAPPY NEW YEAR


Take twelve whole months.
Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness,
hate, and jealousy.
Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.

Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or
thirty-one different parts,
but don't make up the whole batch at once.
Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients.

Mix well into each day one part of faith,
one part of patience, one part of courage,
and one part of work.
Add to each day one part of hope,
faithfulness, generosity, and kindness.
Blend with one part prayer, one part meditation,
and one good deed.
Season the whole with a dash of good spirits,
a sprinkle of fun, a pinch of play,
and a cup full of good humor.

Pour all of this into a vessel of love.
Cook thoroughly over radiant joy,
garnish with a smile,
and serve with quietness, unselfishness,
and cheerfulness.
You're bound to have a happy new year.







By Womans Love







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SNORE

Poems For The Chilfren

Loudly do I snore

That I wake myself up .

Unable to sleep ; decided :

To sleep in another room .




By Madhav Ajja.,







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XEN and YEN

Poems For The Chilfren


Xen and Yen
Had vegetable shops
Opposite to each other ' s
Across the street .

" Yen ' s Freshest Vegetables "
Read the sign board .
People thronged his shop ;
A roaring business .

Xen called across the street ,
" Freshest " , only if there is a third " .
" Yen ' s Fresher Vegetables " , changed Yen .
People still flocked to his shop .

Xen shouted at Yen
" Fresher " , not proper
" Are not my vegetables fresher ? " .
Now the board read , " Yen ' s Fresh Vegetables " .

Angered , Xen ridiculed ,
" Don ' t talk down to people
Let them decide for themselves
Which vegetables -- fresh " .

Agreed , Yen , next day
Board read , " Yen ' s Vegetables " .
Still Yen ' s shop
Attracted many a number .

" Are these people blind ? , think "
Jeered Xen in his own way ,
" Every body knows your name
Also they see , it ' s a vegetable shop " .

Confused , fed up , Yen
Removed sign board
Placed in a far off corner .
Yet , Yen ' s drew customers in flocks !



By Madhav Ajja.,







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YAWN ..

Poems For The Chilfren


Yawn , the sign of

sleep or boredom .

you oscitate --

....... gaping .


Yawn , a bad

manners ;

in the company

of others .


Shows your

boredom ;

a silent expression ,

an honest opinion !!!!




By Madhav Ajja.,







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Burn Baby Burn



Tossing around words like idiots do

The only fool around here is the one who lives inside you

Pretentious like some radioactive nuked out rays

Fried the last semblance of intelligence inside you brain



A whole cult of hate -

Mob of the self righteous tin pot army

Crying sore calling out for a nice stiff upper lipped Victorian nanny

Please won’t you change our diapers? Whaa whaa whaa?!

Please go on and box Timmy’s ear – he called me a CAT!

Brandishing their paper swords

Charging out like paper bullies in hysterical hordes



The lordly moral keepers, pronouncing judgment calls

Please Bring the Anti Christ back into Roman Country Halls

Stone him! Hell no – Let’s just maul him!

No put him on the rack, how about some oriental Chinese torture?

Now we got the freakin’ Jew by the hip, yea, we gotcha!



A whole cult of hate

Congregation of the super righteous mob by the old walled gates

Preachers making money, evangelists screaming hoarse

Have YOU been abused by this freak who expends the Devil’s force?



Now is you chance speak up – CRY out loud!!

If that isn’t enough, use my Roman terrace to strip and shout

Please cry for retribution, please DEMAND his execution

It’s either our way

Or it’s the goddamned freaking highway

It’s our freakin’ last dance

To build a moral ministry where freedom don’t stand a chance!





You know what – you’re wasting you time

The so called devil just had his last laugh

When the hysterical rent-a-mob went plain damned berserk -

He was blowing cigarette plumes, chuckling, ‘jerks…’

He don’t care

Is it so hard to see?

He’s a got something you don’t got

Oh yea, go ahead - nail him to cross, that goddamned idiot’s FREE!!!



Now how bad is that?

Please keep the ammunition ready

And the tin pot army fed

The ghost you were witch hunting got bored and went to bed.



How about if even you, lovely musketeers, stop to bleed

And please dispense the fake tears of ostentatious moral calls

Sometimes, it’s OKAY to fall.



Everyone falls.



Don’t make no sense, right?

I wonder who didn’t teach you to lay off and have some fun?!

Oh hell, look the mobs grows more anxious and the preachers got their guns!!



Who ate you fun?

Burn, baby burn.

















By Supriya D








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The Very End

Inevitable




There was once some eyes without a face -

And a face without a name



The eyes were blind

But they could see - a timeless story



The timeless story was lost in time
waiting for two sturdy hands, to once again

Write it down on the shifting sands

Of ephemeral but recurring dreams -



The fairytale of illusive delusions

of love that touches not in passing - but stays -
By staying it wounds deep and fatal
but when it waves goodbye - leaves behind, a pair of blind staring eyes



There was once a God without a prayer

He won’t even take me for a sacrifice

His benevolence was a curse in disguise

Maybe - she was willing to pay the price



Enraged lightening, screaming thunder and weeping skies

But a lasting stillness in his arms - bordering comfort, in her eyes

Making ice with stumbling words, then burning dreams to stay warm



There was once a dream that promised no harm

But when the innocence left – the dream was gone



In the very end – everything’s torn





*I once did this thing with someone. One line they wrote – the other was mine. The italicized lines are mine. Made up for some good poetry.



My head hurts :) There is this black cloud hovering over my head. Rotten is the only word for me now. It’s not serendipitous but I suddenly realize nothing’s worth – it all ends up torn. Sleep. That’s what I need now.

















By Supriya D








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Loving Dorian


If I were go away somewhere, someday – before I’d once more let Dorian know how much I love her.

This will be my song for Dorian.

If it's wrong to love you
Wrong I'll always be
And though the world may scorn me
Darling, can't you see
If it's wrong to want you
When my day is through
Gladly I will pay for
All my dreams of you
And though we met too late, dear
And you'll never know
That without a right to
I have loved you so
I can't change my heart now
You're a part of me
So if it's wrong to love you
Wrong I'll always be

I love Dorian very much.



Excerpts















By Supriya D








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You're My Prayer

Desperate measures

Sensational how you bring it with you –

The power

Sending me bending low, down, deep

On my knees

Hands folded

Eyes flooded

With a naked prayer



Extravagant temptations, luring the secondary judgment

The basic instincts screaming your name

It’s no longer the same

Intention –

Thwarting any attempt at games of pretension

It’s like lust crawling out from its hiding place

The power you bring

Eyes riveted to your face

With a naked prayer



Hollow gasp, sharp breath

Unfettered, intemperate

Beige dreams, colored desperate

Flying out the tower of resolve

You have the power to dissolve

My sturdy passion

In a pool of murky despair

The power you bring

Eyes riveted to your face

With a naked prayer



Can you just spare a touch?

Just a tiny brush of reclaimed desire

Lost and entombed -

Embalmed,

Clutched sharply in my palm

In lines drawn across tautly

Somewhere there is your name

Etched – like a prayer

Lost in a murky labyrinth

A mind –

With the power of your being

Eyes riveted to your face

With a naked prayer



There is more to me

Extended across the breathless realms

There is fire

Noisy standoff between peeved judgments

And the theatrics of irked desires

You stole the ink from the night

And the colors of madman rush from the day

In a twilight of lust

You left behind,

Still, sallow despair of need

As it silently breeds

A legion of mad rush in my veins

I remember only your name



I can’t dare

To rise, still bending low on my knees

Eyes riveted to your face

With a naked prayer



You’re my prayer















By Supriya D








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Do You Think You Can Tell?

Lost

Do you think you can tell?

You lead role is just a joke –

The fairy tales just went retrograde

Sweet strains of dying background scores

As your prince of charms went renege –

All them, fickle dreams went broke



Do you think you can tell?

When it hurts and you still feel – numb - okay

Empty words – varnished - threatening

Empty moments - nothing to say

When all’s just but one long sad way

Nothing more – just another long unkempt empty unending day



Do you think you can judge?

Wild winds from hot hell’s breath?

Do you think you can undress?

For a lover who’d digress

When you talk of growing old

Together – you both sold -

Your future - to painted delusions

Do you still wait for a muse?

Do you think you’re not confused?



Do you think you can tell?

Love’s hard – you can sell

Fake smiles for an angels’ kiss

Sometimes do you miss?

Warm hands running down your back

Do you think you don’t lack –

Things taken for granted and then given up

Everything good – and shining – comforting love



Do you think you can tell?

When the cotton wings shriveled and you built you a golden cage

Gave up your chance to peace

Sweet slumber cursed – left you all alone

Do you feel all unknown?

Walking - do you think you can tell?

Strangers – from friends

Road to perdition from the bend

The leads to sweet paradise

Hinges creaking – old pasts calling you back

Nothing more to give – you’ll just walk past

Another chance to you – glorious morning

You’re now in love with the night



When did you stop to fight?



Do you think you can tell?















By Supriya D








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Playing with words

Words




Scooping them up bare

Throwing it at laughing faces

Getting muddied in return

The joy and memories linger



Building tiny castles

Carved beautifully with tiny fingers

Only to be kicked aside

And scattered words fly all over



Pouring some emotions on them

Making them gooey

And then making one again

This time with a moat all around



You know it won’t stay

Yet you don’t really care

Coz, there are plenty of words around

And emotions never dry up








By Poet Bitter Sweet









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I LOOK AT THE STARS AND WONDER!

Humor

I look at stars and wonder

They look so cute from down here

Twinkling and winking

Bright they shine on an inky black sky


I look at the clouds and wonder

Are they so soft and fluffy

So gentle in nature

Except when it thunders


I look inside myself and wonder

How thoughts can flit from one to another

Heaven, Earth and everything beyond

And down to the smallest XX


I look at my empty plate and wonder

Who’s going to provide?

While I look at the stars

And wonder




By Poet Bitter Sweet









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FREE OF BONDAGE, LET ME SOAR!


Freedom

Free of physical bondage
Free of clanking chains
Free from shackles of the mind
Let me soar...

Free from the clutches of time
Free of the limitations of will
Free of the suffocating space
Let me soar...

Free from the sorrows of earth
Free of the unknown fears
Free of everything that holds me back
Let me soar...




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IDENTITY


As a baby, you picked me up


Held me upside down


And while I bawled


You started your discrimination






At school, you brought in caste


Sub-caste, creed, religion


When Gopi, Mathew, Iqbal


And Melissa were just my friends






When I went to college


You made me a professional


While all I wanted was to sing


Dance, paint and read






When I looked for a job


You looked at my skills


And how you could use me


To achieve your ends






When I got married


You put a price on me


Made me a commodity


And walked all over my dignity






And when I grow old


You will make me a senior


label me unfit


And treat me special






When will you ever learn


That I am me


And will always be me


Despite whatever you say or do





By Poet Bitter Sweet






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JUST IN TIME, HE ARRIVES…HERE COMES THE…>>>>>>>>>>>BITTERMAN


Tags: Humor



Tantadaaaang


Bitter brought some writing, the writing was too bitter…so he brought some better writing to make the bitter writing sweeter…


REPEAT>

Enter the

BITTERMAN


BITTER WHO WRITES SWEETER!



For those who came in late…

(I came to Earth to do some research on earthlings… these funny beings called humans…and while in the process got sucked into a Kingdom called Sulekha where the people were in the process of electing a new Leader…one who would deliver the Kingdom from all evil…and restore the peace…make it the Utopia that it once was)


When Evil stalks the alleys of Sulekhadom…when people are scared to venture into darkness…while witches on broomsticks fly around…when the evil prince of darkness is trying to usurp the power from the beauteous Princess by using his dark mojo…when the God of the Netherworld strikes terror in the hearts of Good men, who are numb with fear… when the Good King is busy tending his garden…unaware of all the clandestine happenings in his blogdom…Peace must be restored…it’s time for


BITTERMAN


Tantandaaaaaaaaang.



Back where I come from, I have no powers. I am just like everybody else. As ordinary and boring as everybody. You would miss me in a crowd.


But after coming here, I’ve realized that perhaps the “Gravity” of the Situation here, brings out extraordinary powers in me.

The more the gravity, the more “extra” ordinary I become.


I didn’t know that at all. It was my adopted Mom, a very gentle and kindly soul who has a good word for everyone…it was she who first noticed I was different. She is used to identifying evil spirits and the dark forces. In her line of work as a journalist, she meets extraordinary and ordinary people and she has the ability to spot the difference.


Oh, yes there is a girl too, who spotted my super-powers. She has a special name for me. It sounds so groovy. (A relationship between a super-power and a commoner is a No-No here in this society…so I guess I’ll have to keep it buried deep inside my aorta)


Coming to the situation in Sulekha…there is a crisis. Stealth attacks are happening. The Good men stay indoors. All day!!!!!!!!!! They close their doors. The foolhardy who venture outside get a shelling and they run back.


They never know where the attacks come from. It’s the “elements”. Nature’s fury. All the good men have scurried indoors…and they sit and write about the days gone by.

The kingdom was never like this. There were times of peace and cheer and goodwill among men when the good king ruled. The King was a master in mending hearts.


