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 Apr 2014 Ann Voge
Kurt Kanawa
he sits in the corner
of his deserted mind
where not even he
wants to keep
himself company.
the smell of
broken dreams
pang the air.
he feels tired.
he feels wasted.
but most of all
he feels
        




                                                            ­           alone.





and all he wanted
was a sign
from someone
from anyone
just to know
that he wasn't
the only one
who felt this way.
 Apr 2014 Ann Voge
phantom
i remember when thinking about the future
meant thinking about what class i had tomorrow
and dreading it, the sick sunday feeling
time goes on; weeks turn into months then years
i meet you
you handed me the blue prints of a future so fine
i imagined the wildest places that we could see
the endless possibilities that we had
of things to do, unrealistic or not
i didn't care if i was saving the world or staying in bed all day
the future was so exciting and yet so futile to me
once i was with you
you disappeared
now all i think about is the future
what i will do, how i will live, who i can share it with
but i don't want a future anymore
not because i don't have you to share it with
but because at twenty two years of age
i've seen things, felt things
that leave a pain like pressure on impact
bursting blood vessels as it bruises
if the future holds this much pain and more
i don't want to open my eyes again
the beauty i see every day isn't worth the pain we go through
to live, survive, or fall in love
An empty mind
Upon an empty stomach
Upon a frame of which it's proportions  
Are damning in a world where standards outweigh the core of the being inside


(C) Tiffanie Noel Doro
More will be added to this.
 Apr 2014 Ann Voge
LN
for Jade
 Apr 2014 Ann Voge
LN
You do not need to search for the light at the end of the tunnel. I know you can't tell but the light of your eyes shines bright enough to illuminate the tunnel and reveal that its merely a room. A concrete, windowless room that has been built around you by those that don't believe in you. But you are strong. What you don't realize is that the fists you'd been making to stop your hands from searching for a razor in the dark, could be used to punch holes in the walls, revealing the light, to punch holes in the hearts of all the boys that hurt you, revealing that you are more than the proportions of your body. You spent two months in a concrete building speckled with windows that you could only look out of because those who helped build the concrete room around your heart felt like you needed two layers of protection. But helmets are for protection. Condoms are for protection. Shields are for protection. But not like the way they tried to shield you from reality and look away from the depression that trampled you and left bruises on your heart by placing mountains between you and any other teenager who's ever offered you an impure thought. The warmness of your smile is enough to melt the snow that lies between us and send you rushing on a wave back home if it weren't for the walls they left you behind. They seem to think its okay to occasionally lift the lid on your prison to let the butterflies in your stomach out for some air, but you are the one that needs to fly, and I swear to you, when you can't seem to pull your knees close enough to your chest, call my name, and I will run to you, and make sure that nobody ever clips your wings again.
 Apr 2014 Ann Voge
Alexis
You
 Apr 2014 Ann Voge
Alexis
You
You

Whose thoughts
I yearned to know back then.

Whose prolonged gaze
Would make me blush, in those days.

You

Whom I never got to say goodbye to.

You

Whose path
I hope to cross again, one day.

I may have moved on,
But I'll never forget you.
 Apr 2014 Ann Voge
Gaby Lemin
If only I could say that I am dazzled by a single smile that causes the earth to stop moving
And ignites my heart with every crease and dimple.
If only I could laugh along when you giggle and gasp over coffees and
Secrets about lovers embraces and pillow talk

It would be wonderful not to sit here, with a heart not yet broken, but a heart still untouched
And untainted by this beautiful, magical, phenomenon that you refer to as
Love.

It would be wonderful if I was feeling it's feather light, blistering caress
As much as you, evidently, are feeling.

But I'm afraid I have nobody to call
My Adam and nobody to call my rock.
You're lucky to know what love feels like.
 Apr 2014 Ann Voge
Gaby Lemin
I am
 Apr 2014 Ann Voge
Gaby Lemin
I am happy
I am also sad
It is possible to be both
I believe they call it "harmony"
Pessimists prefer "melancholy"
But poets aren't always protentious
I am simply smiling
I am sometimes crying
It is possible to feel things
Without writing poetry
I believe they call it "art"
Although I prefer a silence
From whoever they are
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