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The water's been too cold lately
to go swimming
So we sit around with long shirts
and the fire's so warm
I could just walk in

She's the only one with a business suit
blue-green
And if everyone's smiling
It's a warm Friday
She'll prick her fingers
cry

I'm not sure how old she is
because she tells me
She can see the gray-air
She colors inside the lines
while I and the others
color wild

And everything comes in a can for her
Open
Spill
Cook for twenty minutes
I want to laugh in her face with the others

I could file her life
before cracking her head open
She would be a lot less human
If she could come down the stairs
and dress in longs shirts

I want to say
Stop turning to others and lie
because the water you stay in is frozen
And you can't stand the cold.
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[color=royalblue]It was Sin,
Crawling up from the lake,
Watched over by a Godfather,
Loved and Feared together.

Outsiders knew nothing,
Insiders knew too much,
And the Godfather of the town,
Had everyone take the Oath.

The Sin was great,
And it was eventually served.
Countless were killed,
Mysteriously and Swiftly.

One man stood up to it,
He finally defeated Sin,
How?
Nobody can say.[/color]
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Misty, pale, beautiful,
There she stands
Below my windowsill.

Light blue eyes,
See through me.
A fallen angel at her feet.

Shivering, so cold, alone.
Come to me, my sweet unknown.

Tell me your name,
My Goddess of the Moon...
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okay I'll enter one this is my first one entered

One Lost

Twas many blue moons ago
That I last saw her face
Oh, how I long to see that face
And its beauty like a blooming rose
To be lost in her eyes again
Those oceans of tranquility
And to be enwrapped in her presence
Overwhelms and entanges all senses
But I shall never again
See the beauty of that face
Be lost in those eyes
Or even feel her presence
Fore she is the One Lost
Lost to the tides of time
Locked forever in the past
A puncture in the heart
A scab upon the soul
A feeling of eternal emptiness
Of which you'll never want to know
But if I could go back
And never even see her face
I would not
I could not
I must continue on
She has allowed me to see
The next beacon of light
Out upon the horizon
And that light is the one I seek
And when I finally reach the light
She will be my One Found

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[COLOR=royalblue]And the frost falls to the ground,
And the roses lie,
Underneath the snow,
That's where all lovers hide.

But you'll be just a little stronger,
But the roses bloom,
Once more for you,
When the winter's gone.

That song for a stranger,
That haunting melody,
It echoes in my ears,
And I know the roses will rise up.

You'll be just a little stronger,
When the winter's gone.[/COLOR]
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These words,
These words,
Spewing from your mouth.
Searching my mind,
You kill what you find.
And you love me.
And you leave me.
And you kill me.
"You'll never bring me down."
"You'll never bring me down."
And you bring me down again.
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[size=1] Heh. These are some different poems, I guess. All I can say is it has been [i]really[/i] hard to write lately, so I'm glad I have something to share. I do admit, in the second poem especially, these could use work, but I like the rawness, I guess.

[b][u]nobody said[/b][/u]
only made of bones
and that's all i know

they say they come in twos
an arm, a hand, a leg
and they're right
and they're right

only made of bones

that's all
that's all i know

i wear these ribs on my heart
poking prodding and it hurts
though it still pumps, still works
i wear these ribs
on my heart

so give me hands to break
so give me legs to shock the aches
and an arm to never forget
hug me while
and hug me
we're only made of bones

on my ribs just like a heart
my brain's putting a smile
on my face
the bone's touching
putting a smile
on my face

there's a skull on
my brain
and they said freedom
has a name

that's putting a smile
on my face

there's no freedom
never seen that place
but at least it's putting
a smile on my face
so the skull's like my ribs
poking prodding all over
the place

nobody said it's easy
nobody said it'd be this hard
on my face a smile
like wrinkles on a hand
poking and prodding
all over the place

nobody said it's easy
nobody said it'd be this hard
i've tried to say it's easy
i've tried to say it'd never be this hard
and all i've found is the start
where my bones are cold and snow
and softly poking hearts
so hug
and hug me
let's keep going to the start

all we are is bones
one crack and one break
all we are is bones
our hands, our arms
they come in twos
of missing you

all we are is bones
the bones on my heart
ribs poking prodding
the bones on my brain
skull shifting thudding
all we are is bones

we have skin
we have breath
we have friends
and our heads

but our bones wail
and through them we exhale
going on and going
all we are is bones

and nobody said it'd be easy
nobody said it'd be this hard
and i've tried to say it'd be easy
i've tried to say it wouldn't be this hard

all i've found is the start
where my bones are cold and snow
and softly spoken
so hug
and hug me
let's keep going back to the start

all we are is bones
that's all i know

keep going
back to the start
so keep going
that's all i know
and hug me
because that's all i know

