Welcome to the Poem to Share Reading. The following are the newest poems. May you enjoy!
Up-dated April 19, 1999.
The Reader
They found him in a little nook
Taking a well-deserved rest,
Reclining with his half-read book
Lying, open, upon his chest;
With glasses sliding down his nose,
His nearby glass of wine ignored,
A perfect picture of repose,
He, on occasion, softly snored;
And as he quietly took his nap,
His breathing rhythmic as the tide,
His kitten curled up in his lap,
His dog asleep there by his side,
His butler, maid and chimneysweep
All left the room and let him sleep.
Wilk Van Buren
-----------------------------------------
Aaron
Thanks,
I'm glad you let me see
You're not good enough for me
Yesterday you called me
To say I'd get no sympathy
For something that wasn't my fault
You didn't care what he did to me
We used to be so close
Please define sensitive
I shared everything
But you could never give
I'm glad you let me see
You're not good enough for me
You need to grow up
I'm not going to buff your ego
Cause that was my biggest mistake
How come you were always so shallow
I'd listen for hours
Just hearing you complain
I'd fake interest
Holding in my own pain
I'm glad you let me see
You're not good enough for me
You said you'd never hurt me
I'm bleeding from your verbal abuse
You kicked me while I was down
Now of me you traduce (Meaning: speak badly of)
I'm glad you let me see
You're not good enough for me
(c)Christa Alyssa 99'
-----------------------------------------
SUN
Golden rays of warmth
upon a bare finger
The waves of tranquillity
stare into the depths of my eyes
Color mirrors blue
Do you seek the promises of tomorrow?
"I change by the day", comes the whisper
Every moment is different, yet so same
Eventually there is no tomorrow
"I set I rise"
What is it that you see?
There is a difference between me
and the world of the great blue deep
------------------------------------------
I have seen the fields ablaze,
A blaze with hate and rage,
A rage form a mysacistic age,
An age of technology and power,
A power that corrupted it's wielder,
A welder that weakened to greed,
A greed that consumed the world,
A world that sought it's own destruction.
---------------------------------------------
She
By Adam Belshan
That which is beauty, that which is fame,
That which is strength in a delicate frame.
That which is power, that which is will,
That which is love the heart holds still.
That which is promise that which is plea,
That which is rooted so deep into me.
All that's eternal, all from the heart,
All this is mine till death do we part.
------------------------------------------
Heartdie
Pity for the childs smiling ignorance
Hate for the lucidity of love
Die let that life burn
Die it's my turn
Go on dying
Go on crying
Kill carnality
Aphonic perfection
The flames rise high
Burn deep screaming
For the diamond to split in three
Memories of beauty possessed
Feelings regressed
Die die die die
In my heart you will die
And so will I
---------------------------
Challenge
He climbs
The sheer rock face
And flails as a grip gives
Way. Fear not, the ground is not far
below.
----------------------------------
LIFE
by Barbara Petersen
Questions occupy creative mind,
Soul gives knowledge of what we find.
The beauty of God's love is seen here on earth,
Of all of God's beauty given through birth,
Life is a beginning, A starting, A new,
A gift from God for all to review,
Blessings to all that all come to be.
God loves us completely for all eternity.
--------------------------------------------
DISPATCHER
getting out of bed.. what a thread...
to be there on time, hearing of the latest crime
a driver stealing, the dispatcher dealing
with to many calls, but not enough cabs
tempers are flying, nobody laughs
my sweetheart is trying
to manage the difficult, considering transfers an insult
counting down
ready to go home
after 12 hours
to be devoured
by me with love
-------------------------------------
once upon a time
she stooped & plucked a dandelion
she pursed her lips
and sent the whirligigs flying
each carrying a wish
she was younger then--perhaps naive
but now she lacks the strength to believe
------------------------------------------
Unbreakfast, Please
(An Unpoem)
Unfry my eggs,
Or unscramble them, please,
And mix in some unham,
And uncheddar cheese.
Unbrew my coffee;
Unsizzle my bacon;
I know it's unusual
This meal we're unmakin'.
Unsqueeze my orange juice;
Unheat my oatmeal;
I'm not uncertain
This unmeal is unreal.
Untoast my bread,
With unbutter and unhoney,
And I will unpay you
With my own unmoney.
Wilk Van Buren
-----------------------------------------------------
Blind
I never really loved you,
That much I can say.
Although I would have went out on a limb,
At any time on any day.
you made me feel so special,
you really made me glow.
Because of you my heart was full,
Astray I would not go.
I gave you my all,
All I had to give.
And with one single call,
I felt too stupid to live.
As time goes by the pain goes away,
And I know that we were not meant to stay.
I realize now that love has come and past,
But I vow that that love was not my last.
As I look back it's so obvious to me,
I saw all the signs,
But blind I chose to be.
---------------------------------
The Prison of the Stage
The crowd holds the strings to a life
you can't control,and all you do is follow them
and hope thet don't let go.
