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May 2014 · 739
Silence
Craig Harrison May 2014
Silence, it's not much to ask for
banging before 8am
loud after 10pm
never shutting up, never been silent

With all its negatives
been deaf as one advantage
no noisy neighbors
no noisy traffic
total silence, something so rare

A house in the country
a boat at sea
a shuttle in space
places to finally get some sleep
places to finally get some silence
People who are deaf would love to be able to hear their neighbors and traffic and really deserve a cure, the purpose of making the comment about the one advantage to been deaf was for the purpose of the poem and also to explain how noisy the world is and can be.

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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May 2014 · 2.4k
Common arguments
Craig Harrison May 2014
Common arguments like which decade is better
the 90's, 80's, 70's or the 60's
each had its advantages and each had its disadvantages
good things and bad things
the same can be said for the 00's and the 10's
I'm a 90's the same decade that we got the TV show Friends

Common arguments like which football team is better
Arsenal, United, City, Chelsea or Liverpool
each club had its chances, had their time
We stood by them through the good times and the bad
the same goes for every other team
I'm a Liverpool fan, the 2005 Champions League final was like a dream

Common arguments like which *** is better
Male or Female
Each are equal but have more sexes to compete with these days
we might hate our opposites at times but we love them really

Common arguments like which country is better
U.S.A, England, Russia, China or any other country
We all have our problems, we all have our good points
Leaders might argue and fight but social networks have connected us
Our leaders might not realise but we have more in common with each other than we ever knew
we are all united in our goals and our dreams
that is a statement that is true

Common arguments some times go to far
people get hurt
one word fixes most arguments
"SORRY"
Not my best poem but I hope you like it

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May 2014 · 433
Nature
Craig Harrison May 2014
Close your eyes and hear the world
hear the birds whistling
the leaves rustling
your heart beating.
Close your eyes and see the world with your mind.

Turn off your alarm
call in sick
take a walk and take your time,
close your eyes and hear the world.
Fish swimming
birds flying
sheep eating
all happening while we're all sleeping.

When your ready open your eyes
see the world
see its beauty
see its variety
see its wonders you're yet to explore
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May 2014 · 713
World cup 2014
Craig Harrison May 2014
The world turns up
the world is watching
the summer of 2014
our attention turns to South America
all eyes on Brazil

We have kick off
for nearly 2 hours we stand as one
a united nation
cheering when we win
crying when we lose
until that final whistle
we stand as one

Every 4 years
the world turns up
the world is watching
World cup
Twenty fourteen
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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May 2014 · 751
Lost
Craig Harrison May 2014
It all happened so fast
I turned my back and you were gone
A moment in time I can never get back
a moment I can never change
You did nothing wrong, it wasn't your fault
you waited until the light turned red.
He thought he could make it
but he failed
he hit you so hard, paramedics said it was instantaneous
but I don't believe, I can see the the pain in your eyes each time I close mine
you did nothing wrong
it wasn't your fault
now your gone
my best friend
x
R.I.P
May 2014 · 1.5k
Twinkle twinkle little star
Craig Harrison May 2014
Twinkle twinkle little star
I have no idea where you are.
Up above the world so high
I wished I could see you before I die.

When the blazing sun is gone
the human race will live on.
Then you show your little light
Twinkle twinkle little star, shining so bright.

Then the traveler in the dark
travels through space on his ark.
He could not see which way to go
if he could not see your shining glow.

Far away you keep
never getting to sleep.
For you never shut your eye
until it's your time to die.

As your bright and tiny spark
helps direct his ark
I have no idea where you are
twinkle twinkle little star.
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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May 2014 · 1.1k
As we age
Craig Harrison May 2014
As I age I struggle to keep my eyes open
From not having a bed time to wishing I could keep to one
From school to work nothing changed
still told what to do just like I was and will always be
Teachers became my bosses and they will become my carers
I'm yet to hit my mid life crisis but I am already questioning my life
Did I make the right choices
did I meet the right people
did I buy the right things
Could I have done more
Fight for what is right, change the world
A powerful mind but with out the powerful job
a leader without anything or anyone to lead
a thinker without anyone to teach
a creator without anything to create
a lover without anyone to love

