Love's all that?    

Love is an umbrella in life's cold dark storms, it's a sanctuary for the hated and scorned, love is an anchor for storm battered souls, it's a restorer of hope when the world has thrown you away, love is a sustainer of spirit that lift's our head above troubled waters, it's a renewer of faith for the broken hearted, love gives us the will to go on knowing the darkness will give way to dawn, love always seeks to understand, it always offers the best that it can, love does not set expectations to high and it never lets hope sink to low, love is a defender of the weak, it's gentle to the fragile, love vindicates love validates, love waits and love waits, love is constructive not destructive, love encourages not discourages, love excepts our limitations, it does not demand unachievable expectations, love is unselfish it care's about others, it will go out of it's way for a stranger and will never give up on a brother.

GOD SHE IS PRETTY

by Marcia Schechinger

Head dangling, she peacefully rests her age away

Her armchair still carries the dent of children

their shadows keep it rocking

Her furrowed face drops no tears

for life is full with more blossoms coming

True, death stole two sons

but that screaming is past now, and they will unite soon enough

Her eyes cloaked with cataracts flutter open and glance at me quietly

amused at my childish stress

White slippers dangle from her feet

Her gnarled toes need no polish

their beauty lies in the steps of seven children

she carried in the wee hours of the morning

She raises slowly a little bent from roses set on graves

Nuzzling her slightly greased face against mine

she quietly explains, "Child you worry too much

time will have its way, and you will heal again"

Then she snuggles back too small for her armchair

and she whispers, "I love you"

- And God she is pretty

FEELING

BY  LIP  SAI  LIN

A  CRAWLING  QUIET  SENSATION

OR  AN  OUTLET  FOR  SCREAMING

OR  A  RESPONSE  TO  YOUR  SIGHT

OR  A  REFLEX  TO  YOUR  TOUCH

OR  A  REACTION  TO  YOUR  HEARING

OR  A  BIRTH  OF  SYMPATHISM 

OR  AN  EXPLOSION  OF  ANGER 

OR  A  GROWTH  OF  STRENGTH

OR  A  COMING  OF  DEPRESSION

ALL  ARE  BORNED  INSIDE  YOU

THE  MASTER  OR  THE  SLAVE

YOU  MIGHT  CHOOSE  TO  BE 

Darkness

by: Robert Kinser

Here in the darkness, only here is fear,

Here in the darkness, only here is pain;

Here in the darkness, there is no light.

In times of want,

In times of strife;

There is only darkness for a companion.

Here in the darkness, there is no light,

No one to stand for what’s right;

There is only darkness for a companion.

Here in the darkness, only here is fear,

Here in the darkness, only here is pain;

Here in the darkness, only here is no love.

In times of hate,

In times of anger;

There is only darkness as a companion.

Here in the darkness, only here is hope,

Someone who needs the change;

Somewhere to give love, here in the darkness.

Here in the darkness, only here is terror,

Here in the darkness, only here is prejudice;

Here in the darkness, only here is malice.

In time of oppressions,

In time of genocides;

There is only darkness as a companion.

Here in the darkness, only here does humanity shine;

To make a path for those lost;

Here in the darkness, someone sees light.

Here in the darkness, only here is joy,

Here in the darkness, only here is true hope;

A hope, a joy, here in the dark.

A hope, a joy for a new day.

A new day, here in the light.

Heart Broken

When love first arrives, its fun and joyful. But when it dies, ur heart will for ever bleed. Too much pain to handle and what love has done you wont want to love again.

The emotions and tears, the laughter that you used have- have turned into fears. And you can't face the day or night. Locked up and keeping tight. Unaware of the world and what may happen, you struggle to lock your emotions inside. But soon you come through and happiness finds it's way, and again you wonder if love will eventually come and save you from that day.

When u look into my eyes i get a feeling that i can't explain.

It's like u take away all my fears and every bit of my pain.

When u rub ur hands against my face, u make my heaRT BEAT OUT OF PACE.

wHEN U HOLD ME HARD AND TIGHT, FOR ME THERE

no other place

5 MINUTES OF CONVERSATION BUT A LIFETIME OF HUMILIATION

      BY: Reneshia Johnson 

   There we were at the schools pep rally.

 There we had a conversation that led us to your benz into the back of  the  alley.

 Me, not thinking or fighting temptations,

 He was on top of me giving me a demonstration.

 Even though i wanted him to stop it felt good.

 Not thinking I'd be talked about like the others would.

 
   The thought popped right into my head,

 I wondered what they would think of me now that i had did it to Ed.

 This would be all over school like "breaking news".

