Forgive Me

Some days I feel as empty, As your soul seems to be. You can’t see within, To all the pain and unhappiness. You say to me that nothings wrong, But little do you know. You don’t know me, And you refuse to see. Forgive me now for what I cannot say, For all the years I’ve held this pain inside.

 Sam K

More Than Air

Back on Track

Verse 1: If and... You're listening to this song... Then... Something in life went wrong... When... Everything you love is gone... And... You feel like you're King Kong... Chorus: Destroying everything in your path Waitin' a week just to take a bath Robbin' a bank to get some cash Pokin' your eyes out with a tack So you try and get your once called life back... Back on track... Verse 2: Just don't... Give up when things start to smell... Because... Life aint perfect, ask anyone they'll tell... And just when... Your life starts to go to hell... Don't start... Chorus: Destroying everything in your path Waitin' a week just to take a bath Robbin' a bank to get some cash Pokin' your eyes out with a tack So you try and get your once called life back... Back on track... Verse 3: But make sure... You always keep out an ear... So that... You can always hear... And don't turn... When you feel like you're not near... The next... Place to dissappear... Verse 4: If and... You're listening to this song... Then... Something in life went wrong... When... Everything you love is gone... And... You feel like you're King Kong... Chorus: Destroying everything in your path Waitin' a week just to take a bath Robbin' a bank to get some cash Pokin' your eyes out with a tack So you try and get your once called life back... Back on track...

Anthony Cervantes
 

What exactly is a Valentine?

What exactly is a valentine? Is it good or is it bad? Does it make you happy are glad? Is a valentine a person or place ? Does it have a name or face? A valentine from what I am told does not hurt it does not scold. A Valentine is a feeling from deep with in your heart, from in your soul letting the world know how you feel for one special person one other soul, the one you love the one you hold. A Valentine I will conclude is a person you love that loves you too.
Helenmaria Lavelle
 

I Wanna Fall In Love

Close your eyes and think of me
Tell me what is it that you see
I wanna be the one you run to
 I wanna be you one and only
From above>I wanna fall in love

So hold your breath
and hold mine too
If we stand together I know we'll make it through
its ok ill catch you if you fall
and ill be there when you call

Lying in your arms
I feel so comfortable
I just lay back
And become so vunerable
You keep me guessin
You are the best thing
that ever happened to me
Why can't you see
So hold your breath
and hold mine too
If we stand together I know we'll make it through
its ok ill catch you if you fall
and ill be there when you call

Open up your heart and let me in
we are in love
let it begin with each other there
we will survive
I'll show you my love
with just one look in you eyes
So hold your breath
and hold mine too
If we stand together I know we'll make it through
its ok ill catch you if you fall
and ill be there when you call

Jackie Medeiros
 

This Time Around!!!!

I'm leaving today, this time around I aint gonna be sorry  and there's no need to worry, gonna stand up 4 what I beleive in you're not gonna bring me down again, this time around it's gonna be my way whether you like it or not I aint gonna stop!!! (Brigde)

Chorus 1 heading on down the road, think I've been here before so glad I found the strength to walk on out the door never knoews what lays ahead, not gonna sit here wishing that I was dead this time around not gonna be a clown no way that you can bring me down again its over my friend, this time around!!!! So what if you put me down today just gotta pick up my fist and fight my way cause I know that I'm gonna be ok!!!!
 
Chorus 2 This time around gonna find out who I am and do it on purpose and make sure it's worth it, no second thoughts no questions about it I'm ok vision not clouded proud to to say you're not gonna break or bring me down no not this time
around!!! Just leave me alone don't ya understand that I'm strong enough on my own just say so long cause this time around I'm so gone (repeat chorus 1)

Not worried bout my pride I'm just gonna ride outta town cause (repeat chorus 2)

Chorus 3 This time around no longer need you treating me like a clown no need for you to bring me down I'm done, here I go down the road think I've been here before!!! This Time Around!!!

Dale Wiebel
 

I know I've messed up alot in the past, but you've got to beleive that I wanted us to last, I wanted to last throught the pain and dispair.. I wanted to be the one to "take you there".. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm sorry for it all.. and the only thing left for me to say is.. Please Call.......