The world is not your oyster it's your baby
your purpose for life, the thing that makes it worth living
teaching you new things all the time
So beautiful from the moment of birth and only getting better looking with time
Covered with germs that try to attack it and make it weak
but continuing to survive, fighting back with its immune system
needs your protection from people that mean it harm
so you see the world is your baby, your purpose in life

As we age we re-evaluate everything
our decisions our choices  
and at the moment of death we can see what those choices and decisions created
As we age we question

With age we are reborn
A new voice to talk with
new eyes to see things
new ears to hear
all new senses are created when we age, when we question and think

We ask ourselves
Did I make the right choices
did I meet the right people
did I buy the right things
Could I have done more
Fight for what is right, change the world

With age we realise that we are and have
A powerful mind but with out the powerful job
a leader without anything or anyone to lead
a thinker without anyone to teach
a creator without anything to create
a lover without anyone to love

It's not to late, it's never to late
Your powerful mind can change this world
your leadership can lead an army of like minded people
your ability to think can teach those that are not taught
your ability to create can create anything from an abbreviation to a work of art or even create heaven on Earth
your ability to love can save everything and everyone

So to say, a lover without anyone to love
look out your window
look down, look up, look straight out
There is a Universe full of life for you to love

As we age we question everything
we learn new things, see the world differently and hear people correctly
Be more than human
BE GOD
This went a way off target but I hope you liked it

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May 2014 · 2.7k
Made perfect
Craig Harrison May 2014
Crafted like a diamond
with the hands of the greats
Van Gough, Da Vinci
put together like Cubism
with the vision of Picasso
A mind like Shakespeare, Dickens
Intelligent like Artificial Intelligence
Envisioned by God
A perfect being
and made into the best, the most perfect person

Made by perfection into perfection
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May 2014 · 21.6k
My Perfect One
Craig Harrison May 2014
I dreamed of you a long time ago
my perfect one
Your smile, your big beautiful eyes
I saw them long before we ever met
You are the woman of my dreams
my perfect one

Some people wait a life time to meet their soul mate
but I'm fortunate to have met you
I don't think I would have ever been able to wait
You're my perfect one

So beautiful. so funny
Cute when you smile and don't realise
the way your hair falls into your eyes
My heart is yours, it beats for you
because you're my perfect one

I love you
x
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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May 2014 · 6.1k
Lets run away
Craig Harrison May 2014
Lets run away, just you and me
escape from our problems and our mistakes
lets run away from all the things that bring us down
anywhere you want as long as we're together
anywhere from here must be better

Lets run away from the negativity
escape from the world that makes us sad
lets run away from the horrors of today
anywhere you want as long as we're together
anywhere from here must be better

We can travel the seas and make waves
travel across land and make footprints
or travel the stars and make history
Lets run away from the world
escape into our dreams
lets run away, just you and me
anywhere you want as long as we're together
anywhere from here must be better
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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Apr 2014 · 709
Nightmare
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
A noise, quiet but echoing
I get up to look around
but the light doesn't turn on
I try the hallway
again no light
what's happening, I get scared
A noise behind me this time
I turn around
light, finally a light is on
I walk into the room I'd just left
darkness again, the light went out
I make my way to the stairs
still without any light
I feel more scared, I hear a voice
my dad?, no wait it was me
but how
I go down the stairs
still no light
my voice again, "Come here"
what is happening
so scared now, shaking like crazy
I still here my voice but I hear a noise again behind me
I spin
nothing
I see something
a light
but from where
the kitchen
I get there and it goes out again
who's doing this to me
I close my eyes
wishing, praying it will end
a voice in front of me
not mine but I recognise it from somewhere
but not sure
the voice it says
"It's okay, you can wake up now"

I wake up in bed
it was only a nightmare
I feel happy, safe
until the next time I fall a sleep
the dream will return, just like all the other times
This is actually a nightmare I have regularly
I have no idea why

I have never figured out who the voice belongs to that say I can wake up now.

Over the years I have had a few nightmares but this one has hung around for a while, I usually dream of this about once a month and it started about 4 years ago.