 After it was all over and done i felt the blues.

   Next day at school i had a problem that would turn into a bigger one,

 I ran to the bathroom to think about what i had done.

 By Friday it was all over the school.

 I was called "easy" and "fast" that just wasn't even cool.

   The topic of the year was about me and him in the back of the alley, after the schools pep rally.

 So 5 minutes of conversation turned into a life time of humiliation.

Will you love me forever?

Will you always be there to wipe away my tears?

Will you always smile when I tell you I love you?

Will you always be my baby?

Will you let me know?

Cuts, scars, bruises on my knees...

can someone tell me what's going on, please?

I've been running, hiding, trying to escape

What road to hell did I take?

Everything's a bad memory

Tried to make u happy

instead u left me

I've burned myself to ashes

Angel
Raquel Miranda

you are what inspires me to stay strong

you're what i think about as the days run long

the way your hand always seems to find mine

and for us, no matter what, you always find time

your kisses whether they are passionate or light

always seem to show love with all their might

whenever we're together life seems to fade away

and my thoughts are just on you and the bliss we're in that day

you are everything that i want need and love

and everyday i become more convinced you were sent to me from above

the love we share is powerful and i feel it everyday

and i know it'll continue to grow in every possible way

THE WOMAN IN ME

Robert Charles Johnson

I AIN'T NO LADY IN DISTRESS

YOU AIN'T PORGY AND I AIN'T BESS

CHECK THE QUALITY OF MY DRESS

CHAMPAGNE; 'CRYSTAL', ONLY THE BEST

YOUNG BLACK WOMAN WHO'S BLESSED WITH HER OWN,

RICHES EARNED AND DISPLAYED BOLDY IN MY HOME

LONG LEGGED DIVA, FIRM, ROUND, FERTILE 

IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT OF WOMAN TO HOLD THIS PROFILE

MOST MEN AIN'T READY TO WALK THIS GREEN MILE

TOO EASILY INTIMIDATED BY MY EFFORT-FREE STYLE

SEVERELY EDUCATED, I'M THE DAUGHTER OF MY KIND

FEMALE INTUITION RESTING EASY IN MY MIND

I MAY BE IN FRONT, BUT TRUST, I KNOW WHAT'S BEHIND

EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE I VALUE MY TIME

I HAVE LOTS OF GOALS FOR WHICH I'LL STAY ON THE GRIND

ESCORTED BY GOD, THAT'S HOW I HANDLE MINE

I LIVE WITH INTEGRITY, IT COSTS NOTHING TO BE HONEST

I'M ON A MISSION TO RECEIVE ALL THAT I PROMISED

MYSELF

What can i say

my feelings for you will never change

from the things you say to the things you do

i can see why i fell in love with you

I'm missing you like crazy, my days are so lonesome

i just wish i knew that i actually had someone

to spend the rest of my life with you

that's what i want to do

there's nothing else on my mind

than holding you in my arms till the end of time

but these days nothings the way it seems

so until you get back ill have to keep holding you in my dreams

-Kasper-

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Babyblue

A LETTER TO MY GRANDMA DARLENE

By: CRYSTAL A. WYATT

Ten years have come,

I still miss you ,

As it was yesterday!

As you see,

Your spirit wasn't no waste,

You've helped one little girl,

To know what she is,

And who she has become,

Without you she is nothing,

With you she become a great poet!

A picture was created,

A poem was written,

And her life began with you.

"I Love you, Grandma!"

I came to earth,

And you led me with a hand.

You protect me from others,

And give me the gift to see you.

I would have not become me,

Without knowing you.

A soul from earth,

That has ascended on high.

You stand above me,

Holding me like others do not.

When I need you,

You're always there.

Most spirits come and go,

But you do not.

You may not be on earth,

But you stay with me.

Nightmares that come,

You comfort me.

Hardships appear,

You take my stress away.

A Spirit from the sky above,

In which heaven only knows why.

The touch of you is warm,

The gift you bring is Joy.

My Confession

Every time you look at me

Every time you stare

Every time you touch me

I wonder if you care.

You don't want to say it,

But I see it in your eye.

Sometimes when I see you

The confusion of "us" makes me cry...

Why can't you just make up your mind?

Your true feelings are all I want to find...

NOT what YOUR FRIENDS THINK, nor mine

If we stay friends, I promise that's fine.

So here I am to confess my heart,

I've loved you from the very start.

All I need to know is how you feel.

Is what we have REALLY real?

But them again, we don't have anything do we?

Should we make something of it or just let it be?

It's up to you,

What are we to do?

My confession is over.

