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253 · Apr 2017
Hearts desire
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
The poems that I write ring with truth.

They are my unspoken words and there are millions of them like stars in the sky.

They make you feel my emotions that I dare not show

My hearts desire is plain to see all you have to do is know where to look.

And the truth that lies within me will shine bright. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
246 · May 2017
Copper thorns
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
I went to pick a glowing flower and got poked by a thorn then the vine started wrapping around me and  dragging me into it

I tried to break free but it's like they're made of steel and looks like copper

As I claw at the ground trying desperately to get out as the Thorns dig deeper into my skin

I do not know why this is happening but I do know I'm scared out of my mind

That's until a Knight came up and cuts me free so now I'm safe in his arms. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
246 · May 2017
Panic attack
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
My breathing increases extremely and my chest starts to feel like an elephant sitting on it.

My skin feels like it's inside out and also on too tight.

Every noise is a thousand times louder and a thousand times more irritating

I cannot speak because my mouth cannot form the words I'm getting tongue-tied and angry at myself

I try to stay calm but I cannot do so I am having a panic attack. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
242 · Apr 2017
Starburst
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
Starburst in the sky a million little lights go soaring by close your eyes and make a wish because if you do it certainly to come true. Poem By Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
239 · Jun 2017
No More Sorrow
Shelby Mccrary Jun 2017
I need your Love to lift me up from the darkness of my own self-pity.

It's all your fault that I Need You To Survive.

You have become my hero, Warrior and leader of men

Maybe you're right I could be stronger if I wanted to be and never give in to the doubt in my head

No more sorrow will come my way and save your goodbyes for another day we will Survive this and become stronger than we ever knew we could be. Poem By Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
237 · Jun 2017
The Feast
Shelby Mccrary Jun 2017
A feast of the year when we all gather around and tell the world what we are thankful just being around and not in the ground

“Where” we break bread with the ones we love and tolerate the ones with don't.

“Where” the smell of fresh-baked cookies are in the air followed by laughter from a good story that lifts everyone's spirits

And by the end of the day we say goodbye with a hug and promise to keep in touch until next year when we do it all over again. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
237 · May 2017
A Real Beast
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
The last and Lost wolf running through the woods at night trying to find his way back home.

He looks up and sees that the moon is out and howls in sorrow for the pack mates he has lost in a fight they should have never been in.

A fight against a real beast and that Beast is man with his guns and knives the Wolves never stood a chance and now he's alone in the world wondering why he was the only one to live.


His is angry and hurt he wishes for Revenge.

Just as he thinks his revenge will never come a beam of light comes from the Moon and transform him into a man.

Now he's a wolf by night and a man by day he'll certainly get his way. Poem By Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
236 · Apr 2017
After us
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
They creepy and they crawl there always after us.

They are evil incarnate just waiting to destroy the light with inside our souls.

So They come in many forms depression, rage and jealousy

But all we had to do was outshine them and they will vanish like a shadow in the night. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
235 · May 2017
Dead Heat
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
I'm tired of this dead heat it's 95 degrees I can't stop sweating and my heart won't stop pounding I can hear it in my ears

The Sun is bright and out fully Shining and is turning my face red from all the heat that is giving me

Being in Florida during the summer can really **** if you don't like the Heat but it is awesome during the winter it rarely gets lower than 30 degrees

If this Heat keeps up ill eventually drop dead thank God for AC. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
232 · May 2017
Freak Off The leash
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Tell your friends running through the street like a freak off the leash we'll end you up with a one way ticket straight to the pen Where the guards will take the shape of you and turn it inside out

you'll come out so Twisted you won't even know where you end or where you begin

So Runaway with me to the planet of sanity so you won't be locked away behind bars like a dog in a cage. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
230 · May 2017
Tenuous
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
“After” the ultimate fight the fight of survival the fight against death I am tenuous.

Just needing to rest and get my bearings together and when I'm done I will be better than ever and truly Victorious

Like the warrior I am. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
230 · May 2017
Alcohol
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Some drink to dull the pain and to forget the memories that haunt them.

The memories of their monsters that turn them into monsters when they drink the poison that we call alcohol.

It goes by many names whiskey, ***** or tequila

It is the disease eating away at them.

Making them lose the good within them.  Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
230 · May 2017
Ill-fated
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
You and I are star-crossed lovers we are ill-fated.

