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417 · Aug 2014
Cry For Me
JAK AL TARBS Aug 2014
Seeing you leave with your packed bag

makes me nostalgic, I never had

the courage to empower you

and its making me feel all blue

say the prayers you prepared for me

play your games again on me



your big hands, and your face

will be remembered until the day

comes when you ask me

ask me your question

until the day where we say

where we say everything



don't turn your head

and give the shake of shame

don't walk from me

and leave me in your path

I never really knew

how much I love you

and it may seem wrong

writing a song

don't tell me I was at fault

I just wanted you to smile for once

where I was the only one

and now we're all done



shaking your hand and greeting your face

hoping you'll leave it all for me

praising your empty hole

thinking you'll come home

I was your best friend

and you left me crying

and I wanted you near me

but you resisted



cry for me

dry tears

facing fears

my dear

I hope you get your new board

I know you weren't the one

but you entwined my thoughts

and it made me fall



through dark holes

my own home

was no more

and the leaves fall



why me

fight me

hold me

love me

while I hope for your future

it's going to be bright

hoping that we're together

in the same light



but I know that I am asking for too much

and you know that what we had would never go too far

maybe, just maybe dreaming wasn't right

maybe, just maybe leaving wasn't right

so you can go with your packed bag

and wave me goodbye

you get in your car and go away

not knowing the difference
I guess i wasn't clever enough...
I let the chance clip through my fingers
Maybe, just maybe it would've been different
Or, it would've been MUCH FUNNIER IN REAL LIFE!!
412 · Aug 2013
What If?
JAK AL TARBS Aug 2013
If the skies weren't here
Would we be the only ones crying?
If the sun weren't here
Would we be the only ones shining?
If the moon weren't here
Would we be the only ones following?
If the earth weren't here
We would be our ending?
If the animals weren't here
Would be the only ones killing?
If I weren't here
Would you still be caring?
If you weren't here
Would I still be loving?
If life never was here
Who would be the ones existing?
407 · Jul 2014
Untitled
JAK AL TARBS Jul 2014
YOU WERE IN COLLEGE WORKING PART-TIME WAITING TABLES
LEFT A SMALL TOWN NEVER LOOKED BACK
I WAS A FLIGHT RISK WITH A FEAR OF FALLING
WONDERING WHY WE BOTHER WITH LOVE
IF IT NEVER LASTS...

Hoping you'll visit me
When will that be?

same story, you tell me, every time
just keep saying, you don't, why
should the weaker suffer
and let them get stronger
just let it be and
let them spread their wings
398 · Nov 2014
Bad Influences
JAK AL TARBS Nov 2014
I remember sitting all alone in a classroom
There were just boys looking weirdly at me
And I refused to answer when they asked me questions
There came times when they walked right up to me

All your failures have taught me to be kind
All my successes are because you’re arrogant
You’re just like the fact who are stubborn things
And I’m like a bat, quiet but quite scary

Flashing like stars tonight

And I said I heard about you and your kind, they’re bad
You put your eggs in a basket
And there’s no good that comes from it
All you are is a bad influence

All I wanted was to fit in with you, no good
But you ruled out all that I was fighting for
Men make the houses, woman make the homes
You wanna be laughing, you’re just influencing, walls

You laughed at me when I got up and spoke
I said sorry that I am not just like you
You try to change where you see fault
And I know what it’s like to be the one without

There seems to be people who don’t take notice
But when it comes to it, they take all of it
And worst of all, they lose everything
And it’s all bad news till someone is hurting

You’re flashing all your stars tonight

And I said I heard about you and your kind, they’re bad
You put your eggs in a basket
And there’s no good that comes from it
All you are is a bad influence

All I wanted was to fit in with you, no good
But you ruled out all that I was fighting for
Men make the houses, woman make the homes
You wanna be laughing, you’re just influencing, walls

Flashing

Ageless as the sun
Boundless as the ocean
Running through thick forests
And you’re still going on

Like

Men make the houses, woman make them homes
You are just like an elusive dream
I try to stay away from your upper hand
And now the flood gates have opened

Stars

Coz when I said I heard about you and your kind
You made a face to me, said I was ugly
But not his time, will I get taken down, coz
All you are is a bad influence

Tonight

All I wanted was to fit in with you, okay
But you ruled out all that I was fighting for
Men make the houses, woman make the homes
You wanna be laughing, you’re just influencing, walls

Don’t think now that it’s over, I will crawl to you
Now that the wind’s stopped blowing
You can know now what to do
I was saying it every time

I am flashing like a star tonight
Something to those someones who tells us how to run our lives... they are the same someones who keep interchanging relationships...