The anarchy started with the entry of the evil megalomaniac…the self declared evil prince who used all his mojo to seduce the women. In Russia there used to be a brat called Rasputin. But this one is even more dangerous. He pretends to be all pure and white. The good people of Sulekha have been lulled into the belief that he is good.


But that is not the source of terror. The real terror is caused by the evil Pluto. He has tremendous powers. He can appear at several places at the same time. He can be anyone, including me. A master in Guerrilla warfare and stealth attacks. He has also been accused of the 9/11 attacks by the evil prince.


The priestly classes are the ones most terrorized by the evil forces. They even started believing that it is the good old King who was causing this anarchy.


How badly mistaken they are. The evil Pluto used to be a very good man, a gentle soul who had been maligned and cheated of his rightful inheritance by his Uncle. He is wreaking his vengeance. When he saw the state of affairs and the intrigue that is happening, he lashed out. And many innocent bystanders were injured.


I could have prevented all this. I have extra-ordinary powers. But for that to really emerge, the gravity must simply vanish. When I beat the forces of gravity, I will be able to fly….yes, like Superman. I will be able to fly Citius, Altius and Fortius than him.


Right now I am being held down by it. Gravity has sucked the energy of me. I am sapped. Quite like how superman loses his powers when he sees a chunk of Kryptonite.

When I am faced with lumps of mediocrity, I lose all my powers.


But wait, all is not lost. There is hope. You know that my fingers are the source of my power. (Not the middle one). My Index finger. At the tip of it lies the key to all the knowledge, wisdom, power and glory in the world.


I can transfer my powers to you. And what you could do is come to me. You will see my image. Right now it’s green in colour. All pale and sickly. And I am hollering for help. My whip is limp and my cone is melting.

You can save me. Only you can. And I will save your world. All you have to do is jab at that red button beneath my image.


Once I get back my superpowers, I will destroy gravity, restore levity and the make the place fit for human infestation.

(Sing to the tune of Spiderman)

When the mood is sober

And the world is bitter


He arrives…

Just in time….

Bitterman…


Here comes the Bitterman






When gravity is sapping

And people are scared of flying


He arrives…

Just in time…


Bitterman


When the cookie is crumbling

And the pace is slowing…


He arrives…

Just in time….


Bitterman, here comes the Bitterman


With a poke in the ribs

And a tickle in the brain


With a doze of wit

And a jab where it hurts


He arrives…just in time….

Here comes the Bitterman!!!!!!!!!!!!




TIME IS RUNNING OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! USE YOUR FINGER NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(THE INDEX ONE)
HELP BITTERMAN FIGHT GRAVITY!!!!! HELP HIM RESTORE LEVITY
AND LET US ALL SAVE THE WORLD FROM THE CLUTCHES OF MEDIOCRITY
TOGETHER LET US RISE ABOVE THE ORDINARY
LET US PUT OUR FINGERS TO GOOD USE






By Poet Bitter Sweet






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To see myself


I took away my blindfold
As I looked in the mirror
I only saw my empty reflection
Full of desperation,
With nothing left to believe in
The scars covering my wrists
I looked harder, examining my face
As I flinched away,
I covered my eyes,
I hit the floor…



By Melissa Koeman







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To the person I love to hate


You’re the only one I can’t place
In these thoughts of mine

You’re my sun, you’re my darkness
I will never let you down
although you’ve let me down
I want to make you happy when your feeling down
I want to protect you against the cruelness of the world
I want…
I don’t know what I want anymore

Whether I want it or not you always can get to me
You can confuse me, make me sad, make me smile
Make me happy, make me angry

It scares me that you seem to have such a great influence on me




By Melissa Koeman







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Together


Stop running
Look at me
Don’t be scared
Save your tears and give them all to me
I’ll take the pain for you
Just take my hand and follow me
We’ll make all your fears disappear
Tell me your dreams
and we’ll make them come true
If only you have faith in both of us




By Melissa Koeman







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Tomorrow


Tomorrow another day
New chances, a new day
Forgetting stupid thoughts of yesterday
One step closer to the future
What will destiny bring me tomorrow?
Maybe tomorrow
I will be lucky
Maybe tomorrow
I will be happy
Maybe tomorrow
I will fall in love
Maybe tomorrow….
Tomorrow could be the day






By Melissa Koeman







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Turning back to myself


Sitting in the dark
Staring out my window
To the dark sky filled with stars
I’m wishing and wishing on those stars
To get some peace in my mind

Once I was sane
Now it’s the same s.o.s over and over again
Once again I turn away
I can’t stand it….
Broken fortunes
Broken dreams
****ed up thoughts
But I’m the same underneath somewhere

God it’s tearing me apart
I can’t stand it….
My good fortune is away oh so far away
Filled with despair
I look to the dark sky
Wishing I was myself again

I want to turn back to myself
And not be this pathetic waist of space
I want to be strong
I want to be happy
To turn back to myself
That’s all I wish for









By Melissa Koeman







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Ultimate confession time


Some say I’m crazy
Maybe they are right
I lost my goal in life
I choke behind my smile
I’m scared of all the changes
I can’t look people straight into the eye
Because it makes me uncomfortable when they look at me
Then I feel even uglier and more insecure
I’m afraid to end up all alone
With no one to love
And no one to love me back
And sometimes for a very,
very brief moment I think of killing myself
I am depressed
I am sad
I am lost
But hey; I will smile at all those people
Smile till my jaws hurt
Saying that I’m alright
But I know my mask can easily break…..





By Melissa Koeman




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Unclear


Everything’s unclear
Where’s the road leading?
Is there any sincerity left?
Fake smiles for miles
Feeling the judging in their eyes
Call me morbid, call me a freak
It’s still not clear to me why
I’m left here all alone
Hopelessly, desperately
Looking for the path that’s still unclear
No comments from the somebodies







By Melissa Koeman




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Understand me


See my true form
Not the theatrical version
I’ve stripped down my armour of happiness
Now I stand here, with nowhere to hide
Understand me
Don’t deny me anymore
Accept my points of view
Keep me out of reach from the shade
Don’t let me hide in this armour anymore
Feel me, believe me
Understand me





By Melissa Koeman




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Walking away


Guess I was there again
There at a point were it got too much to take again
Now I’m standing here with tears in my eyes
Ready to escape the heartache and my tortured mind
Escape to find what I’m looking for
What I’m looking for is not here…
It’s only there in my dreams
My dreams are my saviour in my dark days
Now I start walking
Walking away to find my dreams







By Melissa Koeman




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Walking away from...


Walking away from nothing

Running from the one person which I cared about
I didn’t say a word
I just ran away with your name on my lips
Tears in my eyes

All the what ifs circling through my mind
I cried in silence
Wishing I could get one chance to love you

Walking away from everything








By Melissa Koeman




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Wash me clean


I loathed myself for so long
I'm more lost in this plot than ever
Let this hour quickly pass me by
Make me forget the tormenting of my soul
So at the end of the day
See me back at the shore
And set me free as I drown myself in the void
and allow my soul to be devoured by the hungry sea
as the waves make me part of the universe




By Melissa Koeman





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When I'm alone


When I’m alone and I miss you so
There’s nothing in the world that can make me feel better
I never needed anyone like this before
I want to hold you forever and a day
You are the one I need by my side
No matter what others might say or think
You’re my only one
My sky gets dark when you leave
The sun fades away in an instant
And there’s only me and this lonely feeling that’s slowly eating me up
My heart cries out for you
I’m so afraid to be alone
I miss you with all my heart and soul
Don’t go away
Love come back this way
Because I need you so much







By Melissa Koeman





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When we met


When I first saw you
Nothing else was heard
You were all I saw
A few seconds was all it took
From then on I wished that you would be by my side
in the dark at night
And the way you looked at me
Was enough to know
that you wouldn’t leave me
And as we were standing there,
you filled up my frozen heart
Warmed it up, melting it
and fixed it





By Melissa Koeman





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When you're by my side


Lead me into your light
I don’t want to think
I just want to feel

You take my hand
And press it to your heart

Your touch makes me feel weak and yet again strong
I’m ready to take on the world again
Nothing to worry about anymore…

The world is fading
Now it’s just you and me






By Melissa Koeman





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Will I always be here?


Will I always be here?
Waiting, wanting
Time stops…
And I will wait
Only you exist here
I’m lying here
Innocence still intact
Feeling like your slave
Will I always be here?
Living as you own me
Living just by the sight of you
The touch of you
Passion burns inside of me
Will you be here when the clock starts to tick again?




By Melissa Koeman





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Without you


I long to be close to you
If I can’t the world seems nothing
Without you I’m feeling so hopelessly lost
I only want to be in your light,
It warms my heart
When I’m in your arms I feel save
The world disappears,
There is only you and me
But when I’m alone there is nothing
Nothing… to feel
No one to love
Never let me go
Stay with me until the end of times




By Melissa Koeman





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World full of nothing


Nowhere to be found
Nowhere to be heard
No one that reaches out
In this world full of nothing
Close your eyes
Feel the tears stream down your face
Let the sounds die
Feel your emptiness
that feeds your soul with darkness
Let yourself slip away
It’s easy, just believe it al
In this world full of nothing
The phone never rings
It’s just you and the world outside
The empty world
With nothing but you and your despair






By Melissa Koeman





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Would it be


Would it be strange if I said you have a beautiful smile?
Would it make sense if I wished that you are mine?
Would it be different if I said you are special?
Would it make sense that I want to stroke your hair?
Would it be weird if we walked hand in hand?

Is it wrong that I think about you all the time?
Is it sick that I think about you that way?

What will they say when they know about me and my feelings?
What will they think?

Will they think that it’s not right and dirty that I see you in another light?
Will they be scared when they know that I’m in love with you?
Will they reject me for just being the way I am?

Would everything be alright in the end?








By Melissa Koeman





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You found me


Let me keep this feeling forever
The feeling that words can’t really describe
A feeling that goes deeper than anything has ever done before

No mistake,
No coincidence…

You found me,
When it got too dark
When fear was all I was feeling,
When I was so numb,
When I didn’t believe in true love anymore…

You found me,
You made me see a light on my dark road
The light I was looking for all those years
I ran to the light and I opened up my heart

Now you’re by my side,
my light,
That is so beautiful and warm,
it fills my heart everytime with so much love…
So much love,
for you…

You found me…
And I’ll never leave your side











By Melissa Koeman





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You took my heart


Well here I am again left by you.
All alone in the cold.
With nowhere to go,
since you’ve took my heart away.
My happiness lies in your hands now,
since you’ve got my heart.
Please don’t break it, don’t throw it away
but handle it with care.
And maybe someday you will love me….






By Melissa Koeman





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You're not here


What is it with you?
Why do I need you?
All I ever really wanted was some peace in myself
But since you came into my life
I’ve lost my head
And a war is raging in my heart
You’re not here by my side
I wish a thousand wishes
For you to be my angel
Send from heaven
To bring the peace
But you’re not here
The spitfires come crashing down
The machine guns are loaded
The firing pierces through me
Explosions fill my senses
And you’re not here
I can’t stand this emotional violence
I should leave in silence








By Melissa Koeman





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You've let me down


I was your doll
You pulled my strings
I could only follow
Feeling helplessly
Didn’t know what I was doing
You were the only thing inside of me
But you dropped me
Cut my strings
Let me lying in the dirt
Feeling used
Only entertainment to you
You've let me down








By Melissa Koeman





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Three words


Three words
Still unsaid
In oblivion I want to be
But my heart beats faster every time I see you
I feel out of place when I can’t talk to you
Spending my hours with you in my mind,
In my heart, in my soul
Oh how could I need you this much?
How can I tell you?
Dare I?
Or will I be the one that keeps away
In fear of your rejection?
Three words
I want to speak
But my lips won’t move
My voice cracks
And nothing can’t come out
But in my heart
There are only three words:
I love you







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This life of mine


I want an own opinion
A mind of my own
I want to express my feelings and thoughts
And not repressing myself anymore
I don’t want to be insecure anymore
I want to be strong
I want to be selfish and not excuse myself for saying: “no”
I want to live for myself and not for others anymore
Because I’m the only one who is living this life
So why shouldn’t I be happy if I can
After all:
I’m the only one who can make this life of mine work!










By Melissa Koeman





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There for you


She was rising high
But she tumbled down her rainbow
She tried to be with them but she always ended up in the dark
Time after time she asked herself if this was it
There was nothing but you… standing all alone
I looked at you… from a distance
Saw your pain, felt your bitterness
I was there for you
I was your guardian angel
I protected you, loved you and helped you to ease your pain
She felt that this wasn’t her world
And she knew that she belonged in the shadows of the night
Couldn’t change your mind about that
No matter how hard I tried…
But I will always be your shadow in your darkness
And I will never let you down
Because you're here in my heart





By Melissa Koeman





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The yearning


Like a meteorite
You crashed into my soul
What can I do?
When I close my eyes it's you I see
And no one else…
You're in my head
I'm falling down to the floor
Begging for more…
What can I say?
As you standing over me
I'm reaching out,
With your reflection still on my eyes
You fade away…







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The worst day


I still remember it, like it was just yesterday…
I walked all alone down the beach
Hearing the seagulls screech
The waves of the ocean came crashing onto the shore
Lifting the weight of the world on my shoulders
A storm was growing
Clouds became oh so dark and threatening
Following me
There was only me out there beneath the horizon
It was the worst day ever
A black day
Never felt so terribly alone
Where was God when I needed him the most?









