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Memories Captured
by: Kenshin

Night turning to light,
A world captured tonight,
Memories of people we met,
And of human we have yet to meet.

My life is nothing but a picture screen,
Seeing my childhood all the way to this very day,
Photographs of my first step,
And that of many others.

To where I stay still,
I see her smiling face,
People so far away,
Gathering together for a picture.

With the flashing and clickingâ??s,
Tears and smiles captured,
Here is her first birthday,
I cannot believe sheâ??s grown so old.

Family, friends and many more,
Gathered together in this picture before me,
United under a frame,
This family will never cease to exist.

Even those who left us,
And those who died,
Shall always rest with us,
In these captured memories.

Cruel Words

People stood in shock
At the blood stained floor
From an innocent little girl
Who couldn't take the bullies anymore

Night after night
She cried herself to sleep
Her classmates cruel words
Always made her weep

She tried to ignore them,
And pretend she didn't hear
But it never worked
She heard them loud and clear

At lunch she sat alone
She had no one in whom to confide
During class students talked
About how they wished she would die

Teachers were just as bad,
They never took her word
Any time she said something
Her complaint went unheard

Kids always pushed her down,
Made her drop her books
Stole things from her locker
And shot her nasty looks

One beautiful spring day
She could no longer stand the tears
She was never going to belong
As long as she was still here

Dear whoever cares
I'm sorry for whatever I did wrong
I'm sorry I'm not good enough
I'm sorry I couldn't be strong

She took out a gun
And blew out her brains
Blood spilled everywhere...
Gently as the rain

Beauty Lies Within

We all have a little insecurity,
Something that we do not like
But know you were made special
And we're not all alike

We were all made unique
So we shouldn't live in fear
Of what other people think
And everything you hear

Not everyone's judgments
Are always precise
You have a choice
To listen to their advice

It doesn't mean to change yourself
Because the way you are is fine
When you show your true colours
That is when you truly shine

It doesn't matter what you look like
Or what people think and say
Acting like yourself
Will make it a better day

You don't have to pretend
Or be fake, at all
You should be someone you're proud of
And be able to stand tall

No need to cover up
To hide your minor flaws
Your inner beauty will shine through
And it will show all and all.

It's your qualities that truly count
Your talents and personality
It's your actions and words
And your originality

People who are your friends
Should like you for who you are
You shouldn't have to be like them
Just to be a star

So be who you are
And don't tell lies
To be comfortable with yourself
You can't wear a disguise

In the end it doesn't matter
So be comfortable in you own skin
They're not all judging you so,
Always remember beauty lies within.

--emotionless.19*

Through Color Blinded Eyes
by HOLLY ARMER

Colors swirl around me
blinding to my eyes
Tarnished by the darkness
embedded by your lies

My once bright and shining world
lost within the black
As my heart flounders under
the weight of your attack

Watching the orange and yellow's
fading to angry red
Cast into this hateful life that's
now painted up with dread

Searching all the boundaries
for wisps of pink or blue
Just anything to challenge
the void I'm falling through

But there are no colors to save me
so here's to my demise
As I watch this vacant world
through color blinded eyes

I am set to away...

Not only on messenger, but in your mind

You set me aside hoping I would go away willing

Hoping I would forget about that 'us' that once existed

You can do all you want to push me away... But I'm always going to be right here

You will always know where to find me, whether you like it or not

My daily thoughts, actions, and emotions will always hold bits and pieces of you in them ...

This I already discovered

Whether this is a mistake or not... I can not ignore you

When your life is revolving around something so fragile, like a human being...It's far too difficult just to let go...

To move on
To drop everything you have known for so long and find another motive for living...

Breathing...

Getting out of bed every morning

Things seeming so simple..

Or so you would think

But life deprived of you, took away my world

And once deprived of the armor on your heart the phrase 'living hell' takes its true meaning....

Being susceptible to all the pain in this 'reality' we live in today

The fact is, I've come back 'online' but I'm still set to 'away' in your mind....

