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Rooie Sonnet

Now did angels weave your hair?
From hell’s coals and raven’s feather
Demonically colour, though thick and fair
Fitting your eyes made of the darkest weather

Now did the angels sing your name?
Hear the choirs chant in the dark
Adored as a God, shining in pure fame
Though at sun’s first greeting, disappears this spark

For you’re a normal man, in all your glory
Hanging on balloons tied by barbered string
Musing just whispered me an idyllic story
Isn’t this all just a love blinded thing

But then you touch my cheek and make me cry
I beg on my knees for you to stay and not to ask why

Written by [Slavork]

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The Night Sky

Ripples of cool, dark water
And silver reflections
Swathe my body
Encircle my mind
Cloak me.
Refreshing waves of crystal air
Are winding themselves
Softly
Inside me.

It is powerful, piercing-
In a refreshing way.
I breathe it in,
It breathes me in. I
Become one with it.

My mind soars,
Flying above the world.
Swooping, diving,
Swimming, floating.
Spinning, rising.

It has an awesome
Appealing power
Which I yearn to touch
And follow.

Perfection.
The night’s music is playing in my ears.
A unique song of beauty.
Deep, flowing notes
Like a mermaid’s voice.

It smells beautiful,
As if the earth is giving off
It’s own scent.
Like when it’s just rained
And you go outside
Into the open air.

I am humbled by the power,
Sitting on the hill in admiration.
I am possessed by it.
Flowing within me,
Nothing else matters.

Written by [il-gatto-nero]

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Bottoms Up

For the last time,
there is no time.
A quivering intake,
a final breath.
Endless bliss,
demise of all.
Another blink,
so lets all sink,
and partake in one...
Last drink.

Written by [Benign_Plague]

---

We, the people...

Are we our mother’s hopes and dreams?
Are we all that we strive to be?
Are we the ones our mirrors see?

Are we, the people…

The flow of tears upon the street
The bursts of joy when lovers meet
The anger, love and sorrow
That lay down at our feet?

Are we, the people…

The holy songs by candle light
The pagan cries that pierce the night
The battered cross, the faith
The hope that gives us might?

Are we, the people…

The child, sister, father, mother
The neighbour, friend, the spouse or brother
Of the hand that shows the way
To live with one another?

Are we all we promised her?
Are we the love to last her?
Or are we the people…
Some kind of monster?

Written by [PredatorX]

---

Oh Give Me Wings

Oh give me wings that I might fly,
With raptured heart,
Across the sky!
Let the wind blow through my hair,
Let me feel the balmy air!
May I rise, and look around,
See the village and the town!
Smell the flower's sweet perfume,
Take me from my prison, filled with gloom!
Imprisoned I, in this gilded tower,
Where I while away each hour,
Lost in thought, and discontent,
For the wasted years I've spent!

Oh give me wings that I might fly,
Away from here,
And see the world through a youthful eye!

Written by [Grandamelf]

---

Disorder

This order is what we’re composed, disposed of,
By orders, death, “godly” breath from above.
This order, the specific arrangement of ashes,
In the ground, all around, in mounds in secret stashes,
Floating in the air, in your hair (I don’t care), no need to fear,
There, there,
It’s suspicious, malicious,
Delicious?

Written by [Doormat]

---

Reflect

    Where have all the leaders gone?
    What happened to our revolutions?
    Where did the peace and the love fade away to,
    why hasn’t there been any good music for years?
    When will the people rise into their own?
    -- when will they learn from their mistakes?
    By the time this generation of children is grown,
    how will they live if the planet is in ruins?  &
    will it finally matter to those who do nothing now?

    Why are children taught to hate? -- when
    nothing in their natural character so discriminates,
    as to put to death another being on the ground of
    some irreconcilable 'difference'? & what difference
    is so great as to warrant the death of an individual?

    When did the distinguished voices, of compassion
    and reason, become drowned amidst the petty squabbling
    of the greater mankind being driven, like beasts, to some
    end they knew nothing of? From the grade-school yards
    and university halls, to dinner tables and online forums,
    where everyone can have their say on the most trivial of
    details, ten-thousand times again, but no one can see
    the sense in rolling up their sleeves and doing the work --

    ... so they squabble, and they fight each other with guns,
    with petty laws to restrict the freedom of individuals,
    to keep them static, to inhibit their movement based on
    where they were born, regardless of the fact that we are
    all born on this planet, that we are all kindred beings,
    who should be living symbiotically with one another and
    the environment, all floral and faunal things included, --
    But rather, they would have pestilence; warfare and famine,
    unchecked greed, ever the desire for ‘more’ and to assert
    dominance over all other things, at the expense of life,
    even Creation itself, which cannot act to its full
    capacity when so choked by the fixed degenerate inclinations
    of those few petty tyrants, leading the blind fools to the grave.

    Through the meat-grinder of minds the civilized send their
    offspring, to be prepared for society, to be indoctrinated with the
    same preconceived notions about the framework of reality &
    spit out in the end, half-lobotomized monkeys, capable of little
    more than repetition of what they have been told by whichever
    designated Authority Figure told it to them at the time.

    Is this Life? Is this Living? When the infants of the world
    are bathed in blood and dirt -- when the bodies pile up till only
    mass-cremations can keep up with the demand for disposal,
    will the people of this world have yet had enough? When does
    the slaughter of Life end? When does there emerge a unified
    people of the world, in tune with the ways of Creation?
    When do you put aside weapons and boundaries that serve
    only to divide a common people? -- when do you start to say
    we are more alike than we are different? when will they teach
    Respect for every individual? -- when will the acceptance of
    inhumane practices on the ground of ‘tolerance’ be overturned?

    Why have the people blinded themselves for fear of the truth?

Written by [gaiawingz]

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                            Love

Why can't I love? I am so very sad
Writing this poem, so many memories to be had
Dodging watchful eyes, as I walk down the road
I wonder if my life, has already been foretold

I walk down the street, and around the bend,
Thinking my life has come to an end.
Rehearsing my life, as if it were a play,
Life is to short to live any other way.

Sitting here alone, wising it would end,
Now more than ever, wishing I had a friend.

Written by [xX Doomed Vampire Doll Xx]

---

Sea's Boy

It was only an illusion, just a
strange sort of confusion, like the
fog across the waters building, just
before the dawn; and I
knew I couldn't keep on waiting
dreaming of what might be changing,
the sun would rise, and what would I
have done?

But without map or road to guide me
how might I survive the dark sea?
It would not come easily,
before the rising sun

And so it was they found me drifting
alone and shipless, the winds shifting
blowing back and forth the waves
as if they weren't sure they should save
me, and bring me safely home
bearing me on silver waves,
beneath the risen sun

And now tonight the fog at last cleared
and here I am, alone on the pier
Sitting in the stillness, underneath the sleeping stars
Silent as the sky might be on the last day I'm alive
Waiting out those emerald waters, patient sea of mine
as if the clearness and the darkness might
hold out right until we reach
the very edge of time.

Written by [little flag]

---

The Phobias of a Sun-Shadow Night-Crawler

Keeping in time with the shadows,
a night-crawler with arachnophobia
sleeps.
Dream, dream, dream, be still
you are small and the world is
large.
Never doubt the power
of your mind.

Keep your spotted-soul pure,
and cringe from the darkness
anew.
Heliophobia is a crime, some say
but you don't think so, do
you?
So go out with your parasol,
and dance by the moon.

Written by [Akayume]

---

A Poem for Alice

What say you Queen of Hearts,
What say you true and fair?
You're charged with skulduggery
And witchcraft, is it clear?
Your ways are known throughout the land
Quite the reputation to be had.
Young and old alike, have fallen from your glance
And you have danced with old man chance!

What say you, Witch?
Your breath will be your last, hitch
Your skirts up higher
And run back to your sire.
Neither he nor your progeny will save you
From the fate that has befallen you.
Spheres of necromancy,
Spheres of dreams
You shall not us as immolation to patch your splitting seams.

(Aside) Impossible! A woman so fair?
Whilest I in that incommode body there
Must cast my glance on all the heavens epitome
And feel as though my senses would explode.

(Aloud) You are a spirit, not a doubt!
I hear you sweet voice entreating
Sir Urian, Squire Voland, you are pleading!
Fawning at the very least,
But worth it, your beauty is a feast.
Pray stop! You're a mere sophist.
Would you cajole me? I see it written on your fist.
Your wit, your beauty, it's not human.
You are not satiate with life, I hear you cram
Prayers into one breath. A sham!
No more of your sorcery,
Your flay is now finished, M'am.

The verdict bares your fate:
Such beauty, plagued by hate
Shall not be allowed show the tempest of it's soul.
Death by hanging, for the heart made of coal.