By Melissa Koeman





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The walls between us


Massive concrete,
I put my hand against it
Reaching out for your warmth
I put my ear against it
trying to hear your whisper my name
You're so near, yet so far
Feeling so detached...
I kneel before the wall
How can I break it down?










By Melissa Koeman





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The train is coming


I’m lying tied to the rails
In the distance I can hear the train coming…
I feel the vibrating of the rails
It’s getting nearer and nearer
And I know, I can sense that you’re on it
Smiling,
Cause you were the one who got me here
Tied to the rails
Waiting for the wheels
To crush my already bruised heart












By Melissa Koeman





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The things you said


I heard it from my friends
About the things you said
It felt like a knife twisting and turning
In my heart
A pain so sharp
You betrayed my trust
Never felt so low about myself,
I got so carried away with you
Now you’ve brought me right back down to earth
I heard it from my friends
About the things you said
Never felt so disappointed
Your lies
Bring tears to my eyes
Never felt so stupid
I trusted you
The things you said still linger
Leaving me scarred
Did you ever really loved me?














By Melissa Koeman





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The scream


Here comes the rain again
Bringing back the dark
Bringing back all those memories
Leaving me forever lost
Illusions that make me wanna cry
I just can’t take all this
Things don’t ever go my way
The constant pressure I’m under
It’s driving me insane
There is the silence again
I want to scream so I can break that horrifying silence
I’m now standing blindfolded in a corner
Waiting for the death blow
What do I have to do?
What’s it gonna be?
I try to speak
But the words won’t come
I’m in chains, I struggle to get away
But I’m stuck again, stuck in my mind there in the corner
I open my mouth
My scream gets lost in the night…


By Melissa Koeman



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The play


I played my part in the play of today
All the seats were taken
But in the shadows I crawl away from the spotlights
Wanting to break
Finding a way out of all this
Always searching
I’ll sent you a message from my heart
Will you receive it?
Hope finds me, while the fires are burning in my heart
As I wait, the days seem endlessly
I am breaking apart, where are you?
I want to cry out, don’t want to be on that stage
Without you…







By Melissa Koeman



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The mist


The mist between us, leaves us undefined
You’re silhouette is untouchable for me
My vision is blurred with tears
With all my heart I just want you to see me
But patience is the only option I can subscribe to
The waiting, the longing, the wanting,
the insecurity, the imagining, the wishing
has only just began,
and the mist grows more solid every minute…








By Melissa Koeman



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The games we play


Can you forgive me?
For not understanding your ways
Maybe it’s just a game we play
And maybe it’s just all in my imagination
But sometimes when I’m alone I still think about you
I think about how it could have been
But it’s no good anymore…
Cause you’re not there anymore
And I’m tired of living a lie










By Melissa Koeman



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The Fall


My sky is dark again
I’m tired of looking for sympathy
Tired of my life
Tired of this mad world
I want to leave this place
Just leave it all behind
I want to reach for a sunset
I want to reach for the stars in the sky
I just long to be in the diamond sky at night
I long for just that something more
Where is the life that I recognize?
I have to try to forget
Find a new occupation
I just got to leave this place
And head back to the future again
And get that one foot out of the past
That’s when I turn to say goodbye
And take the fall













By Melissa Koeman



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The empty world


At this holy hour
I’ve lost my faith
Dreams crashing into dust
The armies marching in
Their guns pointing at me
Russian roulette
I slip away
Dreamlessly I went into
An empty world


By Melissa Koeman


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The days of my life


New day
Felt so low
My head bowed down
Wiping away a tear
Should’ve stayed in bed
I walk alone in fear
The life that I live
Never seems to get me anywhere but dead

The night
I felt better in the darkness of the night
I close my eyes
And got hope again

The next day
The day I tried to live
Had my head held high
I saw it in the sky
I heard it in the wind
Seize the day
Sunlight reached my soul
The wind in my hair
The sun on my skin
Telling me that I was alive again

Today
The day I stepped out of the past
And felt alive again






By Melissa Koeman




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The Chance


She looked into my eyes
And asked: Do you feel the same?
I froze, my heart missed a beat
I was stunned to finally hear her say those words
I had longed for all that time
For a moment I didn’t know what to say
But I felt the same and I was happy

I lost that feeling
That lovely feeling
Do we ever have the chance again?
The chance to dance again
The chance to be together again
To walk hand in hand in the moonlight
Is it too late?
Is it too late for that romance again?

Do you still love me?
You looked at me
With no more than sympathy
You lost that feeling
Could you still love me?

You said goodbye
You took my heart away when you left
The door slammed behind you
We will never have the chance again

Nothing really ends
At least in my mind it didn’t really end
Because my mind is filled with thoughts of you and me
And of what our love was and what our love could be

You’re only a memory now
A memory to cherish
A memory to be sad about
And I will never have the chance again








By Melissa Koeman




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The bridges are burning


I’m watching the fire
Unable to get back or forwards
The wheel stopped turning
And I’m still on the otherside
While the midnight was on your side
I was drawing away from the light
But daytime will hunt me as I stand here
No one is here, no one was waiting
And now the bridges are burning
Fire reflecting in my eyes, and heart
The cruelty of this situation hits me
No one here, no one was ever here
While the bridges are burning










By Melissa Koeman




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That one star


I was walking
Walking for miles
I was lost without you
I walked and walked
Following a shadow
Your shadow
You were slipping away from me
I started to run
I called out for you
I came nearer
You stopped and turned and looked at me
I startled
My mouth was dry
I couldn’t say anything
Then you turned and ran away from me again
I fell down in the grass
I’m lying here, looking at the sky full of stars
I think back of the way we were
I smile
I think about that one time
that we were lying together in the grass
I held you in my arms
your head rested on my shoulder
and we looked at the stars
Making our wishes on a shooting star
I wished that I would never lose you,
my brightest star in heaven
Now I’m still looking for you,
My only star




By Melissa Koeman



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Tears fall


Bound to the ground
Where I don’t want to be
It’s bringing me down
I hear the beating of my hollow heart
I’m standing here again
Lost in the crowd
Tears are falling down on the pavement
I close my eyes
Smelling my own fear
Trying to crack a smile
About this wicked situation
But it doesn’t work
I’m crying
Drowning in my tears of sorrow






By Melissa Koeman



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Suicidal dream


There it is hiding in a dark corner
Looking at me, creeping, coming closer and closer
I can feel the cold again
I shiver and shake
Now I’m still far from heaven
And to the fires of hell
I see a chance to keep on going
But I can’t reach it
I never could
The rope gets tighter now
Around my neck
Gasping for my breath
Choking
The cold reaches me
Then the darkness
Will there be a light at the end of the tunnel?







By Melissa Koeman



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Stupid words


Today we talked
Talked about things
That didn’t mean anything to me
But it’s so much easier to talk about nothing
Than talk about something
The things I really wanted to say I kept inside
How could I tell you the truth?
That you mean more to me than anything or anyone else right now?
Stupid words are easier and so much safer
I panicked and I left
Leaving you thinking I was just in a bad mood
But there was so much more
That I couldn’t say









By Melissa Koeman





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Stay who you are


Your sad eyes
Staring into the darkness
You’re leading yourself into the void
Feeling your pain in my soul

Don’t go on like this
Don’t listen to the crowd
Stay out of reach from their words
That sting like knifes in your back

Just stay who you are
Don’t let them change you
Listen to your heart

Stay who you are for me,
You perfect one











By Melissa Koeman





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Static


Static in my head
I don’t know what to feel
My words are lost somewhere
I’m unable to speak my mind
And I don’t know how to act
This static in my head
Restrains me from happiness
Lost in this world,
Listening to the static
Trying to feel
To figure out what I’m supposed to do
Static in my heart
I’m off the air











By Melissa Koeman





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Somewhere different from here


Somewhere different from here
Where lives are not lost
Where the shadows will truly disappear in the sunlight
There will be no pain,
No exclusion,
No fear
I just think of somewhere different from here
A place where you’ll always be by my side
Where we can be safe
And where I can hold your hand without faces turning
Will you fly with me to the promised land?
Somewhere different from here…













By Melissa Koeman





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Silence is golden?


Again hurt by words
Stupid words… that didn’t make sense
Maybe I should’ve thought: whatever, I don’t care
But I couldn’t because in fact it did hurt me like hell
Those words broke my heart
Why do people which I care about and love say such things?
Saying things without thinking first?
If only they knew the truth about me….
I know they would keep their mouth shut then
At least I know now how they really feel about it
But why was I again such a hypocrite for laughing along
and not saying anything?
Should I be silent?
Silence is golden… some say…
But against what price?
















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Silence


Remarks:
“You’re quiet, I don’t hear you, is there something wrong? ”
Just let me be
I don’t care to explain my ways, to them
Should I tell:
I’m just scared,
Scared of making a fool of myself,
Being laughed at?
I just can’t
Just let me live
In silence











By Melissa Koeman





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She’s lost control


The look in her eyes shows it all
She’s lost control
She doesn’t know what to do
Or how to react
And how to get attention

She said I’ve lost control again
She didn’t know who she had become
It frightened her to death
She couldn’t pretend anymore
She smashed the mirror
And cried out loud I’ve lost control again
Her hands bleeding
Her eyes filled with rage and fear
Looking up at me
She collapsed to the ground
She’s lost control again
I thought she died…
She’d lost control again

When the darkness broke in
She broke down
And lost control again
Crying out for help yet again
But I couldn’t handle it anymore
Her moods got to much for me
I was sick of being fooled around
Sick of forgiving her
Sick of the way she treated me like dirt

I didn’t know what to say or what to do
I decided to walk away and let it all be







By Melissa Koeman





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Save me from reality


Reality struck me down
and again crushed my dreams.
Saw you standing in the distance.
Your cold wind blows through the wasteland,
called my heart.
You don’t care about me.
You will never be a friend of mine
and you will certainly never be my lover.
It doesn’t matter how hard I wish for that to happen,
because in reality I know that it is not meant to be.
When you say a friendly hello to me,
you just say that out of politeness.
I can see that in your eyes
and then I just know that you aren’t sincere.
At those moments I feel so alone and lost
and it hurts me that of all people you don’t like me.
Because I couldn’t care less about
all the other ****ing people in the world.
I only care about you and your opinion.
Because all I want in my life is you…
Can’t someone save me from this reality?










By Melissa Koeman





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Roller coaster


My life,
It goes up and down just like a roller coaster
Once I’m up, I crash down
I’m standing on the ground
I look up to the roller coaster
Wondering why I’m still down here
And not high up in the sky
Riding in the roller coaster
No I’m still down here
Looking at the people in the roller coaster
That are having fun high up there
And I’m still down here
As I look up to the roller coaster that keeps going up
The ruins of my crash surround me







By Melissa Koeman





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Right now


Self destructive is what I am

Living in my own little fantasy world is what I do

Scared is how I feel








By Melissa Koeman





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Promises


From now on, I want to look myself straight in the eye
Knowing I will do my best
My best for something I haven’t got
I’m not letting it get away that easily anymore
I’ll give a hundred percent
I won’t let myself slip
I won’t be the scared dead beat
I’ll be strong
I won’t let them get me down
I swear… I swear
Please believe me










By Melissa Koeman





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Prejudice


I can see the judgement in their eyes
Feel their eyes burning
Maybe I’m just paranoid but
I feel that I’m being caged in their thoughts
I don’t wanna be labelled
Don’t wanna be a girl in a cage anymore
I want to be free
Free from their believes, their lies
I’m not gonna hide anymore
And if they don’t like it
I couldn’t care less
Just go to hell
I’m gonna break these chains
And spit in their faces
And be free













By Melissa Koeman





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Passing of the times


Looking at the sky
And saw the clouds rapidly passing by
The world spins and spins
Round and round
Over and over again
Time passes in a blink of an eye
Nothing lasts forever
The good moments seem to short
The bad moments seem way to long
Then time suddenly stops
And the world stops spinning
All those hours of pain and darkness
It seems an endless story
It holds you in its iron grip
It keeps you chained
When will it all be better?
Time heals all wounds…
Isn’t that what they always say?
But then time doesn’t pass so rapidly by anymore
It’s creeping and creeping….
The world stops
And you are stuck in a loop
Hoping that time passes by faster then it ever did before














By Melissa Koeman





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Out of touch


Confused
All messed up
Looking for a safe ground to stand on
Self-indulgence has reached it’s top
My mask is breaking
My fake smile is fading
I feel the life pouring out of me
Apathy is taking me over
Where is my heaven?
Everything seems too black
Seems too weird, seems untrue
















By Melissa Koeman





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Other Half


All else fades away,
When you’re on my mind
And in my heart
I never knew it could be like this,
That I would find someone that could took my breath away
Someone that could make me feel alive again
But at the same so vulnerable
You’ve got the power to make me feel all this,
Now that you’ve touched my heart and conquered my soul
I’ve reached myself again,
Found that missing part that I’ve lost a long time ago,
My other half…

















By Melissa Koeman





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Now that you're here


It was so dark and cold
In my black and white world
Nothing grew there, it was all dead
The curtains were closed for so long
The door to my heart locked tight
But then you came into my world
With a rainbow of colors
You changed my world
When you laughed that smile of yours
It went straight to my heart
It lives inside
And the lock jumped open
I never felt a wind that was so warm
The sun shined through and melted the frozen land
Roses blossomed for you and me
Now that you’re here
It’s all so much brighter and floating with colors
That I’ve never seen before
Now that you’re here
My heart and soul are alive again
And calling out for you,
The one that made me see that without love life is nothing…



















By Melissa Koeman





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Nothing’s impossible


Just give me a reason
Give me a sign
I need a miracle to help me now
I still believe in love
Nothing’s impossible

How did I get here?
So far apart from you
So far away of reason
So far away of love
Tonight

If you’re here
I know that even the stars would look brighter
If only you were here
I would be whole again
Nothing’s impossible

Now I’m looking up to the sky
Wishing on a falling star
That nothing’s impossible
Tonight







By Melissa Koeman





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Nothing ever changes


Nothing ever changes
It all seems to last for ages
Me losing my mind again
Unbalanced running through the world
It all seems the same
I’m in the basement
All alone sitting in the dark
You’re in the sky
Just dropp on by
And maybe bring a change
Some joy in my life
Nothing ever changes
It all seems to last forever
That goddamn feeling of being lost
Falling apart
Start again, over and over
Nothing ever changes
It all seems to last forever








By Melissa Koeman





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Not alone


No call, no email
No book, no movie, no poem
No coffee, no massage
No one that says: Hey come on, keep your head held high!