[b][u]let it go there[/b][/u]
running in circles
doppleganger claws
and comet tails

follow it all
back to the start
i'm going back the start
going back to the place
i used to know
going to tell you the way
my shadow will carry
me to the place

was looking at daisies
beautiful sighs in my head
wonderful petals
circles all over
i tell you i'm sorry

going in circles
all over
beautiful sighs in my head
the comet tails never looked so serene
such a shame the world's this way

my shadow will carry
me to the place
so take me back to the start
let it all end there

i can tell you the pain
i can tell you the guesses
even questions of where it speaks the loudest
it comes back to haunt me
what a rush to the start

open my wound
let it bleed on my fingers
tell myself it's all in the start

open my mouth
let it speak on my teeth
tell myself it'll all mean in the end

i tell you i'm sorry
beautiful sighs go through my head
stars of the sky that's black as dark
i want it to end even as it starts
but maybe i'm not cut out

saying i'm crazy
open my wound
let it bleed on my fingers
and the taste the blood on my lips
saying i'm crazy
open my mouth
let it speak on my teeth
and let the truth be a zipper on my coat

i tell you i've got to tell you
the doppleganger has his claw on me
i'm haunted by the shadows
and the truth is
i want to say it's too much

i'll open my mouth
i'll open my wound
let it all bleed on my fingers
and sink into my skin
let it go in there
and let it all swim
like salmon on my lips

i'm saying i'm crazy
i shouldn't be this way
look at all the other
people out there
suffer and suffer
and it doesn't end there

saying i shouldn't be this way
but the doppleganger has his eye on me
and my shadow makes me hide
even when i open my eyes
or i open my mouth
or i open a wound
and bleed it all into my skin
it'll thicken in my brain
i want to say it's too much

i've got my secrets
everyone does
and it'll stay in my blood
even as it thins in my brain
so let it go in there
let it all swim
like salmon on my lips
or buoyancy in my gall bladder
it doesn't matter anyways

i just don't want to care
doppleganger has a wonderful claw
comet tails in my hand
running circles in my head
and i just don't want to care
but the reasons don't need that
for some reason it's just that
so let it go in there
in my head
all the secrets deserve the place

someday it'll all be over
these beautiful sighs in my head
all i've learned meaning nothing
and i'll just finally be dead
the secrets deserving their place
letting the dirt be on the ground

it'll thicken in my brain
as the head lice and locusts
and maggots eat it away
what a smile that deserves today
it doesn't matter anyways
so why not now
just let it all fall away
i'm sure if i let this wound
bleed long enough
it'll change
but change is a rock
i guess i'll just have to stand here
all on top

i'm doing dragonflies and circles
going on doppleganger claws

the tails never looked so gone
tell you i need you
tell you about these beautiful sighs in my head
so let it go in there
i guess i'll just stand here
and wait it all out
wait until it changes
what a rock
i guess i'll just stand here
all on top
my shadow will carry
me to the place[/size]
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i]
[B][size=1] Heh. These are some different poems, I guess. All I can say is it has been [i]really[/i] hard to write lately, so I'm glad I have something to share. I do admit, in the second poem especially, these could use work, but I like the rawness, I guess.
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[color=indigo]Heh, Mitch, I really liked [u]let it go there[/u], It gave me a "panicky" feeling and, at the same time, it made me laugh ([i]buoyancy in my gall bladder[/i]...great line)

I've had trouble thinking of anything the least bit creative to write poetry wise...I have a poem that I am working on now, so I'll edit this thread and add it tomorrow...[/color]
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[SIZE=1]It's raining outside
And I'm cold
My mother is telling me to get ready
But I already am
She's still trying out different pants

I'm sitting in the kitchen
And my lunch is beside me in a paper bag
A bag with whipped cream cheese
-mother mother really likes whipped things
I don't-
A bag of chips
Box of juice
Maybe a yogurt without a spoon (My mother forgot)
And I didn't even have to look inside