Our love is destined to fail and when were together we will flame out and end up destroying each other. Poem By Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
228 · Jun 2017
Heart Stopper
Shelby Mccrary Jun 2017
You're so far away I can't touch you no matter how hard I try.

Living with the pain in my soul it is even harder than getting away with ******

In the morning time I see you in the Rising Sun and it's a Heart Stopper

In my mind you are the king of kings and I am your queen

And every time we part ways it's like meeting the monster of pain and sorrow

I tried to pretend to be nice and happy so you do not see the tears I Cry but I miss you and send you my love in the winds that blow and call you home. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
226 · May 2017
Sigh of the time
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Anger, violence, outrage and being offended by every little thing.

This is the sign of the time

Once we accepted a man's word because his word was his bond but now we can't trust anyone.

There's too many people getting killed and ***** hundreds and thousands more each year.

When did it become so normal for us to see ***, drugs and death on TV that we no longer see the Horror in it.

And when someone is killed people become outraged and think they should take it up in their own hands but all they are doing is cause more trouble more violence leaks out more people get hurt and the person whose death they March for never gets their Justice.

Of course how we take every little thing now offensive and spin it out of control.

It's like turning a molehill into Mountain and that turns people angry and more people get offended and then they turn angry and that anger turns into violence it's a vicious circle.

Why can't we just go back to when the world was simple and people weren't blowing other people up.

There weren't riot in the streets that ended up with more people hurt.

Good cops weren't getting persecuted because the action of the rotten and the world was so much better.

You know your neighbors.

You could leave your doors unlocked and you didn't have to worry how the world outside your home was going dark. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
226 · May 2017
Pure
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
I dream of an unknown land across the sands

A place where humans dare not go

Filled with Immortals who seen the beginning of time

Their world is pure and not filled with pollution like ours.

They take care of their Earth because they know it's a part of them.

Elves hunting in the forest with bow in hand.

They are healers, Warrior's, Hunters and leaders.

They are bound to the earth so they know her desires.

Fairies who make the flowers grow in spring also fills the world with snow in winter and their magic makes shooting stars.

They love to pull tricks on the ones who don't know.

They're tricksters but sweet down to their soul.

Werewolves hunting in the forest for their mates and pups to eat.

Family is the most important thing to a werewolf if you mess with one wolf you get the pack on your back nipping at your heels.

Vampires recording time in their books so the young May learn what the old has known for centuries

Witches and warlocks in the castle on the hill made out of Glass.

They cast their spells to keep the world safe and so dark Forces can not enter their realm from the dark side but beware if you mess with one the wrong way you'll have a hex on your back before you can blink.

Dragons flying overhead teaching the newborns how to fly it's quite a beautiful sight.

Mermaids greeting Pirates after a long journey at sea.

They keep the ocean pure and protect their world from beneath the waves.

But I am invisible to them I get to see their world but never will I live in it and I guess that it will be enough for my soul.

So I will watch and love this beautiful world from afar I dare not change a thing about it.

It is perfection in the most natural form. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Twas the night before work, when all through the house creatures was stirring even the mouse.

I was Nestled all snug in my bed while visions of a great day danced in my head.

When out of my room arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.

I threw open my door and what to my wondering eyes should appear but my mother waiting to tell me good night and good bye before she was off to work. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
222 · Apr 2017
Battle
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
You grabbed me by my hair and knock me down but I get up anyways and keep on fighting

I'm a warrior in disguise always prepare for battle

Yes I may bend but I will never break

I'm titanium. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
221 · May 2017
Worse than before
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
My body is shaking my soul is quaking and my nerves are worse than they've ever been

My doctor took me off my meds now I'm detoxing through hell and trust me it ain't swell.

I think he did it just to be cruel I finally got something that helps me with my panic attacks then he snatched it away and now I'm panicking all day.

People say breathe in and out and control yourself but it's hard to control your emotions you can't help how you feel.

So I'm on edge and can't wait to sleep but my mind will not shut off so here I am writing this poem just to pass time.

And hopefully soon I will be right as rain.
Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
219 · Apr 2017
Bulletproof
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
I got the blues inside my soul trying to break me down but I won't fall.

I'm too strong for that I won't give in.

Will always keep fighting no matter what comes my way

Because I'm bulletproof and nothing's going to take me down today. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
218 · Jun 2017
Craving You
Shelby Mccrary Jun 2017
Craving you in this town of love can be a nightmare until my nights with you come and kissing a stranger in the rain it gives you cheap thrills that will make you feel high off of life.