I guess I've blown my cover...

I LOVE YOU!!!!

Attraction

You stir me up, I try to resist,

My lips longing for your kiss.

Your eyes do scare me, I avoid your gaze,

For when they connect a wish is made.

As tantalizing as it appears,

You awaken inside me all my fears.

To love you solely, I will not do,

Unless I know your love is true.

That is the way it is with me,

At times I'm mistaken for a tease.

But truth be known, this is not the case,

I'm a hopeless romantic - out to embrace

A man who truly loves

I used to love you

You used to be there for me

I used to help you when you felt down

What happened the day I couldn’t help you anymore?

You’ve fallen into a deep hole and you won’t let me help you

You’re so sad and depressed

You know I’d do anything because I love you but you just keep pushing me away

You say it has nothing to do with me but how can I ignore

I love you why can’t you see

It’s so hard for me

Do you know how it feels to be there for you when you see right through me?

It hurts me so much and I wished there was something I could do before it’s too late

You’re scaring me

Maybe I should just let you go but how can I

When I love you so

you are the one

the one i hate

stealing things from me

thought you was my mate

what happened to my utopian world?

or was i just dreaming

seeing things that aren't really there

living life without a meaning

i thought we were friends

i opened my heart and let you in

but you still did what you did

and that was a sin

now i hate you,

and when i think of you inside

it makes me hurt and depressed

because you sat there and lied

i'm through with you now

all i want to do is inflict pain

not knowing who's going where

all of it, its driving me insane

all this because of you

i despise you and your life

trying to take things that aren't yours

like my mum and my dad's wife

when i think of you, i think of suicide

and thinking of you has done that to me

fifteen years of happiness

your ruining my life, can't you see?

Kyle Pyatt 

Just For Tonight

Just for tonight

Would you hold me tight

Would you whisper in my ear

Words only I can hear

Just for tonight

Would it be alright

If I said I loved you

And promised to be true

Just for tonight

Would you hold me tight

And tell me you love me too

Then promise me to be true

Just for tonight

Let it be just right

For this may be

All we have....

Just for tonight

-0-

         

-0-

bryan hooper
 

 

-0-

I'd like to take some time and share with you what's on my mind

A reason for my fall, a story of how I almost lost it all.

I lived my life in hell, I thought I'd never get out, with a shattered heart and a mind full of doubt.

I traveled a road, so dark, so cold, so a demon consumed my soul.

A choice I clearly made, I never thought I could be saved.

I was far too gone from reality, failure and disaster seem to follow me

Everyone I loved I lost and almost paid a deadly cost.

With no hope left inside in this demon I did confide.

With two children at home with no mother...this shame believe me I know no other.

So there I laid lost, beaten, raped...in this hell I helped create

With nobody to call and help me, I prayed God, please show me the way help me see a path that lights up the night with an end to this hell within my sight.

Silence....self-pity I am consumed...emotions vacant....I thought I was doomed.

Suddenly, as I laid in that death bed....FORGET the drugs, call your Dad instead.

Boy, that was a blessing all in itself, I can't describe how I feel, how much it's helped.

I saw my kids that night, I finally knew I did something...SOMETHING right.

As I looked into my son's eyes, my heart broke I finally cried

In that second I was saved, and anything, ANYTHING for that moment I would have gave.

To hear those words that I hold dear..."MOM, I LOVE YOU....I'M SO GLAD YOUR HERE".
Theresa Johnson

I wish for me some happy time for lots of love and few good-byes

I wish my kids safe and secure, this pain and sadness too much to endure

I've made so many mistakes

Ones I could never re-take

For if I could

Not too sure if I would

For I would not be, the person that you see

On the outside tall and strong

On the inside sad and torn

To nobody do I remove my shell

For that would release nothing but hell

I've loved and lost

But it's me who pays this painful cost

I don't know if things will change

But being alone feels so strange

So, God bring me your blessing from above

One of true unconditional love

My knight in shining armor

A good man, a good father

Someone new to show me the way

Someone who brightens each and everyday

In time is what I've been told

By time that happens my heart will have closed the doors and to no one could my love ensure

theresa

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ESTRANGED BUT BELOVED (FAR AWAY)

Dean Cox

far away far away

far away form you

we were once in love and happy

far away far away from you

times where hard plans were changed

far away far away from you

child lost love grown cold

far away far away from you

here I sit all alone

far away far away from you

I’ll admit that I was wrong

far away far away from you

but our vows are not broken

far away far away from you

at the brink our love was

far away far away from you

at war the nation calls

far away far away from you

answer it my duty falls

far away far away from you

and here I sit all alone

far away far away from you

in my heart love unchanged

far away far away from you

now my child you will not bear

far away far away from you

in your hands my heart lies broken

far away far away from you

what am I to do?

