New Contest

This contest can be on any topic! The contest will end after 20 poems have been submitted. Each poem will receive 1 comment and vote. There will be 5 places on this contest (Because the last contest I held had so many good poems).

Rules:

1. Has to be your poem.
2. Only one poem per poet.

That's the only rules I have this contest is as wide open as you can get. I hope to receive a varity of topics. Good luck to you all an enjoy the contest, I know I will.

1st- Placed in my favs, 7 comments and votes
2nd- Placed in my favs, 5 comments and votes
3rd- 5 comments and votes
4th- 3 comments and votes
5th- 2 comments and votes

absorbing warmth from the flame
the crowd gathers, shivering
unaware of their actions

glazed eyes dance, transfixed
following the candle's flicker
moths collide and fall helplessly

bodies move breathlessly;
drawn away from the center
conforming to fill their shapes

they've never acted so alive
feeling light; one breath and
their flame is dispelled

smoke hangs in the air, lazily
the isolation tastes warmer
cuddling their darkened forms

How the Past is Never Forgotten

We always talked as friends,
Flirted as lovers, but
Your girlfriend didn't know
The difference.
Time went by, we grew apart.
You graduated, started working.
My next year in class was lonely,
For I didn't have you by my side.
We didn't play ball anymore,
We didn't see each other at school.
I moved so we didn't live in
The same town, I couldn't run
Into you while you were at work.
Time went by, I'd forgotten
About you. Friends and I
Went to have a good time
Forget about our problems.
But when we ran into you
It brought back so many memories.
We sat in the front row,
Just to sit together.
You kept flirting with me, I
Was thinking of old times.
But just like the past
You never knew how I
Felt about you.

Unnoticed
by Alyson

Crimson tears fall from my veins
Specked with my many pains
As they fall my sorrows fade
Then I thank my blade

100 thousand drops have fallen
From my weakening arms
100 thousand tears have fallen
After each self-inflicted harm

Too many tears have fallen
From my dark blue eyes
I've screamed so many times
Yet no one hears my cries

I've been abandoned
Alone on this hell called earth
So many people have passed by
Not seeing my worth

But I will make them see
As the tears fall to the ground
That something good is gone
And will never come back around

As my body fails to move
And my eyes fail to close
They still don't notice the person
That was right in front of there nose

Please Hold Me Tight

Please hold me tight,
Don't ask questions,
Just do what's right.

Please hold me tight,
I'm very scared inside,
And, in depth of fright.

Please hold me tight,
When I feel like hurting myself,
And, cannot see the light.

Please hold me tight,
Tell me you love me,
And, tell me I'll be alright.

Deathly Awakening
by Dean Rands

You sat in front of me, always with a smile
I've only known you for a little while
But you're gone, broken and smashed
Driven from this world when the car crashed

I didnt know you well - but I feel pain
You're life just begun and the paper: plain
You could have been anything, gone anywhere
Your whole life taken: how can fate be fair?

But still, I am scared, shaken and blue
Because it could have been me, not you
It could have been anyone's car that crashed
Anyone's life broken and smashed

A selfish thing to think - I know
But I cant help it - I'm sorry and so
It still doesnt change your fate
Or revive you from that deathly state

In your death - I have seen words so true
Death isn't stoppable by me or you
People die - old and young, healthy and ill
No one can beat it, no one will

We can only live as we should
To the full, if only you could...
It's unknown when anyone will die
And so there can be no goodbye

And I hate to say it - but it's true
Your death awakened me - told me what to do
Told me to live life to the full - do what I can do
It's sad that I didnt know before the world lost you...

dark to me now

No more do the stars brightly glimmer
Happiness in my life I will no more allow
No more do streams under moonlight glitter
No more to me does the wide sea shimmer
To me the sun itself is dimmer
For all is dark to me now

Since the day the life flew out of thee
Only weeks after we had made our vow
All thoughts of life deserted me
Life itself lost all meaning to me
The joys in this world I no longer can see
For all is dark to me now

Each day as I sorrowfully waken
Wishing I was with you somehow
For by God you have been taken
I am left desolate, alone and forsaken
My faith has been so surely shaken
For all is dark to me now

Now my body lies broken
Forever is it dark for me now
For my heart it has been broken
For my soul it has been broken
So desperate steps I have taken
With you forever I will be now

Pain Within

I love you, but you won't take me back,
I did something i shouldn't have,
I broke up with you because it was the best thing to do,
But now i can't stop thinking about you.