You look out at the crowd staring at the
stage, and you try so hard to see them as their
calling out your name.
You try leave a spot light your prison is
the stage, but everybody flocks to you and
you wish they'd go away.
The day is finally over now as always you feel
dead, you find a quiet place to go with the
amps ringing in your head.
The crowd hold the keys to a life that you
don't own, with all the people watching you
gripping at your soul.
by Aaron Michael Avey
--------------------------------------
He cries in the night.
He coos in his happiness.
My baby is gone.
I hear the cries,
I can see his face.
I smell his skin.
I see women with their babies,
and I think,
my baby is gone.
I wonder what he would look like,
or how he would feel in my arms.
I long to see him,
to feel his heartbeat,
but my baby is gone.
He never had a chance.
He is now an angel in heaven.
Because before my baby was born,
my baby was already gone.
Hope Mosqueda
------------------------------------------
: Silent Love
I love him
But I do so silently
I search for something in those mysterious blue eyes
The windows to his soul
But I find nothing
His heart doesn't belong to me.
He holds me in his arms
and my insides turn
I yearn to shout it out
To give myself to him
To allow all the feelings I hide inside
become demystified
But I am aware doing so
will only push him away.
So instead I keep quiet
and fight my urges to let go
And I continue to love him the only way I've ever known...
Silently
-----------------------------
Sadness Contemplated In Solitude
Like sadness contemplated in solitude,
Thoughts are burning inside me,
Engulfed in seductive
Mermaid's song.
Like a woman in a bottle,
Floating on Magrittian cloud above me,
My soul is locked inside this
Restless body.
Like long forgotten tranquillity,
Almost approachable in front of me,
Desires are dissolving into their own loneliness.
Like books on shelves,
Like women hiding themselves,
Enslaved souls cautiously dancing, embracing
Like lives that happen and then
Predictably un-happen,
Desperately keeping sanity on hold,
Our souls surrender to sweet
Torments of Farewell.
----------------------------------------
he Stumbles
He left her with a black eye,
Broken,
Withered on the floor,
And he gagged her so the kids
Wouldn't hear
>From their rooms next door.
When she finds her feet
She stumbles,
Falling back down to the floor,
And in her mind she vows
That he won't do this anymore.
She swears that she'll be strong
(One more promise she can't keep).
She won't let him do her wrong
(But she knows she'll never leave).
And when the night comes
She stumbles
Back into his arms again.
----------------------------------
I'm sitting at a Burger King
That majestic palace filled with the evidence of the world's most ignorant
I'm in pain
Silent and alone
Yet I'm surrounded by philistinian kinsmen that fortunately can't read my mind!
Why does life create people to judge?
Why does one judge even if they don't want to?
Even when you swear you don't judge certain groups of life's people,
You are still judgmental by not making a judgment at all
Or rather you are making a judgmental statement.
Why those people don't you judge?
There must be something about them that makes them immune
You see I've grown up in that "special" era
There are so many "special" kids, talented one's, smart one's
I'm so sick of hearing about kids who think they are smarter, more
philosophical, "special" kids created solely by their parents!
Every parent upon the conception of a child hopes that the genetic makeup will
go haywire and create a Beethoven out of their fetal matter.
Mediocrity has become a term to loath, vomitous in putrid pink tones
And we wonder why suicide rates climb!
Every one of us at some time has compared ourselves to someone else
I am more intelligent than you...Yet I want to be you as well!
So I'll go on asking myself the questions that rip me in two-as will many,
Because even self torture is more peaceful than realizing-
Well, your not Beethoven, and your not Sylvia Plath,
And I'm not "special or DIFFERENT!
--------------------------------------------------
HEARTH SONG LAMENT...
WHITTLER
...Boisterous...Deafening...
The explosions thundered world round.
No hiding place...
...No sheltered face...
No greenery would lay above ground...
While ears burst blood from the mighty sound.
A hand gripped at hearth radioactive
While corpses were littered about...Inactive.
The endless sky colored in an orange hue.
Lost were horizons shaded in delicate blue...
...And this lone woman dying,
What was she to do?
As muscles under seared flesh involuntarily contracted...
The wind raged with a heat nearly unbearable
Her flesh torn like clothes, hung unwearible.
Yet, she clawed at the earth, desperate for shelter.
Oblivious to the pain man's ignorance had dealt her
This target of society, had brought an end too terrible...
"Oh, what have we done!?"
She spoke aloud, yet unheard.
Unaware her swollen tongue made
her speech unrecognizably slurred...
Was all the world gone?...
...Or simply hers?
She finally reached an area that had once held many trees.
reduced to charred and broken stumps
to never move for any breeze.
Her eyes held no vision and thankfully so.
Twas a mercy her God had the heart to bestow.
...She had no will left now
except the will to let go...
Her hands clasped her belly ruefully beguiled.
To drop sadly back to the hearth, defiled.
For it no longer mattered that she bore with her a child.
