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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
Craig Harrison Sep 2013
Many faces I once saw
I could even see my front door
Things like TV I can no longer see
I can't even see me

One night I closed my eyes
Morning after I could no longer see
Why do bad things happen to me

Doctors didn't know why
Spent years poking at my eye
Even now they still don't know
I can't even see my toe

From birth I've had poor vision
Everyday I have a collision
Poles, doors or walls
I've even had some massive falls

You have no idea on how it feels
Not even able to cook my own meals
My son helps as much as he can
But he is now a man

Living a life without sight
Not even seeing the sun light
Enough to make anyone give up
Like I once thought

Pray you never have to live like this
I can't even see my own ****
I hope you enjoy the poem
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
Craig Harrison May 2016
In Paris this story shall begin
and the 1800's had just set in
the sky was blue with no cloud in sight
so I went for a walk, and walk I did
hours went by, before I knew it the sky was dark, it had become night.
I took a different route home, that day
but with still a distance to travel the sky changed and what had started out so beautiful became, ugly, rain fell from the heavens above and I ran across the road to a coffee house.

I sat at the back, I had my choice of seatting, the property was near empty, at the counter sat a lady, a very beautiful lady, long legs, brown hair, but something seemed to make her sparkle, she lit up the place like a sun in space.
My mind raced to find words to say to her, I wanted to walk over and introduce myself, I wanted, I wanted to get to know this person. But then a smell of what I descibe as a wet dog reached up my nose and grabbed my brain to remind me that I was soaking wet, I didn't look presentable, this beautiful lady sitting only a few feet away from me would have taken one look and laughed.

I told you this was a love story, a story of love, not sadness and self pitty, so where is the love, well a strange thing happened, as I sat their drinking my coffee she came over. Sat down right in front of me she did and asked me how I was doing. Like it did with my walk the time seemed to fly, the owner came over to our table and told us he was closing, I didn't realise it was so late, I must of been enjoying myself, I didn't even realise that the rain had stopped.

Like a true gentleman I offered to walk the lady home, as we walked we continued the conversation that we were having back at the coffee house, we were discussing whether humans will walk on the moon, she believed that we would but I wasn't so sure, maybe, but not in my life time. We arrived at her appartment, a beautifull 4 story property with a sandy color to it. She thanked me but as I turned to walk away, she reached out and tugged my arm.

Never in a life time can woman find a man that she feels so comfortable around, a man that she meets only hours ago, but Sir, I would like to kiss you if I may.

Her words surprised me, not many women of this era asked a man for a kiss, but it was nice to be asked. I leaned in and our lips met, it was like every question I'd ever asked in my life was suddenly answered, the kiss was amazing, I wanted to do it again. I'd kissed women before but this was different, this was a magical kiss.

And that is how I met your great, great, great, great, great granmother
not a poem I know, I started to but then the word just flowed and out came the story above, hope you enjoyed
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
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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Craig Harrison Aug 2014
What is the meaning of life?
why are we all here?
For millennia some of the greatest philosophers have tried to answer
but today, in this great age, the answer is still unknown
we all have a different answer when asked the question
what is the meaning of life

To live our dreams
to leave a legacy
to make the world a better place
to improve ourselves
to be happy
to explore
to learn
to feel

For millennia we've searched for an answer
the greatest question
what is the meaning of life

To me it means
evolve our minds
explore every emotion
see the world
learn always
forgive and love everyone

every single person on this great planet
everyone of the 7 billion plus people
will have asked and answered the question
what is the meaning of life?
Craig Harrison Nov 2014
What is life if not worth living
What is space if not worth filling
What of the emotions that we all feel
if they are not worth expressing
Are they not things that give us meaning

The air I breath
the food I eat
the water I drink
What are they worth if not worth sharing
Are they not things that give us life
and what is life if not worth living

The emotions we feel
our beliefs, our thoughts
our very essence of who we are
Are they not things that give us meaning