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Apr 2014 · 26.0k
Can not control
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
What to do with a mind you can not control
A mind that thinks of things you wished it didn't
behaves a way that isn't you
Split or multiple but their is certainly more than one personality residing in this mind
Scares me with the images, with the dreams
I'm losing control over something that belongs to me
I'm losing me

  So far no voices
but the images I see
the way it controls my every move
I can not help it but I'm losing control

It scares me that I can not keep control of something that is so capable
of beauty
love
compassion
friendship
peace
It scares me that I am losing everything that makes me, me

My mind is something I can not control
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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Apr 2014 · 2.0k
Like a movie
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
I ask you, why can't life be like a movie
Why can't we
Love like a romance
laugh like a comedy
and fight like an action
Live like a leading star
die like a supporting role
Sing like a musical
Travel like an adventure
be remembered like a documentary

So I ask why can't life be like a movie
Some of you may notice this sounds familiar, that is because I created a poem similar to this called Life like a movie, but while I was reading it back I wanted to make a few changes so the previous version as been deleted for this remake.

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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Apr 2014 · 853
Alone
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
In a world of so many
how can someone feel lost or even alone
I don't know where I'm going
I do not know my place
So many people but I feel alone

In a world of so much connectivity
how do I feel so disconnected
To many people to count all talking to each other
so many connections been made each day
But I struggle to connect, I struggle to fit in
I struggle to find friendship

In a world of so many people
a world of so much connectivity
Why is it I can not find love?

So many people, so many connections
Yet I feel alone
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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Apr 2014 · 1.2k
How can we
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
Crimes of humanity, we'd be here all day
how can I be considered a part of a race that
Kills
Tortures
Hurts others
how can I in good consciousness say I am part of the Human Race

How can a species have achieved so much
how can a species with so much potential
how can we sit ideally by while someones life falls apart
how can we stand tall when we belittle so many
how can we accept acts of violence

We're the caretakers of this Earth
the caretakers of this life
How can we destroy everything that makes us special

I am not part of the Human Race
I can not be part of a species that causes so much pain
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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Apr 2014 · 534
We have a right
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
At night I hear the cry's of so many
the tears they release, the pain they feel.
Seeing my Brothers and Sisters like this breaks my heart
each day thousands of them die. No food or water.
How?

None of us asked for this life
none of us wished to be born
How can life be worth living
when so many of us struggle to live.
The basics we need, food and water
can not be found except in the hands of the rich.

Millions of the poor die each day
while the rich sit on piles of money.
For what purpose, for what gain
For war and greed
Who are you fighting, who are you stealing from.
Why not give us free water and free food
WE HAVE A RIGHT TO LIFE BUT NOT THE RIGHT TO KEEP THAT LIFE
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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Apr 2014 · 688
Living free
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
Do you not believe that Love is more important
If I say I love you and you love me is that worth anything
Do I not deserve to live my life free
Free from persecution
Free from discrimination
Free from hate of any kind

Who I love is not hurting anyone
So do I not deserve to live my life free
You hate me and sack me
with out even knowing me
You see who I love and judge me

Gay or Lesbian I still love the same as any straight person
kisses and cuddles
holding hands
Love is love no matter where it is projected
If God hates me for who I am
then he hates you to
'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than this
so to hate me is to hate yourself
and in this world we are all neighbors

So do I not deserve to live my life free
Free from persecution
Free from discrimination
Free from hate of any kind
Written from the point of view of a Gay/Lesbian person
I myself are not gay but that does not mean that I can not fight for gay rights

Gays and Lesbian have just as much rights as anyone and everyone and it is about time the world stop discriminating against them

This was written in response to a report that the boy scouts revoked agreement with Seattle church over gay troop leader
Apr 2014 · 1.3k
My heart
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
Like a drummer playing base
my heart beats
Most of my life it has been playing a slow tempo
but recently it's upped the pace like a song at a club
If you listen quietly you can hear it echo

Like a singer singing
my heart sings
not Pop or Rock but Opera
in the beginning it sang a slow tempo
but recently it's upped the pace like a song at a club
If you listen quietly you can hear it echo

Like a drummer playing base
my heart beats
Like a singer singing
my heart sings
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.
Apr 2014 · 1.0k
Once Lost
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
I have eaten the fruit from the tree of life
and taken knowledge that was not mine
the clouds are fighting the sun light
though the moon still shines so bright

One enemy of so many who knows us so well
takes our love away and sends us to hell
I do not hear screams or see the fires
I have become deaf and blind
just for the serpent getting in my mind

No matter what love God has for me
I stand here to prove we are all equals
made so perfect but able to do wrong
but given love to escape from hell
a second chance for all those that fell

I have eaten the fruit from the tree of life
and taken knowledge that was not mine
I spent a year in silence just to better understand the sound of a whisper
and sat atop a mountain near Jerusalem, praying to God, asking his forgiveness for the blood spilled by my hand
I spent some time in Italy where I saved a fatherless beauty from the would-be ravishing of her dreadful uncle

But despite my good deeds I have been weighed
I have been measured
And I have absolutely...
Been found wanting

Welcome to the New World. God save me, if it is right that he should do so
Tried something different in this poem, not sure if it works, please let me know in the comments of you opinions.

