Contest: 'Best of the Collection'

Post you're BEST piece of writing, any style, format or length (that includes lyrics and slang but not explicit poems). The Rules are as follows:

1. The Contest will end on the 7th of January 2006. (This will give you plenty of time to post your best).

2. No Plagerism- the piece MUST be your own!

3. No More than 1 poems per person.

4. If you breach a rule- you are disqualified.

*warning- I'm not a professional judge or whatever, I will try my best to choose what I think are outstanding poems, but do not get offended.

* If you believe someone has plagerised then report the piece.

*if anyone wishes to help me judge, feel free to send me an email.

Post AWAY your BEST Poem!

This is the much too long "The River"

Part I - The Falling

Thousands of silver diamonds smiling at me.
Your soothing water upon my feet.
How I loved to drink of you,
to kiss your transient face.

I picture myself at your edge,
with you up to my thighs.
Just one more step was all I needed,
to let you surround me entirely.

At first, I dared not swim in you,
as your swiftness surpassed my skill.
But in time you became more temperate,
and you adjusted your speed to me.

It has yet to escape my memory
how your sultry streams tempted me.
Your sensual touch to my ankles,
silently asking me to wade deeper.

Even though you still were cloudy,
I trusted to your depths,
and dove deep within you.
From shore to shore I swam,
but had yet to venture downstreams.

My dreams were, and still are, of nothing else
than your white bottom.
Never shall I love land again,
For I found bliss in water.

Be air the clearest under this sky,
and less unpredictable than cloudy water in haste,
I have yet to miss my life on land
among the scattered trees.

Harsh winds do blow up there,
and the flowers struggle to settle down.
The soft, warm breeze of a summer day,
stolen, always, by the chill of night.

Part II - The Boat

My memory of those days is vague.
Did I drown in you,
or did you drown me?
I believe they combined make the truth.
For I woke as one of water,
and you were clear as air.

But even those of water grow tired,
and may dream of boats and suchlike,
to let them sail which river they want,
or lose themselves upon one.

And in time, a boat came within my reach,
and I entered it in serenity.
Ready, at last, to let you take me
down your graciously, curved course.

Part III - Remembrance

I recall one starlit night.
Like a thief before the kill,
the wind blew, oh, so still
and stole my sense away.

I threw one oar in the water
and thrusted it down with the other
and broke the second in two.

And I smiled in my heart at the break of dawn,
for I was beyond saving.
Finally lost on water.
My boat and I were your's to steer.

In the confluences of rivers,
in which you at times took part,
you proved always to be the greater,
and never did others weaken you.

When the change of seasons shook me,
and flowers withered to dust,
never did I tremble,
for I was safe upon you
and the stars still shone for us.

Part IV - Still love

I do not know how long it has been
since first you touched me,
but still I thirst for you,
and seldom do my eyes stray to the shore.

I still let my hands sink into you,
and your taste is as sweet as ever.
Your fragrance still enthralls me,
when rain's enticement tempts.

Rivers often split,
and leave the sailor torn in two.
No confluent river from you, though.
You only gain,
and thus retain
my eternal love for you.

Such peace upon thy water.
Such beauty along thy shores.
Guide me with thy stream, river,
for I am truly your's.

*sigh* beautiful :)

okay well it's not really too wonderful but it was my first poem ever. I plan to save the original piece on notebook paper and sell it in the future for a lot of money. i told one of my friends it was my thousand dollar poem. this is kinda a poem about how everyone around me would hurt me, i'd only have my closest friends to count on, and i just wanted to die but i knew i couldn't give up. in the poem it's adressed to a lot of very special people with just a few words. it's really sad.... i was crying when i wrote this.... and tears just get passed on to each person that truly cares about me... it's like having my heart ripped slowly, you know... and sometimes it feels like no one understands.....
here you go

for a cooler html page to look at with my poem: http://www.geocities.com/cherryblossom_star/poem.html
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A poem by a nobody

I've been tortured all my life.
I've been used just like a pawn.
I've had lots of time
To be as gentle as a fawn

I spent this morning crying
I spent the night alone
In the freezing grips of death
Cold in this haunted home

I'm feeling drenched in shambles
My body clad in chains
You need to understand
This isn't your pain

My face is full of beauty
My heart filled with love
I'm an angel but I'm not from heaven above

I guess that I'm miss perfect
I have nice things
Yet notice
Those wretched people tore my wings

I need some medication to soothe my aching heart
These people are tearing me apart
If I really am Miss perfect then I'm a nobody
Because nobody's perfect that surely must be me.