What is life if not worth living
What is space if not worth filling
What of the emotions that we all feel
if they are not worth expressing
Are they not things that give us meaning
Craig Harrison Dec 2015
As the heart weeps I strugle
as the years pass and space moves
I wonder how the Earth and I will die
my mind can not control and I do not wish it to
but forcing notice and loyalty into my sole is one
one of many things I can not stop
I can not contol and I shall not whisper
as in the night my heart will linger
the skys will close and stars will fire
but our hearts will surely die
as I age the Earth ages with me
and as blood starts to slow and muscles disapear
the world I live, time is almost here.
Don't ask, I just started typing and this is what came out
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
Craig Harrison Dec 2014
Love is when you are missing some of your teeth
but you're not afraid to smile
because you know your friends will still love you
even though part of you is missing

Love is when your hair is falling out
but you don't wear a wig
because you know your friends will still love you
even though part of you is missing

Love is when you lose your arms and legs
but you don't hide away
because you know your friends will still love you
even though part of you is missing

Love is when people accept you for who you are
and you can relax and breathe free
because that's what love is
Inspired by Emma k aged 6

I don't know this person but it was something I read online (first 4 lines) and I thought it was very cute and true and I wanted to share it with you
Craig Harrison Oct 2013
How can I say this mom?
You have always been there for me
You have taken me to the hospital when I’ve fallen out a tree
Gave me my tea when I haven’t deserved it
And I haven’t showed gratitude one bit
So I’m sorry mom

I love you so much
So today I will buy you lunch
I will give you anything you want
Just because you’re my mom

Happy mothers day
So what do you want mom

Why don’t you put your feet up and let me do that
This is your day off
So take a seat and open your cards
And let me take care of the housework

I hope I have given you what you want
Happy mothers day
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.
Craig Harrison Feb 2016
After a night of wonderful dreams
I wake to find i'm still trapped
trapped in a world that feels like hell
spending hours begging anyone who will listen to help me escape
but no responses as of yet.

Each morning I choose my mask for the day
but I see soulless expressions on the world
with the grunts, and hello's, I follow the majority
but screaming out inside, begging to be free.

I hate the world I was born in
but what can I do.
The only escape from this hell
are the dreams I experience each night,
Spero te amavi hebu matumaini wewe kujibu mundiyese ine kumwetulira
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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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
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.


If you would like to follow my on Twitter, search for
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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
Craig Harrison Jul 2014
I'm not scared to admit I've never met anyone like you before
Someone so surprising, so caring and loving
I don't know how but I can't get you out of my mind
which is now filled with thoughts of you.

When I'm with you, no matter how short the time spent
everyone else in the room disappears,
I don't hear or see anyone else, only you.
I've reached a point where I no longer know what to do
I don't know how but I can't get you out of my mind
which is now filled with thoughts of you.

In the near future certain events may pull us apart
I may never see you again
but I will try everything to keep you in my life
I'm not scared to admit I've never met anyone like you before
Someone so surprising, so caring and loving
This is an oldie, came across it while looking at some of my old stuff.. I hope you like
Craig Harrison Sep 2015
In the shadows he waits
watching
looking down upon the world
judging
giving us everything
but taking it away

We **** and keep on killing
we harm and keep on harming
we destroy and keep on destroying
never changing

We were not made in Gods image
we were made in the Devils
the species never changed
never will
So in the shadows he waits
watching
looking down upon the world
judging
giving us everything
but taking it away
all the time
We **** and keep on killing
we harm and keep on harming
we destroy and keep on destroying
never changing
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.


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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Craig Harrison Apr 2015
No More
so many have died
as you sit in your comfy chairs
children are dieing
families are seperating
no good ever comes from it
No More Wars

Food becomes limited
costs go up
money disappears
luxury no longer exists

Hospitals become full
children become orphans
women become widows
men lose their wives

No body ever wins
we all lose
so please
from the bottom of my heart
as a member of the human race
and on behalf of all life without a voice
please NO MORE WARS
Craig Harrison Aug 2014
Armies fighting
throughout time
from bow and arrow
to bombs
one outcome as always remand the same
people die, children, men, women
life gets extinguished
without working towards peace
no one wins
war ends one way
people die, children, men, women

