Contest with only one rule: have fun!

Okay, I want to read your best poem that you have written. If you aren’t extremely proud of it, I don’t want it.

How to win:
Give me your best!

Here are the rules:
Have fun.

Prizes:
First prize: Six comments from me and I will post you on my darkstarlings site.

Second prize: Three comments from me.

Third prize: Two comments from me.

Good luck!
Contest ends on Monday, March 20th

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED!!!!
SORRY!

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

Nature's Paintings
by J. Lau

Misty air fills the icy cold sky,
High above the sea of clouds.
This first canvas dominates with black,
Is barely visible to the naked eye.
Starring closely long enough,
A glimpse of gold slowly shows.
Growingly visible, this painting of golden sunrise,
Slowly fades away it's canvas and opens the painter's show.

Prepared with colour palettes and a fresh new canvas,
The painter's brush introduced the riches of hue.
Shades of yellow, orange and red was used,
To contrast against the clear blue sky.
This breathtaking landscape, tall and mighty,
Stretches beyond the canvas, as far as one can see.
This, he calls... "The Grand Canyon".
Painted with the richest of colour,
Is most definitely one of his masterpiece.

Moving along the gallery of paintings,
Another canvas glisten for the dying attention.
This simple piece of a freezing ice storm,
Paints a Winter Wonderland that sparkles and twinkles.
An ordinary tree transformed,
Into a glistening crystal tree.
Houses, cars and all visible objects frozen in a shell of ice,
Glittering like diamonds from golden streaks of sunlight.
Rarely was this seen,
Yet a true gem of a scene.

Another common painting sets the standard,
Definitely a favourite under the painter's brush.
All shades of colours from blue to gold,
Fills the entire canvas from day to night.
Purple and blue dazzle the skies,
While gold and amber reflect elegantly off the lake.
Minutes later as the sun sets down,
Darkness swallows it's canvas,
And this unique painting slowly dissipates.

These are just a few examples of his work,
With over a billion paintings every day,
This painter's show last only hours each day.
The painter close off with a challenge,
For any artist to compete against his works.
No one dares to compare,
The ever-changing landscapes he creates.

The painter also left a note,
Reminding all his viewers to stop and think.
To take the time to appreciate all his work.
Not bound only to what one can see,
But to all his creations... including you and me.

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

when time touch its destiny.......

Captivating the sight of your dream...
fabrics of thought lies shattered
treasures mountain, tranquil stream
season of bless slowly weathered...

the glittering sunlight peeps from the sky....
await for your solace touch
cascading the green, green grass
shimmering splendid brought the sense of peace....

trees bow in silence...
within your abundant charm of loveliness
break away the cold spell of winter
put us in a warm consolation...

the gushes of the stream, the gold arbion of water
splashing arround us as raindrops of love....
a simple life that i always fancy
which i hope comes to eternity

but alas...
what a woeful despair
i am simply lack of flair
when this heart strangled of hapinnes
i just unfamiliar with words
althogh in fact, i love you more than world
the word of love seems hidden solemntly with the evening wind
the ordinary thing that i've never seen

stuck in a pile of sand
on just another way of saying goodnight.....
although deep in my heart
just like heaven, i want to hold u tight..

sharing such unbridle life, apart from all turbulence..
such sentimental scenery and the wild night
girl thats all i've been longing
yet i left in silence without saying anything...

sometimes i feel like a silly star
lamenting its ability to twinkle
listening to your wish , and dream, with your special style
but i just end up with smile.....

i just believe that one day
when time touch its destiny..
i could bring you inside my story
our fairy world, enchanted with affinity...

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".....

Silent memories
by Tabby

(to those memories people keep silent we all have them)

Forgetting all those silent memories
That haunt the soul and mind
That corrupt the happy thoughts
Which are usually so hard to find

Trying to keep them silent
Hoping they'll get lost
But sometimes their stronger
And happiness is all it costs

For memories you don't want
Such sacrifice you pay
To not feel that painful memory
You just want to go away

It seeps into your life unannounced
Like some kind of disease
As it eats away the happiness
That once used to ease

all the pain you have suffered
And the darkness that you see
all the loss of your happiness
is all caused by those silent memories

Broken

There's a hole in her heart
where his picture used to be.
Her face used to have a lovely glow,
and she was once very sweet.

Now she's embittered by her hatred.
She's numb to all the pain.
Only shadows cross her path.
Her tears pour forth like rain.

Her eyes no longer shine.
Darkness consumes her soul.
She is now like shattered glass,
broken pieces that can't be made whole.