-Things Change-

Sitting on her window sill
Reflecting on years past
She just can't help but laugh
As she watches the children play in the street
She remembers the days when she was one of them
But things change, nothing ever remains the same

Once upon a time
Her life was filled with make believe and lies
Like a fairy tale right out of a book
She once had a father and a caring mother
They were once a very happy family
But things change, nothing ever remains the same

She used to believe she was a princess
And that nothing could ever harm her
That the people she loved would live forever
Never to leave her side
That she'd always be daddy's little girl
But things change, nothing ever remains the same

She stopped believing all of these lies
The day her father died
No longer were her days filled with happiness and laughter
They were replaced with sadness and tears
She soon turned to the knife to help solve her problems
Things change, nothing ever remains the same

Her mother began drinking more
And by the end of every day she lay passed out on the floor
Leaving her little girl to care for herself
And showing her no love
So the girl cried herself to sleep every night
Things change, nothing ever remains the same

The little girl grew up wishing on a star
Hoping and praying things would get better
Weeks turned into months and months turned into years
The little girl's prayers continued to go unanswered
And she still cries herself to sleep every night
Things change, nothing ever remains the same

This little girl turns and looks into the mirror
And to her surprise the reflection she sees is me
I'm the girl with no father and an alcoholic for a mother
I'm the one dealing with depression
And the one who has a very deadly obsession
I'm the one praying my suffering ends

But each and every day my prayers go unanswered

-xlovelostx

Free
By David Marshall

I've had enough, I can't take it anymore.

Don't be surprised if there's blood on the floor.

It feels like my heart has just got impaled.

I tried so many times, but obviously i failed.

That's it I'm through, give me a knife.

This time I mean it, I'm ending my life.

I thought for a minute and looked at the sky.

Maybe theres still hope. I don't have to die.

I cried for hours, what will I do.

I can't imagine ever replacing you.

I still got friends, and family.

After a while i started to see.

Besides, there's many years ahead of me.

I think I'll finally move on, so my soul can be free.

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.

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Beauty
by "-"ciñdy"-"

All girls have beauty
That they try not to loose
But when they give it to a
Boy they use and abuse

They always do something to
Make her beauty die
Girl shed one tear
Her beauty blows by

She give you her beauty
Among other things let loose
Her dignity and
Everything was used

So when you get her beauty
Care it well
Cause once beauty dies
Her heart will as well

"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.

I'm ripped, rugged, and torn apart
For the things that shine as light
Can still turn dark

Crystal diamonds and gold
Reflect my future with you
But tears problems and obstacles
Still keep me but distant from you

A heart is what I don't have
But not because I'm bitter
At the same time I have a heart
That wishes not to whither

The light that shines upon me
Is the light I should not get
The darkness that retreats me
Is the darkness I regret

If I could elaborate
On the things that do and do not matter
I'd write you a love poem
To secure all that is shattered

To look into your eyes
Is to look into all my world
To look into your eyes
I can already see our baby girl

I've wrote you notes
I've bought you things
But nothing compares
To what my love does bring

A love so immense
So smothered with romance
A love so eternal
That I'm kept in a trance

The author of this poem
Is who they'll be forever
The reader of this poem
Is one-hundred times better

Though we are not equal
We share a similar trait
We are the light for each other
And we just might be soul mates

I'll give you the entire world
For the rest of my life
Because my love for you
Really has no price

God makes us all similar
By making us different
God puts our hands in others
In the face of reminiscence

The reason for love
Is not explained clearly
Because when you feel love
Your body gets quite weary

People journey through life
Thinking what the future must carry
Yet we already know
Who we want to marry

I don't see a future
With anyone else
I only see a future
With you in my house

With kisses so soft
And hugs so tight
I'm ending this love poem
Wishing you were my wife.

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".....

Holding on hunger
a destructive appetite
the craving for blood
that lies within...

Hail demons of fire
seek thy veins
as for the arrival of the night
this portrait shall be set...

A marching disease
arrives,eliminating
the security and ease
that they were found on

Clawing out the heart
distorting the corpse
the occult howling
penetrating through the skin...

Flame,blood And dust
blend into each other
Flesh,Steel And rust
suffocate lives together

bled,they had
and souls parted
from corpses
rushing into
eternal torture

Alas..

these are the wolves
of a bleak sight
a brutal concept
of a dangerous mind...

bloody romance

Blood smeared words written on her attire
Of the one she'd loved the written art of her life's desire
The lustful sent of her beloved
Filled threw the room and overwhelmed the unloved
Humans blood linger in the air
He won her heart this queen of solitaire
Her life is like a card game
And she plays her cards so carefully without a shame
she places her heart down to replace he's human life
with his blood she's sure to end this unearthly strife
she sacrifices her heart for his
the unearthed demon sends out pleads
she gives her blood and begs on her knees
to become human again she pleads
On her knees again she pleads
for romance is all she needs
to guide her out of this unearthly strife
she shall give up her own inhumanly life
for what she must do is inhumane and horrifying
for his soul is heavenly and glorifying
and for him she would give up everything
just to hear his heart sing
and to make him her desired king
for she shall murder her demons and her unforgettable past
and forever keep her happiness just enough to last
held by the demon her own inhumanly life
and in one hand a bloody knife
she engraves his words into her heart
for he hearts desire shall depart
as she cast on herself a trance
all this for her own bloody romance

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 so 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.

