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Cameron Godfrey Jul 2015
Her name tastes sour in my tongue
It hurts my fragile ears to hear it
Even when she's miles away
She haunts me like a vengeful spirit

Hearing you speak of her
Sends shivers down my spine
For I know as long as she exists
You cannot be mine

The way your lips form her name
Makes me want to *****
Your breath is like skywriting
Tracing her name among the clouds like a comet

My rage is a lion
I cannot tame
Every time you say her name
Cameron Godfrey Feb 2012
His words will last forever
scarred across my heart
his words will never disappear
tearing me apart
I’ll always be the victim,
he’ll always be to blame,
He’ll always be the reason
that I hide my face in shame.
His words will last forever
like a tattoo or a scar
His words will never go away
and they’ll never wander far
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
I’m holding on to sanity
My mind has slowly escaped,
Confused by what’s reality
and what is purely fake.
I’m trying to hold onto you,
Like hanging off a cliff.
I never thought I’d lose sanity
Or that it’d come to this.
I miss you like I miss my mind
It’s driving me insane
You taught me how to follow my heart
Instead of relying on my brain.
I feel like you’ve been gone all my life,
Like we’ve never sat face to face
I miss you like I miss my mind,
I miss your sweet embrace.
Cameron Godfrey Jan 2013
Hold me like a father holds his daughter
Make me feel welcome and secure
But kiss me like the sand kisses the water
As the waves gently wash onto the shore
Whisper like the wind beneath my wings
Whisper in my ear I won't be harmed
Hold me with your heart, your soul, your feelings.
Hold me, keep me safe inside your arms.
So I'm not trying to compare a liver to a father... Ew.
I just mean this like "hold me and make me feel like nothing can ever hurt me because you'll always protect me"
Because that's probably how it feels
I'd imagine
Probably
Cameron Godfrey Aug 2013
Let the sun set quickly
Let the moonlight die slow
Hold me tight in the faint light
And never let me go

Let the clock tick on
As quick as it likes
Just kiss me in the darkness
And hold me, hold me tight
Look it's a poem
Cameron Godfrey Aug 2013
I'm alone in this room
I'm alone in this world
Just a girl and her mind
Just a mind and a girl
There's so many people
But still I'm alone
But for the next four years
This place is my home
It's a crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy third day of high school
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
Such hopeless devotion
I can’t help but feel
The pain that you’ve brought
The scars that will never heal
I want to break free
Of the ropes you have tied
To bind me to you
To keep me by your side
Such helpless dedication
I need to get free
of these unbreakable chains
Slowly killing me.
Cameron Godfrey Oct 2012
Life's a house of horror,
And death's a bitter chill
Love's 1000 floors of hell
With just a second of thrill.
The only way to stop it,
Is to forgive those who've done you wrong,
But it only starts again
When you finally move on.
Suffering is supposed to end
It gets better, of course.
But even Cinderella
Could fall off Prince Charming's horse.
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
It’s all getting dull
And boring and old
And I remember you held my hand in the cold
Where did it go?
The fun way back when
But now it’s the same thing again and again
I say “Hey there”
And you say “Hello”
Where is the depth?
Where did it go?
You fixed all my problems,
and I made you laugh
But where has it gone? What’s happened to that?
I miss who you were
I’m done with the now
I want to go back. I want to, but how?
Cameron Godfrey Apr 2013
I loved you
You liked me
I accepted it, I s'pose
I love you
You like me
And that's how it always goes.
But now we're together
And I love you still
But I can't make you love me
So I'll hope that you will
Cameron Godfrey Aug 2015
one. bury your feelings so deep that they infiltrate your lungs and make it impossible to breath. let them asphyxiate you, suffocate you, but don't let them overcome you.

two. act like you're fine. lie through your teeth until you believe your own stories. let your lies become you; become your lies.

three. hate yourself. blame yourself. after all, it's your **** fault for falling in love. *******.

four. hate him. blame him. after all, it's his **** fault for making you fall in love with him. **** that.

five. deny it. you never had feelings. you're a ******* rock.

six. give up. you're in love.
Cameron Godfrey May 2013
I am a reader*
I flip page to page
I live a different life
Every single day

With a whoosh I’m a wizard
A vampire, a slayer
My book is a game
And I am its player.

