OPEN MIC Part I

For Ever, My Love For You
Carolina

You are the one for me. You brighten my days, you lighten my soul, to hold you or to kiss you would make me so happy i need you in my life, just like you need me. I'm not perfect but i am just right for you. As I sit here thinking about you and of all that we had gone through makes me think of how good it would be to have you right here next to me. You are my all and every thing in my life, and if i would ever think of the thought of loosing you, just brings tears to my eyes, i would never want to loose you and if it ever came to that point i just wanna say that For Ever, My Love For You.

~*~

RAINDROPS

deanna-

You say you do not love me, and still, I can live with that, but yet you come to me with feeling. I say I do not love you, yet I come to you with pride. When we're together with both give with love, so if you don't love me nor I you, then what really matters? Everytime we meet it's with tenderness and passion and with that my complete being grows. I watch as you watch me and maybe only I can see the joy and affection those warm eyes bring. Yet I dare to tell anyone what I see. For what I see is boundless, timeless delight. That's when I wonder what does love matter. For the moment we are like raindrops, suspended between the sky and the earth. We all come to give and to share. With you I soar beyond feelings grown familiar to my soul, carrying with me the destiny of lifes cycle, such as life, is suspended in air, like raindrops.

~*~

I Want To Shout, "I LOVE YOU!"

Mark Anthony Moyano

Every day that I’m with you, I feel like I’m a superhero.

I feel like I can fly up in the sky, and eliminate different kinds of sorrow.

I feel like I can navigate the universe all by myself.

And there’s no one can stop me even the most powerful elf.

Every hour that I’m with you, I feel that I am perfect

And all bad luck for me has no effect.

I feel like I can make you the happiest woman on Earth,

Even though I am not handsome at birth.

Every minute that I’m with you, I feel like I am a King,

And that whenever you are near I am floating.

I feel like I’m the most appealing man ever walked the planet,

While you are the most wonderful woman I have ever met.

Every second that I’m with you, I want to shout, “I LOVE YOU!”

But I am afraid what might happen if I do.

I might regret it for the rest of my life,

Or I might kill myself using a knife.

Every moment that I’m with you, I want to say, “I LOVE YOU!”

But I know I’ll never like what will happen if I do.

How I wish you could feel what I feel,

So that from now on I’ll never ever get ill.

Every time that I’m with you, I want to shout, “I LOVE YOU!”

How I wish you felt the same way too.

But even though I cannot say it in front of you,

In my heart I always do love you.

~*~

THE LONG NIGHT

Erin Harte

the long night

empty space

between us

cloudless sky

moonless night

~*~

"Last Night"

Jess

I'm so emotionally dead

And I can smell you on my fingertips

Maybe it's all in my head

But I was kissing your lips

It feels so unreal

But it's impossibly true

I'm not sure how to feel

About me and you

I think it was right

And I don't feel pain

It was last night

That it stopped to rain

I'm emotionally lost

I don't know who I am

A friendship at cost

And I've done what I can

If it's you that I'm losing

Then I take back what we've done

It's you that she's using

It's me that has won

No more reasons to fight

Over unimportant things

I miss last night

As I wait for the telephones rings

~*~

All I ever wanted was to be part of your heart

And for us to be together, never apart

No one else in the world can even compare

You're perfect and so is this love that we share

WE have so much more than I ever thought I could

I love you more than ever thought I could

I promise to give you all I have to give

I'll do anything for you as long as I live

In your eyes I see our present, our future and past

By the way you look at me I know we will last

I hope that ONE day you'll come to realize

How perfect you are in my eyes.

By: Nikki Bradshaw

~*~

I told myself not to fall

I told myself to hide it all.

I did real well in the start.

I told you we should stay apart.

But that's the hardest thing to do.

When you find someone as understanding as you.

I started to fall more each day.

I was falling for you in every way.

I told myself don't be scared, stand up and face your fears.

take a deep breath, now wipe away those tears.

So I got brave and told you how I feel.

And hoped what you had said was real.

You said I Love You.

I said I Love You too.

That's when it all started to change.

It all started to rearrange.

You told me it's cause you feel bad.

Well I want you to know it makes me sad.

