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Poetry 2006 - Sorted By Title

A

All Planes Crash In Slow Motion

I saw you spiraling down
Yes that took a while
I didn't want to believe
That all of this was real

Your fake smile plastered on
And I can't stand to see it
All the pain that you hide
And you choose to leave it
Leave it for me
To pick up my own pieces
So hard to lose you like this
So hard to lose you

You told me you were leaving
And I was in denial
I didn't want to see it
That all of this came true

And I can't stand to see it
All the pain that you hide
And you choose to leave it
Leave it all behind

As I pick up the pieces
The remains of the crash
Tend to all the passengers
Or at least the ones that last

So hard to lose you like this
So hard to say goodbye
Too hard to believe it
That this is our last time
This was our last time

This was our last goodbye

B

By Causing Me Pain

By causing me pain
what do you hope to gain,
I've done nothing but try to love you
and this is what you do.
You walk away in shame as tears roll down my face
and I begin to cry,
I ask myself not knowing exactly why,
what are you trying to say
that things were meant to happen this way.
Only to break apart
only to break my heart
by causing me pain, what do you hope to gain.

C

Cross Stitched Lullaby

Broken hearts are everywhere
But no one seems to want them
Until now
Let this take you away

Here is your cross-stitched lullaby
This will help it mend in time
Needles are thread to your heart
This is where the healing starts
This is your cross-stitched lullaby

Let your used hearts cry
As this plays over the air-way
Melodies warp your soul out of shape
Let this take you away

Here is your cross-stitched lullaby
This will help it mend in time
Needles are thread to your heart
This is where the healing starts
This is your cross-stitched lullaby

You've been telling the truth all along
This is your lullaby
That you can take no more
This is your lullaby
But no one's cared
This is your lullaby
Until now
This is your...

Here is your cross-stitched lullaby
This will help it mend in time
Needles are thread to your heart
This is where the healing starts
This is your

(whispered) Let it take you away...

E

Everything Has Faded Away

What would you say if I asked you not to go?
To forget everyone, forget everything and start over with me?
Would you take my hand and never let me go?
Promise me you'll never let me go.
The stars aren't out tonight, but neither are we to look up at them.
Why does .h.e.l.l.o. feel like .g.o.o.d.b.y.e.? These memories can't be replaced,these wishes I wished and dreams I chased. Take this broken heart and make it right. I feel like I lost everything when you're gone. Left remembering what it's like to have you here with me. I thought you should know, you're not making this easy for me.

I

I Remember

I remember not long ago
I awoke just to see your face
Maybe I'd just get a glimpse
Maybe at just one place
I'm missing you
Now that we're miles apart
My head is telling me to forget you
But it won't tell my heart
Broken into so many fragments
Refusing to you let go
Loving you with every broken piece
How? I will never know
You ripped my heart out,
Shoved it down my throat
You made me a fool for love
with each word you spoke

I Turn To You

When my world seems to be turned upside down,
I turn to you to turn it the right way around.
On those days I feel so blue,
I turn to you and see the truth.
No matter what I do
In the end you somehow see me through.
When I feel so lost, I turn to you and find my way.
So now it's my turn to say thanks for allowing me to turn to you!

L

Love

The world
Through a child's eyes
Is not questioned
It is merely accepted
But as one grows older
The world becomes bleak
We lose sight of hope
And joy in our lives
The emptiness takes over
We do things we know are wrong
Violence becomes a way of life
We hurt others to kill our own pain
Not knowing
That all we are doing is deepening it
The tears that we cry
Hit the ground silently
They burn out and fade
No one pays attention
To the lost souls hiding away
It takes a true love
To find them and bring them to the light

Love For A Child

Cry not my child for dying
is just a step in life,
for an Angel in my heart
is promising a better life to come
my beloved child shall rest peacefully
yet will not accompany me home.

My beloved one keeps his promise
Because he has plans unknown to humans,
Angels shall sound their trumpets
for a new life to come.

And you'll hastened to his call,
my beloved child fly with vigorous
and unconfined wings into his fathers arms,
So slumber in the most peaceful
and warm nest of my father's demure arms.

Where he shall be untouchable by
hands filled with filth, unapproachable by visible
and invisible perils. So repose my child till rendezvous day
I will burry you deep in my heart to carry you
always and keep your grave from rain and sun...