A million different minds
All share one head
When I read a book
Under covers in my bed

I am a reader
A reader is me
I can be in any story
*So that’s where I’ll be.
Cameron Godfrey Apr 2013
I write about love and I write about hate
I am a writer who was born to create

I am a writer
I write with a pen and I type with a whirl
I'm a writer, a poet, a creative girl.

I am a writer
Hear the whoosh of my pen
I am a writer and I'll say it again

Because I am a writer
I want to be heard
So I'll write every sentence with thought in each word

I write about love and all that is great
I am a writer who was born to create
Cameron Godfrey Sep 2012
I’m from wigs and hats and baseball cards
From perseverance and working hard

I am from “you can surely ace this test”
From “things will always turn out for the best.”

I’m from belief and passion and prayer
From the constant feeling that God is there.

I’m from a camp where everyone belongs
From cheers, from sports, from campfire songs.

I’m from the lake every summer in the sun,
From gathering the family and just having fun.

I’m from painting on doors and singing on stage
From constantly working so hard to behave.

I am from stories and poems and art
I am from passion and power and heart.

I am from hyperness and hysteria.
I’m from Doctor Who and Nerdfighteria.

I’m from often feeling that I’m not good enough
But from pushing through when times are rough.

Although sometimes I’m from pressure and loss
We make it through, because my family is boss.
Where are you from?

*Written for a 7th grade language arts assignment.*
Cameron Godfrey Aug 2016
for all my life i've lived as the ground beneath your feet
i was the dry, cracked dirt you kicked around
as you shuffled your sneakers in the summer
i was the puddle you jumped in when it rained like hell in the spring
i was the slush that soaked through the holes in your boots
during the worst part of the winter
the crunchy leaves you stepped on once autumn came around

for all my life you’ve been the wind beneath my wings
you were the cool breeze on a summer day
that sent shivers down my spine and gave me release from the sweltering heat
you were the umbrella that protected me when it rained like hell in the spring
you were the soft winter snow that fell on christmas morning,
blanketing the town and dusting the evergreen trees
the aroma of cinnamon in autumn that wafted through the house
and felt like home

for all my life i’ve been the floor, and you the one who floored me
today i swear that i will be the sky
Cameron Godfrey Jan 2013
I don't even know what to feel anymore
I've slammed it closed, my open door
But I don't want to fill that void
I guess it's best that I'd just avoid
Every feeling I've ever felt.
Cameron Godfrey Jul 2013
If guns shot words
Those guns would say
"Fight not with bullets, but with tongues"
Use the words, the powerful words
That sprout out from your lungs

If grenades exploded
And they were loaded
With kindness and happiness and joy,
Those bombs would blow
And smiles would glow
Over every girl and boy

If cannons were words
Those words would tell
That words, they touch
While weapons yell