Some of you might recognize some of the lines from this that is because I took the last bit from my favorite film A Knight's Tale and tried to include it in to the poem and for the rest of it I had inspiration from poems by

Seamus Heaney
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Raymond Carver

They are all really good poets and I hope that their fans like this poem

as I said above I tried something different so please let me know what you think in the comments

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


Thank you to Pure LOVE
http://hellopoetry.com/pure-love/
For the suggestion for the name of the poem
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
Junk the ancient rules of thought by which our predecessors fought
Their clashing minds did throw a spark that scorched the world and wreaked the dark
Let no science fix our path if only numbers make its math
Our brains will run will surely see on some sweeter philosophy
Until beneath a quite sky atop the rubble we will stand and finally demystify the message in fate's reprimand
Even an atomic blast can't rub the future from the past
If with incinerated grace we still become the human race.
This is taken from the movie After the Dark (I do not own the rights to this poem) but I thought it was really good and wanted to share it with you all.
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me
a total lie!

Names hurt, not physically but mentally
and the scars last maybe longer
If you are lucky you'll come out of it a lot stronger.

Sticks and stones will **** me
names will make me cry
put the 2 acts together and you'll make me want to die

You think it's a joke but I don't find you funny
I die a little each time you bully me
because of you maybe tomorrow I will not wake up
overdose or wrists or something else
All could be averted if you didn't bully me.
I'm a big supporter of anti bullying campaigns but it seems to be getting worse, everyday a new video on Youtube from a victim and news story's of someone committing suicide because of bullying.

Sadly schools don't do much for victims. I myself was bullied at school and I know from personal experience you feel you are alone (you're not but it feels that way) Parents don't understand the scale of how it makes you feel, teachers just make things worse. But also from personal experience after school life your world opens up, it becomes so much bigger and you find people to talk to, new friends and your confidence comes back you come back. So although during school life you may feel like you're dieing at some point in the future you will feel alive once again.

I understand that this poem will not change anything (sad but most bullies only change as they get older) but if any bullies do read this I have something to say (SHAME ON YOU) and if just 1 person does read this and wakes up to the pain they cause someone else, I have this to say, IT'S NEVER TO LATE TO MAKE SOMEONES DAY BETTER

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.
Apr 2014 · 778
If I asked
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
Would you say yes if I asked you out?

would you like to grab coffee some time?
or maybe catch a movie?
Would you say yes if I asked you out?

I'm a shy guy but only at first
by the 3rd date you would never notice
I'm filled with confidence waiting to burst.

I can't do it face to face
or over the phone
It's so easy when I'm at home

Will you go out with me?
This poem is not based on a current situation, it's something that happened when I was much younger. I was really shy at the time and there was this girl who I really liked but of course I was to shy to ask her out face to face so it was coming up to her birthday so while I wrote out the card I expressed my feelings and asked her out in the card. Well it didn't go the way I planned and I made a fool/idiot out of myself. Now when I look back at it I smile and that was the inspiration and the idea behind this poem, I hope you enjoyed it.

If I'm still been honest I will admit I am still shy but no where near as much as I once was, and if any of you ever meet me in life you will notice this but you will also notice the shyness disappear with-in an hour or so.


Last little bit, something new I'm going to start adding to the end of my poems. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
I can only try my best, try to do what I think is right
try to create change when I see an opportunity.

I might be guilty of many things but only of the things that I felt was right at the time.

I love animals not because they love me but because they are worthy of my love.

I fight for the rights of others not because they would fight for me but because I think that a world would be better if we didn't just think of ourselves.

I try to please everyone even though I know I can not please everyone, but it doesn't mean I will stop trying.