“When” you say yes it's like a green light goes off in my head in that instant the mask comes off the mask that buried my true intentions.

In the Name of Love Don't Let Me Down even if the love is fake love.

Please be the Cure that makes my Heart grow three sizes overnight.

I have a disease that makes my heart not work right I think you're just what the doctor ordered.

Believe it or not you are everything I ever wanted and more I hope you know just how important you are. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
218 · May 2017
Korbin
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Klutzy and an adorable My world, heart and soul all wrapped up in to one little package and what a handsome package he is so filled with light that he can out shine the sun.

Oxygen to my soul is what he is and without him I would fade away like a fire that gets smothered out

Rebel who is always trying to fight me and has to have the last say but he can't win with mommy on the block.

Brave and daring always getting into the wrong thing and getting in to serious trouble once it's all said and done he will wish for forgiveness and ask for a cookie right after

Innocent and sweet always offering hugs and kisses never wanting to be alone always wanting to be right by my side he is my little mini me

Nitpicking won't eat what we're having always having to have his way he is so stubborn that he would let his self starve before eating something he don't want but we love him anyway he is my diamond in the rough I love him more then life it's self always and forever my Bugaboo. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
217 · May 2017
Not God
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
I'm suffering at the hands of a doctor who likes to play God

He thinks everything we do is wrong and everything he does is right.

He thinks we should do it his way or not at all

He told me I should just get over my issues but if it was that easy then I would never had issues in the first

I suffer from PTSD he's the one that told me so.

I have panic attacks and my nerves are always on edge and I am easily angered and I have a hard time sleeping

So I think he needs to check himself and learn to get a better bedside manner or quit and get a job he's actually good at because his attitude is not cool it's just plain rude. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
216 · May 2017
Prisoner
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Drive mad and you will get a ticket straight to hell.

Where you'll Race the devil for your soul.

And hopefully win if you have the Right Moves but if you're too slow you'll be too late and you'll become a prisoner of your own rage. Poem By Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
216 · May 2017
Monster
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Am I a monster and I just don't realize it.

Are all my problems in my head?

I try to stop the way I feel but I just can't help it.

And when I try to talk about it.

It never comes out right and I just end up making the matters worse.

I am a Walking Disaster?

Should I be medicated and locked away forever so I can no longer hurt the ones I love maybe they are better off without me.

I am like an earthquake All I do is cause disaster. Poem By Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
214 · May 2017
Bullies
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Bullies are cruel.

Bullies are mean.

Bullies have low self-esteem

They think they're tough but really they're not they're just taking they're anger and pain out on the world but that's not right.

Someone hurt them so they hurt others it's just a nasty circle of pain

If they keep it up one day they'll end up in the big house and will regret everything they ever did

So do what's right and not start a fight or call people ugly name's because how would you feel if the shoe was on the other foot.

Do on to others how you wish them to do on to you. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
214 · May 2017
Room 209
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Never go into room 209 on Hell's Road.

Once you enter there is no escaping with your soul intact

The Demons of Hell call it their playground

Where no rules apply and everyone dies

They say once you enter you hear the screams of the victims that came before but it is too late to escape you're already through the door

So don't go through that door I beg of you please don't.

Once you're in you won't ever get out and You'll wish that you had listened to me I'm trying to keep you sane and your body in one piece.

Once you do what I beg you not to do.

They will paint the walls with your blood and laugh in your face as you scream in pain and beg for mercy.

Mercy does not exist where you are at.

And once your reported missing it will be too late.

But you can't blame me I did warn you.

Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
213 · Jun 2017
Reborn
Shelby Mccrary Jun 2017
I'm shining like a diamond in the Sun because my soul has been saved by God from above.

the road I'm on is straight to him

I once was told I'm going to hell because I sin all day but it wasn't me it was the old me I have been Reborn in God's love.

He is my true father and I will try not to disappoint him but hopefully he can see the good in me even when I can't.

And will always bring me back to the light when I am lost in the Darkness.

And forgive me like fathers do because he loves me like no other and that alone makes my soul shine bright. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
213 · Jun 2017
Chained To You
Shelby Mccrary Jun 2017
My mind is racing my heart is pumping I just can't wait to dance with you so we could be chained to the rhythm of the beat.

It's now or never as you grab my hand but my alarm clock goes off but I try to keep holding on to the dream of you but reality of the real world brings me down.

Maybe tonight I'll ask you on a real date and we could be counting Stars by a roaring fire and dancing till the sun comes and even then you told me don't stop for me.

