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averymykel
averymykel
You asked me if I would ever relive the happiest moment of my life But only if I also relived the pain and everything thereafter, exactly as it happened But I don't think I ever would Not because the pain was too great, though it was immeasurable, that's not why I would refuse My happiest moment has changed innumerable times since I have been alive so why wouldn't it change again? At one time in my life, it was three of us lying in bed watching a movie and falling asleep way too early Then it was staying up way too late and just laughing because that's all we could do without falling asleep Then it was a different three sitting on the roof of a house under construction Or getting drunk at home just because we could Then to the streets of new york, just existing in the big city Now to picnics at the hilltop taking pictures so we'll always remember But one day you may hate me, or not even remember my name But right now my happiest moment is with you and I know it is subject to change And so will the next one But I wouldn't go back even if my life only gets worse from here Because I know it won’t It will only get better because life is ever ascending And it can only get better from here
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Jun 3, 2015
Jun 3, 2015 at 12:42 AM UTC
Reliving Joy
Raging winds and rain and booming thunder Thoughts paint the sky dark gray until it is no longer the water in your eyes that stops you from seeing Trees shake and leaves tremble Even shadows quake in fear Your rain-soaked hands keep you from holding on Because you don't have the means to dry yourself off You fly in whatever direction the wind takes you because you know it is stronger than you are When you think that there cannot possibly be any escape from this tempest downpour Finally, there is silence Every breath you take echoes through the departed uproar Leaves stand still and shadows come out of their hiding places You stand up and wipe tear-stained cheeks with soaking hands and you can still hear faint sounds of thunder in the distance And as you stand you look behind you and see the same fate you have escaped waits for you once more But rain cannot bother someone who is already drenched And running in circles will only make you tired For now you have entered into stillness And now is all you need
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May 12, 2015
May 12, 2015 at 8:58 PM UTC
I Of The Storm
We spent more time in your car Than anywhere else we've ever been Because we cared more about being together than where we were going What was important was that the song that we both loved played on the radio And our hands were intertwined over the center console And red lights were an opportunity to be there longer But no music ever sounds as sweet when it's been pulled apart over the space that now resides between us And I have no desire left to sit in traffic in a car that is not yours with someone who is not you But you don’t seem to have the same setback You take the same risks you took with me and pass them on to someone else You hold someone else's hand when you should have both of yours on the steering wheel You look into someone else's eyes when you should be focused on the road And I I've stopped wearing my seat belt Because I'd rather fly headfirst through a windshield Than to live another day knowing that you don't love me anymore
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May 9, 2015
May 9, 2015 at 11:00 PM UTC
Car Rides
I feel like the earth that is in love with the sun Always feeling the warmth But it just keeps turning in circles Spinning around because it knows there are other planets too That it is not the only one receiving the light But that doesn't seem to matter Because the gravitational pull is too strong So that trying to get out would be pointless Not that it has any desire to Because it is comfortable But what it does not realize Is the universe is so much bigger than that created by the sun If it were to just let go What it could see would be more beautiful than it could imagine If only it would let go If only I could let go
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May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015 at 12:34 AM UTC
The Earth
I am walking through a ghost town That is full of live people But the smell of graveyard flowers softly whispers the names of the dead Empathy I no longer want to know the emotions behind your actions I have no desire to let you distort my views so that I feel sorry for the things you did Love I can never be sure that love lived in the first place And to think that it did brings no comfort to the situation But I can't stop All I wonder is if it has died forever Sanity My mind has been placed on house arrest I spent all this time trying to run from my thoughts only to realize they were tied to my ankle So I can find no escape I am invisible And as I watch everyone move around me I know that you have placed me here With the rest of the dead Because you could no longer bear to see the casualties you have caused So I sit here in silence Watching you do the same to another Because even if I did call out She wouldn't be able to hear me So I listen to your twisted lies And the cries of the fallen With tears rolling down my cheeks Rest In Peace
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Apr 27, 2015
Apr 27, 2015 at 8:46 PM UTC
Ghost Town
It's easier for me to learn by doing Because I like being able to apply my knowledge I would rather participate in a religious festival than read about it in a book I would rather talk about what I've learned than to take a test I would rather complete an experiment than to watch it being done Which is why I have to let you hurt me So I will learn why I can't trust you
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Apr 21, 2015
Apr 21, 2015 at 6:54 PM UTC
I Have To Learn
I have this dream Of the two of us driving across the country In our ******* jeep With the sunset in the rear view mirror Listening to music from years ago that we both love That reminds us of every good memory we've ever had And we drive nowhere in particular but far from where we are Trying to see as much as we can only so we can appreciate it And for now, we are excited It is only us on this adventure that we've planned for years And maybe we'll get tired of each other No doubt that we will But we'll spend some time alone when we need to And always get back on the road And together we will marvel at the world we have only seen in pictures And perhaps take some of our own And I hope that this plays out as I have imagined That it is not just a dream
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Apr 21, 2015
Apr 21, 2015 at 2:30 PM UTC
Dreams of Traveling
I used to like the rain Because it sounds like white noise Like silence but not as empty And that was the only sound that I wanted to enter my life Because I loved being alone I longed for the time when I would get to isolate myself from the rest of the world Because I had no reason not to I had no reason to dread being by myself Until I met you And now every time I find myself alone I am miserable Because that means that you are somewhere else With someone else Who moves the clouds out of the way When all I did was bring them closer And all I can think is how much happier she makes you And I envy everything about her How she gets to hold your sweaty hand because you are so nervous to touch her How she feels safe in your arms even though you feel like you could pass out How she gets to kiss you in the midst of your anxious rambling Because she is so beautiful And you can't stop thinking how you could possibly hold on to a girl like her And I wonder how I let go of a guy like you And hope that the rain fills the silence with enough resonance to drown out my thoughts Because I can't get you out of my head Unless I fill it with something else And it has destroyed my will To be alone
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Apr 21, 2015
Apr 21, 2015 at 2:22 PM UTC
White Noise
I've always felt like an incompetent star among the cosmos Like my light may play a part in the universe but without me it would just move in a different direction I feel as if every day the darkness around me recedes as others glow more brilliant And light is a good thing But darkness makes stars grow brighter The less illumination that surrounds you the more dazzling you seem But I have come to learn That dark matter surrounds all of us And that the smallest beam of light Adds to the part of the universe that we are allowed to create Because we are allowed so little in this world So even if someone else will always shine brighter than me They won't make my light grow dimmer I will take what I am allowed and appreciate the realm that I am in Because why am I here if not to bring a little bit of light
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 9:32 PM UTC
Bring A Little Light
To find love in the heart of war is to find only death Because finding true love in a battle should cause the opposition to cease Not to increase the casualties I trusted that if I entered the fight with you You would help me come out on top But it turns out that you were my fatal flaw Not because you were my Achilles heel But because you knew what it was And used it to **** me I fell on my own sword because you told me you would fall on yours too You used my trust to annihilate me and I've never recovered To find love in the heart of war is to find only death But I would die a million times to love you again
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Apr 16, 2015
Apr 16, 2015 at 9:53 PM UTC
To Find Love In The Heart Of War