Misunderstood

You can hear his headphones blaring
beneath his over-sized hood
you all think he doesn't care
but hes just misunderstood

the cuts on his wrists what make him come
but he has a good reason why
his home life's a disturbing mess
and he wishes to not be alive

his father left when he was three
he was a sick and twisted man
but he comes around once in awhile
and hurts as much as he can

the teachers thinks hes just trouble
and i think that you do to
but nothing thats happened in your life
compares to what he goes through

suicide is not an option
cause that would leave his mom alone
and his so-called father would beat her
and her pain would be unknown

what you don't seem to realize
is that this is his form of relief
he needs to focus his anger
and must control his grief

you think you know what he is like
but you don't have a clue!
he is so more complicated
than others who visit you

you think you've made a breakthrough
when the music stops
you wonder if he just might talk
until you see the clock

he stands up from his chair
and takes off his over-sized hood
he than says in a distant voice
"understanding does no good"

Show Me
By Steph

Show me the world hidden in your mind,
Cry me the tear that will take us inside.
Bring forth emotion, that makes the world crumble,
Pull down some bricks, and watch the walls tumble.

So in your smile, let me see eternal light,
Where sun will never fall, and autumn leaves take flight.
Waves of yellow, gold and green,
Let your smile be more than it seems.

Show me emotion, bring about the rain,
Cry me the tear that will share all your pain.
Bring forth the thunder, release all its sound,
Pull down the lightening, with all strengths bound.

When I look into your eyes,
I pray to see truth and no more lies.
The secret strands of black and white,
No longer hidden from my sight.

Show me your strength, by falling apart,
Cry me the tears of your aching heart.
Bring forth a story of your feelings erosion,
Pull down the glory, of escaping emotion.

True Love- By Meaghen

She never knew how much she needed him until she woke up and he wasn't there

She never thought of telling him how much she cared

Until she found the note he laid by her head

as tears fell with every single word she read

He told her how his heart didn't belong to her anymore

No matter how hard he tried it just wasn't like before

He couldn't take it he didn't want his life to be this way

Those are the reasons he just couldn't stay

As she lowered the note and let it fall to the floor

she let the tears roll as she ran to the dresser drawer

Out she pulled a bottle of champaign

This would help,It would take away some of the pain

She just needed some way to escape

But it didn't end at that she was the one holding the knife with every scrape

She couldn't picture her life if he was the one

She didn't want to live she had no where to run

Everything reminded her of him in every single day

She was just like him she just couldn't stay

He was the one that found her lying face down in the bed

He couldn't believe what he saw he was to late she was already dead

He was coming back to tell her how he was wrong

And how he finally knew this was where he belonged

She didn't deserve it what he put her threw

She was the one who was always there and always true

He couldn't live with what he had done

She was it, She was the one

He wanted to be with her so he slit his own veins

This was it they'd feel no more pain

They both went where they'd be together up above

They took there own lives for each other because of true love!

The Heart of The Eyes
by â—Š Atomic â—Š

Eyes burned with tears unshed,
Stubbornness won't let it fall.
It hurts from what it sees,
And blinded by what it saw.

Heartache glistens its lashes,
Thousands of tears kept at bay.
Saw all the painful scenes,
But no strength to look away.

The sorrows of yesterday,
Reflected brightly in its shine.
Its innocence and loneliness,
Became one as it entwined.

It never thought the pain,
It felt would ever fall.
Until the heart cried,
And broke its only wall.

Blinking it away,
A single tear rolled down.
Hitting the heart at home,
Slowly it begins to drown.

Pitter patter of the eyes,
Crying for a dying heart.
Posture broken down,
Emotionally torn apart.

( )_( )
(='.'=)
(")-(") Arrivederci!©

No Title
by, Rachael

Walking through these hallways

Making my ways

Though there is discrimination

and crimes flying around

everyday. they make it so that they don't have an option

No one knows, its with out a sound

They hear. Bullys are everywhere

Alls they want to do is pick on you

And stare

It's pretty annoying.