Mike Weisenbacher

 

I will not bleed for you
 cannot forgive you
I am not dead and gone
I have the key
I can unlock the doors to nothing and everything why still can't you see that
I walk these streets but
I am not free
I have been behind your bars and trapped inside of you you will not let you go my mind is full of scars it is you that is so far
I have plenty of time for nothing

MC

Apple of my eye

Year Book Memories

Soft hair, sweet face
Loving heart, full of Grace
Apple of my eye

I call your name, you come to me
A sweeter child could never be
Apple of my eye

Mirror image, Angel kiss
God's gift, my fondest wish
Apple of my eye

Lynne

The days have passed,
 Like a camera flash,
 The laughs,
 The friendships torn in half.
 A silent tear,
 As I look back on the year,
 I remember all the fights,
 Make up talks deep into the nights.
 All the inside jokes,
 All the hearts that boys have broke.
 All the dances,
 The untaken chances.
 Now I sit here with this book,
 Turning pages as I look,
 The memories of 2003,
 Is what I see before me.

Samantha K
 

I Just Think Of You

Those voices in my head just won’t go to bed
I just think of you
However hard I try those voices never let me lie
At rest, peace to the rest but too complex
I just think of you
What’s the formula?

 Love don’t have no equation that lets me know if
What your going to say is what I want to hear
What I want to know> I just think of you
But it matters and could change everything
Now and what’s gone before
I bet you knew I loved you before I knocked your door
But how was I to know if you felt the same
I just think of you

Those voices in my head just won’t go to bed
I just think of you
However hard I try I always wonder why
This feeling has been building up to this level
I never thought it would happen cos matters too complex
I just think of you
What’s the formula

Love don’t have no equation that can be solved
Simply evolved over time
But not too long
I just think of you
And money well it’s only paper honey
I just think of you

 
Realise you have what every man will want
I don’t want any of that
I just think of you
I long for only the feelings you have in your heart
For me, no-one else
To live each day looking forward, never looking back
I just think of you
I just think of you

Andre' Donache'

Just give me a little
inkling of you
And you will see yourself
Just what I can do

I will take your cares
And I will take your sorrows
I will turn them into Sun shine
That will help your children grow

Don't give up on Jesus
He's there both day and night
and when you need a helping hand
His love is just in sight.

Sandy L. Jacques

My Shower After Our Night

I feel the water beat down on my back
I see the soap being washed away
Yet I do not feel clean

The comfort of the warm water is the only one I have right now I am alone in my thoughts
In my shame

Why did your touches feel so good?
I'd never had them before
Now all I feel is the bad

It hurt
When you touched me in a way that I'd never felt before
I thought no one would ever give me what you did
It hurt worse when you left
You said you'd call
I waited, and I still haven't heard your voice

The water is off now
I stand there, dripping and cold
The towel only gives outer warmth

Will I ever again be warmed to the core?
You took from me something
I should not yet have given
How many others will you do this to?

I am alone, still cold with my towel
Even among my friends, I am alone
They do not understand

All I want to do is go to bed and cry for the rest of my life
The tears do not come
I smile, so no one knows what I am feeling

This hole in my heart can't be filled
I will forever be reminded of what I did
Now, when I find true love, what will I give?

Rachel E. Gee

A Painful Life, The End to Pain

Hit from hit, pound from pound.
I keep getting kicked to the ground. 
I don't dare get up, for fear of getting slapped.
And if I scream, I will get smacked.
There isn't nothing I haven't been hit with.
His hand, his belt and even his fist. 

And if I'm bad, or cry because I am sad,
Out comes the iron skillet, He beats me black and blue.
He goes to the shed, and grabs the 2x4.
The beating does not end, Until I fall to the floor.

This goes on everyday, Whether I am good or bad.
I pray that my pain will end soon.
I put the gun to my head,
Pulling the trigger, there is a boom.
Now I am dead. No more pain, no more misery.
No more shame, no more bruising.