I feel rejected when someone doesn't accept me for who I am and criticize  me because I believe in what I believe.

I cry inside when I feel my parents love my brother more than me or when they don't listen to my own opinions but expect me to listen to them.

I will never learn when it comes to people because I will always believe that no matter how evil the world looks and how deceitful people can be, I will always believe that love can overcome everything.

I understand that I will never be perfect but I will never stop trying to improve because without improvement I become stuck and trapped and I hate feeling trapped.

I believe in God not because of religions but because in my mind I have found away to explain his existence and his reasoning. People wont accept it but my beliefs don't hurt anyone, they accept everyone.

I don't believe in hell, not because I believe people shouldn't be punished for crimes but because I don't like the idea of someone suffering for eternity no matter of the crime.

I want a heaven on Earth because why should we wait until death to live the perfect life when we can make it on Earth, not just for the few but for all.

I eat to much food, not because of hunger but because If I do only live once why should I punish myself when I can be tasting the creations of talented people.

I accept that I may never change the world but I feel that we need change not for me or you but for the people here in 100 years time.

I hate the idea that when I die that no one will really remember me, 100 years from now everything I am will have no meaning, people will not know who I was.

I fear that I will never get the things I want in life and it kills me every night
Married
Children
Wealth to allow me to do so many amazing things
A happy family
the movie style Christmas's
to move to L.A
To have really good friends
the confidence I wished I had
The opportunity to achieve everything on my bucket list
and so much more
but I will never give up trying to help others achieve the things they want in life (with-in reason and with-in the law)

You call me a dreamiest but their is nothing wrong with that, especially when I wake up every morning an I feel like I am in my own personal hell. The ability to dream is what created the world, to dream of traveling the seas, to go into space, to ask the cute person out. Everything is based on a dream of some kind so although calling me a dreamiest you think it's an insult I take it as a complement.

I can only be me, I can not please you all, I can not change who I am when I feel and believe what I do is right.

I write not to be heard but because I have something to say.

So that's me, a person who made mistakes but learned a person who feels guilt everyday but keeps going, a person that contemplated suicide more than once in my youth but stopped at least 3 people from doing it (2 strangers and 1 dear friend)
I'm the person who treats animals as my best friend because they treat me that way and always stick by my side, the guy that believes in love and marriage but is still looking. I'm the guy that you pass in the street and think lets not talk to him because he has a beard and long hair and maybe a bad taste in clothing (only because I cant afford better, I have more important things to spend my money on) and the guy who doesn't drink alcohol (I'm the guy you think is weird when I tell you that) but if you got to know me you would know that I would always be there as a friend and as a shoulder.
I'm that guy who tries so hard even though I always fail but I'm also that guy that carries on, I'm that guy who holds the door open, stairs at the stars and wonder, who cries when I see bad things happening to you.

I'm the guy who if you gave me a chance I would become your best friend.
In response to a few messages and comments
Apr 2014 · 658
(DO YOU)
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
DO YOU HELP?
DO YOU CARE?
ARE YOU ALWAYS THERE?

DO YOU CRY?
DO YOU SCREAM?
DO YOU AT THE VERY LEAST TRY?

DO YOU PROMOTE LOVE AND HAPPINESS?
OR DO YOU EXPRESS HATE AND SADNESS?
DO YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBOUR?
DO YOU FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY?

DO YOU PUT OTHERS FIRST?
DO YOU GIVE UP YOUR TIME?
DO YOU EARN MONEY FOR OTHERS?
DO YOU RESPECT A STRANGER?

DO YOU
I'LL ASK AGAIN
DO YOU?

DO YOU PUT YOURSELF FIRST?
OR DO YOU HELP OTHERS?
DO YOU LOVE ALL LIFE?
OR DO YOU ONLY LOVE THE LIFE CLOSEST TO YOU?

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DO YOU AGREE TO HELP?

IF SO

LETS REMAKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN
A WORLD FOR ALL LIFE TO LIVE IN PEACE
It's is up to you what you want and what you do but if you want peace for all life, if you want a better world for everything then you want the same as me.
SO HELP CHANGE THE WORLD AND MAKE IT BETTER NOT JUST FOR US BUT FOR ALL LIFE.
Apr 2014 · 465
?
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
?
If a tree falls and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
If I cry and no one is around to hear me, do I cry?
So if I cry but no one hears, why do you ask if I am okay?
If you witness an act of bullying do you step in to help?

