Did I know my love was small
Even though I felt it was large?
My love was selfish, though
I thought it would recharge.

What is love, anyway?
What is it when it is wrong?
Is it still love when it's misplaced
And you're not singing the same song?

Will I rediscover love
Just like I'm discovering me?
Will it give me hope for the future
Or just be discouraging?

Something I hold onto
To help me let it go
Something that changes
To keep the status quo

Fuzzy lines and pointed questions
They get the worst of me
Maybe to forget what I remember
I need the memory

Color drains and drips from your face
Skies turn to grey and say “I’m sorry”
And as the rain falls it’s a sure thing
The lightning overhead lights up around me

Knees bent and face to the ground
What was I running from?
Don’t need to understand to believe
What else to do when He says “Come”?

Don’t hold your breath
Expectations always fail
What we thought we knew
Was anything but true in the end of the tale

We’re all searching for life
When it’s right here in Him
So many miss the mark
When it’s right there; it’s Him

Answers need questioning
We solved the mysteries before 
Before the world opened wider 
Afraid to step through the door

The things that are easiest to say
Are hardest to do
The things we do so easily
Are hardest to say.

Leave a trail of footprints
Dot the path with crumbs
Shoot the sky with color
Put oxygen in my lungs

Blaze the trees like fire
Ripple the lake with wind
Give me a sign and I'll hear it
Tell me and I'll know I'm sent.

All the music runs together
When you listen to an album all at once
It's hard to tell where one song ends
And another begins the trance.

Am I cliche? Or am I someone
Trying to fit in a box?
'Cause the last time I checked, I drew outside the lines
Because being an anomaly rocks.

A new chapter is scary
Like a whole entire new book
My mind's still stuck in the last one
And I don't know how I look.

I was everything
To you, I'm sorry I'm not
Anymore. Truly.

Images I frequently see
And feelings I often feel
A knife turned inward on me
But somehow it's not real.

Reaching my arms to the sky,
Rising to the sun so red;
Or vines growing from my hands
When I put them to my head.

Pain inside my body
When I can't get you out of my mind
Picturing falling through the floor
And leaving this world behind.

My head slowly exploding
When the thoughts trapped inside
Have reached critical levels
And there's too much I've tried to hide.

Walking along, a sunny day
Just a boy and his dog
Smiling, laughing, barking, skipping
Further and further along.

Following behind her boy
The faithful puppy trots
She would follow him anywhere
Through all the shady spots.

As the road gets rougher
The boy knows she should go
She can't follow him forever
But his little puppy doesn't know.

He'll see her tomorrow
'Go home, girl,' he says
His puppy doesn't understand
She happily stays.

Stopping, the boy turns,
'Go home, girl!' he cries
Confused, the puppy stops
And looks into his eyes.

"Go!" he shouts, louder now
His dog winces at his voice
He doesn't want her to get hurt
So he has no choice

Throwing a stone, he runs at her
"Get out of here!" he shouts
And away runs his precious dog
Hurt and stunned with doubts.

She'll be alright, he knows
Her feelings they will heal
Next time she will know
His anger was not real.

Look at us,
We don't know who we are
With our heads in the clouds 
And our eyes on the stars

Look at us,
We won't get very far
With our heads in the clouds
And our eyes on the stars.

When I was a child
I was pretty wild
But nothing compares to the day
I decided I had say

Growing up I did right
Tried to follow stoplights
But sometimes I would just give up
Never found a perfect love

Tryna find out who I am
Realizing I don't know anythin'
But when I'd try to be something
I'd never have just what I need

Look at us,
We don't know who we are
With our heads in the clouds 
And our eyes on the stars

Look at us,
We won't get very far
With our heads in the clouds
And our eyes on the stars.