If guns shot words, those words would say
"We fight with love,
Not guns today."
I'm back!
I wrote this a few weeks ago at camp.
Cameron Godfrey Feb 2012
If I had a voice,
I’d scream at the top of my lungs
I’d yell to the world,
“Watch Out! here I come!”
I’d make a change, I’d make the world fun
If I had a voice,
I would shine like the sun
Cameron Godfrey Feb 2014
If I were a boy for a day I'd feel what it's like to be respected
I could say whatever I wanted and I'd never be corrected
I could be the boss and no one would call me a *****
Because I could be assertive and they'd call it leadership
Maybe I'd run for office and I'd probably win
'Cause they'd judge me on my skills and not the body I'm in
Maybe I'd get a job and roll around in the benefit
Of workplace inequality and other patriarchal ****
If I were a boy for a day I could run around and 'score'
And no one would call me a ***** **** or a *****
People would finally listen when I took a stand
But they don't and they won't because I'm not a man.
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
If this could be fiction I’d rewrite the end
Erase the part when you said I’m just a friend
I’d underline the place where you gave me your heart
and backspace the line when you tore it apart
I’d embellish the story to make it seem true
If this could be fiction, I’d still be with you
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
I’m listening to music
Songs that remind me
Don’t wanna believe that the past is behind me
I’ve fallen for you
I know it’s pathetic
But I really hope that you’ll be sympathetic
I hope that you’ll feel the way that I do
I hope you have fallen
In love with me too
Won’t you come back
as if this was a movie?
But you’d never return
‘cause you see right through me
I remember your arms around me,
that dance
If this were a movie
You’d give me a chance
But this is reality
And although it’s tragic
Imagine the movie
Imagine the magic
Imagine what it could be
If this were a show
Maybe it’d be perfect
But how do we know?
Cameron Godfrey Feb 2012
If you really knew me you’d understand why.
You’d get why I’m hurting you’d get why I cry.
If you really knew me you’d see through my facade
you’d see that sometimes I can be a bit odd.
If you really knew me you would see that I try,
I make mistakes, but I still get by.
If you really knew me you’d stick by my side,
you’d love and you’d help me, you’d stick for the ride.
Cameron Godfrey Aug 2015
I love you.
I love the way you feel, sitting close to me in the comfortable darkness.  
I love the movie playing in the background- I love the actors, the music, the scenery.  
I love making jokes about the characters, punning on the dialogue, pointing out holes in the plot.
I love crying at the sad parts, laughing at the funny parts, and laughing even harder at the parts that aren't even meant to be funny, just because you're there with me.
I love my friends, who sit and laugh at us, make fools of us as we make fools of ourselves.
I love the refreshing taste of the cool soda I'm drinking, the crunch of popcorn as we share a tub between us.
I love this quaint, little scene
                in this quaint, little place
                               in this quaint, little town
                                               in this crazy, big universe.
I love everything about this moment.
I love so much.
But how long will I have to go on
Until I can finally say
I love myself.
Cameron Godfrey Apr 2013
Love is not a story it's a song.
You put it on repeat and play it all night long.
Love is not a fairy tale, not prose
Love's a melody and this is how it goes.

*I love you
Cameron Godfrey Oct 2012
We live on separate planets, it seems
But we come together in a world of dreams.
We laugh, we smile,
Our lips, they touch
And when you're gone I miss you so much.
We have a connection I can't comprehend
But when we're apart you're my *imaginary friend
See? It's a metaphor.
Cameron Godfrey Apr 2013
I miss you when you're gone
I miss you when you're here
Because I know that you're leaving soon

I miss you in the light
I miss you when it's dark
I miss you like the low tides miss the moon

I miss you when you're far
I miss you when you're not
Even when you're close...

I miss you like a ghoul misses her sense of touch
And when I am alone
I miss you most
In loving memory of Ferry Princess the fictional ferret
<3 Molly
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
I miss you.
I hold on to the memories
waiting for you to return.
I need you.
I hold on to the pictures of us,
as I slowly let them burn.
I love you.
I hold on to the love we once had
waiting for you to come back.
I lost you.
I hold on the that moment
until I fall under attack.
I miss you.
*But I have to let go
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
I miss you
That's all I can say
Without you hiding
Or running away
I need you
But I have to hide the pain
You don't wanna hear
How my heart is sprained
I miss you
Because words can't describe
The pain that I'm feeling
The *real
pain inside
Cameron Godfrey Apr 2012
I miss you
The way you are
I miss the one I love
I miss my northern star.
Because you were my guide
My path paved in stone
You held my shaky hand
Every step on this road.
I probably would have scared you off
If you couldn’t look past
But of course you did, My Love
And now I’m falling for you fast.
The what ifs and dreams
That never would come true
Slowly came alive
The minute I saw you.
And although we cannot be together
I know how much you care
Although we are apart
I will always be there.
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2013
I'm not leaving
I'm not waking up today
I'll stay here
And sleep this ******* world away
I'm not leaving
Not getting up and getting out
There's no reason
There's no benefit of doubt
I'm not leaving
I will not face this ******* life
I'm just tired
Wake me up later tonight
I'm not even tired. But I don't want to go. It's not like I can do anything anyway
Cameron Godfrey Aug 2013
You are goodbye
I am hello
So I'll close my eyes
For I can't watch you go