Don't ever call me perfect, I also do have flaws
They're all inside me-the ones you never saw
As I sit here crying, please remember me
Not only for the looks but who i truly be

I am undefined
I need some time
Dont hurt me
My bodys burned with scars
Realize I haven't gotten far
Save me, oh please save me
The pain's almost too much to bear
I'm wringing my hands and covered by my hair

If I ever die
Please bury me
Somewhere
Not for a nobody

Dont show anyone my face
I wasn't worth the crying
My heart should have been measured all the time
My caring isn't worth your tears
I have doubts and worries-also fears.
I love everyone who loved me,even those who held a grudge
Don't forget me, who I am, remember looks don't judge
If I treated you so meanly and I hurt you so hard
Tell me now, not when we're apart.
I tried my best to be happy
I tried my best to earn your trust
If I must cry while having faith...then I guess I must...

(© Kristi Hancock)

“Shiny Knife”

Pen and paper, my only tools,
To keep the pain at bay,
I wrote my deepest, darkest feelings,
On that paper everyday,

It didn't take long for the pen,
To finally run out of ink,
So I searched and looked all over,
My new tool I found in the sink,

A shiny knife, so long and thin,
But very sharp to the touch,
Finally destroying all my pain,
I've longed for this so much,

Now I've started, I just can't quit,
This knife I'll never drop,
My life is getting out of control,
But I know I just can't stop,

Now my blood is what I use,
Since my ink pen has run out,
Releasing all my feelings of pain,
Lost love, sadness, and doubt,

Each day I feel more confident,
But more blood is still being shed,
As long as I am feeling this way,
I keep cutting till I'm dead,

I know I'm wrong, and I should stop,
But you just don't know the pain,
Since I've started doing this,
I've finally forgot her name,

Now she’s gone from my memory,
And it only cost my life,
I owe it to that special tool,
That long and shiny knife

You've gone on to someone new.
You've got me feeling down.
Made me want to end my life.
Just to end this frown.

You said you only broke my heart,
But how can that be true?
You said things would get better.
But I'm still in love with you.

You said other people break people's,
Hearts every single day.
And how are you such a horrible person?
By living life this way.

Sadly you didn't break my heart.
You stole it in my sleep.
You still have it to this day.
You're stabbing it softly as I speak

It takes a very special girl,
To make me feel this Weak.
I thought I was stronger then this.
But you've made my heart so meek.

Why is it I pray for death?
How can this even be?
Dear Lord, Please take my life soon,
Living in hell is killing me.

You will never be able to go back,
From all the things you've said.
A cut on my wrist for every lie.
Someday you'll make me dead.

Soon to be forgotten
by Marjan

This poem tells how short a life can be.
And we should get up and do something
Useful before it gets too late.

Hours fly by
At a speed oh so high
Another page is turned
Someone’s life has burned
Just an unimportant figure
In an old wooden frame
Soon to be forgotten
Through the shades of time
Through the mist of mind
Hidden behind a veil of dust
Another time, another place
A new year to face
I can feel a shiver
down in my stomach
an electric shock
that is sent through my body
trying to wake me up
shakes me
brings me to an understanding
sound of raindrops
reminds me of each passing second
another time, another day,
another year gone
another person to be born
a new day is begun.

The Truth
by Letty....aka Letrice Hopkins

It seems like only yesterday, that I was a little girl . Nothing mattered more then my daddy, because to me he ruled the world .

You see at the time I was under an illusion, thinking that my mom had it in for me . But now I look back on all those wasted years, and see how dumb I must have seemed .

We fought like cats and dogs whenever they would separate, because in my eye's it was her fault, and with my dad I wanted to stay .

But I didn't come up with that conclusion on my own . He did his part believe . He was the one whom told me that my mom hated me .

Before all the hatred, fights, and name calling, I loved them both the same . But I didn't realize until I was all grown up, that my dad started the whole thing .

He would call me when she was at work, or gone out with one of her friends . He'd say run away and come to me , we could be together again .

I did do it, many, many, time's . Almost each and every day . But then it lead to horrible things, that got me locked away .