...No!...
...No matter!...Not in a world like this!
A world, she was glad,
her babe would never see to miss.
For she knew soon the world would grow dark
under the nuclear kiss...
...A world who's needs man had denied.
Inhaling deeply she mournfully sighed
Consciousness left as she gave up and died
Never again will the hearth bound wind
carry with it a baby's cry...
---------------------------------------------
Poem
One night I could not sleep
My mind does not let me be
Alone in the dark and restful
How much I long to fill...
My vacuous heart with what it needs
It cannot be fulfilled or free
Until I find what is wrong with me
Realizing the futility of laying alone like this
I get up from the safety of the softness and warmth
And take a pen in my fingers
Not knowing what to do with it
Watching it as if it will launch into action
And scribe out a solution...
To all the ailments in my life
Instead I drop it...
And allow a spot of ink to be soaked up
Quenching the paper's thirst
I attempt to further fulfill
And write out this poem
Not knowing what it means
Just an outpouring of something deep inside
To which a solution I still seek
--------------------------
what can a dream be
more than a dream
some say yes
others disagree
who knows if dreams are destined to be
only time will help one see
in a dream who knows what is real
is it what one knows or what one feels
what can a dream be
-----------------------------
The Valley of Man-Made Lies
Mountains may be lofty and high,
But valleys carry the waters of the sky,
And as we bless the grandeur we perceive,
We fail acknowledgment of the blessing at our feet,
For were we to ponder upon the mysterious valleys so meek,
Our wisdom would only curse us and weep,
And as humanity blesses the mountains it perceives,
It breeds none other than superstition and greed,
Frustration transforms to turmoil as we construct illusional patterns of power, honour and fame,
Neglecting to harmonize perfection by name,
For who else but the `illumined' hold the keys to our blame?
"That" whispers an angel "was the prophecy of them that once came."
So as we tremble in guilt and quench our thirst from the valley of man-made lies,
A touch of inspiration quickens us as we receive once again the waters of the sky...
-------------------------------
THE IMMORTAL MUSIC
HOW DOES ONE TEACH A HEART TO FORGET?
HOW CAN IT UNLEARN THE SONG THE DUET?
BEATING IN TIME TO LOVES OWN RHYTHM,
THAT PERFECT DANCE ONLY LOVERS CAN FATHOM.
WHERE BREATH AND FLESH AND SPIRITS ARE ONE,
THE IMMORTAL MUSIC?
IT CANNOT BE DONE!
---------------------------------------
a stem of mint
plunged into a vase of water --
the limp leaves hug the rim
------------------------------
MOVING ON
ALONE I SIT,
WAITING FOR YOU,
STARING OUT AT THE MORNING DEW,
LISTENING AS THE CLOCK TICKS ON,
QUIET AS A BABY FAWN,
WHEN WILL YOU COME?
TIME HAS PASSED,
THINGS GO ON,
BUT MY LOVE FOR YOU,
STAYS JUST AS STRONG.
I'M TIRED OF WAITING,
I SIT NO MORE,
YOU CAN SEE ME,
WALKING THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR,
MOVING ON,
IS THE THING TO DO,
ONLY I WISH I WASN'T,
MOVING ON FROM YOU!
YOU HURT MY HEART,
YOU HURT ME TRUE,
NOW SAD TO SAY,
THAT WE ARE THROUGH.
YOU'LL GO SEE OTHER GIRLS,
I'LL GO WITH OTHER GUYS,
BUT I'LL ALWAYS SEE YOU,
IN THEIR EYES.
I SIT WITH HIM,
I THINK OF YOU,
BUT KEEP REMINDING MYSELF,
THAT WE ARE THROUGH.
I SEE YOU WITH HER,
I WALK RIGHT BY,
WITHOUT EVEN,
A BLINK OF AN EYE.
MY LOVE FOR YOU,
WILL ALWAYS STAY STRONG,
BUT JUST ONE MORE THING...
I'M MOVING ON!!!!!
-----------------------------------------
Up in the tree
look it be
a bird's nest
with its babies at rest
a robin i think
or maybe a fink
o well, it is pretty
doesn't look very gritty
i will go look and see
what is in the tree
oh, the mother is coming
while my heart is drumming
and i can see it's tall
but what if I fall
it looked great
at the falling rate
-------------------------------
Kiss
it was a small kiss
a touch of eternal bliss
but it will never happen again
because my lover would sin
she fell down a well
and now she is in hell
i will not see her again
because she had to sin
-----------------------------
The touch of his toes speaks volumes
(linda
erskine-white)
We had a fight yesterday,
My lover and I,
Of indiscriminate thoughts,
Flung words and tears,
Of mistrust and shadowed feelings,
Words hung carelessly,
Accusations a blanket
Wrapped around our legs.