I know if I would have stayed away.

I never would have felt this pain.

There's one last thing I have to say .

Before I say good-bye today.

stand up and face your fears.

Take a deep breath, Please help me wipe away my tears.

Lauren

~*~

MORNING

by Sarah Spears

Trouble comes without warning,

Pain comes without thought,

Sadness may cover every spot,

But the sun comes with the morning,

Happiness overcomes the trouble and pain,

The sun stopped all this madness

through the rain,

Now that there is light,

I have regained my sight,

All has happened without thought,

And in the end love covers every spot.

~*~

OLD BLACK JACKET

MARCIA E. SCHECHINGER

An old black jacket sits on my bed

Small strings hang down like golden threads

Tattered slightly but beauty found

The thought of you keeps it well bound

Touching coat the memories find

Football games with your arm in mine

A boyish grin with sharp gray eyes

A crisp fall night when we entwined

Holding close my true loves cloth

The smell of you no fragrance lost

Life is gone but memories clear

The days are long without you dear

Selfishly I want you back

I'm sorry for the time I lacked

Stoking hair or kissing cheek

Time too short and now I weep

The old black jacket tells this tale

Love your mate each day you share

Never have regrets to face

Or wish for one more yesterday

~*~

ALL BECAUSE

gaps

YOU ARE THE PATH I SLOWLY TREAD ON, THE PATH I OBEDIENTLY FOLLOW;

THOUGH SOMETIMES IT MAY SEEM HOLLOW, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE ONE DAY;

THIS HOLLOWNESS WILL DISAPPEAR FROM SOMEWHERE WITHIN,

JUST LIKE THE EVENING SUN SETTING IN....

ALL BECAUSE...

IF YOU'RE THE DAWN, I'M THE SUNSET;

IF YOU'RE THE RIVER ,I'M THE TRIBUTARY;

IF YOU'RE THE MOON, I'M IT'S MOONLIGHT;

IF YOU'RE THE STARS, I'M IT'S SHINE;

IF YOU'RE THE SUNSHINE, I'M YOUR RAYS.

IF MY LIFE'S A FULL CIRCLE, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WITHIN.

~*~

Dream

Steve

As I wake this morning with the memories of the sweetest dream,

As the dawn light fall across your beautiful face the vision of perfect beauty overwhelms me,

My heart skips a beat, as I try to catch my breath,

Before me the goddess of my dream is holding me in passionate silence,

For together we are in perfect harmony, were only true love embraces you and me,

Together forever true love is our if we want it to be.

~*~

"THE PAIN OF A LOST LOVE"

In remembrance of Lory,

Sean Byrd

The gift of true love is like a gift from heaven.

You can't physically see or hold it but you know it's there.

But when you decide to love you unknowingly also decide to lose it.

Like a balloon in a storm, it can leave your grasp.

The loss of a loved is one is like a sharp pain that never goes away.

But you still know it's true love from heaven above.

~*~

One night's work

Warren tarus smith

if what i believe is really true then we belong together forever

lets let our two passions collide in a world of endless pleasures

many women wait a lifetime to experience this bliss untouched by so many before

but in one nights work i can give you all the pleasures you adore

like the morning sun, i will show you the light that you so desperately yearn

or maybe i'll be the moon that comforts you at night to stop your twist and turns

awaken my angel and stand strong with no flaws...

this love that i speak of could only be yours!!!

~*~

That thing you do

Sarah

What went wrong? im gonna sit here and try not to sigh,all you ever did was make me cry,i tried to hold it in,i tried to

be strong but then something always

had to go wrong,we looked so in love

and all this time it had been wrong

,you hadnt loved me,you didnt even

like my smile,but maybe everything

will be alright,all i have to do is

try,You make me want to hate you,You make me want to cry,you make me want to rip my

heart out and you make me want

to lie,i hate the way you treat

me,i hate the way you smile,

but the sad part is i dont even

hate you at all,i love everything

you do,even if what your doing

is tearing me in two,all i can do

is wait and maybe one day you'll

love me like the way i love you.-

~*~

Just one more time
Ashley Enloe

Time is turning going so fast

people that loved me are turning their backs

My worlds turning upside down, My worlds gone black

I can't see the light

I'm all alone people are leaving me behind

All the loved ones of mine are dying

My hands start to tremble, My heart starts to jump

I can hardly breath, I'm gasping for air

tears forming in my eyes

I'm begging, I'm pleading Please don't leave me

just give me one more day, just one I'm asking

so I can hold and kiss you one last time

~*~

My dogs name is

SAM!