He took with him all that was good in her.
Sadly, loving him had had its price.
In her mirror she sees the girl she used to be,
wishing she'd known who she was letting into her life.

His warm embrace
by Marjan

This poem of mine is
about no one but God.

Warm embrace
Sweet face
Shining so bright
A beautiful sight
15 years ago
He told me
I had to go
To somewhere else
I didn't know
I was in tears
Couldn't think of
Being away
For many many years
He cleaned my tears
Put his hand
On my heart
And told me:
I will always
Be here
So near.
And smiled.
A smile I'll
Never forget.
Then I came here
Forgot his face
Throughout the years
But I know he's here
With me
Through thick & thin
I have no fear.
Trying to be my best
Knowing here I'm just a guest
Missing his
Warm embrace
Sweet face
Shining so bright
A beautiful sight

By Marjan Nouhnejad

One Last Breath

You have nothing
And nothing has you
I can see your fear
It shows in everything you do
Built with strife

You're parts are now pieces
And insight is not enough
I'll defeat and discreet
Every single try

The instinct you hold
Will take your life
One step, A breath
You're under my knife
Killing slow is the way I conquer
It's no torture test
I can't wait any longer

With your second step
You will definitely burn
Can't control the hate you've learned
Killing slow is the way I conquer
Do you yet know the meaning of suffer?

Step a third time, you invite and welcome death
Please pay taxes with your last breath
Say good bye to whatever life you once knew
Along with you

All it takes is one last breath.

"Just a little blood"

She sits and thinks about the meaning of life,
She can't even feel her wrist touching the knife.
"Just a little blood" she thinks in her mind,
As the blood poars, pain and tears are combined.
"This pain is better than any other pain",
she says to herself when it shoots through every vein.
She grabbes a towel and puts it over the voom,
This is her end, this is her doom.
Her sight is weakened, she going blind,
As she thinks to herself, she doesn't really mind.
Her death is unimportant, no one will care,
"They won't even notice, I was never even there",
A wet and shiny tear falls down her cheek,
As everything goes black, some words she tries to speak.
She forces the words forward as her final last breath,
"Just a little blood" she says, "will lead to my death"

Winner

i win again
what do you mean how
well lets pretend you dont know
so i'll show you again why i always win
first i bite my lip look up and think about what i have in mind
its a good thing that i signed a peace treaty between my body and mind giving me peace and mind
in a way you could call me a poetic diabetic
i hope theres a medic around
because when i hear tight poems it becomes sweet to me
in turn makin me ill
yet another reason why im still going to grow old and die
so point me to the nearest phone booth
so i can put the "S" back on my chest
and let you know what makes me so super
ive had hard times and survived
been more frustrated than a kid trying to dance with pants too big
and no belt
while people pelt me with angry words as hard as bullets and rocks
until opportunity knocks at someone elses door
thats whats at the core of my heart
because she took the opportunity to opp to get in tuned with me
so when she finally knocks at my door
she takes me by the hand because she truly understands
how my self-esteem can run off with my motivation and pride to try and make the band
so i should just quit writing and cut off both my hands
because what good are they when they cant even get a grip on reality
that leaves me with no self confidence
and my common sense is mentally challenged
no wonder why i thought life was like skating uphill, hard
but despite this i still write
i refuse to give up
im like a piece of ice in the desert that refuses to melt
im rare or even impossible
thats why its possible for me to say a piece and you like and never know it was me
i dont compete for glory but i do it just to add pages to the story of my life you can one day read because you listening is the only trophy i'll ever need
i wont air it around like dirty laundry because this is the truth that defines..... me
so in my eyes even if its just for pretend
i'll always win
so...... wanna play again?

I have it written under my name but anyway..

Deceased World Wonder

It was getting cold
I could feel the ice trembling
Down my lips as if it were
Falling from the sky

I was numb
I couldn’t feel the slightest drop
Of a tear falling down my eye

There was a tremendous gap
Between me and fate that made it seem far
I was the cold some dead earth
Hope was a shining star

It grabbed my attention, screamed “you’re fine”
Faith remained only a word to me
A fib, a lie

I was lost in a place
In which no one would stay
When I think I’D see a human
They just fled away

Crumbled deeply into a ball
With a lost heart
That ruptured ages ago
Like a piece of glass falling apart

Seldom grace didn’t love me though
The light I Imagined was only a fake flow
There were no colors that were in sight
Like a movie placed years ago
Only black and white