Nobody ever knew he beat me.
I always said that I tripped or fell.
When really, I just lived in hell.
Some people suspected, I'm sure.
Others saw it, and never said a word. 
He was usually an all around nice guy,
Until he'd come home drunk, And hear my cry.

All I could do was pray,
But I just figure, God must have been busy that day.
It now has all ended,
Now that I surrendered.
It's the end of my life.
The end of my pain. It's the end of my agony. 
The end to my shame.
 It's the end to all my tears.
The end to every fear.

gann_lissa@yahoo.com

THE RECOUNT
 
The blessings have been counted 
But one thing is true 
We need to have a recount 
We've missed quite a few 
We thank HIM for the good times 
When things are at their best 
But do we thank HIM for the struggles 
That put our faith to the test? 
We'll never count them all 
No matter how hard we try 
Our blessing's are infinite 
There's no number that high 
And yet we'll go shopping 
And mark off our lists 
But did we forget Whose birthday it is? 
The results of the recount ~ We're abundantly blessed 
Put CHRIST back in Christmas 
And may you all be BLESSED!

Written By Jeff Davis

~Your Self~

 Some people want to stand out,
Be Yourself.
Some people want to fit in,
Be Yourself.
If you're shy or outgoing,
I don't really care,
you are yourself.
Because I like you,
Being Your Self.

By: Krysta Tracy

"Pieces of a Soul"

THE ENIGMA
Worm said God is apple.
Canary said God is the hand full of seeds.
Goldfish called God the water in aquarium.
Lion said God is jungle.
Human was quiet with eyes wet.

THE GIFT
 They gave you steel to love.
The cry of horns for nightingales' symphony
and sewage to water your plants.
Your jungle is iron beams and your best friend is your PC.

SEPT.11, 2001
From hate to hell they crawl.
No one thought that could be a way to use wings.
Cavemen bring plague and ignorance.
Raised to love caves and death.
Raised to hate love and technology
things they can not understand.
They were too shortsighted to see that the wounded but mighty eagles will bring them to their doom after the day eyes saw a spectrum with the cavemen
that die to kill on one side and on the other
The angels that rush to hell to save lives.

WHAT WE HAVE
If there is no rain my tears are.
If there is no dawn the beauty of dusk is.
And if we can’t wash moments we can wash
 the hands of mind in the river of time.
If there is no spring there is autumn with colorful leaves.

UNTITLED
When silkworm must die a pair of wings is given to her.
She flies toward a flame and burns.

5 SHORT POEMS BY: HOOMAN SHAHKAR
Date of birth: 27 August 1968
Tehran, Iran Nationality: Persian Religion:
I believe all good things in Christianity, Buddhism,
Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism & Islam.
 
Education: medical doctor, graduated
in 1999 from University of Szeged, Hungary.

My favorite poets:
Rumi, Omar Khayyam & Hafez (3 Persian poets)
I started to write poetry seriously since 2001.
My URL: http://poem.iscute.com

The Meaning of Life

The meaning of life is what you wake up to in the morning, 
fall asleep with at night and dream of while slumbering.

The meaning of life is to cherish those you love and go 
to the best place where you can learn from them and 
understand what they have learned and what they think.

The meaning of life is to be a good parent and take as 
best care of your child as you can and if you are still just a 
child the meaning of life is simply to be a child and 
live and experience all you can.

The meaning of life is to be happy, 
to feel sorrow and to have your own sense of security.

The best way I can tell you this is to say....... 
The meaning of life is to LIVE , 
to cherish every breath and move you make, 
and simply enjoy never knowing exactly 
what the meaning of life is 
but to search and on that search learn

Tashina Carter

Night's Embrace

In the deep purple mist, 
The night rises to touch the earth. 
In it, children will be conceived,
  men and women depart. 
Wild life will  hunt to feed, all sustaining balance 
of life on earth.

Children will complain and cajole, and sneak 
a moment more of awake ness before surrendering 
to the urges of parents who know best. 
These parents counting the seconds before peace is restored 
to the house, and they can catch moments 
to rekindle their love.

