~New Contest~ (sad poems only please)

CONTEST CLOSED!!!

okay here we go another contest.....i choose sad poems because alot of people write sad poems, and well....yeah....so rules....

[1] No Rasism or Discrimination
[2] No slang (cussing is aloud)
[3] No line limit... Long poems are welcome
[4] No critisim to other poets work
[5] Spell check must have been done
[6] Must be own work
[7] 1 poem per author
[8] no links, post full poem here.

1st place: 10 votes and 8 comments, place in my favorites and a reccomendation in my profile.
2nd place: 8 votes and 6 comments + place in my favorites
3rd place: 6 votes and 4 comments

(the rules and prize idea i got from ~*Natasha*~)

closes once i get 13 poems

CONTEST CLOSED!!!

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.

Truth is...
by J. Lau

I used to think
That I can control,
The feelings I had for you
And the thoughts of being with you.

I kept my distance,
I held my stance.
I treasure the friendships,
And I wished you both happiness.

I knew that it will not
Be an easy path,
But it turns out to be much rougher
Then I could ever imagine.
Cause deep down,
It hurts like crazy.

Truth is...
I cannot hold my feelings back
And ignore its existence.
I cannot pretend l am not jealous,
That I'm not the one by your side.

Truth is...
I cannot ignore the pain anymore,
When comforting you when you fall.
I cannot stand seeing you being hurt over and over again,
And there's nothing more I can do.

Truth is...
I'm not being truthful and fair to myself,
Cause it hurts so much inside each time you cry.
I cannot leave this wound open,
And not distance myself to let it heal.

Truth is...
I had feelings for you ever since the day we met,
And it only grew deeper as time past.
I know that I should not feel this way,
But I can't help myself thinking of you each day.

Truth is...
I was sure that you were the one,
ever since we met again that day,
Around the end of June.

I don't know what to do anymore,
My logic is overwhemled by my emotions.
I still wish that everything will work out,
Between you and him.
But if one day in the years to come,
That fate finally grant me the chance.
I wish that we will be together,
Forever less a day...

For that is the day,
I wanted you to know...
How I truly felt ... about YOU.

< - - - - - - - - - - - >

Field of Clover

whispering breezes
calling my name
spin around searching
but it’s all in vain

leaves falling, twigs snapping
quick stroll down our path
rivers edge beckons
with calls from our past

turn left, then turn right
run fast through the field
checking for clover
could you be over here

heart pounding, tears flowing
I’ve looked all around
legs weak, throat burning
I sink to the ground

where are you hiding
why did you have to go
I’m looking for answers
can you help oh dear lord

Frontline Picket Fence
by Tony

Years surpass our track of time
Diminishing through the intervals in the sidewalks
A biting breeze going beneath bedroom doors
It' a proportional issue
Felicity must be atoned for on the scales
Abstracting time from our hands cuts even

The nights chill wind dispirits you
Thieving the warmth from your breath
Until there is naught left
Consume this sedative when the clocks closure comes
In hope to replenish your serene states
That never will be
They never were...

A blast from the exhaust
Igniting the air about us in red
Into this flash we fall
Staring and wondering
Stopping and calling
But no one is home to succor this
They wouldn't bother if they could
No ones home to hear
That the planes are closing in on the shores
War is not a nightmare flickering from afar

In a charge of moments
We all go up like flares
Deteriorating into a black nights sky
Falling apart like the far away mourning
In a flash of seconds
We will all go up like flares
No one can choke this flame
Edging down the street up to our feet
We are all getting nothing

In this hornets nest of enemies biding time
A catacomb to feed on us
They are feeding on us
On us
I'm ascending upwards like a bomb
Catching the walls on fire
Saving us all from synthesizing with alone

As night strains our eyes
We gasp and struggle
Reaching for breath
But nothing...
Nothing is there for lungs to tenure
They sucked the air from the space
Putting us face down in body bags
Arranged like dividers
Swallowing this lurid disorder
Declaring it's a measure towards satisfaction
As we marched forth to satisfy demands
Nothing...
We found nothing
Downing this baleful stillness
We are regressing from this emptiness

Our hearts have been penetrated
We can learn to breathe
Tubes and circuitry suspended from the chest
Affixed there amid the procedure
They put an end to pretending
We are not all detached
We are not......
"Follow this far away!
... Don't listen to the words I say! .....
Run far away!
Far away!"
Ending this proposition
Putting a stop to pretending I was pretending
Apprehend the phrases that I'm saying
Don't run away...
Don't run away...

