Craig Harrison

Craig Harrison Dec 2013

Salem

Salem, O Salem what were you about?

It all started in 1692
It was dark, it was cold, a bit of snow still on the ground

People arrested for witchcraft and some sentenced to death
19 people that year took their final breath
People were drowned or killed with fire
some people even hung with rope or wire

Witch trials didn't just happen in Salem
They happened all over the world
The first is believed to be a woman named Angele Babin for *** with the devil
And the last Bridget Cleary whose crime was unclear
I wonder how many of these people confessed in fear

We are monsters of our own making
we cause fear and we ****
Those that do no longer do it for protection
they do it for the thrill

But their is no thrill in taking a life
there was wasn't then and there isn't now
how could you take a life, that is my question. HOW

Please leave feedback, personally I don't think this one is that good but I finished it so I thought I would post it.

Craig Harrison Dec 2013

Life now

Eating comfort food
watching the box
Sitting on my sofa
in my ****** and socks

Down below I get an itch
scratching away with my hand
Not enough energy to stand

Crumbs all around
A strange smell in the air
I no longer know why I don't care

I've given up
you finally won
there is no future
I'M DONE

Craig Harrison Dec 2013

We are explorers

On a starry night I look up at the sky
So many planets in the universe to see
yet I fear I will never see them before I die

From Earth to Mars
How long until we visit other stars
Are we alone, or do we live in a clustered neighborhood
So far we have only been to the moon
where Neil Armstrong once stood

Our efforts are on Mars
when they should be further
The ideas exist, the money does not
We should be working together before our bodies rot

As a planet we should achieve and explore
working together we can see what is out there
Sure it will be scary, seeing the unknown
but we are explores, people in our history have shown

Craig Harrison Dec 2013

Life without hope

I cry without tears
I smile without joy
The person you see is no more than a lie

I am not happy
nor am I content
the only thing I am is a lie

Sadness and loneliness
but no where near happiness
Striving to change
but all I am is a lie

I fake a smile
I fake a laugh
I fake so much
but I can not fake that I'm a lie

In the mornings
in the nights
No escape in my sights

I am not happy
I am sad
I am good but I have been bad

I cry without tears
I smile without joy
The person you see is no more than a lie

Let me know what you guys think

Craig Harrison Nov 2013

Rememberance

Bright like a star
Dark like a hole
Gone but not to far

In our hearts you remain
In heaven you now reside
For ever, the memory of the day you died

Funny and smart
Brilliant at many things but not very good at art
blond hair, once like the sun
lived every day to the max
and always knew how to have fun

smiles on our faces, first day and every day
the moment of your birth will always be my happiest
today will always be my saddest

For ever I will love
for ever I will remember
For ever you changed my life
and may I just say what a brilliant life
made perfect by you

Craig Harrison Nov 2013

Savior and destroyer

An image I can not see
A voice I can not hear
A body I can not touch
Yet I know

I stand but I also fall
I live but I give it to you
If nothing less my heart is yours

When you're near I lose my senses
when you're far your memory is near

Blind yet I see
Deaf yet I hear
The inability to touch yet I feel

You are my savior and yet you can destroy me
My heart and soul is yours
For I am nothing with out you.

Craig Harrison Nov 2013

Flame in my heart

Like a flame in my heart
knowing your name was the start

My feelings for you, your power over me
Opened my eyes to the world, you made me see
Seconds into minutes into days
Proving my love for you, how when there are so many ways

Like a whisper in the wind
gentle like a snowflake
Beauty unparalleled
A mind so pure
Meeting you, soul mates are real I am sure

Hadn't uploaded anything for a while so thought it was about time, anyway I hope you enjoy. Working ******* the next poem called All we are is a memory. Not sure when I'll finish it so keep an eye out.. anyway let me know what you think of this poem, and leave me links to your best works so I can check them out and maybe get inspired.