I spent my time patiently, waiting for my dad to rescue me . He finally did, but it wasn't to long before he wanted me to leave .

He sent his new wife to do his dirt, but she ended up picking a fight . Thats the reason for these wounds in my chest, they came from her rusty knife .

They said I started it all, and told the state to take me away . But my mom step in and said, she wouldn't have it, and took me home with her that day .

I was shocked, stupefied, dumb struck, whatever you name it . Because I had finally come to realized who truly loved me.

What Is Happiness
by Sarah Drew

What is happiness
I don't see it anymore
It's been gone for such a long time
It went straight out the door
Along with you
Now when I turn around
You aren't there
Holding my hand
Telling me that you love me
What is happiness
It's been lost for so long
It's been burried deep underground
My happiness is gone
So very far away
I used to know happiness
That has all changed
Now all I know is sadness
And depression
My happiness has flown away
It's gone to the ends of the earth
Now I never have one good day
I wish I could remember what happiness was

Title: Dedicated to X Haliegh

4 times,
4 crimes,
saying more then 4 rhymes,
pasting lines and lines,
thinking about all the times,
we had,
that mad me glad,
never feeling sad,
or feel ashamed,
and I'm not the one to be blamed,
and then the day came,
were we lost each other fame,
we both got caught in shame,
knowing a worser day had came,
you get pissed,
thinking about me and hers love since we kissed,
you scratched me off your list,
i don't know why,
u got me wanting to cry,
never confronted me,
with now what i can see,
was dirty things,
felt like plastic rings.
easy to break,
and shake,
and u just had to take,
my heart,
that i had fixed at the start,
but blew back like the dart,
that popped me the first time,
the first rhyme,
the first crime,
that we had.

I'm sorry about me and Christina,
and the only water u like is aquifina,
and any other girl who got u mad,
like Carolina,
I'm sorry if i did anything wrong,
but i stand her as a man and act strong,
you should of told me everything that was going through your mind,
i would tried to act kind,
and helped u in any way that i could,
and i would,
for u to say i was to good,
that i never understood,
if i was to good i should of been the man u held on,
and never let go,
never go slow,
keep it steady,
and be ready,
for any problems that come ahead,
but u had,
someone said,
its over.

This may bad to you,
but u need to get through,
that the fact that i was always true,
but you,
this is not a poem to get u mad,
or get u sad,
and have a pout,
and shout,
or saying get out,
my life,
go stab yourself with a knife,
this is me simply saying,
that i have been praying,
for you to understand,
that i was always your true man...

and how, my precious, are you-

overly-offended by my ambivalence,
ambiguous as it is?
why must you wake me with your
conditioned rapture,
and then ask
why i
myself
clench my fists
as you lay underneath the cover
of cloaks and daggers
that could never recover
what once was shattered
or ever remove anything
that you'd think
might've mattered

disrepair
was not
something
learned
and
selfishness
surely wasnt
anything
earned
or expected

so don't even ask me
my definition of discernment
while you dine on your silver platter
of rusted fermentation
spewing
stagnant indecision in
every
single
direction

because it is i
who let you draw me in-

the first place
but i'm not a picture
and wont be erased.

holy
fucking
shit
i am
insane

if only the
flow
would remain

it's constant-

ly changing.

this is called stitches.

I sit here stitching up the tatters of my soul
Try to repair this ripped and shredded heart
I cry over these ruined works I had spent a lifetime on
Yet it only took a week for you to rip them apart

My silver needle again pierces through
The needle born of the lies you spun me
I feel a prick on my finger, a drop of blood forms
Even now your lies can still cut me

The thread dives down and emerges again
A thread woven of my wasted love
The thread when new was as white as snow
But now is grey, like an aged turtle dove

This heart and soul that I sit mending
Are washed with my tears as I cry
They embrace the thread and rejoice in the needle
And spread until not an inch is left dry

Washed with my tears and pierced with your lies
And darned with love's wasted thread
My soul feels as thin in my arms as rice paper
My heart is heavy as lead

Thats great! Keep them coming!!

Is anyone else going to post something?

im not sure. i can tell everyone worked hard though, so congratz!!