I think about the good times we had,
And now i feel very mad,
I should of told you this before,
And now i love you even more.

I remember that day i said good-bye,
I remember how you made me cry,
You hate me, it ain't a sin,
And now all i can say is,
I have pain from deep within.

"Take Me Away"

Why do I cry?
Night and day
Won't you take my hand?
Take me away....

Unleash me from my pain
Free me from my fears
Grant me a life
Where I shed no tears

Just take my hand, and hold on tight
For if you let go, I may never see the light
Darkness dwells in the depth of my heart
And bit by bit, tares it apart

The sounds of sorrow, the sounds of pain
It's all to much, I can't handle life's touch
Why did it have to be this way?

I'm an empty shell, broken and torn
Covered by a mask, that covers my past
Darkness chews, eating me inside
Yet I tell no one
I just run and hide

Tears flowing freely down my once cheerful face
My heart beating rapidly, quickening with each pace
Eyes darting from left to right
Searching for someone, to make things alright

And you wonder why I cry
And you wonder why I scream
When I whimper away in fear
Or try to run away from here

Don't tell me that you did not see
The tears upon my face
Don't tell me that you did not care
of why my heart would race

So why did you ask
Even though you knew
About my past
Like you had no clue

If its answers you want
Then answers you shall receive
But let me warn you
Understanding is not easy

This is how I am....

A girl;
That cries
Night and day
Wishing for someone to take her away
Take me away....

~Luvz~
~Angie~
xoxo

What is Love?

What is love?
A figment of my imagination?
A destiny for life?
What is hate?
An obstacle in life?
An insane way of being envious?
And for tha matter what is envy?
Is it the opposite of compassion?
What is compassion?

Love.Hate.Envy.Compassion.
Why are these feelings taking over me?
Love.Hate.Envy.Compassion
Are the guiding my life?
Are the ruining my life?
I do not know.
For what is love??
Does anyone one know?

What is love?

A KISS OF DEATH COMES WITH TIME
by Just-take-my-heart-i-want-you-to-have-it

Once upon a time
I think it once was
How i miss that time
It was fall of innocence and wonder

In this time we share
The thoughts and love grows
How I wish you could stay
But it is not time for me to kill

Now time away calls
Into my deep sleep
My mind insecure falls
Words never to make a peep

In my deep dark sleep
I dream, I dream of that
Time with you as my keep
And you longed for my kiss

The kiss, as you said,
Was a kiss of love.
But my kiss wasn't one of love
But one of death.

You with your kiss
Came to make me yours
You took me and bound me
Forever kept as yours

Kiss me as I look at you
When you reach me
Time will stand still
We live on together

Together you and me
Forever just to be
Now let's believe
That together we can be free

Free just like we use to be
Your kiss that steals my breath
You try to see what is in me
I hide what I really long to say

Hiding the pain
The kiss that I gave
To the one I love
But oh how the one I love is dead.