When a friend is around, you can have one or maybe two

Depending on who he or she is

Being depressed over what ever it is

It is turning out gay,

becasue you see so many people crying

Some people say.

Some of their expressions on their faces are sighing

I just want it to end

And have a happy life

so, do you know a way without using a knife?

if so, then it will end with a great mend!

Wow, I'm shocked and honored all at the same time. Thank you....

I'm Sorry.

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.

Questions in the life I live
By Ipsita Bose

Alluding blue of the sky
And the birds flying with the winds of spring
I stand here questioning the presence of life
Freedom... Is that what the nature brings?

The sun's orange flames
Glazing through the heat of the day
I wonder as I walk to the corner of the street
The fire of love that burns in my heart, is it here to stay?

Dusk falls and
Taps the evening's raindrops
I sit in the park gazing
The clear dew's peacefulness, who can stop?

There is darkness here
Yet I can't help but talk to the silence of the moonlit night
So much I want to ask through it's voice
"Are you here for me... for me to see light?"

So much is left unanswered,
Yet I continue to question my every happiness and every strife
There is no chance of giving up
I must go on in this maze we call life

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

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 Alice Robinson

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.

Towards our last moments
by Antonio Stefan

New to an aching, yet beautiful world
All you're doing, until your first word
Is just trying, in silence, to understand
Here, in your cradle, where you stand

Around you, like nothing time passes by
Being eager to learn, even a sound
Everything seems simply not meant to die
Innocent is how you are, so young
You study who's nearby, and say "Hi!"

Now, all you seek is pure fame
Satisfied after you have forged a name
Maybe dreaming deep, but it's the same
You're just a scourge and less sane

Tempests shall strike far in your heart
Closed eyes, to what elders have told
Your own essence will be torn apart
Thoughts shall haunt, blaring immortality you hold
These just throw you, back into the dark

Forget the pity life you have wasted
Think at the moments you have tasted
Don't dive in tears to mourn what's done
Just follow your sonnet and chase the sun

An elder yourself, forgotten moments you miss
Then, you realize everything was for this
The moment, in which death shares her kiss
Stalking you to a dark cold place
Open your mind, hope a memory you'll stay
Close your eyes, now you slowly fade away...

Everybody lived in a big towering town
(with little love spared)
with each step Everybody took one second passed
Everybodys time
not knowing where to walk, Everybody loved Nobody

who you were so beautiful
who she now know one knows
watching Nobody act like somebody
gets to Everybody

day and night tears come like rain
looking at photos of her being Nobody
not somebody
wishing Nobody was Nobody
Everybody rained till he slept

Nobody found anther somebody
a somebody that wasn't himself either
how everyone found out nobody knows
for she gave him a briefly burned note

leaf hitting the ground
falling on the ice
raking the leaves
kids at camp
seasons pasted as everybody did not

nobody moves somewhere special
as everybody grieves throughout the seasons
wondering why this happened
wonder why he is not moving on
to life
to himself

everybody found a somebody
liking what he has
telling his stories
wondering about her only worries
trying to make sure not to make the same
mistakes

a year later or so
somebody had left everybody
everybody not understanding why so
everybody started to rain till he slept again

somebody lived in a big towering town
(with little love spared)
with each step somebody took one second passed
somebodys time
not knowing where to walk, somebody loved everybody

everybody changed
I do not know why
Seasons pass as somebody did not

this poem was inspired by E.E. Cummings

I pray thee come softly,
Lest I dream not of thee,
Such is and always will be,
Mine delicate immaculate;
Memory

To lie thine head upon,
Promises of silk and soft linen,
But let not promise belie thee,
Lest promise fade too soon;
As words do

For promise lies with Fortuna,
As does life and love,
Often hath she stayed her hand,
As I beseeched with all mine hope;
Yet gave and took when I desired not

Lo and behold: lives between life,
World between world,
Beneath, above, between and beyond,
Seven worlds I lived without thee,
Seven lives resigned without thee;
Yet what of the eighth?

Would I charm thee with silver-tongued wit?
Impress thy countenance with the brilliance of a thousand suns?
For I hear from the faint winds,
Blowing through cerulean seas and saffron plains,
Claiming to hail from Fortuna's lips to mine ears;
In the eighth thou shalt be mine.