I Am Nothing (Without You)

Just a hold of your hand
And I just cannot stand
The warmth of your smile
That lingers in me for a while

Your sight is just mystical
When you looked at me is magical
Your soul doesn't leave in me
That just left me on bended knee

A whisper of words from you
Is a hymn that soothes me anew
Your warmth of your breath
Keeps my life in a new length

It's like freezing under the sun
And you could not just run
It's like burning under the rain
That heals all of your pain

A strange feeling across my seas
In my dreams I don't want to miss
I think I'm starting to fall
And I just want to give it all

"I love you", Yes! I will say
I'll confess it if you just may
I wish you will all hear this
Fall to me and give me a kiss

I am nothing without you
I am nobody not just in a few
I lose my ground don't keep me waiting
Without you, really, I Am Nothing

Fires burn my soul until it is gone,
It is night to me, whether day or dawn.
Tears fall down my cheeks onto the cold ground,
Darkness takes over when no one's around.
Look in the mirror, and miss the old me,
Before cheerful, now depressed and edgy.
My cheeks are red, my eyes puffy from tears,
What has happened to me over the years?
I feel as if no one cares anymore,
People laugh and call me a s**t or wh**e,
But they do not even know me at all,
They want to see the mighty Erika fall.
They love watching me cry, and walk alone,
My sadness has become so dang well known,
Someday you'll see that you pushed me too far,
But the things that you said will leave a scar.
Someday you'll hear that I'm finally dead,
Cause I let what you said go to my head.
Bet you won't cry when I lay underground,
Bet you will just think,"Oh well, she's H**l bound".

~*Who Cares?*~

Thank you everyone for the effort you put into these you've all done a wonderful job!

I always feel so god damn alone,
I cut so deep I hit the bone.
These tears are falling from my face,
I may be bleeding, but I will do it with grace.
You would think I would be use to this by now,
I promised myself I would stop somehow.
But the addiction has proven itself stronger than me,
I hate myself because of what I have come to be.
A person who cares too much what others do,
Why hate myself but still bother to love you?
I constantly tell people I love them and care,
It is always nice to know someone is there.
Everyday I am faced with feelings of wanting to die,
I look at normal people and almost break down and cry.
They think of their future and see something worth while,
When I find it hard to live through a day with a smile.
I envy these people for who they are and their happiness,
Why must some of us go through live feeling worthless?
Compassion for others grows while my self hatred stays the same,
Every time I hurt myself, all I feel is shame.
But I still do it, however many times I need to,
All I need to worry about is hiding it from you.
Which should not be a big deal, since I have done it for five years,
You will not notice the cuts since you do not notice the tears.
Naive people think that it is so easy to stop,
They have never touched a razor; they do not know how hard it is to drop.
I have heard many hurtful words because of what I do,
These people just do not realize it helps me to get through.
I am not saying this is good and I am not saying that it is right,
They do not have to agree with me, but they could at least be polite.
Take your head out of your ass and try to do something nice,
You do not have to like it, but realize this is my vice.
I am not going to stop for you or for the mean things you say,
And I am not going to explain what made me this way.
When I finally stop, it will be only for me,
Because I am at peace with who I came to be.

Darkness Falls

The streets talk
the walls listen
Shadows walk
As the moon glistens

your are my night my day
the light that guides my way
My everything my nothing
My nothing my something

The sun rises and falls
As destiny calls
But no one cares
Therefore no ones there

Voices whisper
And things disappear
You don't miss her
Until shes not there

Mother nature is waiting
and time is fading
A mystery awaits
But first you must ponder the stakes

Watchful eyes await
As temptations grow
Some are real some are fake
And some youll never know

Moral is low
Everything is touch and go
Evil hides with in the night
Relief comes with the light

The walls listen
As the streets talk
As the moon glistens
Shadows walk

Lost and wandering
Through mystic rain
I travel the city
And feel no pain

Police cars whisk by me
Ambulance sirens scream
This world is so much worse
Than a nightmare of a dream

The road that lies ahead of me
Glares a warning sign
The tears that touch the ground tonight
Are not only just mine

The angel that watches over me
Has fallen yet again
She drank the poison that was my mistake
And it's filled her heart with sin

With only 'I hate you' on my lips
I had left my home
I have no destination
I just want to roam

With only 'I hate you' on my lips
I left his heart hollowed
And I know it's my fault
But I still wish he had followed

Those three words have left me by myself
So my angel tried to save me
She took away my pain
Made me blind so I can't see

