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Grass, Butterflies, Water and the sea

U mean so Much More To Me

Trees, Air, Sand and a Star

None Of these things measure up to what you are

This World, Our Moon and up Above

Still Nothing Compared to Our love

Ben Walters

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I have a question
by Chad Reed

Why do we do the things we do

With all the things we know

Why do we claim we’re lost in life

When we know where to go

Why do we choose a straight lined path

Then vary from its course

Why do we marry deep in love

And end it in divorce

Why should I put in extra effort

Or go that extra mile…

Why do we soak in all the pain

To where we never smile

And why on earth, while being hurt

Do we stay ‘til the end

And swear each time it happens that

We’ll never love again

I feel like I should be alone

With all these questions asked

I’m facing an uncertain future

Dragged down by my past

Why do my fears and tragedies

Cause me to go insane?

Why don’t they just get washed away

Within a cleansing rain

Why do we find that it’s so hard

To pick up and move on

It’s like you don’t know what you have

‘Til it’s already gone…

Why do we fall in love again

Or so that’s what we claim

And why do we clutch to our fears

Will this one end the same?

Do we read it from magazines?

Is it society?

Maybe I just want someone

To be wild in love with me…

Why do we say, “…there’s someone out there,

Just for me and you…”

It that the problem? Cause it’s

Everybody’s point of view?

I’ve been on this stage many times

In fact, 3 times before…

But I’m hoping I’ll get back on

And stop at number 4

But though I can’t escape the old

Cannot predict what’s new

I can find someone to love again

Could this person be you?

~*~

Passion Burning

by Destiny Dennis

Love is a passion burning deep within your heart.

The kind of love that makes you not want to part.

The love that wants you near,

And makes you feel as if there is nothing to fear.

Every time you think of each other,

There is happy memories of one another.

Their gentle touch,

Makes you love them so much.

Their warm body holding you tight,

Makes your insides feel as if they're on a flight.

Love... A passion burning throughout your heart.

How about a brand new start?

Though new beginnings aren't always for the best.

That's why you put them to the test.

Then, if you know in your heart, that this love is for real,

You've ran into the best deal.

TRUE LOVE!!!!

~*~

Daddy my daddy i miss you so

Daddy my daddy why did you go,

You left me here to wonder why

Why you left without a good bye

Why they took you away from me

I sit and ask how could this be,

How could it be that your not here

Here to wipe away the tear

the tear to which i shed for you

Without you here what do i do,

What do I do to see your face

What do I do for your embrace

What do I do to see your smile

Oh its been such a long while,

Its been four years that you've been gone

Without you here I feel I cant go on

Go on without you by my side

Go on without you as my guide,

Go on without you here

That was always by biggest fear

The fear that now i have to live,

And to you my heart I'll always give.

LOVE

ALWAYS & FOREVER

Your little girl

Alicia Marie

~*~

WOULD YOU FEEL MY LOVE

Harini Hariharan

If i could see past the cloud above

And reveal unto you my love

Opening up to the stars above

Would you feel my love?

If i could show you precious things

Like the beauty of saturn's rings

Give to you all my precious things

Would you feel my love?

If i walked for you a million miles

And swam across a thousand Niles

Held you close through all your trials

Would you feel my love?

I only know what's grown inside

Feelings i could never hide

I see our future if we tried

Poets could write about us.

If i laid down my life for you

Lived not for myself but for you

Captured distant stars for you

Would you feel my love?

If I took you close in my arms

Presented to you all my charms

Carressed your body while in my arms

Would you feel my love?

If i committed my life to share

Gave all to you my one so fair

And we became forever paired

Would you feel my love?

And then poets would write about us!!!

~*~

Feelings of the Heart

By: John Miller

This feeling I'm getting is perfect indeed,I don't think my heart has anymore want or need.When I look in your eyes I see to your soul,and that you feel as me that we've reached our goal,of finding true love.I can't stop the thought that you were sent from above.