Written by [Kvac]

---

 
Untitled

everything hurts.
my stomach
my eyes
my heart.
everything hurts.
the dark
the silence
the loneliness.
everything hurts.
faking happy
false smiles
frozen tears.
everything hurts.
I'm unwanted
unneeded
unloved.
everything hurts.
sounds
sights
sorrow.
everything hurts,
and I've run out of Tylenol.

Written by [Mödi]

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I'll Wait

I'll wait in the rain,
In the middle of the night,
To hear you say
You love me.

I'll wait for the letters,
The blue moon calls,
To hear you say
You miss me.

I'll wait to see
Your piercing eyes,
Your goofy nose,
Your lopsided smile.

I'll wait to see
Your face light up,
Your step increase
Into a run,

So you can lift me
Toward the sky,
And whisper softly,
"You're mine at last."

I can wait for you,
Because, deep inside, I know
You won't forget
I love you, too.

Written by [Mödi]

---

How Much Time

I'm running, sensing, meaning and forgetting,
I can’t believe...how much time,
I’ve spent waiting for a promise,
That will never be.
One colour of my life,
It runs through our veins and,
I thought it may mean.
Something a little more than what we are,
Achieving…
I'm running, sensing, meaning and forgetting,
I can’t believe...how much time,
I’ve spent waiting for a promise,
That will never be.
Is there any hope,
For those who have grown old,
In one night? Those who have gone beyond,
A small child’s dream,
Breaking…

Written by [Angel In Red]

---

I Forget to Doubt

You exist to be needed
the way the eagles need the sky

I need to need you
like the desert needs the mountains

The way the sky hugs the horizon
gently brushes his brow as he sleeps
that is the way my heart
reaches out for yours

Tentative, and trembling inside
daring to believe you sought me first
one step following another
crest to trough, wave after wave

There is a melody, here,
to that silence
When I feel it, like sun on the skin,
I forget to doubt

Written by [little flag]

---

Some cold lights

My life now seems to be,
As empty as these lonely fields.
My heart lost its war drum beat,
A long and saddening time ago.

Tiresome sorrow and solitude,
Dying doves silently fall from the sky.
Calm tears soothe my anger,
And sadness slowly takes its place.

Waiting atop stumps of once great trees,
In solitude untill night will fall,
Life will soon escape from this sad flower.
In the clouded distance,
Some cold lights finally fade away.

Written by [Tableau Vivant]

---

A Love Improbable

We used to long for him,
But now I yearn for you.
Who guessed that one fine day you might
Look back in confusion, too?

You burn for love as much as I.
You gasp for it like air.
I know that we should try this out,
But will we ever dare?

What things would I abandon?
What decisions would I make?
To leave the one I know feels love
Could be the worst mistake.

If only you burned for me
The way I burn for you...
A love improbable this wouldn't be,
But instead, a dream come true.

Written by [Bernini]

---

Standing still

Rooted

in mud, you'll never break free
longing for an ocean, stuck in the sea

Muted
you weren't given much of a choice
screaming for something, but lacking a voice

You try to run, hide from the sun
and you'd die to fall, learn how to crawl
but you're already down

You run without legs, shelless eggs
and you fly without wings, crownless kings
a fish wishing to drown

You think you're moving, but you're standing still
Believe me now, there is no free will
for you, an unwilling seed resown

Written by [constant stranger]

---

Sailor

You catch the wind with your sails
embrace it, and set it free
Breathing it in, you feel it
Closing your eyes, you see it

You creep on the blue sheet
quietly, not to upset her
Touching the surface with fingertips
Leaving marks only for a fraction of a lifetime

You drown under the starlit skies
open your eyes, still asleep
If the sky weren’t so deep, you’d dive in
If the stars not so still, you’d run away with them

You need no shores, your ship and you
touching ground, nothing but a faint memory
Touching her deck, you feel yourself
Finding your peace, you rest as one

Written by [constant stranger]

---

Simplicity

One guitar, please, and hold the drama
One mercy God, but keep the karma
I'll take a sea, a star or two
and leave the rest behind with you

Because I want, simply
Simplicity, nothing doing
but clarity
No thought but cooling off
on beaches
feet without socks
or shoes, no blues
Just jazz--and stars,
and my guitar,
these notes and lyrics building me
a place to wander happily
with or without
you...

Take it or leave it, that's my offer
I can see you thinking, I can't stop her
And it's true, I'm sailing away
any time today, discarding misery
Leave behind your silly complications,
'cause I'm all about
Simplicity

Written by [little flag]

---

You Left Me Here

I thought I would warm up
I thought it could burn
Many long years
Waiting for my turn
She felt right
I was taking it slow
Ease my way back
Into this show
Said she was going away
For a long long time
Never could forget
What crossed my mind

She said she doesn't care
Said she doesn't care
Said the only thing that matters
Is doing her hair
Shes never coming home
Never coming home
Broke my heart
As she watched me stare
She said she doesn't care
Said she doesn't care
Offered an insincere apology
Then left me there
I wasted all my time
Wasted all my time
Thought she was different
This just isn't fair.

Written by [Pillowthief]

---

Vampires

I lirk around at night, with you not knowing it.
Dark streets are were I walk looking for someone to sink my teeth into
All the other vampires love being vampires,
But not me.
I wish to walk in the sun when humans are about;
Instead I have to hide from the big ball of fire to live,
And cry wishing I were human or some other creature besides a vampire.
If only I could have friends that are not vampires.
I wish i could say that vampires will never hurt you,
Unfortunatly we will just to live.
Taking humans from that life to being blood thirsty demons with the name of vampires.
Walking in the sun is what i wish to do.
I'm suck in this life sucking blood from humans and walking in only the darkness,
The only light i can walk under are the street lights that light up streets;
Moon and stars which keep the earth from being pitch black.
I am a vampire that wishes to walk in the sun with out dieing a painful death,
And leave this life of immortality.

Written by [Lycoris]

---

Reserection

I look up at the cresent moon,
as I stand on this skull,
inwhich we call earth.
Alone and without a heart,
that you have so greatfully ripped out of my chest,
so you could say you did something with yourself.
As I fall and lick up my own blood that has been shed,
you better pray that the devil will reserect your soul,
once again.

Written by [K-LuH]

---

Here in Weird.

Look in the mirror and you will find,
Someone else's face in replace.
Look down below and you will see,
Hands where your feet should be.

Head sick in twisted,
And dark in danger.
Put on your mask and hide the stranger.
You don't belong were you don't come from,
Deep down here in Weird.

Something's vague with this illusion,
The smiles are gone but nothings wrong.
We're all broken and now are fixed,
Within this game it's all the same.

Head sick in twisted,
And dark in danger.
Put on your mask and hide the stranger.
You don't belong were you don't come from,
Deep down here in Weird.

Run and run as fast as you can,
Don't be caught in this distort.
Jump and skip and fake this life,
Then close your eyes from the lies.

Head sick in twisted,
And dark in danger.
Put on your mask and hide the stranger.
You don't belong were you don't come from,
Deep down here in Weird.

Deep down here in Weird,
Deep down here in Weird,
You don't belong were you don't come from,
Deep down here in Weird.

Written by [Grim.]

---

reflection

as the skulls face appears in the night,
I search but cannot seem to find the light.
it pulls out a knife, in its eyes i see violence,
i try to scream but we are still in the silence.
it held my arm and it held it tight,
i try to get away and i put up a fight.
as he pulls the knife across i feel all the sorrow,
and when i wake up there will be no tomorrow.
all my life i longed for attention,
but all that was left was hurt and infection.
i take my last breath, in my mind, only death.
i look at the floor and the blood so red,
i hoped and prayed that i would soon be dead.
i looked up at the skull,
the last thing i would see,
what i saw was a mirror,
in its reflection was me.

Written by [K-LuH]

---

Unsent Letters

I’m pressing so hard against the paper
the sheet tears
the ink bleeds through.
I lift up the sheet.

“I love you”
small indentions visible
in the gleam of lamplight.

I sigh.
The once admission
becomes a projectile
soaring across the room
to land in the trashcan
filled to the brim
with my many many
Unsent letters.

At least this time
I could say the paper tore.

Written by [Verbam]

---

My Vampire Baby.

The kiss of death upon my neck
Take in my strength with every breath
Innocent blood which has been spilled
I take it in to be fulfilled
With his devilish grin and charm divine
A rush of adrenaline jolts up my spine
When I met his gaze, his eyes full of vain
He took my wrists, barely forgetting the pain
Most people don't understand the divine sensation,
Of death for life vamps innocent mutilation.

Written by [.:.:.Sarah.:.:.]