All this war has not passed
Fastening to our shadows like shades
I'll hold you close
And there's no turning back from this embrace
We'll go up like flares
And never fade away...

the city of a darkened mind

Through the cold iron gates,
So threatening and high,
Walls built all around,
Built up to the sky,

Build a city of darkness,
Where the foundations run deep,
Watch the crimson rivers,
As though the walls they seep,

The ground is unstable,
The walls closing in,
The sun disappearing,
The dark night will begin,

The city is empty,
Though people are about,
Outside of the walls,
People scream and shout,

Those inside call back,
But heard they are not,
And slowly over time,
Their existence is forgot,

The crimson rivers swell,
The lights flicker and die,
The buildings start to tumble,
We start to wonder why,

The city starts to fall,
Those within can't get out,
We claw at the walls,
Start to scream and shout,

Send messages to those outside,
Never knowing if they will be found,
Try in vain to escape,
But to this place we are forever bound,

The buildings all turn black,
Against a blood red sky,
They take on a jagged form,
We know the city is soon to die,

Try our best to save it,
The save it from its end,
But there is nothing we can do,
It is too damaged for us to mend,

Black rain begins to fall,
Covering the land in a poisonous layer,
Slowly the city starts to burn,
We are left with no hope nor prayer,

And so the city begins to fade,
Never knowing its true worth,
Built upon doomed foundations,
Doomed ever since its birth.

My Shallow Grave

Here is my shallow
grave. Only thing that
identifies the grave was
a piece of concrete
that had R.I.P. scratched
in it. I had no friends
and was forgotten.

So here I lay in
my shallow grave.
The funeral was not
sad for no one showed
up to grieve.

There was no coffin,
no flowers, not even a
tear to be shed. For no
one knew I was dead nor
did they seem to care.

Everyone seemed to go
on living their lives unaware
of this shallow grave.

So this is where I will
be all alone and forgotten
in this shallow grave.

Seek Me Not

Seek me not from the branches
I hide not beneath their leaves
I rest still inside my own life
Tis there I wait and breathe

You'll find me not in the morning
Nor beneath the misty clouds
I am already there right beside you
And I'll return to love somehow

I sleep not beside the waters
Where rivers flow as safe as Time
I dance not under the starlight
But I forever call you mine

I lie not in soft green grasses
Nor in Winter's frozen fields
You'll miss me in the Springtime
And amongst all Autumn's yields

I no longer walk amidst the flowers
This world plays no more a part
The only place where I'm remembered
Is the sanctuary of your heart

These tears I cry

By David Marshall

These tears I cry,
my eyes now burn.
the thoughts to die,
I took a wrong turn.

At the end of this path,
It branches a new.
A new life I'll have,
but not with you.

I gave you my heart,
not just to borrow.
It wasn't too smart,
now I drown in sorrow.

As you drift away,
my spirit grows dim.
my love will stay,
deep within.

