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 Nov 2015 Santiago
Elioinai
I tend to shy away from makeup
I rarely pick up spray or brush
My heart is in flesh beating
and will one day turn to dust

I don't want to put forth creme facade
so you grimace when it rains
the trails of salt from filmy tears
are all that streak my face

If foreign objects draw you
jeweled tones upon the eyes
I do not fault your fancy tastes
or call concealer lies

But love is not burst into fire
by the curving of a kohl stick
And cheeks that redden with a kiss
are all that I would wish
to feed the flame upon the wick
that brightens and brings higher
two souls too bright to miss
What you see is what God gave me
 Nov 2015 Santiago
Elioinai
If I were to compare you to food
you would be ice cream
I can't eat ice cream
wild orange ice cream
or passion fruit and mango
exotic and forbidden

If I were to compare you to music
it would be violin Brahms
you look like Joshua Bell, you know
The sweetest music I've heard,
though you certainly don't calm me

If I were to compare you to flora,
You would be orange and purple roses
excitement and enchantment
love at first sight

If I were to compare my affections to reality
they would only inhabit a book
an uninspired novel
*which I should put down right away
A draft from months ago I forgot to post
 Nov 2015 Santiago
Tomlinsonsgun
No matter how hard
No matter how long
I'm never enough
I'm not strong

I try to be perfect
The cutest girl can be
But I'm not even close
They all are better than me
 Nov 2015 Santiago
Tomlinsonsgun
She is smart
She is hot
She is desirable
I am not

She trapped you
Thats everything she's got
She is perfect
I am not
 Nov 2015 Santiago
PaperclipPoems
We are women; We are strong.
We can be broken    yet show no pain
We can be terrified     yet appear fearless
We can be chained     yet not confined
We can be forgotten     yet we find ourselves.
 Nov 2015 Santiago
GfS
Lost Meaning
 Nov 2015 Santiago
GfS
I'm sorry
I've been saying this to you over and over again
I'm sorry
Sometimes, I feel that it loses it's meaning but
I'm sorry
We tried to apologize for things we did and
I'm sorry
That you apologized for things that you didn't do
I'm sorry
Maybe, I'm still too immature to understand what you want
I'm sorry
That I'm not the kind soul that you claim that I am
I'm sorry
For not meeting up to your expectations
I'm sorry
That I'm apologizing without knowing what I did wrong
I'm sorry
For the world being so cruel to you
I'm sorry
For being a coward
I'm sorry
That I don't even know what to say anymore
I'm sorry
That "I'm sorry" has lost its meaning
I'm sorry
 Nov 2015 Santiago
GfS
Maybe, I don't understand what it means
time after time again, I've been told
"You've done enough"
....
WHAT DOES THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
....
When I love too much
When I love too little
When I cry too much
When I cry too little
When I fight too much
When I fight too little
When I care too much
When I care too little
....
Sometimes, It's not enough
what I think is enough
cause what I do is never enough
Sometimes, I've had enough
of what people say
"enough"
What is "Enough"?
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