Now I'm here listening to the world
Nothing is quite right
I can feel the evil around me
Even though I can't see tonight

Lost and wandering
Through mystic rain
I travel the city
And feel no pain

Adriana... you do know that when u write a poem , just because you write part of it, doesnt mean that its all origionally yours? you have to write it ALL. not take parts from different songs... i am a big kelly clarkson fan, and know all of her songs, and your poem that u say you wrote, contains almost EXACT lines from her Song " You Found Me" .... i cant believe u would plagerize Kelly Clarkson. especially because she is so famous, you would expect that people would know her songs, so why wold you even think of copying her work... the lines

"you broke through my confusion,
the ups and the downs
and you still didnt leave"

are exact from her song, exept maybe a few extra words like "and"...

PLAGURIZER!!!!!!

no matter the reason, I do agree. There are those three lines in a row and the "you found me" all from the same author and song and thats just not allowed. Thank you for bringing this to my attension Falling Up. Adriana, due to the fact you broke the most important rule in the whole contest, you are disqualified on the grounds of plagerism.

plagiarism**** ;)

ok

My first true love... i have to leave. you made a promise that you'll again see me. im never forgetting that, neither that place you have in my heart. i will always love you, no matter how far apart.

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it seems like yesterday when we first met. i was so shy... nervous on what was going to be said.

we both liked each other that i knew, but what i didnt is that this love was gonna be true.

yes, you stole my heart... i was hit by cupids magic dart.-

i am amazed by the respect you give me and amazed by the care that i receive, because people have told me that they loved me, but the love i never did see.

you didnt hurt me... that was my biggest fear. i had a hard time adjusting to life, nothing ever seemed clear.

you where there by my side and never left me alone, and thats more then what i can say about my own family cause alone i feel i've grown.

you know more about me then anybody ever will, you love me for who i am and you love me still.

i just want you to know i love you and thank you for what you've done, cause without you i dont think i would be happy and in life have so much fun!

The Paradox:

Surrounded by walls from every direction
Mastering laws to fight the infection
Oblivious to where the road is heading
The maze holding you might be never ending

Searching for an exit
you still have some hope
The longer you keep running though
you feel like reaching for the rope

Ignorance is driving you insane
you're life's like "the Trial"
You don't understand the game
Existence is your paradox
Dilemma is your life
Wishing you had no concience
it's a doom living in strife

The answer is never...

Lately things have been weird
I haven't seen you around old friend
I'm not crazy or obsessed
I just wanna know where you've been

I know things have changed
You moving on and all
I just need you reassurance
Maybe a wave in the hall

But guess this is how it is now
I'm just not good enough
To be considered as your friend
You say you've been busy with stuff

I'm not ready to watch you fade away
Fade away like the tears in my eyes
I just can't look at you straight anymore
Not after all your pathetic lies

I won't stand here while you look into my eyes
Tell me that things haven't been weird
Because in your heart you know its true
That you and I have disappeared.

Our souls have taken different paths
But I know I just can't turn away
I run with tears streaming down
Just hoping for a better day

Where have you been, I really need you
Now more than ever
It couldn't be worse timing
And this pain I cant endeavor

I can't help but wonder what I did wrong
How did it come to this when it was fine
Why cant you see thru me to see that im hurting
And no longer do my bright eyes shine

Another shattered heart goes unnoticed
I can't even look at what you've become
Maybe one day you'll come around
And remember where you come from

I'll admit I miss you and think about you
In my mind you always pass by
Remembering your sweet embrace
But I then again I remember your lies

I can hear the empty promises again
I saw the dreamer in me
I saw how I looked at you
But now I see now I was naive

Now I can say you were a nice memory
Something that I'll hold onto forever
And as we say bye, you ask me,
Will you forget me? the answer is never...

--emotionless19*

Hey, I'm not exactly sure if I'm allowed this, but if I'm not please just let me know. This is actually one poem, written about one story and such, but when I posted it in my list of poems, I posted them as part 1 and part 2, simply because I know some people don't like reading longer poems... Does this still count as posting one poem? Well anyway, if not just let me know and I'll change it :).
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Silent Lullaby

Moonlight glistens, through windows lace,
As an angel has fallen from heaven's grace.
She's given a chance to live in different light,
God sent her to Earth, to be reborn tonight.