You had to hurt me,
you had to lie.
Look can't you see,
these tears I cry

My Nightmare
By: Sarah Drew

Creeping into my mind late at night
These nightmares of you and I

You walk into my dreams all the time
Just to hurt me once again
Just walking by me
Not even a hello do I get for you

I don't sleep anymore
In fear of losing you once again

My mind is a dangerous place now
I'm never free of you
Whether I'm awake or alseep

You follow me everywhere I go
Treading softly behind me
Making my life a miserable place to be

It's the worst when I dream
That's when all the good times come back
When I remember how happy you made me
Nothing is worse
Then having to wake up from that

Torturing my mind, soul, and body
Will you never stop this agony
My heart can't take much more of this
Please stop all this torment

the voice
by ruby

Though my life I’ve heard a voice
It tells me my friends really care
It tells me I am loved by those I know
It helps me ignore their stares

The voice I hear grows louder
As its message gets harder to believe
As people around me forget me
As I feel things they can not conceive

The voice tells me to hang on and stay strong
When self loathing drives me to my knees
It tells me I’m not worthless or useless
There must be something inside me it sees

When I feel tears prick my eyes
Fro reasons I no longer know
The voice is the one that calms me
Helps me to fake it, to put up a show

The voice I hear never leaves me
For other more interesting things
It carries me through the unbearable
When there is turbulence it steadies my wings

But one day the voice is silent
I must go through the day alone
I must fight off my sense of self hate
I must ignore my friends’ sarcastic tones

But that one day is too much to bear
Without my special voice by my side
So I find my pills and some vodka
And settle for my one last ride

But the last thing I do before leaving
And joining those who’ve past on
I leave a note to those who knew me
To help them understand what I’ve done

“I thought I had a special friend
For the rest of you no longer cared
It was always there to help me
When the burden was too heavy to bear

But after one day of its silence
What dawned on me filled me with dread
The only true friend I ever had
Was only inside my head”

In my soul and in my heart....
By:Yuniardi

It was just for a glimpse..
and it was just like a dream..
it was real....?
or it was just indescribable feeling...?

the moon has turned blue....
but i still couldn't find any clue...
to fill that empty part..
suddenly we are torn apart...

when i just started to believe...
you made me deceive....
yet i couldn't resist..
cause i am just about to leave...

my world's is going to fall..
but you never give me a call..
my sight is almost gone...
oh no... don't leave me alone...

my eyes soon grow misty..
i never expect the end to be so nasty...
give me a way to flee..
oh,please, set me free....

once again, that miracle happen..
like our tales of 10 years ago..
our pure innocent love..
has break the heaven...

why you never told me..?
you run and hug me...
your tears fall onto my cheek
makes my heart want to leak

girl i love you...
that is the only reason...
all the pain and stain,i could've gone through
every power that still remain
in my soul and in my heart...
any moment of this life...

now let me feel your last soft embrace...
and your feeling toward me
in fact,you have known everything...
as i am no more lasting......

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".....

please tell me if this is good!

love always
tabby

^_^ People it ends after 13 poems.

-Tony

lol well go to 21

When Last I Cried

You were there one day and gone the next.
It's like you disappeared over night.
I suppose in a way that's what happened
since Death snuffed out your life's light.

It all felt so surreal.
I couldn't believe my ears.
I felt robbed of something beautiful.
You only had sixteen years.

I tried not to show my pain,
tried hard to hold it in.
But grief overcame me and tears began to fall,
the only struggle I couldn't win.

It was just last year and my heart's still heavy.
That was the last time I cried.
You are now the memory of a friend before the crash-
the crash where part of me died.

THE LAST PRAYER

Dear god, look at me now
For I’ve felt too much pain today
Four dreary hours ive lay awake
Midnight on, now it’s almost day

But eluded sleep is too small a cause
For me to cry so much and pray
And on bended knees and folded hands
I ask you to take this pain away

Today the moon is full my lord
I saw it rise until it set
And every moment of the night
Her memory was all I met

It’s just so painful for me
To go on with life this way
It’s so awful to miss someone
When she’s around you for half the day

Waiting for her emails, when
When I could walk right to her and talk
Makes me want to cry so much
As this endless pain continues to stalk

Your glory is invincible, ive heard
So why can’t you make this pain go away?
Why can’t you make me forget her?
Oh please let a miracle, come my way

A million unanswered prayers
Where has your glory disappeared?
My eyes are red the sun shines now
Day has broken, but the angst’s still near

This torture’s too much for me to take
My prayers never seem to reach heaven
It seems that earth's too far a place
So I think I’ll die...see you soon…Amen.

