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But today, I just want to tell you why.

Why I had to ad lib this wack status.
Why I was convinced to go freestyle.
Why I'll pen every word with no fuss-
And it should only take a little while.

Why I will not use reference for this-
Block of lines that I dedicate to you.
Why I'll insist on calling this a piece-
Despite the fact its not so beautiful.

Why it seems like random thoughts-
Unraveling from a messed up brain.
Why it kinda is like a couple of dots-
Connecting to form a ****** chain.

Why I appreciate who you are to me-
So much that I say 'I really love you.'
Why I will always praise your beauty-
Though your persona's more beautiful.

Why I wrote you a poem but kept it-
Cuz I am not PrinceCharmer enough-
To explain my feels to you complete;
Why I have to cut this status in half.

Why I always count on your advice.
Why I believe you will have my back-
And thus endeavor to pay the price-
For someone who really knows Jack.

Why I think I'm sure about this one;
That you are smart, caring and wise.
That you understand Alex as a man-
Who dares but also smiles and cries.

Why I don't know how to be a poet-
Enough to write down my emotions.
Why suddenly our 26-letter alphabet-
Seems to be needing major additions.

Why this is where I will sign off from.
Why I wish I'd speak from my heart.
Why this status is just like any poem-
Without all 'why's to end from start.

Keep Smiling
A fairly knowledgeable traveller, I stand;
A ****** path extending on either hand.
One coated in the rare hue of divinity,
The other colored with angels' beauty.

I will narrate a tale of choice; of odds.
A true tale of time; of these two roads.

Evident 'fore the other, the first of the two-
Roads was long and desolate, but beautiful;
Its light soils, not too soft, yet not too hard,-
Were like an invite to keep pacing forward.

Staring down its length, I could see it all;
Every up, every down, every rise, every fall.
The road was luring. It couldn't be wrong,
But the thought hit me, this road was long.

I was on the verge of taking the long track,-
When a second appeared to double my luck.
I had a choice now, to take one of them.
But in the end, the two seemed the same.

The second was much shorter and clearer;
Like a goddess' image in destiny's mirror.
I was to take it until I made the realization;
That the second had a different destination.

A few trees, some birds, a cool air current.
With less sights, but it was more apparent.
I would take it, but my strength froze;
Upon the thought, of how dark it was.

I couldn't tell, but any could be of gods-
Or man, or demons; of these two roads.

Freezing the moment, I turned to the first,-
As the feeling of 'right' my mind nursed.
Alone; it was colorful, long and worth it.
With the other; longer and more sweet.

Hoping for better, I turned to the second.
The path that angels' voices had seasoned.
Direct, short, twas indeed a dear treat.
But with the other, darker, less sweet.

On me, it dawned, to trek down either-
Would be in effect, to leave the other.
It sure meant all the difference now-
Which road I took, why or even how.

Twas either bliss in full or pain in loads;
It had to be one, of these two roads.

If twas that hope weighed more than trust,-
Then I'd know with which my joy would last.
But if simplicity was a superior virtue,-
Then there was but a choice, not two.

If beauty had dominance over certainty,-
I'd conquer one's distance for eternity.
But if to know was better than to learn,
The I'd permit my love for one to burn.

But ultimately, however my choice; its modes,-
I could only take one of these two roads.

Keep Smiling
I see us strolling along fate's street,
Walking in harmony's glass slippers.
We're never about how good we fit;
We're our finders. We're our keepers.

Neither faith nor chance, all we have;
Is our rare complex; Our crazy love.

Our love at first sight was too blind-
To see how you and I could really be.
Sight or not, you're ever on my mind.
My shut eyes can still see you vividly.

It was your body before your heart;
I loved 'what' you were; what I saw.
But thinking back to our crazy start-
I don't see how I could not see it all.

You've got that rare, funny laughter;
The one that somehow kinda echoes.
I cannot see our happily ever after,-
Cuz our love's book can't ever close.

You did not steal my heart complete.
You made your hands its safest place.
Loosing my guard was never defeat,
It was the start of a worthwhile race.


With us, rather than bliss, I boast of-
Our unique complex; Our crazy love. You're

literally a world away from me-
In a much more metaphorical sense.
But that only hurts when I miss you;
Namely, upon each proof of existence.

Our love is against odds? That's odd!
We are not victims of circumstance.
Not close to a goddess and a god,-
We just fight hard for every chance.

Its funny the things we do together.
But its funnier cuz we know not why.
This is quite far, but we'll go further,
Cuz 'enough' is extinct to you and I.

A steady pace, not in the human race;
This is more like our love marathon.
Had we been features on earth's face-
We'd be the reason it'd not be common.

We may last forever, maybe beyond it,
And make it wish it would last as long.
But, if we should end 'fore we re-meet,
Know that our love was never wrong.


We've found a fit tighter than a glove-
In Our unique complex; Our crazy love.

Keep Smiling
He whispers sweet nothings into her ear;
'It's not about what I don't have but rather-
Who I am inspired to be when you are near.
I am 3 persons better when we're together.'

She knows he is lying. She is certain of it.
But she chooses to believe him all the same.
It's how his falsehood and charms are so sweet-
That he curves the best sound out of her name.

She smiles when he smiles. It's his smile!
She laughs at his jokes. His funny jokes.
But she wont let him see her pains pile.
She adores the peace with which he talks.

She's hurting. But an ounce of his fake love-
Has the likes of favour from a clan of gods.
She hurts that it hurt if its him she's thinking of;
But she holds on, praying for better odds.

She's irrefutably all his, but he is his own man.
She loves him with her every fibre of being.
He merely likes her alot. Thats about it! Done!;
'A great love' vs. 'Some relationship-like thing.'

