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There's a pain that hangs all over this town
It seeps into all of my best friend's pores
Just like sweat & comes alive in their eyes
Well he let it cradle him into a cold panic
After his last show
He felt it's peace
and didn't question it's purpose
Until he was in
two forties deep
With his keys
Hanging like a noose
From the palm of his hand
He stared lifelessly into the sky
Shining stars over this ugly night
And pleaded with it,
stop taunting me
He said
And then he climbed into his
Tiny car like a cage
And played the reckless pawn
In the strange games
Of this awful place
He is the only one screaming
at nothing
In the front yard
But he's not the only one
Falling violently apart
Look around
Look at the hands in this room
Fidgeting desperately
Trying not to lose what's left of their
sanity
I'm tired
And I'm cold
And I don't wanna miss you anymore
You're weak
And you're bold
And you don't wanna be here anymore
You've got a sign flickering in your eyes
that says,
"Caution: Fragile"
I know you're breakable
I know you don't wanna fall
But if you just let go
Just this once
Stop standing so tall,
Anchored to the floor,
So strong
I promise
I will catch you
And I will hold you in the palms of my hands
For as long as you allow me
I will not drop you
You are fragile
Teetering on the edge
But I am broken
Shattered
Reaching from the bottom
Just to hold you
I think we can help each other
You are not beyond repair
I am not beyond repair
For all the Hell you've seen
I wanna show you how beautiful you are
And so repairable
You are repairable
i'm getting depressed
keeping it bottled
the pressure is mounting
i need to write
want to write but
now i need to write
i can feel it
but i can't do it
can't make myself do it
i'm working so hard
so exhausted
feels like i never have the time
or the energy
to sit down
to express
and compose
i write my poems in my head now
staring into the bathroom mirror
in the mornings
as i'm getting ready for work
i dictate them into a phone
it's all i can do
i wrote this very poem that way
just this morning
staring into my sleep-ugly face
because i don't have the time
to take the time
to write
to craft
to sculpt and shape my perception
into anything resembling art
i'm left only the option to
regurgitate words onto page
clean up the mess
and get back to work

but it's more than that
it goes much deeper
i don't like what i'm feeling right now
and i don't want to say it out loud
wish i didn't have to
saying it out loud is how to make it all better
i know that
the care-free grace of the newly-confessed
but there's this wall of fear
between me and salvation
and i don't think i have the strength
to climb it
because it's one thing to confront your demons
i do that every day
it's another to do it
out loud
in public
for all the world to see
dancing naked and crazed in the center of town
covered in your own ***** and ****
while your family gathers around
and stares
and you say, "See, Dad?
I'm doin' just fine.
Just working a few things out."

i have no ending for this poem

it hasn't been written yet
Never fall in love with a poet
for their words are sometimes lies
on occasions they're a shield
on occasions a disguise

They will take you on a journey
upon which they bare their soul
in a bid to ease your burdens
in a bid to make you whole

But in every word they choose
for the stories that they tell
lies a little piece of heaven
and a little piece of hell

Tormented souls we poets are
sometimes quite broken and despaired
in search of lost expressions
missed by others who once cared

Never fall in love with a poet
unless you're prepared to share their pain
to hold them close on the darkest nights
over and again
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There comes a day in your life where you meet someone special…
You try so hard not to admit it but you just can’t hold back the way you feel…
I like you.
You get all those feelings…
Those butterflies you can’t stomach,
That heart rate you can’t put at ease,
So baby …
Sweetheart with the beautiful smile. Sure, I loved sleep
But dreams couldn't compare
Not to talking to you until my mind screamed for rest
And the butterflies in my stomach settled
Darling with the endless amount of love…
your love could fill the oceans and climb the tallest trees,
but could your love belong to me someday?
Be given to me?
Can you feel the way I do for you?
& Boy, sometimes I tangle my own fingers
Closing my eyes, losing myself in a daydream
Where your voice is more than an echo in my mind
And I even believe for a few seconds you're still here
Lover, who writes me poems,
You should know I write you too.
I write about you until my fingers ache
And still after that I keep writing
Because there's just some people you could write about forever
And baby, you're one of them.
And boy who played me a song,
Sweet sounds bow down to my ears,
And the way you play your guitar…
& the way I daydream about kissing your lips...
I can’t wait until the sparks of your tongue burn my mouth
send electric shocks through my body
Cutie… with the funny jokes,
You make me laugh.
Today you made me laugh,
like you always do,
you’re the only one who can now a days.
Baby, with those sparkling eyes,
Your eyes haunt me whether I'm dreaming or not
And what haunts me more is the fact that
I can’t have you now
because you ruined it
It hurts to think about it,
So I have to block you out.
Play your songs to someone else,
Read your silly lines of heartache to someone else,
And go find… someone else.
Let us put fire to a candle
in the hope that it pleases your spirit.
Let us walk the path of memory
and tell ourselves that you aren't really gone.

Let us descend that golden staircase
and lie to your corpse.
Let us try and forget you
before you are even cold.

Let us tell our children of hate
how it is that you lived and died.

But I alone truly loved you, knew you,
revered you... as my queen
and as my lover.
Hundreds of little droplets
          tethered together
          perched on clusters of wire
          set in five
swing across the surface
at varying rates
          up down
          and around
until they plunge into
final resolution.

Most see a mess of lines and inkblots.
          an indecipherable language
          a cousin to Braille
They see the only stark contrast,
          black against khaki
          the page aged with affection

while I hear the harmony.
words go dry
before they leave the mouth
the will to write has gone
the stories have left me
the minds distract
the heart, intact
no emotional ups or downs
no feverish laughs
no sobbing sounds
time finally learned to freeze
and the words go dry
in the riverbed of thought
a desert landscape
until a monsoon comes again
to drown it
in new metaphors
 Jul 2013 Andrew P Marheine
Elise
I don't want you to go,
I want you to stay,
I don't want you to be so far away.

Your flight's taking off,
in just a few days,
and then you will be in San Francisco Bay.

I told you I'd send you
little reminders throughout the day,
just in case your smile fades.

I don't want you to go,
I want you to stay.
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