Meh Poem...psha..

Caged Animal With A Blade

Caged in this dark prison
my only relief: a rusted blade
and the memories of the beauty and light
will forever fade

the cage I'm in is made of your love,
your hate, your pain, and your lies
they've trapped me here for my whole life
and even after i die

this murderous pain and suffering
it is what you've done to my soul
and its being torn apart piece by piece
it'll never again be whole

this cage of death is your love
and this wretched blade is mine
its the only pain i can cause
theres a heart beneath those lines

this razor blade opens the truth
though it seems as though only my skin
it breaks through this barren cage
and shows whats truly within.

feelings mean nothing in this prison
i am but an animal caged and forgotten
only this animal has been torn apart
and has been left cold and rotten

this razor cuts away the dead flesh
and shows whats truly there inside
but this lovely gift comes with a price
and emotions whats denied.

please let me out of this prison
i have exposed my every thought
but still I'm locked up in this prison
even though i am overwrought.

SHE NEVER EXPECTED...

Can anyone tell me, why is she crying?
why is she talking about dying?
She is struggling with a pain inside,
she is trying a lot but not able to hide.

She did no mistake and no crime she committed,
but her fault is that all she expected.
Her expectations were too high,
crossing the limits and may be above the sky.

Love and happiness is all she wanted to share,
but the guy did not bother and not even cared.
She expected him to understand her a little bit,
but made a mistake and now she is going through it.

Her dreams and hopes are all broken and scattered,
all this is worst and nothing can be better.
Her emotions were used to make fun of,
he played with her and his love was a show-off.

Her feelings no more resides in her heart,
she is crying inside and dying apart.
The result can be so so unexpected,
again she never expected...

Forever Falling, Never Free

I'm forever falling
Into the fire-red abyss
Of broken dreams and nightmares
It never had to come to this

I'm forever falling
Because no-one will catch me
As I plummet towards un-earthly ground
Losing all trace of sanity

I'm forever falling
Into the devil's arms
Plunging into loathing hate
I didn't mean to cause you harm

I'm forever falling
Sure to never stop
My life continues to dig the hole
Into which my heart will drop

I'm forever falling
Your eyes forever see
As the infinite chasm continues down
I fall forever, never free

******************************************

Peace. [Sole]

Scars of Abuse...
by Latasha

My broken tears,
Are stopped by all my fears,
I can not let anyone see my feelings,
Or the scars I fear become reality.

I wish someone knew my broken bones,
Werent from falling down the stairs,
They were from my daddy,
The powerful man everyone idolizes.

They dont see the true man,
That lies between his words,
The one that beats me,
The man that gives me little strength to carry on.

Today is the day everyone will say good-bye,
To the young girl they once knew,
The girl who always wore a smile no matter what that meant,
That young girl was me.

After a few to many drinks,
I mustve said something wrong,
To make my daddy hate me so much,
Tears were running down my cheeks.

My final words were nothing but mumbles,
No one seen my bruises,
They only seen my beautiful smile,
And my pretty face.

If only someone wouldve taken a moment,
To see all my scars,
Maybe I wouldve still been alive,
But there is nothing left of me.

Im now just a girl,
Everyone once knew,
That hid behind her smile,
To ignore the pain here daddy caused.

hah now that im like the 25th.

Dragon eyes that change in color like leaves in autumn
look up and peer at the clouds of anger
as thunder is sounding
tearing apart the threads of control.
Dragon eyes see coal blackness
as they shut the door on love.
Dragon of dragon eyes sees nothing
as raindrops from below sear his face,
that colorless body turning,
reflecting a painting left in the rain.
Colors of happiness--
yellow, green, red--running away
into utter black puddles of despair.
The bell of lies resounds in his head.
Dragon eyes see the threshold to nowhere
offering a gateway to nothing.
They crinkle in false glee
as they see one who glimpses nothing but joy
bound like a puppy into the unknown world of fibs where everything is made up and nothing is true,
where the hounds are hidden behind a wall of stone.
Dragon eyes deceive with the face of happiness.
Dragon eyes that change in color like the leaves in autumn,
before the sky falls.