A pain that was hid
A kiss for whom that died
A cage that I was placed in
A cage forged by pain and locked with a kiss

I sealed the cage you're in
But only your pain can open it
With your raging pain and anger
The lock will open releasing you

But my pain of iron
Sinking deep in my skin
Burning, Churning, Turning
My life is close to fin

I fear this cage of iron
Why my love did you die
I long to feel love again
I want to get out of pain

Pain, for the one I loved
Pain, to love again
I love too less but to love again
One like you

You kept me in pain
You did not know
A pain that will come again
A pain that won't go

Some where in time
I lost you in your cage
I had it sealed with a kiss of innocence
Release me with your rage

Fickle fat decides it so
So with the wind I must go
Away with water I do flow
Your kiss with parting it goes

This pain like cold fire
I long for this hard desire
My loving one is dead
How can I follow this path

The path that's set before me
Is one so hard to follow
I can't ever be able to see
One so lovely as you

I will sing sweet beauty
For I will go
Forever without you
I will always miss you

I want you to stay
You leave me and I cry
For if you leave my you will die
And die you will for i will kill thee

Your blood on my hands
Forever shall be
Pour it into cans
Psycho be free

AHHHH I run from the
Mirror for I can't look
There any more I try
To fly but I just fall

To be one like you
All my flaws and faults
Oh why can't I be perfect
The mirror shows the true me

Forever I will go
Far away from you
Death will come
Far away from you

Away from you I flee
But inside you're with me
Join my pain and hurt yourself
You should die but I will instead

Blade to wrist
Collect my thoughts
Slice then wait
For all I've wrought

I wish to die
I want to fly
I call to you
So may I fall

Into utter darkness
I fall
Being called and never
To return
GOODBYE

*this is a group poem so do whatever with it*

This is not goodbye
by Tabby

Crying by his bedside my tears flow endlessly
I held his hand so tightly never wanting to let go
Trying to not think about what is about to be
I look up at him trying to not let my sadness show

His eyes are closed his breathing is slow and heavy
I run my hands through his thick, dark, brown hair
His handsome face is so pale with the color gray
That I begin to cry even harder thinking it isn't fair

Sickness is taking my true love away from me
Draining away his energy happiness and light
But not stealing our love away from each other
That is the one thing that he was able to fight

His eyes slowly open and he turns toward me
He smiles a weak smile and touches my cheek
I feel myself breakdown and burst into sobs
trying to say don't die but I could no longer speak

he grabs my hand and pulls me to him
reaching for my face he brings me into a kiss
then he hugs me with such a weak embrace
I hug him so tight never wanting to end this

Suddenly he lets go I pull myself slowly up
He looks at me with such sadness in his eyes
"I love you sweetheart"he says to me
"I love you but there will be no goodbyes"

"I love you to" I sob into his shoulder
I lay on his chest hearing his heart as I cry
I feel his breathing slowly fade away
As i sob to myself I say "its ok this is not goodbye".....

dark angel

A black laced dress
pale white skin
descended down from heaven
for so many unforgotten sins

a motionless body
dark Blue crimson eyes
silent screaming ceases
No more tears will be cried

black silky feathers
now stained with blood
all the angel ever wanted
was simply to be loved

step into her gaze
and look upon the marks
don't notice all the pain
and the forever broken heart

it's obvious that she was hurting
with blood still running down her wrist
you could see hundreds of scars,
left from the razors gentle kiss

next to her body was a note
and near her arm layed a knife
in the note read all the reasons
of why she ended her life

bruised and broken
no one saw
all the signs
she left within her hidden flaws

there were many rumors of why she left the heavens
rumor had it she found an angel
but he found a better pair of feathers

but this wasn't the reason
anyone could see
her pain was deeper
she just simply had to leave

but no one knew
behind her mask
everyone thought she was fine
I guess no one really asked

now she lays there
with rain falling down
everything is silent
exept for the rains empty sound

''Do you love me?''
By: David marshall

I love you,
Why can't it be just us two,
Without you my life is threw,
Every day my love for you grew,
I care so much, you have no clue,
No matter what our lives will pursue,
We sometimes say things that are untrue.

My love for you will never be surpassed,
For my love for you is way too vast,
and my love for you will always last,
Theres been sorrow but I'll forget the past,
Please understand, because this life is too fast.

