JoshK - Hello Poetry

If I could move heaven and earth, I would find you again. I've asked and asked, looked to the skies, said my Amens. For you were just a girl, in the arms of a boy, foolish and naive. Hopeful in the world, the empty promises, all that you believed. Your heart broken, a yearn to mend, a need unspoken, a will to bend But they robbed you of joy, lead you down a dark path Instead of springs of water, taken to a bloodbath If I could move the mountains, I would've never let you wander I look back, the times I should've, all that I squandered I missed the signs, disguised in anger and opposition The cries for help, as you struggled with addiction Like a demon inside, your beauty was a curse Poison nectar whispered daily, to death it coerced If I could turn back time, I would go back when you were mine A little ball of energy, a daughter who's light just shined Now all that I can wish is to hear your voice once more Holding your cold hand, I beg and kneel to the floor I pray again as I sit alone, you solemnly laying in bed If I could move heaven and earth, I ask God to take me instead

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Jul 18, 2024

Jul 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM UTC

JoshK

Heaven and Earth

If I could move heaven and earth, I would find you again. I've asked and asked, looked to the skies, said my Amens. For you were just a girl, in the arms of a boy, foolish and naive. Hopeful in the world, the empty promises, all that you believed. Your heart broken, a yearn to mend, a need unspoken, a will to bend But they robbed you of joy, lead you down a dark path Instead of springs of water, taken to a bloodbath If I could move the mountains, I would've never let you wander I look back, the times I should've, all that I squandered I missed the signs, disguised in anger and opposition The cries for help, as you struggled with addiction Like a demon inside, your beauty was a curse Poison nectar whispered daily, to death it coerced If I could turn back time, I would go back when you were mine A little ball of energy, a daughter who's light just shined Now all that I can wish is to hear your voice once more Holding your cold hand, I beg and kneel to the floor I pray again as I sit alone, you solemnly laying in bed If I could move heaven and earth, I ask God to take me instead

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In the jungles of life and death A machine groans for every breath Tubes and lines, artificial vines Chirping beeps and screeches, the vital signs Sleeping beauty, hearts anxiously aching If only kisses could mean her waking Bedside guardians, her parents praying Like old films, their memories replaying Her sun sets and lights begin to fade No farewell enough, as tears cascade Love lost too soon, she says goodbye An angel gains new wings to fly

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Nov 1, 2021

Nov 1, 2021 at 3:06 PM UTC

JoshK

An Angel's Wings

In the jungles of life and death A machine groans for every breath Tubes and lines, artificial vines Chirping beeps and screeches, the vital signs Sleeping beauty, hearts anxiously aching If only kisses could mean her waking Bedside guardians, her parents praying Like old films, their memories replaying Her sun sets and lights begin to fade No farewell enough, as tears cascade Love lost too soon, she says goodbye An angel gains new wings to fly

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The days are numbered, the nights go by Counting sheep till slumber, then morning cries Open eyes, our hearts ablaze A field of candles, with the wind it sways Softly sinking, a slow steady drip Smoke in the shadow, as life loses grip

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Nov 18, 2020

Nov 18, 2020 at 1:50 AM UTC

JoshK

Life is but a flame

The days are numbered, the nights go by Counting sheep till slumber, then morning cries Open eyes, our hearts ablaze A field of candles, with the wind it sways Softly sinking, a slow steady drip Smoke in the shadow, as life loses grip

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Summer sun somewhere fun Light sprinkles through the leaves Birds flocking in the trees Summer sea filled with glee We walk together hand in hand Our memories, steps in the sand Summer night feeling right Dancing slow in evening breeze Our hearts in beat, together at ease

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Jul 4, 2020

Jul 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM UTC

JoshK

Summer Vibes

Summer sun somewhere fun Light sprinkles through the leaves Birds flocking in the trees Summer sea filled with glee We walk together hand in hand Our memories, steps in the sand Summer night feeling right Dancing slow in evening breeze Our hearts in beat, together at ease

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In desolate places, I leave all my faces. The masks and disguises, construction of lies. The spotlight of fear, my delight and dimise. As curtains close, applause fades, alone with the shadows of self that pervades. Ghosts of the past, that once were true. Withered and lost, in my daily debut. To please and to pleasure, a pointless measure. Unable to escape, I'm asleep but awake. I wriggle and writh in my own divide, tearing apart from depths deep inside. Empty halls and vacant seats, angels and demons fatefully meet. Crimson flows as roses fall, the closing act as curtains call. My death is rebirth, the dove and the crow, a final bow at the end of my show.