Our love seems as tight as a well fitting glove.I've never felt like this before, I thought I knew what love was before I met you.When I stop to think that if I might blink it could all be a dreamas if it might seem to good to be true that fate has brought me to you.As I'm sitting looking, wondering if it's something I lack,a simple thought of you puts me back on track.I think I'm beginning to understand how the heart is in command.We look for love with our minds,trying to find the things we think we need and really dont.True love is pure happiness and security but most seem blinded by the minds obscurity.If you open your eyes and push away your fears,you to will shed away all your tears.You say how do I know when I've found true love,when you look at each other as if they were a dove.We speak without words when our eyes connect, almost as if our hearts intersect.It's hard to believe how our love has transpired,because it was you where these words were inspired.You see me fo!

r me I see you for you that must be why this love feels so true.Now I know my search has ended, because of you my heart feels meanded.To say thank you from the bottom of my heart is just the start of this man's gifts. You bring out the best in me that must be why it's meant to be.When I look in your eyes I see the desire to keep the kindling bright on this true loves fire.I stop to think of the joy this life will bring,so for you my love, I present you this ring.To seal this moment in perfect bliss, let's start this union with love's perfect kiss.I know that our love will last for generations, even through life's trials and tribulation's.The love you give me inspires me, you see the fire it sends through me.I don't the you understand the scope of my hope for us to be together from beginning to end.For it's you love that will always mend me from today and tomorrow, no more days with this lifeless sorrow.I know we were together in a life before this, always beginning with our love with a kiss.

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you are here

just another Monday

screaming nightmare

but when i let go of the world around me

i wish i were a bird

so that i can fly away

a wasted emotion

both beautiful and dangerous

drop by drop

i find myself

breath into me

and when we do it again

blink your eyes

and sometimes you have

real life

-Vanessa Cristal-

~*~

Tragic
By Rosalee F.Price

You like to make me cry

those damn insolent tears.

The weary wavery of thy heart.

The curious intensity of thy intentions with fears.

Tragic are your motives.

Tragic are the agendas you have set forth.

Hidden like the Lost City of my heart.

Tragic like your soul's worth.

You wonder away with your emotions.

Then you wonder away with my heart.

Do you even care a little?

Why did I let you start?

Tragic like a thunderbolt from the stars.

Tragic like the loss of warmth in your arms.

Hidden like the evidence of the stolen treasury from my body.

Tragic, the way you hide like a rabbit in misery.

Forget the way I love you.

Forget how much I want you.

Let this die down.

Let this be untrue.

Tragic like the feelings I carry in my heart.

Tragic like the breakdown you have caused me.

Hidden away from this heart of mine.

Tragic the truth you owe to misery.

~*~

"WHY DOES IT HURT?"

by Cathy Pisano

I don’t love you

I never did

So why is what you did to me

Hurting me so bad.

After the first day with you

I felt so happy

Nothing could ruin my day

After the last night with you

I knew it was over

I felt used, unwanted, cheap

I wanted it to be over

But,

I didn’t want it to end

I hate dealing with relationships

I do not want to deal with one right now

Yet at the same time,

I do.

Confusion and stress,

I can’t deal with that

I have enough of that in my life already

The pain can sometimes be too much to deal with.

He hurt me so bad

And I didn’t even want to be with him

I don’t even know what I felt

I’m still confused about it all.

~*~

MY BLANKET

Sara Irene

Here you are!

Sprawled,

Sticky pleased-

Stroking a plumped ego,

Licking greased lips,

Beneath this blood stained blanket.

~*~

BREATHE

Kim N. Contreras

Headache starting

Stomach twisting into knots

Over you

You throw your punchlines

With cruelty

And I detest you as much as I love you

More even.

But I can't move

Wading in the glue of our history

I can't stand the thought of the mess

If I tried to get out.

Much easier to lie next to you and

Breathe.

~*~

To Whom it May Concern

Sandra Duquette

To whom it may concern, my life's not black and white

So much grey in between I feel it's never right

I know you think I have it all, and assumably I do

No matter, I find myself alone at times, dreadly missing you

I lay upon this hostile bed, this room so unfamiliar

you have a girlfriend, I know, you've said, but how strong's your love for her

When together, hugging tight, do all your worries wash away?