Do you think we could ever be?
Only you can set me free,
I need to know before this world I flee,
I love you,
But do you love me?

Imagine A Thing Called Love
by: West

Loving is not a choice one is given, as to choose whom to love. The gift is that of love itself and the choice is to take such a chance. One moment, one chance, and a lifetime could be yours. Whether one be a man or a woman, close your eyes. Now your open to see what truths can be seen. Listen to your heart and soon the time will come. Your heart will join with another in loves song. This truth has reached your side for a reason, may you finally see. If two are in love with the other, why can't their love just be. Passion is more than the physical touch or the look of a body's curve. It's seeing into each others eyes and knowing that your found. Feeling as if your home, like your feet can't touch the ground. Crying even though your happy and laughing when your sad. This gift is that of love and my choice I have made. I'm a man who loves a man in this very way. From this day on I choose him for our passion is quit strong. If you listen close you can hear our song.

A Season's Lifetime

Spring:

A naïve youth
Her name is Ruth
Her looks were often repute
This bordered on beautiful and cute.

Her skin tone is milky with a hint of chocolate
Her facial features are symmetrically accurate
Eyes are light blue mixed in with grass green
A look would suggest she was fifteen.

A single awed glance makes her blush
To a colour of rosy flush
She is youth personified
Inquisitively embodied.

Summer:

An independent woman
Her name is Diane
Caring mostly her financial future and her work
Haughtily bragging with a smirk

Her skin tone is coffee with cream
Skin glowing with a gleam
Men flocking to her on bended knee
Evaluating her to Aphrodite.

A single woman is she
Sleeping with men freely
A harlot is often what she is called
Appalled,
She thought “Why do women get to be called that”
Sighing, “When men do it, they are applauded for that.”

Autumn:

Devoted mother
Not like any other
Protective of her kin
Many call her Lynn.

Frumpy and bloated she hardly cares for her looks
Taking the money she earns to buy her kids expensive things and books
A person asked “Why not take care of your looks”
She said “I want my children successful, so to do that I have to buy them books.”

A great mother is her goal
She is on a roll
Her first priority is her kids
Wishing to turn her seeds into orchids.

Winter:

A cantankerous crone
Her name is Joan
Nagging and complaining about her long gone days
Wishing for the beauty that was always praised.

Her face is haggard, her skin tone banshee white
Once a face that inspired poets and musician’s bright
Liver spots engraved in her hands, to claim she is old
Her personality once sunny, became bitter and cold.

A woman lost
Now the bride of frost
The things that made her what she is
Her best known assets perished
Like a cola that lost its fizz.

My journey
by Marjan

Now that I let the words out of the cage
Let them flow freely on this page
The sun is setting
And it's getting dark
Soon, up so high in the sky
The stars will spark
Starting my wander around the world
Walking on this earth that is way too cold
On my foot, I cross the land
A little lamp in my hand
A coat to keep me warm
Shoes to keep away the harm
I keep going on and on
Sometimes walk and sometimes run
Until a far away town I can see
Where under a bridge, there's a family
I feel ashamed
At the sight of a little boy
That his shirt is his only joy
Taking off my coat
I wrap it around him
A smile is the only thing I receive
Which is the best gift one can ever give
I keep going
Strong winds, freezing weather
Go back home. That's better.
Warm blankets, hot coffee
This a voice keeps telling me.
Not paying attention,
I keep going
With my lamp, trying to spread light
At this dark icy night
Somewhere, there's a woman
With unspoken words
Locked up inside her
She doesn't have any shoes to wear
Taking off mine, I give them to her
She looks at me with her shining eyes
In them, rest her silent cries
I pat her on the back
& disappear at the night so black
Deep wounds, thorny bushes on the ground
Utmost peace I have finally found
With a smiling face, I enter the next city
I have come to help humanity
A child at the side of a grave
For her father she craves
Sitting beside her for some seconds
After a while, we become friends
Trying to ease her pain
Being a shelter for her in the rain
At the end, I give her a hug
Then disappear in the fog
Tired but happy I return
A big lesson I have learned
Now, I'm completely blind
Leaving my lamp behind
For the little girl I have met, wants to
Have a journey around the world too.