Even as I blink
You're farther away
I see your image shrink
And I'm not okay
Cameron Godfrey Apr 2012
You say you don’t want me to cry
So why do you make me?
You say you don’t want to hurt me
So why did you break me?
The unbroken promises
Slowly break down
The undisturbed smile
Slowly fades to a frown.
I said I was independent
That I don’t need a boy
But now I’m dependent on you
To bring me my joy
But you fail to do so
You fail to help
But maybe I’m better off
All by myself.
You didn't have to say you'd never hurt me. You didn't have to tell me you cared. But you did, and I fell for it. I let myself believe that you loved me. I let myself believe that the only reason you cheat is because you love me like you love her. But I've realized, you cheat because you're a *******. And maybe I can accept that. Independence is the only thing I can rely on. All by myself. Thanks for nothing, My Love.
Cameron Godfrey Apr 2013
There are infinite stars
And infinite wishes
That I mouth in my restless sleep
There are millions of words
That I wanted to say
But I conceal every peep.

There are billions of people
With billions of thoughts
It what seems like billions of hours a day.
Millions of miles
And infinite wishes
*Why is he so far away?
Cameron Godfrey Sep 2013
We are a sum of all of our choices
Of all our experience and echoing voices
Voices in our head that tell you what to do
Voices outside that are nagging at you
Voices of people who tell you you're wrong
Frustrate you and break you until you're long gone
You're inherently good; you were born to be kind
But society ***** and it changes your mind
You're inherently good; you were born just that way
You were born to be good, you were born to be great
You're inherently good, so lay down your arms
'Cause a baby never did you any harm, did it?
*A baby never did you any harm.
I was talking to my 7th grade teacher (like always) and I brought up the duality of man that my World Studies teacher asked us to think about. My pessimistic eyes always saw that man must be inherently evil, as more good men have evilness than evil men have goodness. He told me to think of a baby. No baby is born evil. Humans are born to be good. It's experience and influence that makes bad people bad. And I thank him for that.

It's a crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy 8th day of school
Cameron Godfrey Apr 2012
I need to stop
I must let go
I can’t go on
I must let you know
But I haven’t the words to say
The lingering feelings
Won’t go away
Until I face what’s sorry but true
Until I admit
I’m in love with you
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
In my mind you’re perfect
In my fantasy
I am always smiling
You’re holding hands with me
In my mind you’re here
Just two feet away
Staring into my eyes
We went back in time to that day
In my mind you’re single
Free to be the one
But in reality there’s darkness
Days there should be sun.
Cameron Godfrey Feb 2012
It's not innocent, it's not right.
It's the reason I haven't slept a wink at night.
we’re not perfect, we know we were wrong.
and it would be foolish to carry along.
lying to the world, lying to ourselves.
trying to hide it and going through hell.
The good times faded, but the pain still lingers,
With the sweet memory of our interlocking fingers.
Cameron Godfrey Sep 2013
I can't tell what will come next
In the next month, year, or week
I can only recall the past
For tomorrows are all unique

I can't tell you what mistakes I'll make
What obstacles I'll face,
What risks I'll take

I can only learn from those moments that have past
Those slow and those fast
And I can't make them last

I can't tell what will come next
Can't say if it's wrong or right
But I can tell you here and now
I'm living in the moment tonight
It should be called "can't tell" but that would be too obvious
Cameron Godfrey Apr 2012
Am I invisible to you?
Can you see or do you see through
Everything I say and do?
Do you see me?
Cameron Godfrey Aug 2013
Hundreds of faces
Familiar and not
Hundreds of voices
and millions of thoughts