---

And all that could have been

It took you, to make me see,
All the beauty, this world can bring,
And all the hate, that I hold inside,
All flee's me, and these tears I cannot hide.
And for one moment, i'm lost in total bliss.
If only you could see, how i'm seeing this.
The light, attaching itself to you,
Even from across, the crowded room.
And all that could have been, I see,
As if in black and white, I breathe.
Then you turn your head, to look at me,
And instead of seeing, all that could be,
I see all the pain, you are soon to bring,
And you dismiss me, as if nothing.
And that's how it's always going to be,
If only you could see, the way that I see.

Written by [Mr•Selfdestruct]

---

The Betrayal

He throws his life away, day by day.
His path writ in blood and iron.
Oh grave, where is thy victory?
A grand martyr you have made.
Death was the perfect way to end the charade.

A facade so sweet, no being would foresee.
An endless macabre cast upon them.
Lament engraved unto their once so blithe faces.
Was it worth what you have achieved?
The extinction of the innocent.

A new era approaches.
The zenith of the carnage elapsed.
Liberated, are the souls of the slaughtered.
Lifted is the beravement from their shoulders.
Judas draws breath no more.

Written by [Nikushimi Arashi]

---

Anniversary

Why do they bother
I know that they don’t care
When I hear them talk
All I hear is hot air

I know that they don't get it
Why the hell would they
But I know they’ll understand
When I stab someone one day

I know that day is coming
I can see it around the bend
The only one who can stop me
Is the voice of my best friend

Written by [Ravenclaw]

---

Love Ain't Grand

Love ain't grand, it's cold and canned
Spaghetti maggots, no-name brand
And fortresses decayed to mush
In too-bright light where liars gush
And beggars starve beside a feast
Set two degrees off west or east
Yes love's a pet, been left unfed
And even corpses shake their head
At wax facades that chip and melt
For love's the joker best not dealt
Or the ace never up your sleeve
Love's only ever why we grieve
In tissues made from Hallmark cards
Rehashing lies from long-dead bards
For love's a flaking gold-plate chain
A silent stranger on a train
Pragmatic calculated strikes
Sickly blancmange that no one likes
For all it's fanfare, love is cold
Too far away, too young, too old
Too busy now, too forced, too rushed
Love's a goldfish better flushed
Yet there it flaps within your hand
And you're in love. So love ain't grand.

Written by [Lady Chaos]

---

Death of a Muse

"Don't die," I said,
Kneeling beside you.
And you said, "Why not?"
I choked back a sob.
"Because I need you to do your job."
You laughed.
"I can do my job when I'm dead," you replied,
And I smiled through the tears.
"True."
Then I thought for a moment.
"They'll think I did it," I said.
"How?"
You wiped your forehead with a blood soaked hand.
"Some people know... about me...
... about you..." I stammered.
You laughed again,
And then I laughed too.
I wiped my nose on my sleeve.
"You're immortal to me," I said,
My voice cracking.
"I know."
You squeezed my hand.
Then you closed your eyes
And never died.

Written by [Lady Chaos]

---

Vice Verses

Within the Autumn's daylight sordid
Cast through dust and musk and gloom
We strip-mined for more than morbid
More than beauty's searing plume

Verse's vice unearthed a treasure
Sloth and lust could not destroy
We were thieves who plundered pleasure
Spun the soul into a toy

Paper planes of steadfast stains
Flew like flies from every contact
Minutes were ill-gotten gains
And conscience but a breach of contract

Within the Winter's moonlight torpid
Cast through broken glass and blood
The figure eight my world did orbit
Turned our hearts to nought but mud.

Written by [Lady Chaos]

---

Something for Someone

You were the butterfly
That landed on my hand twice,
The only wonder drug that didn't poison me
And the holiday I never had to return from.

You conducted the last tatters of sound
In the concert of my mind
And wove a masterpiece of this write-off;
While my feelings spread like an oil slick
You carried the seagulls to safety
Even as their beaks sought your eyes.

We can talk of right and wrong all day,
Lies and truth; but even if you froze
Into a statue tonight, through my tears
I would still see a better world...
Glowing from the cracks in your door.

Written by [Lady Chaos]

---

Midnight

Hand in hand with the candid sand,
the night is strange. I have no plan.
Tangled crabgrass; too shy to harass.
The wind was here last, the seagulls have passed.
The moon floats twice: foggy and feathered on flat sky.
Flipped and frayed on froth and foam.
Flickering.
Toes bulldoze; numb with cold.
Dumbfounded numbers of bugs funk hungrily
on gulls' earnings not picked quite clean.
I'm calm to my conclusion,
crushed under crammed clamshells.

Written by [Tyrana]

---

Untitled

What is this?
Do you love me?
Do you want me?
Do you hear me?
Do you feel me?
Can you see me?
Will you help me?
Can you save me?
Do you care?

Written by [Mitsuki The Wolf Girl]

---

Untitled.

You're nothing.
Just fleeting.
Not lasting.
Not real.

Written by [Mitsuki The Wolf Girl]

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Introspection-

Look deep,
Past pulsing veins
And beating heart,
Past withered soul
And time apart,
Past crude remarks
And saddened looks,
Past soulless eyes
And wordless books,
Past scenic imagery
Thus refined,
A subtle crack
Inside my mind.

Written by [Mitsuki The Wolf Girl]

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HELP!

I need you to help me.
No divine intervention
Will suffice.
I need you to love me
and I need the feeling
To be strong.
To shake me to my core.
To be so tangible,
I loose everything
Else that is real.
I need you to pretend,
So I can use this feeling
To shake away my own
Inability to complete my task.
I need a feeling so strong
It wakes me from a dead sleep,
and haunts my mind during
Every waking moment.
I need this to be real,
I need this lie to,
For a second,
Feel like it could rival
Even the greatest of loves.

Written by [Mitsuki The Wolf Girl]

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Southern Dreams

Once again a restless night,
The waking and the dreaming fight,
Amidst the fire in the South,
A mother holds in its mouth,
A cub so small it cannot begin,
To understand the world it’s in,
It stays close by the mother’s side,
Until it has to run and hide,
Hiding from the endless fight
Fought by the wolves in firelight.

Written by [AuroraLumos]

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The Candle

The candle,
the one thing that will stop me falling out of reality.
The flicker in the darkness,
The light of my dreams, keeping me awake.
The hypnotic dance of the flame,
Left Right
Left Right.
No ending
No beginning
Just the continuous
Left Right
Left Right.
No more Dreaming
No more sleeping
That is real at least until the battle is over.
The battle for life or death,
Light or Dark.
Wick or Wax.
The constant balance that must be kept
in order for the flame to survive the night
It is a fight for survival,
On both sides.

Written by [AuroraLumos]

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Hidden Design

Wind blowing through my hair,
Sights behold
Leaving me...gasping for air...
The dark clouds gathering around
Lightning striking the ground...
Thunder rolling with the clouds.
The fiery flames of hell,
Burning like leprosy...
In this madness...corruption everywhere...
In the skies, one day, light shall not shine.
One day, darkness will surround...
everybody else...

Karma...
Turning its tides...
Breeding its disease...
Improper deeds done unto others...
Now done back upon them sevenfold...
Look into the lightless day.
See the hypocrisy in one another...
See everybody desensitized...
Becoming a disease...
Spreading like wildfire.
Deny me not my right to knowledge...
The government corrupt...
Hiding uncovered truths...
Propaganda spreading everywhere,
Only to misinform the brainwashed public.
So that one day, they ride, on a faceless mare
Keeping you in a distracted bourn of bliss
While they restrict your freedoms...

Spreading the disease...
Spreading the disease...

Dig further and you will find...
Skeletons in their closet...
Something that they hide...
Keeping you blissfully unaware...
Search closer and what shall we find...
A careful design of volunteered slavery...
Something called America...
Such clever techniques used for their will...
Feeding their desires...
Greed...
One day...it will all...
Cease to be...

Written by [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]

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the clock is ticking

Five minutes
Just five more minutes to save the world
Only three hundred seconds to kiss the one you love
The half of ten minutes to say everything you want
And the clock is ticking

Four minutes
And now four minutes to hug your beloved
Less than two hundred and forty seconds to climb the highest tree
And one fifth of twenty minutes to keep the peace
and the clock never stops

Three minutes
Less than three minutes to watch the sun set
Just one hundred and eighty seconds to adore the moon
One third of nine minutes to count the stars
And the clock finishes yet another round

Two minutes
Only two minutes to pick all the roses
Less than one hundred and twenty seconds to get stung by a bee
Just one fourth of eight minutes to feel the grass
And the clock is nearly at its end

One minute
Just one minute to say goodbye
Only sixty seconds to see the world
One part of sixty minutes to read your last page
And time is running out... 

