Courtney Lynn Richards

Oct 2018

Langston Hughes

I would liken you
To a night without stars
Were it not for your eyes.
I would liken you
To a sleep without dreams
Were it not for your songs.

Oct 2018

Sylvia Plath

Mad Girl's Love Song

"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade:
Exit seraphim and Satan's men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)"

Courtney Lynn Richards Sep 2016

WHERE WERE YOU?

The tears going down her face
Unfortunately aren't misplaced
She cries out for love
And pray for forgiveness from up above

Where is everyone who cares
They all just stop to stare
Nothing but laughter and humor
She can't even look in the mirror

Piece by piece she falls apart
She always loved you from the start
But now shes headed up above
Where were you when all she wanted was love?

-Courtney Lynn Richards

BY COURTNEY LYNN RICHARDS

Courtney Lynn Richards Sep 2016

"Stay Wondering"

My heart is now shattered on the ground,
I stay wondering if love will ever be found.
I’m constantly in a war with my past,
I stay wondering if were moving too fast.
If I was judged on love I'd be in last place,
I stay wondering why my heart is constantly in a race.
I’m trying hard to win you over,
I stay wondering if your smile is just a cover.
I want to know if you want love or lust,
I stay wondering if it’s you I can trust.
I tend to always push you away,
I stay wondering if you will leave or stay.
My heart wants you to stay beside me,
I stay wondering do you even think we could ever be?
I fall harder and harder with every touch,
I stay wondering if its right to feel this much.
Have you ever needed someone so bad?
I stay wondering if one should ever be this sad.
Everybody dies, but not everybody lives,
I need to relax and think about all the things he gives.
I stay wondering how beautiful love looks to most,
I can only imagine as beautiful as the horizon on the coast.

BY COURTNEY LYNN RICHARDS

Courtney Lynn Richards Sep 2016

Left To Believe

As the pain hits me like a bottle of whiskey,
im left to believe you are there.
I can't see you nor can I hear you,
but im left to believe you are there.
I can't feel your touch,
but im left to believe you are still there.
I can't hear your laughter,
but im left to believe you are still there.
Even though I cant see, hear, or feel you,
Im left to believe you are there...
you know the key word in believe... is LIE. And too think im left to believe you are still there.

R.I.P. DADDY Im missing you every day
A poem wrote by me Courtney Richards

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