Fragile and weak, she lay wrapped up in arms,
A mother's heartbeat is guardian of harm.
The baby, she cries, sleep yet to come,
She wants to go back, where she started from.

But in a moments loss, she finds sudden peace,
For in her mother's touch, there's immortal release.
With no reason for tears, she closes her eyes,
As her mother smiles her silent lullaby.

The baby she grows, soon she is five,
But the angel forgets ever being alive.
Off to start her first day of school,
Only to return feeling a fool.

The children were mean, at her they would shout.
They didn't want to play, so they just shut her out.
Feeling saddened because she didn't make friends,
All day she wishes, for that days end.

Finally she runs back, back to her home.
Looking for her mother to sweetly console.
And now once again, in her mother's arm she lie,
As her mother smiles her silent lullaby

A few years go by, and the angel is no longer a baby.
She now walks with friends, a beautiful young lady.
Her stomach is swollen with a gift from above,
Another angel has fallen, bringing God's love.

But the years that went by, affected the world,
Especially the mother of that sweet little girl.
She lays at home in her bed, older and ill,
But she smiles her silent lullaby still.

The girl goes to visit, and talk 'till sunrise,
And a story comes up that makes mother cry.
Remembering just how, together they grew,
Side by side, hand in hand, and heart to heart to.

She whispers to her angel, "I love you so much"
And the whisper was returned with her daughter's touch.
With a kiss on the forehead and a twinkle in her eye,
The daughter had smiled a silent lullaby.

Cranium Exterminatus

Start the journey ended here,
Born of ashen dreams of fear,
Take the crook and staff of old,
I will watch as things unfold

As you pass these crimson gates,
Your path is known only by Fates

Now that you've started,
You cannot stop,
Climbing, climbing till the top

You come across a twisted being,
Then you realise what your seeing,
Is in-fact my mind in wane,
Cry for the creature you have slain

Delving further through the red,
You find the things I have not said,
Heart breaking as you hear them,
And now you know why I have feared them

Running now from all the pain,
Still trying to be sane,
You know that you will soon be dead,
So why'd you go inside my head?

*to be ignored*

Because i love you
by Just-take-my-heart-i-want-you-to-have-it

Take me back
because i love you
give me a chance
because i love you
a tear falls from my eyes
because i love you
you come back
because i love you
do you love me
because i love you
you've broken my heart
because i love you
you've hurt me
because i love you
i know you love me
because i love you
give me a smile
because i love you
you love me
because i love you

*i hope you enjoyed it*

some spammer spammed the board so i shall move this to the front. happy new year everyone!

Whispers in the dark
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As I lay next to you,
Your warm embrace,
So full of love,
So full of life,
So safe.
Even in your sleep,
Your smile, shines.
Your face glowing,
Under the moonlight.

I cannot help but wander far,
To a place so far away.
A place so cold,
Where I stand alone,
With only a moon,
To guide me.
I hear these whispers,
While I fight back tears.
Beholding a scream,
Not wanting you to hear.

I may not love you as much as you do,
I may not say all the things that you want me to say
I may not do all the things you want me to do
I may not be able to verbally,
Express my feelings for you.

But,
I know I would walk to the end of the world for you
I know that I would forever be there for you
I know that I would always be your shelter
My arms would embrace you whenever,
You feel that this world does not matter.
Lay your worries at bay,
Let the shore wash your worries away.
I know you have seen it all,
However, I have more.

I may not always be optimistic,
Not because I dont believe,
But because am too afraid to hang on,
Too afraid to wander high in the horizon,
For am afraid of falling

I would give you my all,
But these whispers just wont let me be.
These whispers in the night,
Are holding me back.

I may not be everything you want me to be,
Give me time,
I will unwind.
I know I can give more,
As for now,
This is all I can provide.

Please do not let go of my hand,
You are everything I ever wanted.

I close my eyes,
Move closer to you,
I wipe my tears,
Love slowly crawls back into me,
Reviving me out of the darks,
Pushing those whispers aside.
As you hold me closer,
I put my thoughts aside,
As you move closer and kiss me.

And I fall in love with you,
All over again.