Land was taken
people were executed
revenge was sought
religions clashed
what ever the reason  
what ever the excuses
one thing will never change
no one wins
people  die, animals die, we die
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
Craig Harrison Jun 2014
We live in a time of uncertainty
No jobs
Climate change
Mass killings
warnings of pandemics
Where is our utopia
where is our heaven on Earth

1900's we had
San Fransisco's earthquake
McKinley was assassinated
First Nobel prize
The Tunguska Event
nothing as changed in my eyes

1910's we had
Spanish flu
The sinking of the unsinkable ship, the Titanic
and World War 1
What else is needed to say about this decade
nothing changed as the human race lived on

1920's we had
Discovery of penicillin
The great depression
and prohibition

1930's we had
Bonnie and Clyde
Hindenburg disaster
Discovery of Pluto
Al Capone imprisoned

1940's we had
World War 2
Mount Rushmore completed
Big bang theory formulated
Israel founded
Nothing changed but who knew

1950's we had
Castro becomes Dictator of Cuba
Laika the dog goes into space
Korean War began
History never changed and neither will the Human Race

1960's we had
The rise of the Berlin wall
First man on the moon
Vietnam War
Nothing changed and won't any time soon

1970's we had
First test tube baby
Tangshan Earthquake
Kent state shootings
Elvis died

1980's we had
Chernobyl
Tiananmen square massacre
Exxon oil spill
Nothing changed and never will

1990's we had
Oklahoma city bombing
Princess Diana died
Columbine massacre
World Trade Center bombed
End of the Cold War

2000's we had
Hurricane Katrina
Pluto reclassified
Obama elected
September 11th

2010's we had
Haiti Earthquake
Japan Earthquake
Bin Laden killed
BP oil spill
England riots
Brazil riots
China banned time travel.
We're only 4 years in.


**** sapiens are nearly 200,000 years old
nothing changed
and never will
Hope you like
Craig Harrison Aug 2014
From a distance they looked like shooting stars
but to us we knew what they really were
some enemy decided to attack
launching bombs from their fortresses while we are left to burn
all around us explosions
destroying schools, hospitals and homes
we've never done anything to this enemy
yet they try to end our lives.

Morning had come with a horrible smell
burning buildings for miles
thousands had died last night
more will die tonight
we're pleading for help
but no one is listening
we did nothing wrong to this enemy
why are we the ones left to die
Written from the point of view of a person that is in a war torn country
Craig Harrison Jun 2014
When I was younger
I looked at my window
and saw an escape.
A chance to get away from this hell
a way to end it all, my life wasn't going to well.

As I aged
I developed attachments to fictional characters
filling a void created by how I felt.
A fear of death stopped certain acts
and the feeling of happiness disappeared.

Today I cry to sleep,
lying to those closest to me,
hiding how I really feel
not happy but sad.
I get emotionally pressured into doing things for others,
I have very little sleep.
My heart rate increases at any disturbing noise.
The happiness I felt as a child is now buried deep.

Gradually things have been getting harder.
Dealing with friends and family,
trying to remain stable and sound minded
my mind fighting but is left divided.
Do I keep fighting and searching for that happiness
or do I give up and allow time to do its damage?
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 2015
One day my skin will be wrinkled
my teeth will fall out
my memories will fade
and one day, my heart will stop
my body will rot
and I'll just be another person time forgot.

But while I continue to age
I'll make friends
I'll have children
I'll leave a mark on this world
so although I have gone
part of me will continue to live on
Craig Harrison Sep 2014
Lying there in someones bed
wondering who this person was next to me
long black hair, smudges of red lipstick
****** piercings and tattoos
who had I slept with?

Quietly and quickly looking for my things
as I reached for my phone
alarm bells rang
she awoke looking straight at me,
what to say, what to do.

We mutually agreed it was a one night thing
got dressed and went our separate ways.
2 weeks later, watching the clock count down
waiting to go home
I felt a gush of wind hit my face
a tingly feeling in my stomach
standing in the door, their she was
my next and final appointment
my one night stand from 2 weeks earlier.

