OPEN MIC ENCORE I

TO THE MUSIC IN MY HEART

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Complete

-Matt McCoy-

My world was dark, full of strife

Until you came into my life

You filled it up with your light

That melts away endless night

I ask myself, “Is it real?”

This feeling that you make me feel

The one that makes my heart rise

By looking straight into your eyes

I want to be with you, for all time

The feeling that I gets sublime

You are the reason for my day

Yet, I’ve never told you I feel this way

Now I believe that is it time

Because this feeling’s at it’s prime

I tried to make it short and sweet

Just to tell you, you made me complete

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BREATH ON A WINDOW

by Marcia Schechinger

Waking I shiver

sleepless to another winters night

Shadowed by familiar patterns

and words of Keats laying open on my chest

A frigid night to consider old lovers

who once stirred my flesh

I, determined for a lustful love,

have become an enemy to myself

In a thoughtful fore night sleep

I bear my heart on frozen glass

a warm inscription of initials

mine, then a quick halt,

before I trace yours on the bottom

For true love could not linger aloof,

or become adulteress to its emotion

Then expelling a sigh of closure

I summate my real loves in number

and lovingly inscribe + 2

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L o v e

Bernie Angel Celorio

Its a feeling so wonderful and so complex

That even the most intellectual cant figure the concept

Often meaningless, but In fact,

When its meant, it tends to have the most powerful impact

Infatuation is so often mistaken when they twist facts

But being real can keep relationships intact

Her very being paints a vivid image, a flawless picture

Amiss her minor imperfections, beauty still persists her

So difficult to resist her, to her, a charm so irrefutable

And attributes so endearing, they are indisputable

Her caring demeanor is influential, in all livelihood she's an inspiration

Connections indicative of this emotion, there's no room left for interpretations

It summons primitive instincts, No rational way to approach the situation

So its in the eye of the beholder, aficionado's intuition

It appears in all places, at times on the sleeve of ones shirt

At times though unfathomable, roses may grow from concrete, diamonds found in dirt

Many emotions, how ever intense, made insignificant when push comes to shove

Because the emotion that I speak of, indescribable, and passionate, is LOVE

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Don’t Go

Layne

I was there when you smiled, frowned, laughed, and cried

you were there for me

why aren't you here now

I need you

you went away

left me alone

I felt safe with you

now I am vulnerable

nowhere near home

home is with you

why did you leave

leave me alone

your life is important, I know

but you are important to me

more important than you could comprehend

I might fail with out you

fail myself

but most of all, fail you

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(Could We Be?) Friends and Lovers

By: Racquel M.

"the beat of your heart could be the beat of my heart"

I thought I loved u when u looked at me

smiled at me

eyed me

But why didn't I say it

or make u feel it?

Why did I turn the other way?

Only to regret it every single sunny day

I thought I loved u when I thought of u

dreamed of u

breathed u

But why didn't I say it

or make u feel it?

Why did I turn the other way?

Only to regret it every single waking day

I thought I loved u when I tried to follow u

to make sense of u

to feel u

But why didn't I say it

or make u feel it?

Why did I turn the other way?

I'll always regret it, day after day after day

Could we be, friends and lovers?

Nothing, in this world to know, like any other

Don't worry, you I won't smother

I just want to be friends and lovers

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ECTOPIC

By Tonya Osborne

I never got to see your face

But I love you just the same

Im sorry that you had to go

But I'm very glad you came

It's hard to live without you

You're so very far away

But we'll make up for all lost times

When we meet in Heaven one day

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Tanka Blues and Company

Shirley Short

. tonight's rendevous-

sweet-bitter sweet

nectar and juice:

bees follow me all over

i'm a honey pot

. chirping on my deck

a lone bird picks and chooses

something for lunch;

much is required

of the uncaged

. boom, boom he says- John Lee

the Hooker* man likes the way

the way i walk-boom:

right and then left my hips swing

he sees my grandma in me

. hot on the burner

grease is popping everywhere

my pan trout is "a frying"-

beween my legs love waits to

spit its sizzling juice on you

*John Lee Hooker, blues man, sang a song with the words: Boom, Boom, I like the way you walk.

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"The Near Thing"

© Nilesh N. C. Roy.

We only met for a moment,

Beside a lichened wall,

In fact, to be perfectly truthful,

We didn’t meet at all.

The road was a ‘B’, and narrow,

The bend was an ‘S’, and smart;

I was passing a grocer’s van,

You a pony and cart.

I may have touched the grocer,

It’s hard to be sure, of course.

At an aggregate speed of a hundred

We certainly scared the horse.

We almost met for a moment,

Instead we just passed by,

In short we missed each other,

Though God alone knows why.

