like how without the sun there is no day,
or without the petals, a flower is only a stem,
without u i am weak.

remember last summer?? when u met clarissa?
i didn't mean those things i said, but nor did she.
i'm glad i got you back thou,
cuz if not, death was my only answer.
an eternal one-man happiness, or as happy a grieving man would be.

u came back thou...with a promise, to never leave again.
but
you left me...again.
and there's no point to be mad, cause ur not here to be forgiven
but when i see u past those blinding white gates or those burning walls,
i will smile regardless, and know u have made what was me.

so i will tell you now, i go with no regrets, no future, nor any hate.
just the want to hold your hand. for where ever you are, i will be.
even if that means leaving.

uuughh. not meant to write poems. this is proof. not the best, but i wanted to write something with subtext (meaning behind the words) guess i havent quite grasped the concept yet. oh wells. practice, practice, practice.

Wake Up

Running out the door
trying to forget the reason why this all happened
Running far away to a place where I can't forget about you

Singing to myself as I climb up the stairs
To a stage of victory and failure
Will I survive this crazy situation?

Running again off that stage
wind blowing through my hair
rain falling on my shoulders

Pushing away the anger
Taking the rage
throwing it out there
into the rain
pulling on my hair
screaming
singing out loud
Looking up at the gray clouds
letting the rain wash it all away

Running out the door
rush hour, I'm heading home
I'm spinning round and round
choking on my little pride

Singing to myself on the porch
in the middle of that silent park
Listening to those birds chirp
crying all alone

Sun burning down on my head,
giving me a headache
letting the wind cool me down
walking down that brick road
and releasing that burden

and building a new life.

Hands of Truth

As i lie there feeling the cold ,

The fear, the pain of others in my heart.

I can feel the warmth of your hand

Slowly enticing me to your arms.

But i see the life as it is for its bad.

i will never forget you as the tears run down my cheek

So all i can do is lose myself

And start running away from you,

Feeling as the cold, lifeless, air hits my face.





How it doesnt hurt, when really,

I feel the pain.

How i speak those lies,

when i in truth speak but words.



As i notice the walls around me

As they come closer, i turn around

And what i see above me,


protecting me from the walls has always been you.




Now i realize what i have been doing,


I haven't been running away from you.....


I have been running away from myself.


You've been there the entire time


Chasing me and helping me up..




As i slowly reach for your hands,


The hands that have always been warm and open,


I realize that life is good.


Life is good if i spend it with you.


It will be worth my time.

Only you can soothe my heart.

You know it all to well .

It just so hard to live without you.

Alone

In this world I'm so ALONE

No one understands me

I wish I could fly away, just disappear off the face of the earth

I have so much anger inside me

With the wanting just to be free

I'm so ALONE in this world

Its as if everything I aspire to do will fail

I feel locked up and enclosed like I'm in jail

Its not OK to speak , to laugh , to love, to cry

Its only OK if you die

But how could i possibly be ALONE

With so much voices surrounding me

I guess its just my mind that disables me to see

I'm so unknown

MAKING ME ALONE

Falling from a Cliff (Sensory Image Poem: Touch)

Cold wind makes my hair flow freely.

The coldness of the wind gives my skin goosebumps.

A chill up and down my spine.

My eyes close as I lean over...

And just before I fall,

Memories wash over me like a river over rocks.

I let go...

Of the misery, and the pain.

Of the anger, and the problems.

I keep the happiness with me,

As I feel the wind lift me away,

And I fall off the edge of insanity.

The wind flows through my hair,

And through my hands,

Onto my skin,

Covering me like a blanket,

like a river over rocks,

Coating me with...

Relief.

Sensory Image Poetry

Hello Creative Writers,

I challenge each of you to compose a poem for which you include sensory images. This means that many of your images will appeal to one of the five senses.

Example
O our Mother the Earth, O our Father the Sky,
Your children are we, and with tired backs
We bring you the gifts you love.
Then weave for us a garment of brightness;
May the warp be the white light of morning,
May the weft be the red light of evening,
May the fringes be the falling rain,
May the border be the standing rainbow.
Thus weave for us a garment of brightness,
That we may walk fittingly where birds sing,
That we may walk fittingly where grass is green,
O our Mother the Earth, O our Father the Sky.


Write "Sensory Images Poem" in the subject line and then start commenting on each other's images. Tell which of the five senses specific images appeal to.

Happy writing!

Ms. Walsh

Do You See What I See?

