Jasmine: Favorites

Jun 2018 Jasmine

Valsa George

I know some deep pain saddens you now
It has been nesting in your heart for long
Breeding in the silence of your soul
It leaves your body n' mind awfully sick

It intensifies with every deepening night
Leaving the wound in your heart severely bleeding
Something that you haven’t fully divulged
Robbing you off all your cheer and ebullience,

I can feel the smoldering of your heart
How I wish I could fan away those aches
Wipe off all the pain from your body n' mind
Or at least share a bit of it, dear sweet Kim!

Even when you wear a mask impenetrable
Or sublimate your feelings through lovely verse
I can gauge the depth of despair you feel inside
And sense the rising palpitations of your heart.

When your eyes strain to read what is on the screen
You feel, you are deprived of the only pleasure you have
Though you hoped things would improve in course of time
When your eyesight got badly impaired, you sank in despair

Even when distanced, please know I am near
Somewhere so close, as an unseen presence
Staying by your side, to wipe your tears away
Praying for you ever and wishing you all good

You were the darling of this great poetry site
Your presence is sorely missed by all
We wish you to be back with your balmy words
Eager to read your lovely verse, proclaiming love

Life is strange with sudden twists and turns
But never ever give up, nor lose hope
Believe, at any time there can be a turn around
After the bleary night, comes the bright morn

Again the sun shall show up in the East
Darkness will recede and light shall descend
The meadows with dew drops shall shine
And the woods with the song of birds will ring

Look up to God in issues you cannot handle
Call Him again to your aid when you battle with life
He cannot but yield to the voice of your calling
And instantly heal your heart, now deeply bleeding

So sorry to know that Kim Johanna Baker is so sick! She has severe eye infection and vertigo leaving her feel so desperate! Her present illness has weakened her already debilitated body further. She needs our prayers and Good wishes!

Jun 2018 Jasmine

A stare

Jun 2018 Jasmine

Monique

A stare

I have never felt safer locked in a stare,
Through all your emotions your intentions are clear.
Your gaze goes through me, beyond what i wear; Not after my body to be bare .
Between us theirs a special love that we share.
A love reflected by our eyes as we begin to lose our outwards disguise.
For true love is not blind, but patient and kind .
If it is love, true love we seek the eyes are the windows to the soul not through actions or how we speak.
I look away then back again no hiding for the meek: your stare holds me tightly ,I'm up of my feet.
You know that I'm scared when our eyes are due to meet.
Your faces softens into a smile someone so beautiful, I could gaze for while.

#emotion #love #innocence

Jun 2018 Jasmine

If I Touched Your Heart

Jun 2018 Jasmine

jeffrey conyers

If I Touched Your Heart

Just to see you smile.
Truly drives me wild when you touch me.

Every card that I buy.
Every note that I sent really thrills me with sentiments.
For to love you and you love me.
Makes this man so very happy.

Lady, if I touched your heart in any way.
I just say thanks for being the one that loves me.

You not materialistic, really far from it.
And you don't find many women this way.

But your main quality is your given ways.
I hadn't seen you been selfish to this day.
And you have affected me more than I can say.

So If I touched your heart.
Don't be afraid to tell me, tell me, tell me.
For they say love a stage that we all go through.

And if that the case I continue to go all the way with you.

Jun 2018 Jasmine

A Backwards Murder (Reversible Poem)

Jun 2018 Jasmine

Vale Luna

A Backwards ****** (Reversible Poem)

(read forward, then backward, line by line)

I ran.
Not knowing what else to do
There was so much blood on my hands
It was mine
The kitchen knife
Caught in my chest
Guilt
Consumed by
Fear
I was heightened by
Adrenaline
But running on
Wasn’t enough
While trying to stay calm,
Losing control
It was me that would end up
Dead. Because
He was
In front of me
The whole time
It was too late
Trapped
I found myself
Locked in chains
My fate was
Death.

Forward: from the victims perspective.
Backward: from the murderers perspective.

