It's scary to know
I've met you, the love of my life,
the best of the best
I had you and I lost you
and now you're out there
at arm's length for anyone
to grab and take away forever.

Loneliness is a sign
you are in desperate
need of yourself.

I sit here
and think of you
if I were near
what would we do

    Laugh a bit
     push and shove
      throw a fit
       then make up

           I watched you leave
              and gave a smile
                 I could breathe
                   just for a while

                       I'd see you soon
                          but till that day
                             I would swoon
                               I wish you'd stay

                                                        But­ you must leave
                                                           ­    for now I know
                                                            ­            you are a thief
                                                           ­                     a secret foe
  
                                                          ­                   You stole my heart
                                                           ­               within a second
                                                          ­             we must part
                                                               I've learnt my lesson

                                                  If I let myself love you
                                      I fear I won't be strong
                                you're in my mind, stuck like glue
                       our love cannot prolong

I hear this sound so I look up above
my initial thought is that it's a dove
I look closer and see that it's not
it's an airplane, not what I thought
I close my eyes for just a second
then it's gone, vanished, I reckon
I search the sky for that metal beast
but it's not in sight to say the least
up into the clouds it's gone
singing its little airplane song

Faint silhouettes beckon you closer
silently whispering your name

Your unwavering feet bring you further
engulfing you in ominous shadows

The air dense with movement
yet all else seems utterly still

Malicious laughter slithers around you
questioning your deadly steps

You turn to run
yet find no escape

You try to yell
yet find no voice

You go to live
yet find no life

I don't understand how to feel
I don't get what is your deal
I thought things were going well
I guess I was just too blind to tell
Maybe I am overthinking things
Was this just a high school fling
Maybe tomorrow things will change
This whole event has just been strange
Was I getting mixed signals
With someone like you I guess I’d figure
Well I can only hope that I am wrong
But only for you will my heart long.

The sinuous road adorned by sunlight
Twisting on forevermore
Intuitive signs interspersed
Called upon by nature's glory
Wooden arches crisp with Autumn
Casting shady protection from all beyond
The air light and teasing
Drawing curiosity without haste
and with a bump all is given
Rewarded with a glistening Eden
To my dismay it's not forever
All the life fading away
To be replaced with roaring metal
and endless mounds of concrete grey
But this is not the end you seek
Yet a promised adventure for another day

Attracted to you like a flame to a wick
Unknowingly mesmerized by your incandescence
Your impeccable beauty made me sick
But your attention like personal antidepressants

✖

I felt to special when you looked at me that way
Completely blinded by all your flirting
You made it seem like you were gonna stay
Now that thought is disconcerting

✖

You blew me away like smoke from a candle
Acted as if I hadn't mattered
You said I was too much to handle
And now it's my heart that lay shattered

✖

You knew the connection was there
However ephemeral our love may have been
You freaked out, left, and that wasn't fair
But by far you'll always be my favorite sin

I am an invisible man
You must trust me, this is not a scam
I am an invisible man

I walk unnoticed
and I speak unheard
I am an invisible man

What else can an invisible man do
can he bend over, can he tie a shoe
I am an invisible man

There's so much I wish I could do
I wish I could be seen like you
But I am an invisible man

Poetry is like a rose
Such elegance can it pose
You can read it any time
And it doesn't even have to rhyme
Poetry is like a rose

I'll never be alone
I have so many apps on my phone

There once was a peasant who was in love with a prince
She was battered, tired, and worn down
He was handsome, wealthy, and well round
She attended his royal ball
She even dressed up like a doll
But he did not notice her
She did not present grandeur
Their love did not prevail.

Miles and miles up in the air
leaving all my troubles behind
out my icy window I stare
letting my thoughts slowly unwind
the moonlit ocean lies down below
white little explosions darted about
so many mysteries does it show
like the albino forest that's sprout
we glide on and cut through the sky
as the forests transform into sand
looking at this I wonder why
all this beauty's been placed in my hands.