So tell me why it is that when we see a crime, when we hear the tears of an animal, it is ignored by so many?
Apr 2014 · 4.6k
Power
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
I'd give my soul for your protection
I'd give my life to save yours
I'd walk to hell if it meant you went to heaven
I'd suffer depression if it meant you were happy
I'd give up my dreams if you could live yours
I'd become your slave if it meant you could live free
I'd give you my organs if it meant you were healthy
I'd give up everything just so you could have something

I do not have this power
I do not have the ability
I do not have god to help me
All I have is the mind and body willing to do these things and so much more

I'd give up my feelings of love if it meant you could find love
I'd take in your hate if it meant you never suffered
I'd breath all the pollution in the world if it meant the air you breathed was clean
I'd give up my sight if it meant you could see
I'd give up my arms and legs if it meant you could touch and walk
I'd give up my voice if it meant you could talk
I'd give up everything if it meant you had something

When I say you, who do I mean
I mean you, the one reading this
the one next to you
the person in the next room
the cat on your bed
the dog at your feet
When I say you, I mean all of you
all life on this planet
all life in this universe
all life everywhere

I'd give up my life to protect you all
I'd give up everything just for you to have something
Be kind and be a friend to everyone
but most of all love everything
one day we might all die out and our kindness, our love might one day define our species.

BE
KIND
Apr 2014 · 650
Dreams
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
Dreams, not the kind when we sleep
but the dreams we all have about our futures
More money
A bigger house
or a partner and kids
What ever you dream, remember sometimes dreams do come true

I dream of being rich
I dream of moving to L.A
I dream of these everyday
I dream of having kids
I dream of a better future for all of life
I dream that one day I will find myself a wife

Just remember that sometimes dreams do come true
but without hope dreams are impossible
So have hope and dream big
because today might just be your day
where your dreams come true
I don't even know if this is classed as a poem but it was something I started writing and wanted to share.
Apr 2014 · 2.8k
Greatest battle
Craig Harrison Apr 2014
So many battles you have won
but sadly you won't win this one.
The battle that we will all face one day
THE BATTLE OF TIME

Forget the tyrants and the terrorists
the greatest enemy to our survival is time.
From the moment of our births, we are entered into this battle
THE BATTLE OF TIME

We know so little, but we know it is meant to be
Time will come and time will go
but the memories shall not
time will continue to flow

War after war, billions after billions
but the war we should be fighting
the battle we should be entering
THE BATTLE OF TIME
For family members where time is catching up with them
Mar 2014 · 8.5k
Can not see
Craig Harrison Mar 2014
So dark, so very dark
but I hear a voice
and I can feel a breeze
but I don't know where I am
all I know is that I'm alone surrounded by people

I can hear people calling my name
Since I lost my sight nothing is the same

I didn't just lose my vision, I lost so much more
My independence
my job
my confidence
my self-esteem
I will never get to live my childhood dream

It's hard to only see one color for the rest of time
BLACK
no color, just
BLACK
Someone very close to me
Craig Harrison Mar 2014
Is everything a lie and nothing the truth
What we see, hear or even touch
how do we know if it is true
how do we know if it is a lie
Is it truth that I was born and is it truth that I will die
or is everything a lie

If I tell you I love you
if I tell you I care
if I tell you I will always be there
how do you know if it is true
how do you know if it is a lie

You tell me I was born in 87
You also told me I would end up in Heaven
but I have just as much chance I will end up in Hell
How do I know if it is true
how do I know if it is a lie

We hallucinate
we hear voices
we even feel things that are not there
so how do we know what is truth and what is a lie

Are we here
are you there
do we look and sound like we think
do we even think or are we controlled
so I ask what is truth and what is a lie
Thank you everyone who has liked my previous poems, especially "I love you because" I didn't expect it to do as well as it has. Anyway thank you, as I said before I will be taking a break and this one will be my final one for a while. (Just sorting through old ones and this is the last one)
Mar 2014 · 1.0k
What am I?
Craig Harrison Mar 2014
When you say I'm not a proper man, what am I then?
I read and write, I like poetry and I like romance
I might not like fighting or drinking like most men
but I'm not ashamed to admit that I have feelings and I'm not scared to express them