No flowers, no photograph
No song, no letter, no company
No mother, no preacher
No one to turn to when it all goes downhill again

No kiss, no love
No friend, no brother, no neighbour
No sunshine, no light
No one to love and to comfort me in these dark days

But the thing I want the most right now;
Is someone that would sing to me:
You are not alone

Not alone
Not alone
Not alone

Someone that sings:
You are not alone










By Melissa Koeman





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Never again


It’s time now to face the truth
Keep your promises to yourself
Never again
I swore that time after time
Never again
Oh hell no I wouldn’t take you back
Never again
I was waiting for you
Never again
You really blew it this time
I gave in again
Please take my pain
Strange love
You’ve got a place in my heart
I don’t want you there
Never again





By Melissa Koeman





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My star


Lift me up
So that I can touch you
I’m reaching higher and higher
And as I’m up here in the clouds,
Shine on me majestically
Blind me with your light
Be my guide through the darkness
Never let me down…







By Melissa Koeman





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My darkest hour


It all doesn’t seem to matter anymore
And it doesn’t seem right
I’m lost forever
Lonely days are passing me by
Dreams faded away like a rainbow
Maybe I’m dead now
I still reach out for a ray of light
But the sun is still lost in the clouds
Now there is only darkness…
Can’t seem to find myself again
I cry here alone at night
I’m scared now
Scared of the darkness that’s surrounding me
Scared of the untold secrets
Scared of myself
This is the darkest hour.









By Melissa Koeman





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My confusion


It gets more confusing everyday
Nothing feels right
Don’t know what to believe anymore
Don’t know if I should care anymore
Sometimes I wonder who I really am
I see myself in the mirror
But the reflection is empty…
I’m tired of living in my own world
Tired off it all
I am silent all these years
Silent about my confusion and sadness
I just cannot explain these feelings
But they get to me every time
I build a wall around me to keep people outside
Created a world within myself
But there’s no place where I can hide
The reality always catches up with me
Sometimes I hope that this is just all a dream
And that I wake up someday






By Melissa Koeman





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My conclusion


Thought I knew myself well
That was a slight miscalculation
I look in the mirror
Seeing myself stare back
I don’t want to look in the mirror
It’s too confronting
Seeing a girl that’s unhappy with whom she is
A girl that doesn’t know herself
Seeing a girl that’s looking for answers
A girl that’s still pretending
I’m just an empty girl
Caged in her own irrational mind
My final conclusion
I learned that I’m a liar






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My Angel


My angel
How beautiful you are…
Eyes with an indefinable colour,
which one can drown in
Your halo glowing like the moon,
silver wings spread
Your smile that can light up a room
A soul that can bring a change to the world
Keep me safe from harm
Protect me against all the violence
Let their words fade out
Wrap your beautiful wings around me
Make me forget all my sins
Let my troubles melt away in your light
Don’t let me fall in the downward spiral
Be mine, and I’ll hold on
Because you’re my angel send from above




By Melissa Koeman





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Mind games


There was a time that I trusted you
You were my star in heaven
I always treated you right
I was honest
You just laughed
With that sick grin on your face
I should have hated you
but instead you made me feel blue
I was your clown again
You can be oh so nice to me
The next day you ignore me again
And you threat me like dirt
That makes me feel like I mean nothing to you
And that I was wrong about you from the beginning
I am just looking for another you
Now my heart is bitter
I’ve got to be strong
And just try to get you out of my system
And stop the mind games that you always seem to play with me







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Make me alive again


Your ghost still lingers trough my heart
A feeling of emptiness sets in
I can feel it surround me
Take hold of me
The loneliness is making my heart shrink
To nothing more than a marble
Without any feeling
I’m about to crack
Without your love
You were like my drug
Just prop me up with another pill
Make me alive again
Touch me, kiss me, love me
And I will be strong
Ready to take on the whole world









By Melissa Koeman





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Make belief


What do you do when your world grows dark?
When there’re more obstacles on your way
than you can handle?
If there’s more insecurity than is right for you?

You make your own little world
A world for yourself

Where everything is possible
Where you’re not a nobody
Where there is love and understanding
Where you’ll be accepted for who you are
Where there’s no hate no fear

But everyone in their right mind knows
This will never happen
But one can dream, one can imagine…











By Melissa Koeman





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Love isn’t forever


Maybe I could just pretend that you love me
You come walking by
My eyes follow you
Desperately I’m trying to reach you
Trying to get your attention
Oh god: why do I need you to love me?
Why are you my angel?
Why are you my hero?
Why do I adore you?
I’m still mad about you
But love isn’t forever




By Melissa Koeman





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Lost myself again


Looking for a person that isn’t me
Maybe I should accept that I am who I am
And that I cannot change myself
Not change my miserable self
Just see that I need some help
Help for something that might never be better
I lost myself again…
Forcing myself to be someone I’m not
God sometimes I hate myself
For doing the things I do






By Melissa Koeman





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Look into me


Look at me as I speak my prayers
See my expression… feel my words in your heart
Just feel it all, like I feel it…
Like a ray of light coming out of the clouds
Like a rainbow in the shade of the gray skies
Like thunderbolt that shakes up the earth…
Just feel me… see me… look into my soul
Give me what I need, give me what I want
Look into my heart…







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Live to die


I looked up to the sky and wondered
“Why is I? ”
Why am I here?
I still had the feeling that there was missing so much
So will I also be lonely up there?
Up there with the lord
Now I’m standing here by the river
I look into the water and wonder
“Why do we die? ”
Maybe we just live to die
I throw my pain in the river
Washing away my gloom
Wishing to be send straight to heaven
But for now I’m still down here
Following the road that was made for me
By the rules of fate
But when I die I hope my life was worth living for




By Melissa Koeman





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Light up my world


Again I go unnoticed
You are a shadow in my imagination
Waiting to step into my light
So put on the searchlights
Light up the sky
Wash away the darkness
That’s been here for so long
I can hear you, yet I can’t see you
I can’t seem to reach you
Oh just give me your attention
And show me the pleasure of
Watching the sunrise together





By Melissa Koeman





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Last shove


I lie on the floor
Refusing to open my eyes
Oh honey give me that last shove
Push me into danger

I lie on the floor
Watching at the sky
Can’t escape from you
You,
The only one who can make me
And break me….

Thought I was over you
But the thoughts of you still hunt me

I pray:
Please don’t step over my line
Don’t step over my body

But you did…

So now I lie here on the floor…
Waiting for you
To give me the last shove
That last push into the abyss







By Melissa Koeman





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Keeping myself awake


I lie here awake at night
Staring to the ceiling
Counting the sheep
It’s almost morning now
And I’m still wide awake
Thinking…
And thinking
Worrying about what’s to come
Thinking about the past
Things that I would’ve done different
I keep myself awake
And my insomnia lingers in the darkness of the night










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Just to feel a little love


Apathetic lying in bed all morning
A sense of emptiness surrounds me
Stupid ideals
Feeling useless
Smoking the pain away
Living from evening to evening
Thinking, thinking… feeling frustrated
About life in general
Just to feel a little love from someone
Would feel so good right now
Maybe it’s not the answer
But it would make my life more bearable






By Melissa Koeman





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It's so much beauty


I can find it…
In the stars,
In a moonlit sky,
In the snow that falls,
In a sunset,
In a field full of flowers,
In the morning when the birds are singing their songs,
In the sky that’s coloured with rainbows,
In a moment where I can be my true self,
In watching a great film,
In a song,
In having a good time with a friend,
In a memory,
In your smile,
In the time I spend with you…
Then I realize myself,
It’s so much beauty
It can make one cry




By Melissa Koeman





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It’s here


It’s in the tears in my eyes
It’s in the blood that’s pumping through my veins
It’s in the beating of my broken heart
It’s in the blueness in my soul
It’s in the songs on the radio
It’s in the rain that falls
It’s in my sad and dark mood
It’s now in the voices in my head
It’s….
It’s….
It’s you






By Melissa Koeman





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It’s a question of trust


You stand in front of me
With your eyes fixed on mine
You reach to take away my mask
I flinch away
Not knowing if I can trust you
You come nearer again
I can feel your breath on my skin
Your fingers stroke my hair
Suddenly a moment of weakness comes over me
I fall down
And you catch me like you did so many times before






By Melissa Koeman





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It seems…


It seems like yesterday
when you said goodbye
when you left me broken

It seems so far away
When you said: I need your love

It seems like it never happened....









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It resonates


It resonates
Now that it has found me
No way back, no return
I kissed it all goodbye
I only want to dream
Lay down beside you
Listen to your breathing
Nothing in this darkness
But you and me
It resonates
Time stands still
Finally I can inhale again
I can see again
The colors more vivid than ever
It resonates
Your love
It resonates











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It means nothing


A warm and beautiful day
It means nothing
Fields full of flowers that blossom
It means nothing
A sunset that is so wonderful,
that you wish it’d go one forever
It means nothing
The sound of the raging sea,
wave after wave
It means nothing
Birds that sing their songs
It means nothing
A great movie or a beautiful moving song
It means nothing

It means nothing,
When you’re not by my side











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In my dreams


I search the whole wicked world for you
Travelling through cities,
Crossing roads,
Sailing the oceans,
Flying over mountains,
I run through the storm screaming your name,
With my heart in my hands
I’ll slay dragons for you
Or fight the devil
I’ll be your hero when the night ends…
I run and run, feeling so desperate to be by your side
And at last I will find you there,
In an idyllic meadow with the most beautiful flowers,
Where there is always music in the air
And when I finally reach you
I whisper that nothing will hurt you in my dream
And that I’ll always be here
You hold me tight and you kiss me so softly
At that moment,
We will love each other as forever…














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If you would be mine


I had my doubts girl but now I know that
I'm in love with something real
If I you would be mine…
You would be the star in my sky
A star that would twinkle bright
So bright that my life would just light up
Your light would chase all my darkness away
Tenderly I would kiss you
And ask you please be the one I need the most
In my dreams I see you, hear you and feel you
Only then your mine
At those moments I don’t want to come down
Back down to the ground
Never wake again…
Cause my dreams are always wrong















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I walk alone


I walk alone
Alone on this empty road
With no one to follow
No one to take my hand
And lead me to paradise
I walk in the shadow
Lost on my way
With an ink black ocean in my heart
And clouds of thunder raining in my head
















By Melissa Koeman





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I miss you


I miss you
Yet I can never forgive you
Why is my heart still aching for
Something I never had?
Take me back to yesterday
When everything was still ok
When I was still thinking the world off you
And when I thought that you were special
I will have to stop remember
And I have to start facing the truth
Facing the untold secrets
Yet I will miss you

















By Melissa Koeman





--> Man

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I like it here can I stay?


Never felt at home here in this hellhole
Called reality
It seems the stranger is always me
Looking down on the rest of the popular crowd
I feel left out
I pretend not too
It is all far too overwhelming
So I hide under my rock
Looking from a safe distance
To the “normal” people
God I hate that feeling!
So I always block out all the negative
I live my life in my imagination
Here no one hurts me
Here no one looks down on you
Here I am not judged
I like it here can I stay?










