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5.5k · Apr 2013
When we first met
Alexander Cullen Apr 2013
Your hand
I
   miss
            its
                   warmth
Your voice
I
   miss
             its
                   song
Our love
I
   miss
              its
   reality
Only in dreams
are
     where       we
live
               on
2.0k · Jul 2013
Claddagh
Alexander Cullen Jul 2013
Your eyes are like a jungle
Beautiful and green
I'd find my way out
But I don't want to leave

Your hair like gold
Cut short and free
Stays soft as silk
Perfection to me

Your smiles a star
Brighter than our sun
It can light up a world
No matter where you are

I've studied you closely
For two years next snow
We've been up, we've been down
But there's one thing I know
That this heart between hands
Topped with a crown
Will go where I stand
With smile or frown

Your heart is like love
Forgiving and sweet
You've been sent from above
To be my own special treat
904 · Feb 2013
Golden
Alexander Cullen Feb 2013
Like the suns bright rays of light
Your smile shines
It brings life to the hearts
Of the many desolate people that roam our small town

It's like the beacon of a lighthouse
Or the flash of a shooting star
Like something magical we don't understand
It gives me purpose

To wake to your beaming face
And slowly melt at your lips embrace
To do great things only for the reason
To see that smile again

If I knew how, I'd write all the right words
Sing all the right songs
Say all the right things
Just to show you how special you are

To take a heart so black
To the cradle of Nirvana
And have a man so cruel
Repent for what he's done

You're beaming, bright
Lovely smile is the cure
For the darkness in men
And corruption of society

But you are so modest
So cute, so kind
You can't even see
That you're the light that guides
All the ships safely home
For the captains to rest
Or the spark that sets off
The sky flowers nest

What you have is a gift
That smile of yours
So don't keep it hidden
Behind closed doors
780 · Feb 2013
When Life Gives You Lemons
Alexander Cullen Feb 2013
As life goes on we travel down a road
Be it one of loose stones or one of paved land
They're all the same
We get up in the mornings to do what we're told
And sleep at night when no more can be done
We all dream dreams of the life that we seek
But who really tries to strive for that life?
"It's too hard." "I could never do that."  is all we've learned to say
But no, if your heart's strong and your dreams true
Then yes, you can dream, and you will succeed.

We are one people, one being, living among each other
We all know happiness, pain, and sorrow
And we all know love.
That was our dream, love
And for a time we had it
But, as they say, nothing lasts forever
Just like our love
And just like our life.

Our world is like alchemy
With life as our mortar and love as our pestle
You can bring your precious things together in life
But, all the same, when love is brought in
Everything in life will be broken apart.

You see these roads that we ride
Take the same path
We go
We live
We love
Then we lose
But no matter how ludicrous your dream may be
We always keep on keeping on
Because, when life gives you lemons
Don't pucker and curse.
Say "thanks for the chance, I'll use this one well"
Because I know **** well that I want my dream
But are you positive that you feel the same?
709 · Feb 2013
Distance
Alexander Cullen Feb 2013
Remember when
You were my boat
And I was your sea?
Together we'd float
So delicately.
But that was back
When we were young
Things got off track
And no song could be sung
To lull you away
Or keep you close
So your new college ways
said "It's time to go"

I'm sorry you feel
That the distance is great
And I'm sorry you think
It's already too late
But why stop now
When we've gone so far?
Cause i know we're not perfect
But I've wished on the stars
That or love will not perish
It will carry on strong
You're the one that I cherish
With you I belong

I'm sorry you feel
That you must "move on"
And I'm sorry you think
Though our love was strong
That the distance would break it
Would tear it apart
Just go on and keep it
The key to my heart.
692 · Mar 2013
If I May Confess
Alexander Cullen Mar 2013
I can't believe that days have passed me
Where I couldn't see, you're my destiny
That this is how it's supposed to be
You and I blend so perfectly

We've spent mornings together
Where you brighten my day
Which each smile or stutter
How I love what you say

When you're gone you're with me
Always close to my heart
'Cause my thoughts can't help drifting
To that perfect piece of art

Which is you my darling
I'll bring you no harm
For I'm not a beast snarling
Come be in my arms.

If I may confess
Not something I should
I'll have to address  
That I love you, understood?

But we're, "just friends"
Not just for today
'Cause friends are for forever
And forever's far away
641 · Feb 2013
I Miss You
Alexander Cullen Feb 2013
Days go by and I remember your face
Your cold hands in mine
Even the way your lips taste
How we'd cuddle with tea
Watching Disney movies
But time moves too fast
And away we must be

So now we retreat
To that spot on the hill
Where I confessed my love
And you smiled so real
Where we'd watch the stars
And think about
Our days to come
And how lucky we are
To have each other
And be so close
But our end is near
Regardless of those
Many excuses I say
To make distance mean nothing
Or how we'd speak every day

But now you must go
On your journey alone
While behind I must stay
And pray for the day
That you come back to me
With my arms opened wide
I'll tell you "I love you"
And you'll say with a sigh
"Oh my time was not wasted
But it's good to be home
Take my hand once again
I won't leave you alone."
607 · Feb 2013
Not I
Alexander Cullen Feb 2013
See your smiling face each morning
Watch your tired eyes close at night
Take your hand at the park in the evening
Always hold you tight

Your "man" does none of these things
Has every girl in his sights
Can't even say "I love you"?
He could never treat you right

"He's just scared" you say
"Never been serious before"
So i stand here watching him hurt you
While you says he's the one you adore

But here I've been, all along
thinking about how he doesn't belong
'Cause we've been best friends since before we knew
Of high school trends or the auroras hue

I'll take your hand if you'll have mine
Tell me, who's afraid to love? Not I.
416 · Jan 2014
The Bottom
Alexander Cullen Jan 2014
Lost without words
Hurting friends all around
I'd take your pain if I could
But I can only cause it
I'm sorry
There seems to be no ending
To this hell-streaked path I walk
Nothing but lies and anguish
Only trouble when I talk
I'm sorry for what I've done.
I'm sorry for what I've done.
I'm sorry for what I can't undo.
408 · Dec 2013
There and Back Again
Alexander Cullen Dec 2013
As you let me take your hand
You looked through me
Into where you knew I couldn't lie
And you said "okay"
And with a chill running down my spine
We walked
And walked
And walked
But then it hit me
Hard as steel
And i stopped right there
Not just to catch my breath
But to gasp for air
Because these good days
....these alright nights
.......this lonely winter
...........this endless year
Has come to an end
And with that
I knew
She was back.

— The End —