M

My Anasazi

There's a place
I'll be going
this place
they say I'll be loved

Now I'm here
and I'm certain
that this place
is one of a kind

We have hiked many miles
and learned how to live
and everyone seems to care

Everything is so different
it's beautiful
in this place somewhere...out there

Filled with nature and laughter
and wonderful people
it's a place
where I finally belong
I've faced trials and heartache
and I've fallen down
but I got back up and now
I'm going home

Now I'm back
with my family
it's been over
three months

Things aren't going
so well
what have I
done wrong

I miss my happy heart
I miss the way that I felt

I go out on my own
and think about that place

Filled with nature and laughter
and wonderful people
it's a place
where I finally belong
I faced trials and heartache
and I fell down
But I got back up and now
I'm moving on

Looking back
I remember
The nature only helped out
That feeling
I had conquered
came from inside of me

Filled with nature and laughter
and wonderful people
it's a place where I finally belong
I've faced trials and heartache
and I've fallen down
But I got back up and now
I'm finally home

My Love For You

My love for you grows stronger
Every time I think of you
My life for you opens
Every time I see you
My passion for your soul
Grows deeper everyday
My caring for your heart
Never fades away

The smoothness of your skin
Feels warm and makes me melt
The touch of your kiss
Is something I never felt
The way you hold me late at night
Makes everything feel heavenly right
The love I give to you
Is fulfilling and oh so true

I love the way you make me feel
I love the way I know its real
I love the way you look at me
I'll cherish your love for eternity

With the sky so bright, I see it through
That I only want to be with you
With my love up above
Your love is like a flame
You took my heart
You're the one to blame

Now God I know you'll help us
Our love is in your hands
Make me the best woman for him
As I'll make him be the best man!

I LOVE YOU!

My One and Only

Everyone's someone else caring about them
Not related
But caring
I really want someone
That always agrees with me, when I know I'm wrong
Someone that I can trust
Someone that thinks about me wherever I am
And that I can think about them wherever they are.

S

Shelter

(Inspired by book by Julia Alvarez, In the Time of the Butterflies)

Darkness caresses her mysterious stature
In a motion of crumbling rapture, thus
Elaborating each crease into intricate detail
Puzzles mold the contours of her features forming
A trench of protection concealing anxiety
Impressions reflect a light of satisfaction
Glowing with a specious air
Her profile is veiled by the law of shadow,
Blink once and doubt will overcome
Do not close your eyes
She rinses a lathered lash
And is half revealed
The other half will stay concealed
Sheltered by disguise
The internal power never falters
She is born with the quality innate
In a world shaped of greed and hate
How can she not but find protection
And acquire the outmost affection
Even If it does require
The refuge of her content smile
She shows her emotions to the mirror
For it absorbs the effects of her fear
Now she can flaunt her
Fearless face to a world
In continuous race

Sinking

Sometimes all I want to do is run away,
just to escape the pain,
run from it all,
and pray they don't catch me if I fall.
My man is gone and my family hates me,
my life sucks and at night I go crazy.
The loneliness is sinking in,
I can't even explain this pain to my best friend.
All I can think about is the hurt,
the pain I hide makes me feel like dirt.
I can't sleep,
I can't eat,
I've lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks,
I feel so lonely and weak.
Life just is not what it used to be,
dear god what is happening to me?!
Is there anyone out there that can help me?
If there is please hurry because I'm sinking!

Spring is in the air!

Spring is in the air! It lifts me up, my heart does sing, sweet melodies so fair!

I listen for an answer, for the trilling notes to flare, of the songbirds lilting voices, upon the fragrant air!

Birdie antics, trysting lovers, swooping through the air, vying for a partner, it's a birdie love affair, So interesting to watch, I swear!!!!

Blossoms full of fragrance, fields no longer bare, I run through the fields of clover, Like new colts do with their mares!!!

I declare!!!!!

What joy, this spring does enfold, and lift me up, without a care, to dizzy heights of colors, what else could ever compare?

My friends! This special time I wish to share, for spring is in the air!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Suffocation In Your Wake

Another shakedown
Another day with you
You'll never understand me
And the hell you put me through

You were my best friend
Then you stabbed my heart
With all this control over me
I can't even breathe

I'm trying to be myself
And you call that naive?
Just trying to be happy
But you're too thickheaded to see

And every time we fight
You come out on top
Because you never give my opinion a chance
Do you know how much that hurts?

So as much as I wish you were gone
You won't let me be
I shall carry on
Just praying you'd let me be... me

Supposed To Be

Lost in a transfixed generation
I'm on the edge of being crazy
I've got my own kind of creation
And baby things are getting hazy

You try to drive me up a wall
But I'm strong enough to knock it down
You know I'm trying not to fall
But when I look at you you're such a clown

I'm supposed to be the one you told me to be
But now I find myself sitting here wanting to flee
I've got a rotten attitude and I'm ready to cheat
Guess that's not the way you want it but I'm gonna be me

I'm not the one that you created
I'm just a scary kind of version
With you in my life it got castrated
I find it hard to be a true person

I read the stories that you wrote
And read the ones that you tried to hide
Heard the excuses that you spoke
And now I'm trying to define my ride

I'm supposed to be the one you told me to be
But now I find myself sitting here wanting to flee
I've got a rotten attitude and I'm ready to cheat
Guess that's not the way you want it but I'm gonna be me