By Melissa Koeman





--> Man

[Man]

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I Feel for you


Do you see me?
Do you hear me?
I want you to look at me
Give me your attention
Show me your true self
Give me your soul











By Melissa Koeman





--> Man

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Help me find the way


There’s a pain in my heart
An aching to be free
I’m falling down on my knees
Praying for deliverance
Cary me away
Further and further
To the sun
Take me higher
Higher to the sky
Never let me down again
And help me find my way
Help me unlock these chains
And open my heart and mind
Send me on my way to heaven
Where the water is calm
Where there are no clouds
Where everything’s alright
Just help me find the way
To be free from myself













By Melissa Koeman





--> Man

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Far too long


Far too long
Chasing you
I travelled the whole world
Looking for you
Reaching out for your hand
But the ship has sailed
And I am standing at the shore
Fighting my tears
You never looked back at me
I felt so stupid
For letting you get to me
And I hate the way
I can’t hate you
Far too long
Chasing someone that couldn’t care less











By Melissa Koeman





--> Man

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Faith and devotion


Our devotion follows an endless path
It lingers through the dark forests of our hearts
We’ve seen the light
Oh it’s glowing, so bright and warm
We run through the trees
To catch it and to never ever let it go
We’ll make our path clear, pave it through the darkness
Our faith will guide us
And we won’t get lost anymore in the dark
We’ll keep each other from losing our way
As long as we can hold each others hand,
We will shine for eternity










By Melissa Koeman





--> Man

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Don't let them bury the light


The curtains closed
All the doors are locked
The flickering of a light
With your ear to the wall
Listening to the emptiness
Not a soul on that otherside

The world is dead to you
The people are one threatening mass
Waiting with their torches
To burn it all down
To bury you with all your haloes
Prejudice triumphs
They will never comprehend
And you gave up
Gave up on mankind,
that put you and your inner world to a shame

Don’t let them bury the light
Let the halo shine
Fight them with whatever you can find
Get up,
Pull that trigger,
pick that apple
Make your paradise

Bring me your light











By Melissa Koeman





--> Man

[Man]

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Does this darkness have a name?


The insecurity
The longing
The waiting
The questions
The bullet passed me by
By just an inch
Still I wonder why
And so I remain where I always was
Here in my little cocoon
Waiting to be born again
Only then I can leave it all behind
Then, only then I will be able to see again





By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

Poem


Do something that matters


I want to be free
I want to know everything
I want to feel it all
I just want to feel alive and do something that matters
Find a job, choose a career, buy a house, drive a car, have a family?
Does those things really matter anyhow?
Is that life?
Let me do something that matters…
So take my hand and let us leave all those foggy notions behind
Let’s see the sunrise,
lie underneath the stars,
be free,
and feel loved…







By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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Damage done


It happened in just 1 minute
Some twisted fate shook up my life
I said my goodbyes a thousand times in my head
But it was too late already
Doomed?
Is that what you can call it?
Bad luck?
Karma?
An answer never came
It’s just
The story of my life







By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

Poem


Crucify myself


Will I ever learn?
Am I just a masochist?
Looking for some pain?
I said too much
I opened my heart again
You’ve got the key to my heart
And you damn well know that
Nothing I do is good enough for you
I crucify myself
Please pull the nails out of my body
But you just stand there
Laughing about my struggling in your web
I pray that this is not really happening…
But it is
You don’t care for me
Why do I crucify myself?










By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

Poem


Come back to me


I need protection
Arms that hold me tight
Come back for me
Believe in me
I need you to hold me tight,
To take away my blindfold,
To untangle me from these bandages
So you can heal the scars underneath
To make me see that this world isn’t useless




By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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Closing time


Shutting the door
Removing the welcome mat
Putting my walls back up
Closing my curtains
Blowing out the candle
Just to sit in the darkness again
My darkness that seems so much safer
Blocking each and everyone again
It’s easier than feeling something






By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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Change it all


Change myself
Turn my life upside down
No more insecurity
Brave is what I long to be
I just want to be cool
I want to be loved,
I want to be popular,
I don’t wanna be that weird depressed girl anymore,
Don't wanna be a scared deadbeat anymore,
I want to repair the mistakes I’ve made
I want to live my life
Not watch it behind the glass
I want to break it, smashing it,
Until I bleed
Just to know I’m still alive,
To feel again,
like I once did
I just want to change it all








By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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Can't figure it out


I’m sick of being your fool
Time after time you wrap me round your finger
Every time I ask myself why do I let that happen?
Why do I still care for you?
Why do I want to be your friend?
Can’t figure what it is
I just don’t understand
You’ve got me all confused
Can’t figure what it is…









By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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Broken heart


Today the darkness sets in
My heart blackened
And broke in two
Who can save me from myself
Why am I so self destructive?
The pain came over me sharp as the sting of a knife
Give me some meds
To make me numb
To make me dumb
To save me from myself
The world threw me away today
And I’m standing here on the edge
With my broken heart
Screaming my guts out










By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

Poem


Black


Black, a colour
Black, like ink
Black, how I’m dressed
Black, makes the soul forget
Black, makes the heart feel dead
Black, the way I feel on the inside
Black, a state of mind












By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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Being myself again


I realized that I wasn’t myself anymore
The world was passing me by
I lost myself in misconceptions
Lost myself in strange illusions
It felt like I was on the outside looking in
And I couldn’t reach myself
Nothing felt right
And still it doesn’t feel right for 100 percent
I want to get back to being myself again
But can I go back to being my old self?
Did I change?
Maybe I lived a lie all that time that I was my “old self”
And I can't go back to “being myself again”
Now I still remain in the search of myself
In search of my identity...














By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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Be my saviour


I run like hell
Seeing nothing anymore
Tears blur my vision
There is nowhere to hide
Nowhere to run
I feel the heat of the fire
Breathing on my neck
I can’t get back
I can’t get away
No fire department to call
Baby will you try to find me?
Then I will be alright
Then I will be out of reach of the flames
Don’t you turn your back on me
Because then the fire will finally breathe me in
Leaving me as ashes to ashes
So will you be there
And be my saviour?
















By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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Ashamed


I’m still wearing that stupid facade
Called me
Me, the one person I don’t want to be
I can’t stand myself
I am ashamed
For myself,
Ashamed because I’m living my lies
Ashamed for my disguise
Ashamed for the fact that something stupid on my mind
Became a point of view
I can’t escape the ghost of myself
I don’t wanna be me
So can I be you for a while?


















By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

Poem


Alone with my solitude


I was standing at the edge
Looking at the city lights
Wondering if it would hurt more
To jump or just to live
I felt the cold of the wind
I saw the moon
And I was wondering where you fit in all of this
The truth hit me hard this time
And is still hunting for more
Just to say your name
Is pain
You are just one piece of this wicked puzzle
Called my life
Every day, every night
Just a pain to me
And now I’m standing here
Alone with my solitude
Wondering if I should make the jump




















By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

Poem








All you need


All you need
I can see it in your eyes
All you need
Your not getting it
All you need
Your teardrops fall
All you need
It’s not there….
All you need
The truth has come to you
Life is gone
You realize you will never get it
If you come closer
I’ll show you how it feels….
Just come closer
And I’ll give you what you need
And I’ll show you how it feels
How it feels to be loved
Just come closer
And I’ll show you how it feels
How it feels to be appreciated
Hold on tight
And just come closer
Don’t fall down
And I will give you all you need
Stay alive my love
And never give up the fight

























By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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All I want


All I want is one chance
One day
One night
One chance to spend one day with you
One chance to show you that we’re so alike
One chance to show you how much I care for you
One day to make you see that I love you
One kiss to prove that we’re more than just friends
One night to hold you tight
One chance to make you mine






By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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All I have feared


A weird feeling has taken me over
I look at the world around me in confusion
Where did it all go wrong?
I think this will be my final hour
The sky turns to scarlet
Faces turn to me
I hear them laugh
Now the fear comes and grabs me by the throat
I’m waiting
To be swallowed
Is this the final judgment?
Through my tears I see you
But I can’t seem to reach you
Now I’m lost in the crowd
Slowly I drown with you in my heart






By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

Poem



Acceptance


The judgement in your eyes makes me feel weak
What can I say, what can I do
To bring you a different view?
I know it’s hard, but please try to see it through my eyes
But you flinch away, laughing…
with a puzzled expression on your face
There’s a serious complication in our relationship
But we both don’t want to acknowledge it
We’re not looking in each others eyes
When another nasty comment comes out of your mouth
I pretend that I don’t care
But the only thing I care about is your acceptance




By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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Accept my love


There is a sound in the dark
You’re coming nearer
I can’t see you
Only hear and feel
Like a dream
A sensation so intense
I feel your warmth
I’m shaking from the closeness of you
My heart feels for you
A passion that burns inside of me
A love that is growing
I reach out my hand
Please accept my love




By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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A world where...


I was standing on the street
I saw all those people walking by
Some of them out to buy something
Others rushing of to their work
Suddenly I just didn’t get it anymore
Why? Is that all there is?
Buying ourselves happy, working, making as much money as we can?
We’ve got everything we need
What else do we need?
But people always want more
More, bigger and faster
Apathy has taken us over
Nobody seems to care anymore
It’s just a mad world
Do I want to be a part of this world?
A world where people die of hunger
and in the meanwhile we have all the food there is?
A world where forests and all off mother natures creations are cut or shot down?
A world where….
I could go on for ages but I won’t
Because it’s no use
I can’t change the world… but I can try to make a difference!






By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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A special place


I wish I could create this special place for you
For you
A place where your thoughts can be quiet
Where you can be yourself
A place where no one will judge you
A place where your innocence is precious and pure
And forever hold in a pool of gold
Instead of a pool of gloom
I want to make you feel good again
Alive again, want to see that light in your eyes again
Want to see your beautiful smile
So I will create a special place for you
But remember,
you’ve always got a special place in my heart










By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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A second letter to my heart


Dear heart,
I’m sorry
I did it again
She came in the backdoor
But I was the one who left the door unlocked
I’m ashamed now, for breaking my promise
Now I’ve hurt you again
I don’t know how to make it up
I try to push her away
I just have to try harder….












By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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A mirage


I trick myself
Sinking into my little make believes
Maybe you’re one of them
I’m not sure yet
But I can’t resist you
Although you’re maybe just a mirage
I care about you,
deeper than I want to realise myself
Although you’re maybe just a mirage
Sometimes I just ignore those nagging thoughts
And I picture you in front of me
Saying my name, taking my hand
Kissing me, saying that you love me
Visions of you and me
In the light of love
Just a mirage
In my world full of nothing














By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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A little piece of heaven


You see the thing in me that others couldn’t see
Let me keep this feeling forever
The feeling that words can’t really describe
A feeling that goes deeper than anything has ever done
You’re my perfect angel
A little piece of heaven
Something so delicate, so beautiful
You’re there for me when things get tough
Listening to me, when there’s no one else to listen
You’re the one who makes me smile
The one that can make me happy,
when it all comes tumbling down
The one who makes me see and makes me try again
You’re my little piece of heaven,
The one that I love with all my heart…















By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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A letter to my heart


Dear heart,
I won’t let you break anymore
This time I will play it safe
I won’t let anybody inside
No friends, no family
And I won’t let love come knocking on my door again
It’ll be me this time
Just me
So you can’t get hurt that way











By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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A day without thoughts


I wish that there would be a day
That I wouldn’t feel all confused
I’m falling deeper… and deeper
Into my own thoughts
I built a wall around myself
Pushing people away
I don’t wanna talk about it
I don’t think it would help me…
I wish for a day without thoughts
God, sometimes I wish for it all to end…












By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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A cry for help


I’m sitting here sometimes all alone
At midnight behind my computer
Writing, shedding my tears
Writing my dark poetry
Writing my cries for help
Waiting for a response
On my cry for help














By Melissa Koeman



--> Man

[Man]

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Fun


it's fun to do many things,
it's fun to fall in love,
it's fun to play sports,
it's fun to dance in the rain,
it's not fun to fall OUT of love
it's not fun to break a bone,
and not funny to get sick from being in the rain,
but DO IT ANYWAY! ! !









By S.M. Riggin





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Friend


I am a friend,
I am someone who is there,
I am someone whose shoulders are wet from your tears,
I am someone who shares your aches
I am someone who cheers you up,
I am someone who knows everything about you,
I am someone you call,
I am YOUR friend.



By S.M. Riggin





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Determination


“Mom” she says, “I’m going to play the piano
just for you.” she enrolled in lessons
after a while gave up, lost interest never again did she.
Nothing was learned, nothing gained.

“Mom” she says, “I’m going to be a dancer
just for you! ” she stayed in a little longer.
Got bored gave up lost interest never again.
Nothing learned nothing gained no knowledge.

“Mom”she wails, “I want you back
I loved you voice.” a idea comes to her.
I thought stays there thinks more and more.
It’s possible!

“Mom” she says, “ I’m going to be a singer
just LIKE you! ” she wants this she works at this.
The high notes are hit, the songs are sung, the voice
is better even good. Things were learned, interest was gained
a love was made.

“Mom” she says, “I did it!
A little determination and I did it!
I am a singer just like you! And now
I’ll sing for you!



By S.M. Riggin





--> Man

[Man]

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Crash & Burn


The stabbing pain,
through your heart,
those painful words,
echoing in your mind,
why did he say those things?

taking a chance,
liking him again,
why do we take those chances?
not beleiving anyone,
trusting in HIS friendship

than, he said them,
not even blinking or feeling bad,
pain shot through your heart,
those were heartful, painful,
never wishing to see him again.

does he even feel bad? or shed a tear?
will he ever just say ' I'm sorry'?
his actions prove nothing,
it didn't bother him,
hurting her like that.

love is a chance
and for some reason we all want to take it
it makes you feel like you can soar with him
but it also allows you to
Crash & Burn






By S.M. Riggin





--> Man

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Alive


I sit there crying, thinking
I don’t know what I did,
nothing is clicking I cant remember.
I’m so very scared, what will happen?
I am afraid.