We sleep in pairs, usually,
Our toes touching to say hello,
An eskimo kiss in reverse,
Whispering sweet nothings,
In greeting
And the only way
I could express my anger and sorrow
And hurt and fear
Was to inch my toes,
Myself to the edge of the bed
And maybe then
He would know how his words left me cold.
--------------------------------
I look at you , a young white or black woman
Then I realize things people wouldn't understand
You right in italics and bold letters
That are unique to plan
Some teens are looking at young brothers
Like a piece of dirt or sand
I saw you lift your enemies spirit
By holding on to there hand
The same ones who thought of you as a can
To small for feeling and nobody cares
But I sea the way helpful people stare
At many people to observe their abilities
To do more than illustrate some type of fertility
I am a Dream in a world only few see
So next time you see me in action or being free
I want you all to know that you haven't knew me
If you want to live surrealistic you haven't drew me
Well if you think your ideas of me are correct
You well never know the truth out there
But if you learn to clear your mental deck
Your know ledge will be prepared.
----------------------------------------
The state of my heart that I will never know
is how I could have loved you so
After olny a few days you decided to go away
You made the decision
of our division
I do not truly know what would have come to be
the only thing i am sure of is
that you acted childishly
You were the dealer in our game of cards
I thought you would have treated me like the queen of hearts
Now I have came to a final conclusion
that you will never see
because you don't know what you had done to me
by the way you ended it so absent mindedly
this makes YOU the state of my heart that I will never know
Just because I don't know if I would have loved you so.
------------------------------------
my mind takes me to places the world could not provide
inside i am safe i am not yet born
i can paint with my words a picture and once in awhile you are inside
lookin back at me wondering if this ride ------ever stops
up and down we spin wholehearted and half empty do we really know each other?
i look at you one more time before my eyes rest on a dream
and the night closes the world
will you want to breathe my breath tomorrow?
or will i be alone?
-----------------------------
What if the world came to an end,
and everyone died women, men.
What if the world just came to a stop,
and everything stopped you like a cop.
What if the world was peaceful and safe,
and nothing was harmful, not a trace.
What if the world wasn't bad,
then we would never ever be sad.
What if the world spun out of control,
and we spun until we hit a troll.
What if people of the world never worked,
and money grew on trees, just like leaves.
What if the world never got dark,
and we slept in broad day light.
What if the world was filled with clouds,
and we rode around on them in crowds.
What if the world popped,
and all of us dropped.
What if the world never ended,
But I know it will, I'm still splendid!
----------------------------------------
"STRIGOIT"
Open the door beyond your soul
where life's love and spirit flow's
and look upon the world once more
watch in wonder as eagles soar
listen to yourself, the lions roar
the sound of life thought nevermore
it is not over
your not yet done
open your eyes into the sun
and drink in the brilliance of lasting breath
succumb not to blissful death
for each new day a trial of pleasure and pain
take time out to enjoy the rain
listen to the clock
tick tock tick tock
time will beat us all in the end
--------------------
Twilight
In the gloomy haze
and forgotten dreams of yesteryear
i seek you out
for there is no other and
there are many who stand by and by
shivering in the cold
but is your sweet embrace that i please
and warmth that i hold
in storm and darkness
from fiery mountains tops
to unholy pits of happiness
it is mother that killed christmas.
----------------------------------------
Now and Then
You cried and I cried
You laughed and I laughed
You talked and I listened
You listened while I talked
But now
I talk while you ignore me
You won't talk even though I'll listen
When I cry you laugh
When you laugh now I die.
The fun we had will always be remembered
Never forgotten
Taken away by no one
No matter what you have turned into
I will always be there for you
Until the day I die
Even if in your heart
I am already dead
-----------------------------
The Bend
I remember...all the great times, the daytime fun, and nighttime rhymes.
It was great! The best time of my life. Tomorrow...I couldn't wait! Someday, even your wife.
Dreams come, Dreams go. You said, "Forget 'em," I said, "How low".
Pieces cracked and fell to the ground. Had the travel bag I packed and said, "See 'ya around."
Down the road I went, trying to see through the shapes bent, everywhere, surrounding me.
A river flowed down my face. "Beautiful," I was told, with a perfect waist.
Never will he say nice or harsh things, directed my way, as if having wings.
"I'll get over him." I tell myself soon, as if I'm on a limb, reaching for the moon.
The next week flew. I felt better, and breathed a "Whew!" Then I got a letter.
It was from "him". "I'm sorry," it said, as if I were a light bulb dim, to believe what I read.
He expected me to call, or write a forgiving word, maybe meet at the mall, or send a little messenger bird.
I looked at the familiar writing, and realized I missed a great friend, so I did the right thing by inviting him to meet at the "bend".
The bend is a little place, near the spot we met, and memorized each other's face, for long hours we set.
We meet in the late of night, and hug and forget, that there never was a fight. There, for hours we sit.
It never again would work, our relationship was an end, but our friendship had a quirk, meeting at the bend-again!
--------------------------------------------
Behind the barbed wire
there are field of green,
and in these fields I am a child that plays.