My friends name is

SAM!

the only difference is that my dog is a male,

and my friend is a female

they are both~

~however,

really nice

and kind

and sweet

my friend-sam is very funny

my dog-sam is very cute

both of them are friendly

and both of them are sam!

brittany

~*~

Lonelier than ever,

I fell into the darkness of the desert,

with no water with no season of spring,

I supported my hopes to the darkness of the nights, but my hands did not reach the moon and stars to get my wishes.

At this moment of loneliness

my eyes are in the illusions

my heart is as softness as the rivers

my cry of yearning is with no voice,

my heart is still without you.

Lonelier than ever..... maybe it was the curse of a bad spell

that did not reach me into your arms,

lonelier than ever..... maybe i ll remain into my dreams and thoughts, or maybe even i ll travel alone watching the illusions

If for my own benefit i ll tell you i am in love,

where will you take me? to my desires or will you still remain in my wonderland, where you still are my mirage.

At this moment with no answer my tears are the amount of the sea, and

my eyes are lonelier than ever........

Shila Saidian

~*~

WHISPERS

Leslie Yo

Whispers in the world

What do they mean?

Little Boys and Little Girls whisper their dreams

How they sit on the clouds and eat ice cream, riding on ponies and carosuel machines

Oh if only the whole world could make whispers so innocent like the children

But there are some people

Who's whispers we fear

Those people's whispers break out glass hearts and shatter our hopes and dreams

though WE never really know what a tiny whisper can truly can bring we surely know it can bring

GOOD

BAD

THINGS

~*~

EMPTY

By Shirhia Cowan

I don't know why you put my heart to the test,

You're just a guy like all the rest.

They come and go, do as they please.

They make you cry, fall to your knees.

They lie, they cheat, they lead you on.

Sometimes I wish you'd just be gone.

You think you're the best, I can't do without

And in my mind there is no doubt.

You're a jerk and a pain, but this one thing is true-

My life would seem empty without you.

~*~

I see no beauty

angled ‘neath your smile

Nor warmth in your eyes.

And anger, I dream

concealed ‘neath your guile.

Transparent to me

The depth of my rage

you bathe and defile,

to assuage your guilt

You reek of distaste

claiming love all the while.

you look down your nose

And traces of heat

that held back the bile

I save for your lust

No quarter given

though we’ve gone the full mile

Left only at rest

within something so vile.

Debra Herrington

~*~

THE MOMENT

KNYTE

My tears gave birth to tears

My knytemares had knytemares

My fears… feared their worse fear

My permanent smile disappeared

The very moment…. You let my ears hear…

YOU NEVER LOVED ME .

~*~

Brass Premiere

Timothy McNeal

In the evening then

her slender figure in that long black gown,

her fair plait glimmering,

her trumpet pressed against

her breast,

her belly breathing and

her baby blues

promising.

~*~

There are worlds inside my mind that you may never see

Secrets deep inside my life that play out again in me

I always seemed to find a light where none should be found

But every time I see your face the light turns upside down

So remember me and how I am and how I've always been

Because every time you see me now My beginnings now my end.

So Think about the past

Think of all you did,

Think of everything that was and could have been.

Can you even say you were telling me the truth?

The next time I hear " I love you" its not going to be from you.

Just remember that the next time you kiss someone else's lips

You ask me before I turn away for one final kiss

I know you may not know this but it is very true,

The last kiss you gave was on someone else's lips to them from you.

So Think about the past

Think of all you did,

Think of everything that was and could have been.

Remember what I say and every word You hear,

When the next emotion sneaks up on you, all it will be is fear.

Kathryn Wiley

~*~

SATIN AFTER MIDNIGHT

M Freeland

Crimson lips

drip

sweetly down alabaster skin

trickling

silent moans flow forth from nape,

fading in and out of

submission.