We're so young, we don't know
Who we are or what we hope
We are the future, we are the sound
Of innocence taking a turn around

So we look to the stars and we look to the sky
One hundred reasons not to care why
Sailin' on a cloudtop
Waitin' for the rainstop
Who knows where we are
Who we are
Why we're here and

Look at us,
We don't know who we are
With our heads in the clouds 
And our eyes on the stars

Look at us,
We won't get very far
With our heads in the clouds
And our eyes on the stars.

Breathe, just breathe,
And tell me what you see;
For I can't tell what lies ahead:
You must go on before me.

I take a breath
But still it stays
The sense that I
Have numbered days

I close my eyes
But it won't go
The feeling that
I'll never know

I clench my teeth
But there it goes
The fear that I
Wrongly chose

I look ahead
But, shoulders squared,
My eyes still can't see
Vision impaired.

No one is pretty
And no one is beautiful
No one is perfect.

Marred beauty remains
If you search for that wilt rose
Some still cling to hope.

You said that you'd do
whatever it takes,
But all that it took
just made my heart break.

If I stay up
                     one
                            more
                            ­          minute
I will have
                     one
                            less
                            ­        minute
of sleep.

I was the girl who never got angry
I never was tempted that way
But now I am angered by all that you do
And I'm definitely not okay.

So now, it makes sense:
'You have so much to live for'
Now I can relate.

Pushing on even when it hurts
Letting go of the pain
That's what makes you more than those
Who just wait out the rain.

I wander through these ancient halls
Of marble and of stone
    Lost inside
    without a guide
I tread these halls alone.

I try to understand these walls
With carvings and reliefs
    Tow'ring kings
    and beasts with wings
I ponder these strange motifs.

I marvel at how great and tall
These pillars and statues are
    They look to the sun
    to count one by one
The days divided by stars

As I walk, I feel so small
These chambers seem to hold me
    I take a deep breath
    and the only sound left
Is the echo I make unfolding.

What can I say
That has not been said?
What words do I have
But those in my head?

How could I phrase
When words can’t be found?
How could I know
Miscomprehension profound?

What do I wait for?
Where do I go?
Who do I search for?
How should I know?

So do what you do,
Just say what you mean;
There’re words you owe me
Somewhere I’ve never seen.

Don't write poems of
Those you don't want to think of
It just makes it worse.

If I stayed on
All the time
I'm sure I'd run
Out of decent rhymes

How much is this worth?
that is the complex question
that I could not ask.
I was afraid of winning
at too high a cost,
so I despaired of success
and lowered my eyes,
resigned to give up often
and expect little
of the burning flame inside.
But no! I now refuse
to accept complacency.
It seemed safe to me
and I thought I sought comfort
by doing the minimum
and easing my load.
But what I could not have known
was I was stretched thin,
emptied by my sighs
exhausted by my free time
and tempting myself
with the lie that I was weak
and couldn't succeed
if I put forth the effort.
So why the change now?
You could say I've awoken
and it would be true,
'cause I was asleep before.
You could say I tried
and though it was so feeble,
I tasted success
and discovered what I have
and that I can win.
So here I go...I'm trying...
and I know the way to go.
I've been blessed these days:
leaders I didn't have then—
with experience—
are now showing me a world
I didn't dream of,
for fear of being let down
by my shortcomings
and flaws I couldn't escape.
But now I see it—
a future with horizons
stretching far and wide
as far as the eye can see.
All I need to do
is march steadily onwards
and challenge myself.
And then, in a year or two,
I'll have made my dreams come true.

Please, hear my cry, Lord
I cannot hold this in
I feel the guilt of years and years
Can you overlook so much sin?

I'm lost and I can't keep going, Lord
But if you sent a voice from the sky
I feel that I would still disobey
And misunderstand, and lie.

I'm in desperate need of your mercy
For your grace to overflow
No matter how many times I come
The peace always seems to go.

I'm living in fear of messing up
And that's just part of life
I should not live in fear at all
You control the hardship and strife.

Am I losing my mind, or just out of it?
Nothing seems to make sense
But I know I can find my way
If I just focus on your presence.