My dear boy, the people who love only once in their lives are the really shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either lethargy of a custom or their lack of imagination. Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect- simply a confession of failure.              

                                                                        Lord Henry Wotton
                                                          ­              The Picture of Dorian Gray

We live in a world of imperfect people
expecting to find someone perfect

It just doesn't work.

I just want someone to
come and tell me
I'm not invisible

Here are some ideas for poems.

1. Write a poem about ideas for poems.

You know the feeling you get when you stand up quickly?
That's how I felt when I saw you for the first time.

but love is passion
obsession
something you can't live without
I say,
fall head over heels
find someone you can love like crazy
and who will love you the same way back.

okay
okay.
ok
ok.
k
k.

I walk through the dark hall
hearing the lonely echoes of my footsteps
The hall extends as far as I can see in either direction
A dim light starts to form further away
Every step seems to make it grow brighter
I extend my arm out and try to grab it
but it seems to evade my grasp
I begin feeling feverish
My body is suddenly flushed with intense heat
My pace starts to quicken
and before I know it, I'm sprinting toward the now-blinding light
My skin feels like it is slowly melting away
I push through the heat fervently
With a flash, all is different
I no longer feel outrageously hot, but now more of a refreshing cool
It seems like I've gone into the light, through it perhaps
I look around with awe
The entire scene has completely transformed
I'm in a seemingly perpetual white space
I walk forward, but my footfalls no longer reverberate
I try to call out, but my voice makes  no sound
I clear my throat and offer another weak attempt
This time, there is a voice
but the voice does not belong to me.

As the earth starts quaking
the trees start shaking
Leaves tremble down in the harsh breeze
How terrifying is the merciless ease
The house is coming down with a smack
All the windows begin to crack
Animals run about in a scurry
The humans follow out in a hurry
Your shallow thoughts reach for all that's inside
Your tremulous feet move forward leaving behind all pride
A loved one grabs you and holds you down
They say take notice of what's around
The registration of the scene racks your brain
bringing about a searing pain
You fall to your knees
Broken, you plead
Your entire body is filled with ache
And suddenly, your dreams ends and you're awake.

I watch you walk away slowly
I do not get what 's wrong with me
I see you and you see me too
If I had courage, what would we do
It doesn't matter 'cause now your gone
I wish you never came along
You're really messing with my head
You're the guy whose shirt is red
You caught my eye pretty fast
My fantasy cannot last
You are just some guy on the beach
Who is just out of my reach

Chirping birds and strawberry kisses
are just some of the things she misses
from those lovely summer days
filled with love, laughter, and play.

I think of all the things
we could have done with our time
and all the days and months
when I was yours and you were mine.

You reminded me so much of a rose
Such elegance did you pose
Beautiful, lush, and full of surprise
How I wish I had known about your demise
Don't be silly, not that of thine
But the one you had in mind
For me, of course, what were you thinking
Now I am the ship that's slowly sinking
Time has passed, and now I'm gone
You sit there quietly, oh-so fond
and then that's when it came
Swift and sudden as the rain
The vicious guilt of what you had done
and now it's you that has to run
No matter how far or fast you go
You will never escape your vengeful foe
A wilted rose you have become
Did you picture me so dumb
I've come back to haunt you from the grave
Do you have what it takes to stand tall and brave
The answer is no
So far away you shall go
The life of a rose is not forever
or were you too busy to remember
Your time has finally come to an end
Now you make the perpetual descent
Into the confinement where you belong
Without a soul to accompany you along
Your story was a great one, but sad to be told
And there it sits sullenly for time to behold

We had a good run
but now it's done
It was a shock
I cannot lie
I really thought
You were my guy
It's over now
what a shame
who is left
for you to blame
you said it's because
we do not talk
but you know
I'm on the clock
It's vacation time
and my phone won't work
you said you understood
don't be a ****
you know what
I'm done with this
I'm not going to sit there
and throw a fit
this is just a
waste of my time
I am alone
I'm drawing the line.