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 Jan 28 Shang
Melvin boyer
The long walks an talks.
So late at night me an you.
The time we spend is so me an you.
Day is work,night is meetings.
But we always find time for me an you.
You got me stuck in time.
Me an you.
My days so long waiting.
As the time ticks by all I think is me an you.
Never have I had this feeling..
Or felt so close to someone in so short of time.
It's crazy you got me like I know I got you.
Out to eat an all I see is me an you.
All the sweet stuff we do only we know it's just me an you.
The smile that's only for me an you.
This is for me an you...
 Dec 2023 Shang
Jamison Bell
I'm just not sure I trust it. This silly mind of mine. It's not without it's purpose though, as it helps me tow the line. I'm still not sure I trust it, this silly mind of mine.

It's an ever evolving, problem solving, slowly dissolving, mass of electric jelly. And they tell me to trust my gut. Isn't that part in my belly?

Nope I will not trust that thing. Nor this illusion we share in kind. My perception is askew in this silly mind of mine.
 Oct 2023 Shang
Catrina Sparrow
the train whistles lull me to a dusty sleep
     an ancient sleep
primitive and timeless as the sage
          it tastes like rain
          and reads like a folk song

and when the engine songs are gone
the interstate strikes up it's serenade
     flooding my heart valves with gasoline
     and valvoline
     and the smile of what i can only hope to imagine are young lovers
with a fiesty case of wanderlust
and a puppy in the back seat
with a wagging tail

"happy trails" i whisper
and the stars flicker
and i smile

the walls let their secrets slide while they sleep
     all those restless memories they keep for themselves
floating around
and settling in the parlor dust

they trust me just enough
to let me cradle them in my chest
woven between my rebar ribs
and my flat-tire heart
     thud thud thudding as it speeds off into the distance

the dogs rustle the sheets as they rise
     just long enough to sigh
          dance a sleepy circle and a half
and put themselves back to bed

i finally crawl out from inside my noisy head
as the boy nestles up to my neck
and traces my clavical with his humid breath
and ropes me in closer to his chest
     with his big bear arms

his heart sings like a fire alarm
stirring the brave to save me from the shadows
     and chase the ghosts from my gallows
          and he even lets out puppy snores in his sleep
the tune that finally pirouettes me towards my dreams

where the birds sing like drunken sailors in the mango groves
and the rows and rows of lime trees
     my heart and mind innertwined to paint me a scene i've never even seen
          not with my own eyes

it's so nice to think it's within me
and not without me

yes
     for every sound, a source
for dave, and they days when we could stand to inhabit the same space.
Life is often dark for
those that dream

brighter for those born
kings and queens

brighter yet for the ones
that find beauty in all things
I spoke those words, and
immediately almost choked on them
I always second guess decisions,
usually I conclude I made the wrong one

but with you it felt right, at first
now I'm only left with doubts, and the thought
that maybe it was all too soon
because there's only silence between us

you rarely open up to me
yet when you do, I feel loved
the moment is always fleeting
with you, it's  either feast or famine

now I am scared to death to even talk to you
I'm scared that I might've lost you
scared of what you'll say, or not say
when all I really want to know is...

do you feel the same way about me?
It doesn't seem like you even care that we go days without talking. I always play this game of how long will it take her to miss me enough to actually message me. ( I always lose, and end up texting you )
Your voice was a quiet calm
a prelude to darker skies and
the storms you kept hidden
beneath cumulus smiles

You called me a storm chaser
maybe you were right, love
because I've always found the sound of rain
on hardened surfaces soothing

The gentle way water
patiently waits, biding its time
till even rock gives way and surrenders
forming mountains, and rivers deep

This is how canyons are formed
deep rifts within the soul
with nothing left to bridge the divide, pursuit becomes impossible
but maybe that was the goal all along

Maybe I pursued you knowing that you'd run
and you became my rainbow
Because you knew, no matter how close I think I am..

we'll always still be miles apart
Written by B. Dixon
January 21, 2015
Land of the free
words fed intravenuously
like opiates into opened veins
until the lies they tell us become truth

Propaganda filled drips
drown out the screams of the innocent
killed by fear and misdirected hatred
and soldiers fighting "wars" on terror

How then does the aggressor become hero?
while handing out oppression labelled as democracy
liberty  comes encased in the shell of a bullet
and if you resist.........freedom

comes quicker than you wish
 Aug 2023 Shang
Cheryl Ann Warner
Everything is clearer
You made me realize
Your like a shining ray
It’s like yesterday

Sometimes I don’t believe
Sometimes I don’t believe
Everything is getting nearer
Everything is getting clear

I’m trying to find my way
The words you say
Brightens my day

Your  like a shining ray
I believe in today
I’m trying to find my way
I’m trying to find my way

Everything is clearer
What would I do without you?
Your my everything
My inspiration, my world


I want to spend my life with you
I want to spend my life with you
Sometimes I don’t believe in myself
Sometimes I don’t believe in myself


Everything is clearer
With you, with you
My dreams are nearer
Your my inspiration, your my world

Sometimes I don’t believe ,,,,,,,,
 Aug 2023 Shang
Cheryl Ann Warner
I want to pay you back for all you have done for me
You have given me so much
You had faith in me
Thank you
Thank you
Up above
Thank you
For your love
You had faith in me
 Aug 2023 Shang
Cheryl Ann Warner
For the LORD your GOD will bless you
I will pray to the LORD
In you LORD my GOD
I put my trust

MY eyes are on the LORD
Turn to me
I am mindful of your love

Relieve the troubles from my heart
Free me from my sorry
For I have been mindful of your love
I will pray to you LORD

Test me and try me
I have trusted in you
Relieve the troubles of my heart

My GOD I put my faith in you
Test me LORD
Test me  LORD
I have trusted in you

Lift up your heart
Let the king of glory come in
I call on you
I call on you

All the ways of the LORD  are faithful
All the ways of the LORD are faithful
All the ways of the LORD are faithful
All the ways of the LORD are faithful

For I have been mindful
Of  your love
I will pray to you LORD
All the ways of the LORD are faithful
Test me LORD, Test me LORD

I call on you,
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