Through the mesh I can see the trees,
free to blow in the cold autumn wind.
My soul is the small cloud
that floats like a dream in perfect blue....
By John Haydock
----------------------------------------------
Twilight is here, our day is at end;
It's not easy saying goodbye to you friend.
Who knows when, if ever, I'll see you again?
A feeling of sadness has truely set in.
All I can do is to wish you the best;
From the time you first read this, and for all of the rest.
I'll miss the way you sparkle & shine;
the way that you softened this hard heart of mine.
I'll miss your soft voice, your beautiful green eyes;
your silky brown hair, and the shape of your thighs.
I'll miss your sweet smile, the smell of your hair;
the touch of your hand that told me you care.
I'll miss you in ways that you'll never know,
but I understand now why you have to go.
Never forget the times that we had;
Though it was short, it never was bad.
Think of me often, as I will of you;
Remember me when you're down and you're blue.
I'll cherish your memories from now 'till the end;
It's not easy saying goodbye to you friend.
--------------------------------------
A cry breaks the silence
A cool dark descent
What once seemed to be from hell
Now seems heaven sent
A deep damp void
So cold
So lonely
Why can't I communicate
Why am I so lonely
Full of despair and grief
Now all that's left is my cool steel relief
---------------------------------
Fallin'
By Brandon Micheal
Fallin from grace
Stricken with grief
Here is only pain
There is no relief
Heart ache and sorrow
Are all I'll ever Know
Desperation and loneliness
That never seem to go
Sorrow and solitude
The only comfort, the only refuge
Emotions that fit
All that appears loose
Is really tight knit
---------------------------------
Through the Sky
by Myra Aquino
Through the sky
Blinding darkness . . .
Great lights to guide me
Oh, what a feeling!
May the stars I look at night,
Spread their beauty
And may they do not a drawing;
But rather a creation,
That we may all see
As the wind caresses our face,
and we look into the night,
In the great loving sight,
May we be together,
Forever and ever . . .
-----------------------------------
SOAKING COOK OF EYELASHES
Clear bleed eyes
like
raindrop lenses eventually
into pavement crack lives
and wet birds quiet
oyster blue bowl skies
Have tasted Neptune steam songs
Ocean dust, eventually
a soaking cook of eyelashes
I remember the songs
on this wonderful stage
the land
Fine dust filmed it too
under a run of water
like ...
-------------------------
"Sleeper"
Why is it easy to hate?
All the things we cannot compensate?
Why is love so hard?
Peace away so far
Why do we walk with grins
That hide our father's sins?
Why is Evil here
Pushing away her sincere?
When the dirty deeds are done
When the rolling train stops its fun
Will he bother to see
What he's done to you and me?
If the calm is after the storm
Then why is there no reform?
If it's a matter of unity
Why'd you take her virginity?
My dear love, I am here
My dear love, I am near
Tired you have become
You gave all and took none
With a warm world so cold
With young feelings so old
I'll be there
To calm your worst despair
In a time of needs
Where blood surely bleeds
No more shall you weep
In me, you shall sleep
---------------------------------
Taken away from my mother...torn from my bloodline and replaced by an imposter.
I am introduced to a new torment.
Bruises of hate, sadness, and fear now cover my body.
Consequence of the new arrival.
MY face laden with tears and questions.
Still...the tormentor keeps on.
I cry out for someone to hear...someone to see my pain.
Suddenly exhausted and can run no more.
I feel my life slowly slipping... being drained away.
Choked until the air has left my body...until all that is left are thoughts of
you and your words.
Daddy.....
You said she would love me.
------------------------------------------------
You
To think of you
Is to form a smile
A thought of happiness
To last me a while.
Never could I forget
The love you've shown to me
You are more of a hero
Than I could ever be.
You've been called a shining light
And with that I must agree
I hope I've given you
The same joy you've given me.
-----------------------------
•****OUTER SPACE****
In my own place with tears on my cheek, I think to my self and know I cant speak. Am I being selfish thinking too much of me? Cause I feel like a shellfish in this universal sea. I better watch out for what I wish for, Because I couldn't ask for very much more. Sometimes I wish on the stars, and wish I could go that far. I also wished I lived on mars, Would I still se this far? That is something that I'll never know and I'll try not to let my feelings show. And I hope nothing is out of place As you see me dreaming in outer space.
kristi Ledingham
---------------------------------
The One
Eyes that glimmer with the warmth and passion of a stars light.
Like a shooting star, traveling through the heavenly night skies, piercing my
heart and touching my soul that lays just beyond.
Your eyes sparkle with the softness of the sweet unspoken words of your heart.
Knowing our paths have crossed, and destiny's finally fulfilled.
--------------------------------
footprints...and the fall
a man can walk in darkness and not stumble,
only the drunken man in the bleakness crumbles.
with twilight's dawn and the dance of the devil,
on the journey home the moon casts two shadows;
only to reunite beneath the blanket of sleep.
jack fell down and broke his crown,
not a push or a shove there was no one around.