I got half a thumb on the hooter,

Did you get a toe to the brake?

I reckon a mile between us

Before we began to shake.

Did the landscape go pink at the edges

For you as it did for me?

Did you drop to a thoughtful thirty

For a mile, or two, or three?

We only met for a moment

(As I think I must have said),

But another moment either way

And we’d both of us be dead.

And the most alarming aspect

Of having so nearly met

Is that by this time tomorrow

We’ll both of us forget.

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TO BE WITH YOU.

KATHLEEN MCANDREW

Slowly, slowly, the sun sets

Slowly returning, are the memories i've kept

Safe inside, locked far away,

I'd kept them there, untill today.

The wind comes, a steady breeze,

The images return, making me freeze.

A lonely sadness crashes over me,

Like waves crashing over the sea.

The lions roam,across 6the plains,

My dreams follow, those very same lanes.

My love for you,I can no longer hide.

Th birds soar, way up high,

My soul wants to be, there, in the sky.

It wants to be free, to do what it wants to do.

It wants to be free, to be with you.

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Visions

© Gerald L. Ingersoll

Your vision softly comes to me

in the quiet of the night,

and in my fantasies I see you

standing naked in the light.

I touch your warm and gentle body

and caress your velvet skin;

your hair flows silken through my fingers

while my desires for you begin.

My emotions surge and crash

to where the unseen rocks lie hidden;

to the barrier, like a cliff-side,

beyond which love remains forbidden.

I know I'11 never taste the wonders

you keep securely locked inside;

nor experience the ecstasy

your lovely body could provide.

Social laws and obligations,

like coral reefs that stop the sea;

stand between us, not permitting

thoughts of love for you and me.

But in my dreams and in my fantasies,

where our love is not a sin;

I hold your body close to mine...

...and love you once again.

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you showed me...... what love is....a fairy tale.... that fades with age.... i WONT forgive you......but i will ALWAYS love you....

sean kerr

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days breaking,

wind hearing the sound,

it shouldn't be heard,

yet it can always be found,

through the depths of this wandering,

and the loathing of that soul,

the wind can be sought after,

and never completely under control,

she sang through the forest,

not knowing a soul was around,

yet in her mind she knew,

that what she was singing was quite profound,

and although she did not show it,

she knew most very well,

that while she sang her melody,

without a care in the world,

a simple boy was watching her,

by means of bushes and trees,

listening to her every note,

and the tempo of every key.

Jana

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Sometimes I feel,

that You're the only one that cares

Sometimes I feel,

like your the only one who helps

me shed my tears

Sometimes I feel,

like You're the love of my life

Sometimes I feel,

like I'm only worth your time

But now i feel sad

Because your moving away

But now i feel

Like i'm going to cry

You're the one I've always loved

You're the one whose always cared

You'rethe one whose always joked

You're the one whose always there

I miss you already

Though your not yet gone

I wish there was a way

to turn back the time

I miss you and love you

You're mine forever

Jtown Swimmer

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THIS IS WHERE LOVE TAKES ME

By: Je-ar Abangan

Date and Time: 11/09/05 @ 1:31 am

I've dreamt for so long just to be with you

Where I could be the only one that your eyes laid on to

Every night I pray that you will feel the same way too

Day after day all I see is nothing but oh so you

Though it's very impossible for this to come true

I still would want you even if you don’t want me to

Because this is where love takes me and this is where I’ll be

By looking in your eyes just completes my day

No I’m not afraid of what will the people say

Coz I believe in my feelings even if I’m drowning in pain

I’m not expecting anything coz I know that I’ve nothing to gain

Though I know that we can’t really be together

I still want you to know that I’ll be here forever

Because this is where love takes me and this is where I’ll go

I know that I’m a fool for falling in love with you

I know that you don’t care bout the feelings that I have for you

Loving you is like unloving me; I know that this ain’t right

Yet you are my only reason why my life is oh so bright

I don’t care when or how, but I’m hoping somehow

So many heartaches and so many tears that love has brought to me

But this is where love takes me and this is where I’ll stay.

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You Made Me an Insomniac

Caroline Burch

Why does it hurt so much?

To see you go

Because its what I wanted isn’t it?

As I watch your taillights fade in to the night

Part of me would give anything for you to stay

I sit by the door until you’ve turned the corner

And many corners after that

Our love is gone

No one is to blame

But I’m still standing by the door

Waiting for you

With disappointment and regret

But you’ve gone

And you’ve found yourself a better life

But I’m still here lying awake at night

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-Suffering-

SaNcA

heh, girl, don't know how I should put this but...