Written by [Decla]

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"Friendship Efflorescence, a Chrysalis de L’amour"

A friendship in love culminates in adulation.
Magnanimous effulgence, dulcet anticipation
For gratuitous ebullitions of innocuous intent,
Ingratiate forgiveness, nescience circumvent.
Narcissism has no place, slake, expatriate.
Foment ambrosial maleficence, amorously inebriate.
Altruistic deference, laden with the truth,
Idiosyncrasies abided, a fortuity, uncouth.
Compassionate understanding, intrinsically profound,
Perpetuate esteem of each, euphorically astound.
Rhapsodize conjointly all thy hopes and dreams,
Subjugate opposition, bring fruition to thy schemes.
Vacuous ambiguity, ostentatiousness spurned,
Acrimony, duplicity, umbrage, all adjourned.
Coquettish propositions, voluptuous rendezvous,
Delectable elation, exalted rapture ensues.

Written by [*Artsie_ladie*]

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Blue

The midnight sea splashes slate rock
Pallid foam hits my turquoise frock
An absent moon alights the glow
Of a mood one may allude Picasso
A navy ship sings in low monotone
As if to remind me I’m all alone
I walk in silence selfish mourning
Secretly I pray no malta adorning
From the sun’s bright waking light.
The shore brings thoughts of royal make
Simply to surcease in a cruel cerulean wake
Why be so silent you sea, aquamarine dream
With your creeping waves and foaming cream?
Do you tell me to fly or simply
To die.

Written by [Robert Mischief]

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Can You Hear?

You never listen
You never hear
I don’t always speak with words
So my voice isn’t always clear

You call me quiet
You call me strange
You say that I’m weird
But that doesn’t mean I’ll change

I draw a picture
You say it’s great
But did you really look?
Does it even rate?

I write a poem
You read the words
Did you get the meaning?
Am I even being heard?

You say I’m anti-social
I won’t join the crowd
You say I don’t talk much
But I’m speaking really loud

I’m not good with words
They always come out wrong
My vocal thoughts are not a gift
So I don’t speak for very long

Then you tell the others
What an odd person I am
You assume the craziest things
But I’m saying all I can

You won’t stop to look
At my face or at my eyes
They are saying so much more
Than you’ll ever realise

When I scream it whispers
When I walk I slouch
You don’t know me at all
You even call me a grouch

If you’d stop listening to you
For just a moment or two
You’ll hear what I have to say
I’m really talking to you

Written by [Ir-Iddyn]

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No invitation

Beyond scentific doubt
I will shout

Beyond a conclusion
And mental confusion

I am here
With all that fear

That intends to bound
And at my conscience hound

Try to browse a psyche
And catalog briefly

Organic matter
Full of pain and laugher

That is not your own
And you will find

An invasion of privacy

I'd like to hide
Inside this mind I'd lie

Rich in painted tapestries
Let us see

A life narrated by colour and dance
Every look, every glance

Recorded for the viewer to inspect
A life full of both joy and regret

Captured on organic film cell
Project film through organic cells

Watch my eyes
Down turned and shy

For they betray my darkest secrets
Memories that frequent

A tired and jaded mind
Whilst you try to figure my insides

Written by [Cascading water lillies]

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The Truth of the Matter

I didn't fall in love.
No, falling would be
Too classy for me.

Instead, I faceplanted.

Written by [Tickle Me Emo]

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I Knew an Angel

I knew an angel once upon a time
She was my reason, and my rhyme
Our company kept till each day was done
It seemed our minds and hearts were one
And no rain clouds disturbed our sun.

She was so perfect she was so sweet
But alas our lips could never meet
Such a creature I could not deserve
And it was my pleasure just to serve
A fact that any one could observe

No flaw assailed her, she was pure and bright
Had a smile to light even the darkest night
Oh how oft’ I dreamed of when we’d wed
And blushing fall shyly to our bridal bed
Such a perfect life I could never have led

I knew an angel who befriended the dark
She smiled and she loved the devil’s bark
He barked and barked oh he loved her so
But his hoarse wailing would only bring woe
What love could such a devil hope show

Poison spells dripped from frothing lips
And from her innocent heart he sips
Such remorseless marring he commits
Makes her guilty with his selfish fits
While upon her golden throne he sits

But tumbled down did his golden perch
The angel had gone and left him in the lurch
She saved herself from his endless sin
He mourns and hates himself from within
I knew an angel, oh such love I am in

Written by [Robert Mischief]

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Broken Inside

Sometimes I wonder,
Can they see me for what I am?
Broken...
Crushed...
Crying inside.
Trying so hard,
To smile,
To wash it all away,
Its Hard....
And I wonder...
Why am I broken inside?
Why does my heart clench in ache?
Why do I worry what others think,
Do, or believe?
How come the tears fall so easily,
Alone in darkness,
Crying for always,
Alone,
Sweet solitude,
I wear my mask,
Hoping they can't see,
How broken I am...
Inside.

Written by [Ravendust]

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Cuttlefish
Cuddlefish
Hug me with your new-clear arms,
I had to cook you, despite your charms,
Live the lie of being fish,
Regenerate on my seafood dish,
Shoot me with your sniping ink,
And fool us; believing that you can’t think. 

Written by [Doormat]

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Hungry eyes

Hungry eyes look into the world,
Yet there’s no one looking back,
No one ready to care.
Swollen belly unimpressive,
Starvation and sadness everywhere.

A bony finger stretches out,
Asking for your help,
Another then, another again,
Can’t help the crowd.

Who deserves life more than them,
Born in a world we’ll never know,
Lucky to live through childhood,
Even though their bones won’t grow.

Hungry eyes stare up at you,
Begging, and a plea,
Yet, a smile of having lived another day,
Appreciating life more than we do.

Written by [xx-Judith-xx]

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Life

A world of sin
The child's last bin
You do understand
His parents are dead
By the beverage of said
A untimely way to die
For a young couple who try
A reckless driver
Swerving in the road
Their was no survivor
To be told
The child was left
An orphan of deft
His parents no longer breathe
He grew to be old
He was noble and bold
But the man was taken by the cold
The drink of that to be told
Alcohol

Written by [Dark Demi]

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Her Unbearable Life

She thrusts in the knife
Almost drowning in her tears
When she takes her life
That she smothered with her fears

She never dared to shout
Never said just what she felt
Never screamed her lungs out
Nor let out the anger held
She bears in mind all her mistakes
As she draws her last breath
And realises all it takes
Is to give in to Death

Still she desired for one last time her fear would not be nigh
And as her heartbeat disappeared her soul rose up into the sky

Written by [HardRockAngel]

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And the rain falls

Big wet splashes hit the ground and pavement,
A well needed wash for the world.
All at once the leaves and grass are slick,
Boughs heavy from her cleansing gift.
We pollute, we litter,
Dig up and cut down,
But nature, she is forgiving, and grants us this.
The smell of fresh damp soil reaches me
so familiar, and i smile.
We are loved and cared for no matter our crime.
A mothers love.
Still, in the distance, the last shadow of thunder echoes, lest we forget her great power.

Written by [((lost))]

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Sand

Lonely. Watching.
At the end of centuries we stand.
Waiting.
We fill our lives with sand.

Written by [itoe]

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Together.

Our Memories,
much like the petals from the rose you once gave me
are worn now.

No longer filled with life, lust, and colour.
Nothing but a pale reminder of what once was.
Petals long forgotten, but ones that still remain.

Unlike our love, cold and pushed aside.

Colourless, lifeless memories of us.
Figments of my imagination chasing me through the darkness
and the shadows of my distant life.

Painting, hidden in shame.
each brush stroke filled with love,
now meaningless.

Much like us.
Incomplete.

Written by [light.]

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Little Miss Moppet

Little miss moppet
sat with a poppet
sewing her up inside-
she fixed her right up,
and made her heart tough,
so the next one wouldn't make her cry.

Written by [Akayume]

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Cat's Suicide - PART ONE

1

There is no simple pass
In the mountain.
The mourners must climb
Up the stairwell---

2

Winding up, winding down
The steppe is harsh
So is the sound.
I am not there,
But was with the needy,
That need. Always need.

3

The waters are flat,
The cat is quick to
Descend into the water.
I follow, cautious
Death takes it’s time.
I take mine.

4

The cat stops--
And lest’s the pace of
The waves pick up.
Death takes it’s time.
And now mine.
The sun is dim
It will not look when
The existence dives.

Written by [ETHAN LEON]

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Cat's Suicide - PART TWO

5

I stand on the beach,
The cat will die slow,
My death will follow in time.
The cat turns it’s head,
It knows I have come.
The mourners lag behind,
I am braver than them.

1.1

--to nowhere,
and get there soon.
But the stair is steep.
As is my ambition.

