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Mar 2021 · 119
Untitled
John James Mar 2021
With nothing but adoration in my breast, and bliss from cheek to cheek.
Everything you do makes my chest quiver, and legs weak.
With a smile as bright as sunshine, and a laugh as soothing as it's warmth.
I want to protect you from emotion's dark moments of sadness, and harm.
See you grow, flourish, and become the best version of you.
Because to me it seems like there's nothing else anyone would ever want to do.
Aug 2020 · 111
One last adventure
John James Aug 2020
You make my heart race with the force of a thousand suns.
Reminding me how much I crave for adrenaline, and you're the one adventure that could **** me.
Every aroma surrounding you is my greatest aphrodisiac, and yout smile is just enough to lure me in.
You hurt, heal, and complete me all at the same time, and I'd have it no other way.
Because the ones who are able to hurt you the most comes side-in-side with who you love the most.
And that truly completes me because I lost my emotions once, and now I only want to get lost in them with you.
Aug 2020 · 92
The sky in your eyes
John James Aug 2020
Look up to see the ever encompassing sky.
And get lost in it's depthless beyond.
Than maybe for one moment, you'll understand how I get lost in your eyes.
Some days it's cloudy, and some nights it rains.
And just like your eyes, all I can hope for is sunshine and optimistic forecasts.
Which won't always happen as we wish, pray, and plead.
But when the storms do roll in, I'll always be the umbrella you may need.
Aug 2020 · 78
Light of life
John James Aug 2020
Each time I close my eyes, and remember your face.
I can never see darkness, because you truly are a light.
And not just any regular old light like a light house, fireflies, or star in the sky.
But comparable to the final flash you see before death.
Because once I really saw you for all you are, nothing was the same.
In the sense that changes must be made in order to persevere.
Death was always the goal, but now I want to grow old.
Freedom was always my first choice, but for you I would do as told.
Fleeing was my last resort, but now I only want to run to you.
You are the final flash of light before death, or at least I'd like you to be.
Apr 2020 · 242
Broken Vase
John James Apr 2020
For every kind of ailment I looked at you to cure my pain;
No matter how crazy or far, I let you take reign.
And right now I don't know what I've become or who I'm turning into;
And it's impossible to figure out how I'll ever make it from here without you.
But enough is enough and relief from a nightmare isn't a solution;
Being so dependant on you was a mere illusion.
And from here sobriety turns from vase to road;
As I once again try to stray off from the ones who strive to corrode.
John James Apr 2020
What's the point of feeling good when you just can't feel good;
So might as well be bad, when the times are bad.
Mar 2020 · 169
Hold the line
John James Mar 2020
Once before, The commander said "as vanguard, you hold the line"
Since then I've been afraid to be anything less than my strongest
Show anything less than my bravest face
But every soldier's shift ends one day, and in that moment of vulnerability
Is it okay if I just for once revert to the self I wish to be?
Is it okay if I just once am allowed to cry? To show the feelings I hide so well?
But before you know it day comes again whether you slept or not
And it's time to put on the brave face once again, and hold the line.
Mar 2020 · 227
Trip to Paris
John James Mar 2020
I went on a trip to Paris to see the Louvre;
But out of every room the only masterpiece I saw was you.
Mar 2020 · 321
Icarus
John James Mar 2020
If your hand was the sun;
Mine would be Icarus.
Mar 2020 · 362
The unobtainable photo
John James Mar 2020
If my eyes were a camera, and my eyelids the shutters.
I'd never be able to take your picture.
Mar 2020 · 91
Oh, how I hate winter
John James Mar 2020
Oh, how I hate winter
I hate the cold, and the wind that it brings
I hate how the sun goes down earlier and earlier every single day
And in the mornings; later and later do the early birds sing
I hate seasonal depression, how my feelings sway
I hate how it hurts my face, even my lungs when I breathe
But for every bad point this winter and the next
When you tell me you love me and I can see it in your breath
I forget everything else, and appreciate you for what you are
Oh, how I hate winter but with you it's not so bad so far.
Mar 2020 · 367
Lost, but found.
John James Mar 2020
Sometimes traveling the roads of this city called life, you get lost and left alone.
But shining bright your hand reached towards me, a friend.
And friendship is a two way street, so hold mine and I'll hold yours.
As we guide each other through turmoil and grief.
I'll be your map, and if you'll be my compass. Together we'll make it home this night and the next.
Mar 2020 · 78
For you...
John James Mar 2020
For every flower's petals, or far off star in the sky;
I'll find two more ways to say I love you.
For every droplet of rain, and every tear you cry;
I'll hold you tighter than all the Ocean's currents.
For every good morning spoke, or the night's last goodbye;
I'll treasure each second as if it's my very last.
For every grain of sand among the many rich in Dubai;
I'll provide for you until I can't no more.
For every rule ever made which I may have to defy;
I'll **** for you if I have to, but I'd live for you which means so much more.
Mar 2020 · 120
Panacea
John James Mar 2020
I want to be your doctor;
The reason you heal
The reason you smile, like days once past.
I want to be your nurse;
And nurture you back to health
Back to a you, who's free of bandage and cast.
I want to be your visitors;
And come see you daily
As you heal, and blossom into a flower most pure.
I want to be your someone;
Stand by and protect you
Make sure you laugh, my Panacea, my all-cure.
Mar 2020 · 157
Hands of sunlight
John James Mar 2020
Hands of sunlight are what I awaken to each morning
As each finger slowly tightens and caresses, rays of sunlight transfer from you to me
The way you shift in bed still half asleep, and giggle as skin tickles skin
Ecstasy isn't even a word which can describe how happy you make me
Hands of sunlight are what I awaken to each morning
And warmth exudes from each and every fingertip.
Mar 2020 · 262
I might feel ok
John James Mar 2020
You're the first flash of light after the darkness
A needed breath of air after almost drowning
The calm before the storm, and the rainbow after it passes
Some define serenity as the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled
I have no words for it, but with just a picture of your smile I just might feel ok.
Mar 2020 · 113
Art in motion
John James Mar 2020
They say a picture is worth a thousand words
But when I looked at you last night I was left speechless
Shortness of breath to an extent never before fathomed
Like a hundred marathons being ran in the winter
Or the grip of some ethereal being stealing my last breath and leaving me grasping for air
With every step you take, flowers blossom
And every smile you give, radiates a warmth which could rekindle a star
Maybe a few times in your life will a person be able to see the Mona Lisa
But everyday I see you, I see art in motion.
Mar 2020 · 86
Nightmares & day terrors
John James Mar 2020
Last night I dreamt of you,
And now I feel like ****.
You're my worst nightmare,
Also my favorite drug trip.