We talked, laughed, joked
had drinks, ate, caught a cab
morning after lying there in someones bed
knowing exactly where I was and who was next to me.
While I reached for my phone, alarm bells rang
she awoke looking straight at me
we mutually agreed that we was going to give it a go
she my girlfriend
me her boyfriend
Craig Harrison Oct 2013
When I was young I grew up on the street
Taking and dealing drugs
This is the one place that teaches you not to retreat
When you get ambushed by a bunch of thugs

Were not as bad people seem to think
We just like to party and have a drink
We get chased everyday by cops
For hanging around outside the shops

If I had the chance to get out then I would
But I have to stay and protect my hood
So I hope from this poem you will understand
Maybe next time you wont be so brand
This is fiction, but is from a story I was writing at the time.
Craig Harrison Feb 2015
Open fields full of graves
some millenniums old
some newer
as we come across more bodies
is it an archeological dig
or grave robbing.
We know one thing
the millions of people
scattered about in these fields
died of war.
200 thousand years
in the history of Earth
no other species as taken more lives
than the HUMAN RACE.
Not the best but the message is clear.. STOP KILLING
Craig Harrison Nov 2014
Love is like a dream
it messes with your head
it's like losing yourself
many times over
love is like nothing else
no other feelings or emotions come close

Love is when you value something or someone more than yourself
it's like heaven but in your heart
love is one feeling
one emotion
but can incite other emotions
other feelings
Love is like nothing else
it is our being
our heaven
our everything
Craig Harrison Jun 2014
Don't go
don't leave
stay with me
you belong here
PLEASE

I beg and pray you will come back to me
I'm not sure how to live without you here
please don't go
please don't leave
stay with me
you belong here
please.


PLEASE DON'T DIE
Craig Harrison Sep 2013
The heavens above open up in our mind
eating away at who we are
I ask myself how could we be so blind

Warning after warning
we still ignored
And all that's left is a world in mourning

Nothing left but the land
no trees, no plants, no life at all
All that remains is sand

The sea rose
Homes, businesses and lives destroyed
But this is the path we chose

Industry ripped life from the Earth
The atmosphere turned toxic
We found out what we were really worth

Sand and seas
but no trees

Could life restart
or could we survive
Maybe if we're smart
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
Craig Harrison Mar 2015
Streaks of mist
cars flying over head
no more driving
we're all flying

Our minds hooked up
great big machines
games playing out in our head
changing the meaning of reality

Humans and machines
walking side by side
no physical difference
equally walking the street

The future is unknown
but we can predict
will it be hell
or will it be utopia
Craig Harrison Sep 2013
Roses are red
Violets are blue
With all my heart I love you

I'm down here on one knee
Will you marry me?
Craig Harrison Jul 2014
How many generations have said the same things
"I want the best for my child"
"I'm not my parents"
"I want a better future for my kids"
"In my generation we did this"
"Don't blame me it was how I was brought up"

Well I ask
do you feel like you got the best?
is it so bad if you are your parents?
if so, how did you turn into them?
do you feel like you've got a good future?
do you wish you could learn you own mistakes or do you value the generational advice?
Do you think that a person should know right from wrong despite how they were brought up?
Craig Harrison Aug 2014
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
Visual art
great sounding music
nothing comes close to the beauty we feel for our loves
our children
our families
love is beautiful
felt with our heart
written in our words
drawn in our art
made in our sculptures

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Never give up
never back down
1 million times tried
but the moment we succeed
we feel immense happiness
never give up
always try one more time

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
the statement above should read like the statement below
Life is a dream full of happiness, the world had problems but no more
everyone is rich and no one is poor