6

The cat goes further in,
Now only it’s head
Shows over the waves.
And I dance,
God and the Devil--
--play Senet.
And look on,
And I dance for them
All because---

7

The cat takes it’s time,
Death must wait.
God wins this round,
And the Devil will
Play again.

6.1

----I cannot bear the sham(e)
of the game they play.
The cat looks to me,
I look back---again.
It turns around and
Breathes in water.
The Devil wins this round,
He and God will play
Again.

Written by [ETHAN LEON]

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First Kiss

As I see your face I hold my head high
To walk past you and let out a sigh
Thoughts of you swim in my mind
As small tears start to unwind.

I think to myself there’s no chance in hell
For our hearts to love and compel
I try to rid my mind of thoughts of you
With thoughts of something wild and new.

But as I turned to see your face
My heart starts to beat at a very fast pace
As you look at me and start to walk
Your lips move as if to talk.

As you approach with arms in the air
Your fingertips brushing through my hair
As your tender arms close there’s something amiss;
My heart skipped a beat as we have our first kiss.

Written by [X-TheDarkened-X]

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Disorder

I walk on water, barefoot on ice
Turn my head, and the world is burning
The bombs are coming closer
shaking society, blowing life away

In a world where people are diagnosed
when society is sick and dying

In a world where diversity is killed
when all we can handle is two sides

In a world where fiction becomes fact
when knowledge is the enemy

If only shooting holy books
could destroy the ignorance
If only burning holy buildings
would turn the roots into ash

Written by [constant stranger]

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Keys

Keys
Mightier than the
Blade
Sharper than the
Arrow
They can destroy
Only the deepest secrets
The vaguest mysteries
Around the mind
Only the strongest barriers
The thickest walls
Around the heart

Written by [darkraven2010]

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Elysium

In verdant forests and flowered fields
Under the vast celestial sky,
In contentment and sleep’s sweet appeals,
There the blessed dead lie.

In the world above, the realm of the living,
Great deeds won great fame and wealth.
In endless toil were these men their efforts giving,
Searching for happiness and good health.

In the springs of fame they sought to quench their thirst.
Instead they drowned in their ambition and desire.
The more they drank, the more they drowned, yet never sated.
Now content in Elysium, peace and serenity come first.
The men of Elysium have learned to quench their fire.
In the Elysian Fields lie the blessed, happy dead.

Written by [Aradon Templar]

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When Silence Screams

When silence screams

Those in the city
will think they've gone deaf
We're so used to noise
That it's all we have left.

Imagine a world
Where we nod in consent
A place no one argues
And all are content.

Such places exist
where we choose to dream
in which things that we want
are just what they seem.

This place people hear
more than they choose
It's this place so unclear
that I'd rather lose.

Let's hear what is written
and speak what is heard
If we would all just listen
We'd not utter a word.

Written by [Drop Dead Serif]

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Glass

A shattered glass upon hard tile
Like so many cut diamonds,
Like crystals thrown across the sky;
Stars,
Or tears trickling down a face.
I needed to sweep anyway -
It is unfortunate I have no shoes.

Written by [Tickle Me Emo]

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Peace of Mind

Sleep does not come easily
To those internally distraught
Stress comes in multitudes
Disrupting inner thought.

But what brings about silence
To these strenuous deliberations
When never giving up
Trying to live up to expectations.

I still await the day
For everything to unwind
Freedom and salvation
And finally peace of mind.

Written by [tenshi-ryuu]

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Silence

Everything is volatile like the wind
that rages like a storm all around you
but if your silence breaks the sound
and the peace and quiet sighs with you there.
The wind plays with feathers
And reaches your skin with care
Then everything isn't as volatile like the wind
That rages like a storm all around you
Then you are in the middle of the standstill
Nevermore alone

Written by [Drya]

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And the rain falls

Big wet splashes hit the ground and pavement,
A well needed wash for the world.
All at once the leaves and grass are slick,
Boughs heavy from her cleansing gift.
We pollute, we litter,
Dig up and cut down,
But nature, she is forgiving, and grants us this.
The smell of fresh damp soil reaches me
so familiar, and i smile.
We are loved and cared for no matter our crime.
A mothers love.
Still, in the distance, the last shadow of thunder echoes, lest we forget her great power.

Written by [((lost))]

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Redeemer

A plague so terrible I could die.
No feeling, no hope.
Help me spread my wings and fly.
To hold you, is all I wish.

And at last, I am saved.
Finally absolved of this disease.
My savior, nowhere to be seen.
And I am pushed to the brink.

Resolute, no longer.
My bravery stripped away.
But then you appear again.
My guardian angel.

Your light shines upon me.
And in the warmth, I am delivered.
The horizon is so far away now.
The horizon is so far away.

Written by [Nikushimi Arashi]

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At Dawn

A raindrop slowly trickles down my nose
The scent of earth is pungent in the air
Around me lies the image of repose
The soft breeze like a heartful song of prayer
Oh Silence, with your peace and quiet grace
May you forever beautify this place

Written by [Triola]

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I Am Dark Yet Lovable

I am dark yet lovable
I wonder what type of death awaits me.
I hear the laughter of my "friends".
I see my black hole of a heart.
I want everyone to be friends.
I am dark yet lovable.

I pretend to be happy.
I feel my own pain.
I touch the hearts of others.
I worry I'm not good enough.
I cry when people care about me.
I am dark yet lovable.

I understand I am hated.
I say I can be what I want.
I dream of being happy.
I hope we will all be friends in the end...
I am dark....yet lovable..

Written by [Dark Kitten Of The Confused]

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Alone

A tall lonesome tree stands
in the dark woods feeling alone
because he is massive
and all the rest of the trees are small.
His loneliness spreads like wildfire
and there is no water to stop it.
He is alone, inside his head.
He feels like no one can
understand what he goes through.
His loneliness spills like blood
running like rivers through the forest
with nothing to soak it up.
He is empty, he is nothing,
he is not like the others,
he is different,
he sticks out like a person
with cuts in their skin
when there is no one around
to help them mend,
like a person who thought
they could make it but couldn't,
all they did was break it and
it came crashing down on them.
He is alone.

Written by [xXPandaXx]

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Fireworks

How strange is it
That we were so distant
But a meeting brings us back
So close, in an instant.

Together with you
I always felt so awkward
Yet so composed and right
I thought that we'd move forward.

It's hardly your fault
I'm too scared to deal with romance
I'm too used to let downs
That's why I never took your chance.

But I still remember that night
We spent under a darkened blue
Now you've ruined the fireworks
They only make me think of you.

Written by [aero'din-eth]

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Moment

Inexplicably mesmerizing…
So much like the others,
Yet so striking
To extract inspiration
Where nothing was before.

No other will share
That precise, exact experience,
So much like another's,
Yet subtly different.
It is singular, irreplaceable, irrefutable,
And cannot be recreated.

Written by [Tickle Me Emo]

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Tasting the Wind

Have you ever tasted the wind
As it flows over you and to the
Sea? Bitter and sweet like a tear
Falling from your cheek. Have
You ever noticed how the wind
Changes, How it moves through
The leaves? Like a soft caress
From a feather. Have you ever
Chased the wind hoping to find
Something better, something that
You cannot see; with what you
Know as joy and surrender? Have
You ever flown into the sunset
Longing to touch it just for a moment?

Written by [pegasus1000]

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The Orange Sun

All the desert rocks must learn
The orange sun loves none and burns.
The stabbing rays, the cloudless days-
All that lives is burned away.

The burn needs not a pluming hat
Of smoke to be its tell-tale cap.
It dresses not in rippling swaths.
It doesn’t rasp with sparking coughs.
The desert heat, the silent sneak
Descends on you without a peep.
The only sign, the serpentine
Vapors twist in swaying lines.

Soon you’ll sink into the dunes,
The desert’s sand constructed tombs,
And all the hope you think you spy?
The orange sun loves none and lies. 

Written by [M!]

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A Love Long Past

Has it been to long that i can only rest without resting?
Would my eyes lay upon a sight that my heart breaks?
Can this be really the lost hopes of so many now dead lay?
Could I simply snatch it back for those broken promises towards the damned?

