teri-bennett
American
I found my Father after 26 years and moved to Yuma, AZ to be near him. We were able to catch up on a lot of lost time. I had a good 15 years with him. After he passed away, I was going through paperwork and I found he was quite a poet. I wish he were still here so he could see that I'm a chip off the old block. I just began to try my hand at poetry September 2013 and I find it to be very therapeutic. I am by no means an expert. I am a total novice. But it does bring me a lot of enjoyment and peace of mind.
It's not you
I promise
What I say is true
He never deserved
You
It's not your fault
I know for a fact
Trust me
You are better
Than a boy like that
It's for the best
Please,
Believe me
He'll do it to the next girl
And the next
And next
You'll find your one
In this world
It's time to breathe
Have faith in what
I'm saying to you
This might just be
Poetry
But I was cheated on too
It's time to believe
You're worth more than
You can see
No more tears, please
He's not worth your pain
You're gorgeous
And you're NOT to blame
It's for the best,
It's not you
Please,
Just Breathe.
Believe me,
Cause I've made it through.
I know,
What I say is true.
Cause
I was cheated on too.
Nov 26, 2014
Nov 26, 2014 at 4:32 PM UTC
I can drive now with ease
All the way into town
Without being jeopardized
By some slow moving clown
My car's in the parking lot
Close to the market
And I don't walk miles
After I park it
The isles are clear
The checkouts are open
Blessed relief
Till October I'm hoping
Each year they come
And each year they go
But they're hazardous to your health
Cause they drive too **** slow
When you least expect it
They pull out in front of you
Just gawking and talking
Enjoying the view
A car, an RV
Or a trailer that's towed
To them it seems
They're alone on the road
Sometimes I wonder
And that's no jive
Just how in the hell
They got here alive
By my father Robert Bennett
Nov 13, 2014
Nov 13, 2014 at 11:50 AM UTC
Sometimes your heart needs to be broken
So you can see what's underneath,
To the flicker and flame of your soul
That you've always been destined to meet.
Sometimes your spirit shines brighter
Through the glimmering light of your tears,
And when you arrive at the end of it all
Love will outshine the darkest of years
Oct 23, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 at 5:40 PM UTC
He invades my Facebook with pleasure
His intrusion is nothing I treasure
I blocked him from my space
He put his friend in his place
To go through and read my post
Reports back to him what I wrote
Stay off my Facebook forever
My life is no longer your venture
So have fun reading this poem
Maybe now you'll leave me alone
Oct 19, 2014
Oct 19, 2014 at 1:16 PM UTC
I go up
Then go down
My head is spinning around
First I'm gregarious
Then I'm diffident
Chaos starts to begin
As new pages rip in
I get irascible
When people ask me questions
I'm an emciated person
With stress going about
With this bipolar linking on
Tears begin to crowd
To a laughter if mismaze
My relationships are hard
For I cannot keep one
For this bipolar is to strong
I wish I could be normal
And not take pills
But bipolar has controlled me
To my birth to my will
I will have it till the end
Till I'm old and grey
It's going to be a part of me
Forever and today
Oct 12, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 at 2:20 AM UTC
Autumn colors dance in my mind
As I take my brush in hand
And desperately try to re-create
The beauty God placed on this land
Trees sway gently grass bends low
Caressed by the morning breeze
Can I capture this flood of emotion
And display it before me with ease
My heart is trembling within me
As I labor with deft bold strokes
I must seize this desperate moment
My consuming passion invokes
I feel that God placed this beauty
For me and only for me
To re-create in his image
For all of the world to see
Written by my father
Robert Bennett
Oct 8, 2014
Oct 8, 2014 at 5:20 PM UTC
Speaking in half truths just to build an ego
Is a clever way to lie to hide a false bravado
Oct 2, 2014
Oct 2, 2014 at 6:29 PM UTC
The lies told of me threw me into despair
With your faith in me I felt lighter than air
You said have no fear to always be brave
To speak my mind and not take it to my grave
You have no idea how much I appreciate
Your faith in me has opened new gates
I will never betray the friendship brought my way
You brighten my life today is a new day
Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 6:17 PM UTC
You came back and wanted to end a feud
But you're such a manipulating dude
You said you wanted to come back to our life
It's too late I'm no longer your wife
My heart told me not to be scared
This time I was totally prepared
Sep 19, 2014
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:20 AM UTC