Do you see what I see?
I see a girl lying in an alley
Cool blood all over her shirt
Hoping death will come upon her
So there won't be anymore pain
Dark tears run down her face
Dripping, dripping
Slowly washing away her shame

Do you see what I see?
I see a boy in the wrong crowd
Being threatened and pushed to the ground
He doesn't have enough money for his new addiction
Belives that love, family and life is nothing but fiction
Sticky blood runs down his face
Dripping, dripping
Slowly coloring him red

Do you see what I see?
I see a girl running away from home
Thinking that a different place is a different life
She gave her heart away so many times
That this time, it's permanent
One train ticket, two passengers in one
Rain is falling softly outside
Dripping, dripping
Opening a portal to a new place

Do you see what I see?
I see a boy with scars seen and unseen
He's been through hell and high water
He just wanted to impress his father
And make him proud
But instead he was put down
Black blood trickles from his wrists
Dripping, dripping
He wonders as he lays there, if he will be missed

I see a generation in trouble
And it's lying in shambles
Their lives are dangling on a thread
They think that they don't matter
And they're better off dead

I see hope in their future
If they follow their dreams and their wishes
They need to follow that light before it extinguishes

I hear a voice that lies dormant
That is waiting to be heard
Not cast away and thrown in the dirt
They have a story to tell
A song to sing
It needs support and encouragement in order to take wing
Don't put it down
Don't let it die

I see a purpose generation that is crying out for help and guidance.
What do you see?

its to hard live

Making it through life without you-
i cannot even imagine that.
When I realized that I fell for you,
I knew that you were my heart.

Making it through life without you-
Its very hard to do,
the ups and downs of happiness.
It is hard to live without the one you love,
Because they make you feel happiness.
Without you in my life right now,
I feel trapped and I feel alone.
only you can fill this void.

Making it through life without you-
It is rather difficult,
Because I only want you.
My heart left with you.
Clearly, I have held true to my word;
That my heart is yours forever,
and will be forever.

Making it through life without you...

It is just so utterly absurd...

Please come back and stay...

stay with me.

i will never forget you as
the tears flow down my cheek.
but only you can soothe my heart.
You know it all to well.
its just so hard to live
without you.

confused and conflicted in the past

the day where it is supposed to be like any other day it isn't

i finally am with my friends and

while having fun i notice the person,

that i like, staring back at me.

i did not know what to think.

The entire day we talk.

But i keep coming up excuses

in my mind to why

it probably wont work out.



On that very day,

at almost the exact frame,

i can see my friends noticing someone else

looking right back at me.

I dont know what to think about them any more.

my heart tells me that i have fallen but

my mind is saying watch out.

i dont know what to believe in anymore.

i am so confused.



After school, i walk around a bit

to clear my head and i see another person.

That person whom i have deeply fallen

the year before but said nothing until recently.

I know that it will never work.

But i know that is okay,

if i dont get to have them in my arms,

i at least have them in my heart as something special.

Someone i hold dear.

But the feeling still exists there.



Why cant this day be like any other?

Why cant i think?

What can i do?

i ask myself

but i can never know the answer to this.

Letter # 2

Dear Dandelion,

I saw you blooming just yesterday in the garden. Did you see me watch you? I wonder...
I've finally tried not to get so sad over the fact we barely see each other, and barely speak. We truly are so far part, but what can we do? BUT! The wait isn't going to last forever, I promise you! I smile every time I think of it. 2 or 3 years from now, I'll be holding your hand. I'll finally have you in my arms, embracing your sweet smell, feeling your soft hair against my cheek, and touching your skin with my fingertips. It may seem like a fantasy, a dream to anyone else. But I will prove it's not only a dream, but a dream that's slowly coming closer to reality...

It's been snowing a lot since last time we spoke. Okay, it's not up to 5 feet or anything, but its..snowing. I always wanted to just walk outside while it snowed, and this new year, my wish of years and years, finally came true. I wonder, do you get snow over there? I'm not sure...

I've been listening to my favorite band a lot lately. I haven't listened to Mae in so long, it makes me happy to love listening to their music again. The songs are so...beautiful to me. I want to listen to them with you. It would be so nice. Maybe we'd fall asleep listening to the song "Reflections", or "Awakening". I would love to feel your warmth at the moment.

I will hold up a drink to the sky. I will say "We are to be together, together for life. We were meant to be! There is no one else for me but you!". I will stare into those eyes of yours, and click the glass in my hand, against the glass you hold. "Cheers" I will say, then drink till the last gulp and after wards...drop that glass to the ground, letting it break, and pull you into a hug.