Can heaven and hell really exist for my eyes now lay upon it
The cursed and the saved in war around it
The damned and the deemed slain below it
The heart and the soul fighting over it

I wish not to believe and instead return to my days
laying helplessly upon the sand in the shade
reading of my poetry with a heart of her flutter
but all dreams lost when I remember where I lay

My soul damned to the torment alone
My heart broken with nothing to hold
My eyes weeping because my soul
Lives deep in this hell below

Alone in my room for so many year
that I cannot tell if I am really here
Daydream and night terrors all seem alike
I guess all that's left is what, in my eyes a fright

Had I only listened and done as told
maybe my world would be with you to hold
having not money but you as my gold
being not rich but priceless in your soul

Nevermore says thy raven who torments my door
No longer says the demons who beat against my floors
Never again I say without forgetting my past
I lost her and not I've alive but dead at last

Bombard my way the journey is long
is it really worth the risk
you're mine I know it in my mind heart and soul
and because I'll risk it

battle off the hatred and lies
deflect the horror and the cries
forget the tears shed between you and I
just grab you and never let you out of my sight

"PUSH ASIDE!" MUST I? This journey cannot be done
only a few hours and already I'm done
my arms heavy and my head light
I cannot continue this horrible fight

I cannot finish what i did not start
you were taken from me I did not let you be take
How come my heart burns for what cannot be mine?
Why oh why can i not relieve you from my mind?

Beat me senceless and throw me to the wolves
tear off my limbs and drown me
let me bleed internally
burn me and let me scream

I'd rather die then allow you to storm my mind
you're simply too far for me to be cryin'
The tears I shed cannot be shed no more
just take my life and end my terror

I have never felt such pain until I lost you

until the day God stole you
our lives together and now apart
my love travels through worlds to your heart

I pray god take me from the hell you put me in
allow me and my love to be together again
Lucifer and I cannot be friends
and you and I will never end

Take my soul as I drive so fast
release me of my fear and of my past
I will not stop I will not break
Never so alone as when I died on this day...

Written by [Βασιλεία Κορληκe Κουμωρη ΛιτΒιθις]

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Light and Darkness

Hello, my name is Light
When you act in spite of fear, I'll be here
For I am courage, I am a solemn surrender
to faith, an embrace to remember
My Heart is stationed above the highest cloud
In towers well kept from fear and doubt
To reach me is a journey and a test
To climb high and hard towards your rest

Hello, my name is Darkness
I am the crowned king of your darkest abyss
I am the cold breath that gives you Power
I am the reaper of your fated hour
My Heart is stationed below the lowest dungeon
Far beyond Earth's layers, incaged and
imprisoned within your darkest dreams
Where the current of all your desires streams

Light:
"I am the torch one seeks in shadow
I shall not abandon you
But first you must find me and to find me
your Heart must first be wise and true"

Darkness:
"I am the lust that you desire
I shall not abandon you
You've always had me, but to keep me
You must rid yourself of your virtue"

We are all that you'll ever need
to guide you through your destined way
But to combine us you must take heed
For trip but a little and you will fly astray
To unite us means a sacrifice
of fear and doubt and all you despise
Of courage, trust and your solemn cries
For your true self to appear before your eyes.....

Hello, my name is Light
I give you strength to overcome your fright
Take my hand and enter my land
If you wish to comprehend...
My whisper can be your greatest enemy
My comfort is your caring ally
First you must decide to accept me
Before you can add me to your cry...

Hello, my name is Darkness
I give you strength to crush your distress
Take my hand and receive my Power
If you wish to set your fated hour
My enchantment is your worst enemy
My mastery your favourite ally
But beware to share me with another
For then I will make your Heart bleed and cry...

Written by [Melocrie]

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Forever

How do I think of you night and day?
How do I let you be in my mind?
Sometimes I love you that much I can say.
But sometimes i just want to leave you behind.
Things are bad now, but we had a good past.
I wish we could just be together once more.
I don't know what happened, it all went so fast.
There was a big fight, then I walked out the door.
I packed all my bags and got in the car.
I didn't really want to just get up and go.
I didn't know where i was going, I just wanted to go far.
Just leaving you didn't really go with the flow.
I wish you would just come and live with me.
That way we will forever be.

Written by [xXPandaXx]

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Sizzle & Shine

I've given up on easily
Been forgotten by simplicity
Bound together by these threads of honor
Tangled up together with gaudy veracity

Haughty truth so shamelessly
pretending flair and pompously
refusing to be bought; a peculiar
stain on such old-fashioned honor;

Armor, like a glove, like silk, lace, air...

Don't talk to me of summers,
or autumn leaves so red;
Put away your silly love songs,
and your chivalry so fine
It's not mine, it can't be mine,
but thank you for your time;
This darkened doorway
is all that I
may stand in.

Standing for the open sky,
waiting for a long good bye,
you're so simple, you're so sweet

Stupid, stupid, and naive...

Don't talk to me of summers,
or pale winters closing in;
I'll have no more silly love songs,
or pointed silences
I am humming in the shadows,
there is laughter in the dark;
And if it ease your mind,
trust me, I am fine

Tangled in the gaudy jewels that
aged uncertain gold decides to hoard,
contemplating cutting ribbons,
the only blade to hand: a sword…

Written by [little flag]

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Misery

Do you think you can control me?
Do you have any idea "master",
of who I really am?
Of what I really am?

You summoned me during the time
that your feelings poisoned your mind
You cried about everything
but acted about nothing.
Now look at me and grab my arm,
do not worry, I won't do you any harm.
At the gloomy corners of your thoughts,
I lay in a bed of thorns,
following every step you take,
turning your love into hate.

Who I really am?
What I really am?

Around your lips, see my name dance
but it's too late for a second chance.
I am a sweet evil, an innocent sin
that pierces your brain like a pin.
Now look at me and grab my arm
Do not worry, I won't do you any harm.
You've already done enough
without my help for that.

Who I really am?
What I really am?

I am your Misery.

Written by [Lifebringer]

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You just didn't look

It will never go away, its all gone haywire,
Even if you wanna stay, they already started the fire,
And I never wanted to be here, after I found out that you just don't care.

Maybe I'm crazy, Its only me I'm talking to,
You can call my lazy, but I still wont go see you!
Cause you can't always see all that has happened to me.

Not all of my scars show, Not all wounds heal.
You just don't know, all the pain I feel.
I didn't hide them, you just did not look...

Written by [Danboo]

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A Haunted Love

Faceless ghosts that dance within
Outsider’s eyes that seek out the sin
A poison I can’t help but see
It’s in this corner they yearn to be

Honest answers in my design
But I am speaking to your lies
I pray for something to help me feel
This broken place: the last thing that’s real

So much sorrow and distaste
To look ahead at yesterday
A spiral promise that drags me on
Another pain freezes the sun

Hidden darkness shines within
The light I need becomes nothing
Where everything I loved at last
Becomes forgotten; turned to ash

A vagrant hope leaks from my heart
Placed over demons in the dark
Another ghost that seeks to end
The place within that I must defend

Written by [the loved wolf]

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What is Love?

What is love? An intangible dream,
saut after by fools never to be seen.
But if that's the case then I must be
the biggest fool you'll ever see.
What is love you ask? My foolish dream.

Written by [blood_fairy21]

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Fear

When I fear it, it comes for me,
When it comes for me, it’s all I know,
When it’s all I know, it starts to hurt,
When it starts to hurt, I start to scream,
When I scream, I start to change,
When I change, I begin cry,
When I cry, I know that I’ve lost,
When I know that I’ve lost, the beast comes to play,
When the beast comes to play, I give up,
When I give up, He gets his way,
When he gets his way, my mind snaps,
When my mind snaps, I lose control,
When I lose control, He breathes again,
When he breathes again, I choke and die,
When I choke and die, he’s alive,
When he’s alive, He’ll start to sneer,
When he starts to sneer, It builds into a laugh,
When it builds into a laugh, He is complete,
When he is complete, His stomach will start to groan,
When his stomach starts to groan, you can’t get away,
When you can’t get away, You begin to fear,
When you begin to fear, He smells your fear,
When he smells you fear, It’s too late,
When it’s too late, even your prayers can’t save you,
When even your prayers can’t save you, You will see,
That fear itself is quite true, and it will hunt you down too.

Written by [Akeatia]

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Dare to Dream

Dare to dream of far off lands,
Dream of deserts, covered in sand,
Dream of rainforests, trees high above,
Dream of finding your one true love,
Dare to dream of lies or the truth,
Dream of never losing your youth,
Dream of battles, dream of a spark,
Dream of light, a light in the dark,
Dare to dream of fighting and sadness,
Dream of men, succumbed to madness,
Dream of warmth and heat and flame,
Dream that your life is just a game,
Dare to dream of hate and mistrust,
Dream of all that’s true and just,
Dream of drowning, drowning in the sea,
Dare to dream of dreaming, yes dare to dream with me,

Written by [werewolf13]

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Noisebox

I’m walking on skyscrapers again,
I know the feeling, like I did last time.
But the poet’s still speaking Greek,
And the birds are eating snakes,
God can I sing?--

“--Hey bungalow Bill,
What did you kill?”
And did you kill it for me?--

Where’s the noisebox?--
Ive heard it’s around--somewhere wailing,
Like a goddamn cat, I think--
--that if it lived I’d kill it.