One day you're happy and thinking you know everything, but that's when things go wild.

To all those people that hate on me and feed on my fear...
:)
392 · Jan 2016
Why Talk Now?
JAK AL TARBS Jan 2016
How do I end up in this bizzare world, is it normal?
How do I go back to where I came from, was I off it all?
You counted every second that we spent inside their prison
Brought us here from beyond the high fences and Gates then
Could you please explain, why I never thought of leaving
Why I always dreamt of looking up at the stars
Is there some other way of trying to be thankful
Why do they always act so shameful

Your lipstick smile, your polished nails
Your lovely eyes, always saw through betrayal

Save what I hid in my closet, from the monsters under my bed
Save what I hid from father, from the trolls of the internet
It wasn't gonna be easy, they said
It never ever gets easy, why still talk now?

Do you like to run on a wheel, coz you're spinnin round and round all day
Do you like the white flashes, does it act as a band aid
Do you like to flash what you got hidden in your mouth
Do you always have to live, and talk how you live, come on now

I said they don't wait up, they're tired
Your words wake them up, they wouldn't rather be tired
You gotta know where to keep your feet
Coz yes you'll lose balance, you'll lose all your fears

Say it now, move slow
Hope is yet to come, you got nowhere to go
Shame grows like disease
You gotta try and get back up on your feet

Who else in this world is tired
Of everybody making you feel like you don't have a home...
Somebody struck a chord with me today... The person made me realise that I am better than what they believe I've become... THEY don't determine me, I do
383 · Jul 2013
dreams...
JAK AL TARBS Jul 2013
Dreams are dreamt
Through calm sleep
These dreams are kept
A secret from those who'll destroy it

But these dreams
Turn into realities
And I think we should
Keep on dreaming

Coz dreams are dreamt
For us to believe
Yeah dreams are dreamt
For us to achieve
Dreams are what we make it seem
What we make of it
Is how we succeed at it

The days go on and on
Some make it seem so long
But is it as long as it seems?
Maybe yes, it depends on me

Dreams are what keeps us going on
And to have those goals gets us along
At least we can try our best
Let's put ourselves to the test

But then, certain days
I feel sad
So I try to remember
The dreams I had
Some I might still have
Some lost in my mind
So I remember
How to feel, glad
How to dream

Coz dreams are dreamt
Through you and me
Once we piece it
We can see
What it feels like
To **DreaM
Don't you feel like taking a snooze right now? I sure do.
379 · Aug 2013
THEY'RE GONE
JAK AL TARBS Aug 2013
They're gone
Ran away from here
And it is so clear
That they're gone
Left me ask alone
With no one to hold
They're gone

One morning when I came home
I saw the door lying open
People on the floor
My eyes popped at what I saw
My family left me with just a letter to say
That they can no longer be near
Can no longer stay
As they live in fear
But why? No explanation
As why you left me all alone all alone

The house was feeling empty
Without them here
I couldn't take it
I never would've made it
Coz they're gone
I ran away looking
But no one was near TO find
Except my guilty conscious mind
Surely this is a game
One which I can't win

But they're gone
But why'd they leave so soon
I think I should too
But they're gone
But they've gone everywhere
I guess I'll follow them there
Coz they're gone

Surely this is a game
One which I can't win...
374 · Jun 2016
Smile
JAK AL TARBS Jun 2016
I see sunshine draped in darkness
I watch the birds sing as they fall to the ocean
I hear the waves crash and destroy the sandcastles
I run to the creepy trees who share no warmth with outsiders
I seek shelter from the cold and I see how they run away from me
I smile as I wake up because I realise that it was a story that I was reading
This is literally all over the place...
356 · Jul 2013
When You're Gone...
JAK AL TARBS Jul 2013
The fogs of memories linger around
It shoots my mind and clogs my mouth
I'm deaf to say what's on my heart
Its making me breathe hard

When your name, comes my way
There are tears, to fight away
Your life and legacy
Your time and energy

Mean nothing to you
Now that you're gone
Your success is good
But only for now
Only for a few