by Marjan Nouhnejad

I am sorry I have not been perfect,
During my eighteen years of life.
I am sorry you think I am anorexic,
And that I live life by a knife.
I am sorry I am not the same little girl,
That I was a short time ago.
I am sorry that I feel so much pain inside,
And that you have yet to see me grow.
I am sorry you must look into these cold eyes,
And that I have no confidence left to spare.
I am sorry that I like being away from you,
And that you hate the clothes I wear.
I am sorry for keeping things from you,
And for all my self-destruction.
I am sorry for making you yell at me,
And for causing you have that reaction.
I am sorry for all the times I have sided with Dad,
And for not feeling a bit of guilt.
I am sorry for being the reason you damaged,
The relationship we could have built.
I am sorry for using your best kitchen knife,
To slit my wrist for the first time.
I am sorry for making time spent with me,
Have to feel like a crime.
I am sorry for not giving you hugs when you want them,
And I am sorry for resenting you.
I am sorry for not having the same beliefs,
And for always making you argue.
I am sorry I do not like you,
And that I cannot forget things you have said.
I am sorry that each and every day,
Those words go through my head.
I am sorry for never calling,
And that I do not miss you at all.
I am sorry you had to see me at my worst,
Sorry you had to see me fall.
I am sorry I am not the perfect daughter,
And that I am not who you thought I would be.
I am sorry, mother, for letting you down,
I am so sorry for being me.

broken

your words slice through me
sharp as a knife
my blissful happiness is gone
because of this strife
each day is the same
you break me, then put me back together
i'll go in my room to hide
when i come out, you act like you don't remember
you don't see how hurt i am
even though it's so clear
and no matter how many times i cry
you don't see a single tear
you don't understand how much pain you cause me
you'll never understand my sorrow
you don't know how many times i pray
that it'll be better tomorrow
but it'll never be better
for when i think there's finally peace
it's all torn away
it comes to a cease
i end up broken
just like before
all the suffering i've gone through
i'll go through once more
i wish you'd stop this yelling
it makes me feel like such a failure
you don't realize what you're doing
my life is becoming my nightmare
my memories are haunting me
i'm restless every night
i cannot fall asleep
all i can do is cry
the next day you come up to me
you put me together again
then you say you're sorry
and you think you've been forgiven
but there's something different now
something is not right
for a piece of me is missing
one that's beyond your sight
i feel like all my true happiness is gone
i'm in this deep depression
but nobody will ever know this
for i'm lying and pretending
i'll never show how i really feel
unless you're someone i trust
you'll never see a single tear shed
in public my pain turns to dust
but no matter what i lead you to believe
inside i am crying silently
for i know if things keep going this way
my nightmare will become my reality

Maybe
by Tara Kay

I've missed this one special guy,
He's hurt me bad and made me cry.
And I'm just waiting for that perfect day,
When maybe I can have him back in every way.

Maybe he'll crash through my walls again,
Maybe he'll say that he'll be there for me,
My whole worlds just like a chain,
He's got me in his clutches and I can't break free.

He said his arms would always hold me,
He said his lips were mine alone to kiss,
Now after all the things he told me,
I wish it wouldn't end like this.

He made me see how lovely life could be,
Maybe now I think that hope has really gone,
Here is the lonely me,
I wish I knew if I was wrong.

Maybe the heart that comes apart finally mends forever,
Even if him and I are not together.

k the contest is over i will have the winners posted by Monday night. Thank you all for a great turn out and great job to you all. I have already read some great poems I know this is going to be another close contest. Just a reminder there is 5 places and each other poem will receive one review. Thank you all again for participating in my contest.

am waiting axiously for results

Ruby