I think I still love you

every day I see you

even if we spent hours together

I still miss you

I can't explain in words how much I love you, not even my own mind can explain it

one thing though... you never noticed me

you never took interest

girl I think about you like 24/7

you must be a gift from heaven

but when you look at those guys, hugging them talkin' about them it hurts me

hurts me deep inside

you love the other after the other

I wonder when you're gonna come to me

see what I can be

I promise you girl I'll give you more then I can give

I'll love you more than I'll love my own life

but I guess it will never be anything between you and me...

I'm glad that you love other men, I do

I'm glad for your sake that you are happy with what you do

but me... my soul is shivering in thousands of pieces after every guy...

and one day I just wish this fucking feeling will die

one day this fucking love will end

one day I'll kill myself... it will say one thing on my grave

to the girl I love the feeling for you never ended,

I guess you see now that it just extended

girl I hope you notice me now

just wish I could kiss you one time

but hell no

one thing's for sure I'll be waiting for you in the heavens up above

If I'm not there I'll be downstairs... then I'll never see you but I'll be thinking of you

thinking of you till I die in hell thinking off you if I ever burn in hell

there is no one in the world like you

and I'll never be over you

girl just fuck you!

now I can't take it any more

just wish you never came into my life !

making this sadness all so fucked!

gonna ignore you now!

you will find that it is hard, how I spent two years like that !

every day!

just wish you died... but no I love you can't just let you go....

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THY SHALL PROSPER

abs Yasin

PART 1

What shed of tears must I shed for thee?

What mountain must I climb?

Or ocean to cross the other line

So confined by your heart

I'd wish to go back to the hands of time

Where I could be yours and you could be mine

Tough there is neither replay nor rewind

But to unwind my mind

If thy shall forever reside in my heart

Nay stormy hurricane can do no pain

This shed can be yours only

The mountain and the ocean are yours truly

Oh how i Thresher thee

If thy shall ever prosper

This heart of mine shall rest at peace

Thus forever be remark

This tale of hers and mine

PART 2

A twilight garden nourishes a melting heart

Renovates thy broken peaces by part

Joining what has been broken in two

Peaces of me… peaces of you

In every pace of distance has flown away

Has been within thy soul to stay

Another day passes us by

In time has grown by our side

A passion ye led to our doom

A passion ye shine brighter than full moon

Blooms in misty sight

Though clearly of ye heart than mind

Danger has it as always

Though bravely thyself it face

Risky as this burns into the eternal flame

Willing ye lead in a narrow place

Fires heats of passions of two

This love of mine…this love of you

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Things happen even if we don't know why

Things happen even if it makes us cry

You held your daughter in your arms

God tried to take her without causing any harm

A beautiful little girl has past

A love for Lillyana Marie forever will last

She wasn't even given a chance

To have felt your touch or to see you take your first glance

at the little life you made

and know her life never began because with jesus she had to be laid

to always be loved and held in remembrance

was the promise made to her the very instance

she was pronounced to be past

knowing a broken heart from her mother will last

in the morning we think

of her room being filled with pink

from the bed to the walls

from the teddy bears laying in the halls

the spirit within will always remain

to protect the one who's love was contained

The feeling of love to a baby girl

The feelings of loss that in heart will twirl

Lillyana Marie a little girl

That's life was taken from the arms of her mother

But, with her mother the love and memories will remain

B, you can get through this Lillyana needs you to be strong

Contribute to her life

Not celebrate her death

Within you she was alive

Outside of you she never survived

Tanya Hildreth

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Morning

George Ghio

lips and tongue on breast

lovers enjoy warm embrace

morning, run rats race

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Cotton Candy

whisperkwaneLamb

You feel like a cotton glove?

A roaming of which my hands love.

Soft and smooth your skin

Outside and in

Sweet...

You smell of honey

Being harvest out of play

You become

A different flower

Each and every day

I slowly confess to you

My love...

As I walk gracefully

Upon your maze.

If a cotton thorn be found

I lovingly gaze

Which it is mentally...removed

A pure cotton body

To me you are

Not a flaw in sight.

I go on with my harvest

Through the night.

Dew upon the cotton

Sparkles of which are who?

Spun into candy...

I lovingly devour you.

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Something from a Memory...

Natasha Teo

Hidden away,

Safe;

Untouched,

Its innocence is key,

A secret kept,

Between

Two hearts;

Unique and heavenly,

For ever given,

Yet never kept,

Something

Shared beneath a tree,

Its touch is ever

Soft,

So gentle;

Known only to you and me,

Our eyes they meet,

Our lips

They touch,

This feeling forever be,

The worries of this

War-washed

World,

Forgotten be our unity,

A priceless gift,

Of timeless age,

You now

Pass on to me,

The sweetness stained

Upon the

Souls,

Of you and I; thy and thee,

But now the moment has ended,

The magic,

Is spent;

Calmness is on the ground,

Though never forgotten,

And not

To be lost,

A sweet innocent kiss…

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How to heal a broken heart

-Kez-

I gave my heart away to you

What a stupid thing to do!