I move a little eyes are tear streaked,
why did I do it, what did I do?
It’s all my fault, just like they said,
I don’t belong here not at all.
I believe them all.

I get up so depressed ready to leave,
no one wants me here no one would miss me
no one would ever care.
Not if I was not there.

I walk around and check, no ones here,
they don’t care anyways I broke them already.
Life would be easier for them if I wasn’t in it.
I cant believe how I thought I had a chance.
I feel un-loved.

Im in the car, and it’s running.
The phone rings and rings, finally I get it.
Girl from school, asks about my day,
says she misses me not there,
I shut off the car.

I lie in bed pondering staring,
door bell rings a knock on the door
it’s a friend brings me a cake,
love ya lots! and leaves.
I am alone.

I think about the entire night
what if I had of taken my life?
Rotten cake, message on machine,
how could I even think like that?
I fall asleep.

Im in school learning, feeling bad,
I wanna cry so bad but teachers talking,
what will happen with my mom and my dad?
Everyone asks what’s wrong?
I am crowed.

I sit there do they really really care?
I tell some, others walk away. one is left
sharing the pain crying with me.
“I’m so sorry” she says “really I am.”
I am crying

I sit there crying thinking
I do make a difference I do really matter
it’s not my fault at all it’s theirs
I have someone who cares for me!
I cheer up!

Day after day I think
this world would not be the same
when I get so sad I think of friends loved ones
and im never going to put an end to that!
I got smart, I learned.

I jog around town thinking things over
suns out I would have never got that,
that sweet friendship, that beautiful life,
if I had of really died that night.
I am Alive.






By S.M. Riggin





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A True friend.


You were there for me
even when HE wasnt.
making me feel better
when he didnt
your nice a friendly
when he's not.
sticking up for me
when he was putting me down
giving me hugs
when he wouldnt even touch me
you smiled at me when i was in pain.
that he caused.
you picked up the shattered peices of my heart
when he broke it.
healing and helping
when he was out.
Someone to be with
when he was with another girl
made me smile over and over again
when he couldnt
loving me,
when he wouldnt

Now you mine
and he's not.




By S.M. Riggin





--> Man

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a mother is...


a mother is loving,
she stays up all night with
your sicknesses coughing and howling
patting you back, comforting
a mother is loving

a mother is caring
she holds you when your
heart feels like breaking
crying with you when you are aching
a mother is caring

a mother is interested
she asks about your days
and what boys did what and the flirting
“25 cents in the jar please? ! ”
a mother is interested

a mother wants what’s best
curfew broken, I’m so sorry you can’t
late for church family prayers, scripture study
have to get A’s be home before time
a mother knows what’s best

a mother is delicate
“Please don’t do that, come back
you know better choose the right
I love you! ”
a mother is delicate

a mother is you
we’ll get through this together
think of the memories only memories
I am here for you be happy he would want that
a mother is YOU!



By S.M. Riggin





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I remember.


I remember when he walked in the night
holding moms hand.
Who is he we all thought?
We don’t need him.

2 months past...

I remember them walking in, in the spring
mom had a ring on.
Smiling face, brighter than ever.
She needs him.

Weeks past...

I remember all the kids in our house
Always here never not.
Felt left out too many to think
They needed him.

Months past...

I remember the pain the sorrow
Of replacement.
Less fight with him here.
Our family needed him.

Days past...

I remember the talks to me
The things he said
I love you and want what’s best.
You are beautiful
Don’t forget that!

I NEED HIM!





By S.M. Riggin





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I'll be there


I'll be there in your darkest hour.
I'll comfort you in your loneliest time.
I'll hug you in your longest sorrows
I'll hold you in your time of need.
I'll help you in your time of struggle.
I'll be there for you not matter what.
because I Love You!






By S.M. Riggin





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I'm Sorry


Crying out, inside,
all you need to say is
'I'm sorry.'

Crying, bawling from the inside out,
just say to them, listen to your heart,
'I'm Sorry.'

Crying into the night,
say it, you mind yells,
say 'I'm sorry.'

how hard that little phrase is,
no one know the torment on the inside,
no one knows how sorry you really are.

Crying after them,
'I'm sorry! '
it's out now, off your chest not your burden,
things can heal now.


By S.M. Riggin





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Love


I can still remember that night,
that night you said you loved me.
holding hands with you,
i love you too.
I can remember that day,
that day you said you loved me,
hugging you,
i love you too.
i can still remember that moring
that morning when you said you loved me
walking in with a hoodie and sweats,
i love you too.
often i think back to those times,
when you stood up for me, made me feel new,
when you would be there for me,
i love you too.







By S.M. Riggin





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Memories


Looking out at the nighttime stars,
I even see a shooting one, make a wish!
Memories flood back into my mind.
All the good and the fun all the bad and the boring.
Every happy time we had,
anytime we fought,
when we would stay up and talk all night,
when I wouldn’t even think about talking to you.
The love we feel for each other
and how much I miss you.
When we were separated and couldn’t see
when I cried into the night for you.
The times I acted like I didn’t know you,
when we goofed off together,
making funny noises and scaring each other in the dark
quoting stupid movies we watched once together.
I can’t live without you is the way to say it,
all those times you were there for me,
what did I ever do to deserve
a dad just like you.
Always comforting laughing, helping.
“Two peas in a pod” we were called
I was a daddy’s little girl
only special daddy’s have Shaggy’s.









By S.M. Riggin





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SNOW


gently falling, floating down.
over me and you
standing here standing there
the snow is falling.
white flakes come down
from heaven above
coming down like angels
the snow is falling.
all the fun times
we've had outside, buliding forts
having snow-ball fights,
while the snow is falling.
softly it comes down like
a white moist blanket,
gently whispering
' go inside or get a cold'
While the snow is falling










By S.M. Riggin





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Someone




A comforting hand, a helping hug.
People are always talking about their guardian angels.
But those warm feelings have to prove something? What is it?
Something has to be looking after us.
A spider bite sends pain up a little leg.
Red lines shoot up and down my leg.
‘O God this is unbearable I need help.’
A warm touch on my shoulder and no one is there.
Next morning running around... painless.
Something has to be there.
Blood boiling at midnight. Something’s wrong.
Can’t sleep at all feeling horrible no one can help.
Too scared to sleep. Too scared of something or is it someone?
A warm feeling almost undescribable. I fall into sleep.
I think something is there for help.
Driving along the road, tunes a‘blaring,
in minute fun is over and we are headed for the ditch.
Flipping, tossing, turning, rolling, glass breaking.
This can’t be it. This can’t be the end? I need to live... we all do!
A glimmer of light, a face of hope.
Someone is there. I know it!
Those warm feelings someone’s there. Those comforting hugs is someone.
Proof that someone watches over us.
In our darkest hours when we feel most alone.
Someone is there for us.
A face of hope. For all of us.











By S.M. Riggin





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Stuck


Have you ever tried to write a whole poem? ?
its harder than it looks... you get stuck.
everyone writes about love....
well love stinks.
they also write about break- ups
well those are sad and depressing
so what do i write about? ? ?
In love someone always has to get hurt.
now do you see how im stuck? ? ?
stuck in words and in thoughts and in deeds.
no clue what to write about. summer love? that always ends.
school? thats starts to quickly.
friends? always there for you.
I am so stuck.
what else is there, what other words?
i've got an idea!
I'll write a poem on what to write about? ? ?
wait I've already done that! Darn now im stuck again.





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Summer Love


during class, im suppost to be listining to the teacher
blah...blah...blah.
my thought are somewhere esle. on someone esle.
that summer love that great week.
how will i ever get over it? ? ?
school drags on i want it to be summer. with him
looking out the window the trees changing colour.
bummed out that summer is over for good.
but hey no said 'no' to a winter love....




By S.M. Riggin





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The affect of you.


A smile made my heart flutter,
a touch of the hand made my heart skip,
a hug made my arms numb,
a kiss on the cheek left a warm spot,
a little laugh made my face red,
a look made my knees weak,
a conversation made my throat dry,
a foot tap tingled all the way up,
a gental brush tickled my spine.

you affect my whole body, everytime you talk to me
any time you hug me.





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There for me


feeling bad, i go on a walk,
he is there, no idea why.
smiling waiting for a hug.

You feel so much anger,
you just want to be mad, but he is there
calming you down.

go home feeling a little better
that simple hug
fighting against the punches.

you smile a little,
even giggle to you self,
he makes you feel so good.




By S.M. Riggin





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Those Words


the break-up was the worst
than he got mad at me for his mistake
no clue why i moved on
didn't I?
well time has passed
friendship came again
maybe even liking a bit
a second an his chance is blown
why oh why did he have to say that?
can't he be any smarter? ?
but now this is worse.
stupid people why do they say those
mean and horrible things?
that eat through you.
i go home crying.
i was going to give him another chance
i did like him.
but not now, now that he said those painful things
i'll have to accept it and live on,
now i dont even want to see him
not after those words.



By S.M. Riggin





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Was it all a Lie? ?


' i like you' you said that night.
'do you like me i want you to'
trick or treating was the beggining
haolding hands after dances
was it all a lie?
once you said you loved me and
kissed me check my heart fluttered
i jumped i was in love
was it all a lie?
you told me there was another
my heart sunk and crashed i was broken
it was all over all of it.
was it all a lie?
now you and her are the 'cutest couple'
and me i am old news just the hurt girl
walk right past me in the hall not seeing
the pain you caused
it was all a lie!





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You did


No matter what you do,
I can not forget that I love you.
Everytime you look and smile,
I'm just saying it might take a while.
You put a damepning on my heart,
what you did was a total restart.
I'm not saying i wont forgive,
because without you I can't live.
The look in your eyes fill me with pain,
why oh why did you have to be so vain.
you didn't have to feed me that lie
just to find out about some other guy.
There are so many dots to connect
you could have given me that much respect.
You didn't leave it alone,
all that night my heart did moan.
You teared my heart in half,
i can't believe all you did was laugh
still, no matter what YOU DO
there will always be a place in my heart just for you.







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Your Whole Life.


have you ever had your whole life
ripped apart strand, by strand?
felt the burning ach?
the loss of one?
have you ever hadyour heart
broken behond all healing?
felt it would never be the same?
never again?
have you ever had to endure fighting
constandly always walking out?
not wanting to come beck ever?
have you ever had someone
say 'I love you' that
burning passion than
in a blink of an eye
it's over?
have you ever hadto sit
there watching it all fall
apart wanting everything to be
normal but it's not.?
have you ever had to cry
yourself to sleep?
feeling no comfort from anyone?
and missing him terribly?
wanting him?
have you ever had to hear
a love one's pain?
wishing you could be there
comforting, helping healing, fixing?
and not be allowed to?
have you ever had to watch
a life style, a living, go
down the drain never knowing why?
wanting it to be so normal?
have you ever had to hear
about fights all the time? ?
them acting so so childish
needing them to smartin' up?
have you ever had tradegy
strike you home? painful
subjects, wet checks, memories
fight stops for a minute?
have you ever had to be
somewhere and can't be there?
wanting so badly hurting so
horribly? wanting to be there?
have you ever had someone
always there and in a blink of and eye
than you are by your self alone
their gone?
have you ever...





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A Praise of His Love


Give place, ye lovers, here before
That spent your boasts and brags in vain;
My lady's beauty passeth more
The best of yours, I dare well sayn,
Than doth the sun the candle-light,
Or brightest day the darkest night.

And thereto hath a troth as just
As had Penelope the fair;
For what she saith, ye may it trust,
As it by writing sealed were;
And virtues hath she many mo
Than I with pen have skill to show.

I could rehearse, if that I wold,
The whole effect of Nature's plaint,
When she had lost the perfit mould,
The like to whom she could not paint;
With wringing hands, how she did cry,
And what she said, I know it, I.

I know she swore with raging mind,
Her kingdom only set apart,
There was no loss by law of kind,
That could have gone so near her heart;
And this was chiefly all her pain;
She could not make the like again.

Sith Nature thus gave her the praise,
To be the chiefest work she wrought;
In faith, methink, some better ways
On your behalf might well be sought,
Than to compare, as ye have done,
To match the candle with the sun.







By Henry Howard





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A Satire against the citizens of London


London, hast thou accused me
Of breach of laws, the root of strife?
Within whose breast did boil to see,
So fervent hot, thy dissolute life,
That even the hate of sins that grow
Within thy wicked walls so rife,
For to break forth did convert so
That terror could it not repress.
The which, by words since preachers know
What hope is left for to redress,
By unknown means it liked me
My hidden burden to express,
Whereby it might appear to thee
That secret sin hath secret spite;
From justice' rod no fault is free;
But that all such as work unright
In most quiet are next ill rest.
In secret silence of the night
This made me, with a reckless breast,
To wake thy sluggards with my bow--
A figure of the Lord's behest,
Whose scourge for sin the Scriptures show.
That, as the fearful thunder-clap
By sudden flame at hand we know,
Of pebble-stones the soundless rap
The dreadful plague might make thee see
Of God's wrath that doth thee enwrap;
That pride might know, from conscience free
How lofty works may her defend;
And envy find, as he hath sought,
How other seek him to offend;
And wrath taste of each cruel thought
The just shapp higher in the end;
And idle sloth, that never wrought,
To heaven his spirit lift may begin;
And greedy lucre live in dread
To see what hate ill-got goods win;
The lechers, ye that lusts do feed,
Perceive what secrecy is in sin;
And gluttons' hearts for sorrow bleed,
Awaked, when their fault they find:
In loathsome vice each drunken wight
To stir to God, this was my mind.
Thy windows had done me no spite;
But proud people that dread no fall,
Clothed with falsehood and unright,
Bred in the closures of thy wall;
But wrested to wrath in fervent zeal,
Thou haste to strife, my secret call.
Endured hearts no warning feel.
O shameless whore, is dread then gone
By such thy foes as meant thy weal?
O member of false Babylon!
The shop of craft, the den of ire!
Thy dreadful doom draws fast upon;
Thy martyrs' blood, by sword and fire,
In heaven and earth for justice call.
The Lord shall hear their just desire;
The flame of wrath shall on thee fall;
With famine and pest lamentably
Stricken shall be thy lechers all;
Thy proud towers and turrets high,
En'mies to God, beat stone from stone,
Thine idols burnt that wrought iniquity;
When none thy ruin shall bemoan,
But render unto the right wise Lord
That so hath judged Babylon,
Immortal praise with one accord.