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Mar 3, 2020

Mar 3, 2020 at 10:32 AM UTC

JoshK

The Finale

In desolate places, I leave all my faces. The masks and disguises, construction of lies. The spotlight of fear, my delight and dimise. As curtains close, applause fades, alone with the shadows of self that pervades. Ghosts of the past, that once were true. Withered and lost, in my daily debut. To please and to pleasure, a pointless measure. Unable to escape, I'm asleep but awake. I wriggle and writh in my own divide, tearing apart from depths deep inside. Empty halls and vacant seats, angels and demons fatefully meet. Crimson flows as roses fall, the closing act as curtains call. My death is rebirth, the dove and the crow, a final bow at the end of my show.

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You and I, we've grown together. Like saplings planted next to one another. Our roots, they've tangled, slowly intertwined, Our branches often mangled, when views misaligned. But in the end, we're two, together. Birth and blood, brother and sister. Yet there comes a time, where we become uprooted. For ways we chose and thought were better suited. Then one day you're here, the next you're gone. Nothing more but memories to call upon. I miss your voice, your smile, your laughter. I dream of you, the shadows I chase after I'm riddled in fear, wake up in a sweat What if in time, it's you I forget? Take me back to when we were young, When songs and rhymes together we sung. But memories drag me down below, If you were alive, would you let me go?

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Dec 13, 2019

Dec 13, 2019 at 10:41 AM UTC

JoshK

Letting Go

You and I, we've grown together. Like saplings planted next to one another. Our roots, they've tangled, slowly intertwined, Our branches often mangled, when views misaligned. But in the end, we're two, together. Birth and blood, brother and sister. Yet there comes a time, where we become uprooted. For ways we chose and thought were better suited. Then one day you're here, the next you're gone. Nothing more but memories to call upon. I miss your voice, your smile, your laughter. I dream of you, the shadows I chase after I'm riddled in fear, wake up in a sweat What if in time, it's you I forget? Take me back to when we were young, When songs and rhymes together we sung. But memories drag me down below, If you were alive, would you let me go?

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Empty and mysterious, the hole in my heart. Hungry and curious, the mind from the start. The juggling of thoughts, the tightrope of emotions, Is life just a circus of my conflicting notions? If passion is purpose, and pursuit comes within, How hollow and bare, the depths under skin If life is lived as time passes by, Am I but a soul that lives to die?

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Mar 2, 2019

Mar 2, 2019 at 2:07 PM UTC

JoshK

Empty

Empty and mysterious, the hole in my heart. Hungry and curious, the mind from the start. The juggling of thoughts, the tightrope of emotions, Is life just a circus of my conflicting notions? If passion is purpose, and pursuit comes within, How hollow and bare, the depths under skin If life is lived as time passes by, Am I but a soul that lives to die?

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If we could be, free to see, through shrouds of shame and all the games Then maybe so, we could grow, To grasp together in what we know As more than a notion of shared emotion, intertwined and fastened, in truth and in passion, as two, together, as one.

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Sep 27, 2018

Sep 27, 2018 at 8:58 AM UTC

JoshK

One

If we could be, free to see, through shrouds of shame and all the games Then maybe so, we could grow, To grasp together in what we know As more than a notion of shared emotion, intertwined and fastened, in truth and in passion, as two, together, as one.

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A tomorrow for every today. The present won't go away. Memories fade in shades of grey, But the future has a price to pay.

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Sep 18, 2018

Sep 18, 2018 at 3:13 PM UTC

JoshK

Today.

A tomorrow for every today. The present won't go away. Memories fade in shades of grey, But the future has a price to pay.

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Amber eyes light the path, bells of glimmering hope Embers fly with desire, the scent of lingering smoke Let stars be the guide, Shed wings from my cloak Icarus, Icarus, how far must you fall?

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Sep 12, 2018

Sep 12, 2018 at 7:50 AM UTC

JoshK

Icarus

Amber eyes light the path, bells of glimmering hope Embers fly with desire, the scent of lingering smoke Let stars be the guide, Shed wings from my cloak Icarus, Icarus, how far must you fall?

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