"Apart Of Me"

For the longest time
My lips were sealed
But my deepest secret
Now revealed

I always wondered
Deep inside
How life would be
By a fathers side

I wish I knew
At least your name
I wish I knew
Just who to blame

I blame myself
I feel as though
It`s all my fault
You didn`t watch me grow

Was I not good enough
To make you stay
Am I the reason
You walked away

You deprived me
Of a fathers love
You deprived me
Of a loving fathers hug

I went through life
Acting as if I didn`t care
That you, my father
Were never there

It bothered me inside
In my heart I knew I was sad
That to me you`re a stranger
The father I never had

Deep in my heart
To fate I plea
To see the man
That is one half apart of me.

Best Friends

We became friends, and then without even knowing it
We became the best friends everyone dreams about.
We laughed together, cried together, and even
Told our deepest and darkest secrets to each other.
And trusted one another with everything we had.

We knew that when summer came, our friendship
Would be tested since we lived almost three hours apart.
It was a hard summer, being without your best friend,
But we talked on the phone, and even seen each other
The few times that we could manage to get away.

We finally made it back, back to college where
We could see each other daily and talk.
But then something happened, you started dating a guy,
Who was always there and actually cared about you.
And this affected our friendship more than we thought.

Our first actual fight was the beginning of the end of
What could have been a life long beautiful friendship.
A guy, who would have thought something like that,
Could end an untouchable bond between two people.
I never thought our friendship could end.

Best friends are suppose to rely on each other,
Expect them to be there to help you when life hits you hard,
But thats when I realized our friendship was in trouble.
When I needed you most, to tell me everything
Would be OK but you were no where near.

Within one year, two friends once so close, find it hard
To even say hi, much less hold a conversation.
When I left college, you promised we'd still remain close,
But in life's tragedies and heartaches I realized
We are best friends, but only in a dream.

Can't Say Goodbye To Yesterday

I stare at the sky above me watching all the clouds go by.
And I think "what's wrong with me?"
Am I full of sorrow? Am I hurt and pained?
Or am I filled with love?

I walk by myself on the streets near by.
and ask every child I know,
"Do you think tomorrow will bring sun or rain?"

I can't say goodbye to my friend, not today nor tomorrow,
I will keep holding on until the end
Out of the darkness there is no other way
than the light leading to yesterday.

It's a place there that I'll find,
In a quiet peaceful warmth,
And a friendship I let slip away
I'll find who I was looking for today.
I'll find that person from yesterday.

Why can't everyone realize
The best things in life are free.
Sounds of laughter, one hug, or a smile.
So I know where your headed, I know where your gone.

I fall to my knees,
I fall like a rock,
Do not pass me by
Happily ever-after,
Please stay,
Make the clock stop ticking.

I can't say good-bye to yesterday, my friend
Because I know how good it has been,
Face it forever, here I fall, come what may,
In the old life of yesterday.

This contest is now CLOSED, any entries after this will be IGNORED!
Winners will be posted in the next couple of days.

Addiction To Love

Shes Longing To Sink Into His Eyes
She Wants To Feel Comfort If She Cries
She Wants To Be Shield From All The Noise
Just By Means Of His Gentle Voice.

Shes Longing To Stroke Through His Hair
She Wants To Give All She Could Share
She Wants To Be Touched On Her Skin
As A Sign Of All The Hopes They Pin.

Shes Longing To Warm Up In His Arms
She Wants To Be Spared All The Harms
She Wants That He Cannot Get Enough
Because She Is Addicted To His Love.

Well I've finished the judging earlier than I expected!

Ok well I’ve certainly read some GREAT poems, but down to the finer details:

This contest was judged on personal style, language, uniqueness of the story, poetic techniques, flow, understanding, description, spelling and grammar etc.

Anna- You are ‘ignored’ for posting after the contest had finished.
Steph- I’m sorry to do this because I may have placed you but you are disqualified for posting 2 poems on this board on two separate occasions.

The winners are:

1st place (to whom I quote “pulled out the big guns”), Enslavement of Beauty ‘The River’. This piece was brilliantly written. You used so much description and told a story with elegant words. Your style was great, your language is beyond description itself, you were unique in the story, used several poetic techniques and it was easy to understand where you were going.

2nd Place
AlexJ The Paradox

3rd Place
Ismail Fire’s story

I’d like to congratulate all those that entered, you had some wonderful poems, so keep on writing and striving to be the best you can be!

=) Did not see that coming.

YAy=)