“--Hey bungalow Bill,
What did you kill?”
And did you kill it for me,
Say ‘yes’, please--
It's not Greek, Speak!

Out of the Cathedral I crawl,
Annoyed with the time, I
Spent there on my knees.
Why have one martyr, when I can have
Three--Crucified, all next to me?--
Hey, bungalow Bill, kill the next--
--one for me.
And then sing.

Written by [ETHAN LEON]

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Death

Death is forever, so dont flirt with death,
Death is painfull, so stay away from knifes,
Death is not for lovers, so dont die,
Death is not for me, so dont even try,
Death is never clear, so be carefull,
Death is never fun, so stay away from strangers,
Death is never pleasing, so dont get caught up in the hype,
Death is never fair, so get use to it,
Death is always occuring, so dont forget it,
Death is never what you expect, so expect the unexpected,
Death is not for you, so please dont give up,
Death is forever, so dont forget that.

Written by [werewolf13]

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Destiny

My destiny haunts me day, my destiny haunts,
me at nights,
My destiny speaks to me each morning,
still I have not understood what,
"Destiny is",
My destiny keeps me up at nights pondering,
about "Destiny", which I have heard so much,
about. Yet I can not find the answer to my,
own destiny,
Seeing my fellow human it would appear that,
most of them have found the secret to this,
destiny. But, some like myself are still in,
search of our destiny,
My destiny suddenly comes to light when I was,
near my end through the path of life. And, it,
was at that point I became aware that my task,
throughout my life was my destiny,
My destiny has been visible in my actions, in,
my words during my life. The failer to make,
contact with my destiny was none other, than,
lack of understanding,
Destiny beckon at me with these words, "If
you had known the meaning of the word destiny,
you would not have toiled so much."
That is your destiny.

Written by [werewolf13]

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The Truth It Can Be Hurtful

I may not like what you say of me but if of me you speak the truth,
Though the truth it can be hurtful it is not spoken without ruth,
The truth cannot defame me if of me the truth you say,
And if the truth taints my character well that too is okay.

But if you tell lies about someone and know them to be lies,
Then the dislike I'd feel for one like you i barely could disguise,
For lies can be defamatory when used in such a way,
Any respect to a malicious liar i would find hard to pay.

The truth it can be hurtful as we all ought to know,
But out of the truth it can be said respect for one does grow,
And though you may not like what's said about you at least what's said is true,
And to the one who speaks the truth credit is always due.

The truth it can be hurtful but the truth is never wrong,
And those who cannot accept the truth mentally cannot grow strong,
And though for some the truth is poison they'd rather live a lie,
The truth lives on forever and the truth will never die.

Written by [werewolf13]

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Night

Deep, the darkness stands
Embracing warmth enfolding
Fear becomes our Hope.

Written by [Falx]

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Life's Staged.

I hope my costume is alright for today’s party,
The cast is getting rather grating and I fear,
That my mask may slip and shatter,
Leaving my like a naked butterfly with no pattern.
I don’t want to look boring, or bright,
Dark or light, against,
Those blinding curtains hung around the world.
I wonder what would happen if everything fell off,
If everyone was left alone and on stage,
In nothing but a smile and forced,
Look of life behind the mask.
To entrance and entertain the audience. 

Written by [Grim.]

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Shadows

Shadows in a corner,
Always sprinting by.
Shadows in a corner,
Caught up in a lie.
Shadows in a corener,
Always fearing life.
Shadows in a corner,
Always meeting strife.
Shadows in a corner,
Someone now is there.
Shadows in the corner,
Know life is never fair.

Written by [haldirrox]

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To Whom it May Concern

I tried so hard to explain,
But you just wouldn't listen.
This happens every time
You get paranoid.
You push everyone away,
Hide every ounce of humanity
Left in you.
You cower in your corner,
Expecting the blows
Of hate and wrath.
But they don't come.
No, of course not.
"Why?" you ask.
Because it was all in your head.
The phrase "I told you so,"
Comes to mind.
I'd never say that.
No, I'd never say that
Out loud.
I'm irrational enough
To still love you.
Even though you removed every bit
Of me,
I still love you.
You had the nerve
To believe I'd hurt you
Intentionally, but
I still love you.
You were so overcome
With your "self-preservation"
To listen to me
When I told you the truth.
And yet...
I still love you.

I'm either masochistic or retarded.

Written by [Mödi]

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Champion

I want to hold up the sky
And help everyone
And be everywhere
And do everything
And make a difference
And change things for the better
And fight for what’s right
And establish what’s good
And enshrine what’s valuable
And
And
And I want to be the best that I can be.

They say I’m an idiot
That I’m a fool
That I’m young
That I’m naïve
That it can’t be done
That I can’t do it
That I shouldn’t do it
That it’s pointless
That it’s meaningless
That I’ll die
That it will be in vain
That I don’t have the capabilities
That I don’t know what I’m doing
That
That
That I’m not fit.

But I never said it was going to be easy
Just that I wanted to do it
And that I would fight to get as close as I can to it.
And if you help me, I’ll be even closer.

That was all he said.
Mr Big stood up. He went to the podium and cleared his throat. He spoke:
“Thank you, lad. You may sit down. That will be all.”

Written by [thoughtfox]

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You Were Here

You were here and you were mine
That was all I needed
Now you're gone and I don't know why
I can't find the reason
So I searched, I looked inside
Could have been the screamin'

It's not easy
To be imperfect
And it's not easy
To feel so worthless
It's not easy
To ask for help
And its not easy
To face yourself

I'm feelin lost, torn inside
I can't stop thinkin'
I'm all alone and I'm going crazy
Look what you created
I want you back and I don't care how
Won't you please come find me

It's not easy
To be imperfect
And it's not easy
To feel so worthless
It's not easy
To ask for help
And its not easy
To face yourself

Written by [Tekkon KinKreet]

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Kansas

Trapped, you say?
the eerie dawn mocks
a cage I see not, nor a shackle nor wire
but rather a child who makes her mud and cries over stains.

It hurt, you know, the glare
and the ring in my skull from the frank slap of truth
(I have domesticated myself)
the fists of revolution clench in my defense
but how do you destroy a hidden wall, a pane of plexiglass?

Trapped, I scream, trapped!
Force reverberates, volleying back to me
the ring persists
I am as tame as a bear or a kitten, what day is it?
Domestic, complacent, the words of failure.

Written by [Roma]

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Essence of Love

This feeling inside taken to a new world
Seen through eyes of mystery and happiness
Behold as i gaze upon beauty and untold wonder
As i stare into time and space
Listening to my spirit as it calms
Washing over me like a tidal wave
Serenity, blissfulness, graciousness;
Only a few words to describe my true inner core
Love compels, love conquers, love divides
Shapes, molds, and sculpts into something greater
Forms unrealistic principles and forsaken dreams
Love only knows love and never knows defeat

Written by [nightelf5959]

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The Bird on the Wire

I am the bird on the wire.
Electric pulses through tiny fragile feet.
(she feels the world beat)

The sky drips and clouds forget their shapes.
The sun peeks through a crack in the system,
      Everything mixes to build an arc of colour only the painter could dream of.

Umbrellas and rubber boots.

I am the bird on the wire.
Fluttered feathers shake away the cold.
(she watches the world grow old)

~

In an office building she looks past the window and out to the traffic:
Vehicles stop, then go. Stop, then go.
Traffic lights blink directions for the street.
(she feels the world beat)

Her ink drips and coworkers forget their files.
The screen declares a corruption in the system,
             Everyone mixes to build a society only the businessman could dream of.

Copy machines and potted plants.

Staring out the window,
Her humanity and spirit unfold.
(she feels the world grow cold)

She is the bird on the wire.

Written by [notincalifornia]

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Love's Hope

Sing to me, my love,
A song of better times
When men were strong and brave
And women were divine.
The mountains touched the sky;
The sea lapped at the shores;
And sure as sun will rise
My heart, my love, is yours.
Though dark the days now be
Still, my memories shine.
I live now for the day
When you'll again be mine.
And till that day may dawn
I'll wait to hear your call.
For when my name you speak
To you, I'll give my all.
Again my love I'll see
And day will forever reign
For in your arms I'll be,
No longer torn in twain.
So sing to me, my love,
That hope may yet live on.
Should I see you not on the morn',
I know I will anon...

Written by [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]

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My Life

My life is so dredfully boring
I have to go to school every week day
At seven in the morning
That is so not okay

My life is like a cherry
When they get old they die and rot
I knew a baby named Sherrie
That the world forgot

My life is sometimes funny
Most of the time it's sad
I don't have much money
And that makes me mad

My life cries out in pain
With the pitter patter of rain

Written by [Misty-chan(I Love Rock Lee!)]