The lonely, will stare into the 
darkness one last time--watching. 
No one comes, and so they 
settle into whatever emptiness they 
have created to pass the time.

Sleep pulls us deeper into the purple 
mist, a swirling fog, clinging 
heavily to us as we succumb to 
gentle nothingness where dreams caress 
us in the night's embrace.

Peggy Lee Lanning
pglan@cts.com

Listen

An eerie noise that seems to surround her echoes through the alley.

A chill runs down her spine and she shivers.

She begins to hum a tune to drown out the noise.

She goes on her way and leaves the sound behind.

Marc Edward Gleason
frettz@hotmail.com

Like a needle’s eye,

A hole to see life pass you bye, Truth will come,

Chose right or wrong, The needle spun,

You will come undone, A shortcut you took,

And now are lost, Run around,

No one will care,

Advice you’ll take,

But do not dare, Love,

Love,

Follow your heart,

A mistake taken

Is a mistake forgiven, Except your fate,

For it is the gate,

To the other side, 

Upon arrival,

You will see,

An empty meadow,

Save one lonely tree, Neglect he has,

But yet with hope,

For yonder still,

Lies the end of his rope, It is at end,

Because of you,

The trail you took caused the dew,

The tears you shed,

Froze unto ice,

They fought the life,

He paid a price, You journey now to the torturous sea,

Waves of pure agony,

They rock your boat,

And push you of,

Clinging on to a single trough, Sweet aromas pass you bye,

Singing sweet lullabies,

Follow the scent,

To a bakers vent, Ask for food,

And be denied,

The lullabies were a trick of the mind,

The baker offers you a treat,

Come and learn to make,

Not cheat, Need the bread,

Bake it well,

Take it out at five ‘till,

It’s much to hot the take a bite,

Set it out,

Rest in delight,

~Wings~                                        butterflywings4@hotmail.com

Starve Me

Woke up with a stone in my stomach
Every breath tells a tale of our loss
My heart remained, beating sounds of regret
And a slim trace of tears burn your name in my face
God how I hated this day from the start
Never believed its dawn would break
Now I wait for its dusk to appear
For an end to begin to end

I know where you are
But where is your heart today
Kept it in my shelf, somehow it’s gone again
Locked it shut, then swallowed the key to your love
Bad thing, cause now I feel sick
I starve

Sad days for bad lovers
What is pain compared to eternity
Insane delay in the same old colors
Mad shades of made up integrity
Believed this world was our rollercoaster
Livin Life fast with it’s twists and it’s turns
Deceased ourselves, it’s too late to buckle up now
Have to give in to emotional germs

I know where you are
But where is your heart today
Kept it in my shelf, somehow it’s gone again
Locked it shut, then swallowed the key to your love
Bad thing, cause now I feel weak
I starve

Final thought of a fatal ending
My eyes are all sore
But they can’t stop to cry
Baby you taught me a lot about living
But also about yearning to die

I still know who you are
But where is your face today
Lost it in myself, it won’t come back again
Made the cut, then drowned in the sea of love
Good thing, cause dead people don’t know how
To starve

Dominik "Mad Hatter" Risse

Dead Eyes

Seeing but not seeing Hand of hours move 
Days float by Sun sets and moon rises
I see nothing No joy or sorrow
No emotions wasted  I see within
No hopes or dreams Just time passing 
These eyes are dead Staring into emptiness
Mindless thoughts Forever dead eyes
Living but not living 

Sharon Alsop

cycle of love poems... by Mark swan, a local writer

 

' love poem I'
love has taken to just hanging around the house
so I ask love to help
fix the car
love promptly removes the carburetor and replaces it with an
ornamental cabbage
now the car runs perfectly
stops by itself at crossings

'love poem II'
love comes over for dinner
while the food is cooking we all sit down to play cards
love is promptly caught with two aces up
its sleeve (love does not like losing)
for punishment we make love do the dishes
love puts its tendrils into
the grey soapy water and immediately turns it a rose pink--neat trick

'love poem III'
while driving I look in the rear-view mirror, and see love in the back seat (it figures) love talks me into relinquishing the wheel then immediately
drives into a bog of hyacinths