I like to watch ballet and listen to Opera
I like a bit of Mozart and some Beethoven
one of my favorites is Pachelbel's Canon in D
I think it's right when a man gets down on his knee

I believe in love, princes and princesses
I watch films like The Notebook and The Lake House
I like walks on the beach and watching the sun set
and I get scared when I come in contact with a threat

I like antiques and museums
I like art and shopping
So I might not be the same as other men
but if I'm not a proper man what am I then

I like football, I like fast cars
I want to take a trip to the planet Mars
I don't like cleaning, I've never had my nails done
I like women and I've always wondered what it'd be like to shoot a gun

So if I'm not a proper man, what am I then?
This is the second one, I hope you like it.
Feb 2014 · 409
Who else cries
Craig Harrison Feb 2014
It's always bad news that we read
even worse news that we hear
it's enough to make you run in fear.

War after war
death after death
Every second a life form is taking it's final breath

The 6th commandment says thou shall not ****
but not only do we still do, some even do it for a frill
Every life that dies, every final breath that is taken
makes me sad and angry that I can not save them

My love for life includes the biggest and the smallest
Alien, human, bugs or birds
no discrimination on who or what I love
so when one dies, I question who else cries.
This was inspired by an other poet on here and it made me think that I should write about how I feel in these situations.

THANK YOU for reading.
Feb 2014 · 315
Something or nothing
Craig Harrison Feb 2014
What will I see when I arrive?
What will people feel when I leave?
Will I see red or will I see white?
Will I be walking into the dark or the light?

I had a beginning and one day I will have an end
but hopefully I still have a long time to go
even if time is beginning to show.

But I can not help but feel intrigued about what comes after
Will there be screams or tears of laughter?

Or

Maybe there is nothing once we die
except for our loved ones to have a good cry
Jan 2014 · 987
Ticking and tocking
Craig Harrison Jan 2014
Ticking and tocking
ticking and tocking
watching the clock as it's ticking and tocking.
Every second that ticks on by, my time is running out
time to repent
time to be forgiven
and time to start over

The clock is ticking and tocking like it always does
a constant reminder my time is running out
no more years or months
no more weeks or days
no more hours or minutes only seconds remain

Ticking and tocking
MY TIME IS UP
Jan 2014 · 827
je crains (I fear)
Craig Harrison Jan 2014
I fear that no one will remember
I fear that I will be forgotten
When I die who will care

I have this fear
and it makes me scared
is my life meaningless
I fear no one will care

When I'm gone will my life live in memory
will my personality be remembered
will people even care about my history

I fear no one will remember
I fear that I will be forgotten

_________________­_______


Je crains que personne ne se souviendra
Je crains que je vais oublié
Quand je mourrai, qui prendra soin

J'ai cette peur
et ça me fait peur
est ma vie vide de sens
Je crains personne ne se souciera

Quand je suis parti sera ma vie vivre dans la mémoire
sera ma personnalité se rappeler
les gens vont s'occuper même de mon histoire

Je crains personne ne se souviendra
Je crains que je vais oublié
Jan 2014 · 530
Earth History
Craig Harrison Jan 2014
I see the fires of hell
I hear the thunders of Thor
at the beginning of Earth there was not much more

After many years the Earth began to cool
in the deepest depths life will rise
but it's not much, it's only got one molecule

Evolution or Religion
what ever you believe is your decision
but we all agree life was born
and Earth was heading for a new dawn

Million of years had passed
A species known as Dinosaurs stood
but tragedy struck and wiped them out along with many other species
but that event allowed a species known as **** sapiens to take over
Which in turn created me so I could write this and so you could read
Not sure about this one, let me know
Jan 2014 · 2.1k
Guilty
Craig Harrison Jan 2014
Like life eating food
you eat away at me
more painful than a gun shot
insane enough to rip out hair

They call you guilt
but I call you my enemy
You never let me sleep
always there eating away at me
like life eating food

I beg and and I regret
but I cannot forget
Until the day I die I will say I'm sorry
but so much guilt eating away at me

I'M SORRY
x
Jan 2014 · 561
All I've ever wanted
Craig Harrison Jan 2014
All I've ever wanted
is to be loved by you
to be liked by you
and
respected by you