What to do when the love is gone,

Run away? What’s done is done

So I’ll take some pins up off my shelf,

A needle and thread, to stitch myself

And put my heart together again

You will always lose, and I will always win

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A foreign affair

Andra Dan

Two lonely souls from overseas

Are breathing life like a disease

With every gulp of fresh air

There is more pain and more despair.

In every glimpse towards the past

Their heart is filled with warmth so fast!

In everything around, they see

how great their love once used to be.

Little chance to reconcile...

Still much love, but more denial.

My darling if you only knew

How many things for you I'd do.

How much I miss our quiet talks

How much I loved our midnight walks.

In my last words I promises you,

Never to forget my "moo"

I'm sorry for all the times I've made you cry

With you in my heart I'll die.

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i lie on my bed dreaming of you,

but it wont be for the simple pleasure of seeing your face.

my insides kill to know the truth,

or maybe im safer if i dont know.

i lie of my bed thinking of you,

only to have my thoughts disturbed to the truth of you've hurt me.

all those lies ive been told,

and i thought they were reality.

amms

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Hearts that love

We think about, sing about it, dream about it,

lose sleep worrying about it, when we don't have it, we

search for it, when we discover it, we don't know what to do with it.

When we have it, we fear losing it. it's a constant source of pleasure

and pain. But we can't predict from 1minute to the next which it's going

to be today. it takes on many shapes and many disguises. we love our parents, our brothers, and sisters, our boyfriends, our cats, and dogs. our comfortable shoes and our basketball. love - it's a short word easy to spell but difficult to define, impossible to live without

theresa taylor

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The birds whistle

The winds tease

The trees bristle

But no-body sees

The seas rage

The fires burn

No matter what you wage

Time still turns

Whether heat or frost

Whether dark or light

The people have lost

Their will to fight

The roosters call

The raven’s crow

The people will fall

But will anyone know?

Jordan

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Are you there. . .

Leann Norton

I hear you whisper in the wind,

breathless, I say, could it be him.

I look about, but you are no where to be found.

It empties my soul and leaves me with a frown.

What could you be telling me, why do I fear.

Is it your soul, are you still lingering here.

I look at your picture and wonder why he took you away.

Could it be the people who were mean to you. and

Will they ever pay.

I hear you during the day and dream of you at night

Help me understand , so I can make it right.

It's been two years and the pain never goes away.

Everything I do reminds me of that day.

I will be happy when I can join you,

but for now I need to mourn you.

May you rest in peace. . .

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BEAUTY IS HER NAME

Nick B

Her and love are the same

Beauty is her name

I hope to find her someday

Beauty is her name

Without her I'll never be complete

Beauty is her name

The missing rib, she is to me

Beauty is her name

For I'm her Adam and she's my Eve

Beauty is her name

Predestined to be together, we are

Beauty is her name

For from the start she had my heart

Beauty is her name

With a mustard seed of faith I pray

Beauty is her name

That God will lead me to her someday

Beauty is her name

Who is she I speak of and seek?

Beauty is her name

She loves God with all her heart

Beauty is her name

She's considerate, loving, encouraging and smart

Beauty is her name

Will i ever find her? I don't know

Beauty is her name

My faith in God tells me so

Beauty is her name

My suitable helper, She is the one

Beauty is her name

For her I'll wait till kingdom come

Beauty is her name

She holds the key to my heart

Beauty is her name

She is the woman of proverbs thirty one

Beauty is her name

Noble character is hers, she has overcome

Beauty is her name

She's worth more the world to me

Beauty is her name

She has this attraction i could never explain

Beauty is her name

Simple words could never suffice

Beauty is her name

She is simply the love of me life.

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FOR ASHTON

Melissa Foran

Sweet brown old eyes, are what I see

When I place my eyes on thee.

Curly hair, precious smile

Forever curious, Where-What-Why ?

A caring nature-mischieve too

An air of mystery surrounding you.

Laughter ,new games play make-believe

A young heart forever...

So remember take heed ,

Of all life shall give

And take in return

Your journey's begun -there's so much you learn!

Sleepy eyes now

That I see when my eyes are placed on thee

Dreams are near

A fable is told

Blankets pulled up to keep out the cold

One last peep from those sweet brown old eyes

Too tired for words,

Goodnights

Or Goodbye's

I stay and stroke your cheek for awhile

And smile...

..As you dream

..Of another place in time

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