By Henry Howard





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Alas! So All Things Now Do Hold Their Peace


Alas! so all things now do hold their peace,
Heaven and earth disturbed in nothing.
The beasts, the air, the birds their song do cease,
The night{:e}s chare the stars about doth bring.
Calm is the sea, the waves work less and less:
So am not I, whom love, alas, doth wring,
Bringing before my face the great increase
Of my desires, whereat I weep and sing
In joy and woe, as in a doubtful ease.
For my sweet thoughts sometime do pleasure bring,
But by and by the cause of my disease
Gives me a pang that inwardly doth sting,
When that I think what grief it is again
To live and lack the thing should rid my pain.












By Henry Howard





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From Tuscan Came My Lady's Worthy Race


From Tuscan came my lady's worthy race;
Fair Florence was sometime her ancient seat.
The western isle whose pleasant shore doth face
Wild Camber's cliffs, did give her lively heat.
Foster'd she was with milk of Irish breast;
Her sire an earl, her dame of princes' blood.
From tender years in Britain she doth rest
With a king's child, where she tastes ghostly food.
Hunsdon did first present her to mine eyen;
Bright is her hue, and Geraldine she hight;
Hampton me taught to wish her first for mine;
And Windsor, alas, doth chase me from her sight.
Beauty her mate, her virtues from above:
Happy is he that may obtain her love.









By Henry Howard





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Lady Surrey's Lament for Her Absent Lord


Good ladies, you that have your pleasure in exile,
Step in your foot, come take a place, and mourn with me a while,
And such as by their lords do set but little price,
Let them sit still: it skills them not what chance come on the dice.
But ye whom Love hath bound by order of desire
To love your lords, whose good deserts none other would require:
Come you yet once again, and set your foot by mine,
Whose woeful plight and sorrows great no tongue may well define.
My love and lord, alas, in whom consists my wealth,
Hath fortune sent to pass the seas in hazard of his health.
That I was wont for to embrace, contented mind's,
Is now amid the foaming floods at pleasure of the winds.
There God him well preserve, and safely me him send,
Without which hope, my life alas were shortly at an end.
Whose absence yet, although my hope doth tell me plain,
With short return he comes anon, yet ceaseth not my pain.
The fearful dreams I have, oft times they grieve me so,
That then I wake and stand in doubt, if they be true, or no.
Sometime the roaring seas, me seems, they grow so high,
That my sweet lord in danger great, alas, doth often lie.
Another time the same doth tell me, he is come;
And playing, where I shall him find with T., his little son.
So forth I go apace to see that liefsome sight,
And with a kiss me thinks I say: "Now welcome home, my knight;
Welcome my sweet, alas, the stay of my welfare;
Thy presence bringeth forth a truce betwixt me and my care."
Then lively doth he look, and salveth me again,
And saith: "My dear, how is it now that you have all this pain?"
Wherewith the heavy cares that heap'd are in my breast,
Break forth, and me dischargeth clean of all my huge unrest.
But when I me awake and find it but a dream,
The anguish of my former woe beginneth more extreme,
And me tormenteth so, that uneath may I find
Some hidden where, to steal the grief of my unquiet mind.
Thus every way you see with absence how I burn;
And for my wound no cure there is but hope of good return;
Save when I feel, by sour how sweet is felt the more,
It doth abate some of my pains that I abode before.
And then unto myself I say: "When that we two shall meet,
But little time shall seem this pain, that joy shall be so sweet."
Ye winds, I you convert in chiefest of your rage,
That you my lord me safely send, my sorrows to assuage;
And that I may not long abide in such excess,
Do your good will to cure a wight that liveth in distress.











By Henry Howard





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London, Hast Thou Accursed Me


London, hast thou accused me
Of breach of laws, the root of strife?
Within whose breast did boil to see,
So fervent hot, thy dissolute life,
That even the hate of sins that grow
Within thy wicked walls so rife,
For to break forth did convert so
That terror could it not repress.
The which, by words since preachers know
What hope is left for to redress,
By unknown means it liked me
My hidden burden to express,
Whereby it might appear to thee
That secret sin hath secret spite;
From justice' rod no fault is free;
But that all such as work unright
In most quiet are next ill rest.
In secret silence of the night
This made me, with a reckless breast,
To wake thy sluggards with my bow--
A figure of the Lord's behest,
Whose scourge for sin the Scriptures show.
That, as the fearful thunder-clap
By sudden flame at hand we know,
Of pebble-stones the soundless rap
The dreadful plague might make thee see
Of God's wrath that doth thee enwrap;
That pride might know, from conscience free
How lofty works may her defend;
And envy find, as he hath sought,
How other seek him to offend;
And wrath taste of each cruel thought
The just shapp higher in the end;
And idle sloth, that never wrought,
To heaven his spirit lift may begin;
And greedy lucre live in dread
To see what hate ill-got goods win;
The lechers, ye that lusts do feed,
Perceive what secrecy is in sin;
And gluttons' hearts for sorrow bleed,
Awaked, when their fault they find:
In loathsome vice each drunken wight
To stir to God, this was my mind.
Thy windows had done me no spite;
But proud people that dread no fall,
Clothed with falsehood and unright,
Bred in the closures of thy wall;
But wrested to wrath in fervent zeal,
Thou haste to strife, my secret call.
Endured hearts no warning feel.
O shameless whore, is dread then gone
By such thy foes as meant thy weal?
O member of false Babylon!
The shop of craft, the den of ire!
Thy dreadful doom draws fast upon;
Thy martyrs' blood, by sword and fire,
In heaven and earth for justice call.
The Lord shall hear their just desire;
The flame of wrath shall on thee fall;
With famine and pest lamentably
Stricken shall be thy lechers all;
Thy proud towers and turrets high,
En'mies to God, beat stone from stone,
Thine idols burnt that wrought iniquity;
When none thy ruin shall bemoan,
But render unto the right wise Lord
That so hath judged Babylon,
Immortal praise with one accord.






By Henry Howard





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Love that Doth Reign and Live


Love that doth reign and live within my thought
And built his seat within my captive breast,
Clad in the arms wherein with me he fought,
Oft in my face he doth his banner rest.
But she that taught me love and suffer pain,
My doubtful hope and eke my hot desire
With shamefast look to shadow and refrain,
Her smiling grace converteth straight to ire.
And coward Love then to the heart apace
Taketh his flight, where he doth lurk and plain
His purpose lost, and dare not show his face.
For my lord's guilt thus faultless bide I pain;
Yet from my lord shall not my foot remove:
Sweet is the death that taketh end by love.




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Of the Death of Sir T.W. the Elder


Wyatt resteth here, that quick could never rest;
Whose heavenly gifts increased by disdain,
And virtue sank the deeper in his breast;
Such profit he by envy could obtain.

A head where wisdom mysteries did frame,
Whose hammers beat still in that lively brain
As on a stithy where that some work of fame
Was daily wrought, to turn to Britain's gain.

A visage stern and mild, where both did grow,
Vice to contemn, in virtue to rejoice;
Amid great storms, whom grace assured so
To live upright and smile at fortune's choice.

A hand that taught what might be said in rhyme;
That reft Chaucer the glory of his wit:
A mark, the which (unparfited, for time)
Some may approach, but never none shall hit.

A tongue that served in foreign realms his king;
Whose courteous talk to virtue did enflame
Each noble heart; a worthy guide to bring
Our English youth by travail unto fame.

An eye whose judgment none affect could blind,
Friends to allure, and foes to reconcile;
Whose piercing look did represent a mind
With virtue fraught, reposed, void of guile.

A heart where dread was never so impress'd,
To hide the thought that might the truth advance;
In neither fortune loft, nor yet repress'd,
To swell in wealth, or yield unto mischance.

A valiant corps, where force and beauty met;
Happy, alas, too happy, but for foes!
Lived, and ran the race, that Nature set:
Of manhood's shape, where she the mould did lose.

But to the heavens that simple soul is fled,
Which left with such as covet Christ to know
Witness of faith that never shall be dead,
Sent for our health, but not received so.
Thus, for our guilt, this jewel have we lost;
The earth his bones, the heavens possess his ghost




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Set Me Whereas the Sun Doth Parch the Green


Set me whereas the sun doth parch the green
Or where his beams do not dissolve the ice,
In temperate heat where he is felt and seen;
In presence prest of people, mad or wise;
Set me in high or yet in low degree,
In longest night or in the shortest day,
In clearest sky or where clouds thickest be,
In lusty youth or when my hairs are gray.
Set me in heaven, in earth, or else in hell;
In hill, or dale, or in the foaming flood;
Thrall or at large, alive whereso I dwell,
Sick or in health, in evil fame or good:
Hers will I be, and only with this thought
Content myself although my chance be nought.






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So Cruel Prison


So cruel prison how could betide, alas,
As proud Windsor? Where I in lust and joy
With a king's son my childish years did pass
In greater feast than Priam's sons of Troy;
Where each sweet place returns a taste full sour:
The large green courts, where we were wont to hove,
With eyes cast up unto the maidens' tower,
And easy sighs, such as folk draw in love;
The stately salles, the ladies bright of hue,
The dances short, long tales of great delight;
With words and looks that tigers could but rue,
Where each of us did plead the other's right;
The palm play where, despoiled for the game,
With dazed eyes oft we by gleams of love
Have miss'd the ball and got sight of our dame,
To bait her eyes, which kept the leads above;
The gravel'd ground, with sleeves tied on the helm,
On foaming horse, with swords and friendly hearts,
With cheer, as though the one should overwhelm,
Where we have fought, and chased oft with darts;
With silver drops the mead yet spread for ruth,
In active games of nimbleness and strength,
Where we did strain, trailed by swarms of youth,
Our tender limbs that yet shot up in length;
The secret groves which oft we made resound
Of pleasant plaint and of our ladies' praise,
Recording oft what grace each one had found,
What hope of speed, what dread of long delays;
The wild forest, the clothed holt with green,
With reins aval'd, and swift ybreathed horse,
With cry of hounds and merry blasts between,
Where we did chase the fearful hart a force;
The void walls eke that harbor'd us each night,
Wherewith, alas, revive within my breast
The sweet accord, such sleeps as yet delight,
The pleasant dreams, the quiet bed of rest;
The secret thoughts imparted with such trust,
The wanton talk, the divers change of play,
The friendship sworn, each promise kept so just,
Wherewith we pass'd the winter nights away.
And with this thought the blood forsakes the face,
The tears berain my cheeks of deadly hue,
The which as soon as sobbing sighs (alas)
Upsupped have, thus I my plaint renew:
"O place of bliss, renewer of my woes,
Give me account--where is my noble fere?
Whom in thy walls thou didst each night enclose,
To other lief, but unto me most dear."
Echo (alas) that doth my sorrow rue,
Returns thereto a hollow sound of plaint.
Thus I alone, where all my freedom grew,
In prison pine with bondage and restraint;
And with remembrance of the greater grief
To banish the less, I find my chief relief.








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The Ages of Man


Laid in my quiet bed, in study as I were,
I saw within my troubled head a heap of thoughts appear,
And every thought did show so lively in mine eyes,
That now I sigh'd, and then I smil'd, as cause of thought did rise.
I saw the little boy, in thought how oft that he
Did wish of God to scape the rod, a tall young man to be;
The young man eke, that feels his bones with pains oppress'd,
How he would be a rich old man, to live and lie at rest;
The rich old man, that sees his end draw on so sore,
How he would be a boy again, to live so much the more.
Whereat full oft I smil'd, to see how all these three,
From boy to man, from man to boy, would chop and change degree.
And musing thus, I think the case is very strange
That man from wealth, to live in woe, doth ever seek to change.
Thus thoughtful as I lay, I saw my wither'd skin,
How it doth show my dinted jaws, the flesh was worn so thin;
And eke my toothless chaps, the gates of my right way,
That opes and shuts as I do speak, do thus unto me say:
"Thy white and hoarish hairs, the messengers of age,
That show like lines of true belief that this life doth assuage,
Bids thee lay hand and feel them hanging on thy chin,
The which do write two ages past, the third now coming in.
Hang up, therefore, the bit of thy young wanton time,
And thou that therein beaten art, the happiest life define."
Whereat I sigh'd and said: "Farewell, my wonted joy,
Truss up thy pack and trudge from me to every little boy,
And tell them thus from me: their time most happy is,
If to their time they reason had to know the truth of this."