I feel like staying home today
And finish painting my room red
My brother told me he would help months ago
But he probably fogot
Especially since he took the painting materials last week
To help his friend paint five rooms, three tables and six chairs
I doesn't matter
My mother will force me to go to school anyway

I'm waiting inside the car now
And my mother slams the door as we leave
She decided to wear a dress and a nice white blouse
The collars make an upside down smile at me
My mother is smiling really wide

She drives down the wet road
Waiting for the road to move her
And I like the sound of window washers
Squeak against the car glass
Because it's only drizzling outside

She cautiously turns a corner
-some car might crash into hers-
like she cautiously washes dishes
or folds laundry
or picks up broken pieces of glass

I'm at my school
And I grab my book bag and walk out the car door
-I close it shut-

My mother honks at me from inside
Outside, I can see that she is holding my lunch
She opens the window and leans forward to pass it to me
I reach to grab it but I'm either too early or too late
And it falls to the ground in a puddle.
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[size=2][COLOR=darkblue]A broken toaster, sitting beside a tree.
Tossed aside by its former owner, considered useless.
For months it lay, drenched by sun and rain;
Its luster never tarnished.

Laying in the backyard,
A bird came to its side.
It stared at itself curiously and pecked at the metal shell.
Startled, it stood there looking at the damage
The bird had done to itself.
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I'd rather crawl on the floor and drool
licking the waste from greasy paper plates
than walk with palms up
and let others place their weights on me
But my eyes are too alert
and my ears twitch too quick.

It hurts too much
with greasy hair
Dirt planting into my skin

If I close my eyes
it's not me anymore
I'll resist the urge to wash them.

I hate the children
that walk around like slaves
and fall into my elbow
because their hands are always up
caving in and hungry

I follow the givers too much.
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[size=1][b][u]wagon man[/b][/u]
what was that i saw
was it in the flesh
could it touch
and could it sigh with the best of me?

all i know is what my eyes see
and that's nothing
maybe i should go back to the used to be
because my blood rushes to my head
and it fingers me
like haunted man on that long tongue

tell me is something on your tongue
was it in the flesh?

you know that in the flesh
my head is a mannequin
like haunted man on that long tongue

can you utter like him?
i think not
i think you're lost
just like us all

so can you tell me
what was it i saw
it said to me that dreams are red wagons
like ones i draw with my crayon when it rains
and that those wagons carry a toll

tell me is something on your tongue
was it in the flesh
was it what i saw?
not to be sure but it's gone
like my red wagon i drew
it's just that haunted man on that long tongue

ride with me then
ride with me in the flesh
where peach and tan
and blush are your crayons

where haunted man on long tongue can drawl
like rain the spit of our draw
so i can tell you now
my head is a mannequin
and i don't think you can utter like him

in the flesh is drawn
and ride with me then
ride on to never window

ride to never window
where the man sits with his tongue
and the wagon rolls that i drew with the rain[/size]
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[color=indigo][b]Just a Boy[/b]

Ordinary boy
is all I wanted
you to be
to skip and jump
and play in the sand
in the warm summer breeze.

Extraordinary Boy
is all I wanted
you to be
calculating complex algorithms
staring lonely
at a green computer screen

Artistic Boy
is all I wanted
you to be
coloring sketches
of your musical dreams
in Hemmingway's margins

Athletic Boy
is all I wanted
you to be
hurdling opponents
on the grassy field
with the greatest of ease

A Mother's Boy
is all I wanted
you to be
to have and to hold
to cherish and give
my entire soul

My loving child
is what you will
always be
no matter where you go
until the stars grow cold
my love for eternity.[/color]
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[size=1][b][u]city of the faceless[/b][/u]
there's hair on all their faces
long and curly and black
but where are their faces
all i see is a hood
as the night crick-croaks on
from the frogs and the crickets

when i pull back the hood
i wonder what is there
wonder if they have a smile
or if their eyes are blue
or green like leaves in hair

these are the faceless the hand feeds
telling in a whisper that their eyes aren't green
and they aren't blue like sadness in hair

these are the faceless the crickets sing
they gather here in the lost where the sky is blue
and the angels coarse through their love yous
saying please and please as the night crick-croaks on
yet all the frogs do is want a kiss from their song
lust-love for some prince that's so long gone