far away from you

CONTINUUM

Cate Espener 09/04

When will the sweetest leaf be sweet once more

When pressed upon my palm

When will the grasses growing

Greet the brightest dawn

Go on, go on

The drummer’s song does say

Beyond the graying branches of time's poor memory

And place a seed in soil’s great chair

To rest upon the past

And make amends with the old tree

Wake now upon this long day

Within the shattered heart of love’s longing

Dance all the joyful dreamers now

To the beauteous noise

Arise sweet lovers

To wash this basin clear

And feast upon the great tray of living

For to taste its mighty essence

One needs to drink from the well

Just yours

How can I sit here and solve this case

When either way tears dip down my face

When I harden up and not let him through

I still hear why did you have to do that form you

Baby I love you con todo mi corizon

And I understand the emotions you have shown

I am not a cheater

Remember perfect record undefeated

I won’t do you wrong and I tell you no lie

That no mater what babe I’ll never stand at his side

I won’t fall for him if we still are talking

But from right now I feel like walking

Turning around and showing him my back

Looking at you and love you with no turning back

Mario, I love you and I won’t do you wrong

Just do me a favor and remember SPM’s song

This Year I Went To New Zealand

I went this year to New Zealand

To visit family there. My brother and

His family, three daughters and there

Loved ones. My daughter , I am her birth mother,

and her family . Husband, three children.

So welcoming, so kind.

How strange to be at two ends of

The earth. Living here in the

Northern Hemisphere,

yearning  to be down under.

If I could I would.

Swing down.

Summer in endless waves.

Summer here, summer there, with spring and fall thrown in.

Forget about winter and it’s course footsteps.

Traipsing some teasing memory through my heart,

when I thought I could make a perfect life.

But snowdrifts hold me back

To visits only moons could name.

                                                        

sonnet of a broken heart

by: ma.louella b. serrano

What good is a downpour

if the flowers are withered?

What good is the sun

if its another painful day?

What good is a heart

you left torn asunder?

What good is me

now that you're gone far away?

There are but lonely nights and teary eyes..

Not even a smile to cross my face.

Morning comes, then passes by..

How I wish to cease the days.

See? Nothing's been goin' right

ever since you walked out my life!

A FEELING OF LOVE

~BY PAIGE N FINCHER

A feeling ....

A feeling I have inside

A feeling so good I just let it ride

A feeling that disturbs me

Should I be this happy?

I don't really care

I don't mind if peeps stare

I'm enjoying life

With you by my side

With me being you wife

Nothing can go wrong

Our harmonzing makin a song

I'm your left

And your my right

Everywhere I go,

Your in my hearts sight

Love me till the end of time

My hearts yours and yours is mine

Ridin this wave

Soul dancin at a rave

Cryin to you

Boy wat you do

Together feelin way too damn good

I'm with you cause I kno I should

Mates forever

Bound together

With you

My one and only boo

'Twilight Call'

by PEARLCOPPER

I'd been calling you for years

Now I need you to come back to me

'Cause I miss you so much, Babe

I'd been calling you for years

Now I need you to come back to me

System fucks with your head

But let's see what God's got to say,

I don't know what you got

But I know you'd been bleeding

I'd been calling you for years

Now I need you to come back to me

'Cause I miss you so much, Babe

I'd been calling you for years

Now I need you to come back to me

For us to be together

This Guy

My friend and I had a fight

We were never really that tight

She told other friends lies

Only one person could hear my cries

This guy stood up for me

Thank god he heard my plea

He told this girl off with just one smack

This guy told me he always had my back

I fell in love

With this guy who was sent from above

This guy actually cared

He knew when i was scared

And to this day

The girl can never say

Things about me that are lies

Cause i have this guy

To Love Me

Malinda M Ratliff

To love me is to ...

adore me, admire me, believe in me, be one with me, caress me, cherish me,

complete me,delight in me, devour me, elope with me, evolve with me,

fall for me, feel me,grow with me, guard me, have faith in me,hope

for me, ignite me, intertwine with me, jump for me,keep me, kiss me,

like me,listen to me, move me, make love with me, need me, nestle me,

open up to me, offer me, paint me,poetize for me, quest for me,

quote me, respect me, reflect me, sacrifice for me, saturate in me,

tantalize me, trust me,understand me, undenyingly want me,vow to me,

vitalize me, walk with me, worship me, yearn for me. To simply love me.