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The Frailty and Hurtfulness of Beauty


Brittle beauty, that nature made so frail,
Whereof the gift is small, and short the season;
Flow'ring today, tomorrow apt to fail,
Tickle treasure, abhorrèd of reason;
Dangerous to deal with, vain, of none avail,
Costly in keeping, past not worth two peason;
Slipper in sliding, as is an eelës tail,
Hard to obtain, once gotten, not geason;
Jewel of jeopardy that peril doth assail,
False and untrue, enticèd oft to treason,
Enemy to youth; that most may I bewail.
Ah, bitter sweet, infecting as the poison,
Thou farest as fruit that with the frost is taken,
Today ready ripe, tomorrow all to-shaken.





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The Golden Gift that Nature Did Thee Give


The golden gift that Nature did thee give
To fasten friends and feed them at thy will
With form and favour, taught me to believe
How thou art made to show her greatest skill,
Whose hidden virtues are not so unknown
But lively dooms might gather at the first:
Where beauty so her perfect seed hath sown
Of other graces follow needs there must.
Now certes, lady, since all this is true,
That from above thy gifts are thus elect,
Do not deface them then with fancies new,
Nor change of minds let not thy mind infect,
But mercy him, thy friend, that doth thee serve,
Who seeks alway thine honour to preserve.






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The Soote Season


The soote season, that bud and bloom forth brings,
With green hath clad the hill and eke the vale;
The nightingale with feathers new she sings,
The turtle to her make hath told her tale.
Summer is come, for every spray now springs,
The hart hath hung his old head on the pale,
The buck in brake his winter coat he flings,
The fishes float with new repaired scale,
The adder all her slough away she slings,
The swift swallow pursueth the flyës smale,
The busy bee her honey now she mings--
Winter is worn that was the flowers' bale.
And thus I see, among these pleasant things
Each care decays, and yet my sorrow springs.







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The Things that Cause a Quiet Life


My friend, the things that do attain
The happy life be these, I find:
The riches left, not got with pain,
The fruitful ground; the quiet mind;

The equal friend; no grudge, no strife;
No charge of rule nor governance;
Without disease the healthy life;
The household of continuance;

The mean diet, no dainty fare;
True wisdom joined with simpleness;
The night discharged of all care,
Where wine the wit may not oppress;

The faithful wife, without debate;
Such sleeps as may beguile the night:
Content thyself with thine estate,
Neither wish death, nor fear his might.










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Against Writing about Children


When I think of the many people
who privately despise children,
I can't say I'm completely shocked,

having been one. I was not
exceptional, uncomfortable as that is
to admit, and most children are not

exceptional. The particulars of
cruelty, sizes Large and X-Large,
memory gnawing it like

a fat dog, are ordinary: Mean Miss
Smigelsky from the sixth grade;
the orthodontist who

slapped you for crying out. Children
frighten us, other people's and
our own. They reflect

the virused figures in which failure
began. We feel accosted by their
vulnerable natures. Each child turns

into a problematic ocean, a mirrored
body growing denser and more
difficult to navigate until

sunlight merely bounces
off the surface. They become impossible
to sound. Like us, but even weaker.













By Erin Belieu





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From On Being Fired Again


I've known the pleasures of being
fired at least eleven times—

most notably by Larry who found my snood
unsuitable, another time by Jack,
whom I was sleeping with. Poor attitude,
tardiness, a contagious lack
of team spirit; I have been unmotivated

squirting perfume onto little cards,
while stocking salad bars, when stripping
covers from romance novels, their heroines
slaving on the chain gang of obsessive love—

and always the same hard candy
of shame dissolving in my throat;

handing in my apron, returning the cash-
register key. And yet, how fine it feels,
the perversity of freedom which never signs
a rent check or explains anything to one's family...









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How pleasant to know Mr. Lear


How pleasant to know Mr. Lear,
Who has written such volumes of stuff.
Some think him ill-tempered and queer,
But a few find him pleasant enough.

His mind is concrete and fastidious,
His nose is remarkably big;
His visage is more or less hideous,
His beard it resembles a wig.

He has ears, and two eyes, and ten fingers,
(Leastways if you reckon two thumbs);
He used to be one of the singers,
But now he is one of the dumbs.

He sits in a beautiful parlour,
With hundreds of books on the wall;
He drinks a great deal of marsala,
But never gets tipsy at all.

He has many friends, laymen and clerical,
Old Foss is the name of his cat;
His body is perfectly spherical,
He weareth a runcible hat.

When he walks in waterproof white,
The children run after him so!
Calling out, "He's gone out in his night-
Gown, that crazy old Englishman, oh!"

He weeps by the side of the ocean,
He weeps on the top of the hill;
He purchases pancakes and lotion,
And chocolate shrimps from the mill.

He reads, but he does not speak, Spanish,
He cannot abide ginger beer;
Ere the days of his pilgrimage vanish,
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!













By Edward Lear





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The Akond of Swat


Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akond of SWAT?

Is he tall or short, or dark or fair?
Does he sit on a stool or a sofa or a chair,
or SQUAT,
The Akond of Swat?

Is he wise or foolish, young or old?
Does he drink his soup and his coffee cold,
or HOT,
The Akond of Swat?

Does he sing or whistle, jabber or talk,
And when riding abroad does he gallop or walk
or TROT,
The Akond of Swat?

Does he wear a turban, a fez, or a hat?
Does he sleep on a mattress, a bed, or a mat,
or COT,
The Akond of Swat?

When he writes a copy in round-hand size,
Does he cross his T's and finish his I's
with a DOT,
The Akond of Swat?

Can he write a letter concisely clear
Without a speck or a smudge or smear
or BLOT,
The Akond of Swat?

Do his people like him extremely well?
Or do they, whenever they can, rebel,
or PLOT,
At the Akond of Swat?

If he catches them then, either old or young,
Does he have them chopped in pieces or hung,
or SHOT,
The Akond of Swat?

Do his people prig in the lanes or park?
Or even at times, when days are dark,
GAROTTE,
The Akond of Swat?

Does he study the wants of his own dominion?
Or doesn't he care for public opinion
a JOT,
The Akond of Swat?

To amuse his mind do his people show him
Pictures, or any one's last new poem,
or WHAT,
For the Akond of Swat?

At night if he suddenly screams and wakes,
Do they bring him only a few small cakes,
or a LOT,
For the Akond of Swat?

Does he live on turnips, tea, or tripe?
Does he like his shawl to be marked with a stripe,
or a DOT,
The Akond of Swat?

Does he like to lie on his back in a boat
Like the lady who lived in that isle remote,
SHALLOTT,
The Akond of Swat?

Is he quiet, or always making a fuss?
Is his steward a Swiss or a Swede or Russ,
or a SCOT,
The Akond of Swat?

Does like to sit by the calm blue wave?
Or to sleep and snore in a dark green cave,
or a GROTT,
The Akond of Swat?

Does he drink small beer from a silver jug?
Or a bowl? or a glass? or a cup? or a mug?
or a POT,
The Akond of Swat?

Does he beat his wife with a gold-topped pipe,
When she let the gooseberries grow too ripe,
or ROT,
The Akond of Swat?

Does he wear a white tie when he dines with friends,
And tie it neat in a bow with ends,
or a KNOT.
The Akond of Swat?

Does he like new cream, and hate mince-pies?
When he looks at the sun does he wink his eyes,
or NOT,
The Akond of Swat?

Does he teach his subjects to roast and bake?
Does he sail about on an inland lake
in a YACHT,
The Akond of Swat?

Some one, or nobody, knows I wot
Who or which or why or what
Is the Akond of Swat?












By Edward Lear





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The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo


I

On the Coast of Coromandel
Where the early pumpkins blow,
In the middle of the woods
Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
Two old chairs, and half a candle,--
One old jug without a handle,--
These were all his worldly goods:
In the middle of the woods,
These were all the worldly goods,
Of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò,
Of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.

II

Once, among the Bong-trees walking
Where the early pumpkins blow,
To a little heap of stones
Came the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
There he heard a Lady talking,
To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,--
''Tis the lady Jingly Jones!
'On that little heap of stones
'Sits the Lady Jingly Jones!'
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò,
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.


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III

'Lady Jingly! Lady Jingly!
'Sitting where the pumpkins blow,
'Will you come and be my wife?'
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
'I am tired of living singly,--
'On this coast so wild and shingly,--
'I'm a-weary of my life:
'If you'll come and be my wife,
'Quite serene would be my life!'--
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò,
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.

IV

'On this Coast of Coromandel,
'Shrimps and watercresses grow,
'Prawns are plentiful and cheap,'
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
'You shall have my chairs and candle,
'And my jug without a handle!--
'Gaze upon the rolling deep
('Fish is plentiful and cheap)
'As the sea, my love is deep!'
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò,
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.



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V

Lady Jingly answered sadly,
And her tears began to flow,--
'Your proposal comes too late,
'Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò!
'I would be your wife most gladly!'
(Here she twirled her fingers madly,)
'But in England I've a mate!
'Yes! you've asked me far too late,
'For in England I've a mate,
'Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò!
'Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò!'

VI

'Mr. Jones -- (his name is Handel,--
'Handel Jones, Esquire, & Co.)
'Dorking fowls delights to send,
'Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò!
'Keep, oh! keep your chairs and candle,
'And your jug without a handle,--
'I can merely be your friend!
'-- Should my Jones more Dorkings send,
'I will give you three, my friend!
'Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò!
'Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò!'



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VII

'Though you've such a tiny body,
'And your head so large doth grow,--
'Though your hat may blow away,
'Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò!
'Though you're such a Hoddy Doddy--
'Yet a wish that I could modi-
'fy the words I needs must say!
'Will you please to go away?
'That is all I have to say--
'Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò!
'Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò!'.

VIII

Down the slippery slopes of Myrtle,
Where the early pumpkins blow,
To the calm and silent sea
Fled the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
There, beyond the Bay of Gurtle,
Lay a large and lively Turtle,--
'You're the Cove,' he said, 'for me
'On your back beyond the sea,
'Turtle, you shall carry me!'
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò,
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.



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IX

Through the silent-roaring ocean
Did the Turtle swiftly go;
Holding fast upon his shell
Rode the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
With a sad primæval motion
Towards the sunset isles of Boshen
Still the Turtle bore him well.
Holding fast upon his shell,
'Lady Jingly Jones, farewell!'
Sang the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò,
Sang the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.

X

From the Coast of Coromandel,
Did that Lady never go;
On that heap of stones she mourns
For the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
On that Coast of Coromandel,
In his jug without a handle
Still she weeps, and daily moans;
On that little hep of stones
To her Dorking Hens she moans,
For the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò,
For the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.





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The Dong with a Luminous Nose


When awful darkness and silence reign
Over the great Gromboolian plain,
Through the long, long wintry nights; --
When the angry breakers roar
As they beat on the rocky shore; --
When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights
Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore: --

Then, through the vast and gloomy dark,
There moves what seems a fiery spark,
A lonely spark with silvery rays
Piercing the coal-black night, --
A Meteor strange and bright: --
Hither and thither the vision strays,
A single lurid light.

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The Dong with a Luminous Nose


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Slowly it wander, -- pauses, -- creeps, --
Anon it sparkles, -- flashes and leaps;
And ever as onward it gleaming goes
A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
And those who watch at that midnight hour
From Hall or Terrace, or lofty Tower,
Cry, as the wild light passes along, --
"The Dong! -- the Dong!
"The wandering Dong through the forest goes!
"The Dong! the Dong!
"The Dong with a luminous Nose!"

Long years ago
The Dong was happy and gay,
Till he fell in love with a Jumbly Girl
Who came to those shores one day.
For the Jumblies came in a sieve, they did, --
Landing at eve near the Zemmery Fidd
Where the Oblong Oysters grow,
And the rocks are smooth and gray.
And all the woods and the valleys rang
With the Chorus they daily and nightly sang, --
"Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and the hands are blue
And they went to sea in a sieve.



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The Dong with a Luminous Nose


CONTINUATION


Happily, happily passed those days!
While the cheerful Jumblies staid;
They danced in circlets all night long,
To the plaintive pipe of the lively Dong,
In moonlight, shine, or shade.
For day and night he was always there
By the side of the Jumbly Girl so fair,
With her sky-blue hands, and her sea-green hair.
Till the morning came of that hateful day
When the Jumblies sailed in their sieve away,
And the Dong was left on the cruel shore
Gazing -- gazing for evermore, --
Ever keeping his weary eyes on
That pea-green sail on the far horizon, --
Singing the Jumbly Chorus still
As he sate all day on the grassy hill, --
"Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and the hands are blue
And they went to sea in a sieve.

But when the sun was low in the West,
The Dong arose and said;
-- "What little sense I once possessed
Has quite gone out of my head!" --
And since that day he wanders still
By lake and dorest, marsh and hills,
Singing -- "O somewhere, in valley or plain
"Might I find my Jumbly Girl again!
"For ever I'll seek by lake and shore
"Till I find my Jumbly Girl once more!"



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By Edward Lear





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