Ready to give up
Shrivel to the orb I’ve been
My soul reduced to a speckle
My only option was to give in

Then I hear an echo
Of a voice not so strange
A virtuous noise
Desiring for me to change

It was getting close
And placed in front of my eyes
Was the black heavens above
Which turned into bright blue skies

The dull view now started to bloom
I was being accelerated by something
If only it had come more soon

It picked me up and carried me above
The hate and deceive I sensed
Abruptly turned into love

Was it finally happening
At last was I to be saved
I believe that I hear happiness
Other than the usual rage

You have come to rescue me
When no one else was concerned
I thought that I lost what I never had
Now its finally earned

What is it you saw
Through the dark night
They thought I was a blur
You observed a light

In this surplus body
You imagined a soul
Instead of it being fractured
You made me out as being whole

Hence, there was an era
In which I was left behind to rot
Thanks for the lesson
That I have been taught

Belief never would of crossed my mind
Id leave it to be
But I was only leaving myself behind

You and trust are all I need
I was to fall short
But I will succeed

parents
by kolya

They treat me like shit
Treat her like an angel
They go to work
And come back home
They tell her good job
They tell me do better
they said I backtalk
they said I lie
they said I'm rude
but they dont know why
I do what I do
why I insist for what I mean
they dont understand
cus they dont care for me
they dont listen
cus too afraid
to hear something right
for the first night

I'm no longer alone
By Thorn

The blood spattered on the ceiling
The rain falling on the roof
Your silent footsteps looming closer

I am alone

Opening my eyes to the black
Finally night as I get up and dress in all black
I walk out my door

I am alone

I walk down the side of the road
I hear your footsteps no longer silent
I turn to see how far you are from me

I am alone

I turn to see your face
As you embrace me close
And kiss me softly

I'm no longer alone ...

Another Statistic?

Another teenage girl spends
her time locked in her room.
Wiping tears from her eyes
while damning the whole world.

She refuses to look at her
reflection in the mirror.
Afraid to see.

There are bruises in her memory
and not engraved on her skin.
Memories that make her want
to collapse and shun herself.

She has bite marks on
her tongue from the words
she didn’t say.

To most people, she’s just
another statistic in a world of facts.
Where people just see her
as another number.
Not a pretty face.

And where strangers
swear that the same thing
would never happen.

She’s got scars on her heart.
She’s numb and nervous.
She’s just another statistic.

She was me.

Eyes, Tears and Ache
by Christie

Eyes stung with tears unshed,
A heart beating with dismay,
Eyes blinded by what they're seeing,
But too afraid to look away.

A face showing dejection,
Tears which never subside,
A heart which won't stop hurting,
A life of hapiness denied.

Heartache gleams in the eye's lashes,
A tear slowly falls,
Eye's crying for a broken heart,
Existence worth nothing at all.

Why has this happened?
by Alyson

My troubles are long gone
Now I'm standing here
In this desolate world
Alone and abandoned

All around me are the ruins
Of once grand buildings
Broken and shattered
Until they no longer exist

The harsh winds blow dust
Across the face of this vast land
Leaving the fields barren
Where food no longer grows

Most rivers have run dry
Leaving behind cracked earth
That screams in the night
For help

Tears slide silently down my cheeks
As I look at what this worlds become
Its no longer grand or beautiful
But dry and unforgiving

Why has this happened?
I say its because of our sins
All the wrongs that we've done
And all the beliefs we've held against others

*This holds a message can you find it?

"Define A Universal Man"
[Theo]

Define a universal man
Invent a fluid plea
Create a vivid village
Across this galaxy
See the blazing stars drop off
Exclaim in exalting light
Be free to grasp and jump for air
Increase in spontaneous flight
Indeed I do this on spare time
Cuts gently by a blade
Tears open just to leak the faith
They say heaven is man-made
Man-made is just a relative term
A term which has a bend
This light hits water in many ways
My God I must defend
Please trick me in obnoxious ways
O spirit I do not see
I take my mind and now evolve
Above the signs of symmetry

"Fast Lane To Darkness"
[Theo]

He flipped his shoes,
up off his feet.
A sigh of relief,
A blow of defeat.

He cried for hours,
the memories last.
The killing is happening,
the sound of the blast.

The shattering sound,
it re-dropped the ball.
The poisonous sting
the smell of alcohol.

The dangerous burst,
of metal to glass.
The glorious burning,
of a tank full of gas.

He pushed on the petal,
and with one final shot.
The road had survived,
but his soul did not.