We can't have peace without accepting others views
we may find them weird
we may find them strange
but a person isn't made up of one idea
they are made of many
one common ground, one common idea
starts a conversation
Tried something different, hope you like
Craig Harrison Aug 2014
I was out with my friends
couldn't believe what I saw,
in the corner
all alone
sat a woman
reading a book.
Don't know why
but I had to talk to her
I was nervous
but it didn't last
3 hours passed
before we realised the time
she was perfect
I found myself amazed by her
we left together
haven't looked back since
Craig Harrison Jul 2014
What does virtual have over real
a virtual world can't give you realism
you can't run against the wind on a hot summers day
or go to the beach and play
you can't dig a giant hole and then get left upset because it's time to leave
you can't feel the snow hit your face, or the feeling of excitement when school is closed

you will never learn from the past if every time you fail you can reload
you'll never get that feeling when you first fall in love
you can't feel pleasure from eating a box of chocolates
or feel guilty for breaking your promise
In a virtual world you'll never get to feel surprise
or upset when someone breaks your heart
you'll never truly understand what it means to be a live

In a world where real is real and virtual is virtual
I would choose the real world with all its good and all its bad
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
Craig Harrison Apr 2015
The first time I said I loved you
the first time you said it back
the love in your eyes
and the passion in your soul.
The first time your saw our daughter
her first word
the love in your eyes
and the protection you felt.

You have no idea what I'm talking about
and it breaks my heart each day
because
While my memories remain
yours are gone
Craig Harrison Sep 2014
When you look at the world what do you see
what do you think each morning and each night
do you see a different world or the same one your grandparents lived in.
When you breath in the air
drink the water
eat the food
do you feel a difference do you sense the damaged world

The planet is old
we are young
but we attack it like it's a threat to us
it gave life, so much life
it continues to give
maybe younger generations
the young people old people moan about
can fix the world, can fix the problems created
previous generations tried destroying things
maybe younger generations will be able to repair them
Craig Harrison Jun 2014
Working for our future
putting our money away
ready and waiting for our retirement day

Businesses closing
banks shutting
The world in recession
Pensions cutting
Working all our life
Never living free
I'll end up working until the day I die
you wait and see

No more money
It's all gone
Giving up our futures one by one
putting our money away
ready and waiting for our retirement day
Craig Harrison Aug 2014
I heard the news on Facebook
I paid my respects on Twitter
you played so many great characters
to many to list them all
but my favorites were
Bicentennial Man
What Dreams May Come
Flubber
Jumanji
Mrs. Doubtfire
Hook
Mork & Mindy

You were truly amazing
one of the greats
the world will not be the same with out you
R.I.P Mr Robin Williams
Craig Harrison Oct 2014
As the rain came down like an ocean of water falling from the heavens
the wind blew like a million fans blowing in the same direction
I was wet, I was cold and I was struggling to make it pushing against the wind
looking up was hard but squinting my eyes I could see a few stars in the night sky
ahead of me I heard shouting and screaming
a group of people were attacking an older Gentleman
I questioned should I get involved
I feared I might be targeted
but I did the right thing, I got involved

5 people all young men started to surround me
pushing me trying to force me on the ground
punching and kicking
one of the attackers pulled out a knife
I feared for my life.

As I lay their on the ground as the wind began to ease off
but the rain continuing to come down with so much speed and force
I remember thinking one thing, at least the older Gentleman was safe
This turned out totally wrong and I don't even think it can be considered as a poem. I had the idea for this after some reports I had been reading the last few weeks it is totally fiction..

Although it turned out wrong I decided to uploaded because I had written it and wanted to share it.
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.
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.
Craig Harrison Apr 2015
A million voices screaming out in pain
not one of them is mine.
Each muscle weighing more than a plane
not able to move, traped in this uncontrollable body
listening to the millions of diffent voices screaming
but no sound comes out, it never does.

Once, along time ago, one of the voices was mine
it was the strongest, the loudest
when I spoke the other voices fell silent
but no more.
What changed?
I don't know but as the days tick on by
I can tell that my voice is dying


STOP, Don't talk to him!!
Don't listen to anything he has to say.
He had his chance and he blew it
now it is mine, my voice is the loudest and all other voices will fall
Craig Harrison Jun 2015
We're all searching
all across the world we're searching
looking for love
a connection
for someone to end the feeling of loneliness.

From the moment of our births, we've searched
we've searched the world
some find love
some make a connection
and a few find someone to end the feeling of loneliness
but not everyone
no not everyone
Some spend lifetimes searching
but never finding what they are looking for
at least not in life, maybe, just maybe
they do in death.
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