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Distracted

I devote myself to
an abyss of brushes
rainbows of paints,
and an empty wall -
my canvas for the day.

Written by [Rainbow Dragonflies]

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Elftown - Our Beloved Community!

We are Elftowners. We stand tall and true.
Committed to her greatness, we will see her through.
When she's trouble laden, 'tis when she needs us most.
Our commitment only strengthens, the louder we will boast!
Our community we love so dearly, we'll not let her down,
There is much to rejoice in her, even if we sometimes frown.
Membership's an honour, a privilege absolute.
We do remember this, as we stand up and salute.
As we travel around the world, mostly on the net,
Our fingers are her soldiers, so the world cannot forget.
As we spread the news, to all corners far and wide,
We do so with honour, as we also do with pride.
We take her past the moon, way beyond Mars,
For she is only worthy to shine among the stars!

Elftown Rocks!

Written by [*Artsie_ladie*]

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The Great Wizards of Elftown

All you citizens that live across this land,
Just remember why Elftown is so very grand!

Sure, you fairies have each a magic wand,
Closely are related, you elves with them do bond.
You unicorns dance with a gracefulness supreme.
You dwarfs conjure up each a greedy scheme.
Vampires, you defy death, feasting on blood to live,
Ducks, you are friendly, will take all there is to give.
Dragons, powerful and mighty, demand you are respected.
Orcs, although warriors, more often you are rejected.
Halflings, friendly, too, merriment you seek.
Humans, you are wannabes, strange and often weak.

Elftown is the place where wonders will astound,
Little magic buttons pop up all around.
When we think we've seen all there is to see,
A new amazing feature the Wizards bring to be.
There's always a nasty bug that rears its ugly head.
The Wizards quickly zap it. Presto, it is dead!
Ah, the Wizards, their magic is the most,
Take a look around, raise your glass to toast!
So, what makes Elftown such an enchanted land?
Why, indeed the Wizards make this place so grand!

The Elftown Wizards Rock!

Written by [*Artsie_ladie*]

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Miss Fisher

I know a girl who's Fishy to me
Her face is so squishy and silly to see
She walks with a gait that's tall and straight
Such a sad fate for her to carry a gate
She's does things so willy but forgot about nilly
Oh she's so silly but what's this, not from Philly?
And her smile is not unlike the crocodile
Put her flaws in a pile and you'll be there a while
On such I shall not dwell therefore I cannot tell
Though this one time when she fell we laughed and all was well
I wouldn't trade my squishy friend for anything
My girl who smells so Fishy is my everything

Written by [Robert Mischief]
Angel to Angel

There is an Angel that I adore
One I would do anything for
I see him in my dreams
And my heart bursts at the seams
I see him when I'm awake
And give him my heart to take
He always knows just what to say
And in my night, he brings the day
He is my star shining bright
Against the empty blackness of night
My beautiful rainbow
That I watch from my window
And he is the song I sing
That makes my soul take wing
I look into his eyes and know
That what I feel for him will only grow
Because he makes me smile
And my heart aches all the while
There are things that can't yet be changed
But to be in his arms, I would give anything in exchange
I want him more and more as time goes by
And I miss him so much that I want to cry
But I know he'll be back
There's no doubt about that
But can you blame me?
I love him desperately.
I want to be able to call him mine
How many times have I said that line?
But I do all the same
And my own heart is to blame...

Written by [Angel of the Lonely]

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Raining Memories

Tell me, was it raining when you decided to think of me?
This is the kind of weather that makes me want to make love to you all night long.
To quote Kenny Chesney: ‘I hear you laughing in the rain.’

I see myself walking out your door,
But you’re not coming after me.
Lightning ’bout to strike me
As a not-so-friendly reminder I need to put my thoughts somewhere else.

The rain falling brings a smile to my face.
I don’t have to cry
Because I know someone up there is doing it for me.
Tell me, was it raining when you decided to think of me?

Written by [Leel]

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Short Poem

Wow.
This poem is short.

Written by [Tyrana]

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Shorter Poem

This poem
Is shorter.

Written by [Tyrana]

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Funeral

Awaken.

Rivers turned to seas,
And a cold heart to madness.
Lost to autumn’s sceneries,
Where life left me breathless.

Yet another day of silence,
‘neath the tearfully fading sun.
Though death kept safe distance,
I feel the end has now begun.

Blank eyes stare up to the empty sky.

Written by [Tableau Vivant]

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For Geert

My loved one, let your tears flow
let your feelings go,
let it all come over you for awhile.

I leave the door open, should you need some help from me,
for I know I've ever owned your heart's key.

... yet I prefer sneaking in, without you knowing
that is the only way I can help as I should.

I don't like to see you in pain,
for it makes my little heart bleed.

... and I have always loved you,
and always will,
but I fear that the time to say 'goodbye' has come,
even if I don't want us to be done.

I have to let you go.
...help me to let you go.

Written by [Iske]

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MURDER

I can hear the sound of my fast pumping heart,
as big heavy footsteps get closer and closer,
I can almost feel his breath as he gains on me.
As I trip over hefty logs and fallen trees,
the footsteps get closer.

What to do,
where to go,
there is no escape for me.
I feel as though I run in circles.
Tree roots and vines entangle themselves around my feet.
I fall,
there is no one to catch me.
I am trapped,
my blood drips down my face.

My scream is echoed through the surrounding bush covered hills.
No one can hear me,
no one can help me,
I am doomed.
"Thud" goes my heart.

Written by [ElfinGoddess]

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The Visit

The steam engines hissed,
The radar screen pulsed,
Her heart followed suit, meeting the pulse with an accompanying beat.

BELFAST, GIVE ME A READING.
NO SIGN OF ENEMY VESSELS, SIR.

Shift change.
Walking over the deck, the Atlantic winds caressed her face.
A newfound friend stood close,
Sharing the breeze and a sombre smile.
"Beautiful day."
"That...it is." A contented sigh.
He left to visit the pier.
She stayed behind.

Sam...
But who?
Sam...
...It can't be.
She grabbed the rail to steady her legs.
Sam.
My name's not Sam, grampa.
An innocent giggle fades in the wind.

.............I knew you were still here.

(I miss you, so much.)

Written by [Poindextra]

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The Tripping Song (formatted for The Daily Poem!)

"I need," "I want," she swore
She would never say those words to him again,
No matter how much she needs, she wants;
She will never let him in again.
So she goes home with strangers and brings strangers home with her,
Working her body to forget the years she had something she stood for.

Because standing only means something when you have your feet on the ground.
And if she still talked to anyone, she'd say she's waiting to be found.
She doesn't know who she is anymore, but she'll be damned if she wants him to tell her
Because what he thinks, no longer means that much to her.
She's on her own,
She's finding out
What her life is
'Gonna be all about.

"Beliefs were good," she'll quietly admit as she takes her third underage shot
Of the night; but they didn't pay the rent and they didn't hit that numbed-up spot.
Some nights it's a guy, some nights a goth chick. Time begins to pass
And she doesn't even consider a preference.
Safety's out, too, it's so passe
It's for women who remember they want to live to see another day.
She stopped checking the machine; there might be a message from him
But his voice just serves to remind her where she's been:
And she's not there anymore.
She's not standing where she was before.

Because standing only means something when you have your feet on the ground.
And if she still talked to anyone, she'd say she's waiting to be found.
She doesn't know who she is anymore, but she'll be damned if she wants him to tell her
Because what he thinks, no longer means that much to her.
She's on her own,
She's finding out
What her life is
'Gonna be all about.

She's finding herself by finding what she's not:
She's young and free and everyone who shags her still tells her that she's hot.
But it's just the body, it's just drinking and sex,
She'll get better on her own, she doesn't need her ex-.
She doesn't need someone new, she's fine on her own,
She doesn't need sleep and she doesn't need a home
She doesn't need arms and she doesn't need help from above,
She has no use for a partner and she certainly doesn't want love!

Because standing only means something when you have your feet on the ground.
And if she still talked to anyone, she'd say she's waiting to be found.
She doesn't care who she is anymore, she doesn't even care who knows,
She's all laissez faire, c'est la vie and "Isn't that the way life goes?"
She's on her own,
But she's not figuring out
That this is what her life is
all about.
Now, this is what her life is all about.
This has become what she is all about.

Written by [WL]

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his Name Was Not Important.

His name was not important,
His lips, they did not speak.
His arms, they were wide open.
My heart was growing weak.

He met me on a summer’s day.
Appeared outside my door.
We talked, he left, I got confused,
He left me wanting more.

What is this that I’m feeling,
How strange and frightening.
Was this new sensation love?
Or was it stomach lightning?

His name was not important,
His lips, they did not speak.
His arms, they were wide open.
My heart, no longer weak…

Written by [BEATBOX ROMANCE.]

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