This TOOK ME FOREVER TO WRITE

#poem #reversiblepoem #reversible #****** #story #victim #murderer #death #crime

Jun 2018 Jasmine

Lil Ghetto boy

Jun 2018 Jasmine

NeroameeAlucard

Lil Ghetto boy

Lil ghetto boy
There's more to the world than the hood
There's places to play besides a broken down park
There's places where it's safe to go out in the dark
You can do anything on this earth
You can change the world forever

Lil Ghetto boy
There's more to read than reports of everybody getting shot
You shouldn't need to throw up a set to walk safely around, you should not
Don't let your beginning determine your end
Lil Ghetto boy, you have me as a friend

#life #people #everyday #ghetto

Jun 2018 Jasmine

Anxiety

Jun 2018 Jasmine

Dakota Hobday

Anxiety

I have a bestfriend that’s clinging to me -
It’s forever wrapped around my body.
I try to shake it off and be free,
But it wants to keep me away from everybody.

“Everything is dangerous,” it whispers to me,
And I do my best to block its voice out.
“They’re all going to leave you, can’t you see?”
I can’t lie, it sometimes makes me doubt.

I have a bestfriend that’s clinging to me -
It’s forever wrapped about my body.
I try to shake it off and be free,
But it wants to keep me away from everybody.

“You’re not good at anything,” it constantly cries,
And I fear it’s speaking the truth this time.
“You’ll never be able to do what you want!” it advises -
Trying to change anything now feels like a crime.

I have a bestfriend that’s clinging to me -
It’s forever wrapped about my body.
I try to shake it off and be free,
But it wants to keep me away from everybody.

“I’m trying to keep you safe!” it screams,
All of its warning alarms are growing too loud.
“You’re too worthless to have dreams.”
The sirens are making my mind overcrowded.

I have a bestfriend that’s clinging to me -
It’s forever wrapped about my body.
I try to shake it off and be free,
But it wants to keep me away from everybody.

“Can’t you leave me alone already?” I cry,
And it just laughs at my feeble tries,
Saying, “not until the day you die-”
“I’m training you to be wise.”

I have a bestfriend that’s clinging to me -
It’s forever wrapped about my body.
I try to shake it off and be free,
But it wants to keep me away from everybody.

I can’t breath, I don’t want your warnings anymore!
“You can’t get rid of me, I’m everything to you.”
All of the warning sirens have combined into a loud roar,
Not a single thought can actually get through.

I have a bestfriend that’s clinging to me -
It’s forever wrapped about my body.
I try to shake it off and be free,
But it wants to keep me away from everybody.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath.
“What are you doing to me?” it faintly panics,
“I thought we were bestfriends until death!”
My mind starts to quiet and I feel a true balance.

“Not anymore!” I shout into the silence,
“This is my mind and I get to decide what’s right!”
It softly cries, “don’t you want my guidance?”
I say nothing, and force it to retreat despite.

I had a bestfriend that clung to me -
It tried to choke my body.
I shook it off to be free,
I don’t want to hide from everybody.

#anxiety #mental #disorder #fear #silence

Jun 2018 Jasmine

Loneliness....

Jun 2018 Jasmine

Jayantee Khare

Loneliness....

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the moon is lonely in the starry night
the sun is lonely amongst the cloud
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the teardrop is lonely in the waves of sea
the heart is lonely in the countless crowd
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the union is lonely while met so many
in the caravan too the loneliness found
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wrote many pages yet lonely is one word
lonely is the matter, the night, things around
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For Kim johanna Baker... translated my last poem

Jun 2018 Jasmine

The distance between two halves.

Jun 2018 Jasmine

T

The distance between two halves.

Deeply yearning for your sweet embrace.
To softly running fingers across your face.
Your scent so powerfully overwhelming.
Tucked in so tightly away from the world, exchanging passions lost to everyone else.

A sense of home, of passion, of trust. Something that'll leave everything else in the dust.
Nothing more, nothing less, just your head upon my chest.
That peace it brings, makes your soul sing. The time it takes to appreciate, a downfall so many have succumbed to.
Anchored by the weight of your sins.
Let go of the past, else it won't last.

Yet, there's hope.
A glimmer.
An ember.
The memories at night, that will you to remember.
So lost in thought, desire and torment.
To the next chance we get to reclaim our moment.
A distance so trivial yet so far, will never overcome the power of the heart.

#love #past #desire #passion

Jun 2018 Jasmine

Why Poetry

Jun 2018 Jasmine

Mike Hauser

Why Poetry

When people ask me
Why poetry
Why not pick a paying profession

Take hold this truth
That I'm laying on you
In which there is a valuable lesson

If you do what you like
You're going to find
Life holds treasure in wonder

Instead of the dough
Taking you out in its tow
And then pulling you under

When you're doing things
Think more the gifts they bring
And not money to be made

When people ask me
Why poetry
Do I really need to say