I sit and mope
On a couch
Where you'd lay
And talk and say

And speak about
Everything on earth
Their rights
Their wrongs

I don't know how I'll carry on
When you're gone...
This poem might seem like it was made quick-quick, but the rest of it is incomplete to give about suspicion, plus it should leave my readers intrigued to read more of it, will post the rest later on... This is for my Grandfather! I miss him so much!!
353 · Aug 2013
the rain (20w)
JAK AL TARBS Aug 2013
If the rain drips silently, its memories are being washed...
If the rain drips loudly, its pains are being accumulated...
JAK AL TARBS Oct 2015
surely everything in life ain't for keeps
this world of ours is not ours to steal
maybe in the shadows of the morning
you'll get to see what i'm dreaming, of
This is going to be a five part collection, of a few verses, or even stanzas, where I'm basically expressing that life is short, what we have now we might not have tomorrow. we should treasure the jewels of today and reminisce the loss of tomorrow...
343 · Aug 2013
The Sun (10w)
JAK AL TARBS Aug 2013
Even the sun becomes a burden for us to handle
328 · Jun 2014
Strangers PART #1
JAK AL TARBS Jun 2014
I hope

the rain

had fun

when it

saw you

leave my

sunshine life

now that

it's over

I guess

we're just

strangers now...
My life is sooo explanatory, like a textbook or a novel... and yet I don't understand
301 · Oct 2015
This Is It...
JAK AL TARBS Oct 2015
Life is like a ray of hope
Try and jump around and into it
Maybe then it'll be understandable
But I guess it took a while before
I got his chance just to say
What is on my mind
In my room
Within my grasp

Take like and throw it in the bin,
Beware it
Maybe there'll only be just that
A fine line drawn between you and I
296 · Aug 2013
The Sun 2(10w)
JAK AL TARBS Aug 2013
Without light, what is there to see in this world??
JAK AL TARBS Jan 2016
If there were only enough for all of us
Then surely sunshine will grace us
After that the moon falls and begs for life
While we human souls wait, if we're wrong or right
A continuation...
273 · Apr 2015
Just A Day
JAK AL TARBS Apr 2015
Today is a day
no different from yesterday
yet i cant find in any way
to replicate this beautiful day
a smile,a hello and a wave
A girl with a lovely name
left my house without a say
273 · Oct 2015
Untitled
JAK AL TARBS Oct 2015
This world that I live in, was once an atom
And then it split and suddenly it grew
Funny how, throughout this big world
I somehow find myself next to you
There were dinosaurs who ruled the land
Funny little creatures hidden in sand
Maybe if we lived in a time like that
Maybe if we died in a state like that

Throw yourself into a volcano, watch it erupt
Mount Vesuvius, and everybody is burned
This what it feels like when I'm not with you
That's what it feels like when I'm in love with you

Take my hand and run away with me now
Hold me and then maybe you'll stay with me now
Just a moment before you let it all fall down
Then you'll get to see what you wanted to see
(You get to be who you wanted to be)

There are too many things in this world
Too many topics to talk about
With you, and my heart's stopped
The moment I see you standing
And then I see him coming in...

What happened to our love-story?
You said it would've made history
Maybe it was just a thing to say to guys like me
And now I'm sick to my stomach
So I STAY at home on Saturday afternoons
With my friends, it's so boring

So bare with me while I'm speaking
Tried to shove you a rose, but your guy said no
Always on the background, that's where he should stay now
But you never said anything that made him proud


There are too many things in this world
Too many topics to talk about
With you, and my heart's stopped
The moment I see you standing
And then I see him coming in...

So you're on your own now
Living in the wilderness
He's drunk and his hopeless
There's nothing you can do now

So help me out and come right here
I've been waiting for you
So its late now, its almost gone now
Where is he now?


There are too many things in this world
Too many topics to talk about
With you, and my heart's stopped
The moment I see you standing
And then I see him coming in...

And you're going out
And he's angry now
He's vein might pop
His hairs oily
You're not there
To be his toy
Say, say his goodbye
Say, say you're alright
219 · Jan 2016
Untitled
JAK AL TARBS Jan 2016
Do you always have to smile when I begin to cry?
Do you always have to laugh when I'm barely alive?
Was it life that happened, or did it fall away?
Was it my imagination or did you lose your way?

So innocent, since the first day you played us all out like fools

— The End —