All I've ever wanted
is to fit in
to be accepted
and
to be liked for being me

All I've ever wanted
is to have many friends
to be married
and
to have many kids

All I've ever wanted
is to be creative
to be rich
and
to be happy

What you don't know
is when I sleep, I cry
when I'm awake, I cry
and
While I sit here dieing from sadness and loneliness
I cry

All kept hidden from the world
UNTIL NOW
Craig Harrison Dec 2013
You give and I take
but it's all your crap
if I was anyone else they would give you a slap

I'm not sure why we're friends
yet I remain until our life ends
9 years and counting
but when I'm with you, sometimes it feels like I'm drowning

I'm a good person and I forgive you
but you push me to the point where I wish I could say this friendship is through
Dec 2013 · 995
The life of a homeless dog
Craig Harrison Dec 2013
From an house to the streets
I'm sleeping in the cold
lying on wets sheets

Seeing strangers used to make me wag my tail
but the years on the streets have left me frail
I bleed from my face and paws
and the people that did this to me hide behind their laws

I cry and no one cares
I've been hit by people with chairs
Where are all the charities that people talk about
no one cares even when I shout
Animals have rights and deserve happiness just like us
Dec 2013 · 14.0k
I like you because
Craig Harrison Dec 2013
I don't care about your age
or the fact you earn a higher wage
I love you because

Because when I see you I like how I feel
I love you because when I'm with you everything is real

I love your blond hair
and how much you love and care
I love your smile and your big hazel eyes
I love you because you're wise

I love you because you are smart
I love you because you remind me of art
so beautiful, the world must see
I love you because for some reason you love me

I love everything about you
and I'm happy you love me too

X
Thank you to everyone who as liked and viewed this poem. Thank you

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them a.s.a.p.


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Dec 2013 · 736
Merry Christmas
Craig Harrison Dec 2013
It's that time of year
to spread love and cheer
On the 25th of December
It's the good times we'll remember
For it will be Christmas day
Where Santa delivers gifts while traveling on his sleigh

Snow on the ground
gifts all around
Laughter and joy
Gifts for all no mater if you're a girl or boy

Santa is kind, he gives us gifts
he climbs down chimneys and doesn't use lifts

So Merry Christmas everyone
Have a great day
Remember to look out for Santa and his sleigh
I hope everyone has a nice Christmas. Some won't but remember a moment of kindness can make anyone smile. So remember to wish others a very Merry Christmas this year.... MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR
Dec 2013 · 421
I search the world
Craig Harrison Dec 2013
I search the world looking for peace
all I find is a world at war.
From North to South and East to West
All I see is what the human race does best
They ****, they cheat and lie
but everyone I ask doesn't know why

I search the world looking for love
but I have no such luck,
They say they love they say they care
but come my death bed they are not there
I've begun to question if love is real
If not, then what is it I feel.

I search the world and all I see
is no one quite like me
I see beauty and I see hate
but no one quite like me, to date.

I search the world looking for you
but I can not see, I can not find.
From North to South and East to West
I search the world doing my best.
Was lying in best last night and this came to me, sometimes it's like having a flood of ideas in my mind and not enough time to get them all down.. I hope you liked this one, I hope you like all my work but I dunno I like this one the most I think, and I hope you do.
Dec 2013 · 2.0k
Nelson Mandela
Craig Harrison Dec 2013
Born in South Africa in 1918
95 years, a long life you had seen
Maybe not the best but better than most
You won the Presidential medal of freedom and the Nobel peace prize
Sadly today, the world cries.

You will be missed by so many
and are known by all
the impact you made on this world was nothing small
so many obstacles but you found a way
your determination inspires many people
that is why the 5th of December will always be a very sad day

You were great maybe the best
now it is time for you to finally rest

You changed the world and made it better
Rest In Peace, NELSON MANDELA
He will be missed
Dec 2013 · 955
Salem
Craig Harrison Dec 2013
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.
Dec 2013 · 529
Life now
Craig Harrison Dec 2013
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
Dec 2013 · 895
We are explorers
Craig Harrison Dec 2013
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
Dec 2013 · 638
Life without hope
Craig Harrison Dec 2013
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
Nov 2013 · 639
Rememberance
Craig Harrison Nov 2013
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
Nov 2013 · 368
Savior and destroyer
Craig Harrison Nov 2013
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.
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