I know you kiss and talk at night, but do you miss every day?

When she says those special words, does your heart skip a beat?

Is she the true love for you, of which you'll one day meet?

I have such mixed emotions here, of jealousy and hate

For the anonymous woman, who took away my soulmate

I tell you though, it's tough right now

The pain I must endure

Physically I'll be just fine

But emotionally, there's just one cure

To be held by the man I've never met, the one I dearly love

The man I could never ever get enough of

But that will never happen So in hell that cure will burn

I'll never meet the one I need To whom it may concern

~*~

My Darling Other

Natasha M. Williams

There has never been two

that were one

as surely we had ever

There has never been an other

loved by one

as I have ever

If ever one was so happy

than was thy other

Thy no one can compare

with thee as no other

I cherish thy love more

than thy clouds do so cover

or most surely

My Darling Other

Nor ought thy love from thee

like a crying mother

Thy love is so rare

as a lake with no color

IF thy heavens shall fall

like a tear down a wall

Then while thy love lies deep

down in my lonely soul

I look to see a shimmer of cold

I reach out so far

to feel thy soft touch

That thy other must part

far from thy heart

to oh so catch

Thy most beautiful breath

Then back together

as we were one

as surely we were meant to be

And never to part

as it shall break

Thy whole dearest heart

as there has never been two

that were one

Than surely it is truly me and

My Darling Other.

~*~

I want to lobe you so much with my mind, that my heart gets jealous. They would start to argue and my eyes would jump in. They would say that my eyes were the first one to see your beauty. Not just the way when she smiles she makes others smile, but the smile that's a turn on or the smile that makes me forget all the issues I have n life and just force on that beautiful smile. Now the argument that started with just two on the love of you, turns in to four. My mouth decides to speak up. It says that it was the first thing to talk to her. In that conversation, it expressed the feeling the other three couldn't, like I would to talk to her for hours just to hear the sound of her voice. It would tell her how it seems that as soon as she walks in the room that my heart stops, my mind goes numb, and I couldn't take my eyes off of her if I wanted to. Hours turn into days, days to weeks, weeks turn into me not being able to eat. All I can do is thing about seeing her, tal!

king to her, giving her my heart.

Ray Little

~*~

love is not my best subject

people feel different things.

to have loved and lost pulls a different string.

looking into eyes that you have cared for and cherished

to only find them looking back with hatred and anger

to hear the sweet sound of a voice full of emotion

to a remaining silence that move between lips

to feel warm arms wrapped around you making everything alright

to a bitter cold breeze flows in the nights air

to taste a soft warm kiss on a winter night

to have the sun be the only touch to your lips

by the end of the day you have to face the beaten news

he's gone.

Raelyn Rust
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unspoken

Tess Carton

an internal loss

my incomplete soul

...unexplained...

on the verge of tears without knowing why

at the brink of a jagged edge

--- a gaping hole

i stand.

frozen and

-unshakeable-

this inexpressable longing

for nothing

and an unspoken plea

... you could save my soul with an honest smile

~*~

To My Heart's True Love

By, Jessica Gwillim

To my hearts true love,

It has been so long

since I have last been graced

by your beauty and

heard the music of your smile.

But not a minute goes by

that my deepest heart of hearts

does not remember the

brilliance of you.

There are times I swear

I can feel your loving arms

around me,

or your full lips upon mine.

I close my eyes and all I can see

are your gorgeous eyes staring into mine,

showing of all your love for me.

I long for the day when I will again

be kissed by your sweet mouth,

and will finally be home again

in your giving arms.

To my dearest,

I send this simple letter to you,

not only full with my words,

but also with all my love

and hope that soon we will be

together again.

~*~

Give Me Your Hand, Then Lead Me

Sheila A. Putnam

Give me your hand, then lead me...

Take my heart, then love me.

I will follow 'til you stop walking.

I will love you 'til the end of time.

I will turn my tear-filled eyes to you

Even when you are the one who hurt me.

I will hold your sweet head to my heart

And cradle you....just because.

I will whisper 'I love you',

Even when I know you are sound asleep.