The tongue seek s razor s prey

And all that s left of pain

Is want.

~*~

I AM FEELING LOVE

Doreen Moore

Like pen to paper indelibly each line was burned in my memory.

Each though had flowed like a river uninterrupted as I rode on the coattails of every

ending word.

I remember being on the mountaintop; at my happiest being so high

But as life passes so shall the happiness.

Am I happy? Why am I not smiling?

Now I have to feel every other emotion that living has to offer.

I am walking towards the valley--- where I frown…where I cry…where I am afraid.

Sometimes the sun is shining on the path which is not really there.

Other times the clouds darken the trails I’m blazing.

I trudge on.

Alas, I come upon yet another mountain

But this one is grander than all others; quite possibly the grandest of them all.

I am taken over by something I can’t name.

What is it that I am feeling?

I am happy. I am smiling. I no longer frown. I am no longer afraid.

The sun is always shining.

I am feeling

Love.

~*~

Be calm, little one

Think not of the night

Think not of the beasts

Or of things of fright

Be calm, little one

Lay your head down

Fear not my darling

And sleep sound

Be calm, little one

And think not of harm

Think of me

And you’re safe in my arms

Ariel Garman

~*~

Love

Mary Alice Barnes

Love is soft like a petal from a flower,

It looks so delicate ye, it has so much power.

Love is something that can never be bought,

it's so easy to learn but, it cannot be taught.

Love is not to be blamed for treating someone else wrong.

Love is perfect, willing and, strong.

Love can never be destroyed nor, taken apart,

love is something you can never get out of your heart.

~*~

THE GHOST-CHILD LAUGHS

by Jacob Albaugh

Existing next to you wasn't worth it

Hate and fear permeated the air around me

You told me it was alright if I died

I remembered almost everything that day

Especially the fact that you didn't even cry

So what does that mean to me?

Just because I'm freed of the grip of your shadow

Allowed to dream like a normal boy

Laughing and playing with the friends in my head

Occasionally I'd like to watch over you

Seeing the real world in negative tones

Realizing your heart was truly black

Able to see where you'll end up

Wondering if someone will be there to care

When you end up like me

~*~

We see The Thing We love most With shaded eyes And Utmost conviction.

William Nippress

We love with obsessesive certainty

With shaded eyes and utmost conviction see

Our fixation constant unheeding lost.

~*~

A story about feelings
Rositsa Kuneva

I still remember the eternal day,

when walking with him through the bay;

Blue haze obscured the sinking sun

and the dusk was falling like a ton,

leaving warm enchanting colours,

shading off for many hours

The sand was warm the water too

But his hand was warmer than those two

It was all, the sea, the sky, so nice-

it was like an earthly paradise

But nothing pretty lasts too long,

it had to go somewhere wrong

Instead of saying that he loved me

He said he loved somebody else but me.

Ho stood up then and went away-

there was nothing he could say…

Now I’m looking at the sky- it’s black,

the sun is gone and it won’t be back

~*~

TEAR STAINS

By: Rayne Britt

Tears coursed down my cheek

Kissed away by your words of gold.

The way you kindly speak

Makes my heart unfold.

Tear stains left by the last

You easily washed away,

Erasing the chalk-written past,

And writing in ink a brand new day.

You give me newer tears:

Tears that flow with joy.

You relieve my fears;

My hate destroy.

These new tear stains stand

As a testament to my happiness.

Here in the palm of your hand.

All is bliss

~*~

MY ONE TRUE LOVE

PAMMY WEVERS

His voice as soft as a snowflake falling from the sky,

His touch as warm as a fresh baked pie,

He makes me feel like the happiest person in the world when hes looking into my eyes.

His eyes are as beautiful as a sunset,

His smile glows like a thousand stars lighting up the sky after the sun has set.

His hair is the most beautiful brown,

When I see him he always makes me smile I never have a frown,

Since the first time I laid eyes on him he stole my heart now it will always be his, forever to him my heart is bound

~*~

THE BLUE IN YOU

by Evan Wolff

Blue as the sky

that sets in her eyes.

Blue as the boy

who has lost his favorite toy.