'love poem IV'
on the street I meet love selling poppies for the veterans of foreign loves
I point out the great loves within these shores, but buy the poppy anyway,  
pinning it to my heart
it melts, causing a terrible stain

"Here's to the hearts in the hands of the Men that come
with the dust and are gone with the wind."
Rod Stewart 

yesterday I forgot
how to spell my name
I was sitting in class
trying not to breathe
or be human
and a stranger
appeared on my paper
my open eyes
staring back at me
blinking
woman
student
woman
Andrea.
woman
woman
woman
and it broke

I forgot  myself hypnotized 
by the blackboard
I forgot myself
writing heartlessly
I lost myself
in crowded groping hallways
I scared  myself in smoking
choking lavs alone and scared
in heavy thighs
and holy jeans holy me Andrea.

-ajt

nobody brought the whole jungle
together in my name or
lifted me up on high
on display the day
I was brought here

I was born eyes closed
mouth open
screaming for missed warmth

here I am seventeen
I enter each day
confused scared crying
for warmth now absent
                       the whole process is just     wrong      -ajt

WASTED SOUL

HERE WE ARE RUNNING THE SHOW HERE WE ARE BURIED IN THE SNOW OR IS IT SAND WE WILL NEVER KNOW COULD IT BE LIFE OR COULD IT BE DEATH COULD IT BE THE SHADOWS IN WHICH WE CARESS OUR LIVING TEMPLE AS WE ASPIRE TO RESPIRE IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT

THE PRESSURE BEARING DOWN SEND SIGNALS TO US THAT WE NO LONGER BELONG TO THE WORLD ABOVE THAT WE ARE MERE MEMORIES, FADING, AS FAST AS OUR BODIES ARE DECOMPOSING

OH HOW WE WISH WE LISTENED TO THE WARNINGS SO MANY WERE GIVEN YET SO FEW WERE TAKEN IF ONLY ONE MORE CHANCE WE HAD SQUANDER IT WE WOULDN’T WE SEEM TO THINK BUT I KNOW I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN

THEY SAY FROM WHENCE WE CAME WE ARE TO RETURN BUT MANY REASON THEIR TIME WILL NEVER COME BUT LIKE US THEY ARE BUT FOOLING THEMSELVES AS DEEP DOWN THEY KNOW ONE DAY THEIR WORLD WILL BECOME AS BLACK AS NIGHT WITHOUT A LIVING SOUL IN SIGHT

THE JOYS, THE PAINS, THE DISTRESS AND THE ANGUISH THESE REPRESENTATIVES OF LIFE WE ARE NEVER TO REGAIN OH HOW WE COMPLAINED FOR OUR PAIN & ANGUISH TO BE TAKEN AWAY ONLY NOW TO WISH WE COULD FEEL THESE SIGNS ONCE AGAIN JUST ONE LITTLE SIGN THAT WE STILL EXIST INSTEAD I FEEL THIS EMPTINESS THAT NO ONE NO LONGER CARES THE LOVED ONES I’VE LEFT BEHIND THE CHILDREN ON THE FAIR

OH HOW I WISHED I’D HELD ON A BIT TIGHTER TO MY DEAREST WHISPERED HOW MUCH I CARED HOW IS IT ALL TO END?, THE QUESTION WE ASK AND ONE DAY THE ANSWER WE ALL WILL KNOW

Darren Dorricott

ode to my body

-ajt

Watching The Wheels
John Lennon

 

People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing
Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that I'm o.k. well they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game

People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall
Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

Ah, people asking questions lost in confusion
Well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry
I'm just sitting here doing time