where do we go nobody knows
faceless we all have style
and god gives us grace
putting a smile upon our faceless face

lipstick is red on lips with no face
like a blush and a crush on god's grace
take the crayon and take the trace
it all leads to putting a smile upon our faceless face
and god gave you style and gave you grace
he put a smile upon your face

all the faces on their ground
saying they own this land and it's theirs
but lips are meant for kisses and murmur
not for words that mean nothing in the end
this holy land is forever and for a prince that's so long gone

this city of faceless that all sacrifice in his name
where the crickets sing their lost
and the frogs kiss with their faceless lips
and all they can say is god gave you style
god gave you grace
he put a smile
upon your face

[b][u]walking in the city of the faceless[/b][/u]
i was walking in
the city of the faceless
wondering where the moon's face went
and where the sun's smile had gone and left to
i've got to tell you
the people here are blind
i point up to the sky
saying there's nothing there
and all they do is nod their heads no
saying the sun's there fine
and the moon's howling with the wolves grand

i got to tell how cold it's here
in the city of the faceless
all the people walk around with their hair
all down on their heads
saying to me they see fine
when i point out they don't have an eye
or that they don't have a face
that all they are is lips
and all they do is nod their heads no
saying their eyes are fine

but their lips only stare me on
and the empty sky says empty
and the no moon says he's swiss cheese
but these holes are all over and it hurts to see
even the shinning sun has gone and left
gone green like mold on stale bread
yet they all say their eyes see fine
that the sun's up there doing his shine
i just got to say again
the people here are blind

never did i know such an empty sea
where there's no fish
no salmon or walleye to swim
but this sky's empty as an empty glass
and there isn't much here to do
in this city of the faceless

one day on this vacation
i grabbed this guy's hair with a scratch
putting it off his head and to the side
i looked into another empty sky
no moon and no sun grinning wild at me
the guy got all mad as he spoke with his lips
it was like a croak as he said
and i never got to say it again
but the people here are blind

i was exiled from the city of the faceless after that
and i grinned wild at them like a thorny weed
telling them that they can't see
telling them how blind they are
but all they did was quake their heads in anger
their hair falling all down and up in faceless
saying i was racist

how you can be racist to a smile on a lip
i don't know
but these faceless were sure mad then
so as i walked off i gave their city a kick
saying i'd never seen such a wall that was so thick
or such a wall where it meant so much that it made me sick
and those faceless i've never seen ever since
i've been wandering round wondering why i didn't tell them down
tell them that i was exiled based on lies and a wall
because as i've said
those faceless were blind
they couldn't see at all [/size]
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[COLOR=darkblue][b]Dank[/b]

Third to the two giants in the sky
Minute in size
Overshadowed by the abundant lush
Creeping around the earth like slender shadows.

Sunlight spokes through the trees;
Moonlight blankets in white mist
Obliged to a free-fall come morning once again.

An intimate silence is broken
And loneliness lies under a tip of leaves.
Once again, our presence is subtle.
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[color=indigo][center]complex, convex shapes
invade my horizon
and what borders
dreams and sleep
are skewed by hues of infinite

and my dreamline lies
under a comfortable comforter
in a room where false wind screams
through 110 volts of nature
rippling the water glass

finicky faeries pirouette
pouncing perfunctualy
on balls of grey fire
their shimesens play
to Oberon's slumber

and my dreamline lies
with both infinite and intimate
as a thin sheet nooses
a fetal fortunate soul's breath
rippling the water glass

portraits of portable profiles
of those never met
swagger and saunter
unhumiliated and uninvited
behind the eye's mind

my dreamline lies
beyond the sea
past the gates of Narnia and Hell
as reality is but a grain of sand
on a wind swept beach[/center][/color]
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[size=1][b][u]circles[/b][/u]
when the twang is a guitar
and your hands are freaks
you're singled out
and the spiders are twin hawks

when the sight goes back again
and your hands can't see again
you're going to a circle in your head
and then the spiders are weaving their webs

is it too hard to make a show
that the truth is given as a moan
that you're never going to be good enough