“Because” we never wanted this to end the end is where we begin. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
213 · May 2017
Bless
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Life is great and Grand because I carry your heart with me I feel it beating in my chest

You are such a wonderful soul that you think of others before yourself

I am truly honored to carry a part of you with me it will always remind me the blessings I've been given because one blessing is worth more than a'll the gold in the world.

It means you believe in the person you have blessed and see a bright future ahead for them. Poem By Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
212 · May 2017
Vann
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
My heart is breaking and my soul is aching

I feel like there's a storm of pain inside of me

I can't believe someone stole innocent puppies away from their mother And one of those puppies was my Vann Gogh with his cute missing ear

I don't know if I should scream or cry I hope they are found safe and sound

Because I want my Vann back
Please God let them be found I want my cuddle buddy back. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
211 · Apr 2017
Soul-Searching
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
I closed my eyes and started spinning around.

When I was done I opened them up and started walking into an unknown Direction.

Searching for a new purpose.

Going on a journey a soul-searching experience just looking for my purpose in life. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
210 · Jun 2017
The Truth In Your Lies
Shelby Mccrary Jun 2017
Don't let me down because Everytime You Lie I start to cry now when crying is easy as it is for me it tells you that something is wrong but you don't noticed you are clouded by your lies so you are too blind to see.

Pain turns to anger and I Want To Burn It to the Ground you're addicted to your lies that you tell and that you believe in everything you say


Don't you remember with the lies didn't get in our way.

So you turn my heart to Stone hoping that I would overlook your flaws but not anymore I'm going home.

I'll see you again when you know what the truth is.  Poem By Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
208 · Jun 2017
The Moon Just For Me
Shelby Mccrary Jun 2017
Good Times Gone Forever More so get low or hit the floor

I'm the one to set you free it's called a jail break from your hell we will jump off a skyscraper and hopefully land on our feet

This game of love is overrated but I still enjoy the thrill of the chase.

Almost told you that I loved you against my better nature.

You will always be the man who lassoed the moon just for me.

My moon baby and no one can take your place or drive you out of sight because I can always find you in the dark of night. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
208 · May 2017
Reaper
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Change the Reapers fate he's more than death and loss he is the end to the beginning

Life has got to end somewhere how about the Reaper shows you the way once you are in your true forum

He'll guide you with a loving hand to the promised land

So Just give him a chance and he'll be there when you need him the most .

Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
208 · Jun 2017
Self- Pity
Shelby Mccrary Jun 2017
Dangerous woman walking down the street she's on the highway to hell and she can't be beat

Misery business is her game

She got locked out of heaven for doing things her way

She loves New York with the city lights and the fact that it “never” sleeps

She spends her time chasing Shadows of the day and drinking her fear away she has a obsession with death and wonder why he never comes for her

She thinks that her soul is so tarnished that death himself Would not touch it.

So she stands alone in a world of misery and her own self-pity if she keeps it up she'll never find happen and the release of death. Poem By Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
207 · May 2017
Spell Bound
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
You cheated on me and I'll let you live now you owe me payment for your life.

Didn't your mom ever tell you do not play around girls with broomsticks, black cats and pointy hats.

I am going to put a spell on you and you will become my slave and I will be your queen so get on your knees and worship me.

I put a spell on you and now you are mine until you die.

Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
207 · May 2017
No longer Caged
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
There's fire in my veins and all I see is red.

The monster inside of me is unlocking its cage it's going to come out and it's got blood on the mind

it's smells you from miles away as it seeks its revenge

It is the predator and you are the prey prepare for a mind meltdown because it's going to ***** you up and spit you out. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
204 · May 2017
Bye-Bye Honey
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
I caught you in the shower with the girl from next door.

I don't want to hear you explain how it won't happen again.

pack your bags and get out of my life and do it fast you're wasting my time

And if you ever call me honey one more time I'll smack you so hard you'll be seeing stars for years to come

So get up and get out now.

if you keep standing there the cops are going to be called and I'll be doing 10 to 25 because the only thing that will be left of you when the cops arrive will be a smudge on the sidewalk and blood on my fist I'll take you for a whirl by the time it's all said and done you won't be seeing anything anymore you'll be dead and gone

So get out before I lose control like a mother bear protecting her Cubs I'll slash you all up.