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go

The Boy With The Moon And Star On His Head

Cat Stevens

A gardener's daughter stopped me on my way, on the day I was to wed
It is you who I wish to share my body with she said
We'll find a dry place under the sky with a flower for a bed
And for my joy I will give you a boy with a moon and star on his head.
Her silver hair flowed in the air laying waves across the sun
Her hands were like the white sands, and her eyes had diamonds on.
We left the road and headed up to the top of the Whisper Wood
And we walked 'till we came to where the holy magnolia stood.
And there we laid cool in the shade singing songs and making love...
With the naked earth beneath us and the universe above.
The time was late my wedding wouldn't wait I was sad but I had to go,
So while she was asleep I kissed her cheek for cheerio.
The wedding took place and people came from many miles around
There was plenty merriment, cider and wine abound
But out of all that I recall I remembered the girl I met
'Cause she had given me something that my hear could not forget.
A year had passed and everything was just as it was a year before...
As if was a year before...
Until the gift that someone left, a basket by my door.
And in there lay the fairest little baby crying to be fed,
I got down on my knees and kissed the moon and star on his head.
As years went by the boy grew high and the village looked on in awe
They'd never seen anything like the boy with the moon and star before.
And people would ride from far and wide just to seek the word he spread
I'll tell you everything I've learned, and Love is all...he said

 

Vincent
Don  Mclean
[Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Dutch Painter]

A LITTLE IS ENOUGH   ***********

They say that  love often passes in a second
And you can never catch it up
So I'm hanging on to you as though eternity beckoned
But it's clear that the match is rough
Common sense tells me not to try'n continue
But I'm after a piece of that diamond in you
So keep an eye open
My spirit ain't broken
Your love is so incredible
Your body so edible
You give me an overdose of love
Just a little is enough

I'm like a connoisseur of champagne cognac
The perfume nearly beats the taste
I eat an oyster and I feel the contact
But more than one would be a waste
Some people want an endless line that's true
But all I have is a little time with you
A smile sets me reeling
A kiss feel like stealing
Your love is like heroin
This addict is mellowing
I can't pretend that I'm tough
Just a little is enough

Just like a sailor heading into the seas
There's a gale blowing in my face
The high winds scare me but I need the breeze
And I can't head for any other place
Life would seem so easy on the other tack
But even a hurricane won't turn me back
You might be an island
On the distant horizon
But the little I see
Looks like heaven to me
I don't care if the ocean gets rough
Just a little is enough

Common sensed tell me not to try'n continue
But I'm after a piece of that diamond in you
So keep an eye open
My spirit ain't broken
Your love is so incredible
Your body so edible
You give me an overdose of love
A little is enough

Pete Townshend

Children Of Paradise 
Justin Hayward and Mickey Feat 

Like the crashing of a wave 
On the shores of consciousness 
We're alive and 
We're awake to the world 
And with the gift of love we're blessed

'Cos we can be 
Yes, we can be 
We can be 
Children of paradise 
Children of paradise
 
In the twinkling of an eye 
Or the turning of a page 
Comes the moment when 
Our time has arrived 
We can never be the same
 
We can be Yes, we can be 
We can be 
Children of paradise 
Children of paradise
 
And all I know Is we're still climbing up that hill 
And all we need to sustain us 
Is love of love 
The light of life 
And the faith to know we can heal 
Like children
 
Through the violence and the rage 
By the grace of love be still 
And the spirit that breaks free from the cage 
Is the one they cannot kill
 
We can be 
Yes, we can be 
We can be Children of paradise 
Children of paradise 

 

Find Myself
Eric Clapton

We took the long way home, you held my hand,
The days so full of all the things we had planned.
We walked beyond the green, beyond the day.
We shared a dream that I let slip away.

I had to find myself.
I had to find myself.
No use looking for no one else,
'Cause I'll be lonely till I find myself.

You were the man who knew too much to say.
So many things that I learned came your way.
These things I know that I can't forget,
Deep in my heart, they're a part of me yet.

They helped me find myself.
They helped me find myself.
No use looking for no one else,
'Cause I'll be lonely till I find myself.

Too many years rolled by without a word.
I tried to hide behind things that I'd heard.
And now the truth is clear for all to see
That through it all, it was you believed in me.

You helped me find myself.
I had to find myself.
No use looking for no one else,
'Cause I'll be lonely till I find myself.

I got to find myself.
I got to find myself.
No use looking for no one else,
'Cause I'll be lonely till I find myself.