well, i will twang my guitar to horse strings
and i will let my hands be two freaks on coney island
there at that circle i will fly with the spiders that are twin hawks
and on that cone i will eat my vanilla ice cream laying on top
through my fingers the vanilla will flow
until it goes so deep that my fingernails are bleeding
then my cuticles will be clean

this change
that you slip away
and you're never going to be good enough
so at least you made it show
the truth
is just the wood on my fence
so circle me in my area

i'm going in circles and they're freaks
not coney island like my hands
but clowns with large sneers and noses
encouragement isn't in their eyes
and i smile at the thought, me failing
or dying

but long before
when i wasn't singled out
and my guitar was just yo-yo string
i'd send the pain below
and i'd be suffocating
oxygen leaving and rushing to my head
that is a cry of a rush of blood to the head

but long before
having hurt
i'd twang my guitar
and write with my blood
i'd send the pain down
but now i can't feel my chest
i'm bleeding and it's not going
i can't feel my chest

how the light of my hands
feels so good in my ears
how good it felt to have a liver
and the bile is never going to come back
so i'll just smile at the thought, me ever feeling
anything worth keeping
because it'll never be good enough for them
or for those faceless faces in their houses

i'm going in circles with my hands
painting a pen with the lines tracing windy trees
and what i'm drawing on the twang of my guitar
will never be good enough for me
or for anything i ever do

so circle my fence those spiders in the hair
i feel the sky giving out and all i can do is stare[/size]
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[COLOR=royalblue]You are not mine,
And I am not yours,
It was a mistake,
A moment of passion played upon the wind.

Foolish of me,
So useless and wrong,
To waste myself,
And then let you go up.

Bearing you was pain,
Killing you was worse,
You know the truth,
I could not have allowed life.

Where there should've been death,
Despair and know,
That even though it pained me,
I would do it again.

Child that is not mine.[/COLOR]
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I was walking down the road
leaving for California
when I saw a house
Ugly and dirty and chipped
with bricks
too flat and creamy
They reminded me of a sweet vanilla ice cream
that made you sick after the first bite

The curtains were limp and saggy
like old ballerinas
And a pale yellow light
tried to peer at me through them.

I hoped I would never see that house again
But thirty years later
it was passed down to me
by my mother.
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[color=royalblue]And they all fall,
Llike a thousand teardrops,
From a painted sky,
A temporary fix.

But that isn't the way,
Things should be,
With everything so transparent,
Easy to break free from.

We need a way to fly,
Freedom from this sadness,
But it won't come,
And we all fall down.[/color]
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We all have family
and our father
holds us so close
because he loves his children

we watched each other turn purple

I was always jealous of you
because he held you tighter
and you hated me
because I had slipped away

but, it gets to be too much
when all the choices
come to stare at me like blank paper
And I'll try to tell you it's ok
with paper skirts melting into my skin.
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[center][b]Crumbs[/b]
Laying them never led you back
Only pushed you further into existence.
Enticed to eat? Yes.
But filled with the putrid dirt
You stepped into them.

Like small beacons
They revealed much of your past
In different ways, but knew nothing;
Cared nothing about what 'lies' ahead.

[b]Duty & Desire[/b]
Between duty and desire,
Chances pass as one night stands.
Can someone help this baby, fast?

Seeking for a long time,
Merely finding a bottle and a breast.
Which should he take?
He knows nothing
To him, it?s obvious she knows the rest.

Now it?s all on her:
A stick of butter
A bar of soap
A baby, age 3, still cries, crawls.
She picks up the phone, but he never calls.
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[COLOR=royalblue]Broken...don't be.
There's some grace left,
Just for you,
And enough for me.

Fearful...don't be.
There's hope within,
Bravery for you,
And a little left for me.

Hurting...don't be,
There's healing inside,
Gentleness for you,
And more than enough for me.[/COLOR]
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[size=1]A whisper of the wind
A sigh of the heart
My childhood dreams
Will fall apart.

[i]Mary, mary quite contrary
How does your garden grow?[/i]
Without hopes and dream -- no feelings
Knowledge is all I know.

[i]Said Simple Simon to the pieman
Let me taste your ware.[/i]
Said the pieman "No free deals
I've no pies to spare.

[i]Rock a bye baby
In the tree tops[/i]
When your death comes
You'll pull out the stops.

All of a sudden
Our nurserry rhymes leave
Crushed by our minds
With nought a reprieve.[/size]
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