I tell myself you're no good,
But it does nothing to deter.
These feelings deep within my heart,
That you can't help but stir.

Only one night's sleep,
And it will take five to forget.
It's already been so long,
But why are you still stuck in my head.

First of all, *******
And how you make me feel.
I know I'm way better than this
But when the depression hits, it's unreal.

Second of all, *******
And how I forgive you for it all
I know you don't deserve it
After leaving me here to crawl.

And finally, *******
For everything you are.
Because I love every aspect of you
And hate that I can admit you set the bar.
Mar 2020 · 100
Next to you
John James Mar 2020
Often I ask myself what's worse the endless darkness or loneliness in its most extreme variant
A darkness so potent not even sound could pierce it's ever encompassing embrace
And your voice is the one melody I need to hear to break free and feel lights warmth once more
A loneliness so severe even when in others company nothing quite compares to time spent with you, and furthermore that doesn't begin to compare to the times we spend alone together
But even on the darkest and loneliest nights
Opening my eyes to your visage is unlike any other sunrise or surprise even if I knew you'd be there
And once again I know everything is and will be fine, when I'm next to you.
Mar 2020 · 86
Darkness & Light
John James Mar 2020
I don't know what's worse the darkness or the light
Because I lose who I am in the darkness
But the light shows me just what I've become
And I feel like I'm stuck spiraling down a bottomless whirlpool
Clawing at the currents, being pulled down by the quicksand
Too fast to get back up, but slow enough to feel and regret every choice I've made up to this point
My best is never enough at the moment, but in retrospect I've been told it's more than satisfactory
But that's not enough for me, is instant gratification too much to ask for?
Not a pitiful "you're doing just fine" when they see me self destructing
Not a last throw of compassion when they see me fighting my fear to fall
Every day the light makes me hate myself more
And every night the ever embracing darkness just seems that much more tempting.
Mar 2020 · 99
Beginnings...
John James Mar 2020
It was all so simple and easy to make feel forbidden
Not like we were not supposed to see each other, but it was so much more fun to make it feel that way
Secret rendezvous and midnights where we would frequently sneak out to see each other
Some nights we skinny dipped in the neighbourhood pools
There were others when we would break into deserted buildings
And not to mention all the times we climbed the tallest of buildings
Every second with you was and adventure, and I craved your love the way my heart craved the adrenaline
You were my everything like each sunrise to the next, and I completed you like each and every sunset
Yet perfection isn't so easily obtained
And yet perfection isn't so easily obtained.
Mar 2020 · 210
Her.
John James Mar 2020
I remember the first night that we met
I was a little less than a piece of trash on the boulevard
And you, you shined so bright in the sky
High above everything else like a street light
No further, comparable to the brightest of stars
From another's point of view we were not so different and yet
How can one compare a rock to a diamond?
You with all your fancy friends and lavish nights out
Me running rampant with nothing but alleycats of men, literal raccoons of society
When I look at you, and I can never look at anything else
Time moves at but the slowest of paces, enveloping my everything
Every breath I take feels as if it's my last
And every pulsation of my heart vibrates through each and every crevice of my soul
All I can of is Her.

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