>>>You said there were no rules, and i could not decide which out of the two of these poems I liked more so i chose both of them. Please consider my entry. And make sure you don't choose a suicidal poem because I am getting sick of those. Thanks for creating a hot contest. Peace. [Theo]

this is a poem that people have rated a 5.0 so i hope that you guys like it!

Scars That Heal
by ~~Lindsay Woods~~

When you found that one person who makes you feel like your the only one in the room,

That one person who still sits beside you no matter what you have been through,

The one who asks you if your ok when you have done something wrong,

The one person who sings to you from the heart the most wonderful song,

When you found that one person who loves you for who you are,

The one person who will keep you from moving to far,

The one person that you look at and they always make you smile,

That is the one person who will make it all worth the while,

When you have found that person you will know from the start,

That is the one person you will always have in your heart.

When you find your one and only,

Tell them how you feel,

That is the one thing that they can do is make the scars heal.

S.O.S.
by ♥ iNviSibLe 2 u ♥

Im saying that im scared
im saying someone help me
im saying i cant cope
but no one understands

i cry myself to sleep
i miss you all so bad
I want to tell somebody
but no one understands

i need a helicopter
or a rescue plane
to fly in here and save me
but no one understands

i want someone to love me
to put their arm around me
to say that it'll be okay,
but noone understands.

i dont know how to tell them
why should i try at all
its best to keep it hidden
because noone understands.

Reality hit us hard..

Reality had hit us hard that time,
When you told me you'd be gone
Life would never be the same
Too bad it had taken me so long

You see I didn't want to say goodbye
I thought if I didn't you wouldn't leave
Like all friendships we think they'll last
But like everyone else I was naive.

We wanted to remain friends
We would write and call too
But we also said friends forever
But of course it wasn't true

I miss your laugh
And our special talks
The days we spent together
Our late night walks.

You were always there for me
You were like my twin
Whether it was good or bad
We stuck together through think and thin

And when my life was in danger
But I didn't have a clue
You were there to pick up the pieces
You always came through.

I'll never forget the night, it was so nice
You finally told me what was going on
It was the first time I could see into your soul
It was the night we had talked until dawn

I remember crying on your shoulder.
You told me it would be alright.
You told me you''d be moving
That's why I'll always remember that night

Remeber when we used drive so fast
Down the old highway
I know I always will...
I think about it everyday

So when your driving down the highway
If you look around your car
You'll see a C.d with the songs
We used to sing to with my guitar

Listen to our favourite C.D
And when you hear our song
What I want you to know...
Is that I've loved you all along...

Kinda Short But W/e i love it and it means alot to me soo.....

Tornado

Listen to the wind.
Watch the rain fall down.
A tornado's going crazy,
Whipping everything around.

The one I love is killed,
But never do I cry,
For now he's in a better place,
where he can learn to fly.

I want to be within his arms,
and for him to love me so.
But this tornado's broken us apart,
and left me all alone.

There's one question left on my mind,
and its tearing at my soul.
It digs into my depths asking.
Should I stay or should I go?

Why Did they Kill Him
by sarah

Why did they kill him, what had he done.
The reasons they had, there were none.

A petty little thing, like what area he was from.
A petty little thing and now he is gone.

He was just walking to meet a friend at the end of the street.
He did not think it would be death that he would
meet.

Why did he not run, because he was to game.
Why did they kill him, so for there selfs they could
get a name.

They have took someones son.
Now she's left with nothing but pain to come.

They have took someones brother.
Now they are left sad, comforting their grieving mother.

They have took my boyfreind.
Now im left with a heart full of pain, that won't mend.

I hope they burn in hell for what they have done.
In their lives I hope no good does come.

Tears to Rain

Everyday, I look out my window, sitting on its pane.
I sit there everyday, watching the rain, wishing it, could wash away my shame, and make me feel sane.

I've never seen the sun, that light that shines so peacefully above.
I dream to feel that warmth, have the feeling of love.

Nothing ever comes amist,
As my mind drifts away, into the rain which falls, as i sit here on my window pane.

So many things that go on out there, even as I sing, sleep, I stare.

My eyes seem to own me, and so doest my heart. Owns every awakening day, owns every part.

As tears begin to fall, i see the rain once more, as blood drips away, and I am peacefully resting forever, as I have wished before.

I feel a warmth upon me, the sun, it shines for me, now I have passed away, blood is gone, tears fall, and I see the rain once more.

-*-Cherri-*-

Enjoy! =^^=