----------------------------
OUR SECRET PLACE
Dan Youngs
IF I COULD FIND A PLACE TO LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND
SOMEWHERE IN TIME AND SPACE WHERE I COULD EASE MY MIND
I WOULD TAKE YOU THERE FOR ALL ETERNITY
SO WE COULD BE TOGETHER JUST YOU AND ME
NO ONE COULD FIND THIS PLACE IN OUR HEARTS THE SECRET WE'D KEEP
THERE WE, TOGETHER COULD LAUGH AND WEEP
YOU ARE MY SUNRISE IN THE MORNING YOU ARE MY SUNSET AT NIGHT
FOR US BEING TOGETHER I KNOW IS RIGHT
NOW YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL TOWARD YOU
I GUARANTEE MY LOVE WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE
-------------------------
"Rockstar"
I was a star
I was a rockstar
I was what you wanted to be
But couldn't
I had the moves
And i had the looks
There wasn't one thing i didn't
Being cool meant not even trying
I looked at you trying to be cool
And laughed every time you failed
Nothing could hurt me
I had the world in my hands
But something went wrong
I dropped the world
And fell from my royal throne
I no longer had the moves
Or the looks
You passed me on the street
And didn't even look up
I felt like i was falling
And every time i tried to grab hold of something
It was you loosened my grip
And you know what's sad
I never got back up
Yeah I was a star
I was a rockstar
----------------------------
IT'S JUST FREE
by: John Ron age:13
nature is exciting
and it's relaxing
watching the stars
in the middle of the night
the pleasant clean air
the wild animals
running free
the flowers the rivers
they all help you relax
nature is just free
no one there to
bring you down
no civilization
it's just free
--------------------------
I see a darkness against the wall,
when I trip, it also falls,
when I sleep, it is still,
when I awake, it also will.
When I try to touch it, we don't seem to meet,
but always connected at the feet,
in the night it follows me,
in the day it takes the lead.
We're always together, day and night,
till someone has to turn out the light,
and even if I look high and low,
I still won't find my lost shadow.
--------------------------
Mother Natures Children of Today
Created By April & Kim Johnston
Mother Nature comes to call
all boys and girls
Short or tall
Voices Changing
emotions raging
Couldn't she be a little bit easier
on us all ?
Mom & Dad have had enough
This Mother Nature's
making things tough
P.M.S , hair , and stuff
Too many changes from
month to month .
it will all work out, 'cause
She knows the way,
to make men and women
of the children of today .
-------------------
Strength Versus Courage
~Km T. Bryan~
Possessing strength it takes to be on your guard, and backbone to let it fall down. Stalwart it is to conquer the odds, Never your courage surrender but with frown. 'Tis noble dynamics to be for certain, Though enterprising to voice your own doubt. The stamina to fit with all who comply, but more valiant to have YOU stand out. Strength you show to feel their pain, Yet more confident to be feeling your own. Fortitude be it to hide your woes, More courageous to have them be shown Stamina it is to endure an abuse, Have the resolute to stop it for good. Dynamically on your feet stand alone, Lean on another's mettle if you should. Taking strength to love yet another, Courage better to accept love in return. Be it not your vitality to survive this life, show your bravery as you live and re-learn. If not too tightly holding of your courage or strength today, may the world grace you with ersatz patience, as you live your today's life astray. May the wind carry your brief solemn voice, whispering words to a friend that's not there. That you are capable of accepting their self-less gifts, heir strength and courage they share.
------------------------
ME AND MY GUITAR
Loneliest fruit under the question mark never falling
Coat hanger sun
fishing in the shadowfice
a dragon smiling like the morning
and three shirt buttons on vacation
from the last fight
Loneliest bottle top under the day,
lady grass and insects in her bed
and trolleys waiting for crabs in the carpark
gotta get home, nothing said
Thumb nail time
etch me on your table
and permit me a chair to reach that star
me and my guitar
gonna feed the shadowfice tonight
what's said is said
--------------------------------
Party OF Two
I was setting alone at the bar thinking of you
When the Hostess called out Conley party of two
My head started to turn I didn't know what ot do
We use to be Conley party of two
She was cute but not like you
I would die to be Conley party of two
---------------------------------------
Single Note
Sometimes I feel as if a single note stays in my head forever
And a twirling feeling is not always a good one
It spins too fast
Stop Life
It's too dizzying a roller coaster
I can't handle it
I feel sleepy
Let me lie down
Close my eyes
Rest
But no
I can't rest I feel a buzz in my mind
It shocks me to awareness
A single note in my head forever
----------------------------------
Ode to Thee
by LANCE HARP
A planet so pristine
Thy universe unmeasured
The beauty of a brothers love
He shared with us his treasures
The tree that softly sways
Our harmony in laughter
the spirit burning bright in me
promising hereafter
Daylights warm renewal
nightfall's gentle breeze
turn my thoughts to Thee my lord
And brings me to my knees
Tend your sheep I will
As Thou has done for me
For all that's good and all that's love
My grace it comes from Thee
-----------------------------
Loving, Falling, Dying
I close my eyes
And then open them only to see you standing before me
You hold out your hand, waiting for me
To grasp onto it
I go to grab-
You pull back and let me fall...