Busy and loud
And loud and busy
Lost and confused
And nauseous and dizzy

Laughter and tears
Sunset and sunrise
Tears from laughter
And tears from cries

It never ends
Or so they say
*******, I hope
It'll end someday.
It's a crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy first day of high school
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
I know that you’re right,
We can only be friends
But it’s still not over
It still never ends.
I know that it’s wrong,
falling so hard for you
Because I can’t stop thinking
about what used to be true.
I shouldn’t be hurting
After all, you are right
Then why is it me,
sitting up late at night?
Crying my eyes out
It’s not the answer, but I need to.
Going through hell,
Because, really, I need you.
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2013
Who cares how many muscles spent?
Frowning is easier than being content
Being upset is a work out, I suppose
But it's harder to run than it is to stay posed.
It's easier to say "*******" than it is to smile.
Cameron Godfrey Sep 2013
It used to be easy
Making a friend
In Pre-K you just played
And you supposed it'd never end
It used to be easy
Passing a test
You just had to study
And do your best
It used to be easy
And all was stress-free
But now it's too hard
It is too hard for me
My head in a book
My pen on a page
Late nights and waking up early the next day
It used to be easy
It required no thought
It used to be easy
But now, it is not.
It's a crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy 9th day of school
Cameron Godfrey Apr 2013
Ha.
The sound of broken laughter
Of broken little hearts
The sound of sadly ever after
When worlds fall apart
Ha.
The sound of cynical souls
That only want an out
The sound of laughing trolls
An deflated spirits of doubt
Ha.
The sound of cold sarcasm
That hurts but makes you laugh
The echoes of the chasm
Into which you fall and crack
Ha.
They weren't really laughing
The happiness was fake
The hammers, violently smashing.
Hurt. Afraid. They Ache.
It wasn't funny
Cameron Godfrey Nov 2012
And then there's nothing
Nothing left
The amnesia fairy
The memory theft

Rebooting....
Cameron Godfrey Aug 2014
I was just a kid when it began
I didn't realize something ignited
And now there's a fire that burns our regrets
And I know we'll always be united

So many songs sing of love
Between a girl and her significant other
But no song can describe the way that it feels
To smile on your sisters and brothers

Don't you dare cry I can't stand to see you crying
We're a family, a flame
And this flame isn't dying
We've parted ways but this isn't the end
This is just "see you later" not "goodbye," my friend

So put your arms around me
We'll sway like waves on the water
We'll add fuel to this fire
Feel the heat as the embers burn hotter

I was just a kid when it began
I supposed I'm still a child today
But I'm growing and learning and slowly maturing
And I'm glad I met you along the way
Not every song I write is about Solel (yes it is)
I'll record this and put it on https://soundcloud.com/breadstickbeyotch soon for my album One Four All
Cameron Godfrey Jun 2013
I wonder how he's doing without me
If his new girl is funnier and pretty
Or if he's alone
Under covers at home
Wallowing in his own self pity

I wonder how he's doing without me
If he's rid of the remnants of our love
Or if they're held holy
To that boy that's now lonely
I wonder who he's thinking of

I hope he's doing well without me
I hope he is more than satisfied
I hope it is worth it
To him and his girlfriend
Worth all of the tears that I've cried
Less sad. More curious.
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
I'm jealous
But I'd never admit it
I've been abandoned
And I just want to quit it
But I know that I can't give up.
I'm jealous
But I'd never tell him
I've been crying my eyes out.
I've just been so jealous.
But I know that I'm just out of luck.
I'm jealous
But he'll never know
I haven't slept at night
but it'll never show.
I know that he doesn't love me too.
I'm jealous
I'm not okay
I've been left out
day after day
Maybe I've done wrong.
I just don't have a clue.
This one's for a boy, he doesn't know who he is, but I've been so upset, and it's all come to this. Thank you, my friends, who've tried to help me through it... but I've been destroyed... You know what? Just ***** it.
Cameron Godfrey Mar 2012
It’s just a crush
I’m not obsessed
I’m not in love
I won’t confess
You told me I’m pretty
I fell into your arms
I didn’t expect
You to bring me such harm
It’s just a crush
But I’m still confused
“I’m not in love”
It’s so untrue
Cameron Godfrey Nov 2015
I had a dream about loving you.
And in that dream you loved me too.
And that's how I knew, that's how I knew
It was only just a dream.

I had a dream about touching your skin
Breathing you in, breathing you in
I had a dream about love and sin
But it was only just a dream

I dreamt of you just holding me tight
Holding me close in your arms for the night
And everything in this **** world felt right
But it was only just a dream

I had a dream and you were there
But that dream quickly faded into a nightmare
I woke up screaming that the world wasn't fair
It was only just a dream
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