Blue as the ocean

that sets you in motion.

Blue as the jeans

that say what they mean.

Blue as the balloon

that sailed to the moon.

Blue as the berry

never mistaken for a cherry.

Blue like the note

that Ray Charles wrote.

Blue as the bird

that said not a word.

Blue as the light

that shown through the night.

Blue as the color

forever to be discovered.

~*~

LANDFILL

jessy mills

My heart is a landfill

Cracks and tares through the layers

Pieces of broken confidence

It seems to have built up a barrier

Thick walls shatter at night

My heart breaking seeps out my eyes

Take a hammer this barren land

Build another layer onto my life

A numbing sound, like a drum

Is this life? Am I alive?

Holes in the wall from stress

My head aches from your life, now gone

Another layer is beginning to form

A ray of sunshine beams onto the landfill

Here and now, blossoms grow.

~*~

YOUR EYES

Christopher DeJesus

Love looks you in the

eyes everyday,

stares you down,

and leaves you wondering, "What

if?"

What if I could be with you

right now?

What if we were together every

minute and

second

and we were never able to

separate ourselves from one another?

Would it be heaven,

or would it be happiness?

Could it be both if we feel like it

should be?

I wish it were and I wish I was with you.

Hey look...

The man is walking his dog down

the street.

They are together.

I'm not sure how this reminds me of us.

But they are together.

Sometimes I write like

this and people say its

weird,

but define weird.

My definition:

weird is love.

Love is a liking.

A very intimate and emotional

and physical, trusting kind

of liking.

The other night I talked on the phone

with

you.

I heard your voice,

and I started to fall in love.

with

you.

And now when I think about it,

I feel that even though its

against my damn philosophical

ways,

I love

you.

Already.

What if I could look you

in the eyes?

What if

Love could look you in the eyes?

~*~

Without You

Rich

Sometimes I lie in bed and wonder where I would be without you.

You have given me such much to live for and this is so true.

In my heart you’re perfect in every aspect.

Because of this I will always show you the utmost respect.

This is what you deserve, the very best.

Sometimes I feel as though you doubt me but girl I’m always gonna be there.

Trust and honesty is what I’m all about, this I swear.

I want a chance to prove myself and be your everything.

If my dream came true I would give anything.

I just want to hold you in my arms and be with you through the night.

~*~

I shouldn't have looked at you the way I did tonight.

Why do you have to be so beautiful?

You shouldn't have touched me the way you did tonight.

We both didn't want to let go.

and what if we didn't?

What if we don't?

So you'll go drink this away tonight.

I will write.

Your fake smiles will do for tonight,

and my sadness will.

at one moment we will both think about this,

both of us will wonder what is next,

or what went wrong.

I know, you know, but we both may know differently.

It scares me,

we possess much fear.

nickol

~*~

As I sit here and wonder

of what has happened in the past,

Your face comes in my mind.

As the tears stream down my cheeks,

I can't help but wonder why.

"Why did you do what you did?"

But you can't answer that now,

Because you are so far.

So it must remain a mystery,

That will stay unsolved.

Laurette Strausser

~*~

Friends

Dominika

What is a friend?

No one knows

but, they can feel it

inside in their hearts

A friend is your smile,

your laugh, your tear,

your biggest gift from God.

Somebody who has a friend is lucky,

because your friends are you !

~*~

From my mountaintop

I cannot believe my view

Of beautiful you

~*~

LET LOVE

Michael P. Johnson

Let love my God with me reside

Let love precede my goal

Let love turn back the evil’s tide

And bless my heart and soul

Let love restrain my worldly stress

Let love my life adorn

Let love my aching heart caress

Let love in me be born

Let love persuade my every thought

Strengthen my days when weak

Let love flow through the true report

Each day my tongue would speak

Let love all hate in me restrain

Let love be always pure

Let love look through my window pane

And in and out my door

Let love’s true Flame inside me burn

Let love inside me thrive

Let all the world my God soon learn

True love can all survive

OPEN MIC Part II

OPEN MIC - Part III

OPEN MIC - PART I Up-dated March 4, 2003

OPEN MIC - PART I
Up-dated March 4, 2003