T

The Last Picture-Perfect Gleam

Take us back
Back to where it all began
And let's view the board
Because I spy fake tears again
Hold me down
Before I jump right off my friend
But wait
No need
Because this was never meant to be

So take that smile
And hold it there
Because I can't picture you any other way
I said, "I hold you down"
But it was your fault all along
Your fault all a-

Irreplaceable
That's what you're not
Despite what it seems
I've already fought
And I refuse to hang on
When there's no more hope
I give up
I give in
There's no where else to go

So take that smile
And hold it there
Because I can't picture you any other way
You told me lies
And now I'm through
That's right I'm done with you

I won't lose myself to this pool of lies you cried
Or said you did in the least
In fact, I won't even go near the water
Until I know its safe

So take your smile
And hold it there
Because I wont have it any other way
Pack it up and press "delete"
Because this is the end for me

The World Is Full

The world is full of love, but full of hatred
The world is full of care, but full of neglect
The world is full of rights but full of wrongs
In the real world I'm stuck in the middle,
forgotten, ignored, and deceived

U

Unexplainable Anxiety

I know I should take it a feeling at a time
Just try and grasp the situation
But the more I think about my life
The more I think about my life the more confused I get
The more confused I get
The more I become impatient

I'm waiting to be happy
I'm waiting for a real smile
One without anxiety and fear
One from the heart
One that lasts
Lets just say I've been waiting for a while

Give up and give in?
Not my thing
Or at least I think it's not
I don't remember the last time I went down easy
Then again those fights weren't hard
They were...an easy win...

So how to kill this unexplainable anxiety?
I need it to stop eating me away
Like acid devours a rock
Just like that
It devours me...

Untitled

I love you and you love me
when I am with you I feel quivery
I love you and you love me
that's when I feel free
and when I am free
I want to be with thee

Untitled

not quite sure what's wrong,
not quite sure how I feel,
not quite sure if it will last long,
not quite sure if its real,
not quite sure if its good,
kinda scared that its bad,
tryin' to be happy,
but keep comin' out as sad,
wanting to be sweet,
starting to be mean,
startin' to feel like the freak,
that haunts you in your dreams,
trying to be the best,
ending up in last,
some of the words you say,
seem to cut me like glass,
wishin' you were here,
wishen I was there,
wishin' what I am feeling,
isn't really fear,
don't know why I feel this way,
don't know if you care,
don't know if it matters,
don't know if you're really there.

Untitled

As tears fall down my cheeks,
my heart hurts with a feeling so deep,
of sadness.
I love you more than anything in this cold dark world,
but I have to let you go without a word,
of sadness.
The feelings I once had lying in your arms,
are now gone as I find myself wishing on a star,
to take away the sadness.
I miss you but there is not much I can do,
but stand by you and tell you every day how much I love you,
in sadness.

Untitled

The sun rages in a flare,
As if it were the calling of thy fate,
My enslaved heart dwells in utmost despair
Amidst the darkness every cry has ached.
Sacred thoughts flickering and yet hidden
Within my deepest core lays the desire
Alluring in form and said forbidden.
Silently, softly, a rekindling fire
Breathing and living a life to ignite
Forgotten tears of a child left to weep.
What once was a darkened, deadly night
Whose soothing voice will now and always keep
Thy deepest love I have come to adore
Passion in him and I forever more.

W

What Does It Feels Like To Be Different?

What does it feels like to be different?
One word: lonely, because in your surroundings there is no one quite like you
No one is strong enough to stand up and say: hey I'm different
They like to fit in the mold, follow the masses, say and do what "everyone" is saying and doing
So when you stand up and be who you really are, they discourage you and your judgments, they discourage your colorful spirit
But I'm strong, that's why the discouragement never gets me down for too long
I'm different that's for sure, I'm different by choice and nothing more
I'm creative, an individual with vision and direction, a leader with promise, a future fashion trailblazer
I am me, I am different

Why?

Why do I do what I do?
Why do I have to be me?
I don't understand why God made me this way!
Why do I feel like I'm about to fall?
Why doesn't someone help me?
You're listening, but you're not really listening,
For you see when I'm gone it will be your turn to ask why?
Why didn't I listen to her?
Why didn't I help her?
Why did she have to go?
God WHY not me...

Y

You

I was thinkin of you,
Just of us two,
Together always and forever,
I could never be better.

Knowing I have you to lean on,
To also look apon,
I am so happy I found you,
You just have no clue.

You are the greatest guy I have met,
When thinking of you I am all set,
I saw you and knew you were the one,
You will always be my hun.

I cant think of not being with you,
I couldnt think our love was more true,
I am just happy to say and prove,
That I Love You.........

You Don't Know I Hate You

You don't know I hate you
No matter how angry I look sometimes
Why I cry at night all the time
You don't know I hate
Even if told you I hated you
You still wouldn't know
Because you probably wouldn't listen
To whatever I have to say
You don't know I hate you
So why do you have to pay