Yet I grow weary of Fortuna,
For they say she favours the brave,
The young with the spring in their step,
The restless with their wanderlust,
The hopeful filled with ideals;
Yet I find myself older, tired and resigned

As the wind passed through the valley,
I could hear the heather mock me,
Tolling their bells in silent,
Perhaps Fortuna sought to bait me once again,
Or perhaps the winds had conspired to beguile the hapless dreamer;
The bells tolled for mine seventh life

Still it matters not,
I shall age hoping to gain wisdom,
As all men hope,
I shall muster mine dignity as the years pass,
As all men do,
And perhaps I shall see the face of eternity alone;
As most men fear.

Such forlorn hope I carry,
Such fading hope I struggle to grasp,
Such vain hope I dream,
And I ceased to care much for this world,
Dreaming only of the next life;
Or nothing.

Until then I muse on lost letters,
Silent verse, past glories and moments never lived,
Evident only to mineself,
To gaze upon a visage at its most beautiful,
Delicate, immaculate;
Dream

-Wilson Siau

Untitled...
by Latasha

I hate how I trusted you,
I hate how I believed you when you said you wouldn't hurt me.
Those lonely nights when it was just you and I,
Often haunt my mind.
I remember when you showed me those dirty movies,
And told me I was beautiful.
I laughed and smiled as I believed all your lies.
You told me if you could touch me just this once,
You wouldn't lay a hand on my sister.
Being as nieve as I was I believed you.
I let you touch me in places,
I know I shouldn't have been touched.
You promised I was the only one you were hurting.
Which is why I let you continue.
I thought I was saving someone,
From all this dreadful pain.
I see now everything was lie!
You not only hurt me,
But your own daughters.
I wasn't saving my sister,
I was only saving you from the truth.
Keeping you a secret was the mistake I made.
Now its revealed and people now your dirty deed.
You never went to jail,
No one seemed to care that you hurt me the way you did.
You ruined my childhood,
The eight years you spent raping me I can never regain.
But I've learnt to live with myself,
This expierence has made me a better person.
The only person you ended up hurting was yourself!

Cute Is What We Aim For
by PreciousIllusions

I always sneer at my face in the mirror. Is it guilt. Is it shame. Is it sin with no name. They make me nervous. Keep with me. Keep with me. Off the record. I thought you should know. No one’s interested. No one left to hear. The ones just getting started. Wait in line. So dull. Until it is a threat. To social normalcy. We want you to know. There’s a better way. We thought you should know. There’s a better way. So dull. Wait in line. The rest is up to you. Success is up to you. I thought you should know. No one’s interested. The rest is up to you. I’m okay, you’re okay. In a pattern of incompetence. Limits reveal genius. Be good or just be good at it. Most things don’t follow through. The dreams I had never came true. God willing. But who can stop me from dreaming. Ceaseless unseemly thoughts of you. All my life I have to live to prove myself to everybody else. All I want to be is to have status enough to never have to prove a thing to anyone but me. Living for a higher standard anyone can achieve. But until then I’m working to make myself obsolete. This town is one long boulevard of misspent hopes & broken dreams. But we keep moving on, because that’s just what life means. Feed the models. The rest is up to you.

CONGRATULATIONS, Everyone!!!!

Excellent work!

oh wow...... I didn't expect to place.... wow There are so many great poems. wow im in shock.

wow in the top 6 thank you even though i got six place it means alot thank you sooooo much!

5th is not too bad.. lol.. thanks again...
it doesn't matter to me which poem u read.. just read any...

Much love,
Ipsita

Thanks, I wasn't expecting to get second place. =)

Ummm...question. When do you want everything to be turned in? As in the name, the poems and the best comments?

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"Even the Dead"

http://www.best-love-poems.com/poems.php?id=567875

"Promise"

http://www.friendship-poems.com/poems.php?id=525848

And I have already sent you my real name.

I'll just write it here again.

It's Atomic Ho. =/

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Wow I cant believe I won Third! =) thanks so much for making this contest! k here is my other poem.

"Memories"

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/life/poems.php?id=590612

and my name is Lida Nguyen-Dang but ill send it to you ;)

Congrats to everyone who entered! =)

--emotionless.19*

Here are the four other poems I've chosen to be included in your book.

The Distance Between...
http://www.best-love-poems.com/poems.php?id=145561

The Wreckage of Me
http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/sad/poems.php?id=457774

Melancholy Sunshine
http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/sad/poems.php?id=169155

Memoirs of a Fallen Leaf
http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/nature/poems.php?id=603745

Thanks much for having this contest. I'm surprised that I received first place, it is truly an honor.
Congratulation's to all who participated....