26th has to be the last one now.... :o)

Long Gone Pride

Confessions in a wooden box
waiting to be heard someday
lying for years in the same corridor
if they would ever find their way

serpents shoot venom in me like past
overshadowing my future and push them to last
swimming in this burning lake of my desires
every inch of felicity gradually expires

come what may, forever this life i will lead
than to die for something i am so much used to now
for starvation of all demons, i have my soul to feed
and would crawl to the invisible shore somehow

morpheus is no more friend of mine
as strangers have captured my peace
domiciled in the tears i am cryin
for years this heart has ceased

lying alone under this black sky of hatred
breathing in this air, feel so suffocated
so numb now, your words just passes me by
i have so many of you to kill before i die

my wrath unfolded and disappeared long time back
its all me and my sanity now flowing with time
rotted within myself while hanging on life's track
dreaming to gain my long...long gone pride

When it gets too much will she still hesitate?
Will the desire to take her life take away the love in her soul?
If the blade just happens to be lying there who can stop her?
And if they stop her, will she forgive them, or love them for it?

She's sitting there now
Blade pressed to her cold skin
She's crying softly,
Tears slowly emerging from the hole where her heart used to be
She's screaming in pain
She loves it
Yet she hates it

She cries out for the hurt to stop, yet even when she pulls the blade away
She hurts more, and cries more
She can't help cutting deeper
She watches her blood start to run
And hears the back door open

She runs out of the front door
Out into the snow
As if the weather can numb her wounds
The blood drips
Its pretty patterns on the frozen landscape
Move her to silent sadness

He passes by and sees her there
Bleeding to death
With the ice in her soul colder than the ice at her feet
He loves her more than she will ever know
And he is scared for her
Because even he knows that he can do nothing
She is long dead

She is breathing, but not living
She cannot, will not stop the torture
And will not look into the warm depths of his eyes
She keeps cutting
She pulls the knife across the broken skin

She smiles as her pain cripples her
She is gasping for breath now, struggling to live
But is that not what she wanted?
He runs towards her, hope abandoned and knows that NO.
It is not what she wanted

She wanted him to stop her
And if only he knew it before
For her ghost is out there in his arms and he weeps
She cannot see him there, for she has long given up
And often dreams of him coming to her
So he sits and watches and loves her as he mourns her

She still makes those pretty patterns in the snow
As her cuts get deeper
..... and deeper

sorry but there is way more then 13 poems.... did u forget about this contest or something?

How do I get to be in a contest? email me the answer please....dreamhands06@yahoo.com thank u very much! love, Pepa

Ok, seems like this contest has not been Judged. So once again, I will take the liberty to judge, this Contest might take a while to judge...I will try to have it done by this Monday.

Added in: only the first 13 poems will be judged, as for that is what it says in the Rules.

Thank you, joe

Ok, here are the winners.

(1st place) goes to David Marshall for These tears I cry

(2nd place) goes to J. Lau for Truth is...

(3rd place) goes to master of shadow for The city of a darkened mind

Even though this is not in the original Contest I would like to make an Honorable Mention. This Person will receive 4 Votes and 2 Comments

(Honorable Mention) goes to Kim for Seek Me Not

Congratulations to everyone that won. You all did an amazing job.

To those of you that didn't win, I'm sorry and better luck next time you all had great poems.

P.S. it will take a while for me to comment on the winners, I would also like to add a comment to everyone that had entered this contest for you waited long enough for the results. This may take some time so please be paitiant.

Thank you, Joe

Ok, everyone has been commented once already...now for the commenting of the winners.

This may take some time, be paitiant.

Thanks, Joe

Alright, all the winners have beed voted and commented.

Awesome Job once again.

Thank you, Joe