ɪ ғᴇʟᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘs
ʙᴜᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘs ɪs ᴊᴜsᴛ sʜᴏᴜᴛɪɴɢ.
ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɢʀᴇᴇɴ.

Scary sometimes
How people know more than they say
And you never know who's watching.

So now they're adding hashtags
To everything under the sun
Don't they know that in the end
These too will be over and done?

Life may have its
ups and downs and
deep seas before
we hit dry land
But as long as
we can end up
end up happy
end up in love
No one wants to
lose to down days
but we all know
that's how life plays
So it's clear now
if we end up
instead of down,
that's the best end.

There is sky beyond the clouds
Day will come when night
    is over and gone.

Sun is shining on the earth
Even when it seems
    to leave me alone.

I am old, so much older now
And you think you can hurt me?
I am wise, so much wiser now
And I used to have so much mercy.

I don't want to know
Who you really are
And I don't want to know
How you got this far.

I don't want to see
The way you get it right
And I don't want to see
You without me tonight.

~Close your heavy eyelids now
~~In rolling waves sink deep
~~~Away you go to sail the sea
~~~~And slowly go to Sleep.~~~~
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Everyone in history
Is playing with their phone
Everyone, I mean literally
So at least I'm not alone.

But maybe I have to hurt
    so that I can heal
Maybe I have to realize
    in order for it to be real

Maybe it wasn't right,
    but that doesn’t matter now
What matters is that I can change,
    it doesn’t matter how

Maybe I need to be strong
    in order to give in
Maybe it won’t make sense now
    but someday I can win

Maybe I shouldn't worry,
    my life is in control
Maybe it doesn’t seem so,
    but I am in His hold.


But I was willing to change it all
    To alter who I am
Just to know that I was his
    I made his life my plan

I made things harder than they should
    To think, I was so certain
That I would never know another
    That he was the right person

It all seems like a blurry dream
    Now that I try to see it
But all that I thought I knew
    I can hardly now believe it

Maybe I won’t be his own
    Someday, long from today
I have to make this my plan now
    Until I find my own way.

I look in her eyes,
And I cannot see
Anything very
Constantly

Her feelings change
More quickly than
A traffic light
In a desert land.

Deeper down,
She has desire
And fears that mask
Her life's liars.

She wants to be
Protected and loved
But all her life
Aside she is shoved.

You'll never know
How close you are
To finding out
You're never far.

This morning a song
Was stuck in my head
It stayed until
I went to bed.

Give me a picture,
Give me a time
I'll give you a symbol
Give you a sign.

Show me an instance
Show me a way
I'll show you evidence
Show you my say.

Leave me some doubt
Leave me a fear
I'll leave you no worries
Not leave you, I'm here

Go the distance
   walk the mile
But don't forget
   to walk with style.

How many people
Are on Hello Poetry
Anyway? Goodness.

It was hard to see the ground
In front of me that night
Easily I stumbled on
The rocky ground that night

Looking back is never clear
I'm still in the fog that found me
I think I went looking for it
And I'm lost in the fog that found me

How I longed to pierce the veil
What held me back from Reality
But my only sword pointed to myself
I will never find Reality

I burned all my lamps and candles low
The night I lost my breath
The light went out long before the dawn
And I never caught my breath

I don't try to make words stretch
I waste them and use them up
Perhaps I should have weighed them first
Before I used them up.

You look in my eyes,
And you try to see
What is shallow
And what is deep

You don't know why
My cheeks are red
From laughing hard
Or crying in bed

I seem so cheerful
And I am
But when you're not looking
I look down again.

Who am I, truly,
You wish to know
You cannot ask me
For I would say, "No,

"I am no one
To call by name
And deserve not
Glory or fame."

I don't doubt you know
The way I feel
But when you see me
It feels more real.

.where is the joy I once had
the desire burning within me
the passion to create and live
where can I find my soul again?.