Here is a cheer to being together, and staying together even though we never see each other. A cheer to surviving life until now, a cheer to no longer depressing over the fact life can be so cruel...And a cheer...

A cheer to our future, the future I will promise to make come true.

I love you...
I miss you...
I need you...

So please, wait for me...


Sincerely,
The Bush in love With the Dandelion

Life is like a magic wand

Life is like a magic wand that one part is good and the other part is bad. I wish I can go to the days where I was 2 years old and sitting in my father's lap, annoying my brother. But dreams and wishes breaks like glass shatter that makes your hands bleed and you don't know what to do. To me, life is like a clock, it goes tick and tick in one hand. In other hand you are thinking that you wouldn't time to go fast. Going to high school, starting with horrible grades that are up and downs. You feel stressed out and your body is jumping into a building. The mind is racing and wondering how to stop. Grades, drama, your first crush but wait it can be your first heart break. Thinking this is too low and just want to stop, think for a second. You can hear voices of your mom, teacher, friends, drama that is waiting for you.

An Imperfect Masterpiece

It hangs in the empty dusty halls
Collecting cobwebs and little rays of sunlight
A girl in the picture with scars on her arms and face
She has a broken smile and the light shows hope in her eyes
The acrylic paints chipped off and left a black area where her heart was
What is your story, young lady?
There's a fire in your eyes
That is still burning as your portrait is still
Mistakes, regrets
What happened to you?
Glass is shattered around you
Make-up runs down your face as you just stare quietly
Tears are welled up in your eyes but still you don't move
A broken artist with trembling hands
A terrible love they once had
Is that why you have a broken smile?
Is that why you have a black heart?

Fall Apart

I suffer from a broken heart
It has split into a million pieces
And there are monsters everywhere I look
I'm alone in the dark
These wings are broken
I can't escape
If I fly away
I'll crash and burn
Knowing that we're not on good terms
Knowing that what I did
Caused this gap between us
I'm sorry
Give me a moment to collect myself
My wild heart needs to be tamed
I was always able to crash and burn into your arms
But now you're not here when I need you
I'm alone now
Monsters lurk in my shadows and they sleep in my thoughts
Can you mend my broken heart?
Or will you just stand there and watch me fall apart?

I'll Keep Breathing

I miss you
You've been drifting away from me
I'll stop breathing if I can't talk to you anymore

I need you
I'd give everything and anything just to talk to you again
I'll stop breathing if you can't even look at me

I want you here
I can't smile knowing that you're angry with me
I'll stop breathing until you acknowledge me

I promise you
I won't do that again
So tell me to keep breathing
Because I don't want to leave you anymore
Just never let me go

Music

Music is.....amazing.
It makes you feel good.
It makes you unstoppable.
It calms you down.
It gets rid of the stress,
the pain,
the worry.
With music,
you enter a different world,
a world of love,
a world of happiness,
a world of joy.
Music is something to turn to
at your greatest time of need.
Music, no matter what type:
country, techno, pop, rock,
brings us all together.
Music has this amazing power over us.
Music is.....
the best thing ever.

Looking At You

I look at you,
with happiness,
knowing that you'll always be there,
be there with me.

I look at you
and laugh
because of that hilarious joke you just said,
because I feel great around you,
and because I will always have a special place in my heart for you.

I look at you
and my whole nervous system goes crazy,
sending weird signals to my brain,
signals...of love.

I look at you
and you don't know
that with worry, I wonder:
Will you ever be mine?????

that green sweater...

there it was again. that ugly green sweater of mine hanging ever-so-visible in my closet. it was an early Tuesday morning, and i was beat. i don't even think i was beat,- no you cant be described as beat if you just woke up- i was still asleep. at least that's what my body was telling me. so there i was, staring at the green sweater, that my boyfriend gave me for Christmas; yes my boyfriend. i swear if i didn't love him as much as i did, i would have broken up with him just for giving that to me, just like any other girl. what was he thinking anyways? giving your girlfriend of 4 years, a present that even a sensible grandma wouldn't give? i couldn't help thinking if it was a sign. a sign that our relationship was getting boring. the one where the girlfriend stops receiving flowers and chocolates just to get dirty colored sweaters you would never wear. i didn't want that; i didn't want to have a old couple relationship with him, after all, i am only 16.
the thought of him and me with white hair and wrinkles made me shiver even more than the wind in my PJ's. the windows weren't open, but it was winter after all. i forcibly grabbed what i was going to wear for school today and headed for the bathroom.

a heart's crushed desire

the whole while i was thinking of someone
you were there the whole time.
always by my side to comfort me.
i thought of someone else,
believed they were for me.
but i now realize that its not true anymore.
it may be my dream to be with them,
but that doesnt matter anymore
because i have you.
i didnt realize it at first
but now i know the truth behind it for real.

hanging out with you even more
makes me realize how much i love you.
but how can you leave?
when i just told you i love you.
i adore you.
i would anything to make you happy.
i just have one small favor to ask of you...
remember me.