He say's she's beautiful like he coined the word.
He calls her his with the tone he does other girls.
He speaks words like she's never before heard;
She means a lot. He means a world of worlds.

He is not a tamed lover. He is the perfect actor;
The sort that hurts not with words, but silence.
He tells her that he really cares alot right after-
Breaking her heart with his affection's absence.

He endeavours to serve her his very best-
But the best he's known is to hurt her.
So... He assures her that she'll be blessed-
If he would leave her life and go so far.

Tears roll slowly, down her made-up face.
She's crying for her but more so for him.
True, his love in her heart is out of place-
But she willed to try and find life in a dream.

From some distance, I watched her weep bitterly.
I saw her as she fell apart. I wish I did not let her.
So... Looking into her dark eyes, I said sincerely,
'Sorry. I can't love you. Go now. You deserve better.'

Keep Smiling
Hours, invested in front of the mirror-
Masquerading traces of imperfection.
Artistically designing an ideal 'beautiful'
Subjecting God's product to correction.

Stepped forward a mere lady. Modified-
And strolled away in a goddess' shoes.
You are picture perfect; ideal, just right,
But still lacking divinity's perfect hues.

Your foundation's more rare than most;
Down to earth as if curved out of dirt.
Your inner person's a wonder of nature.
Your unique body language, foreign; curt.

You would never have to alter your looks-
If my hazel eyes were to be your mirror.
Because through them, you would see-
How your positives are much more clearer.

The way your smile stretches on your face;
The tight grip of truth in your soft voice;
The way your body says 'art from heaven;'
The way I stare like my eyes have no choice.

Not the most flashy of earth's accessories,
But still captures the attention of my heart.
Not various items of weighty price tags,
Your beauty is more of God's internal art.

I love every touch of God's image on you;
Dark fair skin, wide hips and daring eyes.
Sweet lips, your nose, chin; your everything.
That's the makeup which money never buys.

I love your makeup. For it is neither worn-
Nor victim of the winds of time and change.
I love your makeup cuz you can wake in it-
And its not so much as to make you strange.

Not mascara, face powder or eye shadow.
Your makeup doesn't enhance your beauty.
I love your makeup cuz come what may-
Your makeup is the you my heart will see.

Keep Smiling
I have not been this sad in such long a while-
That I though my face
would soon pick a smile.
But I know that I cannot lie to myself anymore.
I'm depressed again. I've walked this path before.

I wish I would say I was sad, but I'd be lying,-
Cuz pain's smaller than the reason I'd be crying.
So I will turn my every
tear and bits of rage-
Into ink, then write down how I feel on this page.

'They say that every cloud has some silver lining.
Well, they haven't seen
the clouds I'm seeing;
If big boys do not cry
then I am really unique.
And if 'unique' is not
normal, then I'm a freak!!!

They say 'never put all
your eggs in 1 basket.'
But I did worse on the
Friday that you and I met.
Its like I put my eggs in a worn-out basket and-
Put that basket in some blind *******'s weak hand.

I kept playing back how
everythig fit perfectly,
Us; teasing fate. Like you were meant for me.
I couldn't stop smiling
even when I got home.
I even broke more rules
and wrote you a poem.

True, I was scared it was too good to be true,
But I somehow believed
that we'd pull through.
I was ready to fight
whatever odds I'd face.
But I can't throw a blow against your happiness.

I may love you more than him, but its okay,
To me, its been about you from the first day.
I'll not be around much,
because I really do care.
But if you'll need me, I
hope that I'll be there.

I heard that to cry about a girl is just being wack.
But I'd rather be ****** than hold the tears back.
I bade you farewell with wet eyes and a smirk.
But I didn't agree that we really couldn't work.

You asked me to keep you close in my pieces,
But there's not much to
say about past wishes.
But, sure as rain,I wrote this poem just for you.
I'm really sorry if you wont find it very beautiful.'

Melting my sorrow, my
wishes and my regrets,
I channeled my pain out
through my eye sockets.
I tapped each drop into a fountain pen I love alot,
Scribbled something and
this is the poem I got.

Keep Smiling
daddy, daddy, look! i wrote another poem.
oh. sorry, i forgot. you were never really home.
mummy always said
that boys will be boys-
but why did my daddy
keep the wrong toys?

he never once kissed me on the forehead.
i doubt his tongue could
produce one 'i love you.'
my father never ever sang me a single lullaby.
i bet he wasn't proud no matter what i'd do.

'when i grow up. i wanna be just like my daddy.'
everybody sang that
song at ages 5 and 6.
well look at me daddy! i'm a grown man now,
and if anybody tells me i'm like you, i get sick!

see, it's funny, the part
of you i remember best-
is your back. you were
always walking away.
but walking out on mummy was below the belt,
and for doing that, here's what i have to say.

thanks for walking out
on me, i could take it.
true, i cried, but 9 years
without you around-
created more room for
the thought of 'family;'
broken, but still standing. how does that sound?

thanks for the brains.
figures, chicks dig those
too.
oh! and, i didn't need you to learn to ride a bike.
i've dated before. my
mates gave me 'the talk.'
but i'm single now,
guess, it matters who
you like.

i have a nephew; lively,
bright. you saw him once.
emmanuel, he is your
first daughters only kid.
he makes me see what it is like to be a father.
now i know, there's no
excuse for what you did.

see, we didn't need
money, we didn't need
riches.
all we asked for was
care and your affection.
but the bottomline's, if
i'll ever walk in your shoes-
i hope i will be moving in
the opposite direction.

Keep Smiling
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