Then you laugh in my face
Tears flutter in my eyes as I fall-
And scream I love you
You run to the side of the ledge hoping you'll be able to catch me
Before it's too late...
Then you realize it is-
Your love is gone, always and forever
------------------------------
Silence Is Sound
Like the deep roar of thunder in this still starless night,
Causing a commotion of a soft subtle kind,
The feeling of knowing that whenever around,
You are fearing that you'll break this frail silence with a terrible sound.
With the wind up in the trees and whispering so loud,
And the branches all shaking and touching the ground,
the snow falling softly into a velvet white blanket,
And always still fearing you'll break silence with csound.
Until one day realization dawns dim yet so clear,
While walking in shadows and tiptoeing softly
Until you listen to silence a little more closely,
You realize that silence is just a really loud sound.
So you smile so softly and realize its true,
There's the person you love and now you know what to do,
Walk up to that person no longer afraid,
Place your hand on their shoulder and utter a sound.
Then you realize that their is yet another sound,
One that you would never expect to be a real sound,
And the sound they reply with is a smile,
The most amazing sound of all.
---------------------------
WITH SADNESS
BY GENEVIEVE HARGIS
I thought I was over you
and that I could be strong.
But then....
I saw you tonight
and I became weak again
You always do that to me.
I miss you now
more then ever!
I'm watching the moon outside my window
I wonder,
where is your moon tonight?
Is it where your heart is,
high above the sky
in total darkness
impossible to reach?
Yes, with sadness I grieve you
however...
this will be the last time
these will be the last lines
I will ever write for you.
-------------------------------
Could've Would've
Are you having trouble sleeping at night?
Covers tight? Nothing right?
Cause I'm out of your life
Scared to call? Pride may fall
Starting to loose it all?
It's a long hall
back to lonely street missing me sleep
body so warm, skin smelling sweet
You're a man but you want to weep
I warned you I would leave someday
Plenty of words now you're wishing you could say
"I'm sorry I'll change"
I'll be the man you want me to be
Promises Promises
and even willing to get on your knees
Thanks for the attempt
but...I'm afraid you're exempt
from my life at this time
Remember the good times
because you were the bad
and don't you ever forget
what you could've would've had.
--------------------------------
I alone stand here
not wondering about what she said,
staring through the shattered thoughts beside me.
I lost my self through those days of youth
when one meant many and nothing at all.
I've been perceived as a kinder hearted soul
waiting for the one whose time is taking my dreams
of independence away.
You look into my soul as if to find yourself.
I'm lost, I can't help those who desire another
mans possessions, feelings, and sterling silver independence.
My freedoms are free from my feelings of disarray.
I can't help but feel lost in my own sick desire
to be noticed
-----------------------------------------------
"Just Some Hoe"
She smiled at him, Because he looked at her
He asked her to go out with him, So she said "Sure"
He said, "Keep it on the down low"
She said, I won't let anybody know"
He hugged her when they said good-bye
She let out a content sigh
He gave her a ring and said, "I promise"
He left her with a kiss.
He promised forever he'd stay
So in her bed they lay
Now she is asleep and alone
She doesn't even know he's gone.
She went up to him and called him a liar
He just stared at her.
His friends asked, "Who is that" "Do you know"
He shrugged and replied, "Just Some Hoe".
----------------------------------------------
BIRTH...6/86
The sun sparkles
within harmony to the moon.
The gentle wind,
becomes the violence of a typhoon.
...Death to life...
...Joy to strife...
All within one will bloom.
...As one touches one
to touch another.
Spanning the differences
strangers become brothers...
My prayer to you,
sister, brother, earth,
Feel your sense opf value
to the full extent of your worth...
...For we are embryo's in the womb of life
kicking for birth...
--------------------------------
NORTHERN LIGHTS
White light dances through the sky
the cool breeze bites at my cheeks
sky glows sharply through the black depth
a rain drop lands gently on her cheek and
races down the tight crevice of her dimple
intermittent tears of rain chase each other down her face
one drop clutching for life dangles and shakes
in the earthquake that is her quivering lip
as the light darts back and forth the drop is no more
in an attempt to fill the void left by the deceased drop
I gently press my lips to hers
the earthquake ceases
an understanding of the previous fight for life overcomes me
as I too am afraid to fall
--------------------------
Expediency
This gun in my mouth
Is only there to insure
That the hole in my heart
Where you cut your way out
Will not bleed me dead.
--------------------------
poetry
I was thinking of poetry;
I should have wrote it down;
Because my love for you
has such a wondrous sound;
I forgot my poetry;
My heart became so blue;
Until i realized;
The poetry is you.