I will laugh with you, cry with you,

Share all your joys, all your sorrows,

All your dreams....and all your tomorrows.

As long as you'll have me

As long as you'll cherish me

As long as you'll hold on to me...

I'll be here loving you.

~*~

(To Elvis Presley)

Daniella Mikkelsen

What bright a day when you were born,

but the loss of a son your mama would mourn.

Just an ordinary boy in Memphis Tennessee,

but soon a rapid rising star you'd be.

An Elysian voice you used to sing,

but didn't know what it would bring.

Fame and fortune then came one day,

but you didn't change in any way.

An important man you'd now become,

but still you thought of everyone.

For 22 years your life was like in dreams,

but reality isn't always what it seems.

Lonesome hours, days, months even years,

but you always tried to hide your fears.

Then you left us, the darkest of all days,

but we'll remember you forever and always.

~*~

EVERY DAY

Jessica Cleveland

The one I love

The one i see

Every day

I look at thee

Through he crowds

And in the hall

Yes i love you

Most of all

When i see you

In my heart

Every day

In every part

I think i love you

Yes i say

When I see you

Every day

~*~

How you make me feel

Mickell Goreham

Do you know how deep your words go? Through my heart to my pain. My eyes filled with sorrow and sympathetic shame. I hate your smell, your confidence, your smile, your fake ambitions, and your promises to yourself to reconcile. i hate when you look at me and tell me you don't care. i hate when you neglect me knowing i'm in a deep amount of weary despair. How many more times can you turn from your reality? how many more times will you abandon me? your hands have scarred my cheeks for life. your ugly breath and sickness. why can't you just confess; for your habits and your ignorance has left me feeling alone and helpless. I hope your guilt can drag you from dismay. I'll go to bed crying tonight. alone. astray.

~*~

Is 3 a Crowd?

Andrew Mills

Forbidden fruit we dare not touch

Bite the skin I need it such

My thoughts of you, no not they the other

Kiss me in my dreams, my forbidden lover

As I sleep at night my eyes close to shut

The wrong person beside me my life in a rut

You are the one that moves me beyond this

Far from the now, are eyes catch to kiss

I wake in the morning and walk the same route, day after night

Shouting so silent, will you hear our plight?

Indeed I feel this cant go on

'Tis you my love, in your arms I belong

As I see the mistakes I have made, there are more to come

Empty lies in my heart, I will succumb

Arid and empty this desert creek

My life, my voice, I cannot speak

Will we sit and ponder week after week?. . .

~*~

I’m sitting here thinking about you, the one,

And what we could have been, what we could have done.

Since you left I haven’t been the same,

But what keeps me going is your solid name.

See, I remember our times on the phone,

But since your gone, I’m all a lone.

There is no one to talk to, and no one to share,

But on the other hand I really shouldn’t care.

For all my life all I wanted to do,

Was fall in love with someone like you

It took me a while to set my self-strait,

But I still feel lonely and I put up my gate.

I loved you and you didn’t love me,

I still don’t know why I was too blind to see.

Five years from now I will probably see you again,

Maybe seeing you then will help my life begin.

You’ll be happily married with kids in fact,

So I’m not going to be around to hinder that.

Anywhere I go, any job I do,

I’ll be thinking about every good thing

I’ll be thinking about my Shanon

And how much I love you.

By: Eric Snowden

This poem is dedicated to S. J. H. (TAMARA)!

~*~

A good friend is hard to come by,

A good friend is hard to find.

A good friend is that kind of someone that

offers you peace of mind.

A good friend is there to lean on, to call

when times get tough.

A good friend is there to get you through

when the water seems too rough.

A good friend knows your troubles, what

worries you have inside.

A good friend is that person in whom you can confide.

A good friend doesn't care about gifts, or

what they can get from you.

A good friend knows that the greatest gift

is a heart that is good and true.

Good friends are hard to come by, this I've

said before.

And I want you to know that you're the best

friends that I've had come knocking at my

door.

Ana M. Guerriero

~*~

(ALWAYS THE BETTER MAN)

By-Tyrone Elson

Once again, I must hold my head in shame,

Even though what has happened, I must take the blame,

I befriended the enemy, made him my best,

Never thinking he’d give me, my most painful test.