So bye-bye you little twit too bad you weren't loyal because life would have been good like the Garden of Eden and now you'll never know because you picked the wrong Apple from The Forbidden tree. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
203 · Apr 2017
Solitude
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
Solitude is good for soul-searching.

It is a way to discover the true you without the noise of the world around you to distract you from self-growth and expanding your mind with new possibilities and getting back to the roots of nature.

That will help you bloom like a flower in the middle of spring. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
202 · Apr 2017
Star Bright
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
Star beautiful, Star bright how I wish on you tonight.

I pour all my hopes and dreams and put them into you as I look upon the sky and see you go flying by. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
201 · Jun 2017
The Calling
Shelby Mccrary Jun 2017
Calling all the monsters come enjoying the party at the Boo Brothers Club.

We will dance all night and it will be out of sight just do the monster dance to the witches scream.

Everyone's going to have a wonderful fright.

We Will party till the sun comes up and then we'll rest in our coffins for the day and party the night away once more.

What a scary good time it be. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
201 · May 2017
Happy Days are here
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
The Bird's woke me up with a special song

The sun is up and the clouds are gone it's going to be such a fabulous day.

Summer will be here soon

It's getting quite hot out here how about a dip in the pool to cool us all off.

The wind is blowing through the trees and makes such a wonderful Melody

I got a smile on my face I can't help but be happy in my special place on this awesome day

So let's get up and dance to some tunes we're going to party the day away.

And when the Sun goes down we'll count shooting stars under the moon as we fall asleep to the Crickets beat what a sweet Jam that they got going on.
Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
201 · May 2017
Queen Bee
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
You think you got game but I'm the master

I made the rules that you most obey.

So stop going behind my back I got little birds who love to sing in every corner of the city So I know your loyalty ain't true

Actions speak louder than words

You think you're a big shot but you're not your nothing but a two-bit Hustler and I am the boss who has got the respect all you got is a nose full of crack

I started out underground and worked my way up and now I rule this city

So back up I'm the queen bee and you ain't Jack

You better step aside and learn your place or get a Bullet in the Brain.

Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
201 · May 2017
Desert Land
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
The crossing of the desert land is a time-honored tradition practice for centuries.

It teaches us how to become one with the land and the ancestors who walked it before us.

Their struggles and heartache along the way.

That is why I'm fighting my way back through the vast Wilderness of this land and against the hot sun beaming down on us.

This is to show us our purpose in life and to help us conquer our fears

I once was afraid of the dark but not anymore now i see the beauty in the Darkness and The Souls of my ancestors in the Stars letting me know that they're always with me no matter where the Journey of my life takes me. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
200 · Apr 2017
K
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
K
Kindhearted and Sweet To The Bone but full of mysteries and sorrow.

Kickoff the monkey on your back and discover inner peace. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
198 · May 2017
Narrow-minded
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
You're so narrow-minded it would take a hammer to crack your head open to new possibilities

You think that you're right and everyone else is wrong

And you judge people by their religion and by the color of their skin

You say that believing in God is stupid and only the stupid do it

But you're just so stupid you think you're smart

Your logic is backwards and twist up in thorns

Your definition of love is to preach hate

But god is above your hate and he knows that you are lost but one day you'll find your way back to him and realize how foolish you were.

And he'll start to change you with a bit of love which will open your heart to the world and you will stop spreading the word of hate because you have learned to appreciate the beauty around you. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
196 · Apr 2017
Fragile Heart
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
Fragile Heart so easily broken but almost impossible to repair.

Remember to keep it locked up safe and tight and only let it out when a true Knight has shown he is truly worthy of you. Poem By Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
196 · May 2017
Red And White
Shelby Mccrary May 2017
Your wings are red and your eyes are white what are you?

Are you an angel or a demon?

Do you come from heaven or from hell or somewhere in between?

are you good, are you evil or somewhere in the middle

Please let me know everything about you I want to know you

I feel like I need to touch you

As I touch your chest I realize you are real And not just in my head Thank god I haven't gone insane yet and your heart beats like a hummingbird on crack

I wish to know you and the secret you hold

Take me for a ride we will fly around and never come back down and spend eternity soaring in the clouds. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
195 · Apr 2017
Mirror of soul
Shelby Mccrary Apr 2017
Looking into the mirror of Souls.

You see yourself your true self The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

It is a reflection pool that shows you the depth of your being and it never lies to you unlike how we always lie to ourselves to keep us from the ugly truth even when it's staring us right in the face. Poem by Shelby Kathleen Nightingale
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