--------------------------
Push
and it will
(Red) burst flame
and oh how the eye
catches the hands cup (not
too near) let it breath
grow and strain for the life back
ward withered and still it will
die for an inch to be
ware the dance of life
does ignite and you
either burn or
find Will to
Snuff.
-------------------------
Autumn colors fade like those
photos in the album, the warm
summer sun, breaching down to
kiss my face. The stars fade
under a blackened sky, your warmth though
still fills me, And as we walk
down the street, I want to know
that you find me irresistible; I don't
have to pretend with you, finding hope
just reaching out, wanting, lingering,
I love the way you smile at me, I love
the way you touch my skin, you understand
so much, The sun rises, reflecting beautiful
colors across the sky, cool air traverses my skin
I'll take you when you come to my door.
---------------------
Letting Go
Try letting go
the old stories
those of regret
and lost hopes
only to find
they fall back
into your shadow
as the sun escapes
into darkness
They are let loose
to run across your mind
caught up in remembrance
they find rest
behind the eyes
time builds upon the skin
and your heart
sinks into yesterday
while your soul
yearns for tomorrow
---------------------------
CARELESS
I don't even care you say
It'll always be this way
not much brings your mind to a flurry
everything is gone or blurry
You're all fucked up
You're out of touch
Everything is much too much
maybe someday things will change
but right now it's just very strange
You don't understand yourself
you don't even want to take care of yourself
just keep positive they say
do you try? every day?
but it's so hard to stay the same
and play everybody else's game
----------------------------------------
The rhythmic lies that came from your hand
I had to return myself there
The empty cavity you left behind
You breathed your breath of silence
As you spit on the plastic
A blur of you existence, your lines full of fear
Of your antagonizing dreams
No promises kept gold
But kept like glass that you threw stones at
And you cried when it shattered my heart
Into my now blackened illumination of sprit
--------------------------------------
RUNAWAY
by: Bob James
Scared and cold,
first night on the street,
your body hurts,
from your head to your feet,
You miss school,
not the work, the friends,
thinking what you'll say,
when they ask, "where you been?",
Got a dollar fifty,
every penny gotta spend,
make a wrong move,
BOOM...your life comes to an end.
-----------------------------------------
Looking Glass Girl
Through some trick of will
she becomes reflection
she molds herself
to his dreams & expectations
such that when he looks upon her,
he sees his vision embodied;
and loving his vision
as he loves himself,
he loves himself more through her:
She
the perfect mirror
M.A.R
----------------------------------
Waiting for Trouble to Come
Waiting and wondering what will they do...
Do they come and torment you?
Drag you off to an unknown room?
Make you clean with a mop and broom?
Charge you, Barge you, Bankruptcy?
Hope it doesn't happen to me...
Tickets, Fines, Fraud, and Shame..
I was only playing a stupid game,
but now the time has come, so long,
Why did I do that thing wrong?
No warning signal, just plain straight,
They haven't come yet, but I must wait.
Oh my god, here they are, go!
I can't, I knew, I'd have to show...
They'll tell me I'm bad, maybe worse....
They'll stick me with a genuine curse...
Kick me, Hit me, Fine me to tears...
Pull me out of my home by the ears?
Will they come to call my name?
Put me in a stock, filled with shame?
Will they punish me, even ban?
No, not possible, cuz' its just the UPS man.
-----------------------------------------
Hope In Ruins
My lover's words were as if empty trash bins resounding in my head Clanging and Banging
as they were buffeted down the boulevard which was now a road to Despair OR
but per chance(with a faint glimmer of hope)a highway, NO a Super highway TO
OPPORTUNITY; a chance to FILL those bins with and RID myself of all the by-products of
dECEIT,lYING, and wRONGDOING which have spilled before me AND
to cap, seal and cart those bins off to be buried under the emotional MOUNTain OF
HOPE, to strive for honesty-above all; to feel the soft caress of intimacy and the peace of
true commitment, unencumbered by expectations and unclouded by past histories.
TO BE
just foe the sheer joy of BEing; to have the mundane be realized as a source of and a
by-product of Love, yes, a fruit of Love; and then
FOR IT
all to be rolled into a continuum of TRUST and BELIEF that, indeed, there IS a Love which
overcomes and conquers ALL;
a Love that is unspoken, unexplainable and unfathomable UNLESS you are in its' midst and
FINALLY:
to then curl up in its' embrace and just.......BE.......LOVED and LOVING
G.
Go back to Part One of this Session of AHApoetry.com's Open Mic.
Go back to Part Two of this Session of AHApoetry.com's Open Mic.
Page Copyright © AHA Books 1999.
Poems Copyright © Designated Authors 1999.
Go check out the AHA
Archives for more poetry.
If you would like to send in
your poem to Open Mic.
Go to the AHA!POETRY Homepage for new ideas.