I bet he’s now laughing, at home to himself,

About how he’s destroyed, everything I’ve felt,

My trust he took, and twisted around,

Until only confusion, is what I have found.

So many secrets, were given to one,

With that much to loss, I must turn to run,

He’s put me in a position, where I must doubt myself,

Where is my out-lit, where he used to help?

For what he’s done, he must be proud,

Of being the one, that took me down,

Broke my spirit, where no one could,

Crossed the lines, where no one would.

So much deception, in one little deed,

Left me open, for my soul to bleed,

What have I done, to deserve this pain?

What did he win, what was his gain?

The touch of a woman, is what he has,

He’s taken my place, and the future I planned,

The family I seen, he seen as well,

And in an unseen battle, it was me that fell.

Now in my place, the sidelines I see,

He is now everything, that I’ve wanted to be,

Where everything he has, is everything I need,

He knows this true, on my depression he feeds.

He has systematically, destroyed my life,

He took my wrongs, to make him right,

I opened the door, he walked right through,

Even though my undying love, for her he knew.

He took the only thing, in my life I wanted,

And before my eye’s, he painfully flaunts it,

But to prove my loyalty, I’ll remain quiet again,

And I’ll step back, because he’s my best friend.

~*~

"When we said goodbye"
tiffany loxton

I was standing there waiting for you

i didn't know what to say or what to do

i saw you comming close

i just stood there i was froze

thinking you were just gonna go

what you did i didnt know

you came close and put your arms around me

i wanted to keep you forever so badly

you are my everything

i see you and my heart starts beating

you let me go and started to walk away

i wanted to get on my knees and pray

i don't want to lose you

but that's exactly what im gonna do

we have to move apart

its that time in our lives when we make a new start

growing up means leaving you behind

i wish this whole life i could rewind

making you be there with me forever

then i know my life would never be in danger

well its over now

i'll learn to forget somehow

its gonna be so hard

i know my heart will forever be scarred

i said my goodbye to you

there was no need to argue

i'll never forget

loving you i'll never regret

i didnt cry

when we said goodbye

*december 15 2002*

~*~

i thought we had something going

you seemed to be so true

my life was complete

i had someone, you

then you got bored and left me behind

with a shattered heart

and tears in my eyes

i couldn't believe it

was it a dream

i soon woke to find it was reality

now i sit and wait alone without you being mine

wondering what i should do when all i can do is cry

now please explain to me

how you could get bored with someone like me

when i loved you so much and you said you loved me

did you ever really love me or was that a lie

well no matter if it was true or not

i did love you

and i still do

Katelynn Hubert

~*~

PUPPET STRINGS

Allison Leonard

Stuck here on puppet strings

everything dictted, never free

surrounded by people, yet I'm alone

sometimes I wish I could just be gone

to fly away or disappear

would they notice, would they care?

Alone crying, surrounded laughing

I;m torn and drowning, people are passing

I;m suffocating, mind whirling, ever faster

Out of control and lost forever

I cry out, the echoe rings

And still I'm stuck on puppet strings

~*~

(BREEZE)

Trina Paolotto-

THE LIGHTEST BREEZE-OF YOUR WHISPER,

SETS UPON HIS FACE. THE WONDER OF HIS LOVE RETREATS TO YOUR SPACE.THE DAY STARTS AS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING-ALL YOUR MEMORIES ALLOW YOUR HEART TO SING.IT'S AS SOFT, AND COMFORTABLE, AS A BLANKET OF FLOWERS-AS YOU SIT TO TALK FOR COUNTLESS HOURS.THIS FRIENDSHIP IS STRONGER THAN ANY WHO KNOW-AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE'S A FLICKER OF GLOW----THAT SHINES THROUGH THE NITE---AS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING, AS A POSSIBLE JOURNEY TWO LOVERS WILL BRING.

~*~

Break me

OPEN MIC ENCORE - Part I - Two Sides of the Coin of Love

OPEN MIC
ENCORE - Part I - Two Sides of the Coin of Love