The Fallen Lion

He walks in, menacing eyes, and silent.

Staring at the one 10 feet away from where he stands.

He tilts his head slightly, frowning a bit.

He waits.

He leans in.

He growls.

He jumps.

He succeeds.

Not just in catching his prey,

But in stealing a heart, and falling in love.

The Helpless Unconfident Girl

I look in the mirror

And I don’t see beauty,

I see ugliness

Sadness and anger

A failure,
An unwanted daughter,
And a selfish girl.

Then I look away.

Not wanting to see the physical
nor emotional me.
Not wanting to be me,
and wishing to be someone else.

It’s sad, but it’s true.

And I wish I could take care of myself,
To become the me I want to be.
But it’s hard, and I’m easily hurt.

But I have to keep my head up right?
I have to do my best right?
I can’t let it affect me negatively right?
And I have to be confident...right?

One thing I know is, I can’t cry...

Even with all of this in my head,

I can’t cry...

How does he do it?

He makes me smile without even trying
He makes me love him without even knowing
He makes me feel pain without even touching me
He has has so many powers he dont even see
And although I have no expression on my face
Whenever were together by heart starts to race
maybe i have some magical powers too
Staying so calm while inside im dying for you
But how do you do it, make me love you like that, is it a spell?
The only problem is you have all these powers but you still cant tell

There I sat, writing a song.
Writing a song all night long.

Thinking you'd tell me you'd want me that night,
Well I guess I was far from right.

All I could think was why the hate?
Now I've finally got over it,

Now I feel great.

I'm in love with another,
Nothing like you.

Much kinder and appreciative,
For all the things I do.

You were the one I loved,
and for quite a long time.

But I can't believe you'd ignore me,
For two years,

You had lied.

If you even loved me,
loved me as a friend.

You would have stood by me,
right until the end.

Instead you looked at who I was,
and how I lived.

You judged me wrongly,
Now come read this.

You think I'd chase you forever?
You think I'd still cry?

Well I am here to tell you one thing,
You have been deleted from my mind.

You no longer control my thoughts,
Nor are the one I cry for at night.

Because I have gotten over you,
Its turns out you were the wrong one.

And I've found the true love that's right.

Did I Make You Cry?

What happened to us?
Did I make you cry?
When I ended it, did a part of you slowly die?
Talk to me and let me know that you are okay
Even though you can't find the right words to say
Just don't leave me hanging
Because there was a time that I loved you
In fact, I still do but not in the sense that you're hungry for
Can you just look at me for once?
I can't stand to watch you fall apart
You don't need this
Your world is crumbling down because you're making it this way
I'll wait until you're ready to talk
For now I'll just stay here
Watchin' from the sidelines

Watchin' From the Sidelines

Everything's far from all right.
Was it all because you two had a fight?
Home is where the heart is.
My heart split up into pieces that you all took
Home with nobody there just can't be
I walk the empty halls as I pass familiar places
Seeing strange memories and smiling faces
Now I'm being laughed at
Now I'm being ridiculed
Listening to threats and insults
All because you left
You left me to fend for myself
Left me alone with a broken heart
That you still carry a piece of
I tried running after you
I was restricted
My head was pounding with the pain that you inflicted
Everything is far from all right
Now all I can do is stop and sit
Watching from the sidelines

Arora

Arora, Arora

Where are thee?
I am sitting alone, with just a key.

A key of knowledge,
a key of hope.

But where are thee?
I need to know.

Arora, Arora

I cry for you!
A beautiful person

So kind,
Yet untrue.

You told me we'd flee
Run far away

Together forever,
That's what you say.

Arora, Arora

You left me this key,
But then..

You ran away from me...

You told me to wait,
And that you would come back

Now I know,
It was true love we lacked.

Arora, Arora

Where are thee?

You are with another man,
And left me with the key.

The key to a broken heart,
and a rejection for me.